Have you checked out this week’s Bellariffic Friday challenge over on BLOGGABELLA yet?  If not, grab a cuppa and go check it out!  Some gorgeous creations from the Babes and the Sistahood!

The theme for this week was MONOCHROMATIC, and I chose to use a fab Christy Croll stamp on my card: ARTSY HOUSE (incl. sentiment).  I didn’t use the sentiment, but it does come with one!

Stamping Bella - Christy Croll - Artsy House - www.quixoticcards.com

I stamped the image on a piece of designer paper from the Tim Holtz Lost and Found pad (available here in the UK at Quixotic Paperie), cut it out, then added shading using Copic Markers – E31, E34, E57.  Done!  The neat little bow was created using the Bow-Easy (available here in the UK at Quixotic Paperie).  8mm flatback pearls.

NEXT WEEK’S BELLARIFFIC THEME: A sketch by Lindabella (see below)!  Love this, and should be easy to use with most of the stamps available at Stamping Bella!  Go get inky and get a pic of your card to Emily by Thursday 14th April and you could win some Bella Bucks!

Lindabella's Sketch Bellariffic Friday 15th April 2011