sistahs.. I have been playing around in between migraines and kidlets and boy did I have fun.. After experimenting in art journaling for the last 2+ years, I have figured out what I LOOOVE to do (i know I’m a little slow).. I LOOOVE collage.. there is something about vintage ephemera, embellishments.. the action of  ripping, cutting and placing “just so” that makes me giddy.  i LOOOOVE painting… layering… colour makes me HAPPY… I love STAMPING (imagine if I didn’t??? LOLOL)  and the fact that it makes me feel like an artist… it’s so magical and of course I love everything else.. hmph.  But I am trying to be more focused and concentrating on what I really LOVE to do… LOL.. which is all of the above.

anywayyyyy… I digress.  Just wanted to show you a little som’n som’n I made using our brand new LANTERN FLOWERS (I LOOOOOVE THEM SOOOO MUCH!!!).   One of my suppliers gave me these teeny tiny weeny winy blocks of wood wrapped in canvas.. I think they are 4*4′  She had no idea what to do with them so she gave them to me.  Not only are they great to hang up.. but they can just sit there too.. I LOOOVE them.

it's honestly so much nicer in person 🙂

So really sistahs.. are stampies only for cards?  Nope.  there’s LOTSA things to do with them…

What have you used your stamps for (other than cards)?

Mwah

Em

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because

(1)  I am working on a GINORMOUS release

(2) I am working on a GINORMOUS release

(3) and because I LOVEY you I am working on a GINORMOUS RELEASE

wanna see it?

hehehe

let me know….

waiting…

did you comment yet?

mwah.

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I TOLLLD YOU!  If you don’t know what “FRESH” means.. please refer to THIS POST

Now for this morning’s text..

Happy Monday everyone!

AJ MONDAY comin’ right up (hold the mayo.. cuz it’s FRESH)

Em

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Hiya sistahs!  I just wanted to share a mixed media piece I have been working on … I lock myself in my craft room in the basement (which has now EXPANDED into the rest of the basement) and I paint and I splatter and I draw… I have the best time doing it… Now my art journaling has morphed into canvases..LOL.. soon it will be murals.. LOL!  So when I tell you to get out your paints.. and just let go.. I really mean it.  WHO CARES what it looks like… I don’t really love to show my work here but hey.. I have to practice what I preach right? right.  So here is my mother and daughter piece.  I really wanted a friendship piece but these came out instead..LOL.  Next will be a friendship piece! (unless something else comes out of course.. I always start out with the best of intentions)… I actually write on my canvases first before I start layering.. a little secret message.. a little piece of me.. and then I become the equivalent of COOKIE MONSTER with paint… “NAM NAM NAM NAM NAM.. ”  (that’s cookie monster eating the cookies in case you didn’t know..LOL)

*sigh*  I loved making them..

I FINALLY went to a dermatologist today about my hands.. any of my local sistahs will know that I have been suffering from what I thought was excema all over my hands – SO painful.    I walk into this office and I thought I was in the FOUR SEASONS spa.  I saw a waterfall.. and then I see an estheticians office.. then i see PRODUCT.. (insert NAM NAM noise again here).. The doctor started  taking all these pictures of my hands immediately.. I say to him ” am I a BEFORE SHOT?”.. he started laughing and says .. “basically”.  He says to me that I have ACUTE dermatitis and he wants to PROVE to me that he can make me better.. So then, he lays it on me.  There is a new pill out that deals specifically with dermatitis on the hands… He said it’s a miracle!  And then he says it’s $1000/month (hopefully my insurance covers this… or else.. no NAM NAM for a long time..LOL).  I asked him if this $1000 included MAJOR weight loss and BOTOX.. he said not so much.  hmph.  I will need this magic pill for 4 months..

Then, to add insult to injury I decided to visit the esthetician so she can sell me some facial care products (which she successfully did thankyouverymuch) and she examined my skin and said that I have busted capillaries and I should really consider laser to remove them for a mere $350/session and I need 6.  I told her I was very close and cuddly with my capillaries, and was not prepared to separate from them… thankyouverymuch  (I like that thankyouverymuch bidniss)…

Anyway.. that’s my NUGGET for today…  so please place orders so I can buy my happy pills?  THANKYOUVERYMUCH.   (just kiddinK)

Mwah to da sistahs who will be VEHERRRY annoyed with my new thankyouverymuches

Em

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Meet Ramona.. a new family member to Bella :).. what on EARTH could she be dragging behind her?

And  UPTOWN GIRLS Patty and Dottie.. Dottie is naughty.. she’s making rabbit ears behind Patty’s head.. hmph.  sounds like a Friend I WANNA have! LOL 🙂  Wait til you see them in all their glory.. OUTSTANDING….

Stay TOONED.

mwah.

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I was FORBIDDEN to walk my kids to their first day of school today because I would make them too sad and it would be “UNBEARABLE” mummy if you come… LOL.  I mean I don’t get it.. just because I was bawling my HEAD off.. does that mean that I would make it “UNBEARABLE?”.. So my baby is now in Grade one.. and my eldest is in grade 4… I know it is SO boring for people to read these personal posts.. but let’s pretend it’s my “text” journal today.. rather than my art journal..

Here are the kidlets… Tyler was kinda sad so I had to tell them to say a “swear word” in front of the camera so they would laugh… it worked!

just remembah sistahs.. one is NEVAH too old for HELLO KITTY 🙂

the walk to school.. including Frankie lol

thank you for letting me share my little sniffing episode

mwah to da sistahs who can CONTROL their SNIFFS

Em

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I wanted to introduce the wonderful MELANIE BLACKBURN! I absolutely fell in love with her work and I know that you will too!  Go take a looky at her bloggypoo and you will see what I mean, jellybean 🙂

Here’s a little bio about Melanie

“Hello, my name is Melanie Blackburn and I live in beautiful Ottawa, Canada with my husband, Daniel, and our beautiful daughters Danika and Brianna.  I’ve been scrapbooking since April 2005 and my main source of inspiration is my family.  I love everything about this hobby, from taking the perfect picture, to finding the perfect paper and preserving memories for the generations to come.  Scrapbooking is a method of relaxation for me, after a hectic day; I look forward to having some time to myself to create.  I am more of a “moment” scrapper as opposed to an “event” scrapper.  O wpi;d describe my style as eclectic with an accent on details.  I am very passionate about this hobby and I am thrilled to be desigining for Emily and to be a Bellarific Scrapping Babe!”

So please go visit Melanie and tell her I say HI..LOL

Now I will share a layout I worked on yesterday 🙂 .. it’s of my little Jayden.

I love mixing papers.. used Jillibean soup, Basic Grey Nook and Pantry and Bella Boulevard.. Tim Holts mini film strip ribbon (LOVE IT) and Nook and pantry stitched brads, and GOLDIELOCKS baubles . Also used Hambly GOLD rubons and of course, the PIECE de RESISTANCE, our CAPTURE THE MOMENTS stamp 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who LOVEY da GOLDDDD

Em

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