Creative Belli Challenge #133

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. This is the last one for 2011 and also the last one for me. I am leaving this design team as of December 31. Something else is coming but more about that in January.

This challenge is all about "Merry Christmas".  You have to have the word "Christmas" on your card. The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments! Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend! Just follow the theme.

For my card I used an image from  the stamp set "Christmas light" from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. It has a matching die so the cutting out of the image is super easy.

I used the Cheery Lynn die 'deco border light". I love this die. I think it makes for such an elegan card.
I also used the Spellbinder "lacy circle" for my candle image.

My old and forgotten part is paper from my stash. I had this BoBunny green striped designer paper and I was able to use it on this card. I found the perfect shade of gold to match it. The red border and circle are Stampin-Up's real red cardstock.

I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I stamped the word "peace" on the candle from another set I had. No name on that one.

Well that's my card for today. Hope you will join in on the challenge at the Creative Belli Blog.

Some other challenges:

1.  Creative Card Crew has the lights of Christmas challenge.
2.  Papertake Weekly has a last Christmas card of the year challenge.
3.  Top Tip Tuesday has an anything Christmas challenge.
4.  Cheery Lynn Designs has a "tis the season" challenge. I used the deco light border die.

Believe

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. This time around the challenge is anything related to Winter or Christmas

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The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend! Just follow the theme.

For my card I decided to use this Santa image that I bought this summer at a stamp show here in Pittsburgh. It's from Darcie Stamps and is a die cut. Well actually the company calls them U-cuts because you cut the image out yourself. I think this Santa is so cute.

I used some retired Stampin-Up designer paper from the "merry moments" collection. On the white background panel I used the Cuttlebug folder "winter wonderland". I added some green velvet May Arts ribbon to this panel also.

I stamped the believe sentiment and that completed my card.

I hope you will play with us at the Creative Belli blog. Drop over to see what the other design team members have done with this challenge. You won't be disappointed.

We are so excited to bring back the "Belle of the Belli"! For each challenge, we will choose the one card that WOW'd us and closely followed the theme! If you are chosen as a Belle, you will be asked to be a Guest Designer for one of our challenges and have a badge to proudly post on your blog!


There is also a design team call going on so if you're interested in becoming a "Belli Girl" go to this post. You have until December 15 to apply.

So until next time........... God bless

Some other challenges:
1.  Creative Card Crew has a "tis the season" challenge.
2.  Ribbon Carousel has an inspiration challenge called "peppermint twist".
3.  TopTip Tuesday has a "let it snow" challenge. I used a snowflake embossing folder behind my Santa.
4.  Tuesday Throwdown has a "celebrate the season" challenge.

Creative Belli Challenge #103

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Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. The challenge this time is paper piercing your project.

The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments! Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend! Just follow the theme.

There is also a design team call out for the Creative Belli Blog. Would you like to be a Belli Girl? Check out all the details here.

For my card I used a spellbinder poinsettia die. My old embellies are my rhinestones and my designer paper.  I did my piercing on the sentiment layer. That was cut with the spellbinders rectangles die.

The sentiment is from the Our Daily Bread designs set "worship the Lord". I used my stampa-ma-jig to line it up vertically.

I added some cherry cobbler seam binding from Stampin-Up to complete my card.

The layout is from the ODBD blog. It's their Saturday shining the light challenge #83. It was a fun sketch to work with and gave me a chance to make another Christmas card.

Well that's my card for today. Time to close this post.

Some other challenges:
1.  Top Tip Tuesday has a Christmas anything goes challenge.
2.  Christmas Inspirations wants us to use bows on our project.
3.  I Did It Creations Challenge is looking for our Christmas creations.
4.  Mark's Finest Papers has a fall or winter theme.

Card Recipe:
stamps: worship the Lord (ODBD)
paper: su cherry cobbler, kraft, deck the halls dsp
ink: cherry cobbler
accessories: spellbinder poinsettia & rectangle dies, darice rhinestones, su cherry cobbler seam binding

Christmas Card

Happy Wednesday everyone and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another Creative Belli challenge.

This time our theme is a 1234 challenge (example: 1 piece of designer paper, 2 flowers, 3 colors, 4 brads, whatever combo you wish but it must be 1234)

The spirit of the Creative Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments! My designer paper is from last years Stampin-Up Christmas collection-spellbinder dies are a year old.

Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend! Just follow the theme-it's that easy.

Check out what the other Creative Belli designers have made for this interesting challenge. You won't be disappointed.  
Anne Harmon, Robin Parker, Joan Ervin, Ceal Pritchett, Karen Wallace,  Joy Hadden, Holly Brown,
Chris Dickinson, Maria Matter, Jessica Stockmeyer

For my card, I used 1 piece of ribbon, 2 sentiments, 3 paper embellishments (spellbinders tag die, poinsettia cut from designer paper and holly sprig cut from designer paper), 4 poinsettias.

My stamps are from the Sweet 'n Sassy sets, Christmas Light and Light of Christmas.


These 2 stamp sets are so versatile. They can be used in a variety of ways and without a stamped focal image. And that's what I am showing you today.

I used the background stamp (Light of Christmas set) and stamped it in artichoke ink directly onto my designer paper. The Merry Christmas (Christmas Light set) sentiment I stamped in cherry cobbler ink and layered on a spellbinders fancy tag 2 die.

I cut one of the large poinsettias from the designer paper and popped it up for dimension. I used some cherry cobbler ribbon and cut a holly leaf and added to the bow center.

That's my card for today. So until next time ........God Bless

Some other challenges:
1.  Stampin Sisters in Christ wants us to make a card showing time (ie) a season.
2.  Clear it out challenge blog wants us to use trims. I used ribbon from my stash.
3.  Craft Your Passion blog want us to use kraft paper. I used kraft to stamp my sentiment and kraft is part of my designer paper.
4.  Christmas Inspirations blog want us to use die cuts or punces. I used a die-cut ot label my sentiment.
5.  Lollipop Crafts wants us to embellish it with at least 3 embellishments/ I used a tag die cut. a ribbon, and a holly leaf on my ribbon

Creative Belli Challenge #128

Happy Wednesday everyone and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another challenge on the Creative Belli Blog. Our theme this 2 week period is:

Challenge #128 Flower Soft, Felt or Chunky Glitter

The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!
 

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Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend! Just follow the theme- it's simple right? And it gives you a chance to use some of your stash.
If you upload to an online gallery, please use keyword CBC128

Check out the great inspiration from the Belli Girls Design Team:

My card uses mica flakes and is one that we made at our stamp club meeting. We all bring ideas and when we leave we have 4 cards to take with us. It's always lots of fun.

Our Stampin-Up demo Christine brought this idea. Check out her Splitcoaststampers gallery here. She has a growing collection of pretty cards.
We used the Stampin-Up Vintage Ornament stencil and sponged cherry cobbler ink. I just love how this card turned out. Thanks for a great idea Christine.

The tree branch is from the lovely as a tree set. We used the new mica flakes on the branch.
The circle sentiments are from the Perfect Presentations & Delightful Decorations set. The designer paper is new and from the Frostwood Lodge collection.

That's it for me for today. Hope to see you play in this challenge. I will be around to the blogs checking out your creations.

So until next time.......God Bless

Woof-Woof

Happy Thursday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. We have just had a couple of sunny, warm fall days and a few more expected. Love the warm days and cool nights of fall.

I am still battling this cold that came with me from California. I didn't have much energy today. Even creating 2 cards was somewhat taxing.  I know I should just be resting but I had some cards that I wanted to make. Priorities you know!!!

This one I made for the Wednesday sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers. It's also for the inspiration challenge that Taylor hosts for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps on Splitcoaststampers.

This is the layout we were to use for our cards.  It was a great layout to work into a card. I thought it would work well with the sweet puppy image I was using.

I chose my colors based on this inspiration photo that Taylor provided. I focused on the colors in the photo as well as the scallops.

For my card I used the Sweet 'n Sassy set "woof you".
I just love this cute little puppy.

I stamped him with memento tuxedo black ink and colored with prismacolor pencils and gamsol.

I paper pieced his bandana with Stampin-Up's designer paper the "parisian breeze" collection. It's also the designer paper I used on my card.

I added a sentiment from the same Sweet 'n Sassy set and some paw buttons from my stash to complete my card.

Well that's it for me for today. So until next time.......God bless

Some other challenges:
1.  The Southern Girls challenge blog has a slugs and snails and puppy do tails. We are to create a card for the man or boys in our lives.
2.  Creative Belli has a paper piecing challenge. I didn't get to make a design sample because I was called to California. So I am entering now.
3.  Divas by Design has a button up challenge. I used paw buttons on my card.
4.  Fab 'n Funky challenge blog wants us to use dies/punches.

card recipe:
Stamps: woof you (sweet 'n sassy stamps)
Paper: su ww, baja breeze, choc chip, parisian breeze dsp
Ink: choc chip
Accessories: spellbinders rectangle dies, stampin-up ovals, buttons, prismacolor pencils & gamsol
Techniques: paper piecing

Creative Belli Challenge #126

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. This 2 week period the design team would like you to use string on your project.

You can use string in a button, make a bird's nest out of it, stem for flowers, tree branches, roof of a house, etc......what ever your little heart desires!! Remember, the spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!

On my card I used bakers twine on my banner sentiment. Sp it doesn't have to be a complicated design to participate in our challenge.

I found this sunflower die-cut and give thanks sentiment in my stash and decided it would make a great card for Thanksgiving. After all  the idea behind the Belli Challenges is to use old and forgotten embellishments.

My designer paper is from the retired Stampin-Up collection "autumn traditions". I kept my layout simple to focus on the sunflower and banner.

That's my card for this challenge. Hope you will join in with us. Check out what the rest of the design team has done with this challenge. It will give you lots of creative ideas.

Check out this sweet picture of my precious granddaughter, Phoenix Daisy. She is 9 months old now and this is her first riding toy.
 
Her shoes just crack me up.
 
Drop by tomorrow I will have a peak of a new Christmas stamp set being released by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps this month.
 
Until next time.....God Bless.

Creative Belli Challenge #125-Acetate or Vellum

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. This 2 week period our team has a vellum or acetate challenge for you.

Remember, the spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!  Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! Just follow the theme.

If you upload to an online such as Splitcoaststampers, please use keyword CBC125.

For my card, I chose to use vellum. I had acetate in my stash somewhere but I couldn't find it until I completed my vellum card (lol).

I stamped my balloon flower images on vellum and then heat embossed. I added a subtle touch of color with chalks to the other side of the flower. I cut them out and then popped them up for a little dimension.

My flower images are from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- "your friendship" set.
This set is really versatile as well as beautiful. It could also be used to make poinsettias as an example .Look for those from me around Christmas time.

My layout is a sketch from the Paper Players blog.

I used Stampin-Up's pear pizzazz and pretty in pink cardstock as well as pear pizzazz designer paper. I added stain ribbon and a button center to complete my card.

Well, that's it for this post. Make sure you check out what the other Belli Girls have created. There is some fab eye candy you won't want to miss.

Some other challenges:
1.  The Stampin Sisters in Christ blog We are to chose at least 3 of the following for our card: ribbon, button, brad, popped-up images, a swirl, brad, hat pin or charm. I went with the ribbon, button and popped up images.

2.  The creative card crew blog has an anything goes challenge.

3.  The Stamps R Us blog also has an anything goes challenge.

Creative Belli Challenge #124

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog.

It's time for another Creative Belli challenge. This 2 week period we are using gingham. It can be stamped, patterned paper or ribbon.

The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!


Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! Just follow the theme
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Drop by the Creative Belli blog to see what the rest of the Belli girls design team has come up with. You will not be disappointed.
For my card, I decided to use red gingham patterned paper. My sweet bear image is a new line of digital images from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- the Rhubarb collection. There are 25 of these cute little guys. You can see all of them by clicking here.

I colored him with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. Since Rhubarb is picking apples I cut out a few from some old designer paper I had. I added some white rick rack and used a cuttlebug folder to add texture to my brown panel.

The sentiment is also from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps and they go along with the Rhubarb images.

Well, that my card for today. So until next time........God Bless

Some other challenges:
1.  Try It on Tuesday blog has an anything goes challenge.
2.  Use it on Tuesday blog has an Indian Summer challenge. This represents harvest to me. My little bear is harvesting apples. All the patterned paper I use is over 2 years old-I cut my apples from the patterned paper. The embossing on my brown panel is done with a cuttlebug folder that is over a year old.
3.   Bling it on blog has an ABC challenge. I have an apple, a bear and a circle (sentiment).

Creative Belli Challenge #122

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. I cant believe that it's the 20th of July already. this month is just flying by.

It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge.

This challenge is a Christmas inspiration challenge. Our inspiration piece is this beautiful Christmas china that belongs to our design team member, Karen Wallace.

Thank you Karen for providing us with such lovely inspiration to create our cards and projects. 


The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments! 

Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! Just follow the theme-simple right??

Click here to check out the samples from the Creative Belli design team. 

For my card the inspiration was the cardinal & the bow on the china pattern. My cardinal is a old stamp from Rubber Stampede. I colored him with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. Used an oval spellbinder die to cut it out and then sponged crumb cake in the frame to match the patterned paper.

My background paper is last years Christmas paper from Stampin-Up - "deck the halls" collection. My ribbon treatment is Stampin-Up cherry cobbler seam binding. I used a bow easy to make a triple bow and a button for the center.

That completes my card for this challenge. Hope to see you play along with us. So until next time......

Some other challenges:

1.  The ABC Christmas challenge wants us to use a stamp that is older than a year. I bought this cardinal at Christmas 2008.
2.  The crazy challenge blog has a Christmas in July challenge.
3.   Paper creations ink also has a Christmas in July challenge.

card recipe:
stamps: cardinal (rubber stampede)
paper: su cherry cobbler, neenah white, deck the halls dsp
ink: memento tuxedo black
accessories: cherry cobbler seam binding, button, spellbinders oval dies

creative belli challenge #121

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog.

It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. and this time we want you to make your own embellishments.

Challenge #121 - Custom Made Bellies

Make your own embellishments, custom dye ribbon, crochet your own flowers, make your own paper flowers or buttons, etc, etc!


The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!
Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! Just follow the theme.

Make sure you check out the great ideas the Belli Girls have come up with for this challenge.

On my card I used the Sizzix die Daisies #2 to create my handmade flower. In the flower center, I used a fabric button from Stampin-Up to make it a little more dramatic. The flower is cut from pear pizzazz paper.

I made this into an easel card. It's really easy to do. Here is a link to the tutorial. I found it on splitcoaststampers.

My background paper is from Stampin-Up's greenhouse gala collection. Across this panel I added some chocolate chip satin ribbon.

On the bottom panel I used a border punch also from Stampin-Up and some pearls. This acts as a stop when your card is open and being displayed.

The best wishes sentiment is from the Stampin-Up set "sincere salutations". This one is going off to a friend who is celebrating a wedding anniversary.

Well, it's time to close this post so until next time................. God Bless.

Some other challenges:
1.  Splitcoaststampers featured stamper challenge #230. I chose this card to re-create ala Mary Marsh style.
2.  Paper Take Weekly has an anything goes challenge.
3.  The Top Tip Tuesday blog has a wedding/anniversary challenge. This one is an anniversary card for my friend.

Creative Belli Challenge #120

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time again for another Creative Belli Challenge. This one we are calling the letter "G".

Create a new project that features an embellishment that begins with the letter "G". Think about glitter, a gift card holder, a gift bag, Glimmer Mist, Old Glory (4th of July projects), green rhinestones, whatever you've got on hand.


The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments! Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! All you have to do is follow the theme.

For my card I went with the "G" is for glitter idea. My card is one that we made at our last stamp club
meeting. My friend Linda came up with the idea for this card.  

We didn't use any glitter on the original so I cut a new butterfly image with a spellbinders butterfly die. I had some sticky pages in my stash and I covered the card stock with that and sprinkled with diamond dust glitter before I cut the butterfly.

I added a glittered brad to the center of my butterfly. I used the circles that came out of the butterfly after cutting on my card as well. I also used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch to cut 2 additional butterflies from the glittered card stock.



close up of glitter

Stop by the Creative Belli Blog to check out what the rest of the design team has created for this challenge. You won't be disappointed. 

Some other challenges:
1.  Fab 'n' Funky blog has a summer lovin challenge. Butterflies are a big part of our summer garden.

So until next time........................

Creative Belli Challenge #119

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. I wasn't able to play in the last challenge because of a family emergency. So I was excited to take part in this latest challenge.

Challenge #119 - Branches


Pull out your stamps of branches and ink them up, paint your chipboard branches, cut a small branch off a tree in your yard, or cut out some branches from designer papers, whatever tickles your fancy.
Have fun adding "branches" to your project!

Remember the spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments! So don't go out and buy new stuff look through your stash and use what's there.


Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! Just follow the theme and use a branch somewhere on your project.

Check out what the rest of the design team has created for some wonderful inspiration.

My card is a pretty simple one. I made it at our stamp club meeting recently.

I took a live branch from a flower arrangment that I received. Interesting story about this arrangment. We had a death in the family and this arrangment was one of many that came to the funeral home. It was so big and had so many beautiful flowers I brought it home and made 5 other arrangments out of it. The funeral home throws them out if you don't take them.

The florist put these branches in with the flowers as a decorative item. I didnt think they were alive. But the one that was in mine bloomed. It seemed like a sign from the Lord about new life. Our loved one received salvation on his death bed.

Well onto the details of my card. I used the Stampin-Up bird punch and placed it in a scalloped cirle, I used another circle punch to cut out the embossed blue layer. Some saffron ribbon and pearl embellies completed this card.

It's back to the wedding invites I am working on. I expect to finish them today. I will photo and display them on my blog after the bride gets delivery of them.

I had to show this picture of my sweet granddaughter, Phoenix Daisy. She is 6 months old now. I sent her this pinwheel card recently and as you can see she loves it. Here is the original post.

card recipe:
paper: stampin-up saffron, nqn, ww
accessories: sizzix ef, saffron ribbon, pearls from stash, 2 step bird punch, scallop circle punch,

Belli Challenge #117

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog.
It's time for our bi-weekly Creative Belli challenge.

This time we are working a  "Letter S" challenge.

So that can be spots, stripes, swirls, stars, shells, sandpaper, stickers etc.

The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments! So look through your stash and see what you can come up with for this fun challenge.

Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! Just follow the theme - use something that begins with the letter "S".

For my card I decided to use a skunk image and striped paper. This sweet image is from the Stampin-Up "pun fun" set. One of my older stamps sets. The flowers are from the "just celebrate" set-another older set.

The skunk was colored with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I paper pieced the flower he is holding. The other flowers are also paper pieced . I used an mft die-namics die for my grass.

My card layout is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch. Karen provided such a fun layout to work with on this card.

The colors are from the Pals Paper Arts blog-challenge #92. We were to use peach parfait-pear pizzazz-poppy parade.

I really liked the color combo. I missed being able to enter this one in that challenge because the challenge closes on Tuesday at 12:00 noon. Oh well, I still liked the colors. There is always next week.



Some other challenges:
1.  Karen's Doodles wants us to use 2 different stamps. On my card I used 3 different stamps. The skunk-the flowers-and the flourish swirl.
2.  The Oldie But Goodie blog has a flowers challenge. Both stamps are over a year old.
3.  The Paper Take Weekly blog wants us to use a punch or die-cut. I used a die to cut my grass.

card recipe:
stamps: pun fun, just celebrate (stampin-up)
paper: peach parfait, pear pizzazz, poppy parade, gina k white
ink: memento black, peach parfait
accessories: mft die-namics, prismacolor pencils & gamsol

the royal wedding

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time again for the bi-weekly Creative Belli Challenge.

It's challenge #116 and we are calling it our "royal" challenge".

With all the excitement of the upcoming royal wedding, we thought it would be fun to fashion a challenge around that theme.

We would like to see fleur de lis, diamonds, princess, crowns, tiaras, the color purple, etc!


You can create any project you like as long as it follows the theme.

Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! If you upload to a gallery use keyword CBC116.

Drop by the blog and check out all the samples that the design team has done. You will be inspired.

Now onto the details of my card. I went with the wedding theme and stamped a bride & groom image. My background is a fleur de lis embossing folder from cuttlebug. I also used some ribbon from my stash that has the fleur de lis symbol on it.

I cut my image with the spellbinders labels 4 die and then added a rhinestone flourish. To finish off my card I found some white offray ribbon flowers and put it on top of a bazzill black paper flower.

Well, my card is all ready, but I don't have an invitation to the royal affair. Security is tight so there wont be any party crashing by me (lol)!! But I will have a good seat in front of my tv to watch the event.

Some other challenges I am entering:
1.  A spoonful of sugar blog also has a royal challenge #149.
2.  The die cut dreams blog has a wedding challenge,

3.  Crafty cardmakers blog also has a royal wedding challenge.
4.  The Kaboodle Doodles challenge blog also has a "here comes the bride" challenge #64.

So until next time......
card recipe:
stamps: wedding silhouettes (artful inkables)
paper: su black, ww
ink: memento tuxedo black
accessories: flourish (recollections), offray ribbon flower, bazzill paper flower, ribbon

Creative Belli Challenge Card

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog.

It's time again for another creative belli bi-weekly challenge.
This is challenge #115 and the theme is Easter, You can use eggs, bunnies, chicks or something else that is Easter themed.

Remember the spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!
So look around in your stash and see what you have for Easter.

You can create any project you like as long as it follows the theme.


Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! If you upload to an online gallery (ie splitcoaststampers or paper craft planet) use keyword CBC115.

The Creative Belli DT has given us some wonderful inspiration so click on the link to see what we all have created. Or you can click on all the names on my sidebar. It will take you right to their blogs.

Now some details on my card: I actually cased myself on this one. I made this original card  last week for the color challenge on splitcoaststampers. It was nominated for the faves of the week ending April 10 on splitcoaststampers.

So I decided to use the layout but with different colors for the Belli challenge. I used Stampin-Up pretty in pink and chocolate chip cardstock and designer paper for my card. My image and sentiment are from the "good egg" set.

I added some felt rick rack and used a Martha Stewart lacy doily punch to complete my card.

Some other challenges for this card:
1.  Raise the bar blog has a "hey chick" challenge. Use chicks on your card.
2.  A spoonful of sugar blog has an "all creatures great and small challenge.
3.  The top tip Tuesday blog has a "spring has sprung" challenge.
4.  The die cut dreams blog has an Easter challenge.
5.  The ooh la la blog has an Easter challenge.
6.  The stamps r us blog has has an Easter challenge.

card recipe:
stamps; a good egg (su)
paper: su pretty in pink, choc chip, ww, dsp
ink: memento tuxedo black
accessories: felt rick rack, ms lace doily punch, prismacolor pencils & gamsol




my snuggle bunny

Here is another picture of my precious Phoenix Daisy in her bunny hat. She is 4 months old already.

love is the thread

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time again for the Creative Belli bi-weekly challenge #114.

This week we are asking you to "think seamtress" such as stitching, buttons, seam tape, sewing machine, dress form etc. You can create any project you like as long as it follows the theme.


Everyone is welcome to play along! Challenge a stamping friend!! I am challenging you to play along if you're reading this post.

If you upload to a gallery use keyword CBC114. Remember the spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments.

Drop by the creative belli blog and see what my design sisters have done with this challenge. Awesome work I tell you!! There is a link on my sidebar for each team members blog as well.

For my card I decided to do something more on the clean and simple side. I took one of my older nestability dies and embossed the shape onto my card front.

I wanted a frame for my buttons. I made the buttons with a Sizzix embosslit die and some Stampin-Up springtime vintage fabric. I used embroidery floss through the button holes.
I also cut a length of the fabric for some ribbon treatment. I ruched the ribbon to make it a little funky.

My thread image is from a stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers - the "sew what" collection. The sentiment is from the same set. I added 3 pearls to the corner and that completed my card.

I am also entering this into the challenge on the little red wagon blog. We are to create with fabric. I used fabric to make my buttons and my ribbon treatment is made from the same fabric.

Time to close this post so until next time.......

card recipe:
stamps: mfp sew what
paper: su vv,
ink: memento tuxedo black, rose red
accessories: su fabric, sizzlit emblssing die, label 4 netabilities, embroidery floss

Creative Belli Challenge #113

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog.
It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. Our challenges are bi-weekly challenge so you have plenty of time to join along.

Remember the Belli challenges are all about using your old and forgotten embellishments.

Now onto our next challenge #113

We would like to see "C" embellishments such as: chipboard, crystal effects, charms... You get the idea!!

You can create any project you like as long as it follows the theme.  Everyone is welcome to play along!

If you upload to an online gallery use keyword CBC113

Here's how to enter: **Please link back to the Belli Challenge in your post** and provide a DIRECT LINK to your new posting  dated between MARCH 16th - 29th.

The Creative Belli design team has given us some wonderful inspiration... Click on the links on my sidebar to see some fabulous eye-candy from them.

My card is using chipboard. These are embellishments from my stash that I bought at a stamp show a couple of years ago. Love being part of the creative belli design team-I get to use my old stuff!!

My patterned paper is from American Crafts-the backyard beep beep collection. Also old paper from my stash.

My layout is from the Sweet Sunday Sketch blog. Karen provided another awesome layout for us to follow for our cards.

Well, it's time to put the wraps to this post. Until next time.......

card recipe:
paper: su kiwi kiss, ww, american crafts dsp
accessories: k & co chipboard, nesties circle die

creative belli challenge #112

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog.

It's time for another Creative Belli challenge. The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments!

Our challenge is about animals or creatures that come out of hibernation. You can use stamps, chipboard, punch art of animals etc

You can create any project you like as long as it follows the theme.

Everyone is welcome to play along!   Here's how to enter:

**Please link back to the Belli Challenge in your post**  and provide a DIRECT LINK to your new posting dated between March 2nd ~ March 15th.

My card uses a number of elements that will be coming out of "hibernation" soon. I started with some designer paper from my stash.  It's from my littleshoe box "life in slow motion" collection. I thought it showed what I was trying to accomplish with my card & sentiment.

Birds are singing-flowers are growing-ladybugs & butterflies are back. I used an old glitter rub-on butterfly. I cut it out and popped up for some dimension.

The ladybugs & purple butterfly are buttons from my stash. I bought them from QVC years ago. The sentiment is computer generated and is a scripture verse from the Song of Solomon. I thought it described where my creative thought process was going with this challenge.

Drop by the Creative Belli Blog and take a peek at what the rest of my design team sisters have created. You will find some great inspiration.

Some other challenges:

1.  This is also for the challenge on the oldie but a goodie blog. They have a spring is in the air challenge.
2.  The Bunny Zoe's Crafts blog has a spring flowers everywhere challenge.

Until next time......
card recipe:
paper: su kraft, naturals ivory, little shoebox dsp
accessories: oval punches, yellow rick rack, rub-on, buttons

Creative Belli Challenge #111

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge. This one is such fun I am sure you will all want to play along. We are asking you to use felt or fabric on your creation.

Look in your stash and see what you have in there. After all that is what the Belli challenges are all about. We want to you use your old and forgotten embellishments. Be creative- use felt backdrop, shape it into a flower or an animal, you name it! If you do not have felt, use fabric- think old towel, flannel, etc.......


Everyone is welcome to play along! If you upload to a gallery use keyword CBC111

Here's how to enter:

Please link back to the Belli Challenge in your post and provide a direct link to your new posting dated between February 16- March 1st. My design team sisters have some fabby samples to insprie you. Click Here to see their awesome work.

I found this fabric pin that I bought about 8 years ago in a fabric store in Berlin, Ohio. My intent was to use it on a card. I just didn't realize it would take me this long to do it (lol)!!

I took the pin off the back because I am going to send this card to my best friend. I didn't think she would wear it because I know I wouldn't. But, I love the look of it on this card.


My colors are from the Tuesday splitcoaststampers color challenge. This week, our hostess, is Peggy McCurry,
She chose wild wasabi, so saffron and pacific point. I liked working with this combo.

My designer paper is from Cosmo Cricket's "sew much more collection". The ribbon is Stampin-Up's so saffron grosgrain.

I used a sizzlits die to punch out the buttons. This is where I used the pacific point color.

The layout is from the sweet stop sketch blog. This was a great layout to use my fabric embellishment. The 3 rhinestones at the bottom finished off this card.

A few other challenges:

1.  The ooh la la blog wants us to make a card for someone special. This one is for my best friend.

2.  The desert islands crafters blog wanted us to use 3 items from their list. I chose: buttons, 1 patterned paper and the word friend on your card.

3.  The top tip Tuesday blog wants us to use stitching on our card. My fabric embellishment is stitched together.

So until next time.......

card recipe:
stamps: wordsworth tiny phrases
paper: su garden green, so saffron, pacific point
accessories: sizzix sizzlits die, ribbon, hero arts rhinestones, fabric embellishment