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

and boy was I inspired!  I had a weekend ALLL to myself for 3 days!!  It was BLISSFUL!  I painted (will show you painting tomorrow).. I journalled.. I stamped.. I hung out with my chicklet friends… *sigh*.. I think the kids and ryan have to go to camp weekly, no? LOL

Thank you for all your support on last week’s release.. it’s one of my favorites!

Now let’s talk Art journaling shall we?  I am going to update my sidebar to include all my favorites that I look at all the time… If you are “scared” to art journal, please don’t be.. you will never be happier after you start!  There are NO rules.. at all!  It’s how you want it.. you’re the BOSS.. you decide what goes in there.. NOBODY else k?  It’s a place where you can try out new art supplies.. scribble… doodle.. practice lettering… paint.. ink…STAMP!!!  you name it!  I know I repeat myself all the time but I really recommend it to everyone :0  Even my “regular” friends..who don’t understand what it’s like to sniff and lick rubbah cuz you love it so much..LOL.

Ok so the theme this week was to use your FAVORITE colors on a page…

and here is my page.  I decided to use our new TERESA “IN MY ELEMENT” stamp set called “PIE CHARTS HAVE NO CALORIES..” LOL.. I had so much fun converting these elements into flowers!  I got to color.. and shade.  Teresa’s sets are AMAZING for this type of journaling.. they are sooo much fun!  I tried to use my PITT PEN MARKERS for the background.. they are quite “streaky”.. but I like them for journals because they don’t bleed to the other side!  so I get to color and eat my cake too..LOL.. I glued down the business cards from where I visited this weekend and wrote a blurb.. this was FUN!

I do hope that these posts inspire you.. make you want to try it…  I am here for you if you have any questions!

next week’s theme is to use one of our stamps in your journal.. you can cut, color, paper piece.. write a story about what that stamp means to you etc..

Have fun with it, let loose and start a journal if you already haven’t!

Mwah to da sistahs who think I am bossy 🙂

Em

Hiya sistahs,

I am so sorry for the delay.. this release just about KILLED me… so many images.. so little time….know what i mean?  THEN, I had to prepare the kidlets and Ryan as they were going to a sleepaway camp for a “”tryout” for a weekend.. to see how the kids liked it.. so Ryan and two other dads.. took the kids… AND THEN.. well I was so happy to be alone, I forgot about Bellarific friday!  All you moms out there understand no? LOLOLOL

So here I am in a QUIET house, with my KEURIG MOCHA COCONUT.. honestly my FAVORITE FLAVOR thus far  (thank you susan!!).. and I am in heaven… and peace! LOL

So here I gooooo…

Let’s give out some VOUCHAH’s shall we?

Winnah for CONTRIBUTIN’ goes to… ($20 vouchah)

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3-JANE YOU WIN!  please email me and I will send your $20 vouchah!

Timestamp: 2012-06-09 14:35:46 UTC

Now for a COMMENTAYTIN’ winnah ($20 in bella buckeroonis)

goes to

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Here are your random numbers:

4-Debbie B !  you win!  please email me and I will send you your $10 vouchah

Timestamp: 2012-06-09 14:40:34 UTC

Ok now for this week’s theme…. MASCULINE!  A Masculine card.. colours..

If you don’t see your card here it’s because there was a little glitch and I erased a whole file 🙁  If you don’t see your card please please please email me and I will put it up!

Ok here are our baberoonis cards..

Cathabella used THE BIG GUY GRILLING

Danabella used HANGING SPORTS BLOCK

Kathybella used UPTOWN GIRL LUCILLE sends her love

Lindabella used an image from PAULABELLA’S SUMMER DAYS set

Natashabella used MOODY FINGERS

Paulabella used VINTAGE HI WHEEL and eclectic backgrounds CHECKER and FRENCH SCRIPT

Here’s Paulineabella’s card using our new DADDY’S SHOES stamp

Here’s REGABELLA’s card using VINTAGE HI WHEEL

now is that EYE CANDEEE or WHAT?  SIGHHH I wish I was half as talented as our babehood and sistahood!

Ok now for our sistahood!  (again, if you don’t see your card here, it’s because I deleted my original file in error.. please resend!)

These are FAMAZING!!!! (hehehehe.. i like this word)..

Next week’s theme is CHOOSE A SKETCH OF YOUR CHOICE that we used throughout the year..use a bella stamp.. whichever one.. and have fun!

see you monday for AJ monday!

mwah mwah mwah

Em

Hiya sistahs!  I am just leaving home to go to Bellaland and I cannot access my computer at work…grrrrr…

So.. I have not introduced you to another new artist and I have a more formal bio coming but I will tell you what I feel about her first 🙂

Teresa Mcfayden is one of my art journaling “heroes”!  I have taken every single one of her online classes to date :)… she is so warm, so friendly and a phenomenal teacher.  Really.  So one day I shyly approached her and asked if she would share some of her “trademark” elements she uses on her art journaling pages.  and guess what?  SHE SAID YES!!!!  I was humbled.  I was so excited.. SO EXCITED.  So off to work we went together and had a blast.  Her signature is her layering on her pages… I try to copy her all the time but it never quite looks the same..LOL.   The greatest thing about these stamps is that if you are beginner, these will come in handy!  they are space fillers and fun to colour and just amazing to look at!

We are releasing 4 of her fun sets.. you will be so excited!  I know Teresa and I are :).   The funny thing also was that Teresa and I were looking for a name for the collection.  It took us 3 weeks for her to come up with it and I think it is just perfect.  “IN MY ELEMENT stamps” by Teresa Mcfayden.  LOVE IT.

Ok so I am going to post my quick sample of a journal page I used with them… you can actually guess where they are..  In. Love. With.Them.Honestly.

Another great thing about them, is that you can make backgrounds with them for cards, use them as a focal point on your cards and use them as journaling blocks on scrapbook pages.. very versatile!

Ok here it is 🙂

Ok.. leaving for bellaland.. will meet you there in an hour k?  then you can play the “refreshing game”…..

Mwah.

Here are the formal introductions to the new stampies

meet UPTOWN GIRL  WINNIE peeking out the window

meet UPTOWN GIRL VIENNA on her VESPA

meet uptown girls BELINDA AND BERNADETTE-bench buddies

now meet BRIGITTE the beautiful bride.. of course you pronounce her name (BREEJEETE).. k? LOL.. she’s FANCY that way

Meet Uptown girl ISABELLE loves her ICE CREAM

Here’s UPTOWN GIRL TESSIE the TEACHER.. the great thing is.. with the sentiments included, they can be for a teacher or for an encouragement card!

and Here is uptown girl PIPPA loves to plant!

How’s DAT for da UPTOWNIES?? hmmmm??

Now let’s discuss my MOEYPOO shall we? (Mo Manning..LOL)

Here’s TALK TO THE BEAR

Here’s the CUPCAKE thief.. bwahahahaha

Here’s DADDY’S SHOES

and here’s CUTTING THE RUG by mo

here’s  BUSKETTIE

And now for our AMAZING RHEEA!  Love the sketchiness.. love the RAWness.. yum

Here is CLIMB ON by RHEEA

And now here is JUST ANOTHER LOVELY DAY

Here is SIMPLE JOY by Rheea..this image makes me so happy *sigh*

here’s GRANDMA’S GRAMOPHONE by RHEEA

Last but not least… MICROPHONE

And nowwwww.. let’s talk TERESA shall we?

here she is all gorgeous and a little bit about her

Like I mentioned earlier this morning.. if you have never taken a Teresa class, you must.. she is amazing!

Here are her 4 sets from her “IN MY ELEMENT” line.. you are gonna LOOOOVE these!!!  and you will also love the names we picked for them hehehehe

Here is the DO THESE STRIPES MAKE ME LOOK FAT? set.. lol

These are Teresa’s signature stripes.. colour with copics.. run them down the side, up top of your page.. LOVE

Here’s Teresa’s PIE CHARTS have NO calories “in my element” stamps

And “YOURE ALWAYS A STAR-BURST to ME”

And last but not least “YOU’VE BEEN FRAMED”

LOOOVE THEM!!!!

Now I created another little cluster set.. (will be a new collection).. I just envision these on cards.. little ones.. or stamped in “clusters” on the corner of a scrapbook layout, card, journal page… I LOVE THESE!!!

OK that’s it!! I will be adding some samples here and there on this post 🙂 but I hope you love this release as much as I do 🙂

Mwah!

What was I thinking?  Am I gonna have to pull an all nighter????? (getting flashbacks of university days)

I’m not giving you NO MO’ sneaky peekies.. but I WILLLL leave you with some GORGEOUS cards to inspire you and make you tingly inside.  (yes.  cards make me tingly.  ya mind?  After reading 20 shades of grey- NO I AM NOT FINISHED YET.. everything is tingly! LOL.. did I say that out loud?)

Ok look at our DT and how amazinK they are

Ok since I am showing off my DT.. I just realized I have to show off NNNNEWWWWW IMAGESSSSSSSSS.. happy now? LOL

Kathybella  used CUPCAKE THIEF by Mo

Danabella used UPTOWN GIRL VIENNA on her VESPA

did any of this make sense?

have two kids fighting upstairs… I can’t even hear myself think!

mwah.  see you tomorrah

First of all, I would like to wish our very own LINDABELLA a VERY HAPPY birthday today!  If you wanna make her feel warm and fuzzy, just mosey (LOVE THAT WORD) on ovah to her blog and post a comment 🙂

Now for today’s menu.. we are serving up a MO.

Now not just a regular Mo.  When she emailed me this image, I FUH_REAKED out… like how did she get my Jayden so perfectly? LOL.  And take a look at the bear… he is SO ANNOYED..LOL.. do you know how many times he has been flung in someone’s face that day?  LOTS.  LOL

meet TALK TO THE BEAR (aka Jayden or any sistahs who share my pain and have a daughter like this one..LOL.. just kiddink  my daughter is DEEVINE)

should we do anothah one??? hmmmmmmm…..

Sure.. another MO… k?

This one is called CUTTING THE RUG.. so cute.. for kids, for anniversaries.. for lovey doveyness… it can fit a lot of bills (what does that mean? LOL.. )

Just love their faces 🙂

Here is a sample that our Paulineabella made..isn’t it GORGEOUS?

These babes just bring everything to life don’t they?

Ok Ok.. one more?  hmmmmm?

Meet uptown girl TESSIE the TEACHER… as you know I don’t love seasonal images.. I love images that you can use many many times over for multiple occasions.  So for Tessie, I included an encouragement quote so you can use it for friends etc.!  I’m clever that way, no? LOL

and here is Kathybella’s card… DEEVINE I say.. DEEVINE.

ok gotta go prepare more goodies!!!

Mwah mwah mwah…

Let me know how you like da stampies!

Em