Oh Bella Mia!

I sort of made a New Year's Resolution to only use what I had in the crafting/stamping/scraping department. Well, in keeping with that I ordered several of the things I had been coveting the week between Christmas and New Year's so that I could have the goodies without breaking my nifty resolution. (I've decided not to delve too deeply into my psyche in fear of how messed up that really sounds LOL!!) So first my new Scor-Pal arrived, then a few things from Lizzie Anne Designs, a few tidbits from My Favorite Things and then my very own Bella arrived! I had ordered teachaBella, a cute little "love" doodle and some em-Bella-shments but when I opened the first of the two envelopes that arrived it was someone else's order. I opened the second envelope and found my order. I called Stamping Bella and explained what was going on to Em, (the Em of Stamping Bella!) and was allowed to keep the Bella's I liked and send back what I didn't want! What a very generous sweetheart Em is! We had a great conversation about stamping, markers, cool blogs to check out, and just stuff. She sounds like a great person. I'll post the cool blogs tomorrow.

Here is the first card I made with my new Cruisabella (Thanks again to Em!). To use the vernacular of my students, I tried to "pimp" her ride with some "bling". The paper is from Memory Makers and the flowers are from an old arrangement I was thinking had seen better days. I have a strong feeling you may be seeing more of those flowers. I used two of the em-Bella-shments to augment the headlights and a Sakura glitter pen to trace the car.

A brief update on FlyLady...

Well, my sink doesn't shine but it is clean. My clothes are ready for tomorrow and yesterday, I spent 15 minutes cleaning out the junk drawer in my kitchen and I did a load of laundry without waiting for the hamper to overflow. I think my husband is worried aliens have abducted his wife and left me in her place. I don't know how long this will last but for now, I feel a little more like I am Queen of my Castle!