WELCOME TO BLOGABELLA

I heard through the grapevine (hee hee I have CONNECTIONS YA KNOW) that there is now a little teeny tiny weeny winy bit of room on the cruise!!! SOOOO if you wannnnnna join in on the fun….. click on Stamp and Cruise for more information and COME AND JOIN US!! will ya? won’t ya?  we NNNNEEEEDDD to meet DA SISTAHS! and boy do we have goodies planned.. ohboyohboyohboy (said with hands rubbing togethah)

for even MORE information click here

You can rest assured sistahs that Nichole, Gina, Nicky and I have lots of goodies planned!!!

 let me ..er ‘ahem’ I mean, let us know if you can make it

You may be asking yourselves.. there is NO WAY my hubby would join me on this adventure *right Sarah?* *winks*

but rest assured that the hubbies will be entertained! I mean Ryan will be there and Ryan is a MASTER ORGANIZER.. Nicky’s hubster Joe, and Gina’s and Nichole’s hubs… it will be fun!! The guys will have such a great time just knowing that we will no?

Mwah to da sistahs who will swim with DIS SISTAH (well, not so much swim but HANG OUT FO SHO’)

Em

Ok, so I am in love with these stamps.. n’k?  I ADMIT IT..  I think we  needed these!  I have a few more to post tomorrow so bear with me.. but NICKABELLA has OUTDONE herself 🙂  Check these out.. and mixed with dots and daisies.. YUMM-O (that’s new…LOL)

introducing funky dandelions

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introducing flowery weeds

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take a looky at the daisy peach embellishments with bling centers.. OMG.. in love with a daisy..LOL

introducing funky grass

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on the bottom right of this card you will see the poppy glitter dots “resting” on top of the raindrops eyelets.. it’s a feast for the eyes.. the gloss of the raindrops and the glitter from the dots (YUMMM-O– again..LOL)

mwah to da sistahs who LOVEY the word YUMMO

Em

Hiya sistahs!

I am back from my weekend at “home”.. I wanted to thank all the good wishes about my grandma (I call her “nanny”.. lol.. a little nugget of bella info).. Ryan and I arrived in Montreal and rushed to the hospital and guess what happened? LOL.. we rushed and rushed.. got the hospital information desk (visitor’s hours were ending in approx 7 minutes).. and the lady behind the glass told us that we were in the wrong hospital… LOL… so we had to rush to the CORRECT hospital and sneak in.. I was very sad seeing her  in the hospital, my independent, vein grandma (nanny) was not so vein, quite humbled and was just feeble.  She broke my heart.  Hopefully she is on the mend though 🙂 will keep you posted.

The weekend was also devoted to my beautiful sister in law who had her bridal shower on Saturday night (I was one of the hostesses).. it was absolutely divine.  Will share pictures with you tomorrow!

What else?? hmmmm.. aside from driving 14 hours in two days?  nothing much..LOL

The good news issss that I will be  posting some YUMMALICIOUS stuff tomorrow.. a small new line including stamps that I think will be quite popular.. especially after you see what Nicky does with them! LOL. THEY ARE PHENOM!

I also have some products I will be uploading tomorrow as well.. STUFF I LUV of course!

I think that’s it for now..

mwah to da sistahs who care about DA SISTAH

Em

OK so I had to post this card.. I mean, it is WAY too beautiful to pass up no?

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Created by the wonderful and talented NICKABELLA.  I just love this technique and wanted to share especially cuz it is SOOO quick and easy!  I also wanted to explain that Nicky did NOT make this technique up.. we saw it somewhere.. probably on someone’s blog or splitcoast and thought it was a PHENOM technique!

Step 1: Nicky SHMEARED lulu lavender ink onto the cuttlebug folder.. always remember.. A neat trick I learned from DONNA is that the side of the paper you would like embossed should be placed under the CUTTLEBUG black logo on the embossing folder..  (how BRILLIANT IS THAT?) 

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Cut your white paper to size to fit in the inked embossing folder and close

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put it through your CUTTLEBUG or BIG SHOT… is this the CUTEST MACHINE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN??? it is my ULTIMATE FAVE… it has BLING and it is a POWERHOUSE.. Have I mentioned it is INCREDIBLE??

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then you run it through an VOILA!!

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IS IT NOT STUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNINNNNNNNNNNNNNG?

we used the MEMENTO dye based ink  which works wonders and used my 2 FAVORITE punches that are now in the what’s new section… LOOOVE them  small flower power and the medium retro flower punch! and end it with a little GLITTAH DOT!  Mwah!  YUMMALISH!

 Hope you love it!

oh, and if you click on the magnifying glass icon under the card, you will see all pieces that went into the card

 mwah to da sistahs who missed me already

Em

where have I BEEN?  I honestly don’t know.. under orders?  in a big PLATTER OF SUSHI? searching for Copics? hmmmm all of the above!  It has been so much fun in “BELLALAND” which is what our sistah friends Dana, Karen and Leslie have coined our digs (big hugs!!!).. Other words I have heard are “it’s our HAPPY PLACE”.. LOL.. So yes I think the name BELLALAND the HAPPY PLACE will stick!  Nicky has been hard at work creating the most LUSCIOUS YUMMY cards with a new line we are coming out with.  It is quite different from our usual 🙂 but I KNOWWWW that you will love it!  I PLOMISE (as my 3 year old Jayden would say)

Tomorrow is Tyler’s 6th birthday.  Where oh WHERE has the time gone… I remember him in my tummy.. ummm is he still in there? Sure looks like it..LOL.. Watching him grow and become a little gentleman has been an amazing experience I would trade for NOTHING in this world.  My little boy will be going to GRADE 1 in September.. can you BELIEVE IT?  I can’t!  I don’t think I am OLD enough to have a 6 year old.. LOL.. mentally I am definitely not.. PHYSICALLY I can have a 50 year old..LOL!  Happy Birthday my little man.. I LOOVEY YOU!

We are going to Montreal tomorrow for the weekend as I have to visit my grandma in the hospital.. she had a bad fall and lots of injuries so I must go and visit.. we are also celebrating my sister in law’s bridal shower!  SO we will be veeeryyy BizZy.

I have started to load some of the copic sketch sets (had to mix in a ciao or two here and there to make the complete sets and the prices will reflect that.  I have these in very limited quantities so get them while you can!  These are the colours we find blend beautifully and you can find them on the SIDEBAR under Bella’s favorite Copics!  and on the Copic paper found under new products.. YUMMALISH!  so enjoy sistahs! (you will notice that I have provided NOOOO active links… YA KNOW WHY??? cuz I got a new MAC and have no idea how to use it..LOL.. I am logged in through home and all these commands are coming up etc.. and I am IGNORING THEM.. YA HEAR ME MAC?  Forgive me sistahs!!!!)

So next week we will have some surprises.. would love to hear from you and will miss you LOTSNLOTSNLOTS

Mwah to da sistahs who need da COPICS

Em

Should i release a BELLA tomorrow?  hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

whaddya thinky?

p.s. I will be in DOT heaven tomorrow posting my HEAD OFF.. so stay tuned!