October 24, 2016
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Hey everyone! Elaineabella here with a new Marker Geek Monday post for you!
This week I’ve got a coloured pencil version of Balloonabella to share with you, including a full colour map. Click through to check out the post.
October 21, 2016 4 Comments
Hiya sistahs! I hope you had a great week 🙂
I have been VERRRRY busy working on our next release.. woohoo you gonna LOVE it! Bella’s honor xo.
This week’s Bellarific Friday challenge is an INSPIRATION PHOTO.. *sigh* I love seeing how all da sistahs are inspired by the same photo.. it’s amazing!
Let’s see what our baberoonis came up with shall we? Ready, set.. LET’S GOOOO!
AliceWERTZabella used TINY TOWNIE SKYLAR loves to SKATE
danabella used UPTOWN GIRL BENTLEY
Jennybella used UPTOWN GIRL KITTY loves HALLOWEEN
Kerribella used THE WIZARD, THE WITCH and the CAULDRON “CUT IT OUT DIE” and RUBBER STAMP BUNDLE for the card and our SET OF PUMPKINS on the treat box! (did you know that you save 15% when you buy the set of DIE +STAMP?)
Lesliebella used TINY TOWNIE PATRICIA loves PUMPKINS
Paulabella used OWLIVER loves to CELEBRATE
FAYEABELLA used UPTOWN GIRLS PATTIE and DOTTIE
Shelabella used UPTOWN GIRL KITTY loves HALLOWEEN
Sandiebella used WIZ
Stephabella used THE PENGUIN and the MARSHMALLOW
How’s DAT for some inspiration hmmmmmm?
And now check out our INLINKZ CONTRIBUTAHS at the bottom of THIS POST!
and now for our EMAILED contributahs!
Barbara R. used TINY TOWNIE FAY LOVES FALL
Georgia used Tiny Townie AUTUMN loves AUTUMN
Lisa used Tiny Townie SKYLAR loves to SKATE
How’s DAT for inspiration?! I LOVE our sistahood!! MWAH
Now for next week’s challenge?
a MOJOBELLA sketch! Simply follow the design elements of the sketch with a CURRENT Stamping Bella stamp and POOF! you’re ready to enter 🙂
October 20, 2016 6 Comments
It’s time for another DT Thursday post from Sandiebella. This week Sandie is showing us how to create a lovely TENT CARD – great for any occasion! Click through for the full step by step tutorial.
October 19, 2016 7 Comments
Hey there, sistahs, I can’t believe it’s week 3 already…where has the time gone? Sheesh! So instead of a Tiny Townie, I went with those rascally chicks, you know the ones…they can’t seem to keep themselves out of trouble! *grin* Talk about fun to color! You have to love those stress-free layouts when you just slap them together and they look fabulous…this is one of those!
here’s a closeup and the chicks I chose were the WIZARD, THE WITCH and the CAULDRON CHICKS
The great thing is that there are 3 chick characters in this set and they are all separate stamps so you can pick and choose which ones to use on your card to create your “scene”!
and the finished card!
You can visit my blog, One Happy Stamper, for details and a list of which Copic markers were used. You just have to love those stress-free layouts when you slap them together and they look fabulous…this is one of those!
Okey-dokey then, I’ll be back next week for my final Wonderful Wednesdays post. See you soon!
October 18, 2016 2 Comments
Hey folks! Elaineabella here with the big spotlight, showing off some inspiration for one of our oldies but goodies. This week we’re taking a good look at October’s Stamp of the Month. Click through to get all the info and inspiration.
October 17, 2016 2 Comments
Hey everyone! Elaineabella here with a fun Marker Geek Monday post for you! This week we’re going to take a look at creating some fun background effects for some of our awesome Christmas/winter themed stamp sets.
The two backgrounds I’m sharing today are fairly similar. The first one is actually one I created a couple of years ago, but I think it’s still worth checking out if you want to have a go at recreating the look!
Watch the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
To see a finished card, check out this blog post: Winter Sky Colouring Tutorial.
This example was looser in style and much quicker to do than the one in my latest video which you will see below. I kept the colours fairly light and they didn’t require much working and blending to achieve a nice soft look.
Stamp Featured: Stamping Bella Snow Pals (Mo Manning).
Watch the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
Stamp Featured: Stamping Bella Santa’s Speedy Delivery
Marker colours are given on the video, and the video also shows me colouring the snow and lake Santa is skating on.
This example took more time, as I was going for a darker sky, and more vibrant colours. The image was also a bit trickier to work around!
TOP TIP: when trying this yourself, start with the background and colour your stamped image afterwards! It’s easier to use the colourless blender to correct mistakes on an uncoloured image, or to cover mistakes with other colours.
I also took things a step further and used one of my favourite colourless blender techniques to add some extra interest to the sky, which also enhanced the northern lights effect and helped things to blend more, or rather distracts the eye from noticing imperfections! 😉 You can see me doing this in another background colouring tutorial: Copic Galaxy Background Tutorial (w/video & step by step guide).
To see a finished card and the step by step guide I created to go with the video, check out this blog post: Easy Copic Northern Lights Effect Background.
That’s it for now! I hope you’ve enjoyed checking out today’s post. Don’t forget to hop on over to my blog – Marker Geek – to see the finished cards for both videos and grab or pin the step by step guides for your reference!
If you try out the techniques shown in any of the posts with your Stamping Bella stamps, be sure to share! We would love to see the results and hear how you feel about them. Show off your creations in the comments below and even better, share your own favourite tips with us. Let’s talk colour!
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!
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Until next time, HAPPY COLOURING!
MWAH
Elaineabella
