Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year! I hope that 2009 brings happiness and peace to you. Things have been soooo busy here, hence the lack of posts. Sorry!! I have lots to show, but just haven't had the time to post. Not sure that will change much as I am starting classes again on Monday. I have been working on my nursing degree since 2003 and have been on the long nursing waiting list. About a year ago I found out that my school dropped their part-time nursing program without notifying anyone. They told me that in order to pass their program, my kids would need to raise themselves. At that time, they were 3 and 6 months! I wasn't willing to sacrifice my family and my sanity for nursing school. In order to not lose my core sciences classes that I worked so hard on, I at least have to get an associates degree. So I'm heading back to school to get my associates degree in Medical Assisting. Once my kids are older and in school full-time, I'll go back to school to get my nursing degree.

Even with school, I am hoping to get in the craft room at least once a week. I'm going to need that "Kelley" time in order to keep my sanity with everything. Okay, enough about my life, and onto the card! I love Bellas, but I'm just not very good at coloring them in. I love the DCWV paper stacks, but sometimes they have papers in there that I just don't use very often. This would be one of them. The paper is cute, but I just don't use yellow very much, if at all, so this was a stretch for me. Enjoy your day and lots more to show you in the New Year!
Supplies: Paper: PaperTrey Ink White, DCWV DP, Bashful Blue, YoYo Yellow-SU!; Ink-Bashful Blue; Watercolor pencils, brads

Emmybella

This is a card that I made for my 17-year old niece, Emily. Therefore, I thought that Emmybella stamp from Stamping Bella would be perfect! Some of the bella stamps are perfect for those people that aren't kids anymore, but not yet adults, ya know...those in-between years. I hope she likes the card as much as I had fun making it!

Supplies:

Stamps: emmybella-Stamping Bella, You Take the Cake-MFT (sentiment), Small Oval-Amuse

Paper: DCWV textured Robin #1, Making Memories Fashion Aqua Polka Dot, SU! Night of Navy, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Black StazOn, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Night of Navy, Barely Banana, Blush Blossom

Accessories: Heidi Swapp Flower, Prima Flower, SU! Rhinestone brad, Corner rounder punch, American Crafts ribbon

You Rock!

With life being so crazy lately, Sunday's seem to be my only time to stamp. Last Sunday, I was in the craft room most of the day.......if only every day could be like that! As most of you probably agree, stamping is my therapy. It brings me that inner peace that is often lacking throughout the week with the hustle and bustle of working, having a 3 year old and 6 month old and everything else that life brings. When I am in my craft room, I am in my own little world.

Anyway, I ordered several more Bella's a while back, but haven't had a chance to get them out and play until now. I was rockin' to music from Gina's blog, and so I decided to get out my Rockabella and play! I needed some funky paper for the background so I used this pattern from the All Dressed Up stack from DCWV. I got a little punch happy with my ticket corner punch, I know, but all-in-all, I like how it turned out. Thanks for stopping!

(Now that I have loaded my picture, I see that it's a little blurry. Someday I'll work on that. I figure I can spend time figuring out the camera and lighting or I could stamp.....hmmmm....I think I'll choose stamp!)

Supplies:
Stamps: Rockabella (Stamping Bella), Small Oval (A Muse)
Paper: SU!’s Basic Black, Whisper White, Pink Passion, DCWV All Dressed Up
Ink: Black StazOn, Wild Wasabi, Buckaroo Blue (re-inker), Pink Passion, Close To Cocoa (marker), Blush Blossom (marker)

Accessories: Small & Large Oval Punches, Ticket Corner Punch, Aqua Painter, Blender Pens, Ribbon, Diamond Stickles

Bella Birthday Card

Man! Have I been a bad blogger lately, or what??? I just haven't had the time to get in the craft room and play! Camryn is no longer sleeping through the night like she used to and the girls aren't napping at the same time either. They go to bed around 9pm and I am in bed shortly after that! I've just been so tired! And let's not talk about the house! It's a disaster.....and we have 2 of Emerson's birthday parties here this weekend. Not sure when I'll find the time to clean. I digress.

Here is a card that I made for my mom for her birthday. I thought it turned out pretty well! I used my Cakeabella stamp...she's just so darn cute! I think the reason I like the Bella's so much is because they remind me of me! Some days my curly hair gets a little wild and crazy and I could be Cakeabella!! I used more paper from the DCWV Glitter stack and layered it on top of Pumpkin Pie. I used some of my Prima flowers and a brad from the Target $1 spot. The birthday stamp came from Michael's $1 bin.

I have more goodies that I've made, just trying to find the time to post them all. Maybe when the girls aren't napping together, I can try to post some more stuff!! TFL!

Supplies: Stamp-Cakeabella, HB-Michael's; Paper-DCWV Glitter Stack, SU!-Pumpkin Pie, Glorious Green, Orchid Opulence, Whisper White; Accessories-Prima Flowers, brad (Target $1 Spot), blue organdy ribbon, paper piercer, tag corner punch, SU! watercolor pencils, gamsol, stumps, diamond stickles

Winobella

As promised, I did my first bella card last night. It's not as fancy as I would like...I didn't get started on it until after 11pm last night. We had major thunderstorms here last night and we kept losing our power. Of course, it was just me and the girls last night and Emerson was getting scared when the power kept going on and off. Anyway, you'd think I'd be full of energy after receiving my Bella's in the mail, but by 11pm I was running on "E".

Here's what I came up with for my Winobella. I used So Saffron for the card base and layered it with some of the Glitter paper from the DCWV stack as well as Regal Rose and Whisper White. Since I am just a hobby demonstrator, I don't have the income coming in to get the latest and greatest markers. I used my SU! markers, stamp pads and blender pens. It turned out okay, but doesn't look as cool as some of the other cards out there. Someday that darn money tree we planted outside will start growing and I can get new markers! Thanks for stopping by.

My first Bella order arrived!!!

I'm so excited!! My first bella order arrived today! I've never looked so forward to the mail before! I'm bummed though.....my husband has his Fantasy Football draft tonight....yes, it's that time of year again.....but he usually wins money and bought me some diamond earrings last year with his winnings :) Anyway, so there will be no time to play tonight until after the girls go down. I don't care if I'm up 'til midnight.....I'm gonna play with my bellas tonight!! I'm post my creation later! TFL.