Can somebody help with these lights??

My little Stella... she's havin' herself a hard time with those lights. Hey, who doesn't? That's the only part of decorating I dread, THE LIGHTS!!! Seriously!! And no matter how hard you try to keep them little buggers straight, they always end up a tangled mess. And I'm one of those people who has to have a bazillion lights too, so needless to say, I'm at my wits end when I'm finished. But hey, they sure are PURTEE when they're all lit up, right? I SO loveee the holidays!!!


So I stamped Tangled Stella from Stamping Bella onto some Papertrey Ink CS and colored her with my Copics. She's Christmas card #24. Now I've been thinking about this design for awhile and it turned out exactly as I'd hoped. The weird part of the design is the bottom mauve colored oval. I traced the outer edge of the Nestie that I used to cut the bottom cream colored oval with. I only wanted the top and bottom of this mauve oval to be visible so I cut straight across to the sides from about 1/2" down from the top of the oval. I stitched the DP onto the mauve CS leaving the top and bottom oval parts uncovered and a 1/16" mat on the sides. Using the next size smaller, I cut a scalloped oval from the mauve CS and then a straight oval from the Papertrey Ink CS, which is the one Stella's stamped on. After coloring her, I replaced the die and sponged some chalk ink around the edges and added some Crystal Effects to the light bulbs. I chose a coordinating piece of DP and matted it with the mauve CS and then stitched around the edges of it too. I tied on some cute plaid ribbon I picked up from Michael's last weekend and tied a button in the middle. Ok, I hope that all made sense. If you have any questions, just send me an email. Okee dokee? Be sure to leave me a comment and let me know what you think of her. I think she's the BEST!! Of course, you all know how partial I am to my Stella! Have a great day!

This week's theme for Bellarific Friday is "All Things Kids". Ooooh, I already have my idea... be sure to stop back by on Friday and see how it turns out. Wanna play along? Check out Em's blog for all the details and a chance to win some cool Bella Bucks!

Supplies:
Rubber Stamp - Tangled Stella from Stamping Bella; DP - My Minds Eye; Crystal Effects; Button; Copics; Ribbon; Nestabilities; Glamour Dust; CS - Papertrey Ink, Mauve