January 1, 2024
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Happy New Year sistahs! Christmas absolutely flew by, but I had a lovely break and am feeling totally inspired for 2024. Watch my Uptown Girl Cinderella Copic Video below to see how this beautiful princess came to life using Copic markers for the first Marker Geek Monday of the year.
I just had to start the year off colouring that stunning dress with all of those folds. I’m already looking forward to colouring it all over again!
Stamps Used: Uptown Girl Cinderella, Princess Sentiment Set,
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
December 31, 2023 2 Comments
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
December 30, 2023 4 Comments
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
December 24, 2023 4 Comments
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
December 22, 2023 1 Comments
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,
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
December 20, 2023 0 Comments
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.
Stamps Used: Oddball Santa & The Missus, Mini Oddball Switcheroo, Holiday Fun Sentiment Set,
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
