Stamping Bella New Release- Tiny Townie Penelope Loves Her Pencil

So here I am with my second Bella post of the day. 

Following on from my Bellarific Friday Challenge post is another sneaky peek of one of the stamps from the new release and it's a good 'un!!! 

Say hi to Tiny Townie Penelope Has A Pencil...

Penelope is coloured with copics. I worked really hard on the pencil- I hope it looks pencil-y!! I paper pieced her skirt and blouse. These pretty papers are by American Crafts. The sweet little "hi" sentiment comes with Penelope and I just love the contrast of the short sentiment with the size of her pencil! lol.

Here's your close up.

OMG how cute is Penelope? How fantastic would she be on the outside (or inside!) of an envelope?!

Stay tuned for the rest of the sneaky peeks on Blogabella over the weekend until the release on Monday 2nd November! Woo hooooo! x

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Papers (American Crafts); Cardstock (SU); Dies (Lil Inkers, PTI, Mama Elephant)

Bellarific Friday- Tiny Townie Hayley The Hero!

Woo hoo! So the Stamping Bella new release peeks are continuing and I have one to show you later today. But for now, it's.....Bellarific Friday!

Today's challenge was super (pardon the pun!) easy! 

USE EITHER A TINY TOWNIE OR UPTOWN GIRL!

Here is Tiny Townie Hayley The Hero..

Hayley is coloured with copics. I just loved colouring her cape- such an amazing superhero outfit she's got!! The accompanying sentiment "be your own hero" is soooo cute. What a fab inspirational sentiment to put on a young girl's card- love it! 

Here's your close up.

Apologies for photo, I struggled with the light!

Next week's challenge is the below sketch (entry deets here).

As it's the first Friday of the month, the DT will be showcasing Em's STAMP OF THE MONTH which you can purchase at 20% off for the whole of November!

Join me back here later for another Stamping Bella new release sneaky peek! x

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella, PTI); Copics; Papers (PTI); Dies (PTI); Coloured ink (SU, PTI); Glossy Accents; Cardstock (SU)

Stamping Bella- New Release Continues- Tiny Townie Monique Loves Macarons

Hurrah! I'm here to show you another gorgeous Stamping Bella stamp from the new release scheduled for release on Monday 2nd November!

What d'you think of the release so far? Amazing-right?! Can you believe we're only about halfway through?! This release is BIIIIG!

So I'd like you to meet Tiny Townie Monique Loves Macarons! 

Here in the UK, a lot of us have been watching GB Bake Off and funnily enough the week Flora was (over)decorating her bake with macarons, I was working on this image! 

Monique is coloured with copics and her dress is accented with a white gel pen. The macarons were super fun to colour. Glossy Accents added to glasses. Papers are summery Echo Park. Sentiment (which I adore) comes with.

Stay tuned here and on Blogabella for more peeks x

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Papers (Echo Park); Cardstock; (PTI); Ribbon (PTI); Dies (Lil Inkers)

Stamping Bella- New release- New line. Meet The Stuffies!!

Hey you!

Hope you're loving the Stamping Bella release so far. You can check out all the sneak peeks so far here. Aren't they amazing?! Am so excited!!

Today I have the excitement of showing you a brand new line at Stamping Bella called The Stuffies. Have you checked out the other Stuffies in the new release so far? OMG, you could just eat them up couldn't you?!

So meet STUFFY Stuffie...

Stuffy is coloured with copics. I stamped the image twice so that I could paper piece the cushion plus I also wanted to create a little scene which I did just by adding some DPs and added some shading for depth. Papers are old school MME but I still love them. Sentiment comes with.

Here's your close up! 

I added the temperature reading on the thermometer using a red copic multiliner! It's got to look genuine, no?!! lol.

Keep your eyes peeled for more sneaky peeks...

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Papers (MME); Cardstock (PTI); Dies (Nesties, Lil Inkers)

Bellarific Friday- Mo Manning Maggie With Penguin

Hey all you Bella fans!

Ooooh, release day is fast approaching!!! Sneaky peeks started on Wednesday so keep your eyes peeled at all the DT blogs as well as Blogabella to get your fix of what's coming soon!

This week's Bellarific Friday was a sketch (see below). I decided to use Mo Manning's Maggie With Penguin...

As soon as I saw this stamp in the last release, I just knew I had to have her!! Love the oversized jumper, her hair over her eyes but of course most of all- the cutesy penguin!! Maggie is coloured with copics and my Wink pen used for the dots on her leggings. These beautiful papers are by Bo Bunny. I have to admit I own very few Bo Bunny papers as for some reason they just don't appeal to me but these are one of my fav Christmas papers evah I think! Sentiment comes with Maggie and is stamped in PTI Royal Velvet ink. The gorgeous butterfly is Wild Rose Studio's Frosted Butterfly- omg, how beautiful is it?! I cut using some patterned vellum and then added some Stickles for extra sparkle.

Here's your close up! Love this colour combo!

I did a close up of the butterfly so you could see just how gorgeous a die it is!

Here was your sketch.

Next week's challenge is sooooo easy so expecting lots of entries! 

It's USE AN UPTOWN GIRL or TINY TOWNIE!!! Easy peasy!

So get your entry in to Em- deets on how to are here.

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Mo Manning@Stamping Bella); Copics; Kirarina Wink pen; Papers (Bo Bunny); Cardstock (SU); Dies (Wild Rose Studio); Pearls; Coloured ink (PTI); Patterned vellum (PTI); Stickles

Lili of the Valley- Anniversary Surprise

Well hello there, folks. 

Today I'm here to share with you another LOTV DT Collective card along the same lines as the one I did last month here.

This time I've used Anniversary Surprise...

I coloured Anniversary Surprise with copics and added a Lyra pencil shadow. Papers are by Pebbles. The "anniversary" sentiment was stamped on white cardstock which was then glued to two layers of chipboard. The "happy" sentiment was die cut (PTI Wet Paint) similarly with two layers of chipboard and one of black cardstock glued together. I then covered the whole word in Irresistible Pico Embellisher- hopefully you can see the gorgeous shine. The pretty butterflies are by Memory Box- again I used the same shine on the main body and antennae of the butterflies.

Here's your close up! I love love love her little cloche hat! (Think that's how you spell it!!)

Thanks for stopping by- see you Friday! x

Crafty stash used: Stamps (LOTV, PTI); Copics; Lyra pencils; White gel pen; Papers (Pebbles); Cardstock; (PTI, SU); Dies (Memory Box, Lil Inkers, PTI); Chipboard (PTI); Irresistible Pico Embellisher, Coloured ink (PTI)

Bellarific Friday- Petunia Thinks She's A Pressie

Well halloooo!

How are you all?

You guessed it- it's Bellarific Friday time! 

Your challenge this week was the colour inspiration photo below. I decided to ink up another Petunia stamp this week- love her! I think she looks like rather a refined piggy or is that just me?!

Petunia Thinks She's A Pressie is coloured with copics with a lyra pencil shadow underneath. Sentiment comes with Petunia. Main image cut out using a Mama Elephant die. Papers are by Fancy Pants.

Here's your close up. I think Petunia looks quite proud of herself!

Here was your colour inspiration.

Here is your sketch for next week. 

Can't wait to show you my card- using a gorgeous Mo Manning stamp from the Christmas release.

If you'd like to enter, all the details are here.

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (Fancy Pants); Cardstock (SU); Dies (Lil Inkers, Mama Elephant); Candy dots (SU)

LOTV News: Autumn Treats from Lili of the Valley!

GREAT AUTUMN OFFERS AND FREE SHIPPING UNTIL SUNDAY! 

Head over to www.liliofthevalley.co.uk to make the most of their fantastic 4 day sale! There is worldwide shipping on all orders, plus the amazing 6 paper pads for £30 deal is back. You can also get 6 art pads for £30! There are also loads of rubber stamps on offer - buy any 10 from the selected range for £30, which is just £3 each! 

The selected stamps are on the Latest Offers page, so do pop across to have a look in case any of those on your wish list are included! The Design Collective have been making cards to showcase these designs which you can view these on the LOTV Facebook page and individual blogs. You can now link through to all the DT Collective blogs here. 

CARDMAKING CHALLENGE ON FACEBOOK

To celebrate their fabulous offer on selected stamps, LOTV are having a challenge. All you need to do is make a card or project featuring one of the selected stamps on offer and post it on the LOTV cardmaking event page before 8pm UK time on Sunday 18th October. (You'll need to "join" the event to be able to post your card and see the other entries - click here) LOTV will then pick 3 winners at random to win some fab prizes;

1st Prize - any 6 rubber stamps of your choice

2nd Prize - any 3 rubber stamps of your choice

3rd Prize - any A5 Sentiment sheet of your choice

Click here to see which stamps are included!

Unfortunately I've had hardly any crafty time this past week so I haven't been able to make a design to show you but I've been seeing all the rest of the DT Collective's samples are they're fab-ul-ous!!

See you tomorrow x

Bellarific Friday- Petunia has a party!

So Friday has rolled around again- honestly where has September gone?!

If you read Em's blog last week you will have seen that there is a new release coming!! Yikes!! I've been working on a few sneaky peeks and you are going to LOVE the new stamps- including another NEW range!

It was sketch time over at Bellarific Friday and I decided to ink up the gorgeous Petunia- this stamp is called Petunia Has A Party...

Petunia was coloured with copics and a little white gel pen added for highlights. The sentiment came with the main stamp. Papers are by Echo Park. Main fishtail die is by MFT (just the end used twice). I added some little party touches like the balloons and party hat and there you have it!

Your close up. 

Hopefully you can see the range of colours I used on Petunia including some yellow, purple and brown tones. 

This was your sketch.

Here is your colour inspiration photo for next week. Aren't they a gorgeous combo?

Usual deets apply- check them out here.

Thank you so much for visiting me and for all your lovely comments xxx

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella, Mama Elephant); Copics; Papers (Echo Park); Cardstock;  Coloured ink (PTI); Dies (MFT, Lil Inkers, Mama Elephant); White gel pen 

Lili of the Valley- Skating Friends

Hi ya. 

Today I've got a very CAS LOTV card to show you. I find them so hard to make especially with my addiction to pretty papers but I'm quite liking this one! lol.

This is a card for the LOTV DT Collective and features Skating Friends...

This is going to be a Christmas card for my sis- it's just the cutest!! I coloured with copics and fussy cut. The background is just a single sheet of DP that I stamped with my giant MFT Snowfall Background stamp. I then embossed with white using Simon Says fine detail embossing powder. Snowflake die is by PTI. Sentiment tags are of course LOTV. I then added some snow on the girls using my Kirarina Wink pen.

Here's your close up!

Aren't they such a sweet couple?!

See you later in the week x

Crafty stash used: Stamps (LOTV, MFT); Copics; Papers (Bo Bunny); Cardstock (SU); Dies (Lil Inkers, PTI, Mama Elephant); Coloured ink (PTI); Embossing powder (SSS); Kirarina Wink pen, Gem (Hero Arts)

Bellarific Friday- Queen Hoppy Poppy

Well helloooo my crafty friends!

How are you all?

This week's Bellarific Friday was a sketch and the DT used the STAMP OF THE MONTH which is .....QUEEN HOPPY POPPY! Ta dah!

Queen Hoppy Poppy has 20% off all month!

Her Royal Cuteness is coloured with copics and I paper pieced her dressing then restamped her arms and cup of tea so I could layer them over the dress. Papers are by Kaisercraft- I was trying to find purples/reds/yellows to be quite regal and these fitted the bill perfectly. Don't you just love the little teapot charm? The accompanying sentiment I stamped inside reads "tea (n.) a hug in a cup." How adorable is that?!

Here is your sketch for next week's challenge! Nice and simple, no?

Get your entry into Em by Thursday- details are here.

Hope to see you soon xxx

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Papers (Kaisercraft); Cardstock (SU); Dies (Nesties); Ribbon (recycled); Charm (?); Pearls