welcome to a very special surprise "happy birthday" blog hop, for bella blvd's one and only, stephanie hunt! for those of you that don't know, stephanie is the owner, designer ... well, she's the "everything" of bella blvd. when i found out she was having a birthday this month, i knew i had to get the design team together to do something special for her. she is so generous with all of us, and we wanted to do something for her on her special day.
so we put together this surprise "happy birthday" blog hop for her!
if you're just finding our blog hop, you will definitely want to go back and start at the beginning HERE, on the bella blog. we have TWENTY SIX of our design team girls participating, along with three girls that are sharing their cards on the bella blog, and you won't want to miss a single card!
happy birthday stephanie! i hope you have an amazing birthday, filled with all sorts of goodness, family and friends, and definitely some cake and ice cream! you're one of the hardest working women i know, and i really hope you get a chance to relax, take it easy, and just truly enjoy your day.
for my card, i choose to use the hello beautiful collection. i love this red text paper, and really wanted to use it. i added the floral paper to the top of the card, and went looking for some ribbon to add between the two patterned papers. i found this wide green and white striped ribbon, and decided it was perfect.
i wanted to pleat the ribbon up a bit, to add lots of texture to the card. when i do the pleating with my ribbons, i like to add brads to each pleat, since it really secures the ribbon down. i pulled out my itop tool, so that i could create my own brads, using this yellow patterned paper from the spring flings and easter things collection. love the dimension those brads add to the card.
your next stop on the blog hop, is wendy wagner.
even though it's stephanie's birthday, we have some gifts for a few of you lucky readers as well! we know how generous and giving stephanie is, and we know she would never have a fun blog hop, without a few giveaways up for grabs too. so we got permission from robin, who works alongside stephanie in the office, to pick TEN lucky winners, who will each receive a bella blvd collection. all you need to do to be entered in the random drawings, is to leave stephanie your birthday wishes in the comment section. you have lots of opportunities to up your chances, since you can leave a comment on each blog you visit, as you go through the blog hop. there are 26 blogs, plus the bella blvd blog, for a total of 27 chances to get your name in the pot. we will randomly choose winners, from 10 randomly choosen blogs, and announce them on friday!
Oh, at first I thought the brads were pom poms. I was going to buy an itop but decided I didn't need one. Perhaps I did :P
Lovely card!
Posted by: Allie.Duckienz | December 19, 2011 at 04:42 AM
GORGEOUS!! I loveeeeeee the added brads and ribbon!! Happy Birthday to Stephanie!! :):):):):):):):):):):)
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | December 19, 2011 at 05:05 AM
This was so very cool of you and the girls to put this together for Steph!! She is one very hard working lady!!! Fabulous card!! I too love that red paper and the floral!! Isn't that itop a fun little tool? :) I love mine! Have a great week! Happy Birthday to Steph!!!
Posted by: Michelle | December 19, 2011 at 06:09 AM
happy birthday
hope it's the best one yet
Posted by: {vicki} | December 19, 2011 at 06:28 AM
I love the bow with the brads...such a cute card. Happy Birthday to Stephanie.
Posted by: Pam Spradlin | December 19, 2011 at 06:37 AM
Happy Birthday Stephanie, what a wonderful way to celebrate!
Posted by: Kim M | December 19, 2011 at 07:02 AM
The ribbon pleating is perfect and the colors are wonderful! Happy birthday to Stephanie!
Posted by: Kristin Perez | December 19, 2011 at 07:06 AM
What a great hop this has been Laura! You're a fabulous coordinator! And card designer! Love those buttons! Happy Birthday Stephanie!
Posted by: Kathy Martin | December 19, 2011 at 07:27 AM
Beautiful card!
happy birthday Stephanie!!
Posted by: Jenn Guymon | December 19, 2011 at 07:28 AM
So impressed with your Blog Hop ! Thank you !!! ... and your card is incredible ! Happy Birthday Stephanie and Congratulations to your Design Team !
Posted by: Amanda | December 19, 2011 at 07:44 AM
very cute card. tfs.
happy birthday stephanie
littlen44 at gmail dot com
Posted by: littlen | December 19, 2011 at 07:46 AM
Hand covered brads are so charming! Love your idea to hold down the pleats in the ribbon with the brads! :)
Posted by: Darlene S. | December 19, 2011 at 07:52 AM
Oh Laura! These colors are fabulous together! Love your card!
Posted by: Angela A | December 19, 2011 at 08:17 AM
Love how you did the ribbon on your card! So fun!
Posted by: Elizabeth L | December 19, 2011 at 08:18 AM
Happy Birthday...
Posted by: ...Sandra | December 19, 2011 at 08:24 AM
Happy Birthday Stephanie!! Love ribbon and brads.
Posted by: conniemelancon | December 19, 2011 at 08:29 AM
Happy bella birthday!
Posted by: Marcia Scantlin | December 19, 2011 at 08:46 AM
Such a great card Laura! love the folds and brads!
Posted by: Deanna Misner | December 19, 2011 at 09:09 AM
what a pretty card and what a thoughtful thing to do Laura!
Posted by: Laurie LaRiviere | December 19, 2011 at 09:34 AM
Happy Birthday to Stephanie! What a sweet card! Love the ribbon/brads!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | December 19, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Super cute! Stephanie's going to love it.
Posted by: Alice Carman | December 19, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Happy Birthday, Stephanie!! Hope it is full of love and laughter!!!
Posted by: Misty Munn | December 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM
super duper love this card.
happy bday stephanie
thanks for the blog hop!!!!
Posted by: Robin Monosa | December 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Gorgeous! Love Hello Beautiful!
Posted by: Silvia Diaz | December 19, 2011 at 10:32 AM
What a cute card! Love the brads you added to the ribbon! Happy birthday Stephanie!
Posted by: TIffany M. | December 19, 2011 at 10:51 AM