Faith the Fairy

Eeks!!! It's sneak peek time at Stamping Bella and wow, do we ever have a bunch of fun for you!!! We are releasing 9 new images including Uptown Girls, Mo Manning and a new line called "Dudas" created by Diane Duda. We have all fallen in love with Diane's designs and I can't wait to color one of them up.  In the mean time, I have a sample using one of the new Uptown Girls called "Faith the Fairy". Isn't she awesome??? She comes with a fantastic sentiment, too!!  I'm in love with this Uptown Girl!!! I have colored her with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol.  It's hard to tell in the picutre but I've added some Diamond Stickles to her tiara and her wand.  The layout for my card is an older Retro Sketch. 

We also have a fantastic new Bellatastic Tuesday challenge happening over at SCS called "Make it Pretty".  Make sure you participate for your chance to win some Bella Bucks. 

The Stamping Bella Babes will be sneak peeking the new images on our blogs this week leading up to the the release on Monday !   Be sure to be stalking our blogs or join the Stamping Bella Sistahood group on Facebook!  Just request to join and we'l let you in!  That way you never miss a beat! 

Also, you might see some sneak peeks from the Stamping Bella Babes for the Bellastic Tuesday "Make It Pretty" challenge that you can find the Stamping Bella Forum on SCS!  

OH!  One more thing!  The current theme for the upcoming Bellatastic Friday is  “BANNERIFIC”.. make a banner on your card.. cut it out and collage it, stamp it.. it can be pennants, banner.. anything along that theme!  You must email  Emily (emily@stampingbella.com ) with your entries by the end of Thursday,  February 28th to see your work on next week's blog post AND to have a  chance of winning the prize of $20 to Stamping Bella Store!  

Have a great day!!! 

Ready for Bunny Time...

Have you missed me? LOL!! It's been a busy week on my blog!! I'm super excited about next week's Stamping Bella release!! It's going to be a great one but I can't show you any peeks quite yet. In the mean time, I'll show you my card for this week's Bellarific Friday challenge.

This week's challenge was a sketch :-)

And here's my card :-)

I had SO much fun making this card!!! I went on a shopping expedition for paper at my LSS and found this fantastic paper from American Crafts. LOVE IT!!! I decided to pair it up with "Uptown Girl Bunny and her Daffodil.  The image was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers.  

Next week's challenge is "Bannerific".  We want to see banners on your card!!

Email your entries to Emily at Stamping Bella by the end of Thursday February 28th to be in with a chance of winning some Bella Bucks.

Make sure you also upload to the SCS Gallery using the keyword stampingbella, and you might also see your card featured on our Pinterest board

TSG Blog Hop Challenge - Giddy Up

Welcome to Day 2 of TSG's sneak peeks !!! 

Cowboys and western themes are all the rage right now, and we wanted IN on this super popular trend….and boy did Torico deliver!! Our new Giddy Up set is so fun, you’ll be roped in!

Eeks!!! Isn't he too handsome???  For my card, I decided to use the cowboy in the set. I decided to pull out my handy dandy Prismacolor pencils and colored him up.  I've been playing with my pencils a lot more and am starting to get the hang of them finally. The layout for my card is this week's TSG Sketch challenge. LOVE it!! 

Giddy Up is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 26 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

Would you like to win the new Giddy Up  stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, February 23^rd with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

TSG Blog Hop Challenge - The Beary Best

WOW!!! Another month has flown by and I can't think of where it went!! It's already time for this month's release at There She Goes. 

Torico is at it again with her SUPER cute animals that we all LOVE and adore!  This set has some of the CUTEST bear images, and the sentiments will bring a tear to your eye. This set is the perfect mix of sentimental and super cute!

For my card, I was inspired by this week's Mojo Monday Sketch challenge and this fabulous DP from Pebbles that I picked up from my LSS (let's just say I did a bit of damage there on Monday).  

The Beary Best is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 19 stamps and will sell for $24.00

Would you like to win the new The Beary Best stamp set? Here is what you need to do-visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, February 23^rd  with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

LOVEFEST2013C A little bubby, a little bling...

Have you heard about all the fun over at Splitcoaststampers this week?  So exciting!!!  Stamping Bella is one of the member companies at SCS and we're hosting a challenge!!! As a Bella Babe, I get to join in on the fun!! Wahoo!!  Our challenge is all about Bringing the Bling!! We want to see bling on your cards :-)

For my card, I decided to ink up the Uptown Girls Felicity and Blair that hadn't seen any ink yet.  The layout for my card is the current Deconstructed Sketch. I stamped the image in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers. A little bit of bling, some ribbon and lace and I can say "I brought on the bling". LOL!!!

READY TO PLAY?!?!

Upload your creations to your Member Gallery and use today's keyword LOVEFEST2013C to play along. 

PRIZE INFO: TWO lucky winners will be drawn from the entries to this challenge! Each winner will receive a $25 voucher to spend at Stamping Bella.

VIEW THE GALLERY FOR THIS CHALLENGE HERE

View the Love Fest Master Challenge Thread HERE

UPLOADING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. All Love Fest Challenge Entries must be uploaded to your member gallery, with the specific challenge keyword, no later than February 28th, 2013 at 12:00 Noon Central Time to be eligible for our fabulous prizes! Post a link to your entry in this thread. 

2. You may not combine challenges, but you are welcome to create multiple cards for each challenge, AND you may combine Love Fest challenge entries with any other Splitcoast or other challenge. 

3. Please remember to put in the correct keyword when uploading your image. Copying and pasting the challenge keyword is recommended to avoid typos.

We've also added a fun section to the SCS Stamping Bella Forum. If you want to know more about the design team, check it out :-)

Surprise.... All boxed up

Eeks!!! I'm loving how this card turned out.  This week at Stamping Bella, we're having an "Anything Goes" challenge.  I've had this stamp called "Allboxedupa-Bella" for a few years and this is only the second time it has seen ink. Sad, isn't it?  I have way too many neglected stamps. I need to quit my day job so I can stamp all day... If only I could!!   I used a mixture of American Crafts and Bella Blvd DP as inspiration for my card. The image has been stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers.  

Next week's challenge is a sketch :-)

Email your entries to Emily at Stamping Bella by the end of Thursday February 21st to be in with a chance of winning some Bella Bucks.

Make sure you also upload to the SCS Gallery using the keyword stampingbella, and you might also see your card featured on our Pinterest board.

TSGA Sweet Pea

Hi there!!! Each month at There She Goes, we have what we call "There She Goes Again" week where we highlight older sets.  For my card today, I used the set called "Sweet Pea".  This has long been one of my favorite floral sets from TSG.  Love it!!!  The image was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers. The layout for my card is the current Mojo Monday sketch challenge. 

Next week is sneak peek week for There She Goes so you'll be seeing some fun stuff soon!!! 

It's 5 o'clock somewhere...

It's 5 somewhere right??? LOL!!! With the last couple of weeks I've had, I'm thinking I need  a margarita or two... or three?  I made this card for the current Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge which I don't play nearly often enough.  I loved the sketch so of course I had to get busy.  For my card, I've used the Stamping Bella set called "Uptown Girl Madison has a margarita". My dear friend Madison has been stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers. I also added some Crystal Stickles to the ruffles on her dress.  

Thanks for popping by!!!  

TSG194 Have a happy day

This week our challenge at There She Goes is brought to us by our Trendsetters. We are challenging you to use flowers-whether they be paper or stamps!  For my card today, I was inspired by this week's Retro Sketch. I am loving the look and clean and simple cards lately :-)  The flower I created was using one of the Memory Box Dies. If I remember correctly, it is called "Lisette Buckle" and a Sizzix die.  I then stamped a sentiment from the TSG set "Have a Happy Day". 

To be eligible for the giveaway, create a project that uses flowers in some way, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (February 18th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the lookout to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

Be my Valentine

Apparently, I had a brain fart last week!!!  I didn't realize that this never posted. I made this tag for last week's TSG Inspiration challenge. I was in the mood to make a tag, so that's what I did. So there... LOL.  For my tag, I created a rosette in the blue-ish colored DP. I then added a heart that I made using the Hearts dienamic from MFT.  The sentiment comes from the new TSG set called "Be My Valentine" which was stamped in Archival Black Ink. 

It's TSGA again week where we highlight some of our older sets so you'll see me pretty busy on my blog this week!! 

Thanks for popping by. 

Sending you a line...

WOW!! Another week has flown by. I realize now I had a card that didn`t post as scheduled so I`ll be adding that to my blog later on today. I've had this image from Stamping Bella for a couple of months now and I'm finally putting it to good use for this week's sketch challenge. 

The image I have used is called "Ramona Fishing"  I've stamped her in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow markers.  The DP is a mix of Bella Blvd, MME and Pink Paislee. I don't discriminate with my DP, it likes to play with each other. LOL!!!  

Next week, our challenge is "Anything Goes".  Wahoo!! The sky is your limit :-)

Email your entries to Emily at Stamping Bella by the end of Thursday February 14th to be in with a chance of winning some Bella Bucks.

Make sure you also upload to the SCS Gallery using the keyword stampingbella, and you might also see your card featured on our Pinterest board.

Thoughts of Spring

Hi there!!! I'm here with a quick clean and simple card for the current Bellatastic Tuesday challenge in the SCS forum.  This week, it's all about "Thoughts of Spring".    Eeks!!! I'm loving this stamp!! The layout for my card is from the most recent Case this Sketch challenge that I flipped on its' side. The stamp that I have used is called "Happy Forest" from Stamping Bella. I stamped the image using Archival Black ink and then colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol.  

Hope you like it!!! 

You are so sweet

Hi there!!! I'm here with my first February post for Stamping Bella.  February??? I can't believe it!! This week, the Bellarific Friday challenge is "You are so Sweet".  There are so many ways to interpret this challenge and of course, I decided to let my sweet tooth guide the way. 

For my card, I decided to use "Addy'tude is a Cupcake Diva" that I've had in my stash for quite some time. Addy was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers.  I've added some Diamond Stickles to her earrings and some red pearls to the cherries on the cupcakes.  The layout for my card is the current Freshly Made Sketch challenge (although I did take a liberty or two with the banner placement). 

A few notes :-)  They're good ones too!!!! Emily is making way for some new product so a bunch more stuff has been placed in the Specials section.  To top it off, there is also a coupon code for this weekend (Friday Feb. 1 to Sunday Feb. 3) to give you 15% off regular and sale priced items. The coupon code is ineedtopurge2013. 

Next week's challenge is a sketch!! My fave of all. 

 Email your entries to Emily at Stamping Bella by the end of Thursday February 7th to be in with a chance of winning some Bella Bucks.

Make sure you also upload to the SCS Gallery using the keyword stampingbella, and you might also see your card featured on our Pinterest board.