Prairie Paper & Ink

Sneak Peek and a Sketch Sample

**This is post #2 for today! I've been posting at least once a day since the first so scroll down in case you've missed some!**

The Stickles are finally dry so here's my card!

I made it not only for the latest Friday Sketch! but also for today's ATS Sneak Peek - today we're peeking my other soon-to-be-released set called Underwater Sentiments :o)

If you liked my Beach Sentiments set you're gonna love this one!!

 

I'm also peeking ANOTHER soon-to-be-released set that we will talk more about tomorrow (and just wait 'till you see the sample I made for that!!) - that was the inspiration for my Underwater Sentiments set.

I did some masking and coloring with my Copics then as a final touch I added some Diamond Stickles to make it all oh-so-sparkly :o)

The patterned paper is all from Cosmo Cricket's Snorkel line - I used that to inspire the color combo for the rest of the card.

I lined the inside of the card with more Snorkel patterned paper.

I stamped another die cut circle with another sentiment from the Underwater Sentiments set, and images from the companion image set, colored them all in with Copics and added more Stickles.

 

STAMPS: AmyR Stamps Underwater Sentiments, CC Designs Underwater Emma set.

CS: CC Designs Copic Quality White, Stampin' Up! Summer Sun, Basic Black and Lovely Lilac, Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Rectangle Dies, Stickles, Ribbon, Brads, Dimensionals.

Don't forget to check out the other DT samples HERE at the ATS blog <----click! (and leave a comment on the ATS blog post and you'll be entered in to win the Underwater Sentiments set!)

Sneak Peek - AmyR Stamps Butterfly Set

Yup that's right - an IMAGE set this time! And butterflies at that!

This is one of two sets of mine that will be released at All That Scraps on Monday (July 6) - sneak peeks for that one will start tomorrow.

For now here's my sneak peek of this new Butterfly set:

 

I stamped the sentiment and the butterfly with Memento Tuxedo Black ink then cut out the image with my paper cutter and used paper snips to cut around the wings of the butterfly.

I used Copic markers to color in the butterfly and then went over it all with my Gold Copic Spica pen which tinted it to a more carmel color and gave it all a subtle shimmer.

The splattering was done with my SU! Color Spritzer and SU Close to Cocoa marker.

The patterned paper, buttons and brads are all from the Basic Grey Porcelain line.

Ribbon is May Arts textured.

**Make sure to check out the other DT samples HERE at the ATS blog <-----click!!

AND if you want to win this set leave a comment on that ATS blog post and you will be entered in to win!!**

 

STAMPS: AmyR Stamps Butterfly set.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Chocolate Chip and Pink Prihouette (retired), Basic Grey Porcelain Patterned papers.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Close to Cocoa, ColorBox Chestnut Roan, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Buttons, Brads, Copic Spica Gold Glitter Pen, Spellbinders Mega Nestabilities Curved Rectangles Dies.

Bella Birthday Hop!

Welcome to the Birthday Blog Skip, Hop & Dance sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

 

I got an e-mail not too long ago from Shannan asking if I'd like to participate in a special surprise as it's Emily's (THE Stamping Bella) birthday today.

I said of course and I was sent this awesome image by Christy Croll to use on my card - this isn't even available as a stamp!

Since it was a digi image I printed it out onto my white cardstock in two sizes - the larger one for the front of the card and the smaller one for the inside (FYI I use Georgia Pacific White for printing my digi images b/c my printer goes NUTS when I try and print on anything that is a heavier weight).

I colored the images with my Copics, then trimmed them out with scissors.

I had to bling up the main image of course so I used some of my Spica glitter pens to add some sparkle then pulled out some rhinestones from my stash to bling up the crown and her earrings!

The patterned paper is from the October Afternoon Ducks in a Row collection that I got from My Little Ribbon Shop.

The ribbon I had bought at Michaels last year.

The sentiments on the outside and inside of the card are from my Birthday Sentiments set.

 

STAMPS: Birthday Stamping Queen Digi Image by Christy Croll, AmyR Stamps Birthday Sentiments.

CS: Georgia Pacific White (WalMart), PTI Summer Sunrise, SU! Black, October Afternoon Ducks in a Row Patterned Papers.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Spica Glitter Pens, Spellbinders Scalloped Circle Die, Rhinestones, Ribbon, SU! Word Window Punch, Dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Paper Funtastics . Have a great day!

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 $40 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!

Girl Friday, TGF, Friends and Craziness

This is going to be a CRAZY week for me!! Veronica graduates from Kindergarten on Wednesday (wah!!! Her first year of school went by SO fast!) and they have a cap and gown ceremony (LOL it will be so cute) that all the family is invited to.

This week is also the local high school grad so I've got extra appointments for gel nails and pedicures and whatnot.

And THEN I've got my big Stamping Garage sale with Julie on Saturday! ACK!!

So yeah I already can't wait for this week to be over!

ANYWHO tho I DO have a card to share and hopefully a bunch of posts to go up this week - figures when I'm running around like a crazy person trying to keep up with it all my mojo goes nuts and I get a ton of ideas!

 

I had this Reeta image (by The Greeting Farm) partially colored and sitting on my desk.

All I needed to do was pick out some patterned paper and match the colors to finish the image - so I pulled out what I have left of my Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday papers (which is hardly any! I'm going to have to get more of them - LOVE this line!) and used those to make this card.

I used my Copics to color in the image - making her a redhead this time and coloring her "meow" similar to Josie's as she was my inspiration after THIS POST.

I colored her outfit to match the Girl Friday papers and used my colorless blender for the polka dots and highlights.

I attached some buttons from my stash with pink string and stamped one of the sentiments from my Friends Sentiments set onto a scrap of the Monday paperthat I cut out with a circle nesties die.

I lined the inside of the card with more of the Girl Friday papers and that was it!

 

STAMPS: The Greeting Farm Reeta stamp, AmyR Stamps Friend Sentiments.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Black and Pink Pirhouette, Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Patterned Papers.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities Dies, Coluzzle, May Arts Ribbon, Buttons, String.

Sketch Sample (June 19/09 Friday Sketch!)

 

Here's my card for the latest Friday Sketch!

I had to use the bear image that I had colored in this video as it was sitting on my desk and I wasn't going to toss it!

I also decided to stick with the October Afternoon Ducks in a Row patterned paper and ribbons I got from My Little Ribbon Shop as they were all still sitting out as well.

I also used my Thank You Sentiments as again it was sitting out (yeah call it like you see it - I was being lazy LOL!).

Still I'm pleased with how the card turned out.

I used buttons from my stash in the corner instead of flowers, and punched the white cardstock with my Martha Stewart Lace punch.

I finished up the inside with more patterned paper and a sentiment from the Thank You Sentiments set and that was it!

 

STAMPS: CC Designs Bear Hugs, AmyR Stamps Thank You Sentiments.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Black, PT Aqua Mist, October Afternoon Ducks in a Row Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle, Scalloped Circle and Label Trio Dies, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Buttons, Embroidery Floss, Martha Stewart Scalloped Lace Punch.

Lastly here's a pic of my nails. After my last couple of videos I've been getting a lot of comments and questions about them.

They're gel nails (NOT acrylic) and I do them myself - my other job is as a nail tech and I do gel nails, manicures, pedicures and even gel toe nails.

This picture isn't the greatest (if you click on it you can get a pop-up with a bigger image) but these are multicolor glitter tips with silver rhinestones embedded in the gel.

And just a quick FYI bit I DO get a lot of comments and e-mails from people wanting more info on gel nails and what to look for/what to avoid when it comes to checking out a salon and while I don't mind answering them to the best of my knowledge I am really busy so it may be some time before I can answer you! For YOU your best option is to check out your local salon and ask their nail techs the questions as they should be able to answer them and address any concerns you might have.

Beary Thanks 3x3 Note Card Box

 

Whew! I FINALLY got this done! I set out to make this box and the notecards in MAY back when it was posted as the Wednesday DT Challenge.

I got as far as stamping and coloring the bears from theCCD Bear Hugs stamps and cutting them out and then they sat on my desk 'till today.

Sad I know.

I followed this SCS tutorial to make the box - it was super easy and came together quite quickly.

I then made half a dozen 3x3 note cards to put in the box.

I went with a Thank You theme so I used my new Thank You Sentiments set on the box top, and the outside and inside of the cards.

All the patterned paper is from the Ducks in a Row collection by October Afternoon.

I got the paper and ribbon (May Arts) from My Little Ribbon Shop.

I used the same layout on each note card - just alternating which side the bear sit/stood on, and attached the bear with dimensionals.

The Martha Stewart scalloped lace punch was used with white cardstock to get the lace edge.

Like I said I used the Thank You Sentiments set on all the cards - the "Just a little note to say..." stamp was PERFECT for these.

Then on the inside I just added a small strip of one of the patterned papers and stamped "Thank You" above it.

 

 

STAMPS: CC Designs Bear Hugs, AmyR Stamps Thank You Sentiments.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Black, October Afternoon Patterned Paper, PTI Spring Moss and Summer Sunrise.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: EK Success Scallop Punch, Martha Stewart Scallop Lace Punch, Spellbinders Circles and Scalloped Circles Dies, Ribbon, Dimensionals.

Forever Friends

Man it's amazing how much extra time a person has when they're one kid short!!

Veronica got to go on her first camping trip this weekend with Brownies (a junior-version of Girl Guides) and left yesterday and we won't see her 'till tomorrow! ACK!! I miss her like crazy but know she's having a blast - she could wait for me to drive away after dropping her off so the fun could start (insert small sigh here). I can't wait for her to be back tomorrow.

SO it's just been me and Josie while Tim is at work. And Josie hasn't been feeling the greatest today:

 LOL she fell asleep at the table when eating her cereal.

Notice "meow" (her stuffed cat that's been her "blankie" ever since I can remember - it's missing an eye and has been patched up more than once but of course she loves it) is her pillow and even in sleep she won't let go of the Tinkerbell flashlight Tim got her (since he got one for V for her trip he had to get Josie one too).

Of course right after I took a picture I moved her to a more comfortable spot to nap rather than at the dining room table.

SO with her napping I was able to get some stuff done - here's one thing I finished:

 

ACK!! Isn't this image ADORABLE??

I HAD to get a couple of stamps from The Greeting Farm after their last release - this  stamp being one of them. Obviously after telling y'all about Josie's "meow" you can see why I chose this one *grin*.

I used my latest Friday Sketch for this card and altered it a teeny bit to fit the image.

Since the main image was so large I moved the patterned paper panels out and up a bit and left off the sentiment completely.

All the patterned paper and the May Arts ribbon is from My Little Ribbon Shop - I just adore this new Ducks in a Row line from October Afternoon.

I cut out the image with one of my circle nestabilities then colored it all in with a bunch of Copics.

The coloring took the longest obviously then the rest of the card came together in minutes since I had the patterned paper and layout all picked out!

I finished off the inside by lining it with more patterned paper.

I then stamped one of the sentiments from my Friends Sentiments set onto a scrap of cardstock, die cut it with a nesties tag die and adhered it to the inside of the card and that was it!

 

STAMPS: Reeta stamp from The Greeting Farm, AmyR Stamps Friend Sentiments.

CS: CC Designs Copic Quality White, SU! Old Olive, October Afternoon Ducks in a Row Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities Circles and Label Trio Dies, Ribbon, Primas, Mini Brads.

Thanks

My CCD Junebug stamps arrived yesterday so I quickly whipped up a card using them last night while I was chatting at the release party - and then forgot to upload the card LOL.

So here it is:

 

Her hair isn't AS bright orange as it appears in the pictures.

I stamped her onto CCD white cardstock then colored her in with my Copics.

I added dots of Lavender stickles to the image, and let it dry this time before doing anything else!

Once I was sure the stickles were dry I masked the image and airbrushed the yellow color around it.

The patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Wisteria collection - as is the large button and the brads.

That huge flower I picked up at my LSS (local scrapbook store) last year - I *think* it's made by Bazzill?? I can't remember and I don't have the packaging for it anymore.

I used sentiments from my new Thank You Sentiments set on the outside and inside of the card and that was it!

 

STAMPS: CC Designs Junebug seet, AmyR Stamps Thank You Sentiments.

CS: CCD White, SU! Basic Black and Pale Plum, Basic Grey Wisteria Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Stickles, Flower, Button, Brads, Embroidery Thread.

Stamps are Up!

All the new CCD stamps are now available HERE <---click!

And here's what my new Thank You Sentiments set looks like:

 

There's 23 stamps in the set and it retails for only $14! You can get it HERE.

New Stamps Released TONIGHT!

That's right - all the new stamps will be available at All That Scraps tonight (Monday June 1st) at 10pm EST!

Here's another card I've made:

 

I used the new Swiss Pixies stamp (aren't they ADORABLE?? Check out some more samples using them here <----click!) along with my Friends Sentiments set.

Looking at the finished image you wouldn't know what trouble I had.

I messed up SO many times, with the worst being the coloring I did around the image - trust me it looked bad.

I didn't want to toss the image and start over so I decided to mask it off and airbrush a darker color for the sky. It took a fair bit of airbrushing but it worked!! You can't even tell!

I added a bunch of shimmer with some Spica Glitter Pens, and that was fine.

Then I decided to add glitter to the wings with Stickles - again looking good.

THAT's when I REALLY messed it up! I left the image sitting out to dry in front of my computer keyboard - and later went to reply to an e-mail and like an idiot leaned my arm right over the wing - I had Stickles all over my arm and smeared all over the image :( I was so mad at myself for being so clueless BUT I quickly took the image and wiped off all the stickles with my fingers. And it WORKED! I think b/c it was colored and airbrushed so heavily the stickles were able to absorb into the cardstock too quickly for me to wipe it all off (b/c normally you can still see the glue residue if you get Stickles on paper where you don't want and try to get it off).

ANYWHO this gal had a lot of drama with this card LOL!

I used the new Basic Grey Lime Rickey papers, buttons and brads on this card - love the bright summery colors :o)

The velvet flower (I think it's made by Bazzill - I've had a bunch of them in my stash for eons) was originally light blue. I wanted it darker to match the color scheme so I colored it darker with my Copic marker. Worked like a charm!

On the inside of the card I used more Lime Rickey paper, and some of the smaller scraps from the papers I cut up to use on the front of the card.

I then stamped another sentiment from my Friends Sentiments set and that was it!

 

STAMPS: CC Designs Swiss Pixies, AmyR Stamps Friends Sentiments.

CS: CCD White, SU! Brilliant Blue, PTI Lemon Tart, Basic Grey Lime Rickey Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Velvet Flower, Button, Brads, Embroidery Floss, Spica Glitter Pens, Diamond Stickles, Spellbinders Square Nestabilities Die, SU! Word Window Punch.

SNEAK PEEK - AmyR Stamps Thank You Sentiments

Man I have all my days screwed up!! I thought the sneak peeks for my set started TOMORROW not today! Add that to the fact that my studio is an absolute DISASTER (seriously I've made a path from the door to my desk as the floor is covered in junk) and I need to clean it before I can even think of creating as it's really affecting my mojo - this card took me all of last night and this morning to make:

 

The sentiment is from my soon-to-be-released Thank You Sentiments set.

All the patterned paper is from the Wisteria line by Basic Grey.

The leaves were cut with the SU! Little Leaves die.

The sentiment and mats were cut with the nesties Labels Four dies (LOVE those - so elegant looking!).

And the inside of the card:

Another sentiment from the set and more patterned paper.

I gotta run - this is a crazy day for me!!

Make sure to check out theATS sneak peek postb/c if you leave a comment on that one you'll be entered in to win your own Thank You Sentiments set!!

Later! :o)

More Beachy Cards!!

First off **FYI the sneak peeks have started on the ATS blog! New sets will be released on Monday June 1st (ACK! I can't believe it's almost JUNE!) - one of which is mine - y'all will see sneak peeks of that in a couple of days! Head on over to the ATS blog to start seeing some creative goodness!**

Second - I had these images sitting here all colored from the Beachies II release and my OCD just wouldn't allow me to work on anything else (well that and the fact that the set being peeked today hasn't arrived in the mail yet darnit!) so I finished these 2 cards using them:

 

I don't have pics of the Copics I used as these were colored a couple of weeks ago.

This is the Waving Emma stamp from the Beachies II release.

I added the polka dots with my white gel pen, then added a little rhinestone from my stash to the flower center.

I die cut the aqua cardstock with one of my circle nestabilities dies.

For the sand I die cut the same size circle from SU! Creamy Caramel cardstock, then freehand cut parts from it. I sponged the edges with the same color ink then spritzed on darker brown ink before adhering the "sand" onto the aqua circle.

The "smile" is from my Beach Sentiments set - fit perfectly!

And yes I STILL have Flair Hit the Beach papers left - well bits of papers - I used them on both of these cards (and lined the insides of both cards with the same papers - I didn't bother taking pics of that tho - sorry!) and am thisclose to completely using them up. I've LOVED using these papers - they're 25% off at ATS and I don't know if they've been retired or not - I'm going to miss using them but it's time to move on!

 

I did a lot of the same stuff on this card using the Sunglasses Emma image.

I used my long oval nesties for the main image and made my faux sand, stamped another sentiment from the Beach Sentiments set, and more Flair Hit the Beach papers.

I added some Prima flowers to this card, and still had a couple of petals left from the big green Prima I cut up the other day so I added them as leaves.

K I gotta run as it's suppertime and I better feed my kids!!

 

Card 1:

STAMPS: CCD Sugarplums Waving Emma stamps, AmyR Stamps Beach Sentiments.

CS: CCD White, SU! Creamy Caramel and Chocolate Chip, Flair Design Hit the Beach patterned paper, PTI Aqua Mist.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip.

ACCESSORIES: Circle and Labels Three Nestabilities dies, Ranger White Gel pen, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Ribbon.

Card 2:

STAMPS: CCD Sugarplums Sunglasses Emma stamps, AmyR Stamps Beach Sentiments.

CS: CCD White, SU! Creamy Caramel and Chocolate Chip, Flair Design Hit the Beach patterned paper, PTI Aqua Mist.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip.

ACCESSORIES: Long Oval and Long Scalloped Oval Nestabilities dies, Ranger White Gel Pen, Primas, Brads, Ribbon.

Sketch Card

I made a card!! Are y'all falling over in shock?? I know I almost did ROFLOL!!

The weather has FINALLY been really nice here - so I've been spending more time outside in an attempt to clean up our yard.

Anywho I made a card yesterday and got distracted with other things and forgot to post - so here it is now:

 

I have been wanting some Ketto stamps from Stamping Bella ever since they were first released - and during their last free shipping sale I got a few (thanks to some Mother's Day $$ that Tim gave me!! For what he could have spent on flowers locally I was able to place an order and get free shipping at Stamping Bella - he knows what makes me happy!).

The package just arrived on Friday so between yardwork/housework/company/etc etc etc over the weekend I took a few minutes to mount them onto EZmount (I do that with all my Bella stamps - you can also use double-sided tape on an acrylic block but I prefer having all my stamps on thin black EZmount) then pulled out this one to use on this card for my latest Friday Sketch!

I stamped the image onto CCD White Cardstock (I ALWAYS use Memento Tuxedo Black now when coloring with my Copics. It is the BEST ink I've tried so far. And it doesn't need to be embossed or heat set like the Brilliace Black does - which was my fave till the Memento inks were put on the market) and colored it in with my Copics.

The image didn't look "finished" after I had colored it so I went nuts with a bunch of Stickles - Diamond, Fruit Punch, Yellow, and Lime Green - and glammed it up a bit.

 

I used my circle nestabilities to cut the image out and then cut a couple of scalloped circles to mat the image.

The patterned paper is Basic Grey's new Lime Rickey (I always LOVE their papers but lately I barely have a chance to USE them before new lines are released! I JUST got the Lime Rickey and Wisteria 6x6 pads and whatnot and now there's 2 more lines that were just released that ATS should be getting in right away. I guess I just need to get crackin' and create more often!! *wink*), the ribbon is May Arts and the Primas are from my stash (I cut up a big green one to use as leaves).

The sentiments on the outside and inside of the card are from my Friends Sentiments set.

 

STAMPS: agnes KETTO from Stamping Bella, AmyR Stamps Friends Sentiments.

CS: CCD White, Prism Razzleberry, SU Black, Basic Grey Lime Rickey Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities dies, Prima Flowers, Stickles, Brads, Dimensionals, Ribbon, SU! Scallop Edge Punch, SU! Word Window Punch.

Beachies II

Man what a weekend.

It was a long weekend here for us Canadians with Monday being a holiday. Sunday was FABULOUS - just gorgeous outside so we spent most of the day in the yard with the girls playing, doing yardwork and putting together our mammoth fire pit I had ordered it from a flyer and it was WAY bigger in real life - I had over 60 bricks to unload from the truck - each weighing well over 10lbs each - maybe more - then haul to the area for the pit. Needless to say I was hurting after it was all done!

Then Monday came around - lets just say the girls are all-of-a-sudden obsessed with playing "Christimas" and wanting to be good so that Santa will come. Yeah it was snowing Monday morning. So they watched a Christmas movie inside and I keep overhearing them talk about Santa coming. LOL

This weather sucks!!

Needless to say I haven't done any stamping for days and days - and I NEEDED to make something - so I gave digi stamping a shot and used the new Beachies II images that ATS just released. And thankfully they're being released in rubber too! You can check them all out HERE.

 

I just opened the file and printed it out onto CC Designs white cardstock - and since my printer pulls paper from a tray it has a hard time with heavyweight cardstocks (the top loading printers would work way better for printing on heavy weight CS) but I was able to get it to work.

I used my Copics to color in the image (I had NO smearing of the printer ink on the CCD cardstock - I use an Epson with Epson ink by the way) then added polka dots and highlights with my white gel pen.

I cut the image out (video tutorial on that here) then attached it to the oval die cuts with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from my Beach Sentiments set.

I used my latest Friday Sketch! for the layout on this card.

 

The patterned paper is from Flair's Hit the Beach line (still got a few pieces left!), ribbon is May Arts, and the 3 flat back crackle things (sorry my brain stopped and I can't remember what they're called!) are from Stamping Bella (I can't get their site to come up right now to link to them - I'll edit this post later when I can get to the site).

ETA - OK I was able to access the site and they're called Bella Dots (so simple yet my brain just couldn't process! haha) - I didn't see these light blue crackle ones - but there's TONS there in all kinds of styles - glitter, marble, crackle, solid etc - and colors. They're lightweight and totally flat so I use mini glue dots to attach them and they're good to go. FYI I've never tried the "donut" ones that have the hole in the middle (they're like a "faux eyelet") so I don't have an opinion on them!

K I gotta run - I promised my mom I'd help out at the coffee shop for a couple of hours!

My Friday Sketch Sample

 

Here's my sample for this week's Friday Sketch!

Click on the sketch image to be taken directly to the sketch post.

I pulled out my never-before-seen-ink content-to-be-a-bella image for this card (I'm getting there! I'm too scared to count just how many Bella images I own that haven't been used yet! ACK!) along with a sentiment from my Friend Sentiments set.

I stamped the image onto white cardstock then colored her in with my Copics.

I made the polka dots on her shirt with my Ranger Gel Pen (FYI this is the BESTEST white gel pen I have ever used!! I have the Signo one (the one SU sells) and more than one have clogged on me to the point where they won't work at all. The Ranger one has worked perfect from day one!).

I cut out the image with a circle nestie then left the die in place and sponged ink around the edges (making sure I cleaned off the die with rubbing alcohol first! And it was a good thing I did as it turned out the die had a bunch of purple ink on it. I didn't want a repeat of THIS). 

I used Basic Grey Urban Prairie papers, buttons and brads to dress up the card, along with a bunch of Prima's from my stash.

**TIP - if you don't have primas/flowers in the color you want you can color them with your copics. If you don't have white just use a pale shade of the color you want. I had pale yellow flowers but I wanted them darker to match the colored Bella image - so I colored over the yellow Primas with the YR31 marker to get them the color I wanted.**

For the inside of the card I lined it with more Urban Prairie papers then stamped and colored the "inside out" image that comes with this bella, cut it out with a smaller circle nestie and matted it with a scalloped circle and that was it!

 

STAMPS: content-to-be-a-bella by Stamping Bella, AmyR Stamps Friend Sentiments.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Basic Black, PTI Aqua Mist, Basic Grey Urban Prairie Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities Dies, Brads, Primas, Buttons, White Gel Pen, Sponge Daubers.