Bella's Birthday Bash Blog Hop!!!

Good Saturday Morning to you :)
It's finally here! Bella's 3rd Birthday!!! ... and we are all celebrating in style ;)

Now, if you happen to just stop by my blog and would like to start at the beginning of the hop - please go to the queen of Bella's Blog, Emily's - Bloggabella!
Otherwise, you should have arrived here from Olga's blog - The Weekend Scrapper.

Oh! make sure to leave comments everywhere!!! Three gift certificates for $100 in Bella Bucks will be hidden along the hop, but nobody knows where!!! The winners will be announced on Monday, December 7 at the Stamping Bella Blog.

I have acquired a few fave Bella's through a friend and decided to use these 2 stamps for today's hop :)

Balloonabella is just ready to party hard in that adorable dress!!!

Happy Cupcake Bella Card Details:
Paper(s): BasicGrey Indian Summer DP; Papertrey Ink CS
Stamp(s): Stamping Bella "Balloonabella" Rubber Stamp; SU cupcake stamp
Ink(s): Copic Markers; Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Markers
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities; CM Corner Punch; Raspberry Ribbons ribbon


... and I couldn't resist using this lil guy! Today, my 5yo has a b'day party to go to and he asked me use this lil superhero and picked out the cool Prima DP and colors... Unfortunately, I don't remember his exact name, so Nicky and I have been calling him Super Stevie, lol! That's what we assumed what the S on his chest stands for ;)

... we had a lot of fun putting this lil card together! We hope that his lil friend loves it as much as we do :)

Super-hero Card Details:
Paper(s): Prima; Papertrey Ink CS
Stamp(s): Stamping Bella Rubber Stamp; Fiskars Clear Sentiment Stamp
Ink(s): Copic Markers
Accessories: Spellbinders Small Circles Nestabilities; Making Memories Star Brads



Thanks for stopping by :)
Your next stop on the hop is...
Linda of Heavens Created This

If you get lost along the way, please refer back to Emily's post or the SCS master page :)

Enjoy the hop!!!
Happy Birthday Beautiful Bella!!! :)

Sissy's Scrap Monthly Challenge & Cards For Heroes!!!

All of us at Sissy's Scrap Monthly Challenge Blog are celebrating Christmas in July with Cards for Heroes!!!

This month's challenge is to create Christmas Holiday & Winter Cards& 3-D Holiday Gifts.
This can be an early head start for your very own Christmas cards
AND you can make a few extra to support those who protect our country!

Also, we are excited to announce our sponsor for this month's challenge is:
Stamping Bella has graciously donated a $20.00 gift certificate to their shop!

*Deadline for challenge submissions: 07/31/09.

*Cards being donated must be received no later than 08/03/09 to be sure they get handled timely.

Here are a few ideas for cards to create:
- Secular (snowmen, Santa's, etc with Happy Holiday type messages)

- Religious (Merry Christmas, religious imagery - nativities etc)
- General Winter (love you, miss you, birthday, thinking of you - that have a wintry imagery)
- Special Holiday (specifically Hanukkah!)

***Please keep in mind that our Heroes will be sending cards to Children, Parents, Friends, etc... so you can send a general card with a note of thanks, but be sure to leave most of them blank!***
You can earn entries by:
- Creating a Card and linking back to us.
- Adding an additional post to your blog about Cards For Heroes Christmas in July.
- Mailing us your Cards For Heroes to be donated.

Our goal is: 100 Cards!

So let's start scrappin'!!!

Here are our kick-off cards:

Created by Sara of Scrap Happie!, the little sissy...
Created by Sandy of Crafty Nanny Designs, our adopted sissy...

Created by ME, the big sissy ;)

My Xmas Card Details:

Paper(s): Stampin Up "In Color" CS; American Craft White CS.

Stamp(s): Hero Arts "Joyous Christmas Greeting" stamp.

Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: K&Company Rhinestones; misc. adhesive crystals; Shimmering Crystals Ribbon from Michael's Stores; and Fiskar Lace Corner Punch.

To join in:
-Create Christmas Holiday & Winter Cards.
-Link us up and leave a comment here or at our PCP group.
-If you are using SCS or another forum...please use the tag: SSCJulyCFH.
-Creations are due no later than July 30th.
-Cards For Heroes are due in hand no later than 08/03/09, please email scrap4ubysb@yahoo.com or mescrap@rocketmail.com for the address.
-The winner will be chosen randomly and posted 08/01/09.

Hope you will be able to join in on the fun with us!
Have a Happy Wednesday!!!

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #94

Howdy! It's been a stormy afternoon! I've been busy creating while the boys watch Disney movies with their fingers in their ears, lol! They're not too crazy about the thunder booming! ;)

Here's my card for Mojo Monday's Sketch Challenge #94

Here's a Bella that I received from Erica of Inked Up and Ready to Play :)
I wish that I was able to put my feet up and have a sundae right at this second ;)
LOL! Maybe later... after the boys are asleep! hee, hee...Card Details:
Paper(s): BasicGrey Cupcake DP; American Crafts White CS; Stampin Up "In Color" CS.
Stamp(s): Stamping Bella "Craveabelle"
Ink(s): Copics and Atyou Spica Glitter Markers.
Accessories: Prima Flowers and Ribbon; Stampin Up Buttons; BasicGrey Transfer Rub-ons; and Fiskar Lace Corner Punch.

Thanks for looking :)

I'll be back in a lil while with another post or two ;)

I'm on a roll today!!!