Hi everyone! Jen Chapin here, and I am so happy to be back here with you on the Bella Blvd blog guest designing this month. Some of you may remember that I was on the team here for many years, so it feels good to be back!
A little about me – I live in Iowa with my husband Adam and two kiddos Keira (8) and Connor (4). I work full time as a nurse. When I’m not busy working you’ll find me scrapbooking or working on a paper. I am finishing up a Master’s degree right now and can’t wait to be done! I also like to practice my photography, read novels and cookbooks, and binge on Netflix documentaries.
The first layout I have to share with you today uses the Secrets of the Sea collection. I wanted to use the patterned papers to create a large title, so I found some letters in my stash and traced them on to the pattern paper carefully cutting them out. I used my sewing machine to stitch through them for added texture.
I also added some watercolor to the background of my page, to mimic the picture of my kids swimming. I thought the left side of the page needed a bit of color, so I added a band of orange patterned paper.
I finished the page off by adhering my letters with foam adhesive, adhering my journaling, and embellishing with fish die cuts and puffy heart stickers.
The next layout I have to share is all about stars! I started with a sheet of black patterned paper from the Delight in His Day collection and layered a piece of vellum over the top to tone down the pattern. Next, I used a star punch to punch pieces of the Oh My Stars paper pad out, then stitched these to the background.
I decided to use a black and white photo for this page since I had lots of bright color going on. I was also excited to use the “happy” acrylic word. These are so great!
To finish the page off, I added just a bit of journaling and some of the puffy stars. Such a simple, yet striking page.
Last but not least, the Pandas and Popsicles collection! I had been waiting to use this collection specifically for this photo of my daughter. She was a panda last year for Halloween. I printed my photo at 8.5 inches wide, then adhered onto a piece of white cardstock and layered on patterned paper.
For the title, I used the Wonky Alpha puffy stickers, and embellished with a panda sticker. I wanted to keep this page simple when it came to embellishments since the photo is so large.
To finish off the page, I added a few embellishments and some stickers from the sticker sheet. That’s it! A page that coordinates perfectly with my daughter’s costume.
Thanks so much to Bella Blvd for having me! I had such a good time creating these layouts.
I hope you have a great week!
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