June 26, 2010
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38 today. I am thrilled that I have more laugh lines. I am honored that I have some MORE grey hair… I am respectful of my crow’s feet. Who am I? I am a mother, wife, friend, “sistah” (only in a symbolic way), teacher, artist (me?? an artist?? well not really at all). I AM a HUGE variety of characters. I play many roles, I balance, juggle and try my hardest to please everyone. I AM.
This brings me to the introduction of Stamping Bella’s “I AM.” line. This line is meant to bring you to a different level.. to open your box.. to leave all your roles aside and focus on YOU. Over the last little while, I have been experimenting with new techniques.. I have explored the other side of me. I have been MESSY, and SLOPPY, and COLLAGE-Y .. I have splattered and rubbed and glued. I have had a tremendous time doing so too. And I think you will too.. if you want to enjoy the journey.. NOT the destination. Don’t get me wrong, I still have my “other side” (bwahahahahaha). where I LOVE neat and tidy and elegant… but I also love my ART JOURNALING side. I believe that styles are changing.. mixed media, collage, and paint are coming to the forefront.. I think people out there are starting to focus on themselves and that is part of my 38th year resolution (that and losing a kajillion pounds. First task is MUCH easier..LOL). Donna Downey came to teach and visit us earlier this month and she has inspired us. I have come out with a new line called I AM. Now this line contains larger stamps (always look at the size below the image). stamps that can be used in your journals/layouts/cards.. INSPIRATIONAL stamps.. stamps that make you nod your head.. and just like my characters may make you smile or empathize with them , so will these botanicals, quotes and images. I AM having a release on Monday and of course there will be a surprise with the release.. so don’t forget to come back and visit on monday.. NOD with me.. Take this JOURNEY with me. I will be giving some examples, I will try my best to work harder (as my design team does every week) and share my work with you. You know.. it is so hard to consider yourself an artist. I think it is the hardest thing evah but you all deserve to call yourselves one. So make sure you take some paint.. slap it on something (or someone) lol.. and let loose. I promise you will love it.
Ok, enough of my 38 year old ramblings..LOL Let’s discuss BELLARIFIC FRIDAY this week, shall we?
Jodibella created a great sketch for us
So let’s take a looky what our AMAZINGLY TALENTED, BESTEST IN THE WORLD design team! (have I said that lately???)
Paulabella used STRUMMABELLA
Elaineabella used KISSY
Danabella used MATILDA MUFFINBREAD
Jodibella used KITTYCATTABELLA
Jeaniebella used CUPPACAKEABELLA
Karen MOTZ-ABELLA used TURTLE TOTS-BAKER
How’s DAT for BELLARIFICBABES I CANDEEEE?
Now let’s see what our SISTAHOOD came up with
How’s DAT for ICANDEE???
If I have forgotten or left out anybody, please email me your contribution and I will add it in. I am so sorry but with 2 weeks lapsing, it may have gotten lost in CYBERSPACE.
Don’t forget to leave a comment.. WISH ME A HAPPY BIRFDAY (LOL.. I have no shame) and you can win $10 in Bella Bucks! All Contributors have a chance to win $20 in Bella Bucks!
We are working on July’s calendar for the store and we will be giving an INTRO TO ART JOURNALING class.. we are so excited for you to join us on this journey.. DO YA WANNA???????
Love to all of you
Mwah
Em
i want to wish the best of everything and everything of the best….may this be your year…..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to someone I am happy to call FRIEND
love you
Happy Birthday!!! June birthdays are the best…we are creative!! 🙂
Looking forward to your new line.
Happy Birthday Emily!!!!
can’t wait to see the your new I AM stamps, i totally wanna get into art journaling, i just have to get the nerve to put paint to paper.
Have a wonderful birthday Em!!
And whoo hoo for me – last day of work until back to school time!!! I can make cards again – yay!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy sweet 16th! *wink hehehehe
Great layouts! 2 weeks seems sooo long ago!!!
Happy Birthday Emily!! Hope you celebrated w/ice cream & cake for breakfast!! Beautiful eye-candy everyone!
Happy Birthday Emily!
And great job ladies…..love seeing everyone’s interpretation of the sketch.
Happy Birthday Emily!
hope you had a terrific birthday! Can’t wait to see the new release.
Have a greaty BIRTHDAY Emily! May you aways be an inspiration to everyone who knows you. My wish for you is “Happiness”!
Beautiful cards everyone!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, HAPPY Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Emily Happy Birthday to you!! Cheesy, I know. Everyone deserves a song on their b-day:) As always. Great cards everyone!
Happy Birthday, Em!!!! 😀 I AM excited to see more of your new line!
Beautiful cards all!
Ack, you are younger than me????? What! LOL
Happy birthday, Bella! 🙂
Happy Birthday first off.
Great job to all that made entries. Fabulous work.
Happy birthday girlie! Hope your day and year are FABULOSO!
I’ll be thinking of you this weekend as I play with the new rubbah that arrived in today’s mail (yay!) and looking forward to seeing what “I AM” is all about… can we maybe have a sneak peek before then? Hmmm?
Happy Birthday, Em! Have a blessed day and year! Looking forward to seeing what the new line is all about! Beautiful cards, Everyone!! 🙂
Happy Birthday from one Emily to another.
I can’t wait to come back from Vacation and look at these inspirational stamps.
Great cards by all the sistahs!
Blessings!
em
No fair! I wanna come and do the art journalling class!! Hmph.
Can’t wait to see the new stamps! Art journalling is definitely something I have been wanting to make time for.
Hope you had a fantabulous birthday Em!!! xx
Gorgeous cards everyone!!! Isabelle, I am in love with yours!!
Happy Happy Birthday.
Looking forward to seeing the new “I Am” range.
Caz
Happy, Happy Birthday Em!!!
Have a terrific birthday Emily!
Lovely cards everyone, so inspiring!
Happy Birfday Em!!!!!!!!
Can’t wait to see the new line, sounds super exciting!
Love all the eye candy from the babes and from the sistah-hood!
Happy Birthday!
I am very excited about seeing the new release on Monday. It sounds very inspiring and who doesn’t need a little inspiration now and then.
Have a FABULOUS birthday!
Happy Birthday Em!!! Hope you enjoy your day to the fullest!
Great cards everyone!
Happy Birthday Em. Hope you had a great day!
Everyone’s card are so lovely.
Happy Birthday Emily – can’t wait to see the new releases. As always, the Bellas did a fantastic job. I love seeing all the new creations.
Happy birthday Em! Really great cards and words of wisdom. 🙂 I’m inspired to get my stamps and paper going again.
Happy Birthday Emily. “I AM” so looking forward to see what you have in store for us next week. Great theme. Great cards from the Babes and Sistahood. Loved the layout Jodi! I have already used it again. Isabelle your card is fabulous!
In honour of your new “I AM” release I just wanted to say that I think “YOU ARE” terrific! Thank you for always providing me with such inspiration. May this “I AM” journey take you to wonderful places within yourself.
Hugs to you my Sistah! 38 {{{SQUISHES}}} from me to you!
Happy Birthday em!! I am really excited to see your “I AM” release!! I just know that it will be fabulous as is everything you do!! Blessings and Hugs!!
Happy Birfday! 😉 Hope you have a fabulous birthday weekend…. or week…. that’s what my sister and I do – we declare birthday weeks. Our b-days are 3 days apart (born 1 year apart). Have fun!!! xoxoxoxo
Happy Birthday Emily!! Enjoy being 38 – time goes by so fast…..
Looking forward to ‘I AM’
Hugs and Love, Candy
Happy Birthday Em! “YOU ARE” awesome! Love the cards this week!
Happy birthday, Em!
The cards are amazing, like always.
Great job, girls!
warmest birthday wishes Emily …. Art Journalling sounds exciting, but scares me too …. love to join you guys, but is it hard??
What is the challenge for this week????? O and Happy B-day Emily. Can’t wait for the new release!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Emily!!! Hope you have a FAB-U-LOUS Bday celebration!! Great Bella sketch for this week, too!!
Jennik
Happy, happy birthday to you Emily! Hope you have a bellariffic year ahead! Loved Jodi’s sketch and the card submissions were wonderful!
YAY for a new release and my inner art journalling alter ego is SOOOOO wanting to come out and make an effort!
I would LOVE to take a beginner’s art journalling course! Hopefully you have one before July 18th (hint hint!) before I go on vacation. Happy Birthday, Emily 🙂 I can’t wait to see where your journey takes you this year. (btw, I too need to lose a kajillion pounds. Perhaps we should start a “walk your bella-y and butt off” support group??? LOL
Happy Birthday! I’m on the same wavelentght as you Em…lose a kajillion pounds (just signed up for it actually) and find myself… yup, that’s me…can’t wait to see the new line.
Happy birthday again, Emily! From the sneak peeks I had of some of the new stamps, I can say that they ARE inspiring and I can easily see myself using some of them on scrapbook layouts. But you will never inspire me to be messy and artsy…it just isn’t in me. LOL. I know your art jounaling classes will be a huge success! Best wishes for a great year for Stamping Bella and DA BELLA herself.
Happy Birthday! Love da sketch and cards!
looking for the place to post for bucks……..don’t need to tell anyone how great your stamps are and how talented everyone is that posts a card………it is like peeking into heaven.
Happy Birthday and am so excited to see the what you have coming up for us! Your blog and DT are also so inspiring!
is it TMI to tell you all I am about to pee my pants in anticipation of seeing what’s new and seeing you and Linda in less than a week!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Happy Birthday!! Love the cards. The talent pool is getting deeper and deeper.
Happy Birthday Em!!!!! Remember, the older you get, the more outrageous things you can say & get away with – LOL. The cards this week are wonderful as usual. I hope to get back into sending pictures to you if I ever get around to actually making anything. Can’t wait to see your new release.
Happy Birthday!! Gorgeous cards!! Can’t wait to see the new release… sounds fabulous!!
Happy, Happy Birthday!!!!! Beautiful cards as always. I am going to attempt to make a card and actually enter it for once ;O)
Can’t wait for the new release.
Nxxx
Happy Birthday! Fab cards.
Love all the wonderful cards!!
Happy Birthday to you! Oooh, can’t wait for your new release! So many fantastic cards! Must try to play along next week!
Cheers and Birthday wishes,
Shanna 🙂
I hope you had a great birthday, Emily. Beautiful cards, ladies. I love seeing so many different interpretations of the same sketch. I can’t wait to see today’s release.
Wonderful cards ladies!! You’ve done yourselves proud!
Happy birthday!!!!!! What a wonderful post about it. I have an imminent birthday too, and your post is making me reflect on it in a whole new way. Thank you.
Great cards for the challenge this week, ladies! I love them!
I hope you had a fabulous birthday Emily. It’s my birthday today and I can’t wait to spend some birthday money in your store. Ladies it’s nice to see all the different stamps being used in this challenge, great job.
Happy Birthday Em! (a wee bit late) The entires are beautiful! All the ladies do such great work and are such enablers=) I keep seeing cards in images I don’t have and “have to have” them after seeing their beautiful cards=)
Happy Birfffday, Emily!! I have been a HUGE fan and customer for several years. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!!! May your day (and year) be filled with love and laughter!! xoxo
Happy Birthday, Emily. I hope you have a wonderful day and that this next year is filled with many blessings! Enjoy!
Wishing you the happiest of birthday weeks! Love what everyone cmae up with!
Happy Birthday!! All are Gorgeous cards!! and…I Can’t wait to see the new release… this must be a fab one…hugs
Happy Birthday, Emily! Here’s to a great year! 🙂
Happy Birthday and have a great year!
Happy, Happy Birthday. Looking forward to all your future releases. I love your stamps!!!
Happy Birthday! Love all the cards, hope you had a great day!
I hope you had a wonderful birthday! And if you are like most of us, you’ll celebrate the entire week!
Happy birthday, and I AM loving the art journal! Can’t wait to do my own.
happy Birthday Emily
love the journal
Happy, happy Birthday!
Those are super cute! Happy Birthday Emily!
Hope you had the best 38th birthday ever!!! I am late in sending my take on this wonderful sketch, but I was away for a few days and I wanted to send it anyway. I just love this sketch! Thanks for the inspiration!! Here is the link to my take on it: http://slanzalotto.blogspot.com/2010/07/cosmo-bella.html
Happy Belated Birthday. I only have used a couple stamped images of Bella, but love them. They are on my wish list. Now if I only get a job! Thanks for a chance at a stamp!