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award time...

Good Morning!

I was checking my e-mail this morning and my *new* Bella Babe sistah Dana White has given me an award for inspiring her! How nice is that!

Waking up and being flattered before you have even brushed your teeth. Ok, the award is simple, just pass it on to a person/blog that inspires you. I have a pretty long list, because I subscribe to a variety of blogs for different reasons. But...who inspires me is a person I have been able to sit down and watch her color with her copics. I call her my 'long lost Canadian sister' because her and I have so much in common that when we started chit-chatting almost a year ago...it was unreal!  She brings to life her colored images and you just wanna eat them up, they are so bright and juicy. It's an odd way to describe it, but those copics are vibrant. Have you guessed her name? Have you checked her out already, because she is a *Bella Babe* also... Linda Heavens!! *mwah*

My list could go on and on, but copics are one coloring tool I will not try to touch or master, this sistah above has that market cornered!

Pass it on Linda!

 

bellarific butch & mimi...

It's Bellarific Friday!

Did ya check out the inspiration and play along?  

Please, oh, please, when I show you what I did, don't think I have completely lost my mind! The other Babes are probably shaking their heads, laughing at me, and wondering what was going on in my head. {Did I tell you George Clooney was in town filming? How many times I was asked if I knew he was here and why I was working and not stalking him??? ok, I blame that.}  Seriously, I love Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, West Elm, IKEA, and all things like that...I love the ad's, the colors and when I looked at this picture I loved the color combo going on here. Now, I am shaking my head. I sadly was inspired by the positive/negative of the pattern and used an image that I could play that off of.  

Butch and Mimi are so dogalicious & cute! I colored the canine couple with my lovely Lyras, gamsol and stumps. I did a great job blending my chalk inks on the kraft cardstock, and yet...I am shaking my head! LOL

Emily e-mailed me, asking, if this was my submission for today. Why of course it is...uh, Paula, you are missing a few colors.  But, they are cute, right???

Check out all the FAB-u-lusssss creations on Bloggabella. Scroll through the entire post and see that mine really stands out, and there are a lot of talented sistah's out there in Bellaland! haha {I will sleep well tonight, knowing I gave you a little laugh...!}

sheer indulgence...

A couple of days of coloring does a body good! I have to show you another *new* Elzybells stamp that is large, and a perfect background for all these sweets!  

This image is called Indulgence Multi, and I loved coloring all the little treats! I almost hated to cover any of it up, but here is Elzy again, eating cookies two-fisted...lol  Inside I stamped the sentiment...'eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we may diet'  After reading all the treats & sweets on this stamp, you will hope you aren't on a diet!

The patterned paper here is the new Basic Grey 'Porceline', very pretty and delicate.

See ya soon, and thanks for dropping in!  paula 

elzybells MEGA blog candy...

 

How did you enjoy the *new* stamps that Elzybells has released this month?  How about a MEGA chance at some blog candy?  Elizabeth has decided to let one lucky person have the whole kit-n-caboodle... that means 6 clear sets and 14 rubber stamps!

What do ya have to do you ask?  Well, it's easy as checking out the *new* stamps, tell the world about the newest arrivals on your blog...and then hop over to Elizabeth's blog here, and leave a comment with your blog address. Simple, easy and someone is getting a whole lotta stamps!

Enjoy your night, you have until this friday!  :)

peace, baby...

I love Volkswagons! I was so close to buying my green Beetle last summer. What stopped me? Repairs would have taken me too far outta the way and would have been a hassle. Maybe someday... But, until that day I can live through stamps!  Until I got a peek into my friends Linda & Pauline's Bella binders, I had no idea that Stamping Bella was about more than just that classy Bella herself.  I love quirky, funky & fun stuff and when I saw this Peace VW stamp in Linda's binder, I had to stamp it out. 

My dad 's birthday is this friday and this is not the normal card I have given him in the past. I wanted something a little different this year! I added 'DAD' in the liscense plate and threw in the tire treads. These colors have been on my radar for sometime now and I think they are pretty dang cheery for this time of the year. I have one more VW van stamped out and I want to make it in some much more wilder colors, I just knew he might no appreciate that as much as I do!

Hey, did ya check out da Bella's blog and see what the next challenge is for this friday??  The inspiration piece is from where I would love to have my whole house furnished by..Crate & Barrel. I can NOT wait to see what inspired everyone from this photo...

p.s.  George Clooney is filming in the Detroit area, if I never post again it's because I have run away with him. {or he has had me arrested! lol}

calorie overload...

Who wouldn't enjoy sitting down to a table full of sweets and taste testing? Looks like Elzy is getting her 'Just Desserts' today! LOL 

I pulled out this piece to October Afternoon paper and colored her up to match. Some of my favorite colors here...

This last peek means it's time to shop because this is all available on the website today.  If you've never placed an order with Elizabeth, let me just say that you get it fast.  I live in Michigan and when I order I get it in a week, fast for overseas.  

cookies on the mind...

Does cleaning up your mess never end???  What I am about to show you may shock and disgust you but it's my dirty little secret. {Maybe you are laughing because now you know that you aren't the only messy crafter out there!}

This is my table after two cards, buying some 12x12 Bazzill on friday night and stamping the newest stuff that I got in the mail... My laptop is under there somewhere and the pencils I spilled out so I could see all my stumpy ones that need to be replaced! lol   Never fear though, it will all get cleaned this evening and if you need help at your desk just holler! LOL  I do like to clean and organize, hmmm yes, I just said that!

Now, for why you came here today...we are still showing off our Elzybells sneak peeks and I waited for the last two days to show ya the sweets... Elizabeth is calling this 'Just Desserts'. {All the new stuff goes on sale tomorrow...btw}

Cookies, who hasn't felt like just eating these for dinner, or breakfast? This time of year when dieting and sticking to resolutions is on just about everyones mind, this set is just funny!

I will be back tomorrow with more treats to share. I have a desk to clean, groceries to buy and my husband called and needs something from Sam's Club, so I will be running for a few hours. I am not even gonna grumble about the stupid snow on the ground... hope you're having a relaxing Sunday!paula :)

sydnee's coming...

Yesterday was a little baby shower after work, for Jessica, our receptionist at Flushmate. I have been dying to post this frame with the babys name, but Jessica reads the blog and I didn't want to spoil the surprise. {I did however show it to everyone else and tease her a little about it.} 

So here is the details...The pink letters were die cut at Scrappy Chic, a lss, in the new dotted swiss Bazzill cardstock. The flowered paper and pink polka dot paper are from K&Company's Amy Butler line. The green small dotted paper was in the baby section and it matched, don't remember who that one is by. I glued the thin brown ric-rack around the frame in small steps, using a Zig glue pen. {All while watching '24' on monday...can you say talent?} Back to the letters...I temporarily tacked them down to the brown cardstock and trimmed carefully around them. I played with one of the letters and I ended up liking the brown off to the side, rather than completely around the letter. It was a total accident!  The frame came from Target...I originally bought it in black. Funny, when I was trying it out in the frame monday night, I thought my glass was bowed. huh? No, the frame was slightly bowed!  Since it was a gift, I went back to Target and they were outta black, so I got brown. Sydnee's furniture is dark brown so it will match really nice.

Now, I didn't take pictures of all the crafty gifts Jessica got. Dana got crafty with a bouquet of baby sock roses. Too cute! 

New mom 2 B ---->

Jessica, the girl with the gorgeous head of hair! Dana was gonna pin the corsage of socks to her shirt, but it was a little to thin to hold the flowers up.

Here is one of the cards I made for Jessica...it's a Sarah Kay stamp I bought in Canada a few weeks ago. I LOVE this mouse!!!! 

Last but not least, I used my Elzybells  'mum to be' stamp for another card for Jessica because I bought this stamp with her in mind! Whew....did you make it this far? I don't usually post what seems like a novel! LOL

tea for two...

'we go together like tea and biscuits'

That's the sentiment I stamped on the inside of my card...sneak peek #2! 

Each of these images are single and I arranged them this way to make a little scene. The plate of biscuits is popped up a bit. I enjoy tea, but I don't drink it every day, if I did I would probably have some kind of teapot collection because I have always loved them. {My mom has my grandma's displayed on a shelf above her kitchen} I don't dislike yellow, but it is another color that I don't gravitate towards, do you have any that you feel that way about?  For some reason I felt the need to color this pot yellow with pink accents, then the fun began because I don't anything patterned yellow that fit.  Oh, what's this??  Basic Grey's Bittersweet..{can you hear the Indiana Jones music in the background?} to the rescue!! LOL   Love Indy!

Well folks, thanks for joining me for some hot tea today. I won't grumble as I send you off into the evening, bundling myself up for a little shoveling....

Come on back tomorrow for some 'sweets'!!

 

OMG...i'm a babe....

I got the best friday the 13th email last week. I got into work and snuck on to look at my e-mails before I started...'physical' work. Ya know, sorta ease into the day kinda thing. I see this e-mail, and it is from the Stamping Bella herself. {Emily!} So I open it up and didn't get but about half way through reading it, and I had to leave my office. I got excited...I hadn't finished drinking my cup off coffee or I would have wet my pants. Bella was gonna add a small group of 'Babes' to her world and I was being asked if I would like to join them. I am not kidding, it took me about ten minutes to settle myself down to go in there to finish reading the email. My mind was running wild. I work all day, and I go home and try and do justice to 3 stamp companies, was there room for one more? Ya know, there was no way around it...I have been addicted to Bella stamps since I first laid eyes on them...YES! I wanna be a BABE! {maybe then George Clooney will notice me}

 Bellarific Fridays are back and for our first group challenge, Emily & Nicky found a photo on the plane trip to CHA. It was a bedroom set, red, purple, white...that was our inspiration. I tell ya, I knew right off the bat, I need something pleated when I saw that bedskirt. So I set my pretty Lyras out in front of me and colored LOVEbeetle huggabugg.  Valentine's Day is over, but this Bittersweet paper by Basic Grey is just my newest favorite and it won't be hanging out for long in my stash.

I am so excited to be a part of this talented group of sistahs! The absolute coolest part is that my soul sister...Linda Heavens, who I think is the copic queen!! said YES to Emily also. Looking at the other talented ladies just makes me wanna stay home and color all day. I am honored to be with such talent, and having met both Emily and Nicky, I can't wait to go back to Toronto and sit and color again. {and spend money...where do you think I got  my pretty Lyras from?}

I am exhausted tonight friends, it has been such a busy day with work, a baby shower, hitting a cardstock sale and buying new Nikes so I can keep working on my feet. Check out Emily's post to read about the other sistahs, and I will be getting them linked up tomorrow on this here blog.   *mwah* to inky fingers...paula :)