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!

 

 

 



Jillibean Soup | Ukulele...

 Hello Friends!! I am back again today to share a layout created for Jillibean Soup.

"Ukulele" 

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Jillibean Soup (Cool as a Cucumber, Soup Staples II); alpha - Jillibean Soup (alphabeans); other - Jillibean Soup: enamel stars, pea pod parts; tools - typewriter, foam tape, stapler.

 Plenty of fun peapod parts, enamel stars and sequins!  And I am still loving the Cool as a Cucumber paper collection!  If you get a chance, head on over to visit Jillibean Soup and see what the other DT members are creating.  Thanks for visiting...x



Bella Blvd | What's New Wednesday...

Hi there!! I just wanted to pop in here before the weekend shows up, to share a layout I created for Bella Blvd this week.  Bella has a beautiful new Summer collection available called Summer Squeeze and while I am snuggling under the blankets here, I wanted to record a little bit of our family Summer.  But from a different perspective...

 

 

"Snapshots of Summer Hits"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella Blvd Summer Squeeze; alpha - Bella Blvd;  other - Bella Blvd: stickers, border scallops; gelatos, glimmermist, skewer; tools - foam tape, circle punches, typewriter, machine stitching.

 

My idea was to document the songs that were most popular over our Summer break. I wanted my layout to be fun and for it to emulate movement on the page with layered circles, stars and scallop borders.

 



 

 

The simple strip of typed text at the bottom of my layout, documents the most popular songs in our household, that were played over & over & over again... *grin*

 

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you have a lovely weekend in front of you...x

 

 

 

 

The Scrapbook Store | Simple Stories #2...

Hello Everyone!  I just wanted to share another layout created from the Simple Stories - Urban Traveller collection, that came in my DT kit for The Scrapbook Store. 

 "Taylor Swift"

 

products used: pp - Simple Stories (Urban Traveller); alpha - Simple Stories (Urban Traveller); other - Simple Stories (Urban Traveller) decorative brads & stickers; Jenni Bowlin pennant flag sticker & yellow paint; ink; tools - The Crafter's Workshop template, textured paste, machine stitching, black pen (sharpie), Fancy That Dies - doily, Dear Lizzy date stamp.

 

This layout isn't really about travel but I love the colours in it so much that I thought I'd show you how versatile the papers and elements are...

 



 

 

The colours are bright and fun without being overwhelmingly so.  Perfect for a rock/pop concert themed layout! *grin* I still used the globe sticker and map patterned papers to remind me that this was a world tour concert.  Plus the t-shirt Tahlia is wearing, names all the cities on the tour.  Very International!  hee hee..

 



 

 

Don't forget to visit The Scrapbook Store if you would like to purchase this gorgeous collection.  Thanks so much for visiting..x

 

52 photos...week 10

{Enchanted to Meet You}

note:  Before we start... LOL!!  PLEASE ignore that scary looking man in the background of the above photo!  HAHAHAHA!!

Last night Tahlia received her Christmas present from her Uncle Ian and boy was she spoilt!!  My  little girl got to go to her very first concert.... Taylor Swift: Speak Now world tour.  She had been counting down for weeks and was nearly bursting at the seams yesterday morning before going to school.  That was when the countdown became serious and we moved from days to hours and minutes.  :)

Mark had also bought me a ticket as a Christmas present and together, Tahlia and I were really looking forward to the coming evening.  As soon as she got home from school yesterday afternoon, Tahlia started getting ready.  At this point she had a three hour wait before we even left home to go to the Entertainment Centre, and another 1.5 hours before the warm up act started.  LOL!  Tahlia really didn't want to be late!  Once she was dressed and ready to go, she sat (somewhat impatiently) at the front window, waiting for her Uncle Ian to come and get us. 

Can I just say that at this point or at any other point during the course of the evening, the boys weren't phased or jealous in the slightest, that Mummy and Tahlia were going out to a concert!  Thank goodness for that!  LOL!  The x-box and pizza treat was enough to keep them happy!

The sold-out concert was amazing!  The crowd was loud and excited and caught up in Taylor fever!  The entertainment value was seriously worth every penny spent and our seats.... what can I say... nothing but uninterrupted views of the stage.

Taylor Swift definitely knows how to produce a show.  Not a concert, because it was way more than that.  The on-stage dancers were fabulous and Taylor's (many, many) costume changes were hardly noticed.  The stage itself was a magical fairytale of bridges, balconies and secret alcoves.  And for this to be Tahlia's first musical entertainment experience.... well... the barre has been set very high.  :D 

BUT.. The highlight has to have been the moment Taylor Swift walked directly in front of us and high-fived my little girl!  I think Tahlia screamed the loudest then and there, more than throughout the whole evening put together!!!   She went to school this morning, positively giddy with excitement, rushing through the school gates to tell all of her friends... "I touched Taylor Swift!!!  She Hi-fived me!"  LOL!!  I don't think Tahlia could ever have imagined such an evening.  Or had such a sore throat the following day.



Yes.  Tahlia was definitely enchanted to meet Taylor.  I'm so glad we got to do this together and thanks to Ian who was the motivator behind the scenes (well and truly before Christmas) and a big part of the evening as well..x