WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

OMG I cannot believe our new release is tomorrow.. YIKES!!! Trying to scramble and get everything done!  There will also be another extra special surprise!  So you will see tons of new stamps coming up throughout the day and tomorrow night we will release our 2 newest bellas during our SPLITCOAST release party in our forum at 9:15PM EST!  There will be prizes and challenges and yummaliciousness.. you CANNOT miss it n’k? you’ve been told!!

Also, please don’t forget about our sketch challenge this week due on Friday!

Also our winners for last fridays challenge are:

CHRISTINE DOL!  Come on DOWN.. you’re the next winner for the BELLARIFIC Friday challenge!  Your moolah will be in your account at the store 🙂

Ryan chose #12 for our PEANUT Gallery winner!

TAMI MAYBERRY!  We will send you a $20 credit into your shopping basket 🙂  Happy shopping!

Here is a little bit of EYE CANDY I whipped togethah!  I used MARGARITA Ketto, this PHENOMALICIOUS RIBBON I have just WAITING to be released  it’s sheer, its shimmery.. it’s TO DIE FOR.. I also used MARGARITA KETTO’s stars as my background (all sizes), our dare to be different sentiment and our ABSOLUTELY FAVORITEST new range of EK SUCCESS edger punches.. OMG.. I AM IN LOVE with them.. they shut flat, they stack.. CAN I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVEY THEM????  the one I used here is the scallop diamond as the “awning”

Mwah to da sistahs who lovey da challenges and are excited for the new release!

If anyone knows about this please let me know!  I am officially a member and have my code and know what to do with it 🙂

I would love to use Mr. Linky for our bellarific fridays.. I think it would be PHENOM.. now my question is.. does anyone know if I should be posting this link every day for bellarific fridays for people to submit their creations or just on friday?

Can someone help a dummybella??  please-abella?

Em

Hiya sistahs!

I know how difficult it is for you to work on challenges during the week, between working, kids, no kids, life, dinner, lunch etc… I understand how difficult it is so I really will be trying my bestest to post the next bellarific friday over the weekend to give you a little more time… sound good?  s’aright?  I can’t promise it will happen all the time but I will try!! 🙂

Jenabella made a really fun sketch for this challenge!  Sketches are her forte of course and I wanted her to share some of the terrificness here too

This challenge is due on Thursday April 30th and if you can send it to emily@stampingbella.com with the subject line saying BELLARIFIC FRIDAY MAY 1st! (I can’t believe it is May already!!)

Also don’t forget to place a comment on my previous blog entry commenting about bellarific friday and you can win $20 bella bucks! You can also win $20 if you submit!

mwah to da sistahs who like da EARLY challenges!

Em

Hiya Sistahs!!! Hope you had a great week!  We had a PHENOM week in bellaland with visitors on Monday and we had Kristi Ferro from Hanna Stamps and her POSSE come and visit Bellaland yesterday! How cool is that?!  We had a great time!  I cannot believe that a week has passed again.. I mean.. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO??? If you can find that out, you could be RICH! LOL

Just to let you know that we must say goodbye to Monique Hawrelluk, one of our most esteemed Bellarific Babes.  She has done a phenom job with us and we wish her lots of luck in her future endeavors!

So here was our challenge this week.  I know it was short notice sistahs and I thank you all for participating! It was SOOO MUCH FUNNNN! (and of course one of my favorite color combos :))  Thank you Leslie for recommending it!  Here is the challenge.. using pink and brown…

So let’s see what our Bellarific Babes have been up to with this challenge!

Nickabella– Nicky decided that it would be WONNNDERFUL to give another sneaky peeky for our April 28th release.. she used LITTLE EMMY for this card.. Is she the cutest thing ever?  Christy Croll, our FAMOUS and AMAZING artiste and great friend designed little emmy based on what she thinks I am like..LOL! and boy was she right! notice her curly hair… a little lopsided… different socks, different shoeZZ.. and a love skull on her shirt and glasses on her head..LOLOL.. I SOOO feel like her sometimes and the sentiment?!  We all have some of those DAYZZZZZ.. mwah nicky for the gorgeous card!

Danabella made a stunning card using our WEDDING GOWN circle stamp.. the coloring, the layout, the ribbon!! GORGEOUS!

Jenabella made a PHENOM card using Causabella!  I LOOOOVE IT!! Haven’t seen this stamp in a while..LOL and just makes me smile. Excellent Jen!

Joannabella made a stunning card using Missmatch KETTO… Don’t you just love the polky dots, the nesties, the image etc?! LOOOVE IT!

karenabella made a gorgeROUS card using peony BITTYBLOOM.. is she not ADORABLE?!  Love da bitties and there are more coming on April 28th!  Gorgeous card KAREN!!

Lindabella made a bEEyooTIful stunnariFic (LOL .. am in the mood to be FANCY) card using Stella’s Cupcake.. Aren’t the papers and the coloring phenom?  love it Linda!

Paulabella used babyfellabella… HOW GORGEOUS? HMMMM?

and LAST but not Least… Shannanabella made a stunning CRACKLY card using our Bloomin’ Pots stamp… did I ever tell you that this stamp was inspired by an actual picture of the identical connecting vases.. I pleaded and begged and was not allowed to buy it.. HMPH.. but at least I have the image FOREVAH! Gorgeous!

How’s DAT for BABOLICIOUSNESS?

Now for our SISTAHOOD’s MAJOR TALENT!! I was so thrilled to “see” new faces sistahs! MWAH!  If I missed any submissions, please re-email me and I promise to get the images up ASAP and I apologize in advance!  I have put the name of the stamp in the caption with the artist’s name so if you would like to purchase the image, you can just put that title in the search box and up it will come!

So how’s DAT for a friday!  I just love these challenges and I will post the next one sooner than monday I PROMISE!

Please place a comment and you could win $20 in bella bucks!

Mwah!

Em

Sistahs!  it’s been CUHRAZY around here!  I am so sorry I haven’t chosen the winnahs from last friday so here goes!

$20 for a BELLARIFIC sistah contribution- CAROLYN COUNSELL.. COME ON DOWN!! what a beautiful use of our stamp and the circle of flowers.. looked like the challenge image itself!  You have won a 20$ bella bucks card! mwah!

$20 for a PEANUT GALLERY commentator :)- Ryan picked number 12! so PAMELA GIBSON.. COME ON DOWN! You have won a $20 bella bucks card too!  Mwah and thank you for playing!  Pamela, please email me your info and I will send you the moolah!

Sistahs, don’t forget this week’s challenge!  you can find it here.. and you have until tomorrow 5:00pm EST to send it in to emily@stampingbella.com with “BELLARIFIC FRIDAY APRIL 24th” as the subject. So start frantically stamping sistahs!!

Here’s a picture of our day at bellaland with our sistahs who came in from out of town (and a couple of local sistahs too 🙂

We had soooo much fun!! So now you have a little SNIPPET of what goes on in this crazy place that makes us all so happy 🙂

Now for some of DA EYE CANDY.. let’s see what da babes have been up to

Joanne-abella-babe made an adorable card using Cosmobella.. how CUTE is this card? LOVE IT!

Linda-bella-babe made a gorgeous card using happy forest!  The coloring… hmph.  BEEYOOTIFUL!

Monique-A-Bella-babe made a stunning card using veggiebella.. the nestabilities butterflies and the body in the pearls?!  OMG.. LOOOVE this card!

Paula-A-Bella-Babe made a circle card using WEDDING GOWN CIRCLE stamp.. I just love this card!  Beautiful work sistah!

So how’s DATTTT for some EYE CANDEEEEE????

oh and maybe I should give a little sneaky peeky for April 28th release?  There are so many different artists releasing on this date but I will show you our new MONSTER BASH stamp.. I just LOOOVE this stamp and had SO much fun with it!

Mwah to da sistahs who want a BASH.. a monster bash!

Em

OH BOY SISTAHS.. I am sooo late and I apologize.. we will see what you can get done by thursday night.. if I don’t get too many responses, I know that you didn’t have time :).  It was a CUH-RAZY day in bellaland.. we had some Bellarific Babes in DA HOUSE!!! Danabella was there and Karenabella (she TOTALLY surprised us!!!) and Lesliebella and Michelle L. and Janet R.. we had a GREAT day!!!!

I will also note the winners of Friday’s challenge  tomorrow n’k?

The challenge this week was a combined effort by da sistahs in da store today… Leslie chose the colors and Janet chose what image I should use to show the challenge so here goes.. DONT LAFF AT US..

Leslie wanted the colors BROWN AND PINK (shhh.. me thinks she had a card done already in these colors..LOL) .. and I wanted an interesting picture and couldn’t find anything until Janetabella picked up my croppin cutie and said “what about this?” the croppin cutie is pink and the embroidered name is in chocolate brown!  PERFECT no??

So again same rules apply.  Only Stamping Bella stamps may be used, and the deadline is Thursday April 23d by 5:00pm EST.. Entries must be sent to me as a JPEG file.. please send to emily@stampingbella.com.  There will be prizes announced on Friday for participants and we have TONS o’ Fun!!!

So please play with us k?

We had a GREAT time at Scrapfest on Saturday.. saw so many people and hosted a make and take at the Paper Pickle booth for an hour.. it was GREAT!! I also got to see MORE bellarific babes.. Lindabella was there and Paulabella!  HOW PHENOM has the last few days been?? OMG.. check out their blogs for THEEE MOST ATTRACTIVE PICTURES OF YOURS TRULY (NOT!!! grrrr.. linda, I’ll get you back…)

So here’s some Monday EYE CANDY.. you ready?

Nickabella gave the instructions on how to make her dozen roses card.. it’s STUNNING! check it out!

Paulabella made a PHENOM card using baby bella hanging bundle and sentiment.. OMG.. the sponging, the coloring, the layout?!  I LOVEY this card!!

Lindabella made a stunning card using Anise Ketto.. isn’t she DEEELISH??????

Danabella made an adorable card using MY BEARY BEST FRIEND!  I love monochromatic cards.. and her bows are AMAZING

Karenabella made a gorgeous card using eloise greengrass… she was our first fairy from CHICHI.. she started it alllll.. I am getting all nostalgic.  Great paper piecing and wonderful card Karen!!

Moniqueabella made a stunning card using GARDENIA GREENTHUMB.. I just love her!  and Monique is a COPIC QUEEN!  Gorgeous card Monique!

mwah to da sistahs who love eye candy.. Oh and pink and brown garbage cans 🙂

Em