WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

da sistahs from the last post.. KEEP IT UP SISTAHS!

see you tomorrow for AJ TOOSDAY!

MWAH

Hiya sistahs,

I KNEW I would get your attention!  I need your help.  I have my children thinking, ryan thinking, me thinking and now I want to have you thinking… k?  Ready for my question?

As I mentioned, I am redoing my website.. giving the old one a BIG HEAVE HO..LOL (I like the words HEAVE HO)..

I would LOVE to see which websites inspire you.. which elements of certain websites make you happy.  I have an ideaR in my head of how I want the website to look.. but would love it if you had some favorite websites (not necessarily stamping websites) that you would share with me..and why you love them so much.. a specific design?  A certain function it has?  a colour?

Now second of all, I need your help.  I am looking for a “tag line” to go under STAMPING BELLA.. something clever.. something CURRENT.. something CATCHY as I am redesigning my logo.  My brain is fried.. I have had a few ideas but would love to hear yours.. so for instance, these are a few I was thinking of but they are just so “blah”

Stamping bella: where ink meets paper

stamping bella : where RUBBAH meets PAYPAH (lol)

Stamping Bella: Unleash your creativity

stamping Bella: it’s MAGICAL

stamping bella:  JUST.  PLAIN. COOL

LOL.. see? I’m DRYYYYYY

So I need your help!  Anybody have any ideas?  And if I use your ideaR, I will give you a $50 in Bella Buckeroonis…  SO comment away.. not just once.. as the muse hits you.. you can comment a kajillion times 🙂

Can’t wait to see your ideas!

Ok now down to da nitty gritty

Let’s discuss some winnahs from last week’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY.. shall we?

Winnah for COMMENTAYTIN ($10 in bella bucks) goes to

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

10- OLIVIA you win! please email me and I will send you your bucks!

Timestamp: 2012-08-10 21:20:38 UTC

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

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

7-Maria you win!! please email me and I will send you your vouchah!

Timestamp: 2012-08-10 21:23:23 UTC

And now for today’s challenge

a sketch!

let’s see what our BABEROONIS came up with shall we?

And now for da SUPERSONIC SISTAHOOD!

ooh.. how about STAMPING BELLA : where SUPER meets SONIC..  grrrr.  LOL. did you ever watch Guy Smiley on Sesame street and he would try to compose a song on the piano and proceed to BANG HIS HEAD on his piano a million times out of frustration?  that’s how I feel..LOL

where did all da sistahs go? LOL..

So you gonna help me sistahs?  find a tagline? win some moolah?

Submit a card next week and win some moolah?

Comment on this post and win some moolah?

think I am trying to say something here? LOL

Next week’s theme is BIRTHDAY WISHES…  I mean COME ON.. is that an easy one or WHAT?  I expect a lot of entriesssss.. k?

Mwah to da sistahs who love tag lines.. oh and me 🙂

Em

P.S don’t forget to follow me on Instagram and Twitter.. I post a LOT over there..LOL and like us on facebook if you haven’t already!

I love to do a “roundup” once in a while.. of all of our BABEROONIS’ fantastic work.. and then I make a little shrine and bow down to them every day..LOL.. They are SOOO talented!  I am so lucky!!

So if you haven’t had a chance to see all of their cards lately.. let’s take a looky right over here… in one place.. my “living room”

So get comfy, grab a java or a tea-a and a napkin to wipe up the drool.

Ready? Set?  GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

here’s a couple of Kathybella’s cards

Let’s take a look at some of PAULINEabella’s cards shall we?

Here are some of Danabella’s cards

Here are some CARLABELLA cards

And here are some of NATASHABELLA‘s cards

Now for some CATHABELLA goodness

And now for some of  REGABELLA‘s cards

K now you can wipe your chins of the drool.. take a last sip of your hot BEVERAGE (I can’t help thinking of BIG BANG THEORY when I hear that word).. and then you will be startled because it is cool now…

Enjoy the rest of the day…

see you MANANA

Mwah

Hiya sistahs!

I hijacked my own post yesterday LOL..  because we had a long weekend, I thought yesterday was monday.. what a DOORKNOB.  LOL

I had to take a picture of Jayden this morning.. she craftily  popped out her lenses from her 3D glasses from a movie (atta girl) and decided she wanted to wear these.. I thought she looked STUNNING.. this picture is going RIGHT on my inspiration board near my art table.  THIS picture inspires me…

Ok now let’s discuss AJ TOOSDAY (on wednesday).. the theme this week was to journal about what’s on your mind these days…

next week’s theme is TIME.. you can use clocks, clock hands.. minutes.. passing of time.. time flies.. etc..  use some colored pencils on that page…

Have fun sistahs!

MWAH!

Hiya sistahs!

I hope you had a great weekend. we had a long weekend here in Toronto and it was just beautiful.  We were invited to our friend’s cottage and this was the view.  Breathtaking.  OF COURSE they had beautiful weather UNTIL WE GOT THERE.. I was called “the black cloud” LOL.. but we had fun nonetheless

It was my BFF’s birthday this weekend and she had a splash at her home that her hubby hosted for her.  On the invitation it clearly said NO GIFTS.  She always admired my paintings and was my cheerleader for so long and she has been begging me for one for such a long time, so about two weeks ago, I started on my painting adventure.  And here it is.. raw and true friendship

I have been researching poetry for the last little while and I came across a beautiful poem by Maya Angelou which I HAD to include in the painting for her. And this was what the inscription looked like on the back

When I read this poem, I felt a bit of a sigh of relief.. I can’t explain it… It all came together.  This is what feeling 40 feels like 🙂

PHENOMENAL WOMAN by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It’s the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can’t touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can’t see.
I say,
It’s in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I’m a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed.
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It’s in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
‘Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

Need I say more?

here here to all da PHENOMENAL women in my sistahood and in my life 🙂

mwah!

Em

Hiya sistahs!

well things are winding down in Bellaland.. tomorrow is technically the last day we are open but watch your inboxes because we may still continue next week as we are there working anyway 🙂

Things are SO exciting on my front.. and what’s to come?  OMG I am ready for the adventure!  I have found a new artist who will knock your socks off.. I mean she knocked mine off ! fun and whimsical and full of personality.. hmmm we talking about my stamps or me? LOL.  I also have a batch of Uptownies I will be releasing soon too… Oh and our website will be getting a facelift!  Lots of goodness!

Ok let’s discuss bellarific winnahs from last week shall we?

Winnah for commentaytin goes to….

Here are your random numbers:

1-KELLY YOU WIN!! please email me for your $10 in bella buckeroonis!

Timestamp: 2012-08-03 19:40:12 UTC

Now for da CONTRIBUTIN’ winnah

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

6-Maria you win!  please email me and I will send you your $20 bella bucks vouchah!

Timestamp: 2012-08-03 19:41:16 UTC

and now for this week’s challenge!  Summertime!  paper, colour, stamp… let’s see what our baberoonis came up with!

Lindabella and Paulabella will be taking a hiatus for a while.. I think I worked them too hard..LOL.. either that or I SMELLLL.. I am hoping it is neither!  But I do understand how hard it is to balance full time work and a full time hobby and I will miss them both so much you have no idea.  Words CANNOT explain the void in my heart not having them here with me right now.  This will, of course NEVER affect our closeness nor our deep friendship.. we have learned to separate business and pleasure and the visits and closeness will NEVER EVER go on hiatus.  They are both stuck with SMELLY me for the rest of their days! LOL.  But let’s hope they rest up, quit their full time jobs and come back SOONER rather than later..!  Paula and Linda.. I LOVE YOU both SOOO MUCH!!!

Well, Linda decided to go off with a BANG.. check out this card!

Tell me these cards aren’t PHENOMALISH.. OMG.. beyond.. I would say GOURMET!

And now for our GOURMET sistahood!

were those not GOURMET?  Hells ya!

Now for next week’s theme .. it’s a SKETCH!

don’t forget AJ TOOSDAY on TOOSDAY.. make an art journal page depicting where “you’re at” right now..  CANT WAIT TO SEE!

and don’t forget to post a comment here for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks next week

and don’t forget to send me a card for next friday

and …. Don’t forget that I love you

And  and… DON”T forget to have a great crafty weekend…

Oh AND AND AND.. don’t forget to follow me on Instagram.. Im OBSESSED and have been posting stuff like crazy there!  say hi when you’re there, k? k.

Mwah to da sistahs who LOVE da fridays

Em

Oh ANNNDDD I wanted to leave you with this.. these cards are all over pinterest and really some of them have me in stitches