Superbella Is on the Way

Recently, I participated in a few Stamping Bella card kit swaps. Each kit contains one stamped image, two coordinating pieces of patterned paper, a matching piece of ribbon, and some embellishment pieces. Some of the kits include a matching sentiment, too. I've found that I can usually create two different cards using the materials in the kit, plus just a little bit of my own stuff (in addition to the cardfront).

Now, I have a huge basket full of ready to color and assemble cards with a variety of Bella image for pretty much every occasion. I have some of the images that came in the kits in my own collection and I can stamp them anytime I want to, so I decided to "pay it forward" by assembling the card kits with the images I already have and adding some matching stamped images inside of the cards, then sending them to SCS WISH-RAK forum members who had wished for those images. When I send out wishes, I always like to send out a matching card--kind of an idea-starter for the recipient. I think that's why I don't get around to sending images out as often as I like.

Anyway, this is one of the cards I made using a Superbella image kit. I love the star clip embellishment! I colored the Bella with Copic markers to match the patterned paper, added a scalloped rectangle mat under the colored image, and put the rest of the pieces together pretty quickly.