Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Cards On Thursday

It's Thursday, which means we have a wide variety of amazing cards from our Card Designers to share with you!

"You Make My Days Better" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I used the 'Love and Marriage' line here to make a general greeting card to send to a friend. I love the soft, pretty colors in this line and there are many pieces in this line that can be used beyond wedding projects!

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, Ester Fleming Floral, Cake Tasting, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Engaged at Last: Miniatures Stickers; Designer Tapes: Gray Dot; Button Market: Neutrals Mix

"Destiny" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I did get all lovey dovey with this card! I need a card to take to a wedding shower in a couple of weeks. Thanks to the new ' 'Love and Marriage' line it's done!

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Cake Tasting, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Wedding Day Stickers; Engaged at Last: Miniatures Stickers

"Congratulations" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I did a lot of fussy cutting on this card! I cut out all those flowers and the 'congratulations' sentiment. Then I used a lot of foam adhesive to adhere the different elements to the card to give it all kinds of fun dimension. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, Ester Fleming Floral, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers

“Classy and Fabulous” card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I got a little crazy with the flower-cutting here! They are just so fun! I adhered some of them with foam squares to add a little dimension to the card and added some bling to the centers for a little sparkle. Also I punched a bunch of circles and used them to create a scalloped border on either side of the card. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Engaged at Last: Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Extras; Sand and Surf: Paradise; Flags: Bachelorette

“Spend Your Life” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I just adore the new Freestyle Sophisticates collection! I couldn't decide which colors to use first, so I chose five of them! After I stitched on the background pieces, I layered on some chipboard, stickers, Designer Tape, and a Pink Flower button!

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Wedding Day Miniatures; Engaged At Last: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Pickle Juice, Freestyle Banana, Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy; Sophisticates: Ciao Chip Stars & Hearts; Designer Tape: Gray Dot; Button Market: Pink Flowers

“Blushing Bride” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

Wedding cards are so much fun to make! I used papers, stickers, and chipboard from the new Love and Marriage collection. For embellishment, I added some Yellow Chevron Designer Tape and a White Crochet Heart.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Esther Flemming Floral, Turner Hall Ballroom, Wedding Day Miniatures, Ciao Chip Wedding Icons; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron; Crochet Hearts: White Hearts

“Amazing Birthday” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I love combining new collections with older ones! Here, I used Bella's Birthday Girl collection but added some new Designer Tape and a Pickle Juice Crochet Heart! I love how all of the colors go so well together!

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Sugar Rush, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons; Designer Tape: 12 mm Combo; Crochet Hearts: Pickle Juice Hearts

"Cupcake Card", by Laurie Schmidlin.

To me, the fun pastels combined with brighter hues is so classic Bella! This card combines all of that, plus many of my favorite Bella embellishments - Ciao Chip chipboard pieces, Flags, Buttons, and Sentiment Stickers! For a little extra fun, I added some chunky glitter around the edge of the cupcake!

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Miniatures Card Sentiment, Ciao Chip Stars & Hearts; Birthday Girl: Sugar Rush, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Cute Cuts, Flags 1; Button Market: Aqua Flowers

”Birthday Wishes” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I really like to use banners on my cards, I think they are very festive and fun. On this card I wrapped some string around my card and tied a bow at the left side. And to make my birthday banner I used both chipboard and sticker pieces. I adhered tiny pearls between all the sticker pieces to give the card some glamour.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Sugar Rush, Party Dress, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Birthday Boy: Chipboard Icons; Designer Tape: Piggy Pink; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers, Stars

“Amazing Birthday” card, by Carina Lindholm.

For this card I started off by adhering strips of designers tape to my card base. I then stitch down all the strips using my sewing machine. Then I die cut a doily out of green paper, I adhered a large orange sticker flower and the sentiment label in the centre of the doily. I adhered everything with pop dots to really give this card some dimension.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Eat Cake, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Designer Tape: Orange Stripe; Button Market: Orange Stars

“I Only Have Eyes For You” card, by Carina Lindholm.

On this card I wanted to make this glasses cut out the focal point. I made the card in a soft color scheme to really make the hot pink glasses pop off the card. And to really draw your attention to the glasses I adhered a strip of green designers tape right under them.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Sticker; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron

“So Many Of My Smiles Begin With You” card, by Carina Lindholm.

Bella Blvd has so many great designer tapes, in lots of different colors and patterns. I like to use my tapes to make fun and unique backgrounds on my cards, like I did on this one. In the centre of the card I adhered a sentiment sticker and a scallop border sticker from the “Just write” sticker sheet. I also cut out a flower from the “Cute cuts” sheet. I adhered it to my card using pop dots to give the card more dimension.