WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

Just received huge shipments of maya road and american crafts…. OMG..

will try to post BELLARIFIC FRIDAY SHORTLY SISTAHS!!

sorry for the delay!

Here we go with the INANIMATE object stuff.. and how much I LOVEY IT!  Wait til I show you THIS!!

It allllllllllllllllllllllll started when I decided to take an online class with Kelly Kilmer on Art Journaling (one of the many classes I have been taking).  The class I am taking is called A LIFE MADE BY HAND.  It is so wonderful.  As I always say about art journaling is that the process means more to me than the end result.  Kelly mentions wonderful art supplies she uses which I will update you on here unless you take the class which I really recommend.

The first supply she mentioned was the COCCOINA GLUE STICK. Then I investigated further and found the COCCOINA GLUE PASTE (YUMMALISH) and the LIQUID GLUE.  The amazing thing about these glue sticks and paste and liquid is that they are ALL NATURAL, made with ALMOND OIL, have amazing “stickability”, are acid free and smell like a FRESHHHHHH MARZIPAN.  AND… There are NO CALORIES!  LOL.  Kelly uses these gluesticks with GUSTO.  I just tried them and am in LOOOOVE!! Oh and they are made in Italy… YUM.  They should smell like Pizza, no? lol

I will also be carrying some gift journals just cuz I could NOT resist and wanted to share with da sistahs! so stay tooonedddddd in the what’s new section!

Ok couldn’t wait.. had to SHARE the SMILE JOURNALS.. are they not SOOO ME? All handmade leather in Italy, 5″*7″ and is refillable.  Amazing to keep with you or to gift 🙂

do you LOVEY da GLOOOOOOO????????

Also got some new 7 GYPSIES GOODIES!!!! and will be receiving MOST OF EVERY PIECE OF NEW AMERICAN CRAFTS!!! (having them overnight it so I will receive on FRIDAY!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!)  See some of the perks of NOT going to CHA?  I get the stuff BEFORE da peeps get back! LOL.

So excited so tomorrow will be a POSTING NEW STUFF DAY!

Also, DON”T FORGET this week’s BELLARIFIC friday theme is BIRTHDAY.. and you can send to me by Thursday evening

Mwah to da sistahs who love GLOO and nice new goodies

Em

about my blog for a MINUTE!!! (or 2 I admit).. I have been so swamped in crafting ideas and personal projects and bidniss projects OMG!  Denabella and I will be travelling to a retailer event in Boston at the end of March and we have to start thinking about our project we are gonna be teaching lol and some fun make and takes.. WOOHOO!  I am also taking a family trip to FLA in february and spending time with my mom there and going to Disney.. have NOT had a vacay in about  8,987,044 years.  HMPH.  Of course I will remember to blog there :).  I will share what I am working on in a couple of days and see what you thinky about it nk?

Ok let’s talk BIDNISS.

Some winnahs perhaps?

Ok, so the winnah of $20 in BELLA BUCKEROONIS for CONTRIBUTING to Bellarific friday last week isssssssss…. drumrollll pleeeeasseeeeee:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

8- LORI TECLER YOU WIN!! email me and I will send you your voucher!

Timestamp: 2010-01-26 18:04:19 UTC

Now for da winnah of the COMMENTATAH ($10 in bella bucks)

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Here are your random numbers:

9- EMILY you win!! (sounds like I am talking to myself..LOL.. which I do.. anything wrong with dat? 
Email me and I will send you your $10 voucher!

Timestamp: 2010-01-26 18:05:40 UTC

Also wanted to share some scrapbook goodness with you.. this layout was done by our very own Jill Sprottabella.. how cleverly she used our SCRAPLINES BUTTONS! LOVE IT! and our 10 things i love about you stamp too

mwah to da SCRAPPY and STAMPY SISTAHS!!

stay tooooned for tomorrow.  We will have a little blogggg candy

Hiya sistahs!

I’ve missed you!!   Things are really BIZZY in Bellaland but I have lots of ideaRs to post online next week.. *ahem* of course not all STAMP related!

let’s get down to Bidniss.. this week’s theme was TWINCHIES.. my interpretation was TWINCHIES on a card but I learned (last night) that it coulda just been a twinchie project 🙂  so here goesssss.. I’ve mentioned before how much I love INCHIES and TWINCHIES.. it gives you a fresh perspective and allows you to use elements of a stamp that you never thought should be “featured”.. it’s amazing really!

So let’s see what our BABEROONIS have been up to… READY?   SET?  HERE WE GOOOOOOOOO!

Danabella used FLUEY HUGGABUGG.  She also used Basic Grey BROKEN CHINA paper from the JUNE BUG COLLECTION and this sentiment

Jeaniebella used STELLA HAS SOMETHING TO SAY

Joannabella used HEAD OVER HEELS HUGGABUGG

Jodibella used gossipabella

Karen Motzabella used SAKE KETTO

LindaBELLA used BESSIE LULU

Meahnibella used FLUEY HUGGABUGG

Paulabella used HANGING HEART BLOCK

Shannanabella used BESSIE LULU as a magnet!

now how’s DATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT for da “i” candeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?

Let’s see more talent coming from da sistahood!

AHOOD “i” CANDEEEE?

LOL!  Today we had a great day in Bellaland.  I have been TERRIFIED of my new JANOME SEW MINI sewing machine which arrived approximately 7.5 weeks ago.  It’s been in the box ever since.  Today was the day I was FORCED by Denabella to open it.. and it was great timing because our wonderful and talented Diane Losier came in to work and she guided me through it.. (Hopefully she will come in whenever I need to change the thread or bobbin thingy or whatever you call it..LOL).. So I had to run out and buy thread and i came back and practiced a little and sewed a little tag on the following layout!  I WAS SOOO EXCITED!! I am so in love with this little machine that I think I wanna buy 4 of them..LOL.  I also took out my XYRON 250 and fell in love with THAT all over again (note to self, buy one in every size.. am I NUTS or what?). Oh.. ANOTHER thing I am in love with.. and I mean AM IN LOVE with.. and I really mean AM IN LOVE WITH is a product called HAPPY TAPE.  I LOVE this product.  I actually ordered EVERY SINGLE COLOR for myself.. of course to test it out before I can sell it to my loyal and faithful customers.. (why couldn’t I buy ONE roll to test out is beyond me…).. in any event I AM SO THRILLED that I bought this tape because it is WONDERFUL… they come both SHEER and OPAQUE.. they are easily “tearable” not to be confused with “TERRIBLE”.. and they come in a KAJILLION colors.  I will be carrying this product in the next couple of weeks as it totally passed BELLA APPROVAL!  I use it in the place of ribbon, I use it on my packaging, envelopes, binders, agendas.. OMG.. the ideas are endless!!

Ok enough “conundrun” (sp).. here is my layout..LOL

you likey da tapey and da goodies?

MWAH!

Em

why are mondays ALWAYS cloudy? LOL

First I would like to introduce 2 new SCRAPPING BELLA BABES to our team!  You will just LOVE their work and their sweet cute adorable personalities!

First I would like to introduce PIRADEE TALVANNA.. HOW CUTE IS SHE? *ahem* is she telling me to BE QUIET? LOL

here’s a little bit about her

“Hi everyone, It’s Piradee here from Bangkok, Thailand although I am currently living in Singapore with my husband.  I’ve been scrapbooking for about a year and a half now, ever since both of us relocated to Singapore for work, where I discovered this hobby.  I remember walking in the mall here one day and came across this adorable store filled with all these wonderful paper crafting materials and gorgeous work that various people had done.  Little did I know then that I would become addicted to my new found hobby- SCRAPBOOKING!

Since I started scrapbooking, I have been very fortunate and honored to be part of the design teams for American Crafts, Collage Press and Made with Love (LSS and you can always visit me on my blog at www.piradee.blogspot.com.  A special thanks to Emily for this wonderful honor on being a guest designer here.” —

Guest designer? LOL.. we will try to change that.. oui oui?

Here’s a sample of her work using

how cute is this layout?  she used our definition blocks MEMORY definition block, HAPPINESS definition block, TOGETHER definition block, MEMORY definition block.. love it!

Now let’s introduce JILL SPROTT! How cute is she?

here’s a little bit about Jill:

“Hi! my name is Jill Sprott.  I live on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, with my husband Rob and my daughter Zoe.  By day, I am an English teacher, which means that when I’m not playing with paper, the chances are good that I’m grading papers.  My family is my biggest inspiration, and I want my scrapbooks to reflect the love and laughter that is so much a part of our lives.  I want my pages to tell a story, but I also want them to convey emotion- and I want them to reflect me, whoever and however I was in the moment that the page was created.

I officially became a scrapbooking junkie about seven years ago, back in the days of shaped scissors and sticker sneezes.  I started scrapbooking out of curiosity, and although it took me a long time to shake off the fear of “messing up”, I kept scrapbooking because that curiosity never quite went away.  I’m always looking forward to the next page or the next project– I never quite know where my love of paper, pics and storytelling will take me.  Rober Frost claimed that poetry is “a way of remembering that which it would impoverish us to forget,” and I feel exactly the same way about scrapbooking.”

How wonderful is that?

here’s a sample of Jill’s work.  She used our whowhatwherewhenhow stamp.  How clever!

So please welcome these new sistahs to da HOOD!!

Ok now for some winnahs!

I wanted to thank everyone for the positive feedback on the new release.. that ALWAYS makes me soo verrry happy!  I just love this collection too! (shocking I know)

A $50 voucher will go to the following CONTRIBUTAH

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Here are your random numbers:

10- JAMIE MORRIS! YOU WIN! please email me and I will forward you da BUCKS!	

Timestamp: 2010-01-18 21:36:04 UTC

a $50 gift voucher will go out to da following COMMENTATOR:

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Here are your random numbers:

169- TRICIA T! You win! Please email me and I will send you your $50 bella bucks!

Timestamp: 2010-01-18 21:37:19 UTC

Mwah sistahs

Have a great rest-of-the-day

Em