Bella Blvd. & Hampton Arts

Attention stampers and fans of Bella Blvd. and Hampton Arts...this week the Bella Blvd. design team is providing you with some stamping inspiration using the newest cling stamps (Love and Marriage, Sand and Surf, and Kiss Me) licensed and manufactured through Hampton Art Stamps. 

For my friendship card I used the Sand and Surf collection.

For this Mr. and Mrs. card I used the Love and Marriage line.

To see what my teammates created with these stamps visit the Bella Blvd. blog. Enjoy all the projects! :)

Happy Birthday

Hello! How was your Fourth of July? I hope you enjoyed every bit of it!

Recently I bought the new Papertrey Ink pennants die and broke it in making this birthday card.

There's lots of Doodlebug Design goodies here. I used their Hello Spring collection, Mini Jewels and Doodle Twine.

The sentiment stamp is from the You Said It stamp set from Doodlebug and Hampton Arts.

The wood 'dowels' are actually bamboo skewers. I cut the size down so that they would fit on a A2 size card.

Well, today is a bit of an exciting day because this afternoon we go to Christopher's brand new middle school to meet his new teachers, pick up his gym uniform and take one last tour. He starts on Monday and so far he doesn't seem very nervous.

Thanks for stopping in. I hope you have a great day! Seems a little strange to have one day off in the middle of the week and then back to work again the next day, doesn't it? At least the weekend is just around the corner!

Kathy :)

All Occasion Card

Hello! It's Tuesday! Hope it's a good day! :) Do you create all occasion cards, those without sentiments? I need to make more since they're perfect to keep on hand, available for any occasion that may pop up. Maybe you need a quick thank you, a sympathy card or just want to included a nice note with something?

This card was created with a mix of goodies that were begging to be used. ;) The chipboard flower, yellow and turquoise papers are from Echo Park's This & That collection. The background print is old My Mind's Eye paper and the Kraft card stock was stamped with VersaMark ink using a brand new Hampton Arts/Doodlebug stamp from the Sweet Backgrounds set.

I used several go-to tools, the cloud and butterfly die, corner rounder punch and scalloped border punch. These favorites get a lot of use! Whenever I'm considering a tool purchase, I ask myself, "How many projects do you think you can use this for?" Often the answer is not enough and so I don't purchase it, no matter how adorable it is! ;) I learned this lesson the hard way when I spent an entire week cleaning out and de-stashing my office. No more!

I really like how this mix of goodies turned out. I had a lot fun making a card just because.

Thanks so much for your visit! Hope you have a fabulous day!

Kathy :)