Bella Blvd Sneak Peek - Baby Boy

It's that time of year again!  Winter CHA is just around the corner and if you're like me it feels like Christmas all over again (and heck since my Christmas tree is STILL up it kinda does feel like Christmas around these parts!  LOL).  The anticipation of what new products will be released is palpable.  I, for one, cannot wait to see what some of my favorite scrapbook companies have in store for us.  I'll be sharing sneak peeks over the next few weeks for those companies I design for right here on my blog starting with the new Baby Boy collection by Bella Blvd.  As a mama of two boys I do think I may have squealed out loud when I saw this collection.  So stinkin' cute!
  

Pretty gosh darn cute right?  If you'd like to own the Baby Boy collection before it even hits stores head on over to the Bella Blvd blog for a chance to win.  Good Luck!

A very Bella birthday!

Today is a very special person's birthday - the amazing owner and creative mind behind one of my favorite scrapbook company's ... Stephanie Hunt!  The Bella design team decided to surprise Stephanie with a very Bella birthday blog hop.  For those of you that are just joining me, you will want to be sure to start your hopping here at the Bella blog. 

I created my card using a combination of new and old Bella products.  I just LOVE that it is so easy to mix and match products between different collections and releases.  It really helps to make sure I use those products that are in my stash while still letting me play with some brand spankin' new goodies.

Stephanie - I hope you have the happiest of birthdays and that all of your birthday wishes come true.  I am so very lucky to design for your amazing company and wish you all of the best this next year.

Even thought it's Stephanie's birthday, we have some gifts for a few of you lucky readers as well! We know how generous and giving Stephanie is, and we know she would never have a fun blog hop, without a few giveaways up for grabs too. So we got permission from Robin, who works alongside Stephanie in the office, to pick TEN lucky winners, who will each receive a Bella Blvd collection. All you need to do to be entered in the random drawings, is to leave Stephanie your birthday wishes on this blog post. You have lots of opportunities to up your chances, since you can leave a comment on each blog you visit, as you go through the blog hop. There are 26 blogs, plus the Bella Blvd blog, for a total of 27 chances to get your name in the pot. We will randomly select winners, from 10 randomly chosen blogs, and announce them on Friday! 

For the next stop on the blog hop please visit the super creative Julie Johnson here.  Thanks for stopping by!  :)

Bella Blvd Layout

Hey everyone!  I have another layout to share today.  This one is using the adorable Christmas Wishes collection from Bella Blvd.  This is such a fun holiday collection - I love the bright colors and fun, whimsical designs in this line.  I created this layout as part of an inspiration challenge over on the Bella Blvd blog.  To see the inspiration image and what some of the other Bella Blvd designers created stop by the Bella Blvd blog. 

I decided to change my photos to black and white so they would not compete with the bright colors of the papers and embellishments.  The inspiration image had lots of banners so I decided to create a border of banners on my layout.  Creating these banners are so easy - just a few snips of my scissors and voila!  I arranged some chipboard pieces along the bottom of my layout and printed out and cut my journaling into strips.

Supplies (click images for links):

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Bella Blvd - FREE Digital Printable!

Hey all!  Just wanted to let you know that there is a FREE digital printable over on the Bella Blvd blog just in time for Thanksgiving.  You'll be able to create this gorgeous Thanksgiving mini album perfect for recording what each member of your family is thankful for during this joyous holiday.

Head on over to the Bella Blvd blog to see a step by step tutorial from Stephanie with detailed instructions on how to put your album together.  At the bottom of the post you'll find links to download all of the digital printables.  We hope you ENJOY them! 

Bella Blvd Layouts

Hey everyone!  The brand new Bella Blvd Design Team is being introduced all this week on the Bella Blvd blog and today is my turn.  I just adore this company and am so thrilled to be part of their team.  Their designs are just so very "me" and it is so easy for me to create with their products.  Total scrappy crush that's for sure!

I created this layout using all goodies from one of the newest Bella Blvd collections - Making the Team.  Oh how this sport lovin' boy mama loves this collection!  The colors are just perfect and I was so excited to scrap some of these photos I took of Darian all suited up in his football uniform.  Doesn't he look great?  hee!  And I know I've said it before but I'll say it again - I just LOVE the font of the letter stickers Bella Blvd has for each collection.  It's just so fun and versatile and the perfect size for longer titles. 

One of my favorite new additions to Bella Blvd's lineup of products (like my sports themed play on words there?  LOL) are their Miniatures Stickers.  These stickers are a great size for layering and adding those little embellishment clusters here and there. 

This next layout uses a mix of several Bella Blvd collections both old and new.  I love that I was able to dig into my stash and find papers and embellishments that coordinated (both in color and theme) with some of the newest products from Bella Blvd.  This is a photo of my adorable little niece Gia I snapped while we were vacationing in Ocean City this summer.  Isn't she such a cutie?  Oh and I'm loving these alphabet stickers as well - again another super versatile font.

If you want to read some fun random facts about me hop on over to the Bella Blvd blog to check it out!  Thanks for stopping by! :)