I am so stinking excited to be guesting over on the Stamping Bella blog all month! A little about me for those who I haven’t yet met: I color all the things. Yes, #allthethings. Give me any stamp with lines and I’ll go at it with some coloring medium or another! I create a couple videos a week, so if you’re a visual learner, come on over and visit on my blog and YouTube channel and we can have some fun. Oh and be sure to visit on Instagram too…since I’ll be sharing more Stamping Bella fun there all month, too!
The first installment in my four Bella videos uses Beachabella – I’m first off jealous she rocks a bikini like that. But I also wanted to share some mistakes I made along the way with my Copic markers. Oopses can be our best way to learn, and since I make a lot of them – well, heck, I’m a learner extraordinaire!
Video
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- Beachabella by Stamping bella
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- Jet Black Lawn Fawn Ink Pad
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I’m a tankini girl, for sure! I have a matching bikini top but it sits in the drawer, even though we have our own pool. I just can’t relax while letting it all hanging out 😉
Love the card. Wish I had an awesome shape like she does. I wear a one piece suit that I have had for 10 years or so. It doesn’t get much use.
I really loved your video for this card Sandy and or course I think your card is fantastic too! I do wear a bikini to the beach, not sure i should be but I do.
Hi Sandy! I bought a brand new suit this year, 2 piece halter type top that covers the mid section with a skirt bottom in gray-pink-orange-white geometric design. It was in a large selection of mix and match pieces. It’s really cute and flattering and I got it at Bass Pro Shops in Spfld, MO with my Mday funds. I was so amazed when you did the skin tones video for SSS and I have shared the link on my blog before because it’s just so amazing. I just can’t get over how and why it works, but I love it and all of the details you always share. Thanks so much!
Tankini with a skirted.bottom for me. What a cute catd
One piece for sure…with a skirted bottom part.
I have always worn a one piece suit, even when my figure was better.
I wear a tankini, too. But to be honest, I haven’t been to a beach or swimming pool in over a decade!
Hmmmm… Technically it’s a two-piece, but it looks like a one piece bathing suit. It’s called a “tankini” 😉
Hey girl I wear a one piece. My last picture in a bikini was pretty revealing & funny… it was 38 years ago when I was 8 3/4 months pregnant with my youngest son who weighed in at 8 pounds 15 ounces!
A one-piece for sure! My bikini days are over I’m afraid!
One piece with full coverage. Far, far past my bikini days!
Definitely a one piece to hold it all in! Love this card!
Honestly I haven’t worn a bathing suit for years! When I did, I was a one piece kinda gal. Love your blog and the wonderful tips and inspiration! Have a blessed day!
no bathing suit in my closet any more…daughter wears a bikini – if that counts – LOL!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Oh no ………no bathing suit for me…….but love the stamp a girl can dream…..can’t she????? Very very cute and nice card! Thank you for sharing!
One piece. My days of wearing a bikini are long gone!
Even when I was 80 pounds less, I never could wear a 2 piece. Now, I don’t even have one!
I wear one-piece outfits now although there are some great 2-piece designs.
One piece.
Neither, I get depressed if I even go near the bathing suit department!!!!
I wear a one piece now! This grandmother and a bikini should not be a combination! Thanks for all you do!
One piece tankini for me. Your work is beautiful! I enjoy your posts very much.
We have a private pool. You guess!!
Bikinis are very far in the rear view mirror. There was a day, but now it’s a one piece if I HAVE to put on a bathing suit. A coverup over the one piece is even better.
I feel more comfortable in a one piece even thou I stil wear them with shorts or a really short mini skirt
Let’s see, it’s been 4 decades since I’ve worn a bikini……it was sparkling white and I didn’t have the body to wear it but, looking back at pictures, I wore it with a Marilyn Monroe style! Now….it’s swim dresses and I’m in love with the new 2 piece styles that I can get with shorts!
I’m definitely beyond the bikini stage…even in my own back yard…I like our neighbors too much 😉
I’m almost 70 and I still wear a bikini (but only in my own backyard pool with the hubby LOL!)
I wear a tankini, (two piece but covers everything like a one piece…hahha
Amazing card, as always. At my age…I wear a one piece bathing suit. BUT, I’d love to have/color this bikini babe! 🙂
Love the colors & coloring! Super cute image, too. No bikinis here, lol.
TFS your coloring tips. I am always making mistakes! I wear a one piece or a triathlon suit –one piece with shorts and short sleeves, zips up the front. Luckily it is bright otherwise it might resemble one of those old-fashioned men’s one-piece! lol!
As we all do, I too, struggle with “mistakes”. Seeing you fix them without the colorless blender gives me more options. I will try to remember NOT to reach for that thing every time I make a mistake. TFS
One piece. Wouldn’t want to scare anyone!
One piece for me hear days – the bode looks better and it’s better for water aerobics I’m fair so not sunning. Love the stamp though and your colors are lovely. TFS.
Great card with a lovely stamped image. I’d love to look like that, but I’m afraid it’s a one piece for me!
One piece and some silky scarf around the hips suits me more. If it is really Hot I would prefer a Bikini keep talking to me “I gave birth to two children and I’m not a twen anymore!”
One piece plus big shirt plus shorts. The one piece holds me in so my shorts fit. Supposed to stay out of the sun so swimsuit occasions are rare.
I wear a two piece swimsuit but it’s NOT a bikini,I haven’t worn one of those since I was a teenager! Your card is great,neat idea too! AnnB
No sadly my bikini days are behind me…it’s a “hide your flaws” sort of two piece these days. In cleaning out some drawers came across one of the bikini’s and one of the one pieces that might as well have been a bikini…..I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry! Went with the LOL option.
Surf shorts and a rash guard over a bikini top. Don’t want to scare people away. Aaargh. LOVE your work.
Well I am a tankini woman, no doubt! I love the card, you are one talented woman!
I just returned from a 7 day Cabo vacay! I enjoyed wearing my tankini and board shorts 🙂
I wear a two piece that is more like a one piece. A tankini??? but with kind of a shorts bottom. And only with family.
I wear shorts and a t-shirt!
I unfortunately have issues with the way my self image. I have not put on a bathing suit, bikini or one piece since probably the year 2000. I do wear some clam diggers and capris. Does this disqualify me for the contest? I love you work. You are a wonderful artist.
What a gorgeous card!! You are a great colorist!
I have a confession to make…I don’t have a bathing suit…I wear an old tee shirt over an old bra and some cut offs. It’s been a lonnnggg time since I’ve had the figure to wear a bathing suit. Sad.
Bikini top and shorts at home. I prefer not to wear a bathing suit in public. Whoa, that means I’m covered up not the other option!