Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Endless Inspiration: Freestyle Sophisticates

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

“Baby Mae”, by Megan Klauer.

The Designer Tapes have been one of my favorite embellishments from Bella since they introduced them the first time. These bright new colors are the perfect compliment to this collection. Pair them with black & white photos for the perfect pop.

Supplies:
Engaged at Last: Bachelorette Party, Miniatures Stickers; Love And Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Wedding Day Miniatures; Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; Crochet Hearts: Scallop, Bell Pepper, Punch, & Salt Water; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting, Pickle Juice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue; Designer Tapes: Ice Stripe, Pickle Juice Dot, 12mm combo pack, Blue Chevron, Pickle Juice Stripe, Cotton Candy Chevron

“You’re My Happy, by Jennifer Chapin.

Sometimes when I'm printing multiple photos at home I have some extra space on my sheet and I print a few extra small pictures that are my favorites. These two pictures just happened to be laying on my desk when I had the idea for this layout so it worked out perfectly! I cut different colored strips of the Freestyle Sophisticates paper and used those for the base of my layout. Solid colored punched hearts reinforce the rainbow of colors.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle McIntosh, Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Scallop, Freestyle Pickle Juice; Love and Marriage: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Engaged at Last: Alpha+Bits stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Kiss Me: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphabet: Punch; Buttons: Red Flowers, Stars

“Right Now”, by Diane Payne.

I love the fun, on trend patterns in the new Freestyle Sophisticates collection. The color palette is beautiful and can coordinate with any theme photo in black and white.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Banana, Freestyle Gulf, Freestyle Scallop; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf; Designer Tape: Gray Chevron, Polka Dot Combo, Pink Flowers; Crochet Flowers: Daisies, Juniper, Dahlia
Feathers: White

“Love For Life”, by Laura Vegas.

I love having great basic patterned papers that can coordinate with any and all collections, which is exactly what the new Freestyle Sophisticates papers do. It's so easy to pick out a few colors of the fun hand drawn chevron patterned paper to coordinate with the other patterned papers that you want to use on your layouts or cards. I only used a small strip of paper from the Kiss Me collection on this layout, but managed to pair it up with 4 different shades of the Freestyle papers.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Pickle Juice, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Banana; Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Blueberry, Punch; High Five Alpha Stickers: Green; Button Market: Checkers, Neutrals Mix, Hot Pink Flowers; Feathers: Pickle Juice

“Today And Everyday”, by Malika Kelly.

I love this picture of my three kids and thought it was a great way to document this daily moment that I won't want to forget. Somewhere in the mid afternoon, my daughter starts wondering about "her boys." When will they be home? Is it time to go get them? I want to be able to remember how much she looks up to her big brothers and how happy she is when they come home...It won't always be this way! I used the bright colors of the freestyle patterned papers to make three rows of chevrons, to represent the three kids. This new Freestyle Chevron paper is awesome to work with. Cut a super thin strip and it looks like a piece of tape!

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Peep, Freestyle McIntosh, Freestyle Banana, Freestyle Pickle Juice, Sprinkles & Lace Surf N Turf; Kiss Me: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry, Pickle Juice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch; Ciao Chip Everyday Elements: Stars & Hearts, Borders; Designer Tape: Chevron Combo; Button Market: Fruit Punch, Pink Flowers, Hot Pink Flowers; Crochet Heart: Saltwater

"I Love These Sweet Smiles", by Jenny Evans.

The Freestyle Sophisticates collection is full of amazing colors and such a fun design! I cut the paper into strips and stitched them onto my layout like arrows. Lots of arrows, lots of stitching! This is definitely a different style than what I normally do, but I love the look of it! I framed the photos with the title and some other embellishments, including the new Crochet Hearts and Designer Tapes.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle McIntosh, Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Banana, Freestyle Pickle Juice, Freestyle Gulf, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Scallop; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf, Piggy-Punch, Yellow; Designer Tape: 12mm Combo Pack; Button Market: Blues, Red Flowers; Crochet Hearts: White Hearts