Hello!

I have decided I love word dies. I have just a few now. But they add dimension to the card and some texture. I am always watching for them now.
This card I made with a special friend in mind. She loved it. This is a Stampin Bella stamp. It does have a cool saying but I went with the hello instead. I think the saying is "Girls just wanna have fun!".
I found these fun papers at Craft Warehouse and used a stampin up embossing folder on the white cardstock and added the pink rhinestones. The girls dresses are paper pieced. Since I am really not into coloring these days it was lots easier. I totally glittered the pink dress and glittered the plaid dress just on the edges.
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Meet Mavis!

Meet Mavis. She is a stamp I have had for along time and never used. She is from stamping bella. I think she is so cute. I stamped her and colored her with copic markers. Then added a little bit of stickles. The sentiment is from Stampin Up. The papers are from American Crafts. I used oval and scalloped ovals from spellbinders. The pearls are stampin up that I colored with copic markers to match.
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Shower Bug!

I wanted to make something fun and easy so I made this card. I actually cased it but I cant provide a link because I cant find it again. I can tell you tho it was made orginally by Inkspiration. I googled the name but couldnt find the card on her website. I changed it just a little. Coloring her wasnt easy but isnt she just adorable. I also love this ds paper. It is from the Basic Grey Lemonade collection. This is Shower Bug from Stamping Bella and so is the sentiment. You cantsee the sentiment very well but I thought it went great with the card.

I took the picture for this using my new camera I got yesterday for my birthday, which is today.

We went out to dinner at Red Lobster last night because Kati has to work tonight. I had peppercorn sirloin steak and lobster. It was delicious. Then we went and looked at some christmas lights. Today I took the day off work just for fun and I am planning on stamping and reading all day. Kati has me hooked on this new book from Terry Brooks I think. It is about fairys and dragons, and a magical kingdom. Last night I woke up at 12:30 when the heat coming on slammed the bedroom door closed and scared me. I couldnt go back to sleep so I read until about 2:00.

Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

Just A Note!

This is my invite to my next stamp club. I used this cute this gal from stamping bella. I found this designer paper at a stamping store on saturday and just love the colors, so I pulled colors out from it and really like the way it turned out. I found a card like this on Michelle Wooderson's blog last year I think and have wanted to do this every since. The background stamp that looks like notebook paper is from Cornish Heritage Farms. The block I had to buy for it cost more than the stamp. But its the first time I have used it and I have had it at least a year. I made my own flowers with the same papers and running it thru the cuttlebug with the textile and bubble embossing folders and stuck a brad in the middle. I used Rich Razzleberry for the notebook stamp and colored the bella with copic markers. The little rug on the floor is from a Papertrey ink set called Warm Happiness.

Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

Home made Bella Storage Case!

What a beautiful day it is here today. Kati and I went to the coast and it was so perfect and hot. We had the most wonderful day. The only bad part was my camera wasnt working.

Anyways! I have been trying to organize all my unmounted acrylic and rubber stamps. They are just two baskets and so hard to find anything. I got one storage case from http://www.ellenhutson.com/. I really liked that one and got lots in it so now I was done to one basket. Then I got that great stamp set from http://www.tayloredexpressions.com/ and got a storage case from her. I really liked that also but one I put a Gina K designs set and my taylored expressions set and 4 of my penny black sets it was all full. Also I still had this big bag of bella stamps. I wanted to do something with them so I could get to them easier. Then I looked at storage on their website http://www.stampingbella.com/ and saw what they did. So I went to office max and found this cool binder and some baseball card pocket sheets and made my own binder. I love it! Also, it only cost me about $7 and I put all my bellas in it and have several full pages left plus a few slots on other pages. My bellas I have boughten sentiments to go with them are right beside my bellas and the sentiments that dont belong with anyone are on a page by themselves. Then I have a misc page, a lulu page and a ketto page. I looove it!!!!!

My pictures my have come out all over the place but you can see the side, I used rubons that say Bellas, then the front with the bubbles, (sorry its sideways!), then the picture of one of the pages.

Oh, I am excited, I get all day sunday with the house to myself to stamp and clean. I cant wait!!! But first I have to work tomorrow. Boo!!!!

Happy Stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

Here are some pictures! Let me know what you think!

Pheobe! TECC72

I made this card for TECC72. Taylored Expressions Sketch challenge for this week. I took a picture of this card like 5 times and this is the best I could get it to turn out. I havent played with my Ketto girls from Stamping Bella for several months so I decided to bring Phoebe out to play.
I used all the new stampin up colors and papers. The colors are Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, and Melon Mamba. I also used the new ds paper Razzleberry Lemonade. I just looooove these bright colors.
I used my stampin up scallop border punch and my nestibilities. I also used the textile embossin folder from cuddle bug and some misc flowers and brads. I found some rhinestone flowers that really matched and glittered her wings.
I found 5 copic markers to match the new stampin up colors. I tried coloring her with my new incolor stampin up markers but I just didnt like them as well. I will save them for using with my watercolor brush.
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Another Martini Card!

I really like how this card turned out with the designer papers and cardstock. The colors are pumpkin pie and baja breeze. I used the nestibilities and some flowers from Michaels. the ribbon is from codwholesale. The martini girl and sentiment are both from stamping bella. The designer paper is another one from the Pretty Please collection from My Minds Eye.
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Stamping Bella Stamper Girl!

I just love this Stamping Bella Stamper Girl stamp. And the saying is "Priceless". But is is also so true. If we added up all the money we have spent on our great hobby I am sure it would be very
scary. I used Basic Grey designer paper and stampin up cardstock. The sentiment is Stamping Bella also. For any of you who dont know how to find them go to www.stampingbella.com. They are great. Check out their blog also.
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

I've got the Stamping Bug!

Everyone knows I have a stamping addiction but now I have the actual stamping bug. Isnt she cute? She is made by stamping bella and can be found at www.stampingbella.com.

She even comes with the saying stamping bug. I paper pieced her dress and colored her with copic markers and then glittered her all up.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!.

TECC56 Taylors Cupcake Challenge

This is my card for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge this week. You can visit her at www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com.

She has great challenges. I left my message on her blog last night and realized I should have done this yesterday, but oh well.

I used Stampin Bella's Latte Bella. For the papers I used papertrey inks Raspberry Fizz and Dark Chocolate Cardstock. (Dont those sound good enough to eat!). I used American Craft designer papers. Stampin up punches and nestibilities. Then I used Raspberry Fizz ribbon from PTI and bellas baubles. The flowers I think I got at Craft Warehouse.

I had trouble at first getting this card to come together because the brown and cream stripes were so bold. So I strayed from the original challenge to tone it down some.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Stamper Gyrl!

Last Bella of the Week!

Hello!
Here is my last bella for the week. I used the billaboard bella. She is sending a note to someone.
I hope you are all having a great weekend!
Happy Stamping!
Stamper Gyrl!

Bella Week #4

Here is card #4 of my bella week. I know I just did this card last week but I change the papers and colors. Also I added ribbons instead of the paper strips and taylor dots. This layout was a tayloredexpression cupcake challenge. You can look back a week or so to get the exact #. Which reminds me I need to zip over to Taylors blog and check out her cupcake sketch this today, since it is friday!
Happy Friday!
Stamper Gyrl!

Week of Bellas 3

Hello! Happy Wednesday! Tomorrow is my friday. I am so excited. But not as excited as I will be this time tomorrow.
Here is my bella for today. Isnt she cute. I dont know if you can see the sparkles on her dress tho but she is here to say Happy Birthday and is ready to paarty!!
Have a great rest of the week!
Stamper Gyrl!

Bella of the Week Day 2

Good Tuesday Morning to Everyone!
Boy has it been cold here. Its only in the 30's but the wind chill must be dropping the temp quite a bit cuz its cold!
Here's my second bella for this week. I like her because I think the black really sets off all the colors. She is ready for a party with cupcake in hand. Thats my kind of girl.
Have a good day and stay warm.
Stamper Gyrl!

Bella Week

Hello Everyone!
Well, the weekend is over and tomorrow is
monday. We are having our postponed Christmas
party at work tho. (It was postponed due to snow.) So that will start the week off with some
fun.

I have decided to make this week a Stamping Bella week. I will be putting a new Bella card on here for every posting this week. Probably not every day since I only have 5 and this is the 1st one.
I made this card for an invite to a stamping club at my house next month. I thought it would be a fun card and very approriate for a stamp club. What do you think?
Supplies: Stamps-stampingbella and bella sentiment(it didnt have a name on the package)
Ink: Basic Black (I use adirondack pitch black for copics) and copic markers.
Paper: Su pink passion and summer sun. Also DS Bobunny Teen Chic Squared.
Embellishments: Misc ribbon (dont remember from where) su punches and some dew drops and cool rhinestone flowers I got from my favorite local scrapbook store.
Thanks for looking!
Stamper Gyrl!

TECC48/Taylors challenge

My 1st sketch challenge. This is from tayloredexpressions #TECC48. I liked going by a sketch. Then you can just pick papers and a stamp and start working. I need to work on downloading my pictures tho. I am not very good at it yet. I didnt have a sentiment stamp I wanted to use so I just hand wrote it. I usually dont do that because I dont like my handwriting, but it worked out ok this time.

Supplies: stamping bella. Inks: Pitch Black. Papers: Daisy Bucket Perfect Harmony collection. Misc brad and flower.

Stamper Gyrl