Stamp Bundle Girl with a Carrot onto blending card and colour with Copic markers before fussy cutting around the outline. 

For the box, cut one piece of card measuring 7″ x 9.75″. Score on the long side at 1″, 4.5″, 8″ and 9″ and on the short side at 1″ and 6″ 

With the 0.75″ section at the bottom, cut on each of the score lines from the edge to the intersecting score line. Cut a wedge from all of the bottom tabs to create the same as below. 

Using a shape die, cut a window from the centre. 

Cut a piece of paper measuring 3.5″ x 5″ and cut the same shape from the centre. Trim down as necessary to fit over the window on the box base. 

Cut a piece of acetate meausring just under 3.5″ x 5″ and adhere inside box base to cover the window. 

Decorate the outside of the box using designer paper. 

Decorate the inside base with a piece of patterned paper before applying glue to the outside of the 1″ tabs and adhering them to the inside of the box base. 

Cover the tabs with paper. 

Fold up the box and if the front flap stops the lid from closing properly, trim it down to around 0.5″ 

Create a mat layer using scalloped oval and oval dies, then adhere it to the bottom left of the box lid. 

Add a sentiment to the front and then fill the box with candy, a small gift, or tea light candles. 

Hi all, 

I recently came across garlic bread pizzas in Lidl and instantly thought what a cool gift the box would make. When I opened it up, the bread inside was wrapped in plastic so the box was clean and perfect for altering! 

The stamp I used is Oddball Girl Power, which I stamped on copic blending card and coloured with Copic markers before fussy cutting around the outline.

The box measures approx. 7″ x 7″ and I shaped the papers by using the box as a template – drawing around it with a pencil. 

When I had the sides and top covered I layered papers onto the front using various dies for the stars, circles and letters. 

I used 3D foam strips to adhere Oddball Girl Power to the front. 

Finally, I cut out the sentiment using a stitched rectangle die and positioned it behind the image. 

The box can be used for a small gift, candy or anything else you like. I baked a 6″ chocolate chip cookie which fit perfectly inside. 

Hi all, 

Today I’m sharing a couple of cards featuring the new Spec-tacular stamps by Amy Glatiotis, which have just been released. These Spec-tacular pairs are super cute and such fun to work with, and can be used for all occasions.

The first card features Spec-tacular Avocado and Toast and the new Spec-tacular sentiment set. I am not a fan of avocado toast but I love this cute pair and the sentiment is just perfect with it. 

My second card features Spec-tacular Cheese and Crackers and the new Spec-tacular sentiment set. Another cute and versatile stamp that could even be a Valentine’s Card or a Birthday card for your significant other?! 

Both of these stamps, plus so much more are now available over on the store. Check out the WHAT’S NEW section to see all of the February release stamps. 

Hi all, today is my birthday so I made a birthday card for myself using my favourite colours, techniques, craft supplies and, of course, one of my favourite stamps – Curvy Girl Eats Cake

My favourite colours for cardmaking are pink and teal. 

Dress and shoes  – BG11, BG13, BG45, BG53, BG57

Flowers – R30, R32, R35

Plate: BV11, BV13

Cake: E51, E53, E55, R30, R32, R35

Leaves: G20, G21, G24

Shadow: W00, W1, W3

A favourite technique of mine is to use a scoring board and stylus to create a frame around the image. I do this by turning the image face down and scoring on the 1/8″ line on all four sides. 

The teal, mint and pink papers are a mix from various different brands. 

My next favourite thing is to decorate the inside of the card. This does add a lot of weight to the card and is more expensive to mail but I just love the finished look. 

I also added a place to hold a gift card – who doesn’t love gift cards?? 

On the card front I stuck down the card and paper layer. 

Then I used strips of contrasting paper and adhered them to the back of the image, before gluing that down onto the paper base layer. 

Finally, my favourite embellishment – enamel dots. I have these in just about every colour there is; you could almost say I have an obsession with them! 

And here is the finished product! All of my favourites on one card. Happy Birthday to me!

Sandiebella is back! After a very busy time with work, Sandie is back creating her magic with tutorials for us. Starting with this awesome Halloween Rocker Card featuring our Oddball Witchy Sistah 1 rubber stamp!

Supplies:

Spooky Sentiments set

Black card

Halloween themed papers

Die cuts (optional)

Distress oxide ink, Twisted Citron

Lacy Scalloped Dies

Double stitched circle dies

 

How to: 

Stamp Oddball Witchy Sistah 1 on to white blending card, colour and fussy cut around the outline. 

 

Cut one 5.5″, and one 4″ lacy scalloped circle from black card. 

Cut one 5″ and one 3.5″ double stitched circle from contrasting Halloween themed paper. 

 

To create the card base, fold the large scalloped circle in half and burnish well with a bone folder

 

Cut the large circle in half and adhere either side of the card base. 

 

Adhere the small paper circle and scalloped circle together. 

 

Decorate with Halloween die-cuts

 

Apply 3D foam to the back, only on the bottom half 

 

Adhere the circle to the card base, positioning so that only the bottom half is stuck to the base. 

 

Adhere Oddball Witchy Sistah 1 using foam tape.

 

Stamp the sentiment onto white card, cut out using a small scalloped circle. While the die is still in place, ink with twisted citron distress oxide ink. 

 

Adhere the sentiment and embellish the card as desired. 

Phew, a third post in one day – unheard of!

If you saw the previous posts today, you will be aware, but in case you missed them: the Holiday 2024 Release is now available to order! Head to the WHAT’S NEW section of the store to see it all! Scroll down here on the blog to see the sneak peek posts if you missed those, for all of the DT inspiration.

Comment to Win & Last Week’s Winner!

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 14 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 Patricia Beck!

Congratulations Patricia! Please email me at customerservice@stampingbella.com and I will get your gift card sent over.

The Cards

On to Bellarific Friday for your regularly scheduled inspiration fix! This week the Babes were challenged to choose and follow one of Sandiebella’s Thursday tutorials or another tutorial from the blog.

Jenny followed Sandie’s TOWER CARD TUTORIAL to make this gorgeous Christmas card featuring one of our new release stamps! Love that this fancy fold makes such a WOW card!

Stamps Jenny Used

Debra created these wonderful cupcake toppers using Sandie’s CUPCAKE TOPPERS TUTORIAL.

Stamps Debra Used:

Michele created this gorgeous card following one of my tutorials on masking, which you can find HERE.

Stamps Michele Used

Steph created this spooktacular halloween card following Sandie’s SHAKER CARD TUTORIAL.

Stamps Steph Used

It has been a while since I made one, and I always enjoy them, so I decided to follow Sandie’s BOX CARD TUTORIAL to create a card using one of the new release stamps!

Stamps Elaine Used

You get an extra video from me today too!

Copic Colouring Video

You can watch me colour the above image in the video below. If you enjoy watching please do like the video and subscribe over on my YouTube channel.

That’s it! Happy stamping and crafting. Make sure you leave a comment on this post to be in with a chance of winning the $25 gift card for the store.

MWAH!

Elaineabella

Sandiebella has another fantastic step by step tutorial for us this week…

Cinderella Bridge Card

Sandie is back this week with a fun Happy BEE-DAY Gift box featuring our new MINI ODDBALL BEE KID stamp.

Happy Bee-Day Gift Box

Supplies:

Before I share Sandiebella’s latest amazing tutorial with you, I have some exciting news! Our new release is almost here. That’s right! Gorgeous new blue rubbah is ready to start winging its way to your craft space next week. Release day is Monday 4th March, and we have some incredible previews lined up for you over the weekend, starting on Saturday.

While you wait for that, check out Sandie’s tutorial, as she shows us how to create a beautiful…

Triple Diamond Step Card

Supplies:

Time for another brilliant Thursday with Sandiebella tutorial!

Oddball Frog Footman Side Latch Card

Supplies: