Dot & Whimsy

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

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

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;

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. 

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

Happy Saturday!  

I'm bringing my Bella Blvd "Cards on Thursdays" just a couple of days late to the blog.

It seems like I'll have a dry-run for a few days and then have four different projects up

on the same day LOL...so I'm trying to spread them all out :)

It seems like squares are all the rage these days and I just had to play along! 

Using a 1.25" square die cut, I created a quilt of colors from the Birthday Girl Collection.

 After mounting them onto a piece of cardstock, I machine stitched down the center of each row.

 I kept the top simple by adding on a couple of chipboard stickers and a "wishes" 

banner under the die-cut shape.

 

 Bella Blvd Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Celebrate, Party Dress, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Button Market: Pink Flowers; Crochet Hearts: Gulf; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue
Scallop Die by Lifestyle Crafts

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
 A small piece of feather gathered and tied made the cutest plume effect to the top of the
 chipboard firecracker! I attached the feather to the chipboard using a Ultra-Thin Glue Dot.
 I built a 4th of July collage using several components from the Alpha+Bits and
Just Write Journaling Stickers. So happy and festive, and I love the idea of displaying it on our
 Patriotic buffet table. Bring on Summer!

Bella Blvd Supplies:
All American: United We Stand, Seeing Stars, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Button Market: Stars; Feathers: Ice

See more ideas at the Bella Blvd Blog!
www.bellablvd.typepad.com

I probably won't blog again until Monday, so I want to wish all of you moms a
VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Have you seen it yet?

The brand spankin' new red, white and blue collection from Bella Blvd?

All week long you'll find loads of cool stuff over at the blog!

I have yet another pinwheel to show ya, as well as a little wall art

that I plan on attaching to a grapevine wreath to hang on one of our doors.

If you'll scroll on down to the earlier post from today there's a quick 'n easy tutorial

for pinwheel-making...it's not rocket science by any means, but I know I was a little

stumped on the actual 'how-to' before I tried it :)

 I used a 12x12 sheet of All American patterned paper for this singular pinwheel. 

For the stick, I wrapped Designer Tape around a wooden dowel and then attached to the back with a high-tack glue. I kept the design pretty simple by layering the center with a die-cuts, stickers and gems!

 I took a scalloped chipboard shape and dressed it with All American papers.

 To the center, I cut and traced a chipboard star and then layered it with chipboard letters and cut-out pieces. Hanging pieces like this can also be added to a wall or hang from the knob of a cupboard!

Bella Blvd is pleased to announce the release of their very first patriotic collection:

Oh my goodness this is such an adorably CUTE patriotic collection!  

You will find patterned papers dressed in stars; boom, boom, pow; flags, clouds and my favorite: hearts!

(officially entitled: American Pride)

As with all Bella Blvd collections, there are also Flags, Designer Tapes, 

Chipboard and sticker sheets...tons of red, white and blue fun!

You can check out the catalog supplement here.

Here's a peek at one of my projects created with All American.

**Full project reveals will begin next week, March 18-22**

All American will begin shipping to shops and online stores on April 1st!