Hey Crafty Peeps - welcome back for another Bellariffic Friday. This is for Sketch Challenge 25 and I inked up Door with Wreath by Mo Manning.
This Stamping Bella sketch challenge gave me the idea of snow drifts... and of course another excuse to use glitter - lol. Love this Wonderland paper from Studio Calico and the white cardstock is simply Whisper White from SU. Cranberry Crisp bow is made with the Lil Inker Designs mini bow die - great size for cards. Sentiment from Verve.
I love the Christmas feel of this card. It's just simple and a teeny bit rustic. I added a little tulle and a few pearls... not a lot of fussing. Haven't finished the inside just yet... I'm looking for just the right sentiment.
Have a great weekend all!! Grab a coffee & treat yourself to a little browse of all the gorgeous cards on Bloggabella.
Welcome back for Bellariffic Friday! Christmas crunch is on and as usual... for me anyway... I'm behind on my orders and my own Christmas cards. So using this week's sketch challenge I used cling mounted Uptown Girl Eve under the Mistletoe.
This weeks card is based on Sketch 24. Just bought This American Craft paper... the printed portion was just begging to be distressed, but I was paying more attention to Blue Rodeo at the time and completely forgot. Duh. The sketch was pretty easy to follow, so I hope you had a chance to try it out.
Love this gorgeous ribbon!! It's probably May Arts, not sure... bought at my LSS. Dies used were Spellbinders Marvelous Squares, Classic Circles, Classic Edges One and Memory Box Loop Border. Coloured Eve with Copics and added the sparkle. For interest I added a few dots with my white opaque pen.
This stamp also comes with the sentiment that I included on the inside:
Have a fabulous weekend all... and thanks for stopping by!! Don't forget to head on over to Bloggabella to check out the cards for todays challenge...
Toodles.............
Carla.
Happy Bellariffic Friday all!! Happy to be back with a post today. Today's challenge was to make a Holiday Wishes/Winter Theme card. With all the incredible Christmas stamps at Stamping Bella it was hard to choose, but I inked up my brand new Uptown Girl Charlie waits by the chimney. This stamp is part of the new arrivals that are now cling mounted... and stamps like a dream.
Yep, I think I came dangerously close of running out of glitter on this one...lol. Her entire skirt bottom is covered in glitter as is the top of the dress & trim on hat. And getting carried away... (as I tend to do)... I softened the edges of the Authentique paper with white ink, added glossy accents and then more glitter all the way around. This one is a sparkly one for sure!
Here she is in all her glory. Is there not a more fun Christmas image? Love her! Coloured with Copic Markers and mounted on Cherry Cobbler cardstock from SU after running it through the die cutter with the Spellbinder Card Creator A2 Fancy Weave die. I used a black glaze pen to outline the bricks & added the mandatory (for me...) glossy accents to the bricks, some pearls and ribbon. Sentiment is from Hero Arts. See that little fuzzy white ball I added to her hat? Well I bought a HUGE bag of those at Michael's about 10 years ago and I think that's the first time I ever used one. Success!
Here's the inside. A little paper matching and sewing, kept it simple.
Hey don't forget to stop over to Bloggabella to check out all the wonderful Christmas & Winter themed cards. Be sure to leave a comment on Bella's blog for a chance to win some Bella Bucks.
Next week we're onto Sketch #24:
Hope you can join us!! If you can, e-mail Emily your card by this Thursday evening.
Whoops!... I mean Bellariffic Friday!! (but with a margarita twist... lol)
In my goal to get moving on some Christmas cards, I've decided to do a Christmas-y version of Uptown Girl Madison has a Margarita (I'm secretly thinking of changing this to Carlabella has a Margarita... I think it's important that I really identify with my Stamping Bella stamps, you know???... especially this one... I should really be drinking a margarita while making a card like this... yes, I'm THAT dedicated!...)
LOL! I'm teasing actually because I'm not much of a drinker to be honest. But I do have a lot of great memories of margaritas shared with really good friends at The Lone Star here in Kingston.
Okay - enough boozy chat. Today's card is based on Stamping Bella's Sketch #23. I only used the top portion of Madison (sorry Madison...) and coloured her with Copic Markers and used papers from Basic Grey & Authentique. I used the MFT notebook edge die along with Spellbinders Classic Ovals. I was thrilled to have a bit of ribbon with the words "Christmas Cheer" and of course it goes without saying that I need to replenish my stash of pearls..............
For my inside I used only the upper portion again of Madison just lightly with SU Cranberry Crisp & stamped the sentiment with a Hero Arts Christmas set I have.
Hope you had a chance to play along with this week's Sketch Challenge. If you did, can't wait to see your card and good luck at winning some Bella Bucks!! And if you couldn't play along, be sure to comment on the Bloggabella post for today for another chance to win. That's what's called a win win situation!! LOL
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Next week we have a theme card as our challenge. Hope you can join us to make a card with a Holiday Wishes/Winter Theme. Remember to e-mail your card to Emily by Thursday night to enter.
Have a fab weekend everyone... and remember margaritas count as your daily serving of fruit!!
Carla.
Hi All! Thanks to all of you for such a warm welcome back. You sure know how to make a crafter feel good!!
Welcome back to another Stamping Bella Bellariffic Friday card challenge - this week is to use snow on your card. I picked an easy stamp... and one of my all-time favs: Door with Wreath by Mo Manning.
Love the warmth of the red and I matched it up with some Basic Grey Wassail paper from a few Christmas's ago.
Instead of the usual fine glitter, I used a chunkier one and I find it looks more like snow.
I double stamped the wreath and then attached it with double sided foam tape.... and more glitter there too. I used Spellbinders "Classic Edges 1" die for the scallop & MFT "Let it Snowflake" die. Sheer ribbon, velvet ribbon, lace and a big 'ol pearl finish it off. Here's the inside:
I finished off the inside with a couple of sentiments from an MFT Christmas set and a little sewing.
Well thanks for stopping by and checking out my card - hope you like it. I'm loving these challenges that are getting my butt in gear to get going on Christmas cards. Don't forget to head over to Bloggabella to see all of the snow creations (they are SNOW FANTASTIC!!... sorry, couldn't resist) and be sure to leave a comment there for a chance to win some Bella Bucks.
Have a great weekend everyone...
Carla.
