WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

this quote makes me sooo happy sistahs.  We all love to practice our script/writing.. so why not find a page in your journals and gather a few materials and recopy what i am about to show you. You can use a dip pen, a glaze pen, a uniball, a ballpoint, a calligraphy marker.. work in all CAPS, or small letters, practice!  AND THEN… you can upload your page in the comments section here and show us what you did!! i am gonna do mine shortly :).  let me know what you thinky

I am not sure if this is too small here :(.. if you would like to print out this quote, i would recommend going to the source here

On another note.. did anyone see bachelor pad last night?  omg.. did you see melissa stirring her yogurt?  She freaked me right out…lol.  If you don”t watch it, consider yourselves lucky. lol.

On yet another note, take a looky on the SMASH BLOG.. Our very own Denabella got her hong kong smashbook entry published!  It’s adorable in real life toooooo!!!!

On even yet ANOTHER note.. lol.. don”t forget your bellarific friday entry where the theme is BACK TO SCHOOL! and leave a comment on our last bellarific post for your chance to win $10 IN bella buckeroonis!

**ALSO OUR FREE GIVE AWAY CELEBRATING OUR RELEASE ENDS TOMORROW!**

mwah TO DA sistahs who write love lettahs

EM

hiya sistahs,

hope you had a great weekend!  I had Paulabella here and all we basically did was CUT CUT CUT for Scrapfest in Minnesota.. and still didn’t make a dent..LOL.. we managed to get in a few laughs.. a little bit of coloring and lots of fun!

Ok, so let’s talk about Art Journaling Monday.. oh how I love this day!

Our theme this week was to use stamps.. ANYONE’s stamps.. just to be free and to have fun!

HERE WE GOOOOOO!

Soooo you likey AJ MONDAY??  I DO!

Next week I will talk about my favorite supplies.. hope you have a WEEK to read the post..LOL

NEXT week’s THEME is to use a TAG on your page.. or a KAJILLION tags.. crumple them, wet them, age them, stamp on them, doodle, journal on them.. the SKY’s the LIMIT!

Mwah to da sistahs who are “it” (get it?  TAG you’re it!?  Im glad I am making myself laugh)

Em

Sistahs,

after about 5 weeks since my hair debaucle and trying to avoid my time spent at the hairdressers, I had to give in.  Walking around with TWO TONED hair for this long has taken it’s toll..LOL.  So I went packed with my IPAD DIRECTLY to Christina.. and BOY do I feel BETTAH! LOL.  I have learned my lesson sistahs.. the 1 -2 hour wait is definitely worth it.. SORRY PAULABELLA..LOL

So now let’s discuss BELLARIFIC FRIDAY shall we?

Let’s discuss some winnahs SHALL WE? Let’s discuss BLABLA shall we? LOL.. I just was sick of saying SHALL WE???

Ok Winnnah for CONTRIBUTIN’ to BELLARIFIC FRIDAY goes to… ($20 in BELLA BUCKEROONIS)

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2- JENN B! you WINNNN! PLease email me and I will send you your VOUCHAH! 

Timestamp: 2011-08-26 21:16:57 UTC

Now for A COMMENTAYTAH WINNAH! ($10 in BELLABUCKEROONIS)

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

16-Rachel G you win!! please email me and I will send you your VOUCHAH!

Ok Onto this week's challenge!  A SKETCH!

let's see what our BABEROONIS came up with!

Paulineabella used EARL GREY PEEP



Danabella used LULU's GARDEN OF DAISIES


Lindabella used RUSTIC WINDOWBOX by Mo Manning


Paulabella used BEEDAY HUGGABUGG


Ebrubella used CUPCAKE PRINCESS VIOLET


Cathabella used BISMARCK 



Jessabella used JASMINE


Tammybella used DAYDEAMABELLA


Robinabella used HARRIET lulu


So How's that for da EYE CANDEE???
Now let's take a lookie at  da SISTAHOOD!

Now how’s DAT for da EYE CANDEE?? HMMMMMM???

Ok Next week’s theme is BACK TO SCHOOL!  Time to get CREATIVE sistahs!!

Also don’t forget ART JOURNALING MONDAY is a STAMP theme..

Also, leave a message on this post and you can win $10 in BELLARIFIC BUCKEROONIS!

Also don’t be jealous that I will be ATTACHED to my cutter all week and Paulabella is coming in this weekend and has NO IDEAR what is gonna hit her… bwahahahaha

AND…. (I LOVE THIS)

MWAH

Em

Hiya Sistahs!

hope you had a great weekend.. I was just zonked.. I don’t know why.. but feeling better now 🙂

and I am SOOOO excited about this post :). I had so much fun creating this one and I think you all did too!

Now don’t forget about our new “COMMENT” system.. if you want to discuss what inspired your page, what you used on your page etc.. feel free to add comments, respond to comments and even upload some images as well!!

So here we gooooooo!! Today’s theme is CIRCLES…

How’s DAT for EYE CANDEE?????

NEXT WEEK’S theme is STAMPS.. use a STAMP on your page… (  Now the Bellarific Friday me says to use only Bella stamps.. but the ART JOURNALING me says to be FREE and use what you feel you would like to use 🙂 )

Mwah to da sistahs who are coming on board!  and to those who have already joined~!

mwah mwah mwah!

Em

Hiya sistahs!

so sorry for the delay.. I have been EXHAUSTED.. I have no idea why!! and in stress mode because I need to prepare everything for SCRAPFEST at the MALL OF AMERICA!!  GRRR.. so don’t come near me cuz I bite.. LOL.. just joking.

Another tidbit of info… I added an AMAZING feature to my blog.. I am SO excited about it.  If you know me you know I love interacting with DA sistahs.. and this is an amazing way to do so.. not hidden away in a forum.. although I love my poor forum too..So with this new blog feature, we can reply to each other’s  posts.. you can even UPLOAD images.. if you have an art journal page that is not part of the theme, just upload it onto the art journaling Monday post.. questions? ask away!  I am really excited about this.. I hope it works as I have it working in my little head..LOL

Ok now to BELLARIFIC FRIDAY!

Our winnahs from last week are

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

Here are your random numbers:

13- SUSAN W. you win!  please email me and I will send your vouchah!

Timestamp: 2011-08-21 12:47:14 UTC

NOW for da winnah for CONTRIBUTIN’!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

1- MINIBELLA GABY!  you win!  please tell your mom to contact me and I will put some money in your account!

Timestamp: 2011-08-21 12:49:37 UTC

Ok now down to BIDniss.  This week’s theme is Christy Croll’s HUGGABUGGS

Let’s see what our BABEROONIS came up with!

Lindabella used BFFABUGGS

Paulabellaused MONARCH HUGGABUGG

Paulineabella used TWINKLE TOES HUGGABUGG

Tammybella used FLUEY HUGGABUGG

Robinabella used FLUEY HUGGABUGG

Danabella used CUPPYCAKE with a HUGGABUGG on top

Ebrubella used APPLEY BOWL HUGGABUGG

Cathabella used BFFABUGGS

Now is that BELLARIFIC BABESNESS EYE CANDEE OR WHAT?

Now for da Sistahood!

Now don’t forget OUR GIFT WITH PURCHASE is ON UNTIL WEDNESDAY!!! Our new release was one of the BESTEST ONES EVAH!! Thank you for your CONSTANT support sistahs!

Next WEEK’S theme is a SKETCH by CATHABELLA!

If you haven’t completed your art journal page with CIRCLES.. you have today to email me!

Mwah to da sistahs who lovey da release

Em

Hiya sistahs!

I am so thrilled that you lovedthe release as much as I do.. I am SO crazy about the uptown girls.. the potty kids, the 3 sisters design.. *sigh* art makes me SOOOO VERRY HAPPY.

So let’s see what everyone came up with this week shall we?  The theme was COLLAGE (I think that is becoming one of my most favorite styles right now)..I was thinking.. if you have ideas or challenges that you want to overcome and try out in your journal, why not suggest in the comments what you would like some of the challenges to be!  we can work on this togethah!

Ok so here goes.. ready?  This week is really making me giddy.. you wouldn’t really wanna be around me..LOL

Ok so Paulabella got carried away (as usual.. lol) and made 2 GORGEOUS pages

Here is one in TEESHA MOORE style.  If you haven’t seen her style, take a look at her blog and website.. I believe she is the PIONEER of art journaling of one of da first sistahs recognized for her artwork.  She is VERY distinct.. you know a Teesha page from a million miles away..lol.. they are colourful and collagey.. and you basically build a character or focal point out of different elements.. you will see here on Paulabella’s page

Here is Paula’s other page.. I just love these!

Here are my pages.. now I am aggravated and I know NO ONE will be surprised .. I can’t FIND MY CURRENT JOURNAL!!!! So I looked through my kajillion other ones and found these 2 pages which I love.  The style of THESE pages are from KELLY KILMER.  I cannot mention her name ENOUGH.  I adore her.  First of all, I thank HER all the time for taking me on this journey.  She has inspired me to no end.  Her commentary, her opinions on products are honest and “bang on”.. her collages are phenom.  and I had the honour of meeting her in California in January.  She is a gift and I urge you to take her online classes and just follow her.  The one thing I regret not doing on this page is DATING it and actually journaling on it.. I wonder what I was thinking about when I did this?  was it random?  Or was it done with thought?  Not quite sure.. So now I vowed that I would date the pages and write something.. even if it is one single word depicting how I feel… then I can recreate the mood..  I don’t have many of these left in stock but I LOVE these smash date stamps.. they have sentiments along with the date.. they are AWESOME!

and here is a closeup

Lindabella also got carried away!

Another very well known art journaler is SUZI BLU. She is really talented and teaches great online classes!  Linda has captured Suzi Blu’s style to a “T” (what does that mean anyway?  “to a T”… LOL)

SOOOOO whaddya think??? wanna join our journey?  Just grab a journal and join us!!!  I enjoy these posts SO VERY MUCH.. and a HAPPY BELLA is a GOOD thing..LOL (said like MARTHA)..

Next week’s challenge? USE CIRCLES on your page.. punched, drawn, painted, ripped, scribbled.. collaged… you get the picture.. I LOVE CIRCLES!

don’t forget to look at our new release if you haven’t on the post below

don’t forget to leave a comment HERE for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks

and don’t forget to leave a comment HERE for Paulabella for a chance to win a gorgeous piece of signed artwork!

and don’t forget if you have any themes you would like to challenge us with on AJ mondays, leave it in the comments section and I will start the list on my end!

Mwah to da AJ sistahs who LOVE CIRCLES!

Em