Posts By: Stamping Bella

> Card Samples, MARKER GEEK MONDAYS
Leave a comment

Marker Geek Monday: Festive Yeti Scene

I still absolutely adore the Yeti stamps, and I’ve been meaning to stamp and colour a scene featuring them for ages, so I’m delighted to share this one with you today. Watch my Festive Yeti Scene Copic Video below to see how this fun Christmas night scene came to life using Copic markers.

Festive Yeti Scene

I love how this turned out. Sneaky Yeti is one of my favourite festive stamps, and pairing it with another yeti stamp made for such a great Christmas scene.

Stamps Used: Sneaky Yeti, Yeti with a Star on Top, 

Festive Yeti Scene Copic Video

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

> Card Samples, Weekend Inspiration with Delphine
Leave a comment

Weekend Inspiration with Delphineabella: Holiday Owl Sending a Card

Hello everyone! Delphineabella here with my Weekend Inspiration Post! There are so many beautiful winter stamps in the store, I had a hard time choosing the one I wanted to colour in priority, but I made it – so HOLIDAY OWL SENDING A CARD it is! The night has fallen and it is snowing today…

I stamped my image and created a simple scene around it. The only thing I added is a chipboard, a bit of snow in white paint pen, and that’s it!

Copics used:

Sky: B95, 97, 99

Snow: B000, 00, 95, 97, BV00

Owl: W1, 3, 5, Y35

Hat: C3, 5, R35, 37, 59, W7

Letter: BV00, E51, 53, 55

Mailbox: R35, 37, 59, W7

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend! Hugs,

Delphineabella

> bellarific friday, Card Samples
Leave a comment

Bellariffic Friday: Latest Release Showcase

Happy Friday! It is of course, Bellariffic Friday, and the Babes have some gorgeous inspiration for us again this week, this time showing off stamps from the Holiday 2023 release.

Just a quick heads up before we get stuck into all of the eye candy. We aren’t having a Black Friday sale. But we are having a sale VERY soon! We have a new release coming on Friday 1st December, and will be running a storewide sale together with the release then, so mark your calendar!

Let’s get on with the inspiration! You might just find a few ideas to add to your shopping list for next week. There’s a new Copic video from me at the end of the post too. Enjoy!

Delphine used TINY TOWNIE GARDEN GIRL HOLLY with our WINTER SENTIMENT SET

Sandra used ODDBALL PENGUIN TRIO

Jenny used ODDBALL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT ELF with our WINTER SENTIMENT SET

Alice used WINTER WOODLAND ANIMALS SET

Michele used TINY TOWNIE PIPER AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH and our AUTUMN SENTIMENT SET

Debra used MINI ODDBALL PIRATE & PUG along with ODDBALL SPOOKY KIDS, ODDBALL OZ SCARECROW, TINY TOWNIE MERMAID and SUMMER SENTIMENT SET

Ginger used ODDBALL BATTY DUO

Elaine used BUNDLE GIRL & PUPPY ON A WINTER WALK, WINTER WOODLAND BACKDROP, WINTER SENTIMENT SET,

Bundle Girl & Puppy Winter Walk Scene Copic Video

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

> Card Samples, Wonderful Wednesday
Leave a comment

Wonderful Wednesday: Winter Woodland Fox Scene

After last week’s Bellariffic Friday card I wanted to create another Winter Woodland scene, this time with the little fox. Watch my Winter Woodland Fox Scene Copic Video below to see how this sweet wintry wood scene came to life using Copic markers.

Winter Woodland Fox Scene

I was inspired by our amazing Amybella again for this one – I really love how she often incorporates sentiments into scenes by colouring a sign around them. It’s a great way to make the sentiment part of the scene.

Stamps Used: Winter Woodland Animals, Winter Woodland Backdrop, Winter Sentiment Set,

Winter Woodland Fox Scene Copic Video

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

> Card Samples, Spotlight On, Stamp of the Month
Leave a comment

Spotlight On: November 2023 Stamp of the Month – Foxy in the Pumpkin

It’s that time of the week again. I’ve got my spotlight out and I’m shining it on an amazing stamp set – this month’s “Stamp of the Month” offer. Each month a stamp set is offered with a fantastic discount. You will have to be QUICK though – you’ve got until the end of 30th November 2023 to grab this month’s offer, and I’m here to show you why you need it. If you already have it, I’m here to remind you why you needed it, and inspire you to get it inky!

Make sure you also check out our fantastic SENTIMENT SETS for more options to finish off your cards! Our beautiful new AUTUMN SENTIMENT SET goes with our little foxy perfectly.

Continue reading →

> Card Samples, MARKER GEEK MONDAYS
2 Comments

Marker Geek Monday: Tiny Townie Garden Girl Holly Copic Video

Oh how I love a Tiny Townie Garden Girl. They’re just so very sweet. Watch my Tiny Townie Garden Girl Holly Copic Video below to see how this adorable festive image came to life using Copic markers.

Tiny Townie Garden Girl Holly

Stamps Used: Tiny Townie Garden Girl Holly, Winter Sentiment Set,

Tiny Townie Garden Girl Holly Copic Video

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

> EMILY
9 Comments

One Year On

It’s hard to believe that it has been a whole year since we lost our founder, Emily Block. Our Emilybella. Da Bella. ForeverBella. Time is such a strange thing. It feels like such a long time, and also like no time at all.

I hope she would be proud of us all for keeping Stamping Bella going over the past year, and for continuing the Sistahood she loved so much. I think she would be. It hasn’t been easy, there have been lots of tears, and a steep learning curve for me personally taking on many of the tasks Emily performed, especially without Emily there to help, or to receive and return ranty messages in ALL CAPS. I spend a lot of time sending her ranty messages in my head. It helps.

I miss her immensely, as I know that so many do. For me at least, Stamping Bella gives me a sense of connection to her. I hope it does that for others too. She remains very much at the heart of everything we do. When our illustrator and I work on creating images to become stamps my first thought is always “What would Emily say about this?” Sometimes the responding thought makes me laugh out loud. Thankfully we both worked on images with Emily for so long that we have a good idea how she would feel about them. She would love the stamps we have released this past year, and she would be so excited about those we have coming in future releases.

Emily LOVED rubber, or rubbah as she would say. She loved inking up our beautiful blue rubbah with a juicy (joosy) ink pad and feeling the impression of the stamp on the paper. She wanted to share the joy that sparked with the world, and she did just that.

Thank you so very much to all of you for continuing to support Stamping Bella, and for continuing to create and share wonderful things featuring our stamps, keeping that joy alive. It always meant a lot to Emily, and it still means a lot to the whole team, and to her family and friends.

MWAH!

Elaineabella

> Card Samples, SCENIC SATURDAYS with AMYBELLA
1 Comment

Scenic Saturday with Amybella: Oddball Yeti Christmas Scene

Hello bellas!

Amy here with this week’s Scenic Saturday card. The ODDBALL YETI caught my eye and with that droll look on his face I was inspired to create a sort of bah humbug type of Christmas card with him.

Oddball Yeti is a pretty large stamp and he really fills the front of an A2 sized card so I stamped him front and center. His significant size doesn’t leave a whole lot of space for a detailed background so I opted instead for a dark blue ice cave that would make his white fur really stand out. The trick to creating the icicles and snow drifts is to color in the negative space between them first so that dark blue interior defines the shapes of the lighter elements. Only then can you go back in and add the shading to the ice and snow that will elevate it from blank white space on your card stock to dimensional looking scenery.

To heighten the Christmas theme and play up Oddball Yeti’s look of being so over all of the holiday hoopla, I used my Copic markers and a black multi liner pen to sketch in a simple strand of tangled Christmas lights at his feet. The struggle is real when it comes to holiday decorating, LOL! To complete the card, I stamped on a sentiment from the YETI SENTIMENT SET and to be honest, I think it looks like Oddball Yeti is ready for Christmas to be over already.  😉

Stay crafty my friends!

> bellarific friday, Card Samples
Leave a comment

Bellariffic Friday: Animal Friends

Happy Friday! As always, the Babes have a fantastic assortment of cards for us today, this time featuring stamps from our ANIMAL FRIENDS collection. There’s also a Copic scene video from me at the end of the post today.

Before we get to the cards though, I have some fun news! Our recent guest designer Sandra Petersen is joining us as a full time Babe, so you will be seeing plenty of her work featuring our stamps! We just couldn’t let her go, and we are thrilled to have her join us. Welcome to the team SANDRABELLA!

Now, let’s get to the inspiration. Enjoy!

Alice used WINTER WOODLAND ANIMALS, WINTER SENTIMENT SET,

Michele used SNUGGLE OWLIES and our SNUGGLE WEATHER SENTIMENT SET

Ginger used SET OF KITTIES

Delphine used ODDBALL PUG and a sentiment from ODDBALL LEONARDO

Sandra used ODDBALL LLAMA

Debra used POLAR BEAR WISHING UPON A STAR

Sandie used MOUSE BANDIT

Jenny used MICE IN BOOTS and our WINTER SENTIMENT SET,

Elaineabella used WINTER WOODLAND ANIMALS, WINTER WOODLAND BACKDROP, WINTER SENTIMENT SET,

Winter Woodland Animals Scene Video

Watch me colour this scene in the video below. If you enjoy watching please do like the video and subscribe over on my YouTube channel.

What fab inspiration for the weekend. Happy crafting!

MWAH!

Elaineabella

> Card Samples, Thursdays with Sandiebella
Leave a comment

Thursday with Sandiebella: Christmas Gift Shadow Box

Sandiebella is back! So happy to say that she’s created a fabulous festive tutorial for us this week. Not sure what we’d do without her ideas and amazing step by step instructions.

Christmas Gift Shadow Box

Supplies: 

Heavy double sided paper
Scoring board and bone folder
Wet glue/adhesive/foam tape or dots
Embellishments (optional)
Precision scissors
Acetate

Continue reading →