WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

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

Hiya sistahs!  ARE YOU READY FOR TODAY??? I mean REHEALLY ready?? I have been waiting for this moment for a LONNNNNG time …LOL  I am hoping you love this release as much as I do… there are 29 IMAGES!!!

With this release comes a GIFT WITH PURCHASE of FREE stampies 🙂 of our choice sooo- THIS GIFT WITH PURCHASE APPLIES TO ONLINE ORDERS ONLY.

with orders from $35-$49.99- you receive one FREE stamp of our choice

with orders from $50.00- $74.99- you receive 2 FREE stamps of our choice

and with orders from $75.00 +- you receive 3 FREE stamps of our choice

But first, I need to be annoying and REALLY show how old I am.  When I put the title “there’s a new girl in town”.. I IMMEDIATELY thought of this show. I just LOVED alice.. watched it weekly.. it really brings back great memories..

K.. now back to your regularly scheduled program.LOL.

So our VERY OWN PAULABELLA decided to draw.. UMMM.. one doesn’t just DECIDE TO DRAW do they??  Well SHE DID.. and OMG, her line is outstanding!! I wanted her to call her line “perspectives” because each and every frame has a different perspective on the object.. SHE POO POO’D me.. but I love the name she came up with EVEN MORE.. “ARTIST @ HEART”.. I love love LOVE that name..  You will really enjoy Paula’s stamps… they are FRAMED but you don’t have to cut them perfectly.. they are meant to be wonky so you can hand cut it easily or use a 2″ punch!.. they are a PHENOM focal for a CLEAN and ELEGANT card.. I LOVE THEM and hope to see MANY MANY MORE from Paulabella 🙂  And if you love them too, you gotta tell her on her blog. k?

These are FRAMED FLORALS

Here’s a sample of PAULABELLA’s POPPY card from the collection above

Here is Paula’s SUMMER DAYS collection

Are these AMAZINK or what?

So you haven’t seen EVERYTHING yet.. have you? oh YA.. you haven’t *insert bratty teasing smile here*

Meet BETH… and her company called 3 SISTERS.. when I saw these leggies on PINTEREST, I knew I had to find their “source”.. so OFF I went on a HUNT.. and it wasn’t easy, I might add. But I DID IT because I never let up..LOL until I get my way.  Beth and I HIT IT OFF instantly and I think her whimsical yet POWERFUL (there is a message there)  art with a vintage-Y feel will fill a void that we had.. She is ADORABLE and HILARIOUS.. you HAVE to read some of her blog posts HERE.You will definitely see why I love her so! Here are some pictures and a little bio 🙂

and here’s her bio

Beth Fuller is a busy artist, mother and teacher who lives in a little town in Virginia. She’s been happily drawing since her second grade teacher, Mrs. Hess, LOVED her Dental Health Week poster full of dancing  feather boa-ed women partnered with life-size toothbrushes. Alas, her creative button was pushed and off she went. Beth did actually get a degree in Studio Art at James Madison University in Virginia but has learned since that sheer repetitive behavior is the best way to learn anything. So she makes a lot of art.
Right before her daughter was born three years ago she had a cathartic moment. She was only making art for the magazine, Brain,Child (the magazine for thinking mothers) and not much else. She realized that she was slowly waving goodbye to a huge part of herself. And consequently, the pictures and images she wanted to draw were just piling up in her head quite like the laundry. These ideas didn’t leave much room for the everyday things she needed to remember, like, “Where’s my child? and “Was that my exit?”….so out of sheer necessity and pleasure she began to work and work and work freeing up some precious brain space. And she is enjoying every minute of it.

She came up with the name Three Sisters because of her growing up with two sisters who are her best friends and advisors-good and bad, solicited and not! She thinks that the term “sisters” can be applied to not only biological sisters but the ones we make along the way. She hopes with this new endeavor to be able to share her art with many, many new sisters (advice optional).
Beth’s work has appeared in many publications, online and in galleries. She’s probably making art and PB&J’s as you read this, concentrating very hard in order to spread the peanut butter on the bread and paint on the page.

so you are probably wondering what her images are? hmmmm?

Here is the image that started it all.. felt empowering and again a little goofy ;).. I LOVE this image

here’s FRIENDS UNITED (including the sentiment)

I made a canvas board with this image and framed it.. and I love it.. the only thing is that my CHILDREN DECIDED TO TOUCH THE GLASS and I didn’t realize it..LOL so don’t pay ANY attention to the fingermarks N’K?

Here’s a closeup so you can see the texture and sheen..

Another one of Beth’s images is a vintage GUMBALL machine.. I FELL IN LOVE the second I saw it.. and I put the sentiment, you are one in a million.. just so you can colour only ONE of the gumballs.. smart, no?  Please note that on Paula’s project below, it is NOT the font that comes with the image… check the image on the website for the proper font.

and if you wanna WIN THE FRAMED IMAGE BELOW.. SIGNED AND LOVED BY PAULABELLA, you bettah RUN and place a comment on her post so you have a chance to win it!!  it’s PRICELESS, I SAY!  Contest closes THURSDAY at 6pm

Here’s the VINTAGE GUMBALL MACHINE

Beth’s THIRD image is a HIWHEEL bicycle.. I LOVE this.. I can’t wait to stamp it in my journal or send it to an old friend who shares lots of memories with me 🙂

Are these not GREAT images? OMG.. I LOVE BETH!

Now let’s take a lookie at ELLIA’s images from GREENBEAN BABY!

Anastasia– doesn’t she look like me? LOL

and here is DANABELLA’S CARD

Here’s AMY

And here is EBRUBELLA’S card

Here is PAYTON

and here is EBRUBELLA’S CARD

Jamie (the tomboy)

and here’s DANABELLA’S CARD

Jasmine

and here’s JESSABELLA’S CARD

Sewing peep— how CUTE is da PEEP threading her bobbin!  You should see MY face when I have to do that.. not so happy

Fishing peep

You ready for some MO’S????  Ok! HERE WE GOOOOO!

Lindabella coloured up “SPIT HAPPENS”

Cathabella used ON THE POT- GIRL.. get it?  on the POT?  you go girl?? I kill me… LOL.

But of course there is an ON THE POT BOY!

Irma and VIENO by Mo

Noelle Bearing Gifts by Mo

here is JESSABELLA’s card

Big girl PANTIES- When Mo sent me this image I was in love.  You know.. you sometimes just wanna support someone with a little bit of humor.. and this is a GOOD one! (p.s. those look like the SIZE of my PANTIES.. *hmph* hence I guess I am ALWAYS wearing my big girl panties..LOL)

and here is Tammybella’s card!

LOVE YA–  yaya my most favorite quote in the world

What’s Cookin’

and BIG SHOES

and ROBINABELLA’s card

Lulu’s SET OF FRUITS– again so gorgeous for a simple card.. LOVE these!

and now for da UPTOWN girl again!  but you haven’t seen this one…. LOL

Uptown Girls CLARISSA and CAMILLE with a CAFE

Uptown Girl VICTORIA and JULIETTE’S NIGHT OUT

and Lindabella’s card

And UPTOWN GIRL CLAUDIA HAS A CANDY

and here’s PAULABELLA’S CARD

Uptown girl POSH has a PRESENT

and PAULINEABELLA’S CARD

Uptown SUSHI GIRLS LAUREN and CHELSEA

and CATHABELLA’S CARD

and finally UPTOWN GIRL MADISON HAS A MARGARITA

and LINDABELLA’s card

SOOO??? did I promise you a GREAT release or what?  I am in LOVE… with a release! LOL

I would LOVE to hear from you and what you think of the images!

Mwah to da sistahs who LOVEY da release!

****p.s. ART JOURNALING MONDAY will be posted on TOOSDAY***

Em

Ebrubella was hard at work!

wanna seeeeeeeeeeeee??????

K. i’ll show you.

remember this quote that is one of my FAVORITES in the “HISTORY OF EVER”?

Well I had to get that in RUBBAH no?

I sent this quote to MO-ABELLA and I nearly FAINTED when you will see what I got back 🙂

This is a great stamp for a child, a friend.. you name it!   the Teddy bear is the subject in question :).  The stamp’s name is LOVE YA and of course it comes with the quote!

And here is AMY by GREENBEAN BABY!  LOVE her!

you lovey?

I lovey!  Thank you Ebrubella for making them come to life!

mwah.

So how exciting was this week??? HMMMMM?????? Me thinks it was PRETTY exciting!  Now let’s have the excitement continue.. shall we?

First let’s discuss some winnahs from last week’s bellarific friday

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

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

10- ERIN NEW! you win!  please email me and I will send you your VOUCHAH!	

Timestamp: 2011-08-12 03:14:46 UTC

Now da winnah for CONTRIBUTIN’ a card to Bellarific Friday ($20 in BELLA BUCKEROONIS ) goes to…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2-HEIDI you win $20 in BELLA BUCKEROONIS!!  Please email me and I will send you a vouchah!	

Timestamp: 2011-08-12 03:16:37 UTC

Now let’s see who won some stampies!

Now who won CLAUDIA?

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

59: Jami R you win!  please email me with your addy and we will send her out to you!	

Timestamp: 2011-08-12 03:19:16 UTC

Now for da winnah of VICTORIA and JULIETTE Uptown Girls…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

8- BRENDA GRAHAM you win!  Please email me with your address info and I will send her out to you!	

Timestamp: 2011-08-12 03:22:12 UTC

Now for da winnahs of POSH and CHELSEA and LAUREN uptown girls goes to…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

43- JOSEPHINE THOMAS, you win!  please email me your addy and we will send you BOTH stamps!  WOOOHOOO!

Timestamp: 2011-08-12 03:23:36 UTC

(how annoying are my colors? LOL)

How fun was THAT?

Now let’s see some other new sneaky peekys shall we?

Here is Ebrubella’s PAYTON from the GREEN BEAN BABY collection!

Here is ROBINABELLA’S rendition of BIG SHOES by Mo Manning.  Here’s a little story about the BIG SHOES (I better rush before the CANE comes and grabs me away! LOL).. I was out for dinner with Ryan and all of a sudden I look at him and scream “NO ONE CAN FILL YOUR SHOES!”.. he looks at me blankly and says.. “UMMM what the HECK (another word was used) are you TALKING about?”.. I look at him and say OMG.. sorry.. and emailed MO this quote.  And take a look what she came up with!  Brilliant as usual.  This would be a GREAT card for someone leaving their job, retirement, promotion, friendship, moving away.. VERY versatile! (comes with the sentiment of course!)

Here is Jessicabella’s new JASMINE by Greenbean Baby card

Here’s Danabella’s Jamie (the tomboy) by Green Bean Baby

Here’s Dana’s ANASTASIA card.. when I first saw this girl.. I felt like I was looking in da MIRRAH! (Danabella’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY card)

Now here’s  another one  of our UPTOWN GIRLS for this release!  Uptown Girl  MADISON has a MARGARITA.. colored in by Lindabella (her Bellarific Friday card) can you not SHOVE those boots in your MOUTH they are so cute?

Ok so that’s the end of my sneaky peeky’s!  The rest of the release will be ON MONDAY.. and of course, since it has been so long, there may just be a little surprise coming along with it.. if you BEHAVE.. LOL

I also wanted to show you PAULABELLA’S ARTIST at HEART collection… Our very own in house BRILLIANTLY TALENTED teacher CHRISTINE-abella has an amazing class coming up this month (They may be all full but check the calendar and call to see if there is space!).. the second I showed her these stamps.. she absolutely FREAKED , FELL IN LOVE, and started CREATING!  (Christine was actually part of the inspiration process!)  Look at these masterpieces!  Paulabella has been under my nose for HOW MANY YEARS and she never ever showed me what can “fall out of her pen”?? the nerve!  These images below are from her SUMMER DAYS quad.. 4 stamps including  perspectives of a porch swing, porch steps, an adirondack chair and a picket fence.. OMG these are HEAVENLY!!  (have I mentioned how much I love this release yet? LOL). Paulabella’s images in these frames fit a two inch square punch OR you can handcut them (which I do) as the lines are purposely not perfect.. they are so VERSATILE! (if you squint, you may see them better..LOL)

Now here’s another sneak peek of PAULABELLA’s other quad called FLORAL FRAMES.. shhh.. this MAY JUST BE our make and take I made for SCRAPFEST in MINNESOTA! (wink wink).. sorry for the photo.. it was done on my iphone ! 3 other phenomenal flowers in frames in this collection!

So now back to our regularly scheduled program 🙂

Bellarific Friday this week was to have some PAPER PIERCING incorporated into your card..

Let’s see what our BABEROONIS came up with!

Paulineabella used CURLY SURPRISEABELLA

Paulabella used STAMPING BELLA

Ebrubella used KISSY

Robinabella used HANGING SIGN

Tammybella used POLKY APPLE

and NOW for da sistahood!

So how’s DAT for da EYE CANDEE?? hmmmmmm????

Next week’s challenge is to use one of our HUGGABUGGS on your card 🙂

MONDAY IS ART JOURNALING MONDAY and the theme is COLLAGE.. start workin’

Stay tooooned this weekend as I may just have some more samples for monday’s release!! Just bug the DT to colour this weekend! LOL

*** ALSO DON’T FORGET TO “LIKE” STAMPING BELLA on FACEBOOK to get all of our up to date news, chats, and samples!***

*** Since my mojo is back, I am also working on the blog.. we are going to try to create a type of “FORUM” within the blog where da sistah’s can UPLOAD images within the comments, and chat and reply!!  how exciting is DAT!! more for da SISTAHOOD!!***

Mwah to da sistahs who are having fun and don’t expect me to blog every day for the rest of my life (just kiddinK)

Em

Sistahs sistahs SiStaHs.. where have you been all my lifeeeeee?  I am thrilled with the comments and according to my stats there are LOTS more sistahs lurking and not saying a PEEP (get it? PEEP?  there ARE some PEEPS coming too ya know!).. So YANK YOURSELVES OUT of lurkdom and place a comment.. I promise I don’t bite.. ok maybe I do.. when I am hungry.. which seems to be a LITTLE TOO OFTEN of late (lol on the OF LATE..)… how these things come out of my mouth/fingers, I don’t know….

ok so we have been happy so far with our uptownies.. OUI OUI?  Let’s see a couple more today.. one more tomorrow just to spice things ups.. I will also feature PAULABELLA’S “ARTIST @ HEART”  line of stamps.. you WILL FAINT.  I love this release.  *sigh*.. I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I say it every time.. and I MEAN it every time…  EACH stamp means something to me.. I guess that’s why I am so passionate and “noisy” about it…

Here is UPTOWN GIRLS CHELSEA and LAUREN eating their SUSHI… (I LOVE sushi).. and take a looky at the sentiment and what a PHENOM job CATHABELLA did with this stamp!!

Now let me just ‘splain the sushi thing… I LOVE sushi.. I know that it is a hit and miss thing and some people don’t like it.  The reason I chose Sushi, is that SUSHI goes beyond the food itself.. Sushi is a “social” food.. so Chrystal really got the image right.. it’s more the “catching up” or the “gabbing” that goes with the sushi than the sushi itself!  Ok speaking of Gabbing.. remember on the Muppet show I think it was Fozzy bear (OMG remember him???) used to tell jokes and this HUGE CANE would appear and drag him away? LOL.. I feel that that Cane is coming to get me.. so I will shuDDup now

Finally, Here is CATHABELLA’S outstanding cardabella.  I mean SERIOUSLY. hmph.

Ok and now for a BONUS card.. here’s PAULINEABELLA’s AMAZING card!!  This uptown girl’s name is POSH.  I am not quite sure why.  Oh ya.. Denabella named her… and the name stuck.  She is kinda poshy, no?  I think she is GORGEOUS.. for a birthday card.. even Christmas you can dress her up!  All occasions.. she is just so pretty.  I think I am gonna have Chrystal (lulu artist) come over and remove some lines from me and add a few.. HOW AMAZING would that be if we could really do that! LOL. 

OK you ready?

REALLY READY?

Here’s Paulineabella’s masterpiece.

How LUCKY am I to have the BEST design team in the industry.  I mean REALLY.   I mean COME ON.  Are they not AMAZING? 

So again.. today I am offering these 2 STAMPIES as a prize for a random comment winnah.  Place a comment.. tell me how much you love me..LOL (just kidding.. not really).. and tell me how AMAZING our DT is… or just say hi.  Doesn’t mattah!  I just wanna hear from you.  And if you have to post TWICE to make me look popular, so be it. 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who will TRY sushi if they haven’t yet… LOL

Em

P.S.  just in case this hasn’t been haunting you enough…