Good Question!

I found this Whipper Snapper sentiment stamp the last time I was at the Creative Pals store in Milwaukee. The sentiment actually reads, "If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?" but I thought I could have a little fun and change it a bit. I used my black SU marker to ink all of the words except "Barbie", and then hand wrote "Bella" in the open space. I'm impressed with how close I was able to get my handwriting to match the font used on the rest of the stamp!

The Bella is Dogwalkabella, but I masked the dog. She does pretty well on her own, but I have to question who leaves the house all dolled up like that with no shoes on? ;o) I made the dots on her purse and in the centers of the flowers on her dress with my white gel pen. My SU pen died, so I replaced it with some from Hobby Lobby. They don't seem to stay white though. The white ink absorbs whatever color of marker is underneath it. I've tried letting the marker ink dry for some time before applying the white but it doesn't seem to make any difference. It's kind of neat though, because it gives you a nice complementary color totally by accident!

Cute, right?

Speaking of cute, I drove past this sign today on my way to the mall and it made me snicker. If you heard anything about the Brett Favre saga of recent weeks, you might get a grin out of it too.

Oh, and I have to give a shout out to Scrappie Jessica (a.k.a. Glitterbella), who recently awarded me with the Javablu Award. Thanks so much, Jessica!

Details:
Stamps: Dogwalkabella (Stamping Bella), Sentiment (Whipper Snapper)
Ink: Basic Black marker (SU!)
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, DP (Unknown, it was a gift)
Other: Pink Flower Eyelet (SU!), Black and White Gingham ribbon (Hobby Lobby), Copic Markers