Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Bella's 4th Birthday Celebration Week: Everyday Layouts

Welcome back to day three of our Birthday Celebration Week, in honor of Bella's 4th birthday, happening this week. So far, we have shared birthday cards and birthday layouts. However, the new Birthday Boy and Birthday Girl collections aren't just for birthday themed projects. So today we are sharing everyday layouts, that show just how versital these two collections are!

"Happy Feet", by Katherine McElvain.

So first of all, let me say, I love this photo of my daughter and her friend (or should I say this photo of their little feet) and therefore had to use it for a layout. And let me also say, I must like taking photos of feet. Not too long ago I put together another Bella layout using the Making the Team collection (seen HERE), that also featured a photo of feet. A little bit of self discovery while scrapbooking I guess. But enough about feet, let’s talk about the new and wonderful Birthday Boy and Birthday Girl collections by Bella Blvd. The thing I like most about these two collections is how easily they can be intermingled and used for so many different occasions.

On this layout I used a mix of pattern paper, stickers, and chipboard from both the Boy and Girl collections. So I had to think, should I use the yellow “birthday memories” tag from the Girl collection, or the turquoise one from Birthday Boy...turquoise won out this time. Should I use the green grid paper form the Boy collection or the green dot paper form the Birthday Girl...decided I needed both. Making those choices tends to slow down the creative process, but it is so much fun to play! I highly suggest that you grab all the goodies from both collections and have some fun yourself!

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Chipboard Icons, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Dancing Queen, Cute Cuts, Party Dress, Borders; Birthday Boy: Just Write Journaling Stickers, Eat Cake; Spring Flings and Easter Things: Miniatures; Flags: Bugs; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers, Text, Pink Flowers, Aqua Flowers, Neutrals Mix, Masculine Mix, Pickle Squares

"Smile", by Megan Klauer.

I used the Birthday Boy Collection on my page to show that it can be used for occasions beyond the typical Birthday theme. I trimmed the star from the birthday candle on the Chipboards Icons sheet & combined it with a few punched stars as well as the large orange star from the Ciao Chip Elements Stars & Hearts sheet.

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Toadilly Cool, About A Boy, Eat Cake, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Button Market: Orange Stars; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Sophisticates: Miniature Stickers Family

"So Very Happy", by Becky Williams.

One of my favorite part about Bella Blvd themed collections is that while there are lots of cute birthday papers, there are also other patterned papers in the collection that work for everyday pages. Here I used some for a summer page about my oldest daughter, using a card from the Cute Cuts page to go with my page title. I added a mix of Designer Tapes (which I love and hope that Stephanie keeps adding more to the product line-up) and a mix of alphas to help my title stand out.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Cute Cuts, Celebrate, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Designer Tape: Orange Stripe, Punch Chevron, Gulf Dot, Jailbird, Yellow Chevron; High Five Alphabets: Blue, Green, Pink-Red

“Fun in the Mud”, by Brook Stewart.

I love that a lot of the patterns in the new Birthday Boy Collection are so versatile that you can use them for so many other projects besides just birthdays! The masculine colors went perfectly with these photos of my little guy playing in mud. With 2 boys, I can see I’ll be using this line for so many things!

Supplies:
Birthday Boy: Streamers, Toadilly Cool, About a Boy, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons; Button Market: Orange Stars; Designer Tapes: Pickle Juice Chevron; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony; High Five Alpha Stickers: Yellow

“Happy Girl”, by Megan Klauer.

My favorite part of this layout has to be the Designer Tapes. The new Punch Chevron that coordinates with the Birthday Girl line is the perfect "pop" on any project. Use them to frame a photo, a pattern paper, or to simple anchor a focal piece like the "be so happy" piece from the Cute Cuts paper.

Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Sugar Rush, Miles of Smiles, Cute Cuts, Party Dress, Dancing Queen, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Punch; Designer Tapes: Punch Chevron, Gulf Dot, Yellow Chevron, Piggy Pink Stripe; Button Market: Fruit Punch; Crochet Flowers: Daisies