WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

Hiya sistahs.. Ok, I have been meaning to post this for a long time and because it is TOTALLY TERRIFIC TOOSDAY (aka anything goes TOOSDAY).. this wil be a stamp free contest..LOL.. no stamping, no scrapbooking.. no product feature.. it’s basically a “get to know you” post.. So if this is your first stop here, please dont hesitate to participate.. if you’ve been here before.. well you know the drill. YOU BETTAH leave a comment and answer this question and you can win $50 in bella bucks which TRUST me will come in handy when the release comes.. which will be sooner rather than later 😉 but will let you know ( or you can use it NOW of course.. if you’re anything like me, i get money, I spend it right away!)

So here’s my question.. What’s your secret?  Like a little thing you may hide from others that you don’t want them to know..LOL.. nothing dirty (LOL).. just simple and plain but FUN to hear.  Now if you wanna participate, you need to tell me something fun k?

K ya wanna hear da bella’s secret???  don’t LAFF at me.. but VERY few people know this.. I guess A LOT of people will know after this…LOL

Ok.. here it is.. DON”T LAFFFFF AT ME..

I am addicted to JUDGE SHOWS.  YEP I AM.  I watch, People’s Court, Judge Judy, Mathis, Joe Brown.. LOL. If it ends or begins with JUDGE.. I watch them. I TAPE them.  Ryan knows that before I RETIRE to bed, I MUST WATCH them..LOL… CANNOT believe I just admitted that but I did. So there.

So now it is your turn to FESS up.. what’s YOUR secret?  Let’s hear.. could it be worth $50?  mine is SO worth a million.. you owe me SISTAHS..LOL

Don’t forget to go to enter this week’s BELLARIFIC SKETCH CHALLENGE.. It’s YUM and you can win MORE bella bucks!

So don’t tell anyone my SECRET.. k?  I won’t tell yours PLOMISE! (as my little Jayden would say)

Mwah to da sistahs

Em

Hiya sistahs!

I hope you had a great weekend.  We didn’t do much around here but are having SUCH troubles with the owners of our new house.. you have no idea.. but we are plugging along and hoping for the best 🙁 but a NIGHTMARE it certainly is.

So first things first.. Here is the SKETCH due Thursday July 23d for Bellarific Friday.  This should be emailed to me with a JPEG attachment to emily@stampingbella.com.  I hope you enjoy it! This sketch was provided by (insert TV commercial music here) our VERY OWN KAREN MOTZABELLA!

Can’t wait to get cracking on this one 🙂

We have lots of stuffS up our sleeves for the next coupla mumFs (months).. OMG you will be SHOCKED and THRILLED and just plain old HAPPY 🙂

And now for da WINNAHS from Friday!!

For the PEANUT GALLERY  WINNAH!! 🙂

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2009-07-20 19:50:39 UTC

1. DeniseB Says:
   July 17th, 2009 at 11:14 pm eGreat cards as always! And congrats to Paulabella…. I look forward to seeing the new sayings!

DENISE!! Please email me your info and I will send you a $10 BELLA GIFT VOUCHER!

and NOW for our CONTRIBUTING SISTAH!

here is DA WINNAH!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2009-07-21 00:03:21 UTC

SHANNON BRACKEN!!!  You are da winnah of $20 in bella bucks!  Happy shopping sistah!

Winnahs?!?! please email me ASAP and I will send you da GOODS..LOL

Mwah to da sistahs who don’t have problems moving 🙁

Em

Hiya sistahs!  it’s the most phenomalicious DAY of the week!  First of all, I AM SOOO EXCITED cuz I just got the rubbah for our new release.. HONESTLY, this may be the bestest one yet.. DA BESTEST one yet.. don’t mean to tease but I havta…. well I will let one little cat OUTTA DA BAG if you read on… I think the release will take place in the beginning of august but I will confirm n’k?  but honestly, they are OUTTTTSTANNNDING.

People have also been HARASSING me about my white and offwhite paper used for both copics and colored pencils and MINERAL SPIRITS..  PAULA AND LINDA SWEAR by it!!!   So if you are interested, take a looky here

Now don’t think i “forgotted” about you.. I had a fabulicious post done and published 3 times and it didn’t show up!!! &*(&%*(&$(%*&$(% but since it is friday I will be more like 🙂 🙂 🙂

I also am so excited cuz the new COSMO CRICKET paper shipped and will be here next week!!!  And there are “MINI DECKS”.. 6*6 pads for da CARDMAKERS!! Thanks Shannan for bringin’ that to my attention 🙂

Ok now that the teasin’ is outta da way.. let’s talk BIDNISS… Here is the LUSCIOUS sketch that Joannabella made .. it SCREAMS joannabella if you know her 🙂

So let’s start with our BELLARIFIC BABEROONIS!

We will start with Joannabella since she is da “FOUNDAH” of this sketch

Joannabella used LOVEBEETLE HUGGABUGG in this PHENOM RIBBONLICIOUS card.  I just love the colors, the RIBBON, the PAYPAH .. ucchhh EVERYTHING!

Shannanabella made a DEELISH card using MATILDA MUFFINBREAD.  I think she should be renamed MATILDA CUPCAKE BREAD..LOL .  Check out the LIQUID APPLIQUE and the teeny rose in da middle… YUMMM!If you read through Shannan’s bloggy you will also see simply beautiful and elegant cards using SUPERBELLA, LATTEBELLA, and BEATRICE BELLBOTTOMS.  Shannan was a biZzy BELLA!

karen MOTZABELLA (love that) made a gorgerous card using GROUP HUG and our beautiful BLUE JEAN GLITTER DOTS and our sentiment.. HOW GORGEOUS IS THAT? and I love stamping on a darker paper.. a GREAT change from the typical white or offwhite!  If you take a looky further on her blog you will see a stunning card using ADDYTUDE IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD and ADDYTUDE LOVES HER TINIS

LINDABELLA made a stunning card using ELOISE GREENGRASS.. Honestly I have to say that this is one of my favorite images from CHICHI.. it was the first image in my Chichiboulie collection and means so much to me 🙂 love you Gretchen from Chichi!  If you look FURTHER into the blog you will see AMPLEETUDE with yummalish ice cream (no calories) and GRATTYTUDE.. OMG

PAULABELLA made a gorgeously BEEYOOTIFUL card using FROGGY KETTO.

If you dig deeper into the bloggy poo you will also see a gorgeous card using FELIX KETTO with a flower and DIPLOMABELLA..

And NOW for a little teeny tiny weeny winy announcement.. Our PAULABELLA after great demand from me and lots of bellarific fans.. PAULA BELLA WILL BE CREATING our very own SENTIMENTS for inside and outside the card!!!  IS THAT INCREDIBLY PHENOMENAL or WHAT? stay tuned for our next release in AUG.  !!  Here’s a little sample.. the inside of the froggy card!

and here is Sarah’s SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT following the sketch! Sarah used our HANGING CLOUD BLOCK for journaling and the lovely HEIDI SWAPP INVISIBLES POLKA DOT PAPER.  What is so PHENOM about this paper is that it is all ready to go ( PRE- RESISTED) and all you need is a colorbox stylus and foam tips and some distressed ink and it resists the polkydots!.  She also used the LEMONADE WOOLIES!!  IS IT YUMMY or WHAT?

As for the othah babes 🙁

poor Danabella had a car accident and is in pain 🙁 no card this friday but please IMMEDIATELY RUN to her blog and send her good feel bettah wishes poor DANABELLA!!! .  If you wander over to her bloggy you will see STELLARINA in action!  Love you Dana!!

POOOR ELLIE, JENABELLA’s little girl.. she has a bad flue (swiney ish) and we need to send HER lotsa loving so please leave a comment there!

how’s that for ALL ROUND YUMMINESS?!

Now take a look at da sistahood’s contributions!

now how’s DAT for some BELLARIFIC EYE CANDEEEEE?? LOOOVE IT!!!

Every “submitter” has a chance to win $20 in bella bucks which will be announced on Monday!!

AND every PEANUT in the gallery (COMMENTATOR) has a chance to win $10 in bella bucks so have fun putting in a comment and let me know what you thinkie of da PAULA sentiments!!!

Mwah to da sistahs who lovey da fridayZZZ

Em

CAN ANYONE HEAR ME OUT THERE??? I am so frustrated right now.. I have SUCH a cute project for our TOTALLY TERRIFIC TOOSDAY today and my CARD READER won’t work!!! I was all ready at work today and then FORGOTTED my card reader at home.. now I am at home and the card reader doesn’t work!!!

p.s don’t forget our sketch challenge this week.. see post below

Ok.. done venting.

off to throw my PINK card reader out da window

HARUMPH (extremely EXAGGERATED HMPH)

mwah-harumph

Em

helllloooo sistahs!

I hope you had a great weekend!  we had lots of sun and fun with the kiddies.. went to friends houses.. relaxed.. it was just a PERFECT weekend 🙂 what did YOUUUU do?

OK so let’s RECAP how PHENOM our last bellarific challenge was?  PEOPLE have OUT DONE themselves.. honestly! So I thank you once again for entering!

Ok so let’s get DA WINNAHS out of DA WAY!

Thank goodness I use random numbers cuz I would NEVAH be able to choose!

Winnah of the PEANUT GALLERY  (10$ bella bucks winnah!): MEREDITH PLEASE EMAIL ME SO I CAN SEND YOUR VOUCHER!

Here are your random numbers:

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1. Meredith Says:
   July 11th, 2009 at 11:29 pm eSuch FAB samples everyone! WOO HOO! Thanks for the chance to win Em!

now for da SISTAHOOD CONTRIBUTIONS WINNAH!

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2009-07-13 18:46:57 UTC

JAMIE MORRIS!! you win sistah!

And now for da winnah of da ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO SCRAPBOOK AND CARDS TODAY!

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2009-07-13 18:50:15 UTC

1. Joni H Says:
   July 13th, 2009 at 7:41 am eAll the cards are lovely! There are so many cute images that my wish list is miles long! Appreciate all the inspiration!

JONI PLEASE EMAIL ME your information and I will have the prize sent to you!

Thank you all for contributing to da PEANUT GALLERY this week.. it was AMAZING!

and now for our SKETCH due on Friday JULY 17th (should be the subject line please) and please submit all entries to emily@stampingbella.com by Thursday night!

Happy Stamping and SCRAPPING sistahs!

Mwah!

**ALL WINNAHS PLEASE EMAIL ME ASAP***

thanks

Em

well it’s friday again.. the great thing is that it’s basically the weekend.. the bad thing is that I didn’t accomplish HALF of what I needed to this week..LOL (what else is new).. But I had SO MUCH FUN NOT finishing all my accomplishments so that is all that counts, right?  Bellaland was busy this week… preparing for our next release.. oops.. did I say that out loud??? Yes, sistahs, I did say that out loud.. SISTAHS, YOU WON”T BELIEVE OUR NEXT RELEASE.. in my little teeny tiny humblest of opinions, it is ABSOLUTELY PHENOMALISH.. Launch date will be approximately mid august.. will keep you posted but trust me it will be well worth the wait 🙂

So let’s get started .. got your tea?  java?  let’s boogie

Here’s DA SKETCH for da week sponsored by JENABELLA.  We got such a great response and saw some new faces so WELCOME to da sistahood our brand new sistahs!

Let’s take a looky at what da BABES contributed this week… ALL I CAN SAY IS YUMMMMMM!

Danabella made a gorgeous card using HEAD OVER HEELS HUGGABUGG

if you take a looky at her bloggy you will also see a beautiful card using SOLID FLOWERY WEEDS and CUPCAKE WITH A HOLLY ON TOP.. YUM!

Jenabella made a gorgeous card using CHERRY BLOSSOM BITTYBLOOM (cherries are the hottest thing around right now… LOVE DEM CHERRIES!!!!)

if you take a looky at HER blog, you will see some GREAT news that she shared and a card with TEDDYBELLA and a popped TUMMY.. originally inspired by Debbie Olson.. so brilliant and beeyoootiful!  Jen also made a gorgeous card using VIOLET BITTYBLOOM and of course a little bit of COSMO CRICKET designer paper.  I love the look of the image colored on KRAFT paper!

Joannabella made a fabuloso card using YOU’RE MY NUMBER ONE A BELLA.  If you take a look at Joanne’s bloggy you will see a gorgeous card using APPLEY BOWL HUGGABUGG too!

Karenabella made a SPLENDERIFIC (Bella-ism) card using KRISTA’S FLOWERS.  Take a look at her bloggypoo and you will see more gorgeous cards using SAKE KETTO AND CRUISABELLA!  FABULOUS!

Lindabella made a BEEEYOOTIFUL card using CUPPYCAKE WITH A HUGGABUGG ON TOP.. isn’t it FANTASTIC?  If you meander (lol on meander) over to her bloggy you will see a card using MEOWY amimal (by TIDDLY) and LITTLE JOHNNY DEPSTER by our very own Tiddly.. Love those cards!

Paulabella made a gorgeous card using CAKEY WATT.. is it not FABBY DABBY DEELISH???

if you explore Paula’s blog, you will also see a fabby card using ATTITUDY CATS and RED POPPIES (even though they aren’t red..LOL).  Now what’s all dis bidniss about a GLAZE CLEAR PEN that Paula uses?  well let me tell you it is PHENOM.. a handy ball point tip GLAZE pen that adds glass-like dimension to any product!  WE GOT THEM IN!  you can find them here.  A great inexpensive tool that I believe EVERYONE should own..LOL

Sarahbella made a gorgeous LAYOUT using American Craft Thickers doodlebug GLITTER DOT paper,

and lotsa lotsa goodies (that I still have to post on line..LOL shhhh)

SHANNANABELLA made an exQUIsite card using AGNES KETTO.  If you take a little hop to Shannan’s blog, you will see some cards using MAISY KETTO and CUPPYCAKE WITH A HUGGABUGG ON TOP

So how’s DAT for this week’s EYE CANDEEEEE????  YUMMY no?

Now’s let’s take a looky at da SISTAHOOD’s contributions! Now go refill your coffee or tea.. k?  and DON”T FORGET!!  We will be giving a $20 gift certificate to a random SISTAHOOD contributor this week and we give a $10 voucher to a PEANUT from the Peanut Gallery (COMMENTATORS).. so don’t forget to leave a comment here and we will announce the WINNAH’s on Monday!  Keep reading and you will see that there is another reason you should leave a comment!

Ok here goes! I want to thank EVERYONE for taking the time and contributing to this post.. It is my pleasure to post all this wonderful eye candy and thanks to the BABES and DA SISTAHOOD for contributing )

Our VERY OWN DENABELLA (who works in Bellaland with me) made the most PHENOM layout EVAH.. using COSMOCRICKET Girl Friday paper and my favorite quickutz YOGURT FONT (did I mention I am now re-obssessed with quickutz? LOL) just pure YUMMINESS!  I just love to see how the sketches are interpreted both in Layouts and in cards.. another thing that makes DA BELLA oh so very happy!  Dena doesn’t know how much trouble she’s in… she will be forced to make more layouts :).  At first I thought she was talking about ME being as sweet as sugar and spice and I quickly learned she was talking about her 2 daughters.. HMPH

*****Now for some more NUGGETS and NEWSWORTHY issues:******

My dear friend Catherine the publisher of the beautiful magazine SCRAPBOOK AND CARDS TODAY will be giving away a free ONE YEAR subscription to her magazine.. Let me tell ya sistahs.. We cherish this magazine in Bellaland .. so please make sure to leave a comment here and I will announce the winnah on Monday! (2 chances to win on this entry!! one for a comment and one for a subscription!!!)  Catherine also offers free downloads on her website of the magazine so make sure you take a look ASAP!  Catherine is giving away some BELLA GOODIES retail value over $60 on her BLOG! so be sure to go there and leave a comment!

********Now for another very special NUGGET.. Our very own BELLARIFIC BABES LINDA HEAVENS AND PAULA WILLIAMSON have agreed to be guest teachers at BELLALAND next month!! HOW CRAZY IS THAT? Paula will be teaching Colored Pencil and Odorless Mineral Spirits techniques (AUG 23&24) and Linda will be teaching COPICS (AUG 22nd)..  SO for all of our local sistahs and not so local sistahs who would like to attend these classes, please call BELLALAND ASAP (905-763-2355) to reserve your spot!  We will give you more details of what is needed etc when you call!

SO MANY NUGGETS… SO LITTLE TIME!

Mwah to da sistahs who lovey da nuggets

Em