It's Margarita Friday !!

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

If you can't seem to get enough of Stamping Bella and all things card-y and craft-y you can check out more great links for some awesome tips, tricks, techniques and inspiration at these following spots:

1. Facebook chat group
2. Splitcoast Stampers Forum 
3. Pinterest board for inspiration!

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.

So nice to be back.

Hello!  So nice to be back after a month of not blogging & card making.  I really really really missed it.  I want to say a very big thank you to those of you who left me notes on here or sent me e-mails and facebook messages to see how I was - it meant a lot.  No mystery - I had just hurt my knee at work and spent a lot of days & evenings with my leg up on piles of pillows catching up on my favorite tv shows & my reading.  Life is just so tough sometimes - lol!!

Well I made a few cards on the weekend and want to share one using Journal Your Art Out Thinking Birds.  I couldn't resist stamping the birds a 2nd time to cut out & mount with foam tape.

I made the background with the masking technique & sponged on colours to create a moon and soft clouds.  It was only when I finished that I decided to add the sentiment from this set called Mabel is reaching for the stars.

I tried to add the chocolate coloured linen thread directly behind the "bird wire" to make it look as though it continued on.

I used the Notebook Edge die from MFT along with Spellbinders Labels 8.  Wish I could remember the name of this pretty musical paper... but this nameless piece came from my scrap drawer so I can't pass it along to you. 

For the inside I used the 2nd stamp in this set and wanted a softer look so I used Memento Grey Flannel ink.

Can't tell you how nice it was to mess up my Craft Room on Sunday.  It was too neat and tidy for far too long.  Loved getting my fingers inky.  Now I'm really looking forward to this Bellariffic Friday's theme challenge to "add snow to your card".  Hope you can join the fun - just e-mail Emily your card by Thursday night for a chance to win some Bella Bucks... and hey... if your week gets too busy and you run out of time... then make sure you stop over at Bloggabella on Friday and leave a comment for another chance to win! 

Well that's it for me.