Curvy Girl Birthday | Stamping Bella

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!

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Uptown Zodiac Girl Leo Waterfall Card | Stamping Bella

Hi all, I'm back with another Stamping Bella step-by-step and today I'm sharing how I made this Waterfall Card featuring Uptown Zodiac Girl Leo

Supplies:

Uptown Zodiac Girl Leo rubber stamp set - includes 2 sentiments. 

White card

Brown card

Designer paper

Scoring board and bone folder

Wet glue

Pull Tab Die

Stitched Rectangle Dies

Jute twine

How to:

Cut white card:

Card base:

(1x) 11.5" x 5"

(1x) 5-5/8" x 4-7/8"

Waterfall Panels:

(1x) 10" x 4"

(1x) 5" x 4"

(1x) 4.5" x 4"

(1x) 4" x 4"

Sliding mechanism:

(1x) 7" x 1"

Brown card:

(1x) 4-7/8" x 3-7/8" - waterfall panel 1

(1x) 4-3/8" x 3-7/8" - waterfall panel 2

(1x) 0.5" x 3-7/8" - waterfall panel 3

Designer paper:

(1x) 5.5" x 4.75" - card base

(1x) 4-5/8" x 3.75" - waterfall panel 1

(1x) 4.25" x 3.75" - waterfall panel 2

(2x) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" - waterfall panel 3

How to:

Score the 11.5" x 5" piece of card at 5.75" and fold in half to make the card base. Adhere the white card and paper panels and set aside. 

Score the 10" x 4" piece of card at 5", 5.5", 6" and 6.5" on the long side. 

Fold and crease all the score lines with a bone folder. 

Centre 1" x 7" piece of card across the waterfall base and fold around loosely. 

Fold the waterfall base in half. Apply adhesive between the 5" and 5.5" score lines. Line up the 5" x 4" piece of card with the front, and stick down. 

Apply adhesive between the 5.5" score line and the 6" score line and adhere the 4.5" x 4" piece of card. Repeat with the last piece of card. 

Apply adhesive to the centre section of the sliding mechanism and adhere to the bottom of the piece of card under the third panel. 

Apply adhesive to the front of the centre section of the sliding mechanism and adhere the smallest waterfall panel to it. 

Wrap the tabs of the sliding mechanism around the back of the card - do not adhere. 

Stamp the Leo sentiment onto a piece of card measuring 3.75" x  4.25". Adhere the brown card panel and the sentiment panel on waterfall panel no.2. Use some designer paper to decorate. 

On the waterfall panel no.3 (smallest one) use the papers to create a pocket for a gift card/cash. 

Cut out two pull tabs. Open up the waterfall card and adhere one of the pull tabs to the bottom of the back of the card. Turn over and adhere the second tab, lining it up with the first one. 

Adhere a paper layer if desired. 

Fold the tabs around the back of the waterfall and adhere to the front of the card base.

Thread some twine through the hole of the pull tab. 

Decorate the front panel using brown card and designer paper. Set the card aside. 

Stamp Uptown Zodiac Girl Leo onto white card. Colour using your preferred medium, then fussy cut around the outline. 

Adhere Uptown Zodiac Girl Leo to the card front, using foam tape/dots

To finish the card, stamp the Leo sentiment onto a strip of paper, cut out using a stitched rectangle and adhere across the card front. 

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Special Delivery Candy Box | Stamping Bella Stamps

Hi all, I'm back with another tutorial and today I'm sharing how I made this Valentine Candy Gift Box featuring Special Delivery

Supplies:

Special Delivery rubber stamp (sentiment included)

Card

Designer paper

Stitched circle die

Scoring board and bone folder

Adhesive, foam tape or dots

Acetate

Pink card:

(1x) 5.75" x 10.25" (base)

(1x) 3.5" x 8.25" (lid)

(2x) 3.25" x 1.25" (dividers)

Designer paper:

(2x) 6-5/8" x 2-1/8" (base)

(2x) 1-5/8" x 2-1/8" (base)

(1x) 6-5/8" x 2-1/8" (lid)

(2x) 5/8" x 2-1/8" (lid)

(1x) 5/8" x 6-5/8" (lid)

How to:

Score the 5.75" x 10.25" piece of pink card at 1.75" on all 4 sides. 

Score the 3.5" x 8.25" piece of pink card on the 3.5" side at 0.75" and 3", and on the 8.25" side at 0.75" and 7.5" 

On the long side of the 5.75" x 10.25" piece, cut the score lines up to the intersecting horizontal score line. Cut a wedge from each side of the four corner tabs. 

Fold up the corner tabs and apply adhesive to the outsides. Fold them in and adhere to the inside of the adjacent sides to create the box base. 

On the box lid, cut away the end corners from the 1/2" section. On the opposite side, cut up on the score lines to the intersecting line and wedge each side of the corner tabs. 

Adhere the papers to the box lid. Taking a 1.75" - 2" stitched circle die, cut away three circles - spaced evenly along the top. 

Apply adhesive the two end tabs, fold in and adhere to make the box lid. 

Cut a piece of acetate approx. 6-5/8" x 2-1/8" and adhere to the inside of the lid. 

Apply adhesive to the 0.5" section. 

Adhere to the box base, making a flip lid. 

Colour thte Special Delivery image and cut around the ouline. 

Stamp the sentiment on a strip of white card. 

Cut 2 circles using the die use for the box lid. 

Adhere the paper circle to the centre circle on the lid, using foam tape. 

Adhere the card circle underneath, inside the box lid. 

Adhere the Special Delivery image to the box lid using foam tape and then add the sentiment beneath it. 

Take the two 3.25" x 1.25" pieces of card and score them at 0.5" and 2.75"

Fold in the 0.5" sections and crease well so they stay folded down

Apply adhesive to each end. 

Slide the dividers into the box and fold out the ends using a stylus or tweezers. Adhere the ends to the sides of the box as shown. 

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