Monday, December 19, 2011

A Birthday Surprise Blog Hop for Bella Blvd's Stephanie Hunt


Good morning and welcome to the last stop of a very special birthday blog hop for the fabulous Stephanie Hunt, the brains and creative juice behind Bella Blvd.

We thought it would be fun to wish her Happy Birthday in a BIG way by having each of the participating bloggers create a birthday card especially for Stephanie for her special day. There are 26 of us participating in this hop to spread a little bit of birthday cheer and to wish a Happy birthday to you, Stephanie! We hope that it's a great day for you!

If you are following along in this hop you should have started at this morning at the Bella Blvd blog where hopefully Stephanie has found a wonderful surprise waiting for her in the form of this blog hop.

Simply follow the links on each blog in the hop so that you don't miss anything.

AND, since we are doing random giveaways as well you REALLY don't want to miss any of the blogs or the card inspiration found at each stop along the way. I'll tell you more about that in a minute.

If you just happened upon my blog and you haven't seen all of the other cards before mine, please head on over to the Bella blog where all of the fun begins. You should have arrived here at my blog from the blog of Wendy Wagner.

It is such a fun thing for me to be a part of this hop and I am so happy to be a member of the design team at Bella Blvd. Thank you to Stephanie for giving me this opportunity!

Here is the card that I created using one of the most popular Bella papers, this cupcake patterned paper from the Sweet Celebration collection. It was brought back by popular demand because it was so cute!


I just love the bright, cheery colors and patterns of the Bella collections. I'm glad that this cute cupcake paper has made a reappearance! Isn't it so fun? 

Now, I mentioned earlier that there will be some giveaways during this hop, right? 

Even thought 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. 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 chosen blogs and announce them on Friday!  

What do you think of that? 

Pretty cool, huh?
Don't forget to leave a comment here for your chance to win a collection from Bella Blvd and make sure that you leave a way for us to contact you if you're one of the winners. If you'd like to, head on over to Stephanie's blog to leave her some birthday wishes there, too. 

We hope that you have enjoyed our little hop today and that you've found all kinds of card inspiration to go and create some of your own cards for someone you love. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day! 

64 comments:

allie.duckienz said...

Such a lovely card to head the blog hop with. Thanks for sharing!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Loveeeeeeeee this!! LOVING the papers you used and the design! Happy Birthday to Stephanie!! :):):):):):):):):):):)

Stephanie said...

Becky, thank you for the beautiful birthday card and the well wishes! You are officially my last stop on this overwhelmingly surprise blog hop! Thank you for being you! -Stephanie

Michelle said...

You girls have really done a great thing for her!!! I have enjoyed all the inspiration! Makes me want to pull out the little bit of Bella I have and play. Your card is fantastic. I love the papers and the strips.

PamSpradlin said...

This is such a fun blog hop looking at all these birthday cards...I am getting loads of ideas.
Happy Birthday to Stephanie.

Kristin - The Fifth Sparrow No More said...

What a great way to end the blog hop! Happy birthday to Stephanie!

Kathy Martin said...

Happy Birthday Stephanie! LOVE this card!

Jenn said...

Love this card!!

happy birthday Stephanie!!

amanda said...

This card LOOKS like BIRTHDAY ! Great job ! Happy Birthday Stephanie .. this has been a wonderful Blog Hop !

littlen said...

very cute card. tfs.
happy birthday stephanie
littlen44 at gmail dot com

SaraDafne said...

nice card. Happy Birthday Stephanie!!
S.

Darlene S. said...

I am so loving this design! Simple and sweet- best combination ever! :)

Unknown said...

I also like the bright cheery colors and the twine is such a nice touch!

Unknown said...

A wonderful card to end this blog hop... Hppy Birthday from Italy...

connie said...

Happy Birthday Stephanie! love your card.

Deanna said...

great card Becky!

Cherie said...

Wonderful card!

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

Miriam Prantner said...

Happy Birthday to Stephanie! What a lovely card to end the hop with. This has been such fun. Thanks!

Alice Carman said...

Super cute! Stephanie's going to love it.

M Munn said...

Happy Birthday, Stephanie!! Hope it is full of love and laughter!!!

Moondust47 said...

sweet card!

blupixy said...

What a cute card! Happy birthday Stephanie!

serenarepsold said...

This is adorable! Love the vintage feel and bright colors! TFS! HB Stephanie!

Jennifer said...

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

SOO cute! LOVE the papers you used! LOVE the design:) Happy birthday, Steph! THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

Rebecca Keppel said...

Happy Birthday Stephanie! Here's to a wonderful year for you!

Lindy said...

BEAUTIFUL card!!!!!! Happy Birthday Stephanie!!!!!

Christine said...

Oh, what a super cute card!! I love this line. So bright and cheery!! Happy Birthday Stephanie! I hope you have a good one!
xoxo, Christine

Beatrice Lawson said...

Ladies, you have outdone yourselves! Congrats to all the designers who contributed to the hop and best wishes to Stephanie!

PattyC said...

My last stop on this hop and I don't want the ideas to stop! happy Birthday, S!

Laurie said...

I love the butterfly and the bright colors. I adore the Bella Blvd lines.

Sherri said...

That is so sweet of all of you Becky. Love you cute little card.

Melissa S said...

Great card! Happy Birthday to Stephanie!! Thanks for the chance to win :)

Shannon said...

great colors!

Angela said...

Love the card! Love what all you Bella Blvd beauties do! Thanks & Happy Brithday Stephanie!

Letizia said...

Happy happy birthday Stephanie!!what a great way to celebrate!!

Annette Allen said...

What a sweet sweet Birthday card... Happy Birthday Stephanie...

Thanks for sharing..

KellyO said...

Love the cupcake paper too. Happy birthday Stephanie!

Anonymous said...

Cute card! Thanks for sharing!
Brooke
brooke dienberg at yahoo dot com

Cynthia Baldwin said...

Fun card! I have bits of that cupcake paper left - better get some more. ;) TFS your sweet card - Happy Birthday to Stephanie!

brenda said...

Fantastic card - thanks for sharing and inspiring! Happy Birthday Stephanie!!

Brenda Smith said...

Gorgeous! Happy birthday Stephanie!

Moira said...

Perfect!

Стокли said...

Lovely bright card=)
Happy Birthday to Stephanie!

Gloria said...

I love these papers!!!! It's great card!! Happy birthday Stephanie!! Kisses and hugs from Italy!

Silv.etta said...

Great card! Happy birthday Stephanie!

Nicole Martel said...

What a nice surprise for Stephanie!!

Gayle215 said...

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

Diana Waite said...

FUN card Becky!

antenucci said...

Love your paper choices - makes this such a cheery card!

KellyG said...

Super cute card! Happy birthday to Stephanie!!

Miss Kathy said...

Cute card. Hope your birthday was Happy Stephanie!

kkelly said...

Such a pretty cupcake card... Happy cuppy cake day stephanie

Karenladd said...

Oh, who doesn't just love cupcakes!!!?? This card is delicious!

Michelle Price said...

Adorable card! Happy birthday Stephanie!

Carol said...

Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

I am really enjoying seeing all your wonderful birthday cards!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

Ashley Horton said...

Love the 3 different patterns for your background and the cute little border strips under the sentiment!

April said...

Happy Birthday Stephanie!!
- April W
april121499(at)yahoo(dot)com

** ladyscrap ** said...

I love this card for Stephanie!
Happy birthday!!!

Anna Maria

Ale said...

I love this card. Happy birthday Stephanie

susan said...

happy birthday!

Brittney said...

Happy Birthday, Stephanie - and what a cute card!

Federica/papertilly said...

great blog hop what inspiring!!!!! happy b day stephanie

Victoria S. said...

Happy Birthday Week Stephanie!
cute card- i love it!