MIMI - Sneak Peak

Hi all my blogging friends. If you have been following Emily over on Bloggabella, you would of read that she is coming out with a release sometime next week.  So today I am here to give you a taste of what is to come.  This adorable image is from a 'new' artist - yet to be revealed.  This is MIMI the chicklet!!

I'm using bella's bestest paper and to colour I'm using  prismacolour pencils and gamsol for blending.  See those funky blue streaks behind her?, well I was trying to make some clouds and it didn't quite turn out how I anticipated!! LOL - so just added a bit of glitter, but not sure it it made it worse or not.  It almost looks like this chick has wings - oh my!

Anyway, designer paper is from Prima called Doodle Duex.  I used an EK success wavy border punch for the blue strip and also a Memory Box die for the intricate black bow on the left side. This image also comes with a sentiment  " I need to see you badly".  Added some rhinestones on the bow to finish it off.

Is she not the cutest?? Would you like to win her? Make sure you leave a comment on any of the blog posts over at bloggabella featuring  the new images because Emily is going to draw a random winner .

Be sure to check out all the other Bella babes blogs over the next week for more sneak peaks.

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a wonderful day,

See you back her on Friday for our Bellariffic challenge - you still have time to play along - our theme is friendship. 

Pauline

Sneak peak #2

Hi, I'm back today with another sneak peak for the upcoming release from Stamping Bella. So what do you think so far? Aren't those 'duda' images adorable?

Today's card features one of the new Uptown Girl images.
This one is called "Faith the Fairy".

 I used copics to colour Faith, and a bit of shading was done with pencils.  This image also comes with it's own sentiment, but it was a bit big to fit it on my card, so I decided to use it on my card tomorrow, so you will have to stop by then to see how I used it.

Dies: s/binder oval & Floral oval
Paper: bella's bestest paper, gray, black and MME - in bloom
Misc: - seam binding ribbon, glitter, sparkler button

If you would like to play along with our challenge this week, you still have time.  You can email Emily buy tonight to be included on bloggabella tomorrow.    

Also, don't forget about the challenge we have going over on SCS - bellatastic tuesday #6 challenge. The theme is 'make it pretty'.  You can read all about it here.  Make sure when you upload it you use the key word BELLAMARONE2013.  There is $20 in bella bucks up for grabs to the winner!

Thanks for stopping in today, see you back here tomorrow! 
 

I carry your heart with me

I'm sure you heard the news that Emily is having another release coming up, so this week, you will be able to see lots of sneak peaks from the bella babes. You can also check out bloggabella because she will showcase the sneak peaks there as well. Emily is planning on the release date of next Monday, but who knows she could surprise us earlier!

She also has a new artist - Diane Duda and boy is she a talented gal.  You can see her artwork here on her blog.

So that brings me to what I have to share with you today.
I had a 'duda' image and this one is called
I carry your heart.

  
Isn't she adorable?  I used copics to colour her and prismacolour pencils for some shading.

This image also comes with it's very own sentiment which reads "I carry your heart with me".  I didn't put it on the front of the card, but think I will include it on the inside.

Dies used: s/binder resplendent rectangles, memory box - precious hearts, and lavish branch
Paper: memory box, bella's bestest paper, PTI aqua mist
Misc: rose chiffon ribbon, prima flowers, mini white pearls, glitter, stitching.

I'll be back later in the week with another sneak peak (Uptown girl).  Thanks for stopping by.
   

I'm back with a Sneak Peek!

First of all, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, as you spent time with family and friends. We enjoyed the quietness, after having such a busy 3 weeks before the holidays, the rest was much needed.   And now here we are into the beginning of another year.  Did you make any new year resolutions?  I gave up on that a while ago, I would always start out with good intentions just like most and then fall off.

With that being said, I'm back after a month off, and let me tell you it is hard to get back into make cards and posting them.  I struggled with this, pulled out images and papers, and would sit and ponder at doing a card, and then would put it off for another day.  It's just like work, you take a week or two vacation and you find it such a struggle to get back into the groove. I did manage to make 2 cards on the weekend (finally!), which will be posted next week. 

Some good news - Emily over at Stamping Bella is having a release on Friday! Woohoo!! There will be some new Uptown's and the one that I am sharing with you today is called Brett & Brenda. I'm in love with this image, see for yourself.

I kept this fairly simple - didn't want to steal the show from the bride! LOL.  I coloured the image with copics, then cut it out using the smallest die from the Spellbinders Grand Ovals, left the die in place and sponged some Mellow Moss around the edges to co-ordinate with the background paper I picked. I then layered this onto another piece of white c/s cut using Grand Decorative Ovals One. 

Designer paper is by Fabscraps called Rustic Fly- I wish I would of bought a couple of pieces of this, love the tones of the greens and greys in this.

This image also comes with it's own sentiment - Congratulations, which I cut out using an tag die. I also added some mini pearls to finish it off.

To glitter her dress I covered the whole dress using my quickie glue pen, let it dry for a couple of minutes the poured some Crystal Glitter Ritz - warm highlights, and burnished it in, tapped off the excess and there you have it a smooth looking bridal dress.  You can see the how the glitter looks here:

Don't forget about our challenge over at SCS - you can find the link here and read all about it.  There is $25.00 voucher up for grabs which can be spent at Stamping Bella.  Contest closes Jan 7th. 

Well that abouts does it for me for today.  Have to get ready for work (UGH!).  Be sure to check out the other Babes blogs to catch some more sneak peaks.

Thanks for stopping by, have yourself a wonderful day!

Pauline   

Sneak peek #3

Hi blogging friends!  Ah it's the weekend again - don't you just love it? Welcome back to another bellariffic friday.  This weeks challenge was to use BLING on your card, and I did just that.

For my card today I'm also show casing another NEW image - this one is called Reindeer and Trees - another beautiful image by Krista Schneider soon to be out in rubber by Stamping Bella - (I think the release date is Oct 1.)

For my image I used copics and then did shading with pencils.  The blue background was done by sponging versamagic sea breeze around the image.  I then layered this onto a piece of soft suede c/s and then chocolate brown, then stitched around the image.

For the layers behind I used a Spellbinder snowflake die to cut a piece of cream shimmer c/s  and a MFT harlequin die for the red border at the bottom. DP is Basic Grey - Aspen Frost.

Then the BLING  - rhinestones on the peaks of the harlequin die, on the star and on the reindeers nose, then lots of glitter every where else.

Want to see some more sparkle? Then hop over to bloggabella and check out all the beautiful creations the others have done.  Leave a comment for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks.

So for next weeks challenge we are back to a sketch.  You can email your card to Emily by thursday night to be included on bloggabella on friday, this will also get you in the running for a chance to win $20 in bella bucks.  Here is the sketch to follow:

If you want to see some more sneak peaks, be sure to check out the other babes as well as bloggabella.  Emily has been posting them there as well. 
 
Have a wonderful weekend everyone and thanks for stopping by.

sneak peak #2

I back today to share with you another Sneak Peak for this weeks release.  And it is another Christmas card - excited about that.  Now for all you Ramona fans out there this one is for you-

Mr. Penguin helps Ramona!

Now how cute is this image?  I must admit this was my second attempt at this card.  I had bright yellow dp picked out to go with her and when I went to put it together it was way too busy (even my husband agreed!), so I rummaged through some more papers and came up with what you see here.  It is by Echo Park called Christmas bells - this was from last year.  I coloured the image using copics and some shading done with prismacolour pencils and gamsol. 

Dies used are the spellbinder large square and the large postage stamp square.  Since I didn't have the right colour yellow c/s for layering, I took a piece of yellow c/s and used my copic marker to colour the paper.  I just ran the chisel end of the copic all the way around the outside edge of the c/s, and voila it matches Ramona's coat! I also used a cloud die and sponged around it to put some clouds in the sky, using versamagic sea breeze.

Finishing touches: lots of glitter, diamond dust for the ground, ribbon, white flock for the trim on her hat and pompom, and rhinestones for the corners.

Well that's it for today - don't forget about our challenge this week - it is use BLING on your card - glitter, rhinestones, pearls, you name it, if it sparkles use it! You can email Emily your card by thursday night to be included in the challenge.  Your name will also go in for a draw to win $20 in bella bucks.

See you back her on Friday.  Thanks for stopping by.

Are you ready......

for a SNEAK PEAK??? Well you are in for a treat today, because I think for this weeks bellariffic sketch challenge some  of the babes will be show casing a 'new image' to be released next week at Stamping Bella.

I have seen a couple of the images and OMG you guys are going to love this release.

Okay, okay, I know you want to see my card, so here goes - his name is FROSTIER - designed by Krista Schneider - so glad she is back, I love her stuff! Don't you just love him.  I have a soft spot for snowman, they just melt my heart.

I used both copics and pencils to colour him. Designer paper is from MME - winter wonderland.  For my sentiment I used happy holidays.  The ribbon looks brown but is is a deep burgundy.  For the dies I used spellbinder circles, and ovals and Memory Box frosty border.  

Finished it off with lots of glitter, glossy accents for the buttons and the berries on his hat.  For the ground I used diamond dust - it's a chunky glitter - so so pretty and sparkly.

Be sure to hop around to the other babes blogs to see what they are showcasing today, or you can head over to bloggabella and see it all there.  Leave a comment for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks.

Next weeks challenge is 'BLING IT UP"! You can email your card to Emily by thursday night to be included in the showcase on bloggabella on friday - you also have a chance to win $20 in bella bucks - hey just in time for the release.  

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend.  I'll be back again real soon with another sneak peak.

A sneak peak for you

Well, I'm sure you heard that Emily is coming out with a release this week, and if you have been checking out bloggabella, you would of seen some sneak peak images Emily has posted.

So today, I'm sharing a new Mo image that will be part of the release. Not sure of the proper name for this image, but they were a joy to colour.

I coloured the image with copics and did the shading with prismacolour pencils and gamsol. I wanted her dress to be red, so was checking through some of my new 6x6 paper packs and came across this paper from Basic Grey called Shine On.  After cutting the image down to size, I sponged some versamagic wheat around the edges.  Finished off with some lace, glitter and some red gingham ribbon.

I know there have been a few more sneak peaks out there by some of the other 'babes', so be sure to check them out.

Don't forget about our 'manly' challenge this friday for that special guy in your life. Email your card to Emily by thursday night to have your card appear on Bloggabella.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Sneak Peak

Hi - hope everyone had a good weekend.  Have you had a chance to hop over to SCS to the bella forum? If you did you would of seen some sneak peak images that Emily is teasing us with.  The release day is tomorrow, Tuesday Jan 17, and all I can say is that I'm excited.  Looks like some new Uptown Girls, and a couple of new designers! woohoo!!

The image that I coloured up to show you is so cute! Who wouldn't love to receive a card with this adorable image?  Okay, enough said here she is - Matilda Swinging!

Isn't she just darling? I coloured miss Matilda using prismacolour pencils and gamsol.  I needed to do something with the big white open space, so I pulled out some of my cloud dies, and traced lightly around some of the cloud formation,  then added a bit of a darker blue and blended out. After I finished colouring her, the image was still lacking something.  So I pulled out my chalks (haven't used these in ages) and sponged some blue chalk in the cloud area.  What I did notice though is that it kind of removed my outline markings of my clouds, and left it with a white outline - does look kind of cool!

Designer paper is by MME - Happier collection.  This cute image also comes with her own sentiment - thinking of you.  I trimmed it up and layered it onto a piece of pink c/s to make a tag.  Finished off with some stitching, glitter, and a couple of pink pearls.

Well that's it for me, but be sure to check out all of the other bellababes for some awesome sneak peaks! You can also see them over at SCS - do search in the gallery using the keyword SBJANRELEASE. Be sure to check out the store over at Stamping Bella tomorrow for the release - have fun shopping!

Have a wonderful day!

A Sneak Peak

Sorry for posting so late tonight, but just wanted to get this card posted, so you could have a sneak peak.  Emily is having another release tomorrow, and she says this is her best one yet- but if you ask me I think all her releases are awesome!

The image I have to share is called Cupcake Princess Violet, another wonderful image by Mo Manning. I love the airiness of her dress, all those ruffles, so pretty!

I started with bella's bestest paper and coloured with prismacolor pencils - skin tones are done with copics. I coloured her in shades of soft pinks.
The designer paper is from a 6x6 pad of Prima Marketing called Fairy Flora.
All the papers is this pack are so pretty, I had a hard time deciding which to use.

Used my oval s/binder dies to cut her out as well as the scallop layer underneath.  Finished up with a bow and glitter.  I don't know how well you can see the glitter on her dress, so here is a close up view for you:

Some of the babes have already posted some sneak peaks, and I must say they are must haves! So be sure to check out Stamping Bella's website tomorrow to see what else is in the release.  You will not be disappointed!

Pauline