Glitzy Bella

Hey everyone! How's your weekend going so far? I decided to change up the color scheme a bit on the blog. It's kind of like furniture, every once in a while I get an itch for a new look, and the old one's got to go. So right now my favorite color combination is Basic Gray and Pretty in Pink, so I incorporated that into my blog colors. What do ya think?

Yesterday Shannan asked me to do a sample card for the Bella-da-Ball challenge she was hosting last night. The challenge was to add, add, add as much stuff as you could to a card and still keep it pretty. LOL! I've been in a pretty simple mood lately, so I wasn't sure if I could rise to the challenge. But there was something really freeing about being able to just bling it up to my heart's content without worrying if the card was too busy. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out, and more importantly, stamping was FUN again! :) Yay! So, if y'all want to give it a try, you have until Sunday to do the challenge and upload your card to SCS. Check out this thread for the details.

I started by stamping Rockabella and coloring her guitar and face with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. Next I colored her hair with a Spica glitter pen. Then I used my Quickie Glue Pen and added two different colors of Martha Stewart glitter for her pants, shirt and guitar strings. Next I used a black glaze pen to make a dotted border around the image. For the background I just took some Taken with Teal stamps and randomly stamped some star images in Taken with Teal and Versafine Onyx Black. The star images are from the Starlight Starbright Remixed clear set releasing on Monday. I punched holes in one end of my Taken with Teal strip and tied 6 different kinds of ribbon through each hole. Next I glued to a black card base and punched holes and set silver eyelets down the end with my crop-a-dile. The dots along the top and bottom edge of the card are made with Liquid Pearls (Thanks Lila!) and the rhinestone star in the corner is from a DCWV bling set Lila gave me as well. I layered five different primas on top of one another and glitzed them up with some Stardust Stickles. The chipboard star is from the BasicGrey Chipboard hardware set and is covered with K & Company paper from the Margot collection. I embossed the Superstar that's what you are saying in white (so, so easy to do, since the new set is clear and I could see exactly where it was going on the chipboard) and then added a few more dots of liquid pearls. The final touch was three star jewels I got in the jewelry section at JoAnn's the other day.

Be sure and check out the Verve Visual blog this weekend for more sneak peeks of the new sets.