This week is our 2011-2012 Design Team's last week here on the Bella blog. But before saying our final goodbye, we still have a ton of projects from these designers to share with you. Yesterday was all about the Birthday Boy collection, and today we're focusing on the Birthday Girl collection.
"Happy B-Day", by Laura Vegas.
When I was choosing a few pieces from the Chipboard Icons to use on this layout of my daughter's 10th birthday, there were a few banner pieces that I decided to use. I thought it would be fun to create an entire banner border across my page. I used a mix of chipboard pieces, stickers, and patterned paper, adding a few embellishments to either side of the banner border. Hard to believe I was so shocked at Alyssa turning 10 years old in these photos ... seeing as how she's turning the big 16 this week!
Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles Of Smiles, Party Dress, Dancing Queen, Sugar Rush, Celebrate, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch; Designer Tape: Gulf Dot, Punch Chevron; Flags: Birthday Girl 2; Button Market: Purple Flowers, Hot Pink Flowers; Crochet Flowers: Poppy
"Birthday Wishes" card, by Laura Vegas.
If it's one type of card that I always need, it's birthday cards. The new birthday collections are great for whipping up tons of cards, so that you always have them on hand. I just picked a single chipboard piece, a couple pieces of patterned paper, some designer tape, and a few stickers, and before I knew it, I had a fun little card.
Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles Of Smiles, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tape: Gulf Dot
Covered Candy Treats, by Laura Vegas.
A popular and easy favor to hand out at birthday parties is candy. But it's even more fun if you make that candy look super cute, using your scrapbook supplies. For this jar of candy treats, I actually covered packs of bubble gum (I couldn't risk shipping chocolate to CHA in the summertime).
I measured the packs of gum, and cut pieces of patterned paper to wrap around them. Then I cut thinner strips of paper to wrap around the center of each pack of gum. I added a small strip of designer tape across the top of the pack, and then finished them off with a punched circle of patterned paper, buttons, and crochet flowers.
I also created this simple marker to stick into the jar, so that everyone knew what was inside.
Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles Of Smiles, Party Dress, Dancing Queen, Sugar Rush, Celebrate, Borders; Designer Tape: Gulf Dot, Yellow Chevron, Punch Chevron, Pickle Juice Dot; Crochet Flowers: Poppy, Daisies; Button Market: Checkers
"Happy Birthday to You" card, by Gretchen McElveen.
Chevrons seem to be all the rage these days! And I love the yellow chevron patterned paper in the Birthday Girl line! I used it as the background paper for this fun birthday card. Then I added chipboard, buttons, flags, and the sentiment (cut from the Borders sheet) to complete the card. Fun! Thanks for looking!
Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Sugar Rush, Cute Cuts, Miles of Smiles, Celebrate, Chipboard Icons, Borders, Flags 2; Button Market: Purple Flowers
"Birthday Girl" card, by Gretchen McElveen.
I did a little paper-cutting on this card! The presents on the left side were cut out of the Cute Cuts sheet. I adhered them with foam adhesive so that they hang off the left edge of the card. Then over on the right side to compliment those presents, I added another present but this one is chipboard from the Birthday Girl Chipboard Icons. Using the Borders sheet, I added a sentiment to the inside of the card also. Thanks for looking!
Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Borders, Cute Cuts, Celebrate, Chipboard Icons, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers
"Birthday Girl" card, by Allyson Meinholz.
For this card I used Miles of Smiles as my base and then added border strips as the background, with a popped circle, chipboard icon cake, a flag and cut out a flower with a button to add dimension.
Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Icons; Flags: Birthday 2; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers
“Birthday Girl”, by Wendy Wagner.
Enjoyed using this line with these photos of Annalise on her 4th birthday. I loved layering the papers, inking and stickles!! Between the glitz and sparkles and layering I think this layout turned out super fun!!!
Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Dancing Queen, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Birthday Girl Flags 1; Button Market: Fruit Punch, Outdoors; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red Alphabets
“Happy Birthday” card, by Wendy Wagner.
Fun little birthday card to hand out to someone special!! Lots of ink & glitz. I used the inside of the flat letters off the Alpha+Bitz Stickers for the 'inside' of the Ciao Chip letters!
Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Miles of Smiles, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Birthday Girl Flags 1; Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas: Orange, Pickle Juice, Saltwater
These are all FABULOUS!!! I loveeeeeeeee the title work and layered banners on Laura's first lo!!!! GORGEOUS work!!!!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | September 25, 2012 at 08:19 AM
oh.my.goodness. what creativity for a Tuesday morning. I adore your work Laura and I am so loving the covered candy gum. I see many ideas for this in the future with daughter's dance group- thanks for the inspiration, ONCE AGAIN!
Posted by: Janet | September 25, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Such a beautiful and fun collection! All these projects are gorgeous and so inspiring!!
Posted by: Lisa C. | September 25, 2012 at 01:17 PM
These projects are sooooooo cute everyone! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | September 25, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Awesome Birthday girl projects! I especially love Laura's page with all the pennants going across the bottom - totally cute - I am So lifting it. ;)
Thanks for sharing these projects with us!
Posted by: Cynthia B. | September 26, 2012 at 12:19 AM