September 5, 2016
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Hey folks! Elaineabella here with another Marker Geek Monday post to kick off what I hope will be a week full of colouring fun.
I didn’t get to share any colouring tips with you last week as Emily hijacked the blog with an amazing round of preview posts for the latest stamp release. The new release is of course now available to order and everything can be found under the WHAT’S NEW section on the website. I know a few items are currently out of stock as this release has been especially popular. Rest assured Emily and the rest of the Stamping Bella team are working hard to get the stock replenished, so don’t worry if you have your eye on some of the new stamps (and who doesn’t?!) – restocks are on the way!
To get all the inspiration the Bellarific Babes created for the new release, check out Emily’s handy Release Day Blog Post.
In case you missed out on the preview posts, or if you just want a handy way to see all of my colouring videos for the new release you can check out my Stamping Bella Holiday 2016 Release Playlist below or release below or in HD over on YouTube!
Now for today’s topic!
Stamping Bella – Set of Pumpkins stamp set – includes sentiments.
Some of my favourite stamps from the new release are the Autumn/Fall themed images. Around this time of year I always get a little obsessed about pumpkins, so as you can imagine, I am in love with a few of the new images in particular. While I’m obsessing about colouring pumpkins I thought I would put together some handy Copic Marker combos for you!
Bonus Coloured Pencil Guide:
You can also pop over to my own blog – Marker Geek – today for some bonus pumpkin colouring fun! Over there I’ve created a video and some colour palettes for colouring pumpkins with coloured pencil! Click through to check it out: Marker Geek Blog – Colouring Pumpkins Using Coloured Pencils (with video).
The stamp I used for today’s colouring fun is from the Stamping Bella – Set of Pumpkins stamp set, available as just the stamps, or as a stamp and Cut it Out die bundle. But the colours shown here would also be wonderful for our new Tiny Townie Patricia loves Pumpkins and Tiny Townie Casey has a Cornucopia (Casey will be the star of another Marker Geek Monday very soon).
Please feel free to save this image or pin it to your Pinterest board. It is intended for your reference. I do ask that you do not repost this image on your own blog or directly send the image to other people, instead please direct them to this blog post to obtain it for themselves.
I put together a closer to real time version of my pumpkin colouring video, showing just the pumpkin stamp used on the combo sheet, so you can get a really good look at how I approached colouring this image.
Watch the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
As you can see from the Copic combo sheet above, you can achieve some nice results by shading your YRs with reds or browns. You could also use Warm Grays to add some nice depth to your colouring. Personally my preference is to use some of the reddish brown Earth tones. When using greys for the shading it does tone down the colours somewhat, so to maintain the richness and intensity I tend to reach for the earth tones or reds instead.
My favourite combos shown above are those that use a yellow for the highlight area and a deep reddish brown for the shadows. This gives a nice amount of contrast and makes the image more visually appealing or makes it “pop”.
If you try out the techniques or colour combos shown in this post 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!
If you’re on Facebook join us in our private chat group Stamping Bella Sistahood to share your creations there and chat all things Stamping Bella related!
Until next time, HAPPY COLOURING!
MWAH
Elaineabella
September 4, 2016 7 Comments
Hello Sistahs! It’s been such an awesome month guesting with you and I’m thrilled to be becoming an official BELLA on the Stamping Bella design team. I’m honored to be joining this fabulous group of ladies and I’m looking forward to getting to know them and share many more crafty creations with you!
So I saved my favorite for last. FAITH the FAIRY was the first Stamping Bella stamp I ever purchased and I have colored her many times over. I think this version might be my favorite. That could be because green is my favorite color or because this card is soooo sparkly!
I just have to share a close up of the details. After the main layers and shading were down, I used some Copic Spica glitter pens and dotted them all over her dress. It’s hard to see in the photos but in real life it looks like tons of rhinestones cover her dress. I also used a white gel pen to add a few more dots and “sparkles” so it would look like the light was hitting them. This really adds some dimension to the dress. For more details on what supplies I used and how I created this card, pop on over to my blog: www.owlbecrafty.blogspot.com
Hope you all have a great week and I’ll see you all again soon!!
Jenny
September 4, 2016 5 Comments
Hiya sistahs! WHOOOAAA was this release a smash success.. we are hoping we have enough inventory! LOL.. if not, it gets replenished very quickly so NEVAH worry… this release exceeded even the TOP of my expectations.. I thank you sistahs for the support! from DA BOTTOM of my heart! Guess what I’M doing now? preparing for the next one! LOL.. I will give you a bit of a breather but I have to say the next one? I CANNOT.
Ok I also need to give you a break from all the torture LOL so let’s move on to this week’s Bellarific Friday post shall we?
This week’s theme was STITCH IT UP.. either use FAUX or REAL stitching on your cards! our BABEROONIS had even more of a challenge.. they had to use our Stamp of the Month… PEACHES!
Let’s see what our baberoonis came up with shall we?
Here’s FAYE-WJ-abella’s card using PEACHES
Dana’s card using sweet PEACHES
Jennybella’s card
Kerribella’s card using PEACHES
Lesliebella’s card using Peaches
and the inside using the sentiment
Here’s Shelabella’s card
and Stephabella’s card
Hows DAT for inspiration using our stamp of the month? I think I need 2 peaches because I love her SO MUCH! Lol. It’s true, when I love something I buy multiples I’m a bit sick.. I admit it.
Check out our INLINKS sistahs who contributed to this weeks stitch theme at the bottom of THIS post!
Now for next week’s theme
a MOJOBELLA sketch! Julee from VERVE STAMPS has been so amazing by contributing her GORGEOUS sketches to our website! You can find her stamps HERE and her MOJO MONDAY sketch blog HERE!
Hope your creative juices are flowing!
Mwah to da sistahs!
September 3, 2016 20 Comments
Ok get ready… this is gonna be an EPICALLY (is that a word?) long post… a recap! let’s gooooo!
September 2, 2016 150 Comments
Here are your random numbers:
116-DEBBIE S YOU WIN SANTA IS STUCK CUT IT OUT DIE and RUBBER STAMP BUNDLE
Timestamp: 2016-09-03 03:00:01 UTC
Here are your random numbers:
2-Cyndi M you WIN SNOWMAN with a CHICK ON TOP CUT IT OUT DIES AND RUBBER STAMP BUNDLE
Timestamp: 2016-09-03 03:01:25 UTC
Here are your random numbers:
16- HEATHER CLAY YOU WIN SET OF PUMPKINS CUT IT OUT DIES and RUBBER STAMP BUNDLE!
Timestamp: 2016-09-03 03:03:14 UTC
Hiya sistahs! Welcome to our FINAL DAY of our RELEASE-A-PALOOZA! at Stamping Bella.
Our release date is TOMORROW! SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD where all of the images and their corresponding “CUT IT OUT” DIES will be available for purchase and ready to ship! We gots HALLOWEEN.. we gots CHRISTMAS… we gots FALL… and we gots WINTER themed images. I am SURE you will not be disappointed!
All of our web images were hand Copic coloured by our ELAINEABELLA aka. MARKERGEEK, and all of our amazing samples were made by our uber talented Design Team. Don’t forget, when you purchase an image, you get a FREE COLORMAP made by Elaineabella which shows you the Copic colours she used and where she used them. If you don’t use Copics, you will still get amazing FREE inspiration on her colour palette used and you can use any medium to colour up the images! PLUS she has also created colouring videos for each of the images, which you will find in the post below or on her YouTube channel (subscribe over there for regular Stamping Bella videos)! Thank you Elaineabella!
Ready set? AND we are off!
Today we have our last 3 of our amazing, TANTALIZING sneaky peekies.. READY?
Meet our new Santa character again.. SANTA IS STUCK..he didn’t quite gauge the WIDTH of the chimney. HMPH… and isn’t the sentiment SO TRUE? As long as we believe, in ANYTHING.. we will see it… the hard part is believing. The rest is EASY PEASY!
and THAT FACE…. I can’t
Watch this image being coloured in the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
Here’s Sandiebella’s card
And Elaineabella’s Card
OUTSTANDING!
Next on our list is
Snowman WITH A CHICK ON TOP.. he just had to go on his head didn’t he. He had to stick a carrot in his mouth to be different. These chicks.. I’m telling you! You gotta love them! This chick is totally hijacking the image.. wants all the attention on him. HMPH. his saving grace? that he is SO adorable and we know he means well !
This stamp set includes the snowman and chick AND the 3 “lumps” of snow as separate stamps so you can make mountains around him.. you can even use it as sand.. the world is your oyster 🙂
Watch this image being coloured in the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
Here’s Paulabella’s card using Snowman with a chick on top
and Paulineabella’s card
and Danabella’s card
And here’s LESLIEBELLA’s card using snowman with a chick on top
and the inside with the sentiment
this IMAGE is a definite MUST HAVE… no?
and last but not least is our SET OF PUMPKINS… I mean this isn’t a new concept right? but THESE pumpkins are stylized and GORGEOUS.. and the sentiment that goes with them makes it usable all year round!!5 separate stamps.. 5 separate dies… creativeness galore!
Watch this image being coloured in the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
and here are Elaineabella’s amazing cards using them! NOTE: Look out for a very handy Marker Geek Monday post here on the blog next week featuring this stamp set!
Pure AMAZINGNESS
Leave a comment on this post for your chance to win one of these stamps and CUT IT OUT BUNDLES!
Tomorrow is our release date where you will be able to purchase! Until then.. it’s you and me and a little bit of torture.
Remember, you can get in touch in all the following ways:
Mwah to da sistahs who love our RELEASE-A-PALOOZA
Em
September 1, 2016 171 Comments
Here are your random numbers:
143- LIZ ROBINSON you win TINY TOWNIE PATRICIA loves PUMPKINS CUT IT OUT DIES and RUBBER STAMP BUNDLE!
Timestamp: 2016-09-03 02:52:28 UTC
Here are your random numbers:
9- DOT FREEL you win THE WIZARD, THE WITCH and the Cauldron CHICKS CUT IT OUTS AND RUBBER STAMP BUNDLE!
Timestamp: 2016-09-03 02:54:38 UTC
Here are your random numbers:
40- MARY JO - YOU WIN SANTA CHICK and his HELPERS CUT IT OUT DIES AND RUBBER STAMP BUNDLE!
Timestamp: 2016-09-03 02:56:12 UTC
Hiya sistahs! Welcome to DAY 6 of our RELEASE-A-PALOOZA! at Stamping Bella.
Our release date is SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD where all of the images and their corresponding “CUT IT OUT” DIES will be available for purchase and ready to ship! We gots HALLOWEEN.. we gots CHRISTMAS… we gots FALL… and we gots WINTER themed images. I am SURE you will not be disappointed!
All of our web images were hand Copic coloured by our ELAINEABELLA aka. MARKERGEEK, and all of our amazing samples were made by our uber talented Design Team. Don’t forget, when you purchase an image, you get a FREE COLORMAP made by Elaineabella which shows you the Copic colours she used and where she used them. If you don’t use Copics, you will still get amazing FREE inspiration on her colour palette used and you can use any medium to colour up the images! PLUS she has also created colouring videos for each of the images, which you will find in the post below or on her YouTube channel (subscribe over there for regular Stamping Bella videos)! Thank you Elaineabella!
Ready set? LESSSSSGOOOOOOOO!
Today we have 3 more amazing TANTALIZING sneaky peekies.. I so love the holidays 🙂
Meet TINY TOWNIE PATRICIA loves PUMPKINS… seriously I am in love with her.. and her hair.. and the SUNFLOWER in her hair.. and her legs and her feet with no shoesies.. and even the little bee which will “BEE” get it BEE? (I so silly) a separate stamp 🙂 You can stamp that bee anywhere now :)..
Watch this image being coloured in the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
Here is Shelabella’s card using Patricia… LOVE her signature white highlights.. don’t you??? sigh….
Here’s Elaineabella’s card.. seriously I CANNOT with her backgrounds!!!
and FAYE-WJ-abella’s card… her copic skillZ.. CANNOT.
My DT astonishes me EVERY DAY.. They are.. THAT… GOOD… don’t you agree? hmph.
next on the list we have some COOL CHICKS
We have THE WIZARD, the WITCH and the CAULDRON CHICKS.. and YES they are up to mischief YET AGAIN.. Why WHY WHY could the one that decided to dive into the EYE OF NEWT.. or LAVA.. or some sort of potion control himself? hmmm? He could not. And the one on the left with the recipe and the ingredient list? or is he reading out the special potion? What’s great about this stamp set is that there are 6 stamps in this set.. the 3 chicks are separate and the rising bubbles and the cluster of bubbles at the bottom of the cauldron.. you can use those bubbles anywhere and everywhere! and these chicks on their own or in a “scene”? don’t get me started LOL. I hope you love them as much as I do.. Please note the hanging spider on the WITCH CHICK.. just thought I would bring that VERY important detail to your attention 😉
Watch this image being coloured in the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
and Kerribella’s card
seriously have you ever? LOL
and finally on our list today is another set of naughty/bossy chicks.. Santa Chick and his HELPERS.
Please note how busy they are.. each one has his own role. Santa is just “MANAGING” the situation.. The helper on the right is reviewing the list (please note pencil in mouth to denote full FOCUS on his task at hand).. and the middle one seems to be the ‘grunt’ of the group doing the physical labor.. he is SO gonna drop that box.. I hope there’s nothing fragile in it? Again this set has been split so that you can use any of the chicks on their own.. or group them together.. it’s YOUR vision 🙂 They will also have 4 “cut it out” dies to fit them and their sentiment!
Watch this image being coloured in the video below or in HD over on YouTube.
Sandiebella has brought these chicks to life on her card!
and Danabella’s card
Are these not AMAZING???? SIGHHHHHHH
SOOOOO???? Whatcha think??? Would love to hear!
Leave a comment on this post for your chance to win one of these stamps and CUT IT OUT BUNDLES!
Release date is SEPTEMBER 3rd where you will be able to purchase! Until then.. it’s you and me and a little bit of torture.
Remember, you can get in touch in all the following ways:
Mwah to da sistahs who love our RELEASE-A-PALOOZA
Em
