October 26, 2009
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Good Monday morning sistahs!
I hope you had a great weekend! Well, our chaotic lives are somewhat calmer now with the 2 back to back shows we had.. it has been crazy and we are hoping that “normal” (whatever that may be) life will shine through. I am home again today with Tyler as he is coughing and has a bit of a fever .. poor little one. The nice thing is that he is nice and calm and allowing me to get some work done!
FIRST THINGS FIRST: THE THEME OF THIS WEEK”S BELLARIFIC FRIDAY IS ALL THINGS KIDS.. Your spin on it! Can’t wait to see!!!
As you all know our NEW RELEASE will be launched on Friday!! I can’t even tell you how excited I am!! Lori Boyd, our new designah, has fulfilled my dream of the perfect “lollipop family”. I have been searching high and low for “stickish” people.. whimsical, with a family type “aire”. Characters that you can empathize with.. That is what I love about our characters.. I always hear people say “Oh that reminds me of..”.. “she/he looks exactly like”… and that is what my whole line/business is about. Not only is it the physical art of stamping but it is “emotional” as well if that makes any sense at all? So Lori has introduced a great line that we will all be able to empathize with. Lori creates with LOVE and with her family surrounding her so you know where she gets her inspiration ;). I will introduce Lori more formally on Friday but I just wanted to get my few cents worth in before that time. We are also introducing 3 lulus which I adore and YES, you heard me right, 1 BELLA! So fasten your seatbelts sistahs.. you are in for a ride :). Oh did I mention there is a great giveaway as well? You will be SOOOO excited!
If you would like a sneaky peeky of 2 of the lollipops, Check out Lindabella’s blog where she strategically placed hannah and ricky side by side 🙂
if you take a looky at Paulabella’s blog, you will get a glimpse of BESSIE lulu. Is she not DEEVINE?
We will also be launching the EXCLUSIVE twinchies which are phenom.. I have a card all ready at WORK.. hmph.. will have to post tomorrow!
Let’s see what the other baberoonis have been up to
Danabella used TURTLE TOT-BIRTHDAY WISHES
Jeaniebella used MINTY WREATH
Joannabella – be sure to stop at Joanne’s blog and wish her a BIG happy birFday with lots o’ hugs!! Joanne used RUMBALL with Candle
Meahnibella used CUPPA TEA with SENTIMENTS
Now for some WINNAHS!
random CONTRIBUTING winnah is
Here are your random numbers:
2- CHRIS PARMENTER! YOU ARE DA WINNAH for your ROSE BOUQUET! YOU WIN $20 in BELLA BUCKS!
Timestamp: 2009-10-26 13:57:17 UTC
Now for da winnah from da PEANUT GALLERY
Here are your random numbers:
44-
Timestamp: 2009-10-26 13:58:51 UTC
Monday doesn’t see so HO HUM anymo’ ..LOL.. Winnahs, Sneak peeks, babes cards.. OH MY!
mwah to da sistahs who lovey da peekies
Em
October 24, 2009 54 Comments
Hiya sistahs,
Well I am very busy playing mommy as my nanny has left to the Phillipines to mourn the passing of her mom 🙁 . Ryan and I are struggling for time but are loving the new found moments with our children. Tyler was home sick today and I cleaned up and cared for him.. poor thing. So that’s been my life in a nutshell for the past week and for 2 more weeks to come PLUS we are at the National Women’s Show this weekend so it has been a little tough around here.. HENCE the late Bellarific Friday entry. I am so sorry.
The theme for this week was NATURE/FLOWERS and we have some great new participants and wonderful cards to showcase this week. It was great to see how everyone interpreted the theme
Here gooooes:
Let’s see what our baberoonis have come up with this week.
Danabella used POCKET FULL OF POSIES
Jeaniebella used FLOWAHBELLA
Joannabella used TURTLE TOTS PICKING POSIES
Karen Motzabella used ECOBELLA
Lindabella made a card using FUNKY SQUARE SHADOW SET AND FUNKY BAMBOO
MeahniBella made a card using GERBERA IN VASE
Paulabella made a card using 3 WHIMSY FLOWERS
Sarahbella is taking a little break because she is moving! Poor Sarah, her house is being GUTTED and remodeled.. go to her bloggy to see what she is moving into. Sarah did I offer you a place to stay? You are always welcome to stay at my place!!!
Shannanabella will be taking a little break to settle some things at home. She will return in the new year. Shannan, remembah you PROMISED!
Now for da SISTAHOOD’s CARDS.. YUMMMMMMO!
Well done sistahs! How’s DAT for some eye candeeee?
Just remembah.. if you place a comment here, you are eligible to win $10 in bella bucks. If you HAVE CONTRIBUTED, you are eligible to receive $20 in Bella Bucks to spend as you wish! If I have missed your card for this challenge, please email me.
We have also received the new BASIC GREY NOOK AND PANTRY COLLECTION!! I just LOVEY IT! I am also SO EXCITED for next week’s release!! You will not be sorry as I will be releasing a new artists images.. Her name is LORI BOYD and I just can’t hide it anymore. You know me..LOL.. I can’t keep anything to myself. HMPH. Take a looky at LORI BOYD’S BLOG for a sneaky peeky of HANNA LOLLIPOP .. a BRAND NEW LINE TO DA BELLA (CALLED LOLLIPOPS)!. When I saw Lori’s images, I went MENTAL (LOL). I almost attacked her and forced her to work with me.. Thank you Lori for believing in DA BELLA! So Show Lori some Love and tell her how much you love her images so that we can get more! LOL
We will also be releasing some TWINCHIES (made a card I will post on Monday which I love!) and some backgrounds which MISS MINT calls INKBLOCKS.. OOOHHHH the possibilities
Mwah to da sistahs who LOVEY da LOLLIPOPS that have NO CALORIES
Em
October 21, 2009 7 Comments
Hiya sistahs!
I just wanted to wish our very own Helen a very happy birthday. Today was Java Wednesday in the store where we give little tutorials once a week in the store and teach different things. Today was a Copic tutorial which was so much fun! (wish you were all here.. hmph). Well our new Teachah SHELLEYBELLA has been working on samples like crazy and she made one of our make and takes at the CREATIV festival… She used our FUNKY FLAMES stamp in SUCH a creative way!
Well, here are our FUNKY FLAMES in action on Helen’s Birthday cuppycakes that Shelley made. Brilliant, no?
MWAh to da sistahs who lovey da samples!
Em
October 19, 2009 11 Comments
Hiya sistahs!
Well the Creativ Festival has come and gone and was a great success! We would like to extend a special thank you to all of our current customers who came to show us their support.. we are eternally grateful. We would also like to thank all of da NEW sistahs who came to visit and did some make and takes with me on Friday all day and with Paulabella and Lindabella on Saturday. It was amazing!! I would also like the chance to thank our very own Denabella, Helenabella, and Shelleybella and Ryanafella for all their hard work in making this happen. It was a lot of work but well worth the results. So thank you so much to all of you for making this event AMAZING!
Now on to the next show! LOL. We will be having a booth this weekend at the very SAME location.. the event is called THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S SHOW. Ryan and I visited last year and had such an amazing time! Food, Botox (LOL), teeth whitening, perfume, resorts.. you name it, it was at this show. Even the curly haired products I use will be showing there as well! (so I can get ALL my shopping done..sshhhhh). If some of you did not have the opportunity to see Ryan’s new line coming to the forefront at the Creativ Festival, you will be sure to see it at the show.. we will be launching some products there so stay tuned! you will not be disappointed!
So Lisa at Inchie Arts has been kind enough to allow me to exclusively release a new product! (thank you so much Lisa!) and we are SOOOO excited to have this product! Inchies are the CUTEST things EVAH. I have become completely addicted to them. AND I MEAN COMPLETELY!!
We carry the inchie protective sleeve where each pocket fits one (you KNOW I love CONTAINERS..lol and this is the CUTEST container EVAH!!).. and I was DETERMINED to FILL it. Pronto. So here is a little sampling of it
here is a picture of the full page (unfortunately not a great picture)
Aren’t these the cutest things EVAH???? these are all stamps from the KETTO clothesline collection
the most “magical” part of an inchie is that it makes you think in a different way. It makes you look at your current stamp collection in a different way. You start seeing different parts of the stamps that you would like to “capture”.. it really is an amazing thing. For instance, our very own Lori Brown used an inchie to capture LOTTIE AND GUSSIE’s face. It was the cutest thing EVAH!
Now for da TWINCHIES (how cute is that name?). A Twinchie is a two inch piece of museum quality matboard. This is NOT chipboard. This is an amazing material. It is a a beautiful quality that accepts any medium; copic, watercolor, colored pencil and mineral spirits.. you name it, it accepts it.
Just to prove how much that museum matboard can ‘accept” check out Paula’s card using our BEAUTIFUL definition block and FLOWER BOTTLES stamp. Not only did Paula use mineral spirits and ink but she coated the whole TWINCHIE in crackle glaze! now if it accepts that, it can accept anything :). I love the dimension both the inchies and the twinchies give to a card.. absolutely amazing!
The twinchies will be available with our OCT 30th release!! HOW EXCITED AM I?!
mwah to da sistahs who are loving da TWINCHIE
Em
October 13, 2009 3 Comments
Hiya sistahs! I hope that all of my Canadian sistahs had a great Thanksgiving. We actually hibernated and cut and packaged and cut and packaged RUBBAH around the kitchen table… it was crazy! We were all in our PJ’s on Saturday Sunday AND MONDAY.. when I emerged today, I actually had to BLINK like a BAT when I saw the sun..LOL. We had QUITE a system going around my table.. I was cutting the RUBBAH, Ryan was packaging the RUBBAH, tyler was PRICING da RUBBAH and Jayden was putting them into big bags.. It was QUITE a SIGHT! LOL
Well, I am waiting for the new rubbah to arrive… so excited for this new release!! We are releasing the rubbah at the show (keep fingers crossed) and then online on OCT 30th! Hope you can join us!
Now for some WINNAHS
For BELLARIFIC SATURDAY just passed:
CONTRIBUTING WINNING SISTAH is:
#11: MONIKA DAVIS! please email me and you will receive a $20 BELLA BUCKS VOUCHER!
PEANUT GALLERY COMMENTING SISTAH WINNAH IS:
#6: LESLIE G!!! you are da WINNAH! Please email me your deets and we will arrange your $10 in Bella buckeroonis!
MAKEUP DISASTAH blog candy winnah! LOL.. I read them all and couldn’t decide who should win so I had to ask my handy RANDOM picker.. omg.. still thinking about them makes me chuckle (NEVER USE THAT WORD BUT SOUNDED SOOOO APPROPRIATE)
#7 BRENDA MARTIN!! You are da winnah! lol on the deodorant *ahem* hair spray story! here is Brenda’s funny makeup disaster story
This is not really about makeup but …… I was running late for work one morning and quickly showered and blew my hair dry then back to my bedroom to get dressed. Now this is back in the 80’s where aersol was product of choice and grabbed the can sitting on my dresser. Started spraying my underarms and OMG………..the burning pain was unbelievable. I looked at the can and seen that I accidently grabbed the hair spray. I run to the bathroom to wash and figure it should be fine. However, all day at work with body heat my underarms are burning. I get home and check to see and they were flaming red. Needless to say as the next few days passed I lost layers of skin, were extremely sensitive and could not even wear deodorent.
This is the type of antics that happen to me weekly that between my family, friends/co-workers they are now labelled Brenda…isms”. They assure me I would have a Number 1 Best Seller if I were to ever write a book on all the …ism’s I have.
Ok, all the colors are driving me MENTAL.. so here’s the challenge for NEXT FRIDAY ( a week from friday sistahs).. I have to skip a weel cuz of the show and there is a next one next weekend but i will TRY MY BESTEST TO POST!!
Next challenge is ANYTHING with NATURE— FLOWERS, any stamp you can interpret as having to do with “Nature” goes.. so use your imaginations and I expect a PHENOM turnout with even PHENOMALER (is that a word?) cards!!
Emailed image is due FRIDAY OCT 23d.. email to emily@stampingbella.com
MWAH SISTAHS!!
p.s. had to sneak in more colors..LOL
Em
October 10, 2009 52 Comments
Hiya sistahs! Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian contingency!
Here is a short and sweet post for today’s challenge. Not many participants.. next week I expect all of you to stamp your ‘ART (get it? instead of HEART??) out!
I will announce the winnahs of our blog candy MAKEUP post below ( you still have a chance to enter) and our Bellarific Saturday (this week only) winnahs on TUESDAY!
Tyler, Jayden, Ryan, my sister in law from Montreal, Tara, and I are all sitting around the kitchen table packaging, indexing and pricing stamps for the show! We are SOOO Excited!! We will also be featuring a BRAND NEW LINE at the show before we post it online on OCT 30th! YES OUR NEXT RELEASE IS ON OCT 30th sistahs so stay TOONED and if you come to the show, you will be able to see/purchase in person!!
Ok, enough blabla.. LOL
Our theme this past week was “ANYTHING BABY”. Let’s see how our BELLARIFIC BABES interpreted the challenge!
DANABELLA used MY BEARY BEST FRIEND
Jeaniebella used BABYNURSEABELLA
Joannabella used TEDDYBELLA
Karen MOTZABELLA used BELLA BABY BUBBLE BATH
LINDABELLA used KETTO’s CLOTHESLINE with some elements from the BABY LINGERIE kit (which can also be used on inchies). She also used elements from the BABY FOOD AND BOTTLE SET by Ketto for some thank you notes!
MEAHNIBELLA used BABY BUTTERCUP
PAULABELLA used the MUMMY THE WITCH AND THE PIRATE in her project!
SARAHBELLA used our new PEPPERMINT CREATIVE stamps HOLEY SCALLOPY BORDERS
Shannanabella is out of commission 🙁 she is very ill.. please send your good wishes her way and make her feel ALL BETTAH!!!
How’s DAT for da BABEROONI EYE CANDEEEEE????
Now let’s take a looky at da WONDERFUL and TALENTED sistahood!
now how’s DAT for some EYE CANDEEEEEE? LOL
LOVED the entries this week and every week! I hope you enjoy them!
If you have submitted a card and I have not posted it for this week, please email me and I will try my bestest to put it up!
Remember that all contributors have a chance to win $20 bella bucks and all commentators get a chance to win $10 in bella bucks!!
Enjoy your weekend sistahs!
MWAH!
Em
October 25th, 2009 at 9:19 pm eAwesome & inspirational cards sistahs! I can’t wait to see Lori’s new line. Hannah is adorable! Hugs to all of the sistahs who are juggling busy routines, prepping for the upcoming holidays and sick hubbies and kiddos.