Saturday, December 5, 2009

Bella Birthday Bash Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Bella Birthday Bash Blop Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.


A friend of mine asked me to make a pregnancy card for her, so I pulled out my favorite pregnant image~Teddybella!!!  I colored her with Copics and paper pieced her shopping bags and purse using coordinating dp from SU Bella Birds DSP. 
Three gift certificates for $100 in Bella Bucks will be hidden along the hop, but we’re not telling you where so be sure to leave some love as you hop!!! Make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! The winners will be announced on Monday, December 7 at the Stamping Bella Blog. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Miche's fabulous blog!

Kerri
Recipe: 
Stamps:  Stamping Bella Teddybella, SU Lovely Labels
Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Bella Birds DSP~retired
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Bordering Blue
Accessories:  PTI Dark Chocolate Ribbon, MS Botanical Scallop Border Punch, Rectangle Nestabilities, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Sewing Machine, Dimensionals

128 comments:

dawnmercedes said...

What a GREAT Card!

Jodi Collins said...

LOVE this Kerry!! AWESOME colors and I LOVE this Bella and the dimension you added!!! FAB card!

Laurel said...

LOVE it!

GabrielaD said...

Great baby card! If only I looked that cute when I was pregnant... I love your card!

Laura Evans (llevans on SCS) said...

adorable! Love the paper piecing!

Karen Motz said...

What a FABULOUS card!!! Love the colours and the way the brown sets it off so nicely.

Simone P. said...

Very nice baby card. This is very cute.

Olga said...

Sooo pretty and I like the 3D look on the bags.

Dana White said...

This is so sweet; everytime I see this image I remind myself to order her!

Joy said...

love love love this!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

i love this bella;) Great card!

Debi said...

adorable, love the popped up packages

KanataNewf said...

What a lovely preggie card!

Angie Williams said...

She is too sweet!

Peggy said...

Super sweet card!

Betty Meyskens said...

Hmmm - hope you don't mind - but I am going to case your card. I have these same stamps and love what you did with this card. My DIL is expecting and this would be so cute.

laterg8r said...

love that bella, love the warm tones - beautiful :D

Gena Porter - aka GDP2001 said...

Love this card, great image too!

Tanya said...

Awesome card!! I just love the color choices

Anita said...

Perfect dp/color combo...love it!

Lindsy said...

Such a great card! Love the paper piecing! And the DP is perfect =)

Regan said...

beautiful card!

B said...

LOVE the colors and I LOVE this Bella and the dimension you added!!!

Marisa said...

Oh I remember these days as if they were yesterday. Fabulous Bella Card!!

*Alison* said...

I just love the colors and prego bella :) so cute.. I LOVE anything BELLA related.. HUGS

~ps.. I have some free Digital Stamps right now on my site... :)

Simply Jessabells said...

Oh she is just so cute. A mama to be would love this card.

Lisa H. said...

what a wonderful baby card. I love this image and you did it up soo cute!

Maria Matter said...

Gorgeous card, love these colors!!!
Blessings, Maria

Anonymous said...

Ok, might be on my top 10 of this hop but don't tell anyone else!!! ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! Love it!

Scrapacat said...

Awesome! Your friend is going to love this!
~ky

Dee said...

what an adorable card. She's bound to love it.

Sparkplug17 said...

This is just precious!

Becca said...

I hope you don't get so sick of me saying this. But you can match colors and patterns and make everything look fabulous. I just love that! I think the bear peaking out of the bag is so cute on this image. It makes me smile everytime I see it.

Jacqueline (Sjakkie) said...

I love your card very much. The image is super!
Hugs Jacqueline

Terri Trotter Earley said...

This is such a wonderful image!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

maiahs_momma said...

Gorgeous card, love the colors and the layout you used :)!

Inky Hugs,
catherine
catlevy@eastlink.ca

Leslie W. said...

Such a cute card!

arlene said...

How sweet is this! Love your layout and especially the border punch.

Nimue said...

That's a great card. Great job! - Nimmy

Nicole said...

this is gorgeous!! love the colors and the paper piecing :)

Crystal said...

AWWW Kerri I LOVE THIS!!! It rocks!!! SOOOO precious!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Fabulous card! I love that Bella image and you used it perfectly... great colors, punches... and I just love the paper-piecing. TFS!

Unknown said...

Wonderful card! Love the paper piecing!

Kandi said...

What a wonderful card! Really nice coloring and your paper choices are great.

I've always wanted that stamp, but I don't know anyone having a baby. What? I know that shouldn't stop me from buying it, lol.

sueincanada said...

Fabulous card.

Crystal Smith-Colburn said...

I think this is a wonderful card. This is one of my personal favorites of all the bella stamps that I own. I have many but this was one of my first purchases and I still always go to it when I need to send a card for pregnancy wishes. you did a fantastic job!

Ellen said...

Love your card!

Beth aka BR-T said...

Oh why couldn't I have looked this glam whilst pregnant! Beth aka BR-T

Unknown said...

LOVE this card! The coloring, paper piecing and layout are fabulous!

Unknown said...

Oh, I just love love Bella Birds DP from SU! Great coloring skills - super cute card. Bella such a stylin' pregnant lady!

Lori Turner said...

OMGOSH she is gorgeous! I love that punch!!!

Ezmina said...

What a wonderul card!!

Kathleen said...

Great card! I follow your blog regularly, and there's always plenty of beautiful inspiration here!

Amy said...

Such a lovely card, the colors and papers you used are perfect!

Jessica Diedrich said...

GORGEOUS card-LOVe blue/brown together-one of my fave combos!

Michele Lourenco said...

great card.. i have tons of baby cards to make too!

Elena said...

Adorable card, Kerri! I love the colors of it!!!

Igagnon76 said...

very sweet card, i love the muted colors!

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales said...

Beautiful card! I love all the details and colors :)

Denimo said...

Ohhh... this is lovely! Really great job!!!
Denise

Sammi said...

This card is so adorable!!I lvoe the colours and your colouring is really Awesome!!
Oh and I adore that image!
xxx

Semi Granola Mom said...

beautiful!
~C

Denise said...

Very elegant cute card. I love it when people pop dot the belly on this stamp set. It is an awesome thing I see!

Great card!

Denise Wells
mamascollections@aol.com

Kimberly S said...

Beautiful job, I'm sure that your friend loved it! :)

Amy Marie said...

That is a super sweet baby card!

Shannon Erskine aka e3stamper said...

this is one of the first Bellas I bought! Sweet card!

Janet said...

What a nice card!

Michelle said...

Ohhhh this is sooo pretty, Kerri. I love all the brown it it. Definitely a card that would stand out at the baby shower - because it's so pretty, it's handmade, and it's not overly blue or pink - - just lovely!

Karolyn at Paper Therapy said...

Fabulous!! I'm sure your friend will love this!

Big Mamma~ a.k.a. Mary S said...

What a great stamp for a baby shower. Love the satin ribbon.

Pink Room Therapy Designs said...

Love the paper piecing -- great card!

txbluiz said...

Great Card -- Love the punch!!

Vicki Burns said...

Oh, SO SO PRETTY! Love everything about this!

Carol Shier said...

Simply GREAT card!

Rachel said...

WOW!!!! Love it!

Terri said...

Lovely card

Lorraine said...

Wow, such a beautiful elegant card! Love it!

Unknown said...

Sweet! I love this stamp!

MelissaS said...

FABULOUS!!!

Cheryl said...

I love, love, love your card and the image.

Lynne Phelps said...

Great card - I may need to get this stamp! Just perfect!

ChristineCreations said...

A totally cute pregnancy card!

Karen said...

What a gorgeous card! I love your colouring.

Angela Thomas said...

One of my fave bellas! Beautifully done.

Randi said...

This is such a stunning color combo of neutrals! Gorgeous coloring!! Fantastic layout!

Kim said...

Cute paper combo

Elise said...

Great card-if only we all looked good when pregnant!

Carisa said...

awww, what an adorable baby card!

Heather said...

Beautiful card!!!!

mycardz said...

Wow, gorgeous card! love this image and all the details you added!

Country Mouse said...

Loving the baby card and all that paper piecing, just the right touch!!!

Unknown said...

Super cute! TFS

Jenn Borjeson said...

awww - this is great, love it!

Cheryl said...

Well lookee here! I had not seen a pregnant Bella, too cute!

You did an amazing job on her Kerri, I love your choice of colors, papers, border and awesome coloring job too!

madi said...

You added so much depth to this card!

Stampmyart said...

Wow! This is a very beautiful card. :) I'm off to discover what a blog hop does I just came from the very first one I found quite by accident, and I guess I'll need to go back to the beginning too.

bevyb said...

Love your bella card. I love blog hops because I always discover great blogs along the way...Thanks

Deebi27 said...

Miss Bella Teddybella sure is ready for that baby to pop out! Your color choices work well here!

Brandi said...

What a darling card!

Jennine Chambers said...

What a great job! I love this stamp!

allthumbs said...

Great work! Bella stamps just tickle my funny bone.

Karen Steen said...

great card

Lisa M. (aka. Lisa @ Farm Fresh) said...

oooh I love this card! Fabulous job!

Jennifer said...

Love, love, love your card (great coloring, perfect paper, sewing, paper piecing, edge punch-it doesn't get better than that)!!!

Teddybella is on the top of my wish list and now I have to check out their paper, too!

Tammy Hershberger said...

Fabulous design!

Alexandra Lundgren said...

wonderful card. love the layers and border.

TinaC said...

Love it...love her...!!! What a cute card...!!!

Robin McK said...

Hi Kerri!
I love everything aqbout this card! The layout, the papers, and the image are fantastic! TFS

Jodi C. said...

OH, I LOVE this stamp and the card...beautiful!!

Jo said...

what a gorgeous card for a mum to be.

Sue D said...

Very pretyy card--I like the colors you chose.

Dianal said...

Great baby shower card ... love the colours you picked!!

Jodi C. said...

AMAZING card!!! every part of it is great!!!

Mary said...

Beautiful cards! That new mom will love it, I'm sure!

Anonymous said...

Great card. Love the paper piecing.

Tamara said...

I love this image. Great work on the piecing.

Lori said...

Cute, cute, cute!

ladybugg61 said...

The paper piecing of the bags is fantastic - great card!

Helen F. said...

Really sweet card. Love the colors and border Punch-beautiful!

Helen Dooley said...

What a beautiful card! I love the colors and you did the image beautifully!

Kimberley said...

This is so sweet. I might have to CASE this one for an upcoming baby shower! TFS!

Miche said...

Love this card. Fabulous colouring!!

jamie said...

love her too

Sara Henton said...

This is entirely too cute for words

Shirley N said...

I love this card!!! Great layout and beautiful coloring. Sweet, sweet image!

KellyW said...

Your card is great! I love the colors and the ribbon!

Kelly

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

Bella has never looked sweeter Keri!! Love your colors and design!! The soft coloring is beautiful!!
hugs,
Chris

Anonymous said...

Oh sweetie!! what a beautiful card!! I wish I had time to go through the whole hop, but I didn't!! BOOHOO!! ;)

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