Thursday, June 25, 2009

Bella Birffffday Blog Skip, Hop, and Dance!

Welcome to the Birthday Blog Skip, Hop & Dance sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.  Happy Birthday, Emily!!!  Hope you have a great day!

When I read about the Bella Birthday blog hop, I had to join in the fun!  It's been way too long since I paid with one of these cuties!


Partygirlabella is the perfect image to wish Emily a happy birthday and one of my personal favorite Bellas so I had to use her on my card.  I paired her with some October Afternoon Detours patterned papers and colored my image with copic markers in coordinating colors.


I used some dimensional glaze to make the balloons nice and shiny and finished off my card with some layered buttons and a large Prima flower.

As if you need another incentive besides checking out some beautiful cards, there's even a prize up for grabs just for commenting on the participants' cards.


How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $40 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!


Thanks so much for stopping by! Next up in the blog hop is Kathy.

Happy Hopping!

Niki

Recipe
Stamps: Partygirlabella (Stamping Bella), Birthday Basics (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white, true black (Papertrey Ink), Pacific Point (SU)
Patterned Paper: Detours (October Afternoon)
Accents: flower (Prima Marketing), buttons, brads
Tools: copic markers, dimensional glaze (Ranger), sewing machine, scalloped scallop border punch (SK Success), embroidery floss

84 comments:

Lori McAree said...

Super cute Niki!

Christina said...

I love it!!!

Rachel Hope said...

Love the bold colors and the glazed balloons!!!

Ann said...

Totally awesome, Niki! Such a fun mix of colors and patterns, and your coloring skills just ROCK!

pat said...

Wow!! your card rocks!! love the colors and your coloring is AWESOME!

Charmaine Ikach said...

What a fabulously happy card, Niki! LOVE it!

Elizabeth S. said...

Terrific card!! I love how you used glaze to make the ballons stand out.

Kelly said...

It's fabulous Niki! Love the balloons!

kadie said...

So totally GORGEOUS!! I love that you used crystal effects too, it's a sweet touch! Hugs, Niki!

Christi said...

This is fantastic!!!!

Vicki Burns said...

Great coloring! Love all of the stitching!

Lindsy said...

LOVE the dimensional glaze you used on the balloons! I notived them immediately!
And the orange flower is so bright and cheery ~ your coloring is FAB!
Amazing card sistah!

Lisa M. said...

yep, on of my favorite bellas. And your coloring is just amazing! Great job!

Shaela said...

wow, I love your card! great job

Ellen Smith said...

Beautiful Card! Love all the bright colors!

SouthernScraps said...

Love it, especially what you did with the balloons.

Michele said...

WOW! What a fun happy card! Love your coloring and the balloons!!!

Jenn Borjeson said...

Your card is just beautiful!!

Joni H said...

Great, festive card! Love the glaze on the balloons!

Colleen said...

WOWZA! This card is fabulous! The colors, the coloring!!! The balloons...I love how you added the glaze over them! And as always...I envy your stitching work! :)

Gabriela said...

Great coloring... the card just jumps of the screen and the balloons are to die for!

Amanda said...

Beautiful card! The dimensional glaze really adds to it. Your coloring is just fab!!

Charlene Walberg said...

Great card!

Dee Peelar said...

Rockin card sistah.

Terri said...

Outstanding card, love the added dimension you used on the balloons!

Mary(OhioMary) said...

Wow! This is just awesome! Love the balloons!

Dawn B. said...

I love her! Such a happy card! Great job.

Marisa said...

Fabulous colouring and I love the balloons!

Marjorie said...

Wow, I love everything about your card!!! Your coloring is absolutely gorgeous!

April said...

Pretty card!!! I love the balloons!!! And great colors....

Cherie said...

Gorgeous card! Love the colors!

Harriet Hensley said...

GREAT !!!!!!

Randi said...

So cute!! Gorgeous coloring! Love the glazed ballons!

Nancy L. said...

love it!

Raquel said...

Super cute, love everythign about this card, the stitches, color combo the flower, everything, very very cute!!! Great job!!!

Sharon Harnist said...

Beautiful, Niki -- love those bright, shiny balloons!

Cammy said...

Love the bright colors!

Karmyn said...

look at all that fab colour! love this card! :)
happy birthday, Em!
---karmyn

Kerry J. said...

Super cute Niki! Love those paper together and as always, your colouring is amazing!

Nancy said...

Fantastic card in gorgeous colours. Love the balloons:O)
Hugs, Nancy.

meredith said...

Oh my gosh! I love those shiny balloons!!!

Jacilynn said...

Super cute! Your coloring is perfect!

carla said...

fabulous

Denise Wells said...

Oh this is so cute! It took forever for this blog to open up but well worth it!
Denise Wells
mamascollections@aol.com

Nicole said...

very pretty card - love the stitching and the colors :)

**nancy** said...

CUTE!! Love the dimension you added on the balloons!! This is one of my favorite paper lines!!

Raquel said...

WOW!!! This card is fabulous I love everything about it, great job!!

Emily Davis said...

Great card and embellishments.
stampinem

Elaine said...

brilliant!

Silke Ledlow said...

Fabulous birthday card - Nikki!!!
It's always a treat to stop by your blog!!!! All you latest creations are fabulous as well - I so love your style!!!
Have a great weekend!!! Hugs ~S~

Tracey said...

This is fabulous Niki! Love the colours!

Jess Willison said...

Love this card! The colours are spectacular!

Michele Boyer said...

This is definately a fun, happy card! Love it!

Dee (Sprytebyrd) said...

I really love this Bella! And I love that you glazed her balloons! Fabulous card!

Stefanie said...

Great colors Niki! I love your card so much. The daisy is the perfect finishing touch!

Jami Rudd said...

love your card. I like how the red balloon pops.

Nancy said...

Absolutely gorgeous--your colours, colouring, layout, detail... I'll have to spend more time lurking around your blog! ;)

Kelley said...

Super cute card!! Love those bright colors... so fun!

Julie Masse said...

Such a fun card Niki - nice bright colors!! :)

Nancyroo said...

gorgeous card! I especially love the little button detail.

Brandi said...

Very cute! So very, very happy!

Sue C said...

WOW! I love the colors! This is a wonderfully stunning card.

Mary Driggs said...

what a darling card.
I'm participating in the blog hop too.
M.E.

Denise said...

Grrrrreat card Niki! I just bought this stamp and can't wait to use it!!
Denise M

Jessie/knightrone said...

This is gorgeous!!

Mandi M said...

what a nice card! I love the bright orange flower you used too. So pretty. :)

jen shears said...

Super cute! Those balloons are awesome!

Dannette said...

Very cute, I love the layout of your card! Hugs, Dannette

Susie Walker said...

Great card -- love the detail!!

Ramsey said...

Niki, girl, you rocked it! It's perfect! I love the coloring!

Ramsey said...

It's me again, :) I just noticed what you did with the balloons! That is too cool!

Stephanie Clark said...

FUN FUN FUN! The glaze looks awesome on the balloons. Such a great colourful card.

JessicaK said...

Very pretty - love the 3Dish balloons.

Jessica said...

LOVE your card... the coloring is fab and the colors and shiny balloons are gorgeous!!

Sparkle said...

What a gorgeous card! I love the vibrant colors.

{pam} said...

totally cute card niki!

Cindy Holshouser said...

Love this birthday Bella:)

Christy S. said...

She's gorgeous, love that bright orange flower!

Michelle A. said...

Gorgeous...love the bright colors!

Jane B. said...

Too cute!!! What a great card!

Robbie Rubala said...

Very festive card. TFS!
Robbie

Kim Dellow said...

That is beautiful, love the dimension and the colours. Kim

Arlene said...

Fabulous card-Love the balloons, they are awesome.

martha said...

what a cute card.