WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

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Can you believe it?  As I mentioned on Friday….I think this is one of my MOST FAVORITEST releases EVAH…  the images are BEEYOTIFUL.. ELEGANT.. GORGEOUS.. and they are bigger than our usual stamps.. I think you are gonna LOVEY them!!

and to celebrate a BELATED mother’s day.. we are offering 10% your WHOLE order.. no minimums!  just enter md11 at the end of your order and POOF! 10% will disappear from your order.. n’k?  sound good?

let’s GOOOOOOOOO!

Ok.. let’s start meeting some of our start characters!

Here’s our CALL ME peep by Ellia.. she is nostalgic, art deco ish.. just classic..

here is Danabella‘s card

and Ellia’s UMBRELLA peep.. with ONE of my favorite quotes EVAH

now for Ellia’s BASEBALL PEEP.. I just see some wood grain PAYPAH being paper pierced onto the bat! don’t you? and look at those PANTS!!

And last from Ellia/GREENBEANBABY is our TV PEEP.. great for father’s day or for all the couch potatoes in our lives 🙂

and here’s JESSabella‘s card

we’ve got some LULUS.. omg do we have LULUS.. you will fall off your chairs SISTAHS… these images REALLY made me happy.. and I mean REALLY… Chrystal has OUTDONE herself!!  These are amazing GENERIC friendship cards  fo sho!

meet LULU loves POPPIES

and here’s Paulabella’s card!

Lulu’s TWO PIES with the CUH-UTEST sentiment.. Lulu looks like she is balancing the two pies which looks like “uncertainty”.. get it? get it?  LOL..

Here is Tammybella‘s card

and the inside with sentiment

Here’s LULU’s MORNING FIX

here’s LULU’s GARDEN OF DAISIES.. wouldn’t you be happy being surrounded by daisies?? (DON”T be scared of all the daisies.. LOL.. i picked the sentiment to help you… you can only colour ONE of the daisies if you don’t feel like the rest because that DAISY can be the “YOU” in the sentiment!  how CUTE would that be??)

here’s CATHABELLA‘s card

Now for DA MO’s…

Ok for this one.. I have no comment… it just speaks for itself..LOL.. you will see what I mean.. when Mo showed me this one, I almost FAINTED! not to mention her dimple… Meet  HOUSEWORK FAIRY

Meet Jack and GINGER..  their love is deep and true.. and when I found that quote , I couldn’t resist

here is Lindabella’s card

And this POTTER’S BENCH?  OMG.. fell in love.. I just see elements popped everywhere 🙂

I always wanted a windowbox.. and here it is RUSTIC WINDOWBOX … LOOOOVE.. and the sentiment with it…

here’s Lindabella’s card

meet SADIE.. and her CROCS..LOL.. love her!

here’s Elaineabella‘s card

here’s CATH‘s card

couldn’t resist CUPCAKE PRINCESS VIOLET.. LOVED her “edginess”.. and her hair!

and here is Paulineabella’s card

SOOOOOOO????? do you LOOOOOOVEY??????  ARE THEY NOT ALL AMAZING?!?!?!?!?

Lemme know what you think!

mwah to da sistahs who LOVEY da images

Em

Hiya sistahs!  Yikes I was a bad bloggista this week.. next week I have lots of IDEARS to share.. oh and anothah surprise… A RELEASE!! YES A RELEASE I SAY!! and I think it is one of my faves… I know I say that every time but this one.. I dunno.. it makes me HAPPY!

Ok, does anyone watch American Idol?  I must admit that I was BEYOND thrilled that Jacob left… I just couldn’t take the gyrating (sp?)…and the trills in the voice…. my vote goes to either Hayley (LOVE that soulful voice) or JAMES.. Loved the tears last night… I wanted to SHNOOGLE (cuddle) him and make all the hurt go away :).. Now more importantly.. How GORGEOUS is JLO.. I mean REALLY.  THAT LIPSTICK AND GLOSS?  OMG.. I have been trying to achieve her glow to now avail.. but that will be next week’s post.. boy do I have a STORY for you!  Ok.. that’s my gossip.

Now let’s take a looky at some winnahs from last week’s bellarific friday!

Winnah for CONTRIBUTING ($20 in Bella Buckeroonis) goes to

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

11-sandy G.. you win!  please email me and I will send you your vouchah!

Timestamp: 2011-05-06 20:03:57 UTC

Now for da COMMENTAYTIN’ winnah….

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3- MARIA  you win!  please email me and I will send you your VOUCHAH!

Timestamp: 2011-05-06 20:05:10 UTC

Now this week’s BELLARIFIC theme was FLALAS (Jayden’s baby word for flowers and it stuck)… I LOVE FLOWERS..

Let’s see what da baberoonis came up with! they TOTALLY thought OUTTA da FLOWAHBOX this week (am I not SO funny?)

Lindabella used our ECLECTIC BUTTERFLY stamp, MOTHER DEFINITION BLOCK and CURLY SILHOUETTE

Jessabella used CONTENT-TO-BE-A-BELLA

Paulineabella used GARDENIA GREENTHUMB

Robinabella used POOKIE LOLLIPOP

Tammybella used GARDENIA GREENTHUMB

Danabella used PAISLEY LOLLIPOP

Cathabella used LACIE AND HER ICE CREAM

Paulabella used ONE of da BABY MERMAIDS

Elaineabella used our I AM MIRROR and ANNIE

Ebrubella used FLOWER GARDEN

Jeaniebella used PATSY PIXIE

Is that BABELICIOUSNESS or WHAT? hmph.  I wish I could be that talented.

Now for da SISTAHOOD!

is that EYE CANDEE?

ALSO GREEN BEAN BABY.. our favorite ELLIA is having a great Mother’s Day Sale!!!!!  50% off EVERYTHING in her shop!  just use code MAYFIVE as your checkout code!!!

LOVED this week so much!

now for next week’s challenge:  KRAFT cardstock (Have I ever told you that KRAFT is da new BLACK? LOL)

Mwah to da sistahs who will be VERY “krafty”

Happy Mother’s day to EVERYONE!

Don’t forget to check out Julie’s Blog for all her INSPIRING videos using HER STAMPS!! she is amazing!

mwah!

Em

I wanna post and I can’t cuz I am at home and my pictures are on my work computer.. GRRRR.. tried to log in and it’s frozen… DOUBLE GRRRR.. so I thought I would leave you with this until tomorrow… ]

I think I need to marry this quote.  I’m really nuts AY? LOL.

Today is my darling hubby’s birFday… and I thought this sentiment would kill 10 birds with 1 stone by PROFESSING my love to RYAN and to my SISTAHS

Don’t you evah forget it..

Mwah to da sistahs who can hear my GRRR from all the way wherever you are

Em

cuz I am SISTAHS!!!   I have decided to start YET ANOTHER journal.  Now sistahs.. don’t think I am CUH-RAZY.  I have been thinking about this for SUCH a long time… and now it is finally coming to fruition!  and it is so simple to boot (why is that even a saying.. “to BOOT”… LOL.. what does that even mean??.. kinda like “I don’t give a rat’s a$$..”  now WHAT does THAT mean?? hmmmm??)

I digress…

Ok, so I collect a lot of things right?  OUI OUI!   I have a lot of images I download online.. from ETSY to PINTEREST, FLICKR and from random blogs… and I ALWAYS want a place to look at them.. to reference them.. and not just stare at them on a computer screen..  know what I mean, bean?  Sometimes you NEED a piece of paper…

So this is what you will need to do the same, if you so wish (see how polite I am?)

you will need a GLUE or a MEDIUM to stick down your images.  This is one that I use often.. it is “seamless”, NOT sticky at all or tacky to the touch once dried… just a really great all around sealant and collage glue.  It comes in both glossy and matte.

Some PAINTBRUSHES.  I love these!  They are the perfect assortment of sizes and shapes.. I use them ALL the time!

and you will need a journal… I bought this one… it’s nice and BIG!

what I am doing is printing out ALL of my inspiration (LOL- and there’s LOTS of it).. on my colour printer .. cutting it out and gluing into this sketchbook!  I am planning on assembling in LIKE colours so it looks nice and PRETTY… what I also will do is take my watercolors and my acrylics and make a swatch next to the pictures just to get some nice colour combos going… not quite at that point yet.. but will share when I do it :).. will also put fabrics.. paint chips.. OMG.. it’s ENDLESS SISTAHS!!! (SOMMMMEBODDDYYY STOPPP MEEEE.. wasn’t that from a Jim Carey movie??)

you can also use a TINY ATTACHER like the RANGER one to attach your photos, clips etc.. I LOVE that STAPLER!! OMG!

Now don’t forget , if you are using a wet glue like the PERFECT PAPER ADHESIVE mentioned above, make sure you apply the glue on the sketchbook page (enough of it to cover the whole area your image will take up), place your image and then seal it by covering the whole image with the glue as well (can I say the word IMAGE again? LOL)

Here’s a closeup of the first page (I actually used GOLDEN GEL MEDIUM here.. cuz I didn’t have my PPA at home!)

and page 2 and 3

the BEST part about this whole thing is how CRUNCHY (crunchy in journal terms means wrinkly pages and from the side, when filled looks very worn in and YUMMALISH)  the book will be at the end… I am so excited to work on this, you have NO idea!!

What inspires YOU sistahs?  Any specific websites I need to find?  If you decide to start this project, please please share your journals with me… you can post it in our FORUM.. on our WALL on FACEBOOK too!  would LOVE to see!!

but WAIT.. there’s MORE! (said in a very INFOMERCIALISH voice)

Our Julie Fei-Fan Balzer-ABELLA, art JOURNALISTA extraordinaire will be running 7 days of videos using her stamps !!!  Her first 2 videos are PHENOM and INSPIRATIONAL.. she really is inspiring.. you will wanna whip out your paints and go CRAZY!! that’s what I’m doing tonight!  If you want to learn more about journaling you should really read her posts.. she is really AMAZING.. TRUST me..  She is also running a contest.. you must enter every blog entry and write WHY it is you LOVE stamping.. that’s a pretty easy question, no?  You will have a chance to win all 7 of her stamps! Winners will be announced next week!

here is her video using JULIE’S JOURNALING LABELS

and HERE is her video using JULIE’S PERFECT CIRCLES.. BRILLIANT I say! BRILLIANT!

Don’t forget to check out her blog.. tell her I sent you when you place a comment!

can’t wait to see what she is up to tomorrow!  oh and I may be up to something toooooooo!!! hehehehe!

DON’T FORGET TO PLACE A COMMENT on the BELLARIFIC FRIDAY POST for a chance to win $10 in BELLARIFIC BUCKS!  our theme this week is FLOWERS!! don’t forget to enter a card for a chance to win $20 BELLARIFIC BUCKS!

Where the heck IS EVERYBODY? YOOOHOOO!! i know you’re there….

Mwah to da sistahs who are inspired and who KNOW the name of that JIM CAREY movie mentioned above because for the LIFE of me, I can’t remembah!!!

Em

So did everyone see me in the white dress next to Kate during the wedding? HMMMMMM? LOL.. cuz I was THEH waving to all my sistahs!!!! OMG dena is LOL’ing as I write this… I dunno why.. hmph.  This morning we were watching the wedding and I told my children that they were witnessing a moment in history and then promptly advised Jayden that she BETTAH find herself a prince.  What a fairytale it was… really.

Ok so let’s discuss some winnahs from last week’s Bellarific FRIDAY..

winnah for CONTRIBUTIN’ goes to…

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2- ASHLEY DA MINIBELLA!! you win $20!  tell your mom to email me and I will send you a voucher! way to go!

Timestamp: 2011-04-29 16:36:42 UTC

Now for da winnah for COMMENTAYTIN’

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

27	- DIANA you win!!! please email me and I will send you your $10 GC

Timestamp: 2011-04-29 16:38:16 UTC

Ok now for this week’s theme it was a MOTHER’S DAY theme… let’s see what da BABEROONIS came up with!

Paulineabella used WILDFLOWER TRIO

Lindabella used FLUTTERBY

Jessabella used GRATTY ‘TUDE

Robinabella used DANDELION WISPS

Paulabella is *ahem* USED  BOSSY

Tammybella used PATSY PIXIE

Elaineabella used HERITAGE TREE

Ebrubella used SORRY SHANNA

Danabella used MOTHER definition block

Jeaniebella used SORRY SHANNA

Cathabella used PATSY PIXIE

Is that EYE CANDEEEEEE or what?!?!

Ok let’s move on with da SISTAHOOD!

Now is DAT bellarific or WHAT?

Ok so now I am off to the palace…TO SWEEP..LOL.

Don’t forget to friend us or Like us on FACEBOOK! ya HEAR?

NEXT WEEK’S THEME IS FLOWERS!!!

mwah to da sistahs who love DA QUEEN

Em

don’t you feel that way when it is POURING outside? hmph.  It’s humid and mucky and yucky and wucky… (can you tell I am a mother? LOL.

Well sistahs, it has been a very eventful week.  I have been EXPLORING acrylic painting and have been having an amazing time.. actually a BLAST… the only problem is, I have a VERY curious dog named Frankie who I should have named GESSO. LOL (you will see it on the right side)

see what I mean?  He acts as a SWIFFER in da basement and actually looks like a DUST BUNNY… omg lol’ing ovah here

if you only heard dena and I in our special frankie language belting out words here and there you would laFFF your head off..

Now if you havent yet “liked” our Stamping bella page on Facebook, you MUST like us and put a comment saying who sent you there… LOL.. Say ME!  I get commish 🙂 (commission)

Actually if you put in a comment saying who sent you, both YOU and WHOMEVER sent you have a chance to win $25 in Bella Buckeroonis!! WOOOOHOOOOO!!!

Mwah to da sistahs who “like’ me 🙂

Em