Round Feathers?

T.G.I.F! I've been gravitating towards circles lately and had an idea to take Bella Blvd's feathers and run them though my die cutter to make them round. It worked! 

You can get several size circles from each feather. Please note: keep a trash can at the ready and and turn off the overhead ceiling fan when cutting your feathers...you could have tiny bits of feathers wafting about the room and find them in your hair hours later! ;)

I also used the new Snapshots collection along with two different size High-Five alphas to create my card. I adore all the little house icons in this line...making it perfect for welcome home cards.

I hope you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend! Thanks so much for your visit!

Bella Blvd. Cards on Thursday

Hello!

Today's a great day to stop by this ol' blog because I have four cards to share with you! I think that's a record! Today is Bella Blvd's Cards on Thursday so there are even more cards on the Bella Blvd blog.

For this first card I felt like playing with some Designer Tape.

I used some Ciao Chip Alphabets as a pattern for my stitched sentiment.

Most times I use a single strand of thread, but I doubled up here for a more pronounced look.

A couple more Ciao Chip accents, a Flag and stitched heart were used to dress the card up.

I had so much fun with the Designer Tape on the first card that I thought I'd do another. The Jailbird and Orange Stripe designs are perfect for Halloween. If you look closely, you will see the stitched patterned I created for the background.

These fun little chipboard embellishments are from the oh so spook-tacular Too Cute to Spook collection.

For my third card I have more stripes, this time they're created with patterned paper.

This fabulous new fall line is called Thankful.

Lots of zigzag stitching and some High Five Alphabets for the sentiment.

Some of my favorite cards to make are those that show how to use up your scraps, how to use themed collections for something different and how to mix a match different lines. This card does all three.

 What do you think of the stitched sun rays? I like how they overlap and some clouds and go behind others.

There you go, four completely different themes for today's post. To see the cards my teammates created, click here.

Have a wonderful day!

Dreaming of Spring

I hope everyone had a great weekend and a Happy Valentine's Day! Even though my husband and I are not officially celebrating until today, when we get to spend some time without the kiddo, he brought home roses and mini cupcakes on Friday evening! So darn sweet! And yummy! Then on Sunday there was a little message in the paper from him. What a romantic he is! I'm so very lucky! I made a scrapbook page of these little goodies that I'll share on Wednesday. The flowers do not last long and the cupcakes have an even shorter shelf life, so I made sure to take pictures!

Not only did our Valentine's celebration get off to a great start, but a dear friend of mine came over Saturday for some shopping and crafting! With fresh fallen snow from the night before we were day dreaming of spring and went on a 'rabbit hunt' for spring and Easter decor! And after the first hour and a half of browsing, we had to stop for coffee and share a cookie. It was difficult work having to look at so many pretties, decide which to buy and all that standing on our feet! ;)

My friend and I made a pit stop at Archiver's on the way back home. Got a few fresh spring papers and accents to play with! Here's one of the cards I made after we got back.

The butterfly accent is one of my Archiver purchases. It's from a new Making Memories' spring line called Flutter. I love the set of mixed layer die cuts made of paper, canvas and felt. The set includes an assortment of pieces that allows you to mix and match and build your own accent. How fun is that?!?!

Oh, I can't forget to tell you about this week's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You! What's a Monday without a 2 Sketches? This adorable bird house image is from our sponsor In Style Stamps.

Here's Kazan's sketch...very cool, huh? And above it is my card. I think I'm getting better with the Copic markers, don't you? They are fun to play with...learning how to do shading. Anyway...

My last crafty share for this post is a hybrid card I made using a gorgeous set of solid digital papers from Michelle Underwood called 'Beautiful Ending Solids.' You can find this kit at Two Peas in a Bucket along with the entire 'Beautiful Endings' line with gorgeous patterned papers and lots of coordinating elements.

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Supplies

Just a Note

Card Stock:  Neenah Paper

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Sewing Thread:  Coats

Butterfly:  Making Memories

Rub-Ons:  American Crafts

Chipboard Alphas:  American Crafts

New Home

Card Stock:  White-Neenah Paper, Blue-Core'dinations

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Ribbon:  Ampelco

Stick Pin:  Fancy Pants

Bird Brad:  Doodlebug

Digital Stamp:  In Style Stamps

Markers:  Copic

Embossing Folder:  Cuddlebug

Tag Punch:  Ek Success for Stampin' Up

It's Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Digital Card Stock:  Beautiful Ending Solids by Michelle Underwood of Two Peas in a Bucket

Rub-On:  American Crafts

Dimensional Stickers:  Imaginisce

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Fancy Square Punch:  Ek Success for Stampin' Up

Jute:  Stampin' Up