Belli Challenge #28 - containers

This week's Belli Challenge is to decorate a container. I decided to try something different and transform this container:



into this:




I love making Christmas ornaments out of "found" things. It's a good way to recycle some of your trash, too. I have done this with leftover ribbon spools as well.

The stamps on this ornament all come from the Joyeux Noel stamp set over at Cornish Heritage Farms. I inked up all the stamps with my Tsukineko Glue Pad, and covered them with Micropearl Pearl Ex powder. I love my pearl ex. :-) I decorated the edges with stickles and tied a pretty blue snowflake ribbon around the container.

There's no need to spray or seal the pearl ex - the glue pad takes care of all that. Love the Glue Pad! You can also buy this glue pad at Cornish Heritage Farms while you are shopping for the Joyeux Noel set. :-)

Check out some of the other ladies on the Belli Team:

Rochelle Wick http://impressionsbyrochelle.blogspot.com/
Debby McGivillary http://debbysstampinheaven.blogspot.com/
Laurie Serino http://www.stampingforgodsglory.blogspot.com/
Shelly Koskinen http://shellysstamping.blogspot.com/
Chris Dickinson www.chrissyd723.blogspot.com
Christi Thorsen http://cici510.blogspot.com/
Ceal Pritchett http://simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.com/
Lorie Ames http://www.live-love-laugh-create.blogspot.com/


Now it's your turn to create something with a container. Upload your picture(s) to your blog or to SCS (keyword CBC28), and post a link to Chrissy's blog posting. You could win some Belli blog candy!


Stamps: Joyeux Noel (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Ink: Tsukineko Glue Pad, Night of Navy (around the edge on the big snowflake side)
CS: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy
Other: Micropearl Pearl Ex powder, Star Dust stickles, nestabilities, q-tip, snowflake ribbon from JMK Ribbon, cheese cardboard container

Bye Bye Blue Bayou

I made this quick card last night when I was cleaning some scraps of paper off my table. There was some Blue Bayou cardstock and designer paper that were cut to fit each other, and I figured I might as well use them.

Touch of Nature is a retiring set, and I've hardly used it. I love the quote in this set - it just seemed so perfect for this card.

Keeping this post short and sweet. There are some good thunderstorms coming this way, so I need to shut down my computer. Pray that we get some rain - we need it. :-)

Stamps: Embrace Life, Touch of Nature
Ink: Jet Black Stazon, Blue Bayou
CS: Blue Bayou cs and dp, Naturals Ivory
Other: Kraft tafetta ribbon, aquapainter

Glimmered Swirls and Dragonfly

I've been playing with my Glimmer Mists, and my fingers are all purple! LOL This card is just something that came about in a random fashion.

When I sprayed the smaller piece of cardstock, I started with Sunflower, then I went over here and there with Fully Purple. It didn't get as "purple" as the background piece did, so I sprayed Olive Vine on top of that. I really like this mixture of colors.

The background piece is just sprayed with Fully Purple - nothing else. Isn't that a gorgeous purple color? It is so shimmery when you hold it in your hands.

The stamps on this card are from Cornish Heritage Farms - Beautiful and Garden Friends. I love the swirls in the Beautiful set, and the colors of the smaller glimmered piece dictated that I needed to stamp a dragonfly on it. To help set off the background piece, I went over the edges with a Gold Krylon paint pen.

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms - Beautiful & Garden Friends
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
CS: Basic Black, Whisper White
Glimmer Mists: Fully Purple, Olive Vine, Sunflower
Other: Gold Krylon paint pen

Blog Candy

My friend Chrissy is hosting some blog candy over on here blog. Click HERE to go see her posting.

In case you haven't read her previous news, she has become a stamp designer for Sweet N Sassy Stamps. I have known Chrissy for three or four years now, and I had no idea she could DRAW. When she showed me some of her ideas, I was blown away. This gal can DRAW!!! I seriously cannot wait til her stamps are available for sale (September 1). You'll probably see me posting and gushing about Chrissy when I've had a chance to play with her new stamps. :-)

Go check out her blog and enter for your chance to win her blog candy.

Have a great weekend!!

Belli Challenge #27 - birthday

This week's Belli Challenge is to make a birthday card. Use whatever embellishments you like - just make it birthday-themed.

If you are in my NAC swap over on SCS, look away!!! LOL This is one of my swap cards for one of the groups. It was fun to play with the new colors of papers and a new stamp set.

Everything on this card is from Stampin Up! The papers and stamp set will be in the new catalog (which we will be able to see in a couple weeks!!).

Check out what the other team members have created:

Rochelle Wick http://impressionsbyrochelle.blogspot.com/

Laurie Serino http://www.stampingforgodsglory.blogspot.com/

Shelly Koskinen http://shellysstamping.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Greco http://glitterinmyhair.blogspot.com/

Chris Dickinson http://www.chrissyd723.blogspot.com/

Christi Thorsen http://cici510.blogspot.com/

Ceal Pritchett http://simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.com/

Lorie Ames http://www.live-love-laugh-create.blogspot.com/

If you post your creation to SCS, please use keyword CBC27. Don't forget to post a comment to Chrissy's Belli #27 posting with a link to your card. You never know what you might win. :-)

Stamps: Heard from the Heart

Ink: Basic Black

CS: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Bella Rose dp

Other: small star punch, 2 way glue, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Belli Challenge #26 - Felt

Hello again! Are you ready for another Belli Challenge? This week we are using felt on our projects. Felt flowers, felt ribbon, felt fabric, whatever ya got. :-)

I wanted to play with my felt flowers (Felt Fusion from Stampin Up), and to my surprise, they match up pretty well with the new In Colors!

On this card, I have used the new Tangerine Tango cardstock and the new Bella Rose designer paper. For my ink colors, I used Tangerine Tango, and a stamped off Kiwi Kiss for the swirls behind the sentiment. Kiwi is actually a little bit darker, but I wanted the sentiment to stand out, so I stamped off the Kiwi swirls on scratch paper first, and then onto my Vanilla cardstock.

Come join us in the Belli Challenge. Make a card or some other project with felt, and upload it to your blog or to SCS. If you upload to SCS, please use keyword CBC26. Make sure you post a link in Chrissy's comments so you are eligible for her prize drawing! :-) PS - July 23rd is her birthday! Wish her a happy day when you post your comment.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, All Holidays, Baroque Border wheel

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango

CS: Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Bella Rose dp

Other: Old Olive poly twill ribbon, Felt Fusion flowers, Ice square rhinestone brad (green)

Bella Rose Blooming card

I wanted to play with some of the new In Colors and the new Bella Rose designer paper. Isn't that paper gorgeous? It will be in the new Fall/Winter Stampin Up catalog. Just a few more weeks and we can have these in our hot little hands!!! I'm so excited!

I used sketch AMYRS31 for this card. Do you see the little scallops on the new green Kiwi Kiss paper? That is the new Scallop Edge punch. I love it!

The red paper is called Riding Hood Red, the green is Kiwi Kiss, and the pale soft pink is called Pink Pirouette. The other colors that will be introduced are Pacific Point (nice rich blue), Baja Breeze (softer blue), and Tangerine Tango (nice rich orange). These colors will be fun to play with.

I hope you liked this little sneak peak! :-)

Stamps: Blooming with Love

Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Sahara Sand

CS: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Bella Rose designer paper

Other: Scallop Edge punch, Scallop circle punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, aquapainter