September 20, 2016
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Hey folks, Elaineabella here! It’s Tuesday again, so I’m back with my giant spotlight ready to shine it on some of my favourite stamps in the Stamping Bella collection. We have a fantastic range of images, old and new, and they all deserve a lot of love and attention! Hopefully today I can either inspire you to pull out some of the stamps in your collection and get them inked up, or to add some new to you stamps that you may have previously missed! Click through to be inspired!
The Uptown Girls are firm favourites in the Stamping Bella collection. They have a devoted following in the stamping community, and have graced the front of many a card with their enviable long legs and perfect outfits. They always have the perfect outfit for any occasion, but hey, that’s the beauty of being a stamp! Me on the other hand, well, let’s not go there. 😉
Since many of us are in the midst of Christmas card preparation, or at least we probably should be very soon, let’s take a good look at the winter or festive themed Uptown Girls in the range. If you’ve been having difficulty getting in the mood for crossing the cards off that To Do list, maybe this will help you get inspired!
Uptown Girl Quinn and Her Boots
I had to start with Quinn. She is my favourite EVER. That coat, those boots. THE KNEES! LOVE. Just a lovely image for any winter occasion. I’ve used her on winter birthday cards, on Christmas cards, general notecards. I love colouring her.
As you can see below, I love Quinn so much that I have merrily chopped her up on more than one occasion! This is a great way to get more use from your images, allowing you to fit them on smaller cards, or to create interesting designs.
Since you may well be in the swing of festive card making, here’s another enduring winter/Christmas favourite – Uptown Girl Eve under the Mistletoe.
Love colouring that dress. It is a great one for practicing on, whether you’re looking to do some simple blending and shading, or add pleats and folds to the mix.
Another firm favourite is Uptown Girl Savannah has a Star.
That tree dress. Oh my. Amazing fun to colour, and it looks incredible when finished. Awesome image that looks fantastic as a striking pop of festive colour on a clean and simple design, or as the pretty focal point on a more embellished card.
See what I mean? Love her! Check out my blog post to see my tip for creating really simple coordinating layers for CAS card making: Merry Christmas with Uptown Girl Savannah. I also have a blog post with some hair colour suggestions here: Marker Colour Combos: Uptown Girl Savannah Brunette & Blonde Hair.
Uptown Girl Charlie Sits by the Chimney
How does she pull it off? Looking that stylish, sitting on a chimney, dangling a bundle of presents and sipping on a martini? I couldn’t manage it sober. 😉
Hopefully I’ve inspired you to add some festive Uptown Girls to your collection, or if you already have to get them stamped up!
Share your personal favourite Stamping Bella creations with us. We LOVE to see what you’ve been creating with Stamping Bella stamps. Share a link to your latest Stamping Bella card in the comments below, or an old favourite you made a while ago. Tell us what your favourite stamps are. Are there any additions you would like to see to the range? Let us know!
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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!
Until next time, HAPPY STAMPING!
MWAH
Elaineabella
Ohhhhh… those get me in a festive mood! Great motivation to pull my favs out and get a colorin’! Thanks for the inspiration Elaine!
great inspiration! the uptown girls are some of my very favorite stamps!! love them!
If only I could color so beautyfully…fabulous cards!
Great ideas for varied ways to use the uptown stamps!
I love all the cards! Very festive and very colorful and that’s the way I like my cards. I also notice that the stamps are the stars here and not the embellishments. That’s also the way I like my cards. I’ve seen some that have so many embellishments on the front of the card along with the stamp or image that I don’t know what to look at first. The image that the person stamped & colored or not depending on the stamp gets lost along with all the other things going on in the front. I have to learn how to color those folds & make them. I think I have a video on how to do it. They look so beautiful!
Thank you for all the amazing stamps and for getting me in the mood for Christmas. I should have started my cards long ago but I have 4 done. It’s not enough but for now, it will do. I got 2 new Christmas stamps from you and I can’t wait to use them and make some amazing cards!
Oh what great cards! I want to start making Christmas cards…..but I have to get my Halloween cards made first! LOL!! 🙂