WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

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

I am a BLOGGING MACHINE… LOL

A little more inspiration shall we?

Another BELLA BITTY BLOCK?  (I just like typing it and saying it..)  OK!

On this one, I used our THINKING BIRDS stamp.. can you tell that I love that stamp?  I stamped it in STAZ ON on vintage paper and sprayed with BUTTERSCOTCH (love saying that too) COLOR WASH..  so it looks “authentic”..  I also stamped a 7 gypsies background stamp and used the same technique as above. I also used  a Tim Holtz inspiration metal thingie.. LOL

So now you can see yesterdays and today’s together.. they don’t match at all.. are different styles.. but THAT, my dear sistahs, is what makes this GORGE!

WAITTTTT till you see more of DEM togethah!!!!

I am so busy exploring different styles.. different loves…  Folk/naive style, abstract…    Can you tell I’m hyper?

Maybe I should use this energy and sort my basement?

NAHHHHH…

K here’s a snippet of a little teeny tiny portion of my STUFF. GRRRRRR

See you TOMORROW!

don’t forget to put a comment on bellarific friday post for your chance to win $10 in buckeroonis! and don’t forget our challenge this week!

Mwah to da sistahs who need to organize

Em

Hiya sistahs!

I hope you had a great weekend :).. we were invited up north for a little R&R which was beautiful, rearranged my craft room (DON’T ASK).. and got a LOT of crafting done..  I was supposed to have a purgeathon but my craft table has a MAGNET.. I told Ryan that but he didn’t buy it.  HMPH.  We also went to Ikea to get some new goodies to put in there.  PICTURES will come this week to show you the HELL I am in over here.  Anyone wanna come over and help? LOL

So since today is a very GLOOMY day in Toronto, I needed a little bit of inspiration.. so out I went and on my travels I found something that made me VERY happy.. something I can look at every day and smile.  I love collection little bits.. little objects and surround myself with them.  Ryan will be putting a little shelf up so I can put my goodies there.  I also put up a bulletin board which will act as my inspiration board so when I stamp and paint, I always know I have a place to just glance at to make me happy :).

So this is what I bought today to put my long paintbrushes and tools in.. you likey?  I LOVEY his tummy!

There’s something about pottery that I am loving again.. the texture.. the memories.. Pottery was SO HOT in the 70’s wasn’t it?

I was inspired by someone on Pinterest a couple of weeks ago (who isn’t).. and became OBSESSED with making little 3*3 *1.5″ wood blocks into little collage masterpieces..LOL .. they are so much fun to make and collect and put them together on a wall.. I envision a whole big grouping of them!  I have made 8 so far with all vintage papers.. our stamps.. wallpaper etc.. so I thought I would share them with you.. who knows, they may be collectible and for sale one of these days.. *wink wink*

OK so here is one of them that I posted on Instagram a couple of days ago.. I called this one “SEW VERY VINTAGE”

This brightens up my rainy day.. YOU?

Now for AJ TOOSDAY!

Our theme this week was animal.. your favorite animal.. etc

So those were our players this week!  Hope we have more next week.. the pages just get better and better as the weeks progress! (ok well, except for mine..LOL)

Next week’s theme… I want you to take out a supply that you are intimidated of/never had a chance to play with.. it can be sprays, pastels, even different black pens to find your favorite one 🙂

Hope to see you next week with your page!

Will show you more bella bitty blocks tomorrow 🙂

If you do follow me on Instagram, i’m sorry for the redundant images 🙂

So my question this week for my sistahs is this.  What do you like to have around you to inspire you?  is it an object, a picture, colour?

Would love to hear from you..  tell me that you’re there actually reading this 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who place a comment (and even those who don’t 🙂 )

Em

Hiya sistahs.. me again 🙂 (like who else could it be? LOL)

First and foremost I must should out to my husband Ryan and wish him a happy anniversary.  We are married 15 years today.. exactly the day Princess Diana died.. this is how many people remember our wedding day…  I remember that day so vividly.  Without getting overly mushy as I was accused of that on my facebook post lol, I would just like to say thank you to my dear Ryan for being able to tolerate (lol) and love me for so many years and hopefully for many more… I LOVE YOU my RY RY!

Ok movin’ right along 🙂

Bellarific Friday winnahs from last week!

Winnah for COMMENTAYTIN goes to…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

26- RETRO DOLLY you win!  please email me and I will send you a $10 vouchah!

Timestamp: 2012-08-31 21:08:35 UTC

Now for da CONTRIBUTIN winnah!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

4-Susan you win!  please email me and I will send you $20 in bella buckeroonis!

Timestamp: 2012-08-31 21:10:01 UTC

Ok, now let’s talk THIS WEEK.  Our theme for this week was BACK TO SCHOOL! (my kids start TOOSDAY!)

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

And now for our PHENOMALISH SISTAHOOD!

Are ya DROOLIN’ yet?

Ok next week’s theme is A SKETCHYPOOOOO!

Have a GREAT long weekend 🙂  There is NO excuse for you NOT to send me an AJ page for TOOSDAY on your fave animal, pet, artist drawing etc.. k? k.

And also to work on your card for next week!

Mwah to da sistahs who will be crafty!

I have been a posting MADWOMAN on instagram so if you evah wanna see what I am up to, just follow me there under stampingbella.  I am obssessed with these little 3*3 blocks I am making to make a collage of them on my wall…Will post them here next week but you can see them now on Instagram

mwah, mwah mwah!!

Em