WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

Hiya sistahs,

I hope you are enjoying the release!  I just love it and it is obvious you do too 🙂  so thank you!

Now for AJ monday on TOOSDAY on WEDNESDAY  LOL

The theme this week was COLOUR… so let’s see what our sistajournalhood came up with shall we?

 

So for next week’s theme let’s document our week this week ..  basically collect stuff from eveywhere you go.. starbucks, michaels, gas station.. and glue it in your journal and write about it.

K?

LOVE aj toosday.. LOVE my sistahood

Love releases

LOVE YOU

Em

 

**ALSO PLEASE NOTE.. I will be posting some images that will be discontinued in our sales section.. first come first serve and once they are done, they are done 😉 **

 

Ok so I couldn’t wait until I leave for weight watchers to post some goodies.. so HERE GOES… da REFRESHATHON begins!!!

Meet THE HAPPY FAMILY by Rheea.. I couldn’t WAIT to colour these babies up.. (yes I colour.. and yes I MISSED IT.. haven’t done it in sooo long).. I am all about the simple card.. focusing on my passion.. the image and the colouring.. ok and maybe a little Washi TAPE… but that’s it.. simple.. and gorGe.  KEEP refreshing throughout the day to see more goodies

meet uptown girl WINONA loves WINTER

and here’s Elaineabella’s card

Outstanding if I do say so myself 🙂

I’m BAAAACK.. and down 4.8 pounds sistahs!  I am sooo thrilled especially since I enjoyed this week of eating.. FINALLY in control.

So I mentioned that we are releasing a new BELLA’S BESTEST paper..  KRAFT in 8.5*11  It’s GORGEOUS.. you all know that Kraft is the new BLACK.. you can use it for ANYTHING.. it matches EVERYTHING.. it’s like JEANS..LOL  So here’s a sample of me playing around and blending on it.. copic is the base and the shading is done with prismacolor and mineral spirits.. PLEASE NOTE I didn’t study colors.. just picked out of my bucket and went for it :).. gorgeous! you can find the new paper HERE

Refreshathon continues!

Have you asked me for a RAMONA stamp lately?  umm YES YOU HAVE!! So let’s get to it!

Ramona has met a new winter friend and her DEELISH.. has a bit of an identity crisis but deelish nonetheless

Meet PENGUIDEER (his actual name, *ahem* is MISTER penguin)

and here is Danabella’s card.. isn’t it amazing when it goes from black and white to colour?  that’s what makes stamping so magical!

do I need to have an attendance sheet?  Anybuddy here watching?  let me know what you think!

Here is Ramona getting ACTIVE.. she loves to glide.  You can find her here

And here is REGAbella’s card

And here is MISTER Penguin goes for a ride.. kinda like a hitchhiker no?  but a cute one!

And here Ramona is SHARING her hot chocolate with MISTER PENGUIN.. lol.. can you tell I love mister penguin?

meet MISTER penguin helps Ramona 🙂

and here is Paulineabella’s card

and here is UPTOWN GIRL BUBBLES loves her BUBBLY

and here’s CARLABELLA’s BUBBLES’ card

and the inside

and here is another RHEEA creation called  A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU (card to follow tomorrow)  she’s sending her little gift by “air mail” for Christmas.. SWEET!

 

and here is my card using A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU

Here’s CATHABELLA’s card using A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU

Oh another UPTOWNIE you ask?  I LOOVE them.. They are called UPTOWN GIRLS THE THREE AMIGAS.. LOL.. I love the quote/toast I put with it 🙂  Makes me happy .. they are one of my FAVORITEST images

and here’s UPTOWN GIRL CHARLIE by the CHIMNEY

and here is FROSTIER

and here’s Paulineabella’s card

Here is the REINDEER and the BIRDIE

and here is Paulineabella’s card

and here is UPTOWN GIRL CAITLYN is having a CUPCAKE PARTY

and here’s CATHABELLA’s card

And here is uptown girl BIANCA and her BIG CAKE.. i need a bite.. I think a bite alone would be 566 points LOL.. but BIANCA has NOTHING to worry about hmph

SOOOOO whaddya think so far??? HMMMM??

off to pick up kidlets from school.. will be back in about 45 minutes… be good… talk amongst yourselves..LOL  or you can discuss on this thread on SPLITCOAST!

i’m baaaaack

meet HOW TO MAKE A SNOWMAN.. I love this image.. so playful and fun!

and Regabella’s card

How about some MO’S??? hmmmmm?

Meet HANNAH with WREATH

and Henry with wreath OF COURSE! What’s a Hannah without a Henry?

and now for some art journaling stamps.. but they aren’t only for art journaling ya know…  They are for inspirational cards, or any other type of cards.. samples to follow maybe tomorrow 🙂

now if you know me, you know I love collage.. so much so that if my kids aren’t moving for a second, I would stick a piece of paper or a wrapper on THEM..LOL.. I love the art of just randomly sticking vintage or new papers, wrappers, bills etc in my art journal.  But collage doesn’t stop at papers ya know.  COLLAGE STAMPING is an amazing thing too… wanna see? K.

Here is our “foundation” stamp for this set.. it’s a brick wall with inspirational words that you can stamp IN the bricks.. you can also write in the bricks.. color in the bricks.. it’s never ending!  You can use the wall alone for a textured background.. the possibilities are endless i tell ya and I will show you.

here’s THE WALL with words.. now don’t think I am weird ok.. LOL.. Trust me when I say that this stamp will be carried in your kit at all times 🙂

Now are you ready for some “COLLAGE ELEMENTS” or COLLAGE “GRAFFITI”  to stamp on your wall?  HMMM?? keep in mind that these stamps can be used on their own beautifully or can be used to “decorate your wall with different inks, embossing etc”… FUNNNNNNN  see? I told you I loved collage!

Here is our set of journal your art out happy  silhouettes GRAFFITI to go on your wall or to be used alone.. so inspiring.. so uplifting!  sometimes when ya just don’t know what to write.. these could just “capture” that feeling no?

Here’s a sample card I did.. I stamp “collaged” one of my silhouettes right on the wall and stamped a little word.. and also used the scraps of ephemera and washi tape on my table…. have I mentioned that I love Washi tape lately?  I could EAT it.  LOL.. and my “points PLUS” calculater says it’s 0 POINTS.. WOOHOOOO!

You can see that the same application can be done with all of the “graffiti” I have made for this wall . FUN NO???

and now here’s our NATURE GRAFFITI stamp  for our wall.. or of course they are GORGE on their own.. no?

look at this for a sample for a sympathy card

and here I mixed from the graffiti set AND the nature set…  FUN! a little messy but YUMMALISH nonetheless 🙂

and here’s more GRAFFITI for the wall.. including some “spillage”.. set of two

 

here’s what it would look like on “DA WALL”

 

and FINALLY some journal your art out JAVA spills to decorate your journals 🙂 (and less cleanup..LOL)

And that my dear sistahs, is the end of a GORGEOUS release 🙂

Now go shopping.. tell your friends LOL because I will not be having a sale for a long time :).. and Christmas is coming and Chanukah! LOL

Mwah to da sistahs who feel REFRESHED.

Em

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will show ONE image.. k?  you happy? hehehehe

 

meet UPTOWN GIRL CHARLIE waiting by the CHIMNEY

Do you LOOOVEY her?  cuz I do 🙂

 

Em

Yep tomorrow is release day…  ITS CRAZY.. it’s an OUT OF CONTROL release.. so you better tell all your friends and family about it.. LOL  cuz it’s GOOD.

YAYAYA I say it all the time and I mean it all the time.. and this time is no exception…

Soooo I am going to weigh in for my first week (GRRRR) at WW tomorrow and I am gonna STAY at the meeting cuz i havta.. and THEN DA REFRESHATHON beginssss…

what’s a REFRESHATHON you ask?

Basically it’s a game where you refresh your screens while I am adding new images so you get to see them as they go live on da bloggy..

Want an inventory of what’s gonna be tomorrow?

ok I will give you one hint.. only 1/67th of the release… 6 UPTOWNIES.. ya still with me?  mmmhmmm… and they are sassiah than evah!

I did post a card using a new ART JOURNALING concept “building on a wall”.. and it is on instagram.. so if you wanna see it… go by there and take a look… and leave a comment so I know you visited 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who REFRESH.

Em

So how was YOUR week at a glance now that I showed you mine? hmmmmm?

Well today is Bellarific Friday… Lots of gorgeousness to showcase so let’s get to it shall we?

but WAIT…. Let’s discuss some winnahs from last week!

Winnah for Commentaytin on our bellarific blogpost goes to… ($10 in bella bucks)…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

4- PATTI J you win!!! please email me and I will send your MOOLAH!

Timestamp: 2012-09-28 13:17:47 UTC

 

Now for da WINNAH for contributin’ to last week’s bellarific friday goes tooooo ($20 in bella bucks)

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3- Mary YOU WIN!! please email me and I will send your VOUCHAH! ;)

Timestamp: 2012-09-28 13:19:55 UTC

And now for this week’s challenge?  BLING IT ON… BLINGGGGGGGG

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

Danabella is still enjoying her last friday OFF hehehe

Such beautifumaliciousness (yes that’s a work ok?)

and now for more Beautifulmalicousity (did you really think I would spell the above word the same twice?  LOL)

Let’s see what da SISTAHOOD came up with!

Are these GORGE or what?   I always get so giddy when people send me their creations. Please don’t be shy… and take these challenges and run with them.. it’s so good for the soul!

Next week’s theme? A SKETCHYPOO!

Have a GREAT weekend sistahs.. will “see” you on Instagram for the weekend 🙂

mwah mwah mwah

don’t forget to post a comment here for the chance to win $10 in Bellabucks!  And contribute to next week’s theme for a chance to win $20 bellabucks!

Don’t be shy.. it’s just ME..

Mwah squared.

Em

 

 

*warning sistahs*.. if you are my Instagram Friends, you have seen these photos.. but  if you aren’t, first, shame on you.. LOL.. second, I decided to share a little bit MORE of da bella on my blog.. little snippets of my life.. photos I took etc.. May be BORING.. but I found it fun at the time.. these shots may include food, stamps, work, family.. pets.. who knows what happens in a week.. ya nevah know..

and if you would like to share some of your shots with US.. go ahead and post them in the comments.. let’s learn a little more about eachothah.. that’s what our SISTAHOOD is all about, no?  I have made SO many important, valuable, amazing friends through my business and I hope I can connect many more people to each other.. a network so to speak..   so if this bores you, I’m sorry :(.. if you think it’s entertaining? WOOHOO! that’s the point..LOL.. I may do this on Thursdays from now on.. we shall see..

Ok here we go ready?

as I mentioned, the most MONUMENTAL decision and commitment I made this week was to join Weight Watchers. I am so grateful for the feedback, links to websites, recipes, snack ideas I have received.. keep em coming!  take pictures and put in the comments.. refer us to websites.. let’s GOOO

 

So that’s basically it.. I’m BORING ay?

Let’s see a little bit about you!

Mwah to da sistahs who HUMOR me by being interested in my life..LOL

Em