There are so Many Beautiful Reasons to be Happy {Bella Blvd}

The first manufacturer I designed for was Bella Blvd. They are so amazing to work for and I adore Stephanie's designs! I love bright colors and the bold graphic design in their products. Their mid season release is now hitting stores. I've been playing with it for a few days now and have had so much fun! Here's what I came up with when I was challenged to create a layout using the new collections. I mixed two collections (Classic Calendar & Scattered Sprinkles) to come up with this layout:

 The blue portion behind the title is done with gelatos. I wanted to put an extra emphasis on the word "happy." The title was fussy cut from the 'B' side of this piece of patterned paper:



The new collections are arriving at the Paper Issues Store. You can find all of them HERE 

If you use the code becki20 when you check out you'll get 20% off your entire order.

Here are some detail shots of this layout. (funny side note: I created most of this project while sitting in the car watching my little man's little league game. It was awful weather so I stayed in the car and fussy cut the title while I watched...how's that for multitasking! ;)

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Wednesday!

One of *Those* "Mommy Moments"

I remember the moment I took this photo so clearly. We were at a baseball game and the weather was finally nice enough that we could venture out of the car to watch the game. My two little kiddos ran out on the grass with a book and sat down.
My little girl started reading to my little guy and I had one of those nostalgic "mommy moments" where I thought, "They're growing up too fast!"
I documented these thoughts with the Plus One collection by Amy Tan for American Crafts. (aren't those black thickers amazing?!?!)

 I outlined the hearts with a black pen and put foam adhesive underneath a few of them.

And here's the completed project:

Squish your littles today! They don't stay little nearly long enough!

Three....Life.Paper.Scrapbook

If you haven't seen the 3rd issue of Life.Paper.Scrapbook you need to run over there and look! It's amazing! (You'll find my work on page 19.)
There is also a new color challenge that starts today. You'll love playing with this color palette.

 here's my take on this color challenge. I had so much fun with this one. I'll be using it again and again!

 

AND this is the amazing prize that is up for grabs: 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have an wonderful weekend!

Designer Introductions at Bella Blvd

Hey Everybody! Happy Monday! Thanks for stopping by! I'm so glad you're here! If you made your way here from the Bella Blvd Blog or from another Designer's blog please enter your email address to the right so you'll receive updates from my blog!

 

Over the next couple of weeks on the Bella Blvd Blog you'll get to meet all the new designers and see the projects that were part of their applications. I'm excited that I get to share a couple of my projects here today.

The Snapshots line is such a fun line! I combined it with a feather and a die cut title to create this layout:

 I thought that attaching a feather under the title would be tricky but it really wasn't. I simply put a small line of liquid glue along the vein of the feather and then stapled the end of the feather with my tiny attacher. The die cut and letters stuck perfectly to the feather.

Now we're gunna shift gears and fast forward to Christmas....(just for a minute), it will be okay, I promise!

Bella has the most adorable Christmas line! I love the whimsical images and the bright colors. I think I used every piece of patterned paper in the collection to make this layout. I also may have gone a little circle crazy...maybe not...

My kids  may roll their eyes someday when they look back at this photo but it's one of my favorites!

***Just a quick note. Today is the last day you can sign up for True Scrap 5 and use the $50 coupon. Click here for more information and to read about my experience with True Scrap.***

 

Thru My Lens

Good morning everyone! Do you ever look through your camera lens while taking photos and think "wait a minute, when did this happen?" I had that moment the other day when we were doing our annual back to school photo shoot. I know that every mom has those moments when you wonder where time has gone and how your babies are growing up so fast. This is how I chose to document this moment. But before I show you the project I created I want to tell you about this...

There's a new issue over at Paper issues and you know what that means...there's a fabulous prize up for grabs. I got a sneak peek at the sketch the blog hop girls are using, I had a few extra minutes last night so I decided to play along. I had so much fun with this sketch. Here's the sketch provided by Simplescrapper.com





Here's what I came up with:

Make sure to stop by the Paper Issues store and grab some of the new CHA goodies that Cassie has in the store and use the code Becki20 to receive 20% off of your order.

Also make sure you hop on over to the Paper Issues blog and enter to win :)