WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

and da THEME this week was to use GRAPHITE on your page.. in other words.. a pencil.

So I kinda chose this theme selfishly because I had a product I was DYING to try.. hehe.. something I bought a while ago and didn’t have an excuse to use…  it’s called ARTGRAF water soluble graphite.  When I saw this set with the pot of graphite, the brush and the stick.. I melted.  literally.. uch actually i WISH i could melt..LOL  but Seriously.. anything that says it comes in a little “pot”.. has to be MINE…  and it was a small fortune too.

In any event, I had a blast playing with this… the shading, the meltability, and just the whole drawing experience kinda changed for me using this!  So it’s definitely a keeper

I really liked this challenge!!

Now for NEXT WEEK’S THEME??? BLACK AND WHITE.. paper, paint, pastel, marker.. but it must be BLACK AND WHITE!  YA HEAR THAT MARY?  LOL

Mwah to da sistahs who lovey to art journal
Em

Hiya sistahs..sorry about not posting yesterday but I am still feeling a bit offffff.. blech

so let’s get down to bidniss.. I should be back to my usual self in a couple of days..

So some winnahs for last week’s bellarific friday!

Winnah for CONTRIBUTIN ($20 in bella bucks) goes to… DRUMROLL please…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

1- Heidi you win!  please email me and I will send your moolah!

Timestamp: 2012-09-15 21:44:05 UTC

Now for da COMMENTAYTIN winnah ($10 in bella bucks) goes to…  BONGO ROLL PLEASE.. (I kill me)

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

1- Carol you win!  please email me and I will send your VOUCHAH!

Timestamp: 2012-09-15 21:45:40 UTC

Now for this week’s theme…

USING BUTTONS OR BOWS on your card.. YUMMALISH!

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

gorge no??????

And now for da SISTAHOOD

are these gorgeous or what?  I love buttons and BOWSIES.

Ok next week’s theme is a SKETCHYPOOPOO!

Have fun sistahs!

don’t forget to post a comment for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks ORRRR Submit a card for a chance to win $20 in bella bucks

mwah to da sistahs who forgive me for being LATE and BLAH.

Hmph

Em

hmph.  So I have been so out of it lately.. not feeling well.. totally “off”.. so listen to what happened.. k?  you listening?

So I had to run some errands.. go to the bank, get some food etc.. you still with me?  I get to my destination, ready to put my bank card in the machine and guess what?  NO WALLET. no wallet!  NOOOOOO WALLLET.  I looked everywhere!!!  NO WALLET.

So I get myself back into the car, try to take a shortcut home and this is what I end up in

so of course I post my ANGER on facebook and whilst cursing to myself I am belting out TUNES.  THANK GOODNESS one of my favorite songs came on..

So FINALLY I get through this MUCKNESS.. I get home basically HYSTERICAL.. Search the house like a maniac lunatic.. NO WALLET.

So knowing me, I go back to the car and guess what was next to me the WHOLE TIME.  my wallet.  Need I say more?  I almost cried.

Ever have one of DOZE-DAYZ?  Hmph.

Ok I feel bettah now.

So I did some crafting .. and I thought it would be fun to show you the evolution of a collage/painting! I was posting on instagram but IF YOU AREN’T FOLLOWING ME… nudge nudge poke poke…..  hehehe

Ok so here is a random collage where I used vintage pieces, cards, ephemera and some newer scraps..  I don’t really think of where I place the papers.. I just have sooo much fun tearing, cutting and GLOO-ing.

Another thing I just learned from a class I am taking is to scan the collage and reuse it in future projects!  BRILLIANT!  So If I use originals in my work, I will always have copies to rip, tear and use again!  And even if you scan your progress.. there will be even MORE elements to include in future work.. brilliant… no?

In the next photo, I used Martha Stewart paints (ON SALE THIS WEEK AT Michaels for 40% off- thank me later..LOL).. I used PUTTY, SUMMER LINEN, and ARTICHOKE.  I LOVVVE these paints.. Of course I own all the expensive ones too but the nice quality of cheapy paints is that they have a low pigment load which makes them SHEER.. which is what you want when you layer colour… CAPICHE? LOL (my mother used to always say that to me).. meaning you understand?

Here I stamped and doodled a little and outlined my “chicklet”…

And here she is.. with her crooked mouth and her sad eyes… LOL.. but I love her.  I stamped a message.. it’s kinda like I am talking to myself.. trying to remind me of certain things.. so when you see me stamp “messages” on my canvases.. I’m usually talking to myself 🙂  LOL

I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial.. Im DYING to make another video..LOL..and I will soon!

Bellaland is actually moving this week so we are in a bit of chaos!! IF you are waiting on an order, please email me as we cannot work on it until Monday as we are trying to get this arranged as quickly as we can and as smoothly as we can.. Will keep you posted on the progress!

Oh and did I mention a release?  A wintery one?  A JOOCY one?  OMG.. TDF.

Mwah to da sistahs who “listen” to me vent

Em

Oh and if you haven’t heard THIS song yet, I suggest you blare it.  It’s so inspiring… I LOVE “FUN”
http://youtu.be/qc-vNR1D4X8

Hiya sistahs!

Hope you had a great weekend!  I have been feeling under da WEATHAH for about 4 days now :(.. I am so affected by the change of weather.. never realized how badly!! migraines body sore… BLAHHHHH

So today is AJ toosday!  Our challenge this week was to use something we have never used before.. or something that scared us..LOL

I love these entries so very very much!!

And now for next week’s challenge sistahs?  PENCIL.. and ONLY PENCIL.. and NOTHING BUT THE PENCIL.. doodle, background, transfer, rub… use the shavings.. I dont care.. but I just wanna see PENCIL MARKS

Mwah!  And don’t forget about this weeks bellarific friday!!! and posting a comment there to have a chance to win $10 in bella bucks!

mwah to da sistahs who love their 2B’s… (pencils that is)

Em

Hiya sistahs.. sick of me yet? hmmmm?

Well it’s friday thank goodness.. I am ready for it .. REhEALLY ready for it I tell ya’s (lol)

So let’s discuss some winnahs for last week’s Bellarific Friday shall we?

Here is da CONTRIBUTIN’ winnah ($20 in bella buckeroonis)

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3-MARGO	you win!  please email me and I will send your MOOLAH!

Timestamp: 2012-09-07 12:51:20 UTC

Here is da winnah for COMMENTAYTIN ($10)… see?  you can say HI to me and WIN $10.. a bit of bribery, no?

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

13-Violet you win!  please email me and I will send you $10 in bella buckeroonis!

Timestamp: 2012-09-07 12:53:43 UTC

And now for this week’s theme!  It was a sketch! ( I apologize for some of the sideways images but that is how I received them.. I tried so hard to make them straight but the computer was NOT cooperating..LOL.. or the operator..)

Lets see what our Baberoonis came up with shall we?

I am so happy to announce ELAINEABELLA coming back to being a babe… SOOOO Happy!  did I mention I was happy? LOL

And just to announce that Kathybella and Natashabella have stepped down from babehood.. family and life just got in the way.. imagine that! LOL.  We wish them lots of luck and goodness!!! mwah!!

And now for our SISTAHOOD!

And NOWWWW for another announcement.

Our KETTO LINE is being discontinued.  Sept 20th will be the FINAL day you can get your little sistah hands on these goodies!  We LOVED the stamps and had so much fun with them!  We will be introducing newer and amazing images soon so stay TOONED!

NEXT WEEK’S THEME IS TO USE BUTTONS OR BOWS on your cards.. easy peasy!! have fun!

Mwah to da sistahs who love Bellarific Fridays.. even when they are SMALLLL

Em

hi hi again 🙂

Here is anothah bitty block for you 🙂

I used our PACK YOUR BAGS stamp.  As I always tell my sistahs.. nevah evah look at a stamp  “literally”.. what i mean by that is that sometimes, your stamp can be used in a different way from it’s intention.  Look at your stamp from “afar” LOL.. dissect it into little bits and see if you can find another use for it..  So I just used one piece of vintage luggage for this piece instead of the 3 stacked!  SEEEE???  you can do it too.. challenge yourselves k?

here’s the side view

I collect (mmhmm.. ya that’s what I call it ok?).. vintage children’s dictionaries.. I love the images and I love the definitions :).. So the travel definition came from that book..  , the paper is crate paper and I used GOLDEN GLAZE in BURNT UMBER to age it.

LOVE.

Now this blog CAN’T be only about MOI can it?  Let’s see some inspiration from our baberoonis shall we?

Is this GORGE-ALICIOUSNESS or what?!

Sigh.. I’m so feeling inspired.  Loving my blog.. loving my sistahs. just loving life.  ya know?

Mwah to da sistahs who feel the same way as I do 🙂  and if you don’t?  I will help you get there !

Em

P.S. if you follow me (personal Emily Block) on facebook you would have experienced my MELTDOWN in the car stuck in traffic for 1.5 hours trying to get to the doctor.. this song came on the radio and helped me pass time..LOL.. was singing at the TOP of my lungs with windows down.. don’t think I looked so pretty..LOL