Bella Blvd Studio Blog

Fabric Style & A Tutorial

Today we are switching things up, and instead of featuring projects using our paper collections, we are sharing projects created with our fabric collections! Including an awesome tutorial for a drawstring backpack.

Little Boy Shorts & Shirt Set, by Christine Ousley.

Hi, it’s Christine and I want to share with you how I used the fabric collection Military Max to make the perfect summer outfit for my son. I have to say for me and my little boy, the Military Max fabric collection is exactly what I’ve been looking for. It’s so hard to find great fabrics for boys. I just love the prints in this collection especially the bold camouflage in three different colors.

I started with the shorts. I knew that they would really be the focal point and the camouflage print was perfect for them. They are the cutest shorts, with pockets, a faux fly and decorative stitching. The pattern is Beach Bum Bermudas by Peek-A-Boo Patterns.

Then an appliquéd shirt came next. I found this machine embroidery file of the Army Tank at Planet Appliqué and thought it was the perfect design to complete the look of the outfit. I used two different fabrics from the Military Max collection to make the tank and then actually used a print from Puppy Park for the bottom part. I had so much fun making this outfit for my little boy that I will definitely be making more.

Supplies:
Bella Blvd Military Max fabrics by Riley Blake Designs, Bella Blvd Puppy Park fabrics by Riley Blake Designs

 

Military Max Quilt & Drawstring Backpack, by Nichol Magouirk.

I was so excited to see the fabulous Military Max Fabric Collection by Bella Blvd for Riley Blake Designs. Sometimes it can be tricky to find great fabrics for those older boys in our lives and this collection works for every age guy! My 9 year old was so taken with the army men and skull and crossbones patterns in this collection that I sewed him up a quilt and drawstring backpack.

I used the Cluck Cluck Sew Tango Pattern for my quilt and it was super simple to put together. I mixed in some black/white prints from older Riley Blake Bella Blvd Collections Puppy Park and Too Cute To Spook for a bit more variety. The back of the quilt is the Military Plaid Gray and I bound the quilt with the Military Camo Black.

I love drawstring backpacks and I’ve made several over the years. My son felt like his “babyish” drawstring bag needed an update so I sewed up this quick bag with the awesome black/gray Military Max cottons and he couldn’t be happier!

What You Need To Make This Drawstring Backpack:

• 14.5” x 12.5” cotton (bottom front and back, outer bag)
• 14.5” x 4.5” cotton (top front and back, outer bag)
• 14.5” x 16.5” cotton (lining of bag, x2)
• 14” x 2” cotton (tunnels for drawstrings, x2)
• approx. 6” twill tape
• 14.5” x 16.5” fusible interfacing x 2 (optional, but it helps make the bag sturdier)
• cording, ribbon, etc. to use for drawstrings

Place the 14.5” x 4.5” piece of fabric (Military Camo Black) on top of the 14.5” x 12.5” piece of fabric (Military Skulls Black), right sides together and sew together to make the front of the bag. Repeat for the back of the bag. Iron the seam down.

*Iron fusible interfacing to the back of each of the front panels of the bag to create a sturdier bag.

Top stitch 1/4” from where the two fabrics meet on the front and back panels for a nice finished look.

On the 14” x 2” tunnel strips, iron in approximately 1/4” on each short side and stitch in place. Fold each strip in half lengthwise and iron. Do this for each tunnel.

Line the raw edges of the tunnel up with the raw edge of the front of the bag. Pin and machine baste in place. Repeat for the back of the bag. We will secure the tunnels to the bag a bit later.

On the bottom corners of the bag, trim a 1.5” square from each corner. Fold twill tape in half and pin about 3/4” to 1” above trimmed corners. Pin the loops to the bag.

Pin the front panel to the back panel of the bag, right sides together and sew each side and the bottom of the bag. Leave the corners unstitched.

Pinch the corners of the bottom of the bag together, lining up the seams and pin together.

Stitch to secure. Do this for both bottom corners of the bag.

For the lining, put the two pieces of lining fabric right sides together and trim trim a 1.5” square from each bottom corner. Sew each side and the bottom of the bag, leaving a bit of an opening in the bottom for turning the back right side out. Pinch the corners of the bottom of the bag together, lining up the seams and pin together. Stitch to secure. Do this for both bottom corners of the bag.

Place the lining inside the outer bag, right sides together, and pin all the way around, making sure the seams line up, and stitch.

Put your hand inside the bag and pull bag right side out through the opening in the lining. 

Stitch the opening in the lining shut and stuff lining down inside the bag.

Take cording or ribbon and place a safety pin through one end. Thread one piece of cording through the right tunnel of the bag, ending on the right side through the other side of the bag.

Thread the other piece through the left tunnel of the bag, ending on the left side of the bag.

Put one piece of the string through the loop on the side of the bag and knot. Repeat on the other side.

Supplies:
Bella Blvd Military Max fabrics by Riley Blake Designs, Bella Blvd Too Cute Too Spook fabrics by Riley Blake Designs, Bella Blvd Puppy Park fabrics by Riley Blake Designs.

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Riley Blake Designs markets our fabrics under Stephanie Hunt as the designer. When purchasing or searching the Riley Blake website it's actually easier & more efficient to find the Bella Blvd fabrics under "Stephanie Hunt" as the artist.

Focus On: Riley and Rover Collections

This week, we asked our designers to focus on the new Riley and Rover collections when creating their projects. These new collections will be hitting your favorite local scrapbook stores and online retailers any day now, and we want you to have plenty of ideas in mind when you're able to get a hold of them. I love the projects our Creative Team members came up with, and I hope you do too!

"Puppy Love", by Leanne Allinson. 

I am loving the Daily Detail project life style cards included in the new collections. With the Rover Daily Details, I wanted to base my layout around the specific 3x4 cut apart card that features the red heart and white paw prints. I balanced the 3x4 card with a 3x4 photo opposite it and used several different papers from the same collection to create a patchwork style background. To create a little more interest on my page, I've fussy cut several different elements and mounted them on foam dots. Finally, as I have no journaling on my layout, I've included a QR code of my boys playing with our dog!

Supplies:
Rover: Dog Show, Borders, Daily Details, Puppy Prints, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle McIntosh; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: Guacamole, White; Little Bits: Oreo Black; Ciao Chip Elements: Hearts & Stars

"Chester", by Kat Benjamin.

I combined the Riley & Rover collections to highlight this adorable picture of my in-laws’ dog (I mean, seriously, look at that tongue!). I love the cute stickers from the Rover collection so I arranged them all in a vertical line down the center of the page to make them really stand out.

Supplies:
Riley: Friendly Felines, Fish Bone; Rover: Treasures & Text, Trinkets, Loyal; Enamel Dots: Oreo Black; Enamel DooDads: McIntosh, Blueberry; Little Bits: Blueberry

“Keep Calm and Love Cats” card, by Julia Akinina.

I am a cat-lover so there was no question which collection I'll choose for my projects. I cut out the 3x4 card from the Daily Details paper and made it the main element of this card. I added some die-cuts, stickers, enamel dots and another adorable sentiment from the sticker sheet. And the perfect card for a cat-lover is done!

Supplies:
Riley: Soxie, Tabby Cat, Borders, Daily Details, Trinkets, Treasures & Text; Enamel Dots: McIntosh

“Live, Love, Meow” card, by Julia Akinina.

My second card is brighter. I love this black patterned paper that I used for the background of my card. I cut a cute little mouse border from the Borders paper and I used 3d foam adhesives to lift up the cat sticker and the little fish-sticker from the Treasures & Text. I love to use the enamel dots and acrylic dots as an accents on my cards.

Supplies:
Riley: Soxie, Tabby Cat, Borders, Daily Details, Trinkets, Treasures & Text; Enamel Dots: Bell Pepper, Guacamole

Focus On: Riley and Rover Collections

This week, we asked our designers to focus on the new Riley and Rover collections when creating their projects. These new collections will be hitting your favorite local scrapbook stores and online retailers any day now, and we want you to have plenty of ideas in mind when you're able to get a hold of them. I love the projects our Creative Team members came up with, and I hope you do too!

“Archie Loves Willie”, by Kristine Davidson.

These two little furry felines just love each other. Archie (the one on the right) always follows Willie around and lays next to her all the time. When Willie is sleeping and all cozy you can be sure Archie will be around the corner trying to find her to get some attention! I love the pop of red that I included in this layout. I feel it brings lots of interest to the title and the picture still stands out.

Supplies:
Riley: Fish Bone, Tabby Cat, Borders, Daily Details, Treasures & Text; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: McIntosh; Enamel Dots: Oreo Black; Little Bits: McIntosh

“Twelve & Five”, by Christin Grønnslett.

My kids love my in-laws two dogs, and this is the Grand Old Lady - over 12 years old. She is usually the sweetest and calmest of dogs - unless you have a stick or a ball in your hand or take out the harness - then it’s all about playing and she can outrun most dogs. My son loves to be pulled by her while on skis up the hills - in English it’s called Skijoring. I took this picture on our National Day (Norways National Day is May 17th), it was kind of cold and my daughter is actually wearing a winter coat in a lovely red color in tribute to one of the colors in our National flag (the other two colors you can see in the ribbon in her hair - blue and white) - the same three colors as in the American flag. I wanted to pick up on those colors as well as some of the colors in the Rover and Riley collections. To make the background I used different types of liquid watercolors and just dropped it on the page with a brush, but for you to make this yourself you can use mists, diluted acrylic paint, distress ink refill, basically any form of color in very liquid form.

Supplies:
Riley: Fishbone, Treasures & Text; Rover: Dog Show, Puppy Prints, Give A Dog A Bone, Daily Details, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Color Chaos: McIntosh Strandz; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry, McIntosh; Ciao Chip Elements: Hearts & Stars; Crochet Hearts: Scallop; Feathers: Saffron; Enamel Dots: McIntosh; Enamel DooDads: McIntosh, Milk White

“It's Not a Home” card, by Corri Garza.

We are huge animal lovers so I truly believe this sentiment. I created a cute little scene beginning with a dog house cut with my Cameo. The dog house is perched on a hill made by cutting an oval shape in half. This card would be perfect for someone who just got a new puppy.  

Supplies:
Rover: Borders, Dog Show, Loyal, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Riley: Friendly Felines, Borders, Treasures & Text; Simply Spring: Chipboard Icons; Enamel Dots: Milk White

“Just Fur You” card, by Corri Garza.

I just love the cute kitties in the Riley Collection. I used the photo corners from the Treasures & Text to create a frame around one of the 2 x 2 squares. I trimmed some pattern paper into banner shapes and used foam dots to adhere the framed panel to my card for added dimension.

Supplies:
Riley: Fish Bone, Borders, Friendly Felines, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Enamel Dots: McIntosh

Focus On: Riley and Rover Collections

This week, we asked our designers to focus on the new Riley and Rover collections when creating their projects. These new collections will be hitting your favorite local scrapbook stores and online retailers any day now, and we want you to have plenty of ideas in mind when you're able to get a hold of them. I love the projects our Creative Team members came up with, and I hope you do too!

“Hello My Name is Murphy”, by Jennifer Chapin.

We recently got a new puppy and it has been so fun taking pictures of him! The release of Riley and Rover couldn't have been any more perfect. For this layout, I printed a large photo in a circle then trimmed the edges. I adhered it to my layout, then used the Amorie chipboard letters to make my title around the photo. I actually used pieces from both Riley and Rover for this layout - even though Riley is a cat themed line, a lot of the embellishments can be used for both!

Supplies:
Riley: Tabby Cat, Trinkets; Rover: Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: Guacamole, McIntosh, Blueberry; Enamel Dots: Bell Pepper, Milk White; Ciao Chip Elements: Hearts & Stars

“Suzy”, by Becki Adams.

Telling the story of our family dog isn't something I remember to do very often. The Rover collection gave me that reminder and made it so easy! My kids are thrilled that our dog Suzy now has her very own place in our family's scrapbooks.

Supplies:
Rover: Dog Show, Loyal, Puppy Prints, Borders, Daily Details, Treasures & Text, Trinkets; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: McIntosh; Enamel Dots: McIntosh, Bell Pepper, Guacamole, Ice, Blueberry, Oreo Black, Milk White; Enamel DooDads: McIntosh, Bell Pepper, Guacamole, Ice, Blueberry

“Happy Is the Home” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I am in love with Bella's bright and fun papers! Sometimes, though, the busy patterns distract from the focal point, especially when making cards as the size is smaller than a layout. To make the focal images pop and still use the paper that I love, I just add a piece of vellum over the background. You can still see the background paper and the focal images really pop! For this card, the focal image is comprised of a couple of circles die cut from the Riley patterned paper collection, stickers, and some Enamel Dots.

Supplies:
Riley: Daily Details, Borders, Treasures & Text; Enamel Dots: Oreo Black

"Love You Forever” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

We are a huge dog loving family! It's a rare day that I don't see our dogs right by our boys' sides! They are kind of a package deal! I needed a card for one of my boys so I naturally turned to Bella's new Rover Collection! I combined one of the Daily Details with a couple different patterned papers. I embellished it with some coordinating Rover stickers.

Supplies:
Rover: Daily Details, Puppy Prints, Loyal, Trinkets

Bella Blvd & Illustrated Faith

Hi everyone! I am so excited to be here today! My name is Shanna Noel and I like to illustrated my faith in the margins of my bible. Today I wanted to give you a peek into my process and share with you how I enter the notes from the Sunday morning sermon into by bible. 

First off I am often asked if I take my bible to church with me. Yes! Of course I love taking it with me but no, I don't set up a table with paint and stamps and watercolors (although how fun would that be?!) instead I bring a notebook with me. My notebook notes are NOT pretty, they are messy, doodly and a general hot mess but the important thing is I am writing down what I am hearing in a way I understand them. 

When I am ready (sometimes it's Sunday afternoon, sometimes it a couple days later the important thing here is that you are allowing God the space to do what HE needs to do within your heart through prayer and time) I take my notes out and enter them into my bible. Often times the pastor will give several bible verses throughout the sermon. I take the message that I am taking away from the sermon (that may be different for everyone even within the same sermon) and match that up to the perfect bible verse. 

Then I find that page in my bible and if it is already full (as it was here) I will just turn the page over and try the next side. In this instance (this doesn't always happen) the bible verse on the next page (Romans 12: 3-8) was speaking to me even more. Believe me friends, this isn't a bad thing!! Instead of only reading the verse that I set out to do instead I dug deeper into the word and found even MORE of what God had waiting for me there. 

I make a plan to document what God is whisper on my heart. In this instance "Be Who He Created" came to me. I knew right away I wanted to get some paint on the page (I use liquitex heavy body paint) and a gift card (it dries super quick). From there I knew I wanted to use my Genesis kit and the large white alpha (it's my FAVE!!!!) what I love most about this alpha is that you can customize it any way you would like! For me an imperfect black stripe is ALWAYS a great addition! I put my two letters "BE" on the bible mat and doodle the lines on there using the Illustrated Faith pigment liner. From there I mix-n-match the letters and labels to create the message. 

I love adding the final details to the page. For this one I added the "hope" washi to the bottom of the page and a "new start" tab to the top as a wonderful reminder to remain confident in the gifts that God has given me... so let's use those gifts to GLORIFY HIM! 

Thank you so much for having me! I hope you have a wonderful day Illustrating YOUR faith!!! 

I am so excited about the work we are doing through Illustrated Faith. As you can imagine the excitement of this movement has caused my inbox to be flooded with beautiful messages. I answer emails during studio hours Monday - Friday and reserve my weekends for family and teaching. Thank you so much for understanding! Have a wonderful day! xox - Shanna 

Focus On: Riley and Rover Collections

Happy Memorial Day! This week, we asked our designers to focus on the new Riley and Rover collections when creating their projects. These new collections will be hitting your favorite local scrapbook stores and online retailers any day now, and we want you to have plenty of ideas in mind when you're able to get a hold of them. I love the projects our Creative Team members came up with, and I hope you do too!

"Spot", by Heather Leopard.

This page came together by accident. Using my Silhouette CAMEO, I had cut the hearts out of one piece of white cardstock for the background and was planning to back each of the hearts with pattern paper. I cut my pattern paper in 3rds and cut the hearts out. When I removed the papers, I really liked the pieces that were leftover and decided to use those for my background instead of the white cardstock. I trimmed the pattern papers and stitched them together. Then I just mixed and matched hearts all around the paper and added some enamel hearts here and there. Finally I added my photo and title. Now I still have that white heart cut-out and plenty of hearts so I think I'll create the original layout I was planning for our other rescue dog, Kona!

Supplies:
Rover: Loyal, Puppy Prints, Give a Dog a Bone, Trinkets, Treasures & Text; Riley: Borders, Friendly Felines, Fishbone; Enamel DooDads: McIntosh, Bell Pepper, Milk White

"Framed", by Lisa Dickinson.

With all the colorful papers and patterns from Bella Blvd, you might think creating a more subdued design would be difficult. But with the neutral colors mixed into each collection, it’s easy to pull together a sophisticated palette! On this page, I’ve used the gray elements in the Riley collection mixed with pops of yellow and a big dose of white. The color scheme was inspired by my photo, which features our tortoiseshell and yellow tiger cats. I started with a piece of the Silver Confetti Clear Cuts transparency, layering various squares of patterned paper on the top, and finishing with my photo. Small stickers and chipboard accents in gray and yellow, along with the gray alphabet stickers from the Riley collection, help embellish the page. I love that the elements are whimsical and fun, but the color palette adds an elegant twist.

Supplies:
Riley: Friendly Felines, Tabby Cat, Fishbone, Borders, Daily Details, Treasures & Text; Rover: Puppy Prints; Clear Cuts: Silver Confetti; Ciao Chip Elements: Hearts & Stars; Enamel Dots: Milk White

“A Sweet Dog and His Boy”, by Stephanie Buice.

The moment I saw the Rover collection I couldn’t wait to get more pictures of our dog Chevy in the books. The colors and patterns are super fun and cute, I really like that it is an animal collection but could still be used for other things as well. To start my layout I chose to use a bunch of the papers cut into small strips along the top, I cut about half an inch off of it and put it along the bottom of the page as well. Brady and Chevy love each other so much so the pictures pretty much speak for themselves, I added some of the stickers down the center and stitched my title down to finish it off. 

Supplies:
Rover: Daily Details, Borders, Give a Dog a Bone, Treasures & Text, Trinkets, Loyal; Just Add Color: News Flash; Color Chaos: Oreo Black Strandz; Baby Boy: Chipboard Icons; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Blueberry; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: McIntosh; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; Enamel Dots: Milk White; Little Bits: Oreo Black, Orange

Bella Blvd & Jillibean Soup: Giveaway WINNER

It's time to announce our randomly chosen winner from our giveaway last Friday, featuring both Jillibean Soup and Bella Blvd goodies.

Congrats Regina! Email me at [email protected], with "BELLA & JILLIBEAN GIVEAWAY WINNER" in the subject line and we will get those goodies on their way to you!

Fabric Style

Today we are switching things up, and instead of featuring projects using our paper collections, we are sharing projects created with our fabric collections!

Camo Shorts & Shirt, by Jen Chesnick.

Who says boys get to have all the camo fun? Max was one of my favorite paper lines, so I was equally as thrilled to see it come to life in fabric. My daughter LOVED the camo prints. I recently bought the Coachella Shorts pattern and knew it would be perfect for the design.  

I made bias tape from the skull fabric instead of using a trim. Pom Pom trim would also look pretty cool on them! 

For this shirt I merged two applique designs, Love For Boys & Military Patch (both from Planet Applique), to create the final Love Patch pattern. It's a perfect little outfit for play!

Supplies:
Bella Blvd Military Max fabric by Riley Blake Designs, Elastic, Bias Tape or Trims, Heat N Bond Lite, Medium Cut Away Stabilizer, Wash-away Stabilizer, Embroidery Machine, Notions

Sunglass Cases, by Kathy Frye.

So exciting that Bella Blvd has a new boy fabric line, MILITARY MAX, and it is so cool! Lots of camo, green army men, skull and crossbones along with some plaids, words, dots and stars. I have 4 grandsons that are 6-10, so these fabrics are perfect! Their current season is baseball, so I made sunglass cases.

For one of the cases, I sewed a row of the words (Funny Nice Strong Kind Intelligent Strong) to the blue camo fabric.

On another I used primarily the black skull fabric with a strip of the white skull fabric as an accent. The other two are each made from one fabric with a contrasting casing (for the cord) at the top (that fabric is from the Puppy Park fabric line). I used fusible fleece for a little added protection and added a plastic toggle cord lock to cinch the cord. Fun and useful project!

Supplies: 
Bella Blvd Military Max fabric by Riley Blake Designs, fusible fleece, thread, paracord, toggle lock

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Riley Blake Designs markets our fabrics under Stephanie Hunt as the designer. When purchasing or searching the Riley Blake website it's actually easier & more efficient to find the Bella Blvd fabrics under "Stephanie Hunt" as the artist.

Bella Blvd & Jillibean Soup: Day Four + A Giveaway

One medium that we see our designers using again and again on our Invisibles and Clear Cuts specialty papers, as well as our new Just Add Color collection, is acrylic paints. Jillibean Soup has an awesome collection of Happy Hues paints, and they were generous enough to send a set of paints to our designers, as we knew they would pair up perfectly with our Bella products. All this week, we'll be sharing projects from our creative team, showing creative ways to incorporate paints onto your layouts and cards.  

“Spunky Girl”, by Becki Adams.

I wanted to make this layout just as bright and bold and the little girl in these photos. I love that I can add my own color to the flowers in the Just Add Color collection. By adding my own colors I can give my projects an even more personal touch.

Supplies:
Just Add Color: Star Struck, Passcode, Plum Little Bits, Treasures & Text; Color Chaos: Just Write Journaling, Oreo Black Strandz, Treasures & Text; Ciao Chip Elements: WhatNots; Clear Cuts: Punch Confetti; Invisibles: Flower Fancy; Enamel Dots: McIntosh, Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: Peep; Designer Tape: Gulf Dots

“Splash Of Color”, by Jennie McGarvey.

These Jillibean Soup Happy Hues are perfect with Bella Blvd's collections. I mean, Color Chaos + Just Add Color and beautiful paints?! They are begging to be used together. So, that is just what I did. I used these paints in a variety of ways. I first envisioned painting on the backside of the Punch Confetti Clear Cut, so I did! (Then I adhered a die cut piece of patterned paper over it.) I also wanted to use the same Ink Splat die cut as a mask to paint on the background sheet of cardstock. Lastly, I HAD to use the paint on the Just Add Color sheets! First coloring in the flowers (gorgeous!) but also highlighting words that go perfectly with my page. These paints are thick, vibrant and are a great match for creating with Bella Blvd products!

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Punch Strandz; Just Add Color: Star Struck, Newsflash, Speak Freely; Clear Cuts: Punch Confetti; Amorie Chipboard Alphas: White, Peep, Guacamole; Crochet Hearts: Punch; Enamel Dots: Milk White, Cotton Candy, Punch; Enamel DooDads: Punch

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And now it's time for a giveaway! Jillibean Soup send us some extra goodies to include in a giveaway, and we've added in some of our own Bella products as well, including the new Just Add Color collection. Leave us a comment here to be entered (one comment per person please). We will randomly choose a winner, who will be announced Monday morning.

Bella Blvd & Jillibean Soup: Day Three

One medium that we see our designers using again and again on our Invisibles and Clear Cuts specialty papers, as well as our new Just Add Color collection, is acrylic paints. Jillibean Soup has an awesome collection of Happy Hues paints, and they were generous enough to send a set of paints to our designers, as we knew they would pair up perfectly with our Bella products. All this week, we'll be sharing projects from our creative team, showing creative ways to incorporate paints onto your layouts and cards.  

"Happiness Grows Here", by Heather Leopard.

The new Bella Blvd releases are right on trend, allowing you to color customize your paper and embellishments as you wish. So when I received the new Jillibean Soup Happy Hues paints, I was in Heaven! The colors are so fresh and 'happy'. For today's project I wanted to put the Invisibles to the test. The nice thing about the Invisibles is that they has a glossy side and a matte side and I figured the matte side would allow the paint to stick a little better. Applying the paint was easy peasy. I just dabbed my brush in the paint and filled in the middles of the flowers and stars. It went on like butter and dried pretty quickly. Once it was all dry, I sewed the Invisible to my background, trimming off the edges and reusing it in the top left part of the layout. Next, I painted a border around the page using the yellow and green hues and I also painted a white photo corner yellow so it would perfectly match. I also watered down the paint and then sprinkled it on the background. I then added the photo, embellishments, title and journaling.

Supplies:
Just Add Color: Newsflash, Treasures & Text; Invisibles: Pink Posies; Ciao Chip Elements: Flowers & Clouds; Designer Tape: Polka Dot Combo; Enamel Dots: Guacamole, Blueberry, Bell Pepper; Enamel DooDads: Milk White; Bella Bows: Ice

“Embrace Today” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

When I first received the Jillibean Happy Hues paints I couldn't wait to try them out on some of Bella's new Invisibles collection! I did some "messy" painting on the back of the Click Click Invisibles paper using the following Happy Hues colors:  Precocious Pink, Gracious Gray, Ravishing Red, Amiable Aqua, Outrageous Orange, & Yummy Yellow. I then layered on some stickers and Ciao Chip pieces and embellished with a Punch star enamel doodad.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Just Write Journaling; Invisibles: Click Click; Enamel Doodads: Punch; Ciao Chip Elements: Symbols, Hearts & Stars

"What Means the Most” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

To create the background of my card, I started by painting messy circles on the back of the Newsflash paper (from the Just Add Color collection). I used the following Jillibean Happy Hues colors: Amiable Aqua, Yummy Yellow, Precocious Pink, Ravishing Red, Outrageous Yellow, Groovy Green, & Witty White. For the focal image, I thinned the same colors of paint with some water and did some more messy painting. After the paint was dry, I die cut the butterfly out and then covered it in clear glitter. I added some stitching, Enamel Dots, and a couple of stickers to complete my card.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Treasures & Text; Just Add Color: Newsflash; Enamel Dots: Milk White; Enamel DooDads: Punch

“Celebrate” card, by Laurie Schmidlin.

I love how the Jillibean Soup Happy Hues colors go so well with many of the Bella Blvd colors and embellishments! For this card, I brushed on the following Happy Hues colors to create a rainbow background: Ravishing Red, Outrageous Orange, Yummy Yellow, Groovy Green, & Bashful Blue. I added some Ciao Chip pieces. I created the sentiment strip using some of the alpha stickers from the Just Add Color Treasures & Text sheet.

Supplies:
Color Chaos: Treasures & Text; Just Add Color: Speak Freely, Treasures & Text; Enamel DooDads: Oreo Black; Ciao Chip Elements: Hearts & Stars