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It’s Bellarific Friday! on FRIDAY! And one of my new obssessions/passions

aside from stamping and journaling and painting and stamping again and collecting and and and  …..

I am obssessed with… you ready?  An age old natural product… essential oils.  They are my BEST BEST friends.. I cannot begin to tell you about how much they have helped my family..Like FOR REALS.  THEY CHANGED ME.. and they changed my WHOLE FAMILY.. even the male non-believer.. I’m not mentioning any names..lol.   They are in my purse at all times  from  headaches.. to tummy aches.. to nausea to just needing a boost.. these are my heros!  You know me.. I NEVER mention anything I don’t firmly believe in.  I NEVER do.  These I have been using for the past 6 months and I am ready to SCREAM from the top of my lungs to anyone who will listen (LOL)  about how these have worked for me!  I loved them so much, I bought a starter kit from Gold Bee and the rest is history.  the BEST investment of my life.. and such fun research to see what I can use when :).. If you would love to hear more about this, just email me or message me on facebook or ask in the comments below 🙂 it would be my pleasure!  I am also thinking I may include one day of the week devoted to a combo I discovered, a single oil and what it has done for me :)..  I guess when I love something so much I feel the need to shove it down your throats so you do it with me.. is that SO wrong? LOL.  You can just call me ESSENtiabella n’k?

Ok enough about my new obssession.. ok never enough but enough for now. LOL.

Let’s discuss this week’s bellarific Friday shall we?  our theme this week was a COLOUR CHALLENGE!

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Let’s see what our amazing BABEROONIS have come up with shall we?

amyRAbella

AmyRabella used FLOWER GARDEN

angelabella

Angelabella used SPIT HAPPENS

danabella

Danabella used HELGA the HOT CHICK

kerribella

Kerribella used our Stamp of the Month GRACIE!

sandiebella

Sandiebella used our Stamp of the month GRACIE!

tracymacabella

TracyMACabella used MIMI the CHICK misses you

Seriously.  I think I need a little essential oil to ground me after seeing these cards.  They are STUNNING!  the team has outdone themselves!

And now for our AMAZING sistahood!  Which has grown, I might add 🙂  So WELCOME to da NEW SISTAHS!

barb

Barb used UPTOWN GIRL BAILEY has a BABY

bonnie1

Bonnie used Uptown COUPLE Emily and Ryan under the UMBRELLA

cynthia

Cynthia used Uptown girl AVA

lizrobinson

Liz used uptown girl MARCELLA

margo

Margo used WIZ

patricia

Patricia used UPTOWN GIRL POSH

sandie O

Sandie O used Uptown girl AUDREY

stephanie

Stephanie used uptown girl WINNIE

What an Amazing roundup sistahs!! So proud!!

Now for next week’s theme? a SKETCHYPOO!

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Don’t forget to get your entries to me by next Thursday ! can’t wait sistahs!

 

oh and did I mention a 30+ release?  3 new collections..  a BRAND NEW artist.. OMG I’m palpitating as I talk about it.. *ahem* I know there’s an oil for that!

Mwah to da sistahs who wanna try something new!

Em

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s Bellarific Friday on SUNDAY sistahs!

Ohboy… I bet you aren’t jealous of me sistahs.. just moved homes and it was TORTURE! LOL.  I was in the midst of such disaster you couldn’t imagine.  But NOW… my computer was finally set up at midnight last night and I am ready to BOOGIE.

So without further ADOOOO… Let’s get started with Bellarific Friday shall we?  We have some new sistahs contributing… we have a full house today.  Grab a coffee and let’s go!

This week’s theme was a SKETCHYPOO

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Let’s first see what our Baberoonis came up with shall we?

AmyRabella

AmyRabella used UPTOWN GIRLS FELICITY AND BLAIR

angelabella

Angelabella used SENIORITA MILLICENT

danabella

Danabella used “CLINK”

kerribella

Kerribella used ONE OF MY PEEPS

Lesliebellaoutside

Lesliebella used UPTOWN GIRL POSH

sandiebella

Sandiebella used RAMONA LOVES CAKE

stephabella

Stephabella used UPTOWN GIRL LILY LOVES LAUNDRY

tracybella1

Tracybella used UPTOWN GIRL REBECCA LOVES TO READ

tracymacabella

TracyMACabella used SENIORITAS MILDRED and MAUDE

Are these DROOLWORTHY or WHAT? LOL

Now for our AMAZING sistahood!

Diana

Diana used a KAJILLION (lol) Uptownies including pippa, felicity and blair, lucille, vienna, faith, Posh, Ava and OPAL! WOWZA!!!

fay

Fay used UPTOWN GIRL LUCILLE

lucy

Lucy used UPTOWN GIRL FLORA

margo

Margo used “CLINK”

Pauline

Pauline used CHICKS RULE

sandieO

Sandie O. used Uptown girl MAYBELLINE

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Sharon used Uptown girl Faith the FAIRY

stephanie

Stephanie used Uptown girl LOLLY and her BROLLY

tricia

Tricia used Uptown girl QUINN

wanda

Wanda used Uptown girl LUCILLE

whitney

Whitney used UPTOWN COUPLE BRETT and BRENDA

Now SERIOUSLY.. can a BELLARIFIC FRIDAY get any BETTAH???

Next week’s theme? (friday Jan 23) is a COLOUR CHALLENGE! WOOHOO!

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Don’t forget to use a CURRENT BELLA IMAGE and incorporate these colours any way it inspires you!

Can’t wait to see your creations!

Mwah to da sistahs who were having Bellarific WITHDRAWAL 🙂

Em

 

 

It’s CUH-RAZY TOOSDAY sistahs!

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Today and every FIRST Tuesday of every month, we will be HEAVILY discounting some of our stamps!  It’s a surprise every month!

 

Today we have 3 of our most popular stamps on sale!

 

Uptown girl Bubbles was 10.00- TODAY ONLY $3.29

Uptown girl AUDREY loves MAKEUP- was 12.99 NOW $4.29

Uptown girl WINONA loves WINTER- was $11.99 NOW $3.99

 

This is a great opportunity to buy gifts or to add to your own collection!

Stay connected with us on FB and Instagram and TWITTER for exciting and exlusive updates!

We are going to REALLY spoil you this year!

 

MWAH!

Em

it’s Bellarific Friday and it’s ALLLLL about Gracie!

Hiya sistahs!  Hope you had a great week 🙂

We have an AMAZING PHENOMALISH Bellarific Friday for you today!  Our stamp of the month this month is Gracie and she’s 20% off all month!  We will be featuring a stamp of the month every month and our Baberoonies will feature a card with the stamp.  You are going to LOOOOVE this idea.. wait till you see the roundup!

Ok so without further ado… here’s our BABEROONIS Gracie cards!

We will start with our newest member of our team , KERRIBELLA!

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Here’s AmyRabella’s card

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Angelabella’s card

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Danabella’s card

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and the inside

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Here’s Lesliebella’s card

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and the inside

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Stephabella’s card

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Tracybella’s card

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TracyMACabella’s card

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and my card WOOHOO!

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Are you inspired by Gracie??? I sure am!

Now for our AMAZING sistahood!  AMAZING!  and a HUGE welcome to our new contributors!

The theme for our sistahood was ANYTHING GOES

cynthiaR

Cynthia used UPTOWN GIRL BENTLEY

Fay used WIZ

fay

Helen used Ramona and Teddy in a Balloon (this image will be coming back soon!)

helen

Helene used Uptown girl Brynn has a BABY SHOWER

helene

Jo Ann used GRACIE

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Lucy used UPTOWN GIRL FLORA

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Margo used Uptown girl FARRAH

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our former BABEROONI, Paulineabella used SENIORITA MILLICENT

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Pinky used Ramona shares her HOT CHOCOLATE

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Are these amazing or what?  I love all of you.  I really really do!

Next week’s theme?

Our first SKETCHYPOO of 2015!

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Make sure you use a current Bella image and fit it into the sketch and you’re good to go!

Mwah to da sistahs who will participate!

Em

 

 

 

 

 

It’s TOOSDAY sistahs!

I have been gone WAY too long.  I PROMISE this won’t EVAH happen again!  It’s been crazy!  Kids have been off for 2 + weeks.. we are in the midst of moving homes.. don’t ask.  It AINT PRETTY. LOL

So I will try my best to be around but as of February, I will be around A LOT.  You may even get sick of me LOL.  I am around on Facebook and Instagram though so if you follow me there, you should be able to see what I have been up to !

Ok so I wanted to announce this week’s theme as Bellarific Friday resumes THIS FRIDAY! WOOHOO!

This week’s theme is ****ANYTHING GOES*** so if you did any bella crafting this holiday, send it in (as long as it is a current image!).. Would LOVE to see what you have been up to!

So here are some NEW ideas we have come up with for 2015.   We are always open to new ideas so please share your ideas in the comments below!

We will  be having a STAMP OF THE MONTH every month where we offer that one stamp for 20% off retail price!  This week da BABES are working on our GRACIE image!  Wait til you see what they come up with this Friday showcasing the adorable image!  Gracie is now offered at 20% off 🙂

We will also be having CRAZY TUESDAYS ! Every 1st TUESDAY of the month I will be featuring some stamps at a CRAZY RIDICULOUS price!  Could be 1, 2, 3, 10 stamps.. you will have to check on that particular TUESDAY.  our first CRAZY TUESDAY will be NEXT TUESDAY, Jan. 14th.  The prices for these stamps will be valid for 24 HOURS only!

I also wanted to welcome a new BABEROONI to our team.  Her name is Kerri Boucher and I have known her forevah!  She used to come to our store.. shop til she dropped.. took classes.. and she has come a long way !  Her cards are BEEYOOTIFUL and I know you will love her as much as I do.  you can check out her blog HERE.  Please give her a WARM SISTAHOOD welcome here or on her blog.  I know she will love it 🙂

If there’s anything you would like to see on the blog, again, let me know.. was  thinking about favorite tools, art journaling, collaging… I will be doing videos too but let me know!

MWAH to da sistahs who have their thinking caps on 🙂

Em

It’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY SISTAHS!

And I finally finished announcing all of the winnahs from our sneak peeks in October.. so you can scan back to those posts and email me if you’re a winnah!

This is our last Bellarific Friday of 2014!

Our challenge this week  is a SKETCH!

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Let’s see what our Baberoonis came up with shall we?

I actually participated this week and I hope that I can participate every week in the new year!  I showed progress of this image.. coloring etc on Instagram and Facebook and I couldn’t let it “go to waste” LOL

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Here I used our “MILK AND COOKIES” image… I just love them! (don’t tell anybody but I didn’t have any mounting squares for that heart.. I had to cut a corner of a sponge LOL.  Call me MACGYVER)

amyrabella

AmyRabella used SMARTY CAT

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Here’s the inside of Amy’s card using the mini stamps included in the set!

angelabella

Angelabella used UPTOWN GIRL LUCILLE

danabella

Danabella used UPTOWN GIRL PAISLEY has a PREZZIE

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and the inside

lesliebella

Lesliebella used UPTOWN GIRL CLAUDIA has a CANDY

stephabella

Stephabella used DOWNTOWN GUY CALVIN loves his COMPUTER

tracybella

Tracybella used MILES IN WINTER

tracymacabella

Tracymacabella used CHRISTMAS SOLDIERS

SO. AMAZING.

 

Now for our amazing SISTAHOOD!

fay

Fay used UPTOWN GIRL LUCILLE

lucy

Lucy used UPTOWN GIRL QUINN

margo

Margo used UPTOWN GIRL FARRAH loves FLASHDANCE

Such GORGEOUS cards!!!

 

I will let you know the date and our actual first challenge here on the blog so stay tuned sistahs!!

Mwah to da sistahs who will miss Bellarific Fridays for the next coupla weeks!

Em

 

 

It’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY sistahs!

WOOHOO! And we are BURIED in snow ovah HEE-AH

here’s da PROOF LOL

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So I am staying in… keeping warm.. and writing this post with my BIG cuppa JAVA.

We have new banners on the website.. I am going to try to change them pretty frequently.. it’s my way to communicate with all of YOU! They are a lot of fun to create.  You can find them at the top of our website here

We also have gift certificates available if you don’t know what to buy that special stamper in your life 🙂

 

*** I FORGOT TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNAH FOR OCTOBER CONTRIBUTOR TO BELLARIFIC FRIDAY!***

WINNER IS STEPHANIE!  PLEASE EMAIL ME AND I WILL SEND YOU YOUR VOUCHAH!

 

Someone was kind enough to mention that that I did not mention the winners from our release on the blog!  Im an airheadabella!  Please check older posts over the weekend and I will be announcing the winners there in RED at the top of the post

 

Ok so this week’s theme is very “A PROPOS” to the weather here in Toronto.. lol.. just stick Ryan and Jayden in the inspiration pic below and they could be identical! LOL

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Let’s see what our baberoonis came up with shall we?

angelabella

Angelabella used the sentiment from BUDDY AND JOLLY for a clean and simple card!

danabella

Danabella used HOW TO MAKE A SNOWMAN

lesliebella

Lesliebella used SNOW PALS

sandiebella

Sandiebella used VALERIE WITH SNOWBALL

stephabella

stephabella used uptown girl QUINN

tracybella

Tracybella used PENGUIDEER

Ramona-1

Tracymacabella used MISTER PENGUIN GOES FOR A RIDE

** SIGH***

Now for our inspirational Sistahood!

dianabanash

Diana used UPTOWN GIRL BENTLEY in such a clever way! Took off the balloons and made her reach for the top of her tree!

fay

Fay used UPTOWN GIRL QUINN

lucy

Lucy used UPTOWN GIRL QUINN

margo

Margo used UPTOWN GIRL SAVANNAH

GORGEOUSNESS!

Now for next week’s challenge?

OUR LAST CHALLENGE for 2014!!! let’s end it with a BANGEROONI!

A sketchypoo

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Mwah to da sistahs who will miss Bellarific fridays until 2015!

Em

COLORMAPS have finally arrived!

Well.. We finally figured out how to link them to an image online LOL.. took about 3 months.

What is a Colormap?  A Colormap is basically a map of our images and which Copic marker colors Elaineabella used when she coloured them.  It is not just exclusive to Copics, however.  Looking at these maps can inspire you to use the color combinations in any medium you use when coloring our images!  That’s what I love so much about these little treasures!

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For more information on how you are eligible to receive these colormaps, read HERE

Now these colormaps are available for current images only.  I will be going through orders from October onwards  and sending you your color maps based on the orders you placed.  This is a WORK IN PROGRESS LOL and will take me a while to complete.  so please bear with me!

I can’t wait for you tol see how useful these Colormaps are!

I hope you enjoy them!

MWAH

Em

It’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY SISTAHS!

Hope you had a great week!  Our sale last week was OUTTA control and I thank YOU for that :).. All orders should be on their way to you or if not yet, very soon!

Let’s share who won our $50 GC for contributing in NOVEMBER shall we?

Winner is:

FAY!  Fay you win!  Please email me for your vouchah!

Keep contributin’ sistahs for your chance to win!   Please note that our VOUCHAH amount has been reduced to $25 per month (starting this month DECEMBER).  We want to have more and more contests coming so we need to share the funds!…so stay tuned!

Ok let’s talk BELLARIFIC FRIDAY!  you are in for SUCH a treat! OMG.. the cards are outstanding! (do I say this every week? LOL)

Our challenge this week is a sketch!

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let’s see what our baberoonis came up with!

amyRabella

AmyRabella used UPTOWN GIRL SAVANNAH has a STAR

angelabella

Angelabella used HULA CHICK

danabella

Danabella used FROSTIER

lesliebella

Lesliebella used BUDDY and JOLLY

sandiebella

Sandiebella used UPTOWN GIRL SAVANNAH has a STAR

stephabella

Stephabella used UPTOWN GIRL Rebecca loves to READ

tracymacabella

Tracymacabella used CHRISTMAS MOUSE

tracyvalure

Tracybella used SNOW PALS

 

NOMNOM.. I love these cards!!

Now for our talented sistahood!

margo

Margo used UPTOWN GIRL SAVANNAH has a STAR

stephanie

Stephanie used UPTOWN GIRL LUCILLE

 

Now for next week’s challenge?

an inspiration photo!  Use the colours.. the shapes.. anything that inspires you in this pic and use a current bella stamp.  Send your project over to me by Thursday and I will post on Friday!

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Mwah to da sistahs who are feeling inspired!

Em

 

 

Last sale of 2014! Happy Thanksgiving, Cyber Monday and HAPPY BELLARIFIC FRIDAY! :)

Hiya sistahs!

It’s snowing here in Toronto, and what better way of cheering ME up is to make my sistahs excited and HAPPY :).  This is our first REAL American Thanksgiving having moved to the U.S in October so we wanted to celebrate for REALS.   We are having our last sale of 2014 where the WHOLE STORE is 20% off!!  This is a great opportunity to stock up for yourself, or for family and friends 🙂

Simply use coupon code: appreciate2014 at the end of your order and *POOF* 20% off the total will disappear.  I am now trying this code business with my weight.  If I enter my ideal weight will it *POOF* and disappear too? hmph.   So I hope you take advantage and enjoy taking advantage of this discount as much as I enjoy giving it 🙂

And we have LOTS to look forward to in January.  I have a BRAND NEW line coming out which you will F-A-I-N-T and S-W-O-O-N over.  I promise…  It’s insanely adorable.  Trust da bella ok?

 

Now for this week’s Bellarific Friday!

Our theme was “HOLIDAY WISHES” .. free to interpret as you wish 🙂

Let’s see what our BABEROONIS came up with shall we?

amyRabella

AmyRabella used REINDEER with BIRDIE.. this card has such a vintage-y feel to it 🙂

angelabella

Angelabella used VALERIS with SNOWMAN

danabella

Danabella used VALERIE with SNOWMAN

elaineabella

Elaineabella used MISTER PENGUIN goes for a RIDE

lesliebella

Lesliebella used SENIORITA ERMA

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and the INSIDE.. one of my most FAVORITEST quotes EVAH

sandiebella

Sandiebella used SNOW PALS

stephabella

Stephabella used UPTOWN GIRL SAVANNAH has a STAR

tracybella

Tracybella used CHRISTMAS SOLDIERS

tracymacabella

TracyMACabella used Uptown girl POSH has a PRESENT

 

Are you DROOOOOOLING yet?  cuz I AM!!!  What a roundup to celebrate our Sale! LOL

Now for our AMAZING sistahood!

fay

Fay used uptown girls THE THREE AMIGAS

lizrobinson

Liz used UPTOWN GIRL FAITH the FAIRY

margo

Margo used UPTOWN GIRL QUINN

Nastaran used ALLBOXEDUPABELLA (available as a digital download!)

tinaM

Tina used Uptown girl SAVANNAH has a STAR

vivane casale

Viviane used Uptown girl EVE under the mistletoe

 

I just wanna hide in my craft room all weekend *sigh*.. but alas I am a hockey mom.. LOL

 

Next week’s theme?

 

A gorgeous CLEAN and SIMPLE sketchypoo!

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Mwah to da sistahs who love a good SALE.. ANDDDDD a good Bellarific Friday challenge!

 

Em