WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

I love art journaling mondays because it really gives me an excuse to play :)..    We have gorgeous entries this week.. which makes my heart SINNNGALING!

Ok the theme this week was to use a bella stamp on your page.. let’s see what everyone came up with shall we?

BEEYOOTIFUL entries sistahs!!

Next week’s theme is STRIPES………….. you can use teresa’s stamps.. make your own .. striped border.. etc..

and PLEASE put some theme recommendations in the comments to help me 🙂 LOL

Also Teresa’s new class Art JOURNALISTA starts today!  I am so excited.. lesson one is up!  You will lOVE IT!

Mwah mwah mwah

Em

on Mary Ann Moss’ blog (I love her and all her classes BTW).. It is a video showing Danny Gregory sketching.  He is a wonderful self-taught artist.. who has amazing books out to make you see the world in a different way. Danny has gone through some tragedy.. but all along has kept his spirit and his artwork

This is a sweet sweet and extremely inspiring video
please watch and enjoy 🙂

Mwah

Em

Sorry for the delay.. been a bit crazy around the bella household.. Yesterday we had a street party that went on to the wee hours of the night.. LOL.. we just moved to this neighborhood and I have to tell you, I FINALLY feel like this is HOME.. so many kids.. so many amazing people were finally officially met.. food galore, movies for kids.. planned games.. we were outside from 4pm until 11!  and I loved every little minute of it 🙂

So here I am.. a little groggy… but here nonetheless and ready for a Bellarific Friday (on sunday)…LOL.. I am thinking that we will not have that many participants over the summer but I am HOPING that that will not be the case!!!

Let’s discuss some winnahs from last week

Winnah for PARTICIPATING ($20 in bella bucks) goes to…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

7-Maria you win!! please let me know if you would like us to put the moolah in your store account!

Timestamp: 2012-06-17 14:30:11 UTC

and now for the commentaytin winnah ($10 in Bella Bucks) goes to

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

4- Heidi H you win!! please email me and I will send your vouchah!

Timestamp: 2012-06-17 14:31:22 UTC

OK now down to BIDNISS

The challenge this week was to choose your favorite sketch from the past year and to use it again with a Bella image!

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

and now for da SISTAHOOD!

small and intimate but GORGEOUS!!!

now for next week’s challenge

ink up your FAVORITE girl image!! that should be easy peasy no??

Can’t wait to see the entries!

Mwah to da sistahs who love BELLARIFIC FRIDAYS (on sundays)

Em

this week Bellarific Friday will be posted tomorrow on Sunday 🙁

it’s been a crazy coupla days!

will fill you in

Mwah.. hope you are enjoying the gorgeous weather

Em

I’m talkin’ about da STAMP sistahs.. I LOVE THIS STAMP!  I was so inspired that I made anuDDah (OOOHHH  a new word I LOVE!) canvas…

This little girl, “nina” is fishing… and HOPING… and she caught da hope! LOL… I just play with whatevah comes in DISS head of mine.. and this is what came out..

layers and layers of glazed paint.. and I mean LOTS…some fluorescent pink paint to add a bit of whimsy to da vintage..  vintage 1890 ledger paper and a vintage receipt she was stamped on..vintage stamps (postal stamps..LOL).. and a little scribble here an there to make my mark..LOL and of course.. our new stamp “JUST ANOTHER LOVELY DAY” by Rheea..

and this is what fell out of my paintbrush.. LITERALLY..LOL

Hope you love it.

Will see you tomorrow for Bellarific friday

mwah mwah mwah to da sistahs who EMBRACE da WRINKLES.. and KRINKLES..

Em

Yesterday I was in my studio (FANCY for BASEMENT).. and I was working on a piece I am going to show you.  It started off one way and ended up in a completely different direction.. it was really weird how that happened.  Colors changed, composition changed but the subject stayed the same.  And the message came to me at the end.  I wondered why I stamped that message in and today it dawned on me.  This was created for Tyler.  It was a message for HIM.

In this piece I used MICROPHONE by Rheea.  I can’t tell you enough how much I adore these stamps.. they pull at my heartstrings.. they make me think.. and they make me want to stamp them everywhere that doesn’t breathe or move… now tell me, is that normal?  hmmm.. it depends who you ask..LOL.. my “regular” friends think I have finally lost it 🙂 LOL ..  This is one of the reasons I started this blog..

(1)  to create a testament to my family and friends

(2)  To provide inspiration and humor

(3)  to connect people (sistahs) all around the world who are JUST LIKE ME and can’t seem to convince their regular friends that they are NORMAL..LOL.. It’s ok sistahs.. Our sistahood knows that you are normal 🙂

Here is my birch cradled “canvas” I made for my Tyler.. I love the vintage brown and the neon just peeking through it… (oh and I decided to create AMBIENCE with the baby roses from my garden)

I so hope that my kids one day will scroll through these entries and realize how much they mean to me.. if they don’t , I will FORCE them to..LOL.

Tyler is a DECADE old.  A DECADE.  I remember when they wrapped him in a pink blanket in the hospital because they ran out of blue (that stuff only happens to me) and my mother came RUNNING in from Montreal right after I gave birth .. grabbed the baby and said  OH YOU HAD A GIRL!… I cleared my throat and had to explain that HE was a BOY.

I could go into the details of the birth..LOL. but I won’t.  Just want to make a tribute to Ty.. who makes me proud every single day.  It’s crazy to stare at someone who displays your traits both good and bad and sometimes I say, I can’t believe I created HIM.  He is a super athlete, a conscientious student but MOST OF ALL.. he is a wonderful human being.  He has a heart of gold and would never hurt a soul.  So empathetic.  he feels what other people feels.. it’s uncanny…. oh and did I mention his sense of humor and goofiness? LOL

Thank you to my sistahs for listening to my little personal stories :).. and reading 🙂

Mwah to my SON who is legally allowed to stay home alone (lol.. it’s so good to have a little scaredy cat)

Em