Spotlight On: RAIN & Umbrellas!

Here in the UK, it is still raining. It has been raining almost every day since what feels like forever, but may only have been November. Still. Almost every dog walk we go on is waterlogged and muddy, and the days have been generally grey and wet. So for today’s spotlight we’re going to take a look at a couple of rainy day themed stamps in our collection!

MINI ODDBALL WEATHER GIRLS

Love these two, the expressions are perfect.

Mini Oddball Weather Girls Copic 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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Card Samples

TINY TOWNIES UNDER AN UMBRELLA

Such an adorable image.

Tiny Townies Under an Umbrella Copic 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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Card Samples

Over To You!

Hopefully I’ve inspired you to add these awesome stamps to your collection, or if you already have them, to get creating and sharing!

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!

Another way to connect is by joining us in the Stamping Bella Sistahood Facebook Group and share your pictures.

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

April 8, 2024
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Marker Geek Monday: Mini Oddball Butterfly Girl Copic Video

The new MINI ODDBALLS are so much fun for Spring and Summer. Watch my Mini Oddball Butterfly Girl Copic Video below to see how this beautiful little butterfly with her gorgeous wings came to life using Copic markers.

Mini Oddball Butterfly Girl

Stamps Used: MINI ODDBALL BUTTERFLY GIRL, sentiment from HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET

Mini Oddball Butterfly Girl 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.

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MWAH!

Elaineabella

April 6, 2024
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Scenic Saturday with Amybella: Bundle Girl among Foxgloves

Hello, hello!

Amy here with a new Scenic Saturday post. With so many fantastic stamps included in the last release there are still plenty that I haven’t inked up yet, making today the perfect time to get another Spring cutie on a card. This darling image is Bundle Girl Among the Foxgloves and how tiny she is perched atop that clay flower pot.

You may notice that the Bundle Girl on my card looks a bit different than the original image in the store. That’s because I had some fun with masking and selective inking to add more flowers and an extra pot to my scene. Using Memento Rich Cocoa ink I first stamped Bundle Girl Among the Foxgloves as is, low and on the right hand side of the card front. I then masked off the entire image before repositioning the stamp and adding ink to only the larger stem of flowers and stamping them behind the first flowers. I repeated this process of repositioning and inking only a single stem two more times, until I had filled up the space with foxgloves. Wanting to extend the scene a little further across the card, I masked off the flower stems out front before inking up just the flower pot and laying it on its side. There wasn’t much of a stamped line left along the bottom of the image but once I colored in the dirt beneath the pot you don’t even notice the missing line work. Once all of the masks were removed I was left with an abundant garden full of flowers for the wee Bundle Girl to enjoy. I was also left with a small smudge of ink just above the center stem of flowers, which wouldn’t do because the clean and simple card design that I had planned meant having the ground I colored in fade to white at the top of the card, and even a tiny bit of errant ink would stand out like a sore thumb. So I took a page out of the great Bob Ross’ playbook and told myself, there are no mistakes… just embellishment opportunities. Using a few yellow and brown markers, plus a black multi liner pen for the legs and wings, I colored a very simple little bee shape right over the smudge, then gave him a couple of friends for good measure. They certainly weren’t part of my original design plan but I think they ultimately added some extra charm to the over-all design. The sentiment is from the Hello Spring Sentiment set and I stamped it in the opposite corner from the image, in an ink color that coordinates with the flowers, which adds a sense of balance and cohesion to the completed card.

Hopefully this reminds you that rather than get upset the next time a crafting mishap occurs, instead look at it as a challenge to get really creative and turn it to your advantage. 😉

Stay crafty my friends!

April 5, 2024
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Bellariffic Friday: April 2024 Stamp of the Month Bundle Girl with Lily of the Valley

Happy Friday! This week the Babes are showcasing our adorable April 2024 Stamp of the Month offer: BUNDLE GIRL WITH LILY OF THE VALLEY! With 50% off throughout April, this is the perfect time to add this little beauty to your collection.

Sandra also used our HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET

Alice also used our HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET

Debra also used the ODDBALL GNOME KIDS set and CELEBRATE & CONGRATULATE SENTIMENT SET

Delphine also used a sentiment from ODDBALL MARTIN

Michele also used our HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET

Jenny also used a sentiment from PINKY PROMISE SENTIMENT SET

Sandie also used EMILY’S SENTIMENT SET

Steph also used our BUNDLE GIRL WITH DRAGONFLIES set for the dragonflies and sentiment!

Elaine also used EMILY’S SENTIMENT SET,

Bundle Girl with Lily of the Valley 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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Read on for the full Prismacolor pencil list!

April 3, 2024
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Wonderful Wednesday: Mini Oddball Bee Kid Copic Video

The new MINI ODDBALLS in the Spring 2024 release are so cute and fun. Watch my Mini Oddball Bee Kid Copic Video below to see how this guy came to life using Copic markers.

Mini Oddball Bee Kid

Stamps Used: MINI ODDBALL BEE KID, sentiment from TINY TOWNIE BUSY BEE SET

Mini Oddball Bee Kid 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.

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MWAH!

Elaineabella

April 2, 2024
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Spotlight On Crazy Tuesday April 2024

Happy new month and happy CRAZY TUESDAY! Grab this month’s offers at crazy prices today and only for today! Check out the inspiration below to see why you need them, then click on over to the store to grab them before the prices return to normal (by midnight on 2nd April 2024).