WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

Hiya sistahs!  this is gonna be a quick post as we are leaving to our cottage we rented shortly.. it’s gonna be our month of r&r .. back and forth from the city.. will definitely share some pics 🙂

So without further ADO.. here are some winnahs for BELLARIFIC FRIDAY from last week!

Winnah for CONTRIBUTIN’ a card ($20 in bella bucks) goes to…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

4- MARGO you win!  please email me and I will send your VOUCHAH!

Timestamp: 2013-08-02 16:09:14 UTC

Now for da COMMENTAYTIN’ winnah ($10 in bella bucks) goes to..

Here are your random numbers:

3-Jennifer you win!  please email me and I will send your vouchah!

Timestamp: 2013-08-02 16:10:28 UTC

Now for da winnah of da POLAROID stamp

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

14-BENETA you win!  please email me your addy and I will mail it out to you!

Timestamp: 2013-08-02 16:12:56 UTC

Now down to BIDNISS sistahs..

our inspiration photo for this week!

Love this picture!

Now for our amazing BABEROONIS! let’s see what they came up with shall we?

Beautiful cards!! Now for da sistahood!

Absolutely GORGEOUS cards sistahs!!

Now for next week’s theme?  A SKETCH!

Ok sistahs, I am OFF LIKE A PROM DRESS.. Have already packed my art bag.. now do I need clothes? hmph.. I guess so LOL

Don’t forget to leave me a comment here for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks

and contribute! you have a chance to win $20 in bella buckeroonis

Mwah to da sistahs who will get CRAFTY this weekend

Em

Sorry sistahs.. I have no idea what day is what these days LOL.. I am now in the process of organizing myself so this should never happen again 🙂

First of all, Sarah G please email me your address so I can send you JUST MY TYPE.. if you don’t respond in the next couple of days, I will pick anothah winnah!

Now for today’s feature, I used the POLAROID stamp with a vintage photo in my art journal!

This stamp is amazing for cards, for scrapbook layouts.. one of my faves!

WHO WANTS TO WINNNNNNNNNN one??????

Leave a comment below and I will pull the winnah on Friday!

Don’t forget to leave a comment here for a chance to win $10 in bella buckeroonis and submit a card for this week’s bellarific friday for a chance to win $20 in bella buckeroonis!

Mwah to da sistahs who wanna win this stamp and who love STAMPY WENNSDAYS no mattAH what day it’s on 🙂

Em

My sistahs, is it just me or are the weeks flying by????

Here we are again with Art Journaling toosday!  And the theme this week was to use a piece of hand painted, printed, sketched paper in your collage….

Here i sketched a little protective mamabear watching her little ones… I guess I am projecting, as I had an “issue” at Jayden’s camp today and they heard me ROAR! LOL.. so this is what came out.  Instead of using a printed piece of paper, I used a hand drawn sketch of the girl.. I watercolored her and then placed her gently (don’t wanna piss her off LOL) on top of a collage.  I added the studio calico little veneer birds (WHICH I LOVE).. and stamped a word and a number and VOILA!  a page in my Moleskine journal was born :).. ah I feel better now.  Sometimes words don’t depict my feelings.. sometimes an image says it all.  I love her fishy lips..LOL

Great pages this week sistahs!!  Next week’s theme?? hmmmmm

source of the button page

HAVE FUN!!

mwah to da sistahs who love round things including me 🙂

Em

Hiya sistahs!  It’s so nice to “speak” to you more than once a week… I love it when I blog often.

Ok let’s first discuss a winnah for our new STAMPY WENNNSDAY

Winnah of our JUST MY TYPE stamp goes to…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

14- Sarah G you win!  please email me with your snail mail address and I will send you the stamp!

Timestamp: 2013-07-26 16:09:17 UTC

This is fun!

Ok now for winnahs from last week

Winnah for COMMENTAYTIN’ ($10 in  bella buckeroonis)  goes to…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

10- HELEN you win!  please email me and I will send your vouchah!

Timestamp: 2013-07-26 16:11:18 UTC

now for CONTRIBUTIN winnah ($20 in bella buckeroonis) goes to

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3- JOYCE you win!! please email me and I will email you your vouchah!

Timestamp: 2013-07-26 16:13:09 UTC

Now for this week’s theme.. a sketchypoo that i SERIOUSLY fell in love with 🙂

Decided to participate and used our POLAROID STAMP with a vintage photo in it in my art journal ..

dreamalish? (ohhh that’s a new one) no?

ok now for our SISTAHOOD!

YummmmM!!!

Next week’s theme? ohboy ohboy.. this is a fun one! an INSPIRATION CHALLENGE!  make a card using a bella stamp using the image below as inspiration.. whether it be the colours, the theme, the layout.  Have fun!

mwah to da sistahs who are getting crafty!

Em

Hiya sistahs,

So in order to get my mojo going, I decided to feature a sample of a stamp every WeNNsday… and you know what else?  If you place a comment below you will have a chance to WIN that stamp.  Now how’s DAT for mojo? LOL

It may not necessarily be a card.. it may be an art journal page or something else that is crafty… but it will be something to inspire and get YOUR mojo going… n’k?  ready?

I have had an ideaR swirling in my head for days and I finally sat down yesterday to GET IT OUT.. don’t you hate when that happens?  It HAUNTED me..LOL

So I decided to  use our JUST MY TYPE Cling stamp.. Oh how I love that stamp soooo much!  I have been a wee bit obssessed with my security envelopes and their designs and used it on the page (the orange on the top right hand corner, and the black and white top right and bottom)… I used washi tape and vintage office paper to write myself a note 🙂 “dear me, you can do it.. LOVE me”..LOL.. Yes I talk to myself.. is there something wrong with that?  You know I love collage.. this page in my moleskine journal was sooo much fun to make and I don’t have anything “haunting me” anymore.. well.. I do still have some ideaRs.. LOL

This would be adorable on a card.. same type of layout with a stamped message to the recipient or the sentiments that come with the stamp!

I hope you enjoyed STAMPY wennnSday..  And be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win this stampy!

next stop…. BELLARIFIC FRIDAY!

Mwah to da sistahs who like this new ideaR

Em

And I feel da MOJO coming back 🙂  I do!!!!  YEEHAAAA!!!  I made a mess on my table much to Ryan’s chagrin

and I let my collaging instinct go CUH-RAZY!  Came up with lots of neat pages you may have seen on my instagram feed.. but will show some goodies throughout the week.  I decided that I NEED to be crafty EVERY DAY.. for my sanity.. I can’t recommend it enough.. whether it means sticking something down, scribbling, writing, decorating your calendar… whatever.. one NEEDS this.. or maybe it’s just moi? LOL

Ok this week’s theme for AJ TOOSDAY (on TOOSDAY I might add).. is to make a GRID.  Grids are phenom for card layouts, scrapbooking pages, art journaling pages.. as noisy and as messy as I am, I enjoy a clean nice page.. weird no?  Sometimes I need the “BUSY” but most times I see myself needing some white space to rest my eyes… whats your style?

Ok here is my page.   Have I mentioned I am obssessed with  security envelopes and their patterns?  If any of my sistahs get some good ones from their bills with interesting patterns, feel free to mail me some :).. I love (1) mail and i love (2) security envelopes (oh have I mentioned that? LOL).  So on my grid, I punched out 9 squares of security envelopes that I have collected and purchased for a clean background.. added a vintage foil star, bingo number and vintage image and a wee teeny tiny piece of tape stapled to the top to balance it out…  I have really been interested OBSSESSED with vintage photos.. but not just any photo.. photos that speak to me.. faces that express a feeling I am feeling.. whether it be personal, friendship, family.. This photo just caught my eye.. a page dedicated to my besties :).. clean and simple.

Aren’t these fabby?  DON’ T YOU WANNNNNNA JOIN IN???????? Come on….. ya know ya wanna….

Ok sistahs,

next week’s theme which was something that helped me get my mojo back….

Ok so your challenge this week?  due next TOOSDAY?  Make a  page of patterns and then use it as collage fodder on a page…. ok?  clear as mud?

Don’t forget bellarific friday this week also.. it’s a sketch which would be perfect for an art journal too!  I am gonna play and you can too.. it doesn’t only have to be a card on bellarific friday but it has to follow our theme.. and use a bella stamp

Also don’t forget to leave a comment on the post below (bellarific friday) for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks.  And if you contribute you have a chance to win $20 in bella bucks

Have fun sistahs

sorry to be so long winded.. just excited that Im back! LOL

Em