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WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

YOU JUST WANNA SMOOSH THEM

and then EAT them.. and then LOVE them.. and then HUG them.  YUP.  Things people think, I just SAY..LOL

Welcome to Tiddly Ink’s new world of HUGGABUGGS… They are to DIE for cute and really a labor of love between Christy and I.  I LOVEY you Christy!

Christy is giving some blog candy.. some original prints of the HUGGABUGGS.. Like I said, you will need to collect them all.. and there are more to come!!

WANNA WIN ALL 8 HUGGABUGGS? Just make a little comment in the comment section and I will pick a winner by Friday!

you can find them all in Tiddly Inks’ section or what’s new.  Here’s a FABULOSO sample that the BESTEST NICKABELLA made

COULD YOU NOT EAT THIS HUGGABUGG ?  LOVE HER
COULD YOU NOT EAT THIS HUGGABUGG ? LOVE HER

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MILES the DRAGONFLY HUGGABUGG

LUNA the Moth HUGGABUGG

LOVEY HUGGABUGG

FLUEY HUGGABUGG

BUZZY HUGGABUGG

FLUTTERBY HUGGABUGG

MONARCH HUGGABUGG

SNAILY HUGGABUGG

don’t forget to post a comment to win all 8 HUGGGGGGGGS

Mwah to da sistahs who lovey my buggies

Em

we have been thinking and thinking and thinking

you get the picture.. LOL.  We decided at Stamping Bella to help out our sistahs all over the world and help you save wherever we can.  SOOOOOO we have developed the Anytime Anywhere $4.99 shipping for orders over $50.  Yup, you heard right.. you order any time (24/7), and we will ship anything anywhere for that one price!  Kinda like “subsidized shipping” where we share the costs.. Shipping from Canada is quite pricey but we know what everyone is going through financially and how unsteady the economy is so this is our way to help.  Free shipping will be very rare now as this constant program will replace it.  There is no time limit, no code to enter.. if your order is entered and over $50, you will have the Bella shipping special offered as an option.. choose that and we pay the rest!

We hope this helps.. especially before the holidays 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who LOVE the number $4.99

Em

Bidniss Bidniss and mo’ BIDNISS

helllllooo my sistahs!

hope you all had a great day. We had fun at da bella’s today.. I finally had a moment to upload most of the GARTER ribbon collection which is PHENOMALICIOUS.. different widths and colours.. YUMMM!!!

I also received a very limited quantity of new nestabilities!  I have the Large Labels, small labels, labels one and labels two! Also received the nested flowers and nested birds.. YUM! you can find them all in the “what’s new” section

We have also created a new card kit.. monochromatic and beautiful.  Great for gifts!  More colors to come tomorrow

I hope you will enjoy the new goodies 🙂  We are always up to something  (we are in the midst of working on a whole new project) and stay tuned for Nov. 24th!  We will be releasing a new small line of the CUTEST stamps evah!

Mwah to da sistahs who can’t wait 🙂

Em

Artist Trading Card album.. but you can call it A.T.C. for short

Ever have one of those “light bulb moments”.. when you look at something and then realize you can use it for a multitude of things?  I have those ALLLLL THE TIME.

here’s a little blurb about ATCs which I thought was interesting.

Artist Trading Cards (A.T.C.) are individual art miniatures which pass hand to hand. Some sources have credited M. Vänçi Stirnemann, who began trading sessions in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1997, as popularizing ATCs in the modern era, although modern ATC’s can be traced back to portrait miniatures and to a kind of business card popular with Impressionistic era artists.

Artists have produced miniatures for trade or self-promotion in many eras and places, and the current trend is thus part of this larger context. Historically there were few standard rules or guidelines to art trading cards, and many variances in sizes can be seen in older cards. The standardization in size of baseball cards is credited with creating the standardization in size for art cards. Today the only rule for these cards is their 2.5 by 3.5 inch size (64 x 89 mm), same as baseball cards and collectible card games. There are, however, certain conventions usually observed by those who make and trade these cards, such as the expectation that they be traded, not sold, and that they be created as unique works or small limited editions of prints. Artists generally sign and date the back, and may also include a title and contact information. For many, the face-to-face trading session is considered an integral part of the concept, although others find each other via the internet and trade by mail.

Artist Trading Cards are typically made on a base of card stock. However, ATCs have been created on metal, stiffened fabric, plastic, clay, glass, balsa wood, leather, embroidery canvas, acetate, heavy watercolor paper, and many other materials. The art on the cards can be done in any media: pencils, watercolors, acrylic, oil, collage, scratch board, mixed media,assemblage, digital art, calligraphy, beadwork, rubber stamps, carved soft block stamps, pen and ink, colored pencil, airbrush, pastels, and many others – anything artists use.

Another great thing about ATC’s is that you can use them as card fronts.. they are ready to layer and put on your card!

So now we get to wonderful storage.. .OMG.. you know me and storage.. we are BFFFFF”s

I LOOOVE this book… it’s called the QUEEN’s COLLECTION and I have another style as well!

but of course I bought this one for myself cuz of the colors and the attitude *winks*

This is the closed album with several of my colored "ATC's"
This is the closed album with several of my colored "ATC's"
Here it is opened to the first page and shows you all different size card fronts inserted in there
Here it is opened to the first page and shows you all different size card fronts inserted in there

What’s really great about this system is (a) it is pretty to look at.. I take it everywhere with me! Second of all, the refills are PHENOM quality.. all sewn and the reinforcements are made of muslin fabric.. PHENOM!

here's what it looks opened.. shows the refills
here's what it looks opened.. shows the refills

Another great thing about this is that you can fit full cards in there for storage, you can put your card pieces in there (I love to color so while I am watching tv I color and then I put them in the book so when I am ready to make a card, I pull what I need out!)

You can “grow” with this book and add pages.. each insert refill comes with a post.. GREAT!  I also put my receipts in here… ya know the ones I don’t wanna show anyBUDDY? LOL

here it is opened showing different sizes and a full card!
here it is opened showing different sizes and a full card!

Did I mention I love this thing???? OMG.. LOOOOVE IT.

Hmph.

I’m in love with a BOOK.

An ATC BOOK.

Mwah to da sistahs who MUST HAVE/NEED this booky

Em

and the winner is….

I asked Ruby to choose a number from 1-263 and she chose #17 so…. Sarah Armstrong, you are DA WINNAH! Email me your info and I will send over your $50 voucher! Happy shopping!!

Another “nugget” of info is that I have not been well for the last few days.. my throat has been terrible where I can’t swallow and just feverish and plain old blechy.. I was convinced that I had strep throat.. so off I went to the clinic and if anyone knows me.. i don’t go to doctors unless I am CRAWLING on the floor..LOL.  SO the doctor looks in my throat and says.. “do you have kids”?  I say “yes”.. she says you have HAND FOOT MOUTH DISEASE!!! OMG.. isn’t that a 4 year old disease? I Ask?? she says YES and it is rare in adults.. of course ONLY ME… between my 95 year old Diverticulitis and my 4 year old HAND FOOT MOUTH disease, I am about 64 years old on paper..LOLOL.  She still took a strep swab but for now there is nothing I can do but rest (ya whatever) and rinse with this gargly stuff… I have been banned from the BOOOTIQUE for the last 2 days.. Ryan told me to STAY HOME.. can you believe?  SO here I am reading magazines and struggling as to whether I should go in or not.. I won’t I won’t don’t worry!

On another note.. We will be having a big release of a new line of stamps on Nov 24th!! THey are the CUTEST stamps evah.. I know my sistahs will totally freak out.. I actually GUARANTEE IT!

We are actually having a SCRAPBOOKING stamp launch at the boootique tomorrow from 1-4.. Light refreshments, make and takes… LOTS of FUN!! These stamps have NOT been seen before and will be “appearing” soon on the website 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who will come and join us tomorrow and YES I will be there 🙂

Em

TACK IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again

Sistahs

don’t forget to leave a comment by friday here for a $50 gift certificate to DA BOOOOOTIQUE!

I discovered another way to store da stamps!  LOOOVE this!

you use Aleene’s Tack It Over which is a removable GLOO

Prepare your rubbah naked stamp, a paint brush or foam brush.. I use my fingahs.. shhh don't tell
Prepare your rubbah naked stamp, a paint brush or foam brush.. I use my fingahs.. shhh don't tell
Dip da brush into da GLOO
Dip da brush into da GLOO
brush da GLOO on da RUBBAH
brush da GLOO on da RUBBAH
Let da GLOO dry.. it goes on white and dries clear.. once clear you can place on your acrylic block and ready to peel on and off!
Let da GLOO dry.. it goes on white and dries clear.. once clear you can place on your acrylic block and ready to peel on and off!
place it in the new STAMPBOOK!
place it in the new STAMPBOOK!
see how thin it is?  I WISH I WASSSSSSS hmph
see how thin it is? I WISH I WASSSSSSS hmph
GUESSSS WHOOOOOO?
GUESSSS WHOOOOOO?

The stamp books are PHENOM.. I LOOOOVE THEM!! They fit in a craft binder by Cropper Hopper which I find TRES bulky.. so I would carry them loose or put them through a big binder ring 🙂

Mwah to da sistahs who wanna look like a stamp book 🙂

Em


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