Pinterest Inspired

What did we do before Pinterest?!?! Today on the Bella Blvd. blog a few of the designers used this  beautiful citrus colored image to inspire our projects. 

Taking cue from the color scheme I created this card with a focus on Bella Blvd's lovely Crochet Hearts.

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Reminds me of my rainbow sorbet which sounds good about now! 

Focusing on the same colors, making green the more prominent color, I came up with this second card design.

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What would you create with this image in mind? I'm tempted to make that lovely paper chain background! It's so fun! To see what my talented teammates created, click here.

Paper and Yarn

I have a special Valentine card to share with you today! It's special because it includes three little crochet hearts I made! You may have read in previous posts that I've been having too much fun learning to crochet and I recently found a pattern for these adorable little hearts. 

For the paper portion of my card I used my favorite Valentine collection from Pebbles, Yours Truly.

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The crochet hearts pattern is from The Party Artisan. They're super simple to create and take less than five minutes. Quicker once you get the hang of it!

This weekend our niece, Kathryn, was here to make Valentine cards with me. While I made my crochet heart card, she created about a million thin metal die shapes! She couldn't get enough of them...just like me! ;)

The week started out cloudy and will remain so for the next few days...perfect time to get my craft on. In addition to paper crafts and crocheting, I've been working on a cross stitch project that I hope to share with you soon.

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Monday Morning Challenge

Top of the week to you! Hope you had a lovely weekend! 

I have a couple cards to share with you today created for Bella Blvd's Monday Morning Challenge to use punched shapes, lots of them! Here's what I came up with...

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Tis the season for love, hearts and Valentine greetings so I created this grid design using Bella Blvd's Crochet Hearts topped with paper hearts cut from the Snapshots and Play Date collections.

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For my second card I used a sheet of gray triangle paper for inspiration. Continuing on with the triangle theme I created more and arranged them into flowers topped with wood Bella Blvd. buttons.

This challenge was a lot of fun! Using so many shaped paper pieces on one project leads to some pretty interesting and detailed designs!

Cards on Thursday

Good day!

With St. Patrick's Day coming up on Sunday, Bella Blvd. asked their card designers create greetings for the occasion.

My St. Patrick's Day cards were created with my favorite Pickle Juice green accents from Bella Blvd. I love green and this shade is so pretty, don't you think?

For more fabulous St. Patrick's Day cards, visit the Bella Blvd. blog.

So how will you spend your St. Patrick's Day? Will you wear a bit of green? Drink some green ale? Whip up a batch of corned beef and cabbage? Whatever you do, I hope you have a wonderful day!

Bride & Groom

Ooh la la.....I'm in love with the new Love and Marriage collection from Bella Blvd! And I adore the Crochet Hearts too! Oh....who am I fooling? I love all Bella Blvd. products! The color combos, the accents, the designs....they're so fun to play with! :)

What do you think of these soft pastels with white card stock? I can't get enough of the clean look! Do you have a favorite new Bella Blvd. product? An old favorite? Do tell! :)

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Crochet Hearts

Hi!

I'm doing another happy dance around the craft room today because Crochet Hearts are being added to the line up of awesome accents from Bella Blvd!

There will be 10 colors to choose from and I thought I'd show you my favorite....the lime set called Pickle Juice!

For more details, list of colors and some project ideas, head over to the Bella Blvd. blog. I can't wait to get my hands on these!

Have a good one and come back tomorrow for another CHA sneak peek! :)