Girly Girl

It's another Monday challenge over at The Pink Elephant and today the theme is GIRLY GIRL!

Please give a very warm welcome to our Guestie this month, Carol!! She has got some great GIRLY inspiration for you this week!

I hope you think my card has enough girly frill and sparkle! I must admit that I don't naturally lean towards pinks, purples and all things that are typically "girly," but I do enjoy it every once in a while!

And I hope you do too and will join in the fun this week over at The Pink Elephant!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Kit Sunday

Hello and a very blessed Sunday to you!
It's been quite some time since my friends, Mary, Sandra and I have posted from one of our card kits, but we're popping in today with just that!

This time around, Sandra prepared a FANTASTIC kit for us filled with beautiful papers from Basic Grey Out of Print, Chichiboulie Fairie image from Stamping Bella (Eloise Greengrass) and a plethora of fun embellishments to choose from.
Normally, we wait with eager anticipation to receive our kits in the mail, but just a few short weeks ago Mary and I got to venture to Sandra's house and get our kits in person! Whenever we get together, it's such a fun time; filled with lots of laughter and inspiration (even if we don't get much sleep)!

I went with a pretty simple layout for my card, because the BG papers are beautifully busy. I decided to take the fun piece of corkboard that Sandra gave us to play with and cut it out using an SU Sizzix die. I thought it would be a fun way to give the flowers more dimension. Eloise is colored in Copics and has a bit of diamond Stickles on her wings. The sentiment is from PTI.

Thanks so much for popping over to spy my card! Please hop on over to Sandra and Mary's blogs too and see how they used all of these same fun elements!

Trick or Treat TPE Style

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Hi Friends!
Happy Monday!

It is certainly a Happy Monday, because I've been bursting at the seams to tell you that I'm joining The Pink Elephant Challenges Design Team! Wooohooooo!

I know so many of you LOVE the TPE weekly challenges, that range from sketches to inspirations to anything goes---an all around SUPER DUPER fun place to be! Yipee!

So, with that, let me share with you this week's challenge #119:
It's a TRICK or TREAT challenge! ANYTHING GOES as long as it's Trick or Treat inspired!

For my card, I pulled out this adorable TrickorTreat Stamping Bella that has patiently been waiting to be used since I purchased her (cause I just HAD to have her) last year. :)
I paired TrickorTreat Bella with my version of the Mojo Monday sketch 207 and papers from My Mind's Eye "Boo to You" collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that you'll join in on the fun this week over at The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog! Be sure and check out all the amazing Trick of Treat inspirations that Ella's Girls have for you!

Deconstructed Bella

Hi Friends! Happy Thursday!
I'm back with another FABULOUS Deconstructed Sketch today!!
I hope you had a blast last week seeing all the cutie-pie BLD-stamped creations! Thanks to everyone who played and congrats to the winner of the GC to LORi's FAB store!

We're back to just playing for fun this week and now we're at sketch 10; can you believe it?? Jen just keeps the awesome sketches coming and we couldn't be more thrilled!! I love what Jen's sketches do for my mojo! :)

This week I just had to throw a Stamping Bella into the rotation (it's about time, right?)! A very sweet friend of mine had a bday not too long ago and I'm seriously behind on getting a little b-day card to her!
(I hope she still {{hearts}} me!)

The papers I chose for this card are from My Mind's Eye. And be still my heart, these papers just happened to have a little birthday flair already thrown into them! Love it when that happens!
I used Copics to color up Bella and then added some ribbon from Amuse, Stickles and hand stitching for emBellishments!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you'll play along with us! Be sure to check out what the Sketch Girls have for you over at the DSC Blog!!

From All Of Us

Good Morning! Happy Wednesday!

Today I wanted to share a little card with you that I made for someone very near and dear to my heart, my Mother-in-law. We got to go visit her last weekend (and the whole fam!) to celebrate her birthday with her and it was a blast (too short though)!

I wanted to make a special card just for her and since we're all pretty much dog-lovers in the family, I remembered that a sweet friend of mine had sent me some fun dog themed stamped images. I was so hoping this one from Stamping Bella was in that stash, and it was! Besides being inspired by my MIL to create this fun card, the layout was also completely inspired by this card that the very talented and creative, Arielle Gordon made.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look at my card today! I hope you have a blessed Wednesday!

Deets:

Stamp: Stamping Bella: woofin' it up

Paper, Ribbon and Sentiment: Papertrey Ink

Martha Stewart Tag Punch

A Bridal Shower

Hi Friends!
I'm sorry for the lag in posts this week. It's been uber hot here in Seattle and the will to stamp has not been with me when my house is 90 degrees inside! But stay tuned because tomorrow is the Big Birthday Blog Hop for The Greeting Farm!! Woohoo!! Be sure and check back at 9 am CST tomorrow!

Although it's been sweltering, I did finish the invitations I had been working on for my sister's bridal shower. Yay! Thanks to a dear friend who let me borrow this lovely Bridal Party Bellas stamp from Stamping Bella and a very simplistic idea I had in my head, I was able to pull it off all in a few hours! Shhhh, don't tell. I mean--I've been toiling over these invites for months...wink. If you're looking closely you might think I'm not giving people much notice, but the guest list is small and I cleared the date with them months ago, so we're cool :) Also, I erased a few things off the invite in photoshop for privacy, so IRL her last name is included and the text is balanced.

Thanks so much for taking a look at my latest creation! Have a super weekend and hope to see you all back here tomorrow!


Deets:
Stamps: Stamping Bella Bridal Party Bellas
Paper: Paper Zone Facets
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango
Embies: SU! Choc. Chip Taffeta Ribbon, KaiserCrafts pearl dot

Celebrate

Hi Friends! Today I have something special for you...there's a party going on and you're invited! I'll be back tomorrow though with another TGF card :)

Welcome to the Birthday Blog Skip, Hop & Dance sponsored by Stamping Bella! You should have arrived from the Lovely Sparkle's blog but if you've just happened upon mine, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.
My Bella Birthday card highlights Miss Sake and she is from the Ketto collection...and those Ketto's are just too cute for words.
Thanks so much for joining in the fun! Now it's time to hop on over to Angela's Blog.
Oh and how about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, Stamping Bella has decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $40 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! Stamping Bella will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. Good luck and have fun!

Deets:
Stamps: Ketto Sake, Stamping Bella, SU! sentiment
Paper: K & Co Brenda Walton Small Wonders Girl, Sage Shadow, Sand, Certainly Celery
Ink: SU! Markers, Black Stazon
Embies: SU! Rose Red Ribbon, Diamond Stickles, Basic Grey Button, Celery Thread

Friendship Month in the Sisterhood

Hi Friends!

My card today is the card that I will be sending in for our monthly "Sisterhood" swap group. This month was hosted by the talented and beautiful, Kelly and the theme is "Friendship Gum." This card was to include an element of surprise, so I included a pouch on the inside. I will fill it with something fun to really surprise my recipients...they'll just have to wait and see!

This is my first stamp from Stamping Bella and when I saw it I knew I had to have it! It reminds me of myself and a long time friend of mine...we're just as cute and fashionable as these two. LOL. Actually it was the hair that got me! :)

Hope you're having a great start to your week! Oh and I wanted to give a special shout out and BIG HUGE congratulations to my dear friend, Sandra!! She is Whipper Snappers Featured Designer!! Check it out!! All her stuff is SO SO AMAZING! Congrats, Dearie!

Deets:
Stamps: Stamping Bella-HuggyBellas, SU! Kind Thoughts, SU! Absolutely Fabulous-sentiment
Paper: K & Company, Baby Girl, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow, Coral
Ink: SU! Markers, Black Stazon
Embies: Kaiser Scrapbook Flower, SU! Ribbon, Misc Button, Coral Thread