Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Cards On Thursdays

We have a great mix of cards to share with you today from our card designers.

“Thinking Of You” card, by Carina Lindholm.

The new feathers are so gorgeous and fun. So when I sat down to make this card I wanted to use one of the feathers and make it the focal point on the card. I choose a hot pink feather and decorated the feather with a few white pearls to add some elegance. And for my sentiment I used a stamp from the sand & surf stamp set.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Flying High, Paradise; Feathers: Punch; Crochet Flower: Dahlia; Hampton Art Stamps: Sand & Surf

“You Are Sweet” card, by Carina Lindholm.

When making this card I stared off by die cutting a bunch of scallop borders in white cardstock and in pink patterned paper. I adhered all the borders under the heart sticker. I tied some string around and adhered a green crochet heart. I love how well the green heart goes with all the pink and blues on the card.

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Bachelorette Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Crochet Heart: Pickle Juice; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Miniatures; Quattrofina Alpha Stickers: Mustard & Apricot

“Sweet On You” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

The Kiss Me Collection is still one of my favorite collections! For my card, I created a cupcake shaped card. I used a couple different patterned papers, a sticker from the Alpha+Bits page, Designer Tape, and a Hot Pink Flower. To create the sentiment, I used a stamp from the Kiss Me stamp set and stamped it using brown ink.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Flutter, Mustache Love, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers; Designer Tape: Blue Chevron; Hampton Art Stamps: Kiss Me

“All American” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

With the last day of school and summer break starting, I just had to break out the All American collection! I combined a couple of the patterned papers with some Ciao Chip pieces, a feather, a Flag, and a Star Button. The sentiment is some stickers from the Alpha+Bits page.

Supplies:
All American: Borders & Cute Cuts, American Pride, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons; Feathers: White; Flags: All American Flag Icons; Button Market: Stars

“Peace. Love. Freedom” card, by Kathy Martin.

July fourth is just around the corner. I can feel it when I’m outside with temperatures and humidity on the rise. I’m starting to crave juicy watermelon, picnics, BBQ’s, and looking forward to fireworks! I also love ducking into my air conditioned craft room on a hot afternoon to do a bit of crafting with the Stars and Stripes collection!

Supplies:
All American: Seeing Stars, United We Stand, Borders & Die Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Button Market: Stars; Flags: All American

“Congrats” card, by Kathy Martin.

Often times I like to create something different with themed lines to show their versatility. I think the Bella Blvd. Love and Marriage collection along with the crochet hearts and flowers work perfectly for a springtime cards. You can easily change the ‘Congrats’ flag sentiment for an Easter or Mother’s Day phrase. Or how about anniversary?

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, Vows, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Flags: Just Married; Crochet Hearts: Cotton Candy; Crochet Flowers: Daisies, Juniper

"Birthday Girl” card, by Wendy Wagner.

I thought it was time to create some more birthday cards, and I love the Bella Blvd birthday collections. The birthday girl card was simple but fun with the new Feathers. LOVE THEM! I chalked in the edges and added some stickles and used lots of pop dots! Kept it simple and let the wonderful pattern papers do their work!

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Dancing Queen, Celebrate, Chipboard Icons; Flags: Birthday Girl 2; Crochet Hearts: Gulf; Feathers: Gulf; Cotton Candy

“Amazing Birthday” card, by Wendy Wagner.

The Birthday card was made with the Birthday Boy collection. I feel the card is universal and could go to any gender! That is what I love about Stephanie's collections that she creates for Bella Blvd. They’re so versatile.