Goodbye Google Reader

Hi there!! With Google Reader disappearing later on tonight, I've decided to add Bloglovin' to my blog.  Check out the link on the right hand side of my blog if you want to follow my blog :-)

If friends were flowers

Hi there!!! Hope you're all having a great weekend.  I\m enjoying the long weekend here in Canada (even though I have the beginning of a cold) and with some time off, I decided I wanted to play with some mixed media type stuff. I took a Mixed Media card class at my local stamp store the other day and I really enjoyed it so I decided to pick up some goodies like Tim Holtz Distress stains, Dylusions sprays, Inkagold and some Gelatos.  Please be gentle with me!!! LOL.  For my card today, I used the Stamping Bella set called Em's Lantern Flowers which was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto some Mixed media paper and then embossed with clear embossing powder. I then added a few different pink tones of Distress stains and some Gelatos and silver Inkagold over that.  I added some polkadots using a stencil and white ink.  I then had a major crafting mishap after adding the sentiment from the set called Uptown Girl Pippa loves to plant.  I wanted to add some of the White Dylusions spray and let's just say more came out than I expected (all over the card and all over my craft mat).  I tried to fix it.... but I'm realizing that with mixed media it doesn't have to be perfect. 

Hope you like it!!!

Mimi the Chick

Hi there everyone. It's me with my post for Bellarific Friday.  This week, we had a sketch to work with and overall, I kept it the same except for skewing the image panel.  Oops... Okay I'll admit it, I liked it better with the panel on an angle.  I received the new release from Stamping Bella in the mail last week so I decided I needed to ink up Mimi the Chick. I've inked her up with Archival black ink and then colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol.  

 Next week's theme is Button UP! Add buttons to your card.  Remember to email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and you could win some bella bucks!

TSG Sneak Peek - Pandamonium

Welcome to the last day of sneak peek's for this month's TSG release. I hope you like it as much as we do.  

Melyssa is back this month with another animal set, and it is PANDAmonium!! So. Many. Cute. Pandas. Full of sentiments, images, and FUN, you are SURE to love this set as much as WE do!!

I had fun creating this card using the sketch for this week's TSG challenge. I kept the card fairly simple to make sure that it highlighted this adorable panda.  Love it!!!

PANDAmonium is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 23 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

Would you like to win the new PANDAmonium 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, June 29th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

TSG Sneak Peek - Amalia's Daisy and Cinammon

Artist Megan Suarez has two fabulous sets for us this month, both a continuation of her previous lines. Amalia’s Daisy, the second Amalia stamp for us, is SUPER adorable, and sure to make her way into your heart one flower at a time. Cinnamon is the newest addition to the Spice Girl line. I love how spicy but sweet these girls are!!!

Amalia’s Daisy is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 4 stamps and will sell for $9.00

Cinnamon is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 6 stamps and will sell for $9.00

Would you like to win the new Amalia’s Daisy and Cinnamon sets? 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, June 29th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Sizzlin' Summer

Hi there!! Oops... I almost forgot it was Friday and we all know that Friday means it's Bellarific Friday. This week's Bellarific Friday challenge is called "Sizzlin' Summer which means we want to see your summer images.  It's hard to believe it's summer when we've had so much rain here on the West Coast. However, we haven't had anywhere near as much rain as Alberta has been experiencing.  For my card, I decided to use Kinibella that I've had in my stash for awhile now.  I was hoping to use one of the new Uptown Girls but as luck would have it, I finished my card and sent my picture off to Emily and what comes through my mailslot...  yup, you guessed it, my stamps... The layout for my card is the current Deconstructed Sketch.  

Next week's challenge is a sketch :-)

Email your creations to Em by next Thursday  June 27th  for a chance to win $20 Bella Bucks (either by submitting a project or simply commenting on next week's Bellarific Friday post)

It's Em's birthday next week and she's having a birthday sale!! 25% off and that includes sales items too!! Wahoo!!! The code to use is bellabirthday2013.