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Tuesday Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how they translate that into their designs. 

{Image credit: Pinterest}

“Volley For A Cure”, by Megan Klauer.

I used the numbers portion of the inspiration piece. Rather than creating a calendar feel, I used numbers that related to the photos; her team number as well as her class. I decided to place them within circles rather than squares to better coordinate with the actual volleyball. I love how an inspiration piece can be the spring board to something completely different!

Supplies: 
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Gulf; Love And Marriage: Cute Cuts, May Eighteenth, Esther Fleming Floral; Sand & Surf: Borders, Beach Balls, Chipboard Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Frosting; High Five Alphabets: Piggy-Punch, Brown-Cream, Gulf; Crochet Hearts: Punch, Cotton Candy

“Bath Time”, by Jennifer Chapin.

I was inspired by the color scheme in the inspiration photo for this layout. I chose to print my photo in black and white so as not to compete with the multicolored theme. I also took inspiration from the pinked edges in the photo and got my pinking shears out! The buttons were easy to incorporate as well.

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Banana; Engaged at Last: Bachelor Extras, Engagement Chipboard Icons, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Love And Marriage: May Eighteenth, Esther Fleming Floral, Borders, Wedding Party Miniatures; Sand & Surf: Beach Balls, Borders; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Pickle Juice; Designer Tape: Ice Stripe, Punch Chevron; Button Market: Blues, Purple Flowers, Checkers

“Dress Up”, by Diane Payne.

I really loved the tone-on-tone patchwork of the inspiration piece so I pulled out the neutral pieces of the Engaged at Last and Love and Marriage collections and stitched them down like a patchwork quilt. I like the visual interest it created for my background without competing with the subject of my layout. I included a small hanging frame, like the inspiration piece, with my daughter's age.

Supplies:
Engaged at Last: Bachelor Party, He Proposed, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Engagement Chipboard Icons; Love and Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Birthday Girl: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Ice; Button Market: Pink Flowers, Hot Pink Flowers; Flags: Bachelorette; Crochet Hearts: Bell Pepper, Cotton Candy; Feathers: Cotton Candy, Saltwater, Cream

“I Love You 7 Days A Week”, by Gina Lideros.

This was such a fun inspiration image this month. I can honestly say that there were so many ideas that I took from this image. The polka dot background inspired me to use Bella's Gray Dot Designer tape as a border. The numbers in the photo inspired me to use Bella's fun number border from the Love and Marriage collection. The white frames in the photo also inspired me to use this chipboard insert that I saved from the packaging of the Chipboard: Bachelor/ette Chipboard Icons. And the large buttons in the photo inspired me to add a couple of blues buttons from Bella's Button Market. I love the finished look of it all put together.

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Bachelor Party, Bachelorette party, He Proposed, Bachelorette Extras Bachelor/ette Chipboard Icons; Love And Marriage: Borders; Just Write Journaling Stickers, The Wedding Party Miniatures; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting; Feathers: Frosting, White; Designer Tape: Gray Dot; Button Market: Blues

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We hope you will take some creative time for yourself, and try out our inspiration image! 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. 

Tuesday Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how they translate that into their designs.

"LOVE", by Yohko Takiguchi.

I loved both the ribbon and the colors in this inspiration image. I chose the Engaged At Last collection and the Love And Marriage collection for my layout. These collections matched perfectly with the colors in the image. I also added a gray feather and a pink heart crochet. They are new products from Bella Blvd and so cute!

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Bachelor Extracts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures, Engagement Chipboard Icons; Love and Marriage: Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Wedding Day Miniatures, The Wedding Party Miniatures; Kiss Me: Love Notes; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Punch, Sprinkles & Lace Oyster; Crochet Hearts: Cotton Candy Hearts; Feathers: Oyster; Designer Tapes: Piggy Pink Stripe

“Love Story”, by Leanne Allinson.

It's not often that I create a layout with my husband in it and even rarer if I am in the shot too! But I couldn't let an opportunity, using the gorgeous Kiss Me collection, go past, without documenting how he proposed to me. I love the colors in the inspiration image and especially the cute bow. But it was the background detail of the photo that caught my eye. I was inpired to recreate the cartography style lines with the chevron patterned paper. The white flag and the vertical lines of the pink and white straws were also incorporated into my design.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: True Love, Flutter, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch, Blue; Button Market: Pink Flowers

“The Photo”, by Kim Jeffress.

When I saw the beautiful image from this month’s inspiration challenge I immediately thought of banners, banners, and more banners. I adored the soft muted tones, so I tried to bring those soft colors into my layout. I included soft pink and grey but also bought in some other colors to make my project pop a bit more. I decided to make my own banner flags. I grabbed a couple of decorative pins, cut some banner pieces from pattern paper then added pop dots under the banner and adhered them to my page.

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Oyster; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf; Kiss Me: Flutter, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Stickers; Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles

“Ready To Meet My Girl”, by Sheri Feypel.

I created this layout based on the color challenge, I sort of read between the lines (colors) a little bit. I rarely get to play with shades of pink, so I was more than happy to participate in this challenge. I added lots of pink layers with chipboard, stickers and buttons. While I really like adding lots of layers, I also enjoy creating little clusters of embellishments on my layouts. I love how all of the elements complimented my photo of this beautiful momma to be.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Cake Frosting, May Eighteenth; Kiss Me: True Love, Flutter, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkle & Lace Surf & Turf; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy Punch; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; Button Market: Pink Flowers

“Goodbye 2012”, by Jenny Evans.

This was such a fabulous inspiration image to create from! I was inspired by everything from this photo! From the straws, all the way to the printed background. I embellished with flags and circular punched pieces of paper, keeping the photo and clustering low on my layout like the ribbon is in the photo. I added my title so it resembled the flags mixed in with the straws. It is so great to be able to pull so many different Bella products and make them work together effortlessly! 

Supplies:
Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Surf N Turf, Sprinkles & Lace Oyster; Kiss Me: True Love, Borders & Cute Cuts; Engaged At Last: Chipboard Icons; Simply Simona Chipboard Numbers: White; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony; Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe, Cotton Candy Chevron; Button Market: Blues; Flags: Just Married; Feathers: Oyster

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We hope you will take some creative time for yourself, and try out our inspiration image! 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. 

Tuesday Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how they translate that into their designs. 

{Image credit: Pinterest}

“So In Love”, by Becky Williams.

This was such a fun inspiration challenge! For my take on the challenge I incorporated banner pieces, kraft paper, red and some hearts. I was able to pull in papers from a variety of collections to make my favorite color combo right now- red, pink, blue and gray. I added bits of Designer Tape in those colors as well and topped it off with some Ciao chipboard borders and a picture of my wedding day almost 12 years ago. 

Supplies: 
Winter Wonder: Borders; Christmas Wishes: Christmas Love; Kiss Me: Flutter, Borders & Cute Cuts, Bouquet Kisses, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Hello Beautiful: Cute Cuts; Sophisticates: Tall Tags; Ciao Chip Elements: Borders, Stars & Hearts; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Egg Hunt; Baby Boy: Baby Blue; Button Market: Neutral Mix; Designer Tape: Red Dot, Punch Chevron, Ice Stripe, Gulf Stripe

“Will You Be Mine?”, by Sheri Reguly.

I absolutely loved the inspiration image, especially the large, bold sentiment that serves as the focal point. I was so inspired by it, that I couldn’t wait to carry it over to my own design. I also admired the banner, the wonderful use of white space, and all of the pretty little details that complete this perfect Valentine’s Day setting. I’ve created several layouts using the Kiss Me collection, but this was actually the very first Valentine’s Day themed layout that I created using it. I love how very versatile it is, and the colors are among some of my very favorites. It’s such a fun collection to play with, for Valentine’s Day, or any day!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Egg Hunt; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron; Button Market: Pink Flowers

“Sweet Friends”, by Gina Lideros.

I had so much fun playing with the inspiration image this month. I liked the idea of hanging a banner and clipping on doily hearts, envelopes and little messages with clothespins. The wood floor and white wall gave me the idea to make the base of my layout kraft/white and tie in some mustache love paper. I love all the bright colors in the Kiss Me collection, they were perfect for this layout about friendship. I also threw in some paper scraps that I had left over from the Lovey Dovey collection. I love that all of Bella's collections coordinate so nicely together.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Mustache Love, True Love, Flutter; Lovey Dovey: Circle of Love, Borders N' Blocks; Sophisticates: Just Write Miniature Stickers, Card Sentiments Miniature Stickers; Button Market: Neutrals Mix, Pink Flowers; Flags: Birthday Girl Flags 1, Floral; Crochet Flowers: Juniper; Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe, Blue Gingham; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry; Ciao Chip Elements: Borders

“Doggie Kisses”, by Jaclyn Rench.

I don't think you can look at this particular inspiration image and not be inspired to create something love themed! I was drawn to so many of the elements from this image. I knew I wanted to start my project with a mostly white background, just as is featured in the inspiration piece. Because this seemed a bit too plain I decided to back my whole project with a border of the Sophisticates Oyster Sprinkles & Lace paper, for a subtle but impactful effect. I went for a bold red title, just like the inspiration text. And in the end I just couldn't resist creating a row of elements/tags that appear to be hanging, as again, inspired by the original image.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Short Stories, Tall Tags, Sprinkles & Lace Oyster; Birthday Boy: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Baby Boy: Momma's Boy; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red; Designer Tape: Punch Chevron; Button Market: Red Flowers, Pink Flowers, Stars

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We hope you will take some creative time for yourself, and try out our inspiration image! 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. 

Tuesday Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how they translate that into their designs. 

{Photo Credit: Photo Card Boutique}

“Snow Day”, by Megan Klauer.

I loved the beautiful color combination of todays inspiration piece. I began with a grey card stock and used white mist over a snowflake punch. I then used the same snowflake punch with the bold blue & greens to add the pop of color. Sewing through the strips of Designer Tape compliments the thin font on the "weather forecast" sticker. 

Supplies:
Winter Wonder: Ski Slopes, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Christmas Wishes: Quadrants; Designer Tapes: Red Dot, Gulf Dot, Pickle Juice; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Pony

“Sledding”, by Becki Adams.

I was ecstatic when I saw the inspiration image and couldn't wait to get creating. I started by digging into my Bella goodies to find the color scheme. I then chose my photos and got to work. I cut several different snowflakes in several different designs, sizes, and colors. I used them as well as flags, stickers, and decorative tape to embellish my layout. I also cut my title using my Silhouette and Bella patterned paper. This layout has already become a family favorite because it captures such a great memory for my kids.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Eat Cake; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Oyster; Finally Fall: Bliss; Flags: Just Married; Button Market: Red Flowers; Winter Wonder: Borders, Miniatures Cardstock Stickers; Designer Tape: Red Dot, Pickle Juice Chevron

"Christmas Presents", by Yohko Takiguchi.

I love the snowflakes and the colors in the inspiration image. I started my layout by picking out red and green papers from Christmas Wishes collection, a gray paper from Sophisticates and used light blue stickers as accents. I punched out four snowflakes from cardstock and added rhinestones above and to the center of each snowflake.

Supplies:
Christmas Wishes: Christmas Love, North Pole, Gifts Galore, Cute Cuts, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Writing Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Oyster; Button Market: Stars

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We hope you will take some creative time for yourself, and try out our inspiration image! 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. 

 

Tuesday Inspiration: Christmas Style

This week we are keeping with many of our usual daily features, but putting the focus on Christmas projects! Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how they translate that into their designs. 

{Photo credit: BHG}

“Tracking Santa Online”, by Malika Kelly.

I loved both the pine cones and the colors in this inspiration image. I immediately went to my cameo and found a pine cone shape that I liked and cut out a bunch in two different sizes. The papers that I chose for this layout matched perfectly with the colors in the image, but were not from a Christmas line. I love when patterned paper does not have to be used for only one theme and Bella Blvd does a great job at making versatile papers. The tall glass jar also inspired me to cut long strips of patterned paper to use in my background. I matted my photos on small doilies to make my layout more elegant like the pretty inspiration photo.  

Supplies:
Thankful: Bountiful, Cute Cuts, Our Spot, Burlap, Chipboard Icons; Sophisticates: Family Miniatures; Sprinkles & Lace: Oyster; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Ciao Chip Everyday Elements: Borders, Chip Essentials; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron; Button Market: Checkers, Masculine Mix, Outdoors ; Flags: Just Married

“Peace & Joy”, by Sheri Reguly.

The inspiration piece inspired me in a couple of different ways. The glitter covered pine cones immediately caught my attention, and reminded me of a holiday photo that I took of my daughter several years back. In the photo, she was holding a pine cone and dressed up in her holiday best. This sweet photo became the initial starting point for my layout. I also loved the classic red, gold and greens within the inspiration image. I had full intentions of staying within that combination, until I decided to see what a little hint of pink would look like included in the mixture. I loved how it softened the look, making it perfectly fitting for a little girl’s holiday page.

"Don't Open Until Christmas" card, by Sheri Reguly.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Mustache Love; Birthday Girl: Party Dress; Thankful: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Winter Wonder: Borders; Christmas Wishes: Candlelight, Star Stripe, Miniatures Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch, Pink-Red; Button Market: Stars

“It's Our Tradition”, by Jaclyn Rench.

So many elements from the inspiration image inspired me while putting together my layout. Most notably, of course, is the similarity in color scheme.  I rummaged through my stash of Bella pulling items that were primarily green, brown and red, later adding in touches of sparkle and glitter. The shiny, round Christmas bulbs encouraged me to incorporate a circular design element onto the page, which in turn, provided a great spot to highlight many of the page embellishments. The Designer Tape 'fringe' I created along the right edge of the page, was my attempt at referencing the texture and dimension of the pretty pine cones. I should also note, that while the Christmas Wishes line tops my list of Bella favorites, there is not one stitch of it on this page. That just goes to show you, that you don't always have to turn to holiday themed products to create a very holiday look and feel to your page!

Supplies:
Thankful: Burlap, Bountiful; Birthday Girl, Party Dress; Sophisticates: Petite Pieces, Tall Tags; Green High Five Alphabets, Brown-Cream High Five Alphabets; Ciao Chip: Trees, Stars & Hearts; Designer Tapes: Pony Dot; Button Market: Red Flowers, Stars, Checkers, Blues; Stick Pin Flags, Home Sweet Home; Miniatures Stickers, Family

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We hope you will take some creative time for yourself, and try out our inspiration image! 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. 

Tuesday Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how they translate that into their designs. 

{Image credit: Simply Vintagegirl}

"Fall", by Becky Williams.

When I saw the inspiration piece for this assignment I knew right away what I would do. I found a great Silhouette Studio cut file and enlarged it to fit most of my 12x12 and printed pictures from my family's recent pumpkin patch trip and cut them to hang right from the branches of the tree. I then free-hand cut some pieces of paper from the Thankful collection to make a hill for the tree to stand on. The sun on the page is actually a flower from the Thankful Cute Cuts paper and I added a button to the center. 

Supplies:
Thankful: Bountiful, Homey, Our Spot, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Designer Tape: Red Dot, Gulf Dot; Button Market: Zebra

“Little Dancer”, by Malika Kelly.

The dangling circles in the inspiration image are what caught my eye right away. I decided to punch out my own circles in a variety of sizes from the Kiss Me collection. I stitched them together to make my own stringed circle banners. The colors in the Kiss Me collection are soft and worked well with the pictures of my 3 year old doing ballet. I stitched over my title to keep the theme of horizontal lines across the page.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Love Notes, Flutter, True Love, Mustache Love, Borders and Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Ice; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Designer Tape: Pony Dot, Piggy Pink Stripe; Button Market: Stars, Hot Pink Flowers

“Autumn”, by Sheri Reguly.

What I love most about working with an inspiration piece, is how it can jumpstart your creativity, and even encourage you to try something new. So many of my designs tend to be streamlined, with perfectly straight edges and borders (Yes, sometimes I even bring out my ruler to make sure that those borders are all exactly even). I had so much fun working with the circles and curves within this design to create a carefree, light-hearted feel. I even lived on the edge and tilted my photo just a little a bit. That’s a pretty big deal for me.

Supplies:
Thankful: Perfect Day, Our Spot, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Mom’s Bouquet; Birthday Girl: Borders; Sunshine & Happiness: Miniatures Stickers; Finally Fall: Miniatures Stickers; Sophisticates: Card Sentiments; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch

"So Many Of My Smiles Begin With You", by Gina Lideros.

I wanted to create a bright and cheerful layout about love using the brand new Kiss Me collection, but did not have a good photo of my husband and I on hand, so I decided to make my layout about the love between siblings instead. It is rare that I am able to capture a good photo of my two children together, and even more rare to find them actually admitting that they like each other. But deep down, (between you and me) they really adore each other. I started my layout by cutting a large tree out of white cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo. I used my Slice to cut hearts, flowers and leaves out of the Flutter and True Love papers. To add dimension, I slightly creased my shapes before adhering them to the tree.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Borders & Cute Cuts, True Love, Flutter, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Button Market: Pink Flowers

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We hope you will take some creative time for yourself, and try out our inspiration image! 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. 

Tuesday Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how they translate that into their designs. 

“Me”, by Kim Arnold.

I love the colors in the inspiration image and decided to use a selection of the Designer Tapes in those colors to create a background for my layout. Because the background is quite busy, I have kept the balance of the layout reasonably simple, using plenty of pink with splashes of the teal color. The sequins randomly dotted across the layout remind me of the polka dots in the image. Most of the Designer Tapes that I used for the background are from the latest release and I just love the bright happy colors – they all work together so well.

Supplies:
Family Dynamic: Borders n’ Blocks; Sunshine & Happiness: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Punch; Baby Blooms a Bella: Azzini; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Dot, Gulf Dot, Punch Chevron, Pickle Juice Chevron, Pony Dot, Piggy Pink Stripe, Blue Gingham; Button Market: Tie Die

“Going Home”, by Brook Stewart.

The first thing that popped out at me in the inspiration image was of course the polka dots. I created my polka dot background on my Silhouette Cameo then picked out some papers from various collections that brought out a similar color scheme as the inspiration photo. The pictures are from the day we brought our little girl home from the hospital ... she's already grown SO much since then!

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Celebrate; Birthday Boy: Just a Note, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Lovey Dovey: Borders N' Blocks; Baby Girl: Pretty In Pink, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Peep; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue

"Love This Photo", by Katherine McElvain.

Instagram photos are so fun! And this one of my kids on vacation in Michigan happens to be one of my recent favorites, and I was anxious to scrap it. When I first looked at  the inspiration image for this month, I saw blocks of pastel color and white dots. That is what I wanted to incorporate into my layout while keeping the photo as the focus. I added clean color blocked strips on the left side of the layout so that the black frame on the photo would stand out and draw the viewer in. With the Bella Blvd chipboard and tape the layout has a variety of texture, and a bit of dimension, even though there is not much product. For a little extra, I added the "dots" to match the inspiration with a row of spattered brads.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Chipboard Icons; Thankful: Borders; Ciao Chip Elements: Borders; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron

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We hope you can find some inspiration by this image as well, or even by one of the projects that our designers have shared today. We would also love it, if you shared your inspired-by projects with us. It's always fun for us to see what you're creating! Feel free to leave a comment here, with a link to your project. Or share it with everyone over on our Facebook Page.

Tuesday Inspiration

It's been a while since we have had a Tuesday Inspiration feature on the blog, and we are very excited to bring it back today. Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how they translate that into their designs. 

{Photo Credit}

"MASL 2012 Fall Season", by Laura Vegas.

I really loved the random grid design on this inspiration piece. I'm a very linear scrapbooker, but I've really enjoyed being a little more carefree on my layouts lately, but still keeping everything on my page neat and orderly. I started out with my focal photo in the center of the page and added more photos on either side. I arranged my title towards the bottom right corner of the page, just like the row of numbers on the inspiration image. Then I just started arranging stickers and scraps of patterned paper around my photos and title, and added some simple embellishments to finish it off.

Supplies:
Making The Team: Fan Club, Soccer, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Family Dynamix: Quadrants; Winter Wonder: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Oreo; Simply Simona Chipboard Numbers: Oreo; Quattrofina Alpha Stickers: Red-Pink; Designer Tape: Red Dot, Pickle Juice Chevron; Flags: Sports; Button Market: Neutrals Mix, Blues, Masculine Mix

“Online Friends Meet in Chicago”, by Megan Klauer.

When I first saw the Inspiration piece I immediately thought of travel. I started by using my Silhouette to cut the map of the United States image from Kraft card stock. I then backed it with the Hearts side of the Birthday Boy: Borders paper. Using pop dots, I cut another map just a little bit smaller so I could still see the pattern paper underneath. This created the perfect space for my title work. Then, sticking to the inspiration piece I created a variety of tag & banner pieces to sprinkle around my design.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles; Birthday Boy: All For You, About A Boy, Eat Cake, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Thankful: Turkey Tracks; Sophisticates: Short Stories, Calendars, Family & Card Sentiments Miniatures; Simply Simona Chipboard Numbers: White; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Pickle Juice; Ciao Chip Everyday Elements: Borders, Stars & Hearts; High Five Alphabets: Black-White, Blue, Yellow; Stick Pin Flags: Girl

"Happiness Together", by Kimberly Neddo.

I loved this inspiration piece and loved using the chipboard accent pieces to add just the right dimension to this layout. I used the actual design of the inspiration piece for my layout. I loved the layout format, and incorporated my title, tags and photograph to fit into the design itself. The Cute Cuts are PERFECT to create tags with, and the borders are a fun piece to just add strips to any layout. 

Supplies: 
Baby Boy: Mamma's Boy; Sunshine & Happiness: Borders, Cute Cuts, Ciao Chip; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Cute Cuts; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Designer Tape: Green Pickle Juice Dot

"Life Is Good My Boy”, by Sheri Feypel.

When I finally got the chance to sit down and plan this project and check out the inspiration, the first thing that jumped off the page was the tags. I used them as the focus for creating my layout. First I decided where I wanted my picture on the layout. Then I laid out my tags and added several different patterned papers to them and dressed them up with stickers, buttons and other goodies.

Supplies:
Thankful: Perfect Day, Turkey Tracks, Homey, Burlap, Our Spot, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Birthday Boy: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Checkers, Masculine Mix, Wood Mix; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Blue

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We hope you can find some inspiration by this image as well, or even by one of the projects that our designers have shared today. We would also love it, if you shared your inspired-by projects with us. It's always fun for us to see what you're creating! Feel free to leave a comment here, with a link to your project. Or share it with everyone over on our Facebook Page.

Tuesday Inspiration

Welcome to another Tuesday Inspiration day, here on the Bella blog. Inspiration is all around us, and it's so interesting to see how a group of designers can all start with the same image, and be inspired by it in so many different ways.

{Image Source HERE, Etsy Seller HERE}

“She's A Swingin”, by Kimberly Neddo.

I was so inspired by this photograph of garland and color, so I decided to mimic it with paper and design on a layout. I LOVE the colors! If you want to make a garland like this, you can make one easily too. Just punch out random circles with papers of your choice. Then feed them one at a time through your sewing machine. You can space them apart as much as you want also. A fun technique for a fun look. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Making the Team: Volleyball, Cute Cuts, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Tail Waggers and Cat Naps: Cute Cuts; Hello Beautiful: Cute Cuts; Midterm: Borders and Blocks; Spring Flings and Easter Things: Mom's Bouquet; Hello Beautiful: Cute Cuts; Lovey Dovey: Borders and Blocks

"Spring Spectacular", by Nancy Damiano.

I love the clean, crisp look of a white ground and especially when it's paired with a bold color pattern. To make these pictures pop, I added some texture to the background with the Silhouette postage stamp cut. Then I layered stickers, color photos and a row of black and whites. My favorite part of the layout is the garland. I love how the inspiration piece is sewn together and emphasizes the circular shape. Instead of sewing the garland, I strung them on white string and attached them to the layout with a tiny stapler. I like how they add a splash of color and pattern to the page.

Supplies: 
Spring Fling and Easter Things: Borders, Mom's Bouquet, A Tisket-a-Tasket, Alpha+Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Winter Wonder: Blizzard; Making the Team: Wall of Fame

"Luv U" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

What a fun piece of inspiration! I was inspired by the colors and all the circles. I used a very neutral background and then punched circles out of a variety of green and blue scraps of patterned paper. On this first card I created a scalloped border out of the punched circles and then cut the border of hearts out of the Baby Boy Border sheet to add above the scalloped border. The alphabet stickers are from the Winter Wonder Alpha + Bits sheet!

Supplies:
Estate Sale: Fresh Linens; Baby Boy: Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sophisticates: Surf N Turf; Winter Wonder: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Borders, Happy Clouds

"Thanks For Everything" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

On this next card I still used a neutral background and punched a bunch of circles out of green and blue patterned papers. Then I lined up the punched circles over the neutral background. I cut out the heart from the Winter Wonder Cute Cuts sheet and substituted it for one of the circles. Then I adhered the heart and the sentiment with foam adhesive to add some dimension to the card.

Supplies:
Estate Sale: Fresh Linens; Winter Wonder: Cute Cuts; Sophisticates: Surf N Turf, Miniatures Card Sentiments; Baby Boy: Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Happy Clouds, Petal Power

“It’s a Boy” card, by Kathy Martin.

I used the ultra adorable new Baby Boy collection for this card full of circles to match our inspiration photo. This little lion head sticker from the Alpha+Bits stickers is a favorite and looks so sweet as a focal point for my card. To create my sentiment flag, I cut a piece of the borders paper and attached it to a stick pin.

Supplies:
Bay Boy: Baby Blue, Wild About You, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers

“Thanks” card, by Kathy Martin.

All the paper circles of our inspiration photo inspired me to create a card with circle cut-outs and I this floral Flirty paper was perfect peaking through, don’t you think? And wherever there are flowers, there are usually bees like this adorable Ciao chip bee.

Supplies:
Flirty: He Loves Me; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Ciao Chip; Sophisticates: Miniature Card Sentiments Family

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We hope you can find some inspiration by this image as well, or even by one of the projects that our designers have shared today. We would also love it, if you shared your inspired-by projects with us. It's always fun for us to see what you're creating! Feel free to leave a comment here, with a link to your project. Or share it with everyone over on our Facebook Page.

Tuesday Inspiration

Welcome to another Tuesday Inspiration day, here on the Bella blog. Inspiration is all around us, and it's so interesting to see how a group of designers can all start with the same image, and be inspired by it in so many different ways.

{Image Source: Photo Card Boutique}

"Cutie", by Becky Williams.

When I got the assignment to work with this color challenge I knew EXACTLY which picture I would use- this cute one of my baby girl in our funny green wig! What a fun, happy color scheme! I was able to use some older papers with some of the brand new CHA releases to make this page. I used a lot of punched shapes, stickers and handcut elements and amazingly enough didn't use one single strip of paper besides the background, which is so unusual for me but I love the way the page turned out. 

Supplies:
Baby Girl: It's a Girl, Pretty in Pink, Miniatures, Alpha+Bits; Spring Flings and Easter Things: Sunny Sunday, Alpha+Bits; Sunny Happy Skies: Borders N' Blocks, Magic in the Sky; Too Cute to Spook: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Christmas Wishes: Alpha+Bits; Finally Fall: Alpha+Bits; Family Dynamix: Alpha+Bits; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Dot, Pink Stripe; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Orange, Pickle Juice

"Car Twins", by Melissa Stinson.

I love taking inspiration for layouts from color palettes, so I picked papers that coordinated with the juicy pinks, yellows, and greens in the inspiration image. I ended up using a lot of the new Sunshine and Happiness collection in the process. It even has some cute fruit paper and stickers and also fit with the inspiration theme!

Supplies:
Sunshine and Happiness: Journaling Stickers, Miniatures, Alpha+Bits, Cute Cuts, Popsicle Kisses, Play Date, Petal Power; High Five Alpha Stickers: Yellow

"Girls", by Loredana Bucaria.

Hi everyone! How are you? Spring is coming and this photo inspiration is perfect for a spring page! Don't you think? I used it for a very colorful page with a B&W photo. I love this contrast. So a very simple and easy page, but one that was a lot of fun to create. I started from a sketch and I thought I would use lots of different strips of papers to create a background for my picture. Sometimes I love to use the same color embellishments and I am completely crazy for the words and phrases stickers! Simple to add, and cool to have on your page! This is a layout about my sister, Pamela. I love to go out with her, we have such a great time together! So try, it's your time to try a page like this! Have a lot of fun!

Supplies:
Spring Flings & Easter Things: Cute cuts, Alpha+Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Mom's Bouquet, Egg Hunt; Winter Wonder: Icy; Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Peep; Plastino: Bermudas; Baby Blooms a Bella: Azzini; Clear Stamps: Flirty; Family Dynamix: Alpha+Bits

"Thanks" card, by Deanna Misner.

With the weather starting to feel like Spring and this bright color combo as inspiration, I thought I'd make a card featuring some fun spiral flowers. These are super simple to make. In fact, I'd forgotten exactly how to roll them, so I just googled "spiral paper flowers", and found a YouTube tutorial to refresh my memory. If you DO make these flowers though, remember that they probably won't fit in a normal envelope. That's why I made it a "Thanks" card. I'll hand-deliver it or simply slide it into a little present.

Supplies:
Spring Flings and Easter Things: A Tisket A Tasket, Mom's Bouquet, Borders, Alpha+Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sunshine & Happiness: Popsicle Kisses

"Wishing You Sunshine & Happiness" card, by Deanna Misner.

This card's style is a little on the modern/graphic side with more white space than what I normally create. But you know what? It's fun to mix up styles a bit and try something a little different.  I hand-cut the sun from the Cute Cuts paper, then hid it behind the sentiment. I also added a little detail at the bottom with the green buttons. Buttons are such a great way to add visual interest to card, and they're not too bulky either! I absolutely LOVE the new buttons that come in the Button Market!

Supplies:
Sunshine & Happiness: Play Date, Cute Cuts; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Green; Button Market: Green Squares

"Love Pieces Of You" card, by Alice Carman.

I know Valentine’s Day is over, but we can still celebrate love regardless. Today’s card is bright and simple using the miniatures from the Baby Boy collection. The miniatures have a variety of different shapes to play with and add great texture to your project. I love that you can use the greens in the collection and turn it into something totally different. I just love it!

Supplies:
Sunshine Happiness collection: Popsicle Kisses, Miniatures, Play Date; Baby Boy collection: Miniatures; Baby Girl collection: Miniatures

"100% Joy" card, by Alice Carman.

It’s a happy yea so far! We celebrated love, a President’s birthday and leap year. What more can you ask for? It’s a joyous day and what a better way to celebrate than to be joyful of today. Here’s another great use on Bella Blvd’s papers. I’ve mixed up the collections and the simple bright patterns make it so easy to use.

Supplies:
Sunshine Happiness collection: Miniatures, Popsicle Kisses; Baby Boy: Heaven Scent, Wild About You; Baby Girl: Miniatures; Sophisticates collection: Pink-Red High Five Alphabets; Baby Blooms a Bella: Rossini

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We hope you can find some inspiration by this image as well, or even by one of the projects that our designers have shared today. We would also love it, if you shared your inspired-by projects with us. It's always fun for us to see what you're creating! Feel free to leave a comment here, with a link to your project. Or share it with everyone over on our Facebook Page.