Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Saturday Sketches On Friday

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 first sketch for June, courtesy of Becky Fleck. We are thrilled that Becky has agreed to design exclusive sketches, just for Bella!

“Instagram Garden”, by Melissa Stinson.

I love that Becky's awesome sketch uses square photos since I have a lot of Instagram photos on my phone that I've been wanting to scrapbook! For this layout I really mixed up the Bella Blvd collections- some older and lots of new- to pull together the color palette that I wanted.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Sprinkles and Lace Brownie; Estate Sale: Linens; Winter Wonder: Toasty; Baby Girl: Daddy's Girl; Sunshine & Happiness: Sunny Side Up, Popsicle Kisses, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Super Stud: Label Additions; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphabet: Orange; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Green; Flags: Summer, Camping; Button Market: Wood Mix

“Twin Sisters”, by Megan Klauer.

The sketch was a fun starting point for my layout, although I used it pretty loosely. Instead of the squares I punched circles from the Pretty in Pink - Baby Girl paper. The new Baby Girl line mixed perfectly with the Family Dynamix collection for a fun girly layout about my twin nieces.

Supplies:
Baby Girl: Baby Cakes, Daddy's Girl, Pretty in Pink, Snuggly Safari; Family Dynamix: Just Write Journaling Stickers, Icons Chipboard, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Text; Flags: Girl; High Five Alphabets: Black-White; Crochet Flowers: Poppy

“Smile”, by Loredana Bucaria.

Hi everyone! This sketch is really lovely! I adore this page and it's perfect for the 8.5 x 11” page size as well. I think that sketches really help to create, to be not confuse about where and what you want to use. They help me so much. This is a page dedicated to one of my friends and about how much we laugh and smile together. I love the white background in this layout, because it allows to play with many different colors.

Supplies:
Flags: Bugs, Text Me; Estate Sale: Nana's Apron, Coin Purse, Bella Blurbs, Hat Box, Linens, Bits a Bella; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Pink-Red; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia

"Tweet Heart", by Wendy Wagner.

I love getting a sketch layout project! I have no problem sticking to the sketch completely. This time, I decided to play around a bit, and I think adding some pictures to the bottom squares gave it a fun twist! I inked the edges of everything and used some stickles and pop dots. For me, this layout is rather simple. I didn't bling it up nearly as much as I usually do!! But I think it is perfect with all the patterns going on! My little lady from 2008.....she loved her birdie shirt! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Lovey Dovey: Sweetheart, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Baby Girl: It's a Girl; Sunshine & Happiness: Petal Power, Play Date, Juicy Good Time, Popsicle Kisses, Cute Cuts; Flags: Girl, Floral; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Pink-Red, Blue

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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.