A Good Day | Gossamer Blue Blog Hop | Bella Blvd Giveaway

Here we go again. It's time for the Gossamer Blue April Design Team blog hop.  I have to tell you that the April kit was soo fun to play with but I just got my hands on the May kit and it's sooo flippin' fantastic! Anywho, the GB DT is here to share some inspiration with the April kit so here goes...

The black and white and all those gold accents...LOVE!

I layered 2x2 blocks over the background and then stitched across side to side. A sprinkling of gold mist as well.

Then I glammed it up with a glitter title and the cutest little bird.

I have a Bella Blvd giveaway (two actually!) going on over on Instagram (@heatherleopard). A prize pack like the one above (6x6 paper, an assortment of Bella Bows, Crochet Hearts and enamel dots, plus a feather) will be awarded to two people. Winner will be announced Friday so make sure to head over there to play along.

Your next stop along the hop is to the awe-inspiring Jessica Lohof.

And here's the full list in case you are just stumbling on the hop.
Beshka Kueser | Brenda Weaver | Caylee Grey | Cindy Liebel | Diane Payne | Emily Spahn | Eunyoung Lee | *** Heather Leopard *** | Jessica Lohof | Jill Cornell | Jill Keller | Kasia Przybyt | Katie Ehmann | Laura Rahel Crosby | Magda Mizera | Melanie Blackburn | Michelle Wooderson | Michiko Kato | Rebecca Luminarias | Sabrina Alery | Yana Smakula

Happy hopping. Now go on and get scrappy!

Sk8er Girl

I was so honored to be invited to join the Bella Blvd team for the 2015-2016 year and I couldn't wait to start playing with Stephanie's newest collections.

I'm offering a giveaway on Instagram so make sure to follow me @heatherleopard over there to enter for a chance to win!

My Creative Team intro is up on the Bella Blvd blog today and I'm sharing 1 of 2 new layouts here.

The Color Chaos collection was the perfect pairing for this photo of my youngest when we went skating last month over Spring Break.

For those Bella Blvd fans who may be visiting me for the first time and don't know me, my signature style is all about pattern paper, color and creating fun backgrounds.  For today's layout, I simply hand cut paper strips, not caring if they were straight. Actually, I wanted them to be a little off. I cut them all to about the same length and width and then stitched them willy-nilly on white cardstock to create my background.

I put a simple white frame around my photo to help make it stand out when layered over the paper strips. Then added some embellishments over and around the photo.

Another thing about me is that I don't always think about the title when I'm creating my background and that happened here on this layout but it all worked out.  I used a combo of different chipboard and sticker alphas to create the title up at the top using a number in my title to give it a little edge.  My plan at first was to use just the "8" sticker but it just looked odd because it was smaller than the other and very flat.  My solution was to stitch around the outside of the 8 and then I added enamel dots to give it more weight.

You'll have to visit the Bella blog to see the other layout I created, or wait to see it here in a couple of days.  It involves paper weaving and it was a lot of fun to create so why don't ya just head over there now to see it and leave me and Becki some love.

One last thing before you go...make sure to follow me on Instagram. I'm giving two of these away. All the details are at https://instagram.com/heatherleopard/