February 10, 2025
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I have two pieces of exciting news to share with you today!
Firstly, we have a new release on the way! Our Spring 2025 Release is amazing, with 22 new image stamps and 2 new sentiment sets to go with them. Some of your favourites are making an appearance, along with some brand new characters that I think you are going to fall in love with (we all certainly have).
Before I share more on the new release, though, I have some news that I think will make many of you very happy.
If you have been part of our stamping sistahood for a while, you may remember that back in 2021 Emily was forced to increase our prices due to dramatic increases to manufacturing costs. This wasn’t something she, or any of us, enjoyed. Then at the end of 2022 we lost Emily, and have had even more challenges to overcome in the past year with the closure of our original manufacturer/distributor. We are so grateful for the loyal support we have received during all of the ups and downs of the past few years. This crafting community and industry is truly one of the very best.
Recently we have been working hard on figuring out ways to reduce our prices, while still being able to keep the lights on, so to speak! I am so happy to tell you that we have finally been able to do that. It isn’t often that prices go down, but we really wanted to improve our pricing as much as we could, to keep stamping and crafting as affordable as possible. Our previous manufacturing, shipping and admin was all subcontracted, which became very expensive. After a challenging four months, we are now settled in our new location, where we are now able to do some of the manufacturing, and all of the packaging and shipping ourselves. This has reduced our costs and we feel it is only right that you share in those savings.
Please be assured that there have been no changes to the quality and presentation of our stamps. You will still receive the same beautiful blue cling mounted rubber.
Last year was incredibly stressful and we had a number of challenges, but we are confident moving forward in 2025 and looking forward to what’s to come!
As of now, our website reflects the new lower pricing on our entire collection of stamps, which you will be able to enjoy when we open again on Wednesday 12th February.
Again, our heartfelt thanks to all who have ordered from us, or purchased our stamps from one of our retailers over the past few years. Without you we wouldn’t be here.
With all that said, let’s get into the real fun! Checking out the new Spring 2025 release. Our Babes have been working their stamping magic, and we have some incredible inspiration featuring the new stamps. Today is the first of two days of peeks before release day on Wednesday 12th February!
Firstly we have two new SENTIMENT SETS. These will coordinate beautifully with many of the new stamps, and lots of our older ones too.
We have the Baby Sentiment Set with 8 sentiment stamps for all those baby themed cards and projects. Plus the new Spec-Tacular Together Sentiment Set with 7 sentiment stamps, which will work perfectly with our existing Spec-Tacular stamps and some really fun new ones we will be introducing tomorrow!
You will see these sentiments throughout the sneak peeks today and tomorrow.
Next up we have a gorgeous new BACKDROP STAMP. Presenting our Spring Backdrop which is going to provide the perfect setting for so many of our characters and critters, or just create stunning cards all on its own.
You will see this one on some of the samples throughout today and tomorrow’s peeks, used both in its entirety and just elements from it, showing just how versatile our Backdrop stamps can be.
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.
We have added to our BABY BABY stamp collection with some adorable new little ones. Perfect for all of your baby themed paper-craft projects and cards.
Our Baby Boy & Girl rubber stamp set is a set of two adorable new baby stamps. So cute, and the Babes have created some wonderful cards featuring them.
Then we have the Cabbage Patch Boy & Girl stamp set, a set of two rubber stamps depicting adorable babies nestled among the cabbage leaves.
Then we have the lovely Delivery from the Stork rubber stamp, which just gives me really nostalgic vibes. Such a sweet image.
We also have a couple of amazing new ODDBALL STAMPS in the release!
Firstly we have the Oddball Baby on the Way rubber stamp – representing all the frazzled expectant and new mothers out there!
Then we have our Oddball Girl Power rubber stamp!
Finally for today, we have something completely new! We hope you love them as much as we do…
Our new Whimsabella stamp line features charming whimsical characters with long eyelashes. We’re starting off with four enchanting fairy stamps, and as you will see, they make for amazing cards!
First up we have our Whimsabella DaisyDream rubber stamp.
Next we have the sweet Whimsabella FlitterFly rubber stamp.
Our third is the Whimsabella GlimmerGlade rubber stamp.
Last but by no means least, we have the lovely Whimsabella PetalShimmer rubber stamp.
That’s it for today! We hope that you are as delighted by all of our news as we are. Let us know what you will be adding to your Stamping Bella shopping list in the comments below, and please do leave the Babes some love for all of their amazing creations.
Join me again tomorrow for more sneak peeks ahead of release day on Wednesday 12th February.
MWAH!
Elaineabella
February 8, 2025 0 Comments
Hello everyone! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I’m in love mode and put hearts everywhere! So I thought I would use a non love themed stamp today to make an non-traditional love card.
I picked the awesome Oddball Fairy Sparkle and used the “You’re Mine” sentiment from the Oddball Cupid set. My Fairy spreading skulls and stars, I simply added a few hearts in there with a black pen as if she were spreading love – well, her kind of love 😉
I traced a big heart behind her using a heart stencil and a black fineliner. I then coloured everything in Copics. As a final touch, I added a gold frame and a few dots in glitter pen.
Copic markers used:
Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71, RV11
Eyes: B95, BV00
Hair: E09, W5, 7, 9
Purple: V09, 15, 17
Wings: C5, 7, 9
Heart: R35, 37, 59, YR07, 09
Background: RV000, 10
Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely day! Hugs,
Delphineabella
February 7, 2025 1 Comments
Happy Bellarific Friday! We’re here with your weekly dose of amazing card-making inspiration featuring Stamping Bella rubber stamps. Our online store is currently closed, but don’t worry, get those wishlists ready – our Spring 2025 release sneak peeks start on Monday, and the release is on Wednesday 12th February! We also have some more exciting news to share with you on Monday, so make sure you keep your eyes on the blog.
On to our Bellarific Friday inspiration! This week the Babes had an Anything Goes theme to work with, and they of course created some beautiful cards. Let’s take a look.
Love this gorgeous card from Michele! The ombre effect on the dress is just beautiful.
Such a fun card from Delphine! Love that shape, and the little scene.
Such fresh and pretty colours on this lovely shaker card from Jenny!
The sweetest card from Steph!
Such a fun design from Debra with that colourful rainbow and the monochromatic image! Love the way the rainbow is just colouring Dorothy’s hair.
Just look at Ginger’s colouring on this one. Such a lovely soft look. I want to pick Harry up and cuddle him!
Sandie’s card is wonderfully timed – I’m just starting to think about the garden. Love the pretty fresh colours she used.
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
February 6, 2025 0 Comments
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
