Fun Bella Creations…

Posted by Jen | Bella, cards, challenges, projects | Monday, July 13, 2009

As I write this, Ellie and I are in San Diego. We flew out last week and then went to Disneyland the day after her birthday. While the day was great, the following have been just short of hell with visits to the ER, allergic reactions and high fever {Ellie}. Tony is at home in Texas {he had to leave early} not feeling red hot, either. What a fun bunch we are! I’m sad that we had to cancel Ellie’s big birthday party, but we still had a small celebration last night with a few family members. I will have pics to share of Disney and the party {and party pooper} later this week.

For now, I have a couple of Bella creations to share with you. This first one is my ATC that I did for the ATC swap that I hosted recently. I have to admit that I “cheated” a little by only using a sentiment, because I just plain ran out of time and I wanted to come up with something cute…
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This card is from last week’s Bellarific challenge, using Cherry Blossom Bittybloom…
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Hope everyone has a great week!! See ya later alligators! :)

Sketch For You To Try…

Posted by Jen | Bella, blog hopping, cards, challenges, designer of the month | Saturday, July 11, 2009

I am going to attempt to make this super short and sweet. Ellie has had another asthmatic episode that put us in the ER for a few hours yesterday morning and then in the evening she had an allergic reaction to either medicine or something she ate and broke out in hives, her lips swelled up. Needless to say, not a fun day! Hopefully today will be better. Send us the good health vibes!

If you made here from Laurie’s blog, I hope that you are having fun on our lil’ bay blog hop for Charmaine. Don’t forget to hop over to Jackie’s blog when you are all done here :) Of course, I made my card from this week’s sketch…

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Here’s my card for Charmaine, using Stamping Bella stamps {did I forget something? LOL!}…
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Here’s one from Regina, this month’s Designer of the Month…
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Want more samples? Check out the SFYTT Sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Susan Liles
Kelly Lunceford
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Still not upgrading my Mr. Linky, so just link your fantabulous creations to this post. :) I have moderation turned on, so if you do not see your link right away, it’s just floating around waiting for me to approve it.

BittyBloom Happy Day…

Posted by Jen | Bella, cards, challenges | Monday, July 6, 2009

Happy Monday! I am so excited for this week! I get to see one of my bestest friends who is in from out of town tomorrow. Ellie turns 3 on Wednesday! Where did the time go? We have a party planned for Saturday. She has decided that she wants a “bug party.” She loves bugs right now! LOL! I am going to attempt a caterpillar {shaped} cake. Funny, because she doesn’t even like cake {or cookies}, just ice cream. I am sure that we will have tons of cute pics to share, as we have some surprises up our sleeves, too.

As for my card today, it’s a BittyBloom from Stamping Bella {Violet BittyBloom}. The sketch is from last week’s Bellarific challenge…

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I had to change the location of the sentiment that was given on the sketch to accomodate by darker patterned paper and embellishments. Here is a detail shot…
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I will be taking a lot of this week off. I might pop in once during the week, and I will definitely be here on Saturday for another Sketch For You To Try. See ya then! :)

You Grow Girl!…

Posted by Jen | Bella, cards | Thursday, July 2, 2009

Long ago, I saw Debbie Olson pop up the belly on this Bella stamp. I thought that it was such a cute idea and it was like a light bulb going off…why didn’t I think of that!?! I have had this stamp forever and keep saying that I am going to do that one day. Well, that one day is here! This is my version of the popped up Teddybella…

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POP!…
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I paired this image with some paper from the Twitterpated line, also found in the Bella store. The rhinestones are from the $1 section at Mike’s. They are really spark-a-lay for a buck! Not like Swarovskis, but they definitely do the job! As for the flower, it’s a Maya Road plastic flower topped with a couple Primas.

Have a great day! I actually have an ABC project to show you tomorrow! See ya then!

Bellarific Birthday…

Posted by Jen | Bella, cards, challenges | Monday, June 29, 2009

I had an AWESOME weekend! I already mentioned that we love watching the re-runs/DVD of How I Met Your Mother. It’s legen…wait for it…dary! Of course, that wasn’t the highlight of the weekend. Actually, there were several highlights. On Saturday night we went to the Rangers vs. Padres game. Except for the fact that it was 100 degrees when the first pitch was thrown at 7PM, it was great! We had spectacular seats…5th row, up the first base line. I ducked a few times as I cheered on the Padres…who won! YAY! Then, Sunday morning I had brunch with a bunch of SCS girls {Susan, Tex, Sharon and Jessica-blog coming SOON!} and eclectic Paperie owners, Joy and Daisy. Except for Jessica, I have met all of them before and it was so nice to see them all again! Thanks for the great time girls!! After that, I went swimming with Tony and Ellie. I am SO IMPRESSED with how far Ellie has come in the last 2 weeks with her swimming. I’m pretty sure that she’ll be a fish by the end of the summer!

This is another birthday card that I made to up my collection of birthday cards. It’s from last week’s Bellarific Challenge. I’m so into bright colors now and I love all these papers that I picked up in the Bella store…
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I have to admit that I took a couple creative liberties with this sketch…that’s okay, right?…right!

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