A sketch for Bellarific Friday

There was a fun sketch for Bellarific Friday today. For my card I decided to use Turtle Tots Cheerleader. I stamped her onto cream cardstock and colored her with copics. Then I stamped her again and cut out her pompoms and popped them up for some dimension and added some crystal stickles. My dp was from stash and I am sorry I dont remember who made it. Then I used two border punches for the bottom panel and added some fun daisy ribbon and crystals. The sentiment comes with the Turtle Tot Stamp.

Next week is the last challenge for the Bella Babe spot. I am looking forward to seeing what it will be. Wish me luck!!! There is a ton of very good competition!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Blinged out Bellarific Friday

This is my entry for week two over at Stamping Bella. They wanted  bling!!! Well I must admit that I am not a HUGE bling person. I never seem to get the right balance between bling and gaudy so I went with a light bling touch for my card. I stamped my image Teacup Daisies onto cream cardstock and colored with my copics. Then with my quickie glue pen I coated the petals of the flowers with glue and sprinkled with glitter. It is real sparkly in real life!!! To the center of each flower I added a tiny crystal and then I added crystals to the big scallop oval. To finish off the bling effect I had in my stash this giant crystal flat back stone. I think it is the perfect finish for this card. My dp is all Cosmo Cricket. Sentiment is Stamping Bella. (although I cant find it to link it up sorry)

Thanks for being here today. I love hearing all of your comments. Have a great day.

I dare ya!!

I made this card about a week ago and have not had a moment to upload it to blogger but I LOVE how this came out!! Do you just love that sentiment? And isnt it perfect with this super cute Missmatch Ketto from Stamping Bella. What I love even more is this delish paper from October Afternoon and I can just stare at my bow all day!! I am so proud of this bow. I really think it is because I used some awesome ribbon from MFT to make it!! Okay so I am in love with this card what can I say...it happens sometimes....I hope you like it too.

Thanks for checking in with me today!! Have a great one!!

Ann

A Flower for You

Wow well I have been sitting on fresh rubbah from Stamping Bella for over a month now and I am just getting a chance to ink some of them up!! This sweet little guy is called Turtle Tots Picking Posies!! Ohhhhhh how ca-ute is he!!! I just love that mouthless face....I started by stamping my sweet image onto PTI cardstock and cut it out with my circle nesties. I colored with my copics and mounted the circles onto a Label 1 nestie. All cardstock today is SU and my dp is Cosmo Cricket. Then I finished things off with some gorgeous ribbon that I purchased from MFT and a few flat back pearls. I just love this card today!!! Hope you enjoy it too!

We are bracing again here in NY for another storm. This one is supposed to last for 2 days and the snow amounts vary drastically depending on where you live. I think we will only get about 6 inches here on the South Shore of Long Island but inland they are going to get hammered and I feel soooo bad for anyone in that area!! It is getting crazy with the amount of snow some people are getting!!! I feel for you all!!

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great one!!
Ann

Let's Do Lunch with Bella

Hi Everyone!! Hope your week went well. I am REALLY glad today is Friday!! We had soo many back to school obligations this week and so much homework that I feel like I have not been at my crafting desk in days and I am having alittle withdrawal. LOL. The card I made today is one that actually took me a few days to put together believe it or not because of my lack of time. It was made for this weeks Bella Challenge which of course I am too late to enter but wanted to share my card with you anyway. I used my much neglected "Content to be a bella" stamp. How perfect is she all thin and pretty floating on a daisy!! Can life get any better for her?? I started by stamping my image onto Choice Buttercream cardstock, stamping another time onto the dp for the petals and twice more, once on the bluish paper and once on the green for the shirt and pants. I colored the rest with my copics. My dp is from DCWV Nursery Boy Stack. I did alittle paper piercing around the scallop circle, added some Very Vanilla Ribbon, stamped my sentiment from PTI on the bottom and added a few tiny twinkles. In hindsight, I would have pierced alot more on this card as I feel it is alittle flat but I was so trying to get this done that I just did not see it until everything was put together. Oh Well!! Hope you enjoy it anyway.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you have lots of fun plans for the weekend. I will be back again sometime on Saturday or Sunday. Have a great one!!

Ann

Sophia says Thank You!!

Hi Everyone! My company is gone and now I am in the process of packing for my lake vacation. We are all sooooo excited to get there already. We have been taking the kids to the same place for the past 10 years so it really is like a home away from home for them. They know the in's and out's of the resort and can really come and go as they please as it is such a friendly and family oriented place. I do however bring alot with me as far as food goes because the supermarkets are some what expensive in a vacation community and well I just like what I like so I want to have it with me!! I have a huge 3' x 2' tupperwere box that I put MOST of the dry goods into then I have about 7 shopping totes that I put the rest into. THEN I have the cooler for the cold and frozen stuff. I know it really sounds like alot but we do not eat out because the restaurants really stink up there so I need food for all of us for the week plus snacks.

Then comes the crafting "schtuf" that I just MUST bring. I will take a picture of that later and post it tomorrow for you. You will think I am nuts but I really do bring alot with me. Another huge tupperwere bin plus my crafting tote. And then clothes???? Oh did I forget about that?? LOL!!

So onto my card for today. I made it with my brand new SOTM Sophia. Thank You Sophia. She is in my opinion one of the cutest put out and also the one that can really be used often because she is not "seasonal". I just know I will be inking her up often. I paper pieced her dress with paper from Making Memories Chloes Closet and then colored the rest of her with my copics. My dp is from Bella Bleu. Cardstock is Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla from SU. Sentiment was cut out with my oval punches and for the small NQN panels I ran them through the cuttlebug with my Swirls folder. Flowers are primas and cut out with a fiskars punch. Large silver brad is SU and the silver baubles are Stamping Bella. The tiny bit of lace is from Taylored Expressions.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you like the card and that I did not rant on too much!! Have a fantastic day and I will be back tomorrow with pix of my mounds of stuff!!

Bitty Baby Pea in a Pod

Hi Everyone!! Well summer has definitely hit Long Island. We have had gorgeous weather for the past few days and all that horrible rain is just forgotten. Kids have started camp and all is good in my neck of the woods!!

Todays card is just a simple baby card I made the other day. My image is Baby Bella Pea from Stamping Bella. I know, I can hear what you are saying....I am on a Stamping Bella kick! Well actually I am. Don't know why it is just good for my bella stamps to see ink again.

I stamped my image onto PTI Cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black and then stamped it twice again onto the solid green paper and the gingham green paper. I paper pieced the babies body and the little pea pod and colored the face with my copics then I cut the whole thing out with my oval nesties and mounted it onto a scalloped oval. My dp is from DCWV Nanna's Nursery Baby Girl. My half circle on the side along with the scalloped half circle were cut with my circle nesties and the yellow was run through the cuttlebug with my Swiss Dots folder. My ribbon is Certainly Celery from SU's Mini catalog a while back. My sentiment is from SU also.

Thanks so much for stopping by and thanks to all of you who sent me this good weather. If anyone needs some I will be glad to send you some!! Have a fantastic day.

Scoops of love

Hi Everyone. As soon as I saw this cute little image from Stamping Bella I knew I had the perfect sentiment for it. Her name is Amplee Tude. Love her long brown hair. I put this card together late the other night so there is not along of embellies going on. I colored my image with my copics and cut her out with my oval nesties. My dp is from the Summer Pack over at MFT. I used two different border punches from Martha Stewart and finished it off with some American Crafts Ribbon. Simple and sweet. I hope you like her.

Well that is it for me today. I have to get back to cleaning because I am getting company over the weekend and I am doing alittle bit each day to get ready.

Have a fantastic day and thanks so much for stopping by to say Hi!!

Bittyblooms brighten my day!!

Hi All and Happy Sunday to you!! I am going to make this a quick post today so I can go and enjoy the day.

I made this sweet card with an image that my friend Karen brought me. She is one of the Bittyblooms from Stamping Bella. She is called Hydrangea Bitty Bloom. Isn't she precious. I colored her with my copics and a spica pen although you cannot see the sparkle in this picture. My dp is from the Spring Pack at MFT and I paired it with some Rose Red and Glorious Green cardstock from SU. I cut my image out with my circle nesties and cut my sentiment out with my circle and scallop circle punches from SU. Ribbon is from American Crafts and my baubles are Stamping Bella also.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you have a terrific day!!

Bella Babe

Hi All!! Well I have some great news to share. I have been picked to be on The Rubber Cafes DT. I am excited about this venture and I will soon share my work with thier stamps.

Well I made this card today for two reasons. First off, I just love this weeks TE Cupcake Sketch. So this is the sketch I used and then one of my new SNE friends is coming to NY today and Jodi and I will see her tomorrow. Whoo Hoo. Well she is the Queen Bella Babe if you ask me. My wish list for Stamping Bella is a mile long because of the awesome cards she makes with them. So I used one of my Bella's with Karen in mind.

I stamped my image onto PTI cardstock with memento tuxedo black and colored with my copics. My dp today is from the Wild Raspberry pack from K & Company. (love this fun and fresh paper). My cardstock is all SU and my sentiment is from MFT. My ribbon is one that I had in stash and then to finish off the card, I put a coat of shimmerz on the flower petals and used my spica pen for the flower in her hair. It just needed that little bit of bling. KWIM?

I want to thank everyone that has had a chance to visit my little girls first blog. She is so excited about it and is having more fun than ever making cards. She is even drawing her own sketches out to use. So Cute!! In case you did not see it, her blog is www.createwithlindsay.blogspot.com. She is really good for a 10 year old I must say.

Have a fantastic day!! I will be back tomorrow with my FBW card.

Enjoy Life!

Hey Everyone!! I made this card using this weeks sketch over at SCS. SC226. My image today is from The Cats Pajamas. Now I just love this image because that one little birdie is just stepping out with her flowers and bows and having herself just a grand ol' time. Atleast this is how I interpret it today!! So what a better sentiment than "Enjoy Life" which I purchased from Stamping Bella. My cardstock is Bordering Blue and So Saffron. My image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto PTI Cardstock. Then the little bluish birds were watercolored with Bordering Blue and I colored the rest with my copics. My dp today is Bella....okay I forget whether it is Bella Birds or Bella Bleu. One of those Bella papers from SU. My ribbon is So Saffron and my baubles are also from Stamping Bella.

Now onto some good news. I am still exercising 45 minutes a day and my diet is going very well. I do not have the strong cravings for food like I did in the beginning. Along with my 6lbs lost last week, I have lost ABOUT 2 more lbs so far this week. My official weigh in is on Mondays at Jenny Craig but I cant resist getting on my scale to check my progress!!

Thanks so much for stopping by to say Hi!! Hope you are having a fantastic day!!