More fun with the Oddball Oz stamps today! Watch me colour main character Dorothy in my Oddball Oz Dorothy Copic Video.

Oddball Oz Dorothy & Toto

Stamps Used: Oddball Oz Dorothy & Toto, Oz Sentiment Set,

Oddball Oz Dorothy Copic Video

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

Hello bellas!

Amy here, and I don’t know about you but this summer heat wave has me longing for a relaxing day at the beach. Since that isn’t currently in the cards for me, instead I cranked up the AC and figured I would live vicariously through the lovely Uptown Girl Lainie on the Lounger for this Scenic Saturday.

Lainie is definitely living her best life, with a fruity drink in her hand and all day to pamper herself with a bit of rest and relaxation. So, I figured she needed a special background and what could be more special than her own private beach? With Lainie on the Lounger being a larger stamp, I chose to flip the A2 sized card front on its side to a landscape orientation and stamp her off to the left hand side of the card. This left me with room for some fun background coloring, as well as leaving plenty of space for the sentiment that also comes with her. Because I wanted the sandy beach to appear as if it extended quite a ways back in the distance, I used a ruler to sketch in the horizon line at about Lainie’s eye level. This left the top 1/3 of the scene for the sky and the remaining 2/3 for the beach and that ‘rule of thirds’ ratio is another one of those design tricks that create a sense of balance in a scene and makes anything you create more visually appealing. Because my last two Scenic Saturday cards focused a lot on the ocean for setting the scene, this time I chose to flip the view and only hint at the waves lapping at the shoreline. When coloring the water I took advantage of the white card stock base, strategically leaving space between the patches of blue that would read as white foam, especially once I softened the edges with some white ink from a Sharpie extra fine white paint pen. And just like that, Lainie had her own private oasis.  🙂

Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty (and cool) my friends!

Happy Friday! We’re here with some Bellariffic Friday inspiration to see you into the weekend. The Babes have been creating using older but still awesome stamps from across the store.

Ginger used CURVY GIRL LOVES TEA along with the sentiment from CURVY GIRL LOVES COFFEE

Michele used SPROUTED BABY along with the sentiment from HYDRANGEA BABY

Jenny used CURVY GIRL WITH A NEWBORN (includes sentiment)

Sandie used ODDBALL FARM ANIMALS together with the DOWN ON THE FARM SENTIMENT SET

Christine used CURVY GIRL BAKER (includes sentiment)

Debra used ODDBALL CATERPILLAR together with the ALICE IN WONDERLAND SENTIMENT SET

I hope you’re feeling as inspired as I am. Stay crafty and colourful, and have a great weekend!

Elaineabella

Sandie has a gorgeous summery tutorial for us today, featuring our CURVY GIRL LOVES THE BEACH stamp set.

Curvy Girl Loves the Beach Canopy Card

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Some more Christmas in July inspiration for you today! It’s never too early to get started on those festive cards and projects. Watch my Oddball Snow Queen Coloured Pencil Video below to see how she came to life using Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils.

Oddball Snow Queen

Stamps Used: Stamping Bella Oddball Snow Queen, Snuggle Weather Sentiment Set,

Oddball Snow Queen Coloured Pencil Video

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.

It’s that time of the week again. I’ve got my spotlight out and I’m shining it on an amazing collection of stamp sets – I’m here to show you why you need them. If you already have them, I’m here to remind you why you needed them, and inspire you to get those stamps inky!

Today we’re going to take a look at the last few of our amazing ODDBALL ICONS – our quirky take on some inspirational characters you may recognise! This collection includes some really great options for those sometimes challenging cards for the men in our lives. We have quite a few in the collection, you can find the first post about them HERE the second post HERE and the third post HERE.