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Stamping For Miles

themilesmom that is!!  She was the Featured Rubber Artist today, and so I headed to her gallery to find something to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit OR Copy And Steal Eveything).  This is the card that I chose to use as my guide, and this was what I stamped this morning!

First off, the base shoulda been carribean, I'm not liking the close to cocoa AT ALL !  Other than that, I kinda like this card.  May just have to make another though, *wink, wink*.  My color combo was the cocoa, lovely lilac, pretty in pink and white CS.

I stamped the base with the print pattern with cocoa to be the "quilt" for my jammybella.  She was a RAK sent to me from Allissa *THANKS*!  I colored her in with my aqua painter and inks from the pad lids, same as the CS.  I punched 2 scalloped squares and joined them together to make a rectangle mat in pink.  I ran the lilac layer through the Cuttlebug with the bloom dots folder, that I got from All That Scraps.

I matted that on the cocoa and then placed the organdy and pink grosgrain ribbon overtop , before mounting my bella with dimensionals.  I stamped the sentiment from Flowers for a Friend in black, cause there is no better friend than a teddy, but sometimes, you have a real life friend like that too!  Have fun and happy stamping!!

PS - For those of you who have emailed me about coasters, I bought them through a friend on SCS (Thanks Peggy)!  I got about 500, and no, I'm not selling them...LOL!  But you can click here and scroll to the bottom of the post, since I posted the links to some searches.

Javebella's at a Cafe

FINALLY !  I have finished the card for today's Featured Stamper challenge, after sitting down 3 times!!  The wonder stamper today was Cindy Haffner (She's Canadian too!!) and this was the card I chose to CASE.  Having just got that image from Lisa, I figured, might as well put it to use.

First the colors - vintage violet, almost amythest, blush blossom and white was the CS I started with.

I ran the violet through the Cuttlebug with my bloom dots folder.  I watercolored the bellas with my aqua painter and inks from the lids.  I then matted them on the violet and amythest.  Now when I cut my scallops (using the corner rounder punch), I said to myself " Self, that TOTALLY looks like an awning, in front of a restaurant".  So, when I folded over that layer, I put dimensionals under it, so it would stand out!  I drew on it with the gel pen and added the violet stitched grosgrain ribbon.

I took a blush rectangle and punched it with the ticket corner punch, and faux stitched on the edges.  I used my 1 3/8, 1 1/4, and 1/2 circle punched for the riveting sentiment, and mounted all layer on dimensionals.  I added more ribbon and matted it on top.

I punched another scallop edge for the bottom of the card, and glued it to the backside.  I then figured it was still missing something, so I added Dazzling Diamonds to both flowers.  I really like this color combo and the way I did the sentiment, will be doing THAT again!!  Have fun and happy stamping!!

Bella Blush

Well, I've been bella-blessed!!  Lisa sent me over 10 bella images stamped for me to play with, AS WELL AS, more than 30 giga and mega punched scalloped ovals!! OH MY GOSH!! (Lisa, please let me know which forum I can give the approriate thanks in on SCS.  You so deserve mega credit for this.)

The picture for the IC today was a sneaker.  I would not be caught dead wearing it, not my style, but it gave me another excuse to use my Basic Grey Blush paper!!  Please go easy on me, as this is my first bella, and I'm not sure I did it justice for all you Bella babes out there.

I went to the Stampin' Bella site to find out the name of this one - she is imeldabella.  She looks like she would be my Best Friend, since I {heart} shoes!

I used the blush paper as the BG, so I pulled colors from it for my combo.  I used glorious green, cameo coral, close to cocoa, and whisper white CS.

I watercolored the bella with my inks and an aqua painter, and then sponged blush all around her to soften up the white.  I stamped the sentiment from the Cute Converse set in cocoa, and then rubbed the edge in my green pad.  I matted it on cocoa and then coral, that I punched with my ticket corner punch.

I matted the blush to my white base and rubbed the edge with green.  I distressed my green layer with the cutter kit *love that little tool*, and matted it with the coral.  I added the ribbon and the 3 vintage brads, that I spaced using my mat pack.  I matted this right to the card and put the bella on dimensionals.  I hope you like my first attempt at a bella.  I think she is kinda cute!

I am packing boxes today, since we are moving on May 17, so wish me luck...LOL  Have fun and happy stamping!!