May 8, 2025
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We’re continuing the MerMay fun this week with the start of another fun challenge! If you missed the first one, you can find that HERE.
Just to make sure everyone is clear – we are starting a new challenge every Thursday in May. Each weekly challenge is open for entries until 29th May. You can enter up to 3 cards in each challenge, either via the Facebook group or in the link party below (no link required). A winner will be drawn for a $25 gift card for our store from each challenge and announced on 31st May.
We want to see you having fun stamping, colouring and creating with your Stamping Bella mermaids and under the sea themed stamps! New or old.
Entries should only feature Stamping Bella image stamps. All other products such as dies, papers, embellishments can be from anywhere! We won’t nit-pick over the sentiments either – but would love to see you using your Stamping Bella sentiments! You are also welcome to use older retired Stamping Bella mermaid stamps.
Links to all of the challenges and inspiration from MerMay will also be gathered in one central page HERE.
In the second challenge we want to see under sea creatures. Either use them on their own, or pair them with a mermaid (or more than one).
We have some wonderful inspiration from the Bella babes to get you started!
One of my personal favourites from last year, this stamp is just too cute! Mermaids and an under sea creature all in one! Love the cute bubble gum colours Amy chose for this one, and that framed scene.
Debra’s polaroid snap style card is just so much fun! Such a great way to play with these stamps vs creating a full scene.
Gorgeous deep sea vibes from Delphine with this one!
I went with pretty pastels for our new Whimsabella mermaid on this one and bought in both our Under the Sea Creatures stamp set and the Under the Sea Backdrop to build a scene.
Enter Your Week 2 Cards HERE:
Please note: you do not need a link to enter, if you do not have a blog you can simply add your card photo and ignore the link field.
If you prefer to enter over on FaceBook, you can find the Week 2 Challenge album HERE.
We hope you will join us throughout this month, in celebrating not only the magic of mermaids, but the magic of stamping and colouring too!
Stay tuned for more weekly prompts, and don’t forget to tag us with #StampingBellaMerMay2025 to join in the fun. Let’s make this MerMay a crafting adventure to remember!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
May 7, 2025 0 Comments
Have you joined our Mermay 2025 challenge yet? The first week can be found HERE and the second one will open tomorrow. Just to remind you, you have until 29th May to enter all of the weekly challenges!
I’ve got another mermaid themed card today, featuring one from our new release.
I adore her mass of curls.
May 5, 2025 0 Comments
Happy Monday! I’m back with another card and video featuring the new release. Taking a very brief break from mermaids, but sticking close by…at the beach with Bundle Girl!
Isn’t she adorable with that floral swim cap and her seagull pal? Love them both.
Watch me colour this stamp in the video below. If you enjoy watching please do like the video and subscribe over on my YouTube channel.
That’s it for today!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
May 4, 2025 0 Comments
Hello everyone! This week we are going to the beach with an adorable girl and her seagull friend – the set is called Beach Bundle Girl with a Seagull. I decided to put my Copics aside and felt like doing some pencil colouring, so I coloured my card in Derwent Chromaflow pencils. I picked a paper with a bit of texture, stamped my images in Versafine and added a sentiment from the Beach Vibes Sentiment set.
To colour the sea, I started by tracing some shapes that I filled with my lightest sea colour, leaving some white spaces and then went darker and darker. I added a bit of white gel pen at the end on some white spaces or to add more.
Skin: Bourbon 2001, Brown Sugar 1860, Blush Pink 0800, Salmon 0700, Parmesan 0020
Red: Pompeian Red 0610, Pure Red 0510,Orange Crush 0415
Purple: Mauve 0990, Amethyst 0985, Light Heather 0980
Sea: Deep Sea 1320, Denim 1200,Light Blue 1400, Caribbean Green 1501, Turquoise Green 1500, White 2400
Sand: Bourbon 2001, Sienna Gold 0305, Dijon 1850, Pineapple 0140, Soft Yellow 0130
Sky: Glacier Blue 1310
Seagull: Slate Gray 2170, Oxford Grey 2190, White 2400
Thanks for stopping by today, have a fabulous weekend! Hugs,
Delphineabella
May 2, 2025 0 Comments
What a week! We are so thrilled that you love the new release as much as we do. Orders are winging their way to craft desks as I type. If you are waiting on yours, be assured the team are working hard! While you wait, the Babes have some more inspiration to share with you, so those ideas will be well and truly flowing by the time your stamps arrive.
This week we’re showing off the latest release which you can of course find in our WHAT’S NEW SECTION. So many wonderful new rubber stamps to choose from, and ongoing inspiration to go with them!
If you missed yesterday’s post here on the blog, be sure to check it out HERE to see the fun we’re having to celebrate the month of MerMay and join in for the chance to win some $$$ to spend in our store!
I am so in love with the new Buzzy Bee stamps in our Amy Glatiotis Collection. They are just so cute and fuzzy! Such a great size too. This card from Delphine shows our fuzzy wuzzy little bee off perfectly!
LOVE this card from Michele. Little Ally is enjoying the sunshine with her crazy towering ice cream! So cute.
Such gorgeous colours on this Whimsabella mermaid from Jenny, and of course she has incorporated a lovely shaker element too. LOVE!
Ginger has taken the adorable little seagull from one of our new Beach Bundle Girl stamp sets and created the most adorable set of notecards!
Steph has given one of our popular new Uptown Girls ALL of the sparkle on this fab card!
This is so sweet, our snoozy little butterfly baby taking a nap at the end of a rainbow.
That’s it for today! Hopefully you’re feeling inspired to go and create. Don’t forget to leave us a comment below with some love for our Babes and all their hard work.
MWAH!
Elaineabella
May 1, 2025 4 Comments
Calling all Stamping Bella fans! Time to make some waves. This May, we’re diving into a sea of creativity with our MerMay stamping, colouring, and cardmaking event. Each week during May, we will introduce a new challenge themed around the magical underwater world of mermaids. Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or just dipping your toes into the world of stamping, this is the perfect chance to join us and let your creativity swim free.
Share your projects, connect with the Sistahood, and show off your take on our fabulous mermaid collection.
Links to all of the challenges and inspiration from MerMay will also be gathered in one central page HERE.
Each week we will be introducing a new MerMay challenge! You can enter each challenge throughout the month, up to a total of 3 cards in each challenge. At the end of the month a winner will be drawn from each challenge to win a $25 gift card. There will also be a round up post, featuring entries from the challenges, so this is your chance to be featured on Blogabella and our social media pages.
Entries should only feature Stamping Bella image stamps. All other products such as dies, papers, embellishments can be from anywhere! We won’t nit-pick over the sentiments either – but would love to see you using your Stamping Bella sentiments! You are also welcome to use older retired Stamping Bella mermaid stamps. Here’s a look at our Mermaid and Underwater themed stamps:
There are two ways to enter the challenges. Either submit your card to the Inlinkz link party on each weekly post, or if you are in our private Stamping Bella Sistahood group on FaceBook, you can upload to the challenge album over there. Please do not enter in both places! If you enter via InLinkz you are welcome to share in the FaceBook group, just don’t submit your card to the dedicated weekly album.
All cards/projects must be uploaded to the respective link parties or FB albums by 0000 UTC+1 on Thursday 29th May 2025. Winners will be drawn and published by Saturday 31st May.
Any questions, just drop me a line!
Stay tuned for the weekly prompts, and don’t forget to tag us with #StampingBellaMerMay2025 to join in the fun. Let’s make this MerMay a crafting adventure to remember!
We’re going to start the month of MerMay with a nice easy challenge! Share mermaid themed cards featuring any Stamping Bella stamp. As mentioned above you can submit your cards EITHER here on the link party below, or over in the dedicated Week 1 Challenge album in our private FaceBook group.
Each week our Babes will be providing a little inspiration too! This week we have cards from myself (Elaineabella) and Debrabella, and a Copic colouring video from me. Let’s take a look!
Love Debra’s colourful take on this little mermaid cutie! That tail!
I couldn’t resist colouring one of the new Whimsabellas. So cute!
Enter Your Week 1 Cards HERE:
Please note: you do not need a link to enter, if you do not have a blog you can simply add your card photo and ignore the link field.
If you prefer to enter over on FaceBook, you can find the Week 1 Challenge album HERE.
We hope you will join us throughout this month, in celebrating not only the magic of mermaids, but the magic of stamping and colouring too!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
