Li'l Princess Tu-Tu

Hello everyone!  Hope you're having a great summery day!  It's hot down here in Florida in the States and I'm getting ready to take a dip in the pool.  Refreshing, I hope!  Today I want to share a cutie pop, Li'l Princess Tu-Tu,  from Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection, who I have loved since the day she was created!  I can't believe I've never used her, but every time I'd start to color her up, someone would have her up on the blog or have done a gorgeous coloring of her.  But below is the story that got me to finally color her up!

Last week I was cleaning and getting ready for Allie's 5th birthday party and I had the broom out sweeping the floor.  She asked to help and I said sure (never going to turn down free labor!).  I went to get the dust pan and come back into the living room and there she is riding the broom all over the floor and telling Nanni how great of a sweep her horsey is!  I just knew that was my cue to get this baby on a card!

Isn't she just precious?  I think so!  She's colored with copics and has Stickles all over her!  I added some distressed ink around the edges and distressed the edges of all the paper and layers but you can't see them very well.  The flowers are handmade and the branches are from Martha Stewart's punch.  I added some cheese cloth and pearls and the papers are some gorgeous, fun older papers from a Debbie Mumm collection.  I love them and have been hording them forever!

Here's a closer view of some of the papers. Cute, aren't they?

 Hope you enjoy her as much as I loved coloring her.

Hope everyone is able to stay cool or at least comfortable!  I'll be back tomorrow with another fun project for Sassy Studio Designs and then Friday, we are presenting another sweet digi for Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection!  Oh, I can't wait to show her off to you!

Little Momma Blog Hop for The Digi Bells!

It is always so much fun to be able to show off a new Elisabeth Bell design!  That's what I get to share with you today!  I'm really glad you stopped by and if you came to me from the outstanding talented Rose's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, make sure to start at the very beginning, at Mary Lou's blog because I don't want you to miss a thing!  So here we go!

Please welcome ** Little Mama ** to our little family of Elisabeth Bell Digi's....

Blog hop starts on Friday, May 24, 2013, at 9:00am (Arizona time)

ending on Friday, May 31, 2013 at 9:00am (Arizona time)

I fell in instant love with this sugar baby when I saw her!  Isn't she just so stinkin cute you could eat her up?  She reminded me of a picture Tiffany took of Allie when she was playing dress up.  She put on her pokanot (polka dot!) dress and her momma's black suede high heels, grabbed her Baby and started strutting her stuff.  Here's the picture that reminded me so much of Little Mama.  

Can't you see the resemblance?  It's uncanny if you ask me!

This cutie pop is colored with copics and I added some stickles to her skirt, top, and flower in her hair.  The frame is the floral oval Nestabilities die and the papers are from DCWV and My Mind's Eye.  Love all of their stuff!  The Pearls and flowers are from Recollections with a couple of  hand made flowers thrown in, the ribbon is from Simplicity, and the flowers and hearts in the flower bunches are from my stash.  I got the charm at my local scrapbook store and the little pin and sentiment are from BasicGrey.

I thought I'd show the inside for Judy since it's been awhile since I've shown the inside of my cards.

Here are a couple more views of her.

She just makes me smile!

Here she is again.  I forgot to mention that I used some Distressed Ink on the edges of the frame and on the inside.

Now it's time to head on over to my dear friend and oh so talented leader, Lynda's blog and see the fabulous project she has in store for you!  I can't wait for you to see it so hurry on over!  Time's a wasting and Little Mama doesn't have a minute to spare!

Little Friends from Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection!

It's always a great day when I get to present and participate in The Digi Bell's Design Team monthly blog hop because it means I'm showing off another one of Elisabeth Bell's gorgeous images!  Today is no exception and I'm so proud to show off "Little Friends", her newest digital image!  You can find this sweet baby at Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection.

If you came to me from the super talented Julie's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, please hop on over to Rose's blog and start at the beginning.  There's a chance to win this sweetie but you've got to make sure you hop all around and make sure to leave a comment and some love to my designing sisters!

Please welcome ** Little Friends ** to our little family of Elisabeth Bell Digi's....

Blog hop starts on Friday, APRIL 19, 2013, at 9:00am (Arizona time)

ending on Friday, APRIL 26, 2013 at 9:00am (Arizona time).

  

Isn't she a baby doll?  Simply love her!  She's colored with copics and the papers are from my favorite paper pack, Euphoria from BasicGrey (it's pretty old and so precious to me!).  She's got some stickles on her top, pants and ribbon in her hair.  The flowers are from Recollections and my retro flower punch (gotta give a shout out to Lynda for her fabulous flowers a couple of days ago that inspired me!  Thanks, my dear!), and the ribbon and earls are from Hero Arts.  

Just love her sweet face!  She's just got that look of innocence and wonder to her. I cut her out using my circular Nestabilities and added a little bit of Distressed inks around the image.

Here's a couple of peeks of this inside.

I'm entering her in the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Love this layout!
Art Impressions Stamp Challenge - Layer It On
Copics Marker Europe - Girls Aloud (Only female images)
Delightful Challenge - Color my world (anything colorful)
DRS Designs - bows
Forever Friends - Diecuts and punches
MilkCoffee Challenge - Welcome spring
My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenges - Spring or Easter
Shelly's Images - April showers brings May flowers
C.A.S. Colours and Sketch Challenges - colors (Rich Razzleberry, Primrose Petals, Pool Party)
Creative Belli - Pastel colors
Creative Moments - Spring
Inky Impressions - punches/dies
The Paper Shelter Challenge - At least two flowers

Now hop on over to Sofia's blog and see her fabulous creation!  And remember, everyone needs Little Friends!

Merry Weather Blog Hop from the Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection

Welcome to The Digi Bell's fun blog hop to introduce you to Merry Weather, our newest addition to the Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection!  It's time to reveal another beauty from the ever talented Miss Bell and are you ready for  some cuteness to come your way?  If you came to me from Pami's blog, then you're so on the right track.  If not, make sure to hop back to her blog and start there!  With all the spring weather coming there's new buds and flowers popping up everywhere and cool puddles of water that just can't be resisted!

Isn't she just a baby doll?  I'm just absolutely taken with her!  This is the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketch that I followed:

Now here's a close up of this baby doll!

She's colored with copics and has some stickles added to her dress, bloomers, water, and headband. The papers are from a gorgeous My Mind's Eye pack.  I used my Clear Jelly Roll Pen to add some shine to the flowers and butterfly. These gorgeous pearl swirls are from Close To My Heart and the pearls are from Studio 112.  The flowers are handmade and the branches are a Martha Stewart punch.  The lace is from my stash.

Just a couple of side views for you.

And the full inside.  I know I said I was going to try and shake things up a bit but these papers were so gorgeous I didn't want to take anything away from them.  

I'm entering this beauty in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Forever Friends - Lots of flowers
Moving Along With The Times - Spring is in the Air
Crafting For All Seasons- Spring
Inklings and Yarns - Always anything goes

Now head on over to our fearless and oh so talented leader, Lynda's blog and see what she's got in store for you.  Inspiration is sure to be waiting there for you!

I Love You This Much for The Digi Bells

The sun is out and the wind is fresh.  Springtime is here and I'm loving it!  It's my time to share over at The Digi Bells Design Team Blog and I thought I'd share one of my favorite (I know I say that a lot!) digis from Elisabeth Bell's Digi Collection.  This beauty is "I Love You This Much" and you can find her here.

I chose to use the sketch for the Charisma Cardz Challenge using the following sketch and The Play Date Cafe because of their photo colors:

This cutie pie is colored with copics and I added some stickles to her headband, cuffs, and patches.  I used some gorgeous Prima Paper called Madeline.  I added some handmade flowers and the branch is from my Storybook cricut cartridge.

Here's a couple of views of the insides.

You can get a bnetter look at these gorgeous papers on the inside.

I'm entering this beauty in the following challenges:

Avadares Challenge - Spring or Easter
Inspire Me Friday's - Anything goes
Stamping With The Dragon - Anything goes
Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Easter/Spring
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Spring
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - girls
Link Up For Pink - Color Challenge
The Play Date Cafe - Color Challenge

I hope you'll stop by our Digi Bell Design Team Blog tomorrow and see what my oh so talented designing sisters have to inspire you!

Allie's, I Mean, Pati's Kisses for the Digi Bells

When I saw this adorable digi from Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection, I knew I had to have her!  She reminds me so much of my granddaughter, Allie.  Her mom has been winning her some stuffed animals out of a machine that she has at her work.  When she bring them home, Allie holds them up and acts like each one of them is the best present she's ever received!  It's my day to post over at The Digi Bells Design Team Blog and this cutie kept coming to my mind.  

I colored her with Copics and added a little bit of stickles to her hair tie, bear and shirt.  She also has some Diamond glaze on her headband.  The papers are some older paper from Daisy D papers, the green card stock is from DCWV and the gems are from Cloud 9.  The layout is from the Deconstructed Sketch.  I'm entering her in their challenge.

I  just love her sweet self!

Here's a peek at the inside.

Here's a peek of the inside.

I am also entering this in the following challenges:

Lady Anne's Challenges -anything goes
Crafting by Design - anything goes
Nutcrafters - lilacs and lemons
The Stamping Chef - ribbons and lace
City Crafter Challenge Blog - All that glitters
Cutting & Stampin Challenges - purple, green, and yellow
Craft Us Crazy - show your favorites (image and papers!)
Happy Campers - use favorite stamp
In The Pink - pink and bling
Lili's Little Fairies - butterflies
MilkCoffee Challenge - make it cute

Make sure to stop by The Digi Bell Design Team Blog tomorrow to get some more fabulous inspiration from my other designing sisters!

A Tasty Read for The Digi Bells

My daughter Nichole has me hooked on a series of books written by Cassandra Clare called Mortal Instruments.  I read the first one, "City of Bones" and am now on "City of Ashes".  She finds some good things for me to read!  When I saw this cutie, A Tasty Read by Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection, I had to have her and have been waiting to color her up.  I am posting her over on our Digi Bell Design Team blog so they can enjoy her.

I saw this paper by My Mind's Eye and loved the yellows and grays together.  They were so soothing and reminded me of Nichole.  She's eats really healthy and if anyone would read with an apple, it's her!  This cutie was colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers.  The flowers are from Recollections, the swirls from Close to My Heart, and the pearls are from Studio 112. The branches are from a Martha Stewart punch.  Believe it or not, there aren't any stickles on this baby because for the first time in a long time, I thought she stood on her own!

Here's a close up of that gorgeous face.  I've been practicing my blending and I was really pleased with how she came out.

You can see the gorgeous paper a little bit better on this view.

I touched her edges and the white flowers up with some Scattered Straw Distress Ink and think it made them fit so much better!  I also distresssed the edges but they don't show up so well against the Kraft cardstock from Stampin' Up.

The paper was so pretty on the inside, I didn't want to cover too much of it up so I angled the writing area.

I hope you'll sit down and read a good book!  I'm always up for some suggestions so send them on!  Also please stop over at the Digi Bells Design Team blog tomorrow to see what gorgeous and inspiring creations my wonderfully talented design team sisters have in store for you!

And stop by my blog because The Sassy Studio Designs Design Team is having a fun blog hop and I'd hate for you to miss the opportunity to win a free image from them!  Stop by and see what all of our favorite images are!  Now go read!

Miss You, Love You Blog Hop for The Digi Bells for Elisabeth Bell!

I'm back home with my own computer, printer, and all is right with the world!  It feels good to be home but I tell you, I miss that little Lainie Loo Loo.  There's nothing like time spent with grandchildren.  It's priceless and one of life's greatest gifts.

We're here to celebrate the new release of Elisabeth Bell's Digi Collection's newest and I think, one of her sweetest images, called "Miss You, Love You."  If you've come to my blog from our Design Team Blog, you're on the right track.  If not, hope over there and start so you can see all the fabulous details about our blog hop!  Here's the lineup order:

Susan - http://stampingtink.blogspot.com/
Sebrina - http://sissi4477.blogspot.com/
Lynda - http://www.lyndasscrappyplace.blogspot.com/
Carla -http://carlasstampingspot.blogspot.com/
Pam -  http://pamiscraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk/
Linda - http://pysselbus.blogspot.com/
Olivia - http://ormcraftynights.blogspot.com/
Mary Lou - http://marylouscorner.blogspot.com/
Janneke - http://myblog-jannekescreations.blogspot.com/

Julie - http://julieprice3.wordpress.com/
Sofia - http://sofiascrap.blogspot.se/
Jessica - http://tussans.blogspot.se/
Alethea - http://lilodesigns.blogspot.com
Rose - http://inrosiesbook.blogspot.com/
Rina - http://scrapbookfashionistadesigns.blogspot.com/ 

Wendy - http://wickdyscreations.blogspot.com/ 

Digi Bell Blog- http://digibellsdt.blogspot.com/ 

Make sure to hop to everyone's blogs because the inspiration and designs you'll find are nothing short of spectacular!  

Let me start you off with my take on this precious baby:

I absolutely loved her!  She's colored with copics and yep, she's got stickles and Diamond Glaze all over her!  The soft papers are from K&Company and I tried not to let the card get too busy so the softness would shine through.  the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and the pearls are from Studio 112.  I used some distressed inks around the image and the inside.  I loved working her up and hope you enjoy her.  Here's a couple of different views of her.

I've had a lot of "Miss You, Love You" minutes in my life.  I remember standing on the pier watching my husband's ship pull out.  It was always hard to say good-bye but you always try to take them with grace and dignity.  That's what I saw when I laid eyes on this cutie.  I think she's a must have and I'd hate for you to miss out on her!

Now hop on over to Sebrina's  blog and see what fabulous and amazing project she has in store for you!

Some Day My Prince Will Come

Since my holidays were filled with magic and lots of hopes for things to come, I thought I'd share my fascination and love of fairy tales.  It's my day to post over at The Digi Bells Design Team Blog and I chose this beauty.  She's My Prince from the uber talented Miss Elisabeth Bell, I always believe that fairy tales can come true and that frog will suddenly turn into My Prince!

Isn't she just gorgeous?  I love her hearts and candy and how absolutely delighted she seems to have found her heart's desire!

Hope you all find your Prince Charming!

Card Recipe:
My Prince by Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection, copics, Stickles, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart punch, lace, baubles, stick pin.

Christmas Bells

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog for my first blog hop as a new member of The Digi Bells!  I'm beyond excited to be part of this inspiring and talented team of artists.  Now on to the business at hand!   It's that time of the month for a new digi release from the fabulously talented Elisabeth Bell and this one is a beauty!  I love everything about Christmas.  There's nothing like the vibrant, rich colors, the wonderful smells that come from all the baking, the fun of wrapping presents after spending time picking out the perfect thing for that perfect someone.  And as much as I don't like cold weather, there's something about that brisk, pure white stuff that falls from the sky that gives a beautiful glimmer and shine to the earth.  And you know how much I love me some glimmer!

Over at the Digi Bells Design Team Blog, we're hosting our monthly blog hop while showing off the beautiful creation that Elisabeth has in store for you!  If you came to my blog from our fearless leader, Lynda, then you're on the right track.  If not, make sure that you start at the very beginning.  I don't want you to miss a single thing!  Here's the order:

Mary Lou -http://marylouscorner.blogspot.com/

Sebrina -http://sissi4477.blogspot.com/

Carla -http://carlasstampingspot.blogspot.com/

Lynda -http://www.lyndasscrappyplace.blogspot.com/

Susan - http://stampingtink.blogspot.com/

Alethea -http://lilodesigns.blogspot.com/
Pam -http://pamiscraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk/
Linda -http://pysselbus.blogspot.com/

Julie - http://julieprice3.wordpress.com/

Wendy -http://wickdyscreations.blogspot.com/

Olivia - http://ormcraftynights.blogspot.com/

Rose - http://inrosiesbook.blogspot.com/

Digi Bell Blog - http://digibellsdt.blogspot.com/ 

Now, here's my Christmas Bell:

Isn't she stunning?  She's colored with copics and has some stickles and Diamond Glaze all over her and he gorgeous cape.  I added some Flower Soft in snowy white and some Martha Stewart glitter to her boots.  The flowers are from Bitty Blossoms from Spellbinders and the leaves and branches are from Martha Stewart.  The ribbon and gems are from my stash.

Here's a close up of her.

Isn't she just gorgeous?  I love her sweet face!

Here's the inside.

Now off you go to Alethea's blog for her gorgeous project for you.  Make sure to leave a comment so you can be in the running for winning this sweet beauty!  Now, hop on!