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Hiya sistahs,

I am writing this post as Sarahbella is hosting our weekly WEDNESDAY JAVA DAY!  We do free demos and make and takes every week in Bellaland just so our sistahs can KNOW how to use their tools, embellishments that they sneakily buy.  We have freshly baked goods, coffee and lots of convos.. SO MUCH FUN! If you are a local sistah, please come by! you will have a great time!

Now for the GOOD NEWS!  In case you haven’t noticed, we have changed our shipping rates just a “WEEEE” Bit.  We hope you like it!  Instead of having to wait for a free shipping day, we decided to make EVERY DAY a free shipping day!  SOOOO.. for all shipments over $55 in NORTH AMERICA, we offer free shipping to da sistahs!  For all orders over $75, there is free shipping to all other international countries!  For more information, please take a looky at our shipping policy here.  We hope you lovey this! **PLEASE NOTE THAT BEAD BONANZA WILL BE OVER AS OF AUG 31ST**

Now for our TERRIFIC TOOSDAY on WEDNESDAY..LOL

Last week in BELLALAND, we did a little make and take involving 6*6 BASIC GREY PAPER PAD.. we have had sooo many questions on how to use them!! So here are just a few samples of what SINDIbella and one little simple card that I did.. but BOY did we have fun!  What’s great about the 6*6 album is that you can just take those 6*6 tablets, make simple small layouts and VOILA! you have a beautiful mini scrapbook ready to go!  LOVE IT!  You can use the WE R memory keepers album to store it in.. what a wonderful gift :).  The 6*6 packs we used in these samples are the BASIC GREY PORCELAIN paper pads and PORCELAIN glazed brads

And then they all fit in beautifully in the WE R MEMORY KEEPERS 6*6 album and voila! Little nuggets of happiness no?

Soooo?  you likey da newsies and da 6*6 info?

P.S. DONT FORGET ABOUT BELLARIFIC FRIDAY!!

MWAH!
Em

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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Here are your random numbers:

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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Here are your random numbers:

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