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Step-By-Step Monthly Project Sheet: Winter Wonder

Looking for fresh ideas and new inspiration using Bella Blvd products? Want to learn how to mix and match Bella products and create cute layouts? Stuck on a project and need some help? Want to teach a Bella Blvd workshop at your LSS? Or, do you own a LSS and need a sample idea to hang next to our products? If you've said yes to ANY of the above--you're going to love this!

You can download our Winter Wonder project sheet HERE.  

Bella Blvd has launched a new monthly feature to help you get inspired and keep you scrappin'. I have been designing a fresh never-featured-before project along with step-by-step directions for you to use, EVERY MONTH! Complete with a list of tools, supplies and Bella products needed, it couldn't get any easier! So dive into your stash today, or check out the online store links (on the sidebar) and pick up your supplies today! You'll get more pages completed with our help! Use us ... that's what we're here for!!!

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We recently added all of our project sheets into a gallery on the sidebar, for easy reference. There are now 17 step-by-step project sheets, all available for you to download, save, or print out. Just look for the image above on the right sidebar, and each project sheet image will have a link to the downloadable version. You can also find our previous project sheets by simply clicking on "Project Sheets" in the "Category" section on the left sidebar. That will bring up any post where we have shared project sheets.

Endless Inspiration: Sand & Surf

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

“Vacation”, by Diane Payne.

When I saw the adorable sand castle pieces in the Sand & Surf collection I knew it would be perfect to document the photo of my son making sand turtles on our trip to Maui.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Beach Balls, Surfs Up, GPS, Borders, Cute Cuts, Flying High, Miniatures stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Stripe, Polka Dot Combo; Button Market: Red Flowers, Fruit Punch; Flags: Sand & Surf

“Pool Side”, by Sheri Feypel.

This layout is one of my favorites that I created for CHA! I love the new Sand & Surf collection. The colors are vibrant and playful and pair perfectly with my silly Instagram photo of my son and his friend being funny at the pool. And who knew Feathers would be so fun to add to a project, new obsession coming on, maybe? I'll keep you posted on that. I had a lot of fun adding layers of Designer Tape, Chipboard and stickers to this layout. I added a little banner in the top corner using Chipboard and Miniature Stickers to sort of mock a clothes line. A little side note, I attached my feathers with a few glue dots in case you are wondering how you were going to attach them to your projects cause I was wondering the same :)

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Flying High, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons, Miniature Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pickle Juice; Designer Tape: Blue Chevron, Orange Dot, Punch Chevron; Feathers: Orange, Gulf; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Punch

“Up And Away”, by Katherine McElvain.

I have been wanting to scrapbook this picture of my daughter's first time getting up on water skies for a while now, and the Sand and Surf line with its colors and arrows was the perfect fit. I wanted the layout to be mostly neutral. with a pop of color to coordinate with the color photo. I added the pink arrow strip and the yellow suns from the borders paper, and some Mcintosh feathers to pick up the color of her life jacket. After I had the layout all put together I realized I didn't have room for journaling, so I wrote the story of the day on one of the black and white photos. And I kept the embellishments simple by adding some clouds and tape.

Supplies:
Sun & Surf: GPS, Borders, Cute Cuts, Surfs Up, Chipboard Icons; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Saltwater; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony; Designer Tape: Ice Stripe; Feathers: McIntosh, Saltwater

"Great Friends" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

Don't you just love all the fun, bright colors in this line!? And I love the flowers in this line too! The biggest flower in the middle is from the sheet of "Just Write Journaling Stickers". I also cut a couple flowers from the "Cute Cuts" sheet. I used a lot of foam adhesive on this card to add some dimension to the flowers and the centers of the flowers. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Borders, Cute Cuts, Paradise, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures Stickers

“Wish You Were Here” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I love to create scenes using Bella patterned paper! Here, I created a beach scene using many different Sand & Surf papers. The flower, sentiment, and arrow are all stamped images form the new Sand & Surf Cling stamp set.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Under the Coconuts, Beach Balls, GPS, Flying High, Surfs Up, Paradise, Miniatures, Cling Stamp Set; Button Market: Orange Stars

“Go See Do” mini albums, by Malika Kelly.

I wanted to make a mini album using the new Sand & Surf collection to hold our beach holiday pictures. To hold the album together, I used Bella's Designer Tapes and then machine stitched on top to be sure that the tape would stay held down. I absolutely loved the look of the bright colored tapes as the binding, but found that I couldn't add too many bulky embellishments. Instead of lots of chipboard and buttons, I embellished with Designer Tapes to make a pocket, hold pictures down, make banners tabs and borders. I was still able to add the odd chipboard pieces without the mini album getting too big. I love the end result and encourage you to try binding something with Bella's Designer Tapes!

 

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Paradise, Surf's Up, Under the Coconuts, Flying High, Beach Balls, GPS, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures, Chipboard Icons; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle McIntosh; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry,Pickle Juice, Punch; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf, Piggy-Punch, Brown-Cream; Designer Tape: Hot Pink Dot Tape, Yellow Chevron, Teal Stripe, Pickle Juice Chevron, Pony Dot, Chevron Combo; Flags: Sand & Surf; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia; Crochet Hearts: Saltwater

Endless Inspiration: Love And Marriage

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

“Wedding Day”, by Megan Klauer.

I love the black Feathers as well as the bits of black that is sprinkled into the Love & Marriage line. It's a great way to let the "boys of the big day" shine as well as adds the perfect pop against the soft yet dreamy colors. 

Supplies: 
Love And Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, Esther Fleming Floral, Cute Cuts, Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Wedding Day Miniatures, The Wedding Party Miniatures, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tapes: Gray Chevron, Chevron Combo Pack; Feathers: Oreo-Black

 

“We Said I Do”, by Laura Vegas.

I love the softer colors in the Love And Marriage collection, and they paired up so nicely with these photos from my cousins wedding. I adhered the chipboard chapel directly over the chapel on the Cute Cut card, and tucked a few light pink feathers under the card.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Vows, Cake Tasting, Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron; Flags: Love & Marriage; Feathers: Frosting; Button Market: Pink Flowers

“Best Friend”, by Diane Payne.

The soft color of the woodgrain paper makes the perfect background for outdoor wedding photos. It is a great backdrop for the color palette of the rest of the collection and paired with the new feathers it is a winning combination for all my wedding photos.

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Vows, Smokeys in Love, Esther Fleming Floral, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Wedding Day Miniatures Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy Punch, Gulf, Yellow; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron, Gray Chevron; Button Market: Aqua Flowers; Flags: Love & Marriage; Feathers: White

“Bride And Groom”, by Jennifer Chapin.

My sister got married this past year and instead of a limo, we rode on a hayrack from the church to the reception! I got some great photos I wanted to scrap. I printed my photos at 3.5”x5” to give more room on my page for the fabulous embellishments in the Love and Marriage collection.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Smokeys in Love, Borders, Turner Hall Ballroom, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Wedding Chipboard Icons; Engaged At Last: He Proposed; Designer Tape: Cotton Candy Chevron, Combo; Buttons: Fruit Punch, Stars; Flags: Love & Marriage

"Me & You", by Jenny Evans.

When we were at the photographer's studio, going through our wedding photos, everyone came to a quiet sigh when this photo went up on the large screen. I think there are just some moments that deserve to be showcased, and am so thankful that they were able to capture that moment in photo! It is a favorite by everyone, even strangers, and I am so glad I got to scrap it using the gorgeous Love and Marriage collection.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Vows, Smokeys In Love, Cake Tasting, Esther Fleming Floral, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, The Wedding Party Miniatures, Love and Marriage Chipboard Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting; Designer Tape: 12mm Combo Pack; Flags: Love and Marriage

“He & She” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I love how Bella has combined fun & trendy with classy and elegant in the new Love & Marriage Collection! For my card, I used a Journaling Sticker as the focal point of my card. The stamped sentiment is from the new Love & Marriage Cling stamp set and the Bell Pepper Feather adds just the right amount of color!

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Cling Stamp Set; Feathers: Bell Pepper

“Happy Couple” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

As a stamper at heart, I get so excited when there are stamp sets that match the paper that I love! The new Love & Marriage Cling stamp set is perfect for weddings, engagements, and anniversaries. I chose some soft Love & Marriage patterned papers to compliment the stamped images. I embellished the card with a paper flower and a new Love & Marriage Flag.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Cake Frosting, Turner Hall Ballroom, Cling Stamps; Flags: Love & Marriage

Endless Inspiration: Engaged At Last

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

“Save The Date”, by Megan Klauer.

They can't say enough how excited I am about the chipboard photo frames. I'm going to need BUNCHES of these! They are so versatile and would be perfect for instagram photos!

 

Supplies: 
Engaged at Last: He Proposed, Bachelorette Party, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Bachelor/ette Chipboard Icons, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Miniatures; Flags: Engagement; Designer Tapes: Chevron Combo Pack, Gray Dot, Pickle Juice Stripe; Freestyle Sophisticates: Cotton Candy, Gulf

 

"We Are Engaged", by Jenny Evans.

This collection is so versatile between all the different purposes it was created for! I love that I was able to use some of the Bachelor and Bachelorette pieces on my engaged layout! The combination of all the different patterns made a wonderful background for my photo and embellishments. And, let me just say how easy it is to embellish with this collection! I just love it!

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: He Proposed!, Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Extras, Bachelor Party, Bachelor Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tape: Chevron Combo Pack; Button Market: Pink Flowers

 

“Showered With Love”, by Jennifer Chapin.

Engaged at Last is such a great collection to document a bridal shower with! For this page, I printed my photos smaller so I could include more on the page. Embellished with hearts and flowers this layout captures the feeling of my sister’s shower perfectly.

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: He Proposed, Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Love And Marriage: Esther Fleming Floral, Wedding Day Miniatures, The Wedding Party Miniatures, Chipboard Icons; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; High Five Alphabet Stickers: Piggy Punch, Pink-Red; Designer Tape: Combo; Flags: Wedding Shower

“Bachelorette Party”, by Jennifer Chapin.

I cannot get enough of the bachelorette themed papers and embellishments in this line! The color combinations were perfect for documenting my sister’s bachelorette party from earlier this year. I loved adding pops of pink and orange to this page along with the black to really make the colors pop.

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Bachelor Extras, Bachelorette Extras, Bachelorette Party, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers, Bachelorette Chipboard Icons; Love And Marriage: Wedding Party Miniatures Stickers; Designer Tape: Combo, Pickle Juice Stripe, Gray Dot, Cotton Candy Chevron; Buttons: Fruit Punch, Text

“April’s Bachelorette Party”, by Laura Vegas.

The new Engaged At Last collection is perfect for all kinds of layouts. I love that there's a large focus on the bachelor and bachelorette parties, since you just don't find those types of products very often in the scrapbook industry. I really love the black elements sprinkled throughout the collection, as it really adds a nice contrast against the other bright and fun colors.

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: He Proposed, Bachelorette Party, Bachelorette Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Bachelor-ette Chipboard Icons; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop, Freestyle Cotton Candy; Designer Tapes: Grey Dot, Yellow Chevron; Flags: Bachelorette; Feathers: Bell Pepper, Oreo Black; Button Market: Text, Blues; Crochet Hearts: Scallop

“You And Me”, by Malika Kelly.

I had a lot of fun creating this layout. I started with 8 large circles cut out on the lower half of my layout. After finding the right placement for my pictures, I used each circle as a little place to house embellishments. I backed each cut out circle with different patterned paper and then stacked the details on top. I love the new feathers to tuck behind the corner of a picture or to pair up with other cute embellishments!

 

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Bachelor Party, Bachelorette Party, Bachelor Extras, He Proposed, Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures, Engagement Chipboard Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Sienna Pony; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White High Fives; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers, Pink Flowers; Flags: Engagement, Bachelor; Crochet Hearts: Saltwater Hearts; Feathers: Cream, Carnation

 

“Congrats” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

For my card, I created a gate fold card with a heart cut out using the new Bachelorette Party paper for the background. For embellishment, I added an Engagement Chipboard piece, combined with a Just Write Journaling Sticker. The “Congrats” sentiment is from the new Engaged At Last Miniatures cardstock stickers. I also added a Cotton Candy Crochet Heart. I love those crochet hearts!

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Bachelorette Party, He Proposed, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures, Engagement Chipboard Icons; Crochet Hearts: Cotton Candy Crochet Heart; Button Market: Stars

 

"Save the Date" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I got a little sticker crazy with this one! But it was hard to resist! Not only is this line great for scrapping the engagement details, bridal showers, and the bachelor/bachelorette parties, but it can also be used to make "save the date" cards! Thanks for looking!

 

Supplies:
Engaged at Last: He Proposed, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Engagement Flags, Miniatures Stickers

 

"Bachelorette Party" card, by Jenny Evans.

For this card, I really wanted to showcase the bachelorette portion of the Engaged At Last collection. I started with the bachelorette journaling sticker, and layered it up with the super fun cute-cut, button, and flag. I adhered that over one of the amazing, new Bella feathers, which are perfect for any bachelorette project! A fun, festive card in one of my favorite color combinations!

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Bachelorette Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Button Market: Red Flowers; Flags: Bachelorette; Feathers: Frosting

Endless Inspiration: Sand & Surf Altered Projects

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

Beach Party Set, by Jennifer Edwardson.

Summer BBQ's are huge for us as we live in a beach side community. Whether it's a backyard beach themed get together or a picnic on the beach, Sand & Surf is the perfect collection for party EVERYTHING. Invitations, favors, menus, table décor, pretty straw embellishments and my personal fave, wine charms.

I started with these 2 wicker pieces that I found at a local discount store. As cute as the table caddy was I wanted to really dress it up so it could be a permanent part of the summer table décor. 

To start, I added knots to my twine every couple of inches and then added a wooden button as I wove it throughout the base of the caddy. Once I had it all the way around I tucked mini glue dots behind each button to make it stay exactly where I wanted it.

 

I folded the new Hot Pink Dot Designer Tape in half lengthwise and wove it in and out of the wicker just below the twine all the way around. I created a 'title' piece using patterned paper, Just Write Journaling Stickers and more designer tape. I am LOVING the new feathers, so I added a couple in behind my layered flower and tucked a flag in the center with a button & twine bow too.

I am so happy with how the straws came together. I cut strips of patterned paper approx. 1 1/4" wide by 3", sanded the edges and used the largest circle on my Crop A Dile to punch holes in the top and bottom to slide them over the straw. I used stickers, Cute Cuts and Designer Tape to create fun embellishments on the paper slides. Stick them in the kids drinks and they know who's is who's.

The coordinating napkin holder was cute but it had some funny bits of wicker tied to the center of it so I laminated a large flower sticker, punched 2 tiny holes in the center, wrapped twine around the bar and then up and thru the center of the flower and tied it off with a wooden button. Just had to add one more button and a fun phrase and it matched perfectly with the table caddy.

Everyone always needs wine charms (right, girls?) and this collection has the PERFECT bits for a really cute set. These were super easy to make. I chose the pieces I wanted from the Cute Cuts and stickers and ran them through my laminating machine. Once they cooled, I precision cut around them, punched a tiny hole in the edge and added narrow binder rings to each – so easy and so cute.

 

Last but not least, this party needed a menu. The fun bright colors of this collection work for any summer décor so I used the aptly named 'Paradise' paper for my base and then continued to scrapbook the rest, adding the menu and games list where the photos would have been. As I've said before, I am a big Designer Tape lover, so I had to use more of the new colors on this mini project as well. I ribbon folded it back and forth and then pressed it down flat along the edges of the green base, menu and game list. All that was left was the title using my favorite High Five Alphabets and this party set is complete.

 

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Paradise, Surfs Up, Borders, Cute Cuts, Flying High, Cute Cuts, Alphas+Bits Stickers, Just Write journaling Stickers, Flags, Beach Balls; Designer Tapes: Pickle Juice Stripe, Ice Stripe, Hot Pink Dot; Feathers: Bell Pepper, Orange; Button Market: Tie Dye, Checkers; High Five Alphabets: Gulf

Staggared Frame Set, by Jennifer Edwardson.

I had so much fun creating this project for my new sister-in-law as a keepsake from their honeymoon. I wanted to give her a few mementos that are not in an album for them to remember this special trip. She wants to be a scrapbooker and is just starting to jump in so I thought these fun projects would help keep her motivated.

I've had this staggered wooden frame set in my collection for some time and wasn't ready to use it until I saw this fabulous tropical collection. I covered the base first, sanded off the edges and then re-created the grooves for the photo boards.

After choosing my photos I treated each piece like a mini layout and added paper strips, stickers and die cut shapes.  

Cute Cuts are one of my very favorite pieces in each collection and this one was no different. The palm trees were absolutely perfect for Jeff & Brianne's photos, but the feathers. Oooooh, I LOVE these feathers!

I added bits of twine in a few of my favorite Bella buttons and added them both in front and off to the side towards the back too. A few flags, a journal card, a few more cute cuts, the date and it is good to go.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Borders, Cute Cuts, Under The Coconuts, GPS, Surfs Up, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Flags; Button Market: Checkers, Masculine Mix; Feathers: Pickle Juice and Ice; Freestyle Sophisticates: Saltwater

Memory Jar, by Jennifer Edwardson.

I have always been one of those girls that keeps a little bit of everything when we go on trips. You know ticket stubs, receipts and even shells, rocks, and yes, even sand. Now I have to be honest. I'd love to tell you that it was me that went on this incredible trip, but this is my brother-in-law and brand new sister-in-law on their honeymoon. Though they didn't bring me any sand back from Bora Bora, I really wanted to create this great keepsake for them to remember their trip. Since I live on a beach (a MUCH colder beach), I dried this sand and used 2 of my favorite photos from their vacation.

I adhered these 2 photos onto a piece of patterned paper that was approximately 1" longer than the photo so I had something to sink into the sand so that I didn't lose any of the photo. Then I 'scrapbooked' it a little by adding border stickers, tabs on the top and word stickers too.

The coordinating Chipboard Icons were PERFECT to embellish with. I lightly sanded the edges of the letters and created this 'title' for their photo along with waves, a palm tree and some sunshine too.

Don't forget the back of the jar where I added bathing suits and throughout the 'beach' I tucked in buttons for pretty colored 'rocks' and 'shells'.

Supplies:
Sand & Surf: Chipboard Icons, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alphas+Bits Stickers; Button Market: Tie Dye, Checkers, Pickle Squares, Neutral Mix, Orange Stars

Endless Inspiration: Love And Marriage Altered Projects

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

Mint To Be Favors, by Laurie Schmidlin.

Every wedding needs party favors, and with Bella's new Love & Marriage collection they have never been easier to make! Not only were these fun to make, but they were fast (making them perfect to make in large quantities)! I covered Lifesaver Mint rolls with various papers and tied a bit of string around them. The pail is decorated using some Cardstock Stickers, Alphabet Stickers, and some new Gray Chevron Designer Tape. For the finishing touch, I added a paper flower and some ribbon.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Vows, Smokeys In Love, Cake Testing, May Eighteenth, Turner Hall Ballroom, Esther Flemming Floral, Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, The Wedding Party Miniature Stickers; Designer Tape: Gray Chevron

Wedding Bouquet, by Laurie Schmidlin.

The beautiful papers in this collection lend themselves nicely to paper flowers. And when I think of flowers, I think of a wedding bouquet! To create this bouquet, I started with a Styrofoam ball and covered it with punched out vellum flowers (I didn't want any of the Styrofoam showing). I then created a lot of paper flowers (in different sizes) using my Silhouette cutting machine. After I rolled and glued each flower I added glitter to the center of each flower. To adhere the flowers to the Styrofoam ball, I used hot glue and white stick pins. The base of the bouquet is actually several bamboo sticks (hot glued into the Styrofoam ball) that I covered with white silk ribbon.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, May Eighteenth, Cake Testing, Esther Flemming Floral, Cute Cuts

Wedding Cake, by Laurie Schmidlin.

To create this three tiered cake, I started by creating three round "boxes" in different sizes. I used the three neutral prints in the Love And Marriage Collection. I then created lots of paper flowers and leaves using my Silhouette Cameo. Once I rolled and glued the flowers, I added chunky glitter to the centers. Not only does it hide the glue, but sparkly flowers are just better!

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Vows, Smokeys In Love, Cake Tasting, Cute Cuts, Esther Flemming Floral, Turner Hall Ballroom

“I Do Mini Album”, by Shellye McDaniel.

A mini album is the perfect palette for small, favorite photos. But don't forget the journaling! Just Write Journaling Stickers aren't just for scrapbook pages, so think of them when preparing your album pages, even if you need to trim them down a bit. For this album I used a very inexpensive chipboard 'flower' shaped album found at Michael's. 

After tracing and trimming out the papers to fit the flower shape, I then reached for the perfect sized jar lid for the inset of each page. If you have a large enough template or circle cutter, you may wish to use that instead. 

Because this is a flip-up style album, I had to plan carefully of how to arrange each page's embellishments. Too many thick areas can cause the pages not to lay right.

After dressing each page I went back and added a border of baker's twine around the edge of each page. I love the way it hides the uneveness of the cuts made to the paper, as well as the plain, grey chipboard. For this, I've found that a ballpoint tip glue pen works best! Finally, I added a large ring to the top and tied on a simple satin ribbon.

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Vows, Smokeys In Love, Cake Tasting, May Eighteenth, Cute Cuts, Turner Ballroom, Esther Fleming Floral, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Engaged At Last: Engagement Chipboard Icons; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron, Gray Chevron; Crochet Hearts: Pickle Juice, Punch; Flags: Engagement; Button Market: Hot Pink Flowers, Pink Flowers; Crochet Flowers: Poppy, Dahlia

Endless Inspiration: Engaged At Last Altered Projects

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

Treat Containers, by Shellye McDaniel.

These little treat containers have the WOW factor, without all of the fuss!  AND you can make them as large or as small as you'd like.

For this lot of favors, I began with a 6x6 square of paper for each. Using a quick-drying glue or heavy adhesive, glue two ends together; allow to dry. Next, machine stitch, glue, or staple the bottom end together. 

After filling the inside you will want to close the top so that it is creased opposite of the bottom (I machine stitched these, but a hole punch with ribbon tied through also works beautifully). There are so many cute way to decorate the fronts of these! I cut strips of papers and sentiments from the Bachelorette Extras Paper and layered them with a punched heart and doily die-cut. 

For the front of the wire basket, I hand-cut a heart and then backed it with a medium-weight chipboard. After embellishing, I tied it onto the basket with satin ribbons. Add matching shredded paper to the bottom and then arrange the favors inside! 

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: He Proposed, Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Party, Bachelorette Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Crochet Flowers: Juniper; Crochet Hearts: Pickle Juice

“Let's Party” Altered Dressform, by Shellye McDaniel.

All shapes and sizes of metal dressforms are readily available and fun to transform. 

For the skirt, I started with a sheet of 12x12 "He Proposed" paper that I cut in half to measure 6x12. I then scored each piece (lengthwise) at 1/2" increments. Fan fold both 6x12 pieces and attach together at one end. At the bottom, use a corner-rounding punch on every-other fold (if desired).

Next, use a 1/8" hole punch to create holes at the top folds. Thread a piece of baker's twine or crochet thread through the holes and then tie around the base of the dressform. Pull the tension until the desired 'gathering' of the skirt is formed. 

For the top, I simply criss-crossed two 1" wide strips of paper and tucked them behind the 'waistband' of the dress. I thought that a banner would be fitting for a bridal shower, so I created one that announces "Bachelorette Party Girls Only" I used a rolled flower die for the lei of flowers around the bodice. In finishing, I added a couple of the fun Feathers to the front and back, as well as a cute stick pin and satin bow. 

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: He Proposed, Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Extras; Feathers: Punch; Flags: Bachelorette

S&S Altered Plaque, by Shellye McDaniel.

A sweet display that doubles as a gift for the bride-to-be! I found this gorgeous, curvy wooden plaque at Michaels. It was already painted white, which made decorating that much easier. I started by tracing the shape onto the Bachelorette Party Paper. In doing so, I wanted to keep the chevron pattern centered, so I made sure that it was lined-up accordingly before I began to trace.

For the top, I had an extra piece of chipboard from a mini album that I used to create the bright background. Again, I fashioned a heart by folding a piece of paper in half and cutting freehand. I cut the same sized heart from a piece of chipboard and machine-stitched the two together. After adding the heart to the center, I embellished the top with the initials of the couple, as well as some other fun items!

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Party, He Proposed, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Engagement Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting; Love & Marriage: Chipboard Icons; Crochet Hearts: Saltwater, Pickle Juice; Button Market: Blues

Engaged Mini Album, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I wanted to create a mini album that would double as a mini scrapbook as well as a place where the Bride to Be could record different parts of the wedding planning process! I started by cutting out page shapes with my Silhouette cutting machine. I used lots of Cardstock Stickers and Miniatures, Chipboard pieces, Designer Tape, and Button Market buttons to embellish the pages. For the front, I added a new Cotton Candy Crochet Heart and an Engagement Flag! The album is approximately 5 3/4" and is bound together using an accordion paper fold.

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: He Proposed, Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Party, Bachelorette Extras, Bachelor Party, Bachelor Extras, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Miniatures Stickers, Engagement Chipboard Icons, Bachelor/Ette Chipboard Icons; Flags: Engagement; Crochet Hearts: Cotton Candy; Designer Tape: Gray Dot, Blue Chevron; Button Market: Aqua Flowers, Stars, Outdoor, Text

Endless Inspiration: Kiss Me Collection

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

"For the Love of Cute", by Becky Williams.  

The "Kiss Me" collection is fantastic for celebrating all kinds of love, even the love of cute kids! Here I tried to show off many of the patterns available in this line and mixed in some of the brand new Freestyle Sophisticates papers and crocheted hearts as well. The tiny stickers from the Alpha+Bits sheets are always the perfect addition for me to finish off a page. 

 

Supplies: 
Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Saltwater; Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Mustache Love, True Love, Borders & Cute Cuts, Flutter, Love Notes, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Designer Tapes: Punch Chevron, Pickle Juice Stripe, Teal Stripe, Red Dot; Crocheted Hearts: Pickle Juice, Punch, Scallop; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Ice

 

"She Loves Her Blankies", by Becky Williams.

My baby girl has quite an obsession with two of her blankets. She likes to take them wherever she goes and will only allow us to cover her up with these two when she goes to sleep. It is something that she does that is unique to her. None of my other kids have been so tied to blankets the way she is. She's like our little "Linus" from the "Charlie Brown" shows! I wanted to create this layout to help us remember this little thing about her. 

 

Supplies: 
Kiss Me: Mustache Love, Bouquet Kisses, Flutter, Borders & Cute Cuts, True Love, Love Notes, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Crocheted Hearts: Gulf, Punch, Pickle Juice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf, Cream-Brown, Piggy-Punch

 

“Like Them”, by Laura Vegas.

I was looking for some photos to use on this layout and came across these much older pics of my two daughters and my "third daughter" Amanda, who was one of my daycare kids who was with me for so long and so close to my girls that we truly considered her part of the family. I was playing around with my chipboard alphas, trying to figure out what I could spell out of the letters I had left, and came up with this fun title, mixing in some tiny High Five alpha stickers as well. It's true. I don't just like these girls ... I love them!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Love Notes, Bouquet Kisses, Borders & Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Surf And Turf; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony, Pickle Juice, Blueberry; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue; Crochet Hearts: Saltwater; Button Market: Pink Flowers; Feathers: Pickle Juice, Banana, Surf & Turf; Designer Tape: 12mm Combo Pack, Ice Stripe

"Beautiful Love", by Jenny Evans.

I really enjoy scrapping photos of my husband and myself. I am so used to scrapping about my boys, that it is nice to do something "different", almost "girly"! The Kiss Me collection is perfect for that! The gorgeous pink and navy blue combo is a favorite of mine, and is a beautiful backdrop for my photo. The Crochet Heart and Feather are just the perfect touch to finish off my page!

 

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Flutter, Borders and Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry; Designer Tape: 12mm Combo Pack; Button Market: Pink Flowers, Blues; Feathers: Surf N' Turf; Crochet Hearts: Punch

 

“The Mustache Made Me Do It”, by Malika Kelly.

I had taken these fun mustache pictures of my son and wasn't sure what to do with them until I saw the Kiss Me collection. A perfect match! I found a cut on my Cameo of six different shaped mustaches. I sized them to fit on the "I'll tell you a secret" sticker and the title of my layout took off from there.  

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Mustache Love, Flutter, True Love, Borders and Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Brown-Cream; Designer Tape: Hot Pink Dot Tape, Chevron Combo

 

“Sweet On You” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I wanted to add a little extra "something" to my card, so I created a pocket with a pull out message! I combined several Kiss Me papers, Cardstock Stickers, and some stamped images using the new Kiss Me Cling Stamp set. 

Supplies:
Kiss Me: True Love, Flutter, Borders & Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Cling Stamp Set

"Love You Forever" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

The Kiss Me line is going to be perfect for the upcoming Valentine's day; don't you think?! It is so sweet! I pulled out my favorite heart punch to add some hearts to embellish this card. The "notebook paper" on the left side of the card is actually part of a sticker from the "Just Write Journaling Stickers". I trimmed it in half and then rounded the top left corner before I adhered it to the card. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: True Love, Bouquet Kisses, Borders & Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers

"So Many Smiles" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

How can you not love this mustached patterned paper??! It is just so stinkin' fun and cute! And I thought it was a good compliment to the "So many of my smiles..." sticker. I cut the larger heart with the mustache just above the sticker out of the "Cute Cuts" sheet of patterned paper. 

Supplies:
Kiss Me: True Love, Bouquet Kisses, Love Notes, Borders & Cute Cuts, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers

Endless Inspiration: Freestyle Sophisticates

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

“Baby Mae”, by Megan Klauer.

The Designer Tapes have been one of my favorite embellishments from Bella since they introduced them the first time. These bright new colors are the perfect compliment to this collection. Pair them with black & white photos for the perfect pop.

Supplies: 
Engaged at Last: Bachelorette Party, Miniatures Stickers; Love And Marriage: Turner Hall Ballroom, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Wedding Day Miniatures; Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; Crochet Hearts: Scallop, Bell Pepper, Punch, & Salt Water; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting, Pickle Juice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue; Designer Tapes: Ice Stripe, Pickle Juice Dot, 12mm combo pack, Blue Chevron, Pickle Juice Stripe, Cotton Candy Chevron

“You’re My Happy, by Jennifer Chapin.

Sometimes when I'm printing multiple photos at home I have some extra space on my sheet and I print a few extra small pictures that are my favorites. These two pictures just happened to be laying on my desk when I had the idea for this layout so it worked out perfectly! I cut different colored strips of the Freestyle Sophisticates paper and used those for the base of my layout. Solid colored punched hearts reinforce the rainbow of colors.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle McIntosh, Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Scallop, Freestyle Pickle Juice; Love and Marriage: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Engaged at Last: Alpha+Bits stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Kiss Me: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphabet: Punch; Buttons: Red Flowers, Stars

“Right Now”, by Diane Payne.

I love the fun, on trend patterns in the new Freestyle Sophisticates collection. The color palette is beautiful and can coordinate with any theme photo in black and white.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Banana, Freestyle Gulf, Freestyle Scallop; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf; Designer Tape: Gray Chevron, Polka Dot Combo, Pink Flowers; Crochet Flowers: Daisies, Juniper, Dahlia
Feathers: White

“Love For Life”, by Laura Vegas.

I love having great basic patterned papers that can coordinate with any and all collections, which is exactly what the new Freestyle Sophisticates papers do. It's so easy to pick out a few colors of the fun hand drawn chevron patterned paper to coordinate with the other patterned papers that you want to use on your layouts or cards. I only used a small strip of paper from the Kiss Me collection on this layout, but managed to pair it up with 4 different shades of the Freestyle papers.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Pickle Juice, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Banana; Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Blueberry, Punch; High Five Alpha Stickers: Green; Button Market: Checkers, Neutrals Mix, Hot Pink Flowers; Feathers: Pickle Juice

“Today And Everyday”, by Malika Kelly.

I love this picture of my three kids and thought it was a great way to document this daily moment that I won't want to forget. Somewhere in the mid afternoon, my daughter starts wondering about "her boys." When will they be home? Is it time to go get them? I want to be able to remember how much she looks up to her big brothers and how happy she is when they come home...It won't always be this way! I used the bright colors of the freestyle patterned papers to make three rows of chevrons, to represent the three kids. This new Freestyle Chevron paper is awesome to work with. Cut a super thin strip and it looks like a piece of tape!

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Peep, Freestyle McIntosh, Freestyle Banana, Freestyle Pickle Juice, Sprinkles & Lace Surf N Turf; Kiss Me: Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry, Pickle Juice; High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy-Punch; Ciao Chip Everyday Elements: Stars & Hearts, Borders; Designer Tape: Chevron Combo; Button Market: Fruit Punch, Pink Flowers, Hot Pink Flowers; Crochet Heart: Saltwater

"I Love These Sweet Smiles", by Jenny Evans.

The Freestyle Sophisticates collection is full of amazing colors and such a fun design! I cut the paper into strips and stitched them onto my layout like arrows. Lots of arrows, lots of stitching! This is definitely a different style than what I normally do, but I love the look of it! I framed the photos with the title and some other embellishments, including the new Crochet Hearts and Designer Tapes.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Freestyle McIntosh, Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Banana, Freestyle Pickle Juice, Freestyle Gulf, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle Scallop; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf, Piggy-Punch, Yellow; Designer Tape: 12mm Combo Pack; Button Market: Blues, Red Flowers; Crochet Hearts: White Hearts

Endless Inspiration: Crochet Hearts

We hope you're ready to be inspired! We are looking forward to providing you with endless inspiration during these next few weeks, with never-before-seen projects that are being featured in our CHA Winter booth display. Our Design Team has been very busy creating oodles of project ideas with all of the new collections and products, and we are excited to finally share those projects with you!

“My Heart Officially Melted”, by Katherine McElvain.

If you want to create a cluster of hearts, all you is one sheet of Bella pattern paper and some of the new Crochet Hearts to coordinate. That paper would be one of the the Bella Blvd printed papers with large circles on it like the Beach Balls from the Sand and Surf line or True Love from the Kiss Me Collection. They are perfect for this project. I brought out a variety of sizes and shapes of my heart punches and punched out hearts from a number of the circles on the True Love paper. The circles have different patterns and colors as well as the print on the back side of the paper that gave me a large choice of prints when making my collage. Then I layered some chipboard elements and buttons, along with the crochet flowers to add some texture. Try it out. It was so fun to create!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Mustache Love, Borders and Cute Cuts, Flutter, Bouquet Kisses, True Love, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop, Chipboard Hearts and Stars; Crochet Hearts: McIntosch, Cotton Candy, Gulf, Saltwater; Button Market: Wood Mix, Neutrals Mix, Masculine Mix, Fruit Punch; Designer Tape: Punch Chevron, Teal Stripe, Pink Stripe; High Five Alphas: Brown Cream; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry

"Dream Big", by Jenny Evans.

My sweet niece. She is always thinking. Always dreaming. She is so intelligent and so beautiful. I just love this photograph of her! I did border strips horizontally behind the picture so the Crochet Hearts could be scattered vertically down the layout to frame and bring focus to the photo. The hearts are beautiful and soft, but bold enough to stand on their own. The colors are gorgeous and work well on so many different types of layouts.

 

Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Cake Tasting, May Eighteenth, Borders, Alpha+Bits; Engaged At Last: Bridal Shower, Miniatures; Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf, Piggy-Punch; Crochet Hearts: Punch Hearts, Orange Hearts, Bell Pepper Hearts, Gulf Hearts, White Hearts

“This Smile”, by Laura Vegas.

This is one of my favorite photos ever of my youngest daughter, Sarah. I love her cute little pigtails, her big brown eyes, and that little grin she gives me that usually means she's up to no good! I picked out a mix of red, aqua, and grey crochet hearts (and a few buttons) and adhered them to coordinating squares of the Freestyle Sophisticates patterned paper.

Supplies:
Engaged At Last: Borders, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Sophisticates: Freestyle Gulf, Freestyle Saltwater, Freestyle McIntosh, Freestyle Scallop; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony; Designer Tape: Grey Chevron, 12mm Combo Pack; Crochet Hearts: Gulf, Saltwater, McIntosh, Scallop; Button Market: Stars, Blues; Feathers: Gulf, Saltwater, McIntosh

"Can't Wait to Marry You" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I was able to mix both the Engaged at Last and Kiss Me lines with the new crochet hearts! How fun! I love how the hearts can work with so many different lines. And how cool is it that the Engaged at Last and Kiss Me lines work well together too! Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Flutter, Bouquet Kisses, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Engaged at Last: Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Crochet Hearts: Punch, Gulf; Designer Tapes: Jail Bird

"Hi" card, by Gretchen McElveen.

I love the bright colors of the new crochet hearts and all the designer tapes! Pure fun! I thought it would be fun to try to mix the two on a card. There are tapes to match all the new crochet hearts so it was fun and easy to combine them here. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Bouquet Kisses; Crochet Hearts: Punch, Gulf, Orange, Pickle Juice; Designer Tapes: Orange Stripe, Pink Flowers, Pickle Juice Chevron, Ice Stripe; Sienna Chipboard Alphabets: Punch

“Congratulations” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

Hearts, hearts and more hearts! I love this card layered with the brightly colored crochet hearts and then topped with a sweetly scalloped cardstock sticker heart. Keeping things whimsical, I started by embossing the base of the card with a swiss dot folder. Next, I created a color/pattern swatch in thirds by using two different Love & Marriage papers and border stickers. Between the top 1/3 and the middle 1/3, I added a border of the crochet hearts. To the bottom 1/3, I added a simple swath of "congratulations" cut from the Borders paper! The beauty of this card is that it can be used for so many congratulatory occasions!

Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Borders, Cute Cuts, Vows, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Crochet Hearts: Saltwater, Punch