WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

Hiya sistahs,

Hope you had a great weekend!  Ryan took Tyler to a hockey tourney in London (2 hours away) and Jayden and I had a Girls weekend.. (you will see the pics on my Project Life post tomorrow :)).. We had a phenom time!  She is 6 going on 16..LOL

Ok.. let’s talk about AJ monday a little.  RETRO DOLLY had a fab idea about giving out prizes or some sort of button (RD, you have to email me some more info on that or just post in the comments so we can all partake in a convo 🙂 ).  If you have any ideas on how to make AJ monday more exciting (although I am not sure I can handle any more excitement..LOL), please post on the comments and we can share ideas!  Ok.. enough BLABLA.. let’s see the PHENOMALISHNOUS sent in by da sistahood! and da BABEHOOD!

Have I mentioned lately  that I LOVE MONDAYS????

If you are on the fence about joining in, PLEASE hop off and join in..LOL.. color scribble write doodle.. whatever! it’s your place!   If you have any questions at ALL about art journaling , please email me and I will try to answer whatever I can. k?

ETA:  I JUST FOUND MORE ENTRIES from SISTAHS!!! please please please forgive da airheadabella !!!!!

SOOOO???? ready to join in yet???? hmmmmmmm????

Next week’s theme is…… FABRIC!  use a scrap, a full piece, stamp on muslin, rip, shred, patch.. whatevah!

we can chat in the comment thread here.. or I have opened a post in our MEMBER GROUP at Splitcoast!  You can find the thread here

MWAH

Em

Hiya sistahs,

sorry for the delay… been so biZzyyyyyyy!!!!

Ok without  further ADOOOOOOOO let’s pick some winnahs shall we?

Winnah for COMMENTAYTIN’ last week goes to ($10 in bellarific bucks)

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

30-Julie F!! you win $10 in bella bucks!  please email me and I will send you your moolah!

Timestamp: 2012-02-04 18:43:22 UTC

Now for the CONTRIBUTIN’ sistah who will win $20 in bella bucks

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

11- LESLIE!! I could hear you squeal from here! LOL.. email me and I will give you some bella luvin' LOL

Timestamp: 2012-02-04 18:47:20 UTC

OK down to BIDNISS

the Bellarific challenge this week is VALENTINES or red white and pink card!

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

Cathabella used RAMONA FISHING

Danabella used RAMONA FISHING (LOL)

Ebrubella used BFFABUGGS

Lindabella used BLOW A KISS JANE

Paulabella used Frankie’s gift

Paulineabella used RAMONA FISHING!! LOLOL.. she is popular my little ramona..

Shannanabella used CHERRY BLOSSOM BITTYBLOOM

Regabella used our I AM SCRIPT

and now for da SISTAHOOD’s  cards!

JUST LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE them!! I love hearts.. I love valenTIMES day (as my kids say).. makes me HAPPPPPPPPY

Tyler sent this to me.. I thought it was SOOOO cute 🙂

Ok next week’s theme is a sketcharooni!

Don’t forget to post a comment for a chance to win $10 in bella buckeroonis!!

Don’t forget TAPE as the theme for AJ MONDAY!   washi, masking.. etc

Are you PROJECT LIFING yet?  If so, I hope to see your entry on TOOSDAY! (just email me by Monday night or TOOSDAY morning so I can post it).. I don’t care what dates they are.. they don’t have to be so current.. just inspiring!

Am I annoying you yet? hehehehe

Mwah to da SISTAHS who LOVE to LOVE!

Em

bellarific friday has been delayed til tomorrow.. sorry sistahs.. been a little NUTTY..

mwah mwah

Em

why oh why  do I get these emails?  Do you think someone is telling me something? LOL

had to share

Em

and just wanted to share my CRAZY week… ya know.. it seems so boring as life passes and then when I sit down with my pictures from the week.. I am amazed that  I captured some of that..LOL…

For this layout I really only used TAGS and LABELS.. LOL.  I made Paulabella run to Staples in Michigan and buy me all of the Martha Stewart/Avery labels that has ever existed to mankind.. They are GORGEOUS.  Paulabella, an amazing friend, managed to bring her daughter for the “haul”..  She shipped it that night and I got it 2 days later.. it was phenom… UNTIL…. I found out they sold it here.  Hmph.  I didn’t tell Paula so when she reads this.. I am gonna run VERY far..LOL

here’s DENABELLA’s page

Sheryl’s Project life pages

and Helenabella’s pages

This is SOOO much fun to do.. and I kinda feel like a spy looking at other people’s stuff.. but they let me right? LOL

Hope you start doing this sistahs.. you will love it and it’s such a great way to use up your “stash”!

and NO, you don’t need to start on January first.. you can start any time..

Mwah mwah mwah

Em

Hiya sistahs!  Hope you had a great weekend!

We were busy in DA bella household.. between hockey practices (i dunno why I say I am busy cuz Ryan does all the back and forthing..  but it makes me tired watching).. and Jayden was practicing her SPEECH.. LOL .. which she did PHENOMALICIOUSLY this morning.. so proud.  Tyler would have had to sit on a chair and face the back wall so no one could see him and then he would cry..LOL.  Funny how two different kids from da same bella can be so different.

Ok let’s proceed with a little art journaling/mixed media.  I just wanna tell da sistahs that you can use any substrate to do your journaling on.. whether it is a piece of paper, watercolor block, canvas, canvas board, muslin.. whatever you want to journal on can be submitted (you know there’s a reason for that explanation..LOL)..

The theme this week was using book print, book text somewhere on your page.. whether it be words cut up.. or whole pages as backgrounds..

Let’s see the beautiCIOUSness.. shall we?

So the reason why I say any SUBSTRATE is because I decided to journal on a canvas this week :)…I think it is my “go to” place right now.. canvases.. I think they are YUM…

and here is the close up of the book text.. I just love surrounding myself with old books and finding the right words and cutting them up and putting them together… it’s like a puzzle!

*sigh*.. I love mixed media

Now is that not a round of STUNNINGNESS???  OMG!  This makes me soooo happy 🙂

Next week’s theme.. courtesy of DENABELLA is to use TAPE on your page.. washi tape, masking tape (you can stamp and paint your tape too) , do it yourself tape….   HAVE FUN with it!!

Mwah to da sistahs who wanna get MESSY

Em

P.S. stay tooned for tomorrow’s PROJECT LIFE post… (note to self.. FINISH project life layout..LOL)