We have created a brand new “BLINKIE”..  It’s stunning if I do say so myself.. makes me all warm and fuzzy

take a looky at it on the bottom left of the screen.

no not there.

a little lower…

higher..

YA RIGHT THERE!  With da butterfly flying! LOL.  If you read my blog and have a blog, would LOVE for you to share the love 🙂

It doesnt take much to make me excited obviously.  hmph.

Now just to let you know that AJ TOOSDAY will be back in full swing next week!  The theme is anything goes so splash, mark, paint, drip, tear, stick to your hearts content.  Let it out sistahs!

If you have sent me an entry already, please email me the entry again if you don’t mind !

Here is one wood panel I have been working on.. just to inspire you a little 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who love inspiration.. oh and blinkies 🙂

And I will leave you with one of my most FAVORITEST songs of all time…  I heard it in the car while I was doing one of my daily drives for one of my children and was singing it at the top of my lungs!

What’s your favorite song??  I need some new ones on my playlist!

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Hiya sistahs!  I am typing under a ton of orders.. we are trying to get everything out ASAP!! so please bear with us 🙂

Now for some inspiration…

We have our bellaTASTIC challenge over at Splitcoast and hoping you will join us.  We have GORGEOUS entries so far which I will share with you just to motivate you too!  The winnah will receive $20 in bella bucks to spend.. how’s DAT for motivation?

this challenge is called “A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS”… NO sentiment.. let the image do the talking!

Let’s look at some entries shall we?

Kimabella used UPTOWN GIRL QUINN

Vickibella used COSMOBELLA

Vickibella used CUPCAKE THIEF

Olga used JAVABELLAS

Olga used LULU LOVES POPPIES

Susy used GINGER KETTO

and here's another version by Susy

Pami used UPTOWN GIRL POSH

violet used UPTOWN GIRL POSH

"ktownon" used UPTOWN GIRL MOLLY

Margo used PREGAPEEP

How fun are these???  i KNEW you would love them 🙂

If you would like info on this challenge you can just click here and go to our forum 🙂

Don’t forget Bellarific Friday this Friday using this inspiration sketch 🙂

mwah!

Em

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I am A TERRRIBLE Bloggista… I feel HORRIBLE but I must admit very quietly that I did enjoy some of my time off 🙂

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY new year to my sistahs… I can’t believe we have known eachother for 7 ish years already.. it’s crazy!  Would love to hear what you have been up to craft wise.. inspire me!

We had a great couple of weeks.. we went to Niagara falls with the kidlets and 2 other couples.. shopped, hung out.. ATE.  and ATE.. and ATE.. hmph.  So of course what do you think my next sentence is gonna be?

FRESHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!  LOL

new year, new diet, new promises… lots of resolutions.. that I ACTUALLY WROTE DONE and will tick off as I tackle them… learning new things, releasing the most amazing innovative images, (losing weight but thatsa given)… meeting new people, reuniting with old friends.. creating new products.. being nicer (lol), healthier, MINDFUL.. happier with “less”.. etc etc.  what are some of your resolutions?  hmmmm?

Ok so i mentioned a release didn’t I… Not only is it a release happening soon… but it is a release happening TOMORROW…LOL.. and if you have visited some of the baberoonis’ blogs, you may have gotten a glimpse or two… but I will show you a couple now k?  ready? k!

So I have been obssessed for a long time with Audrey Hepburn.  I think she was one of the most stylish, elegant and beautiful women ever to have existed and I wanted to create a line, or character that reminds me of her… and of course in Uptown Style.

When I showed our artist my favorite image of Audrey I couldn’t believe my eyes as to how she has replicated the “feel” of the image and of course “THE HAT”.  This hat has haunted me for years.. the double bow.. the GORGEOUSNESS.. and here is is…

So here is my inspiration for the following image…

is she not GORGEOUS?  is that hat not LUXURIOUS?… sigh…

well here is “uptown girl AUDREY loves her makeup”

Cathabella made a GORGEOUS card.. just puts you in da mood to put a little blushypoo on no? oh and that Audrey quote?  LOVE.  it is included in the new mounted set to be released tomorrow 🙂

see the hat???? SEEEE?????

Ok one more… YES we listened and realized we needed a DOWNTOWNER man to go with our UPTOWNIE lady..  meet Brenda and Brett… by Paulineabella

ok I think that’s ENOUGH excitement for a day, no?

So didjamiss me?

Do you lovey da new images?

Talk to me SISTAHSSSSSSS!

mwah.

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and da WINNAH will be announced TOMORROW!  Stay tuned for our next splitcoast challenge and I want to thank ALL DA SISTAHS who participated this last month!

ok ready to see more eye candy?  let’s go!

oh and if you see your card here, please say hi in the comments.. would love to hear from you!

Margojean used DIPLOMABELLA

Margojean used HUGGYBELLAS

Cindy Canada used BABYCARRIAGEABELLA

Cindy Canada used UPTOWN GIRL PERRY ON HER LAPTOP

Cindy Canada used GOLFAFELLA

Cindy used UPTOWN GIRL CLAUDIA

Danabella used Millie and Milo exchanging gifts

Kathi R used UPTOWN GIRL WINONA LOVES WINTER

Yummalish or what?

Now for some of our Bella Babe inspiration!

Carlabella used our HAPPY SILHOUETTES here.. 2 out of 3 of them.. I just love these 🙂 and the MABEL IS REACHING FOR THE STARS sentiment

and here’s the inside using another happy silhouette

Cathabella used REINDEER CIRCLE and our LARGE MERRY CHRISTMAS sentiment

Amandabella used LULU LOVES POPPIES (have I mentioned that this is one of my most FAVORITEST stamps?)

Angelabella used TEDDYBELLA

Danabella used RAMONA LOVES TO GLIDE

Elaineabella used several uptownies for this card :): Victoria and Juliette, Madison and Pattie and Dottie

Kimabella used UPTOWN GIRL AVA

Marybella used UPTOWN GIRL POSH

Paulineabella used UPTOWN GIRL BUBBLES

Regabella used our HAPPY SILHOUETTES

Vickabella used ARTSY HOUSE

Phew!  I need a break..LOL.  Is this post not worth the 2-3 hour effort? LOL.  I think so! PHENOM work from da BABEROONIS and da SISTAHOOD!

Don’t forget…

Tomorrow is ART JOURNAL WENNNNSDAY… COLLAGE is the theme.. so get crackin.. take some time for yourself to play!

Also, don’t forget to post a comment on the above post for a chance to win double bucks for commentaytin ($20!)..

Mwah to da sistahs who need to wipe da DROOL

Em

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hiya sistahs!

how was your weekend?  I am still coughing up a lung and a half.. it ain’t pretty sitting next to me 🙁

I have “doubled up the bucks” for contributing to bellarific friday this week  AND for commenting on the bellarific friday post…. SO come ONNNNN whatcha waitin’ for?

So I am moving AJ toosday to tomorrow.. so if ya wanna play along.. i’ll wait for ya k?

Today I am going to feature some entries for our SPLITCOAST challenge going on!  Now forgive me as I don’t have real names.. I am just posting everyone’s ALIAS… how mysterious.. so if you see your card posted here.. why not say HELLO and let us know who you really are.  The funny thing is that I believe our DT is mixed in here and I don’t even know their aliases.. I am so sharp that way..LOL.  So SAY HELLO so I don’t feel like a FOO’ (I like that better than FOOL..LOL)

Ok here we go.. ready?

UPTOWN GIRL EVE by WAHIXANE ( I can see it's OLIVIA from the signature.. i'm smart that way)

CURLY SURPRISEABELLA by cr8iveme (MARY)

uptown girls VICTORIA and JULIETTE by ANGELABELLA

kanatanewf used CUPCAKE WITH HOLLY ON TOP

Leslie used FROSTIER

Sinclair used UPTOWN GIRL POSH

Leokc34 used WREATHABELLA

Pami X used UPTOWN GIRL QUINN IN HER BOOTS

Angelabella used BEEMINE HUGGABUGG

Olivia used UPTOWN GIRL FLORA

Doggonecrafts used PENGUIN WITH GIFT

Kimabella used EVERYDAY PRINCESS

Peggy used Perk Me Up Peeps

How amazing are these cards??? I LOVE the turnout and hope that YOU TOO will participate!

you can read what you need to do HERE

Mwah to da sistahs who LOVEY to be inspired

mwah

Em

*cough* *choke* *gurgle*

not so pretty bella

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Hiya sistahs!

I thought today was a good day to post some inspiring cards.. no?  Ya.. it’s that kinda day.  and tomorrow is Bellarific Friday!! Have you submitted your card yet?? hmmmmm?

ready? set?  here we gooooo!

Cathabella used UPTOWN GIRL POSH in her card

Carlabella used LITTLE BIRDIE JANE

Danabella used REINDEER AND A BIRDIE

Elaineabella used UPTOWN GIRL CHARLIE on her CHIMNEY

Marybella used WHAT'S COOKIN'

Paulineabella used THE HAPPY FAMILY\

Here's Regabella's card using JAVA SPILLS

Vickibella used OLIVIA in her card

I also picked a card from our SPLITCOAST gallery :).. Random and gorgeous using BRANCHING OUT OWLIES.. this is Pia’s card.  Pia if you are out there, please say hi!

gorgeous inspiration for a thursday no???

Ok off to workkkkk

mwah

Em

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I Love looking at my baberooni’s blogs and seeing gorgeous pieces of art 🙂  In case you haven’t gone to their blogs (which I urge you to do),  take a looky at a few samples here to get your creative juices flowing… (I’m drowning in mine..LOL)

*** JUST A LITTLE NOTE!  We are looking for some SPLITCOAST / SOCIAL MEDIA bellarific babes.  Take a looky here to see if you qualify.. and if you do, send your info my way!  This is our first “open call”.. so take advantage!**

I Just sat down quickly to use my new JAVA SPILLS stamp (which I LOVE) to make a background for a card.. I used Distress ink and a water brush to SHMOOSH the ink (YES shmoosh is a technical term..LOL)… I used some sharpies to add some dots and a copic multiliner to write my sentiment.  Sentiments are great to purchase as rubber stamps.. but sometimes you just can’t find the right one.. know what I mean, bean?  I recommend writing it.. making your card a little more personal 🙂  remember : IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE PERFECT!! repeat that after me “IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE PERFECT”.. K.  I think you got it.

Carlabella is BACK and here’s an inspiring card using our THINKING BIRDS stamp and the sentiment that goes with MABEL REACHES for the STARS

and of course what’s the OUTSIDE card of Carla’s without the INSIDE..LOL

Paulineabella used uptown girl PERRY on her LAPTOP

Elaineabella used our POLAROID FRAME here and UPTOWN GIRL QUINN and her BOOTS

Marybella used UPTOWN GIRL POSH and her PRESENTS

Vickibella used PREGAPEEP

Cathabella used HAT and MITTS

Danabella used LULU’S SNOWMAN

Is that inspiring or what?

Now I was thinkin’… if you, da sistahood upload your cards in the splitcoast gallery , I would LOVE to showcase YOUR card on our blog.. I think  I may do these on wednesdays 🙂  .. I will go scouting for some goodies and check back and see if your card shows up here!

Mwah to da sistahs who are feeling INSPIRED.

Em

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They are in.

They are LUSCIOUS.

THEY ARE DIVINE.

THEY ARE OUR NEW RELEASE in our NEW EXCLUSIVE ROBIN’S EGG BLUE colour

AND THEY ARE MOUNTED.  They may even be EDIBLE.. they are SOOO bright.. like candies (you can’t tell in the picture)

Enjoy and thank you for your patience my sistahs!

This is our NEW RELEASE ONLY.. and the rest of the stampies are being worked on 🙂

Mwah.

P.S. I forgotted about da leaves.

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Ok first of all sistahs, if you haven’t posted a comment on the post below, please do and you can win a QUINN (hey I rhymed-ed)..  Contest closes tonight and I will announce da WINNAH tomorrow on Bellarific Friday… Speaking of BELLARIFIC friday….. did you all get my silent “nudge”?  Ok.. when have I ever been silent.. my OBVIOUS nudge.  If you haven’t submitted, whatcha waitin’ fo?  You have til tomorrow morning to send it to me.. k?  And just a remindaH, you can win $2o in bella bucks if you contribute!

here is the sketch for tomorrow (as another tres subtle NUDGE)

And here is a first layer of a painting I was working on this morning.. you know, some people run on the treadmill as a morning exercise… I just paint..LOL.  Oh and P.S. I am in a CHOCOLATE COMA.. can you say BYE BYE diet? LOL

Oh and here’s a picture of Jayden in her costume.. Ryan and I could not stop laughing because the JAW of this mask juts out and every time she bobbed her head, it shook.. guess you had to be HERE.. LOL.. Oh and I reminded her that she FINALLY inherited mommy’s hair..LOL

Ok and here is the first layer of my new painting.. I am practicing being FREEEE… and making my MARK… and just having fun.. being fully led by colour and innocence and naivete.  Will show you the progress as it progresses..LOL

Mwah to my sistahs who feel my cyber NUDGE

Em

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