Instagram photo challenge

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great Wednesday so far.  My youngest will have his last day of school tomorrow and then we are on our way to summer vacation.  Yeah!  Speaking of vacations - I have a fun summery layout to share with you today for Bella Blvd.  We were challenged to create a layout using Instagram photos. 


Summer Vacation Layout 

 When Laura challenged us to use Instagram photos on a layout I felt that it was the perfect opportunity to use some of the summer photos that I have been taking.  I printed my Instagram photos in a smaller format so that I could fit a total of 8 pictures on my layout.  The Sand and Surf collection paired with pieces from Engaged At Last and Love and Marriage brought a colorful backdrop that compliments my summer theme.

Supplies:
Sand and Surf: Beach Balls, Surf's Up, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons;
Engaged at Last: Bachelorette Party;  Love and Marriage: Borders; Baby Boy: On the Go!;
Designer Tape: Chevron Combo; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars and Hearts; Button Market: Orange
Stars

Posing Pretty

Hey everyone,

Happy Valentines day! Are you doing anything special with your sweetheart today? My husband and I went out to dinner the other night to celebrate, we always celebrate with the kids on Valentines day.
I have another Bella Blvd layout to share with you today. This one has lot of hearts on it :)

Posing Pretty layout

I recently created this heart cutting file on my Silhouette Cameo and I couldn't wait to use it with
some yummy Bella products. I cut my file out of kraft paper and then backed it with Bella papers and
designer tapes. The colors in these lines complimented each other and made this layout come to life.

supplies:
Kiss Me Collection: Borders
Flags: Girl
Winter Wonder Collection: Icy
Birthday Girl Collection:Borders
Baby Boy Collection: Momma's Boy
Cardstock Stickers: Card Sentiments
Crochet Flowers: Dahlia, Daisies
Designer Tape: Piggy Gulf Dot, Pony Dot
High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White High Fives
Button Market: Neutrals Mix
Ciao Chip Versatile Elements:Stars & Hearts

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Gingerbread house traditions

Hi everyone,
I am up on the Bella Blvd.blog today with a layout that I created using their Saturday Sketch.

Gingerbread house traditions

I found this cute gingerbread house cut file in the Silhouette store and I thought that it would look great embellished with Bella Blvd. Neutral mix button and winter flag. I chose my pink and blue color scheme by pulling colors from my photos. I used a mix of papers from the Winter Wonder and Kiss Me collections to create this layout. I stayed pretty close to the original sketch by sticking with 4 photos, but changed it up a little by moving my title to the bottom right hand corner of the layout.

supplies:
Winter Wonder Collection: Ski Slopes
Flags: Winter
Kiss Me Collection: Bouquet Kisses, True Love
Christmas Wishes Collection: Cute Cuts
Cardstock Stickers: Just Write Journaling Stickers, Alpha+Bits
Chipboard Alphabets - Sienna: Pony
Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe
High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy Punch
Button Market: Neutrals Mix, Wood Mix
Ciao Chip Versatile Elements: Borders, Stars & Hearts

Believe in the Magic of Christmas...

Hi there,
Good morning friends. I am up on the Bella Blvd blog this morning sharing a Christmas themed layout with non traditional colors.


Believe in the Magic Of Christmas Layout

I started off my layout by pulling papers from the Christmas Wishes collection. I loved the pink/red combo on the Candlelight paper, so I decided to bring in an additional pink (Love Notes Paper) from the Kiss Me collection. I love the mix of these two collections together. And the non-traditional Christmas colors brings in a feminine touch to the layout.

I added a swirled Christmas tree that I cut with my Silhouette as an accent mixed with Ciao Chip trees and Hearts for embellishments. For my title I used a mix of a Silhouette title with High Five Alphas and Chipboard alphas.

supplies:
Christmas Wishes Collection: North Pole, Candlelight
Cardstock Stickers: Alpha + Bits, Miniatures Stickers
Kiss Me Collection: Love Notes
Chipboard Alphabets - Sienna: Punch
Designer Tape: Piggy Pink Stripe
High Five Alpha Stickers: Piggy Punch
Button Market: Stars
Ciao Chip Everyday Elements: Trees, Stars & Hearts

Got candy?

Hi everyone, Happy Halloween! I am up on the Bella BLVD blog today sharing a fun Halloween layout.

Got Candy? layout:

I wanted to create a 'Halloween themed' layout but didn't have Halloween products on hand. So, I decided
to pull papers from different collections that fit a Halloween color theme - purple, orange, and green.
The orange chevron, and green grid patterns that I pulled from the Birthday Boy collection complimented
the purple plum paper that I pulled from the Sprinkles & Lace collection.

To add a playful feel to the layout, I cut out circles with my Silhouette Cameo,
then added some punched stars, Ciao Chip embellishments, buttons and designer tape.

I finished off my layout by adding some doodling, stitching, journaling and a flag from the Thankful Flags 2 collection.

supplies:
Birthday Boy collection: Eat cake paper, About A Boy paper, Alpha +Bits stickers: photo corner
Sophisticates: Sprinkles & lace: plum paper, petite pieces paper
Ciao Chip: chipboard alphas: Sienna Pony, Everyday Elements: stars & hearts
Cardstock stickers: High Five alphabets: Yellow High Fives
Flags: Thankful Flags 2
Button market: stars button, orange stars button, outdoors button
Designer tape: orange stripe tape, jail bird tape

October memories

Hi everyone,
Happy Wednesday. I just got the kids off to school and I am headed to the gym. Going to take a gentle yoga class today. But first, I am up on the Bella BLVD blog today and want to share my project with you :)

October memories layout:

I just adore the colors and patterns in the Thankful collection. They are perfect for documenting Fall days and trips to the pumpkin
patch. I started my layout by tracing a wave pattern on cardstock then I used it as a template to cut out my pattern papers and
piece together my background. I used my sewing machine to stitch each section down. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the tree
and stitched it with embroidery floss.

I added in chipboard icons from the Ciao Chip Thankful collection and hand cut the leaves and pumpkin from the cute cuts paper.
To add dimension, I folded some of the leaves in half and added some embroidery stitching before gluing them down.

I finished off my layout by adding a blessings flag from the Thankful flags 2 collection and some High five alphas.

supplies:
Thankful collection: Our Spot paper, Turkey Tracks paper, Burlap paper, Perfect Day paper,
Cute cuts paper, Alpha +Bits stickers: scallop border sticker, Just Write Journaling stickers: October Memories,
Ciao Chip: chipboard icons: Thankful
Cardstock stickers: High Five alphabets: Green High Fives
Flags: Thankful Flags 2
Button market: outdoors button, fruit punch button