Hello Dolly!

Sometimes do you create something that just makes you smile? I just love this sweet little dolly and I had SO much fun making this card!!! And really, when it comes right down to it, that's what its all about. Right?

Since the Bellariffic sketch this week is from Shannan, I took the liberty to fool with it a little - I flipped the placement of the embellies from the left to the right... it just worked better for me. But I know she won't mind because, she's the queen of just tweaking sketches - right?

This image is the recently released Ketto called "Dolly" from Stamping Bella. Isn't she sweeeeeet? And I paired it with more of the fun paper from October Afternoon that I've been having a blast playing with! Here's a hint, you'll find lots of October Afternoon paper HERE.

My fantastic friend and fellow Bellariffic Babe Karen dropped off a glaze pen (love that girl!) the other day and of course, I couldn't wait to give it a try on the hearts on Dolly's dress. Um, love it!

I hope you'll join us over at Blogabella today to see all the samples from the Babes, as well as all of the submissions sent in from Bella fans! Don't forget, there's a chance at prizes for submitting, as well as a prize given to someone in the Peanut Gallery!

Blog Hoppin with the Kettos!

I hope that you've been having a wonderful time hopping along through the first Ketto Blog hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! 

If by chance you've just popped into the hop in the middle then be sure to CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

I hadn't inked up this little Lucy Ketto and thought that this blog hop was just the time to do so!  

I picked up this amazingly fun paper from American Crafts at my LSS, I knew it was just right for a Ketto card! This sketch is from Taylor's weekly sketch challenge. 

Lucy is stamped with Memento Ink then colored with Copic Markers.  I added clear Spica pen to her wings for a little bit of shine!

I'm off now myself to head through the hop! Can't wait to take in all the eye candy.. but guess what, it gets EVEN BETTER. 

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $40 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! 

The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! The winner will be announced on Monday!

Thank you SO very much for stopping by to visit today! The next stop on this blog hop is  Brandi at Sparkle Shimmer and Twinkle! 

Bellariffic on a Saturday!

I've got my Bellariffic challenge sample to share with you today.  My friend Karen has a nice stash of Kettos that she brought home from Canada, mine are en route. Lucky for me she was willing to let Suzette come to play at my house a little bit.

I'll admit, when I first saw this inspiration piece I panicked. I wasn't sure I had anything in the right colors... but lucky for me, I do have a handy stash of designer paper.

I ran across some scraps of Scenic Route paper and decided that SU's Kiwi Kiss and Really Rust were very close matches.

Suzette was stamped with Memento Jet black ink and then I grabbed a handful of Copic markers to color in that sweetie.  

Be sure to check out Emily's blog on Monday when she'll have this coming week's inspiration piece.  

And, if you haven't already stopped by Blogabella to see all the samples from the Bellariffic Babes and Stamping Bella fanatics that have played along you can see lots of eye 

candy HERE! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a FANTASTIC weekend!  I'm so excited that Stamp New England is finally here!  I'll be back soon with photos, scoop and of course photos of my projects!