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Sneak Peek Week *WINNERS*

Sorry we're getting up the winners a few days later than planned, for our Sneak Peek Week giveaways. I guess it wasn't the brightest idea, to say I would announce all the winners on the first day of CHA. Considering how busy we were the day before, getting the booth all set up and pretty ;) 

Baby Boy Collection

Button Market - Plastic Buttons

Button Market - Wood Buttons

Button Market - Button Mixes

Baby Girl Collection

We're Expecting Collection

 

Designer Tapes - Quarter Inch Designs

Designer Tapes - Half Inch Designs

Unity/Bella Itty Bitty Stamps - 3 Stamps of Your Choice

Sophisticates Sprinkles & Lace and Chipboard

Sunshine & Happiness Collection

Sophisticates High Five Alpha Stickers

Crochet Flowers

Flags - 10 Flags of Your Choice

Collection Pack of Choice

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Congrats to all of our winners! Please email me at lauravegas.bellablvd@yahoo.com, and include "SNEAK PEEK GIVEAWAY WINNER - _____________________" in the email subject line, adding in what collection or product you won.

Inspiration Unlimited Week: Baby Girl Collection

This week while we are in California at the CHA Trade Show debuting all the brand new products that we revealed over the past 2 weeks, we are going to share with you projects, projects and more projects with everything new! If you are starving for new inspiration and ideas, you're in the right place! The Bella Design Team have done wonders with the new products and now we can finally show you! Each day we will be featuring one of our new Collections and/or Embellishment products and showing you some great ideas! Get ready for a fun energy boost ... here we go!

Today, we are featuring projects from the Baby Girl collection!

"We're Having Twins", by Megan Klauer.

As soon as I saw the "We're Having Twins" sticker from the Just Write sheet I knew exactly which photos I would be using it for. I was lucky enough to be at the hospital when my sister gave birth to my beautiful twin nieces ... what a wonderful blessing! 

Supplies:
Baby Girl: It's a Girl, Daddy's Girl, Borders, Cute Cuts, Chipboard Icons, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits; Designer Tapes: Yellow Chevron

"Natalie", by Melissa Stinson.

As soon as I saw the sweet purples mixed in with all the baby pinks in this collection, I immediately thought of this photo of my niece, Natalie, at six days old in her sweet jumper covered in purple flowers. This line has a great mix of cute animal prints (I think that the monkeys are my favorites!) and trendy patterns that make it so easy to scrap with.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Daddy's Girl, It's A Girl, Borders, Alpha+Bits, Flags; Sophisticates: Clouds Chipboard; Button Market: Feminine Mix, Neutrals Mix; Designer Tape: Pink Stripe; Crochet Flowers: Daisies 

"It's A Girl" card, by Becky Williams.

One of my favorite elements of this collection are the adorable little onesies. I cut some out to use for this little card - aren't they cute? 

Supplies:
Baby Girl Collection: Borders, Cute Cuts, Daddy's Girl, Pretty in Pink, Alpha+Bits; Designer Tapes: Pink Stripe

Cherish Altered Canvas Blocks, by Suzanne Sergi.

I love creating home decor projects, especially on canvas blocks. I could not resist creating these small blocks with the Baby Girl Collection. I think these would be a sweet addition to a little girl's room. I covered the outside with acrylic paint, and cover the front with various patterned papers from the collection. I really wanted to use a large photo as the focal point, so I covered the center block with a 6x6 photo. I added a sentiment strip from the alpha & bits, along the bottom of the photo. I did embellish the photo itself with a cute crochet flower, and tulle. I created a mini heart banner for the last block. I used the large polka dots found on the Pretty in Pink paper, to punch out three small hearts. Then I stitched them together to create the banner. Flowers, touches of vellum, and the new flag pins were the finishing details to my project.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Cute Cuts, It's A Girl, Daddy's Girl, Pretty In Pink, Alpha+Bits, Flags; Crochet Flowers: Poppy, Dahlia

Inspiration Unlimited Week: Sunshine & Happiness Collection

This week while we are in California at the CHA Trade Show debuting all the brand new products that we revealed over the past 2 weeks, we are going to share with you projects, projects and more projects with everything new! If you are starving for new inspiration and ideas, you're in the right place! The Bella Design Team have done wonders with the new products and now we can finally show you! Each day we will be featuring one of our new Collections and/or Embellishment products and showing you some great ideas! Get ready for a fun energy boost ... here we go!

Today, we are featuring layouts using the Sunshine & Happiness collection!

"I {heart} Summer", by Megan Klauer.

This may be my favorite layout so far that I've created with the new collections. The bright colors are just so bright and fun! Makes me wish Summer was here already!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Popsicle Kisses, Cute Cuts, Borders, Alpha+Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Designer Tapes: Jail Bird; High Five Alpha: Black & White; Flags: Summer, Vacation

"A Kiss From Her Puppy Is Happiness", by Kimberly Neddo.

I’ve always wanted to try this quilting design on a layout, and I’m so happy with out this turned out. If you punch a circle and fold it down on 4 sides, you will create this fun look of dimension, and also show off some great styles of paper at the same time. I found by stitching it into place in some area’s it flattened it down a little bit more to add embellishments and my photograph.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Play Date, Borders, Happy Clouds, Popsicle Kisses, Miniatures, Ciao Chips; Sophisticates: Ciao Chip Borders; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue, Pink/Red; Designer Tape: Blue Gingham; Buttons: Aqua Flowers; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia, Juniper

"Yum", by Katherine McElvain.

When I first got a hold of the Sunshine and Happiness collection I was excited to team it up with these photos I took of my daughter making a watermelon smoothie last summer. I love the pink woodgrain pattern on the back of the Play Date paper, so I punched out a variety of circles, layered and rotated the grain pattern to make a pink pop on the top of the page. I also wanted to use the other delicious pinks and greens that the line has to offer and added some to the bottom of the page in strips. A few black paint sprinkles, and the layout is as yummy as the smoothie itself. But not as messy, because the first time my daughter made her watermelon concoction she twisted the blender from the bottom and the smoothie poured out all over the counter and the floor. Wish I would have got some photos of that, but we were too busy cleaning up...Yikes.

Supplies:
Sunshine and Happiness: Petal Power, Play Date, Happy Clouds, Borders, Cute Cuts, Chipboard Icons, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: High Five Alphabets Pink-Red, Simply Simona Alphabets Oreo; Designer Tape: Teal Stripe

"Summer Fun" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I mean, what is not to love about this line? It might be my most favorite Bella Blvd line to date! I love the bright colors, fun patterns, and all the flowers!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Borders, Happy Clouds, Chipboard Icons, Alpha + Bits

Inspiration Unlimited Week: Baby Boy Collection

This week while we are in California at the CHA Trade Show debuting all the brand new products that we revealed over the past 2 weeks, we are going to share with you projects, projects and more projects with everything new! If you are starving for new inspiration and ideas, you're in the right place! The Bella Design Team have done wonders with the new products and now we can finally show you! Each day we will be featuring one of our new Collections and/or Embellishment products and showing you some great ideas! Get ready for a fun energy boost ... here we go!

Today, we are featuring projects from the Baby Boy collection!

"Our Sweet Boy", by Brook Stewart.

My youngest is just over a year and a half old and I still have LOTS of baby pictures that I haven’t scrapped yet and this new Baby Boy collection was just amazingly perfect to get some of those finished up! The colors are so vibrant and the patterns are fun!! The new Designer Tape in Pickle Juice Dots coordinates perfectly with this line too!

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Momma’s Boy, Baby Blue, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits, Ciao Chip Icons; Sophisticates: Blue High Five Alphas;  Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Dots; Button Market: Wood Mix

"Sweet", by Gretchen McElveen.

How sweet is this new baby line! Here are my two favorite things about this line: 1) I love how it coordinates so well with the new "We're Expecting" line. The ruler paper on this layout is actually a piece of the "We're Expecting" paper, but you would never know it wasn't a sheet of "Baby Boy" paper! And 2) I love the bright pops of green, orange, and yellow in this line! Those colors make this line unique from other baby lines I have seen recently and they also help make this line more versatile than just for baby projects!

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Momma's Boy, It's a Boy, Borders, Alpha + Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; We're Expecting: Baby Boy Bump

"Baby Love", by Shannon Tidwell.

This photo has always been one of my favorites and combined with the new Baby Boy line it's a favorite layout.  I used one of my go to techniques on this layout, circle punch borders.  For the first layer I punched 2" circles and adhered them into an uneven scalloped border. Then I added a border of 1 1/2" circles folded in half. By just adhering one side of the circle down you can add a bit of dimension without the weight or bulk. I love the bright colors of green and orange mixed with the sweet baby blues in the new Baby Boy line ... not to mention the animal prints! 

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Momma's Boy, Borders, Wild About You, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits, Miniatures, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Saltwater; Crochet Flowers: Juniper

"It's A Boy" card, by Kathy Martin.

This collection was so fun and easy to work with that I think it brought out my best work! The pretty pastel colors are just right, not too pale nor too bright and the patterns, like these little onsies, are absolutely adorable!

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Momma’s Boy, Cute Cuts, Borders, Alpha+Bits, Miniatures

Live From CHA:i Set-Up Day 1

Ciao Ciao Bella Fans! How are you? Have you been following us on Facebook, watching our set-up updates? (PS-We're literally 11 fans away from 5,000 and would love to get there!) We're enjoying the sun (okay, well the small walks to & from the convention center and the view of the palm trees while the back garage doors are open during set-up) in California & can't wait to give you a peek of the CHA Winter 2012 Booth! Are you ready?

When we arrived Friday morning at Booth #1287 our beautius crates were waiting! And the non-existent booth is mapped out with metal poles and also with these not-so-beautius curtains!

The crates are huge! So huge that 20 peeps could probably picnic inside ;)

While a picnic in sunny California would be wonderful and relaxing, setting up this booth is definitely not a walk in the park! One by one the walls go up...

every now & then we snap a couple photos...so we can say hi :) to you!

Back to work as the details come together. Assembling the product panels is time consuming and meticulous, but is so rewarding when finished! After all, CHA is the end-all after months of organizing, planning, designing, executing and creating! 

* PS---No matter what you do you should always wear socks & tennis during set-up. After nearly 8 hours poor Therese needed to let her little piggies breathe. We confined her to the booth so that she wouldn't step on nails, screws or glass! Even though she probably walked out with a couple Glue Dots on her feet by the time we were finished with this Embellishment board. :)

The best part is left to complete on Saturday: displaying all the breathtaking and incredibly creative layouts, cards, mini albums and altered projects by the design team! Just you wait....

Well, that's all for now. We've got to get some shut-eye before Day 2 of set-up. In the meantime, be sure to enter to win our new products for free by checking out the Sneak Peeks/Reveals from the past several days. All you have to do is leave comments to have a chance to win!! For all of you scrapbookers our there watching and reading at home...we're missing you and wish you were here to see it all in real life!

Ciao Ciao for Now!

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Sneak Peek Week: Collection Kits

We made it! Today is the last day of our two week long Sneak Peek Week feature! Before we get to our last reveal, I want to thank each and every one of you for joining us here on the blog and sharing in our excitement over all of the fabulous new products that Stephanie has dreamed up for us! We appreciate every single comment that you took the time to leave for us, and we cannot wait for you to get our new products in your hands and onto your projects!

We've had request after request for more than a year now to sell Collection Kits! We are happy to introduce these 7 collection kits, including the newest paper collections we've revealed over the past 2 weeks and also the more recent Winter Wonder, Spring Flings and Easter Things and Sophisticates collections also! These new Collection Kits feature papers and stickers from the collections! Contents are a bit different in each kit and are geared at a retail price of $15.99 with exception of the Sophisticates Collection Kit which includes slightly more products for your everyday needs, retailing at $19.99

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And now for giveaway time! We want to give two lucky blog readers a chance to win one Collection Kit of their choice, before they even hit the stores. Just leave us a comment to be entered. One comment per person, please. All of our giveaways for our sneak peeks will be left open until Saturday, January 28th. All winners will be announced on Sunday, January 29th, which is the first day of the Winter CHA show!

Remember to check back here on Sunday, when we will announce all of the winners from the last 2 weeks of giveaways. Also, next Monday, we will be kicking off our two week long "Inspiration Unlimited" feature. We will be sharing tons of projects from our CHA designers, using all of the new collections and embellishments! You won't want to miss it!

Sneak Peek Week: Flags

Welcome back! I hope you got a chance to check out our Crochet Flower reveal from this morning. We have our last embellishment reveal to share with you this afternoon. I loved hearing the story, from Stephanie, about how these came to be. Let's check it out!

This brand new embellishment was inspired by the Design Team themselves. Little do they know that I've been working with local Artista, Sheri Feypel, on developing these cute little flags. About a year ago, I noticed that Sheri was constantly creating handmade flags with stick pins and various Bella Blvd stickers - usually the Miniatures stickers. Then, as time passed, I realized when we started seeing projects by the new 2011-12 Design Team members that several of them were doing the same thing ... espeically some of our card designers! So I thought to myself, "self ... we gotta make those!" And here they are, in real life!

These darling little stick pin Flags are available in 24 different themes for all occasions, seasons and everyday too! Even better, they mix and match with all of our newest collections, and previous! We know you're going to run out and buy every single one because they'll only be $1.75 each at your favorite local or online scrapbooking stores! All the work is done for you with these darling little flags. No need to handmake them anymore girls ;)

"I {Heart} U", by Diane Payne.

For this layout featuring a favorite photo of myself with my daughter I wanted a fun and whimsical design so I created a banner that included my photo and capped it off with flags. The flags are adorable on their own but to customize them I wrapped the pin in twine and finished it off with a bow.

"Friends", by Laura Vegas.

I am just loving these new little flag embellishments! I have been tucking them onto just about every layout and card I have created for CHA. Whether you use just one, or use a fun mix of flags, they add that little special touch to your projects. There is such a wide variety of designs, that there will always be a flag to fit what you're looking for! 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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And now for giveaway time! We want to give one lucky blog reader a chance to own 10 Flags of their choice, before they even hit the stores. Just leave us a comment to be entered. One comment per person, please. All of our giveaways for our sneak peeks will be left open until Saturday, January 28th. All winners will be announced on Sunday, January 29th, which is the first day of the Winter CHA show!

Sneak Peek Week: Crochet Flowers

Happy Thursday everyone! We have a busy day on the blog today, for you. We have two super fun embellishment reveals to share with you, and we have split them into two seperate posts. So make sure you stop back by, later this afternoon, for the second reveal ;)

At Bella Blvd we've been making flowers for a couple of years, and now we have a new texture! These hand-embroidered Crochet Flowers are so dainty and full of cuteness that you'll want to give them to all your friends! Add them to a card, stitch them to a T-shirt or headband....the ideas are endless. They are sure to cheer up your layouts and add elegance to any card! The Crochet Flowers come four to a package and are approximately one inch in diameter with a cute button center! Again, another great retail price at only $3.25 each!

"She Is So Silly", by Laura Vegas.

I love using flowers on my layouts and cards. They rank right up there with buttons and ribbons, as some of my favorite "go-to" embellishments that I use over and over. These fun little crochet flowers are so small and adorable. I love that they're layered, with the two colors, and that they come with the buttons threaded on there already. Simply pull them out of the package, and they're ready to go on your layouts and cards!

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And now for giveaway time! We want to give one lucky blog reader a chance to own a set of our new Crochet Flowers, before they even hit the stores. Just leave us a comment to be entered. One comment per person, please. All of our giveaways for our sneak peeks will be left open until Saturday, January 28th. All winners will be announced on Sunday, January 29th, which is the first day of the Winter CHA show!