Before we get into 2025 and all of the new stamping fun we have in store for you, we need to clear some room! So we are saying a fond farewell to some of our older stamps.
Between now and the end of 3rd January you can order the stamps in our RETIRING STAMPS category with no limits on availability and a 30% discount. From 4th January onwards the discount will increase, but availability will be limited to the inventory we have on hand. So you can either order now and ensure you get the stamps you need, or you can take the risk and wait and see if you can snag them with a higher discount. Up to you!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
Hello friends!
Amy here on the ol’ Blogabella with my final Scenic Saturday of 2024. I thought it would be fitting to end this year with a card featuring one of the most popular card making trends of 2024… postal themed. So I grabbed the cute little Oddball Carolers and made them the stars of this faux post card scene.
Now, the Oddball Carolers come as one single stamp but it was easy to cut them apart into three individual stamps so that I could mask and crowd them closer together into this smaller space. The most important thing to remember when doing this kind of layered stamping is to lift whoever is going to be in the back a little higher up. This gives the character the illusion of space, making them appear to be standing behind those in the front. Over on the fake postage stamp I added an ornament from the retired Little Bits Elves set and colored it to match the caroler’s clothing. Once the coloring was complete I masked off the kids again, as well as the stamp and space that says ‘post card’ so that I could use my Copic airbrush system to spray on the kraft looking background color. I made sure to stop short of spraying all the way to the bottom of the card so it would look like the carolers had some snow to be standing on. From there all I had to do was add the various postage themed accents, a bit of falling snow and this fantastic sentiment from the Christmas Sentiment set to complete this fun holiday themed ‘post card’. 🙂
Wishing all the sistahs a Merry Christmas and a crafty New Year!
Amybella
Happy Friday! It’s our final Bellarific Friday post of 2024! We will be taking a well earned break from our usual blog posts until 10th January 2025. Don’t worry though, we will be back on 10th January full of new creative fun and inspiration!
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season, whatever/however you celebrate!
Each week you have a chance to win a $25 gift card for our website, just by commenting on the Bellarific Friday post for that week. NOTE: this will be changing in 2025, so make sure you enter this week and on our final Bellarific Friday of 2024 next week!
On last week’s post we had 10 comments, and I’ve used a random number generator to select a winner (counting comments from oldest to newest).
Our winner for last week is Angie Lallemont!
Congratulations! Please email me at customerservice@stampingbella.com and I will get your gift card sent over.
Let’s take a look at the cards! The Babes had a sketch challenge to follow this week, and they created some gorgeous cards with it.
Love the gorgeous blues and that dramatic pop of festive red on this card from Sandra!
Ginger went with a fun graphic look for this card, and I love how it highlights the stamped image!
This one from Michele gives me all the feels with that sentiment!
Alice went for a fun Christmas card!
Steph used one of my personal favourites on her card!
Love the drama in this card from Debra with those pops of red against the grey!
Love the non traditional colours Jenny chose for this Christmas card!
That’s it for today! Hopefully you’re feeling inspired to go and create. Don’t forget to leave us a comment below for your chance to win a $25 gift card for the website. The prize winner will be drawn on our first Friday back after Christmas, which is 10th January 2025!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
I enjoyed colouring up the adorable The Gnome & The Christmas Tree stamp for today’s card! I didn’t film the process, but will share my older colouring video for this one, along with the Copic marker list for this new version!
Skin: E000, E01, E11, E04 Beard: N0, N1, N3, N5
Outfit: E0000, E30, BV31 / R29, R39, R89, RV99
Tree: G07, G19, G29, BG99
Star & Baubles: Y11, Y13, Y17, YR27
Dog: W00, W1, W3, W5, W8 / C4, C6, C9
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 now!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
Our lovely Sandrabella has been crafting up a storm this month, so I thought we would showcase some of her latest cards here in one post! You can click each photo to go directly to the product page on our website for more details about each stamp.
Sandra used stamps from a number of our sentiment sets on her cards!
If you’re looking for festive sentiments to go with any of our stamps, here’s our selection!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
I’m really enjoying revisiting some older stamps right now! Pairing up stamps with Backdrop stamps can really help you get different looks and more use from them, and our backdrops make scene building easy.
I didn’t film the colouring for today’s card, but I will add my earlier videos for the stamps below in case you would like to watch those I’ve listed the Copics I used for today’s card below.
Sky: B63, B66, B69, 0 Snow: B0000, BV00, BV20, BV31 Trees: G43, G46, BG96
Owls: YR23 / E0000, E41, E71 / E33, E35, E57, E79 Scarves/Hats: E0000, E41, BV31 / R43, R46, R59 / YG17, G28, BG99
Houses: E40, E70 / BG90, BG93 / R81, V93 / E42, E44 / R56, R59 / BV23, BV25 / Y23, YR23
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.
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.
MWAH!
Elaineabella