Where do the days go?

Don't you hate it when your days run away from you? I've felt like that a bit lately. I've even crafted, but the cards havent made it up here on the blog. But, i took lotsa pictures today so i should be prepared for at least a few days! haha!

Today is St. Patty's Day! We love St Patricks day in my family. I have an irish background, so it's always been a fun holiday to celebrate.

Last night i met with some of my bella friends at Funkie Munkie Scraps. We call it the Bella Club. :) Each month i prepare a project for the club members to do. This is what we made last night...

We used GoodLuckaBella and stephanie graciously gave away the stamp to a randomly drawn club member. How fun, huh?!

And do you see that fun pot of gold? Thats using the My Time Made Easy Bouncing Baby Buggy (you know, the one i made into an easter basket, then a coffee cup and not a pot of gold... Lauren made it into a boat, a wheelbarrow a basket, it's really the endless template!)

My original thought was to fill up the "pot of gold" using those gold covered chocolate coins but i was unsuccessful finding them. Seriously? It's st patricks day! I checked all over the place! SO i used some chuck e cheese coins instead. :)

Chuck E Cheese coins are more coveted in my house anyway!

I opted to not fold in the top of the basket so that i'd have enough room to tie around a ribbon. I also used the Paper Dolls cricut cartridge to cut out a shamrock and add it to the pot. I used soem chalks to add a little definition.

Here's a close up view of the card we made...

So thats what i have for ya today! Thanks so much for stopping by!!!!

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I'M BAAAAAACK!

Whew, that turned out to be a little bit longer of a hiatus than i expected!

But after my little break, i had too busy of a week to get crafty! I have however, organized a list

of craft supplies that i'm selling that will be posted shortly, i made a project for a class (which you'll see in a minute) and i worked a political ad campaign (doing makeup on set) so it has indeed been a busy week!

Here is a little project that I made for a class at Funkie Munkie Scraps....

My original thought is that little seed packets can go inside the paper holder which just slides out when you pull on the ribbon. But a lot of things could go in there really! The template design was my own, but super easy to make. Just construct one half of a box and then measure paper to go around it! :)

Here is a photo with it opened up...

Now i didnt get a great detail shot of the flowers, but it's the new ultrafine flowersoft! I love this flowersoft much more so than the original. The texture is devine and not too chunky. It's really easy to work with too!

Here's a close up of the card, you can see the flowersoft a wee bit better here....

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

If you are in the mood for a challenge, dont forget to take a peek at this week's Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge at Paper Makeup Stamps! I hope to participate over the weekend!

Stamps:
Stampingbella, gardenabella, flowahbella

Paper:
LilyBean patterned paper
bazzill cardstock


Accessories
Flowers from floral stems - hobby lobby
acrylic discs - michaels

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This bella is a flutter for you!

Ok, so this was totally supposed to post yesterday! No idea what happened there! haha!

When trying to think of a fun project to display for the bella club meeting i belong to with Funkie Munkie Scraps, i immediately thought of Butterflyabella and using My Time Made Easy's All A Flutter template!

I mean the 2 just go hand in hand together so well!!!

First i used my SCAL to cut out the All A Flutter template. Perhaps i should have scaled it down a weeeeeee bit. Bella looks a smidgen small haha. You'd think i had used the mini butterflyabella that comes with her, but no. I just made the All A Flutter box THAT big! I love the option of making things so large though when i can use a 12x12 mat instead of just printing on 8.5 x11 paper. ;)

What do i love about this template? Well a lot of things really! The cost, a mere 5 dollars.

Cuteness factor - way high. Easy to put together. But one of the best things... the easy to put together and cutness factor work with each other in a way that it's a no brainer! Not sure that makes sense, but what i mean is, you can gussy it up to the high heavens, and it's definitely amazing, but you can also stick to it's basics and it's still a super d duper cute project. Which means if you are using it for a gift, it can be quick and easy with minimal products making it a great packaging and then YOU look good, but it really was a sinch. This is kinda a must when you are a busy crafter! People expect your handmade gifts, and sometimes, you just dont have the time to make them! So viola - the All A Flutter Box is just perfect!

For this project, i've decided to fill it with some cards (as you will see above. Depending on where you choose to position your base or basket like compartment of the template, you can either make your cards very visible or tucked away nicely inside. The choice is up to you!

Here is a closeup of Ms Butterflyabella...

I have simply stamped out the image, colored is and then roughly cut around it before adhering it directly to the All A Flutter box.

Here is a close up of the cards i've made to go inside the butterfly...

It is a very simple card layout, but they were made entirely from scraps from when i put the All A Flutter butterfly together. My first card even had the cardbase out of the scraps! :) You gotta love that! The sentiment is also from stamping bella.

Stamps:

Butterflyabella from StampingBella

sentiment from StampingBella

Tools

All A Flutter from My Time Made Easy

Sure Cuts a Lot

Cricut Expression

Paper

Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny

Cardstock: Bazzill (ruby slipper)

Accessories:

Cat's Eye Chalk Inks (warm red, prussian blue)

Kaisercraft Bling (clear)

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whats that? a POST?!

Ok, so this is the time of year when posting becomes a little more difficult. There is always events at school and other misc things taking up time that makes finding craft time a little more, um, rare. And then half the things that I make this time of year I cant post on my blog because they are christmas gifts and I don't want the recipients to see them! But today i was ready to post and i realized i hadnt posted since last thursday and the post before that was 5 days prior. I was like, holy moly where did the time go!

So i will try to make sure i have some more things to post here! I have a fun announcement coming up (shh, cant say yet, it's a secret!) and I have quite a few makeup videos that need editting. I was only going to post the makeup videos on my makeup blog, but i had such a great response from my readers to post them here too! So i will. Maybe it will help my blog not be so vacant. hahahahaha!

Ok, onto my project for today!

This little gift card holder was created with some inspiration (and exact measurements, thank you!) from Jen Del Muro.

Slip off the ribbon to open the box!

I stuffed the inside of the box with some matching tissue paper. You wouldnt have to do this. The gift box does hold any standard gift card perfectly, but you could also put some jewelry or any other small trinket inside! It was so super easy to make, i can see myself making lots of these little boxes to use as gifts. The template could easily be modified as well so you would never get bored with it!

and now for...

Stamps:
Curly Surpriseabella from Stamping Bella
Sentiment also from Stamping Bella

Paper by Creative Imaginations

Coloring With Copics
Colors used... E33, E35 (pants) G82, G85, R37, R81, R83, Y35, Y38

Tools and Accessories

Flower by Prima

Rhinestone by Darice

Pink Satin Ribbon from my ribbon bin!

Classic Rectangle Nestabilities in both Small and Large (to get the closer in size mat)

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I have arrived!

In wisconsin! haha. I'll be here until next week but i do have a few projects i havent posted yet. This one is my favorite! I used one of Lauren Meader's MyTime templates from PaperTrey Ink along with my new LuLu stamp from Stampingbella.com

It's to make a little treat for a friend... Check it out!







This project was made as a sample for Funkie Munkie Scraps bella club. If you want more info on the Bella Club contact stephanie from Funkie Munkie thru the blog! :)

Please forgive the lack of other deets, but it's time to go spend time with the fam! :) Vacations are fun!

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It's a bella beach party!

Hello everyone!  I'm a little late posting this project i did last week for Funkie Munkie's Bella Club!  I wasnt able to be there at the club meeting (so sad!) but this little beach bag was super fun and easy to make, they didnt need me!  :)

First, here's the project...

The basket template i made myself.  If there is enough interest, i may post a little tutorial on how i made it.  It was very easy to put together.  

You can fill it with all kinds of beachie goodies (think suntan lotion, a pair of sunglasses, lip balm, maybe a book or magazine to read.  Wouldnt it make a fabby gift?

Here's a closer view of beachabella...

The outside of the basket can be decorated however you wish.  I kept mine very simple because the club gals can then do to it whatever they'd like.  But i think some buttons would really "make" it.  Dont you?

Here's

Stamps:
Beachabella from Stamping Bella
Sentiment also from Stamping Bella


Coloring: Copics
Skin: E0O, E21
Hair: Custom Color "E23", E25
Suit: R32, R35
beach towel: BG01, BG02, BG05
Basket: YG11, YG25, YG95

Paper:
DP by American Crafts
Cardstock by Bazzill

Tools and Accesories
Template by Moi
Brads by Bazzill
Cats Eye Chalk Ink in Tangerine

Thanks for popping in!  Leave a comment and you'll make my day!

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How Do You Feel Today?

First of all, let me give a shout out to Kim for becoming a Grandma today!  I swear if you saw her you wouldnt think she even had a 10 year old, let alone a child who was old enough to birth another child!  Kim is just fantastic herself and i'm so excited for her to be in this next journey in her life!

Anyhoo - Kim also helps to run the bella club over at Funkie Munkie Scraps (which by the way, tomorrow or rather probably today by the time you are reading this since i'm posting VERY late, is the last day for the July featureabella contest).  Kim had said she'd whip up the project for the club this month and um... hello!  You need to be a grandma first!  SO this was just a quickie project i came up with to do at the club tonight.  It was super easy to make and lots of fun.  We used 4 different bellas but it would be VERY easy to add to it.  :)

Here's our How I Feel Today project...

I really wanted to have a feelabella in there for those days that we just are plain sick but *GASP* she's a bella i actually do not own!  How in the world do i not own such an essential bella like feelabella!  I know i have some images of her, but then they wouldnt be cut with my neato cricut cartridge.  *sigh* for shame, i guess i'll have to buy her.  When Steph gets her back in stock at Funkie Munkie of course.  hehehehehehe.

Other than that every thing was made out of the scrap bin and you gotta love those projects!

Here's what you'll need...

3 x 12 piece of sturdy cardstock.

Really Strong adhesive

bind it all (those that are in the club and will get this kit via snail mail, yours will be punched for you and you can just pinch the clips closed, it's easy i promise)

Coloring medium of choice

Embellishments of choice

4 pennies

The phrase and words have been printed just on my computer.  Those in the club will get them.  Those just making it for fun, can print your own.  hehehehe.

Now, take your strip of cardstock and score it at 4.5, 9, and 11.5.  This is to create your triangle.  That extra half inch is just to glue to the backside to keep it together.

Are you asking what the heck the pennies are for?  I glues the to the 4 corners underneath the whole thing.  You'd be amazed what a difference it makes.  I tried to just flip to the next bella and knocked the thing over.  So i glued pennies to the understand (using fabritac, glue dots would work too) and no more knocking over.  

Easy peasy!

Stamps:

All from Stamping Bella

Daydreamabella, Superbella, Artistabella and Grumpabella

Coloring:

Copics with Tuxedo Black memento ink

Skin: E00, E21, E02 (cheeks), Hair is all E25

Daydreamabella card: Clothing R30, R32; Chair E43, E44; Rug V91; Cat "E23" custom color and E25; Bubble B000

Artistabella: Clothing Y13, Y18, B21, B23, G12, G14 (which turned out to not be a fav color combo for me); Wood E31

SuperBella: R14, R17, B21, B23

Grumpabella: Robe V12, V15; Slippers R30, Mug B23, B21

Tools and Accessories:

Cricut Cartridge, Storybook: Marguee 4 printed at 3.75"

    (note, you'll get 4 to fit PERFECTLY down the side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper if you put your paper vertically on the mat and then the next row will fit nicely as well giving you 8 for 1 sheet of 8.5 x 11 if you have an expression)

Embellies and such were all Kaisercraft

Thanks for dropping by!  Shameless plug... today is the LAST DAY for the PMS clearance sale.  :)

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Bella clutch take 2

So it's amazing what i'm finding in my computer that i havent posted on my blog. Woops. Looks like i could have been posting this past week afterall! Well, that would have required me to sit in one place for more than 10 minutes!

My class/copic club meeting at Funkie Munkie went fabulously yesterday. Everyone really seemed to enjoy coloring in black and white. I have photos of my sample images taken, but i've decided to go ahead and wait til i actually get them put on a card to post them here on my blog! But i will say that i do adore how it turned out and my marathon search for my tilda stamp (for those that follow me on twitter) was well worth it in the end. :)

Here is take 2 on the bella clutch i made for last month's bella club at Funkie Munkie. After i had finished it and took it into the munkie, Stephanie said she loved it, but she had a confession to make, she forgot what paper i had requested and she had let one of the other design team members take ALL of the pink polka dot paper!!!! I mean every single last sheet! And Steph needed to mail kits out to the club members pronto. ACK! So we changed the color scheme and pulled some new paper and created a new bella clutch. For all intents and purposes, it looks pretty much the same. Not as much detail, i.e. no stitching, because i wanted o create the new one ASAP but it just goes to show what a lifesaver Lauren Meader's templates can be! I worked this new little clutch up in seriously 10 minutes... MAYBE! It might have taken me LESS! Really, when all you have to do is print, cut out, score, fold and tape... and bada bing bada boom, you're done.... it's fantastic! Tiny plug, she has new templates coming out tonight at midnight! And one of them is seriously the cutest picnic basket i've ever seen! I WILL be purchasing it! Thank goodness it's a download and she cant sell out because i dont know that i can stay awake til midnight! hahaha.

SORRY! i'm wordy today! Onto the clutch!





Still cute right? Just think of it this way, every girl has to have her favorite purse in multiple colors, right? This is bella's summery clutch for when she's hitting the boardwalk. hahahahaha.

Look cardfully at the base... thats some embossed cardstock by bazzill. It comes in a variety of different embossing designs and it retails for the exact same time as all the other bazzill. Nice! And it comes in a variety of colors. Funkie Munkie does carry quite a bit of this stuff, so you can check it out for yourself if you are local.



Stamps
Content-to-be-a-bella from Stamping Bella, the one seen is the mini that comes in the pack!; sentiment is one of Mwahbella's accompaning sentiments

Coloring
Copic Markers (again, not a lot of shading going on... this is the SMALL bella so there isnt much space to color!
Skin: E00, R20 (just a dot for cheeks)
Hair: Y21
Shirt: R21
Pants: B12
Flower: Colored using the Leaving White Space but using my "1/2/1 coloring technique" (see the video tutorial i posted the other day), R24, R27

Paper
Patterned Paper: American Crafts, Everyday Collection
Cardstock: Bazzill

Tools and Accesories
My TImeless Templates by Lauren Meader

Nestbilies Circle Nesties, large


Dont forget to check out the blog candy! I'm taking all comments and suggestions to heart! I'm looking into trying some stamps that might now be "my style" but others want to see. I'm A OK with that. I really like to expand my horizons. :)

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A Bella Clutch

Hi everyone! Sorry new stuff never went up on the "feeding the habit" blog. My camera wouldnt charge for me, so i was stuck. I think it's charged now though so i'll be off to take more pictures after i get this post up. :)

This is my entry for Lauren Meader's My Timeless Template challenge over at Stampin Out Alzheimer's event

I also needed to create something for the Bella Club meeting at Funkie Munkie Scraps this saturday. Did you know you can use Lauren's templates like that? You can! You just have to keep all copyright into printed onto the template! And i thought her templates would be perfect since we need a project to do, but it's isnt really a full on class. PERFECT! And i'm hoping that the ladies in the club will realize how perfect Lauren's Templates are and go purchase some of their own! :)

I used her Purseonality Clutch template to create this little bella clutch! Inside I've filled it with stamped out bella images, some baubles and other emBELLAshments and something that every girl needs.... CHOCOLATE! :)

Here's the finished project...






I was really pleased with how it came out and how fast it was able to come together! I printed the bottom out on Bazzill Cardstock (that i forgot to check the color on, SORRY!) and then the top (a separate template design making it super easy to have 2 colors) onto Bittersweet Bazzill Cardstock. The patterned paper i cut slightly smaller and then adhered it to the top side of the template centering it where i wanted and THEN i scored it. It makes it a lot easier to adhere it first so that way the score lines are perfectly fit together! I then ran it thru my sewing machine to give that true purse look. :) I followed this same process to the handle.

The bella is the mini Contentobeabella that comes with the larger version. She was the PERFECT size for this project!!!!



STAMPS
Contentobeabella and the sentiment is one of mwahbella's

COLORING:
Copic Markers: now this was small, so not a lot of shading going on, just straight colors!
Skin:E00, R20 (just a dot for cheeks!)
Hair & pants: E25
Shirt: R20, R21
Flower: R22, R24

PAPER
Cardstock is Bazzill
Patterned Paper is American Crafts from the Everyday Collection

TOOLS:
My Timeless Templates by Lauren Meader available at PaperTrey Ink
Scallop circle punch by SU
Sewing Machine

ACCESSORIES:
Bellas Baubles

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So ya wanna be a Featurebella??

The SouthernBella club hosted by Funkie Munkie Scraps is having a featurebella contest every month. For it's first featurebella challenge you DO NOT have to be a paid member of the club. Anyone can do it! You just have to use any stamp from Stamping Bella so it could be a bella, a ketto, a huggabug, etc. You get the idea.

What do you win?
* Featured on the BellaClub blog and in Funkie Munkie's brick and mortar store.
* A bella prize pack (donated by Funkie Munkie Scraps)
* An entry into the QWEENABELLA contest that is at the end of the year
* 1 month club membership absolutely free (where you get discounts, bella make n take kits, etc)

How will the winner be chosen?
* All cards will be posted on the blog and voted on by whomever browses the blog. There will be no names on the card entries.


Here's my card (not for the contest, but just for fun, i'm kinda a permanent club member and help create the make n takes and help to teach the classes for the locals so I dont think i can enter! haha)



STAMPS: Walkabella, I heart you sentiment, www.stampingbella.com

COPIC COLORS - main color/blending color in bold, colors added in the order listed, with main color used over top to blend
Skin: E00, E31, E02 (cheeks only)
Hair: E30, E33, E35
Dress: YR01, YR02, R05, Red spica pen (flowers and shoes)
Bag and Dog Bow: YG21, YG25
El Poocho: E41, E42, E40

PAPERS:
Patterned Cardstock: Die Cuts with a View, glittered PETS collection
Cardstock: Bazzill (parakeet and cajun)
White: Neenah Solar White

ACCESORIES:
Black thread and sewing machine
Kaisercraft Pearls in Black
Cat's Eye Chalk ink in Charcoal


Don't forget to read all about the SouthernBella Club challenge HERE. You have until may 31st to enter!!!

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Bella club with Content-a-Bella and some fantastic blog candy!

Ok, first off, you would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in my craft room today because i'm sure it was quite funny to anyone but me! I have quite a few projects i was determined to get done. Which means a lot of stuff out. My hair disheveled. etc. Thats funny enough, i'm sure. But now add Mr. Fussy Britches into the mix. This would be my baby (who turns 8 months old today!). Poor little bugger is cutting his first 2 teeth. His gums are so swollen and red with the little white peeks showing his teeth trying to burst free. He is just miserable. He doesnt want to even nurse because they are so sore. He's not very happy even with me holding him, but putting him down just turns him into a mess. SO... today i became the Amazing One Armed crafter! I did things with one hand that i would never have thought possible. And let me tell you, using a guillotine trimmer with only one arm, all while standing in a precarious position to make sure little baby fingers could in no way even come close to the blade... that takes some talent! I also resorted to using my chin to get the cuttlebug crank started until it was in there enough that it could hold itself while i cranked. Yes... i'm sure it was hilarious.

But, amazing enough, i did get my projects done today. A secret sister gift that i have to deliver tomorrow (in my local group, and of course the deadline is tomorrow... whew). A card for a friend that i'll post probably sometime next week because I wouldnt want them to see it on my blog before they get it! And then the card i'm about to show you. :)



I present to you, Content-to-be-a-bella! Isnt she cute. I love her. She's from Stamping Bella. Bella stamps were my first "love" in the stamping world. I own so many it's not even funny. And sadly, they've been getting lonley the past couple of weeks. it's was nice to get a little bella boost. She always looks so happy. Well, unless she's grumpabella. hahahha.

Contenttobeabella is part of the May Bella Bundle available for Southernbella club members. You dont have to live here to be in the club. You can check out the blog to get more info about this deal, the club, and all that. And really... you SHOULD go check it out because there is some FABULOUS blog candy going on over there. I mean like, over $200 bucks worth! It's INSANE! You have to check it out! :) You dont have to be a club member to win the candy, or participate in the challenges for that matter.

OK... i'm wordy today! :) Close up view! Card details! Keep reading!



Copic Colors
Skin: E00, E31, R01 (cheeks)
Shirt: R00, R01, R02
Pants: B21, B23, B24
Flower: Y11, Y15, Y18, yellow spica
Hair: E33, E35

Cardstock: Sweet Blush (papertrey ink) Solar White (Neenah), um... a blue from SU (i'm sorry i have no idea which color it is!)
Patterened Paper: Yellow is from BoBuny textured cardstock, the blue is from one of those enormous paper slabs i got um... like 5 years ago!

Stamps: Image (Contenttobeabella) and sentiment are both from Stamping Bella

Accesstories and Tools
Nestabilities in Petite Scallop Circles Large
Bling from Studio G
Rose chalk ink from Cat's Eye by Colorsnap

Have a Bellariffic Day!!!

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There's still time for Bella!

Hi everyone!!! For my bella lovin' sistahs.... there is still time for you to join the Bella Club at Funkie Munkie. Yes Funkie Munkie is a store, but they are doing their bella club online! You can check out the club blog here or use the picture link in my sidebar.

When you join the club you get this LOVELY bella sampler in a kit.


Now I cant take full credit for this beauty. Stephanie (owner of Funkie Munkie) went to a convention in Boston where she met the Queen of Bella, Emily herself. They made an adorable Bella sampler there which was pretty much just like this one. But since we wanted to do this as the bella club kick off, we needed to recreate it using products we had. Some a few things are a little different, but the creative genious behind this project stems from the highest of Bella powers. hahahahaha.

Lisa (stephanie's sis-in-law) and I worked on finding some substitutes for things and then I put it together and colored bits and pieces of it with my trusty copic markers. :)

Over the weekend, this bella sampler was available as a make n take for $8 but was free for all club members. Club members that have joined but arent able to make it to the store will have the kit mailed to them. And there is still time to join to get your kit for free If you are interested send an email to funkiemunkiescraps@gmail.com The club is well worth your monthly fee to get free make n takes, and up to a 30-35% discount on some preorders. Different discounts available all the time. Email steph for more info.

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FUN NEW CLUB INFO

We all like to be a part of something, right? Well Funkie Munkie Scraps is kickin' off 4 new clubs on National Scrapbook Day!!!! Each club will have store happenin's but they each also have a blog and opportunities for crafty ladies all over the country to be a part of!!! Club benefits include superduper sales, preorder chances, kits and much much more!!! You simply gotta check 'em out!!!!

Copic Munkies

TGF Farmerz

Southern Bella (stamping bella)

Savvy Scrappin' Divas

Now don't these look like fun?!  I'm so pumped for them all!  I will helping to run club meetings and classes for the Copic Munkie club and helping out some with the Stamping Bella club.  And i'm just going to have to participate in the other clubs too because they look like so much fun!!!

I'll post more info about them as the weeks go by but seriously check them out!!!  :)

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