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Bella Blvd & Unity Stamp Co. Inspiration Day

We are back with another Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps Inspiration Day! I asked a few of our Card Designers to use whatever stamps they were feeling inspired by, and to come up with some clever ways to use them. Let's see what they came up with!

“Let’s Stick Together” card, by Alice Carman.

For this card I used the tree stamp and cut off the trunk of the tree. It’s not only a tree stamp, but also ice cream scoops…yay! I wonder what else I could use it for? Who’s up for the challenge?

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spook: Itsy Bitsy Spider, Spooky Night; High Five Alphabets: Black-White; Sunshine & Happiness: Miniatures; Unity Stamps: Tree Love

“A Little Birdie Told Me” card, by Alice Carman.

I like things in 3’s and today’s card is just that. For my background I used the quote stamp and then I stamped the birdie 3 times and pop dotted them across the card. I also used Bella Blvd’s Halloween line called, “Too Cute To Spook” as my pattern paper. I know it’s not Halloween, but it totally works!

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spook: Itsy Bitsy Spider; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron; Unity Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me, Tell Me More

“It’s a Girl” card, by Kathy Martin.

It was a lot of fun getting all inked up for today’s card projects using some adorable new Bella. Blvd. and Unity stamps! For these projects, I thought it would be fun to experiment with combining the stamped images with Copic coloring and hand stitching. Since I wanted my stamped images in a soft gray color and didn’t have a gray stamp pad, I just used black and double stamped them. To do this, ink up your stamp and press it down once on a scratch piece to remove most of the ink and then stamp it a second time on your card. You can do this with any color to get a lighter hue.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Cute Cuts; Unity Stamps: It’s a Girl Stamp

“Welcome” card, by Kathy Martin.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Snuggly Safari, Pretty in Pink; We’re Expecting: Bella Baby Bump, Chipboard Icons; Baby Boy: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Pink Flowers; Unity Stamp: So Happy For You

"Shine Down On Me" card, by Gail Hoecker.

One Stamp Three Ways. When I pulled the Country Tree Itty Bitty stamp out to use this month, I thought of several ways to use it. The first, probably the easiest, was to color the leaves with colored pencils in a rather monochromatic color scheme.  

"Congrats" card, by Gail Hoecker.

The second card was a little more work. I stamped my image on the card base and then several more times on an assortment of Bella Blvd patterned papers. I then cut out the leaves and adhered them onto the stamped image on the card base, popping some up.

"Hello Beautiful" card, by Gail Hoecker.

The third card was done by stamping the image on the card base. I then used a technique I learned years ago from fellow Artista Beth Gerlach. I stamped the tree image on plain cardstock, cut out the leaves and trunk of the tree and then the fun part ... I ran them through my little Xyron right-side down so that they are sticky on the right-side up. Dip the pieces in your glitter, tap off excess and adhere to your stamped image on your card base. I do not, repeat, do not, like a glittery mess and this method keeps the glitter mess to a minimum. I almost got rid of all my glitters and I'm really glad I didn't! Yes, these cards look fairly simple, but they do take some time to assemble so you want to make sure that whoever you send them to are "card worthy!"

Supplies: 
(Card 1) Spring Flings & Easter Things: Ciao Chip; Sunshine & Happiness: Alphas+Bits; Unity Stamp: Country Tree
(Card 2) Christmas Wishes: North Pole, Candlelight; Finally Fall: Leaf Pile, Alpha+Bits; One Fall Day: Cute Cuts, Chance of Rain; Sophisticates: Sprinles & Lace Plum; Unity Stamp: Country Tree
(Card 3) Spring Flings & Easter Things: Alphas+Bits; Unity Stamp: Country Tree

Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps Inspiration Day

We are back with another Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps Inspiration Day! We asked some of our Card Designers to focus on the Sunshine & Happiness collection, along with our co-branded stamps that coordinate with the collection. 

"It's Summer Time" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I have to admit, I am not much of a stamper! These Sunshine & Happiness stamps are so cute, though, and I had a great time using them! I stamped the image with black ink onto plain white cardstock, punched it out with a large circle punch, and then used markers to add some color to the image.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Sunny Side Up, Popsicles Kisses, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Spring Flings and Easter Things: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Yellow High Five Alphabets; Unity Stamps: Orange You Glad

"I'm Thinking About You" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I used the other stamp in this set as the sentiment for this card. I stamped the image with black ink onto plain white cardstock, cut it out, and then added it to the bottom right corner of the card. I kept the background of this card pretty neutral so that the flowers and striped border across the card would really pop. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Happy Clouds; Baby Boy: Momma's Boy, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Winter Wonder: Icy; Estate Sale: Linens; Button Market: Neutrals Mix; Ciao Chip: Family Words; Unity Stamps: Orange You Glad

“We Make A Great Pear” card, by Kathy Martin.

For this card I wanted to use this adorable Unity/Bella Blvd. pear stamp on the new Bella Blvd. Designer Tapes, but I wasn’t sure if the ink would smear. I decided to use StayzOn ink just in case and I love the shine it creates! I also did a bit of paper piecing using this bright and happy yellow polka dot paper for one of the pears. To accent the card further I created a hand zigzag stitch border and placed a pickle square button next to the phrase. That button name is too fun! I like the square shape and shade of green too! I only had one roll of washi tape before Bella Blvd. came out with their Designer Tapes and I think I’m in love!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses, Great Pear Stamp; Designer Tapes: Teal Stripe, Pink Stripe, Blue Gingham, Yellow Chevron, Pickle Juice Dot; Button Market: Pickle Squares

“We Make a Great Pear” card, by Kathy Martin.

It’s such a pleasure to create projects with the new Bella Blvd. Sunshine & Happiness collection! The colors are so bright and cheerful and the new Designer Tapes and Button Market accents coordinate perfectly! I’ve always been a huge fan of buttons and I absolutely adore these great button shapes and colors! They look like citrus candy! For the pear stamp I chose this bright pink to coordinate with the line. For one of the pears, I paper pieced it with this green patterned paper, the ideal color for a pear!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses, Petal Power, Happy Clouds, Great Pear Stamp; Button Market: Fruit Punch, Pickles Squares, Pink Flowers; Designer Tapes: Yellow Chevron, Teal Stripe, Pink Stripe, Pickle Juice Dot

“Orange You Glad” card, by Alice Carman.

This collection was sooo cute to work with. It put me in a happy place all day especially using the Bella Blvd/Unity stamps. I know you card making peeps just adore the fact that you can play with happy paper and stamp on it! What else could you ask for? Sunshine & Happiness is really happiness on a 12x12 paper…LOL!

Supplies:
Sunshine Happiness: Happy Clouds, Popsicle Kisses, Sunny Side Up; Stamp: Orange You Glad

“Love” card, by Alice Carman.

Buttons, stamps, paper…oh my! Don’t you just love the new embellishments that match Bella Blvd’s paper collections? I thought I'd turn the single stamp into background paper to use alongside Bella Blvd’s papers. What do you think? 

Supplies: Baby Boy: Heaven Scent; Sunshine Happiness: Borders; Stamp: We Make A Great Pearl; Button Market: Purple Flora

“Sending You Sunshine" card, by Deanna Misner.

For this card I chose to use a traditionally "baby" stamp to send something other than a little bundle of joy. Well, I guess it's still a bundle of joy, just not in the same sense. I used this Unity stamp from the "We're Expecting" line to send a friend some sunshine to brighten their day.  This card is a mini, measuring only 3.5"x3.5", so that the stamp would be the most prominent image.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Alpha+Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniature Stickers; Unity Stamp: Birdie Told Me

"Hang in there" card, Deanna Misner.

This was a fun card to create because I stamped the image with several different colors onto different patterns so that the dresses would each be different. I also hand-cut the pink flowers from the Borders paper to give each one a little more detail. To create the border around the card I combine two of my favorite things right now: Bella's Designer Tape and my scalloped border punch. For the custom look, I simply applied the tape to white cardstock then ran it through my punch. I'm sure I'll be doing that again!

Supplies:
Sunshine and Happiness: Borders, Popscicle Kisses, Alpha+Bits; Sophisticates: Quattro Alpha Stickers Avocado; Unity Stamp: It's a Girl; Designer Tape: Pink Flowers

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And now for our giveaway time!

Giveaway - Orange You Glad stamp

All you need to do to be entered in our random giveaway, is leave a comment on this post. We will announce a winner on Saturday morning.

Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps: Inspiration & Giveaway Day

We are back with another Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps Inspiration Day! We choose a few of our co-branded stamps to highlight today and asked a few of our Design Team members to create some cards using these stamps. 

"We Make A Great Pear" card, by Sheri Feypel.

I love to add embossing to my cards, whether it with embossing folders or heat embossing. This card ended up with both! I used the Great Pear Unity Stamp for this card, and heat embossed the image on white cardstock. I cut it out and added it to the card. I love the clean/fresh look to this card, which is exactly what I was going for.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Borders, Petal Power, Sunny Side Up, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Unity Stamp: Great Pear

"It's A Boy" card, by Sheri Feypel.

For this card I stamped my image on pattern paper and cut it out. I then added it to the journaling square with foam pop dots. I added the flags along the left side to add a splash of color, while keeping it simple.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Happy Clouds, Popsicle Kisses; Baby Boy: Cute Cuts; Unity Stamp: It's A Boy

"We Make A Great Pear" card, by Gail Hoecker.

I used colored pencils, gamsol (mineral spirits), and blending stumps to color the green pear. I used one of the orange clouds to stamp the leaf of the yellow pear. I love to try to think of using what I have in front of me in a different, unique way.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Borders; Unity Stamps: Great Pair

"Orange You Glad" card, by Gail Hoecker.

Again, I used colored pencils, gamsol, and blending stumps; this time to color the oranges. I cut them into different sizes and layered some with foam dots. I haven't had my pencils and gamsol out since I moved and that's been almost a year! So much fun to play around with!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses; Spring Flings and Easter Things: Mom's Bouquet, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Unity Stamps: Orange you Glad

“U Are Fabulous” card, by Alice Carman.

My challenge this week is to use the stamp in a different way than what it appears to be. When I looked at the “It’s a Girl” stamp I didn’t see a dress, but the shape of it. I stamped it on to Bella Blvd papers and cut the shape out. Then I used it in a circle almost like a flower on my card and this is what I came up with. What do you think?

Supplies:
Socialite: Cute Cuts, Tango, R.S.V.P, Dance Circle, Alpha+Bits; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black/White; Unity Stamp: It’s a girl

“B Happy” card, by Alice Carman.  

I used the “It’s a Girl” stamp here again and this time I used it like a bow tie. I stamped it on Bella Blvd paper and cut the shape out. Then I layered it on a few times to make my bow tie. Just a happy card to share with you, and some different ways to use our fabulous Bella Blvd/Unity stamps.

Supplies:
Socialite: Alpha+Bits; Flirty: Party Girl, High Maintenance, Bits A Bella

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And now for our giveaway time!

Giveaway #1 - It's A Girl stamp

Giveaway #2 - Great Pear stamp

All you need to do to be entered in our random giveaway, is leave a comment on this post. We will announce a winner on Saturday morning.

Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps: Inspiration & Giveaway Day

We are back with another Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps Inspiration Day! We choose a few of our co-branded stamps to highlight today, along with the new Baby Boy and Baby Girl collections, and asked a few of our Design Team members to create some cards using these stamps. 

"Congrats" card, by Laura Vegas.

The Calendar Month stamp, from Bella and Unity, is one of my favorites. It's so versitle, and can be used on just about any card you create. You can use it just like a calendar, and mark an important date for the person you're giving the card too. Or you can use it as a fun background accent, which is how I usually use it. I used a few strips from the Baby Boy Borders paper, along with a few of the Chipboard Icon pieces, to create this fun little baby card. I even used a flag from the Wedding Party set, to tuck in with the onesie.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Borders, Chipboard Icons, Alpha+Bits; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue; Flags: Just Married; Unity Stamp: Calendar Month

"Birthday Girl", by Laura Vegas.

When I saw the cute cupcake chipboard pieces, I knew they would be perfect for little girl birthday cards. I started by embossing the front of my card, with a flower embossing folder. I added on a few strips of Baby Girl and We're Expecting pattern papers. The Calendar Month stamp makes a fun accent piece on birthday cards. I heat embossed the stamped image with yellow embossing powder, and then added High Five Alpha Stickers to it for my sentiment.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Borders, Chipboard Icons; We're Expecting: Baby Boy Bump; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue, Red/Pink; Unity Stamp: Calendar Month

"A Little Birdie Told Me" card, by Alice Carman.

As a card maker I try to think outside of the box when using my stamps by finding different ways to stamp. Today my challenge is to use the calendar month stamp alongside another stamp. My theme is baby and of course I used our new Baby Girl collection. I thought stamping another image onto a stamped image is a little different from anything I’ve ever done. What do you think? Does it work? I also paper pieced my birdie stamp as well to give it some color without having to color it.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Sweet Dreams, Borders; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Punch, Black-White High Five Alphabets; We’re Expecting: Bella Baby Bump; Unity Stamps: Calendar Month, Birdie Told Me

"New Set Of Wheels" card, by Alice Carman.

On this card I used the calendar month stamp and turned it into a fence on my peep card. I cut out a few of the grid boxes from the calendar stamp and lined it up to make a fence. I also paper pieced the New Set of Wheels stamp and stamped directly onto the Sunshine Happiness Play Date pattern paper to make the stamp pop.  

Supplies: 
Baby Boy: Heaven Scent; Sunshine & Happiness: Play Date; Baby Girl: Pretty in Pink; Unity stamp: Calendar Month, New Set of Wheels stamp

"Brand New Baby Boy" card, by Gail Hoecker.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Wild About You, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniature Stickers; Sophisticates: Yellow High Five Alpha Stickers; Unity Stamp: Calendar Month

"5th Birthday Party" card, by Gail Hoecker.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Wild About You, Cute Cuts, Miniature Stickers; Sophisticates: Yellow High Five Alphabet Stickers; Unity Stamp: Calendar Month

"A Little Birdie Told Me" card, by Morgan Bandkowski.

I love using the Unity stamps & was so excited to be asked to use some of the new releases! They are so easy to use & stamp great! I attend a lot of baby showers, so both of these stamps are perfect to add to my collection. 

Supplies:
Baby Girl: It's A Girl, Pretty In Pink, Daddy's Girl, Alpha+Bits; Flags: Thank You

"Congratulations On Your New Set Of Wheels" card, by Morgan Bandkowski.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Baby Blue, Heaven Sent, Borders; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Oyster

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And now for our giveaway time!

Giveaway #1 - New Set Of Wheels Itty Bitty stamp

Giveaway #2 - Birdie Told Me Itty Bitty stamp

All you need to do to be entered in our random giveaway, is leave a comment on this post. We will announce a winner on Saturday morning.

Inspiration Unlimited Week: Unity Stamps

This week while we are in California at the CHA Trade Show debuting all the brand new products that we revealed over the past 2 weeks, we are going to share with you projects, projects and more projects with everything new! If you are starving for new inspiration and ideas, you're in the right place! The Bella Design Team have done wonders with the new products and now we can finally show you! Each day we will be featuring one of our new Collections and/or Embellishment products and showing you some great ideas! Get ready for a fun energy boost ... here we go!

Today, we are featuring projects that focus on our Unity/Bella Itty Bitty Stamps!

"We Make A Great Pear" pillowbox, by Sheri Feypel.

This is the cutest little pear stamp ever. Why wouldn't you want this cute stamp with a chevron pear on it?? I heat embossed the Great Pear stamp and added it to a pillow box covered with a little bit of Baby Boy and Sunshine & Happiness papers. This would make a really cute gift box for a pair of earrings!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses; Baby Boy: Baby Blue; Unity Stamp Company: Great Pear 

"Life Begins" card, by Katherine McElvain.

To make this card I wanted to use this cute ultrasound stamp in a unique way. To do so I stamped the image in sequence on a curve to create a half circle. I wanted the image to be highlighted so layered it on craft cardstock and bordered it with two of the Bella Blvd baby boy papers. Added some twine, popped up a coordinating sticker, and this card was quick, easy and finished in no time.

Supplies:
We’re Expecting: Baby Boy Bump; Baby Boy: Baby Blue, Alpha and Bits; Unity Stamp: So Happy For You

"It's A Girl" card, by Alice Carman.

I colored my stamp and used a few papers from the different Bella Blvd collections to enhance my card. Don’t you just love the new crochet flowers and the buttons? The Sophisticates letter stickers are a must when crafting, especially the new Sophisticates alphabets. I love that you get 4 different fonts and styles. Don’t forget Bella Blvd/Unity stamps not only comes with a image stamp, but you also get a sentiment which can be used all different ways. I only stamped the word, “girl” from the sentiment stamp, so you can break up the sentiment stamp or use the whole thing.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Sweet Dreams; Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up; We’re Expecting: Baby Bella Bump; Sophisticates: Black and White High Five Alpha Stickers; Button Market: Text; Crochet Flowers: Daisies; Unity Stamp Company: It’s A Girl

Sneak Peek Week: Itty Bitty Stamps With Unity Stamp Company

Thanks for joining us on a special Sunday Edition of the blog, as we continue our Sneak Peek Week. So far, we have revealed a few new collections, along with buttons and designer tapes! We have more papers, stickers, and chipboard to show you in the next week, along with even more brand new embellishments. But today, we're showing you something different. Stamps!

Along with Unity Stamp Company, we are introducing 9 new Itty Bitty stamps to match with our newest paper collections: Baby Boy, Baby Girl, We're Expecting and Sunshine & Happiness. Each rubber stamp includes a great coordinating card sentiment for your greetings. Along with these new stamps comes a new announcement from both us and Unity Stamp Company. 

These newest Unity stamps will now be available for order directly from Bella Blvd for retailers and distributors. That means when we ship your product order, the stamps will be included as well! In efforts to be more efficient we are happy to be stocking Unity stamps in our warehouse for order fulfillment. And, in an effort to please scrapbookers worldwide, Unity Stamp Company will be selling these stamps individually on the Unity website for consumers also! Now you have the best of both worlds. If you can't find the Unity stamps at your LSS, be sure to visit Unity Stamp Company and order them online. 

"100% Boy" card, by Alice Carman.

For today’s card I am using Bella Blvd/Unity stamp called, It’s a boy! This is such darling itty bitty stamp.  I stamped my image onto a few pattern papers using Bella Blvd’s Baby Boy line and cut them out instead of coloring them. You’ll notice that my stamp image is missing something. Can you guess? 

I inked up my stamp and then I cut a  small circle to cover my sentiment.  Next I stamped the image on to paper and you’ll notice the sentiment part of the stamp did not show.  This process is called, Masking.  You can do this with any of the Bella Blvd/Unity stamps to change it up.  Isn’t this cool?

"A Little Birdie Told Me" card, by Alice Carman.

Here’s another great stamp by Bella Blvd/ Unity called, Birdie Told Me. This is also another itty bitty stamp I got to play with today that you’ll want to get to match the Baby Boy line form Bella Blvd.

On this card I did a little paper piecing. Paper piecing is when you stamp an image on a few different patterns and cut out what you like and piece it together to create an image. You’ll notice I cut out the wing and the sack using different paper from the Baby Boy line and pop dot them on to my card. So what do you think? Great use of the stamping and no coloring needed. 

And now for giveaway time! We want to give one lucky blog reader a chance to own a few of our new Itty Bitty Stamps from Unity Stamp Company. If chosen, you will receive 3 stamps of your choice, before they even hit the stores. Just leave us a comment to be entered. One comment per person, please. All of our giveaways for our sneak peeks will be left open until Saturday, January 28th. All winners will be announced on Sunday, January 29th, which is the first day of the Winter CHA show!

Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps: Inspiration & Giveaway Day

 

We are back with another Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps Inspiration Day! We choose a few of our co-branded stamps to send to card maker extraordinaire, Alice Carman, and asked her to pair them up with some of her favorite Bella products. 

 

"Hi" card, by Alice Carmen.

Today’s card is a mixture of two Bella Blvd collections, Sunny Happy Skies and Finally Fall. The use of color from Bella Blvd’s papers can be mix between lines because everything matches so well. I also used Tell Me More Bella Itty Bitty Unity stamp to use as a journaling box on my card.  Perfect to highlight a sentiment, don’t you agree?

 

Supplies:
Sunny Happy Skies: Magic in the Skies; Finally Fall: Bliss, Autumn Splendor; Sophisticates: Spinach and Asparagus; Baby Blooms-a-Bella: Rossini, Champagne

 

"Back 2 School" card, by Alice Carmen.

Here’s a quick card to make in a pinch!  I used Midterm collection to create this fun and simple card. The Tell Me More Bella Itty Bitty Unity stamp can also be used as a die cut. Just stamp your image and cut it out. I layered a few quote over my stamped image and tada … it’s a card!

 

Supplies:
Midterm: Borders and Blocks, Text Me, Cute Cuts, Alpha + Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Mustard and Apricots, Milk & Oreo

 

"Save The Date" card, by Alice Carmen.

Since the holidays are fast approaching, I thought we could get started on our holiday greetings.  Here’s an idea using Christmas Wishes collection and a Calendar Month Bella Itty Bitty Unity stamp.  I stamped my image on a sheet of cardstock and cut it out to pop off my card.  I used the stamped image to set a memorable date on the front of my card and added numbers to set the date.

 

Supplies:
Christmas Wishes: Gifts Galore, Trees for Sale, Cute Cuts, Just Rite Journaling Stickers,   Miniature Stickers, Quadrants, Candlelight; Sophisticates: Peep & Saffron, Spinach and Asparagus; Family Dynamics: Words of Wisdom

 

"Joy 2 U" card, by Alice Carmen.

Here’s another holiday idea using the Calendar Month Bella Itty Bitty Unity stamp. I turned the stamp into a wrapped present. All you have to do is stamp your image on a few sheets of Bella Blvd’s Christmas Wishes paper, cut out the squares and adhere to stamped image.  Add some ribbon and you got yourself a wrapped box that can be used toward any gift giving holiday. 

 

Supplies:
Christmas Wishes: Candlelight, Cute Cuts, Miniature Stickers; Sophisticates: Spinach and Asparagus

And now for our giveaways!

 

Giveaway #1 - Unity/Bella Itty Bitty Tell Me More

 

Giveaway #2 - Unity/Bella Itty Bitty Calendar Month

All you need to do to be entered in our random giveaway, is leave a comment on this post. We will announce a winner on Friday morning.

 

Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps: Inspiration & Giveaway Day

 

We are back with another Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps Inspiration Day! We choose a few of our co-branded stamps to send to card maker extraordinaire, Alice Carman, and asked her to pair them up with some of her favorite Bella products. 

 

"I Fall 4 You" card, by Alice Carman. I used two Bella Blvd collections when creating this card. I took the Pep Rally paper from the Midterm collection, and cut out the banner to drape across the card. I also added some stickles to highlight color that was not part of the color scheme to match the heart on the Tree Love stamp.

 

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Mustard & Apricot; Finally Fall: Quadrants, Cute Cuts; Midterm: Pep Rally; Unity/Bella Blvd Stamp: Tree Love

 

"Fright Night" card, by Alice Carman. I used the House Warming Itty Bitty stamp as a haunted house on this card so it would match the Too Cute to Spook line. I dressed the house up a bit by adding some glossy accents and little of green tint to the windows. 

 

Supplies:
Too Cute to Spook Collection: Boo Crew, Full Moon, Cute Cuts, Miniatures Stickers; Sophisticates: Oreo; Unity/Bella Blvd Stamp: House Warming Bella Itty Bitty

 

"I Heart Halloween" card, by Alice Carman. I used the House Warming Itty Bitty stamp again, but this time I cut out the windows so I could back it up with some Too Cute to Spook paper to give it more depth.  I also stitched some webs into the paper so the spider’s web looks more realistic. It’s all about texture to capture attention to the cards.

 

Supplies:
Too Cute to Spook Collection: Cob Webs, Spooky Night, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Unity/Bella Blvd Stamp: House Warming Bella Itty Bitty

And now for the giveaways!

 

Giveaway #1 - Unity Stamps: Tree Love.

 

Giveaway #2 - Unity Stamps: House Warming Itty Bitty.

All you need to do to be entered in our random giveaway, is leave a comment on this post. We will announce a winner on Friday morning.

Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps: Making The Team

Today, we have a few projects to share with you featuring one of our new stamp sets from Unity Stamps.

 

Our Local Artistas both used the Making The Team stamp set, along with Bella's new Making The Team collection, to create today's projects. This stamp set is just perfect for card making. Whether it's a card for the team coach, to thank them for all they've done during the season. A card for the team parent, to tell them that they are "kind of a big deal", for all they do to keep the team running smoothly. Or a card to congratulate your child, for having an incredible game. All perfect times that deserve a handmade card.

 

"You're Kind Of A Big Deal" card, by Gail Hoecker. I love how Gail collaged her pieces of pattern paper together for this fun card. She was able to use 5 different papers, just for the background of the card, without it looking too busy. And the black cardstock behind the papers, really makes the colors "pop".

 

Gail stamped with black ink, onto pattern papers. She was able to use an additional 4 patterned papers, which I find very impressive! I like how she stamped the soccer ball, onto the green soccer paper. Nice touch. For the stamped quote sentiment, she matted it onto black cardstock, using pop dots for some extra dimension.

 

"Thanks For Being Such A Great Sport" card, by Gail Hoecker. Love the collaged look of the pattern papers on this card as well. Gail used a lot of strips from the borders paper for her cards. They have a slightly smaller scaled design, making them perfect for cards. The football is from the Cute Cuts paper, which has some of the larger shapes that you can cut out and use on your projects.

 

Gail stamped her "SPORT" banner pieces onto white cardstock, using 5 different colors of ink to match her papers. Love all the colors! She cut around each banner piece, and then adhered them to her card using little pop dots, and added a piece of twine above it to "hang" them from. She stamped the "thanks for being such a great sport" directly to her card front.

 

For the inside of the card, Gail added a fun sticker from the cardstock sticker sheet.

 

Sports Treat Bag, by Sheri Feypel. How cute is this? Treat bags are always fun for kids. I mean, isn't the entire reason kids go out on the field and run around for an hour, just to get the snack at the end of the game ;)

 

Sheri also used the "SPORT" banner stamp for her project. She went a different route, and heat embossed the banner pieces onto white cardstock, using red embossing powder. Adds a nice touch. When she cut out her banner pieces, she took the time to keep all the pieces attached together, with that thin piece going across the top. She also adhered her banner pieces, using pop dots, to add some extra dimension to the treat topper.

 

To make her treat bag topper, Sheri cut some pieces of pattern paper, and folded them over the top of the bag filled with M&M's. A few staples at the top are a quick and easy way to hold it all together. She heat embossed the soccer ball stamp onto white cardsock, with black embossing powder. She adhered that onto a star, punched from blue pattern paper.

I think most of us have kids that are involved in one sport or more, all throughout the year. My girls both just started their 9th fall soccer season this past week. With the way time seems to fly these days, I should probably start making some cards for the end of the season now :)

Stop back by tomorrow, to see what Stephanie has to share with us this week. She will be back with her "Fridays with Stephanie" feature.

 

Introducing: Unity & Bella Blvd Stamps

Bella Blvd has co-branded with Unity Stamps again, for a new round of stamps that coordinate with our four new collections. We're excited to reveal these new designs to you today. 

 

Making The Team stamp set.

 

You're A Hit stamp.

  

Silver Lining stamp.

 

Finally Fall stamp set.

 

Thinking of Who-o-o stamp.

 

Leaf Without You stamp.

 

Too Cute To Spook stamp set.

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Best Witches stamp.

 

Shake Your Bootie stamp.

 

Christmas Wishes stamp set.

 

You're Cool stamp.

 

Deer Friend stamp.

Just a reminder, to check out our last few posts and see if you're one of our lucky winners. There's a few that we havn't heard from yet. And now for our randomly picked winner for the Christmas Wishes giveaway.

 

Congratulations Wendy! Please email me at lauravegas.bellablvd@yahoo.com, using the subject line "CHRISTMAS WISHES WINNER", with your mailing address and we will ship your prize out to you as soon as it becomes available.