I thought I posted the challenge yesterday!!!!
Danabella chose the theme this week! It’s BIRFDAY week.. so any card you would like to submit with a birthday theme… g’head!
Challenge must be emailed to emily@stampingbella.com by 5:00 pm thursday EST and the subject line should be BELLARIFIC FRIDAY MAY 8th!
THANK YOU THANK YOU Michelle for reminding me 🙂
mwah!
Em
Just wanted to wish my deliciously yummalish phenomalish husband a happy birthday… we had a great day today!! Had sushi for lunch, had cake with candles (I didn’t cuz I started weight watchers today.. hmph).. but we all celebrated in Bellaland.. Nicky, dena, ryan and me!
First i would like to tell everyone how IMPRESSED I was with this week’s contributions! Absolutely SENNNNNNNSATIONAL SISTAHS!!! It makes me sooo happy 🙂
Now for DA WINNAHS from Friday!
The winner of da sistahood contribution is
KIMBERLY LOWREY! What a beeyootiful card using Tatiana Ketto.. so BOLD and gorgeous! Great job! We will send you a $20 gift voucher shortly!
Now DA WINNAH from da PEANUT gallery (commentators) is #37 (For Ryan’s birFday)
CINDY VERNON! : you will receive a $20 voucher as well! Happy shopping!
Thank you all for participating.. we SO appreciate you using and enjoying our stamps!
Now let’s take a looky at what DA BABES have been up to 🙂
Danabella has been SOOOOOOOOO busy making STUNNING cards!! If you scroll through her blog, you will see our reindeer circle, alteeTUDE, ampleeTUDE, and flowahbella! yummy eye candy!!
Joannabella has also been a very biZzy bee making stunnaLICIOUS (nice word ay?) cards! Take a look at her bloggypoo and you will see cards using teeoffabella, and polar bear circle and bluebell bittybloom
Karenabella: made a stunning card using Queen Anne Bittybloom..omg! and she also made a gorgeous card using shower BUGG sooo cute!
Lindabella made a STUNNING card using SUCKITUP STELLA.. soo funny!
Hope you LOVEY and congrats to da winnahs!!
Mwah to da sistahs who will support da weight watcha!
Em
Honestly, it’s crazy… where does the time go? I remember being perched on my couch last week Thursday night thinking the same thing… WHERE oh WHERE does the time go? I have no ideaR.
Well sistahs, this week was a PHENOM week… we are celebrating Ryan’s birthday on Monday with our FREE SHIPPING OVER $50! The code to use upon checkout is happyweek. So you must take advantage! We had a wonderful new release this week and I have tried to put a lot of product online and in our “special” section.. SUCH GOODIES omg!
Here was this week’s sketch provided by the wonderful and talented Jen Del Muro -babe-o-rama
so let’s start looking at how our Bellarific Babes interpreted this sketch
Nickabella made a beautiful card using our Curly Flourish.. I just love the simplicity of a flourish and the color combo?! LOOOVE IT!
Danabella made a gorgeous card using our brand spanking new ALTEE ‘tude.. Is the card not ADORABLE??
Jenabella made a stunning card using our hanging hearts block.. see how versatile this stamp is?? LOVE IT!
Joanne-abella made a gorGEOUS card using our polar bear circle.. isn’t it DEEVINE?
Karenabella made a stunning card using the brand spanking new queen anne bittybloom. Isnt’ it gorgeous?
LindaBella made a stunning card usingy Ivy Ketto.. umm she told me she colored this in the car on the way home from MEMPHIS?! LOLOL.. you should see my coloring in the car
Paulabella made a stunnalicious card using SPRINGTINI. whaddya thinky?
Shannanabella made a gorgeous card using Wendy Papillon. Isn’t it gorgeous??
And NOOOW onto our SISTAHOOD contributions 🙂 absolutely DEEvine sistahs!
Arianne Addicks using BALLOONABELLA
Barbara Nelson used FRIENDS IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES
Brenda Martin used Tatiana Ketto
Callie Zenner used ALL BUMMED OUT BABY
Carolyn Orgar used Penelope with PREZZIES
Cat Spicer used JAVABELLAS
Christine Dol used STELLA NEEDS A PREZZIE
Colleen Wold used MOMMY AND BABY CUPCAKE
Dawn Barghorn used FROGGY KETTO
Gaby Duclos used I-WISH-I-LOOKED-SO-GOOD-ON-A-BIKE-A-BELLA
Gena Porter used FROSTY
Jane Bracht used APPLEY BOWL HUGGABUGG
Janet Rossi used DAISY BITTYBLOOM
Jessica Ottevanger used PREDICTABELLA
Josee used BEERAFELLA
Josee Boileau used MISSMATCH KETTO
Karen Wilson used Sunday Dress
Kimberly Lowrey used TATIANA KETTO
Leslie Wittenberg used KILO WATT
Lisa Hassmer used RUMOR HAS IT
Lisa Vaughan used LULU KETTO
Lori Haines used ROLLANDA
Louise Charlton used Felix Ketto with FLOWER
Michelle Leishman used Shower Bugg
Monica Reeck used SWEETYBELLAS
Paula Bacon used MINIVANABELLA
Stephanie Bonniot used FAT SCRIBBLE TREE
Sylva Lamson used CUPCAKEABELLA
Tara Panaroni used AGNES KETTO
Terri Dodd used Beatrice Bombshell
Tracy Cornhill used KRISTA'S FLOWERS
Vicki Burns used CUDDLY CAT
Shelley Schectman used KENYA KETTO
Chrissy Bower used BIKERBABEABELLA
So how is THAT for Bellarific Friday?!?!?!? AMAZING no?
One of the contestants will be receiving a $20 gift voucher on Monday and one lucky PEANUT GALLERY participant (aka. someone who places a comment ) can also receive a $20 gift certificate so PLEASE place a comment and tell me you were here to visit 🙂 even if it’s just a little ‘hi’
Mwah to da sistahs who love DA FRIDAYS
for FREE SHIPPING for orders over $50 to ANYBODY ANYWHERE (Bead Bonanza is not included in this promotion)! Our sale is on until May 4th. We decided to celebrate Ryan’s birthday early! (his birthday is May 4th) and give the sistahs a treat! May 2nd is also considered a HOLY day in our store (waving to Diane) for National Scrapbooking day so we decided to wrap everything all togethah and make it a CELEBRATION with our new release! soooo?? Whaddya Thinky??????
IT is now 12:15AM Tuesday morning and I am soooo verrrrryyyy tirrrreddddd
but I think I should release a little som’n som’n .. This will be the post where I add da GOODIES so keep your EYES HERE sistahs!
Let’s release hmmmmmmm
Showerbuggs… This is a PHENOM stamp to be used as a cheer up card, wedding showers, baby showers too!
meet a new member of the WATT family. It is so difficult to make boys’ cards… masculine in general.. and I love ROBOTS.. but cute ones… ya know? so please meet
GIGWATT you’ll notice that my theme this month is fill in the blanks.. make your own sentiment.. dunnow why, I just love when a stamp is versatile! and he comes with 3 sentiments that fit in the sign! I just love his goofy face 🙂 hope you do too!
meet Christy’s new line of ‘TUDES
Altee-tude– get it? she is on a cloud? on cloud nine? get it? I LOVEY those ‘tudes
Violet BITTYBLOOM idn’t she cute??
JUST MY TYPE (with sentiments)- I am in LOVE with this image and it’s versatility! It can be a masculine card too.. I LOOOOOOOOVE this image!!! and it is sooo wonky and so retro.. my kids don’t even know what a typewriter is..LOL!
PUFF (and mini puff)– HOW CUTE is this dragon? can be a girl dragon or a boy.. LOVE her/him..LOL!
meet PEEKABOObella– isn’t she cute? and she comes with the sentiment! There are so many uses for her.. showers, bachelorettes, birthday… LOVE HER
how about BFFabugg? SOOO CUTE..! If i say that one more timeeeee…
do you love LADY OWLIE on her sign? I AM IN LOOOOVE with her!
turtle tots-bathtime
AMPLEE ‘TUDE-get it? ice cream? ample? lol.. i’m so CRAZY
turtle tots- TEDDY BEAR
molly WATT– a girl robot? OMG!
MONSTAH bash– yummo!
Daisy Hightops– perfect for a girl’s card
Peace Hightops– perfect for a BOYZZZZ card
Kilo WATT– how cute is he?
Little Emmy– this is how CHRISTY sees me…LOL
Daffodil BITTYBLOOM– LOVE her hat 🙂
queen ANNE BITTYBLOOM– love her pose!
CELEBRATE 3 line– SUCH a versatile stamp and more in that theme to come!
Here’s a nickabella sample of the celebrate 3 line using our shadow circle set! how stunning is this?
***MEEET ADDY…. ADDY ‘TUDE.. she is one of my faves.. I just LOVEY her!!
*****we have sent out a bulk newsletter yesterday and people have been having problems with our link. If you don’t mind just going into a new browser page and start fresh, everything should be a-ok!
nighty night sistahs
sweet dreams
see you in da MORNING!
mwahhhhhhh (that’s a sleeping mwah)
Em
OMG I cannot believe our new release is tomorrow.. YIKES!!! Trying to scramble and get everything done! There will also be another extra special surprise! So you will see tons of new stamps coming up throughout the day and tomorrow night we will release our 2 newest bellas during our SPLITCOAST release party in our forum at 9:15PM EST! There will be prizes and challenges and yummaliciousness.. you CANNOT miss it n’k? you’ve been told!!
Also, please don’t forget about our sketch challenge this week due on Friday!
Also our winners for last fridays challenge are:
CHRISTINE DOL! Come on DOWN.. you’re the next winner for the BELLARIFIC Friday challenge! Your moolah will be in your account at the store 🙂
Ryan chose #12 for our PEANUT Gallery winner!
TAMI MAYBERRY! We will send you a $20 credit into your shopping basket 🙂 Happy shopping!
Here is a little bit of EYE CANDY I whipped togethah! I used MARGARITA Ketto, this PHENOMALICIOUS RIBBON I have just WAITING to be released it’s sheer, its shimmery.. it’s TO DIE FOR.. I also used MARGARITA KETTO’s stars as my background (all sizes), our dare to be different sentiment and our ABSOLUTELY FAVORITEST new range of EK SUCCESS edger punches.. OMG.. I AM IN LOVE with them.. they shut flat, they stack.. CAN I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVEY THEM???? the one I used here is the scallop diamond as the “awning”
Mwah to da sistahs who lovey da challenges and are excited for the new release!
If anyone knows about this please let me know! I am officially a member and have my code and know what to do with it 🙂
I would love to use Mr. Linky for our bellarific fridays.. I think it would be PHENOM.. now my question is.. does anyone know if I should be posting this link every day for bellarific fridays for people to submit their creations or just on friday?
Can someone help a dummybella?? please-abella?
Em
Hiya sistahs!
I know how difficult it is for you to work on challenges during the week, between working, kids, no kids, life, dinner, lunch etc… I understand how difficult it is so I really will be trying my bestest to post the next bellarific friday over the weekend to give you a little more time… sound good? s’aright? I can’t promise it will happen all the time but I will try!! 🙂
Jenabella made a really fun sketch for this challenge! Sketches are her forte of course and I wanted her to share some of the terrificness here too
This challenge is due on Thursday April 30th and if you can send it to emily@stampingbella.com with the subject line saying BELLARIFIC FRIDAY MAY 1st! (I can’t believe it is May already!!)
Also don’t forget to place a comment on my previous blog entry commenting about bellarific friday and you can win $20 bella bucks! You can also win $20 if you submit!
mwah to da sistahs who like da EARLY challenges!
Em
Hiya Sistahs!!! Hope you had a great week! We had a PHENOM week in bellaland with visitors on Monday and we had Kristi Ferro from Hanna Stamps and her POSSE come and visit Bellaland yesterday! How cool is that?! We had a great time! I cannot believe that a week has passed again.. I mean.. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO??? If you can find that out, you could be RICH! LOL
Just to let you know that we must say goodbye to Monique Hawrelluk, one of our most esteemed Bellarific Babes. She has done a phenom job with us and we wish her lots of luck in her future endeavors!
So here was our challenge this week. I know it was short notice sistahs and I thank you all for participating! It was SOOO MUCH FUNNNN! (and of course one of my favorite color combos :)) Thank you Leslie for recommending it! Here is the challenge.. using pink and brown…
So let’s see what our Bellarific Babes have been up to with this challenge!
Nickabella– Nicky decided that it would be WONNNDERFUL to give another sneaky peeky for our April 28th release.. she used LITTLE EMMY for this card.. Is she the cutest thing ever? Christy Croll, our FAMOUS and AMAZING artiste and great friend designed little emmy based on what she thinks I am like..LOL! and boy was she right! notice her curly hair… a little lopsided… different socks, different shoeZZ.. and a love skull on her shirt and glasses on her head..LOLOL.. I SOOO feel like her sometimes and the sentiment?! We all have some of those DAYZZZZZ.. mwah nicky for the gorgeous card!
Danabella made a stunning card using our WEDDING GOWN circle stamp.. the coloring, the layout, the ribbon!! GORGEOUS!
Jenabella made a PHENOM card using Causabella! I LOOOOVE IT!! Haven’t seen this stamp in a while..LOL and just makes me smile. Excellent Jen!
Joannabella made a stunning card using Missmatch KETTO… Don’t you just love the polky dots, the nesties, the image etc?! LOOOVE IT!
karenabella made a gorgeROUS card using peony BITTYBLOOM.. is she not ADORABLE?! Love da bitties and there are more coming on April 28th! Gorgeous card KAREN!!
Lindabella made a bEEyooTIful stunnariFic (LOL .. am in the mood to be FANCY) card using Stella’s Cupcake.. Aren’t the papers and the coloring phenom? love it Linda!
Paulabella used babyfellabella… HOW GORGEOUS? HMMMM?
and LAST but not Least… Shannanabella made a stunning CRACKLY card using our Bloomin’ Pots stamp… did I ever tell you that this stamp was inspired by an actual picture of the identical connecting vases.. I pleaded and begged and was not allowed to buy it.. HMPH.. but at least I have the image FOREVAH! Gorgeous!
How’s DAT for BABOLICIOUSNESS?
Now for our SISTAHOOD’s MAJOR TALENT!! I was so thrilled to “see” new faces sistahs! MWAH! If I missed any submissions, please re-email me and I promise to get the images up ASAP and I apologize in advance! I have put the name of the stamp in the caption with the artist’s name so if you would like to purchase the image, you can just put that title in the search box and up it will come!
Brandi Burns used LUCY KETTO
Brenda Martin used BUBBLEBELLA
Carolyn Orgar using TINKERBELLA
Christine Dol using STELLA's CUPCAKE
Christy Stanford using CUPCAKEABELLA
Colleen Wold using BILLYBOOTABELLA
Gaby Duclos using SPOSABELLA
Gaylynn Stringham used BABOO'S OWL
Harriet Skelly used Eloise Greengrass
Hope Spencer used LATTEBELLA
Jane Bracht used SNOWBUNNYBELLA
Janine Orchard used PAPILLON KETTO
Jenn Borjeson used NO FAIR GIRL
Joan Bandy used SHOPPABELLAS
Josee Boileau used CUPCAKEABELLA
Julie Weidner used SPOSABELLA
Karen Wilson used KITTYCATTABELLA
Kerry Johnson used WENDY PAPILLON
Leah Moynihan used MISSMATCH KETTO
Leslie Good used COSMOBELLA
Leslie Wittenberg used IS THAT A CUPCAKE ON YOUR HEAD?
Lisa Petz used CUPCAKEABELLA
Lori Haines used SAKE KETTO
Mandi Morlan used STELLA HAS SOMETHING TO SAY
Margo Smith used LATTEBELLA
Meahni Pieterse (from south africa!) used SNOWBUNNYBELLA
Michelle Leishman used LUCY KETTO
Paula Bacon used IMELDABELLA
Peg Rounds used ELIZABELLA
Stephanie Attbury used JAVABELLAS
Tami Mayberry used EMMYBELLA
Tammy Hershberger used LULU KETTO
Tracy Corhnill used CHARLOTTE KETTO
Shelley Schechtman used TWINKLETOES HUGGABUGG
monica reek used PREZZIBELLA
Kimberley Lowrey used PHOEBE KETTO
So how’s DAT for a friday! I just love these challenges and I will post the next one sooner than monday I PROMISE!
Please place a comment and you could win $20 in bella bucks!
Mwah!
Em
Sistahs! it’s been CUHRAZY around here! I am so sorry I haven’t chosen the winnahs from last friday so here goes!
$20 for a BELLARIFIC sistah contribution- CAROLYN COUNSELL.. COME ON DOWN!! what a beautiful use of our stamp and the circle of flowers.. looked like the challenge image itself! You have won a 20$ bella bucks card! mwah!
$20 for a PEANUT GALLERY commentator :)- Ryan picked number 12! so PAMELA GIBSON.. COME ON DOWN! You have won a $20 bella bucks card too! Mwah and thank you for playing! Pamela, please email me your info and I will send you the moolah!
Sistahs, don’t forget this week’s challenge! you can find it here.. and you have until tomorrow 5:00pm EST to send it in to emily@stampingbella.com with “BELLARIFIC FRIDAY APRIL 24th” as the subject. So start frantically stamping sistahs!!
Here’s a picture of our day at bellaland with our sistahs who came in from out of town (and a couple of local sistahs too 🙂
from left to right top row: Janet Rossi, Dana White, ME, Karen Motz, Michelle Leishman.. bottom row left to right Leslie Good and NICKABELLA!
We had soooo much fun!! So now you have a little SNIPPET of what goes on in this crazy place that makes us all so happy 🙂
Now for some of DA EYE CANDY.. let’s see what da babes have been up to
Joanne-abella-babe made an adorable card using Cosmobella.. how CUTE is this card? LOVE IT!
Linda-bella-babe made a gorgeous card using happy forest! The coloring… hmph. BEEYOOTIFUL!
Monique-A-Bella-babe made a stunning card using veggiebella.. the nestabilities butterflies and the body in the pearls?! OMG.. LOOOVE this card!
Paula-A-Bella-Babe made a circle card using WEDDING GOWN CIRCLE stamp.. I just love this card! Beautiful work sistah!
So how’s DATTTT for some EYE CANDEEEEE????
oh and maybe I should give a little sneaky peeky for April 28th release? There are so many different artists releasing on this date but I will show you our new MONSTER BASH stamp.. I just LOOOVE this stamp and had SO much fun with it!
i used the new EK SUCCESS swiss cheese punch (my absolute favorite and sold out 🙁 waiting for more)! and Tim Holtz tiny attacher.. another new FAVORITE tool.. I LOOOVE IT!! but again, sold out. Will advise when back in stock
Mwah to da sistahs who want a BASH.. a monster bash!
Em
OH BOY SISTAHS.. I am sooo late and I apologize.. we will see what you can get done by thursday night.. if I don’t get too many responses, I know that you didn’t have time :). It was a CUH-RAZY day in bellaland.. we had some Bellarific Babes in DA HOUSE!!! Danabella was there and Karenabella (she TOTALLY surprised us!!!) and Lesliebella and Michelle L. and Janet R.. we had a GREAT day!!!!
I will also note the winners of Friday’s challenge tomorrow n’k?
The challenge this week was a combined effort by da sistahs in da store today… Leslie chose the colors and Janet chose what image I should use to show the challenge so here goes.. DONT LAFF AT US..
Leslie wanted the colors BROWN AND PINK (shhh.. me thinks she had a card done already in these colors..LOL) .. and I wanted an interesting picture and couldn’t find anything until Janetabella picked up my croppin cutie and said “what about this?” the croppin cutie is pink and the embroidered name is in chocolate brown! PERFECT no??
So again same rules apply. Only Stamping Bella stamps may be used, and the deadline is Thursday April 23d by 5:00pm EST.. Entries must be sent to me as a JPEG file.. please send to emily@stampingbella.com. There will be prizes announced on Friday for participants and we have TONS o’ Fun!!!
So please play with us k?
We had a GREAT time at Scrapfest on Saturday.. saw so many people and hosted a make and take at the Paper Pickle booth for an hour.. it was GREAT!! I also got to see MORE bellarific babes.. Lindabella was there and Paulabella! HOW PHENOM has the last few days been?? OMG.. check out their blogs for THEEE MOST ATTRACTIVE PICTURES OF YOURS TRULY (NOT!!! grrrr.. linda, I’ll get you back…)
So here’s some Monday EYE CANDY.. you ready?
Nickabella gave the instructions on how to make her dozen roses card.. it’s STUNNING! check it out!
Paulabella made a PHENOM card using baby bella hanging bundle and sentiment.. OMG.. the sponging, the coloring, the layout?! I LOVEY this card!!
Lindabella made a stunning card using Anise Ketto.. isn’t she DEEELISH??????
Danabella made an adorable card using MY BEARY BEST FRIEND! I love monochromatic cards.. and her bows are AMAZING
Karenabella made a gorgeous card using eloise greengrass… she was our first fairy from CHICHI.. she started it alllll.. I am getting all nostalgic. Great paper piecing and wonderful card Karen!!
Moniqueabella made a stunning card using GARDENIA GREENTHUMB.. I just love her! and Monique is a COPIC QUEEN! Gorgeous card Monique!
mwah to da sistahs who love eye candy.. Oh and pink and brown garbage cans 🙂
Em
