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Weekend Inspiration with Delphine: Oddball Marilyn

Hello everyone! Delphineabella here for my last Weekend Inspiration post for 2023, but I’m already preparing for 2024 with something a bit different today. When I realised I was posting on December 31st, I knew I wanted to use ODDBALL MARILYN – I find her perfect for festivities and special occasions.

Today, I’m using her as the first page of one of my journals – it’s a planner page, but I don’t use planners as planners, just simple journals for me, since planning is not really my thing 😉

I stamped Marilyn in Memento ink on watercolour paper to be able to play with different media and I coloured her in Copics first. The alcohol marker colouring is not as precise on watercolour paper, and you must be careful with the black lines of your image, but it works well otherwise. I then coloured my background using watercolour pens and added touches of colour on Marilyn‘s scarf too. I then used pencils and Posca pens for a bit more definition and contrast on my character.

To decorate my page, I added details with texture stamps, die cut numbers in glitter cardstock and added a lot of glitter touches with stickles and glitter pens – in the end, it’s a very girly page!

Thank you for stopping by today, and I wish you a wonderful New Year’s Eve, with a beautiful beginning of year! See you in 2024! Hugs,

Delphineabella

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Scenic Saturday with AmyBella: Uptown Girl Vera glammed up for New Year!

Hello bellas!

Amy here with my final Scenic Saturday card of 2023. UPTOWN GIRL VERA & HER VANITY has always brought to mind stories of her getting herself ready for some glamorous party. With her stylish up-do and voluminous gown, you know this is a girl who isn’t afraid of the spotlight. So, as we come up on the new year with all of the celebrations that will be held to bid adieu to 2023 and welcome in 2024, I quickly realized that it would be perfect to have Vera getting ready for the glitziest New Years bash of them all. 

I started by stamping Vera and her Vanity in the center of the card front using Memento Tuxedo Black ink then proceeded to color her dress using a stippling technique. This creates the look of a sparkling sequined gown due to the high contrast between the dark and light grey markers that I used. The bright gold of the bow, her shoes and the vanity mirror create a ‘visual triangle’ that leads the eye throughout the scene. To create the spotlight effect that pulls focus right to Vera herself, I first colored in the wood floor letting the colors fade to white as I neared the edges of the card. Once that was done I masked off Vera and her Vanity before using the Copic airbrush system to frame the scene. The same effect can be done with an ink blending technique as well. For some added embellishment I used both the colorless blender and a white Sharpie to add the floating sparkles. Because I didn’t have a New Years sentiment in my stash that suited this card I ended up creating my own using my computer and printing it out on a strip of card stock that I then added to the top of my card and decorated with some glittery gold enamel dots. Now I am sure that Vera is more than ready to ring in 2024 in style.

Thank you all for joining me on these Saturdays and may the new year be your craftiest one yet!

Amybella

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Happy Holidays

Whatever and however you celebrate at this time of year, all of us at Stamping Bella would like to give you our very best wishes. For most of us including me, that’s a big Merry Christmas!

Thank you for all of your support throughout 2023. Without you all there would be no Stamping Bella sistahood, and we truly appreciate each and every one of you.

For those of you having a less festive time this year, for whatever reason, we send you our love and very best wishes for better times to come.

Hopefully you will find a little crafty “me time” in amongst all of the holiday chaos. If you need a little retail therapy our website is of course open for business throughout, just give us a little festive grace regarding shipping times!

MWAH!

Elaineabella

 

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Bellariffic Friday: The Last One for 2023!

Hey all! I’m here today to share our final Bellariffic Friday post for 2023. I hope that somewhere in the midst of seasonal and festive preparations, you are finding some peaceful crafting time just for you.

Our Babes have some absolutely wonderful cards to inspire us as always, based on the photo/colour inspiration pic. You will also find a video from me at the end of the post. Take some time out from all the holiday craziness for yourself, and enjoy!

Delphine used ODDBALL SNOW QUEEN and the WINTER SENTIMENT SET

Sandra used ODDBALL BOY ELF (sentiment included)

Ginger used CHRISTMAS TREE ODDBALL (sentiment included)

Alice used PENGUIN’S BIG CATCH (sentiment included)

Debra used TINY TOWNIE WONDERLAND PLAYING CARD PAINTING and the sentiment from ODDBALL PAINTING THE ROSES RED

Jenny used PENGUIN’S BIG CATCH and the WINTER SENTIMENT SET

Elaine used REINDEER WITH A GIFT, THE PENGUIN ON A REINDEER ON A POLAR BEAR, NORTH POLE BACKDROP, SNUGGLE WEATHER SENTIMENT SET,

Reindeer & Friends at the North Pole Scene Card Copic Video

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

MWAH!

Elaineabella

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Wonderful Wednesday: Oddball Santa & The Missus Scene Card

I just had to play with some of the older festive Oddball stamps and create a simple but fun scene for today. Watch my Oddball Santa & The Missus Scene Card Copic Video below to see how this festive group scene came to life using Copic markers.

Oddball Santa & The Missus Scene Card

Stamps Used: Oddball Santa & The Missus, Mini Oddball Switcheroo, Holiday Fun Sentiment Set,

Oddball Santa & The Missus Scene Card Copic Video

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

MWAH!

Elaineabella

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Marker Geek Monday: Oddball Herald

Christmas is nearly here, and I’m almost done with cards and gift prep, thank goodness. I took a fun break to colour one of the NEW RELEASE stamps. Watch my Oddball Herald Copic Video below to see how this guy came to life using Copic markers.

Oddball Herald

Stamps Used: Oddball Herald, Odd Together Sentiment Set,

Oddball Herald 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

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Weekend Inspiration with Delphine: Uptown Girl Snow White

Hello everyone! Delphineabella with my Weekend Inspiration post and today is about princesses – the little girls we can make a card for, or just the little girls in us 😉

I used UPTOWN GIRL SNOW WHITE from our latest release and coloured her in Copics then did some fussy cutting. For a princess card, I had to use a bit of glittery paper in which I die cut some hearts. I added a piece of heart washi tape – you never can have too many hearts, right 😉 And I chose a sentiment from the PRINCESS SENTIMENT set.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71, RV42

Hair: 110, C5, 7

Yellow: Y13, 15, 18, 35, YR23

Blue: B21, 24, 26, 34, 37, 39

Red: R35, 37, 59

Thanks for stopping by today, have a lovely day! Hugs,Delphineabella

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Scenic Saturday with Amybella: Tiny Townie Ellie the Elf

Hello bellas!

Amy here with one last Scenic Saturday card before Christmas. I realized recently that even though I’ve had this sweet TINY TOWNIE ELLIE THE ELF stamp in my stash for quite some time, she had yet to make it on a card. So it was high time that I got her inked up and ready to celebrate the season.

With the way Ellie is sitting I was inspired to shake up my usual card design and opt for a half circle die to house this scene rather than a rectangle. This limited the space left behind her but that didn’t stop me from masking Ellie and stamping the UPTOWN CHRISTMAS TREE directly behind her. Even though you only see the bottom portion of the branches, you can still tell that she is sitting beneath the tree. This helps shift the perspective of the scene down low and makes it feel like we are sitting right there on the floor with Ellie. So don’t feel like you have to see every part of a stamp when inking up your design, sometimes just getting a partial glimpse of something can be even more interesting for the story you are telling. As you can see, I also had fun playing with a non-traditional Christmas color combo for this card. A simple shift from red to fuchsia and green to mint gave this sweet elf an added playfulness and the sparkle and shine of the gold and silver accents keep it looking quite festive. The sentiment I found to complete the card is from one of my favorite Christmas movies and can be found in the CHRISTMAS SENTIMENTS SET. All in all, this one was a fun change up from my usual Christmas cards and I think it really suits Tiny Townie Ellie the Elf.  🙂

Stay crafty my friends and a very merry Christmas to all those celebrating!

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Bellariffic Friday: Christmas Gnomes!

Happy Friday! This week the babes are showing off some of our amazing festive GNOMES. Love them all! You will also find a colouring video and full pencil list from me at the end of the post, showing how I coloured one of our gnomes on kraft cardstock using coloured pencils.

Our current Stamp of the Month Offer is THE GNOME & THE FLAMINGO, a very fun and festive gnome indeed! 50% off till midnight EST on 31st December 2023.

Let’s take a look at all of the wonderful new inspiration!

Sandra used THE GNOME AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE (sentiment included)

Alice used GNOMEDEER (sentiment included)

Ginger used GNOMEDEER and a sentiment from LONG DISTANCE CHRISTMAS SENTIMENT SET

Jenny used TANGLED GNOMES and our FESTIVE GNOME SENTIMENT SET

Michele used GNOMEDEER (sentiment included)

Delphine used THE GNOME AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

Debra used MESSY CHRISTMAS GNOME (sentiment included)

Elaine used THE GNOME AND THE MISTLETOE (sentiment included)

The Gnome & The Mistletoe Pencil Video

Watch Elaine colour this stamp in the video below. If you enjoy watching please do like the video and subscribe over on her YouTube channel.

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Wonderful Wednesday on Thursday: Oddball Reindeer Pencil on Kraft

Typically, it’s the run up to Christmas and I have so much to do that I have no idea what day it is. Ahem! So, here’s Wednesday’s post on Thursday, because I totally ran out of hours by the time I realised what day it was yesterday! More festive pencils on kraft fun, with another Oddball stamp set too. You can watch my Oddball Reindeer Pencil Video below to see how these festive creatures came to life using Polychromos coloured pencils. Full pencil list at the end of the post!

Oddball Reindeer

Stamps Used: Stamping Bella Oddball Reindeer stamp set, Festive Oddball Sentiment Set,

Oddball Reindeer Pencil Video

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

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