Bella Blvd's Riley collection

Our furry family members need to be in the scrapbooks too!!  Riley from Bella Blvd is the perfect collection to preserve those memories!!

Created by Ashley Hamman

New Bella Blvd....

Like it or not....Christmas is coming!!  Time to get those past years' pictures scrapped!!  And this brand new collection from Bella Blvd is just what you need to do it!!

Christmas Countdown

Created by Jennifer Chapin

Created by Becky Williams

Created by Tiffany Hood

Shop early for best selection!!

Snapshots by Bella Blvd

Brand new Bella Blvd available for your shopping pleasure!!

Snapshots

Created by Laura Vegas

Created by Sheri Feypel

Created by Brooke Stewart

New in store....

The new product just keeps coming.  Three fantastic lines from Bella Blvd are now here and on the shelves for your shopping pleasure.  Shop early for best selection!

Created by Brook Stewart

Created by Becky Williams

Created by Julie Johnson

CHA Peeks - Bella Blvd

Some fabulous new lines from Bella Blvd will be arriving in the pond.....

Baby Boy

by Brook Stewart

 by Kathy Martin

Baby Girl

 by Megan Klauer

by Becky Williams

Sunshine & Happiness

by Kimberly Neddo

by Gretchen McElveen

We're Expecting!

by Deanna Misner

by Kathy Martin



Design Team Monday!

The team is back again with a Style Challenge for this week.

Playful Charm

This style incorporates complementary colors in muted or bright tones. Paper with coordinating patterns, checks, dots, strips, and accents such as paper dolls, three dimensional and whimsical accents are common.

Tracey

Here is my take on this style. I have a really hard time creating based on different styles. I tend to just 'do my thing' and see how it turns out.

Supplies:

Bella Blvd Christmas Wishes collection

Bazzill cardstock

Lace trim & gold ribbon from Turtle bulk wall

Buttons from stash

twine from The Twinery

Stickles

Smooch Spritz 

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Michele

Playful Charm was new to me and upon researching, I fell in love with it. Well it's a form of Freestyle and I'm so fond of that as you know. So yes, I so enjoyed doing this layout!!

Papers: Echo Park - Season's Greetings Collection

Inks: Brown Cat's Eye chalk inks, willow green mist (with a Crafter's Workshop tree template), black pigment ink pen for doodles and purple Glimmer Glam for the bottle cap

Ornaments: 1 large bottle cap, Fancy Pants hats glitter transparency, letters cut with QK-Central Park, gems, a little witch pot, 2 bats Rub-Ons and a piece of green ribbon 

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Julie

Products used:

Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas paper

Misc. holiday stickers

Misc. green cardstock



Design Team Monday!

This week the team is offering up a technique challenge.  We want you to use a product for something other than its' original or most-common use.

Tracey

I decided to stick to basics for this challenge. I used basic product on my layout but tried to "think outside my shell" and changed things up a bit.

Supplies:

Bella Blvd Christmas Wishes collection

Bazzill cardstock

Mini Alpha Letters from My Little Shoebox

Dew Drops

Glitter

Maraschino Twine from The Twinery

Gold ribbon

1. Patterned paper is generally expected to be laid down on our layouts. I cut some circles out of mine and made a handmade flower.

2. The red "Christmas" chipboard letters were fabulous as they were but I wanted to add a little extra pop so I covered them in some fine glitter.

3. The "Family" cardstock sticker is generally intended to lay flat on the page but I decided to double matte it and pop it up.

4. The Baker's twine is generally used for knots in buttons or perhaps strung across the page like ribbon but I decided to change things up and make a flower with it.

I hope this helps you see that techniques don't have to be complicated or stressful. Take a technique and stick to the basics with it and you are sure to create some fabulous layouts!

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Virginia

I used two elements that are typically not part of a layout to aid in the design.....

1. a Christmas gift tag

2. a Christmas card

Then I also cut the patterned paper along the top out of it's "journalling block" template and used it instead to make a banner of sorts

Supply list:

Bazzill Holiday Style: Patterned Paper

Making Memories: Letter Stickers  

Bazzill Dot cardstock

Maya Road stick pins

Maya Road velvet ribbon 

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Michele

For my part, I had fun making the candy cane with eyelets and ribbon.

Papers: Echo Park - Season's Greetings Collection. Red Bazzill for the die cut

Inks: Brown Cat's Eye chalk ink and white-brown pigment ink pens.

Ornaments: Prima flower vine, Buttons, dew drops and gems, white ribbon and red eyelets, miscellaneous letters.

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Julie

I used a Starbucks coffee sleeve, covered it in paper and sealed the bottom to create a pocket for tags.

Products used:

Paper - Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas

Maya Road pink trim

BoBunny snowflake rub-ons

Misc. Starbucks coffee sleeve

Design Team Monday!

The Design Team is back for another round or reveals for you!

This week we are working off a PageMaps sketch for inspiration.

Check out the sketch....

And now a peek at what the team created with it....

Virginia

I don't have a ton of Christmas pics (shockingly b/c I have a million "other" kind of pics) - anyway I plan to change that this year but for this layout I decided to twist it a bit and do a December Daily type layout. I don't have the stamina to stick with an entire album devoted to the month of December but it is a special month with so many fun things going on so I decided this would be the perfect way to jot down some of our holiday memories.

I did a square for every day in December up to Christmas - I made sure that the weekend days were full circles for journalling as that's when we'll do the bulk of our Holiday activities - I'm actually not sure on a normal "work day" what I'll write but maybe a little note about listening to Xmas music etc - I'm sure I'll find something. 

Supply list:

Patterned paper: Bazzill Basics Holiday Style

Cardstock: Kraft

Stickers: We R Memory keepers

Letter stickers: October Afternoon

Costco gift tag (pine cone) 

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Michele

Here is my take on this fun sketch!! I reversed it and played with contrasts from my Echo Park paper collection and I also tried to keep it simple. The papers are so beautiful and delicate, I didn't want to overcroud them. I cut 3 small circles to glue under my clear dew drops to bring back the pattern, I'm in love with that green paper!!!

Papers: Echo Park - Season's Greetings Collection and green, white Bazzil cardstock.

Inks: Brown and green Cat's Eye chalk inks.

Ornaments: 3 large clear dew drops, Brown and green ribbon, miscelaneous flowers, leaves, letters, buttons and rub-ons, and a shrink plastic clock from Kimmiprout. 

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Julie

I used Glossy Accents on the light bulbs across the top, cut small strips of the striped paper to make my own xmas tree. I put a piece of cardboard in the bottom of the bottle cap, topped with a small metal tree charm, added some gems and then poured in some Glossy Accents.

Products used:

Paper - Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas

Maya Rd. bottle cap and pink trim

Glossy Accents

Misc. Gems, cardstock and lettering; metal tree in bottle cap 

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Tracey

Every year on Boxing Day most of my family heads to my parents' place to gather, have fun and open presents. Needless to say, there are always lots of pictures taken. This sketch was perfect for this.

Supplies:

Bella Blvd Christmas Wishes collection

Bazzill cardstock

Corrugated letters from Jillibean Soup

Mini Alpha letters from My Little Shoebox

Dew Drop

Buttons from stash