It's time to announce the Scrap Drawer Giveaway Winner from Friday's post. Thank you to everyone that stopped by and left a comment!
Sara Andrews said, "I just recently purchased a Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher after someone posted how it would complete my life. I must agree that tiny tool is AWESOME!! And addictive!"
Congratulations Sara, you've won a random box full of Bella Blvd scraps! Please email me with your mailing address, using the subject line: SCRAPS DRAWER WINNER!
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Ciao Bella! Did you make your way over here from Bella Blvd? Lookin' to win some random Bella Blvd scraps from our not-so-spring-office-cleaning?
Here's How to Enter to Win My Scraps Giveaway:
Leave a comment below telling me the one scrapbooking product/tool that you cannot live without! I'll announce the winner right here on Tuesday. Good luck!
School's almost out for summer which means I will be catching many-a-basketball tournament, gymnastics meets and little league games; Rootin' on my nieces and nephews any opportunity I can get. The layout for today documents my last season coaching my niece Anabelle before she enrolled into middle school.
I mixed together my Mr. Boy and also my Making the Team product collections.
I fed the graph patterned paper (from the Family Dynamix collection) through my printer for my journaling and then trimmed it into a pennant banner.
I had to journal about how at this moment in Anabelle's life she is so similar to how I was at that age. I see so much of me in her sometimes that it's scary. And because of Bella's recent team-up with the Twinery have some left over twine o play with!
The school team is The Star of Bethlehem Stars...so KI's star puffies were a perfect match for the layout, along with Bella Blvd's new Star buttons and referee looking Designer Tape! Here's the finished page that will go into my 2010 album.
Wishing you a wonderful Holiday weekend!
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Hi there. How are you? Today I'm straying from Wedding Wednesday because I have several updates to share with you. Thank you for being pateint with me as I took just a couple of days off from blogging. I had a great weekend with some special friends and can't wait to show you all the pics!
First things first! I am excited to announce today that at Bella Blvd we have organized our first-ever Warehouse Box Sale. This is for ANYONE and EVERYONE. If you can't find Bella near you, or if you just can't get enough, now you can purchase a box full of overstock and previous Bella Blvd products at 70% retail prices! It's a steal of a deal that's for sure and the response already has been a-m-a-z-i-n-g!
Boxes are limited and will all ship on or before May 11th.
Want to Order One? Here's How:
Email us at: sales@bellabvd.net using the subject line: BOX SALE + (YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME). Include how many boxes you would like to order and the shipping address. In addition, list a phone number so we can contact you for payment.
For additional questions and answers regarding box contents, shipping charges and more please click here to download the Warehouse Box Sale Flyer.
Onto update no. 2. Today Bella Blvd released the April Issue of The Bella Buzz Newsletter!
It's Bella's free digital newsletter that includes exclusive new projects created soley for The Bella Buzz. All the inspiration inside has never-been-seen or published before. And...every newsletter includes a Bella Blvd FREE giveaway too! Be sure to download the April Issue of the Bella Buzz here, or visit the Newsletter Webpage for past and previous issues!
Tonight I'm headed downtown for the 2012 MIAD Senior Exhibition. So excited to see the gallery of artwork prepared by some of the top student artists and designers in the state!
Hope you're having a great Week!
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My basics collection, Sophisticates by Stephanie, is so much fun because it's full of colors and it matches nearly everything is falls next to!
There's new elements to the Sophisticates collection which just began shipping from Bella Blvd this week, including these adorable versatile chipboard elements!
I always seem to be looking for clouds, family words and borders too! So after brainstorming with a LSS owner, I thought these would make for great everyday embellishments for scrapbooking!
The wooden and plastic buttons from the Button Market and the Stick Pin Flags feature the signature bright and cheerful color palette that is Bella Blvd. So it's super easy, one might say "effortless" to mix and match with your current stash of scrapbooking goodies!
This is one of my favorite recent layouts!
For more Sophisticates ideas, visit Bella's collection gallery by clicking here. Just because color makes me so happy....and the week is nearly over....
I'd like to giveaway one complete set of the
Just leave a comment below for a chance to win.
I'll announce a winner in Monday morning's post. Good luck!
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First off, thank you for all the congrats! Steven surprised the snot out of me when he proposed, believe it or not! After six years of dating we're finally going to "do this!" I'll be sharing plenty of wedding-related fun as time goes on.....but....for now....
I'm also thinking about making "Friday Favorites" a new feature around here where I can share favorites of all kinds (scrapbooking supplies, stores, color schemes, food, etc.) What do you think? Would you be interested....or bored? Let me know in the comment below, okay?
So today my favorites include some of my brand new products with Bella Blvd. I've manufactureed these totally stinkin' cute Designer Tapes. The come in these cute everyday patterns and of course match all the Bella Blvd color palettes!
I was able to take some product shots finally today...love them! Don't they look delicious?! They will all be available in March at your LSS...but guess what?! You can win them! For Free .... by leaving a comment over here on the Bella Blog where there's some fun inspriation featuring the tapes too as part of the Sneak Peek Week(s) and Reveals!
Just one more Yumminess that I can't resist. My new buttons!
Have you noticed how popular wood is becoming in scrapbooking? I've been buying wood elements like banner, alphas, mini albums and more! These pretty pretty plastic and wood buttons are the perfect combination of color and soft wood texture! Again, you can win them for free by leaving a comment on this post over at Bella!
So....what do you think of Friday Favorites? Maybe I call it Friday Yumminess instead....???
I'm headed to CHA today....then Italy after that....I'll try to be in touch around here as much as I possibly can....ciao ciao for now my peeps!
Happy Friday!
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We kicked off the CHA Sneak Peeks yesterday over at Bella, and the response so far has been wonderful! Today we have revealed an embellishment release that I've branded, The Button Market. I'm pumped about these beauties! The plastic button styles have been dyed to match Bella Blvd's signature bright color palette
(There's 8 total "plastic" styles---this is just a peek!) Don't you love the colors?
...and the wood buttons are just so dang sophisticated looking that I want to put them onto everything!
Again, there's 8 different styles of wood buttons. Over at the Bella Studio Blog you can see them all and even enter a free giveaway and win some of them!
Last but not least there's 4 different Button mix packs including a Feminine Mix, Masculine Mix, Neutrals Mix and a Wood Mix too!
I'm proud of all the hard work my team did to get these buttons at great prices! I know they're going to fly out of the Bella Blvd warehouse because the plastic and wood styles will only be $1.75 each! And these Button Mix Packs are only $2.99!
Be sure to stop by Bella for a chance to win some, or all of these buttons!
Good luck!
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It's finally time to reveal the new products pre-CHA! Head on over to the Bella Studio Blog for your chance to see the brand new Baby Boy Collection! Here's my favorite print from this collection:
And quick view at the collection as a whole--and we're giving it away before you can buy it today on the blog so be sure you stop by!
I've started playing with the new products, actually created a cute Baby Boy layout of my nephew Carson! I can't wait to show you soon! If you visit the links over on the right (Bella's Design Team Members), plenty of them will be sharing peeks of their CHA projects this week!
Hope you're as excited as I am......
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I've been busy sharing layouts around here that I shared my face that much :) Even though that's probably a blessing for you...I thought I'd say hello via some visual pictures from New Year's Eve.
After a wonderful dinner in the village of Wauwatosa at Firefly with some great friends we headed out to a local bar for the "regular" festivities!
It really is hilarious looking at these pictures knowing I was hoping to get at least one "good one!" I look like a peacock because Steven's "Happy New Year" headband did want to stay on his head.....not to mention how fake and cheesy his smile is. Ha, it just cracks me up!
This is the best one I got after editing out all the neon bar-signage in the background and making it black and white. It's kind-of good, right?
Well, Happy New Year! Whatever your resolutions, affirmations, hopes and dreams are for 2012 my prayer for you is that you have the willpower to stick to them, achieve and surpass each and every one!
Before I let you go...did you see that there's TWO different giveaways going on over at the Bella Blvd Blog? This is your chance to win some free scrapbooking goodies! Stop over and leave a comment telling me what you'd like to see from Bella Blvd in the next product release, 6 months from now in July-you have until Friday before we randomly select winners! I love hearing yoru requests...plus you could win some of this:
Lovey Dovey Collection....See Lovey Dovey Product Ideas Here
and this...
The Socialite Collection....See Socialite Product Ideas Here
Good Luck!
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Nothing scary for you today. Only cuteness. Look who's six months old!
Little miss LoLo, baby Lauren, big eyes---that's what I call her anyways. Took some photos of her over the weekend! Hope your day is full of plenty of treats!
Visit Bella's facebook page for a *free* Halloween "treat"/giveaway today!
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Last week's Mini Album Giveaway goes to....
Congratulations to Lea Albers! Please email me with your mailing addy and I'll ship out your mini albums (maybe some Bella Blvd goodies too!) next week!
If you haven't stopped by the Bella Studio blog for my weekly Friday post please do! Today I'm sharing a double-page layout I recently created. Here's a peek!
Wishing you a fun-filled Labor Day weekend. I'm off camping with the man and the fam! Chat soon!
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Just in case you think I am crazy after seeing part one of my everyday album storage (yesterday's post), today I'll keep it short and simple. My home scrapbooking room was recently published in Creating Keepsakes' special issue, Creative Spaces:
One of the reasons (Megan Hoeppner stated) why she liked my space was the display solutions for mini albums. Again, not my original idea. I must give credit to the infamous Ali Edwards for tipping me off -back in 2007- to this "pretty" way of displaying my mini albums.
Back in 2007 Ali shared that she displays seasonal mini albums in her living room inside a narrow basket, and then switches them out for the appropriate season (ie. Christmas mini albums are put in the basket during December, etc.)
Gosh, why didn't I think of that?
So I was on the hunt for the perfect basket(s) for months and months -even telling my girlfriends about the idea so they could keep an eye out for me too- and finally found some nesting ones at Homegoods. I'm still constantly on the look-out for more as I create new mini albums for workshops, gifts, trips, etc.
As you see I'm overflowing around here. This basket sits on the window-sill in my scrapbooking room here at home. There's no rhyme or reason to it right now, and there's about 3.5 baskets full throughout my room. This is the largest and my favorite.
How do you store your mini albums?
Do you think when they get really "old & dated" you'll give them away to people (those family or friends that are featured inside the minis' pages?)
Is it possible to have too many mini albums?
Tell me your thoughts and you can win this stack of mini albums I have sitting around and haven't used! I know someone can put them to good use!
Kolo (4x6"), American Traditional Designs Accordian Album (4x6"), Punky Sprouts mixed media album (aprox. 6x6") Creative Memories strap-hinge 6x6" Triumph Album with heart on cover.
Creative Memories produced the Triumph Album for a purpose. A portion of all the proceeds from this album were dedicated to the Alzheimer's Association, inspiring hope for a cure for those afflicted with the disease. Preserve your memories in a Triumph Album and support Alzheimer's Association in finding a cure for the disease that takes away one of life's most precious gifts: memories.
For once, I don't have too much planned this weekend....I'm hoping the weather is nice so I can enjoy the last days of summer around here in Southeastern Wisconsin.
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Congrats Lindy! Please email me your mailing address and I'll get them out to you right away! Please use the email subject line: CHIP ALPHA WINNER!
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I admit, I am obsessed with letters! In any shape or form...I love sticker letters, chipboard, rub-ons, foam, felt, and on my computer I even have a typography inspiration folder! I know I'm super nerdy but I just can't help it. That's why when creating new products I always try to develop some alphas. Truth is my all-time favorite are these....
The Simply Simona chipboard alphabets are part of the Sophisticates by Stephanie (hey-that's me ;) collection. They're available in 6 bright colors and are self-adhesive too...And I'm giving ALL 6 AWAY TODAY! Leave a comment below to win!
Anywho, one thing I love to do with these letters is sand them down a bit and mix them all together. Don't they just make you happy looking at them?
Remember "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King when Timon & Pumba showed Simba how to survive on bugs?! (I know you're going to have this stuck in your head for the rest of the day after watching it!)
Here's my coordinating page to go alongside!
Adding buttons and embellishments inside the letters is fun with the simply simona alphabet.
Don't forget to leave a comment -- I'll announce a random winner here tomorrow!
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Congratulations to Laura! You've won the Mr. Boy Stamp Set I designed with Unity/Bella Blvd.
Please email me with your mailing address and I'll get them off to you right away! Thanks for playing along everyone! I hope this is the beginning of a more consistent place to stop for inspiration and news!
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Today I have what I call Giveaway Guilt! Because I've been away from this blog for a while, I want to make it (a little better) by giving something away! ;) (Continue reading!)
I promise I'll be getting back to my regular blogging soon. Bella Blvd is consuming most of my days, nights and everything in between as I'm designing new product collections and preparing to expand the team. Lots of exciting things.....just very time consuming.
I'm here to tell you about Mom's Week over at Bella Blvd's Studio Blog. This week we have gift ideas, cards, layout challenges and giveaways too that will get everyone prepared for a wonderful Mother's Day/National Scrapbooking Day weekend. Today's theme is cards, and I'm happy to share one of mine!
I just love the Family Dynamix collection. It's super bright cheerful, perfect for Mother's Day cards, family picnics and days & the park! The "i Love you" sentiment is from The Mr. Boy Stamp Set produced by Unity Stamp Company-designed by me! ;)
Here's the stamp set pieces, it retails for $19.00 but I'm GIVING A SET AWAY TODAY!!!
How to enter: Become my friend on Facebook & also leave a comment below! It's that easy! I'll pick a winner on Thursday! (If you're already my friend-just leave a comment!) You must be both my "friend" & leave a comment to be eligible!)
Good luck!
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