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Friday Sketch: Layouts

Who doesn't love a good sketch? It helps to take the guesswork out of the page and/or card design, but still allows you to put your own spin on things just be turning the sketch or altering it here and there. A few times 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 February, courtesy of Becky Fleck.

"Let's Go On An Adventure", by Kay Rogers.

I took my daughter with the photography club last fall on a photo shoot. Jenna brought a camera and had a blast! Apples were in season, so I used those colors from the Color Chaos line to echo the feel of the photos.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Bell Pepper Strandz, Treasure & Text, Trinkets; Enamel DooDads: McIntosh

“You 2”, by Kelly Holbrook.

I loved this sketch! To scale it down to size, I decided to make use of all of the cute cards from the Daily Details paper in place of extra photos. This was a perfect opportunity to use a scalloped edge Invisibles paper, and I was excited to find that slightly less than half is a perfect fit for one side of my 8.5x11 page. To finish it up, I scattered Black enamel DooDads down the center in place of buttons.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Scallop Strandz, Daily Details, Treasures & Text; Simply Spring: Treasures & Text; Invisibles: Pink Posies; Enamel DooDads: Ice, Oreo Black; Designer Tape: Chevron Combo

"So Lucky", by Allyson Meinholtz.

This was a fun sketch to work with, as it worked out perfect for my four photos of four silly girls. These photos were taken last year for St Patty's Day. I pulled a lot of green papers and products from various collections, and then halfway through I decided to add a POP of pink.  

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Guacamole Strandz, Punch Strandz, Months, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Simply Spring: Treasures & Text; Campout: Treasures & Text; Clear Cuts: Pickle Juice Confetti; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Frosting, Pickle Juice; Enamel Dots: Punch; Designer Tape: Peep Dot

Mixed Media: Thinking Beyond The Scrapbook Page

With the addition of our new specialty papers, Clear Cuts and Invisibles, we've challenged our designers to think beyond the scrapbook page and create projects of all kinds using different mediums.

Bow Box, by Ashley Marcu.

I love decorating and upcycling boxes! This box is ready for gift giving with a fun bow made I made from the new confetti Clear Cuts. The transparency overlay holds the shape of the bow perfectly and the large enamel dot makes a great center piece.

Supplies:
Clear Cuts: Ice Confetti; Simply Spring: Sunshine, Treasures & Texts, Chipboard Icons; Designer Tape: Cotton Candy Chevron; Enamel Dots: Guacamole

Tassel Box, by Ashley Marcu.

Tassels are such a fun trend right now. I thought it would be fun to create my own tassels with Clear Cuts! To create the tassels I cut a piece of Clear Cut to the length I wanted. Next I cut slits a 1/4 inch apart along the width of the strip making sure to leave the Clear Cut attached at the top. Finally I rolled up the strip and secured the top with Designer tape. These can be created in any size with the tassels as thick or thin as you'd like! 

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Words of Wisdom, Borders; Clear Cuts: Punch Confetti; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: White; Designer Tape: Ice Stripe, Yellow Chevron; Enamel Dots: Oreo Black

Altered Mirror, by Nicole Nowosad.

My daughter has been asking for a mirror for her room, and so I used this as an opportunity to kick up this cheap IKEA mirror a notch using some Invisibles and Clear Cuts. I was able to use my Silhouette to die cut the Clear Cuts into flower shapes and then used a punch for the Invisibles as they are thicker. I added some die cut centers to the flowers and layered everything onto the painted frame using some dimensional adhesive! The clear flowers are fun and add just a touch of whimsy!

Supplies:
Clear Cuts: McIntosh Confetti, Bell Pepper Confetti; Invisibles: Pink Posies, Amore; Simply Spring: Woodgrain Clear Cut; Simply Spring: Awesome Blossom Invisibles; Molly: Trinket; Lucky Starz: Trinkets; Amorie Chipboard Alpha: White; Designer Tape: Hot Pink Dot; Enamel Dots: Oreo Black, Punch

Valentine’s Love Notes, by Kathy Martin.

How I love thee new Bella Blvd Clear Cuts, let me count the ways! When I first saw these colorful Confetti Clear Cut sheets I couldn’t stop thinking of ways to use them and with Valentine’s Day coming up I thought it would be fun to make these tiny love notes by running them through my die cut machine. I found that it’s a little tricky to cut, but if I added a couple pieces of card stock on top of the die before running it through I’d get a fairly clean cut. Occasionally I’d have a tiny piece that didn’t cut but it was super easy just to snip those spots with a pair of scissors. 

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Pickle Juice Strandz, Peep Strandz, Pepper Strandz; Clear Cuts: McIntosh Confetti, Ice Confetti, Pepper Confetti; Simply Spring: Trinkets; Ciao Chipboard: WhatNots, Trinkets; Enamel DooDads: Punch, Oreo Black

Valentine's Party Decor, by Morgan Bandowski.

I am always planning parties for family and friends and with Valentine's Day coming up I was inspired to create some party decorations. I used the Amore Invisible on the Marquee Star. I made some cupcake picks by layering papers and the clear cuts. Cupcake picks are so easy to make and are always a hit at parties. You can make them for any celebration. A banner is also a great party addition! I liked using the confetti clear cut as my base and then adding the Invisible Love over it. 

Supplies:
Clear Cuts: Gold Confetti, Punch Confetti, Peep Confetti; Invisibles: Love, Amore; Summer Squeeze: Daily Details; Halloween Magic: Daily Details; Star Student: Daily Details; Freestyle Sophisticates: Cotton Candy; Crochet Hearts: McIntosh

What's New Wednesday

Welcome to "What's New Wednesday"! Every Wednesday, our designers will be sharing projects using the latest and greatest products from Bella Blvd. Especially our newest collections, which our designers are having so much fun creating with!

And speaking of our newest collections, we have great news for you! Our new products have finally arrived and have begun shipping out to retailers, online stores, and distributors this week. Be on the lookout for them to start popping up for purchase, as we can't wait for you to get your hands on them and start creating with these new collections and products!

“Love”, by Nicole Nowosad.

The Collor Chaos line has great A and B sides of the paper - I was able to combine both by trimming down small pieces of the papers to layer behind my die cut design. I added in bits of the Confetti Invisibles for a slight pop of color on the white base.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Treasures & Text, Pickle Juice Strandz, Scallop Strandz, Punch Strandz, Oreo Black Strandz, Gulf Strandz, Peep Strandz, McIntosh Strandz; Invisibles: Silver Confetti, Punch Confetti, McIntosh Confetti; Halloween Magic: Boo Buddies; Family Forever: Trinkets; Enamel DooDads: Cotton Candy; Enamel Dots: Oreo Black, Punch; Bella Bows: Cotton Candy

“My Love”, by Kay Rogers.

Again with the love of Color Chaos! I love the bold colors with this pic of my girl. She's growing up so fast! She is My Love.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Bell Pepper Strandz, McIntosh Strandz, Ice Strandz, Words of Wisdom, Months, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Invisibles: Amore; Ciao Chipboard: Symbols; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: McIntosh; DooDads: McIntosh

“Forever My Always” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

Change the look of a journal card by making it 3-D! Use small dies or punches to create a shape or shapes along the white spaces of the card. Layer the card onto a base paper with foam adhesive and then highlight the die-cut area with an enamel dot shape of your choice.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Words of Wisdom, McIntosh Strandz, Gulf Strandz, Oreo Black Strandz, Trinkets; Enamel Dots: Oreo Black

“Float My Boat” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

Dress up a plain tag with a matching piece of a Clear Cut overlay. To secure, use small, thin adhesive dots and place them behind areas of the transparency that have a design. 

Supplies:
Camp Out: Gone Fishing, Daily Details, Chipboard Icons; Simply Spring: Treasures & Text; Color Chaos: Bell Pepper Strandz; Clear Cuts: Ice Confetti; Enamel Dots: McIntosh

“Hooked On You” card, by Kathy Martin.

You don’t have to be a camper to love the new Campout collection! With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought these sweet little Ciao Chipboard fish would be the perfect accent to let my sweetie know he’s the best catch! This card is a mixture of Campout and Color Chaos with a sprinkling of Doodads. I love the way Bella Blvd. products all coordinate!

Supplies:
Campout: Gone Fishing, Daily Details, Chipboard Icons, Trinkets; Color Chaos: Pickle Juice Strandz; Ciao Chipboard: WhatNots; Enamel DooDads: McIntosh

Step-By-Step Monthly Project Sheet: Tiny Tots Collection

Have you been enjoying the cold days inside this winter? Snapping photos of the kids at play around the house? This month's free project sheet is a great way to warm up your day, featuring our Tiny Tots collection and Amorie Chipboard Alphas. Take the guesswork out of page planning with this free step-by-step project sheet, complete with supply and tool lists.

Click here to begin downloading February's free project sheet!

This month's step-by-step project sheet includes a complete supply list including tools needed and all directions to make this 12x12" "Little Lady & Little Man" layout, featuring the Tiny Tots collection. Just click the link to download the pdf worksheet and print. Not familiar with our free monthly Project Sheets? Sign up via our homepage, HERE, to receive them in your inbox each month, or check out all previous Project Sheets via the "Project Sheet" icon on the right sidebar of our blog.

And to see more project ideas, featuring the Tiny Tots collection, check out our Tiny Tots Idea Gallery.

Monday Morning Challenge: Creating Shaped Layouts

*** Just wanted to remind everyone that we are currently accepting submissions for our 2015 Creative Team call! You can find all of the details HERE.

Welcome to Monday Morning Challenge, where we offer up a challenge, and share with you our designers take on that challenge. Today we asked our designers to create a shaped layout using our new Invisibles specialty papers.

“American Girl”, by Katie Rose.

For this layout I made the base of my layout into a circular shape to go with the Flower Fancy Invisible. I cut my card stock into a circle and mounted it on a larger circle of patterned paper. I then arranged a photo collage on my card stock. I use the chipboard Borders to really make my title stand out on the collage. And the adorable font from the Simply Spring Collection goes perfectly with the theme of my layout. For my journaling, I cut a circle of white card stock a bit larger than the circle of patterned paper. I wrote my journaling around the edge and then placed the card stock under the Invisible. I love that you can see the journaling through the Invisible!

Supplies:
Invisible: Fancy Flower; Simply Spring: Daily Details, Borders, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Ciao Chipboard: Borders, Hearts & Stars, WhatNots

“Collect Beautiful Moments”, by Wendy Antenucci.

When I received the assignment to make a shaped layout using the new Invisibles I knew that I wanted to make a general layout, almost home decor type project that could be displayed. I chose the Blessings Invisible due to the quiet pattern that allowed my pictures to shine. I then gathered my pictures and the speech bubble as the basis of my layout. I needed a little color so I chose the multi striped border strip to rest my pictures on and a Daily Detail. The date with a fun sticker replacing the 0 and some clouds pulled my horizontal in a row layout up a bit to shake things up a bit. I couldn't resist adding in a few DooDads, because they make me happy! Now off to find somewhere to hang my most precious memories from 2014.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Just Write Journaling Stickers, Words of Wisdom, Trinkets, Treasures & Text, Invisibles Blessings; Ciao Chipboard: Flowers & Clouds; Enamel DooDads: Milk White, Ice

Free-4-All Projects

Today we are sharing some free-for-all projects from our designers, where they have free reign to use whatever collections they like as they create. And today, it looks like our designers were all inspired to create with the new Star Student collection!

“Super Smart”, by Wendy Antenucci.

I began designing this layout with the Daily Detail card in mind. I wanted to try out the Clear Cut pieces giving my layout a little bit of interest without the added color. I chose to sandwich my pictures between different borders adding color to the layout, while still keeping the photos as my focus. I used stars and the color green to draw your eyes around the layout. And who could resist that cute owl chipboard piece? The linear design allowed me to use more busy colors and patterns without causing the photos to disappear.

Supplies:
Star Student: Chemistry, Borders, Brainiac, Daily Details, Artistic Clear Cut, Chipboard Icons, Treasures & Text; Enamel DooDads: Guacamole, Milk White

“3^rd Grade”, by Diana Fisher.

I just love the bold patterns and colors in the Star Student collection for my son's school layouts. The fun glasses and doodles give the page a trendy geek vibe, and I love it!

Supplies:
Star Student: Art Journal, Geek Chic, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Color Chaos: Peep Strandz; Enamel DooDads: Oreo Black

“Teacher’s Pet”, by Kelly Holbrook.

I'm really excited about the Star Student collection. We homeschool, and usually I don't do 'back to school' photos, just a shot of each of the kids working on their first subject of the day. But, this past fall, I decided that there was no reason why I couldn't do a full first day of school photo shoot. I'm so glad that I did. This collection highlights them perfectly!

Supplies:
Star Student: Chemistry, Borders, Daily Details, Treasures & Text; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: McIntosh; High Five Alpha Stickers: Green; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron; Enamel Dots: Milk White

“Back to School” card, by Kathy Martin.

The new Star Student collection gets an A+ from me! I love the bright colors and the school themed icons. Like the eye glass printed Geek Chic paper I used as a background for the Daily Details stack of books card! Accents include the all new Enamel Dots and DooDads, along with my all-time favorite, Trinkets and a wise owl from the Treasures & Text sheet. Bella Blvd makes mixing and matching made easy!

Supplies:
Star Student: Geek Chic, Daily Details, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Enamel DooDads: McIntosh; Enamel Dots: Milk White

“Thanks Teacher” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I love making cards and gifts for my boys' teachers! Now that they are getting older, it's hard to find really fun papers that aren't super young looking. Because the new Super Smart collection has such a diverse design (can be used for young and older kids), it is hands down my favorite school themed collection ever! To create the file folder looking card, I folded a piece of cardstock so that the folded dimensions ended up being 5 x 3 3/4. I then cut off 3/4" off of just one flap and rounded all four corners. I embellished with coordinating Super Smart Ciao Chip pieces, stickers, and some new Enamel Dots and DooDads.

Supplies:
Stars Student: Chemistry, Art Journal, Treasures & Text, Chipboard Icons; Enamel Dots: Bell Pepper; Enamel DooDads: Oreo Black

“Great Job” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

When incorporating square journal cards into a card design, think of using a 6X6 sized card base and keep everything perfectly square! Here, the yellow dot patterned paper was accented with a square of the Typewriter Clear Cut, which was machine stitched in place. The sentiment was accented with a few fun pieces from the Star Student Collection and kept clean and simple!

Supplies:
Star Student: Art Journal, Chemistry, Daily Details, Treasures & Text, Trinkets, Chipboard Icons, Typewriter Clear Cut; Enamel Dots: Blueberry

Pinterest Inspired

It's always been fun to browse thru Pinterest, looking at the endless ideas and inspirational images that are out there. Our designers always enjoy taking whatever image we provide them, and using it in whatever way inspires them the most as they work on their projects. It's amazing to see how many different ideas and designs can be inspired by just one image.

{Image Credit: Pinterest}

“Love You More Everyday”, by Jamie Harder.

I was immediately drawn to the words “Love You More” on this week’s Pinterest challenge! I love my daughters like crazy and as they grow each day into more of themselves, I love them that much more! I had fun playing with the new Invisibles (I absolutely ADORE all of the new invisibles So much) and mixing papers from the Color Chaos and Simply Spring collections!

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Ice Strandz, Treasures & Text; Simply Spring: Hippity Hop, Spring Patchwork, Chipboard Icons; Kiss Me: Alpha+Bits; Invisibles: Love; Ciao Chipboard: Hearts & Stars; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: White; Crochet Hearts: White

“Love This Dog”, by Jennifer Edwardson.

I loved this Pinterest Inspired prompt this month and immediately was drawn to the circles. These cute pics of my big German Shepherd are some of my faves so I grabbed them and some Color Chaos and got to work! I used a 2 1/2" circle punch and cut the shapes from several patterned papers as well as one of the new Clear Cuts (LOVE these) ..... I punched 'love this' from a 3 x 4" journal card and added the small square 'captured' camera piece in the top right corner. The chipboard heart was the perfect addition to this square and went well with all the other chip hearts and cut circles! I adhered some circles raised and some flat and embellished on almost every one. Some photos corner stickers and a patterned paper border along the bottom of these 3 x 4" photos and this one is ready for the family album.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Scallop Strandz, Gulf Strandz, McIntosh Strandz, Bell Pepper Strandz, Trinkets, Treasures & Text, Daily Details; Clear Cuts: Punch Confetti; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Scallop; Ciao Chip: Hearts & Stars; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: McIntosh

“Love You More”, by Katie Rose.

I was inspired to use the "love you more" as the inspiration for my layout. My daughter and I say this to each other every night at bedtime right now. It is something she picked up from the movie Tangled and we are always trying to be the one that says "love you most". Just a fun little memory that I wanted to document. I used the Peep Confetti Clear Cut under my title to mimic the circles under the letters in the inspiration piece.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Bell Pepper Strandz, Peep Strandz, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Invisibles: First Love; Clear Cuts: Peep Confetti; Ciao Chipboard: Borders, Hearts & Stars, WhatNots, Flowers & Clouds; Enamel Dots: Ice

“Love This” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

I really liked the different letters in the inspiration piece and how they were artfully arranged. For my interpretation, I used various circles with a letter sticker on top or a shaped sticker, like a heart, for the letter "V" to mimic the design. 

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Scallop Strandz, Ice Strandz, Daily Details, Trinkets, Treasures & Text, Just Write Journaling Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Enamel Doodads: Cotton Candy

“Cherish Today” card, by Shellye McDaniel.

I pulled papers from various collections to match with the color scheme of the inspiration piece. I used a 1.5" round punch to create a grid of circles that followed closely with the theme of the design. A couple of chipboard accents, Enamel Dots and the card is ready for giving!

Supplies:
Simply Spring: Spring Patchwork, Eggstravaganza, Treasures & Text; Color Chaos: Orange Strandz, Scallop Strandz; Star Student: Art Journal; Ciao Chipboard: Flowers & Clouds, WhatNots; Enamel Dots: Cotton Candy, Milk White

What's New Wednesday

Welcome to "What's New Wednesday"! Every Wednesday, our designers will be sharing projects using the latest and greatest products from Bella Blvd. Especially our newest collections, which our designers are having so much fun creating with!

“West Virginia”, by Katherine McElvain.

A couple of years ago we took our son on a road trip which included a day of tree top zip lining. I had quite a few pictures of that portion of our trip, so I had in my mind to use a grid layout design to document the day. I cut the photos 2x2" and lined them up across a piece of white cardstock overlapping some of the ends. I filled in the empty spaces with 2x2 pieces of the Cloud Clear Transparency. I had to play around a little with the pieces and layered the Cloud Transparency over paper in some of the squares where I wanted the clouds to become more apparent than transparent. On the rest of the layout I layered bits and pieces from the Campout collection, and strips form the Star Student Borders in order to add more arrows in colors that highlighted the photos. At the beginning of this project I intended to only use the Campout collection for this project, but it is always so wonderful how some little accents from the other Bella collections can be mingled in so easily to add just what I was looking for.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Scallop Strandz, Pepper Strandz; Star Student: Borders; Simply Spring: Clouds Clear Cuts; Campout: In The Woods, Daily Details, Chipboard Icons, Trinkets, Treasures & Text

“Atlanta”, by Katie Rose.

For this layout I cut the "Love" Invisible so I could use one column of loves and use the shape of the Invisible to point to my title. I backed the Invisible with white card stock to make it pop on the patterned paper. I used the coordinating enamel hearts and put them on the o's.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Bell Pepper Strandz, Gulf Strandz, Daily Details, Treasure & Text, Trinkets; Invisibles: Love; Ciao Chipboard: Symbols; Enamel DooDads: Ice, Guacamole, Bell Pepper, Punch, McIntosh, Milk White

"Our Camp", by Leanne Allinson.

My family loves to go camping. And I love to capture all these special moments when we do. But when creating this layout, I wanted to focus on why we love to sit around the campfire rather than all the wonderful things we do while on a campout! The story is supported by the Daily Details campfire image and the word strips from the Campout Treasures & Text sticker sheet. I've also added in a fun strip of Under the Stars patterned paper and embraced the layers of fussy cut stars, to create a whimsical element on the page.

Supplies:
Campout: Daily Details, Under The Stars, Treasures & Text, Trinkets, Chipboard Icons; Color Chaos: Bell Pepper Strandz, Scallop Strandz, Blueberry Strandz; Lucky Starz: Scallop Starz; Hello Autumn: Treasures & Text; Ciao Chipboard: Whatnots; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry; Enamel DooDads: Blueberry; High Five Alpha Stickers: Brown-Cream

"Relaxing Place” card, by Ashley Marcu.

The chipboard camper is the perfect focal point to create a relaxing scene, fit to encourage someone to enjoy their vacation or to have a happy retirement. All the different element pull great textures together to make a fun card. I especially love the new Enamel DooDad stars that add a little bit of shine to the card.

Supplies:
Campout: Under the Stars, Campout Borders, Let's Go Camping, Chipboard Icons, Treasures & Texts; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Stripe, Grey Chevron; Enamel DooDads: Milk White

“Keep the Wild” card, by Diana Fisher.

Color Chaos adds some sass to the creatures from the Camp Out collection. I had a good time creating the little scene for this inspirational bear. Perfect card for a boy needing his spirits lifted or a boost of confidence.

Supplies:
Camp Out: Chipboard Icons; Color Chaos: Pepper Strandz, Just Write Journaling Stickers

“Family Fun” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

Our family loves to camp so I was absolutely thrilled to see the new Campout collection from Bella! We will actually be meeting up with some family and camping this coming summer and I wanted some cute cards to send out all of the details and info to them! For the background I chose the Gone Fishing paper and added several border strips (from the Borders paper). I embellished with the coordinating Ciao Chip Icons chipboard pieces, stickers, & some Milk White Enamel Dots.

Supplies:
Campout: Gone Fishing, Borders, Trinkets, Chipboard Icons; Enamel Dots: Milk White

Project Life: Bella Style

Project Life is everywhere these days, in many shapes and forms. Whether you create full Project Life albums, a few Project Life inspired layouts/spreads here and there, or even simply working Project Life style products (such as Bella's new Daily Details papers) onto your everyday layouts, there are so many ways to incorporate this popular style into your designs. We are asking our designers to be inspired by Project Life, and show us how they work that inspiration onto their own pages.

"Project Life Cover/Title page: 2015" by Leanne Allinson.

My Project Life title page for 2015 has been kept very simple with a classic color scheme. The black, white and gray tones have been enhanced with a small touch of blue to create a visual triangle. I didn't want to over complicate my spread with too many details and so I reached for the new Clear Cuts transparencies to add an extra dimension of interest to my pockets, without creating the extra clutter or bulk. The Clear Cuts were the perfect base for adding alphas to form our family name and a few word strips stickers that express exactly what I want to document in my Project Life process during 2015. I finished the spread by choosing one family photo and an individual photo of each of my children. All photos were converted to black and white to create cohesion with the rest of the page.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Peep Strandz, McIntosh Strandz, Daily Details, Treasures & Text, Trinkets, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Star Student: Borders; Lucky Starz: Scallop Starz; Classic Calendars: Treasures & Text; Tiny Tots: Treasures & Text; Enamel Dots: Oreo Black

“Week 22 & 23”, by Wendy Antenucci.

How in the world has another half of the year passed in my project life, I just got started again! Obviously time is flying by and the Color Chaos collection makes documenting our lives quick and easy! I chose my favorite Daily Detail cards as the beginning of my process, I then decided to carry the black and pink throughout the 2 pages. I couldn't resist fussy cutting that cute camera out of one of the cards and using it on my love card. A few well-placed sentiment stickers and other fun stickers and chipboard finished up my weeks. The new Enamel DooDads make a great addition to Project Life documenting as they aren't very large, but add a nice sense of dimension to my pages.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Months, Words of Wisdom, Daily Details, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Treasures & Text; Campout: Campout Icons; Simply Spring: Treasures & Text; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf; Enamel DooDads: Punch, Milk White

“Love This Moment”, by Jamie Harder.

One of my New Year’s Resolution is to keep up with Project Life this year. I love how easy Bella Blvd makes it to add a little fun to my pages! So many great 4x3 cards and perfect stickers to add!

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Words of Wisdom, Treasures & Text

Bella Blvd 2015 Creative Team Call

It’s time to finally open a call for submissions for our 2015 Creative Team! You’ll have big shoes to fill as our current designers are on an extended term because they were so awesome! It’s a bittersweet time as we say farewell (for now) to some very loyal and talented designers, but also a wonderful opportunity to welcome new contributors to our creative team as well. Carefully selecting new faces allows us to introduce new inspiration to you, our fans!

As always, Bella Blvd intends to evolve as our industry evolves. That is why instead of “design team,” we are now looking for passionate paper crafters, photographers, and social butterflies to make up our 2015 CREATIVE TEAM. Our Creative Team members will push the boundaries of creativity to new levels, focusing on preserving memories and creating Something Beautiful for Everyday^tm. We are looking for members within various categories including card makers, scrapbookers, digital artists, fabric lovers, and DIY-ers.

We are searching for approx. 10-15 Creative Team Members Who:

1. Love Bella Blvd and all our bright colors and products.
2. Wish to receive new products before anyone else.
3. Love stylizing and creating unique photographs.
4. Love scrapbooking, sewing, DIY, party planning/hosting, even digital scrapbooking.
5. Love making new friends and being a part of social groups.
6. Love and are active on social media, especially Instagram & Facebook.
7. Are interested in being part of the product development process.

How to Apply: Send Submission via email to lauravegas.bellablvd@yahoo.com along with the following:

1. Submissions due to us by February 24^th, 2015, midnight CST. Late entries will not be considered.
2. A brief paragraph explaining you favorite type of craft and why.
3. Include your full name, address and email address.
4. Link to your blog, online gallery, Instagram feed and Facebook page. These are required!
5. Pick your favorite projects; attach 4-5 photos of your Bella Blvd projects. (Please, no more than 4-5 and no detail shots needed. We can see more via your feeds & links)

Additional Details:

1. Creative Team Term duration: 3/1/15 – 3/1/16.
2. International applicants are welcome.
3. Team members will be given free product.
4. Team members will be asked to design approx. 3 projects a month, depending on your focus as we are looking for card makers, scrapbookers, digital artists, fabric lovers, and DIY-ers.
5. Social sharing and everything about social media is very important!  Instagram and Facebook has become even more important than blogging in our rapidly evolving industry and will be required by every team member. Specifics to follow with selected members.

That’s all the nitty gritty! This process is always very grueling, yet invigorating. We look forward to meeting you and learning about your passions! As always, thank you for supporting a small business in this large industry, and for considering this fun and organized position with Bella Blvd! Any questions can be directed to our Design Team Coordinator, Laura Vegas (lauravegas.bellablvd@yahoo.com). All of these details will continue to remain posted HERE for future reference.