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It’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY!– and save your pennies.. it will be worth it! :)

Hiya sistahs and HAPPY FRI-YAY!!!

As you may realize, we are not having a big BLACK FRIDAY, SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY (just learned about that) or CYBER Monday sale… we make our own sales in Bellaland right?  Our own rules.. our own sales.. after all, it IS Bellaland LOL.  So stay tuned… sign up for our NEWSLETTER on our home page to get our up to date news… We are having our last release of 2017 !  Our sneak peeks start on November 29th -December 3rd.. our release date is DECEMBER 4th!  Mark your calendars.. not only are we having a 30 image release… but we are also having a HUGE sale!  So maybe mark your calendars twice ;)… n’k?

Now let’s discuss Bellarific Friday shall we?  This week was an INSPIRATION PHOTO

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Marker Geek Monday: Colouring Tiny Townie Rita using Coloured Pencils

Marker Geek Monday time! As promised in my recent Stamp It Saturday post, today I’m sharing a coloured pencil colouring video for my Tiny Townie Rita winter scene.

Here’s a look at the finished colouring:

Stamping Bella Marker Geek Monday Colouring Tiny Townie Rita and the Reindeer in a Winter Scene using Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils

Stamp Used: Tiny Townie Rita and the Reindeer (coordinating die also available).

Colouring Video:

You can watch me colouring the scene in the video below or in HD over on YouTube. Please excuse the fact that from time to time my hair gets in the way! This is a longer video, and I’m sorry to all of you who wish for real time videos – I have had to speed up the footage, or the video would have been 2 hours long.

TIP: Should you try colouring on a kraft/tan paper or any other different shade from the usual white, I highly recommend creating a swatch/colour chart on the same paper first. That way you can see exactly how the colours behave. For this piece I have used Strathmore Toned Tan paper.

Note: the background was created as shown in my Stamp It Saturday post, by masking using a stencil and Distress Oxide inks.

If you’d like me to cover a specific topic here, do let me know by leaving a comment, and I will see what I can do! Bear with me for the next few weeks though, as I am in the process of moving house and will be busy for a little while setting up my new craft room!

Over To You!

If you try out the techniques shown in any of the posts with your Stamping Bella stamps, be sure to share! We would love to see the results and hear how you feel about them. Show off your creations in the comments below and even better, share your own favourite tips with us. Let’s talk colour!

If you are posting your images online, we would love to see them on Instagram and all the platforms mentioned above.  To make it easier for us to find you just use #markergeekmonday and/or #stampingbella as a hashtag. Even better tag me @markergeek and @stampingbella . We love it when you connect, so don’t be shy! Make sure you use the #SpotThisStampingBella hashtag on social media if you’re happy for me to feature your work in my Spotted On Sunday posts!

If you’re on Facebook join us in our private chat group Stamping Bella Sistahood to share your creations there and chat all things Stamping Bella related!

Until next time, HAPPY COLOURING!

MWAH

Elaineabella

Spotted on Sunday: Cebelica’s Snowman with a Chick on Top Card

Hey everyone! Elaineabella here with another SPOTTED ON SUNDAY. Every Sunday I’m sharing cards and other creations that have caught my eye featuring Stamping Bella stamps.

This week’s Spotted on Sunday star is…

CEBELICA

I spotted this fab and fresh festive card over on Instagram!

A post shared by Cebelica (@cebelica123) on

Stamp Sets Used: Snowman with a Chick on Top (coordinating die set also available)

This caught my eye over on Instagram! Thank you for sharing, Cebelica!

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We love to see what you’ve all been up to with your Stamping Bella stamps, and there are lots of ways to share with us.

If you want to be “Spotted On Sunday” make sure you tag us with #SpotThisStampingBella  so we know you give permission for your makes to be shared here on the blog! We will be featuring things we’ve spotted from all over the place, but by using the hashtag you’ll make it much easier for us to know you don’t mind us sharing.

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It’s BELLARIFIC FRIDAY SISTAHS! Embossing on your cards :)

Hiya sistahs! It’s been a crazy week for all of us!  our new release is being worked on.. hopefully you will be getting sneak peeks very soon.. it’s honestly AMAZINGGGG.. if I do say so myself 🙂  Elaineabella has been busy with her move so our blog has been a bit quiet this week but don’t worry.. it will come back FULL THROTTLE really soon 🙂

This week’s Bellarific Friday’s theme was to emboss on your card..whether you use a folder or embossing powder.. lotsa choices!

Let’s see what our baberoonis came up with shall we?

Sandiebella used CHRISTMAS MORNING CHICKS

you can find the BUNDLE HERE where you can save 15%!

www.stampingbella.com: RUBBER STAMP USED : CHRISTMAS MORNING CHICKS, card by SANDIE DUNNE

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