Hiya sistahs!  Don’t forget our black friday sale! all orders over $50, you can use coupon code givethanks to receive $10 off!!

I hope everyone had a great week!  We are busy preparing for our HUGE release next week!  you will LOVEY the images.. PLOMISE!

This week was a sketch and had a small turnout as I am assuming a lot of preparations for Thanksgiving were probably in the works!!

This week’s sketch was

Let’s see what our BABES came up with!

Danabella used ELLA LOLLIPOP

Jeaniebella used GRUMPABELLA

Joannabella used POLLY PACKAGES

Karen Motzabella used DAISY WITH LADYBUG

Lindabella used SNOWY HOUSE

Meahnibella used SUZETTE KETTO

Paulabella used UP HOUSE

Poor Sarahbella threw out her back.. show her some lovin’ on her blog!

Ok, let’s take a looky at what our SISTAHOOD came up with!

angela pruisman used TANGLED STELLA

Avril Tanner used HANNAH LOLLIPOP

Callie Zenner used PARTYGIRLABELLA

Deanna Woodland used BUBBLE TREE

Deborah Southard used ADDY 'TUDE LOVES TO SPARKLE

Denise Modin used COSMOBELLA

Diana Symonds used PATRICIA BIRTHDAY CAKE

Jacilynn used CHEFABELLA

Laurel Seabrook used TEDDYBELLA

Lindsy Harness used JAVABELLAS

Lori Tecler used JACKSON THE CHAMPION

Makeesha Byl used HARRIET LULU

Mary used GRACIE LOLLIPOP

Sharon Holden used her son's namesake NOAH the COMPUTER GUY

Terri Dodd used STELLA with an OLIVE ON TOP

Valerie Johnson used SNOWBUNNYBELLA

How’s DAT for some WEEKEND EYE CANDEEEEEE????

Hope you all have a great weekend!  We have a full house tomorrow in Bellaland with a day of stamping (STAMP TIL YOU CRAMP) and a caravan of sistahs coming shopping in the morning!  Should be very exciting!  WANNA COME????

Now don’t forget we will announce some winnahs on Tuesday morning.. submitting sistahs have a chance to win $20 in BELLA BUCKS and sistahs who place a comment in the comment section have a chance to win $10 in Bella bucks!

have a great weekend sistahs!

Ok, and all my othah sistahs too!  We have decided to give everybody a $10.00 coupon if spending over $50.. how’s that for some TURKEY fun?

LOL.. see how Canadian I am?  I don’t even know a proper THANKSGIVING expression.. Gobble Gobble? LOL.. Oh I am just “killin’ me”..

Please send your Canadian Sistah (me) some leftovers k?

COUPON CODE: givethanks (all lowercase and all one word)

COUPON VALID from THIS MINUTE until FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27th!

Mwah to my sistahs who love to GOBBLE GOBBLE

PS: Don’t forget about Bellarific Friday! get your entries in as soon as you can! you have til late tomorrow night

the sketch for this week is

Em

Hiya sistahs!  Welcome to the DETAILS post on our 3 year Birfday bash!  Our BELLARIFIC BABES and SPLITCOAST BABEROONIS have some great stuff planned for our birthday!! I just provide the prizes..LOL!

www.stampingbella.com turns 3 on December 7th and we’re celebrating with a Birthday Bash contest, Blog Hop and a NEW RELEASE!! (a heavy duty one!) Read on for details:

BIRTHDAY BASH CONTEST

We’re looking for the most delish creation in Bellaland!!  Let your creativity guide you to create a project that celebrates Bella’s 3rd birthday!  You must use ONLY STAMPING BELLA STAMPS in  your creation and you can choose to use any of the lines that Stamping Bella offers!

Upload your project to Splitcoast using KEYWORD “BELLABDAY3″ before the deadline of 10:00 PM EST on SATURDAY DECEMBER 5th.  The bella babes will scour the gallery for the most deeeeelish project in Bellaland.  Only projects that are uploaded to the splitcoast gallery before the deadline using the keyword will be considered for the grand prize!

Would you like to know what the grand prize is???:  The WINNAH will receive the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE FROM STAMPING BELLA, a value of LOTS OF MOOLAH (LOL)  The winner will also be featured as a GUEST BELLARIFIC BABE on BLOGGABELLA DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY.  THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED on BLOGABELLA on DECEMBER 7th.

BIRTHDAY BASH BLOG HOP

You’re invited to join the BIRTHDAY BASH BLOG HOP on SATURDAY DECEMBER 5th. Please use any STAMPING BELLA IMAGES and sentiment for your blog hop post.  We’re celebrating all the adorable lines that we have to offer!  your post should go LIVE at 10:00 AM EST on Saturday December 5th

DID SOMEONE SAY PRIZES?  But of course!!  THREE gift certificates for $100 in BELLA BUCKS GIFT CERTIFICATES will be hidden along the hop.. but we’re NOT telling you where so be sure to leave some love as you hop!!

BUT WAIT… THERE’S MORE!  There will be another $100 in BELLA BUCKS given to ONE RANDOM BLOG HOP PARTICIPANT so be sure to sign up for the blog hop on THIS THREAD in the STAMPING BELLA forum on SPLITCOAST.  Get all your friends to sign up too because we know they’d love a chance to win a STAMPING BELLA SHOPPING SPREE!  Let’s make this THE BIGGEST BELLA BLOG HOP EVAH!!  The winners will be announced on BLOGGABELLA on MONDAY DEC. 7th.

BIRTHDAY BASH RELEASE

I have an AWESOME release planned for the STAMPING BELLA BIRTHDAY on DECEMBER 7th featuring a little bit from most of the artists so be sure to pop onto BLOGABELLA on DEC 7th to see all the new RUBBAH goodness along with the winners of the Birthday Bash blog hop and contest.

BIRTHDAY BASH BLOG PHOTO

Feel free to add the top photo to the sidebar on your blog to let everyone know you’re coming to the Bella birthday bash!  Please link the photo back to the BIRTHDAY BASH THREAD on Splitcoast for all the Birthday details!

NOW FOR SOME WINNAHS!

The winnah of $20 for CONTRIBUTING to BELLARIFIC FRIDAY NOV. 20th is…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

9- ERICA! you win $20! please email me and I will forward the bucks!

Timestamp: 2009-11-23 18:18:52 UTC

The winnah from da COMMENTATORS is

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

14- JESS WILLISON!  CONGRATS!  please email me and I will send you your $10 in bella bucks!

Timestamp: 2009-11-23 18:27:30 UTC

AND NOW FOR MY AWESOMELY AMAZING HAIR DRYING GLOVES CONTEST!!

Thank you to everyone who participated!  They are FANTASTIC!  I use them all the time as I have no time to dry my hair.  My hairdresser said that they suck out too much water so if you want, you can moisten them first and then squeeze your hair dry.. lots of options!

The random winnah is.. DRUMROLL PLEASE…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

61- MICHELLE T. .you win $50 in BELLA BUCKS!!! Please email me and I will send you your voucher!	

Timestamp: 2009-11-23 19:03:04 UTC

Mwah to da sistahs who are ALL winnahs!

Em

Hiya sistahs!  Hope you are having a PHENOMALISH friday!   I have been very busy preparing for our birthday bash.. we have some stuff coming for the men in our lives, we have a new ketto launch and new scrappy stamps for the birth of scrapping bella!! I have also been taking some online classes on how to make an art journal.  I have to tell you that it is THE MOST LIBERATING thing I have done in a long time.. scribbling, gessoing, painting, sanding, sticking, gluing, and WRITING!  I am learning how to journal and reading some very interesting books.  So really? I have been a VE-HERRY busy bella.  I will talk more about art journaling throughout the upcoming weeks but if you want to have a peek at my art journaling IDOL – Dina Wakley (who will be a guest designer for scrapping bella RIGHT DINA? LOL).. Love her and am taking her course.  If you are interested in something like this, please sign up for the class it is really amazing.  We, as women hardly have any time to express ourselves,artistically and verbally and I think this is the best mix of both!  Do any sistahs out there do that now? If so, do you enjoy it? One of our “localish” sistahs ANNA , introduced us to it!  THANK YOU ANNA!

Ok, now back to bidniss.. we are wishing Stamping Bella a very happy 3d year birthday.. doesn’t she look amazing for “3″? LOL. What made us all meet? Who brought us all together?  Who helped us enjoy relationships and special friendships that we never would have had otherwise?  Why, BELLA, of course!  I made these 2 cards to celebrate bella.. very simple.. one is inspired by my new artsy journal where I just felt good MAKING it..if that makes any sense?

well you can see that this card was inspired by my new art journal. I just took 5 copic markers and "scribbled" 5 lines in bright colors. I also mounted our BIRTHDAY DEFINITION BLOCK. Simple sweet and a little sloppy but felt good making it.. that's what counts right?

Here I used our SCRAPLINES FUNKY FLAMES STAMP, and BIRTHDAY DEFINITION BLOCK with MY LITTLE SHOEBOX PAPER!

OK, let’s boogie with our BABEROONI’S  Cards for this week’s challenge!

DANABELLA used DAISYBELLA (does that RHYME?)

Jeaniebella used BALLOONABELLA

Joannabella used SUPERBELLA

Karen MOTZABELLA used CURLY SURPRISABELLA

Lindabella used COSMOBELLA

Paulabella used BABYCARRIAGEABELLA

Meahnibella used SAVVYSHOPPABELLA

Sarahbella made a JOURNAL using out BELLA QUICKUTZ EXCLUSIVE DIE

How’s DAT for da EYE CANDEEEEE? Aren’t our baberoonis so amazing?

Now 3 cheers for our SISTAHOOD contributions!  LET”S GOOOOOO!

Angela Pruisman used YOU-RE-MY-NUMBER-1-ABELLA

Carole Burrage used TEDDYBELLA

Chris Parmenter used JAMMYBELLA

Dana Haug used TINKERBELLA

Deanna Woodland used CURLY SURPRISABELLA

Deanne Burton used POMPOMABELLA

Diana Symonds used CAKEABELLA

Ebru Vatansever used LATTEBELLA

erica used WINOBELLA

Gaby Duclos used COSMOBELLA

Heidi Menzel used I-WISH-I-LOOKED-SO-GOOD-ON-A-BIKE-A-BELLA

the inside

Janet Rossi used PARTYGIRLABELLA

Jessica Pranaitis used BRIDALPARTYBELLAS

Jessica Willison used ELIZABELLA

Leslie Good used DOGWALKABELLA

Lindsy Harness used ELIZABELLA

Lisa Henke used BALLOONABELLA

Lori Tecler used SAVVYSHOPPABELLA

margo smith used BILLBOARDABELLA

Martina Hoermann used SAVVYSHOPABELLA

Michele Ghent used GARDENBELLA

Michelle Trotter used ARIVEDERCIBELLA

Pat Serrano used DAYDREAMABELLA

Regan Dagostino used TINKERBELLA

Sandra Maclean used ELIZABELLA

Valerie Johnson used CHEFABELLA

Vicki Burns used BABYCARRIAGEABELLA

Rosy Craig used CHEFABELLA

Debbie Miller used Billboardabella and Javabellas

Hows DAT for da EYE CANDEE??

Now if I have missed any entries, PLEASE email me your JPEG file ASAP and I will add them in and I apologize

now don’t forget! ALL of the contributors have a chance to win $20 in bella bucks (random winner picked). Results on Monday

All commentators have a chance to win $10 in bella bucks too just by simply placing a comment!

Please don’t forget that there is still a contest going on guessing what the picture is.. for $50! in bella blog candy!

And BELLARIFIC FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27th is a SKETCH (provided by Danabella)! Don’t forget to email your entries to emily@stampingbella.com by Thursday November 26th!

Mwah sistahs! I hope you enjoy this post and that you have a PHENOM weekend!

Em

Hiya sistahs!  are you wondering what this is??? IF you are, then I am succeeding in my “MISSION”! LOL

I am going to do some fun things on my blog with BELLA BUCKS up for grabs!  We are doing this in celebration of our upcoming 3 year birthday for Stamping Bella on line, and the BIRTH of the new www.scrappingbella.com!  So play along with us, you won’t be disappointed!

Try to guess what the above image is.  You have until SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22nd, to place your guesses in the comment section.  I will gather all of the CORRECT answers, and I will randomly draw a winner for an amazing $50 SHOPPING SPREE at da BELLA!

P.S. don’t forget about BELLARIFIC FRIDAY THIS WEEK!  THEME IS ANYTHING BELLA (the character bella) in any of your cards, layouts, or any creations for that matter!

Have fun sistahs!

MWAH!

I have SPRUNG back to health magically..! Nothing like GOOOOOOOOD antibiotics..LOL!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Bellaland was OUTTA CONTROL this weekend.  With Paulabella and Lindabella here, it’s no doubt a MADHOUSE.. but a happy madhouse!  We had an amazing time.. copics and prismas flying all over the place, inky hands, smiley faces.. ahhhh heaven on earth!  Would love to hear what you did this weekend!

Well while Paulabella was teaching her class (there was NO ROOM FOR EMMABELLA.. class too full), I made a layout in preparation for the launch of SCRAPPINGBELLA!  Let me know what you thinky (pardon the crooked picture.. LOL)

take a looky at my Jayden looking up at her PAPA who was taking the picture ( you can actually see his foot next to her.. lol). In this layout, I used WEBSTER'S PAGES PARIS COUTURE PAPER (love that line), K&CO's WOODGRAIN paper and LETTERS, JENNI BOWLIN buttons with a pink rhinestone center and punched butterflies sprayed with GLIMMER MIST.. OMG SCRUMMY!

closeup of punched out circles (from the pictures and the JENNI BOWLIN BUTTONS) oh and the little butterfly

on this closeup I used the JENNI BOWLIN BUTTON PACKAGING as my JOURNALING block..

Let’s discuss some winnahs from BELLARIFIC FRIDAY, SHALL WE?

The random winnah of $20 in BELLABUCKS from the SUBMISSIONS last friday is  (DRUM ROLL PLEASE…)

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

10- JESSICA PRANAITIS you win!! Email me and I will send you your voucher!	

Timestamp: 2009-11-16 19:04:06 UTC

now for our PEANUT GALLERY winnah!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

18-RHONDA you win! Please email me and I will forward your $10 voucher!	

Timestamp: 2009-11-16 19:50:57 UTC

Now sistahs, don’t forget BELLARIFIC FRIDAY NOV. 20th!  the theme is ANYTHING BELLA (the character Bella, that is)

And p.s. did you know we will be celebrating our 3 years on line in less than a month? OH YOU DON”T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN FOR…LOL

Mwah!

Em

hiya sistahs!

I made a DYLAN LOLLIPOP card yesterday and just had to share.. oh how i lovey him! I used one of my FAVORITEST brands of paper COSMO CRICKET ( the BOYFRIEND collection).  I stamped him on BELLA’S BESTEST PAPER of course, and colored him in with copics as a base and shaded with prismacolors (Will be loading individual prismacolors online in the next couple of days!).  The paper was a very stark white, so I learned from my bestest teachers Paulabella and Lindabella.. (not sure which one but I am SURE they will correct me this weekend and let me know who taught what..LOL).  To correct the “starkness” I used one of my colorbox stylus’ and sponge with versamagic WHEAT ink (a wonderful invention if you ask me).. rubbed it all around the card in small circles over a craft mat and voila! STARK-FREE! LOL. Now for the embellishments!

The red Button and the turquoise and green buttons are both QUICKUTZ dies which I am sold out of but have re ordered.. they are just a staple to have in your quickutz collection, IMHO.  I have been waiting a while to load the GLITTER RITZ online but I am FINALLY doing it today! Along with my ABSOLUTE FAVORITEST silk ribbon.. OMG.. it is smooshy and wooshy and ties into a wonderful bow.. LOVE IT.  I will try to make a more VISUAL tutorial on the amazing ULTRA ULTRA fine glitter ritz glitter but for now, i will tell you what I did to make those “buttons”.  I cut out the QK button die out of QUICKUTZ Self Adhesive CHIPBOARD on my big shot machine.  I peeled off the adhesive off of one side of the button.  I then poured the glitter ritz color over the exposed adhesive button, brushed away the excess with my finger or a blush brush or shaving brush, and then rubbed the remaining glitter with my finger in a burnishing motion to shine up or “buff” the color… PHENOM PHENOM PHENOM!!  I am in love with this glitter.. sold out twice in the store and have to replenish!

I also wanted to remind you that this Bellarific friday (due tonight) is a WILD CARD.. so any bella stamp, any layout anything goes!

Mwah sistahs!

Hiya Sistahs! I hope you are having a sunny great day!

I wanted to share a little bit about what goes on in Bellaland “OFF HOURS”.

After many requests from patrons of Bellaland, we have started an ATC (artist trading card) group where we pick a theme monthly, meet on the last Thursday of every month and EXCHANGE our little masterpieces!! The amazing thing about the ATC is that you can fit so much on that little card and then you simply mount it on a card and you are SET!!!  We met last Thursday to swap our little treasures and I had such an amazing time.. OMG.. I was like a kid in a candy shoppe!  I love everything “little”.. miniatures, teeny inchies.. etc. and when I saw these and how hard our sistahs worked I was in AWE!

We have 18 sistahs in our group and I just had to share what fun we had last week!

Chris leading our group! I see Shelley and Shelly and Helen and Sheryl and Anna and and and..

Here's Anna holding up her BELLA BOX with her ATC's she just exchanged!

very focused sistahs.. i think i see helen snacking on some COOKIES!

Here's Rhian with her goodies just exchanged! SO CUTE!

There's Diana and Rhian in all their glory!!

It’s all about DA FUN sistahs.  I wish you could all be here with us but you KNOW you are all here in spirit!

Mwah to da sistah who are always here with us

Em

Hiya Sistahs!

I hope you had a phenom weekend!! We had an all day crop in Bellaland and had 2 rooms FULL O’ sistahs!  It was so much fun!!

Last week’s bellarific friday was AWESOME.. made me wanna pull out my PARKA (never use that word.. what IS a parka? LOL)

Here are some WINNAHS!

The $10 BELLA BUCKS WINNAH from da PEANUT GALLERY IS…..

True Random Number Service

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

32	

1. Rhonda Says:
   November 6th, 2009 at 11:18 pm eLove the Christmas images. Need to go shopping!

Timestamp: 2009-11-09 21:47:43 UTC

**RHONDA, please email me and I will send you your voucher! Congrats!***

Now for da RANDOM winnah from da CONTRIBUTAHS :

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2	CHRISTINE DOL!  YOU ARE DA $20 winnah sistah! congrats!

Timestamp: 2009-11-09 21:51:41 UTC

So how’s DAT for an eeeny weeeny smidge of HAPPINESS

Ok now for this weeks theme.. due THURSDAY NIGHT sent to EMILY@STAMPINGBELLA.COM, SUBJECT LINE: BELLARIFIC FRIDAY THE 13TH  BWAHAHAHAHAHA (you don’t have to put the BWAHAHAHAHA.. LOL)

The theme this week is WILD CARD.. anything goes.. any layout, any image, as long as it is BELLA.. s’arignt?  s’ok?

Can’t wait to see!!

Mwah to da sistahs who have a little bit of “WILD” in their “CARDS”

Em