March 22, 2010
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Hiya sistahs,
hope you had a PHENOMALISH weekend! We had a great weekend here.. a full house on Saturday for our monthly Stamp Til you CRAMP day which was loads of fun! Had a great Sunday with the kidlets. Tyler has now de MYSTIFIED emailing so I have been responding to many of his emails..LOL. What else? hmmmm OH an amazing new addition to our SCRAPPING BELLA TEAM! I am so excited to introduce you to SEVERINE DI GIACOMO. I have been oogling and ogling and begging and pleading and FORCING and CYBERHUGGING the amazingly talented Severine until finally she could not resist and said YES! She lives in Switzerland and I think I may just have to pay her a visit! LOL.. I so wanna go there… hmph.
please meet Severine and I want you to send her big “BONJOURS” on her bloggypoo!
here is a little bit about Severine:
“My name is Severine Di Giacomo. I live in a small village in the French speaking part of Switzerland. I work part time as a teacher and am also a mother to 2 sons aged 11 and 8. I discovered scrapbooking in 2003 thanks to the internet. At the time, scrapbooking was unknown in Europe and I immediately became addicted. My style of scrapbooking is simple and can be described as graphic and classic at times. This style allows me to keep a strong focus on my photos0 which is my second passion.
I was fortunate to be a part of several design teams both European and American (and now Canadian!) . Each time, these experiences allow me to evolve and grow. I also had the opportunity to collaborate in a few books such as FREESTYLE- Autumn Leaves on SIMPLY GRAPHIC- Memory Makers, or more recently SCRAP SIMPLE Hilary Heidelberg. I am also part of a creative team of a French magazine “entreARTistes” magazine and I am totally thrilled to join the fabulous Scrapping Bella team!”
The amazing thing about Severine’s use of my stamps is that she uses images (not traditional scrapbooking stamps) and uses them as her embellishments.. truly genious! She will teach you how to get more “mileage” out of your stamps and actually show you samples of how to use my stamps in a “hybrid” type of way! both for cardmaking and scrapbooking! Brilliant! Here is a couple of Severine’s samples to “wet” your appetite. In this layout she used our Peace VW which just added a “splash” of color and our LOVE definition block
here is a closeup
Here is another sample where she used our BRANCHING OUT OWLIES stamp, 10 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT YOU MEMORY block, YAARGH sentiment and the “GOOD” from our GOOD LUCK sentiment.. Gorgeous!
and another layout using FROGGY KETTO and our SCRAPLINES PICTURE PERFECT TICKET
how great are those layouts? and just gives you a fresh new perspective on image stamps, oui oui? (just for Severine)
Now let’s discuss some WINNAHS
the BELLARIFIC FRIDAY CONTRIBUTING WINNAH is
Here are your random numbers:
5- DEANNA WOODLAND! You win $20 in Bella bucks! please email me
Timestamp: 2010-03-22 23:40:15 UTC
Now for da WINNAH from da CONTRIBUTAHS.. $10 in Bella bucks
Here are your random numbers:
34- SARAH! you win! please email me
Timestamp: 2010-03-22 23:44:40 UTC
Don’t forget Bellarific Friday this week! You can email me your submissions by Thursday night as a JPEG attachment to emily@stampingbella.com. This week’s theme is this sketch
Mwah to da SISTAHS who need to practice their French for Severine
Em
March 19, 2010 58 Comments
Yup! Simply BELLARIFIC! It’s almost 18 degrees here (time to remove my snowsuit..LOL) and for my American sistahs that is 65 degrees! I hate to tell you that it is warmer here than when I went to Florida..LOL.
If anyone has seen my desk lately (OY YOY) they must come back TODAY to take a look at it. It should be a MONUMENT. Dena sneakily cleaned it cuz she couldn’t take it. I, on the other hand, ENJOY and LOVE living in CHAOS..LOL … but I kinda like this neat desk right now!
I also wanted to thank our SISTAHS for making last week’s release SOOO SUCCESSFUL! It’s been crazy around here and we are kinda buried so bear with us please! and just because you were so kind with that release, I have another surprise up my sleeve.. you just wait!!
Ok, let’s talk BELLARIFIC FRIDAY. This week’s theme was MONOCHROMATIC.. I love monochromatic looks.. it’s so clean and pretty.. and WAIT til you see the entries! OMG! YUMMMM!!!
So this is what our BABEROONIS came up with… you ready? SET??? LET’s GOOOOOOO
Joannabella used FLUEY HUGGABUGG
Jeaniebella used MUFFY KETTO and CHICHI KETTO
Paulabella used FRANCINE FLAPPER
Karen MOTZABELLA used SNOWMAN CIRCLE
Jodibella used GRACIE LOLLIPOP
Danabella used PEONY BITTYBLOOM
Lindabella used EVA BLOOM
How’s that for our BABEROONIS TALENT?!?!??!!
Now let’s see what our wonderful SISTAHOOD came up with! Just FABBY I tell ya!
How’s DAT for I CANDEEEEE???
Don’t forget to place your comment to be Eligible for $10 in Bella bucks and submit for next week’s challenge to receive $20 in BELLA BUCKS!
Next week’s challenge is the following SKETCH!
hope you enjoy! don’t forget to submit by Thursday to emily@stampingbella.com for next week!
Have a GLOORRRRIOUS.. BELLARIFIC.. PHENOMALISH weekend sistahs!
big hugs
Em
March 18, 2010 2 Comments
Hiya sistahs! I hope you are all welllll!
Sorry for the delay in my post :(.. I am gonna announce da winnahs from last week’s bellarific Friday
da CONTRIBUTING WINNAH for bellarific friday and who wins $20 in Bella bucks is:
Here are your random numbers:
36- LORIE HAINES!!! you winnnnnnnnnn!!!!!
Timestamp: 2010-03-18 20:41:42 UTC
now for the COMMENTATOR winnah of $10 in bella buckeroonis!
Here are your random numbers:
6-Rosanne you win!! please email me your info and I will send you $10 bella bucks!
Timestamp: 2010-03-18 20:44:53 UTC
Mwah to da sistahs who tolerate my BOOOORING postssssss
Em
March 16, 2010 5 Comments
Sistahs. it is BEEYOOTIFUL out.. I am in a GOOD MOOOOOD… I am HAPPPPY.. listening to great music…so I decided to extend the sale until Thursday night :).. are ya HAPPY?
We are very busy here planning scrapfest in Kitchener in april.. it’s gonna be FUN FUN FUN! Cannot wait! Paulabella and lindabella are joining us with demos.. OOOHHHH I can feel the vibe already!
Other than that, nothing much new and exciting 😉
Don’t forget sistahs this week’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY is a MONOCHROMATIC THEME.. should be fun!
mwah to da sistahs who lovey da release and da springy sale!
Em
March 12, 2010 51 Comments
Oh and BELLARIFIC FRIDAY OF COURSE!!!
are you excited? and you just can’t HIDE it? OMG.. I am!!!
Want me to talk about NONSENSE or get down to BIDNISS? LOL.. I am assuming that you would like me to get to it?
Ok, I will get to it.. HERE WE GOOOOOO.. I have placed some of our DT work with the new images below the names of the stamps and BOYOBOYOBOY (rubbing my hands together and licking my chops-lol. who SAYS that?) at the sight of them. For some reason, in this release i was OBSSESSED with people dressed up as bunnies.. i just couldn’t resist each artists’ interpretation of them LOL. I know it is impossible to associate the word OBSSESSED with ME..LOL
After MUCH demand, our CHRISTY CROLL (Tiddly inks) has outdone herself with:
IZZIE has a LETTAH with a sentiment (SEALED WITH A KISS) and
Chrystal,our LULU artist has come up with the most PHENOMALISH flowers and tree EVAH oh and of course MARTHA lulu
pot o’ ORCHIDS for LULU– see LINDABELLA’s sample below!
Hearty PLANT for lulu See JODIBELLA’s sample below!
GREENBEAN BABY has come up with
LOTTIE the BUNNY– SEE DANABELLA’S SAMPLE BELOW
KRISTA SCHNEIDER came out with AMAZING easter springy stamps!
KETTO made some beautiful floral stamps
Ketto’s SOLID TREE
ELENA FRENCH has come up with 2 BRILLIANT turtle tot images!
AND 2 NEW BELLAS!
BUNNYHOPPABELLA and
shhh I may have a problem counting! I think it’s even MO’ than 22!
Now let’s move along to BELLARIFIC FRIDAY! THEME WAS ANYTHING GOES, submit your most favorite work.. the entries were FABBY DABBY!
Let’s see what the BABES have come up with
Paulabella used IZZIE HAS A PREZZI
Jodibella used HEARTY PLANT FOR LULU
Lindabella used POT o’ ORCHIDS for LULU
Karen MOTZABELLA used IZZIE HAS AN EGGY
Joannabella used ROW OF EGGS WITH BUNNY
Danabella used LOTTIE IS A BUNNY
Jeaniebella used IZZIE HAS AN EGGY
Is that not AMAYZINNNNG?
Now let’s see what da sistahood contributed! and boy oh boy (there’s that saying again) are they amazing! and AGAIN, let’s welcome some new sistahs to the BELLARIFIC FRIDAY HOOD!
How’s DAT for da I CANDEEEEEE?? OMG.. I told you it was amazing!!
Next week’s theme is MONOCHROMATIC.. use various shades of the same color and submit your cards by Next THURSDAY MARCH 19th
I hope you enjoyed this release and you take advantage of our 10 % sale!
Mwah to da sistahs who lovey da new stampies!
Em
March 11, 2010 10 Comments
that I have forgotten to BLOG! LOL.. just kidding. I am so sorry for not writing sooner but I have been SWAMPED preparing for tomorrow’s release. I have added a couple of new stamps to the already new stamps and now have 22 count ’em 22 STAMPS BEING RELEASED TOMORROW!! can you believe it? I can’t! CANNOT WAIT!! WHEEEEE!!! And am already working on my next release! OMG.. you will faint… FAINT I tell ya!
So without further ADO, I would like to announce some WINNAHS from last week’s BELLARIFIC friday and don’t forget, on top of TOMORROW’S RELEASE OF 22 STAMPS (have I mentioned that lately?) we have our BELLARIFIC FRIDAY post of ANYTHING GOES!! so if you have your best bella work handy, just email it over to me emily@stampingbella.com and I will get it up for tomorrow!
WINNAH OF LAST WEEK’S CONTRIBUTORS TO ANYTHING POLKADOTTY BELLARIFIC FRIDAY is…
Here are your random numbers:
23 MARGO SMITH!! you win! Please email me your info and I will send you out $20 in bella bucks!
Timestamp: 2010-03-11 18:26:52 UTC
Now for the WINNAH from the COMMENTAYTAHS..
Here are your random numbers:
62- RHIANNON you win $10 in BELLA BUCKS! email me and I will send you your voucher!
Timestamp: 2010-03-11 18:28:49 UTC
P.S. there is anothah surprise tomorrow
Mwah to da sistahs who like to DOODLE JUMP and who like DA RELEASE DAYS!
Em
