Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Cards On Thursdays

"Spring” card, by Alice Carman.

Hooray…it’s Spring! I just adore the colors we get during Spring and today’s card clearly says that! It’s a beautiful so get inspired and use some Bella Blvd product to make your next awesome card.

Supplies:
Baby Boy, Miniatures, On The Go; Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Sunny Side Up, Alpha+Bits; Spring Flings and Easter Things: Icons Ciao Chip; Designer Tape: Pink Flowers; Button Market: Feminine Mix, Masculine Mix, Fruit Punch

“Sweet Girl” card, by Alice Carman.

I love to layer on my cards so making this window card really shows off all the Bella Blvd product I used. Can you name all the products I used? Well if you can’t, my supply list will have everything I used.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Cute Cuts, Juicy Good Time; Baby Boy: Heaven Sent; Designer Tape: Pink Flowers, Pink Stripe; Baby Girl: Miniatures; High Five Alphabets: Green, Pink-Red

"Sending You Sunshine & Happiness" card, by Deanna Misner.

I had fun with this card, maybe a bit too much. But as soon as those tapes arrived at my door, I wanted to play with them. So on this card I decided to "ruffle" them. If you can call it that. I used the same technique with the tape as I would paper to accordion fold, or ruffle, them. Then I layered chipboard clouds, a flower that I turned into a sun, and added my sentiment. Did you know that the collection label on the top of the Alpha+Bits sheet is a sticker too? It is. And I used it as a part of what I wanted to say.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Ciao Chipboard; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Ciao Chipboard; Ciao Chipboard: Clouds; Designer Tape: Red Dot, Pink Flowers, Yellow Chevron, Pickle Juice, Blue Gingham

"UR A Delight" card, by Deanna Misner.

I've been really inspired by Pinterest lately (who hasn't?!) and I've really loved looking at the home decor embroidery hoops hanging on walls. One in particular had a series of circles that inspired me to make this card. I used different patterns and shapes to make the card look like Sunshine & Happiness confetti had been dropped on it. A simple non-distracting sentiment was added to keep the overall design as the focus.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Sunny Side Up, Play Date, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Borders, Miniature Stickers; Quattrofina Alpha Stickers: Mustard and Apricot

"Birthday Wishes" card, by Kathy Martin.
{A Winter CHA Project}

Now that Bella Blvd has new Designer tapes, I get to play with different ways to incorporate them into my craft projects. I used a border punch to create scalloped edges with this ‘Pickle Juice’ style Designer Tape by attaching just half of it to my card stock before punching. A long time favorite accent of mine is buttons and I love these new red flowers!

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Petite Pieces, Short Stories; Miniatures Card Sentiments; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Alpha+Bits; Button Market: Red Flowers; Designer Tape: Juice Dot

"Thank You" card, by Kathy Martin.
{A Winter CHA Project}

This card includes lots of brand new Bella Blvd goodies! Can you spot them all? To start with, the sentiment is created with High Five Alphabet stickers. They’re the perfect size for greeting cards! I also used one of the new Designer tape styles, Pickle Juice and gave it a scalloped edge. How about that adorable little flag? That’s another fun new Bella Blvd accent and I love them!

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Petite Pieces, Short Stories, Black and White High Five Alphas; Designer Tape: Juice Dot; Flags: Thank You’s; Blooms-a-Bella; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Alpha+Bits

"Family Man" card, by Morgan Bandkowski.

My summers are always busy, so I thought I would get a jump on creating some cards. I decided to make my father's day card combining the Man of the House & the Estate Sale collections.

Supplies:
Estate Sale: Linens, Nana's Apron; Man Of The House: Cuff Links, Distinguished, Alpha+Bits

"Birthday Wishes" card, by Morgan Bandkowski.

Today is my mom's birthday, so I thought why not make a birthday card for my mom as my project this month. I've been making birthday cards for my mom since I was a little girl. She loves receiving a hand-made card. Try making a card for the next birthday in your life. :)

Supplies:
Plastino: Forget-Me-Nots; Hello Beautiful: Cute Cuts; Sophisticates: Miniatures Card Sentiment Stickers; Designer Tape: Teal Stripe