Hello bellas!

Amy here once again, with a mini slimline scene to share for this week’s Scenic Saturday card. Recently, it has been difficult to avoid all of the commercials and online promotion of the new Barbie movie and since I was very much a Barbie girl when I was young, when it came time for me to color up this fabulous Curvy Girl Loves to Roller Skate, I simply couldn’t resist the Barbie inspiration.

Right off the bat I began coloring Curvy Girl Loves to Roller Skate in Barbie’s signature pink hues and blonde hair. It’s hard to tell in the photo but I also added some sparkle to her top using a Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, for extra pizzazz. When it came time to fill in the background I first did a Google search for photos of Venice Beach, California. I found this really pretty sunset shot where the sky and sand both had a wonderful dusky pink hue that was perfect for my pretty in pink Curvy Girl. To try and mimic that look I actually laid down a base coat of RV91 over the whole bottom half of the card and built up the details of the sand and sidewalk right over top. At first this was a little scary but I think that because I was working on a mini slimline size and had less background that needed to be filled in, I was more willing to experiment. Which I think is a great reminder that you don’t always have to color in an entire large card front, even when playing around with scene building. In the end, even though this was my first time trying a Copic blend like this in a background, I’m quite pleased with the subtle pink tint that it created throughout the scene and I’m encouraged to do more of this kind of under-painting on future cards. 

Stay crafty my friends!

Happy Friday! This week the Babes have got some gorgeous new cards for us, showing off our special Emily’s Birthday Release again.

I also have some lovely news to share. So far our charity fundraiser UPTOWN GIRL EMILY DA BELLA stamp has raised $1055.39. We will be making our first donation to the Emily Block Memorial Fund shortly. Thank you to everyone who has purchased the stamp so far, not only do you have a very special stamp in your Stamping Bella collection, you’ve also contributed to a wonderful cause in honour of Emily. That makes me and everyone else at Stamping Bella incredibly happy. If you haven’t added her to your collection yet, don’t worry, the profits from this stamp will continue to be donated to the memorial fund. 

Let’s check out the inspiration from the Babes!

Jenny used UPTOWN GIRL EMILY DA BELLA with our PINKY PROMISE SENTIMENT SET

Debra used LILY OF THE VALLEY with EMILY’S SENTIMENT SET

Ginger used UPTOWN GIRL EMILY DA BELLA

Michele used BUNDLE GIRL WITH LILY OF THE VALLEY with our PINKY PROMISE SENTIMENT SET

Sandie used UPTOWN GIRL EMILY DA BELLA with EMILY’S SENTIMENT SET

Christine used UPTOWN GIRL EMILY DA BELLA with EMILY’S SENTIMENT SET

Hopefully this post will leave you feeling inspired for a crafty weekend. Enjoy!

MWAH!

Elaineabella

It’s Thursday, and that means another amazing step by step tutorial from our Sandiebella! I LOVE Thursdays.

Surprise Pop-Up Card

Supplies:

Hey all! I’m a bit snowed under with life stuff (adolescent puppy) and also working on a new release for you all (more on that coming in a few weeks). So no videos from me yet this week – I’m holding out hope for a Friday one! In the meantime, I wanted to share some more Christmas in July fun in the form of this wonderful card from our Gingerbella!

Ginger used our ODDBALL GIRL ELF and the LONG DISTANCE CHRISTMAS SENTIMENT SET for this beautiful festive card. Love those traditional colours and the vintage feel.

Have a great rest of the week!

Elaineabella

It’s that time of the week again. I’ve got my spotlight out and I’m shining it on an amazing stamp set – this month’s “Stamp of the Month” offer. Each month a stamp set is offered with a fantastic discount. You will have to be QUICK though – you’ve got until the end of 31st July 2023 to grab this month’s offer, and I’m here to show you why you need it. If you already have it, I’m here to remind you why you needed it, and inspire you to get it inky!

The stamp set includes 3 great sentiments, but make sure you also check out our fantastic SENTIMENT SETS for more options to finish off your cards!

Hi!
Tamara here with you today. Since it’s still July I’m continuing with my Christmas in July cards. This is my third Christmas card in a row, lol. For this post I coloured Santa from Oddball Santa and the missus rubber stamp set. When I started colouring with Distress inks red was the one colour that I always stayed away from because I had a feelinhg that I can never get that true red like the one coloured with copics but after years of trying I think I really like it now. I use barn door distress ink pads for base, very little water and then I do all the shading with fired brick distress ink.

Other distress inks used on this card are:
skin: vintage photo
beard, shoes: black soot
eyes: salty ocean
Santa’s list: tea dye
outfit: fired brick, barn door

To pop up the eyes more I add a little bit of glossy glue. It makes the images look alive. Not sure if that’s good or creepy. lol

For the card I used some of the newer Doodlebug Christmas papers and added some gingam ribbon in the back. Sentiment “happy Holidays” is from Curvy Girl with holiday gifts rubber stamp set. To finish off the card I added some highlights with white gel pen and some enamel dots.

That’s all from me today.
Hugs, t.