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National Scrapbook Day: All About Diane & Wendy

Happy National Scrapbook Day everyone! I challenged 24 of our designers to create an "All About Me" layout, giving us a peek into a little part of their lives. Each of them also answered five quick scrapbooking related questions. We will be sharing these 24 layouts throughout the day. So sit back, grab a snack, and get to know our designers just a little bit more, and hopefully their projects will inspire you the next time you go to create!

“Favorite Things”, by Diane Payne.

I wanted my layout to have a fun springy feeling to it and at the last minute decided to use pinwheels for something different. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut them out and finished the center off with a button. I also cut my title using my Cameo and was able to incorporate lots of great patterned papers into the layout by backing each line of words with a different print.

Supplies:
All American: American Pride; Love and Marriage: Vows, Esther Fleming Floral; Baby Boy: Heaven Sent; Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses, Borders; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Banana; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers, Pickle Squares, Neutrals Mix, Outdoors

And now for some scrapping Q&A's:

1. What are your top 5 supplies/products that you cannot scrap without?
I love patterned paper (especially colorful like Bella Blvd's papers) and with it I like lots of texture and dimension in my projects so I am always incorporating a combination buttons, flair, chipboard letters, and sewing/twine with my paper.

2. What do you listen to while you scrap? TV, music, or do you do your best working in silence?
My scrapbook space is above the family room so I can hear the TV in the background. If I'm home alone while scrapping it is usually complete silence.

3. What snacks and/or drinks are beside you when you're scrapping?
Sometimes I'll drink a coffee while I scrap, if I'm tired.

4. When do your do your best scrapping? Are you a morning scrapper, a late night scrapper, or do you find time during the day?
I work during the week so most of my scrapping happens whenever I can fit it in, which is usually the nights or weekends.

5. Be honest. Where do your layouts go once you're done with them? In albums, in piles, or shoved in random places?
The newest one goes on display in the kitchen on a pretty wrought iron stand, right in front of the last one that is currently displayed. When the stand is too full to hold anymore layouts they get moved to a cabinet. I have stacks of layouts that need to go into albums.

“36”, by Wendy Antenucci.

When we were asked to do a layout about us I figured since my birthday was just around the corner and we had just experienced some life changes what better time to document these things. I chose to use my favorite colors right now pinks, turquoise, and yellow (a new thing for me). I also love flowers, chevrons, and presents so those things also inspired my choices for this layout. I had my daughter snap these pictures of my hubby and I on our beach which we visited one night after dinner with the kids.

Supplies:
Engaged at Last: Bachelorette Party, Bachelorette Extras, Bridal Shower, Alpha+Bits; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Banana; Crochet Hearts: Cotton Candy; Flags: Bachelorette, Wedding Shower; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia; Feathers: Punch, Bell Pepper; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf

And now for some scrapping Q&A's:

1. What are your top 5 supplies/products that you cannot scrap without?
Mist, Patterned Paper, Finger Knife, ATG gun, and my black Sharpie pen

2. What do you listen to while you scrap? TV, music, or do you do your best working in silence?
After a day spent with 5 kids, believe me I cherish the silence!

3. What snacks and/or drinks are beside you when you're scrapping? 
I usually don't take anything into my scrap area because I don't want to spill or my kids to spill.  Although right now I sure love Hot Tamales and might have a few of those in my hands.

4. When do your do your best scrapping? Are you a morning scrapper, a late night scrapper, or do you find time during the day?
I really don't know when I scrap the best, but I scrap whenever I can get everyone occupied.  A lot of times this will happen during rest time 1-3 when the kids are in their areas and I take some time to regroup.  I do also scrap at night if my hubby will keep an eye on the kids or a good movie is on.

5. Be honest. Where do your layouts go once you're done with them? In albums, in piles, or shoved in random places? 
I display my layouts, then they go into the correct album (assuming I have enough album pages).

 

National Scrapbook Day: All About Malika & Yohko

Happy National Scrapbook Day everyone! I challenged 24 of our designers to create an "All About Me" layout, giving us a peek into a little part of their lives. Each of them also answered five quick scrapbooking related questions. We will be sharing these 24 layouts throughout the day. So sit back, grab a snack, and get to know our designers just a little bit more, and hopefully their projects will inspire you the next time you go to create!

“Currently”, by Malika Kelly.

This was a really fun layout to make! I used the "Currently" cut file that I have on my cameo and then made some word flags with different fonts for my six categories. This was an easy way to jot down what was going on in my life at that exact moment and would be a great exercise to do on a monthly basis, as the things on your mind are constantly changing and it is fun to look back and see growth. I tried to include some trends that I am "currently" liking in the scrapbook world as well on this layout. I machine stitched a piece of vellum in the upper left hand corner of my layout and filled it with punched confetti. Scattering a little confetti around the outside of the pocket helped to tie together.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Smokeys In Love; Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Birthday Boy: Eat Cake, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sand & Surf: Chipboard Icons; High Five Alpha Stickers: Green; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers, Aqua Flowers, White Flowers; Crochet Hearts: Pickle Juice Hearts

And now for some scrapping Q&A's:

1. What are your top 5 supplies/products that you cannot scrap without?
Hmmm, my favorite tools and supplies. I can only choose 5? I think I would have to say: my Silhouette Cameo, designer tapes, mist for making ink drops, my sewing machine (not really a scrap tool, but definitely a tool that counts!), and buttons, sequins or some type of decorative brads (can we call that category one supply??)

2. 2. What do you listen to while you scrap? TV, music, or do you do your best working in silence?  
I like to have something going in the background….It often depends on the time of day that I am working. If it is during the day, I will usually listen to the radio or catch up on the news. In the evenings when the kids have gone to bed, I will bring my iPad to my scrapbook room and put on a show to watch. I never did watch Grey's Anatomy or Private Practice and I am really enjoying watching back to back episodes of both of these shows on Netflix!

3. What snacks and/or drinks are beside you when you're scrapping?  
While I am scrapping I usually just have my cup filled with water. I would definitely get caught up in mindless eating if I brought much else! I like to stop for my coffee mid morning and so if it is a preschool day, I will leave my scrap room, make myself a coffee and snack on a biscotti while I browse the internet for more inspiration and catch up on my blog reading.

4. When do your do your best scrapping? Are you a morning scrapper, a late night scrapper, or do you find time during the day?  
As a mother to 3 kids ages 3,7 and 9, I have learned to become a "scrap-when-I-can" kind of girl. Like I said in the previous questions, preschool mornings are a great time for me to scrap, but so are evenings after they have all gone to bed (especially if my husband is traveling). Having my own space to scrapbook really helps me concentrate on completing layouts rather than spending time getting out tools and supplies and completely cleaning up after each time I work. I can have a couple of projects going on at the same time and sneak some work in even if it is just 10 min here and there.  

5. Where do your layouts go once you're done with them? In albums, in piles, or shoved in random places? 
Ideally my layouts should be in albums… but realistically that would take some time and organizing. So I have to admit, I have a rather large pile of layouts that have accumulated over the past year and I have two nice, new EMPTY albums that are sitting on the floor right under my pile. They will get there.

"All about Me", by Yohko Takiguchi.

I love colorful layouts. I chose combination of pink, light blue, light green and orange for my layout. They make me happy!

 

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop; Sand & Surf: Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures; Love and Marriage: Alpha+Bits Stickers; All American: American Pride; Sophisticates: Punch, Petite Pieces, Card Sentiments Miniatures; Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Popsicle Kisses, Alpha+Bits Stickers , Miniatures; Crochet Hearts: Punch, Orange, Pickle Juice, Saltwater; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pickle Juice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red, Blue, Brown-Cream, Piggy-Punch, Gulf; Designer Tapes: Hot Pink Dot, Blue Chevron, Pickle Juice Stripe, Orange Stripe; Button Market: Orange Stars

And now for some scrapping Q&A's:

1. What are your top 5 supplies/products that you cannot scrap without?
White Cardstocks, Dot liner, Rhinestone, Mini Tag, Word Sticker

2. What do you listen to while you scrap? TV, music, or do you do your best working in silence?  Japanese pop

3. What snacks and/or drinks are beside you when you're scrapping?
Chocolate!

4. When do your do your best scrapping? Are you a morning scrapper, a late night scrapper, or do you find time during the day?
I’m a late night scrapper.

5. Where do your layouts go once you're done with them? In albums, in piles, or shoved in random places?
I display my layouts in my room for one week and then put them in my album.

Cards On Thursday: Spring Themed Cards

In keeping with the spring theme of yesterday's layout shares, it's only fair that we asked a few of our card designers to create spring themed cards to share with you as well!

"Thanks For Everything" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

When I think of Spring I think pretty, colorful flowers! So I cut out several flowers from the Sand and Surf line to use on this thank you card. I used a red flower button as a fun center for one of the flowers and the sentiment is from the Miniature Sentiments stickers sheet. I even threw the red scalloped border sticker from the All American Alpha + Bits on this card! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Sand and Surf: Paradise, Cute Cuts; Love and Marriage: Cake Tastings; Engaged at Last: Alpha+Bits Stickers; All American: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Miniature Sentiments; Button Market: Red Flowers

"Wish You Were Here" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I was really inspired by Laura Vegas's "Poolside" layout on this month's free Project Sheet. If you have not see it yet, check it out HERE. I love the big sun she created on her layout and I totally copied that idea on this card! I cut the sentiment out of the Sand and Surf Borders sheet and used a punch to add a few butterflies. I finished off the card with a couple of flags and buttons. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Borders, GPS; All American: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Banana; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers; Flags: Sand & Surf

“Hey Sunshine” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I covered the card base in green dotted paper and hand stitched around the edges using pink embroidery floss. To decorate my card I used some cut outs from the cute cuts sheet,a flower sticker and a scallop chipboard border.

 

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Paradise , Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Engaged At Last: Chipboard Icons; Quattrofina Alpha Stickers: Mustard & Apricot

 

”Spring Is In The Air” card, by Carina Lindholm.

This card makes me happy. I LOVE the colors and I love to work with Bellas designer tapes. I used a few different colors on this card. I cut the tape strips into banners before adhering them to the card using my sewing machine.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Cake Tasting, Cute Cuts; Designer Tapes: Polka Dot Combo, 12mm Combo; Buttons Market: Pink Flowers

“Bright Sunny Days” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

For my card, I combined elements from a couple of collections. I used the borders paper from the Sunshine & Happiness collection and some Journaling Stickers and Alpha+Bits from the Easter Flings and Spring Things collection! That happy sun makes me smile every time I see it, and I hope it makes the recipient smile as well! 

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Borders; Easter Flings & Spring Things: Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits; Ciao Chip Elements: Clouds; Button Market: Blues; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Stripe

“Birthday Wishes” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

Birthday cards are one of my favorite kind of Bella cards to make! The fun and happy colors just lend themselves so well to celebrations! I used several elements from the Birthday Girl collection to make my card. For a fun twist on a regular card, I cut the top part of the card a bit shorter so some of the patterned paper on the inside would show from the front.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Party Dress, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons; Sophisticates: Miniatures Card Sentiments; Button Market: Checkers

“Friends” card, by Wendy Wagner.

I thought it would be fun to take the Sand & Surf collection and make a bright fun friends card!  I went outside my normal creating and didn't ink or distress anything! It was a challenge for me! The Feathers are so fun to work with & I love the texture they add to any project!

 

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Crochet Hearts: Saltwater, Orange; Feathers: Punch, Pickle Juice, Ice; Button Market: Bursts

 

"Spring" card, by Wendy Wagner.

This little card maybe small but it is big with wonderful supplies from Bella! Some of the Chipboard icons are popped double. I layered the feathers behind to add some texture. I used some ink, very little for me. I first glued down the feathers, then I added the Chipboard Icons and lastly added the gems and stickles. This card is perfect for anything!

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Esther Fleming Floral, Turner Hall Ballroom, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Engaged At Last: Chipboard Icons; Feathers: Carnation Pink, Saltwater Blue

Bella Blvd & Petaloo Team Up Week: 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 Petaloo for a week full of inspiration. We have a group of our Bella designers that have mixed Petaloo fun flowers, ribbons, and brads into our projects. And the Petaloo designers have been busy mixing Bella's collections and embellishments into their projects. We have loads of projects to share with you, and we are going to start the week off with projects from designers Diane Payne and Jenny Evans! 

“Friend” card, by Diane Payne.

For a quick and easy I layered the flowers onto small squares and arranged them in a grid. The bright colors of the Sunshine & Happiness collection created the perfect background for my grid.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers, Red Flowers, Gulf Squares, Outdoors

“Loves Me” card, by Diane Payne.

To create this card, I layered two flowers in different shades and topped them off with one of our crocheted flowers. I cut a few petals off the flower and glued them to the bottom of the card to tie in with the "loves me, loves me not" theme.

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy Punch; Crochet Flowers: Poppy

“My Happy Place”, by Diane Payne.

I thought it would be fun to create a banner with the flowers so I cut some in half and layered them under my patterned paper and photo. To give them a finished look I added buttons and a crocheted heart to the center. For the title, I chose a variety of letter stickers and chipboard pieces in varying colors, sizes and styles. 

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses, Petal Power, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Birthday Boy: Just a Note; Birthday Girl: Chipboard Icons; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Saltwater; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch, Ice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue, Green, Yellow; Designer Tape: Pink Flowers, Yellow Chevron, 12mm Combo; Button Market: Bursts, Blues, Hot Pink Flowers; Crochet Hearts: Bell Pepper, Punch

Canvas Floral Art, by Diane Payne.

For the floral art piece I selected the beautiful wood grain paper from the Love and Marriage collection for the background. I wanted my canvas to have a natural organic look so I transferred the wood grain pattern to the back of a piece of canvas with adhesive. To transfer the paper, lay the pattern you want to transfer onto the sticky side of the canvas and rub it with a bone folder or credit card - press hard and be sure to rub the entire surface. Next, lightly score lines into the paper and then spray with water. Begin rubbing the paper until it comes off the canvas. Continue spraying with water and rubbing the paper until all the paper is removed. Set it aside to dry.

Once my canvas was dry I hand-stitched around the edge of the canvas and inked the edges to distress it before adhering it to a sturdy board with glue. To give the flowers some dimension, I layered them in three sizes and topped off each one with a button in a coordinating color. To finish the piece off I added a banner and greeting and placed it directly below the flowers.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Smokeys In Love; Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony; Button Market: Feminine Mix, Pink Flora, Masculine Mix, Red Flowers

"Amazing Birthday" card, by Jenny Evans.

I know I am going to sound repetitive, but the Petaloo flowers match up so well with Bella! Look how gorgeous these flowers are with the Birthday Girl collection! I can't wait to give this beautiful card away!

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Dancing Queen, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Button Market: Purple Flowers

"Happy Mother's Day" card, by Jenny Evans.

For this card, I decided to make the flowers the focal point. I added the chevron paper and then the trim and banner piece. I then added the Petaloo flowers, topped with Bella Blvd Buttons, and then the sentiment sticker. I just love the look of the flowers with the buttons in the center!

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Egg Hunt, Borders, Miniatures; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers

"Now and Forever" card, by Jenny Evans.

As soon as I saw these flowers, I knew I would mix them with some of the new Bella Blvd Feathers! So gorgeous together! The sentiment in the paper is subtle enough to let the beautiful feathers and flowers stand out!

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Cute Cuts; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Oreo; Feathers: Cream Feathers

"Springtime" card, by Jenny Evans.

How cute are these little flowers?! I just love them paired with the Spring Flings and Easter Things collection. A sweet and simple card ready for Spring!

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Mom's Bouquet, Cute Cuts

"On A Sunny Afternoon", by Jenny Evans.

These Petaloo flowers were perfect for the Sand and Surf collection! I layered them and topped them off with some Bella buttons. They were just right for my favorite photo of my niece!

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Surf's Up, Flying High, GPS, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures; Button Market: Outdoors; Flags: Vacation

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We are also going to start off this week with our giveaway! One of our lucky readers will be receiving the Love and Marriage collection, including patterned papers, cardstock stickers, chipboard icons and alphas, and flags. Just leave a comment on today's post to be entered to win. You have until Thursday evening to enter, and we will announce a winner on Friday.

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Now, head on over to the Petaloo blog and check out what their Design Team has created using their embellishments and our fun Bella products! They will also be hosting giveaways as well, so you won't want to miss out on those. You can also follow them on the Petaloo Facebook page. Keep coming back to both blogs all week long, because we have a ton more projects to share with you. 

Easter & Spring Themed Altered Projects

With Easter less than a week away, I asked our designers to focus on Easter and spring themed projects to share this week. Today, we are sharing projects from our Altered Project Designers.

Easter Eggs, by Wendy Antenucci.

Every home needs a basket of eggs for Easter and what better way to make eggs that won't fall apart, but with paper mache eggs, designer tapes and my favorite glitter!  

Supplies:
Designer Tape: Hot Pink Dot, 12mm Combo, Polka Dot Combo, Piggy Pink; Kiss Me: Love Notes

Easter Bunny Treat Cone, by Shellye McDaniel.

With patterned papers readily available, it's quick and easy to whip up a variety of treat cones. I put a twist on my cone making by folding a 12x12 piece of paper in half and then folding in the sides as you would make a paper airplane. Smaller squares of paper could also be used. 

For the bunny ears I hand-cut a large heart shape, then cut it in half and sewed on a smaller half-ed heart for the inside of the ears. I didn't want the ears to resemble an actual 'heart', so I glued the pieces so that the 'cut' edge of the heart faced the outsides of the bunny head. 

For the whiskers, I took a length of grey dot Designer Tape and folded it back onto itself. I then cut strips into each end of the tape, leaving about 1/2" uncut at the center. I curled the whiskers by using a scissors' blade. The eyes can be fashioned in so many ways, but for this bunny I simply layered two different button shapes and then topped with a brown pearl. Fill with shredded grass and add a ribbon bow for hanging!

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Cute Cuts, Miniatures Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Punch; Designer Tapes: Grey Dot; Button Market: Masculine Mix, Wood Mix; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia

“Hello Spring” altered frame, by Shellye McDaniel.

When wooden items go on sale at Hobby Lobby or Michael's, I grab as much as I can. They're such an inexpensive item to alter for fun projects! 

For the frame, I removed the plexi-glass from the inside so that I could create a dimensional display with layered chipboard pieces and a 'hello spring' banner on foam dots. 

I painted around the edges of the frame and then traced the shape onto patterned paper. Using an Xacto knife is an easy way to trim out the center. Add a loop of ribbon to the top if you'd like to hang it. Finally, a row of cheerful crochet hearts line the path for a bicycle on a spring journey!

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Gulf; Sunny Happy Skies: Borders 'N Blocks; Birthday Girl: Celebrate; Sand & Surf: Ciao Chip Icons; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch; Ciao Chip Elements: Borders; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers, Outdoors, Pickle Squares, Neutral Mix; Crochet Hearts: Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Gulf, Punch; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron

Easter Egg Cups, by Jennifer Edwardson.

My kids love decorating eggs and they get excited to put them out for the Easter bunny each year but the 'cups' that come with the coloring kits just aren't cute enough for me. So I like to make my own. This year I got out all my bits from Spring Flings and Easter Things and started cutting.

I created the bases from border strips and pieces of patterned paper. I used a few border punches on some and sanded all the edges. I secured them using Scor Tape as they will take some weight once the eggs are sitting on them. I used Cute Cuts, stickers and shapes that I precision cut from the papers to embellish and I even got a pink feather in there too. I can't wait to set these out for the eggs.

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: A Ticket a Tasket, Egg Hunt, Borders, Sunny Sunday, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses; Feathers: Frosting 

 

Easter Basket, by Jennifer Edwardson.

I wanted to create a cute little Easter basket to put out with our decorations this year and Spring Flings and Easter Things is my all time favorite Easter collection. I took a smaller 4 x 4" cardboard box and cut the top and side flaps off and then covered the sides with patterned paper. 

I cut a strip of cardstock and covered it in designer tape and then border punched it to create the handle (LOVE). I added a crochet heart with a button to the top to finish it off.

I ribbon folded more designer tape around the top edge of the basket and then precision cut little eggs to decorate the base of the basket. I added more cute cuts to the front with some stickers, chip shapes and twine too. I put some krinkle cut paper in the bottom and tucked a green feather inside the front edge and then it was ready to add the eggs and chocolate. I love how this came together!

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: Sunny Sunday, Egg Hunt, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Dot, Polka Dot Combo; Feathers: Pickle Juice; Crochet Hearts: Gulf; Button Market: Feminine Mix, Pink Flowers

Paper Carrots, by Jennifer Edwardson.

This was a fun little afterthought as I was creating my Easter projects this year. I cut different lengths of the orange polka dot paper (popsicle kisses) and then rolled them into cone shapes. I adhered the ends using a super strong quick dry glue and then got out my designer tape. I cut the green patterned paper (petal power) into wide strips and then cut long strips almost to the edge to create the tops for my carrots. I adhere these pieces inside the top of each carrot 'cone' and curled the ends over my stylus.

I wanted to add a bit of dimension to the 'carrot' so I adhered the orange designer tape from the Polka Dot Combo pack to a piece of cardstock and then punched mini circles out and adhered them lightly onto the outside so they appear to be bumps on the carrots.I filled them each with candy and they were ready to add to our Easter Décor!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses, Petal Power; Designer Tape: Polka Dot Combo

Layouts On Wednesdays

It's Wednesday and we are back with a great selection of layouts from our Layout Designers.

"I {Heart} Winter”, by Sheri Reguly.

When creating a layout about my daughter’s love for winter, it seemed only natural to combine the fun loving Kiss Me collection, along with a touch of Winter Wonder. I love how these two collections complement one another so perfectly!

Supplies:  
Kiss Me: Flutter; Winter Wonder: Icy, Cute Cuts; Thankful: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Making The Team: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Checkers

"Christmas Card 2012", by Becky Williams.

For this layout I pulled all of the colors (pink, red, blue, green) from my family's Christmas card for 2012. This allowed me to use a mix of collections while still allowing the colors to mesh together. I added the brown arrow paper from the Sand & Surf collection for a neutral and accented with bits and pieces of stickers, a calendar cut-out and Cute Cuts. 

Supplies: 
Kiss Me: Flutter, Love Notes; Sand & Surf: GPS, Paradise, Cute Cuts, Miniatures, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Calendars; Birthday Boy: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Designer Tapes: Red Dot, Pickle Juice Stripe, Gulf Stripe; High Five Alphas: Pink-Red

"I {Heart} Winter", by Yohko Takiguchi.

It was snowing outside when I took these photos. I love combination of snowflakes and rhinestones. I punched three snowflakes from white cardstock and added blue rhinestones on them. I layered many pieces of papers from the Winter Wonder collection around the large photos.

Supplies:
Winter Wonder: Blizzard, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures; Sophisticates: Surf N Turf, Brownie, Oyster

“Let's Party”, by Diane Payne.

To add to the festive theme of my layout, I added glitter to some of the chipboard pieces and placed a star banner along the top of the layout. I carried the star theme through the layout and used the chipboard candle with star turned upside down as my exclamation point. I love how festive this layout feels!

Supplies: 
Birthday Boy: About A Boy, Toadilly Cool, Just A Note, Eat Cake, Streamers, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Winter Wonder: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Alpha+Bits Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue; Button Market: Orange Stars

"Every Book”, by Leanne Allinson.

My three year old loves nothing more than to use his imagination when it comes to sitting down with a book! I wanted this layout to be playful and have an energetic, boyish charm to it. The layers of patterned papers and the Alpha+Bits stickers coordinate beautifully to create a hap-hazard mess that can easily be associated with any three year old! The patterned paper layers also create a textured background for the photos to rest on, while the white space above and below, still allow the eyes to rest.

Supplies:
Mr Boy: Borders N' Blocks, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Ciao Chips - Chit Chat; Birthday Boy: Eat Cake, Toadilly Cool, Borders; Sophisticates: Short Stories; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White, Yellow; Making The Team: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Designer Tapes: Pickle Juice Chevron

“Paper Mustache Madness”, by Sheri Feypel.

This layout features four wallet size photos of my son playing with a paper mustache from a happy meal. I wanted to keep it simple and paired my photos with the new Freestyle Sophisticates line. I wanted a bold, large title and the Chipboard Alphabets from Bella Blvd are perfect, I mixed and matched four different colors for added interest. I also added a few mustache elements from the Kiss Me line.

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates:  Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Scallop; Sienna Chipboard Alphabets: Punch, Frosting, Pony, Blueberry; Kiss Me: Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers

On-Going Guest Designers: Brook Stewart, Jodi Wilton, Juliana Michaels, Ebony van der Starre, Ann-Christin Larsen

When we were choosing our 2012-2013 Design Team back in September, we had a few additional designers that we just weren't ready to pass up. So just like last year, we decided to invite these designers to join our team this year as On-Going Guest Designers. They will be sharing projects with us every other month, and we are excited to share their work with you.

“Crazy Morning Hair”, by Brook Stewart.

I just love how my daughter’s polka dot pj's coordinated perfectly with the Kiss Me line. I knew I wanted to use the pics with the line right away! I had a lot of fun tucking bits of paper, journaling tags and stickers here and there for a layered look!

Supplies: 
Kiss Me: Mustache Love, Bouquet Kisses, Flutter, Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch, Blue; Miniatures Stickers: Card Sentiments, Sunshine & Happiness

"I Wuv You Baby Ister" by Brook Stewart.

I really just cannot get enough of the color combination in the Kiss Me line! Definitely one of my favorites of all time! I love the small hint of yellow in the Love Notes chevron paper, so I pulled out a bit more with the yellow chevron Designer Tape! The hearts on the Love Notes paper were just begging to be cut out. I used 2 different sized hole punches on some small scraps of the papers I had cut and sprinkled them on until I liked the look and glued them down!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: True Love, Love Notes, Borders & Cute Cuts; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch; Family Dynamics: Quadrants; Baby Girl: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron

“I {Heart} Winter”, by Jodi Wilton.

I couldn't resist playing with the Winter Wonder collection, after our first big snow fall in Canada! I loved the “I {HEART} Winter” card  from the Cute Cuts sheet, and decided to use that as my title. To make it stand out more, I stitched around the heart with embroidery thread. I also wanted to incorporate lots of the blue buttons, and decided to make a patter at the bottom of my main photo!

Supplies:
Winter Wonder:  Borders, Ski Slopes, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures; Button Market: Blues

“8 Months Luvable”, by Jodi Wilton.

I absolutely love the colors in the Kiss Me Collection, and thought I would play it up with a cute picture of my daughter when she was 8 months old. I used my Silhouette SD to cut up the chevron circles and backed them with a white die-cut doily. I then layered lots of fun die cut hearts as well as cute stickers from the Alpha+Bits sticker sheet.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Flutter, Love Notes, True Love, Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Ice; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Blue

“Party Time”, by Jodi Wilton.

I was excited to finally play with the Birthday Boy line! I once again, loved the colors in this line, and they matched perfectly for my son's 6th birthday. The chipboard Icons are super cute and provided the perfect embellishment to stick the Birthday Boy Flags. I used some Button Market Blues Buttons, but I decided to punch little cupcakes from the Eat Cake paper and fit them on top of the button!

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: About A Boy, Borders, Toadilly Cool, Eat Cake, Chipboard Icons, Birthday Boy Flags 1, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Pickle Squares, Blues; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry; Simply Simona Chipboard Numbers: White

“Celebrating With Friends”, by Juliana Michaels.

My husband had a surprise birthday party for me and this is a group photo of our guests. I love how some of us went all out when Danny asked us to make crazy faces for the camera!  The layout came together easily using some strips of patterned paper and tape. I especially enjoyed fussy cutting the frog from the Cute Cuts paper to add as a decorative element.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: About A Boy, Toadilly Cool, Eat Cake, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Thankful: Alpha+Bits Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf; Designer Tape: Orange Stripe, Pickle Juice

“Eat More Cake”, by Juliana Michaels.

No birthday party is complete without a birthday cake. For this layout, I again did some fussy cutting and used the cake image from the Cute Cuts paper as a decorative element on the layout. I created the flower elements by punching images from the All About You patterned paper and layering them with double sided foam tape for more dimension. 

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: All For You, About A Boy, Just A Note, Eat Cake, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Birthday Girl: Miles Of Smiles, Party Dress; Thankful: Perfect Day

“Sand Castles”, by Ebony van der Starre.

As it is summer here in Australia and I wanted to create a fun, bright summery layout! One of my all-time favorite Bella Blvd products are the Alpha+Bits sticker sheets. On this layout I have used a variety of these to create the majority of my layout. I often cut them up, use them as frames and journaling spots, or just great layering pieces for my layout. I love mixing up new and past collections too. 

Supplies:
Sunny Happy Skies: Alpha+Bits Stickers, Blurb Stickers; Birthday Boy: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Family Dynamix: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Hello Beautiful: Blurb Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Surf & Turf; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Saltwater, McIntosh, Oyster; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron, Jailbird; Button Market: Gulf Squared

“You Are My Favorite Little Lady”, by Ebony van der Starre.

I am a scrapper who loves to use whatever I can place my hands on! I love working with various scraps of patterned papers all varying in color and patterns. This layout is a collective of scraps of my favorite papers, stickers and embellishments.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Chlorine, Sprinkles & Lace Apricot; Hello Beautiful: Borders & Blocks, Thanks A Bunch; Birthday Girl: Miles Of Smiles, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Birthday Boy: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Mustache Love; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf, Pink-Red, Green; Baby Blooms A Bella: Azzini; Ciao Chip Elements: Trees; Designer Tape: Pink Stripe, Orange Stripe, Pickle Juice Dot, Yellow Chevron 

"Please Don’t Grow Up", by Ann-Christin Larsen.

I actually love wigs! I have a bunch of them, in different shapes and colors. This is my son, Ludvik, who had to try on one of my red haired wigs. We had a good laugh. I also love summer layouts and all those bright colors in the Birthday Boy collection.

Supplies: 
Birthday Boy: Streamers, Eat Cake; Sunshine & Happiness: Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Quattrofina Alpha Stickers: Milk & Oreo

"Fresh", by Ann-Christin Larsen.

In January I became an aunt for the first time! She is just devine and I love to catch the moments when she is so tiny and fresh. This is a clean and simple layout, and I think it brings out the picture in a soft way using only some small details.

Supplies: 
Sunshine & Happiness: Miniatures Stickers; Birthday Girl: Party Dress ; Ciao Chip Elements: Borders, Stars & Hearts; Quattrofina Alpha Stickers: Mustard & Apricot

"Life", by Ann-Christin Larsen.

I am a daydreamer. When I was little I was dreaming about living in the middle age, with all the dresses, queens and drama:) I still daydream, but now it’s about life and memories that I have shared with family and friends. 

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Eat Cake, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Oyster, Calendars; Ciao Chip Elements: Trees, Stars & Hearts; Birthday Girl: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Miniatures Stickers

Bella Blvd & Epiphany Crafts Team Up Week: Day Five + A Giveaway

We have had such a great time this week and we hope you have too, during our team up with Epiphany Crafts. We had a group of our Bella designers that mixed Epiphany Crafts fun punches, epoxy shapes, and charms into our projects. And the Epiphany Crafts designers were busy mixing Bella's collections and embellishments into their projects. We have a few last projects to leave you with, so let's get started.  

“XOXO” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I just adore these sweet ladybugs (from Bella's Sunshine & Happiness Collection)! I cut apart the border with these on them, and used them in my Square Shape Studio from Epiphany Crafts! For the center one, I mounted it on a Square Silver Charm Setting and then added a small white bow. 

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

“Let Forever Begin” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I started by adding a feather and then layering on a couple of Love & Marriage Cute Cuts and Ciao Chip Wedding Icons. For the embellishments, I added a white bow with a Crochet Flower and dangled a custom charm that I created using the Epiphany Square Studio and Square Silver Charm Settings.

Supplies:
Love & Marriage: Cute Cuts, Cake Frosting, Ciao Chip Wedding Icons, Wedding Day Miniatures; Crochet Flowers: Juniper; Feathers: Punch

“Heaven On Earth” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

With our cold temps and snow still on the ground, I am dreaming of summer! I couldn't help digging into the warm and sunshine filled Sand & Surf Collection! I combined a Journaling Sticker with some Cute Cuts to create a cluster effect. For the accents, I used a couple of Miniatures stickers along with the Square Shape Studio from Epiphany Crafts.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Miniatures, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Cute Cuts, Borders; Designer Tape: Cotton Candy Chevron; Button Market: Pink Flowers

"Sweetness", by Laura Vegas.

I have had this photo collage of my youngest daughter, Sarah, printed out and sitting on my desk for close to a year now. I finally was inspired to do something with it and searched out patterned paeprs that would match her clothes. I love pulling papers from a variety of collections for a really fun look. I used Epiphany's Shape Studio Tool Pennant, along with the epoxy shapes, to create a few quick and simple embellishments for the page.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Toadilly Cool, Streamers; Mr Boy: Dinomite; Tail Waggers & Cat Naps: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Pickle Juice; Family Dynamix: Quadrants; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony

"It's Your Birthday" card, by Laura Vegas.

I always need birthday cards, and yet I never seem to have them on hand. I figured this was a great chance to make a few birthday cards, since the banner shape is a perfect match for birthdays. I used the Shape Studio Banner Tool Pennant on some scraps of patterned paper from the Birthday Boy collection, and created a row of the epoxy shapes below my sentiment sticker.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Toadilly Cool, Streamers, Eat Cake, About A Boy, Just A Note, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Mr Boy: Dinomite

"Cupcake" card, by Laura Vegas.

For this card, using the Birthday Girl collection, I skipped the epoxy shapes and used the Shape Studio Pennant Tool as just a punch. I punched out a ton of the little banner pieces, using a bunch of tiny scrap pieces of paper that I had laying around. I adhered my "Frosting To My Cupcake" Cute Cut card to the center of my card using pop dots, and then started layering the banner pieces around the outside edge.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles Of Smiles, Party Dress, Dancing Queen, Sugar Rush, Celebrate, Borders, Cute Cuts; Family Dynamix: Quadrants

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You know we can't have a team up without having a giveaway!!! This time it's all about the Sand & Surf collection. The prize package will include products from the Sand & Surf collection along with coordinating buttons, designer tapes, and other embellishments. Value is over $100!!! Just leave us a comment and we will announce a randomly chosen winner on Monday.

We want to say a special thank you to Epiphany Crafts, including all of the participating designers and the plethora of product that was sent our way from Epiphany Crafts studios. It's such a pleasure to work together in this industry to create excitement about all of our products. We hope you enjoyed this week full of inspiration, variety and giveaways!

Layouts On Wednesdays

Today we have a variety of free-for-all layouts to share with you. But before we get to those, I wanted to mention a few things. If you haven't heard yet, our NEW collections and products have begun shipping!!! Keep your eyes out at your local scrapbook stores and favorite online retailers, as they will be in stock any day now! Also, tomorrow our February issue of the Bella Buzz newsletter is going out. If you haven't signed up to have it delivered straight to your inbox, simply CLICK HERE and sign up in the little cupcake box.

“My Valentines”, by Becki Adams.

This is one of my favorite photos of all time! Just after I took this photo I knew I wanted to scrapbook it with the Kiss Me Collection. I wanted to create a fun accent with my favorite of the embellishments, designer tape, so I hand cut the shape of a heart from white cardstock and covered it with all the different tapes that coordinate with the Kiss Me collection. I love the results. The heart made the perfect accent without overpowering my photos.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: True Love, Bouquet Kisses, Flutter, Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Designer Tapes: Piggy Pink Stripe, Punch Cheveron, Pickle Juice Chevron, Pony Dot, Gulf Dot

“Friends Bring Color To Our Lives”, by Gina Lideros.

I wanted to create a vibrant fun layout that was as youthful as the teens in my photos. Bella's High Five alpha's & Alpha + Bits cardstock stickers helped make my title come to life. To complete the look I created these fun whimsical circles paired with Bella's Flags and Crocheted hearts. Bella’s designer tapes are also a great way to make a statement. I paired them together to make a fun border for this layout.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Flutter, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles, Party Dress; Birthday Boy: Eat Cake; Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds; Winter Wonder: Ski Slopes; Sophisticates: Short Stories, Miniatures Card Sentiments; Flags: Girl;  Crochet Flowers: Poppy; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron, Red Dot, Blue Gingham, Gulf Dot, Punch Chevron, Pony Dot; High Five Alpha Stickers: Green, Yellow, Pink-Red, Blue; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts

“Happiness”, by Sheri Reguly.

After converting my photo to black & white, my patterned paper options became limitless. The “slice of life” sentiment from the Sunshine & Happiness collection was a perfect match for my journaling and fun, lovin’ photo. I combined it with the colorful chevron pattern from the Kiss Me collection, and then turned to the Sophisticates for my background patterned paper. A few simple embellishments complete this quick and easy design.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Love Notes; Sunshine & Happiness: Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Punch, Card Sentiments Miniatures Stickers

"Family Photos: This is How We Roll", by Becky Williams.

As many of you might know, getting a family picture can be kind of tricky with little kids. My girls are definitely no exception. These photos were taken last Halloween and instead of trying to get the "perfect" picture I finally just gave up but wanted to scrap these ones anyway. So, here are my four girls- one little witch hiding under her hat, one screaming baby and two big sisters making silly faces. I used a journaling card from the Sand & Surf collection as the basis for my page, covering up the vacation-themed wording since I loved the black stripe with the teal so much. The little pink heart and the orange arrow are also from that little card. 

Supplies: 
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; Sand & Surf: Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons; Designer Tapes: Teal Stripe; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red, Blue

“Paige”, by Becki Adams.

My precious newborn niece is smiling these days. Her smiles melt my heart. I captured a few of them the other day while she was playing on the floor. I wanted this page to be very girly with lots of pink and purple. When I dove into my stash of Bella goodies I immediately pulled out the Birthday Girl collection. I did some fussy cutting and ended up with lots of flowers for the layout.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Miniatures Stickers; Birthday Girl: Sugar Rush, Pretty as a Present, Cute Cuts, Birthday Girl Flags 1, Birthday Girl Flags 2; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Punch; Designer Tapes: Pickle Juice Chevron, Punch Chevron, Piggy Pink Stripe; Button Market: Pink Flowers, Hot Pink Flowers; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts

“Posing Pretty”, by Gina Lideros.

I recently created this heart cutting file on my Silhouette Cameo and I couldn't wait to use it with some yummy Bella products. I cut my file out of kraft paper and then backed it with Bella papers and designer tapes. The colors in these lines complimented each other and made this layout come to life.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Borders; Flags: Girl; Winter Wonder: Icy; Birthday Girl: Borders; Baby Boy: Momma's Boy; Sophisticates: Miniatures Card Sentiments; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia, Daisies; Designer Tape: Piggy Gulf Dot, Pony Dot; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Button Market: Neutrals Mix; Ciao Chip Versatile Elements: Stars & Hearts

 

Bella Blvd & Basically Bare Team Up Week: A Few Last Projects

Welcome to our last day of projects shares from our week long Team-Up with Basically Bare! A handful of our designers took some of their extra bits and pieces that were left over from creating their mini albums, and put them to good use on layouts and even an altered project. Let's check out their projects. 

“Sweet Baby Jaxon”, by Jennifer Chapin.

I knew the moment I edited this photo I just had to scrap it. My good friend just had a sweet baby boy and this was the perfect opportunity to create a page. I used a combination of Bella's new Kiss Me collection and various mediums from Basically Bare - I love the texture that the canvas and chipboard pieces add to the layout. Don't be afraid to use small amounts of pink on a baby boy layout either. Paired with blues and yellows it doesn't come off feminine at all. I also used Versamark ink and teal embossing powder to heat emboss one of the small chipboard birds, the perfect addition to this baby themed page and a great way to use bare chipboard!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Love Notes, True Love, Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Mr Boy: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Winter Wonder: Miniatures Cardstock Stickers; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphabet: Saltwater; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Brown-Cream; Ciao Chip Versatile Elements: Clouds, Stars & Hearts, Borders; Designer Tape: Blue Gingham, Gulf Dot; Button Market: Stars, Tie Dye, Outdoors; Crochet Flowers: Juniper

“Say Cheese!”,  by Diane Payne.

The camera chipboard inspired everything in this layout from the happy smiling faces of my kiddos in the picture to the title and fun colors. I used the Borders paper to pull in a lot of colors and patterns using one sheet of paper.

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles; Birthday Boy: Toadilly Cool; Finally Fall: You're a Hoot; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron; Button Market: Stars, Orange Stars, Outdoors, Bursts, Masculine Mix

“Hello Love, Will You Be Mine Forever?”, by Gina Lideros.

I absolutely adore the color palette and chevron design on the Love Notes paper from the Kiss Me collection. It is so bright and cheery and made the perfect background for my layout. I cut the fun arrow background using my Silhouette and brought in a baby pink from the Baby Girl collection and small green chevron from the Spring Flings and Easter Things collection. I love how Bella blvd lines all coordinate together so nicely. To embellish my layout I added some felt and acrylic bird pieces from Basically Bare and added  Bella wood buttons and stickers to finsish the layout.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Love Notes, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Surf n Turf; Baby Girl: It’s A Girl; Spring Flings and Easter Things: Mom's Bouquet; Sienna Chipboard Alphabets: Punch; High Five Alpha Stickers: Brown-Cream, Blue; Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe; Button Market: Checkers

"My (Mustache) Baby", by Jenny Evans.

I have to say that when I look at the mustache paper from the Kiss Me collection, it reminds me of my yorkie dog! His facial hair is always sticking up everywhere, and it reminds me of a mustache! So, of course I had to scrap it! The beret and mustache pieces from Basically Bare were the perfect compliment for my layout!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Mustache Love, Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Surf N Turf; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy Punch, Gulf; Designer Tape: Gulf Dot, Blue Gingham; Button Market: Blues, Gulf Squares

Bird Mobile, Wendy Antenucci.

I received a pack of birds from Bare Essentials, the pack contained chipboard, translucent, and felt birds, since there were so many of the little birdies I thought it would be a great idea to use them on a mobile. I love bluebirds so I used the Sophisticates in Ice to dress my little chipboard birdies. I couldn't resist adding a cloud at the top for the finishing touches!

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Ice, Sprinkles & Lace Oyster