Happy Wednesday! Today, we have a few layouts to share with you.
"My Sweet Valentines", by Brook Stewart.
Once Christmas is over, I am already gearing up for Valentine's Day. It's one of my favorite holidays and I love doing layouts about Valentine's! Maybe because red is my favorite color and it gives me an excuse to use pink, even on my boy layouts! ;) I went through my Bella stash looking for some fun reds and pinks, adding in gray, my favorite neutral color. I cut the heart background with my Silhouette and layered from there! The photos are from last year of my boys...those big heart-shaped lollipops kept them still for a long time!
Supplies:
Hello Beautiful: Cute Cuts; Christmas Wishes: Christmas Love; Spring Flings & Easter Things: Egg Hunt Paper; Tail Waggers & Cat Naps: Alpha+Bits, Ciao Chip Icons; Family Dynamics: Alpha+Bits; Sophisticates: Quattrofina Alphas Milk & Oreo, Essentials Chipboard Peep & McIntosh
"Niko Boy", by Laura Vegas.
It's been a while since I've made a boy page. I was really wanting to scrap some fun boy photos, with fun papers in bright, primary colors. I have two daughters, but I'm lucky enough to have lots of daycare boys to take photos of and scrapbook about. For this layout, I used photos of cutie Nikolas. And I had the product covered, with one of my favorite Bella collections, Mr Boy! I love to use pattern paper for the base of my pages, but I don't like to use full sheets, when most of it will be covered up. One of my best paper saving tricks, is to cut four strips of my pattern paper (usually 1 inch wide). I adhere those strips around the outside edge of a sheet of cardstock. It's a great way to use up cardstock colors that you're not fond of anymore. Then I just finish layering the rest of my papers on the page, and you'd never know that wasn't a full sheet of star paper ;)
Supplies:
Mr Boy: Heroes, Follow Me, Dinomite, Alpha+Bits, Chit Chat Ciao Chip, Icons Ciao Chip
"This Moment", by Loredana Bucaria.
Hello everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful new year! This is my first page for Bella for the New Year, and I'm so excited! For this page I wanted to play with papers and embellishments to make a different layout. So the key word for this creation was "Play"! I had a lot of fun! It's so fun to mix up chipboards, pictures and papers! I love it! This is a page for my New York City album! These tones are perfect for what I had in my mind for these photos! What do you think? Sometimes we should dare ourselves to try something different:)
Supplies:
Sophisticates Ciao Chip: Essentials Brownie & Champagne, Essentials Apricot & Banana; Finally Fall: Apple Holler, Cute Cuts; All Inclusive: Bookin On The Beach; Sophisticates: Petite Pieces, Miniatures Stickers; Hello Beautiful: Borders and Blocks; Plastino: Bits A Bella; Man Of The House: Alpha+Bits; Family Dynamix: Alpha+Bits; Clear Stamp: Super Stud
These are all amazing layouts but I just adore the first one! Gorgeous!
Posted by: Tracey | January 11, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Gotta love Wednesdays! Great layouts and inspiration!
Posted by: Sarah Klemish | January 11, 2012 at 01:51 PM
FUN layouts--love them all!
Posted by: Diana Waite | January 11, 2012 at 02:10 PM
Love these LOs ladies! Just saw yours on Peas, Brook...had to Pin it! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | January 11, 2012 at 04:07 PM
Holy cow, Laura! How did I not think of that paper idea! I'm swiping it! Beautiful layouts ladies!
Posted by: Carly | January 11, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Awesome layouts girls!!
Posted by: gretchen | January 12, 2012 at 01:50 PM
Laura, thanks so much for sharing that wonderful idea of how to get more from the patterned paper! Totally perfect!
I love all the LO's and I love that you focus on them every Wednesday! I love Bella so much it's good to see it used to it's full potential, which means a project that will be protected and enjoyed for a lifetime! WTG!
Posted by: Ruth G | January 12, 2012 at 10:03 PM
<3 the layouts; i love the heart punch outs in the a row on the white polka dot gray pattern paper.
Posted by: Mandy Szeto | January 16, 2012 at 03:26 AM
I'm fairly new to Bella Blvd Studio products but I just wanted to tell you I think the new button embellishments are adorable....I LOVE buttons and use them frequently on my layouts and mini-albums.. I'm quickly becoming a big fan of Bella Blvd Studio....
Posted by: Cathy | January 17, 2012 at 06:44 PM