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Just another Bella the elephant card from Wild Rose Studios to share today!  They are so much 

fun to color!  (Patterned Paper:  Gina K Designs; Sentiment, dies: Your Next Stamp)

See you again soon!

Tricia

A Pile of Presents

Hello again!

Yes, two Bella the Elephant Wild Rose Studios stamps happened to drop into my cart the other day!!  (If you don't follow my blog, I just posted another Bella card HERE.) This one works perfectly with the Fusion card sketch flipped.  See the pile of three??  Of course... two presents and one elephant!! :)  The extra strip at the bottom is to cover up the sentiment that didn't stamp right.  I am really looking forward to my mini MISTI shipping in early March!!   I think I'll tuck this into the Simon Says Stamps challenge to Use Something New as well!

Sending Love

Hello friends!

I absolutely fell in love with this image the other day when Leslie Miller posted this card on her blog.  It is discontinued, but I finally found it at The Fruit of My Hands.  I think she only has one left so RUN right now and get it if you like it!! : )

I'm playing in four challenges today...

For The Card Concept I was inspired by the hearts and the colors.  My style???  Hmmm.... I guess this one could be considered Mixed Media, since I used both watercolors and copics. : )

For this week's Tic Tac Toe challenge I followed the Stitching / Flowers / Sketch line.  

I used faux stitching around my image and transposed the sketch so the triangles are on the opposite corners.

And then the Color Throwdown challenge.  Perfect colors for this image!

And, last but not least, this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Have a Heart.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Tricia

White Christmas

Image:  Stamping Bella

Here's a little White Christmas card for today! : )  I used the Card Patterns sketch, the "Tis the Season" theme from Creative Card Crew, and Winged Things from Dutch Dare.  Cute Card Thursday is Anything Goes... I think I'll enter it there, too! : )

I watercolored my image with Tombows and used a couple of different embossing folders for the white background.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

BellaRiffic Friday - Anything Goes

I've had so much fun playing in Bella-Riffic Friday this month! For today's Anything Goes challenge, I decided to push myself and make something more than a card, but not anything that had to do with notebooks or post-it notes, which seem to be my "fall to" 3-d projects. I decided that, since cold and flu season is fast approaching, I'd make a little "Hug in a Box" with Fluey Huggabugg. Isn't she precious??? Fluey is colored with copics and her wings are sparkled with stickles. She's popped up over some scraps of SU dp and some red cardstock that I embossed with the Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder. Inside her little box, I put some Spiced Cider, Cough Drops and Kleenex. I'm also entering this in the Stampin' for the Weekend Anything Goes challenge. :-) Perfect!

"Warm Hugs" to each of you!!

Blessings!

Tricia

Yay! I stamped!!

I really enjoy participating in company challenges, so I'm reminded to use some of the adorable stamps that I just had to have. :-) This little Turtle Tot is one of my favorites from Stampin Bella, so for my Bella-riffic Friday sketch card I watercolored him and made a little night scene, complete with grass, sky, stars and either a mountain or a tent... take your pick. I love the "Need a Hug?" sentiment. Personally I think I would need both the hug and the teddy bear if I had to spend a night outside. I am SO not a camping type girl!!!

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget the Paper Garden Projects Garden Walk tomorrow. I have a fun "Back to School" project to share with you!

BellaRiffic Bling

It's BellaRiffic Friday and today's challenge was to use "bling". Bling isn't really my signature move, but I did manage a few rows of pearls, and if you make the picture bigger, you might see the Stardust pen that I used on Miss BittyBloom's skirt to make it glitter. :-) This fun paper and ribbon is from the package of challenge candy that I got from Tuesday Morning Sketches, for winning the monthly challenge in July. What a nice treat!!

My sketch for today's card is from Card Positioning Systems, and since it is a fall card without a sentiment it works for the OWH Midweek Throwdown challenge as well. :-) Oh! I have to show you my new organizational tool for keeping track of the challenges I like! I'm not one to make a card and then find all the challenges that they fit. I really like to pick a sketch, a theme, and maybe some colors or a technique as I start to make a card. It really helps my mojo. :-)

So here's a peek at the page(s) that I made...

The bottom page that you just see a little of, has a list of all the challenges I check. Next to the name I write the theme or if it's a sketch. I can also write who it sponsoring it (and if it's a *good* sponsor, I highlight it and it becomes a "must do". LOL!) The top sheet has a verse to remind me that any artistic work I may do is a gift from God. Then I have boxes to mark down sketches, with a little box in the corner to check if I complete it. There's even a list of the days of the week, so I know when it is expired. It really is helping me combine challenges for inspiration, rather than making a card and then looking for where it will fit.

Sorry so long today! Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Tricia

BellaRiffic Friday

Happy Friday! I haven't been able to play in the Bellariffic Friday challenges for awhile, but this week was an easy one... paper piecing. I pulled out my Turtle Tot and got to work giving him a paper pieced tummy. The center of two of the flowers are micro brads, the grass is done with Prismacolors, I used an old Fiskars border punch, and the sketch is my own... I think that about covers it! :-)

Have a happy day!

Tricia

Feeling a little Fluey??

Isn't she just the cutest? (Do I say that about every stamp I own??? LOL!) This is Fluey Huggabug from Stampin' Bella and she was perfect for this week's "Anything Goes" challenge over on the BellaBlog. I paper pieced little Fluey's dress and colored her with copics... added some shading with pastels. The sentiment is also from Stampin' Bella and I'm always glad to have cards in my stash with such a sweet saying. Sometimes there's really nothing else that can be said.

Thanks so much for continuing to stop by and for your sweet comments. I appreciate each one of you!

Blessings!

Tricia

Polka Dotted Turtle

I was so glad to get to play in the Bella-riffic Friday Challenge this past week! We needed to use polka dots, so I made my background "dotty" and paper pieced my little Turtle Tot's tummy with polka dotted paper. Otherwise he and his little bear friend are colored with copics. Isn't that sentiment just so sweet?? :-)

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Tricia

Card Kit Tuesday!

Hello friends! It's Card Kit Tuesday again! Our last card kit winner was Linda W. Hopefully she's already received it!! For this week K. Joy put together a kit filled with this adorable Turtle Tots image from Stampin' Bella, some pieces of double-sided SU dp, a piece of textured Celery cardstock, a white card base and some ribbon & brads. Isn't he just the cutest thing?? I colored him with Copics and my SU markers (that's how I made all the dots on his tummy!) It's a really simple card, but I love how it turned out. You have to go see K. Joy's card, too! It's adorable!!!

Be sure to leave a comment on this post and K. Joy's post, and we'll draw a name on Friday to receive a card kit. :-)

Blessings!

Tricia

BellaRiffic Baby Card

The BellaRiffic Friday Challenge for this week was to use the colors light blue, apricot and pink. I thought they sounded like perfect baby colors, and I'm *always* short on baby cards, so I decided to color up this little "sweet pea". I paper pieced her little pea pod and colored the rest of her with copics. DP is a little bit more from my Hearts Bloom paper pack, and then there are bits and bobs of other papers and embellishments from my stash.

Can you believe that it is already the 18th of February? I'm working feverishly to finish up a few more sneak peek cards for the end of the month, so it may be a bit quiet this week... although I hope to have a cross-stitch finish or two to show you shortly!! :-)

Thanks for stopping by! You make my day!

Valentine's Day - Bella Style!

Happy (almost) Valentine's Day!! And welcome to the LOVE ME DO 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.

I *really* wanted to ink up this sweet Bluebell Bittybloom, and I figured if I colored her in pinks and added some hearts to her skirt she would make a wonderful Valentine's card for my Mom. :-) I stamped my Bittybloom on Very Vanilla cs and colored her with prismacolors and OMS. Well - mostly, at least! Her skin is done with copics, her cummerbund is paper pieced and the decorations on her hat and skirt are drawn in with a Regal Rose marker. :-)

I had so much fun making this card! I used new stamps, but I pulled out flowers and buttons and ribbon and dp that had just been sitting in my stash. It was like getting together with old friends!

Here is the whole card...
So...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 Friday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Lori's blog!!

Blessings!

Tricia

Happy Bee-Day!!

I just got a stack of adorable stamps in the mail from Em at Stampin' Bella (I *won* them! Can you believe it??) and I wanted to play along with this week's Bellariffic Friday, cuz the birthday theme was perfect for this little BEEday Huggabugg! Isn't she sweet?? I used some older Brenda Walton paper from K&Co, a little Hibiscus Burst cs from PTI, Some ribbon from my LSS, some nesties and a CB folder, along with the sketch from CardPatterns for this week. My little Huggabugg is colored with copics and, of course, has Stickles on her wings!! :-)

Don't miss all my other posts today!!! Clear Dollar sneak peeks, the Clearly Inspired Challenge and the Fifth Friday Challenge from Paper Garden Crafts will all be taking a turn today!!

Blessings!

Tricia