Thursday, June 25, 2009

Welcome Bella Blog Hoppers!

Welcome all to my blog. I hope you are enjoying the hop so far and getting some fabulous inspiration on what you can do with your Bellas. Hopefully you are joining me from Ms. Paula Tracy's amazing blog but if you just happen to be blog surfing and stumbled upon my blog how about starting at the beginning of the hop on the Stamping Bella Blog and play along? For my card I pretty much kept the color palette soft, but added the punch of black and white houndstooth DP. I colored up Charlotte Ketto with my copics and added clear spica to the circular hair things and to her wispies. Of course the camera doesn't pick that up, but the sparkles are there. I added some tiny twinkles to the corners for just a little bling and a clear and pink button to the sentiment to tie into the pink in her dress. Now this Ketto is ready to do some serious birthday shopping. Your next stop on the hop is the fabulously talented Sparkle.

Oh and how about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, Stamping Bella has 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!! Stamping Bella will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. Good luck and have fun!

132 comments:

  1. Ahhhh!! Such soft, pretty colors Mary! I love her rosy cheeks and the ribbon detail on the button. Great job Mary!:)

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  2. She is darling, love your coloring.

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  3. She is sweet!! love the colors you used.

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  4. Your coloring of this Ketto is superb! Love it!

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  5. so cute! I love Ketto stamp and you did a great job coloring her!

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  6. ooohhh love the background, beautiful card!

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  7. such a cute card and gorgeous coloring, love it!

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  8. Love this image. Super cute card Mary!

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  9. Beautiful card! I love the black & white combo with soft pink & blue not to mention the adorable Ketto image.

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  10. I need the typewriter stamp! Gorgeous card!

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  11. Soft & sweet coloring, combined with the bold patterned paper make for a real stunner! :)

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  12. Mary, this is so cute! I love the colors!

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  13. Supah dupah....I just love Charlotte!

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  14. I love it! Love the vibrant background and then how everything else is so soft. Great job!

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  15. So cute! Love the houndstooth paper!

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  16. Very pretty card! I love your image and the DP is gorgeous!
    Risa:)

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  17. Houndstooth...love it! That Ketto is gorgeous too.

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  18. I love the color choices you used with this card ,wonderful!!!

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  19. Beautiful card and I love those colors.

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  20. I like the houndstooth paper - I got some in a pack, and didn't know how I could work it in - it totally works here! Great card!

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  21. Love the colors and the houndstooth background. Beautiful.

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  22. Another wonderful Ketto! Lovely delicate colouring~

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  23. Wow, I love this! I love your soft colors with the black and white!

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  24. I love how the soft colors look against the boldly patterned paper... what a fun card!

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  25. So Cute, love the colours

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  26. She is soooo cute!!! Love the colors.

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  27. Love this card! That DP makes it just pop, I love that paper! TFS!!!

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  28. Great Job! I really like the choice of DP.

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  29. Very cute! I love the houndstooth background and the soft blue really pops on all that black. :)

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  30. Cute card!! I love the soft colors!!!

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  31. Very pretty card! Love your color choice, very soft and warm.

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  32. great card! your coloring is great! the bling is perfect!

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  33. Great card. Love the houndstooth!

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  34. She is just darling! I don't have her yet! I love the color combo.

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  35. Hoppin along the birthday path! Cute card!

    Denise Wells
    mamascollections@aol.com

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  36. very pretty card. I like your colour combination.

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  37. This chic looks like she's ready for anything that comes her way!

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  38. I JSUT got her-LOVE Charlotte! You did an awesome job w/ her, Mary!

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  39. Lovely card and great colors.

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  40. This is awesome! Love the houndstooth background! Bella is so pretty! I love her dress & hair!

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  41. Love your card. Love them Kettos

    don't have a google account leaving a trail the best I can

    Cheryl

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  42. Beautiful card Mary! I love the black and white.

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  43. love teh background! great card!

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  44. I love how your coloure the Ketto, all the light colours looks great!

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  45. Great coloring, love the background paper, what a fashionista this ketto is! Great card

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  46. Totally cute! Love your shading and very hip houndstooth paper! :)

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  47. What a pretty card. Great job.

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  48. I love this card! The Kettos are just great, I'm having a hard time deciding which ones I just "have" to have!

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  49. I love this card.
    Great job!
    em

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  50. Thsi is such a sweet card. One of the best in the hop.

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  51. i love the stamp and the color, adorable card!
    stampzy

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  52. the houndstooth is just DELISH! love this simple little card, and am having tons of fun on the 'hop! :)

    ---Karmyn

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  53. Super cute! I love the colors you choose!

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  54. Darling Ketto card. I NEED some Kettos!!!

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  55. Such a sweet card. The Ketto images are fast becoming some of my very favorites. Thanks for sharing.

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  56. So cute, seeing all these Ketto birthday cards for Em, have re-enforced the 'need' to get some.

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  57. Wow very cool. Love the houndstooth!
    Diane Cooper
    diane7@rogers.com

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  58. Wow Mary...What an adorable card!! I Love it!! So happy I decided to hop over to your blog...I didn't expect to find a Blog Hop...How fun!!! Thanks and Hugs!!

    LORi

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  59. Sweet card and adorable Charlotte is one of my favs.

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  60. She's so sweet! Thanks for sharing.

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  61. such a cute card :) love the houndstooth paper with that stamp/coloring

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  62. look how cute that houndstooth is!

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  63. Wow what a fab card, love it.
    Hugs Sonia x

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  64. Very, very cute Mary!! I love ALL the Kettos.
    Denise M

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  65. Mary,

    Luv your houndstooth DP! And your Ketto is precious!

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  66. This is so sweet Mary!! I love the soft watercolory look on that bold houndstooth!! Stunning!

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  67. Wow! This is classic and gorgeous!

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  68. Mary, your card is sooo cute! Great job!!!

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  69. Great background for your card!

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  70. Love your card.

    I'm also participating in the blog hop.

    M.E.

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  71. Classy card, so soft yet so elegant.
    Robyn A

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  72. So pretty! I love the houndstooth background!

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  73. What a card. You are a very talented.Love the background.

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  74. I love this card! The background is perfect!

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  75. Another fab card........such inspiration on this blog hop.

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  76. I love this ketto. Great card.

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  77. she really pops on the background paper!!

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  78. What an elegant card, it is fabulous!

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  79. Very pretty card! I'm not a houndstooth fan but you made it look fab! TFS, Katie

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  80. Oh Mary! This is so soft and pretty! I love the black and white background too (and I am so in love with all of the Ketto images!) :-) Traci

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  81. Super cute! I love Charlotte Ketto!

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  82. She is so softly colored. Very pretty.

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  83. BEAUTIFUL!!!!

    Clean crisp card
    LOVE the color choices

    HUGS!!!

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  84. Another great card. Cute ketto.

    Robbie

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  85. So clean & beautifully colored.

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  86. Hi Mary,
    Happy, happy Birthday to EmmyBella!
    Your Ketto is really sweet, and the b&w houndstooth background is striking!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  87. Another lovely card all created in the name of **Emily** :)

    Your colouring of Ketto is great and it looks brilliant with the houndstooth background =)

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  88. Love the houndstooth background, it's so fun! I just got Charlotte in the mail today, can't wait to make something pretty with her :)

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  89. I really like the bold houndstooth background. It sets of your pale colours wonderfully.

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  90. I love the hounds tooth paper. This image and colouring is like my teenager and her friends. Great work. The button detail is really cute.

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  91. Too cute! I love that DP and the Ketto is just fab!

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  92. beautiful, mary! you are awesome.

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  93. Cool card. Love the black and white!!

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  94. Awesome job, Mary - she's adorable. And that houndstouth rocks.

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  95. Mary, what a cute, sassy card! Who could resist her?

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  96. What a cute card!!!

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  97. What a cute card!!!

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  98. So cute, I love the black and white with a touch of colour. Kim

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  99. I love your card. It's so soft and elegant. Your coloring is amazing, I can't believe you did that with copics! I would've thought prismacolor pencils...wow!

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  100. I love the softness of your Ketto image against the boldness of the background. I would have never thought to use this combination & it is so fabulous together!

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  101. Your Ketto card is fabulous! I love the houndstooth paper too!!

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  102. Love love Love that Ketto card. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  103. I just love that Ketto, great card!

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Thank you so much for spending some time on my blog today. I love reading your comments. I hope you found some inspiration and come back again.