Patriotic Bella

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Oooo, all of this patriotic goodness!  Bella Blvd is all about

red,white and blue cards today so stop by and take a gander

www.bellablvd.typepad.com

The striped and polka dotted Designer Tapes were just perfect for creating the flag for this card. 

I cut a piece of cardstock to 3" X 4.5" and then applied strips of the striped Designer Tape.

 Next, I cut a smaller piece of cardstock to 1.75" X 2", covered with the navy dot Designer Tape

 and then machine stitched around the edges before attaching to the striped piece.

 I kept the design simple by embellishing with a couple of hand-cut flowers and sticker sentiment.

 Supplies:All American: Borders & Cute Cuts, American Pride, Alpha+Bits Stickers;

 Designer Tape: 12mm Combo, Navy Dot

Ever since being introduced to the Crochet Hearts, I've wanted to make a butterfly from them!

 For this card, I took two of the smaller McIntosh hearts and centered them over the journal sticker. 

For the middle of the butterfly I used a snippet from one of the chipboard Icon pieces and attached 

it with a fabric glue. The antennas were formed by adding two pearl stick pins through the 

crochet hearts and then bending them just a little. 

Supplies:All American: Boom Boom Pow, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Crochet Hearts: McIntosh

 And that's all from me today, friends!  Off to enjoy the 4th of July festivities with the fam :)

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!