Category Archives: Belles n’ Whistles

Hi everyone.  🙂  I have a card I thought I should post before I totally forget about it.  (And before it gets lost in the mess that is my stamp room.  It’s getting scary…)

Just Because

This is another of the images sent to me by Fabulously Talented Tammi.  If you haven’t been by to see her blog (and who hasn’t, right?), beware.  She’ll make you want every single thing she uses.  I know.

I actually colored this image while on vacation a few months ago.  This is Beary Big Hugs from Belles ‘n Whistles.  Because the image was stamped on white cardstock and I used warmer tones of patterned paper, I sponged all the edges (rather heavily) with VersaMagic Wheat chalk ink.  The image itself was colored with Copics.

I’ll be back Saturday morning! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Belles ‘n Whistles “Beary Big Hugs”, Cornish Heritage Farms “Nature’s Silhouettes” (sentiment)   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Wheat  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Ultra Smooth Neenah  Patterned Paper: My Mind’s Eye Miss Muffet “Hello Beautiful,” “Little Flowers” and “Beautiful Butterflies”  Accessories:  Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, E37, R20, R81, R83, R85, BG0000), Prima lace, ribbon, brads, Prismacolor pencils, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.

It’s the weekend!  Hooray!   We have company coming for dinner tomorrow so I thought I ought to post now rather than wait.  You know…clean, cook, blah, blah, blah.  It’ll be fun though.  🙂

I took some images and markers along with me on vacation and I’m just now getting around to finishing the cards.  One is this adorable image from Belles n’ Whistles by Elisabeth Bell (sent to me by one of my all-time favorite stampers, Tammi…she is such an inspiration).

Warm Wishes  

I adore this little girl with her little apple bowl.    So sweet!

As always, I used Copics and Prismacolor pencils.  I don’t know why, but I always like coloring hair.  Too bad I can’t color my own hair!  Ha!  (That would be a nightmare.)

I tried to give this a bit of a scrappy feel by adding all the zig-zag stitching.  Another of my favorite things to do is add bits of zig-zag here and there as I did around the girl.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I’ll be back on Monday with this month’s JiFFy challenge!  Have a fabulous weekend!

Stamps:  Belles n’ Whistles “Tania Baking” (Elisabeth Bell), Cornish Heritage Farms “Script Essential Expressions”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Wheat  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Ultra Smooth Neenah  Patterned Paper: My Mind’s Eye Quite Contrary Little Boy Blue “Little Man” Growing Up and “That’s My Boy” Daring Dots; Creative Imaginations (apple print)  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, E37, YG91, YG93, YG95, R29, W00, W1, W3), buttons/string, sewing machine, Prima lace, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.