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Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps: Inspiration & Giveaway Day

We are back with another Bella Blvd & Unity Stamps Inspiration Day! We choose a few of our co-branded stamps to highlight today, along with the new Baby Boy and Baby Girl collections, and asked a few of our Design Team members to create some cards using these stamps. 

"Congrats" card, by Laura Vegas.

The Calendar Month stamp, from Bella and Unity, is one of my favorites. It's so versitle, and can be used on just about any card you create. You can use it just like a calendar, and mark an important date for the person you're giving the card too. Or you can use it as a fun background accent, which is how I usually use it. I used a few strips from the Baby Boy Borders paper, along with a few of the Chipboard Icon pieces, to create this fun little baby card. I even used a flag from the Wedding Party set, to tuck in with the onesie.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Borders, Chipboard Icons, Alpha+Bits; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue; Flags: Just Married; Unity Stamp: Calendar Month

"Birthday Girl", by Laura Vegas.

When I saw the cute cupcake chipboard pieces, I knew they would be perfect for little girl birthday cards. I started by embossing the front of my card, with a flower embossing folder. I added on a few strips of Baby Girl and We're Expecting pattern papers. The Calendar Month stamp makes a fun accent piece on birthday cards. I heat embossed the stamped image with yellow embossing powder, and then added High Five Alpha Stickers to it for my sentiment.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Borders, Chipboard Icons; We're Expecting: Baby Boy Bump; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue, Red/Pink; Unity Stamp: Calendar Month

"A Little Birdie Told Me" card, by Alice Carman.

As a card maker I try to think outside of the box when using my stamps by finding different ways to stamp. Today my challenge is to use the calendar month stamp alongside another stamp. My theme is baby and of course I used our new Baby Girl collection. I thought stamping another image onto a stamped image is a little different from anything I’ve ever done. What do you think? Does it work? I also paper pieced my birdie stamp as well to give it some color without having to color it.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Sweet Dreams, Borders; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Punch, Black-White High Five Alphabets; We’re Expecting: Bella Baby Bump; Unity Stamps: Calendar Month, Birdie Told Me

"New Set Of Wheels" card, by Alice Carman.

On this card I used the calendar month stamp and turned it into a fence on my peep card. I cut out a few of the grid boxes from the calendar stamp and lined it up to make a fence. I also paper pieced the New Set of Wheels stamp and stamped directly onto the Sunshine Happiness Play Date pattern paper to make the stamp pop.  

Supplies: 
Baby Boy: Heaven Scent; Sunshine & Happiness: Play Date; Baby Girl: Pretty in Pink; Unity stamp: Calendar Month, New Set of Wheels stamp

"Brand New Baby Boy" card, by Gail Hoecker.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Wild About You, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniature Stickers; Sophisticates: Yellow High Five Alpha Stickers; Unity Stamp: Calendar Month

"5th Birthday Party" card, by Gail Hoecker.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Wild About You, Cute Cuts, Miniature Stickers; Sophisticates: Yellow High Five Alphabet Stickers; Unity Stamp: Calendar Month

"A Little Birdie Told Me" card, by Morgan Bandkowski.

I love using the Unity stamps & was so excited to be asked to use some of the new releases! They are so easy to use & stamp great! I attend a lot of baby showers, so both of these stamps are perfect to add to my collection. 

Supplies:
Baby Girl: It's A Girl, Pretty In Pink, Daddy's Girl, Alpha+Bits; Flags: Thank You

"Congratulations On Your New Set Of Wheels" card, by Morgan Bandkowski.

Supplies:
Baby Boy: Baby Blue, Heaven Sent, Borders; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Oyster

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And now for our giveaway time!

Giveaway #1 - New Set Of Wheels Itty Bitty stamp

Giveaway #2 - Birdie Told Me Itty Bitty stamp

All you need to do to be entered in our random giveaway, is leave a comment on this post. We will announce a winner on Saturday morning.

Fridays With Me ;) (Stephanie)

Ciao Ciao peeps! It's a wonderful day around here as our crates are officially on their way to California! We leave in less than a week and we still have so much to show you and reveal on the blog! Have you loved what you've seen so far??? Did you tell your favorite LSS about the new Bella goodies?

Well, today I wanted to share with you my favorite (I think) embellishment that we are releasing at CHA. I peeked it here on the blog a couple weeks ago.....

You've seen them popping up everwhere! Washi and patterend tapes are all the rage in scrapbooking and paper crafting! Now you can match your favorite colors & products with these trendy Designer Tapes by Bella Blvd! Availale in 8 different styles and 2 different widths, these Designer Tapes include versatile designs like sweet polkadots, hip chevron and more!

So I'm not going to lie when I say, "OMG they are so cute, packaged these petite little clear boxes and the cores are printed with 'Bella Blvd' on the inside!" They just make me so super duper happy I can't stand it!

Here's the eight different patterns, all matching Bella's signature bright & happy color palette! So these four styles are .25" in width. Each roll has 30 feet of tape!!

Teal Stripe:

Red Dot:

Pink Stripe:

Jail Bird:

And these four styles are .5" in width!

Blue Gingham:

Pink Flowers:

Yellow Chevron:

Pickle Juice Dot:

I must say that Laura Vegas and Becky Williams sure have blown me away with their scrapbooking work that has been published in our newest 2012 Catalog! Check out these adorable layouts focusing on the new Designer Tapes!

"Beautiful Girl"

By Becky Williams

Check out all the tape layers, mixed with the Spring Flings & Easter Things, the new Baby Girl chipboard and some new alpha stickers too!

 

Love this tape ruffle too! Becky folded and pleated the Blue Gingham tape to add texture......

And check out this super cute tape framework created by Laura Vegas

"Spring Time Friends"

I'm always so excited and impressed when I receive the projects created by the DT shortly after the samples arrive. This is a perfect example because Laura mixed and matched so much new stuff all together....flags, Spring chipboard, Designer Tapes, new Sophisticates elements ..... I just love it!
Take a closer look...

Love the ripping and layering of the taples here.....and also how Laura used the Blue Gingham tape as a "background" strip for her title block. Do you see it under the title "S-P-R-I-N-G"?

So what do you think?! Do you want to win some tapes!? Leave a comment below and tell us how happy they make you....speaking of happy....I have some more happiness revealed on my blog today....be sure to stop by and check it out! Happy Friday!

CHA Show Happenings + GIVEAWAY

Only one more day before CHA opens! The show opens at 10am (CST) on Tuesday morning and we can't wait! The Bella team is hard at work in Chicago, and they cannot wait to reveal the freshened up booth. It's all white this time, so it's nice and bright! They are going to be blasting everyone at the show with tons of layouts, cards, mini albums and altered project inspiration! And I (Laura) will doing the same thing here on the blog, for everyone at home.

We want to remind our retailers, to log in to your retailer accounts to access all of Bella's CHA summer product information. This includes order forms, catalogs and product images. If you have any questions at all, or want to place an order, everything can be sent to sales@bellablvd.net. Stephanie and her team are checking in each evening, after the show, and will take care of you.

Bella Blvd is hosting/teaching 2 different workshops at CHA. We want to thank everyone that signed up, and that will help to make these classes a success! Our enthusiastic teachers can't wait to see you, educate you more about Bella, and of course, give lots of freebies away too! Want a peek at our class projects?

 

Christmas In July Mini Album

Actual size: approx. 4x4" chipboard album

 

 

 

Summer Times Mini Album

Actual Size: approx. 6x6" sheer binder album

 

We want to thank our multiple sponsors, for their generous donations to help put together these classes: Beacon Adhesives, Fiskars, Helmar Adhesives, Kaiser Kraft, May Arts Ribbon, Maya Road (albums), and Therm-o-Web Adhesives.

Classes are all sold out, but we would like to giveaway two class kits today on the blog. We are going to give away one Christmas in July class kit, and one Summer Times class kit. Kits come complete with color step-by-step directions, and everything you need to create the mini albums.

To be entered in the giveaway, just leave us a comment, and tell us what you'd like to see from Bella Blvd next. Collection ideas or new products you'd love to see. I know CHA doesn't even start until tomorrrow. But Stephanie is already planning on starting the design process for the next round of collections at the end of next month! She's always open to feedback, and ideas, from her favorite customers and fans. We will randomly pick 2 winners to announce, tomorrow morning.

Giveaway Winners

I just realized this weekend, that in the blog changing hands, we inadvertently forgot to announce a winner for the Maya Road/Bella Blvd giveaway. Our appologies to not getting this sooner.

 

The random number generator choose lucky #1.

What a great giveaway! Bella Blvd Rocks! I got my LSS to bring in some of your products, and its been selling great! I shared with all my FB friends. Posted by: danielle brown  july 01, 2011 at 04:39 AM

Next up, we have our first Cricut giveaway. This is for the Cuttlebug machine, embossing folders, quilling kits, and accesories. Retail value is approximatally $400.

 

The random number generator choose lucky #238.

Would love to try the cuttlebug quilling flowers! and I'm putting bookmarks on my to make list. Thanks for the chance to win! Posted by: Sam  July 07, 2011 at 06:14 AM

And lastly, we have our second Cricut giveaway. This was for the Cricut Expression, and seven cartridges. Retail value is approximately $600.

 

The random number generator choose lucky #179

Wow! Amazing giveaway! It has been fun to see these Provo craft tools used together with the cute stuff from Bella Blvd! I love to see ideas for layouts and cards. That seems to be what I make most, so that is what I am usually looking for inspiration for! Posted by: Janelle  July 08, 2011 at 01:06 PM

Congratulations to all three of you lucky ladies! Please email me at lauravegas.bellablvd@yahoo.com, and we will get your prizes mailed right out to you!

We also want to thank all of our fabulous readers. We loved reading all of your comments, and hearing your excitement over all of the projects we shared this past week. Thanks so much for being a part of our team-up week.

And last, but certainly not least, we want to send a huge "Thank You" to Cricut. Their extreme generousity, allowed our designers to have the tools to create all of their projects. And they sent enough extras, to allow us to pass along two amazing giveaways to a few of you.  

If you happen to stop back by the blog later today, you might just find a few sneak peeks of the new releases ;)

Cricut Circle Feature Week: Layouts and a *GIVEAWAY*

 

Today, it's all about layouts on the Bella Blvd blog. Our designers all used either their Cricut Expression machines, or their Cuttlebug machines, or maybe both, to create their layouts. I'm going to keep today's post short and sweet, since i have seven layouts to share. And at the end, you'll find another HUGE giveaway.

 

"Summer Vacation" layout, by Sheri Feypel.

 

 

"My Girl Sunny" layout, by Morgan Bandkowski.

 

 

"You're 15 Today" layout, by Katherine McElvain.

 

 

"Grow" layout, by Allyson Meinholz.

 

 

"Grass Snake" layout, by Allyson Meinholz.

 

"Gimme Smore" layout, by Beth Gerlach.

 

"Bingo Song" layout, by Wendy Wagner.

 

And now our second giveaway of the week.

 

It includes some cartridges for the Cricut.

 

And a few more cartridges for the Cricut.

 

And how about an Cricut Expression, to go with those cartridges! Cricut Circle was extremely generous, and donated everything you see here for this evenings giveaway. The Cricut Expression machine itself, and seven cartridges.

Retail value is close to $600 total!!!

All you need to do to enter the drawing for the giveaway, is to leave us a comment. Tell us what types of projects you like to see ideas for the most. Layouts, cards, altered items, gift ideas, or anything else that you can think of. One comment per person, please. We will announce the winner, along with Wednesday's giveaway, on Sunday, when we will also be showing our first sneek peek at the new collections!

Cricut Circle Feature Week: Handmade Gift Ideas part 3 and a *GIVEAWAY*

 

Hope you've been enjoying all of the handmade gifts and paper crafts we've been sharing with you today. This evening, we have a super cute project that I can't wait for you to see. And keep reading, because there's a giveaway at the end of the post.

 

Kid's Art Binder, by Katherine McElvain. How adorable is the cover to this binder? I think this is such a creative solution, to finding a place to store your child's artwork. The sketched out design on the cover, with touches of pattern paper and embellishments added in, reinforce the "crafty" idea behind this binder.

 

Katherine used her Cricut Expression machine, along with the Nate's ABC cartridge, to create the "draw" image with the pencil through it. She cut the image on some regular cardstock. After placing it where she wanted it on the album cover, she traced around it in pencil, and then over that with pen.

 

Katherine then cut the image again, with pattern papers, and pieced the pencil back together to add to the cover. She sketched out a good portion of the cover design, and then traced around it with pen, adding touches of pattern paper to the sun and the house. She also added letter stickers and chipboard alphas from Bella's Sophisticates collection, to create more words for the cover.

 

Then you can add your child's artwork to the binder. Either by punching holes and slipping them in, or even putting them in page protectors, depending on the size of your binder.

 

 

And now to the giveaway! This is a huge giveaway!

 

It will include some of the embossing folders, for the Cuttlebug.

 

It will also include the quilling kits, for the Cuttlebug.

 

Ok, enough teasing. It will include everything you see here! Cricut Circle was so extremely generous, and donated everything you see here for this evenings giveaway. The Cuttlebug machine itself, the spacer pads, the quilling kits, tons of embossing folders, and a handful of the embossing plus dies.

Retail value is close to $400 total!!!

All you need to do to enter the drawing for the giveaway, is to leave us a comment. Tell us one of the ideas you've seen on our blog so far this week, that you're dying to try out. One comment per person, please. We will announce the winner on Sunday, when we will also be showing our first sneek peek at the new collections!