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Sneak Peek Week Is Here

 

Well, we've made it to sneak-peek-week! With each day's peek/reveal we will be giving away some of the NEW products! So be here, because this is the ONLY place where you can win-it-before-you-can-buy-it!

This week we're launching a fun little game. We have 4 new badges, each previewing the 4 new Bella collections. Use the badges on your blogs (put them on your sidebars) or use them as your profile picture on Facebook! Be sure to "Like" us on Facebook and leave us a message on our page, showing your new profile pic! On Friday, we'll announce 4 winners. Each winner will receive one of our newest collections!\

ETA: We heard from some of you that you weren't able to upload these badges to Facebook. We had them sized for blog sidebars, and didn't realize they were too small for Facebook. Below, are the new badges, sized perfectly for Facebook. You can find the badges, sized for blogs, on our sidebar, as of tomorrow. To upload to facebook, simply right click on the badge you like, and save it to your computer. From there, you can load it to other online sites.

 

 

 

 

 

We will see you back here tomorrow, for our first reveal!

On a sidenote, I wanted to officially say a warm "Hello, and thanks for having me here" to all of you. I am so excited to be taking on my new position with Bella Blvd, as the Design Team & Special Projects Coordinator. I have been hard at work for the past month and a half, getting settled into my position. While I have been on design teams for years, working behind the scenes is new to me. So far, I am loving it!

I also took over the blog responsibilities as of last week, with the huge task of putting together the Cricut Design Team-Up week. We have so many great things planned for the next few months, here on the blog, and with our upcoming design team call. Things are definately crazy busy around here, with CHA happenings. But you will start to see some changes happening, with the blog design and content, really soon. So if you stumble upon the blog at some point, and it looks a little different, just know that it will be "under construction", off and on, for the next few weeks.

And I have to also thank Stephanie. For trusting me, and for welcoming me into the Bella Blvd family. I am so happy to be here!  

 

This Week's Happenings + Sneak Peeks

CHA Summer is right around the corner, and everyone at Bella Blvd is crazy busy getting things ready for the show. We cannot wait for you to see the new collections that Stephanie has created for you. We think you're really going to love them.

This week is our offical sneak-peek-week, along with full reveals of the newest collections. You'll get to see the collections and some of the booth samples, before CHA even starts this time around. There will also be some win-it-before-you-can-buy-it giveaways, that you won't want to miss.

Today, I'm sharing a few sneak peeks from my own personal projects. Just to give you a little taste of what's in store for you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's going to be a HUGE week on the Bella Blvd blog, so make sure to keep checking in every day!

 

Giveaway Winners

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

 

The random number generator choose lucky #1.

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

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

 

The random number generator choose lucky #238.

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

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

 

The random number generator choose lucky #179

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

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

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

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

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

Cricut Circle Feature Week: Party Planning & Paper Crafts part 3

 

Tonight, we have an adorable party favor project from Katherine McElvain to share with you. Here's what Katherine had to say about her project.

My daughter Delaney recently celebrated her 8th birthday. With mostly boys coming to the party she chose a camping theme, and dirt cups with gummy worms were on the menu for dessert. With a mixture of Bella products, wood skewers, liquid glue, and the Cricut Freshly Picked cartridge, Delaney was able to help me create a fun treat for her party.

 

We first used the Freshly Picked cartridge in combination with the wood grain pattern on the Borders 'n Blocks paper from Bella's Tail Waggers & Cat Naps collection to make cute little garden stakes. I labeled each with a variety of Quattrofina letter stickers (From the Sophisticates collection) to make a personalized dirt cup for each party-goer.

 

Then we cut out the flowers on the Bella Cute Cuts paper from the Family Dynamics collection, and made additional green foliage and some cute mushrooms using the Freshly Picked Cricut cartridge. We used liquid glue to attach our paper garden pieces, as well as some Blooms a Bella and Baby Blooms a Bella to wood skewers and planted them in our treat mixture to make a mini garden in each cup.

 

Then we placed the cups in a old flower crate and tada... we created a Bella birthday garden treat for the whole gang!

 

And a great memory for the birthday girl!

We hope you have enjoyed our week long event, featuring Cricut products. The designers had a lot of fun working on all these projects, and pairing up their Bella Blvd products, with die-cutting and embossing.

Tomorrow, you will be able to find the first sneak peeks of the of the new releases, on Bella Blvd's Facebook page. Make sure and "like" us, if you're on Facebook. I'm pretty sure that there will be a few peeks here on the blog, later in the day. I think you're really going to love them! We will also be announcing the winners of our two giveaways, from Wednesday night and Friday. If you havn't entered for your chance to win, you'll want to make sure and do that.

Cricut Circle Feature Week: Party Planning & Paper Crafts part 2

 

This afternoon, we have some adorable party decor items, all created using the Cricut Expression machine. When you have scrapbook supplies and tools on hand, it's always so easy to make your own personal decor items, to fit the theme of your party.

 

"Happy Birthday" banner, by Allyson Meinholz. Allyson was created projects, around a bumble bee themed birthday party. She used her Cricut Expression machine, to die cut all the pieces for this adorable "Happy Birthday" banner. How cute would this be hanging up at the party?

 

Allyson used pattern papers from Bella's Sophisticates collection.

 

 

Allyson also added some Bella's Baby Bloom-A-Bella flowers, to a few of her banner pieces.

 

 

 

 

"Queen Bee" layout, by Allyson Meinholz. Allyson made a layout of her birthday girl, that matches her party theme perfectly.

 

 

Bumble Bee card, by Allyson Meinholz. Allyson's bumble bee card would be perfect to hand out as "Thank You" cards.

Check back this evening, for some more partly planning ideas. We'll be sharing a fun party favor idea.

Cricut Circle Feature Week: Party Planning & Paper Crafts part 1

 

Today is our last day of our week long feature, for the Cricut Circle team-up. We have three posts for you today, so keep checking back in. Today, we're going to be sharing lots of ideas, all centered around party planning. And all of these projects were made, using the Cricut Expression machine and various cartridges.

 

Hair Accessory Organizer, by Beth Gerlach. Beth recycled some empty bottles and their cardboard holder, to create this fun hair accessory organizer. Each of the jars is just the perfect size to hold ponytail holders, headbands and clips.

 

Beth used the Forever Young cartridge for this project, along with pattern papers from Bella's Hello Beautiful collection, and the Socialite collection. 

 

 

"L is for Lady" party decor, by Beth Gerlach. Beth used Bella's Socialite collection to create this cute little hanging decor.

 

I love the little layered butterflies.

 

Birdie Card/Invite, by Wendy Wagner. Wendy used the Florals Embellished cartridge to create this colorful card, along with pattern papers from Bella's Sophisticates collection.

 

We'll see you back here in a few hours, for more party planning ideas. Don't forget, we have two fabulous giveaways going on, that you can still get in on, if you havn't already. We'll be announcing our winners on Sunday, when we will also be sharing sneak peek of the new releases.

Cricut Circle Feature Week: Layouts and a *GIVEAWAY*

 

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

 

"Summer Vacation" layout, by Sheri Feypel.

 

 

"My Girl Sunny" layout, by Morgan Bandkowski.

 

 

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

 

 

"Grow" layout, by Allyson Meinholz.

 

 

"Grass Snake" layout, by Allyson Meinholz.

 

"Gimme Smore" layout, by Beth Gerlach.

 

"Bingo Song" layout, by Wendy Wagner.

 

And now our second giveaway of the week.

 

It includes some cartridges for the Cricut.

 

And a few more cartridges for the Cricut.

 

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

Retail value is close to $600 total!!!

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

Cricut Circle Feature Week: Cards part 2

 

Are you all ready for more card inspiration from our fabulous designers? Let's get right to it!

 

"Join Us" card, by Allyson Meinhotz. Allyson's die cut watermelon is just the cutest thing, on this invite card. I love the little pink cheeks that she added, using Bella's Sophisticates pattern paper.

 

"Have A Blast" card, by Gail Hoecker. Gailed used the Seeing Spots embossing folder, to emboss the blue cardstock. Pattern paper and stickers from Bella's Mr Boy collection worked perfectly for this adorable little boy card.

 

Owl card, by Katherine McElvain. Katherine used the Number Collage embossing folder on the white cardstock background for her card.

 

Love the little paper pieced birdie, holding the creative balloon.

 

"You're Super Cool" card, by Sheri Feypel. Sheri created another super cute boy card, using Bella's Mr Boy collection.

 

"Sweetheart" card, by Sheri Feypel. Sheri used the Victoria embossing folder, to emboss the white cardstock. The pattern papers from Bella's Lovey Dovey collection are a great match for this sweetheart card.

 

Remember, we still have our giveaway from yesterday open, for those of you that havn't had a chance to leave your comment yet.

And make sure and visit us tomorrow. We will only be having one post, but it's a biggie. TONS of layouts. And the BIGGEST giveaway (yes, bigger than yesterday's), that you will not want to miss.

Big Picture Scrapbooking - Guest Blogger

Ciao Bella's! It's Stephanie here. I wanted to jump on the blog today, in between our regularly scheduled posts, to share something pretty cool with you. Bella Blvd is one of the proud sponsors over at Big Picture Scrapbooking this month.

 

I was so honored when they asked me to come on over and be a guest blogger.

 

I created a monochromatic layout challenge with handmade elements and lots of layering, and there's even a giveaway too! You can read all about it on the Big Picture Scrapbooking blog.

 

Also be sure and check out Bella's Facebook page, which is where the giveaway will take place. We would love for our readers to get in on a chance to win!

 

Cricut Circle Feature Week: Cards part 1

 

I think we're already reaching a record, for the number of projects shared in one week. And it's only Thursday. We have more coming, on both Friday and Saturday. The designers had so much fun using their Cricut products, that we ended up with tons and tons of projects to share with you. Today is all about cards. And each of the cards featured this morning, were created with the help of the Cuttlebug machine.

 

Flower card, by Wendy Wagner. Wendy used a fun mix of colorful flowers to create this simple card. She used three of the chipboard flowers from Bella's Sophisticates collection, and one of Bella's Baby Blooms-A-Bella flowers.

 

Wendy used the Houndstooth embossing folder, to add some interest to her card base. After embossing the front of her card, she lightly went over the raised parts with some distressing ink, and then aslo inked the edges of her card.

 

"Thank You" card, by Sheri Feypel. Sheri used the Polka Dots embossing folder for her card base. I love the look of the embossed dots on white cardstock. It's so simple and timeless.

 

Sheri also used the Rose/Carnation quilling kit to create this fabulous flower from some pink pattern paper from Bella's Sophisticates collection. Aren't all those layers just gorgeous? Her leaves for the flower, were also created with this same quilling kit.

 

"Thank You" tag, by Morgan Bandkowski. Morgan created this fun little "Thank You" tag, using the Chyrsanthemum quilling kit. Another gorgeous flower, in pink, that has lots of dimension to it. Morgan also used pattern paper and letter stickers from Bella's Sophisticates collection.

 

"Life Is Good", by Morgan Bandkowski. Morgan used the Victoria embossing folder, to emboss the kraft cardstock piece, before wrapping some thread around it. She choose a warm yellow and brown color scheme, using a yellow pattern paper from Bella's Sophisticates collection. She also took apart a Bella-A-Bloom flower, and used a few of the layers to tuck behind the kraft piece, before adding her sticker sentiment.

 

"You Did It" card, by Morgan Bandkowski. Morgan used the Fanciful Labels embossing plus plates, to create the label for her sentiment. She added interest to it, using some distressing ink after she embossed and cut it.The "Make Everyday Memorable" piece, is from Bella's Sophisticates collection, Tall Tags paper. and I really like how the folded back petals on the Bella's Baby Blooms-A-Bella flowers looks. 

 

"Life Is Wonderful", by Morgan Bandkowski. Morgan used the Iron Works Borders embossing folder, to emboss the scroll design on the sides of her card. The "Life is Wonderful" piece, is from the Bella's Sophisticates collection, Tall Tags paper.

 

Check back this afternoon, for lots more card inspiration!