Bella Blvd | Project Life Filler Cards..

Hello Friends! Today I want to share some project life filler cards created using designer tape as my inspiration.

There's a brand new collection of Designer Tapes designed by the amazing people over at Bella Blvd. The patterns and colours are simple divine!!!

Card 1 | Designer Tape Feather

My first filler card has been styled using a washi/designer tape feather. Using a piece of florist wire, overlap the designer tape and then trim it until it resembles a feather shape. Notch a few triangles from the long edges to give it a fringe look. Adhere to the filler card using wet adhesive.

Card 2 | Punched Shapes

Using white leftover cardstock, punch your shape. I am using circles. Punch a second shape in a coordinating patterned paper to match the designer tape you wish to use. Add the designer tape to one half of the cardstock shape. Trim to match the shape of the punch. With the patterned paper shape, cut in half and adhere to the blank space of the cardstock. To complete the embellishment, add a chipboard icon to the middle of your punched out shape. Add the designer tape embellishment to your project life filler card.

Card 3 | Stamps + Designer Tape

Trim white cardstock to project life filler card size. Add designer tape to the lower edge of the cardstock and add stitching for extra effect. Using a stamp, add a simple sentiment above the designer tape lines. To complete the card, add a few enamel hearts to the top row of designer tape.

Each type of card can be create using a variant on the methods above. Try wrapping a chipboard pieces in designer tape or adding the tape vertically rather than horizontal.

Don't forget to check out all the new patterned designer tapes now available through Bella Blvd.

Thanks for visiting..x

Bella Blvd | November Newsletter...



Hello Friends!  Have you seen the latest Bella Blvd Newsletter? The Bella Buzz is featuring the new Hello Autumn collection this month and I was asked to complete a challenge using Hello Autumn, feathers, designer tape and crochet hearts!  Here's what I came up with..
 

"A Girl & Her Music"

 

Products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella Blvd (Hello Autumn, Lucky Starz); alpha - Bella Blvd (High Five Alphas); other - Bella Blvd: Treasures&Text, Crochet Heart (Gulf); Designer Tape (Gulf Dot), Feather (Sand N Surf); enamel dots; tools - machine stitching, typewriter.

 



 

My favourite patterned paper is the navy wood grain!  I just had to use it.  What's your favourite piece from this amazing collection?

 

Thanks for visiting..x

 

PS - Up on the Bella Blvd blog at the moment, Stephanie has an awesome giveaway with free Thankful printables.  Head on over and check them out!

 

 

 



Bella Blvd | Pinterest Inspiration...

Hello Friends.  I feel like I still have the need for post holiday slumbers.  *grin*  The temperatures here in SE Queensland have started to soar.  And that's okay.  Because we can quite comfortably turn on the AC and stay in our pyjamas all day long if need be. *wink*  But today I thought I'd like to leave my lazy haze, for just a moment and share with you my layout created for Bella Blvd.

 

 

 

"Imagination"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella Blvd; alpha - Bella Blvd; other - Bella Blvd:  cardstock stickers, designer tape; colorshine mist, date stamp, archivers ink.

 

Ethan created this 'costume' for book week by wearing blue clothes and painting the side of a cardboard box, blue.  He didn't have very many materials to work with and I didn't want to interfere with his grand scheme.  He stuck a possum hat on his head and went as a character from the book he is holding.  And guess what.  He won.  LOL!  He won the prize for his class.  He didn't need a store bought costume for the latest superhero or the thing that all the cool kids are currently wearing!  I love that he was creative and stuck to his idea! 

 

I've taken my inspiration from the red and yellow colours but there's a few other details from the Pinterest photo that I've used on my page!  Head on over to the Bella Blvd blog for more details.  Thanks so much for visiting...x

 

 

 



Bella Blvd... Announcement!!!!

Hi Everyone!!!  I just wanted to share my super exciting news!!  I have graciously been given a second chance to design for Bella Blvd in 2014!  I am incredibly humbled by this opportunity and look forward to the challenges coming my way..

 

 

 

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella Blvd; alpha - Bella Blvd; other - Bella Blvd: Designer Tape, cardstock stickers; doily, pearls, twine, mist; tools machine stitching.

Thank you to both Stephanie and Laura for choosing me out of many, many hopefuls.  I can't wait to get started!  Team introductions start next week on the Bella Blvd blog.  Hope to see you there...x

 

Bella Blvd | colour challenge...

Hi Everyone!!  Today I am sharing my layout that is up on the Bella Blvd blog this week.  This month we have a colour challenge based on the palette below...

 

Isn't it gorgeous!  I love everything about it and gleaned inspiration from the pink gingham table cloth to the title.  *grin*

 

 

"How Sweet It Is"

 

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella Blvd; alpha - Bella Blvd; other - Bella Blvd: designer tape; Jillibean Soup twine; tools - black pen, foam tape.

 

 

 

After two attempts at this challenge, (the first being ALL wrong because I kept looking at the inspiration photo on my phone!), I am happy with the end result.  I've played with a bit of the designer tape too.  Treating it a little like a ribbon, I've folded it so it overlaps itself and then cut a pennant notch from one of the ends.

 

My hubby bought these flowers for me last month.  He knows how much I adore tulips and when he saw them, he went ahead and brought home two bunches for me.  No other reason.  Well, no other reason that I know of!!  *grin*

 

If you would like to learn a little more about this layout, head on over to the Bella blog where there's heaps more inspiration to be found.  Thanks for visiting today..x

 



Bella Blvd | Punch Challenge...

Hello Everyone!  Today over at the Bella BLVD blog, some of the DT members have been challenged to create a layout, by breaking out our stash of punches!  I love using punches, but I must admit, now that I have a fancy die cutting machine, I tend to forget they are sitting on my shelf!  whoops!

 

"Seaside Magic"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella BLVD; alpha - Bella BLVD; other - Bella BLVD: cardstock stickers (Sand&Surf), designer tape; glimmermist; tools - black pen, small circle punch, pinking circle punch, arrow punch, office supply hole punch.

As you may have noticed.. I have a few circle punches in my collection.  And when I use them, I like to use the negatives from the sheets of patterned paper, as layers.  The "Freestyle Sophisticates - Freestyle Salt Water" paper (blue chevron), was created by punching around the outside edge.  I placed the photo directly over the top of the area where the punch couldn't reach to give the illusion that the entire sheet of paper has been cut out with circles.

In the meantime, the actual circles have been repurposed on my layout as splashes of light and water.  *grin*  To add extra depth to my layout and the "splashes", I have used an ordinary, office supply hole punch as a smaller sized circle. 

If you would like to see more, don't forget to head on over to the Bella blog to check out what the other DT members created!  You won't be disappointed.  Thanks for visiting..x

 

Bella Blvd | Button Love..

Hi Everyone!  Today over at Bella Blvd we are sharing some fun ways to use buttons on our layouts.  I had a chance to contribute to this fun challenge but I also teamed up the gorgeous Bella Blvd Button Market buttons with plenty of designer tape!

 

"Homemade Easter Eggs"



 

Bella Blvd products used: Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Pickle Juice; All American: Borders & Cute Cuts; Sand & Surf: Beach Balls, Miniatures; Birthday Boy: Alpha+Bits Stickers; High Five Alpha Stickers: Gulf; Designer Tape: Yellow Chevron, Red Chevron, Blue Chevron, Pickle Juice Chevron, Orange Stripe, Polkadot Combo, Pickle Juice Stripe, Yellow Stripe; Button Market: Orange Stars, Outdoors, Wood Mix, Checkers, Tie Dye, Red Flowers; Cling Stamps: Sand & Surf; other - Kaisercraft cardstock, black pen (sharpie), twine.

I really do love how the different product collections all match perfectly with each other. Four photos, six different buttons and eight different strips of designer tape!  I was in scrapbooking heaven when I create this layout.  It all came together way too easily...

I also adore the fresh bright colours of the alpha stickers laid directly on top of the designer tape.  Those little fussy cut flowers were created using the new Bella Blvd Sand & Surf cling stamps.  A great product to work with and stamps very clear images.

I hope you have been inspired to break out your own personal button collection to create with sometime this week!  I always love a challenge and now I can cross this event off my to-scrap list!  LOL!  Did you notice the date in the journaling?  2011...!  I am so thankful (over and over again) that I am not a chronological scrapper!  *grin*  I would never get anything done if I were! And I know for sure that I'd never be up-to-date! Thanks for visiting..x

 

Bella Blvd | National Scrapbooking Day...

Hi Everyone and welcome to the Bella Blvd National Scrapbooking Day blog share!! 

 

Our team was challenged to create a layout all about ourselves and trust me.. I found it much harder than it looks!  LOL!  It was really an open book when it came to what we scrapped about as long as it was about us. We could share what are our favourite things, or things that make me smile, or our top ten...whatevers!  You get the idea.  :) I decided I wanted to remind myself of the good stuff in my life.  The right here and now.  Here's what I came up with...

 

"2013"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella Blvd: Love & Marriage, Freestyle Sophisticates, Birthday Girl; alpha - Bella Blvd: Love & Marriage Alpha+Bits; other - Bella Blvd button (pink flowers), cardstock stickers & Designer Tapes (Yellow chevron, Blue chevron, Piggy Pink Stripe), Kaisercraft pearls, twine, mist, Greatest View petite doily, medium doily; tools - machine stitching, Fancy That Dies, home printer.

It is simple and basic.  And I need to have this as my mantra!  Family, friends, love and laughter, and of course scrapbooking!  *grin*

If you are interested in learning more about my scrapping process, please visit Bella Blvd and check out the answers to five fun questions posed to me by Laura Vegas (our DT coordinator!).  You will also learn a little more about Kim Jeffress too!  Hmmmm.. .I think you might learn a little about her obsession for the colour yellow! *grin*

 

Now here is the fun part!  There is a giveaway being hosted over at Bella, but I can't tell you when.  Head on over and leave a comment for your chance to win some gorgeous new product.  Best of luck!  And thanks for visiting..x

 

 

Bella BLVD | Super Hero..

 

 

Hello!  I just wanted to share with you my layout that is up on the Bella BLVD blog today.  Remember that little sneak from last week?  Well, here is the full reveal...

"Super Hero"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella BLVD All American collection; alpha - Bella BLVD; other - Bella BLVD All American: flags, ciao chip chipboard, stickers, designer tape; white embroidery floss; tools - type writer, machine stitching, Martha Stewart circle punch.

Liam is a huge fan of "The Avengers".  Everything at the moment seems to involve super heroes or villains!  It is definitely a boys world.  His all time favourite hero (at the moment) is Captain America.  So can you imagine his absolute delight when his dad came home with bubble bath in the shape  of his fave super hero!  LOL! I did mention he lives, breathes and bathes super hero at the moment didn't I?! *grin*

My inspiration for this layout came from the all of the stars sprinkled throughout the collection.  I even cut some stars from the new designer tape - Navy dot. 

 

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to visit the Bella blog to see what the DT has created with this stunning All American collection.

 

**Give Away** at Bella Blvd...

Hi everyone!  It's that exciting time of year when CHA creates monsters of us all and there are sneak peeks flying about all over the place!  LOL!  I love the excitement of seeing new ideas and even better... getting my hands on those new ideas!! Especially the papers!  Oh!  And the embellishments.. AND the designer tapes!  and... well, if you love scrapping, then you know how I feel!  LOL!!  sigh... anyway.. I digress!  *grin*

Stephanie over at Bella Blvd and the team are trying to encourage as many people to get their hands on some new goodies!  Today if you go over to Bella BLVD >>>here<<< you will have the chance to win some of these gorgeous Designer Tapes before anyone can buy them!  And that's not all.  All this week there will be another chance to win something new and then another!!  All you have to do is check in with the team or come back here and I will help you get there! 

Are you excited??

Let's have a little sneak shall we...

 

I think my favourite is this one... Mmmmmm!

So.. Off you go.  Yes.  Right now.  Over to Bella for your chance to win.  Be in it to win it!!  Good luck..x

 

Bella BLVD | Splash...

Hello Friends!  phew.  So far we have had a very busy week-end in the Allinson household and it is still early morning here on a Sunday!  lol!  Tahlia has now finished up her dance commitments for another year and we can finally relax and not worry about getting to dance 3-4 times a week! yay!  Last night she had her final dance concert.  It was a beautiful tribute to her teacher who, after six years of teaching Tahlia to dance, is leaving to go to the US.  *very sad face*

 

Anyway... Today I wanted to share a little Bella BLVD.  The Saturday Sketch is live and I got the chance to play along!

 

 

Here's my take on the sketch...

 

 

"Splash"

 

products used: cs - Stampin' Up, Kaisercraft; pp - Bella BLVD (Kiss Me); alpha - Bella BLVD; other - Bella BLVD: designer tapes & stickers; tools - typewriter, machine stitching, black pen.

 

 

 

 

I've turned the sketch on it's side and created a feature out of the designer tapes.  The tapes were adhered to white cardstock before being added to the layout.  If you would like to see a few more details, head on over to the Bella BLVD website. 

 

Thanks so much for visiting..x