August 17, 2024
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After the long hiatus it feels so good to finally be back with a brand new Scenic Saturday post here on the ol’ Blogabella. I’m continuing to enjoy creating with the latest release to hit the shelves so I chose to ink up the lovely Uptown Girl Greta Loves to Garden for my card today.
To shake up the design a bit and give Greta a slightly different look, I stamped her at a subtle angle in the bottom corner of the small-ish Note Page die, cutting her off at the waist. My goal was to have her sort of “photo-bombing” the picture of the garden that I created using a mix of older stamps and free hand coloring.
The pumpkins are part of the Set of Pumpkins while the flowers behind them are from the retired Little Bits Potted Flowers set, I simply didn’t ink up the pot part of the image. The butterfly in the sky is from the Squishy Cats stamp set.
Greta and the garden were all concentrated in the bottom half of the panel so that I could color in a wide open blue sky that provides some breathing room within this otherwise rather busy scene. It also creates the perfect space for me to add a sentiment from the new Garden Sentiments set. Once the little Note Page panel was all colored up I added foam adhesive to the back so that it would have a bit of lift separating it from the busy garden print covered card base.
Hopefully you can see that building a full and bountiful garden scene doesn’t have to overwhelm and take over the entire card design to the point where it is hard to make out the individual elements. 🙂
Stay crafty my friends!
Amybella
August 16, 2024 15 Comments
Happy Friday! The Babes are back with more gorgeous inspiration to make it a totally Bellarific one and give you an inspiration boost to go into the weekend.
Each week you have a chance to win a $25 gift card for our website, just by commenting on the Bellarific Friday post for that week.
On last week’s post we had 21 comments, and I’ve used a random number generator to select a winner (counting comments from oldest to newest).
Our winner for last week is Stacy Engstrom!
Congratulations Stacy! Please email me at customerservice@stampingbella.com and I will get your gift card sent over.
Let’s get into the inspiration! This week the Babes are all using stamps from the NEW RELEASE and an “anything goes” theme again. Some amazing new inspiration with these gorgeous new stamps, and very timely as many of you should have now received or will be receiving your stamps soon!
I love how Ginger has cut out the mermaids from the stamped image, and used them on her card. Such a great way to get more use from the stamp!
I love the more muted, vintage tones Michele chose for this one!
Once again, Sandra wows us with her combination of dies and papers to create the perfect setting for the character stamp!
Debra went full colour with her card, which is perfect for this little artist character.
Delphine created this gorgeous mixed media piece! So much gorgeous detail and texture.
I’m sharing another Spec-Tacular card today! Love this cute little pair – such a sweet image for any occasion.
Watch me colour the Spec-Tacular Mom & Baby stamp in the video below. If you enjoy watching please do like the video and subscribe over on my YouTube channel.
That’s it from us today! If you’re feeling inspired, be sure to tag us on social media #stampingbella and @stampingbella on Instagram and Facebook. Feel free to share your creations in the comments section below too. REMEMBER: leave us a comment on this post to be in with a chance of winning that $25 gift certificate! No need to create anything, just leave us a comment.
MWAH!
Elaineabella
August 14, 2024 0 Comments
Just a quick note to say once again, thank you for all of your patience with the delays in order shipping. We have all but caught up now, so if you’ve received an email to say your order is complete, that means it is on its way to you!
One of my personal favourites from the new release. I absolutely adore this pair!
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.
That’s it from me for today! See you on Friday for Bellarific Friday. If you have yet to comment on last week’s post, make sure you do that to be in with a chance of winning a gift card!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
August 12, 2024 0 Comments
Happy Monday! A quick note for all of you waiting on your new stamps. Orders are moving, but we were impacted last week by the storms and flooding in Ohio. Everyone is fine, it just added some challenges – like we needed any extra! Again, we are incredibly grateful for your patience and support.
In the meantime…some more inspiration for you!
We’ve revamped our “Littles” range because they were too adorable not to bring back. Now known as the Little Cuties, we’ve started things off with some adorable mermaids.
Such a sweet little mermaid princess on her clam shell throne! I used a hot foil sentiment on my card, but I’ve linked our new Mermazing Sentiment set below, which goes perfectly with her.
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.
That’s it for today! I’ll be back on Wednesday with another card and video.
MWAH!
Elaineabella
August 9, 2024 23 Comments
Bellarific Fridays are back! The perfect way to get inspired for a weekend of crafting. Each week our Bellarific Babes work with a theme, and create amazing new cards to inspire you. I’m also reintroducing a way for you to win!
With our new website, under each card shown on the blog you will find a handy thumbnail gallery linking to all of the stamps used, making it a little easier for you to find what you need!
To be in with a chance of winning a $25 gift card for the website, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post! A winner will be drawn at random from the comments and announced on next week’s Friday post. Good luck!
Let’s get into the inspiration! This week and next week the Babes are all using stamps from the NEW RELEASE and an “anything goes” theme. Just to ease us back into the swing of things.
Just look at this adorable scene from Delphineabella! Love it!
JennyDixabella used the adorable Lunettes Flower Power, and she looks so sweet in those pastel tones. Love that she used just part of one of the sentiments from the Spec-Tacular Sentiment set too – great way to get more mileage from sentiments.
Debrabella created this bright, happy card using our Spec-Tacular Book stamp. So cute – he’s bound to brighten someone’s day!
Gingerbella also used our Spec-Tacular Swinging Pots stamp, but she used just one of the pots from the stamp! SO cute. Never feel like you always have to use a whole image – using just part of an image can be a great way to get more use out of your stamps and see them in a different light. Ginger used her own German sentiments, which mean “Happy Belated Birthday”. I’ve linked our Spec-Tacular Sentiment Set below, which pairs beautifully with all of the Spec-Tacular stamps.
A little cheat from me – you may already have seen this card on the release day and release review posts. I’ve now edited and uploaded the video for Uptown Girl Briar Rose though, so here she is!
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.
Would you look at this adorable scene from Sandrabella? I love the way she mixes designer papers and die cuts with stamped images to create scenes. So inspiring!
That’s it from us today! If you’re feeling inspired, be sure to tag us on social media #stampingbella and @stampingbella on Instagram and Facebook. Feel free to share your creations in the comments section below too. REMEMBER: leave us a comment on this post to be in with a chance of winning that $25 gift certificate! No need to create anything, just leave us a comment.
MWAH!
Elaineabella
August 7, 2024 0 Comments
Before I get into today’s post, a little update from Stamping Bella regarding your orders:
We are absolutely blown away by the support for our reopening and new release. We are so happy that you are all still supporting our little company.
We do need to ask for a little more patience. We know that having placed your orders for the new release and many of our older stamps, you will be eagerly awaiting their arrival. We are working hard behind the scenes to get them shipped out to you. We’re not quite up to speed yet though, with the complexities of a new website, and a completely new manufacturer and distribution centre, there are lots of little wrinkles that keep cropping up. We don’t have as many team members as we did, which makes everything a little harder, especially with a large number of orders to fulfill.
Hopefully after this first new release we will have those wrinkles ironed out. Just bear with us – your orders will be winging their way to you soon.
Thank you for your continued patience and understanding, we truly appreciate you all. Now, for some inspiration…
This little cutie is proving very popular, and I totally understand why! She’s an absolute ray of sunshine, and there are so many fun possibilities for colouring her. Who wouldn’t smile receiving a card featuring this cutie?
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.
That’s it from me for today! See you on Friday for our first Bellarific Friday since reopening!
MWAH!
Elaineabella
