Monthly Archives: September 2016

Hi everyone! Time for another challenge with Stamping Bella! This week we’re using the {Mojo}Bella sketch found at the bottom of this post. I used Ellie Loves Phant from The Stuffies Collection.

I love their intertwined snouts. And the ear hug.  🙂

After stamping and coloring with Copics, I stamped the hearts onto a scrap of the dotted pink paper, cut out each and adhered. The sentiment was stamped in white and then white embossed.

Copic markers – R000, R00, R01, W00, W1, W3, W4, W5, YG03, YG07, YG17

Next week’s challenge is to create your own background using any technique you’d like, as long as the main focus of the card is a current Stamping Bella image. Email your card to [email protected] by next Thursday to be featured on the SB blog and to be entered to win some Bella Bucks! (All challenge details can be found HERE.)

New 2017 Copic Classes are now open for registration at CHA in Phoenix in January. In addition to Standard and Intermediate Certification and Flowers classes, three new workshops have been added to the schedule: Coloring Animals, Coloring Landscapes, and trendy Hand Lettering. I think they all sound amazing!

Thanks so much for visiting today!  🙂

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Hi everyone! TGIF! Have you enjoyed this last week of Stamping Bella‘s holiday release previews?  There are a few more to see, then they will all be available tomorrow (right here)!  Eeee!  🙂

So it’s time for another challenge with Stamping Bella, AND it’s time for a new Stamp of the Month. This month’s image (and sentiment) is Peaches, 20% off through September 30. The challenge this week was to use stitching in some form so together with Peaches, I did a bit of faux stitching. I had to go “old school” and poke holes/draw stitches because I forgot to add the stitching and didn’t use a die with faux stitching… and I couldn’t get the papers apart. (It has been a long day. I will blame it on teaching my child to drive. It is exhausting. And frightening.)

I paired Peaches with bright pink papers from Doodlebug’s Hello Sunshine 6×6 paper pad. She was stamped onto X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copic markers.

To help with my shading and contrast, I often refer to Shadows & Shading, A Beginners Guide to Lighting Placement by Marianne Walker available from Imagination International.  Years ago I assisted Marianne with a Copic Certification class and I remember quite a few students showing Marianne their work and asking what they could do to improve it. Her answer many times was, “Add more contrast.” In her book, Marianne clearly and simply explains contrast, light and shadow basics, light sources, shading basic and complex objects, and she discusses the color of shadows. If you are at all interested in learning more about shadows and shading, I highly recommend this book. (I’ve read it many times.) Included in the back are four clear lighting placement guides which help in determining postition of shadows and shading depending on your type of light source. (Marianne explains how to use them.) I cannot stress enough how excellent a resource this book is.

Copic markers – E01, E31, E33, E35, E40, E41, E42, E43, E59, R00, R01, R02, R83, R85, R56, RV34, W00, W1, W2, Y32, YR12, YR14, YR21

Next week’s challenge includes this {Mojo}Bella sketch:

Use any current Stamping Bella image then email your card to [email protected] by next Thursday to be featured on the SB blog and to be entered to win some Bella Bucks! (All challenge details can be found HERE.)

Thanks for visiting!  🙂

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Hi everyone! Only a couple more days until Stamping Bella‘s holiday release becomes available! This Saturday, September 3rd, you’ll be able to purchase all of the super cute images you’ve seen previewed over this last week. (Coordinating dies are available as well.)

My card today features Patricia Loves Pumpkins. (And I, of course, love her. She just might be my actual favorite from this release. Maybe.)

I just love how she’s plopped atop that big ol’ pumpkin.  I like her curly hair too. And the flower. She’s stamped onto X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copic markers.

Copic markers – E00, E01, E07, E09, E11, E31, E35, E39, G21, G24, G28, G85, G94, R02, W00, W1, W2, W3, Y21, YG21, YG97, YR04, YR12, YR14, YR15, YR18

Be sure to stop by the Stamping Bella blog today to see additional samples and more. Don’t forget to leave a comment there on the SB blog for your chance to win one of today’s featured images!  Good luck, and thanks for visiting!

SUPPLIES    Stamping Bella “Patricia Loves Pumpkins,”  Taylored Expressions Oreo hybrid ink, Taylored Expressions Sugar Cube card stock Playful Patterns-Harvest (6×6) patterned paper, X-Press It Blending Card, Copic markers, Taylored Expressions Banner Stacklets 1 and Skinny Mini Valentine Borders (heart).