Washi Tape goodness

Hi everyone!  I just love happy mail!  Lookie what I ordered from Etsy?  

Look at all this fabulous Washi Tape goodness!!  I love how some Etsy stores sell smaller rolls on these cute little spools.  This is a much cheaper way to get lots of designs.  Full rolls are sold for about $10 for 2 or 3 full rolls.  But this way, you get 5 yards of 3 designs for about $4!  These are from the store Chickydoddle and she sends the spools in these cute little tins.  L.O.V.E.!!

So, of course I HAD to make something with the tape this morning!!  I used this week's Fall To Layout sketch.  The sketch wasn't really tape friendly, so I had to work with it a little to get some in there.  The hearts are die cut felt (also from an Etsy store) using the Classic Heart Nestabilities dies and the banner from the Nested Lacey Pennants dies.  I didn't really plan on using the tiny rhinestones like that, but my baggie spilled all over the bottom and I kinda went with it.  The little rhinestones are from Pizzazz Aplenty.

Well, that's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Bella is BACK!

Hi everyone!  I have a fun challenge card to share.  Stamping Bella is now a member company on SCS and I am very excited!!  Way back when, when I first started stamping, my first "LOVE" was Stamping Bella.  Yep, I even referred to myself on SCS as "Michell-a-bella" (remember when we did that?).  Oh the excitement of each month to rush over to the store and see what amazing new Bella was being released.  Those were good times :)

Then I started being invited to Design Teams and over the years slowly my spare time to use Bellas disappeared.  Well, Bella is back on SCS and I am determined to ink up these cuties!  I played along in last week's BellaRiffic Friday challenge which was to ink up your favorite Bella image. For me it is the oldie but goodie, Cosmobella!  Oh and small confession, I sold most of my Bella stamps years ago -yeah, kicking myself right about now!  DOH!

This card has a couple pieces of washi tape (most recently from this Etsy store) and some die cut flowers from the soon to be released Spellbinders Home Sweet Home die set! Aren't these little flowers sweet?  This die set was designed by Nina Bracket!

So, I thought it would be fun to share some of my older Bella cards.  This card was made in early 2009 using Teddybella:

This one I made in June 2008 as one of my Dirty Dozen cards for the theme Fashion Follies using Fashionistabella:

And this one I made for the Feature Stamper challenge #95 November 2008 using Cosmobella.

 So you can see, I was a fan from WAY back!  Fun to see how my style has changed over the years.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps -Cosmobella (Stamping Bella)
Paper - White and Chocolate brown cardstock (Gina K Designs)
Accessories - Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Long Rectangles LG, Home Sweet Home, Nested Lacey Pennants and Standard Circles SM, Washi Tape, Copic markers, 2 and 4mm iridescent rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), tiny circles from the Crop-a-dile

Whimsical cakes make me happy

Hi everyone!!  I have another sketch challenge card to share.  This one uses the January Sketch For You to Try.  Jen always has such great sketches, I hope to play along more this year!

My card uses the new Topsy Turvy Cakes set.  I LOVE the whimsical cakes and extra doodads in this set -they're just my style!  It is a departure from JustRite's normal stamp sets and I am lovin' it!!  The fun paper is from MME "Everyday Flair" Six by Six collection.  See how I stamped the matching little flower at the bottom of the long panel?  Cute!!

  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Topsy Turvy Cakes (JustRite Stampers)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock - Terracotta Tile, Pure Luxury White
Pattern Paper - Six by Six Collection, "Everyday Flair" (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders Standard Circles LG and SM and Standard Rectangles LG Nestabilities, White wrinkled ribbon, button, Pink rhinestones (Kaisercraft), copic markers

Go confidently

Hi everyone!!  I took some time this weekend to play along with a couple sketch challenges that I haven't had time to barely look at lately.  I really love playing along with these challenges, they really are my favorites.  If anyone figures out how to add a couple hours to each day, please let me know! 

Today's card uses Card Pattern's #148 sketch.  I love sketches with multiple strips on them, perfect way to use up those paper scraps!  The stamps are from Unity's, All About the Journey set and the soft and gorgeous paper is from MME "Blink of an Eye" Six by Six collection.

Also, one of the winners of the GlitterFast kits didn't get back to me, so I am picking a replacement.  Random.org helped me chose #17:

Giovana said...

This is super cool Michelle!! I love glitter, but I don't love to wear it, LOL. Thanks for the chance to win. I will check out the website :)

Congrats Giovana!!!!  Please send me an email with your address info and I will have Zoom Creative send you your kit.

That's it for today, I will post my next sketch card soon!  I'll leave you with a close up picture and the sketch picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - All about the Journey (Unity)
Ink - (AMuse)
Cardstock - Aqua Mist, Pure Luxury Ivory
Pattern Paper - Six by Six Collection, "Blink of an Eye" (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders Classic Bracket Edgeabilities and Standard Circles LG Nestabilities, Ivory wrinkled ribbon, buttons, Stickles, sewing machine

3 Glitter winners

Hi everyone!  WOW!  Thanks for all the wonderful comments on my GlitterFast giveaway post.  From the sound of it, you all are as excited about the prospect of NO MESS glitter as I am!

Well, on to the winners shall we? Random.org has helped me chose the following 3 winners:

Here are your random numbers:

48 24 14 

Timestamp: 2012-01-14 00:03:08 UTC

 Winner 1: Alison H said...

No mess glitter? SIGN ME UP! That is a gorgeous card and the heart really just makes it! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!

 Winner 2: Vickie Z said...

Wow....that glitter paper looks fabulous!!! Thanks to you and company for chance to win some!! PS love your card!!!

Winner 3: Queen Mary said...

I love your whole project with the glitter paper! And I friended Zoom! Good to know about new companies!

A BIG congrats to the winners!

Please contact me with your address at my email address you can find on my sidebar.  Winners have until Monday morning to contact me, or I will chose another winner.  GlitterFast Design kits will be send directly from Zoom Creative.

Here is another card I made using some more of the Red sheet from GlitterFast Primary Design Kit as my last card.  I had the ivory cardstock piece already die cut and embossed in my "leftovers folder" and thought it would make a perfect backdrop for this card.  I just love the JustRite stamp set, Botanical Butterflies and haven't had a chance to ink it up yet.  I thought the beautiful butterflies would look great against all the red and kraft.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Botanical Butterflies and Musical Notes (for sentiment) (JustRite Stampers)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - Ivory and Kraft CS (Gina K Designs), Lost and Found 2 "Rosy" (MME)
Accessories - Spellbinders Standard Circles and Classic Scalloped Circles LG, Nested Lacey Pennants, Classic Triple Scallop Edgeabilities with insert; 2, 3 and 4mm red rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), red grosgrain ribbon, Red GlitterFast sheet (Zoom Creative)