August 15, 2011
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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
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
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
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
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
August 13, 2011 14 Comments
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.
August 12, 2011 29 Comments
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
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…
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?
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…
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…
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
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
August 11, 2011 82 Comments
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…
August 10, 2011 102 Comments
And I sent Lindabella an image that I KNEW she loved… but I knew there was anothah one that she associated with even more.. and YES it did involve a drink in her hand…BWAHAHAHAAHA.. I held off INNOCENTLY knowing that she would work on the one I sent her.. and BINGO.. she fell into my trap! I received an email from her saying while I LOVEEEE this image and it’s one of my favorites, I really love the OTHAH one that you had.. so can you send me that one too???!?!? HOOK, LINE, and SINKER… I said SURE!! So now we will be able to DROOL over 2 images colored by LINDABELLA…
here is the first one that I MANIPULATED her to colour.. (I SO SNEAKY)… of course she is anothah UPTOWN girl (haven’t stopped singing that song, By the By)…
Their names are UPTOWN GIRLS VICTORIA and JULIETTE’s NIGHT OUT (now aren’t those UPTOWNY names?)
Hope you LOVE them as much as WE ALL DO!.. and don’t forget.. if you place a comment HERE.. you have a chance to win them!! And if you place a comment on the post BELOW, you have a chance to win CLAUDIA!!
Don’t forget to look at their knobby knees (I LOVE THEM).. and their hairdos.. and their drinks..and their STATURE OMG I LOVE THEM. Have I mentioned that I love them?? I LOOOOOOVE THEM!!! Hope you love them too!
Nothing spells B-E-L-L-A more than a friendship stamp… WOMANHOOD, CHILDHOOD, dreams.. aspirations, associations.. memories. That’s what we are all about sistahs. You can NEVAH have enough characters that you can sympathize with.. we are very complex creature, we women.. aren’t we? That’s why I will have the occasional “tree” or “heart” or “icon”.. but my heart and soul and guts and whole BEING is about the PERSON.. who we are.. who we relate to.. well you get the picture
Enough babbling
Hope you LOVEY them as much as I do.
Let me know n’k?
Mwah to da sistahs who love knobby knees
Em
August 9, 2011 93 Comments
don’t you just love Billy Joel? Ok.. NUFF of the small talk… I couldn’t hold it in any longer… JUST COULDN’T
It’s been a LONG time since BELLA was born.. and Bella had these relatives that we knew NOTHING about?!?! They just happened to find us about 2 months ago and we have been “tweaking” them ever since ( I wish I could be TWEAKED.. just a little eraser here… a little marker there… more eraser… you get the picture..LOL)..
See the problem I have is that I can’t really draw. I have all these ideas in my head that my artists can get out for me on paper… they are my “hands” shall we say.. now don’t get me wrong.. my artists have minds of their own and they come up with the MOST amazing ideas without MOI.. but when I have a thought and I need to get it out, I know which artist to contact and they so KNOW me.. they UNDERSTAND me.. it’s so strange!
So the vision I first started out with which has been put on hold for a little while was the forties romantic sketchy blurry supermodel… mystical… eerie… and beeYootiful! But she couldn’t “come out” of our heads and hands at that time and plus it was a little too fancy shmancy for da bella. BUt she is coming.. when da bella feels SHMANCIER.
So then, I went to the opposite end of the spectrum… LOL.. of course.. why can’t I be GREY sometimes? Why is it always black or white? hmph
So my next vision was kind of a model.. a little awkward (LOL) to make her real… very pretty.. and kind of yuppyish.. MODERN… CONTEMPORARY.. and FUN. I also made these stamps LARGER as a statement.
So here is a sneak peek of our new UPTOWN GIRLS series.. I FORCED-ED Paula to colour her in late last night cuz it would be a MIRACLE that I plan something ahead of time.. and she willingly agreed to do this for me… so here she is..
I hope you lovey her…
cuz I do…
I really DO…
I really really DO…
And she has 4 more friends being released 🙂
K. Meet UPTOWN GIRL CLAUDIA and her CANDY.. cuz every uptown girl needs a sweet no?
You won’t believe who drew these… LULU’s artist Chrystal! How versatile and amazing is she? I am SO proud of these images I have to say.. she depicted the exact look I wanted.. She’s an uptown girl with a human side… Fashionable yet awkward, Confident yet a little pigeon-toed, and well, she just wants to be your friend and hang out. I think she art journals too! LOL.. and makes cards of course.. VERY well rounded, our UPTOWN GIRL is.
Our Release is going to be on Monday (but check back cuz I may not be able to wait..LOL).. and I would love to hear from you.. so If you like CLAUDIA… leave a comment here and I will be sure to send you one 🙂
Contest closes on Friday 🙂
Mwah to da sistahs who are feeling like an uptown girl
I just couldn’t resist
MWAH MWAH MWAH!
