Easter Baskets for Sale!

Hi Everyone,


I am super excited to bring this post to you today! As crafters, most of us catch the crafting bug after being exposed  to it as children. For me, it was growing up watching my mom and grandma as they created beautiful hand sewn items and quilts. As a grown up myself, when my children were small I started off with sewing their Halloween costumes and then went on to do other crafts until I found my true love, rubber stamping.

Now I'm happy to share that my daughter Richelle, who grew up watching me craft, is carrying on the tradition! She is creating these fabulous, colorful Easter baskets and I'm delighted to show them off to all of my wonderful friends and followers.

Wouldn't your little one look so cute in these tutus!!!

The Tutu Easter baskets come with a removable, wearable tutu and 2 hair bows for $20.00 or a non-removable tutu for $15.00 plus shipping and handling. Shipping in the US only. The baskets can be made in your choice of colors and also sports team colors!!!

To order these cute baskets send an email to Richelle's email address 

Bella’s Spring Issue is Here!

Hi Everyone,
I am so excited about the newest issue of Bella Crafts Quarterly!  This issue is full of craft projects and business articles about the craft industry.  In my column Lesson with Lisa, I share the history of Artist Trading Cards and how you can create you own.
As always, Bella Crafts Quarterly is available to view online or download to all of you devices like your computer, iPad, etc. and it’s always FREE! You may purchase a print version of the magazine from Magcloud.  Bella Crafts does not profit in any way from the print version of the magazine.
I would love to hear what you think of our newest issue.  You can leave comments here for me or email me at info@bellacraftsquarterly.com.  So be sure to get this new issue for yourself and please tell your friends!

Thanks for joining me.  Until next time…

Crafty hugs,

Lisa

Simple Pleasures from Bella Crafts Quarterly

Hi Everyone,

 I'm sure that you have heard by now that Ann Butler, Carol Heppner, Theresa Cifali and I design and publish our FREE online magazine, Bella Crafts Quarterly and I am so excited to announce that the Winter issue Simple Pleasures is here!!!  Our newest issue is bigger and better than before! We have tons of projects ideas, articles on the craft industry to help you build your business, and so much more!

 

We had over 96,000 downloads with our Fall issue and we're looking to go over a 100,00 with this new issue.  We would love if you could spread the word to all of your friends and family.  Be sure to tell them that this issue, along with all of our other issues is completely FREE!  And when we say FREE we mean FREE!!!

 

Thank you so much for your continued support of

Bella Crafts Quarterly. 

 

We all appreciate it!!!

 

Happy Holidays,

 

Lisa

 

Ann, Carol & Theresa too!

Bella Crafts Quarterly's "Simple Pleasures"

Hi Everyone,

 I'm sure that you have heard by now that Ann Butler, Carol Heppner, Theresa Cifali and I design and publish our FREE online magazine, Bella Crafts Quarterly and I am so excited to announce that the Winter issue Simple Pleasures is here!!!  Our newest issue is bigger and better than before! We have tons of projects ideas, articles on the craft industry to help you build your business, and so much more!

 

We had over 96,000 downloads with our Fall issue and we're looking to go over a 100,00 with this new issue.  We would love if you could spread the word to all of your friends and family.  Be sure to tell them that this issue, along with all of our other issues is completely FREE!  And when we say FREE we mean FREE!!!

 

Thank you so much for your continued support of

Bella Crafts Quarterly. 

 

We all appreciate it!!!

 

Happy Holidays,

 

Lisa

 

Ann, Carol & Theresa too!

 

 

 

Product Review- Multi-Mat from KellyCraft Innovations

Hi Everyone,

This is a recent product review I did on the new Multi-Mat from KellyCraft Innovations. Please let me know what YOU think about this great product!

Thank you for joining me.  Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

It all started a year and a half ago.  I was at the CHA summer show in Chicago and found this fabulous new product tool from KellyCraft™ Innovations called the Get-it-Straight Laser Square™.  This new product makes layering your cards and scrapbook pages a breeze.  I am one of those crafters that can't draw a straight line with a ruler, so when I found the Get-it-Straight Laser Square™ I knew I was in love.  The more I worked with this tool, the more I loved it.  I never thought I would find a new tool that I had to have as much as the Laser Square...until now.

It's finally here.  The product that I have been waiting for over 6 months!!  The new Multi-Mat™
from KellyCraft™ Innovations in the best new product on the market!

KellyCraft™ Innovations has just released a great companion for the Laser Square.  The Multi-Mat™ is a multi-purpose work surface that is designed to work hand-in-hand with the Laser Square.  It has a special cutout area that the Laser Square fits in perfectly that allows you to use the Laser Square without slipping.  The Multi-Mat™ is self healing and magnetic and provides you a safe surface for setting eyelets or using a piercing tool.  It comes with four small magnets that you can use to secure your project in place on the mat as you work.

These two products are a MUST HAVE for any crafter's tool kit and  I am so excited to be able to share this wonderful news with you.  The Get-it-Straight Laser Square™ has changed the way I design my projects.  It no longer takes me hours to finish my cards and scrapbook pages because I'm not spending that time trying to make sure everything aligns perfectly, so it frees up my time to add more details to my projects and get more projects created.  By adding the new Multi-Mat,™  KellyCraft™ Innovations has designed the perfect products for any crafter's tool kit.  Be sure to add them to yours!  And for me...I have fallen in love all over again.  Thank you KellyCraft™ for making my life even better than before!!!

Merry Christmas Card

Hi Everyone,

With the holidays being right around the corner, I thought I would share a holiday card with you. I started out as a designer creating cards and I love it, especially now that I have the KellyCraft Laser Square in my tool box!

I did not create this card to be an easy mass production card where you can sit down and create 30 of them in one night. This card will take you a little bit longer to create but it's well worth the time you spend making it. This is the type of card that your recipient is going to want to save and cherish for a very long time. This type of card is my very favorite to create and I hope you'll love it too!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

"Merry Christmas" Card

 

 

Supplies

 

KellyCraft Get-it-Straight Laser Square

Green, Burgundy & Cream Cardstock

Holiday Themed Pattern Paper

Me & My Big Ideas Holiday Stickers

Prima Flowers

Cream & Burgundy Trims

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue

Foam Tape

Prismacolor Color Pencils

Gamsol Mineral Spirits

Blending Stump

Clearsnap ColorBox Dye Inkpad- Red Devil

Clearsnap Smooch Top Coat- Moonlight

Marvy Uchida Snow Marker

Stampabilities Vintage Santa

Heat Tool

Scissor

Instructions

Using Red Devil inkpad, stamp santa on white cardstock,

trim with scissors

 

 

Color image with color pencils and blend colors with Gamsol

and blending stump. Apply Smooch to santa's beard. 

 

 

 Add Snow Marker

to hat and use heat tool to set. 

 

Tip: Did you know that you can use your

Get-it-Staight Laser Sqaure to score your cardstock?

 

Cut green cardstock 7"W x 11"H.

Use Get-it-Staight Laser Sqaure score at 5 1/2".

Fold card base at score line.

 

 

Cut cardstock- For card front cut burgundy cardstock

6 3/4"W x 5 1/4"H. Pattern paper 6 1/2"W x 5"H

For inside card cut burgundy cardstock 6 3/4"W x 5 1/4"H

Pattern paper 6 1/2"W x 5"H. For Santa cut burgundy

cardstock 3 1/4"W x 4 3/4"H. Green carstock

3"W x 4 1/2"H

 

 

Use Get-it-Straight Laser Square to layer all cardstock pieces

 

 

Fold card front in half

Cut burgundy cardstock 4 1/2"W x 3 1/2"H and green

cardstock 4 1/4"W x 3 1/4"H.

Use  Get-it-Straight Laser Square  to line up stickers



Adhere cardstock and pattern paper to inside of card

with Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue.

Use Get-it-Straight Laser Square to line up trims.

Adhere to inside card base.

 

 

Repeat last step to card front. Adhere santa image to

front of card.

 

 

Finsih card by applying the remainder of the

stickers with glue. For "Merry Christmas" piece,

adhere foam tape to back to give it some height.

 Use picture if needed for placement.

 



Animal Print Headband with Connie Crystal

Hi Everyone,

I absolutely love the versatility that I have with Connie Crystal products!  You can take these gorgeous crystals and beads and add them to just about anything you can think of to add that extra bling to your projects!

For this project, I decided to create a headband that will bring some animal charisma to your look with the leopard print ribbon and of course some Connie Crystal bling!  With the Fall season upon us and the luscious colors that come along with the season, this headband would be great in anyone's wardrobe.  And by adding some Velcro to the headband, you can easily switch the bow out with another embellishment for a whole different look.

Thank you for joining me.  Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

 

 

 

Animal Print Headband

 

Materials

 

Connie Crystal Sea Glass- Orange

Connie Crystal Mini Beads- Gold

Connie Crystal Tear Drop Crystal

Crimp Bead

Jump Ring

Headband- Orange

Animal Print Ribbon

Beacon Adhesives Quick Grip Permanent Adhesive

Jewelry Wire

Velcro Brand- Black Ovals

 

Instructions

 

Gather all of your supplies.

 

Cut jewelry wire 6" long.  String mini gold beads onto

the wire.  Add a jump ring to the tear drop crystal and

add to the beaded wire.

Pull beaded wire through the sea glass bead and secure

in place with a crimp bead.  Cut off excess wire.

Adhere the beaded wire to the bow with Quick Grip glue.

Attach a Velcro oval to the back of the bow and also to

the headband.  That's it you're done!

 

 



 

 

 

Autumn's All Around

Hi Everyone,

I completed this project for the KellyCraft Blog and I thought I would share it here with you!

I am back with another great project using the KellyCraft Get-it-Straight Laser Square. I know that I have said it before, but really, I love this product! This tool is what I call my all-in-one! I have been stamping for many years and I can't tell you how many times my project is almost finished and I stamp that last image only to have it not stamp completely on my paper. How frustrating! Well, with my Get-it-Straight Laser Square not only can I line my page elements up perfectly, I can also use it to re-stamp my incomplete images. I am so in love!

This project is a fairly simple to create and sunflowers for me, always remind me of Autumn. With the stamped sunflower and a few embellishments, you have a wonderful project that you can hang on the wall or sit it on your table. And for a beautiful table centerpiece, place your frame on a table next to a vase filled with sunflowers. Now that would be very, very pretty.

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts Quarterly

www.bellacraftsquarterly.com

 

Give The Queen A Call!!!

Supplies

KellyCraft Get-it-Straight Laser Square

8" Square Canvas

Pattern Paper

Cardstock- Tan, Rust, Brown & Yellow

Lace & Trim

Straw Ribbon

Brown Ribbon

K & Company Chipboard Stickers

Acetate Words

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue

Glue Gun

Provocraft Cricut Personal Paper Cutter & Fancy Frames Cartridge

Micro Beads

Faber-Castell Chalk Pencils

Dove Blender Pen

Clearsnap ColorBox Archival Dye Inkpad- Mudslide

Foam Tape

Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamps- Sunflower Set

Instructions

Using the Get-it-Straight Laser Square line the pattern paper

and adhere it to the canvas

Stamp the sunflower on tan cardstock three times

and the butterfly twice.

Color the stamped images with Faber-Castell chalk pencils

and blend the colors with a blender pen





Add Zip Dry Paper Glue to the center of the top sunflower

and cover with micro beads. Pour excess beads back

into the container

Using a Cricut Personal Cutting Machine with the Fancy Frames

cartridge, cut out three frames with yellow, brown & rust

cardstock. Adhere the frames together. Add foam tape to the

back of the frames



Cut out all three sunflowers. Add foam tape between each

sunflower and adhere to the frames. Cut out both butterflies

and adhere them together at the butterfly's bodies, leaving

the wings free

Using the Get-it-Straight Laser Square, line up all of

your elements and adhere to the canvas.

After you have added all of your elements, adhere trim

around outer edge of the canvas with a glue gun.

Add brown bow and you're done!

Creepy Halloween Card

Hi Everyone,

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I love all the decorations, food, and all of those little ghouls & goblins ringing the doorbell and screaming "Trick or Treat!" Since my kids are grown now I don't get to take them around the neighborhood with their treat bags, but with my first grandbaby due in December, I'm sure going to take her next year!!!

As I was thinking about my project for this post I was thinking about making a treat bag for my soon- to-be grandbaby but since I can't take her out until next year, I decided to make this fabulous grown up Halloween card. My Get-it-Straight Laser Square made this card a breeze to make. I loved be able to put ribbon on my card and have it straight. I have never been able to do that before!

So, let's get started and I will show you once again why you really need this great tool in your studios!!!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

Bella Crafts LLC

Supplies

Get-it-Straight Laser Square

Black Cardstock- 10"x10"

White Cardstock- Scraps

Green Glitter Paper- 2 3/4"H x 1 1/2"W,  3 1/4"H x 1 1/2"W, 3 3/4"H x 1 3/4"W & 6 1/2"H x 2"W

Pink Paislee Pattern Paper- 6"x6"

Pink Paislee Clear Stamp Set- Phantom                                                                       

Recollections Adhesive Rhinestones- Black

Recollections Glitter on a Roll Stickers

Recollections Glitter Ribbon

K & Company Halloween Stickers

Clearsnap Top Boss Watermark Inkpad

Black Tinsel Embossing Powder

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue

Westcott Personal Paper Trimmer

Westcott 4"Titanium Scissors

Heat Tool

Instructions:

Gather your supplies

Fold black cardstock in half. Using Zip Dry Paper Glue adhere pattern paper to base card. 

 Line up ribbon on card with the Get-it-Straight Laser Square; and adhere to card.

Stamp images on white cardstock, emboss with black tinsel powder and heat set.

Cut images out and adhere them to the green glitter cardstock.

Layer stamped images on card base using the Get-it-Straight Laser Square.
Adhere the Fleur stickers along top and bottom on card.



 

Next, add black rhinestones and stickers. 





 That's it. You're done!!!

Created Easily with the Get-it-Straight Laser Square.

Halloween Tags with Connie Crystal

Hi Everyone,

For this project I will be highlighting two companies, Connie Crystal and Robin's Nest.  I wanted to show you that the beautiful bling from Connie Crystal can be used for more than just jewelry projects.

With Halloween right around the corner, I decided that I wanted to design some tags with these great Halloween themed pattern papers from Robin's Nest. They are easy to create and with Connie Crystal's bling added to them, they're just fabulous!!!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

&

 

Bella Crafts LLC

 



Halloween Tags

 

Materials

 

Connie Crystal Sea Beads- Black & Orange

Connie Crystal Micro Beads- Black & Green

Robin's Nest Halloween Themed Pattern Papers

ColorBox Archival Dye Inkpad- Wicked Black

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue

Cardboard- Green & Orange

Various Fibers

Pinkpaislee Rubber Stamps

Fishing Line

Tim Holtz Paper Distresser

 

Instructions

Gather all f your supplies.  The tag sizes are as follows:

4 1/4"W x 7"H, 3 1/4"W x 6"H, 2 1/2"W x 4 1/4"H and

2"W x 3 3/4"H.  Cut 2 large tags from green cardstock,

cut 2 medium tags from pattern paper, cut 2 small tags

from black pattern paper and 2 extra small tags from

orange cardstock.

Stamp green tags and orange tags with wicked black

inkpad.

Ink edges of all tags and distress tags with tool.

Adhere all tags together with Zip Dry.

Add sea beads and micro beads to fishing line.  Attach

all the beads and fibers to each tag.