September 25, 2024
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It’s time for one of the most exciting releases of the year! Our Holiday release. It’s always one of my favourites, filled with autumn and Halloween fun, and cozy festive winter and Christmas themed joy. This one is no exception!
We have sneak peeks today, tomorrow and on Friday morning. Then the release will be available to order on Friday (27th September) at noon EST.
First up, today we’re previewing the amazing new stamps illustrated by our newest illustrator Amy Glatiotis. You loved her first release with the Spec-Taculars, and we’ve got a few additions to that collection, along with some fantastic new character images!
We don’t have any new sentiment sets in this release, but we have lots of wonderful choices that will go beautifully with the new images HERE.
Aren’t they adorable? I’m particularly in love with the Spooky Cute Banner. Way too cute to actually spook. Amy’s illustrations are just so charming. The Babes have been loving these new stamps, and crafting up some autumn and Halloween magic for us. Let’s take a look!
As you can see, this one is adorable on it’s own as the focal point, but you will see in some of the other samples that it works beautifully with the other stamps to set a scene too!
She’s just full of the joys of the season! A total pumpkin spice latte girl, kicking her way through the fallen leaves in her cozy sweater.
Such a fun little witchy with her spooky friends and her trusty dachshund pal, who is always up for some fun.
Who can resist a little witchy, an adorable pumpkin AND a dachshund? Not me. Especially when there are the most adorable ghosties too. Also, can we just take a moment for the little toadstool on her hat? Love the cute little details in Amy’s illustrations!
You can watch me colour the above scene in the video below. If you enjoy watching please do like the video and subscribe over on my YouTube channel.
This one gives me such happy autumn vibes! Absolutely perfect for autumn birthdays.
Aside from the adorable Spooky Cute Banner, this one might just be my favourite. Maybe… I mean, who knew a travel coffee cup could be so cute? It’s official – putting glasses on things makes them adorable.
Time for some festive fun!
Festive mice are always fun, and these ones have real character!
This scene just makes me so happy. The details – that little moon, especially! SO CUTE.
A shopping trip is always better with your BFF.
Love the humor and warmth in this adorable version of Father Christmas and his wife sneaking a kiss under the mistletoe!
We just had to have a festive Spec-Tacular, and yep, it’s official, glasses on a Christmas tree are adorable!
Finally we have…
Last but definitely not least! The most adorable pair of penguins enjoying a turn on the ice. This complete scene, like the mice decorating the tree make for such easy but eye-catching cards!
That’s it for our first day of previews! Hopefully you’re as excited as we are for the release. Join me again tomorrow to see more of the stamping fun we have in store for you.
MWAH!
Elaineabella
September 23, 2024 1 Comments
I’ve got a fun Halloween card for you today, featuring our Sneaky Foxy stamp! But first…a little news.
Yes, that’s right! Our Holiday 2024 release is coming soon…really soon. This week in fact! So excited to share all of the amazing new stamps with you, starting on Wednesday 25th September with the sneak peeks. The release will be available to order from noon EST on Friday 27th September.
While you wait for Wednesday…here’s my latest card!
I love these fun trick or treating foxes. So funny.
I didn’t film this latest colouring, but you can watch me colour a slightly different version of this stamp in the video below. If you enjoy watching please do like the video and subscribe over on my YouTube channel.
That’s it for today! I’ll catch you on Wednesday for the new release sneak peeks.
MWAH!
Elaineabella
September 21, 2024 0 Comments
Hello everyone! This week I’m in autumn and Halloween mood! There are so many adorable stamps to choose from in the store, I had a hard time making my mind but went for Tiny Townie Wanda the Witch and her Cauldron which I have never coloured before. I used a seasonal background too, Pumpkin House Backdrop and I decided to keep only a part of it, it’s always more natural in a scene. The sentiment I used is from the Autumn Sentiment set.
I coloured everything in Copics and only added a bit of texture on the edges of my card and a bit of black Posca pen.
Copic markers used:
Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71
Hair: 100, W5, 7
Purple: V09, 15, 17
Black: 100, W5, 7
Orange: Y35, YR04, 07
Cauldron: E08, 09, R59
Sky: RV10, 11
Ground: E51, 53, 55, 57
Grass: G14, 17, 28
Bushes: G28, Y13, YG03, 17, 67
House: E09, Y35, YR04, 07
Windows: Y13, 35, 38
Door: E31, 35, 59
Leaves: R37, Y35, YR27
Happy stamping and crafting!
Delphineabella
September 20, 2024 14 Comments
Once upon a time, Emily had some sketch challenges created for the blog, by Julee Tilman. We found them in the archives, and thought it would be fun to bring some classic Bella fun back around again!
We would love it if you played along too. Share links to your cards in the comments here, tag us on social media, or upload them to our FB group! We love to see what you’re creating with our stamps.
Each week you have a chance to win a $25 gift card for our website, just by commenting on the Bellarific Friday post for that week.
On last week’s post we had 13 comments, and I’ve used a random number generator to select a winner (counting comments from oldest to newest).
Our winner for last week is Beckie McArthur!
Congratulations Beckie! Please email me at customerservice@stampingbella.com and I will get your gift card sent over.
Let’s get into the inspiration! This week the Babes were asked to create something using the sketch below. Feel free to play along and do the same and share your creations with us.
Such a pretty card from Steph featuring one of Kristin Farnsworth’s lovable DandyLion stamps.
Michele used our lovely Curvy Girl hiker. I love how she’s layered the patterned papers on this one.
Debra used the sketch to inspire this spooktacular halloween card!
Alice flipped the sketch to create this fun card!
I love this fun spooky scene Sandra created using one of our Oddballs, some background paper and dies.
Love that Ginger chose one of our Gnome stamps this week and paired her with a sentiment from another one!
Jenny is cracking on with those Christmas cards, with this sweet shaker design!
Delphine went with a Christmas theme too! Love this Mini Oddball so much.
Sandie also went with a festive theme, with some non-traditional colours! Love that!
That’s it from us today! If you’re feeling inspired, be sure to tag us on social media #stampingbella and @stampingbella on Instagram and Facebook. Feel free to share your creations in the comments section below too. REMEMBER: leave us a comment on this post to be in with a chance of winning that $25 gift certificate! No need to create anything, just leave us a comment.
PSST: keep an eye on our social media so you don’t miss something NEW that’s on the way next week!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
September 18, 2024 0 Comments
Apologies that there was no Monday post this week – things are a little hectic preparing for *whisper* our next release. More on that very soon…
I’m back today though, with a card and colouring video featuring our gorgeous Uptown Girl Greta loves to Garden stamp!
She’s such a great stamp for this time of year! I paired her with some sentiment dies from my stash, and created a fun shaker card.
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.
That’s it from me for today! See you on Friday for Bellarific Friday. If you have yet to comment on last week’s post, make sure you do that to be in with a chance of winning a gift card!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
September 15, 2024 1 Comments
Hi friends!
Amy here with another Scenic Saturday post on the Blogabella. This week I’ve inked up a cute older stamp called, The Gnome and the Squirrel. This one has been in my crafty stash for a while now, just waiting to be inked up. With the nights getting cooler and the leaves beginning to change, this felt like the perfect time to get these two on a card celebrating the season.
I began by inking them up using a dark drown ink rather than black, to give the card a slightly softer look. The fluffy squirrel and the gnome where both colored in earthy autumnal colors before I set in on the rest of the scene. A large tree root directly behind the gnome helps play up their diminutive size, while on the other side of the card you see more of the tree trunk which makes that tree appear to be further off in the distance. To continue playing up that sense of space within the scene I extended the field of green grass half way up the card front then topped it off with a hedge row of Fall colored trees. This simple technique provides just enough background to be interesting yet not too distracting from this friendly pair exchanging tasty acorns. The sentiment is from the Autumn Sentiment set and it keeps the theme of the card general enough that I can send it for any number of occasions that may come up this time of year. 🙂
Stay crafty my friends!
Amybella
