Bella Blvd Studio Blog: On-Going Guest Designers: Carina Lindholm & Wendy Bretz

Back in September, when we were choosing our new Design Team, we had a group of talented designers that we just couldn't pass up. So we added a special team of On-going Guest Designers, that will joining us here on the blog throughout the year, along with the rest of our Design Team. Each month, we will feature two of these designers, which means they'll each be joining us three times over the next year. I'm excited to introduce you to our second set of fabulous designers, Carina Lindholm and Wendy Bretz.

Hello everyone! I’m Carina Lindholm. I live in a small town in the middle of Sweden with my husband Per and our three children Marcus (8), Filip (6) & Alva (5). I’m a stay at home mom, but I sometimes work extra in a scrapbook store. I consider myself both a scrapbooker and a card maker and my style is playful and I like to use lots of color on my projects. When I’m not paper crafting I love to sew, read and spend time with my family.

{To learn more about Carina, and see her work, check out her blog HERE}

“How To Build A Snowman”, by Carina Lindholm.

When I first saw the cute snowman stickers I knew I wanted to create a layout using this photo of my youngest son. He looks so happy hugging the snowman he just helped to built.

I love all the fun stickers that go with this collection, they really gives your projects that extra something. I adhered the circle stickers using foam tape so that they would pop of the page. And these tiny word stickers are just the best. I used quite a few to really give my layout a winter feeling.

Supplies:
Winter wonder: Ski slopes, Toasty, Alpha+Bits stickers, Just write journaling stickers

“Frosty Friends” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I really love the colors on this card yellow, red & teal. These colors and the cute snowmen can bright up anyone’s day. I added some glitter to give the snowmen some extra sparkle.

Supplies:
Winter wonder: Icy, borders, Miniatures stickers

“Winter Wonder” card, by Carina Lindholm.

I cut out three trees from the Cute Cuts sheet of patterned paper. I also painted two pieces of white cardstock using snow paint. I adhered the snow cardstock pieces and the trees to the card using foam tape, to create a winter wonderland.

Supplies:
Winter wonder: Cute cuts, Toasty, Alpha+Bits stickers

“Winter” card, Carina Lindholm.

I cut out the skates from the Cute Cuts sheet of patterned paper and hung them over the green paper. I love to give my projects some dimension so I adhered the skates and the sticker photo corner to the card using foam tape.

Supplies:
Winter wonder: Ski slopes, Blizzard, Borders, Cute cuts, Alpha+Bits stickers.

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My name is Wendy Bretz and I currently live in a small town located in Western New York, along Lake Erie. I am a full-time working mother to an adorable, energetic little girl named Hannah. I started scrapbooking about 8 years ago when Hannah was born. She was a true gift from God and she has changed my life in so many ways that I can't even begin to describe. My style of scrapbooking is very clean, simple and graphic. Since I began scrapbooking I have met some incredible people who have guided, encouraged and taught me a lot throughout the past eight years. I look forward everyday to talking with friends I have met and creating new designs for layouts my daughter can one day admire.

{To learn more about Wendy, and see her work, check out her blog HERE}

"Our Tree", by Wendy Bretz.

Christmas is my absolute favorite Holiday to scrap and Bella's Winter Wonder line couldn't be any more perfect for my layouts for this time of year. Along with this line, I was able to incorporate two of their other lines in my layout to create the perfect page about our Christmas Tree for Hannah's album.

As always, I started by printing my journaling out on a piece of white cardstock. I kept it simple and created triangle trees using patterned paper. I aligned them along each side of my journaling, added my title, a chipboard elements and photos to finish.

Supplies:
Winter Wonder: Toasty; Finally Fall: Bliss; Making The Team: Alpha+Bits

"Always", by Wendy Bretz.

Simple, graphic, tiny photo and circles … four things that represent my scrapping style! For this layout I decided to stay true to my scrapping style and create a layout that draws your eyes not only into the title/message of my layout but also towards my photo.

Using the words in the Tall Tag as my message, I added my title above and below, splitting the word in half. The red letter stickers stand out and draw you into the words in the Tall Tag. I created four small, white, open circles using a punch and adhered them across my layout. I then added a strip of words from the patterned paper across the circles and placed my photo to finish. Once again, the circles and word strip draws your eyes to my photo.

Supples:
Sophisticates: Quattrofina Peep & Saffron, Tall Tags; Family Dinamix: Words of Wisdom