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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING sistahs!!

Let’s get down to bidniss and announce some WINNAHS!!

The winnah for the BELLA CONTRIBUTION for last week’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY sketch is….

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26- MARGO SMITH!!! CONGRATS!  Please email me and I will send out your $20 voucher!	

Timestamp: 2009-08-18 15:33:31 UTC

Now for da winnah of da PEANUT Gallery!

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39-KATHLEEN W!  please email me and I will send you your $10 voucher!	

Timestamp: 2009-08-18 15:48:11 UTC

Thank you again for participating 🙂  As usual it was a WONDERFUL week!

now don’t forget this week’s sketch by Meahni Bella: due on Thursday night or friday morning LATEST sistahs!

Ok, now for some Eye Candeee- Let’s see what da BABEROONIS have been up to 🙂

CaroleBella used MINTY WREATH in a gorgeous card!

Danabella made a BEEYOOTIFUL card using EMMA LULU

Karen MOTZABELLA used YOU’RE MY NUMBER ONE A BELLA in a bright and cheery gorgeous card!

Lindabella made a SPLENDIFEROUSLY beeyootiful card using PACKITUPABELLA

Meahnibella used TURTLE TOTS- Birthday Wishes in a gorgeous card!

Paulabella made a gorgeous card using YOKO AND ONO

Now TERRIFIC TOOSDAY will be featured tomorrow on Wednesday k?  just this week 🙂

and some great news tomorrow if you haven’t figured it out 🙂

mwah!

Hiya sistahs!  I am so sorry it has taken me this long to post.. it’s been SOOO crazy!  Will you forgive me?

We had a fabby dabby weekend.. went to the cottage (got lost and it took 3 hours to get there).. but boy was it worth it.  Our friend Sheryl is da hostess with da mostess!  Great food, beautiful home, just plain relaxing!  Dena took some phenom pics of the kids.. and now I don’t know how to upload them.. I am sooo technologically challenged.

I will announce the winners from Friday’s post tomorrow but just wanted to present this week’s Bellarific Friday Challenge.  It was sponsored by MEAHNIbella.. excellent job Meahni! (its a little big..LOL)

Your sketch interpretation is due on Thursday (or even friday early morning if you havta..SHHHH)

email as a jpeg to emily@stampingbella.com 🙂

mwah sistahs.. will see you tomorrow with DA WINNAHS!

ENJOY!

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING SISTAHS (notice MORNING cuz that is when I started this post..LOL)!!  long time no speaky! lol

Well today is an amazing day.. a beeyooootiful day.. a special dayyyy.. it’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY OF COURSE!

Here is the AMAZING sketch that Shannanabella provided us with this week and boy was it successful!

Let’s see what the BABEROONIS came up with this week! Ok all of the following cards are SUPER FANTASTIC, UBER PHENOMENAL, SCRUMMY, YUMMY, TO DIE FOR, MEGA FABBY etc.. I am running out of adjectives and just thought I would get them ALL out of the way and get down to bidniss..LOL.  Our babes our absolutely outstanding, and I just adore them all.. the contributions from DA SISTAHOOD are more than PHENOM and I am sooo happy that people participate.. SOOO VERRRY HAPPY. Ok so here are the cards SANS adjectives/superlatives cuz I mentioned them up above 🙂

Carole-ABELLA used CHEFABELLA

Danabella used HANGING SPORTS BLOCK

JENABELLA used BELLA BABY BUGGY BUMPER

JOANNABELLA used KETTO’S DOLLY

KARENMOTZABELLA (LOL-love that) used CURLY SURPRISEABELLA

Lindabella used FRANCINE FLAPPER

MEAHNIBELLA used WINOBELLA

Paulabella used GINGER KETTO

Sarahbella is on VACAY! (lucky ducky)

SHANNANABELLA used TEACHABELLA

PHENOM? OMG YES!  Now take a looky at DA SISTAHOODS works of art!

SO that’s it sistahs!  Great turnout this week.. I be soooo proud!!!!

****just remember that all participants have a chance to win a $20 bella bucks voucher! and all PEANUTS that make comments in the gallery can win a $10 voucher just for placing a comment!****

If I have missed anyone in this please forgive me.. it’s been a crazy week and email me your entry and I will try my bestest to add it!

We are off to our friend Sheryl’s cottage tomorrow with the kiddies and Denabella and her fam!  WE ARE SOOOO EXCITED!  Should be a fun day of talking about scrapbooking, stamping, FOOD, FOOD, and drinks..LOL

Mwah to da sistahs who need a little break 🙂

Em

hello my sistahs

Did you EVAH wondAH what your creative style was?  I mean I have many styles but sometimes you just follow a certain path/style.. you are drawn to a certain “look”.. it may not be the “look” that everyone accepts (LOL) or loves but you just feel SOOO MUCH BETTAH after you put it down on paypah! Does that even make any sense?? Well, I feel like I have been in more of a “GRAPHIC” mood… more white space.. more linear… don’t know why I am heading this way and sometimes I so BADLY want to fill up the white space but I know it is bettah to leave it as is.. the one thing that has been consistent with me has been that I love an element of dimension.. a little “surprise” embellishment somewhere shall we say.. I love to layer buttons.. a little bow… ya get da PICTURE.. and of course not everything even steven.. just a little ‘off’ to add interest.. what’s your style? does it VARY?

so here’s my card using my CIRCLE SHADOW SET and our CUTESY ORNAMENTS (split them up).  How cute is the 1″ punch popped on top of the 1.25″ circle shadow stamp.. it’s what I call a “faux” layer! I also made a cluster of buttons in red with our PLATINUM DONUTS and PLATINUM DOTS and PEARL BAUBLES AND DIAMOND ICE baubles .. my images are a little BLURRRY but if you clicky to enlargy, you will see it clearly.

Hope you enjoy 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who have STYLE.  Their OWN UNIQUE style.

Em

Yes, I know I haven’t been so up to date with it as life got in the way but I am trying to get this going again! LOL… So have I mentioned that I am ADDICTED to inchies????  I mean TOTALLY TERRIFICALLY addicted.. COMPLETELY and UTTERLY addicted.. HOPELESSLY.. well you get da PICTURE.

Here are our inchies and I think I am gonna start INCHIE toosdays..LOL (cuz I am addicted.. remembah?).. Inchies are little teeny tiny weeny winy 1″ squares of the most wonderful quality museum matboard.. it welcomes any medium.. copic, mineral spirits, watercolor.. just OUTSTANDING…  I have also purchased some binders to go with these, magnet backs,, etc.. you can trade them!!

Here is my card using 9 inchies on a 5″*5″ card.   On some of them I used the new COSMO CRICKET BOYFRIEND collection papers (LOVE THEM).  I used my 1″ square punch (so handy to cover the inchies) and if you would like to layer them.. you can use the 1.25″ square punch.. PHENOM!!!  I also used my new favorite tool (not such a new tool tho).. the colorbox stylus handles and oval tip foam pads.. and gently patted it into the COLORBOX Q chalk inkpads.  They are sooo gorgeous and graduated colors to boot!.. Basically I own many of the stylus’.. each one is double sided so I use a tip on each side and use it for each color (or color family) and it’s so easy!  So I dip my foam into the ink.. I tap some off on a scrap sheet of paper.. and then I start rubbing it on the corners of the inchies in a smooth circular LIGHTHANDED motion.. I didn’t feel like coloring.. and LOOK! I didn’t have to!  You still get a wonderful effect and it’s sooo verrrry easy!  but most importantly.. which stamps did I use! LOL..  I used the KETTO MANLY SET (for ketto’s clothesline).. I just love THAT WHOLE COLLECTION! and they are perfect for the inchies and of course my metallic red nailheads in the upper corner!  and VOILA!

Hope you have a PHENOM TOOOOOSDAY.. actually a TEEERIIIFFFIC TOOOSDAY sistahs

*SMOOCHES*

oh.. ps.. don’t forget to participate in BELLARIFIC FRIDAY !  You can find the sketch in the post below!

MWAH

Em

Good morning sistahs!  It was a really blechhy weekend in Toronto.. STORMS RAIN STORMS and more rain.. hoping today is a bettah day!  We had a great weekend in Bellaland.. groups of people booked the studio and so much fun was had by all!  I love it when there are lots of people 🙂

I wanted to thank everyone for contributing to last week’s sketch and posting comments!  Here are the winnahs

random WINNAH for contributing  SISTAHS in last week’s challenge!

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18--MARY!  you are da winnah of da $20 in bella bucks!  Please email me asap and I will email you your moolah! 

Timestamp: 2009-08-10 14:26:59 UTC

And now for da winnah of da PEANUT GALLERY

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1. laura j Says:
   August 7th, 2009 at 8:28 pm eGreat cards! Love Meahni’s grillafella!

Timestamp: 2009-08-10 14:28:57 UTC

Congrats to da sistahs!!

And now for this week’s sketch.  DEADLINE is THURSDAY NIGHT by MIDNIGHT please.. please email as a jpeg attachment to emily@stampingbella.com.  If you contribute, you have a chance to win $20 in Bella Bucks!

Shannanabella made a great simple and elegant sketch for us all to try (yes that means me too! LOL) Thanks Shannan!

So now let’s take a looky at some bella goodness by DA BABES!

Carole-ABELLA made a bright and springy card using KISSIEFACE!  Isn’t it cute?

DANABELLA made a beeyootiful card using KENYA KETTO

JENABELLA made a gorgeous card using APPLEY BOWL HUGGABUGG

LINDABELLA made a stunning card using HANGING SPORTS BLOCK

MEAHNIBELLA made a fabulous card using DAISY WITH A STELLA ON TOP

PAULABELLA made a PHENOM card using WOOFIN’ IT UP

SHANNANABELLA made a SCRUMMALISH card using FLUTTERBY HUGGABUGG

Aren’t they amazing?

I made a couple of cards this week as well.. in the Christmas theme.. yes I know it’s early but da PEEPS want DA CHRISTMAS!

In this card I used COSMO CRICKET PLAYDAY (Jolly by Golly collection), and the cutest SNOWMAN WITH A BIRDIE ON TOP stamp.  Sometimes you don’t know how or don’t feel like coloring a whole image.. so my philosophy is , why color the whole thing?  Using glittah and coloring certain elements of the stamp is ADORABLE and QUICK AND EASY!.  I used our variegated ribbon in MOSS.  I just love our variegated ribbon because it will pick up any shade that you are using! Extremely versatile, silky and luxurious!  I also used our new MAYA ROAD PEARL TRINKET PINS.. I just love them too.. and I find that they look like little snowmen..LOL.  I also used our BAZZILL POMPOM RIBBON in MARASCHINO (I cut up the pompoms and applied it to the end of his lonnnnng hat 🙂 )  I also used one of our newer embellishments called NAILHEADS they are teeny (3mm) and flat but raised JUST enough to give a little dimension.. LOVE THEM!!! and of course they come in several finishes *winks*

now for my SECOND card.. it was QUICK and EASY PEASY and I just love the crispness and elegance of it! first I CUTTLEBUGGED the front of the card in cuttlebug SNOWDOTS using my BIG SHOT machine.  I then tied a knot around the top using our JUICY CHERRY polkadotted ribbon and our new MARTHA STEWART GLACIAL SNOWFLAKE punch.  The amazing thing about this punch is that they punch out already “curled” and add such a dynamic touch to any card!  I adhered 3mm pearls to the center of each of these gorgeous snowflakes too.. LOVE IT!

hope you lovey DA cardsies (lol)

Mwah to da sistahs who have NO RAIN

Em