Bella Birthday Bash

I'm chasing my tail once again as I didn't get this card finished in time for the Bella blog hop but I am pleased that I did get it finished in time for the Birthday Bash Contest! This card fits the bill perfectly for me today as my little sweetie turned 14! She is definitely one of "my favorite things!" I know this Ketto girl is more "spring" but I winterized her a little with cutting out one of the hats from my patterned paper to make her a little more festive.
Here is a close up of my "list". She is at the top of it! For fun I added some fun favorite winter activities with some Melissa Frances rub-ons.
Here is my whole supply list:
Stamps:
Ketto's Dolly, top 10 favorite things memory block (Stamping Bella)
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Jolly by Golly (Cosmo Cricket)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Snowflake dies (Spellbinders)
Felt
Brad (American Crafts)
Rub-on sentiments (Melissa Frances)
Dymo Label Gun

Happy Birthday to both my girl and Stamping Bella! See you monday!

Stamping Bella Blog Hop

Happy Halloween! Welcome to the Chichiboulie Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella...you are at the very end of the hop! Since it is the eve of November I wanted to use Poppy Bittybloom because here in Canada we celebrate Remembrance Day November 11th!

As many of you know reds can be really tricky to work with in the copics. They are dye rich and can get away on you quite easily! The trick is to not add too much ink and give yourself a "buffer zone" around the outline of the image...don't color too close to the lines. To color I used R11, R14, R24, R29.

I love the shape of her flower so I HAD to use my blossom dies from Spellbinders. I colored my image first then ran the smaller die through my machine using the embossing mat...so that I didn't cut my paper. I left the die in place then airbrushed around it so that when the die is removed you see that pretty white border. I then took my largest blossom die and cut out my image. That top flower is only ONE layer of paper!

The beautiful scrolling felt piece is from Prima, I manipulated it a tad so that my sentiment would fit. This sentiment is also new to me from Stamping Bella, so glad I bought it!
Here is a really close shot of the coloring....if you click on the photo you can see it even bigger! Eeeek, remember that I am working with red....
I did my shading and grounding around the image with my prismacolor pencils. I said it yesterday but don't want you to miss this....make sure you do your marker work first!

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have 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 $25 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!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Fa la la la la

Thought I would play along with the sketch challenge on SCS today. I just wanted to stamp for fun and this new image from Stamping Bella was calling for some ink!

On the sketch there were 3 background panels. I used my ribbon and my felt strip to represent those panels.
The music paper from the Jolly by Golly collection (Cosmo Cricket) was perfect for this theme.
Here are the rest of my card details:
Stamps:
The Choir (Stamping Bella)
Paper:
White (Neenah)
Olive (PTI)
Jolly by Golly (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Prismacolor Pencils
Rectangular Dies (Spellbinders)
Ribbon (SEI)
Felt Strip (Making Memories)
Glitter (Martha Stewart)

Have a great day!

Reading is Chic! Taylor's Sketch Challenge!

This is one of my daughter's favorite books...it has seen better days as the condition of it's cover is quite poor. Enter CREATOPIA! I Love the fabric adhesive and it made doing this book cover very quick and easy! I used Taylor's sketch for the layout inspiration.
CLICK ON THE PHOTOS IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CLOSER LOOK!
Who says books can't be chic...not me! This is Michael Miller fabric...did you notice the shape of the pattern? Very similar to the labels 9 die by Spellbinders. The book is covered with fabric that I ran through the creatopia machine to apply adhesive to the backing. All I did was measure the dimensions of the book (spine included) then added an inch to each side.
I took a piece of an old sheet and stamped "Betty the Bookworm" from Stampingbella in versacraft ink. I heat set it with my iron, colored it with my copics and then ran the rough square through the creatopia to get the adhesive on the back.....THEN I ran it through with the spellbinder die. LOVED IT!
I cut a smaller nestie of the same label 9 die in cotton batting so that the image would puff. See the dimension in this picture. It is really sweet in real life!
Here is a close shot of my paper version of coloring "Betty"...she looks a lot like my adorable little niece with her chic glasses! I didn't deviate too much from the colors in the fabric. BG01, BG05, YG93,YG95, YG99, YG01, YG03.
Wow, was this ever a FUN project....now that I have tested it out my daughter says she wants to cover her hardcover bible from school....it's cover has seen better days too!

I think this would make a great gift idea...add some cool factor and cover a book to give away!


Here is the sketch so you can play along in TAYLOR'S challenge.
Don't forget to see what the rest of the sketch crew came up with:
Jami Sibley: More is More
Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper
Jackie Pedro: The Scalloped Edge
Lynn Mercurio: Stamperosity
Melissa Sauls: In Stamping Mode
Rachel Sztonyk: Gingerbread Gallery
Alice Lihsuan-Wertz: Alice's Little Wonderland
Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow

Enjoy blog hoppin' around and make sure you give the new gals a welcome hello!
Have a great weekend!