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Layouts On Wednesdays

We have a fun mix of free-for-all layouts to share with you today, from our Layout Designers!

"Playing Baseball", by Sheri Feypel.

I love the Making The Team line by Bella Blvd! The colors and patterns are some of my favorites! Normally I am a one photo per layout kind of scrapper, but I am trying to branch out a bit. I decided on two photos, started with white card stock and built my layout from there. I lay everything out, and make any needed adjustments before I glue anything down. Once I have my "base" down, I start adding embellishments, tape, stickers, chipboard, flags, etc. I like to call that "junking it up." Sometimes I get a little carried away, but honestly I tried to control myself on this layout!  I blame to scrapbooking companies that make all of the cute embellishments that I cannot resist!

Supplies:
Making The Team: Fan Club, Soccer, Wall Of Fame, Cute Cuts, Borders, Quadrants, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Family Dynamix: Quadrants; Designer Tape: Red Dot; Flags: Sports

"Happy Sounds", by Sue Mylde.

Sometimes it's good to put in a lot of journaling. This page is all about the happy sounds that my little boy makes. He loves animals and trucks and trains too, of course, which little boy wouldn't. And he loves sounding them all out - everything from “choo choo”, to howling like a wolf. It's an adorable trait and phase that I'll be sad to see the back of. So naturally, putting it in a layout is my way of preserving this sweet memory of my boy at 19 months.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses; It's A Boy: Baby Blue, Miniatures, Borders, Chipboard Icons, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; High Five Alphabets: Blue, Black-White; Ciao Chip Versatile Elements: Borders

“Determined”, by Julie Johnson.

Believe it or not, I am many years behind in my scrapbooking. With having my own business I just don't find the time to scrap. I have always scrapped in chronological order because when I first started scrapping 20 years ago that is the way it was done. When I became so far behind I pretty much wanted to give up. What was the point, I had way too many photos, and it was hopeless to think I would ever catch up. Then, I scrapped with a friend one day who didn't scrap in chronological order. She picked her favorite photos, scrapped them, and then placed them into an album. It was that easy. She said, "who cares if the photos are not in order." As I looked through her books I enjoyed each page individually and it didn't bother me at all to see the photos not in order. Wow! It completely freed me to scrap what I wanted and I don't worry about it anymore. When I was looking through some of my old school photos of my son, I enjoyed thinking back to his younger years...he is now 19...and remembering the times we shared, how young he was, and how much he has changed. I actually enjoy scrapping the REALLY old photos. It brings back memories I didn't know I had.

Supplies:
Making the Team: Borders, Wall of Fame, Volleyball, Quadrants, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; High Five Alphabets: Black-White; Flags: Sports; Button Market: Stars

"Sweet Sisters", by Allyson Meinholz.

For this layout I used mainly the Flirty and Sophisticates Collections along with a mix of embellishments. I love how everything came together so easily.  I just love how Bella all works together from new lines to old lines! I am all about matchy-matchy. These photos are from New Years day of 2006. I am a bit behind in my scrapbooks! Hard to believe how time flies, as these photos were taken when we had just two daughters. And we are now expecting our fourth little girl.

Supplies:
Flirty: Heart Throb, OMIGosh, Party Girl, Label Addition Stickers, Bits-a-Bella; Sophisticates: Short Stories, Petite Pieces, Plum Sprinkles & Lace; High Five Alphas: Blue; Ciao Chip Elements: Family Words, Stars & Hearts, Borders; Baby Blooms-A-Bella; Crochet Flowers; Designer Tape: Teal Stripe; Button Market: Pink Flowers

Bella Blvd & The Twinery Team-Up: Day Four

Welcome to day four of our week long Team-Up with The Twinery! We have a group of our Bella designers that have mixed The Twinery's gorgeous baker's twine into our projects. And The Twinery's designers have been busy mixing Bella's products into their projects. Let's see what our designers have in store for us today.

“Girly Clothes”, by Brook Stewart.

I've had so much fun clothes shopping for our first little girl coming this summer! Her closet is already getting well stocked and I wanted to make sure to document it! I went with a lot of pink on this layout to reinforce the "girly" aspect of the subject. I added the beautiful pink twine colors around the outside as a border and secured them with mini staples. I also added a border of the lighter pink twine around my journaling spot to define it. I just stuck it down with some liquid glue.

Bella Blvd Supplies: 
Sunshine & Happiness: Juicy Good Time, Play Date; We're Expecting: Bella Baby Bump, Baby's First Miniatures; Baby Girl: Alpha+Bits Stickers; High Five Alphabet: Pink-Red; Baby Blooms a Bella: Rossini

The Twinery Supplies:
Pink Sorbet, Blossom

"We Love You" by Becky Williams.

For this layout I wanted to do something I'd seen on projects created by others: writing with the twine. It was a lot easier than I thought it might be. You simply draw the word with liquid glue and add the desired color of twine. You could even mix up the colors by cutting smaller segments of twine. 

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Baby Girl: It's A Girl, Ciao Chip Icons; Baby Boy: Miniatures Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers; We're Expecting: Baby's Firsts Miniatures Stickers; Designer Tape: Pink Flowers; Sophisticates: Ciao Chip Borders; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White

The Twinery Supplies:
Maraschino, Pink Sorbet, Denim

“Easter Eggs”, by Kathy Martin.

I wanted the twine to really shine on this page so I created a frame with it. In order to make straight lines with the twine, I used a scoring board and then I traced those lines with a glue pen. I could have easily used the Bella Blvd. Spring Things & Easter Things for this dyed egg page, but the new Sunshine & Happiness line is equally adorable and versatile!

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons, Flags; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Punch; Button Market: Fruit Punch; Flags: Spring Flings & Easter Things; Ciao Chip: Clouds; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White, Blue

The Twinery Supplies:
Lemondrop, Orchid

“When I See You Smile” card, by Megan Klauer.

For the "rainbow-cloud" I took a piece of white card stock, covered the front side with adhesive & glue dots and began wrapping the twine around it. I then added a layer of dimensional pop dots to the top and added another piece of white card stock with the cloud punched out. This is such a versatile technique! Change the punch and the twine colors and you can get a whole new look! Have fun with it!

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Cute Cuts, Miniature Stickers

The Twinery Supplies:
Lilac, Caribbean, Peapod, Lemondrop, Mandarin, Pink Sorbet

Heart card, by Morgan Bandkowski.

I attend a lot of weddings so I am always trying to come up with different ideas for wedding cards. I used a die cut of a heart and wrapped twine all around it. I love using the Lace side of the Sprinkles & Lace paper because it gives the card a classy feel. 

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Sophisticates: Spinkles & Lace Oyster, Sprinkles & Lace Oreo; Christmas Wishes: Christmas Love

The Twinery Supplies:
Maraschino

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Now, head on over to The Twinery blog, and check out what their Design Team has created using their gorgeous baker's twine, and our fun Bella products! Also, be sure to check out THEIR giveaway. All the details, on how to be entered in their giveaway, are on their blog. NOTE: This is for The Twinery's giveaway on their blog. NOT our giveaway, which will happen on Friday ;)

Check back in with us tomorrow, for our last day of inspiration. And we'll reveal our big giveaways too!

Bella Blvd & The Twinery Team-Up: Day One

We have big stuff planned for you this week, and we are so excited to get things going! Bella Blvd is teaming up with The Twinery, for a week full of inspiration. We have a group of our Bella designers that have mixed The Twinery's gorgeous baker's twine into our projects. And The Twinery's designers have been busy mixing Bella's products into their projects. We have loads of projects to share with you, so let's get started!

“Perfect Bliss”, by Kimberly Neddo.

I have been doing a lot of knitting and learning crocheting in my spare time, and I've really been enjoying it. I was so excited to be able to be a part of The Twinery team up with Bella Blvd, as I've been wanting to experiment with different crocheting techniques to embellish on a layout. I haven't seen this done before, with borders and different flowers. I love how this layout turned out with these unique twine embellishments I made.

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Popsicle Kisses, Miniatures Stickers; Baby Boy: Miniatures Stickers; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Saltwater; Ciao Chip: Clouds; High Five Alpha Stickers: Yellow; Button Market: Feminine Mix; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice

The Twinery Supplies:
Pink Sorbet, Caribbean, Lilac, Light Green, Lemonade

“Spring Photoshoot”, by Megan Klauer.

Twine is the perfect accessory to buttons! I took two of the little buttons from the Wood Mix & added a splash of color by simply tying twine through the holes. I also accented a journaling tag from the Cute Cuts page by tying twine around the top. 

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons, Flags; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron, Pickle Juice Dots, Pink Stripe; Button Market: Wood Mix, Fruit Punch; Flags: Floral; Sophisticates Ciao Chip: Borders

The Twinery Supplies:
Caribbean, Lemondrop

"Apple Of My Eye", by Suzanne Sergi.

Hello Beautiful may not be a new release, but it is one of my favorites. Love the bold titles found on the Borders N' Blocks Paper! The yellow twine from the Twinery matched perfectly with the yellow found on these papers. Since the title was so bold, I added the twine along the bottom to ground it to my page. A small section also helped to dress up the apple diecut from the Cute Cuts paper. 

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Hello Beautiful: Thanks A Bunch, Just because, Borders N' Blocks, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers

The Twinery Supplies:
Lemondrop

"Stick Together" card by Becky Williams.

I created the hearts on this card by first punching three hearts in my white cardstock paper. I then cut 3 small squares of paper, covered one with patterned paper and the other two with strips of twine. I adhered the pieces on the back of the white cardstock and then added the sentiment stickers to the front of the card.

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Baby Boy: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Designer Tape: Red Dot, Teal Stripe

The Twinery Supplies:
Pink Sorbet, Honeydew, Stone, Buttercream

"Hello" card, by Deanna Misner.

I wanted to create a card that would brighten someone's day, and nothing's better than the Sunshine & Happiness collection. I love that it's bold, bright, and so much fun! This card was also a great way to use up some of my scraps. I notched the ends of several patterned paper scraps, then I hand-cut the flowers and popped them up with 3D foam adhesive. I lined them with twine and added a quick sentiment to make an easy card.

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Borders, Popsicle Kisses, Playdate, Happy Clouds; High Five Alpha Stickers: Yellow

The Twinery Supplies:
Lemondrop, Lilac, Mandarin, Pink Sorbet, Caribbean

"We Are Family" altered monogram, by Morgan Bandkowski.

I wanted to use the twine to create an altered project. I love those paper mache letters you can find at craft stores. I decided to get the letter "F" for family. My mom has a new sunroom on her house so I thought I would make her a letter to go in the room. I used cream yarn to cover the whole thing and the took two different colors of the twine and wrapped them around to accent it. I added a flower and stitched on two buttons & a flag to give it a little more pizazz! 

Bella Blvd Supplies:
Button Market: Checkers, Pickle Squares; Flags: Home Sweet Home; Baby Blooms a Bella: Champagne

The Twinery Supplies:
Flax, Honeydew

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Now, head on over to The Twinery blog, and check out what their Design Team has created using their gorgeous baker's twine, and our fun Bella products! Keep coming back to both blogs all week long, because we have a ton more projects to share with you. And watch for giveaways from both of us, as well!

Step-By-Step Project Sheet: Plastino & Mother's Day

Looking for fresh ideas and new inspiration using Bella Blvd products? Want to learn how to mix and match Bella products and create cute layouts? Stuck on a project and need some help? Want to teach a Bella Blvd workshop at your LSS? Or, do you own a LSS and need a sample idea to hang next to our products? If you've said yes to ANY of the above--you're going to love this!

You can download our Plastino & Mother's Day themed project sheet HERE.

Bella Blvd has launched a new monthly feature to help you get inspired and keep you scrappin'. I have been designing a fresh never-featured-before project along with step-by-step directions for you to use, EVERY MONTH! Complete with a list of tools, supplies and Bella products needed, it couldn't get any easier! So dive into your stash today, or check out the online store links (on the sidebar) and pick up your supplies today! You'll get more pages completed with our help! Use us ... that's what we're here for!!!

To find our previous project sheets, from other collections, you simply need to click on "Project Sheets" in the "Category" section on the left sidebar. That will bring up any post, where we have shared project sheets. Or, to make it easy for you today, just click on THIS and you'll be able to download our previous four project sheets!

Sunshine & Happiness: Altered Projects & Mini Albums

Happy Monday everyone! Today, we have a post filled with Sunshine & Happiness, which is what we also hope your weekend was filled with! We have a couple of altered projects to share, along with a couple of mini albums. All featuring the Sunshine & Happiness collection!

Altered Jars, by Suzanne Sergi.

I altered this garden container with the Sunshine & Happiness collection. A different packaging idea to tuck in treats to a friend, neighbor, teacher, or a family member. I covered the outside with a variety of the papers, and use one of the border stickers to layer along the bottom. Inside the container I filled two mason jars with bright gum balls. On the top of the lids, embellished each of them with one of the azzini blooms. Across the top, I created a butterfly banner for a fun detail. Finished one of the handles with a tag, and big red bow. This will be sure to brighten anyone's day!

Supplies:
Sunshine &Happiness: Petal Power, Sunny Side Up, Popsicle Kisses, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniature Stickers, Flags; Baby Blooms-A-Bella: Azzini

"Summer Time" mini album, by Suzanne Sergi.

The Sunshine & Happiness collection is a bold, and bright collection, that it pairs fabulous with summer photos! I decided to create a small mini of my little girl enjoying the day at a water resort. I love these photos, because it shows how much she loves playing in the water. I created a sun for the cover of the mini, and use various patterned papers to accent the rays of the sun. A few chipboard elements were used for the center, and for the title of the mini. I am loving the new flags that were introduced by Bella at CHA, and use one on the cover as a fun detail. This mini is a mix of different pages in different sizes, and shapes. A fun mini filled with Bella's whimsical patterns, and bold embellishments.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Sunny Side Up, Juicy Good Time, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Sunny Sunday, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Masculine Mix; Flags: Summer; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron, Red Dot, Pickle Juice Dot; Ciao Chip Versatile Elements: Stars & Hearts, Clouds; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphabets & Numbers: Saltwater, Orange; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue

Altered Mailbox & Notecard Set, by Beth Gerlach.

This was such a quick and easy, yet cute little project. I was given the mailbox and  I made 12 little notes that fit inside a little custom box perfectly. I thought it would make a nice little gift. I used Sunshine and happiness (pretty much every pattern) and the sunshine and happiness chip along with the Alpha+Bits stickers and some of those super cute crochet flowers which I just love! I did add a splash of bling, because that's my signature!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Petal Power, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Play Date, Miniatures Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Pink Flowers

"Yoga Camp" mini album, by Kimberly Neddo.

For this Mini Album, I chose to cover each side of the chipboard with paper. I used Mod podge and my briar roller to secure it down well. From there, I decorated each page a little differently with the beautiful patterned papers and embellishments from the Sunshine and Happiness line and the High Five Alphabets. I used a lot of pop dots for dimension through out this little book. I’ve been wanting to do something special with Olivia’s Yoga camp pictures, and this was just the perfect way to showcase them and I really love how it turned out.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Petal Power, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Play Date, Miniatures Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Ciao Chip: Trees, Stars & Hearts; Flags: Vacation; Crochet Flowers: Poppy

Layouts On Wednesday

It's the middle of the week. Wednesday. Which means it's time for another round of Free-For-All layout shares! We have a good mix of boy and girl layouts today. Something for everyone! 

"Tattoo Tape", by Kim Arnold.

I love taking a different spin on paper ranges and using them for topics that you might not immediately think of. Making the team is a range aimed at sports, but to me a large number of the papers and embellishments are just perfect for any “boy orientated” layout. I love the graphic prints and ended up adding just a touch of the Mr Boy range to finish off this layout about the tattoo tape that my physio applied to Benson when treating his arm.

Supplies:
Making the Team: Quadrants, Wall of Fame, Volleyball, Chipboard Icons, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Mr Boy: Borders n’Blocks, Chipboard Icons, Chit Chat Chipboard; Ciao Chip Simply Simona Alphabets Oyster

“Sherrard Short Sox”, by Megan Klauer.

Create a statement with a photo; print it BIG! My photo is 8x12. It has a good amount of white space which keeps the focus on the subject & leaves plenty of space to add embellishments and interest to your design. Add a bold title & well balanced clusters and it's a page design you can use over & over again!

Supplies:
Making the Team: Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha + Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons, Miniatures Stickers; Sophisticates: Plum; Button Market: Text

“Baby Boy”, by Loredana Buccaria.

Hi everyone! Who says that a baby line can be used only for baby boys? I have dared myself to use it for a page about my baby boy, my man and I had a lot of fun! I love these colors and this kind of embellishments, they are really amazing! The chevron paper is amazing, I love it so much! I would to insert everything on a side and add many embellishments, I would a clear and simple page to give more attention to the photo! I love this photo of my hubby, I love him so much and this collection has helped me to create a so lovely page, don't you find? Ok now is your turn!!!! Try to use a collection that you'd never use and create a page! I am curious to see what you will create!

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Borders, Ciao Chip Icons, Miniatures, Wild About You, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Momma's Boy; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Black-White; Flags: School; Buttons Market: Wood Mix

"J'Adore", by Sue Mylde.

I knew immediately what I wanted to do with these Sunshine & Happiness paper when I got them in my DT package! I love these cut outs and fussy-cutting them out for the page was a lot of fun. I pasted the washi tape frame and then did a little spray misting in different colors - blue for the sky, green for the grass and yellow for effect, layered behind the photo. I love layers and to create the layering effect for the 'grass and flowers' on this page, I cut out two layers for the grass, pasting them one behind the other. I then fussy-cut out the flowers from the 'Borders' patterned paper and layered these on. The crochet flowers give an even more fancy layered effect to the grass! Those clouds and the sun were made for cutting too! Added the buttons for a more eclectic feel and a few sentiments seals the deal. I loved every element of this Sunshine & Happiness collection. Could create with these for days!! Thanks Stephanie! So very pretty!!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Borders, Petal Power, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; High Five Alphabets: Yellow; Designer Tape: Teal Stripe; Buttons: Feminine Mix

"Supah Star Diva", by Kimberly Neddo.
{A Winter CHA Project}

Yes, I have a poser! Lol. I love this line of paper for these photographs. The border chipboards are great to cut up and use around the page also. The new Pink and Purple colors are so pretty and complimenting to mix and match together and with other other Bella Blvd lines.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Plum, Sprinkles & Lace Punch; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Miniatures Stickers; Making The Team: Miniatures Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Saltwater; Buttons: Stars; Flags: Text Me

"Miles Of Smiles", by Allyson Meinholz.

I really enjoyed making this layout once I had a photo and an idea. I sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed when I have a "Free for All", just because I have so much Bella product and I want to use it all. When looking thru my photos, I realized it has been a year since we drove down to Disney with our 3 little girlies. And it is one album I have not started yet. So, no better time than the present to do a bit of Disney using Bella Blvd. I used my Cricut to cut out the back overlay and built my page off of there. My favorite part was making the tabs of Designer Tape pop. First I ran the tape onto white cardstock so I was able to cut pieces, and then I popped it off the page using pop dots. I also loved using buttons to make the little Mickey Mouse ears!

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace McIntosh, Tall Tags, Borders, Ciao Chip Oreo; Midterm: Text Me; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red, Black-White; Designer Tapes: Red Dot, Jail Bird, Yellow Chevron; Button Market: Text, Wood Mix, Neutrals Mix, Masculine Mix; Crochet Flowers: Daisies; Baby Blooms-A-Bella: Saffron

Layouts On Wednesdays

What a Wednesday we have planned for you! Two posts in one day, so make sure and give each one a looksie! We're starting out the day with another round of free-for-all layouts, by our Design Team. I love seeing the wide variety of layouts that our designers come up with, and we hope you find inspiration in them as well. Our second post will be the reveal of The Bella Buzz April Newsletter. You won't want to miss that!  

"Happiness", by Brook Stewart.

The weather is finally starting to warm up around here, so I used it as an excuse to get some fun pictures out in the sunshine of my guys playing on the swing set. I rarely get that good picture of both of them together, so when I unloaded my camera and found this one, I was super excited! It will be going in a frame, for sure! With the sunshine outside, I was really amped up to use the new Sunshine & Happiness collection! It just makes me happy looking at all the bright, fun colors!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Flags: Summer; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron, Pickle Juice Dot

"Po Boy Factory", by Melissa Stinson.

Bella's Baby Girl and Baby Boy collections are adorable lines for scrapping the little munchkins in your life, but what if you're like me and don't have any children of your own? Good news- these collections are still totally usable for non-themed layouts, especially if you use the B-sides of the papers, where you'll find fun patterns without a theme. For this layout, I mixed several B-sides from the Baby Boy and Baby Girl collections along with one of the new Sophisticates Sprinkles and Lace papers to create a Mardi Gras inspired color palette. The photos are from one of our favorite local restaurants that serve New Orleans-style fare and is always decked out in shades of purple, green, and yellow.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Borders; Baby Boy: On The Go, Heaven Sent; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Plum, Yellow High Five Alphabets; Button Market: Pickle Squares, Bursts

"Monkey See, Monkey Do", by Nancy Damiano.

I've been hanging on to these pictures of my son and niece for a few years, always searching for the 'right' line of paper + embellishments. Who knew I'd find it in  the Baby Girl line by Bella. I love that cute little monkey and it reminded me so much of my niece making faces. I layered 5 different papers for a bright and colorful look. I think the photos really pop on the light purple background. Sometimes you really have to take a second look at baby themed lines and notice the details - they just might be perfect for some of your non-baby photos!

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Snuggly Safari, Pretty in Pink, Sweet Dreams, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; High Five Alphabets: Pink-Red; Flags: Girl, Floral; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia; Ciao Chip Simply Simona: Pink

"Summer Adventure Fun", by Laura Vegas.
{A Winter CHA Project}

During our hot summer months, my girls tend to spend most of their free time in the swimming pool. These are two of my favorite photos of them, taken after a day of swimming. The Sunshine & Happiness collection was perfect to scrap these photos. I created my title on top of one of the journaling blocks, using the alpha stickers from the Alpha+Bits sticker sheet, and some designer tape. I also added some Diamond Glaze to the letter stickers and also to the chipboard sun, to give a shiny, glossy touch to them. 

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Ciao Chip Elements: Clouds; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Dot, Yellow Chevron; Button Market: Tie Dye, Aqua Flowers

"Baby Girl", by Deanna Misner.
{A Winter CHA Project}

This photo is of my daughter having a little tummy time on the floor.  It's still one of my favorites, and the new Baby Girl papers were ideal to use with it. I used tags made of different pattern papers to ground the photo, which is a fun way to add a lot of pattern and color without overwhelming the picture. I added a few girly details including the polka dot flag, some flowers and the pearly stick pins and called it a day.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Sweet Dreams, Daddy's Girl, Snuggly Safari, Borders, Alpha+Bits; Baby Blooms a Bella: Rossini; Flags: Bugs

Ongoing Guest Designers: Carina Lindholm & Wendy Bretz

Back in September, when we were choosing our new Design Team, we had a group of talented designers that we just couldn't pass up. So we added a special team of On-going Guest Designers, that will joining us here on the blog throughout the year, along with the rest of our Design Team. Today, we are welcoming back Carina Lindholm and Wendy Bretz for their second round of projects.

Hello everyone! I’m Carina Lindholm. I live in a small town in the middle of Sweden with my husband Per and our three children Marcus (8), Filip (6) & Alva (5). I’m a stay at home mom, but I sometimes work extra in a scrapbook store. I consider myself both a scrapbooker and a card maker and my style is playful and I like to use lots of color on my projects. When I’m not paper crafting I love to sew, read and spend time with my family.

“Äggmålning”, by Carina Lindholm.

I used the Spring Fling & Easter Things collection to make my projects today. And oh, how I love this collection! All the patterns and the colors makes me a very happy girl. The photos on this layout are from easter last year. My children and my little nephew is painting eggs. And I love all the cut outs that comes with every Bella blvd collection. On this layout I used three eggs and the cute little easter chick cut outs. To get the scallop borders around the eggs I simply just matted the eggs on white cardstock and cut around them using decorative scissors.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Sunny Sunday, Borders, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Baby Blooms-A-Bella

“Happy Mother’s Day”, by Carina Lindholm.

We celebrate mother’s day in May here in Sweden. And I know that my mother loves bright and cheerful colors, so I thought it would be perfect to make her a card by using this collection. I cut out this cute flower cut out and adhered it to the card using foam tape, so it really pops out from the card.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Mom’s Bouquet, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Miniatures Card Sentiments

“For A Super Great Friend”, by Carina Lindholm.

For this card I die cut a few label shapes from different patterned papers and adhered them together to make an embellishment. And I let one of Bellas Blvd´s super cute pink fabric flowers to be the focal point on this card.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Mom’s Bouquet, Borders, A Tisket A Tasket; Sophisticates: Miniatures Card Sentiments; Baby Blooms-A-Bella

“Thank you”, by Carina Lindholm.

I used a label die to make the shapes in the pink chevron paper. I also punched out a bunch of butterflies, in different sizes and color and adhered them in the negative spaces on the card base.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Sunny Sunday, A Tisket A Tasket, Borders, Egg Hunt

Hi! My name is Wendy Bretz and I'm so excited to be this month guest designer here at Bella Blvd. I live in a small town in western New York and have one daughter who is my everything. I'm a simple, graphic scrapper and love to create paper and digital layouts. I've been published in Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook Etc., Simple Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Trends magazines. I love creating memories that my daughter can look back at in the future.

"Nothing Better", by Wendy Bretz.

As soon as I saw the back of the Baby Boy, Momma's Boy Patterned Paper I knew exactly what I was going to create! I love making 2 page layouts where I have entire photo on the right and my design work on the left. These Designer Tapes are probably one of my new favorite embellishments too. You can do so much with them … use them as accents, tape photos on a layout, or even layer them and create a piece of patterned paper. On this layout I used it as a accent on my layout.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Momma's Boy, Baby Boy: Alpha + Bits, Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron, Sophisticates: Pink-Red High Five Alphabets

"Guess What", by Wendy Bretz.

High Five Alphabets … what can't I say about them??? These sheets of stickers are the coolest and most versatile letter stickers out there in my opinion. They come is so many different colors and I love every single one of them. When I started this layout I wanted to create something simple so I decided to just use the "?" and for the brackets at the bottom I cut the number "0" in half. To finish I added my photo digitally after I scanned it.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Sophisticates: Pink-Red High Five Alphabets

Sunshine & Happiness Layouts

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! Today, we have TWO posts happening here on the blog. Make sure and stop back by in a few hours, when we will share our April Project Sheet with you. But first, check out these awesome layouts by our Design Team, featuring the new Sunshine & Happiness collection!

"Happiness", by Diane Payne.
{A Winter CHA Project}

One of my favorite pieces of paper in each of the Bella Blvd collections is the Cute Cuts sheet. There are always cute images that coordinate with the papers and journaling cards too. On this layout I used the journaling cards as a mat for my photos. It was a quick and easy way to make them pop off the page.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Popsicle Kisses, Petal Power, Cute Cuts, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers, Ciao Chip; Designer Tape: Pink Flowers; Buttons: Button Market Aqua Flowers, Button Market Feminine Mix

"Road Trip", by Katherine McElveen.
{A Winter CHA Project}

Our family ... we don’t get out much. Or I should say that we don’t get far away from home often. So if I were to do a page about a summer road trip, it would be about my kids on their bikes, pedaling their way to the corner grocery store. This is the first year that they started venturing out, away from home, on their own. So I wanted to create this page, not about a big trip far from home, but a great memory about real life here in the summer time. Because in our neighborhood, everyday is a good day for a road trip of this kind.

Supplies:
Sunshine and Happiness: Petal Power Popsicle Kisses, Borders, Sunny Side Up, Cute Cuts, Happy Clouds, Boarders, Miniatures, Alpha+Bits; Baby Girl: Daddy’s Girl, Miniatures; Flags: Spring Flings & Easter Things; Sophisticates: Ciao Chip Clouds, High Five Alphabets Yellow, Simply Simona Brownie; Button Market: Masculine Mix, Fruit Punch; Tape: Yellow Chevron

"Boys Of Summer", by Sheri Feypel.
{A Winter CHA Project}

So, I am in love with this teal chevron pattern. I knew that I had to use the whole sheet because I couldn't bear to cut it up. I started with that for the background and decided where I wanted to place my photos. I then cut strips of the other patterns to build around my photos. Then I started layering with chipboard alphas, shapes and added a little dimension with some foam adhesive behind some of the elements. I chose to leave quite a bit of white space along the left side of the layout so that the chevron pattern could "work" on it's own.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Juicy Good Time, Popsicle Kisses, Happy Clouds, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniature Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tapes: Yellow Chevron; Button Market: Masculine Mix; Simply Sonoma Alphabets and Numbers: Saltwater; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Black-White, Blue

"I {Heart} Summer", by Shannon Tidwell.

Who doesn't love summer?! I love that the Cute Cuts make it so easy to put a fun and colorful title on my page. I combined several fun chipboard shapes from the Clouds and Borders Ciao Chip Elements to create a fun summer scene to coordinate with the theme. I love how all the colors easily mix and match. A couple fun flags share in the festivities. 

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Ciao Chip Borders, Ciao Chip Clouds; Flags: Baby Boy, Sunshine & Happiness; Designer Tape: Jail Bird

"Juicy", by Shannon Tidwell.

Stickers, stickers, stickers! On this layout I adhered the photo first and then just started building outward and around with all the fabulous Bella stickers, chipboard, flowers, buttons, tape. Since I had such a fun patterned background I thought framing the photo with the product would help keep the focus where I wanted it. It definitely makes me ready for some sunshine again!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Flags; Sophisticates: Ciao Chip Clouds; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Saltwater; Button Market: Feminine Mix; Baby Blooms-A-Bella: Rossini

Spring Flings & Easter Things Layouts and Cards

With Easter tomorrow, and spring on our minds, we have even more Spring Flings & Easter Things projects from CHA to share with you today. We hope you all have a fabulous Easter tomorrow, and enjoy the day with family and friends!

"Pretty Flowers", by Becky Williams.
{A Winter CHA Project}

I really like all of the fun, happy elements in the Spring Flings collection! I used some of the Cute Cuts on this layout and added a bit of glitter glue to some for extra pizzazz.

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: Mom's Bouquet, Cute Cuts, Borders, Sunny Sunday, Egg Hunt, Miniatures, Alpha+Bits, Ciao Chip; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Prune; Button Market: Snowflakes, Fruit Punch

“Spring Spectacular”, by Diane Payne.
{A Winter CHA Project}

There are so many great patterns included in each collection, sometimes it is hard to choose which ones to use. On this layout I didn’t choose and I used lots of different patterns and colors. To keep the multitude of patterns and colors from overwhelming my photo I punched them into small circles and then tucked them under a strip of paper to create a fun scallop border.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: A Tisket a Tasket, Sunny Sunday, Egg Hunt, Mom's Bouquet, Borders, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures; Sophisticates: Quattrofina Peep & Saffron; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron; Button Market: Aqua Flowers

"Father Of The Year", by Melissa Stinson.
{A Winter CHA Project}

The Spring Flings and Easter Things collection is so bright, fun, and festive that I knew it would be perfect for party photos- especially when the party is for my niece's first birthday! There were tons of bright colors in all the decorations and gift wrap that worked well with these papers.

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: Sunny Sunday, Mom's Bouquet, Egg Hunt, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Baby Blooms A Bella: Azzini; Button Market: Feminine Mix; Flags: Floral; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Saltwater

"Love You" card, by Becky Williams.
{A Winter CHA Project}

One of my favorite parts of each of the Bella Blvd collections is the sheet of Cute Cuts. For this card I hand cut some of those and layered them to use as embellishments. I love that such a simple thing can add so much cuteness to any project. 

Supplies: 
Spring Flings and Easter Things collection: Just Write Journaling Stickers, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits, Miniatures, A Tisket a Tasket, Egg Hunt, Borders, Mom's Bouquet

"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" card, by Gretchen McElveen.
{A Winter CHA Project}

Happy Spring! I thought the Spring Fling and Easter Things line would be perfect for making a card to help cheer someone up. The "raindrops keep falling on my head" sentiment was actually one long sticker from the Alpha + Bits sheet that I cut into smaller pieces so that it fit better on the front of the card. I cut the rainbow and heart out of the Cute Cuts sheet and adhered them with foam adhesive. Then I added a simple sentiment on the inside of the card! It turned out very cheerful I think!

{Inside of card}

Supplies:
Spring Fling and Easter Things: Egg Hunt, Cute Cuts, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures

Altered Easter Projects

Easter is almost here! If you're anything like me, and you havn't thought about any Easter treats or Easter decor yet, then you'll want to check out today's projects. I asked our Altered Project Designers to create some fun Easter projects, focusing on the Spring Flings & Easter Things collection. And we rounded out the day, with a Spring Flings & Easter Things mini album, to document all of the Easter festivities.

Altered Easter Bucket, by Suzanne Sergi.

I loved revisiting the clear paint bucket. They are wonderful to tuck in treats, and small gifts. I thought this would be a great gift for a teacher, or neighbor. I used the Spring Flings collection to add festive Easter touches. I used the blue chevron to wrap the bottom, and a simple border from the border sheet with the perfect Easter sentiment. I added glitter to the chipboard bunny, and the border sheet for extra sparkle. Then using one of my favorite new releases from Bella was the yellow chevron tape. I used it to accent the lid of the bucket, and randomly on the sides.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Egg Hunt, Borders, Cute Cuts, Miniatures, Chipboard Icons; Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up; Crochet Flowers: Daises; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron

Altered Easter House, by Marie-Josée Hamel.

To create this project, I bought this tiny wooden house at a crafts store. I painted it with green paint and adhered paper to it using Mod Podge. I then cut rabbits, chicks and eggs out of the Egg Hunt paper and adhered them to the house using pop dots, to create dimension. I also used a bit of Spanish moss to create little nests for the eggs that I adhered to the house using Mod Podge.

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: Egg Hunt, Sunny Sunday, Borders Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits, Miniatures

Easter Treat Boxes, by Jennifer Edwardson.

Most holidays you will find me up until the wee hours the evening before putting last minutes touches on projects for the kids. But not this Easter! I am so excited that I got a head start on these fun gifts for my kids. 

Emma and Alex will see these fun boxes when they sit down to Easter breakfast this weekend! I used a box template to create the base and then added bits of patterned paper from Spring Flings & Easter Things.

Once the base was complete, I added precision cut pieces, stickers and chip alphas to embellish. I finished them off with crinkle cut paper in the bottom before filling each box with chocolate treats too!!

Altered Easter Gift Tins, by Jennifer Edwardson.

I am that girl who scoops up all the super savings in the days after a holiday. I love collecting pieces that I can turn into something else and tucking them away until the following year. That is exactly what I did with these gift card tins. 

My children are at ages where they LOVE to get gift cards so these are perfect for a little something special from Mommy and Daddy on Easter morning.

I liked the silver on the bottom but really needed to re-do the lid! I wrapped a pattern strip around the edge and added another pattern on top. I sanded all the edges first and then 'scrapbooked' the top using stickers, ribbon, flags, twine and a crochet flower too!

Easter Napkin Rings, by Jennifer Edwardson.

I like to add a bit of color to the dinner table on holidays but didn't want to create place cards for a small group so I decided to whip up these fun little napkin rings instead! I used a strip of patterned paper, border punched the edge and added precision cut shapes and stickers to the top to pretty them up. A very quick, easy and super cute way to use up your leftover bits from other projects!

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things; egg hunt, mom's bouquet, borders, cute cuts, alphas & bits, miniatures and flags. Ciao Chip; Simply Simona Saltwater. Sunshine & Happiness; happy clouds. Crochet Flowers; Dahlia

"Spring Spectacular" mini album, by Suzanne Sergi.
{A Winter CHA Project}

I paired the Spring Flings and Easter Things Collection with a 6x6 chipboard binder. This mini book has a linen spine, and thought it was perfect for everything spring! I am from Texas, so most holidays are spent without my family. However, about four years ago we were able to celebrate the arrival of Easter together. There is nothing better than Easter in Texas! I captured a few photos documenting our favorite Easter traditions: Easter Baskets, Easter Eggs, the Golden Egg, and we cannot have a party without a bit of confetti thrown in! So glad to have this day to reflect, and to realize how lucky we are to have one another, no matter the distance between us.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Egg Hunt, A Tisket A Tasket, Mom's Bouquet, Sunny Sunday, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Wrote Journaling Stickers, Miniatures; Baby Girl: Flags

Baby Girl Layouts & Cards

We hope you're all having a great weekend! We're back today, to share some more of our CHA projects, featuring the Baby Girl collection.

"Adorable", by Wendy Wagner.
{A Winter CHA Project}

I created this layout about my sweet little princess at 6 months old. It was so fun and easy to do with the wonderful new Baby Girl collection! I did lots of distressing and stitching to this layout along with inking and painting. All of Stephanie's products are so fun to use that the second I see them a million ideas come to my head...so it was so fun to be able to use as many of the pattern papers that I did punching out the scalloped circles along the bottom. As far as the new Flags from Bella Blvd, they can seriously be used anywhere! I love them! 

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Daddy's Girl, Snuggly Safari, Baby Cakes, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers, Chipboard Icons, Flags; Button Market: Pink Flowers; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red

"Baby Love" card, by Stephanie Hunt.
{A Winter CHA Project}

Pink pink pink! It's my favorite color. So why not create a monochromatic card with the Baby Girl cuteness and a bit of twine!

Supplies:
Baby Girl: It's A Girl, Snuggly Safari, Just Write Journaling Stickers 

Baby card, by Stephanie Hunt.
{A Winter CHA Project}

Quick and easy, that's how I love my cards! The Cute Cuts offer great elements for cards. Here I "wrapped them up in a small bundle" just like we do with fresh babies. This same design could be quickly duplicated for a Baby Boy card with the new baby boy products! Give it a try today!

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Snuggly Safari, Cute Cuts; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Plum

"Congrats" card, by Wendy Wagner.
{A Winter CHA Project}

"It's A Girl" card, by Sheri Feypel.
{A Winter CHA Project}

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We'll see you back here on Monday, where we will introduce you to our amazing April Guest Designer!

Cards On Thursdays

It's another free-for-all card day on the blog today, and we have TONS of gorgeous cards from our Design Team to share with you. We're starting out with lots of springtime cards, a few everyday cards, and ending with a few winter cards.

“Thanks” card, by Kathy Martin.

My first card is a spring inspired design. All the Spring Flings & Easter Things papers are so colorful and cheerful, just like spring! And when I think of spring! I often imagine butterflies fluttering about during this time of year so I created a die cut butterfly for the focal point.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Sunny Sunday, Mom’s Bouquet, Cute Cuts, Borders

“Spring Spectacular” card, by Kathy Martin.

My inspiration for this second card is the cover of the brand new Bella Blvd. product catalog that was released at CHA. Have you seen it? It’s adorable, full of clouds made from Bella’s own colorful paper collections! For my card, most of my papers are from the Spring Flings & Easter Things line. I have spring on the brain and have been drawn to it!

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: A Tisket A Tasket, Sunny Sunday, Egg Hunt, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Baby Boy: Mama’s Boy, Borders; Sophisticates: Tall Tags

"Happy Easter" card, by Deanna Misner.

With Easter right around the corner I just had to make an Easter card with "Spring Flings and Easter Things". I love all the patterns of the paper, but also the eggs, bunnies, and Easter-y icons too. For this card, I chose to combine two of the same Cute Cute so a full bracket shape would be the foundation of the card. Then I added the eggs, the bunny, and my sentiment.

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: Cute Cuts, Borders, Just Write sticker, Alpha + Bits

"It's Springtime” card, by Deanna Misner.

Again with the Spring theme. Can you tell I'm excited about this time of year?! lol! For this one, I thought I'd hide, tuck, and layer some of the different types of embellishments, most of which are brand new to Bella Blvd. So I hid a flower bouquet, tucked a Baby Bloom and layered a crocheted bloom on top of it. Add a flag, a butterfly, and a couple of other hand-cut pieces here and there, and you've got this card.

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: Mom's Bouquet, A Tisket A Tasket, Egg Hunt, Cute Cuts, Borders, Sunny Sunday; Baby Blooms a Bella: Rossini; Crochet Flowers: Daisies; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Green; Winter Wonder: Miniature Stickers

"Thanks" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I am still pretty obsessed with all the fun flowers in the Sunshine & Happiness line! And because you can never have enough extra thank you cards on hand, I cut out some flowers and used them to make a thank you card to add to my stash! The white paper on this card is actually from the Spring Flings & Easter Things Cute Cuts sheet. I thought it was fun that the "heart" flowers on the bottom coordinate sweetly with the hearts in the center of some of the flowers in the Sunshine & Happiness line.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Borders, Cute Cuts, Petal Power; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Cute Cuts; Sophisticates: Miniature Card Sentiments

"Congrats" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I have a friend who should be having a new baby boy any day now. So I used the new Baby Boy line to make a card for her! The alphabet stickers here are from the Winter Wonder Alpha+Bits stickers. They coordinate very well with the Baby Boy line! Those little hearts were cut out of Border sheet and I adhered them to the card with foam adhesive. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; We're Expecting: Baby Boy Bump; Winter Wonder: Alpha+Bits Stickers

"Winter Wonder" card, by Deanna Misner.
{A Winter CHA Project}

For this card I used a snowflake punch to create a falling snow effect down the card. I grounded it all with a couple of borders, and used the collection's name as my sentiment. I really like doing that since all the Bella collections have the cutest names! It's part of where I get my inspiration!

Supplies:
Winter Wonder: Toasty, Blizzard, Borders, Miniature Stickers

"Winter Wishes" card, by Kathy Martin.
{A Winter CHA Project}

I couldn't be more excited about the new Bella Blvd Designer Flags! Flags have been a favorite accent of mine that I often create using toothpicks or straight pins. Now I'll have ready made Designer Flags that go with all my favorite Bella Blvd. lines like the Winter Wonder collection I used for this card! It's so easy to make great cards when a collection contains lots of stylish coordinating patterned papers along with accents that match perfectly like the Just Write journaling stickers and borders strips I used.

Supplies:
Winter Wonder: Blizzard, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Flags

Spring Mini Albums

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend. Today, we have two Spring themed mini albums to share with you. Both of them feature the Spring Flings & Easter Things collection.

"This Life" mini album, by Wendy Morris.

Spring is in the air to bring a new-ness to the day, to the season, reflection, change, and growth. In this mini book (made by Want2Scrap), I reflected on these bits & pieces of Spring to capture "this life", this moment in my life. A season to reflect on change, new happenings buzzing, and the blooming of a new life. So, this was my inspiration in putting together this project. Butterflies were my focal inspiration throughout the book - change, transformation of the soul, growth - so you will see them sprinkled here & there as this play on repetition and meaning throughout the book. We are all unique, in different cultures, but like a butterfly we change but are beautiful in our own unique way. Also, always remembering to enjoy life, enjoy today, have adventures, and experience love.

Be sure to check out my blog to see even more details and photos of my mini album.

I cut out the rainbow from the Cute Cuts paper (from the Hello Beautiful collection), mounted it on pop dots, and used as an accent on my tag. I added in a few clear pebbles as accents for "raindrops".

For the quote under my photo on the glitter page, I used the quote from the Alpha+Bits sticker sheet (from the Socialite collection) and cut off the top part of the sticker referring to the new year to made it work for this book in a different way. This is a neat way to stretch your product beyond the theme of the paper collection.

I used a few Ciao Chip chipboard clouds as accents on this manilla tag, along with a stamped airplane. I mounted the word "GO" on top of the clouds as a bit of added dimension.

I used the new High Five Alphabets, and addd them directly to my photo. These alphabets are the perfect size for mini projects.  

The new Designer Tapes are the perfect accent to highlight Instagram or TTV photos.

On one of the Spring Fling cards, I used the new Button Market buttons as a sweet flower to highlight the flowers in the corner of the card insert.

On the back of one manila tag, I stamped randomly with various floral stamps, including the Flirty clear stamp set. This was a neat touch for a "doodling" effect. Then, I added in an extra punch with some colorful Baby Blooms a Bella for dimension and color.

On the last page in the book, I cut out the butterfly from the Cut Cuts paper (from the Hello Beautiful collection), stamped with a large script background stamp, cut the butterfly in half, and adhered off to the side of the page.  Stamping is a neat way to jazz up a rather plain cutout. Also, on this page, I randomly played in a mix of chipboard, wood, glitter and clear acrylic butterflies for a nice medley to accent the play on butterflies throughout the book.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Cute Cuts, Egg Hunt, Borders, A Tisket A Tasket, Mom's Bouquet, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sunny Happy Skies: Sugar Patch; Lovey Dovey: Love Is In the Air; Mr. Boy: Connect the Dots; Hello Beautiful: Cute Cuts; Socialite: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Swing Into Spring: April Showers; Estate Sale: Belveder; Chipboard Alphabet; Baby Blooms a Bella: Rossini, Azzini; Ciao Chip Versatile Elements: Clouds; Designer Tapes: Teal Stripe; Sophisticates Chip Essentials: Apricot & Banana; High Five Alphabets: Yellow; Button Market: Fruit Punch, Pink Flowers; Stamps: Flirty

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"Spring" mini album, by Kathy Martin.
{A Winter CHA Project}

It's spring, my favorite time of the year! There's so much to love about this season and there's no better collection than Spring Flings & Easter Things from Bella Blvd. to document all things spring! The colors, designs and accents are ideal for Mother's Day and Easter to April showers and May flowers! Instead of using a pre-made album I simply cut some 8 1/2" x 11" heavy white card stock in half and added the punched holes for binder clips.

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Egg Hunt, A Tisket A Tasket, Sunny Sunday, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers, Flags; Button Market: Red Flowers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink/Red, Green; We’re Expecting: Miniatures

Cards On Thursdays

Welcome to another round of cards on thursdays! We have a wide variety of themes from our designers today, using a ton of the different collections. It's always fun to see how well the collections mix together.

“Spring Spectacular" card, by Deanna Misner.

I love that Spring Flings and Easter Things simply screams Spring. From the pinks and greens, blues and yellows, to the florals, I really love this line. It makes me think of bouquets of all the Spring flowers I love the most. Which, of course, is why I made this card--to give with some flowers.

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: Egg Hunt, A Tisket a Tasket, Borders, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Crochet Flowers: Daisies

"Remember I Love You" card, by Deanna Misner.

I love that the Sophisticates line comes with miniature flashcard cut-outs that include the days of the week, and I thought I'd feature them in a card. And I love that the color schemes match the current lines too. SUCH a nice little added bonus. I paired the Petite Pieces with some miniature stickers from the Winter Wonder line, and a couple of borders from Christmas Wishes and Spring Flings and Easter Things. Who knew I could use all those different holiday and themed product lines to make this card!  (Pssst...it was Stephanie, that's who. ;) )

Supplies:
Sophisticate: Petite Pieces; Winter Wonder: Miniatures Stickers; Spring Flings & Easter things: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Christmas Wishes: Ciao Chipboard

"Counting Our Blessings" card, by Gretchen McElveen.
{A Winter CHA Project}

I used the Cute Cuts sheet from the Baby Boy line to make this card. I cut the "Counting our blessings" and the blue onesie out of the Cute Cuts and the blue plaid background paper here is the "B" side of the Cute Cuts sheet! I sanded the edges of all the patterned papers on this card to help soften the edges a little bit. Also I adhered the "Counting our blessings" and onesie with foam adhesive to add some dimension to the card. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Cute Cuts, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers

"It's A Boy" card, by Gretchen McElveen.
{A Winter CHA Project}

Here is another card where I used the blue onesie on the Cute Cuts sheet. It is just so cute! Between the onesie and the "It's a Boy" strip from the Borders sheet, I really did not need any other sentiment. They did the trick for me! I rounded all 4 corners and sanded the edges of all the patterned papers on this card to help soften the edges a little bit.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Cute Cuts, Wild About You, Borders, Miniature Stickers

“Our Home” card, by Alice Carman.

I thought I mix it up a bit this week using three Bella Blvd lines. The three lines match up so nicely, you’d think they were all part of the same line from the color palate. It’s another reason why I LOVE using Bella Blvd products!

Supplies:
Finally Fall: Bliss, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Estate Sale: Linens, Hat Box; Honey I’m Home: Bits A Bella, Block Party

“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” card, by Alice Carman.

Here’s another card using a mixture of Bella Blvd lines. Did you know Bella Blvd also carries clear stamps?  I used the Flirty clear stamp set to make this card and it matches oh so well. I love it!

Supplies:
Socialite: Cute Cuts; Lovey Dovey: Love is in the Air, Sweetheart; Clear Stamps: Flirty

"Happy Mother's Day" card, by Wendy Wagner.

Nothing like a cute fun spring card, and better yet one you can use for Mother's Day! I am in love with all the fun spring colors and how the lines cross over with each other! I stickled the rainbow, inked and added some pop dots behind the white cloud. Added a little bling and a cute crochet flower and what an adorable fun card!!  Inside there is a sweet little journaling sticker to write you message to your loved one!  I made sure that the yellow scalloped edge on the inside of the card was over the edge enough to see from the front when the card is closed! Happy Spring! :)

Supplies: 
Sunny Happy Skies: Cute Cuts; Spring Fling and Easter Things: Miniatures, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Crochet Flowers: Daisies

"Missing U" card, by Wendy Wagner.

This was a fun card to make and a fun way to use the new High Five circle alphas! I used different size pop dots, to pop out the letters higher than the solid color dots. I inked everything with chalk ink. The small solid color dots were punched from matching paper, and not inked so the wouldn't stand out like the alphas. I tied the twine around the whole card so it is visible from the inside as well. The blue letters spelled 'missing' are stickled so they stand out! I didn't use the letter 'U' on the outside because it is a missing you card. It is the only letter popped on the inside to make sure it isn't missed! Did you notice it was missing on the outside???

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Short Stories; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink/Red, Blue, Green