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Saturday Sketches

Twice a month, we'll be bringing you a new sketch, and showing you a few takes on the sketch by our designers. Today, we have our second sketch for November, courtesy of Becky Fleck.

"Your Smile", by Becky Williams.

I find myself simplifying my scrapbook pages a bit these days. For this layout I followed the sketch pretty closely and just added some bits of tape and strips of patterned paper as accents. The little "I love you" piece is one of my favorites from the borders paper in the "Kiss Me" collection. 

Supplies: 
Kiss Me: Flutter, Borders & Cute Cuts, Love Notes, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Family Dynamix: Quadrants; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Black-White, Gulf; Button Market: Stars, Hot Pink Flowers; Designer Tapes: Jailbird, Red Dot, Gulf Dot, Piggy Pink Stripe, Teal Stripe

"Key West”, by Sheri Reguly.

I absolutely loved working with the layout of this sketch! The skinny vertical guides were perfect for a couple of scenic shots from our Florida vacation, while the larger guide was perfect for my focal image. I opted for a subtle background paper, as I didn’t want it to compete with the vibrant colors within my photos. The navy floral strip helps ground my page, while a few simple embellishments add balance and provide the perfect finishing touch.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Flutter, Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy Punch; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron; Button Market: Checkers

"Youlai Fes", by Yohko Takiguchi.

I love the cute monsters, spiders, and bats from the Too Cute To Spook collection and wanted to use them on a layout. But Halloween is not very popular in Japan. It is starting to become more popular year after year though. So I decided to use photos of Yokai Festival. Yokai are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore.

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spoke: The Boo Crew, Full Moon, Borders, Cute Cuts, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers

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We hope you will take some creative time for yourself, and try out our sketch! Whether it's a card, or a layout, we would love to see what you come up with. You can link them here in the comment section, or share them on our Facebook page. 

Layouts On Wednesday: Halloween

Happy Halloween! I know that for kids today is all about dressing up in cute costumes, going out trick-or-treating with friends, and collection lots and lots of candy. Actually, that might be what today is about for some adults as well! Today we're sharing a few Halloween layouts from our Layout Designers. And look closely, as they use products from several different collections, and not just our Too Cute To Spook collection. Just goes to show you can take any themed collection and make it work for lots of different occasions!

“Star Song”, by Jennifer Chapin.

Funny story - as I was photographing this layout my daughter came up and said, "Mom! Why did you put hearts and flowers on this Halloween page? Hearts and flowers don't go with Halloween!" Too funny! Even though it's a bit unconventional I decided to add a few hearts, flowers, and even a little pink to this layout to match with my daughter's costume. I think the bright colors all work together, and I also had fun embellishing with stars to reinforce the title -- Star Song the My Litle Pony.

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spook: Cob Webs, Full Moon, Jacks-A-Glow, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Birthday Girl: Sugar Rush; Hello Beautiful: Blue Without You; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Orange, Prune; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts, Trees; Designer Tape: Gulf Dot, Pickle Juice Chevron, Piggy Pink Stripe; Button Market: Stars, Orange Stars, Outdoors, Hot Pink Flowers

"Got Candy", by Gina Lideros.

I wanted to create a 'Halloween themed' layout but didn't have Halloween products on hand. So, I decided to pull papers from different collections that fit a Halloween color theme - purple, orange, and green. The orange chevron, and green grid patterns that I pulled from the Birthday Boy collection complimented the purple plum paper that I pulled from the Sprinkles & Lace collection. To add a playful feel to the layout, I cut out circles with my Silhouette Cameo, and then added an assortment of embellishments.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Eat Cake, About A Boy, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Plum, Petite Pieces; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Yellow; Flags: Thankful Flags 2; Button Market: Stars, Orange Stars, Outdoors; Designer Tape: Orange Stripe Tape, Jail Bird Tape

"I'm Jacob Hear me Roar", by Jenny Evans.

This layout is of my youngest, Jacob, at one year old. The photo is of him right before we left to go trick-or-treating, and he was very excited! I wanted to showcase the excitement he had with a very classic, bold and colorful Halloween layout. I was able to accomplish that using mostly the 'Too Cute To Spook' collection, as well as some other coordinating Bella products.

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spook: Spooky Night, Cute Cuts, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniature Stickers; Sunny Happy Skies: Magic In The Sky; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Pickle Juice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Designer Tape: Jail Bird, Gulf Dot

 

Altered Projects

Happy Monday! Today, we have some projects to share with you from our Altered Project Designers. We have an adorable Thankful project, a fun Too Cute To Spook project, and a couple of pretty Kiss Me projects! 

Fall Altered Wooden Owl, by Jennifer Edwardson.

I found this cute little wooden owl in a clearance bin shortly after Thanksgiving and as cute as I thought he was, I knew I could make him cuter :)

I took the bottom banner off and got out my tracing paper. I traced every piece on him (yes this one took some time) and then chose my patterns. Once I had all the pieces cut and the edges sanded, I started putting him back together with some of my faves from the Thankful collection.

I loved the chip icons and alpha stickers for my title and thought the chip house fit in perfectly.

I added some wooden buttons for his eyes and folded some designer tape to create some funky eyebrows too. I am so happy that I brought hime home and really made him mine.

Supplies:
Thankful: Turkey Tracks, Homey, Burlap, Our Spot, Alpha + Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tape: Pony Dot; Wood Buttons: Checkers

Halloween Altered Tray, by Jennifer Edwardson.

My kids absolutely LOVE Halloween. It is only 2nd to Christmas in our house. Okay, maybe their birthday's too. Nonetheless, they LOVE Halloween. It is always a big production and the costumes choosingis HUGE, especially for Alexander.

He was adamant that he got to be something scary this year (2010). I had a hard time with it as he was only 5 but Dracula was my compromise and he LOVED it. Emma wanted to be a rider – thanks goodness we had most of her costume so I got a toddler pony costume, did a little cutting and stitching and she was good to go.

Documenting this particular Halloween in a special way was important to me as it was the only year that Emma & Alex would be in the same school together. This tray was the perfect way to capture these memories for me as I can have it out in my office all year and then add it to our Halloween décor each October too.

The stickers and cute cuts worked beautifully to embellish (I love the bats in the corner) and I even got some designer tape in there as the spiders web.

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spook: Itsy Bitsy Spider, Quadrants, Cute Cuts, Jacks-A-Glow, Spooky Night, Cob Webs, The Boo Crew, Alpha + Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Flags: Summer; Designer Tape: Jail Bird

“Love Never Fails” altered canvas, by Wendy Antenucci.

I've had this song in my head for awhile now from Bethel Church; one night while the words were running through my mind a connection was made with what was being said and the beautiful Kiss Me Collection that had just arrived at my house and so my canvas was born. I placed all of my words on the canvas and actually stared at my project for a few days trying to figure out what was needed. My first addition was my button heart which combined all the colors of the canvas, I then added the various Cute Cuts and some f the Just Write stickers that I cut out and I finished my canvas with the Punch Chevron Designer tape on the edges.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Flutter, True Love, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry; High Five Alpha Stickers: Brown-Cream, Blue, Gulf; Button Market: Hot Pink flowers, Neutral Mix, Gulf Squares, Outdoors, Pink Flowers, Stars, Fruit Punch, Blues; Designer Tapes: Punch Chevron

“Sugar and Spice” altered frame, by Wendy Antenucci.

I just met my new little niece and she is so sweet and tiny so this frame is for her room because she is all sugar and spice! I used my Cricut Word Collage to cut the saying from white cardstock. I then placed some paper and designer tape behind the openings. I used the punch chevron designer tape to frame the saying and added some cute cuts, chipboard pieces and stickers to finish decorating my frame.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Celebrate, Chipboard Icons, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Baby Girl: Chipboard Icons; Miniature Stickers: Card Sentiments; Designer Tapes: Punch Chevron, Piggy Pink Stripe

Cards On Thursdays

It's Thursday, which means we are all about cards, cards, and more cards, here on the blog! Our designers have been having lots of fun with the new Kiss Me collection, due to start shipping on November 1st. So we have quite a few Kiss Me cards, and lots of Halloween cards as well.

“So Many Smiles” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

With this card I started out with several vertical elements: sticker strips, designer tape and flowers. I followed the floral pattern (on the notebook Alpha+Bits sticker) with crochet flowers and leaves created with a heart punch. Wanting to add a horizontal focal point, I went with the sweet sticker sentiment that I attached with foam tape. 

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Party Dress; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Ice; Kiss Me: Flutter, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Crochet Flowers: Juniper; Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe

"I Love U" card, by Shellye McDaniel.

Before embellishing, I embossed the kraft card with a swiss dot pattern. I love how it ties in with the polka dot leaves, letters and designer tape! To create the hearts, I folded a small piece of paper in half and cut into shape. When machine-stitching I find that having a thickness helps to keep the stitches straight (instead of kicking in at an angle) so I layer the cut hearts onto a thin chipboard and trim to size; the chipboard also gives them an added dimension without using foam squares.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: True Love, Flutter, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Birthday Girl: Party Dress; High Five Alpha Stickers: Brown-Cream; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers; Designer Tape: Pony Dot

“I Love You” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I love that so many of the images in the new Kiss Me collection can be used year round and not just for Valentine's Day (although, they are super cute Valentine's images too)! I combined several papers with some cutouts and a border (I shortened the I love you border so it worked as a sentiment for my card) as well as a little bit of Designer Tape and a pretty Pink Flower button. For a little something extra, I added some glitter around the edge of the cloud.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Borders & Cutouts, Bouquet Kisses, Love Notes; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Dot; Button Market: Pink Flowers

“Crazy In Love” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

Pretty pinks, hearts, & trendy patterns are just a few of the things that I love most about the new Kiss Me collection! I chose to use a couple of Cute Cuts, combined with the gorgeous chevron paper. I made a paper rosette using some coordinating paper and then added some stickers and a pink flower button.

Supplies: 
Kiss Me:  Alpha+Bits Stickers, Mustache Love, Borders & Cutouts; Button Market: Pink Flowers

“Boo” card, by Carina Lindholm.
 
When I first saw this cute little chipboard ghost I just knew I wanted to use him on a card! I adhered the ghost and the house label chipboards at the bottom of the card. Then I cut out some spider webs and placed my title inside the web.

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spook: Cob Webs, Cute Cuts, Quadrants, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons

“I Love Halloween” card, by Carina Lindholm.
 
I just love this Too cute to spook collection, with its vivid colors and fun patterns. For this card I cut out a bunch of clouds from the spooky nights patterned paper and the girl from the cute cuts patterned paper. I like to adhere my cut outs using pop dots … I think that makes the card more "alive".

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spook: Spooky Night, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers

"Halloween" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

Happy Halloween! I still love Bella's Too Cute to Spook line! And the new orange stripe designer tape is a perfect compliment to it. I used black cardstock as the base for this card. Because it is hard to write on black cardstock, I added white paper inside the card (so I can actually write something to whoever I send this card to!) and then decorated it a bit to make it fun! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Too Cute to Spook: Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jacks a Glow, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniature Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tapes: Orange Stripe

"Boo" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

How cute is this ghost from the Too Cute to Spook Chipboard Icons?! I pulled out my big circle punches to create a small background for the ghost on the front of the card. I also used the circle punches to help decorate the inside of the card. I hope your Halloween is fun and spooky!

Supplies:
Too Cute to Spook: Jacks a Glow, Cute Cuts, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Designer Tapes: Orange Stripe

“House Party” card, by Wendy Wagner.

With Halloween coming up I thought it would be fun to create a little 'house party' card.  I inked a lot of pieces and added Stickles to the card and some on the Designer Tapes! I used pop dots to add some depth to some items, and a little bling! Boo! 

Supplies:
Too cute to spook: Spooky Night, Miniatures Stickers, Chipboard Icons, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Plum; Designer Tapes: Jail Bird, Gulf Dot, Pickle Juice

“Join Us” card, by Wendy Wagner.

I have always loved the idea for having a desert party after thanksgiving. So that is what inspired me to pull this card together. It is a 6x6 postcard type card. As always, I have inked a lot of the edges and added stickles to some of the accent pieces. I also added in some twine for a fun touch! I really loved the way this one turned out! 

Supplies:
Thankful: Homey, Bountiful, Borders, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Thankful Flags; Quattrofina Alphabet Stickers: Mustard & Apricot

Layouts On Monday

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a relaxing and fun weekend. We are going to kick off this week by sharing some layouts from our Layout Designers. We have a little fall, a little Halloween, and a little sports ... and we even have a two page layout worked into the mix!

“Hello Fall”, by Jennifer Chapin.

Don't you love it when a layout comes out exactly as you envisioned it in your head? That was the case with this page! I knew I wanted to highlight my main photo of the changing leaves as a 4x6, then use a bunch of smaller supporting photos. To move the eye across the page, I started by placing them in the upper left corner and flowing down to the lower right corner. After adding embellishments from the Thankful collection, I used my typewriter to make labels for my photos and added a title.

Supplies:
Thankful: Borders, Bountiful, Our Spot, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Blueberry; Quattrofina Alpha Stickers: Brownie & Cream; Flags: Thankful 2; Button Market: Outdoors, Merlot Flowers; Ciao Chip Everyday Elements: Trees

“Trick or Treat”, by Diane Payne.

I knew the Too Cute to Spook collection was perfect for this sweet photo from my daughter's first Halloween. I gathered up my scraps and layered them behind the photo and filled in the spaces with my title, embellishments and my journaling card that I tucked behind the photo. To finish the layout, I added strips of paper, designer tape and embellishments and chipboard pieces along the top and bottom of the layout.

Supplies
Too Cute to Spook: Spooky Night, Full Moon, Jacks-A-Glow, Borders, Cute Cuts, Quadrants, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons; Christmas Wishes: Miniatures Stickers; We're Expecting: Baby's Firsts Miniatures Stickers; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Saltwater, Pickle Juice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue, Yellow; Designer Tape: Jail Bird, Yellow Chevron, Gulf Dot; Button Market: Orange Stars, Tie Dye, Wood Mix

“Keeping Up”, by Malika Kelly.

Too Cute to Spook has beautiful and vibrant colors. Perfect for those Halloween pictures taken just before dusk! I used four strips of patterned paper in the background of my layout. To help keep them anchored down in the background, I stitched, used some designer tape, brads and twine. I used a fifth patterned paper (the purple) to mat my pictures and push them into the foreground of the layout. From here, I added my title, journaling and finally all of the fun embellishments. Orange stickles on top of the orange Alpha+Bits Sticker letters help make them stand out.

Supplies:
Too Cute to Spook: Full Moon, The Boo Crew, Jacks-A-Glow, Spooky Night, Quadrants, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Pickle Juice; Designer Tape: Jail Bird, Orange Stripe; Button Market: Orange Stars

"Packer Party", by Katherine McElvain.

It's football season, and if you live in Wisconsin like I do, almost every Sunday afternoon is dedicated to watching the Green Bay Packers! That is unless you live in the McElvain home. We are not big followers of the "Green and Gold", glad when they win, but I seldom know when a Packer game is scheduled. That being said is why today my layout, although about the Packers, does not support my own pictures. I made this layout for a class I am teaching at my local scrapbook store for all those Packer fans here in town. Thankfully my pal and Bella Blvd owner, Stephanie Hunt, had this collection of great photos taken at her wedding party Packer party. You can see more about her fun Packer party event on her blog. Stephanie likes to put her layouts in double page format in her wonderfully organized albums. I created just that kind of layout for her with the Making the Team collection and some little extras. I haven't made a two page layout in a long time. Wow, Packers and a double page layout all in one project. It was fun to step out of my scrapbook safety zone!

Supplies:
Making The Team: Borders, Wall of Fame, Football, Volleyball; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Pickle Juice; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Designer Tape: Green Chevron, Jail Bird; Button Market: Orange Stars

Cards On Thursday: Tuesday Edition

We're moving our card day feature to Tuesday this week, for a very good reason. Tomorrow is our BIG reveal of our new mid-release collection, which we cannot wait to share with you!!! We will then spend a few days sharing brand new projects using our new collection, from our design team. Lots of exciting stuff!

“Happy Birthday To You” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I used the Birthday girl collection to make this colorful and fun card. I cut out the presents and adhered them on top of each other. To add more of a festive feel to the card I added some glitter to one of the presents.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Party Dress, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Crochet Flowers: Daisies

“Birthday Boy” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I die cut three stars on a piece of white cardstock and adhered blue note paper on the back of the cardstock. To really highlight the stars I draw faux stitching along the edges of the stars. I covered the lower part of the card in orange chevron patterned paper and a blue scallop border.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Just A Note, About A Boy, Alpha+Bits Stickers

“Lovely” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

I love my leaf punch as I think every flower needs a leaf or two! For this card I created the leaves by adhering a bit of Decorative Tape to a piece of cardstock and then punched out. I did something similar with a chipboard tree (seen HERE) by covering with strips of tape and then machine stitching the seams together! 

Supplies:
Flirty: Bits A Bella, Label Additions Stickers, Heart Throb Paper; Sophisticates: Sprinklers & Lace Plum Paper; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers

“Original Robot” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I love tucking cards into my children's lunch boxes for them to find later in the day! I pulled out the Super Stud Label Additions paper and cut apart a few of the patterned strips and images. That robot is soooo cute and is sure to bring a smile to my son's face! I added some Bits A Bella (also from the Super Stud collection), a Sophisticates Ciao Chip, and an Orange Star button for embellishment. After I layered it all on a kraft base, I sponged the edges so that they would stand out a bit more.

Supplies:
Making The Team: Cute Cuts; Super Stud: Label Additions, Bits A Bella; Sophisticates Ciao Chip:  Essentials Asparagus & Pickle Juice; Button Market: Orange Stars

“Boo” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I just love cute Halloween cards. Nothing too scary though. And Bella Blvd's bright and fun style is perfect for them! I combined three of the Sophisticates papers together (Plum, Oyster, & Apricot) to create the background for my card. I die cut the numbers (31) from some Making the Team paper. The sweet little pumpkin tag is from the Thankful Alpha & Bits. To finish the card, I added some alphabet stickers and some matching buttons!

Supplies:
Thankful: Alpha & Bits; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Plum, Sprinkles & Lace Oyster, Sprinkles & Lace Apricot; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Yellow; Making The Team: Quadrants; Button Market: Wood Mix, Orange Stars, Neutral Mix

“Spooky” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

I simply adore the characters from the "Too Cute To Spook" Collection! The little mummy guy looks as though he should be holding something, so I thought "banner!" I took two matching Stick Pin Flags and a Miniature Sticker and made a banner that was pretty quick and easy to do. Turn the two pins so that the pointy ends are facing each other. Wrap the tab from the Miniature Sticker over the pins and then attach to your card with foam dots on each piece. I tied on a couple of buttons to hide the 'pin' part ... fun!

Supplies:
Too Cute To Spook: The Boo Crew, Full Moon, Cute Cuts, Miniature Stickers; Button Market: Aqua Flowers; Flags: Birthday Boy 1, Birthday Boy 2; Designer Tape: Jail Bird

October Guest Designer: Jaime Warren

We are very excited to introduce you to our October Guest Designer, Jaime Warren! She's created three fabulous layouts, using three seperate collections.

Hi everyone! Jaime Warren with you today here on the Bella Blvd blog! I am so excited to be here, sharing my projects with you all! Before I get started, I want to share just a bit about myself. I’m the proud mom of three girls – Hailey (12), Jill (10) and Addison (5.) I am married to a wonderful man who is incredibly supportive of my work in both photography and scrapbooking. We are a homeschooling family (this is our 3^rd year!) and I feel very blessed to be able to have my girls at home with me (even though I’m sure they want to strangle me most days. Lol!). I have been in the scrapbooking industry for a while now – 7 years and counting. I have had the opportunity to work with several different manufacturers, magazines and scrapbooking stores. I am currently a Two Peas In A Bucket Garden Girl and part of the amazing Webster’s Pages design team! 

My style of scrapbooking is a bit “quirky”. I love to use embellishments, but I also love white space. I also love little details and I incorporate them into my overall design. I also LOVE pop dots – every layout has at least one to two pop dotted embellishments! I’m not a technique based scrapper. But, I do have a small arsenal of techniques that I use on a consistent basis. These three layouts using these awesome collections truly show my typical style – scattered embellishments and lots of dimension.

"My Favorite", by Jaime Warren.

My first layout, “My Favorite”, is all about Halloween! It is my favorite holiday and I loved using Too Cute To Spook to document it. I love the traditional bold black and orange and so I made it the base colors of my layout. The green on the stickers was the perfect pop of color. I used foam pop dots (of course! Lol.) on the stickers to help add dimension to the layout. I added hand written journaling instead of my typical journaling strips. I love adding hand written journaling for the personal touch it adds. Even if you aren’t a fan of your handwriting, add it on your layouts! You’ll be happy that you did!

"October Memories", by Jaime Warren.

My second layout, “October Memories”, is all about the stickers! One of my favorite title “techniques” is to use phrase stickers in place of a normal title. I am the world’s worst at coming up with fun, witty titles. I feel like I use the same ones over and over again. Phrase stickers solve that problem! The “October Memories” was actually part of a larger sticker. I simply cut it out and attached it with, you guessed it, foam pop dots! I added the gorgeous flag pins for even more texture and dimension. This layout is all about the memories of fall. We have a tradition of going to the fair every October – this collection was perfect for documenting it!

"Let's Party Cutie", by Jaime Warren.

My third and final layout, “Let’s Party Cutie”, is light, airy, and oh so girly. Perfect for my youngest daughter who is all girl! I love the pastels and the adorable embellishments. Another one of my favorite “techniques” is fussy cutting. I love creating embellishments from patterned paper – just as I did with this layout. I fussy cut the flowers and attached using pop dots. This is a great way to use patterned paper and save money! To give the flowers a sweeter touch I added the buttons in the center with glue dots. A super simple way to add texture to flowers! 

I hope you enjoyed my time here on the Bella Blvd blog! I loved having the opportunity to share my work with you. A special thanks to the Bella Blvd team for allowing me to work with their amazing products! 

Step-By-Step Monthly Project Sheet: Too Cute To Spook

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 Too Cute To Spook 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!!!

"Too Cute To Spook", by Laura Vegas.

For this month's project sheet layout, I wanted to focus on lots and lots of layering. There are so many fun patterned papers in the Too Cute To Spook collection, and by layering pieces of each paper together, you can use a wide variety of those papers without it overwhelming the page. I used six different patterns on this page, and also cut some clouds out of a seventh paper. I also roughed up the edges of all of my papers, which adds a lot of texture to all of those layers. I had cut the clouds from a sheet of patterned paper and adhered them with pop dots.

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 project sheets!

World Card Making Day: Hour Twelve

Welcome to our World Card Making Day celebration! Today is all about card making, sharing, and inspiration. There's just something special about giving and receiving a handmade card, whether for a holiday, special occasion, or "just because". We hope you'll hang out with us all day long, as we share new cards every hour for fourteen hours straight. There might even be a few giveaways mixed into the day, so keep your eye out for them ;)

"BOO" card, by Megan Klauer.

The Cute Cuts available in each of the Bella Blvd collections provide great journaling pieces not only for scrapbooking. They fit perfectly on the front of a card! I layered a variety of card stock from the Too Cute to Spook collection & finished off the look with a variety of the stickers from the Alpha+Bits Sticker sheet. 

Supplies:
Too Cute to Spook: Cob Webs, Quadrants, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers

"Believe” card, by Wendy Antenucci.

I love the colors teal, hot pink and gray so when I saw this tall tag and the washi tapes on my desk, I knew this would make a perfect card. And who doesn't need to be reminded to Believe in themselves? 

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Tall Tags; Designer Tape: Gulf Dot, Punch Chevron; Button Market: Neutral Mix

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We'll see you back here in an hour for more card shares. If you're making some cards of your own today, we'd love it if you shared them with us on our Facebook page!

Cards On Thursdays

It's Thursday, which means it's time for more free-for-all cards from our Card Designers. We have a fun mix of cards featuring the Birthday Boy and Birthday Girl collections, the Thankful collection, and the Too Cute To Spook collection.

“Love” card, by Kathy Martin.

Every once in a while a girl’s got to play with pretty tape, right? That’s how I was feeling when I started this card. I didn’t have a plan, just thought I’d create something with Bella Blvd’s Designer tape and see where it went. I outlined some Ciao Chip alphabets to make a pattern for the sentiment and then accented the card with more Ciao Chip, a tiny heart sticker and a flag.

Supplies:
Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron, Teal Stripe, Orange Stripe, Pink Flowers, Yellow Chevron, Piggy Pink Stripe; Ciao Chip: Borders, Stars & Hearts; Flags: Girl; Sunshine & Happiness: Alpha+Bits Stickers

“Hello” card, by Kathy Martin.

Some of my favorite cards to make are those that show how to use up your scraps, how to use themed collections for something different and how to mix a match different lines. This card does all three. What do you think of the stitched sun rays? I like how they overlap and some clouds and go behind others.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy:  Just a Note; Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue

“New Home” card, by Kathy Martin.

I’ve been drawn to diagonal patterned paper stripes lately and I really like the way they look zigzag stitched together. The brand new Thankful collection includes some of the most adorable houses that I thought would be perfect for a new home card.

Supplies:
Thankful: Perfect Day, Turkey Tracks, Homey, Burlap, Cute Cuts, Ciao Chip; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red; Button Market: Neutrals Mix

“Trick Or Treat” card, by Kathy Martin.

With Halloween coming up before we know it, I thought it would be fun to create this “Trick Or Treat” card. I was also in the mood to play with some yummy Designer Tape and create a stitched pattern with it. I love how the new Birthday Boy Orange Stripe Designer tape coupled with the black striped Jailbird tape is perfect for Halloween projects.

Supplies:
Designer Tape: Jailbird, Orange Stripe; Too Cute to Spook: Chipboard Icons

“U R Picture Perfect” card, by Alice Carman.

I love this color palette from the Thankful collection. It makes me want pumpkin pie and turkey. Can’t go wrong with this collection, all the colors match each other!

Supplies:
Thankful: Homey, Bountiful, Turkey Tracks, Our Spot, Perfect Day, Burlap, Alpha+Bits Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Yellow

“You are boo-tiful” card, by Alice Carman.

I love Bella Blvd stamps and how versatile the stamps are. I wanted something fun in the background so I used the tree stamp from the Too Cute To Spook Kit. I stamped the tree on white cardstock and turned it side ways to give the appearance of lightning bolts. Super fun!

Supplies:
Too Cute to Spook: Bitsy Spider, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers: Unity/Bella Blvd Stamps: Too Cute To Spook Stamp Kit, Tell Me More Itty Bitty

"Have An Amazing Birthday" card, by Gail Hoecker.

For my two cards I used the Birthday Boy and Birthday Girl collections. I love these two collections, which are perfect to use for any age, and the colors are perfect! I put a little glossy accents on the heart inside the flower. And, all I can say about the little boy card is “how cute are those frogs?”

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Celebrate, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Family Dynamix: Roots

"Happy Birthday To You" card, by Gail Hoecker.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Eat Cake, Toadilly Cool, Borders, Cute Cuts; Thankful: Alpha+Bits Stickers