Friday, January 29, 2010

Bellarific Monstah Birthday

Happy Bellarific Friday! Today's theme was birthdays...woo hoo!!!
I can always use birthday cards in my stash, especially at this time of year. This card's already spoken for though...must get it in the snail mail to one of my nephews so it arrives by Feb 7th.

I decided to use Monstah Bash from Stamping Bella and went back to a past layout from Splitcoast, SC247. I love all the layers on this sketch and it worked perfectly with the image. I stamped the Monstahs with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Bella's Bestest Paper, twice, and coloured them with copics. I cut out the cutie in the middle along with the balloon and popped them for dimension. The orange guy also got a little shiny detail on his dots and horns with my clear Glaze pen.

For the sentiment I inked the words from my Scraplines Tickets stamp...I thought the font was a good boyish one and I really like the words with this image. After doing all my layers I thought the top left corner looked like it needed a punch of colour so I added a couple of ribbon tabs. My friend Leslie does these all the time on her cards so I cased her idea...must remember this one for future use. I finished the card with just a touch of bling from two aqua Bonbons.

Hopefully you played along with this week's Bellarific Challenge and we'll see your creation on Bloggabella. Don't forget to leave a comment while you're there...it could earn you $10 Bella Bucks.

Next week is a sketch challenge and here it is so you have plenty of time to play along. Can't wait to see what you create!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

15 comments:

Ann Kranitz said...

I just love these little guys. So adorable. You always rock a card that is a tad more masculine!!! Love it!! Hope all is well....email me when you can get online so I can too!!!

Leslie said...

Love it - so bright and fun - perfect for a boy. Love the ribbon tabs! Thanks for the "shout out"! I do like the ribbon tabs as a little accent, but as we're doing a "shout out"...let me say, I got that idea from Cousin Helen - she does it all the time! :)

Vicki Burdick said...

super cute Karen!!!

Alex said...

What a cute, fun card Karen, love the bright colors!! Fab sketch too, I just love sketches!! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

The Spotted Chick said...

Man, why have I not ordered this stamp?? Must remedy that! Oh, I love this card and these bright colors are perfect! Love the 3D balloon too!

Jodi Collins said...

This totally makes me smile Saucy! LOVE the bright, fun colors and the ribbon tabs! I SO totally miss you my friend! SOB!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Super FUN card Karen. Love those monsters. :o) Fabulous colors. I was able to make a SB birthday card this week. TFS!

Denise said...

This is so cute & such an Adorable image!! I love your Copic coloring.
Aloha & Hugs,
Denise

chris said...

This is so lovely, your colouring is amazing,in fact I shouldn't call it colouring, I should call it art work its perfect.
love chrisxx

Ida said...

What a delightful card. Bright, cheery and fun all rolled into one.

Dana White said...

Love the bright colours and how you popped up the middle monstah

Emily said...

What a fantastic funny card! That stamp has to be one of my favorites! Absolutely love the colors you chose for your card and little monsters and the yummy texture you used on the background. This card is definitely going into my "gotta case it file".
P.S. Love the sketch for next week too. It just may be my inspiration to get blogging again. Thanks Karen!

Dina said...

Oh Karen this is too cute and I just love the sentiment, very funny! The layout is great and I love the colors!!

Donna Baker said...

CUTE!!

Lynn Put said...

OMG this is too stinkin' cute!
Your coloring is fabulous!