Cards on Thursday & Giveaway Winner

Happy Thursday!

Just one week away from Thanksgiving! I suppose I ought to get serious about preparations for our feast. Um....yea! ;) Although, I usually stick to the tried and true favorite recipes year after year so it shouldn't be too difficult to finalize. How about you? Are you ready? Will you be spending Thanksgiving away from home?

Well, Today is Cards on Thursday at Bella Blvd. Oh happy day! I love seeing what my teammates have created! I've mentioned that before, haven't I? ;) Well, they are the best! We are all using Unity/Bella Blvd. stamps for our cards today and with the big day just a week away, I opted for a 'Thankful' card.

I also thought I'd mix it up a bit and toss in a Designer Tape card. I used these lovely tapes for my stamped sentiments. I used Staz-On ink so it wouldn't smudge.

Looking at this card makes me crave cupcakes! :) Oh, I just had a thought.....I could bake my favorite Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Frosting from Ina Garten on Thanksgiving! Oh they are soooooooo goooooood!

Just look at that little piece of heaven!!! ;)

Okay, before I run, I have a winner to announce for the August issue of CARDS magazine. Thank you to all who visited yesterday and left comments! The winner is..........Leanne Allinson. Congratulations Leanne!

Hope you all have a great day! The weekend is just around the corner! ;)

It's a Girl!

The big news I said I would share with you today isn't that I'm having a baby girl! Let's get that notion cleared up right away before rumors fly and I start receiving congratulations cards and baby booties! ;)

This post is called 'It's a Girl' because that's the sentiment on my first card share for today.

This extremely adorable baby girl dress is a Bella Blvd./Unity stamp that I thought would be fun to color with Copic markers and hand stitch. I love the way it turned out! But how could you go wrong with such an adorable image to start with?!?!

I thought I was going to have to run out and buy a gray stamp pad because I didn't want to use black with these pretty Baby Girl papers. So you know what I did instead? I used my black stamp pad and stamped it once on a piece of scratch paper and then a second time on my card stock. It's the perfect gray, wouldn't you say? And a way to save a few coins! ;)

The colorful twine is from Doodlebug Design and the scalloped oval frame was created with Spellbinders dies. A pretty simple card to make and lots of fun to color and stitch!

For my 'Welcome' card I used the same double stamp technique as the first one. I also colored in the little hearts on this cute ultrasound image with a soft pink Copic marker and then outlined the hearts with stitching. This card was made with both the Bella Blvd. Baby Girl collection and We're Expecting line.

So, do you want to hear what my big news is now? I made the Love My Tapes design team! Woot! I'm so excited to have the opportunity to create some fun and hopefully inspiring projects for you! Did you know that Love My Tapes not only sells awesome washi tape but also fabric tape, lace tape and self adhesive fabric sheets? Oh the ideas are swimming around in my head! ;)

Here's what the lace tape looks like...basically it's pretty lace with a self adhesive backing.

Here's the fabric tape. Not only does it come in this fun stripe pattern, there's also floral prints, polka dots and checks!

Stay tuned...I hope to have some fun Love My Tapes projects to share with you real soon! I can't wait to get started!

Thanks for stopping in today and sharing in my news!

Kathy :)

We Make a Great Pear

Hi! I'm back today with another 'pear' of cards using the very colorful Bella Blvd. Sunshine & Happiness collection! Also, Bella Blvd. and Unity Stamps teamed up to create the 'Great Pear' stamp that I've used as a focal point today.

 What a yummy pair of pears, don't you think? I love the chevron pattern on the left pear! I thought it would be fun to play with some of the new Designer Tapes and stamp on them. I used StazOn ink because I wasn't sure if regular ink would smear?

For the second pair, I create a second stamped image on this cheerful yellow polka dot paper and cut it out to piece on top of the Designer Tape. For a little dimension, I added a Button Market style called Pickle Squares. Cute name!

For my second card I used more of the beautiful Designer Tapes, I stamped my pears in a bright pink ink and I also paper pieced one of the pears. This time I used more patterned papers from the Sunshine & Happiness line along with a couple more yummy buttons.

Instead of stamping my sentiment directly onto my card, I made a little tag with it.

What do you think of the Sunshine & Happiness collection? It sure is bright and happy! And I can tell you it's a lot of fun to play with!

While we're on the subject of Bella Blvd, did you know the Bella Buzz April newsletter came out yesterday? It did and it's loaded with a lot of inspiring projects including some from one of my favorite scrappers, Jana Eubanks!

Here's a little sneak peek for you...

To get all the latest news from The Bella Buzz click here.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you get a chance to check out the Bella Buzz. I'll be back on Saturday with another Saturday Creations project featuring Precious Remembrance Shop stamps.

Have a fabulous day!

Kathy :)

Bella Blvd. Sneak Peak Week - Stamps

We're back from our Saturday break to continue revealing the latest and greatest from Bella Blvd. This coming week you will see another collection and more embellishments to get excited about! Today Bella Blvd. with Unity Stamps presents a new collection of stamps!

Don't you love stamps? I can't wait to work with these which means I don't have any projects of my own to show you, but if you head on over to the Bella Blvd. Blog, you can see the entire set of stamps and some projects! I'll just show you a couple of my favorite ones! ;) 

Aren't these adorable?!?! I want to color this dress with Copics...those little flowers are just begging for some cheerful color!

And now for giveaway time! Bella Blvd. wants to give one lucky blog reader a chance to own a few of our new Itty Bitty Stamps from Unity Stamp Company. If chosen, you will receive 3 stamps of your choice, before they even hit the stores. Just leave us a comment here to be entered. One comment per person, please. All of the Bella Blvd. giveaways for our sneak peeks will be left open until Saturday, January 28th. All winners will be announced on Sunday, January 29th, which is the first day of the Winter CHA show!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed today's reveal and can join me again tomorrow!

Have a happy Sunday!

Kathy :)