Bella Blvd + Core'dinations

That's right, this week Bella Blvd has teamed up with Core'dinations for a fun and inspirational week! Core'dinations cardstock is really fun to work with - it's got a different color core, so when you tear it or sand it the core color is revealed. I worked with Core'dinations' Tillie Dot Spotted cardstock, which has a fun polka dot textured pattern. When sanded, the polka dots jump out as the core is revealed. 

For my card, featured today on the Bella Blvd blog, I created hearts by using the Sophisticates Stars & Hearts Ciao Chip as a texture stencil:

I had used the outer aqua heart frame shape on a layout and so I just had the inner heart left on the chipboard sheet. The negative space left by the frame heart shape mimicked the heart shapes on the Daddy's Girl paper, so I used it as a texture stencil with coordinating colors of Core'dinations Tillie Dot Spotted cardstock. I placed a yellow piece of the cardstock over the Ciao Chip sheet and sanded to reveal the inner and outer heart shapes. I repeated this process with pink and aqua cardstock and then cut out all three hearts. I adhered a piece of Daddy's Girl patterned paper to a sanded yellow Core'dinations Tillie Dot Spotted cardstock card base, layered the hearts I'd created with cardstock over the patterned paper, and added Designer Tape, a Flag, and baker's twine to finish the card. I love the contrast here between the crisp clean hearts on the Daddy's Girl paper and the textured heart embellishments created with the Core'dinations cardstock.

Be sure to check out the Bella Blvd and Core'dinations blogs all week for more team-up fun (and giveaways!)!