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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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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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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

> Card Samples, MARKER GEEK MONDAYS
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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.

MWAH!

Elaineabella

> Card Samples, SCENIC SATURDAYS with AMYBELLA
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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!

> bellarific friday, Card Samples, Stamp of the Month
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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.

Read on for the full Prismacolor pencil list!

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> Card Samples, Wonderful Wednesday
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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.

MWAH!

Elaineabella

> Card Samples, MARKER GEEK MONDAYS
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Marker Geek Monday: Bundle Girl Loves Strawberries Copic Video

Today I’m sharing another adorable Bundle Girl stamp from the Spring 2024 release. Watch my Bundle Girl Loves Strawberries Copic Video below to see how this delicious stamp came to life using Copic markers.

Bundle Girl Loves Strawberries

Stamps Used: BUNDLE GIRL LOVES STRAWBERRIES, CELEBRATE & CONGRATULATE SENTIMENT SET,

Bundle Girl Loves Strawberries 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, SUNDAY with TAMIBELLA
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Sunday with Tamibella: Mice Hanging Out

Hi!
Tamara here with you. First let me wish you all a Happy Easter!! Today is egg/presents hunting day here in Slovenia and I can’t wait for my daughter to find all the prezzies Easter bunny left her. It’s always a fun hunt. lol
For this Sunday I made a friendship card using MICE HANGING OUT rubber stamp from Stamping Bella. As always image was stamped with Archival Ink – Jet Black and then coloured up using Distress ink pads.

I used the last released Distress Ink colour – scorched timber for mice and I absolutely love it. Hearts were coloured up using: villainous potion, fired brick, mermaid lagoon and fossilized amber.

Sentiment “WANNA HANG OUT?” comes with the image. Awesome right?!
That’s it for me today. Enjoy your holiday.
Hugs, t.
> Card Samples, Weekend Inspiration with Delphine
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Weekend Inspiration with Delphineabella: Oddball Gnome in the Floral Forest!

Hello everyone! Delphineabella here – completely in spring mode! I seem to be a bit obsessed with spring and flowers at the moment, hence the need to use this backdrop I love again, FLORAL FOREST BACKDROP. For my flowers I thought I would use a cute little gnome for a change, from the ODDBALL GNOME PARENTS set and I added a beautiful sentiment from the GARDEN GIRL FLOWER SENTIMENTS set. I told you, flowers!

I die cut my background to keep only a portion of the FLORAL FOREST BACKDROP stamp – it’s really big and that’s what I love about it, there are so many ways you can cut it and use it. I coloured it in Copics, coloured my girl gnome in Copics, did some fussy cutting and put her on foam for a bit of dimension.

Copics used:

Sky: R20, 21, YR000 – BV00 in the distance
Grass: G14, YG23
Flowers:
Yellow: Y13, 35, YR23
Orange: R08, 46, YR04
Purple: V12, 15, 17
Leaves: BG09, 75, YG01 – BG72, 75, 78
Gnome:
Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71
Eyes: BG09
Hair: E51, 55, 57
Clothes: BG11, BV00, R22, RV14, 19, 69

Thanks for stopping by, happy creating! Hugs,
Delphineabella

> bellarific friday, Card Samples
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Bellariffic Friday – Spring 2024 Release Showcase

Happy Friday, and for those of you celebrating, we wish you a wonderful Easter weekend. Hopefully you’ve got a little crafty you time planned, and we have got some amazing inspiration to get that started! The Babes are showcasing our latest release this week – SPRING 2024 RELEASE – with all new cards showing how much fun these stamps are.

Sandra used ODDBALL SPRING FAIRY and the HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET

Ginger used MINI ODDBALL BEE KID

Delphine used TINY TOWNIE WONDERLAND PEONY, and the HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET,

Alice used MINI ODDBALL BEE KID

Michele used ODDBALL SPRING FAIRY and the HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET,

Debra used TINY TOWNIE WONDERLAND DAISY, and the HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET,

Sandie used ODDBALL SPRING FAIRY

Jenny used TINY TOWNIE WONDERLAND PEONY, and the HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET,

Elaine used TINY TOWNIE WONDERLAND CATERPILLAR HAS HIS WINGS, TINY TOWNIE WONDERLAND DAISY, TINY TOWNIE WONDERLAND PEONY, HELLO SPRING SENTIMENT SET,

Tiny Townie Wonderland Copic Scene Video

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

MWAH!
Elaineabella