Laura Griffin Designs » stamping bella http://laura-griffin.com/blog Dreaming out Loud Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:31:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kittycattabella http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/04/05/kittycattabella/ http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/04/05/kittycattabella/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:50:31 +0000 Laura http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/04/05/kittycattabella/ Ok – one more Bella card for ya this week. This was a second image that my friend stamped off for me to use. I colored her in with a combination of Copics & Prismacolors and added some Basic Grey paper in the background. Kinda summery, cheerful color combo. The sentiment is PaperTrey Ink.

]]> http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/04/05/kittycattabella/feed/ 1 Sposabella http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/04/04/sposabella/ http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/04/04/sposabella/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:42:37 +0000 Laura http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/04/04/sposabella/ A friend recently gave me a stamped image of Sposabella to use on a card. I took her home & colored her in with some Copics & added some Christmas red stickles to her bouquet. The background of the card uses a Cuttlebug embossing folder & the ribbon is white tulle from the craft store. Tulle always makes me think of weddings…so why not use it as ribbon on your cards!

Sposabella Card

]]> http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/04/04/sposabella/feed/ 0 Chefabella… http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/03/23/chefabella/ http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/03/23/chefabella/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:23:47 +0000 Laura http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/03/23/chefabella/ I love this Bella image, but never knew quite what to pair it with. I always thought it would be perfect on a thank you card for a hostess, but I had no sentiments to match. So when PaperTrey came out with their mixed message set, I was delighted to find one included! The polka dot background here is from SU! and the cute red flower gemstones are Hero Arts.

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Her outfit was paper-pieced with smooth & textured cardstock. The pattern on the jacket was made with a topiary stamp & the wavy sentiment is from Savvy stamps. The paper is shimmer white (hard to see in the photo, but it glistens) & the polka dot pattern in the back is made from patterned vellum that reminded me of snow. Her face, hair, & body shadow were colored with Copic markers. The layered scallop rectangle is from a Nestabilities die. Below are some close-ups. Thanks for looking! :)

]]> http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2008/01/06/snowbunnybella/feed/ 3 Merrybella http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2007/12/30/merrybella/ http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2007/12/30/merrybella/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:17:36 +0000 Laura http://laura-griffin.com/blog/2007/12/30/merrybella/ I was thrilled to find out that one of my card designs was on the cover of the December issue of Scrap & Stamp Arts.  :D

It features the Merrybella stamp from Stamping Bella.  Their images are great for coloring with your fav pencils/markers or for paper piecing. You can’t tell from the pic, but this Bella had puffy liquid applique on her boots & hat and lots of glitter everywhere else… including myself!  How is it that I can manage to get more glitter on myself than on the paper?!?!? *LOL* The Dec07 SSA issue is available for purchase here.

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