What wonderful eye candy!!! Great job ladies…thanks for the inspiration! : )
May 22, 2009
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Hi sistahs! I hope you will enjoy this post. It was such a pleasure to post and the entries were more than phenomalish!! I am glad to see that da sistahs enjoyed the challenge.. more sketch challenges to follow!
First I am so excited to introduce all of you to our newest Scrappy Babe!!! She will be interpreting our challenges into scrappy projects! She is teaching at Bellaland and she is sooo amazing and scrumptious. We lovey her! so please welcome Sarah Pendergrast. Please add her to your blog addictions as her projects are SOOO much fun!!
Here is a little bio on her
“Having always been uber crafty, I have dabbled in several crafts over the years. I think I made my first scrapbook in junior high by pasting in little bits of memorabilia, girl guide badges and various ribbons into linear and organized pages, but obviously nothing that rivals the pages of today. I tried scrapbooking again after I got married, when I attempted to make a wedding album. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that the essence of scrapbooking is to tell a story and in my quest for completeness, tried to find a way to incorporate over 700 photos into my book. After that frustrating and disappointing experience, everything was packed into a box, and shoved to the back of a closet, with the realization that scrapbooking wasn’t for me.
However, after my daughter was born a few years later, I decided to give it a try again after going to a Friday night crop. With a little guidance from my fellow croppers, I fell in love with the hoppy as it is today. I couldn’t resist the beautiful patterned papers, tiny brads and most of all the endless creative potential. Not long after I took up the hobby with a passion, I began teaching classes, and looking for ways to develop my skills and learn new techniques. After much thought, I invested in a Quickutz die cutting tool, which opened up a whole world of creative possibilities. You can find Quickutz designs incorporated into many of my projects, and I had the honour of serving on their design team in 2008. These days, I try to eek out little bits of time for scrapbooking as I am home with my 2 kids, in search of that elusive thing they call “balance”. I love to tell stories, and I love to create. I’m thrilled that I’ve been asked to be part of the Bellarific team and share my passion and projects with all of you! “
So here was the sketch challenge this week
How much fun was this challenge? it was so much fun that I couldn’t even figure out how to make the card..LOL.. I kept on asking Nicky does this look right? the square’s too small.. where do I put the circle? LOLOL.. just couldn’t get it.. so I’m out this week.. I have VOTED MYSELF OFF cuz really? if you woulda seen what I concocted?!?!? OMG terrible.
So let’s begin with DA NEW KID ON DA BLOCK
Sarahbella made a gorgeous layout following the sketches’ guidelines. Isn’t it stunning?? Sarah used Collage press Sweet Shoppe papers, American Craft LAX THICKERS, prima flowers, glimmer mist.. YUM!
Nickabella made a gorgeous card using flutterby huggabugg. For the circle she used was the Marvy Extra Giga 3.5″ circle punch, she texturized it using the new QUICKUTZ embossing folder POLKADOTS and used the beeyootiful Basic Grey WIND CHIMES paper from the wisteria collection. Gorgeous!
Danabella made a BEEYOOTIFUL CARD using QUEEN BEE HUGGABUGG and our crystal bonbons. Stunning!
Jenabella used Cakey Watt and our sentiment for her sketch.. isn’t it adorable??? She also used American Crafts SPLASH paper for her circle, and bo bunny WASABI dot paper from the double dot collection of papers. Her scalloped punch in the background used is the FISKARS APRON LACE punch.. isn’t this card just PHENOM?
Joannabella made the CUH-UTEST card using our TURTLE-TOTS CHEERLEADER and our sentiment.. check out the pompoms.. OMG.. all frilly and sticking out… could you just faint??
Karenabella made an absolutely stunning card using TOOL TIME. Is this not a the most perfect father’s day card?? and the hardware? YUMMALISH! LOVE THIS CARD!
Lindabella made a STUNNING card using our SUNDAY DRESS stamp (but the sunday dress is discontinued.. shhhhhhh).. IT’s GORGEOUSSSSSSS! Linda used our gorgeous light cocoa flat backed glass pearls, cuttlebug swiss dots to texturize the square, the dotted scallop slim edger punch for the pink porder under the sentiment.. PHENOM!
Paulabella made a SCRUMMY (Dena’s word mixing Scrumptious and Yummy together- please add this to DA BELLA dictionary pronto) card using CHARLOTTE KETTO.
Paula also used Basic Grey’s Urban Prairie collection for the background.. did I not promise SCRUMMINESS?
Shannanabella made a gorgeous card using ALTEE ‘TUDE and our light cocoa dots.. BEEYOOOOOTIFUL!!!
So how’s DAT for da BELLA BABES EYE CANDEEEEEE???? HMMMMM?????
Now let’s discuss da SISTAHOOD’s contributions.. OMG OUTSTANDING…!! thank you again for participating.. it means DA WORLD to me!!!
Now how’s THATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT for eye candy.. I bought a membership to mr linky shminky dinky.. but honestly, you don’t get THIS much happiness from it, do you? LOL (just humour me)
The WINNAH of the QUICKUTZ TREE DIE is Lisa!! Please email me your info and we will send it out to you!
I hope you have a BELLARIFIC weekend sistahs
MUCHO MWAHS
Em
What wonderful eye candy!!! Great job ladies…thanks for the inspiration! : )
Wow, all of the submissions are fantastic! Love the scrapbooking example too! Bellariffic Fridays give me one more reason to say TGIF!
WOW – these Sistahs have some kind of talent!!! Such inspiration gals. I always look forwad to Bellarific Friday.
WOW!! Amazing work girls!! LOVE Fridays!!
Congrats Lisa V! Enjoy your new QuicKutz Die!
wonderful work to all the sistahs, I lovey what you doney, I just emailed my address to you, can not believe I am a winnah of such a great prize, should buy a 649ey hehehe
Another week of AH-mazing samples!!! And Em, I LOVE seeing them all in your post instead of clicking on Mr. Linky. 🙂
All the cards are beautiful – great work everyone!
Wow! So much eye candy! Love the layout and the cards are all fantastic!!
WOW!! Some seriously beautiful creations!! I think you have THE most talented customers EM!! Gorgeous stuff! 🙂
Gorgeous cards, everyone. It’s amazing how different they can feel just by changing colours and stamps. This was a great sketch – hope to use it soon.
Wonderful work everyone. Way to go. Please tell me what that lovely large, embossed flower background that Cat used on her card. That really caught my eye (& probably my wallet too).
Gorgeous cards ladies! I got a little chuckle out of all the addictabellas using all of their new stamps! Great job everyone and happy Memorial Day!
Beautiful cards ladies! Circles always through me for a loop (no pun intended!) but you gals used it fabulously!
Gorgeous as usual… I loved this sketch, unfortunately I couldn’t play this week…. whaaaa 🙁
But everyone did a great job.
Such gorgeous and inspiring cards!
Nicely done, ladies!!
Fabulous cards this week, sistahs! Bravo!
Stinking cute ladies! Those turtles need to find a new home LOL!
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
Lovely cards all. Good luck to everyone.
Really~ WOW! these cards are all so fun and pretty! I love Bellariffic Friday!!! 🙂
totally LOVIN’ the scrapbooking take on the sketch! can you read ENVY in here! and the cards are great as usual! I second Stephanie….bellarific friday is another reason to say TGIF!
gorgeous cards everyone!! love seeing so many different ideas 🙂
How I love your challenges…………keep them coming because this weekend I am husband free which mean CARD MAKING!!!! WHAAAAHOOOOO!!!!!
OMG! I think everyone’s submissions get better every week! What amazing cards, scrapbook layouts….LOVE EM! I’ll definitely have to use some of these as inspiration!
I love the talent that has come out of all these ladies for this challenge. It will be a tough one to decide. Good luck to ya all !!
Grrrreat cards guys! Really awesome work. Nick layout Nicky!
Fab! as always.
Wow! Bellarific Fridays just keep getting bettah and bettah! How can that be?
Awesome cards!! Loved that sketch!!
Wow! You all rocked the sketch! Love them all!
Great cards! Looking forward to the next challenge! 🙂 x
Fab work, Sistahs! Just lovin’ what I’m seein’ here.
I like how you post the pics instead of the Mr. Linky. I hardly ever pull up ALL the blogs listed on him. This is probably more work, but I love seeing all the entries in one place!
What a great challenge… The cards and LO are all just so great! I love to see how everyone works the stamps. Bellarific Fridays is the Bestest!
Are you teaming up with an ink company??
Yep, scrummy’s the word! What great eye candy for a Monday morning. I loved them all, but that van makes me smile every time. Love it!
Wow! I luv these challenges ! Ton-“O”-Fun !
Fabulous cards as usual!
Great cards everybody!!
May 19th, 2009 at 8:04 pm eCongrats to the winnahs and great job on your project it turned out well