For this week’s Stamp It Saturday post I thought I would share a few tips to help you get creating fun scenes with the Little Bits and their coordinating dies.

Here are a couple of cards I created for the Holiday 2017 release, featuring some of the new Little Bits stamps and one of the backdrops. On both cards I used the die cut images to assemble cute scenes.

Stamp & Die Sets Used: Little Bits Winter Tree & Deer Ball, Little Bits Set of Elves, Little Bits Santa’s Gifts, Holiday Sentiment Set

Stamp & Die Sets Used: Winter Backdrop, Little Bits Sledding, Little Bits Snowman Set, Holiday Sentiment Set

Tips:

• Since the dies cut the images with a narrow white border all around, I tend to find that I prefer them popped up against lighter backgrounds. This is a personal preference, but I find they look less stark. Another option of course is that you could fussy cut right up to the stamped outline (if you do this, I recommend colouring the cut edges with a black pen so everything looks neat).
• Try it out first! I like to play around with the arrangement for a little while, and see how things look in different positions. This is a lot easier to do with die cut pieces than masking and stamping, so that’s a real plus. A little tweaking to the positioning can make a world of difference to the final result. Once I find a layout I’m happy with, I take a quick photo with my smart phone that I can refer to when doing the final assembly.
• Create dimension! I like to create dimension by having some elements adhered flat to the background, and others that would be further forward in the scene popped up on foam pads, or double layers of foam pads.
• Keep it simple! Don’t go too crazy with the elements – use enough to tell a little story, but not so many that you overwhelm the eye.

This approach is a lot simpler to replicate than masking and stamping, as you could easily stamp a number of each element, colour them in batches, die cut and then assemble in the same way.

Useful Links:

Using Cut it Out Dies – tips for using the coordinating cut it out die sets to get great results.

Over To You!

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Until next time, HAPPY STAMPING!

MWAH

Elaineabella

Hiya sistahs!  I am enjoying a moment’s peace in the corner of our hotel room in Philadelphia today!  We drove 10+ hours (CANNOT DISCUSS) yesterday and we are here for a hockey tournament for the boy child.  What’s kind of nice is that we met an amazing couple on our HONEYMOON twenty years ago have kept in touch on and off and we are meeting them again for dinner tonight!  The only thing is, apparently they’re not married anymore LOL but are still very close.. it’s amazing what time brings.. how life takes its turns and jumps and hops and sprints and nose dives..I am still happy that we get to see them again after all these years!  Second, I am apparently not allowed to breathe, speak, sniffle, shuffle, speak loud, whisper, tell a joke etc.. little boy who’s bigger than me seems a bit embarrassed.  HMPH.. it’s all about him bonding with his team mates.. there used to be a time when I was the CENTER of this BONDATION… now.. I am not needed anymore.  SIGH.. that circle of life I tell ya.  it’s ok, he went to one of the boys’ room last night to talk.. and when he came home he whispered to me.. “ma.. you wanna hear some stories??”.. how happy was I that the boy still wants to tell me things?  SO SO happy.

Ok enough blabla and on to our Bellarific Friday theme which was an inspiration photo

Time for another fab DT Thursday tutorial from Sandiebella!

Continue reading DT Thursday: Create a Double Pocket Card with Sandiebella!

It’s Spotlight Tuesday time again! This week we’re going to continue our wander through the Christmas and Winter themed offerings at Stamping Bella!

Continue reading Spotlight On: Christmas & Winter at Stamping Bella Part 2

Happy Marker Geek Monday! This week I’ve got a colouring video for you, and a few words about some requests I’ve had lately and the way I colour.

Continue reading Marker Geek Monday: The Chick Tree Video & How I Colour

Hey everyone! Elaineabella here with another SPOTTED ON SUNDAY. Every Sunday I’m sharing cards and other creations that have caught my eye featuring Stamping Bella stamps.

This week’s Spotted on Sunday star is…

LORI MCCARTHY

I spotted this gorgeous creation over on Instagram. Love seeing the new stamps starting to pop up as you all create with them!

A post shared by Lori McCarthy (@frombw2color) on Oct 19, 2017 at 11:52am PDT

Stamp Sets Used: Skating Rink Backdrop stamp and Little Bits Figure Skaters stamp set (coordinating die set also available)

This caught my eye over on Instagram! Thank you for sharing, Lori!

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