February 6, 2025
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Hi all, today is my birthday so I made a birthday card for myself using my favourite colours, techniques, craft supplies and, of course, one of my favourite stamps – Curvy Girl Eats Cake
My favourite colours for cardmaking are pink and teal.
Dress and shoes – BG11, BG13, BG45, BG53, BG57
Flowers – R30, R32, R35
Plate: BV11, BV13
Cake: E51, E53, E55, R30, R32, R35
Leaves: G20, G21, G24
Shadow: W00, W1, W3
A favourite technique of mine is to use a scoring board and stylus to create a frame around the image. I do this by turning the image face down and scoring on the 1/8″ line on all four sides.
The teal, mint and pink papers are a mix from various different brands.
My next favourite thing is to decorate the inside of the card. This does add a lot of weight to the card and is more expensive to mail but I just love the finished look.
I also added a place to hold a gift card – who doesn’t love gift cards??
On the card front I stuck down the card and paper layer.
Then I used strips of contrasting paper and adhered them to the back of the image, before gluing that down onto the paper base layer.
Finally, my favourite embellishment – enamel dots. I have these in just about every colour there is; you could almost say I have an obsession with them!
And here is the finished product! All of my favourites on one card. Happy Birthday to me!
February 1, 2025 1 Comments
Hello friends!
Note: the online store is temporarily closed until 12th February while the new release and other changes are prepared.
It’s time for another Scenic Saturday here on the Blogabella and I’ve inked up the sweet Bundle Girl with Rose. As she marches along with her large stem of roses it’s not just beautiful blooms that she brings but all her love as well. Which makes her perfect for a card with a subtle Valentine’s Day vibe.
I stamped Bundle Girl with Rose low on the card front and I colored in the expansive sky to fill two thirds of the space. By keeping Bundle Girl and the landscape confined to the bottom third of the card this creates a ratio of space that is pleasing to the eye. The soft cream and pinks of Bundle Girl and her rose stand out against the atmospheric landscape pulling focus right to her. I stamped the sentiment from the Garden Sentiment set in the upper right corner, opposite Bundle Girl, using a pink ink to compliment the flower and add some more balance to the overall design. As a finishing touch I added a trio of die cut butterflies fluttering around the sentiment for just a bit of whimsy.
Stay crafty my friends!
Amybella
January 31, 2025 2 Comments
Happy Friday, and happy end of January! The days are getting brighter, and February will be bringing some very exciting news, including our new release. Look out for the previews starting on 10th February!
Our website is now closed while we prepare all of the new excitement for you! You will see why when we reopen on 12th February with our new release.
On to our usual amazing Friday inspiration! This week the Babes were asked to be inspired by each other, and as always this has resulted in some fabulous cards. Let’s take a look.
Love this cute card from Delphine! Our little guinea pig is such a cutie, and that black edge detail frames him beautifully.
Delphine was inspired by this lovely card from Debra:
Michele created such an adorable card with our little Tiny Townie peeking in from the bottom corner.
Michele was inspired by this wonderful card from Ginger:
Love this one from Steph! So pretty.
Steph was inspired by Debra’s style!
Fantastic card from Ginger featuring one of our original Oddball releases!
Ginger was inspired by my card:
The bright colours on Jenny’s card are just the perfect way to cheer up this January day!
Debra created this lovely mixed media style card!
Debra was inspired by Steph’s gorgeous and colourful card:
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
January 29, 2025 1 Comments
Another throwback from me today, I just haven’t had any time or energy for crafting over the past week or so! Determined to get some colouring done today though… I keep looking at our WONDERLAND themed stamps, it might soon be time for them to come out to play on my desk again…
One of my favourites is the gorgeous Tiny Townie Wonderland Queen of Hearts and you can watch her come to life with Copic marker colouring in my video below!
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
January 27, 2025 0 Comments
I am so busy with some exciting behind the scenes stuff including the new release, and the less exciting EU compliance admin work, that my mojo has up and gone on a vacation. So, bear with me, and enjoy this little repost!
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
January 24, 2025 4 Comments
Wishing you the most Bellarific Friday possible! The Babes have been working with photo inspiration this week, and we’ve got some gorgeous cards to share with you as a result.
Our RETIREMENT SALE is still on, and we have limited inventory available! All stamps available are now 65% off to clear – prices have already been adjusted, no need for a code.
On to the inspiration! Here’s the photo/colour inspiration the Babes had to follow.
I love our sweet mousey in these colours!
Such a beautiful shaker card from Jenny!
Love this sweet dog themed card from Michele.
Debra used one of our Uptown Girl princess stamps, and she looks wonderful in these colours!
Steph went with an adorable Bundle Girl stamp and added a dash of pink to the colour inspiration from the image!
Love our Oddball in these colours!
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
