ItsONLY been 8 weeks since my knee replacement surgery, actually it was 8 weeks exactly yesterday & I had my 8 week follow up with my doctor and all is FABULOUS!!! Praise God ! But what else is Hard to believe Is That I bought 2 Bella stamps a few weeks before my Surgery and this was the 1st thing I actually stamped with them that I liked how it turned out .. Of course don't go calling the SU! Police just yet Cause everything else I used for this card is SU! which is My 1st Stampin LOVE .I am not quite sure why Its sooo hard for me to use these Bella's .. I love what everyone does with them But Man I am just not getting it myself .. Its the P-I-T-S I tell ya,Cause the Bella's are sooo cute .. So until I overcome my issues with them I may have the only 2 Bella's in the world collecting dust .. I really have to play more with them I suppose. I did Put in a suggestion though with Ms Bella herself and asked if she would design a GLITTER Bella Now that might just do the trick for me .. Nothing on that suggestion yet BOO HOO!
Ok on to what I all used for this cute card .. I used my Favorite New IN color Groovy Guava and Soft sky DS paper ( for background and also for Ms. Bella's Pants and Present .. Can you tell ?) & Card stock along with Pixie pink and a touch of black GG ribbon and Card stock . and for the adorable flowers I used the new Three for you Punch Kit OOOHH I so Love this kit . All Rubber is die cut for you, You get 3 Stampin spots ( which 2 are of the new IN colors w/ Black too ) and a fabulous Punch what more could a gal ask for .. and then finally I used my white Gel pen.
VBS FUN STUFF!
Last Night at VBS was sooo super fun and Pastor Brad gave us all a BIG laugh .. I must back up to Monday night 1st. Ok Pastor Brad was telling all the childern that if they all reach a certain goal in the offering to help a missionary family he would let us all pour Green SLIME on him on Friday night right after our family night presentation Ok fast forwarding it to last night . Pastor Brad was soo Funny cause while reminding the childern about the mission money goal and him being slimed if this amount is reached by Friday . 
He all of a sudden pulls out a DOCTORS NOTE and shows it to all the kids . BUT the funny part is when he opens up the Note and reads it to the kids ( Photo below says it all .. Hee! Hee! ) .
Pastor Brad of course asks them if they believe him and They all say NO! so It looks like Pastor Brad will be getting slimed if we all raise the certain amount by Friday that is unless he can come up with another funny excuse to pull over on the kids tonight . Stay tuned ... Hey by the way do you all see that Blimp behind Pastor ? Its remote controlled .. OH my its sooo awesome .. Rich would have loved that thing .. Steve & Linda bought it and Steve has the fun flying it all around .How cool is that to go with our Game Day Central theme in Sports .
Ok one more photo for the day .. Here is a photo of My Friend Dawn ( in back ) ( Yup see I know soo many awesome Dawn's ) Her mom and My Mom ( on the right in Tiger shirt) .. Such a cute bunch huh?
BIG BIG Thank you To my gal and Glitter Queen Harriet for her Beautiful Cards for the troops and extra envelopes ( Thank you!! Thank you !!) .. What a Wonderful surprise to find her box tucked into my back door when I got home from VBS last night .. Plus little Extra goodies for me wink wink Thank you Harriet Your sooo sweet!!
Thanks for peeking in today .
Until later .. Happy Stampin!!
Cute card! Sure doesn't look like you're having trouble with the Bellas! I can relate to SU being my first stampin' love. I always feel like I'm "cheating" when I use something else, but every once in a while there is that perfect stamp or product...KWIM?
Posted by: Robin | July 11, 2007 at 08:43 AM
yippie, you did it....congrats on your 1st bella card!! talk to ya soon
xoxo
Posted by: Angie | July 11, 2007 at 09:44 AM
Hey chickie! Gosh LTNT on here. I could READ your blog but couldn't post a darn thing from that hotel...ugh! Great cards you have been making while I've been away. Thanks for taggin'me on your blog I'll be sure to get that done when I get home. Love your Bella card too. I have a few Bellas but like you my fave thing to use are my Stampin'Up stamps. I just checked UPS tracking and my order is OUT for DELIVERY!!! So when I get home this weekend I will have MORE to do! Hope all is going well with ya!
Hugs DAWN
Posted by: Dawn E. | July 11, 2007 at 10:16 AM
AWESOME KNEE NEWS! I'm so happy for you.
And, your bella card is so beautiful especially since you used the kit that is on my wish list from the new catalog. I'm hoping I'll be able to get it with my hostess credits this month, wink, wink.
Posted by: Gina Wrona | July 11, 2007 at 12:24 PM
Hi Dawn - love your blog and all your creations so YOU HAVE BEEN TAGGED - please go to my blog at www.californiastampin.blogspot.com for all the details - thanks for playing! *HUGS* Alex
Posted by: alexandra hobson | July 11, 2007 at 01:31 PM
Your Bella card is so very cute, Dawn! SU is my favorite as well, but it's fun to try different stuff as well. I guess that's easier for me to say, because I am a hobby demo.
Great news about your knee! Wooo hooo!
Your VBS night looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing your funny stories!
Posted by: Rose Ann | July 11, 2007 at 03:55 PM
Your bella card is so adorable. Love the placement of the paper.
Posted by: Beth | July 12, 2007 at 03:23 PM