I know I know.. I am scared to say it but THIS STAMP MAKES ME SOOOO HAPPY and the colouring.. YUMM- A- LISH. just thought I would share.. it’s called “HAPPY FOREST” cuz that’s just what it is 🙂

this card was made by sistah DENA

Mwah to da sistahs

Em

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you understand how I am at this point, no?  I am COMPULSIVE… I am IMPULSIVE.. I am PASSIONATE about everything and everyone I love… I am EXCITEABLE (is there an ‘e’ in there??), I am a chubba wubba but a cutey wootey (shhhh.. let’s not ever discuss the chubby thing again n’k?).. so that is why I had to show you something NOW.  I couldn’t wait another MINIT (remember how I loved the spelling I made up?).. I have been working quite closely for a little while now with the most PHENOMENAL artist… not only is she talented but she is a kindred spirit.  HONESTLY.. a TRUE sistah.  We have bonded and it has become as if we share the same brain (not that I have much to spare at this moment– a little fried).  I cannot tell you her name right now… the rest of the line will be revealed the day before I leave for CHA… LOL.. not the whole line but perhaps you will meet a few of Ella and LOO LOO’s friends.  I am extremely.. and I mean EXTREMELY excited about this line which has already reached ENDLESS expectations, drawings etc… you know me.. GO BIG or GO HOME (did I just make that up?  honestly).. so I decided to go BIG on this one… Their names are Ella (after mystery artists’ daughter.. you will ‘meet ‘ them in 2 weeks) and LOOLOO (a nickname I call jayden.. was gonna spell it lulu but you can’t get the juicy LOO LOO sound.. KWIM? She is the elephant.  You will meet them now but you will meet more of them a little LAYTAH.  I am sooo in love with her sistahs.  SOOOO in love with both of them.. honestly, I believe I am as passionate about this line as I am about the bellas… being a mom of young children, I totally sympathize with this princess ella.  Jayden puts on a FLOUUFFFY dress all the time and is totally ELLA.  Ella has a boyfriend too but shhhhh can’t tell you what his name is yet.  This has nothing to do with my next spectacular reveal on Wednesday which I am not giving you any sneaky peaky’s on.. this is COMPLETELY separate.  I just couldn’t hold her back anymore.

Do you lovey ELLA and LOO LOO too?  Once you meet MA (mystery artist..LOL) you will understand what type of heart and sense of humour these images came from.. the artist exudes the same type of PASSION and sense of humour as we do.  YOU WILL LOVEY her.. not as much as I do though 🙂

Meet Ella and LOO LOO.. they just met.  They are new friends.  And they will be best friends forever.. just like we are.

Mwah to da sistahs who are ELLAS and have LOO LOO’s in their lives

Em

So I searched lonnnng and harrrd.. highhhh and lowwwwww and guess what I found??? THE MOST DELICIOUS, PHENOM YUMMY INEXPENSIVE WANNA-BE SWAROVSKIS!!! I picked my favorite colours, the price is right and most of them are available in 2 sizes.. ss20 and ss12 (small and smaller..LOL)  I am trying to find out the comparable MM sizes… have I mentioned that i LOOOOVE them?  to find the 2 sizes, you will have to use the drop down arrow. 

I hope you lovey them too

mwah to da sistahs who are as SPARKLY as my ‘wanna-be’s’

Em

I know you miss me. I KNOW IT.  It’s been a coupla days and I wanted to thank you so much for the great response to the bella bag o’ inspiration!  I hope you will love it as much as I do 🙂

Now, the reasonnnnnn for me being so quiiiieettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.  I am up to NO GOOD.  YUP, NO GOOD.  I have hooked up with 2 new phenomenal NEW artists and if I tell you PHENOM.. I mean PHENOM. Don’t worry.. you will still get your bellas.. LOTS MORE OF THEM TO COME but THIS?!  THIIIIIS?!???!? OMG.. you will Fuh-REAK right out.  2 lines. YUP.. 2 lines.  BOTH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.  Can you say… I WILL HAVE MORE IMAGES THAN ANYONE ELSE I KNOW? lol..   One will be launched next wednesday JAN 30th.. I will give you a TASTER of this line.. it’s gonna be called the

 it’s a __ thing.   That is MY ONLY hint.. so savour it sistahs..

I AM SO EXCITED

AND I JUST CAN”T HIDE IT

I’M ABOUT TO LOSE CONTROL AND I THINK I LIKE IT

-pointer sistAHs

mwah to da sistahs who are ALMOST as excited as I am

 Em

I have now started a corkboard of inspiration (sounds romantic no?  something about the word CORKBOARD that does it everytime..LOL)… I have been approached many times with questions as to what inspires me.. colors, doohickies (sp?), embellishments, ribbon.. and here is the answer.. Nicky and I decided to put together a bag of inspiration.. and we decided to coordinate it to the Basic Grey 2 scoops collection as we LOOOOVED the colours sooo much.  It was so much fun shopping and matching and playing and putting them all together…and you KNOW when you go shopping for goodies like this that THEY WILL ALL FIT!!! These colours go so nicely together that you really don’t need the patterned paper but it just goes together so wellllll…..!  In this bag o’ you will receive 8 die cut cards (either scalloped or gatefold), a bag of exclusively mixed baubles (75-100 per each colour valued alone at $4.99), 6 white envelopes, a bag of pretty pretty flowers (paper with metallic paper ones as well- baubles are SOOO very nice in the middle of them), 6 yards total of ribbon WOUND BY ME.. you should see me with a ribbon spinner in my hand.. a DANGEROUS combo.  Anyway, it is just a trial, fun to put together and just nice to look at.

When sistahs ask me what inspires me, i don’t have one answer.. I am like a walking ‘nerve’.. constantly stimulated, constantly thinking; every colour I see, every pattern I see, upholstery, art, baby clothes.. you name it!!

let me know if you like the bag’ o inspiration

Mwah to da sistahs who need NO inspirin’

 Em

more SHTUFF

So one day I was sitting at my desk and I thought  about something… how about an OVEN with the sentiment “BUN IN THE OVEN???”.. OMG and from there sprung a coupla “APPLIANCES” . Check out the sentiments that go with my APPLIANCES.. witty, no? LOL.. I LOVE THEM!! you can even use Billboardabella’s words to put on the fridge! kinda like a magnet!  and to give you a little hinty as to what is coming on monday… look very carefully at the fridge card and the JUST WANTED TO SAY card.. that’s ALL I am leaking out… THAT” ALL.. don’t “tap tap” me cuz I ain’t breathin’ a word.. n’UH UH.. NOPE WON”T DO IT..

you likey da cardsies?

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ohhh and don’t forget the new daisy background.. singles in 3 sizes and the circles in three sizes.. YUMMALISH (a word my dear dear Jayden-2.5 YO dd says now)

Mwah to da sistahs who DON”T come in 3 sizes!

Em

ALWAYS click on the magnifying glass to see what else I matchy with them!  the sentiments are GORGEROUS (yes, I just made that up) and you sistahs love that FONT so I made some words in them!  Also a new sentiment for underthehoody!

MWAH to da sistahs who NEED some TIME undah DA hoody.

Em

more goodies coming….

know what I have been doing all day today?  I have been FULL OF

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 Tomorrow is a BEEEEGGGG DAYYYYYYYY at the bella home (or is it in?  OMG.. losing it sistahs.. L-O-S-I-N-G I-T.. I am SOOOO excited)  I will be releasing 2 bellas.. YUP.. TWO.  uh-huh  TWO.  PLUS.. some bonus images that I AM IN LOVE WITH (does it sound obnoxious that I love my own goodies??!?!?!?    but really I doooo!  I swear I doooooo !!! HONESTLY I DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO)  So with that said, let me tell you about this card.. I worked on it last night and was a little “iffy”.. called Nicky immediately and said “I JUST MADE THEEEE MOST DISGUSSSSTING CARDDD EVAH.. so she immediately says, just cover it up and start again..LOL instead of saying, I AM SURE IT IS NOT THAT BAD.. but ANYWAY, I woke up this morning and looked at it again and I really liked it!  It made me HAPPY!!  I love layering borders.. LOVE that Idea so I am starting to mix and match my current borders and see what I come up with !  So I mixed the small fancy swirl with my sticky swirl border, put them both on a block and off I went with my lettuce Adirondack ink (LOOOOVE ADIRONDACK).. I then was in a giggly kinda mood so I  stamped my upside down giggle and colored them with my spica markers (twinkly!).  The ribbonnnnn OHHH THE RIBBONNN… will be for sale 🙂 but you will have to wait til Monday to see the SURPRISE that will go with that ribbon…. I CANNT WAITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.. I am SOOOOO EXCITEDDDD I can’t BREATHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Mwah to da sistahs who CAN breathe

Em

you?

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p.s. shhhhhhhhh there’s a bella coming.. don’t tell…. she will arrive on Friday..

p.p.s write a comment will ya?  show some LOOOOOOVE to da Nickymeister

Mwah to da happy sistahs who ALSO get happy from seeing pretty pretty cards

Em

So i have been ASKED AND ASKED AND ASKED “When the heck (never use that word) are ya gonna have a “sistah’s gallery”?  So sistahs.. WE GOTS ONE… it will be a  bit of a work in progress but in order to be PUBLISHED, I need to get some.. I LOVE getting cards 🙂  So if you want to send me a card, email me for my addy and if you can give your info (whatever you would like published on the blog) and I will update!  SOOO EXCITED!!  There are a couple up already!

I also put up some new goodies in the what’s new section.. some prismacolour cool grey 10% markers.. THEY ARE THE BEST COLOUR for adding a “line” or shading around your image.. gives that little ZING! and 3D’ishness (LOL-don’t laugh at my words, n’k?).  I also added Pallette NOIR (great with Copics) and Pallette watermark pad…

Sistahs have been asking me about the splender blender.. it is used once you colour with coloured pencils, and want to “blend” them more, you just colour over top with the splender blender to smmmmooooooooooooth things out.. s’aright? you capichie now?  I will try to do a tutorial on it to show…

Lots more on the way… maybe an image or two?  PERHAPS a BELLA?

MWAHHHHHHHHHHHHH to da sistahs who are SPLENDERED and BLENDERED.

Em