Friday, July 24, 2009

Bellarific Bombshell

Happy Bellarific Friday!!!

Did you play along this week? I hope so, cause I was the sketch hostess. I really LOVE to see how everyone interprets the sketch. For my card I decided to use Betty Bombshell...she's such a doll!

I started by stamping Betty with Memento Tuxedo Black then I coloured her with copics and added in the ocean behind her. The beach pail is popped for dimension and I added a little Glamour Dust to her wings. Then I used my fun clear Glaze pen (Paulabella's the one who turned me on to this little gem) on her glasses and the red tube. I had added some white gel pen to the tube then put the glaze pen over top...wrong!!! The glaze pen caused the white gel pen to bleed and I worked with a toothpick to keep the white in a straight-ish line...cause I really didn't want to start over. So I just wanted you to know that the glaze pen will cause the white gel pen to bleed, so be careful...other than that though, I LOVE the clear glaze pen!!!

I cut out Betty with my long rectangles Nestabilities and layered her onto a scallop of chocolate. The patterned papers are My Mind's Eye Pretty Please and I layered them onto baja blue before adhering them to the white card base. I layered a few Primas and secured them with a button then tucked them under the image panel, as per the sketch.

Don't forget to pop over to Bloggabella to see the rest of the submissions. I'll be stalking the blog just waiting for Em's post cause I'm so excited to see what everyone did with the sketch. Oh, and in addition to the chance of winning $10 Bella Bucks for commenting on the Bloggabella post, Em has some fabulous blog candy to give away...$50 in Bella Bucks!!! Click here for the blog candy giveaway...I've been reading the comments and I'm totally cracking up at people's secrets!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

13 comments:

Leslie said...

Betty rocks! I like how you drew in a line for the sand/ocean. Loved your sketch and I played along - can't wait to see all the other entries!!

Karen Wilson said...

Great card! I love how you added in the sand/water as well. Very creative!! I had a lot of fun with your sketch!

Dana White said...

is she going to the Cape, I hear there are nice beaches there?! LOVE HER:)

Janet said...

wow what a great card! love the bright colours!
hugs

Ann Kranitz said...

Wow what a gorgeous scene you created. AWESOME!!

Shannan Teubner said...

She is gorgeous, Karen! love it!

Cheryl said...

I had fun with this sketch too Karen, ya did good on it! I'm so loving that stamp!

Susan N. said...

You always make the cutest cards! You bring Bella to life :)

Denise Marzec said...

Fannnnnn-tastic!

Unknown said...

Fun fun card Karen!! As always - fabulous coloring!!! :)

Unknown said...

this is GORGEOUS! love it!

Anonymous said...

This is like the first Bella I colored when I met Linda! She is gorjuss and your card is amazing! I love your colors!!

Stamp and Smile said...

WOW'za! Look at that perfect Copic coloring.... LOVE the water effect in the background! Fun DP, layout and SWEET flower... You are the QUEEN of creativity girl!! SMILES... Michelle :)