Welcome to the Sistahood!!!

The mailman was good to me today!! He brought me some new stamps!!! I went down to the mailbox (and let me tell ya, it was windy and freeeeeeezing) and I ran all the way back!!! My Bella girls arrived and I was so excited, I was shaking.....or was that the cold?? My fellow Bellaholics would say it was the stamps!! Heehee!

And since some of you ladies have been asking for a cardmaking tutorial, I figured I would start out with an easy one (and that would also allow me to play with my new toys, *wink*)!! Someone asked me how I decide what colours to use and what paper to use etc. So here is a little blurb on how I made this particular card!!



Firstly I picked out my new Sistahoodabellas (ain't they cute with their stylin' clothes and their handy little stamps?) Then I chose the patterned paper that I wanted to use on this card. I picked this very colourful geometric pattern by DCWV and then chose matching Stampin' Up markers. I stamped the image with Black Stazon on Whisper White cardstock and coloured in the Bellas!



Recently when I've been stamping my cards, my big decision is 'to doodle, or not to doodle' and most times the answer is 'to doodle'! It's my favourite embellishment right now and it's sooooooo easy. It just takes a little practice! I used a fine tip black pen to do my little scribbles. I think it just finishes the image off nicely. Give it a try on your next card!

I chose Certainly Celery for the base and Cool Caribbean as the mat for the main image. Then I used some really cool chunky 'ribbon' (for lack of a better word) that I found at the $ store today!! The colour was perfect and I love to add chunky embellishments to my projects to add dimension. I also added 3 pink brads on the right hand side, added a tag with the 'sistahs' sentiment (which comes with the stamp along with another one) and popped up the whole central image.



I think they are BELLALICIOUS!!!!!!!!!1