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And it’s Oct 2nd!  SO that means,  our baberoonis are featuring our STAMP OF THE MONTH in their samples just to give you some ideas on what to do with her 🙂 .  Our stamp of the month is QUEEN HOPPY POPPY and she is 20% off ALL. MONTH. LONG.  Our theme this week was PAPER PIECING .. let’s see what our baberoonis came up with shall we?

This is ALICEWERTZAbella’s card

Here’s Danabella’s card

Here’s KERRIBELLA’s card

Here’s Lesliebella’s card

Here’s SandieBELLA’s card

and Shelabella’s card

and Stephabella’s card

and Tracybella’s card

and here is TracyMACabella’s card

Aren’t these fun?  I love ALL the HOPPY POPPies simply for their ease.. you can whip up a card 1-2-3 using her 🙂

And NOW for our amazing SISTAHOOD!  The challenge for da sistahood was PAPER PIECING!

what a FUN CHALLENGE SISTAHS!  ANd DROOLWORTHY cards :).  Now for next week’s challenge?  A sketchypoo!

Use ANY CURRENT Stamping Bella image (one that is for sale on Stampingbella website).. place on sketch and Email it to MOI.  and VOILA, she is done!

Mwah to da sistahs who are RUNNING.. i say RUNNING to their craft rooms/tables/corners/floors/  etc.

Em

Hiya sistahs!  I KNOW I know  a blog post NOT on a Friday!  My goal is to write more.. I say it all the time and have to put it into practice!  So I was playing around in my studio which is a DISASTER…  I have a huge table to work on and have about 2″ of free space to stamp on… ARGHHH.  Anyhow, I decided to play around with what was on the other 875 (not really) inches of my table.. grabbing scraps and doilies and tape and and and… to make this card.

I stamped ESPECIALLY FOR YOU PETUNIA on our Bella’s Bestest Paper  and decided I would only use Petunia and not the little chickie helping her.. Ok so at least I made a conscious decision there.   Then my copics happened to bleed past the lines (ok maybe it was really me and not the copic) so I decided to use my handy dandy scissors and cut around Petunia getting rid of anywhere the *ahem* “copic may have bled through” (lol)… I then HATED the way I shaded her feet… SO I REALLY had to get thinking… and get creative.  I could have really scrapped the whole thing but I did love how I coloured the rest of her so I had to start thinking…..   and thinking.. and thinking.

And Lo and Behold, I decided to take my handy dandy craft knife and cut 2 little slits under her arm… EUREKA!  Because of all my booboos, I found a way to “save” her.. and a WHOLE NEW WAY TO USE HER…  Now that I cut these slits, I was able to “hang” her over the scrapbook paper bit (I found in my mess) and allow her to just “hang out” (she really is a laid back piggie)…

Aside from the fact that I found all the bits and bobs for the card on my table (all 7865 inches of it (not really)).. and the card is a bit busy (ok a lot).. I just wanted to show you how happy accidents happen and how they really can spark your creativity!

I hope you love her as much as I do 🙂

Here is the original “ESPECIALLY FOR YOU PETUNIA” image which you can find HERE

And here is my card, discovering a way to allow Petunia to “hang out”

Yes she’s a little busy, but I am just so thrilled that I have a whole new way to use this stamp!

Would love to hear about your “creative accidents” and how you solved them!

Mwah to da sistahs who have more than 2″ table space to work on 🙂

Em

Hiya sistahs!  hope you had a good week!

I am going to really try and be more productive on my blog 🙂 I promise :)… If you have a NEED to see me.. and miss me SO MUCH that you CAN’T TAKE IT (lol), I would LOVE for you to follow me on FB (you can find me @stampingbella on FB).. you can join our amazing FB GROUP   which is SOOOO inspiring! and you get to meet all like-minded sistahs!.. you can follow me on Instagram (one of my favorite platforms @stampingbella) or on TWITTER (which I really don’t like so much LOL.. @stampingbella).. There you have it.  If you don’t find me here, you can DEFO find me in one of those places.. except Twitter.. me no likey.  Although everyone says I should tweet more.  HMPH.

Ok that’s my BLABLA for the week.

Now for our weekly BIDNISS.

our theme for this week was a SKETCHYPOO.

Lets see what our amazing baberoonis came up with shall we?

AliceWERTZabella used TINY TOWNIE FAY loves FALL

Angelabella used Uptown girl FIONA and our Big Words RIDICULOUSLY BRILLIANT

Danabella used CAROLING CHICKS

and here’s the sentiment on the inside 🙂

Kerribella used Seniorita GLADYS the SUPERHERO

Lesliebella used TINY TOWNIE BLOSSOM loves BALLOONS

Sandiebella used TINY TOWNIE BLOSSOM loves balloons

Shelabella used MAGGIE and her PENGUIN

Stephabella used UPTOWN GIRL REILLY loves to RELAX  sentiment from Uptown girl MADISON loves a Margarita

Tracybella used MILTON

TracyMACabella used SENIORITA Gladys the SUPERHERO

How amazing are my Baberoonis.. come on.. tell me.  Go ahead, tell me they are the best.  Or better yet, go along my sidebar.. find their blogs and tell them yourselves n’k?  They are DA BEST in DA industry.  I am SOOOOOO lucky to have them 🙂  and I don’t say it often enough.  MWAH to my baberoonis !!

Now for our amazing SISTAHOOD!!!!  I am so GUSHY today.. I love my sistahood,.  I love the fact that you take the time to use MY product in your projects.  That you take the time to submit your creations.  THANK YOU!!!! Ok.  no more suckiness 🙂  On with the show this is it… (remember that? from looney tunes?- I just sang it a little.   I know you did too… ON WITH THE SHOW THIS IS IT……)

Ok here we go!

What a great roundup!!!

Now for next weeks theme? PAPER PIECING!  Use any Stamping Bella CURRENT image and paper piece it and BOOM you got yaself a card! LOL.. Email to me by next Thursday and  you’re good to go 🙂

Also next week Friday is the first Friday of October so we will be featuring our new Stamp of the Month and our Baberoonis will be featuring it on our next week’s post!  Just to give you lots of inspiration :).. this means that this is the last week to purchase UPTOWN GIRL SOFIA the SICKY at at 20% off!  Take advantage sistahs!

Mwah to my sistahs who “get” my silly sense of humor

Em

Seriously.  Sistahs.  Where the HECK does the time go?  hmph.  We have had 2 back to back hockey tournaments for my son (this new team is UNBELIEVEABLE and hard to beat)…  My daughter is looking forward to her new goalie career (I live with 3 goalies.. somebody SHOOT ME)… and I am very busy here coming up with new ideas.. and putting the new release together… CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?? a NEW RELEASE???  a NEW LINE of the most GORGEOUS IMAGES you have EVAH SEEN?  I know..  Too good to be true.  but it’s TRUE sistahs…  I cannot wait to start sneak peeking.. but that won’t be for a couple of weeks at least.

So without further ADOOO.. let’s start our Bellarific Friday post shall we?

This was our inspiration photo for this week!

If any of my rooms had this colour scheme, I WOULD NEVER LEAVE IT.  It makes me so happy!

Let’s see how our BABEROONIS interpreted it shall we?

AliceWERTZabella used CHRISTMAS MORNING CHICKS (that one inside the prezzie makes me laugh.. oh and the one smooshed UNDER the prezzie… or maybe it’s the tangled chick I love the most.. how can i pick?)

Angelabella used Uptown girls Samantha and Sierra TAKE A SELFIE

Danabella used UPTOWN GIRL BENTLEY gets BLOWN AWAY

and here’s the inside of her card

Kerribella used UPTOWN GIRL TIFFANY loves to TEXT

Lesliebella used TINY TOWNIE AMANDA is AWESOME

Sandiebella used UPTOWN GIRL REBECCA loves to READ

Shelabella used UPTOWN GIRLS BEATRICE and BARBARA are BESTIES

Stephabella used Uptown girl FARRAH loves FLASHDANCE

Tracybella used TINY TOWNIE BLOSSOM

TracyMACabella used MILTON

Sigh… the colors… the layouts… the images.. (yes I know they are mine but STILL.. I’m allowed to brag a little no?)

And now for our AMAZING SISTAHOOD!! WOOHOOOO!

Now tell me the truth… ARE THESE NOT UNBELIEVABLE???? is our SISTAHOOD NOT INSANELY TALENTED????   yes. it’s a RHETORICAL question (is there an “h” in rhetorical? I don’t feel like looking it up LOL)…. SO love when we have lots of sistahs participating!! hint hint.. nudge nudge… poke poke.. YES I AM TALKING TO YOU!  I want a card from YOU. k? k.

Ok now for next week’s challenge?

a SKETCHYPOO!

All ya need to do is follow da sketch with a CURRENT stampingbella stamp.. and email to MOI.. DA BELLA  and I will post on Friday!

Hope you have a great weekend sistahs and I am hoping to talk to you before next friday!!

Mwah mwah mwah

Em

And it’s Sept 11th.. very bittersweet :(. Every year I take a moment to remember.  To remember where I was.. what I was doing.. what others were doing.. how many families who were affected by this tragedy. How many people were spared… 14 years ago today.  It totally seems like yesterday.  Where oh where does the time go sistahs?

Ok enough complaining.. let’s embrace today.. be mindful of all that surrounds us and GRATEFUL of what we have 🙂

Today’s theme for Bellarific Friday was a sketchypoo

Let’s see what our baberoonis came up with… I also participated this week! WOOHOO!

AliceWERTZabella used MERRY EVERYTHING

Danabella used Petunia and Penny take a Break

and the inside with one of my FAVORITE sentiments 🙂

Here is my card.. finally finished colouring this image!  I just love them so much 🙂  I used ESKIMO KISSES

Kerribella used KISSES FOR MY SWEET

Lesliebella used Uptown girl AVA loves to CELEBRATE

Sandiebella used SNOWPALS

Shelabella used SEASONS GREETINGS

Stephabella used HEY BUD

Tracybella used TINY TOWNIE WILLOW the WITCH

TracyMACabella used TALLULAH in her TUTU

How AMAZING are these cards???  I can’t wait to start colouring again.. it is meditative and SO addictive!

And now for our amazing SISTAHOOD!

If this doesn’t make you RUN to your craft area.. I dunno what will! LOL

Now for next week’s challenge?

An inspiration photo!  Use any or all of the elements in this photo in your card.. could be the color..  the theme.. the stripe.. the textures.. whatever inspires you!

For rules on how to participate in Bellarific Friday, CLICK HERE

mwah to da sistahs who love our Friday time togethAH.

Em

I love fridays!  do you?

so many things to do before school starts on Tuesday.  OMG SCHOOL STARTS!!!!  Know what that means??? It MEANS… that you will be hearing a LOT more from me!  hehehehe.   I have lots of ideas up my sleeve.. just have to make them come to life!

I’ll keep you posted.  Promise.

Speaking of SCHOOL… I am not sure if you follow me on Facebook, but if you don’t,  I wanted to share an article I wrote for my friend’s amazing website called WISE Women Canada.  Since I shared this story on my personal Facebook page, she has been harassing me to write it so I did :).. A little embarassing admitting this on paper, but I hope I helped some people along the way LOL.  If you would like to read my article, you can find it HERE but don’t judge n’k?    I would TOTALLY recommend subscribing to their site and “like” their FACEBOOK page.. they are AWESOME SAUCE.  For REALS (I always wanted to say AWESOME SAUCE)

Ok and now for our REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM…

Bellarific Friday!

The theme this week was to CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND… Let’s see what our baberooni’s came up with shall we? Oh, and because this is the FIRST FRIDAY of the month, our Baberoonis are using our STAMP of the MONTH….. UPTOWN GIRL SOFIA the SICKY! She’s 20% off all month long!

Here’s ALICEWERTZABELLA’s card

Angelabella’s card

Danabella’s card

Kerribella’s card

Lesliebella’s card– and her poor mom fell and broke her leg so she added a teeny uptownie cast to her leg for her mom’s card.  Tell me this is not THE CUTEST THING EVAH!!

Shelabella’s card

Stephabella’s card

TracyMACabella’s card

Is that not inspiring??!?  hmph.  I want a window and a view and some floral wallpaper and a chair like that.. AND I WANNA LOOK THAT GOOD when I’m a sicky.  IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? hmph.

Now for our AMAZING sistahood!

Amazing inspiration this week sistahs!!

And for next week’s theme?

A SKETCHYPOO!

just follow this sketch and interpret it as you wish!  Use a CURRENT Stamping Bella stamp and you’re IN like FLYNN!  Email to me by Thursday Night (Sept. 10th)

Mwah to da sistahs who love Bellarific Fridays!

Em