Stamping Bella: Bellarific Friday with Polar Bear, Penguin And The Star!

 Hello my crafty friends!

Today I'm sharing another Christmas card for Stamping Bella. This week the Bella babes had to follow a sketch with an added twist of a Christmas stamp so I'm using the adorable Polar Bear, Penguin And The Star...

 

I coloured Polar Bear with copics and and then masked out the image so I could do some Distress Oxide blending to create my background. I then added some gel pen snow and cut out using a circle die.

I then created the background using some DPs following a sketch, including cutting out some tabs using a die and using an eyelet setter to add some eyelets. Finally I stamped out a sentiment from the Be Merry Sentiment Set and added a die-cut banner sentiment too!

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Distress Oxides; Papers (Simple Stories); Cardstock (PTI); Dies (Nesties, Mama Elephant, MFT); Eyelet setter

Stamping Bella- Bellarific Friday with Bundle Girl With Polar Bear!

Hello!! Happy Friday!!

I can't believe I'm posting a Christmas card in this scorching heat that we're having in the UK!! This week for Bellarific Friday we're making Christmas cards. 

I decided to use Bundle Girl With Polar Bear...

I just LOVE the Bundles, they're SO super cute! Whether they're on Summer cards or Wintery ones like this. Big big heart eyes from me. I used my go-to colours for Bundle and then masked her and the polar bear out so I could blend Distress Oxides over the top and then add some gel pen snow. I then stamped a sentiment from the Be Merry Sentiment Set  and finally added some snowflakes die cut with glitter cardstock.

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Distress Oxides; Dies (Taylored Expression); Cardstock (Lawn Fawn)

Stamping Bella: Bellarific Friday with Spring Bundle Girl Peekers!

Hello peeps!

This week over at Stamping Bella we had to make something using the new release. I absolutely adore the Spring Bundle Girl Peekers and thought this lil one would actually also be perfect for a Christmas card...

I coloured Bundle with copics and paper pieced her hat and top and then fussy cut out. I then cut and arranged the papers in a pleasing arrangement. I die cut some trees and a snowflake border from glitter cardstock and the circle sentiment from plain white cardstock. I then assembled all the elements.

Have a great weekend! See you next week! x

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Dies (Taylored Expressions, MFT); Papers (Simple Stories); Cardstock (Lawn Fawn)

Stamping Bella- Bellarific Friday with Bundle Girl Sending A Letter To Santa!

It's our last Bellarific Friday of the year!!! Where did the time go, people?!!!

I'm sharing THE sweetest Bundle Girl today- Bundle Girl Sending A Letter To Santa...

 

I coloured Bundle with copics and then masked her out and used some masking tape and die to create a snowy hillside. I then blended Distress Oxides to create a background. I then added white gel pen for snow and finally die cut a large glittery sentiment. So sweet! x

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; White pencil; Distress Oxides; Dies (MFT, PTI); Cardstock (Altenew)

LOTV- Under Our Umbrella!

LOTV's Under Our Umbrella is such a cute image!! Love this one!

So I coloured our lovely couple with copics and white gel pen and fussy cut out. I then created a background using DP and two dies with glitter cardstock. I finished with a sweet banner sentiment!

Supplies: Stamps (LOTV); Copics; White gel pen; Papers (Simple Stories); Cardstock (SU, Lawn Fawn); Dies (PTI, Memory Box, Mama Elephant)

 

LOTV James Deck The Halls!

 Another festive decorating card today with James Decks The Halls...

I just love these LOTV images for Christmas! I coloured James with copics and fussy cut him out. I then added a strip of DP and a festive tree border. I die cut an oversized sentiment from glitter cardstock and assembled and Bob's ya uncle! tis done!

Supplies: Stamps (LOTV); Copics; white gel pen; Papers (MFT); Dies (Mama Elephant, Taylored Expressions); Cardstock (PTI, DCWV)

Stamping Bella Bellarific Friday with Tiny Townie Maisie Goes Gift Shopping!

 Hello! Hope your Christmas preparations are well under way!

Today I'm sharing the sweet Tiny Townie Maisie Goes Gift Shopping...

She's SO cute! I coloured Maisie with copics, adding some white gel pen details. I then used some papers to create a pleasing layout. I created a shaker card using a scalloped circle die. I then die cut some white glitter cardstock and stamped out a sentiment from the Be Merry Sentiment Set. I then assembled all the pieces together and ta da!

Wishing you happy wishes for this holiday season! x

Supplies: Stamps(Stamping Bella); Paper (?); Dies (PTI, MFT); Copics; White gel pen; White pencil; Cardstock (SU, Lawn Fawn); Sequins (Lucy's Cards); Acetate

LOTV- Decorating the Tree!

 Hope you're getting all festive! We put up our tree at the weekend so I thought I'd share the gorgeous LOTV Decorating the Tree...

I coloured with copics and die cut into an arch shape. I then adhered to the card blank on top of some pretty DP. I then stamped out and die cut festive sentiment and a wee festive border and adhered on top!

Ta da ! Get ready for a lot of Christmas cards over the next couple of weeks!! 

Supplies: Stamps (LOTV, Mama Elephant); Papers ((Carta Bella); Copics; Dies (MFT, Taylored Expressions, ME)

Stamping Bella Bellarific Friday- Bundle Girl With Poinsettia!

 Hello my sweet Bella fans!

Today's Bellarific Friday was to make something inspired by another DT member. I chose the lovely Michele's card using Bundle Girl With Poinsettia...

Isn't she so cute? I coloured her with copics and added some white pencil highlights and then fussy cut out. I layered the papers and then cut a white panel and stamped a sentiment from the Be Merry Sentiment Set. I then layered up all the elements including raising Bundle up on 3d foam pads. Finally I die cut some tiny snowflakes.

Enjoy your day! x

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White pencil; Papers (Pink Fresh?); Dies (Taylored Expressions)

Stamping Bella: Bellarific Friday with Curvy Girl Loves Santa!

Hello my sweet crafty friends!

Today I'm sharing the gorgeous and fun Curvy Girl Loves Santa... 

I coloured with copics and fussy cut. I then arranged the papers in a pleasing design and die cut the bow and circular sentiment . I then placed Curvy up on 3d foam pads and stamped a sentiment from the Be Merry Sentiment Set.

See you later in the week for more crafty inspiration! x

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Papers (Carta Bella); Dies (MFT, The Greetery); Cardstock (PTI, Altenew); Gold pen

Stamping Bella Bellarific Friday with Little Cuties Kids Hanging Christmas Stockings!

Hello my crafty friends!  For Bellarific Friday, I'm sharing the NEW and adorable Little Cuties Kids Hanging Christmas Stockings... 

I coloured the cuties with copics and added some gold paint pen on the presents and cut into a panel. We had a sketch to follow so I followed the sketch and used 2 different DPs made into a panel mounted on red cardstock. I then die-cut some Christmas trees and "believe" in gold mirror cardstock. I then assembled all the pieces together and added a stamped sentiment from the NEW Be Merry Sentiment Set.

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Gold paint pen; coloured pencils; Papers (Echo Park); Cardstock (PTI); Dies (MFT, Taylored Expressions)

Stamping Bella New Release Sneaky Peeks Day 2 with Uptown Girl Freya Loves Fall, Uptown Girl Poppy Loves Gingerbread, Uptown Girls Francesca and Madeleine Love Shopping and Uptown Girl Loves Her Cardigan!

 Yay! It's the last day of sneaky peeks for the new Stamping Bella release!!  

RELEASE DAY IS MONDAY 25th AUGUST!!

First up is Uptown Girl Freya Loves Fall..

How gorgeous and sophisticated is she?! I love colouring her with copics and paper piecing her outfit. I created a gorgeous doorstep background for her complete with pumpkins and leaves. I used a sentiment from the Autumn Sentiment set. 

Then we have Uptown Girl Poppy Loves Gingerbread,...

Poppy is a girl after my own heart, looks like she's got in her jimmers early! I coloured Poppy with copics and paper pieced her clothes too. I then created a gorgeous wintery scene outside her window using Window Backdrop and Christmas Village Backdrop.The sentiment is from the new Be Merry Sentiment set.

Next up are these two gorgeous girls, Uptownies Francesca and Madeline Love Shopping ...

I really wanted to create a wintery urban scene for the girls to be centre stage so I used the Sketchy Corner Backdrop. I coloured the backdrop and the girls with copics and added white gel pen snow. I added a sentiment from the new Be Merry Sentiment set. This is def me and my sis!

Love it!

Lastly here is Uptown Girl Loves Her Cardigan...

Here's our gorgeous Taylor-inspired Uptownie wrapped up in her favourite cardigan! I coloured her with copics and fussy cut her out. I then created a background using the Window Backdrop and Christmas Village Backdrop and some paper piecing. I then raised Taylor up on 3d foam pads and added a sentiment from the new Be Merry Sentiment set.

What an amazing bunch of stamps!! So gorgeous!! Get yourself over to the blog to check out the rest of the designs and don't forget release day is MONDAY!!

Supplies 1: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Papers (Carta Bella,MFT); Cardstock (SU); Dies (Concord & 9th)

Supplies 2: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Papers (Carta Bella, Echo Park)

Supplies 3: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Cardstock (PTI)

Supplies 4: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Papers (Carta Bella, Echo Park)

Stamping Bella New Release!!!! Sneaky peeks day 2 with Curvy Girl Feels Festive and Curvy Girl Loves Santa!

Yippeeeeee! It's time for the Fall/Autumn/Halloween and Christmas release from Stamping Bella!! Sooooo excited! There are SO many amazing stamps this release, you won't believe it!! All your favs- Bundles, Curvies, Tiny Townies, Oddballs, Whimsabellas......

 First up we have Curvy Girl Feels Festive...

First off, I stamped the tree from Curvy Girl And Her Tree making sure to wipe Curvy Girl clean of ink. I then coloured it with copics and added some white highlights. I then stamped out Curvy Girl Feels Festive and coloured and fussy cut out. I then added a strip of glitter cardstock and some sequins and stamped out a sentiment from the new Be Merry Sentiment set. I raised up Curvy and the sentiment on 3d foam pads. Doesn't she look glamorous by her tree?!

Next up is Curvy Girl Loves Santa...

I wanted to keep this card fairly simple as I knew I had this gorgeous ribbon die to use and that it would set off this adorable couple perfectly! I coloured them with copics and added some white pencil highlights and fussy cut out. I die cut the ribbon out and added some shadows using the accompanying stencil and Distress Oxides. I then stamped out a sentiment from the new Be Merry sentiment set. So cute!!

How excited are you now?! There's more AMAZING goodness to come tomorrow!! get yourself over to the blog to check out the rest of the sneaky peeks!!

Supplies 1: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; White pencil; Cardstock (DCWV); Dies (Mama Elephant); Sequins (Doodlebug)

Supplies 2: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White pencil; Dies (Concord & 9th?); Distress Oxides; Cardstock (PTI) 

Stamping Bella- Bellarific Friday with Oddball Santa And The Missus!

Today I'm sharing a fun Oddball Christmas card from Stamping Bella! Here's Oddball Santa And The Missus.... 

I coloured the Oddballs with copics, added white gel pen highlights and then fussy cut. I then created a background using this fun paper from Simple Stories. I die cut a scalloped frame using white glitter cardstock and die cut the large "merry". I then assembled all the elements, raising the Oddballs up on 3d foam pads. I then stamped out "christmas" from the accompanying sentiment.

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); copics; White gel pen; Papers (Simple Stories); Cardstock (Lawn Fawn, SU); Dies (MFT, Honey Bee)

Stamping Bella- Bellarific Friday with Bundle Girl With A Tree!

 This week's Bellarific Friday had us babes using a photo inspiration. I chose to use Bundle Girl With A Tree..

I coloured Bundle with copics and added white gel pen and fussy cut. I then used some DPs to create a background. I adhered Bundle using 3d foam pads and then used a sentiment of partial stamping and partial die-cutting. Finally I added some sequins!

Here was our inspiration photo!

Don't forget we are still running our CHRISTMAS IN JULY CHALLENGE! Enter to be in with a chance of winning a stamp pack!

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Papers (Ali Edwards); Sequins (Doodlebug); Dies (Honey Bee Stamps); Cardstock (SU)

Stamping Bella- Bellarific Friday with Bundle Girl Skater With Penguins!

 Hello! It's Friday!! Woo hoo!

 It's 28 degrees here in the UK today so it seems a bit odd posting a Christmas In July card but us crafters craft our Christmas cards all year round so I'm loving imaging myself in this snow right now...

The Bella babes had a sketch to follow this week. I chose to use Bundle Girl Skater With Penguins and the Snuggle Weather Sentiment Set. I coloured Bundle with copics and added a paper pieced scarf and die-cut into a square. I then created the sketch using some DPs. I added some lovely glittery die-cut snowflakes and over-stamped the sentiment. I then added the banners.

Here is the sketch we used!

Just a reminder we have a CHRISTMAS IN JULY challenge going on at the moment. Enter your Christmas cards in to win a mystery stamp prize pack!! Exciting! 

Until next week....!

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Paper (Simple Stories); Dies (MFT); Copics; White gel pen

Stamping Bella- Tiny Townie Ellie The Elf!

Hey peeps!

Today I'm showcasing one of our stamps due to retirement. It's Tiny Townie Ellie The Elf!

 

I coloured Ellie with copics and added some white gel pen highlights and fussy cut out. I then die cut a sentiment using red and gold mirror card. I added a wide strip of DP and then adhered all the elements down. Finally I added some gold sequins. 

Check out this blog post that tells you all the deets of the retiring stamps!

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; DP (MME); Sequins (Doodlebug); Cardstock (Altenew, SU); Dies (Honey Bee Designs)

Stamping Bella Curvy Girl With Bubbly!

Happy New Year's Eve!

Today I'm sharing Stamping Bella's Curvy Girl With Bubbly...

 

I coloured with copics and fussy cut out. I then created the background using some DP and glitter cardstock. I assembled the pieces together with a die-cut "cheers" sentiment. Ta da!

Elaineabella has done a post over on Blogabella showcasing the DT's favourite cards and stamps of the year so I thought I'd share mine!

My fav stamp release of 2024 was Uptown Girl Callie The Cowgirl...

And the fav card was this one featuring Uptown Winter Family And Dog...

Supplies for Bubbly: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Papers (MME); Dies (MFT); Cardstock (DCWV, Altenew)

Stamping Bella Bundle Girl And Puppy On A Winter Walk

Happy Christmas my sweet crafting buddies!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Today I'm sharing Stamping Bella's Bundle Girl And Puppy On A Walk... 

I coloured Bundle with copics and added some white gel pen snow on her and fussy cut her out. I then created a Distress Oxide background, splashed some water on and added some snow. I adhered a die-cut snowy slope and a glittery frame. I embossed a sentiment from the Snuggle Weather Sentiment set and then placed Bundle Girl centre stage with 3d foam pads.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Paper (MFT); Distress Oxides; Dies (PTI, MFT); Embossing powder

Stamping Bella- Tiny Townie Garden Girl Holly!

Hello my crafty friends,

Today I'm sharing the gorgeous Tiny Townie Garden Girl Holly...

I LOVE colouring this stamp! She's so gorgeous and festive! I coloured her with copics and added white gel pen highlights and I then fussy cut her out (tricky!) I then created a shaker circle and added some die-cut holly with enamel dots. I added a strip of DP and a die-cut sentiment [now retired] and adhered Holly on top.

 Supplies: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; White gel pen; Papers (MME); Dies (Stamping Bella [retired], MFT, PTI); Enamel dots (Doodlebug); Sequin mix