Thursday, August 6, 2009

Marching Bellas

When I saw the Marching Bandabellas I just had to have them, for two reasons.........
First, they're Bellas of course! Second, they bring me back to my university days...yes, I was in the marching band at university. Sigh...I know...but it was actually quite fun and not so easy to play the french horn and march in a straight line at the same time. I remember doing the halftime shows at the football games. Ok wait, I need to redeem myself a little...I also played varsity sports...not the popular sports though, I was on the badminton team...LOL! Alright, one more while I'm at it...I was editor of the yearbook in high school. So there you have it...Geek with a capital G! LOL!!! I like to think all of that shaped me into who I am today though. :)

Enough about me...I chose the bella with the trumpet cause it's a brass instrument like the french horn. She's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with copics, then I cut her out with oval Nestabilities. I added gold lame Smooch to the instrument to make it look more like brass.

The patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket Early Bird...LOVE it! I thought the colours kinda screamed marching band uniform. Although after I was done the card I thought I should have made it in my university colours...oh well! I ran the Prism Sunflowers Medium through my swiss dots Cuttlebug folder before layering it onto riding hood red. I thought the sentiment was just perfect for this card so I did my fave banner thing and added a sparkly blue button from my stash.

Did you play along with this week's Bellarific Challenge? Paulabella designed a fabulous sketch which you can see on Bloggabella and you have until today at 5pm to email your submission to Em, so play along!

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

12 comments:

Jenn said...

So cute! Your copic coloring is so amazing and I just love those Early Bird papers! :)

carole (TruCarMa) said...

Bright, happy, and F-U-N!

Unknown said...

This is SO cute! I can't wait for you to get HOME!!! Miss you!!!

Shannan Teubner said...

Oooo she is too cute! I love it!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Super cute card! Love this Bella and the great colors. TFS!

Norine said...

super cute love the colors and bella
Hugs
Norine

Janet said...

I guess i was a geek too then...i graduated with 13 music credits and was also on the badminton team ;) See why we get along so well ;)
hugs

Jane Wetzel said...

Karen...you are cute little geek girl! ha ha! luv ya! this card is adorable! :)

Laura said...

So cute!! People who were geeks when they were younger often make the most successful adults.. being a geek myself that is what I think ! I was one of the editors of my college yearbook... and went to yearbook camp! Total Nerd!!!:)

Jan Castle said...

great card!!!

Jodi Collins said...

AWESOME card Saucy! FABULOSO coloring (of course!) and this image is AWESOME!!!

Emily Leiphart said...

Love the bold colours and what a terrific sentiment!