30 Sept 2007
Hitchedafellabella and SIYJ
29 Sept 2007
Scrapbook Expo!!
My daughter M and I went to one last weekend in Sarnia, Ontario and they were both so great!! :D
So now I will be busy making more cards. Anyway this was just a note to let you know where I have been.
New cards coming soon!
LUCKY ME!!
28 Sept 2007
THINK PINK!! OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER MONTH!
A few years ago, my mom had a breast removed because she had breast cancer.
Naturally, that was a hard time for all of us but my mom being who she is had the surgery and came home the next day! I went over to help her and she met me at the door and asked me in for a cup of tea. I was dumbfounded!
I said "Mom....for heaven's sake, go lay down and let me do something for you!"
She said " Bonnie, come in and have a cup of tea with me. I am not laying down!"
So I did. That was what she needed to do that day. She was strong and still is the strongest woman I know and I thank God everyday that I have her in my life.
Please check out some of the links on the right side of my page regarding Breast Cancer Awareness.
Busy! Busy!! Busy!!!
The award was cut out with those crazy scrapbook scissors that everyone started out with, stamped with Technique Tuesday's "hip, hip, hooray" stamp from the Small Talk set, American elements ribbon was stapled on and then I popped it up on the card.
Heidi Swapp photo corner, paper clip and three pink brads finish it off!!
Well, it is 3:40 pm and I still have to ice the cupcakes, shower, get ready for the art show and then get there, all before 5:00 pm!
You know what?--I am soooo fortunate to be able to do all these things, maybe not so well sometimes, haha, but healthy and happy and ohhhhh so LUCKY!! (and thinking about that cruise.....)
27 Sept 2007
A Stamping Cruise!!
Yes Virginia, there is such a thing as a Stamping Cruise! Check out the website http://www.cruiseandcrop.com/SB_craft_2008.htm and find out all about it. It sounds super amazing. I would love to go. Maybe I should just book it and then be soooo nice to hubby for a whole year. Hmmmmmm....might be worth it!
Emily Bella, the Stamping Bella herself!! ( I said Emma before and when I checked (what's that??!) which I should have done BEFORE, I see it is Emily - my apologies) Gina K from Gina K Designs and Nicole Heady from Papertrey, Ink are going to be there!!! I mean, maybe they are even hosting it. I am sooo excited -I just read it and thought to myself--blog it!! blog it!!-tell everyone!! Now I need to find out the particulars ......hee hee.....I will post more about it when I go back and read it! I mean you KNOW how I love the Bellas!!
26 Sept 2007
Penguins and Feelabella!!
The poor little guys looked a little bland so I broke open a Making Memories special effects kit with glaze, pearl, and glitter!! I LoVE glitter! I pearlized their hats and then used the glitter on the black part of the penguin and the scarves and sled.
25 Sept 2007
RIDICULOUS!!!
When we are done all that, I wonder why she has to come at all, but the wonderful smell of my house and the clean floors and the dusted furniture makes every other week worth the effort!!
It has been so d*#@*ed hot around here lately, you would never know it was fall. I think the weather guy said it was 89 degrees today..I mean REALLY!!
Just got back from supper with my daughter and her little boy who is going to have his 1st birthday soon!! So exciting!! Maybe we can have a bar-b-que in this heat!!
Well, speaking of bar-b-que's (what a segway!) take a look at grillafella! It is horrible picture, I will try to take a better one. I get so excited about blogging them that I take the darn pictures at night and then they turn out so crappy and then I insist to myself to "blog them anyway"!!
Anywhoooo, I stamped this Stamping Bella guy with versafine onyx black instant dry pigment ink ---oh man, there has to be an easier way to say that!! - on white cardstock, then tombowed him (made up that word) with my oh-so-cool-oh Tombow markers and doodled around the edge. I glued him with my Tombow mono glue onto DCWV mat stacks then popped him up on my card which is red checkerboard - isn't that cute!! just like a picnic! and stripedpaper --I have to find out what that paper is and then change my blog. I stamped on "It's Your Day" and made a tag and I popped on some American crafts element ribbon with a popdot and there we go! so simple!! and fun!!
Went to math class today with daughter #2 (only #2 in order, not in my heart - but you already knew that) so that makes me want to do a school card. Maybe with Teachabella!!
I NEVER get tired of my bellas!!! LUCKY ME!!!
24 Sept 2007
Glorious Winobella!!
Good morning!
**EDIT** I forgot to mention (how could I !???) that this card was for the challenge in the Paper Pretties club in which I belong. I hopefully will be doing some of their challenges once in a while (if its not too hard {whining})
23 Sept 2007
My New Paper Pretties Box!!
Of course it is a Stamping Bella, Billboardabella, to be exact wishing you Happy Thoughts!! On the bottom half of this cutie-patootie I used sparkly paper from DCWV and on the top of the card the GREAT cuttlebug embossing folder - stylized flowers was used. Tombow markers, Basic Grey ribbon - Lily Kate - and of course STICKLES on her shoes and around her billboard, although you probably can't see it too clearly on these pictures, but I did, honest... I LUV Stickles and I love this card!! I used those crazy scrapbooking scissors (one of the very first scrapbooking things I ever got {sniff}) that are so difficult to use, to cut the matting. You would think that a pair of scissors would be simple but ooooh no. Well, maybe if I didn't try to hurry everything, they may have cooperated just a bit. Anywhooooo - I just chalked around the bottom with pale pink and brown and munched it all together, just so it looks like she is standing on something and not on thin air! HAHA!! I think it turned out rather cute!!
Well, of course I shamelessly CASED this card from my Paper Pretties friend who sent me the RAK when I joined the card club! I was in a card funk and had to see if I could do it and it is no where close, but I do still like him.
Another Stamping Bella (which I love if you haven't noticed) Beerafella, who by the way must be drinking my favourite beer, Alexander Keith's premium beer because of the green label, hee hee!
I used the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug embossing folder on the top with beautiful striped paper underneath (that is lame but I can't remember the brand). I coloured him with tombow markers and cut out the little label because I don't have a "word window" punch - right now -it's probably coming - stamped in Brilliance White with the Happy Birthday stamp from My Favorite Things.
Then I doodled (cased again-oh my) around the edge with black tombow and tilted him a little - well he is drinking!! Oh yeh, the Happy Birthday came from the "Sassy Sayings" stamps in My Favorite Things.
How DO you guys remember everything to put down?????
Thank you EVERYONE for all your help these past 2 days! LUCKY ME!!!!
Ahhhh, lovely Sunday!!
I have finally decided that, yes, I am going to get into her room and use it for a scrapbooking and stamping room!! YES!! I am going to do it!! Man, what a job. The dresser is still in there but I am drawing up plans and I hope it turns out all right. My other daughter wants to put her 2 cents worth in which I guess I can use all the help organizing. She is kind of anal about that and I am definitely NOT!
Okay, I have been busy making cards, so here it goes.....
Well, of course I didn't make this one.
I need to tell EVERYONE that this card was a RAK to me from the Paper Pretties bunch when I joined the "Card of the month club"!
Well, I don't know for sure if that is what it was or they just sent it to me, but I am going to say that it was a RAK card so I was sooo happy about that!! (and you can't take that away).
It is so beeeeeaaauuuuutiful!!! I squealed when I opened the envelope and I was not really a squealer until I joined Paper Pretties and saw all those Stamping Bellas!!
I just LUV them to pieces and so guess what I did? GUESS?!!
I went right on the Stamping Bella site and bought up several...Cruisabella, Beerafella, Surprisabella, and so many more.....I have so much work to do!!!
LUCKY ME!!!
22 Sept 2007
How strange is this.........
My daughter says I don't try enough new things, so wait till she gets a load of this!! HAHA!
I will be showing my handmade cards- some of them aren't so bad, and reading sooooo many great stampers' blogs - I LOVE stamping blogs and that is why I am doing this. Maybe you will like this type of reading.......and maybe not......but anyway, leave me a comment if you like my cards.......or don't!!
Now I just hope I can find my way back to this blog when I want to add more posts...........!! {embarrassed grin}.......Oh!!! LUCKY ME!!!