Saturday, December 5, 2009

Bella 3rd Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Bella Birthday Bash Blog Hop! If you happened upon my blog first you can find the start of the hop HERE!!

I used the JavaBellas stamp! Isn't it adorable! I thought the off-white ink looked great on this brown card stock! The papers I used are from Cosmo Crickets Gretel line. Please enjoy the rest of the blog hop, and don't forget to leave love along the way!

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 for visiting the next stop is:
Dana's House of Cards


145 comments:

dawnmercedes said...

Wow...neat look to this card!

Jodi Collins said...

Super cool! LOVE the look of the white ink on the brown cs!

Rebecca said...

Very interesting technique. Great card!

Gena Porter - aka GDP2001 said...

Very different, never thought to do an image in white on a dark paper!
Great job!

GabrielaD said...

oooh that is neat! I love it. Super cool!

Laurel said...

Cute card!

Debi said...

wow what a neat look!

Laura Evans (llevans on SCS) said...

Pretty cool! Thanks for playing!

Olga said...

I haven't seen these stamped on a dark background before. So creative and pretty!

Karen Motz said...

FUN!!! Love the brown you used with JAVAbellas.

Peggy said...

Awesome card! Love how you stamped the image in white on the dark paper!

Simone P. said...

This is very cool...great card!

KanataNewf said...

Wow! What a unique technique! Love it!

Avril Tanner said...

wow... love the colours!

Anita said...

Very cool idea! Thanks for sharing!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

great card---so cute with the circle and bow;)

Joy said...

love love love this!

Crystal Smith-Colburn said...

What a neat look. I love it and would have never even thought to do this. Now, I have to go and try it!! Great job. LOVE this card!

Betty Meyskens said...

This card is so cool - love the dark backgrounds with the white image - great idea.

Angie Williams said...

Wow! What a great idea!! Love the way this looks!

laterg8r said...

love the light ink on dark - gorgeous :D

Lisa H. said...

what a cool card. love the look of this. NICE!

Tanya said...

Wow....very cool!!

Lindsy said...

This is so cool! I never would've thought to do this....now I want to try it! LOL!

*Alison* said...

super cute.. I love this look.. the white is perfect.. I love these stamps.. :)HUGS

Maria Matter said...

Wow Amy, what an awesome technique you used here, love it!!!
great job!
Blessings, Maria

B said...

What a cool look of white on brown! How awesome!

Dee said...

Wow, great card. Love the technique you used.

Marisa said...

Nice twist on the image use! Never seen someone do it this way. Great job!

Unknown said...

Oh my....I am totally diggin' the chalkboard look to this card. What a clever idea. You are very talented.

Unknown said...

A unique take on a bella image, well done!

Simply Jessabells said...

Wow. like the look of the white.

Anonymous said...

This is very neat, different look to it!

Scrapacat said...

Great idea to use a light embossing on a dark background. Cool!
~ky

Kandi said...

Wow, that's a fun technique. I love the paper choice too!

arlene said...

What a fun technique. Your card is fantastic.

Leslie W. said...

What a cool effect! Reminds me of a chalk drawing on a chalkboard!

maiahs_momma said...

Love what you did, what a great technique to use :)!

Inky Hugs,
catherine
catlevy@eastlink.ca

Terri Trotter Earley said...

What a interesting main image. WOW!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Nimue said...

Now that is different and very effective. Nice job - Nimmy

Nicole said...

love the look of the white ink on the paper like that, stunning!

Jane B. said...

Wow, what a cool card!

Monika/Buzsy said...

What a great card! Love the technique you used. TFS!

Unknown said...

Very cool!

inkypaws said...

Very cool and outside the box. Very dramatic card, great job!

sueincanada said...

Love the white ink on brown. Great card.

Jenn said...

Way to think outside the box, I never would have thought of this technique, looks great though!

Angela (SCS monkeymama) said...

Cool! I like the off-white ink as well!

Ellen said...

Super cool!

Kimberly S said...

What a fabulous look! Fantastic card. :)

Unknown said...

Very cool! Love the different use of this image!

Beth aka BR-T said...

What a great card for the hop I am a white on dark ink junkie!!! Beth aka BR-T

Ezmina said...

Cool..love how you used white ink on brown card stock. I'll have to give it a try!!! Thank you for the technique!!

Lori Turner said...

What a cool way to use this stamp! Looks wayyyy cool! TFS!

Unknown said...

Love the use of the white outline stamp on the dark paper. Nice change!

Igagnon76 said...

very cool look!

Kathleen said...

VERY uniquely done! I love the look!

Amy said...

Such a cool idea to stamp the images in white... it gives them a whole new look! Fab card! :)

txbluiz said...

What a unique card!!! I never would have thought to do that!!

Jessica Diedrich said...

LOVE her! What a great technique!

Michele Lourenco said...

wow.. this is definitely different. I like that negative effect!

Kylie Couper said...

The white ink looks fab!

Denimo said...

Goodness. Very different than anything else so far along the hop! Ni-ice job!!
Denise

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales said...

I'm speechless! This is absolutely stunning! Love the coloring :)

Sammi said...

Oh wow! The white ink on the brown looks really awesome!! I love your card!
xxx

Denise said...

Very cute. I keep saying I have to get these Java girls but somehow I do not!

Denise Wells
mamascollections@aol.com

Semi Granola Mom said...

oooh, love the technique :)
~C

Jenn Borjeson said...

Now that is just stunning!

Karolyn at Paper Therapy said...

Cute cute!! Love how you embossed the image in white ink so that it pops off that brown panel. Very clever!!

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

I love that back ground paper. Great card.

Janet said...

Great work!

DawnBeery said...

Love the way you did this card!!!

Pink Room Therapy Designs said...

Great card!

Carisa said...

what a neat technique!

Carol Shier said...

Great card!

Vicki Burns said...

Very cool!!!

Vicki Burns said...

Very cool!!!

scrappingnana said...

Very creative and different look. Great job.
JoAnn

Helen F. said...

Love Javabellas. You did a fabulous job on this card..beautiful papers and coloring.

Rachel said...

Ooo how fun!

Terri said...

Cute card

Lorraine said...

Whoa...love your unique style! Thank you for showing us your creations!

Unknown said...

This is so different and very cool!

LorieH said...

cool effect with the white ink.

MelissaS said...

I Love the white ink on brown paper!! Fabulous :)

ChristineCreations said...

A great look with the dark and light!

Angela Thomas said...

Love the look of your card. VEry cool!

Wendy L. said...

What a darling card. I like your blog. Nice to meet you!

lindah said...

Love the look of the image stamped on the dark card stock, what a neat idea.

Karen said...

Love, love, love the light ink on dark cardstock! I am going to have to try that. Great card!

Lori said...

How cool! Love how this image looks using the chalkboard technique!

stampinjane said...

What a neat idea! Really cool card!

Country Mouse said...

Loving all the brown! Cute card!!!

Randi said...

So pretty! Great chalkboard technique card! And, cute image!!

Elise said...

Hey this is a really cool idea! Thanks for sharing xx

Lisa Petrella said...

Very cool technique!! I'm really diggin' the chalkboard look of the image!!!! Great work!

byulgzr said...

love the white ink~ it makes the image * pop *! :)

Heather said...

I love how you used the white ink to stamp on the brown. It looks fantastic!!!!!

Vina said...

Stunning card! I love the look of this technique!

Unknown said...

Super cute! TFS

"Luv 2 Glitter" by Brenda M. said...

Wow......love your card...very different.

mycardz said...

Very cool idea. I love the white ink!!

Cathy Y. (YoungInker on SCS) said...

Great card! TFS!

bevyb said...

What a great idea, stamping the image using white ink on brown cardstock. Love it.

Joanne Gilch said...

Great card...eye stopper! It isn't something I see everyday and I just like it!!! The brown with white image......gr8!!

Jo said...

happy birthday bella

Irene said...

So unique! Thanks for the reminder about stamping on dark paper...looks great on your card!

madi said...

Wow!! its nice to see such a differnet idea with bella stamps..great job!

Alexandra Lundgren said...

I love it! The colors are GREAT for the stamp and the light ink on dark is just eye catching!!

Deebi27 said...
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Deebi27 said...

Amy, I LOVE what you did with this card. The white on the dark is wonderful! I will have to try this!

Alexis said...

what a warm card. Love the brown!!

Brandi said...

Very neat card... cool technique. :)

barbs said...

Love the white ink. What a great way to stamp your card.

allthumbs said...

Great work! Bella stamps just tickle my funny bone.

April said...

WOW!!! Cool look with the image!!! Great card!

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

NOw that is a neat look. Very interesting!

Karen Steen said...

excellent colours for a "java" card

Jennifer said...

Love the colors you used!!! I've never seen it stamped on brown before...what a neat effect!

That Bella stamp is a MUST HAVE! :)

Stampmyart said...

I really love the colors and the detail! :)

Kerri said...

What a cool effect! Super fun card : )

Jo said...

she's looking like she's enjoying herself! Wish I was there.

Tammy Hershberger said...

Cute card!

Jodi C. said...

AMAZING card with a great stamp!!

TinaC said...

Awsome card...love it...!!!

Robin McK said...

What a great card - very creative how you used the light ink on the dark CS. TFS!

Dianal said...

never seen java bellas stamped and coloured before ... I what you did with this card and the white ink on brown is fabulous

Anonymous said...

I love this idea. Looks like a chalkboard.

Mary said...

Cool...what a unique treatment of the bellas. Well done!

Sue D said...

Very different and creative!

Tamara said...

fantastic. I never would have thought to use javabella in white ink on brown cardstock, but it is perfect.

Lori said...

Love this image! The white on brown is a nice change :) Thanks for sharing with us!

ladybugg61 said...

Lovely "twist" on the norm with this card - outstanding!

Helen Dooley said...

really an awesome card. Love how you did the stamp in white.

Lesley said...

Very cool, it turned out great!

Kimberley said...

These coffee girls are so cute!

Miche said...

This looks really neat!!

jamie said...

great job

KellyW said...

Great card! A very unique look!

Kelly

Sara Henton said...

Very cool!! I really like how you used this technique

Shirley N said...

This card is different--very nice!

Robb_eeie said...

The *JavaBella* image is one I use frequently, especially with some of my girlfriends ~ they always comment it's Soooo cute and Soooo "me".

But I wanted to Thank you for sharing this different technique in highlighting the line graphics of this particular Bella Stamp ~ really striking :0)

Jess Willison said...

WOW! Such a neat idea!

Alexis Crossland-Smith said...

such a different card!! Love it!

Joy said...

Amazing card--I really like it! As always, you rock!!