September 26, 2009
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I am soooo sorry!!!
I don’t have a card for this challenge due to da RELEASE and da BELLARIFIC friday but da BESTEST sistahs participated….
HERE
1. Emily – www.stampingbella.com/blog
2. Shannan – Pink Tulle with Feathers and Sequins
3. Joanne – http://www.stampedbyhand.blogspot.com/
4. Laura – http://lauraevans.typepad.com/my_crazy_stamp_obsession/
5. Paula – http://www.paulatracy.com/
6. Jamie – http://www.jaymerzstamps.blogspot.com/
7. Sara – http://saracreativemind.blogspot.com/
8. Anita – http://www.anitabestampin.blogspot.com/
9. Karen – http://paperplayhouse.blogspot.com/
10. Dana – http://danashouseofcards.blogspot.com/
11. Gaby – http://sheinksalot.blogspot.com/
12. Lesley – http://ourscrappylife.blogspot.com/
13. Michele – http://papercuts.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
14. Jane – http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga…&ppuser=123368
15. Tammi – http://tropicaldreams-17.blogspot.com/
16. Megan – http://meganlockdesigns.blogspot.com/
17. Debbie – http://dreamsofglitter.blogspot.com/
18. Jen – http://iheart2stamp.com/
19. Tiffaney – http://www.inkling2stamp.blogspot.com/
20. Cindy – http://cindyhaffnerscorner.blogspot.com/
21. Miche – http://micheldesigns.blogspot.com/
22. Kathleen – http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com/
23. Debi – http://www.debiscrazylife.blogspot.com/
24. Sparkle – http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/
25. Arlene – http://scubascrapper.blogspot.com/
26. Janet – http://www.corrosivecreationsbyjanet.blogspot.com/
27. Julie – http://www.stampinwithjulie.blogspot.com/
28. Tanya – http://www.little-scrapper.blogspot.com/
29. Rebecca – http://www.feelgoodink.net/
30. Carisa – http://ladyguineveresinkyfaeries.blogspot.com/
31. Kelly – http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/
So get groovin, and you will start this fabby dabby event by visiting SHANNANABELLA
Enjoy!
MWAH!
September 25, 2009 29 Comments
Phew! What a WEEK sistahs.. it’s been CUHRAZY in Bellaland and in CYBERBELLA. Thank you so much for your continued support and appreciation.. this is what makes me INSPIRED and want to find more ARTWORK for da sistahs so KEEP IT UP!
Some NOTES to remembah!
REMEMBAH that our GIVEAWAY (TSHIRT) is valid until MONDAY so take advantage (all orders over $85)! It is SCRUMMY! and don’t forget to check out our new releases if you havent.. OMG.. FANTASTIC (if I do say so mEself)
REMEMBAH that our SUPERSTAR BABES will be arriving in T.O. on Saturday Oct 3d! Just in time for WORLD CARDMAKING DAY and boy do we have goodies in store for da LOCAL sistahs! They will be teaching 2 different card classes each (OMG OMG OMG) we will be having some SURPRISES that weekend too so you HAVE to come and visit!!!
REMEMBAH that we are ON DA ROAD and will be having a booth at 2 SHOWS! The national WOMEN’S SHOW and the CREATIV festival here in downtown toronto and our very own PAULA AND LINDA will be demoing on Saturday Oct. 17th!!
Ok now that the BIDNISS is taken care of , let’s boogie with BELLARIFIC FRIDAY!!
Here is the sketch we got to work with courtesy of KAREN MOTZABELLA!
Let’s see what da BABES are up to! Cannot use adjectives cuz THEY ARE ALL OVER THE TOP!!!
DANABELLA used COCO HAS A CUPPYCAKE
JOANNABELLA used IS THAT A CUPCAKE ON YOUR HEAD? (LOL.. who thinks of these names? *winks*
KAREN MOTZABELLA used TRIPLE DECKER PRESENTS
LINDABELLA used NOAH THE COMPUTER GUY
MEAHNIBELLA used CIRCUS TENT
PAULABELLA musta been drinkin..(LOL LOVE YOU PAULA) and here is her WRONG rendition of the sketch.. but she makes me laugh and I love her and her work so here is BETTY the BOOKWORM
SARAHBELLA use our SIMPLE PLEASURES sentiment and JENNI BOWLIN paper and THICKERS in her LAYOUT!
SHANNANABELLA used GEORGINA GLAMOURPUSS
SO IS THAT A BELLARIFIC BABELICIOUS SPREAD???
Now let’s start with da SISTAHOOD’s contributions! Now if you don’t see your entry here, it’s not cuz I ignored it LOL.. it may have gotten lost in the shuffle so PLEASE email me your entry and I will add it in!
Ok let’s boogie!
WOOOHOOOO! what great cards!! And OMG.. the CLEVERNESS.. THE MASKING… THE SHAPED CARDS.. you know what? Each and Every week, I learn something from da SISTAHOOD.. and THAT, my sistahs, is what MAKES it a sistahood!
MWAH TO MY VERY OWN, PERSONAL, SCRUMMY, YUMMY SISTAHOOD
Em
September 23, 2009 38 Comments
***SISTAHS, PLEASE KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS ENTRY AS I WILL BE UPLOADING THROUGHOUT THE DAY!! so KEEP “REFRESHING”***
***ETA: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME ABOUT THE SIZES OF THE TSHIRTS – you can buy them HERE! great for gifts and your personal sistahood. Now for the sizes.. the size of the BUST or is for the WIDTH only of the tshirt.. so if you lay your tshirt flat and measure the width, our measurements should jive! I suppose you can double it for the circumference and add a little for “give”. Also, our GIFT WITH PURCHASE ends MONDAY SEPT 28th*** so take advantage sistahs!
I have been BEGGED.. PLEADED with… ALMOST BEATEN to come out with a SISTAHOOD TSHIRT.. and GUESS WHAT SISTAHS!? IT’S HHEEEERRRREEEE!!! Yup it is. I SWEAR. *Sistah’s PROMISE*. We have made the CUTEST… YUMMIEST.. COZIEST… decaled tshirts! The front looks somethin’ like this.. AGGGtually, EXACTLY like this .. LOL. and it is available to YOU for FREE for all orders over $85! Yup! You can wear it to conventions to IDENTIFY yourself.. and maybe meet new sistahs…if you go to a crop, your “sistah’s house” to play.. or when you go “night night”.. it’s really a “GOOD THING” (per Martha Stewart)
Here’s a pic of the tshirt! All sizes available. All you have to do is when you place your order and it is over $85, just put the size desired in the comment section! (small-3xl available). For size specifics, please email me at emily@stampingbella.com and I will forward you the information.
**also please don’t forget our ongoing FREE SHIPPING for orders over $55 in North America and $75 OVERSEAS.. Is this an amazing day or what???**
ANOTHAH phenom thing we created is DA BELLA BOX (fits letter size papers)! WHAT is an EXCLOOOOSIVE BELLA BOX YOU ASK? Well, First of all it is ADORABLE! LOL if I do say so meSelf. But SECOND of all, it is TRES TRES FUNCTIONAL. If you EZ mount your stampies, you can put it on a storage panel and put it in your BOXY. If you have recipes, card sketches, looseleaf, your children’s homework (LOL.. see what mode I am in?) you can also put it in the box. Have I mentioned that I LOOOOVE this box? Fabulous quality and screenprinted with LOVE.
Ok, First let’ introduce (UPON MUCH REQUEST– ain’t i so giving to da requests?)
BRAND SPANKING NEW EXCLUSIVE BAUBLE SETS! 11 WONDERFUL sets created by DENABELLA with love! So if you are fearful of committing to a certain color, here’s your chance to get a great “TASTER”
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
First let’s take a looky at what our CHRISTY CROLL has come up with for this release. TO DIE FOR!!! Christy I LOOVEY you!
meet our CONFUSED CHRISTMAS CAT
Now let’s talk about one of our new CELEBRITY artists..LOL. All my artists are celebrities in my eyes. Oh how I love them all so!
Meet MISS MINTABELLA.. known as MISS MINT.. or known as my cousin PAM. Her bio will ‘splain how we crossed paths.. a little weird I must say and SHOULDA COME SOONER!!! As you all may know, I have been working diligently for a LOOONG time on our new website WWW.SCRAPPINGBELLA.COM! This eagerly anticipated LAUNCH will be *fingers crossed* on November 1st or sooner! SOO.. to appease my scrappers, MISS MINT and I have collaborated and made a PHENOM starter selection of SCRAPPY stamps… they will be called SCRAP ‘INK stamps.. She has come out with AMAZING concepts, and unfortunately her wit and humor are almost identical to mine so BEWARE of the most PHENOM SCRAP ‘INK stamps to come!! So here’s a 40 image TASTER of what will be a HUGE collection by November! Remember. These stamps are HYBRID stamps meaning you can use them both in cardmaking and scrapbooking. I have made sizes of the stamps that will mostly fit both a scrapbook page and a card.. so STRAP YOUR SEATBELT on and ENJOY!
Meet my cuz PAM. Is she not STUNNING? she looks *exactly* like ME! (LOL). and here is what she has to say
“Shout out to the stampin’ sistahood! My name is Pam but I’m probably best known as Miss Mint, at least to those in the digital scrapbooking world. I am the owner and lead designer at PEPPERMINTCREATIVE.com, an online shop specializing in original digital and hybrid scrapbooking supplies. I have been a graphic designer for some time but when I accidentally stumbled upon digital scrapbooking 4 years ago, it was love at first “click”.
Now I spend my days (and sadly most of my nights) in my jammies under the glare of my monitor uttering profanities at Photoshop as it unexpectedly shuts down on me mid design. It’s the best.
You can also find my designs on SCRAPBLOG.COM and thanks to my awesome design team, layouts and projects featuring my designs have been known to appear in quite a few national and international books, magazines, and idea books.
When I am not working (which is never), I am usually pretending to be a photographer, or pretending to work out at the gym.
So you might be wondering (or you might not, but I will tell you anyway), how Emily and I may have crossed paths. I was going to tell you an exciting and elaborate tale, but the truth is, we’re COUSINS (how’s that for nepotism?) and the only truly bizarre part of the story is how long it took us to realize that we could collaborate in some way.
It was my second or third visit to the MOUTH WATERING CRAFT OASIS that is the official Stamping Bella store here in Toronto that we finally sat down and discussed. Bella to Mint. Mint to Bella. I left with a notepad full of demands ideas and ran home to start drawing. And Emily made the rest happen. And NOW I am SOOOO excited to be sharing my stamps with you and I am beyond grateful to Emily who, through this adventure, has helped me rediscover my passion for drawing and doodling. I am the luckiest SISTAH EVAH!”
so let’s see what Pam’s all about and her style:
I love cupcakes and have a particular affinity to them.. my Dad always calls me cupcake and I have been searching for the perfect one 🙂
comes with the sentiment and INCHIE size for envelopes or INCHIE SQUARES! sentiment is available separately
CUPPYCAKE WITH A SPRINKLE ON TOP
Includes sentiment and inchie! Sentiment is also sold separately
includes inchie and sentiment! Sentiment is also available on its own.
The following TOP 10 stamps I find BRILLIANT. (along with the rest). They are funky, whimsical and functional.. forces you to journal in a FUN way!! And wait til you see the CARDS (yup cards!) we make with these babies!
Now for our DEFINITION blocks. I AM IN LOVE with these (how annoying am I with all this love? LOL.. but I really am LOVING this). Again.. these are PHENOM to put on a card or on a scrapbook layout! Last week, when PINKY (lori brown) came to visit with da girls, she had a sneaky peeky and “STOLED-ED” one.. LOL
here is her card using TOGETHER DEFINITION BLOCK and KISSY FACE.. it was for her and Joe’s ANNIVERSARY!! cute or what?? That’s what I call a USEFUL stamp no?
BEAUTIFUL definition block
BIRTHDAY definition block
CELEBRATE definition block
FAVORITE definition block
GIGGLE definition block
HAPPINESS definition block
LAUGHTER definition block
MEMORY definition block
TRADITION definition block
Ok… How’s THAT for BRILLIANCE? Now MORE Brilliance! It’s the NEW SCRAPLINES by our very own MISS MINT! She is AWESOME isn’t she? You have to tell her that by leaving a comment k? PLOMISE? (as Jayden would say.. P.S. it is I who says that all the time now and Jayden says it properly.. LOL)
SO let’s discuss SCRAPLINES. I think it is versatile, and SO MUCH fun to use! As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, these stamps look like simple outlines as an image but once you USE them, you will be AMAZED! Stamp on your SCRAPS, cut out (and by cutting, I, in no way mean PRECISELY! the wonkier you cut around the outline (scrapline) the cuter!), and apply.. thaSSSS it! thasss ALL! This is the first BATCH of these stamps.. ant they come in different sizes per package.. for inchies, scrapbook pages (large and substantial enough) and CARDS!! HERE WE GOOOOO!!
a sample using these buttons 🙂
FOLKY HEARTS (solid and OUTLINE in a set)
picture these babies on the bottom of a layout in different color papers (and different flames).. YUM!!
SCRAPLINES HOLEY SCALLOPY BORDERS (comes with a 3″ and a 5.25″).. you can layer them.. OMG
again, these look like nothing as an image but once you stamp these on patterned paper.. WOWZA!
SCRAPLINES YUMMY HEARTS (SHADOW AND OUTLINE)
and a sample 🙂 notice how they were cut (wonkily and cute!)
Ok, so as you see, miss MINT and I have been BiZzY.. Here are some CLEVERLY thought of SCRAPPY words.. you can even use them on a card………. LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Remember, they are all LARGE (the image on my website does no justice).. here’s a sample of the size and the scallopy borders 🙂
SCRAPPY WORDS CAPTURE THE MOMENTS
SCRAPPY WORDS EVERYDAY MOMENTS
SCRAPPY WORDS NO DAY BUT TODAY
How about some MEMORY BLOCKS? hmmm? I named it memory blocks as a Play on Words.. write down your journaling so you don’t HAVE A MEMORY BLOCK later on!! LOL.. brilliant no?
These are LIFESIZE (well, big.. LOL.. actually THE perfect size)…
WHAT A TWEETIE (3 sizes for inchies, cards, scrapbooks! you can even SCRAPLINE them.. see? I made it a VERB.. TO SCRAPLINE)
and the cutest little HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentiment
ARTIST TRADING CARD BACK: what a GREAT way to celebrate your little pieces of art! Stamp on the back of your ATC (artist trading card), sign it, limit edition it.. and just enjoy! Most of these signature stamps I have seen have been very COLLAGE-Y.. but this one?! Whimsy!
That’s it for MISS MINTYPOO.. whatcha think? Do you want more in october? hmmmmm? leave a comment and let us know!
Now let’s discuss the DEEVINE adorable ELLIA! AKA GREENBEANBABY. We met coincidentally a long time ago regarding a certain company who “stole” our images.. she came to my rescue and fought for both of us! LOL.. and we just happened to cross paths again as I was just enamored with her talent and artwork. I just had to name these kidlets after Tyler’s friends..LOL They are SO PROUD!
Here’s a little bit about Ellia:
Ellia is addicted to, and in love with a few things. Her family, paper, a sharp x-acto blade, a brand new glue stick and a whopping cup of coffee!. It is with these necessities that she is fueled by the love to create cut paper illustrations/ Long after her kids are asleep, her nights are spent cutting out cutesie characters for various clients as well as art for licensing, and products for her shop. She is forever inspired by her family, childhood memories and retro goodness.
Ellia lives in Milwaukee with her talented husband, her two kids, two cats and a new puppy. They collect DVDs, video games, books, comics, toys and paper. They all enjoy superheroes, cartoons, and homemade cupcakes.
Now wait til you see some Ellia GOODNESS..
HERE GOES!
meet BETTY THE BOOKWORM
PHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
how’s that for a release? hmmmm????
I have already put some stuff in the SPECIALS section and still have new basic grey stuff that JUST came in!
Check out my new favorite paper MY LITTLE SHOEBOX.. so cute!
So let us know what you think and I will be trying to keep this post up throughout the next few days and will let you know when I am completely done.. but STAMPS ARE DONE sistahs!
MWAH
September 22, 2009 9 Comments
tomorrow is the day sistahs!! SOOOO EXCITED!! As I mentioned there will be lots of new ideas and over 40 new images!! OMG..
I would like to introduce you to my cousin PAM.. aka MISS MINT.. I will give you her full bio tomorrow but take a looky at how BRILLIANT and TALENTED and AMAZING this mintabella sistah is!
Without further ADOOOOOOOO, Please look at a few of the new stamps in ACTION
They are called SCRAPLINES… what Pam intended for these brilliant stamps is that you stamp them on any patterned paper of your choice, coordinate, cut and VOILA! Now when I say cutting, I don’t mean tedious cutting around nooks and crannies. If you cut “WONKILY” (lol).. it looks even cuter! So here are some samples I made.. Enjoy and hope you enjoy this release!
I will give full instruction on the cards tomorrow.. I hope you lovey da hearts, da borders da scallops YUMMMM
I now have to DIP my finger in a bowl of ice water.. don’t ask. HMPH. Put a WEIGHT WATCHERS meal in the microwave for a hundred million hours, took it out, it spilled all over my hand and now I am in AGONY…
Moral of the story. Don’t go on Weight Watchers.. LOL
just kiddink
em
September 21, 2009 3 Comments
Hiya SISTAHS from dreary toronto!
I hope you are counting down til Wednesday! We have SO MANY surprises/concepts for you.. you are gonna FREAKY OUTY! (at least I hope so)
Here’s this week’s sketch due Thursday.. please email me your submissions to emily@stampingbella.com.. can’t wait to see!
Here’s da SKETCHY by KAREN MOTZABELLA
NOW FOR SOME WINNAHS!
our $10 Bella Bucks COMMENTATOR winnah is
Here are your random numbers:
61-
Timestamp: 2009-09-21 20:43:31 UTC
**PLEASE EMAIL ME with your information and I will send you Bella Bucks! thanks for playing!
And NOW for da $20 BELLA BUCKS CONTRIBUTING SISTAH
Here are your random numbers:
4- DEBORAH SOUTHARD please email me and I will send you your $20!
Timestamp: 2009-09-21 20:46:13 UTC
Ok, gotta go load up more stuff online!
mwah!!
Em
September 21, 2009 1 Comments
I am SOOOO excited for Wednesday.. OMG! I am just indexing the images and they are SCRUMMY.. wednesday is da DAY sistahs.. and anothAH surprise tooooo!!!
I also wanted to mention that we are having a LULU image blog hop.. It should be LOTSA fun and if you would like to PARTICIPATE, please sign up or chatter about it here on splitcoast! If you are NEW to Splitcoast Stampers website then I apologize deeply cuz once you log in there, you will NEVER have time to do ANYTHING ELSE!! Join our Members company there and meet lots of new “friends”.. it’s just a great place to be.. It’s a WHOLE sistahood in there!
Mwah!
Talk tomorrow.. just had an urge to blab..LOL Oh and needed a little break
Em
September 21st, 2009 at 6:33 pm eThe cards are very very cute, I love the stamps!