Saturday, December 5, 2009

Bella Bash Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Bella Birthday Bash Blop Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

The sketch this week from Clean and Simple:
Another Color Challenge by Ashley:

I flipped the sketch and this is what I came up with. I also incorporated the 365 Card Challenge - A little Wordy- to cover a background with text - one of my favorite looks!

I love this Bella, and haven't used her enough! This one is Snowbunnybella. I used a PTI stamp (Retro Background) for the pattern of her jacket, and a CTMH stamp (text) for the background. I used fun flock for all of Bella's fur and I mounted her with foam squares. The sentiment is cut with my Slice.


The sketch this week from Inspirational Card Sketches:
Ashley had a beautiful Color Challenge:

And this is what I came up with for the Bella Birthday Bash Blog Hop! This also takes in the 365 Card Challenge Just a Fraction.

Pattern Paper & Cardstock: CTMH
Stamps: Cosmobella (Stampingbella), CTMH, PTI
Ribbon: Walmart
Punch: SU!

Three gift certificates for $100 in Bella Bucks will be hidden along the hop, but we’re not telling you where so be sure to leave some love as you hop!!! Make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! The winners will be announced on Monday, December 7 at the Stamping Bella Blog. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Angela.

131 comments:

Sharli Schaitberger said...

Laurel,
I LOVE both of your cards! Very "kewl"!!

Jodi Collins said...

These are both beautiful! LOVE the combo of sketches and colors!!

GabrielaD said...

very cute! I love both cards!

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales said...

Gorgeous cards! I love these color combos!
TFS :*)
~ margie

Laura Evans (llevans on SCS) said...

wow! They are adorable! Thanks for playing Laurel!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

these are soooo cute--love the sketches too!

Karen Motz said...

These are both gorgeous Christmas cards!!!

Joy said...

love love love these!

Karla Kroese said...

Wow, Laurel! Great job with both cards! You amaze me!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Great cards! Love the gorgeous color combinations. TFS!

Dana White said...

Lovely Christmas cards!

dawnmercedes said...

WOW...love that big tree in the 2nd card!

Simone P. said...

Love these! The color inspiration is great!

laterg8r said...

these are both amazing, love them :D

Avril Tanner said...

Great cards and I love how you interpreted the sketches!

Unknown said...

Both cards are absolutely beautiful!

~amy~ said...

sooooo sweet laurel! Love both of your bella cards!

Betty Meyskens said...

Both of your cards are so pretty and soft. Great artistry. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Gena Porter - aka GDP2001 said...

Great job putting these togerther.
Great color combos and use of the other images.
Very nice

MaryBeth said...

Love both of your cards and the color combos you used. Thanks for sharing!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Peggy said...

Beautiful cards!

Debi said...

they are both beautifully done!

Tanya said...

Very nice cards!

B said...

They're both beautiful! LOVE the combo of sketches and colors!!

Unknown said...

Love the colours and the bellas!

*Alison* said...

Oh I love these cards.. your colors are always perfect.. I LOVE your creations as always.. HUGS

Simply Jessabells said...

I really enjoyed looking at your cards.

Lindsy said...

BEAUTIFUL cards! Love the color combos and the sketches =)

Unknown said...

Great cards, your color combo's are very nice!

Unknown said...

OMG! Those are sooooooooo stinkin' cute! I can't decide which is my favorite.

BEAUTIFUL WORK!!
~Linda

Scrapacat said...

Both are gorgeous. Love the ribbon treatment on the first, and the fun colors of the second. Terrific!
~ky

Natasha said...

Wow! Both of these are absolutely gorgeous!

Maria Matter said...

these are lovely Laurel! Both perfect for the season!

Blessings, Maria

Sparkplug17 said...

Such cute cards! I love Snowbunny bella!

maiahs_momma said...

LOVE your cards :)!

Inky Hugs,
catherine
catlevy@eastlink.ca

Nicole said...

beautiful cards, thanks for sharing :)

Unknown said...

Well, your bella's are adorable! love the color challenges you added to it. I'm gonna go to the beginning now! you always rock!
Blessings,
Kim xXx

Leslie W. said...

These are super cute! Love the colours

arlene said...

Gorgeous cards. Both are stunning and I love how you made snowbunny bella pop.

Anita said...

Love the colors! Gorgeous cards!

Unknown said...

These are both SO fabulous!

Marisa said...

Wonderful cards :D Love the colour combos on each of them.

sueincanada said...

Love both cards, great colour choices.

inkypaws said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE both your cards. Even more tricky is to have combined challenges, great job!

Beth aka BR-T said...

Laurel both of your Bella cards are fantastic!!! Beth aka BR-T

Ellen said...

Both cards are so cute!

KanataNewf said...

Just lovely - both of them!

Jessica Diedrich said...

Awesome takes on some Awesome sketches! What a great blog hop, right? Have a great weekend!

Michele Lourenco said...

laurel,
fantastic job!!!

Anonymous said...

Both are stunning!

Amy said...

Beautiful cards, I really love the dimension of the ribbon ruffle and the puff ball trim on that first one!

Lori Turner said...

Great cards! I love the colors!!!

Igagnon76 said...

both cards are gorgeous! i love the colors!

Carolyn said...

These are beautiful Laurel!! Cute Bella! :)

Sammi said...

Wow!! GORGEOUS cards!!
xxx

Shannon Erskine aka e3stamper said...

Great colors!!!

Ezmina said...

Lovely Cards!!

Janet said...

What a nice card!

Denimo said...

Great cards Laurel! Love 'em both!!
Denise

Lisa H. said...

such nice work! love the sketches you used and the images! cute!

Semi Granola Mom said...

gorgeous cards!
~C

Karolyn at Paper Therapy said...

Wow! You've been a busy girl! Both cards are amazingly beautiful and creative!!

Unknown said...

These are both very cute!

txbluiz said...

Great cards!!! Love the color combos!

scrappingnana said...

Love both of the cards. They are really cute.
JoAnn

Pink Room Therapy Designs said...

Love both of your cards! Nice job!

Sarah said...

62 comments!!!! WOWzer. Love both of these. The color combos rock.

Randi said...

Gorgeous card! Love the colors!

Rachel said...

oh my goodness!!! Just inspiring. wow.

Vicki Burns said...

So soft and pretty! Love the colors and the bows!

Terri said...

Love the cards. The colors are beautiful

Lorraine said...

Love the color combos on your cards! They're both beautiful!

Carol Shier said...

Nice job on the cards - Love them!

Angie Williams said...

These are awesome!

MelissaS said...

Very pretty colors on these cards!

Dee said...

Great job Laurel. Shes a beautiful card.

DawnBeery said...

very cute cards!!!! LOVE the colors!

Kimberly S said...

Such fun Christmas cards! Love the color choices. :)

Jennine Chambers said...

Love your cards! Your Bellas are too cute!

Olga said...

Super cute Christmas Bellas!

Wendy L. said...

What a darling card. I like your blog. Nice to meet you!

Jane B. said...

What cute cards!!!

Kathleen said...

I love both of your cards, but especially the one with the cool greys and blues. Very different than the traditional winter card colors, but very pleasing.

Bananastamper said...

Great Bella cards Laurel!

Shanna :)

byulgzr said...

i love the cool color combo of the snowbella~ and the i really love the christmas tree on the second card~ :)

Dora said...

Both cards are very beautiful, love that girly image!

marley said...

lovely cards!

Angela (SCS monkeymama) said...

Wow, super fabo cards! (Love your blog; it is now in my favorites!)

Amy Marie said...

Adorable, she looks very festive in front of the tree!

mycardz said...

Wow, both cards are GORGEOUS! Awesome job.

Terri Trotter Earley said...

Both of these are tons of fun!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Regan said...

great cards...way to work those colour combos!!

Sue D said...

Great cards and thanks for showing how they fit into challenges.

Jenn Borjeson said...

These are both so cute!

Unknown said...

Super cute card! TFS

Angela Thomas said...

Very cute samples. How cool that you live close by.

Brandi said...

Love your bellarific cards! :)

allthumbs said...

Great work! Bella stamps just tickle my funny bone.

Karen Steen said...

cards are both excellent

Deebi27 said...

Laurel wow what a busy lady, like you Bellas!

bevyb said...

Lovely cards. Like what you did with the sketchs and color combo.

barbs said...

Your cards are delightful. Thanks for sharing.

Lisa M. (aka. Lisa @ Farm Fresh) said...

so so so so fabulous! Each one is just delightful and the soft colors...mmm...

Kerri said...

These are both fabulous! Love your layouts and the great ribbon treatments and paper piecing!

Tammy Hershberger said...

GREAT designs on both of these! Very cute!

Alexandra Lundgren said...

very nice cards. I really like the skrunchy ribbon

madi said...

snowbella is awesome

Dianal said...

two great cards ...very cute!

Mary said...

Love both of your cards...I especially love the color combo with snowbunnybella!

Jodi C. said...

2 AMAZING, GORGEOUS cards!!!

Anonymous said...

Very well done...both cards are great.

Kandi said...

Love them both Laurel! You cards are always just fantastic - bravo!!

Lori said...

Beautiful - love them both!

Anonymous said...

Love, love, love this!

Nimue said...

Both cards are lovely. I couldn't choose between them. Glad I came - Nimmy

Carisa said...

great cards!!! love how you incorporated the pti tree on the 2nd card.

Tamara said...

Gorgeous cards. I love the colours.

Country Mouse said...

Love these!!! Super cute!!!

Jo said...

absolutely gorgeous

Karen said...

I love the cards! Your use of ribbon is inspiring. I have a bunch of that pom pom ribbon and didn't really know what to do with it. Thanks for the inspiration!

Jennifer said...

Love your Bellas!!! :)

I thought your Snowbunny Bella was paperpieced...you did an amazing job with the background stamp!

Helen Dooley said...

So I am here for 2 reasons. 1- Love the cards and enjoying the hop. I had to do it when I saw you advertise. With all the hoping I do I should be thin.
2- thanks for playing at paper Cutz challenge. looking forward to seeing you again next week.

Heather said...

Beautiful cards!!!!

Shirley N said...

I have this image--love what you did with it. Thanks for the inspiration--great card!

Sara Henton said...

WOW!! Your cards are so pretty & I really like both sketches

Robb_eeie said...

I'm in AWE of both of your cards, as you have a unique eye for colour/shading your image and pairing it up with wonderful CS. Great projects ! Thanks for sharing them with us :)

Helen F. said...

Great Cards for all the challenges. Beautiful coloring,

Ashley Cannon Newell said...

WOW, these are amazing uses of the color combinations! Loved seeing them and glad you were inspired! Happy for all of the love you've received for the designs too!

Cindy Lee said...

Oh wow!! These are lovely, Laurel!! I especially the last card where you incorporated with PTI stamp. How clever!

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

you have totally made me want to pull out my bellas!!! Wow! Thanks for joining us at ICS!

Carolyn said...

This is so cute!! This Bella is a sweetie!

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