Bella Color Challenge

First off...tomorrow night on the Bella SCS Forum is our Bella Ball! There will be challenges and prizes, reveals of new Bellas and some surprises as well.

It all starts at 6 p.m. Eastern Time (4 p.m. Mountain Time) on the SCS Forum.

Today is Thursday which means my Bella Color Challenge. I got some DP from Ashley the order hoarder (sorry that is your new name now! :D) that is from Close to my Heart. I think it was Just Chillin' paper pack. But it's beautiful paper.

I needed to make Brandi a birthday card so I used this Giftabella (?) She is super fun to color you know?!

The CS was Wild Wasabi and Ruby Red. The optional color is Soft Sky. I also used some AC ribbon and the sentiment is from TAC's hostess set. I wanted to send her Do the Hokey Pokey, but this really works better. She's expecting any day and did not want to share her birthday...so she must share her cake right? (I love ya Cuz!!)

I also tried some faux stitching with my CTMH Sew Happy set. I had ordered the longer block that The Order Hoarder had too! LOL...I had totally forgotten about my order, but Ashley had them in her trunk, and I am going to give her heck about it for a long time!! LOL...

Have a great Thursday - can you believe 19 days til Christmas!! Yikes!!

Gift Set 4

I finished up my 4th Gift set and have one left to do. These last 2 are harder for me, I don't know why. But I do think they will like these. I used the stamp from Brushstoke Horses and stamped onto Kraft paper. I used my blender pen and re-inker to color the horses. The plaid paper was in my stash, don't know the name. Then I used some Blue and golden Bazzill paper. The brads were some various things I had as well. Pretty simple. The sketch was a variation of Jen's Sketch for you to try.

I also had to get my gift for Stampin Up club ready. In December we usually give a small stamping related gift and do an exchange. This month we are traveling for club and I don't know if I'll go. I hate to travel at night and I hate to travel in winter, so I may skip, although I love the fun time we have.
Anyhoot - I wrapped it up with some SU! wrapping paper and then tried the ribbon weaving I saw on the Martha Stewart craft site. It's harder to do but it looks so nice.

Tidbits

I promise I am coming with more cards, but I've haven't been able to get on today!! Isn't that so stinkin' frustrating!! LOL...

First, if you are interested in the Sisterhood of Blogging Stampers, you need to sign up here. They are starting group 4 - but guess who is keeping a watchful eye on Group 3? Mwah! Yeah Me!! {I watch too much Disney TV}

Second, you may remember a post which featured cards by Sweet N Sassy Stamps? Well, to refresh your memory, go HERE. Then scoot over to the SNS website, because the OLD STYLE sets, that are in stock are $11! Christmas present to your self right??

OK, I am coming back with more creations!!

Gift Sets 2 and 3

Hello all...here we go on another week. Can you all believe it's the first week of December?! It's crazy to me. For our area we usually have tons of snow at this time, so this is just weird.
I worked on more cards sets for my aunt. You can see the first ones I made HERE.

The recipient of these is expecting a baby around Christmas day. So I was super excited to break out my new Sweet Little Baby set by TAC. The giraffe is too precious!!

I stamped and colored him and used my shadow technique of just drawing around him like a shadow would look. I love the look this gives. The cardstock is all Bazzill (Except the 2 darker green cards...I ran out and used SU!) The DP is We R Memory Keepers, Peasant Rhapsody. The sentiment is from Vogue Verses, I only stamped part of it. Then used my slit punch and added some ribbon and a brad. I thinks these are adorable cards. I hope the recipient loves them too!! I know my aunt will be happy with the giraffes!!

These ones I don't know about. I CASED a card from a SU! mini catalog and then choose some colors from the color wheel. I thought I needed these tags, but I have such a hard time with them!! But in the end they are OK, I guess.

The cardstock is SU! Pale Plum and Cameo Coral and then some green Bazzill. They are pretty simple really.

So I have four sets done now...I'll post the other one Tuesday. I need to find an idea for the 5th set. It's been fun really.

On another note....do you watch Desperate Housewives or Brothers and Sisters? Why do they leave you like that!! And now there is no show for either next week!! ! WHY!!!!! This is why I hate TV.

Have a great week all!!

SisterHood of Blogging Stampers

I have joined up at the Sisterhood of Blogging Stampers and am super excited to meet the new crafters!!

So I wanted to post for those who are coming over here from there.

My name is Katie, I'm a crafter of all sorts. I grew up working on wood projects in the shop, and loved painting the projects. I also have some very crude scrapbooks from high school, but I really jumped in just before our oldest was born. I scrapbooked every picture I took of him!! I soon discovered stamping too and love the creative outlets of both. I also like to sew, quilt some, and paint. But mostly it's papercrafts that I work on now.

I am a mom to three kids, David will be 8, RC is 5 and McKinley is 16 months today! All three keep me busy and on my toes. I am married to my best friend Greg and together we are fun lil family. My craft room is my Oasis from the daily bores and chores.

I also have only a handfull of friends who appreciate the crafts I create and that is the reason I love the Internet and now blogging. Thanks for stopping by and I hope to get to know all the Sistahz better!!

Doodles for Daniel

Hey all... I just wanted to inform you of something so cool in Bella Land. Em{the Stamping Bella} had ran a contest asking for Doodles. Well, she choose the winner and she choose well.

Sharon Gregory won with some wonderful doodles, and she has dedicated to them to her son who lost his battle with Cancer at the age of 15. You can read Sharon's story HERE, and you can see the doodles that are new stamps available from Stamping Bella HERE.

A portion of these sales will go to a Cancer Foundation of Sharon's choosing.

How cool of Em to do and how perfect the doodles are. I think they are so Bella-esque!!

Gifts

I've been working on Gift items lately. My aunt ordered 5 sets of cards to give as gifts and these are the first of them. I know the recipients and it's still hard to have ideas. This one, I know she likes Cows, so I went with TAC's What's Moo! set. I love coloring so this was fun. However, matching the colors with the DP I picked was harder! LOL... I think the DP was in my stash and it didn't have a name on the back. I used some light green Bazzill and then Groovy Guava from SU!. The ribbon was from my share, and then the brads I got as a gift. I think they are Making Memories.

So I have one set done and packaged up - 4 more to go! LOL...

Then I've also had to work on a Birthday gift. I know the recipient reads this but it's in the mail and I also know she'll rip it open as soon as she gets it!! She can never wait!! LOL...

This shows the cards packaged already and they are all similar to this one...a little variation on each one to make them special. I've been wanting to try a Monogram set for some time, so I tried it here. The *L* is actually a stamp from my Quickutz. When I got my QK it came with some stamping foam and rockers {think acrylic blocks that rock back and forth} and tells you how to die cut your own stamps. Super cool huh? So I can create my own word stamps!

That's what I've been up to. It's bitter cold so I plan to stay in and work on some more sets. Stay tuned for them and maybe some more fun cards!!

Have a super weekend - TGIF!!!

ARGH!!

ARGH!!! Don't bother me until I've had my coffee!

LOL - I do sometimes feel this way, esp. on weekends when I want to sleep in and the kidlets want to get up early! So watch out for GrumpaMOM!

I made this card for the Bella Color Challenge on the SCS forums.

I used Barely Banana and Real Red. On the RR mat you can see I used Julie's CropaDile dry embossing tutorial. It may take me awhile to get used to it and get it perfect, but I like the look it gives!

Grumpabella is from an image swap and I colored her robe yellow and red too. I used ARGH from my new Pirate set from Sweet and Sassy stamps. And the ribbon was from my share this past spring.

I hope you venture over to play with us on our challenges. They are a lot of fun!

Also mark your calendar for December 7th - that will be THE BELLA BALL, where Em is celebrating her 1 year anniversary from opening the Stamping Bella website! I am sure that it will be great fun!!

Merry Bella

Merry Bella!!

I am getting more into that Holiday Spirit...I did some online shopping yesterday so maybe that's what I needed.

I worked on the Bella Sketch Challenge last night.
You can see it HERE. This one was a challenge for me....I just didn't like the tabs on the left hand side, but I do like the outcome.

Wreathabella was from my Image Swap I got this week. She was fun to color!

I used TAC holiday paper (that is sold out!) and so I didn't have to use two types of paper on the background. I used Glorious Green Cardstock for the main card and the matting. The Red tape is from Heidi Swapp and the sentiment is TAC Tag Tidbits.

Come join us on the Bella Forums tomorrow for a Color Challenge!!

Sweet And Sassy Stamps

I got three packages in the mail today. I love to see the yellow slips our PO puts in our boxes...it makes me smile a lil more!

One was for Greg :( One was my Bella image swap - I now have tons more images to sort and then play with! Yeah!

And one was my order from Korin at Sweet and Sassy Stamps. Korin is super nice to deal with and makes the cutest stamps. I met her/found her stamps through the Bella Group...she's a SISTAH!

I've been contemplating over a Pirate set for some time. I live with two lil scallywags here so I figured I could make some cards for them and even scrapbook pages for when we watch Pirates of the Caribbean and we dress up to watch it.

So here is my first card. I stamped the image after masking the treasure map. I pulled out the scrap bucket and I know I got this DP and the textured paper at my LSS before she closed, but no name...sorry. I also cut notches and distressed them before putting it all together. I loved adding the eye patch at the end too...it's totally cute! So I can add this to the pile for kids birthdays!


This second card was uber simple! Stamped the treasure chest on some Kraft CS, matted on Wild Wasabi and then some Bazzill and Viola! Perfection!

David choose the sentiment for this one.

Another simple yet cute card.














Now on to my favorite set....Chocoholic! You know that's me!! There are so many fun possibilities for this set. But since time was running short on play time tonight I started off with the cake. I punched it with my Oval punch and had this scallop one here. Once again dug through the scrap pile and found this old SU! paper from last spring and matted on some CHOCOLATE Bazzill CS. Tied up with May Arts ribbon and stamped the sentiment on Kraft.

It looks so yummy I could eat it! Too bad the boys finished off our Chocolate Cake after dinner. Ok, I don't need it....right.....

Bella Calendar Swap

I joined a Calendar Swap on the Bella Yahoo Group and finally got them sent out today. I had to made 4 of three months, and got March, September and October.

These are my pages. I've sent them to our wonderful hostess Tangii and she'll bind them up and send them back! I am super excited to get them and when I do I'll post them all!!


March - Bubblebella
Cardstock - Wild Wasabi, Stamping Up!
DP - Autumn Leaves
Felt Flower - Queen and Co.
Misc. Brad and Glitter








October - Witchybella
Cardstock - various purple, black & orange scraps, Bazzill Green
Magic Mesh





















September - Minivanabella
Cardstock - Soft Sky, old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
DP - Fall Flowers, Stampin Up!
American Crafts Ribbon, misc, brads
Sentiment, TAC - Tag Tidbits

My Fun Tree

I am really having a tough time getting into the Holiday spirit. It just seems to be coming too soon and I'm not really ready I guess.

However I did set up the decorations and the tree this weekend.
I've been working on things, but mostly gifts that I can't post.

This was a project I did get done that I can show you.....

Our local radio holds an auction where you can call in a bid on things that stores have traded for ad time. Long story short, I bought this tree there! I know...what a dork, but I knew it could be used and I was right!!












My angel on top is non other than Snowbunny Bella! In her spectacular pink parka and matching boots.



















I've had these clear ornaments and simply rolled up some TAC paper and stuck them inside. Tied some funky ribbon to the branches, and decorated the bottom with some queen and co. fun felt.

A super fun decoration for my crafting room!



Enjoy!!

{Angel News}

Just a small Angel post!

Off the side ---------------------------------------------------------->
You can see my Angel Happenings. I have links to specials there.

Remember that the discontinued list will expire the end of December, so if you want to order anything email me and I'll get it ordered for you.

There is also a link to the Stamp of the Month and the Oh My Golly paper and stamp set promotion. Plus the celebration continues to get double hostess and double customer rewards!!

Super Surprise boxes are almost gone too! $50 for over $200 worth of goodies!! WOW!!!

Black Friday

Are you totally stuffed from yesterday or what? Never plan to eat again? Yeah, til lunchtime rolls around huh? LOL...aren't we funny? We gorge ourselves, but we don't ever stop!

Sorry I didn't post a Happy Thanksgiving yesterday...I hope you had one. I am thankful for so much and more than I could ever type. But I also thankful for having the creativity and being able to share it here. I've met some wonderful gals through the online craft world and it's been so awesome this last year to blog and share things. Living in a small town, it's not always every one's cup of tea to see what I made, so being able to share with those who appreciate it is wonderful.

So I am thankful to those of you who come by and read my blog. I hope you continue to do so and I will continue to provide you with eye candy!!

For today's eye candy. I CASE'd these from Jen at Pieces of Me. I thought they would be so fun and easy and I am always looking for that!

I simply used some clear ornaments that I got last year and cut strips of the Dashing DP, rolled them up and pushed them into the top.

They really turned out just cute!!

Today is Black Friday Shopping! You goin'? My mom and I did that one year and people in the city were so rude!! It's not nearly as bad here in Po-Dunk, so I might venture out. I plan to call my friend for coffee and then David needs a new winter coat and then I either need to clean the garage to find the boys' snowboots or buy new ones. I swear I put them away last spring, but I did so in a way that I can't seem to find them. I cleaned out all of the closets and storage room Wednesday, so now it's the garage time. What a way to spend the day huh?

Have a great weekend readers...

This could be me today

This could be me today - IF I looked as cute as SnowbunnyBella!

But the point is that it snowed here and I could dress like this! Instead, I wear big ole packs, a bulky coat, & my mustang winter beanie. LOL...but we can dream through Bella.

I cleaned out some of my papers and kits that are half gone and found this fun paper. I would love a green coat like this. (see living through her!!)


I also got some new brads this weekend and they worked perfectly. The RicRak was also the last of the kit as well. Super cute and simple!











I am having fun with SnowbunnyBella and Sandie Laursen sent me some more images and some matching Cuttlebugged papers! Thanks Sandie!!

I used the paper and them colored her in light blue. I used my Glitter Glue to make her *white* parts shimmer and the snow underfoot as well.



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I will most likely be off the blog tomorrow. We are going to my parent's for the day to stuff our faces! Hope you have a great day with your family!

Sweetwater Calendar Class

Hi ya readers!! I had the best craftin' day yesterday. Jenn Stevens came from Kalispell and put on a couple classes. I can share this one, but not the other ....it's a gift!! It was just super to spend the day creating something fun and new! I've added the pics here, but if you want to see them up close, just click on them. They are super cool....we all wanted to totally copy here's to the T, but we did vary too.
I bought a second one to make for a gift too.....it's still in progress on my table downstairs.

Enjoy and see you tomorrow!!

Finale of Holiday cards

Here are the last two cards I made last Friday. My finale of Holiday Cards that are simple and sweet. You can scroll down to see more of them

The card on the left is made with Rose Red cardstock, Dashing DP, Old Olive CS, punched and then the smaller circles are punched out as well. Then I used the MM rub ons and the green ribbon is from the fibers.

The card on the right uses the CTMH santa again and more of the same papers. Like I said, simple and sweet and I can mail them out now.

Ack, seriously, it's almost that time isn't it! I really cannot believe that it's so close to Christmas.

So, why not leave you for the weekend with my Holiday Wish Lists....lol...if you know me, you are all saying that it was only a matter of time! LOL...

Papertrey Ink's Piece of Cake Set

PTI Borders and Corners Circle Set

PTI Borders and Corners Ovals Set

SnowbunnyBella

(If you click on them it will take you to where you can purchase these items!! HINT HINT!!)

OK, so those are the top wants for me

Needs, nothing really...I am pretty thankful for the great family I have, three healthy kids, a caring hubby, helpful and loving parents and a nice warm home to gather in. I think me needs are fed.

Have a great weekend...I'll be back a posting Monday (I'll be scrapping on Saturday so be prepared for that!!)

Bella Color Challenge and Stamp Club Cards

OK, late...but we have got our computer fixed and it's running so much better now!


Today I posted the Bella Color Challenge on the SCS Bella forum. It was Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Tempting Turq. and Lovely Lilac. Bright colors. I thought that would be fun since most of us have been making fall colored cards lately.

I used Shopabellas (a neglected stamp) and loved coloring them so bright!! I stamped some speckle on the Rose Red and then spots from Eclectic Backgrounds on the Lilac. I found this FRIENDSHIP charm and some more green ribbon.





Now as promised yesterday some cards and creations from Tuesday's stamp club.





We made these cute lil boxes at the club. They are super cute for giving lil gifts or even gift cards!

The snowflake is the Supersize Snowflake and I really like it. At first I thought Bonny had traced it off something...it looks so cool on these!

Then we created the tags using the Tags on Board set. Another one I passed by but really like. I love the swirls and how most of those stamps work with a punch in the book. Nifty huh?

And lastly, these are the cards I received in our exchange. There is 10 of us plus Bonny (our demo) and then we make one for the Ronald McDonald house. It is fun to exchange and get some fun ideas from everyone.

OK, better get going..

Happy Craftin!
katie

{Holiday Cards part2}

First off, I got some great goodies last Friday from my November JT RAK friend Dottie K. Isn't that card cute!!

There is some Martha Stewart cards and envies, some funky fibers, a roll of spotted ribbon and a lil punch. Also there was some MM rub ons that I used up before I snapped this picture, and then the lil TO/FROM cards she made! So cute!

Thanks again Dottie!!

I used most of the goodies Friday at my party, so I didn't get a pic before hand.

Here are some of the cards I made. This image is from CTMH (thanks Khristi) and the paper is all SU!. You can see the ribbon and fibers and rub on words that Dottie sent me.

More simple and easy to reproduce cards.

Last night was stamp club and we made a cute box, I'll post later today. I'll also post the last of my holiday cards tomorrow.

Happy Craftin'!

{Bella Fun!!}

What a great mail day for me!!

First, Lorie Ames sent me some Snow bunny Bellas!! I love this Bella! I am wishing I could be bundled up like her right now. It's soo cold here.

For this card I used Crate Paper, CTMH brads and the sentiment and image are StampingBella, both sent to me by Lorie. I colored her with my markers and I think that she needs some bling on her somewhere. I'll have to tweak it some.


Also at the mail today was my order from Stamping Bella. I wanted the hot knife so bad and finally caved. I got it and the package of replacement blades. It works super well. I used it on my new Cupcakeablla.

I also got a Bella Identifiah, which I placed on my tote bag. Now you know Katiebella is here!! LOL...

For the Cupcakeabella card, I used some Bazzill paper and Bo Bunny DP. I stamped her on the DP and cut it out for her dress too. I love it. I think I need to find something more for the cupcake to make it pop. This card is the tent card style, and it's a RAK for my friend Tangii.

OK , I am off to get ready for Stamp Club. I was ready til I had to play with my new stuff!!