Sistahs.. if you don’t take sedatives, I believe now would be the time to pop 1 or two..LOL .. if you are currently on sedatives, I would UP THE DOSAGE immediately because what you are about to feast your eyes on is.. ummm.. if only I could swear on line… if only… is AMAZING.. AWE INSPIRING.. JAW DROPPING… I can’t STAND IT!!

Tomorrow is the formal release with a surprise!  This is just a little representation of the release.. there is MORE!  BUT you will probably wonder HOW on EARTH could there be MORE? LOL (do I sound like an infomercial?)

Ok Let’s start with one of my FAVE weekly routines.. and that is POSTING and DROOLING at da SISTAHS ENTRIES!

Here we go… the theme this week was RESOLUTIONS…  we have some new PLAYERS! WOOHOO!!

Beth U's page

Christy S's page

Deanna's page

Lindabella's page using one of our MOODY FINGERS stamps!

Lori's page (aka PINKY DINKY DOOOOO)

Sheryl's page

Violet's page

Here is my page.. was DYING to play with SLICK PAINT.. look at the neon yellow.. IN LOVE WITH THIS!! Gonna carry it in Bellaland 🙂

Now are those amazing or WHAT?  Sistahs, if you haven’t joined in on this journey, I REALLY recommend that you do.  PLEASE! LOL.. it should be your 2012 resolution.. if you have ANY questions or anything about this, please feel free to email me at any time and I will help as much as I can!

Ok.. now to our more “classic” bella.. READY FOR YOUR JAW TO DROP?  K.. here we go!  These will be released tomorrow.. along with many more.. plus intros to our new artists and more stuff! Note that these amazing sentiments come with the images!

Here is Cathabella’s rendition of UPTOWN GIRL Catherine nibbling chocolate (WHY DOESN”T SHE PUT ON A POUND? hmph)

Danabella used our new UPTOWN GIRL PERRY and her LAPTOP (get it?  PERRY?  the pear laptop?? I so funny.  I want you to know I stay up HOURS thinking of names of my new “babies”..LOL)

Ebrubella used our new MATILDA character :).. She is wistful I find.. just a thoughtful little girl.

Lindabella used UPTOWN GIRLS FELICITY and BLAIR ENJOYING LIFE

Paulabella also colored up a new character named RAMONA.. I just looked at her and saw RAMONA LOL.. this is Ramona Fishing (this name took me HOURS..LOL)

Paulabella also coloured up UPTOWN GIRL MOLLY and her journey

Here is Paulineabella’s card of Matilda on her swing

Here is Regabella’s card using our new Jane Davenport SILHOUETTE.. this is not just for Valentines sistahs… birthdays, thinking of youS (LOL).. anniversaries  etc..

here is the inside of the card so I don’t leave you hangin’

Robinabella used RAMONA and her WAGON

Steubybella used uptown girls  PATTY and DOTTIE friends forever

and a close up

Ok HONESTLY.. do you love what you see so far?? TELLL meeeeeee.. HMMMM???? I can’t HEARRRR YOUUUUUUUUU

mwah to da sistahs who SCREAM with delight!

Em

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Ok sistahs.. it’s a new year and I don’t want you to STOP art journaling n’k?  Promise?

so next week’s theme is : RESOLUTIONS.

Now I know that some people to like to make resolutions.. if you don’t have resolutions for 2012 then write about your dreams, your wants, your aspirations.

The background is a FREE FOR ALL.. so you can stamp, you can watercolor, you can gesso, you can paint.. you can stick.. whatevah you want.. I just want you to get some info down so that we can look at it next year and see how we have all evolved.

Entry is due by Monday morning LATESSSST (JANUARY 16th).. just send me a jpeg of it and I will post on my blog

S’aright?

Start journaling!

Tomorrow I will post my first week of project life.. you will be BLOWN away by some of the stamps I used 🙂

Mwah

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Em

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Hiya sistahs

I am sitting here moping because I feel like my chest is caving in.. every cough is painful.. achy.. shaky.. BLECHY.  I NEVAH admit that I am sick but now I kinda surrendah..LOL.. But NO I HAVE NO TIME TO BE SICK!!  Ryan was shocked that I told him I was going to the clinic this morning.  I NEVAH go to clinics.. cuz I am NEVAH sick ;).  Such is my life at the mo.  Feeling a little sorry for myself.. Moving houses in 7 days.. house is a DISASTER.. have orders to fulfill with deadlines.. oh and did I mention I was SICK? LOL.. Ok enough complaining

Let’s share our little AJ monday grouping this week.. shall we?

The theme this week was letters.. numbers..

Here is my collage page.. the quote “REDISCOVER DELICIOUS HARMONY” came from a Mcdonald’s ad in a magazine..LOL.. I loved that.  everywhere I turned that paper was there.. I was so scared I would lose it, that I stuck it down in my book today.  I tried this collage in a different sized journal.. I think I am in love.. it’s SO SMALL.. made by HANDBOOK and i think it’s a 3*5 or 4*6 size..  I love playing around in different books.  Remind me to take a picture of my JOURNAL GRAVEYARD..LOL.  I meant to but my darling husband closed every box I had open waiting for pictures etc.. oh well.. when I UNPACK, I will take a picture of it!  I have about 30 journals either started, neglected, tossed, wrinkled..  but I can’t get rid of them.. I will get to them eventually 🙂

Jenn’s page

Lindabella’s page

Violet’s page

Next week’s theme… FREE FOR ALL.. draw, scribble, paint.. collage.. quote.. you name it.. unwind from all the holiday stress!

Mwah to da sistahs who listen to me vent

Em

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sorry for the delay .. it’s been a tough weekend around here.. Jayden was a sicky.. had the stomach flu.. we are in the middle of moving.. BLECH..   Thank goodness for AJ monday where I can get my feelings down.. at least once a week I make the time.

The theme this week was to use WORDS that mean something to you at the moment of writing your page.. what you are thinking of at that moment.. let’s see what our AJ sistahs came up with!

This is Christy’s page

and corey’s page

and Deanna’s page

and Jenn’s page

and Lindabella’s page

and Shannanabella’s Tag

and Violet’s page

and my page.. had a bit of an OBSSESSION using letter stickers.. I am now OBSSESSED with the little stickers by LILY BEE that are PERFECT for journaling! They are JUST the right size and you get a kajillion on a sheet (the word MOTHERHOOD is using lily bee stickers).. *SIGH* I love product.   I am out of stock but getting more in in different colors shortly.. AMAZINK! 

here are the stickers.. SEE?? I wasn’t lyin’ when I said there was a KAJILLION lettahs on ONE SINGLE SOLITARY SHEET!

 thought I would leave you with a picture that will put a smile on your faces 🙂

I VOWED I would nEvAh dress my dog up.. but I couldn’t resist..LOL

All’s (lol) I have to say is LOL.

Next week’s theme is LETTERS and NUMBERS.. it could be random, an address, your good luck number and why?  jumbled letters etc…

Bellarific Friday’s theme is an ALL WHITE card.. k?  K?

Write me a comment.. make me happy 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who who wanna make da bella happy..

Em

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Hiya sistahs!

hope you had a great weekend.. I was “tending” to very sick kidlets all weekend.. it was no fun :(.. one is back in school and the other is pretending to sleep at home whilst playing his new ipod 🙂

Let’s discuss AJ MONDAY shall we?

This week’s theme was HEARTS.. per my little Jayden.. that was her request!

here we go!!!

now I am having issues with my blog.. not sure what is going on.. but bear with me k?

Christy’s page.. WELCOME CHRISTY!

Corey’s page

Deanna’s page

Jennifer’s page

Laura’s first entry to AJ monday! WOOHOO!!!

Leslie W’s PAGE.. 1st entry WOOHOO!

Lindabella’s page

Sheryl’s page

Violet’s page

and my page

used our new stampies 🙂  the GRUNGY KIT #1.. LOOOOOVE it! LOVE CROWNS and BARCODES 🙂

love the texture that the blotchy numbers give below!

LOOOVE AJ monday!  And I SOOOO love new sistahs gettin’ in on it..! Whoever is scared to try it, please please please give it a try! I promise you will love every minute you “mess around” (ohhh that don’t sound so good 😉 ).. in your journal!  I PROMISE YOU!

Next week’s theme……. WORDS.  When you sit down to work in your journal, document what words are coming to you at that moment.. what you are feeling.. and write them out.. decorate the letters.. stamp the words.. PLAY PLAY PLAY!

Mwah to da Artsy Fartsy sistahs!

Em

P.S.  Please don’t be scared that bella is changing styles :)… We embrace new styles of stampies but will NEVAH stop with da WHIMSY… I promise.. I love to colour too much and I LOOOOVE cute images… You just wait for what is in store for you!

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Hiya sistahs..

Hope you had a great weekend :).  I was  a frantic Bella on Saturday night refreshing my computer every 3 seconds in order to reserve my IPHONE 4S at a local store.. and it worked!! I got my phone and I am OHHHH SOOO VERYYY HAPPY…  SOOO HAPPY.  Other than that hung out at home.. had sushi twice.. watched my butt grow… watched a marathon of BIG BANG THEORY (don’t get me started.. I HOWL at that show.. literally).. all in all a GREAT weekend.  What did you do?  (LOL as if you are sitting right in front of moi.

Ok the theme for AJ monday this week was drawing a face.  I KNOW that I scared people off.. LOL  but I think it’s fun to see different perspectives and to really start practicing.. I know I need it.

So without further aDO.. and so I can start working on the RELEASE…. let’s BOOGIE!

Here is my face. I am SO happy with her. I am IRRITATED with the bubbles in the paper.. and I know why they are there. The gell medium I used was too heavy :(. She is now covering a new journal I "built".. and am thrilled with.Here is the journal.. and the PERFECT magazine collage piece to describe what will live in that journal. Still have a "chatroom" about the wrinkles.. LOL but trying to Embrace them...

 Sigh… da EYE CANDEE…..

Here’s Ebrubella’s page

Here’s Jennifer’s page

here’s Lindabella’s page

here is Lorie’s page

and Violet’s page

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Hiya sistahs..

I hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed every minute of it!  I had Paulabella and Jimafella here visiting and boy did we have a blast.  We celebrated BOTH of their birthdays .. mix media’d.. got a FRESH batch of cards.. laughed.. shopped.. ATE (hmph)… did EVERYTHING but PACK… (double hmph).

I have been reading over the internet about a very special woman who lost her battle with Cancer.. she was a fellow crafter, card maker, scrapbooker… Although I did not know her personally (she was a customer of ours), I was so terribly affected by her story, her suffering, her illness.  She was 40.. a wife, a mom.. I am so devastated over this.  If you would like to read more about her..  Cath Edvalson from Moxie Fab World wrote a beautiful ode to Katie.. Sistahs.. I am so touched by this. And so sad.  I just felt I had to share.

Hmph.

Ok.. trying to get more uplifted.. so let’s talk about AJ Monday.. Maybe I should AJ about her tonight.. I think I will.

This week’s theme was SQUARES.. Let’s see what da sistahs came up with!

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see what I mean?we were unable to see the face under DA FUR but now look what popped out after his grooming?

Ok back to bidniss.  I am writing this from my HOME computer now CUZ.. my work computer is still acting FRITZY.. you’re so lucky you are FAR FAR away from da BELLA right now… LOL  .. me not so happy.. would rather be on a HIKEY.. and you know how I feel about DAT.

AJ monday from last week… Last week’s theme was ANYTHING goes!

Corey's page

Here is my BLURRY page.. so along with a broken computer, my camera takes fuzzy pictures.. LOL.. has NOTHING to do with the stressed out operator...

Violet V's page

Ebrubella's page

Jennifer B's page

Lindabella's page

Pinky's page (aka. lori b)

Violet V.. please resend your entry!! I am unable to access it from my computer!! thank you 🙂

well that was da small AJ sistahood this week.  I expect LOTS more next monday where the theme is to use SQUARES in your layout.. they can be punched, hand cut, frames.. you name it..

Tomorrow it’s gossip day with da bella.. stuff I have been up to etc.. so stay TOONED.  HMMMM GOSSIP TOOSDAY..LOL just kiddinK

Em

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Hope you had a phenom weekend!  I was sick and miserable.. Was in bed for most of the weekend and was just not a happy camper.. 🙁  You will be able to “read between the lines” when you see my page…  Hoping this week starts on the right foot!

So this week’s theme was using a punch.. any which way you would like 🙂

Let’s take a look at what our AJ sistahs came up with!

Corey's page

Denabella's page.. she told me she took everything that was on her desk at that moment and punched all her scraps! great idea no?

this is my page.. SEE? I told you I was grumpy! LOL

here's a closeup of the top corner of my page.. i used a Martha Stewart border punch.. it just adds texture and interest to the page!

Jennifer B's page

Michelle G! finally took the plunge! Welcome sistah!

Lori (pinky dinky's) page

Shannanabella used ROSES AMONG US

Violet's page

Aren’t they gorgeous????

Ok next weeks’ theme is ANYTHING GOES!  Go crazy sistahs!!!!  Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Mwah to da sistahs who accept da bella EVEN when she is grumpy 🙂

Em

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