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Happy Halloween Digital Inspiration

Happy Halloween! 

This is Sabrina from the Digital Creative Team for Bella Blvd and I wanted to share some layouts I put together using the very fun and festive Halloween collection called Spooktacular. 

The first layout is of my son last year when he was a silly scientist. I used all the pieces in the collection to put together this layout- clips, papers and stickers. I even used some puffy alphas for the title and the puffy stars to complete the layout. For the title card I used three potion stickers to really draw attention to the word scientist and reiterate the theme. 

Bella Blvd Digital: Spooktacular Bundle

This next page is a smaller layout- 6x8- for my daughter's album. She had a playdate yesterday with her friend and they happened to be wearing the same shirt. I choose to focus on the colors orange, black and a pop of green so when I looked through the collection bundle Spooktacular I looked for those colors. I picked out the hearts in those colors, some washi, a green star and coordinating papers.

I also made two journaling cards with the awesome pieces in the bundle!  The first one (top left on the first page) is a black paper, then a star tag that had its opacity lowered and then I copied it several times to fill the journaling spot. The second card (bottom right on the second page) that I put together using a script paper, two borders and two pumpkins. I love how the two pumpkins represent my daughter and her friend! Adorable pumpkin friends! 

Bella Blvd Digital: Spooktacular Bundle, Puffy Stars, Puffy Wonky Alphabets

Thank you for taking a look at my projects and I hope it inspired you to document your Halloween fun using this versatile collection. I'm off to have an action packed with my kiddos that includes lots of candy! Happy Halloween! 

SHE LOVES COLOR WITH SHANNA NOEL!

Hiya friends! Shanna here! Thank you for having me today :) 

I wanted to share my experience at the recent She Loves Color event - from a Bible Journaler's perspective! First of all, can I just say how much fun SLC is?! I mean seriously, if you ever get a chance to go, grab some girlfriends, your favorite leggings, some washi tape and GO!!! You will love it! 

She Loves Color is a scrapbooking event, but they do have a day before the event called Designer Day. During Designer Day I typically teach all day on all things Bible Journaling and I just LOVE it! But since I am already there, I don't want to leave, I want to stay for MORE FUN!! So I attend She Loves Color as a student! And let me tell you - THAT is fun! 

Even though She Loves Color is a scrapbooking event, instead of bringing photos I bring my Bible and take inspiration from the scrapbooking classes and do them IN MY BIBLE! Yep folks, you read that correctly! One thing you need to keep in mind is that the teachers are there to inspire you, to teach you, to help guide you - but NONE of them will hold it against you for putting your own TWIST on things! :) 

I wanted to share my experience doing this in one of the 8 classes, Paige Taylor  Evans! P.S. If you aren't already following Paige, whatcha waiting for friend, be ready to soak up some MAJOR INSPO!! Check her out  here: http://www.paigetaylorevans.com/


Paiges class included beautiful instructions on some AMAZING pages, two of which I wanted to share with you today, along with my own process through them. 

I love this "quilted heart" layout that Paige shared with us with easy to follow instructions. And even though that BIG GIANT heart (shown here on a 12x12 page) gave me all the heart eyes, I knew it wouldn't fit into my Bible, so I just took the directions and made a mini version as a little tip-in for my Bible! 

 



My heart and prayers have been with my mother, who recently lost her home to the Northern California fires (she is ok!) and who is also a quilter. I love the imagery this brought together for me, and my mom pieces together her life, and what is important to her. I am so thankful for her safety and jotted down some of my thoughts, prayers for her in this entry. 





The next page Paige (how fun is her name BTW?) shared with us was this super FUN and playful LOVE YOU layout. Paige had given us all letter templates to use to cut out the letters and although my initial thought was to make the letters smaller and make one page, I really loved the scale and the idea of tracing the letters (aka the easier way out!) so I decided to make 2 pages. 

My LOVE page ( 1 corinthians 13 of course! ) I used the same inspo, following the example with not only the letters but embellishment clustering as close as I could etc!! Instead of adhering them to a page, I stuck them on top of the sticker packaging to create a clear tip-in that could easily flip up the read the text and journaling underneath it. 




To use the rest of my sentiment I went to a chapter I have been recently using to focus on Jesus and what He has for me ( John 3 ) and instead of YOU being about someone I love in my family I used it to talk about Jesus. I made this a tip in as well, attaching at the top so that it could flip up. 


That was what I got done in Paige's class, using her most recent collection with Pink Paislee (which is BEAUTIFUL by the way!) I love the challenge and the insipration of using the class kit to document what Jesus has been laying on my heart!!

Thank you so much for joining me today, and I would LOVE to Bible journal with you at the next She Loves Color event!!!! 

 

GUEST DESIGNER | WENDY SUE ANDERSON

Bella Friends!  My name is Wendy Sue Anderson and once upon a time, I had the privilege of designing regularly for Bella Blvd.!  It’s so fun to be back this month as a guest designer!  I was thrilled to receive the “Gratitude Documented” collection in addition to the “Spooktacular” Halloween Collection to work with today!

With Halloween just around the corner, let’s start with my Halloween projects!  First up, I created a layout with photos of my two youngest boys from last year’s trick-or-treat shenanigans.

I just love the whimsical designs in this collection and had to use as many as I possibly could! Here’s a closer peek at some of the details:

Of course, you can’t have Halloween without lots of treats, so I whipped up a few candy bar wrappers to share with some special trick-or-treaters!  I used a Silhouette cut file for the base, then embellished with washi tape, 3x4 cards, and plenty of fun coordinating embellishments.

These will be so much fun to surprise people with – especially if they aren’t expecting something extra special!

 

Of course, with the season of gratitude and Thanksgiving just around the corner, I also wanted to create some pretty cards to give away over the next several weeks.  The “Gratitude Documented” collection was the perfect fit.

Here’s a look at the cards I created – simple, but heartfelt, and just right for adding a personal note of gratitude inside:

 

 

Here’s a look at some of the detail:

 

Speaking of gratitude – thank you so much, Bella Blvd., for inviting me back as a guest designer!  I hope each of you enjoys the upcoming holiday season – eat lots of treats and look for all of the beautiful things you have to be grateful for!

If you’d like to keep up with me and my crafty adventures, please find me here:

Blog: just me…and my little world -  www.wendysueanderson.blogspot.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wendysuea

 

SUMMERTIME FUN

Hello Friends!  Today we want to share a super cute 4-page layout created by Becki Adams. Becki used our adorable Popsicles & Pandas line along with some fun coordinating embellishments such as invisibles, cute clips and chipboard!   This 4-page layout is available NOW in our retail shop!

 

Popsicles & Pandas; Oh Summer Paper, Borders Paper, Details Paper, Popsicles Paper, Picnic Paper, Paper Pieces and Fundamental Stickers.  Zoo Crew;Train Ride Paper.  Oh My Stars Paper Pieces, Cute Clips Baby Girl, Chipboard Today, IF Mini Hexies Banana, Invisible Clouds.  IF Bright & Brave Thank You Jesus Paper. 

SUMMERTIME FUN

Hello Friends!  Today we want to share a super cute 4-page layout created by Becki Adams. Becki used our adorable Popsicles & Pandas line along with some fun coordinating embellishments such as invisibles, cute clips and chipboard!   This 4-page layout is available NOW in our retail shop!

 

Popsicles & Pandas; Oh Summer Paper, Borders Paper, Details Paper, Popsicles Paper, Picnic Paper, Paper Pieces and Fundamental Stickers.  Zoo Crew;Train Ride Paper.  Oh My Stars Paper Pieces, Cute Clips Baby Girl, Chipboard Today, IF Mini Hexies Banana, Invisible Clouds.  IF Bright & Brave Thank You Jesus Paper. 

Monthly Illustrated Faith Round Up

 

 

Happy Sunday friends!   Today we are bringing you some inspiration from our friends over at Illustrated Faith and their blog.

This past month has had their team busily documenting their faith in a variety of beautiful ways and we wanted to share their inspiring creations with you.

 

Print and Pray on FABRIC!

 

Illustrated Faith:  Precision Pens, Tape Runner, Gratitude Documented Tip-Ins, Designer Clips, Ephemera, Clear Stamps & Collection Kit

 

Reading God’s Handwriting

 

Illustrated Faith; Precision Pen Pack, Apply of My Eye and Bananas For You, Olive You, Oh My Heaven's and Hey Sugar Sugar Mini Hexies, Shanna's Favorite Watercolors

 

Words of Worship: Even If

Illustrated Faith; Genesis Kit, Gratitude Documented Ephemera, Designer Clips, Hey Sugar Enamel Hearts, Date It Stamp, Black Eyed Pea Ink Pad,  Precision Pen Pack, Tape Runner

For The Love of Grandparents

Hello Bella friends!  There is nothing more precious than capturing the moments between grandparents and grandchildren. This layout uses one of our newest lines, Mind Your Manners and was created by Stephanie Buice. You can purchase this 2 page layout kit in our online retail store now!  Hurry!  Quantities are limited!  

Basketball Coach Thank You Cards

Hello Bella friends!  We apologize for our absence as of late.  Our staff has been very busy focusing on our 2nd annual She Loves Color event in Milwaukee!  We promise to bring you a recap very soon.  In the meantime we wanted to share some card ideas that you can create to thank those special basketball coaches!  Leanne Allinson shows us how to mix the sports lines by using the Bella Blvd Basketball paper with the Soccer Fundamentals and Tiny Text Wildberry stickers.  

 

Bella Blvd:  Basketball Shoot It Paper, Borders Paper, Details Paper, Soccer Fundamentals, and Tiny Text Wildberry Stickers

Ready Set Create!

Hello friends, Stephanie here :) Happy Friday to everyone! I thought it was due time for me to visit the blog and share with you a recent event I had the pleasure in attending and teaching at. Ginger Nelson, one of our beloved customers of Down to Details (http://www.down-to-details.mybigcommerce.com) online shop, hosts a fabulous event each year located in the Burbank area in California. What a pleasure to be invited and attend this year just a couple short weeks ago!

The Bella Blvd workshop I taught was Splash/Summer Themed layouts and featured the Secrets of the Sea collection and the Puffy alphabet stickers. 

This photo was a fun inspiration for the attendees at the event, challenging yourself and your family during high tide on a vacation to back up against the waves and have someone take a series of photos! The workshop included a total of 4 step by step layouts and directions, which are now also available for purchase here on our site! They won't last long, and will ship out shortly! The retail value of this kit is more than $70, and your price is $45!

A big thank you to Ginger for inviting Bella Blvd and for being a great host! And to the ladies who are some of the best fans around!

Wishing everyone a great weekend, happy scrapping!

Love,

Stephanie

Bella Blvd Open Call for Designers!

We are now accepting applications for our 2017-2018 Creative Team! Do you love Bella Blvd? Are you passionate about paper crafting? Are you organized and motivated? Would you love to be paid in free Bella Blvd products and embellishments? Do you love photographing your work and sharing it online? If you've answered yes to these things then please consider this rare Open Call opportunity? Here's your chance to show us what you've got!

Time is limited, submissions will remain open until October 15^th.

What We Are Looking For:
1 Blog Team Member
3 Social Media Team Members
1 Bible Journaler Member

How to Apply:
Email us at art@bellablvd.net using the subject line CT SUBMISSION: (Insert your name) with the following information:
1. Your Name, City, State, Country
2. Social media links: FB, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter 
3. Any online links including a blog or online galleries
4. Show us your most AWESOME work, using Bella Blvd products! Up to 3 projects please, either scans or photographs.
5. Tell us about yourself, the craft version: Do you teach? Have you been published? Do you work at a local scrapbooking store? Are you part of or have you been part of other Design Teams in the past?

Responsibilities Include:
* Creative Team term will be from November 2017-December 2018.
* Two (2) projects a month (Options include: 2 layouts / 4 cards / 2 mini albums / 2 paper crafts)
* All projects will need a short write-up, quality photographs including details, and a complete supply list. 
* Social Media team members need to be social savvy
* Photographing your own projects in quality bright light, well lit spaces
* Communication with Creative Team lead is imperative on a regular basis

All applications must be received by October 15^th before 11:59CST to be considered. Open call is worldwide. If selected you will be notified via email on or before October 31^st, 2017.

Thank you so much! And Best of luck!