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Bella Blvd & Hampton Art Blog Hop: Day Four

This week, Bella Blvd is teaming up with Hampton Art Stamps to provide you with some stamping inspiration. Our newest cling stamps (Love and Marriage, Sand & Surf, and Kiss Me) are licensed and manufactured thru Hampton Art Stamps. We thought it was only fitting for a handful of our designers to team up with a handful of their designers, and see what they could all create using Bella’s products and the Bella/Hampton Art stamps.

“You're Awesome” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

For my card I combined two stamped flowers, a stamped sentiment, Ciao Chip Icons, Journaling Sticker, and a Sand & Surf patterned paper. I just adore the bright and sunny colors in this collection! For embellishment, I added some ribbon and three Button Market buttons.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Surfs Up, Paradise, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures, Ciao Chip Icons; Button Market: Outdoors, Hot Pink Flowers, Fruit Punch; Hampton Art Stamps: Sand & Surf

“Friends” card, by Kathy Martin.

I love creating with Bella Blvd collections! They’re always colorful and happy and perfect for projects like this card for a special friend. To show off many of the beautiful coordinating patterned papers in this line I made die cut tags and layered them with foam mounting tape in between.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Paradise, Surfs Up, Flying High, Miniatures Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Hampton Art Stamps: Sand & Surf 

“Mr & Mrs” card, by Kathy Martin.

I love the whimsical images Stephanie creates for Bella Blvd. and think they make awesome rubber stamps! The latest release of Bella Blvd. stamps is so fun and offers so many project options! For my card I used one of my favorite stamps in the Love and Marriage collection, the adorable wedding dress. First I stamped it on card stock and then on patterned paper, cut it out and layered it with foam mounting tape to create dimension.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Esther Fleming, Miniatures Stickers; Button Market: Pickle Squares; Hampton Art Stamps: Love and Marriage

“He & She” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I used this adorable “He & she” stamp from the “Kiss me” collection on this card. I stamped my image on a blue cloud paper, cut it out and used it as a centre pieces for my flower. I also punched out a bunch of tiny hearts in pink/dotted designers tape. I used the hearts to decorate the top part of my card.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: May Eighteenth, Cake Tasting, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Designer tape: 12mm Combo, Chevron Combo, Polka Dot Combo; Hampton Art Stamps: Kiss Me

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We are doing a giveaway this week. We will be giving away the Love and Marriage Collection Kit, along with coordinating chipboard and embellishments, to one lucky reader! We will randomly draw a winner from all four posts this week, which means you can comment each day to improve your chances. A winner will be announced on Saturday. 

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Now head on over to Hampton Art Stamps to see what their designers have created today, and also be sure to visit their Facebook page as well. They also have a giveaway happening this week, so be sure to visit each day this week. 

Bella Blvd & Hampton Art Blog Hop: Day Three

This week, Bella Blvd is teaming up with Hampton Art Stamps to provide you with some stamping inspiration. Our newest cling stamps (Love and Marriage, Sand & Surf, and Kiss Me) are licensed and manufactured thru Hampton Art Stamps. We thought it was only fitting for a handful of our designers to team up with a handful of their designers, and see what they could all create using Bella’s products and the Bella/Hampton Art stamps.

"Love You Forever" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I used a stamp from the "Kiss Me" set as the sentiment for this card. And it doubled as the center of the flower! I stamped the sentiment first onto a sheet of white cardstock. Then I used a circle punch to punch it out. I adhered it to the center of the flower with foam adhesive for some fun dimension. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
All American: American Pride, Borders & Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Flags: Just Married; Designer Tape: Red Stripe; Hampton Arts Stamps: Kiss Me

"So Glad We Are Friends" tags, by Gretchen McElveen.

I have some little goodies I need to give to a couple of friends so I made tags to help decorate the gift bags. I used the "So glad we are friends" stamp from the Sand & Surf stamps as sentiments for these tags. On the red tag, I stamped directly onto the tag (oh how that scares me!). On the blue tag I first stamped the sentiment onto white cardstock. Then I cut the sentiment out and made it look like a small tag hanging from the ribbon. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
All American: Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Seeing Stars, Chipboard Icons; Button Market: Red Flowers, Text; Sophisticates: Short Stories; Hampton Arts Stamps: Sand & Surf

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We are doing a giveaway this week, and I think we'll start the week off with it! We will be giving away the Love and Marriage Collection Kit, along with coordinating chipboard and embellishments, to one lucky reader! We will randomly draw a winner from all four posts this week, which means you can comment each day to improve your chances. A winner will be announced on Saturday. 

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Now head on over to Hampton Art Stamps to see what their designers have created today, and also be sure to visit their Facebook page as well. They also have a giveaway happening this week, so be sure to visit each day this week.

Bella Blvd & Hampton Art Blog Hop: Day One

For the next four days, Bella Blvd is teaming up with Hampton Art Stamps to provide you with some stamping inspiration. Our newest cling stamps (Love and Marriage, Sand & Surf, and Kiss Me) are licensed and manufactured thru Hampton Art Stamps. We thought it was only fitting for a handful of our designers to team up with a handful of their designers, and see what they could all create using Bella’s products and the Bella/Hampton Art stamps.

“Best Wishes” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

One of my favorite stamping techniques is paper piecing (stamping onto patterned paper and cutting it out). For my card, I stamped the heart (from the Love And Marriage Cling Stamp set) onto five different Love And Marriage patterned papers, cut them out, and then stitched them all together. I added a sticker border, Ciao Chip piece, Button Market button, and a stamped sentiment to complete the card.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Cute Cuts, May Eighteenth, Borders, Cake Tasting, Esther Fleming Floral, Ciao Chip Wedding Icons, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Pink Flowers; Hampton Art Stamps: Love and Marriage

“Congratulations” card, by Carina Lindholm.

When I usually make cards I use lots and lots of colors on them, so I thought it would be fun to do the opposite for once. I stamped all the wedding images in black ink on grey heart paper. I cut out all the images and adhered them all to the white card base using pop dots. And to give my card that little bit extra and a splash of color, I adhered a teal button among the stamped images.

Supplies:
Buttons Market: Gulf Squares; Hampton Art Stamps: Love and Marriage

“Congratulations” card, by Sheri Feypel.

My inspiration for this card was the Wedding dress stamp. I knew that I wanted it to hang on a metal hanger on the front of my card. I stamped the dress twice, once on He Proposed and once on Esther Fleming Floral. I used the second stamped image for accents on the first stamped image, cutting out the scalloped waist and flower. I added a little dimension to the flower with a foam adhesive dot and topped it off with a pearl accent. I added another stamped image, the Diamond ring and attached it with Ivory twine to let it float on the front of the card. I also stamped my sentiment along the bottom of the card directly onto the floral print with a black ink. I love all of the layers on this card!

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Cute Cuts, Cake Testing, Esther Fleming Floral; Engaged At Last: He Proposed; Hampton Art Stamps: Love and Marriage 

 

Altered Gift Bag/Tag, by Sheri Feypel.

I love to personalize gifts, something as simple as adding a scrappy touch to the packaging. It just makes it a bit more personable and thoughtful. I altered a plain white gift bag with papers from the Love and Marriage collection. I cut out the flowers from the Cute Cuts and arranged them with dimension on the front of the bag. I then cut out a small tag and stamped it with stamps from the Love and Marriage Cling Stamps, which stamp wonderfully might I add! I also stamped and cut out the diamond ring and attached it with some Ivory twine so that it appead to be dangling (I used a small foam dot behind it to keep it from being damaged in transit). I love the little extra that the stamps add to my projects and this collection.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Vows, Cake Tasting, Turner Hall Ballroom, Esther Fleming Floral, Borders, Cute Cuts; Hampton Art Stamps: Love and Marriage 

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We are doing a giveaway this week, and I think we'll start the week off with it! We will be giving away the Love and Marriage Collection Kit, along with coordinating chipboard and embellishments, to one lucky reader! We will randomly draw a winner from all four posts this week, which means you can comment each day to improve your chances. A winner will be announced on Saturday. 

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Now head on over to Hampton Art Stamps to see what their designers have created today, and also be sure to visit their Facebook page as well. They also have a giveaway happening this week, so be sure to visit each day this week.

May Guest Designer: Roree Rumph

We are so excited to introduce our May Guest Designer to you today. Roree Rumph is an extremely talented designer in the industry, and we knew she would come up with some gorgeous projects using our Kiss Me collection and our Love and Marriage collection. 

Hi, everyone! Let me just start off by saying that I am so excited to be guesting on the Bella Blvd blog this month! Here is a little bit about me:

I live in Daphne, Alabama with my husband David, our two daughters Grace and Harper, our dogs Hank and Phoenix, and our cat Ninja. I started paper crafting in 2005, when I decided to make my daughter's 5th birthday invitations instead of buying them, and my love for this hobby took off like a rocket from there.

Most people know me as a card maker, but every once and a while I do a little altering or put together a page or two. I consider my style clean & cutesy (which seems to work so well with Bella Blvd products!) I love adding lots of little details and some form of hand or machine stitching to most of my projects. (I actually learned to sew because of paper crafting!)

I have been pretty blessed with this hobby. I have worked for a handful of manufacturers and had my work featured in a number of publications. It has ultimately led to a new career with Northridge Publishing. I am the editor of Cricut Magazine^® and Cricut Magazine^® Idea Books. (So to all of you Cricut crafters—submit, submit, submit! ;) )

I received the super-cute Kiss Me and Love and Marriage collections, along with some Freestyle Sophisticates products, and got right to work!

"Love This Girl" by Roree Rumph.

Since I am not much of a scrapbooker, I tackled the layout first. I absolutely fell in love with the B side of Bouquet Kisses from the Kiss Me collection, so I used it for the background of my layout about my daughter, Harper. I then added paper strips from Borders & Cute Cuts, mixed and matched chipboard and cardstock letter stickers for my title, and added a few extra details with hand-cut flowers, cardstock stickers, some white twill ribbon, and a couple of jewels, brads, and a button. I am just crazy about the color combo of this collection!

"I Love You" by Roree Rumph.

Again, I used the Border & Cute Cuts strips from the Kiss Me collection for the background of my card, along with a strip of green Chevron Tape. I added a a cardstock label and letter stickers for the sentiment, along with a brad, jewel, and pink baker's twine to finish. The images in this collection are so fun and playful, and I absolutely love them!

"Hello Beautiful" by Roree Rumph.

For this card, I used the Love and Marriage collection. The colors in this collection are so soft and pretty. I used the B side of the Turner Hall Ballroom paper for the background and layered cardstock stickers and a strip from the Borders paper on the center of the card. I was dying to create a flower using the Crochet Hearts, so I did that and finished it by layering a flower cut from the Cute Cuts paper, a button and jewel, and some strips of ribbon for the leaves. Aren't those Crochet Hearts the cutest?!

"Bride & Groom" by Roree Rumph.

For this card, I got out my Cricut Expression^® machine and Sweethearts cartridge to create this cute little car and couple silhouette with the Love and Marriage collection. I used the B sides of the Cute Cuts and Borders papers for the car. And instead of cutting out the bumper, I used a cardstock sticker from the Alpha+Bits sheet. I took the pin off "Bride&Groom" flag to use it as the license plate on the car, and added the "Love" pennant stickers from the Alpha+Bits sheet in place of the cans. I placed it over a May Eighteenth paper panel, doubled up strips of green Chevron Tape, and a scalloped cardstock border sticker. I think this would be such a cute card for any couple getting married!

"Flower Jar Favor" by Roree Rumph.

I have been totally obsessed with jelly jars lately. So for my last project, I decided to create a cute little favor with the Love and Marriage and Freestyle Sophisticates collections. I found this cute little wide-mouth jelly jar at my local home improvement store. I used my Cricut Expression^® 2 and Sweet Treats cartridge to create a layered flower for the top of the jar. I added a cardstock sticker and button to the center and two green Crochet Hearts underneath the flower to finish. I then hand cut a tag from the Smokeys In Love paper, added initials in the heart, and tied the tag to the jar with some green ribbon. It would be perfect for a wedding favor or for any number of other special occasion (birthdays, picnics, etc.)

I hope you enjoyed the projects I shared with you today as much as I enjoyed creating them with these beautiful Bella Blvd products. Thanks so much to everyone at Bella Blvd for having me!

Bella Blvd + Silhouette + Chipboard

 

Silhouette's May Promotion went live today, and we are excited to help them spread the news, while sharing some new project inspiration along the way. One of the newest additions to the products you can use along with your Silhouette and Cameo digital die cut machines is chipboard!

“Welcome Baby Boy” mini album, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I was so thrilled when I first saw the Silhouette Chipboard! It's perfect for creating mini albums, embellishments for cards, home decor items, and even for fun packaging! For my first project, I created a little Baby mini album! I cut out album pages using my Silhouette Cameo and some Silhouette Chipboard. I then cut some Baby Boy pages using the same cut files. Both the front and back have different patterns (all from the Bella Baby Boy collection). I decorated the front of the Album using some coordinating Baby Boy Ciao Chip pieces, Alpha+Bits Stickers, a couple of Saltwater Feathers, and a Star Button.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Momma's Boy, Borders, Baby Boy, It's a Boy!, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Feathers: Saltwater; Button market: Stars

Blooming Thanks Gift Basket, by Laurie Schmidlin.

One of the projects that I couldn't wait to create using the Silhouette Chipboard was a gift container! The heavier weight lends itself nicely to holding heavier gifts! I started by cutting out the Fruit Basket shape using my Cameo, assembling it, and then adding some white wash paint over it. I decorated it with a strip of Bella patterned paper, Ciao Chip, and a Button Market button!

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Punch, Ciao Chip Icons, Miniature Card Sentiments; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers

“Super Great Friend” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I love adding both dimension and texture to my cards, so the idea of being able to create my own custom chipboard pieces really appealed to me! I used my Silhouette Cameo, Silhouette Chipboard, and various Bella patterned papers to cut out the tree and heart shapes for my card. For embellishments, I added a Miniature Card Sentiment and two Button Market buttons!

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles, Party Dress; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Ice, Sprinkles & Lace Punch, Miniatures Card Sentiments; Love And Marriage: Smokeys in Love; Button Market: Pink Flowers

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Silhouette makes some amazing products, and scrappers everywhere are addicted to these machines. If you've been thinking about purchasing either the Silhouette Portrait or the Silhouette CAMEO, now is a great time to make it happen. You can find these great chipboard promotions HERE, with prices lasting until May 15th.

Cards On Thursdays

"Thinking of You" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

Many times when I am kind of stuck in a rut, I go back and look through my albums or box of cards for a little inspiration. I usually can find something that will at least help me get started on my next project. Like this card, for example! I started this card by using the same design as I used on the "Congratulations" card above. Obviously, it evolved into something completely different! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Paradise, Miniatures, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Love and Marriage: Smokeys in Love; Engaged at Last: Alpha+Bits Stickers 

"Congratulations" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I have a cousin who got married over Thanksgiving weekend. The wedding was in Rhode Island and we could not make the trip. Confession: They just celebrated their 6 month anniversary and I have not yet sent a gift. So the inside of this card says, "Happy 6 month anniversary!" and I have a gift card to include. Better late than never, right??! I tried to make the card extra cute so that hopefully she won't be too mad that I am sending it so late!

Supplies:
Engaged at Last: Borders, Engagement Chipboard Icons, Bachelor/ette Chipboard Icons, Alpha+ Bits Stickers; Love and Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sand & Surf: Paradise; Sophisticates: Miniature Card Sentiments

 

“Congratulations” card, by Sheri Feypel.

I really love the extra fun that the Feathers add to projects. They add a splash of color and texture that is exactly what some of my projects need. I designed this card around the feather and added a few of the Cute Cuts for the sentiment. Believe it or not this card came together quickly for me!

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Smokeys in Love, Cake Testing, May Eighteenth, Turner Hall Ballroom, Cute Cuts, Miniatures Wedding Day; Feathers: Cotton Candy

“Boy” card, by Sheri Feypel.

I recently bought a mustache punch and I am obsessed with it! I want to use it on everything right now, so I created this Boy Card. I was trying to keep it simple and clean with only a few layers. I also had to work my foam adhesive in there popping each mustache off the card.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Baby Blue, Momma's Boy, Borders; High Five Alpha Stickers: Brown/Cream

“Happy Birthday Wishes” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

It seems like squares are all the rage these days and I just had to play along! Using a 1.25" square die cut, I created a quilt of colors from the Birthday Girl Collection. After mounting them onto a piece of cardstock, I machine stitched down the center of each row. I kept the top simple by adding on a couple of chipboard stickers and a "wishes" banner under the die-cut shape.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Celebrate, Party Dress, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Button Market: Pink Flowers; Crochet Hearts: Gulf; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue

“Happy 4^th Of July” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

A small piece of feather gathered and tied made the cutest plume effect to the top of the chipboard firecracker! I attached the feather to the chipboard using a Ultra-Thin Glue Dot. I built a 4th of July collage using several components from the Alpha+Bits and Just Write Journaling Stickers. So happy and festive, and I love the idea of displaying it on our Patriotic buffet table. Bring on Summer!

Supplies:
All American: United We Stand, Seeing Stars, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Button Market: Stars; Feathers: Ice

"Celebrate" card, by Wendy Wagner.

I decided to do a smaller card for this. I think it would be a fun card to share with someone hosting a party for the 4th of July or Memorial Day! I placed the Feathers to look like fireworks & added some stickles to the chip shapes. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
All American: American Pride, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Flags: All American Icons; Feathers: Surf N Turf

Cards On Thursdays

It's all about cards here on the Bella blog today. I happen to come across all of these cards in my files that we hadn't gotten around to sharing yet. It's a shame they were just waiting around, considering how cute they all are!

"Mine 2 Love" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I would like to pat myself on the back for using 3 different Bella Blvd lines with the crochet flowers on this card! Yep! I used a little paper from the "Kiss Me" line, stickers from "Engaged at Last", and the background paper is from the "Sand and Surf" line. Go me! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Mustache Love, Bouquet Kisses, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sand & Surf: GPS; Engaged at Last: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Crochet Flowers: Poppy

 

"Love" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

Shame on me for not realizing how well the poppy crochet flowers go with the "Kiss Me" line! The pink in the flowers matches perfectly with the pinks in the "Kiss Me" line. I love that! Thanks for looking!

Supplies: 
Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Love Notes, Flutter, Borders & Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Crochet Flowers: Poppy

"You're My Fave" card, by Jenny Evans.

I knew immediately that I wanted to do an all red and pink card when I opened my Crochet Flower packs. I went straight to the Kiss Me collection and pulled out the Flutter and Cute Cuts papers. I accented with some of the new Designer Tapes from the 12mm Combo Pack. A great card to have on hand.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Flutter, Borders and Cute Cuts; Designer Tape: 12mm Combo Pack; Crochet Flowers: Poppy

“Congrats” card, by Carina Lindholm.

On this card I have mixed the pink and blue papers from the Kiss me collection with the grey paper from the Sophisticates collection, I really love the color combination. I punched out a few stars in all the different papers and adhered then to my card mixing them with white star buttons. The grey stars are adhered using foam adhesive to make them pop of the card.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Flutter, Borders; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Oyster, Miniatures Card Sentiments Stickers; Button Market: Stars

“Celebrate card”, by Carina Lindholm.

I went a little crazy with my butterfly punch when I was making this card. I punched out butterflies in different colors and sizes, using papers from the Birthday Boy collection. And then I adhered them all over my card. And to make my card just a tad more festive, I adhered a gold pearl on all the butterflies.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Just A Note, Borders, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tape: Orange Stripe; Button Market: Orange Stars; Flags: Birthday Boy 1

“Eat Cake” card, by Kathy Martin.

This card was an experiment in mixing tags of different sizes and zigzag stitching. I like the way the tags are arranged together and thought small accents like Bella Blvd’s Flags, a button and sticker would complement them well.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: About A Boy, Toadilly Cool, Eat Cake, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Flags: Birthday Boy 1; Button Market: Pickle Squares

Bella Blvd & Hampton Art Stamps

This past January, at Winter CHA, we were excited to announce that our new cling stamps would be licensed and manufactuered thru Hampton Art Stamps. The first three sets to be released coordinate with the Love and Marriage collection, Sand & Surf collection, and the Kiss Me collection.

Our Card Designers have had some time to get creative with these new stamps. We shared some cards with you yesterday and today we have another handful to share. 

“Thinking Of You” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

The inspiration for this card was brought about from looking out my kitchen window. I love to see the blue sky, bright green grass and wildflowers dotting the landscape. To create my vision, I used designer tape as a pretty outline for my window; framing the blue sky. Next, I stamped two of the flower motifs from the "Sand & Surf" stamps onto a white cardstock. I used Colorbox's Very Berry and Squash and then colored in the petals and centers with watercolor pencils and then cut out. When using a clear stamp, I like to place a thin foam mat under the paper that I'm stamping on. This really does help to ensure a nice, crisp image. 

Supplies:  
Love And Marriage: May Eighteenth; Sand & Surf: Paradise; Designer Tape: Combo; Hampton Art Stamps: Sand & Surf

“Thinking of You” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I am so glad the new Sand & Surf collection now has stamps. They work great as the focal image of a project or in addition to the other great elements in the collection (like Stickers and Ciao Chip pieces). For my card, I started with a couple different papers for the background. I layered on some Ciao Chip pieces and then embellished with two stamped images (the flower and arrow) as well as two different sentiments (all from the new Sand & Surf stamp set).

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Borders, Surfs Up, Ciao Chip Icons; Button Market: Pink Flowers; Hampton Art Stamps: Sand & Surf

“Your Love Is Better Than Ice Cream” card, by Carina Lindholm.

One of my favourite songs is “Ice cream” with Sarah McLachlan. And when I saw this cute little ice cream stamp I just knew I wanted to make a card with this quote. And I used the ice cream and a scallop circle to make the O in love.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, May Eighteenth, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Engaged At Last: Chipboard Icons; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue; Hampton Art Stamps: Kiss Me

“I Mustache You A Question” card, by Carina Lindholm.

This quote always cracks me up! It’s just so funny and I wanted to use it on a card when I saw these cute mustache stamps. I stamped the mustaches in different colors and cut them out. I also stamped and cut out a bunch of speech bubbles. I adhered the mustaches to the speech bubbles by using pop dots to give the card some dimension.

Supplies:
High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Hampton Art Stamps: Kiss Me

“Bride to Be" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

On this next card, I stamped the wedding dress image from the "Love and Marriage" set onto a sheet of patterned paper and then cut it out. I used it as an embellishment for this card by adhering it with foam adhesive to a scalloped sticker and adhering the scalloped sticker to the card also with foam adhesive. I dressed up the card a little bit by adding a few pieces of bling to the stamped dress, to dot the "i", and along the scalloped border sticker. 

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; Love and Marriage: Cute Cuts; Engaged at Last: Bachelorette Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Engagement Chipboard Icons; Kiss Me: Flutter; Hampton Art Stamps: Love and Marriage

 

Bella Blvd & Hampton Art Stamps

This past January, at Winter CHA, we were excited to announce that our new cling stamps would be licensed and manufactuered thru Hampton Art Stamps. The first three sets to be released coordinate with the Love and Marriage collection, Sand & Surf collection, and the Kiss Me collection.

Our Card Designers have had some time to get creative with these new stamps, and we will be sharing some of those cards with you, both today and tomorrow.

“Jar Of Hearts” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I am so loving the new Bella stamps! For this card, I chose the new Kiss Me stamps. I stamped the four different conversation hearts in colors that coordinate with the Kiss Me collection (I adore those colors together)! I embellished the card with some Designer Tape and a White Crochet Heart.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Cute Cuts; Designer Tape: Cotton Candy, Polka Dot Combo; Crochet Hearts: White Hearts; Hampton Art Stamps: Kiss Me

“So Glad We’re Friends” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I have said this before but I LOVE clouds. So I was jumping up and down with joy when I saw that there are two cloud stamps in Bella Blvd’s new stamp collections. On this card I stamped the smaller cloud directly on the card and the bigger cloud I stamped on patterned paper and cut out. I adhered the clouds to the card by using pop dots.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: GPS, Cute Cuts, Borders, Surfs Up, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Feathers: Pickle Juice; Hampton Art Stamps: Sand & Surf, Love And Marriage

“Wish You Were Here” card, by Carina Lindholm.

On this card I stamped a bunch of arrows from the sand & surf stamp set on different patterned papers. I cut them out and adhered them to the card pointing down on my sentiment.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: May Eighteenth, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Freestyle Sophisticates: Cotton Candy, Pickle Juice, Scallop, Gulf; Designer Tape: Polka Dot Combo, Pickle Juice Stripe; Buttons Market: Checkers; Hampton Art Stamps: Sand & Surf

“Congratulations” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

After I completed this card, the idea came to me to use the dress stamp for bridesmaid's Thank You cards. That's the beauty of stamps. That you can modify the colors to suit! I stamped the dress, first, onto the patterned paper. Next, I stamped the image again onto a canvas cardstock with Staz-On ink. I used a grey watercolor pencil to shadow in the left side of the dress. I also colored in a couple of the ruffles and then trimmed out the image and attached over the first stamped image. I just got this new embossing folder that has an inset in the center. I cut the patterned paper to that size and machine-stitched in place.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: May Eighteenth, Smokeys In Love, Cute Cuts; Engaged At Last: Miniatures Stickers; Button Market: Aqua Flowers; Hampton Art Stamps: Love and Marriage

"Congrats" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I have to admit that I am not an experienced stamper and the new Bella Blvd "clings" stamps from Hampton Art kind of scared me at first. How the heck are things supposed to work??! After a little help from "Google" I quickly learned that they work just like acrylic stamps (you use a clear block and they "cling" to it!) but have that good ole rubber stamp quality. Very cool! On this card I used the heart stamp from the "Love & Marriage" set. I stamped the heart on a couple different patterned papers and then cut out the hearts to make a fun border across the card. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; Sophisticates: Miniature Sentiments; Love and Marriage: Borders, Esther Fleming Floral; Engaged at Last: Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Kiss Me: Flutter; Hampton Art Stamps: Love And Marriage

Cards On Thursday: Spring Themed Cards

In keeping with the spring theme of yesterday's layout shares, it's only fair that we asked a few of our card designers to create spring themed cards to share with you as well!

"Thanks For Everything" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

When I think of Spring I think pretty, colorful flowers! So I cut out several flowers from the Sand and Surf line to use on this thank you card. I used a red flower button as a fun center for one of the flowers and the sentiment is from the Miniature Sentiments stickers sheet. I even threw the red scalloped border sticker from the All American Alpha + Bits on this card! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Sand and Surf: Paradise, Cute Cuts; Love and Marriage: Cake Tastings; Engaged at Last: Alpha+Bits Stickers; All American: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Miniature Sentiments; Button Market: Red Flowers

"Wish You Were Here" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I was really inspired by Laura Vegas's "Poolside" layout on this month's free Project Sheet. If you have not see it yet, check it out HERE. I love the big sun she created on her layout and I totally copied that idea on this card! I cut the sentiment out of the Sand and Surf Borders sheet and used a punch to add a few butterflies. I finished off the card with a couple of flags and buttons. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Borders, GPS; All American: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Banana; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers; Flags: Sand & Surf

“Hey Sunshine” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I covered the card base in green dotted paper and hand stitched around the edges using pink embroidery floss. To decorate my card I used some cut outs from the cute cuts sheet,a flower sticker and a scallop chipboard border.

 

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Paradise , Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Engaged At Last: Chipboard Icons; Quattrofina Alpha Stickers: Mustard & Apricot

 

”Spring Is In The Air” card, by Carina Lindholm.

This card makes me happy. I LOVE the colors and I love to work with Bellas designer tapes. I used a few different colors on this card. I cut the tape strips into banners before adhering them to the card using my sewing machine.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Cake Tasting, Cute Cuts; Designer Tapes: Polka Dot Combo, 12mm Combo; Buttons Market: Pink Flowers

“Bright Sunny Days” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

For my card, I combined elements from a couple of collections. I used the borders paper from the Sunshine & Happiness collection and some Journaling Stickers and Alpha+Bits from the Easter Flings and Spring Things collection! That happy sun makes me smile every time I see it, and I hope it makes the recipient smile as well! 

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Borders; Easter Flings & Spring Things: Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits; Ciao Chip Elements: Clouds; Button Market: Blues; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Stripe

“Birthday Wishes” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

Birthday cards are one of my favorite kind of Bella cards to make! The fun and happy colors just lend themselves so well to celebrations! I used several elements from the Birthday Girl collection to make my card. For a fun twist on a regular card, I cut the top part of the card a bit shorter so some of the patterned paper on the inside would show from the front.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Party Dress, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons; Sophisticates: Miniatures Card Sentiments; Button Market: Checkers

“Friends” card, by Wendy Wagner.

I thought it would be fun to take the Sand & Surf collection and make a bright fun friends card!  I went outside my normal creating and didn't ink or distress anything! It was a challenge for me! The Feathers are so fun to work with & I love the texture they add to any project!

 

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Crochet Hearts: Saltwater, Orange; Feathers: Punch, Pickle Juice, Ice; Button Market: Bursts

 

"Spring" card, by Wendy Wagner.

This little card maybe small but it is big with wonderful supplies from Bella! Some of the Chipboard icons are popped double. I layered the feathers behind to add some texture. I used some ink, very little for me. I first glued down the feathers, then I added the Chipboard Icons and lastly added the gems and stickles. This card is perfect for anything!

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Esther Fleming Floral, Turner Hall Ballroom, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Engaged At Last: Chipboard Icons; Feathers: Carnation Pink, Saltwater Blue