August Issue 4

AUGUST 2012
VOLUME 3
ISSUE 4
CREATIVE INSPIRATION, UPDATES & GIVEAWAYS
NO TE FR OM STep ha Ni e
August is such a great time of year; As you are enjoying the heat and summer sun Bella’s latest and greatest CHA
Summer collections are NOW SHIPPING to your favorite stores around the world, literally! CHA Summer was wonderful.
In conjunction with Bella Blvd’s fourth birthday celebration we debuted a brand new trade show booth and released
birthday collections for both boys and girls! Here we are in Chicago...
Have you located these three new collections, including patterned papers, cardstock stickers, Stick Pin Flags, Buttons and chipboard?
In other exciting news, we have officially launched the
second annual Design Team call. We are looking for fresh,
new faces full of talent and inspiration. If you love, love,
love Bella Blvd and all our products you’ll want to check
out the details. We are searching for Layout Lovers,
Cardmakers & Stampers, Altered Project Designers and
even Fabric Designers too! There is still plenty of time
to submit; Deadline for submissions is Wednesday,
September 5th, 2012. Good luck to all who submit.
Find all 2012-2013 Bella Blvd Design Team Details here.
2 012 - 2013
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
DETAILS COMING SOON!
Be lla of th e Ba ll
Not Camera Shy
S a r a h K le
mish
Bella Materials Used: Eat Cake, About A Boy, Borders, Alpha+Bits (Birthday Boy); Miles of Smiles
(Birthday Girl); Sienna Chipboard Alphas Blueberry, High Five Alpha Stickers Yellow, Ciao Chip
Elements Stars & Hearts (Sophisticates by Stephanie).
From Michigan
http://sarahklemish.typepad.com
RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME:
Yum Yum
* My oldest son starts high school this year; A huge
milestone.
* I use to be a great soccer player.
* I love watching scary movies by myself at night
with all the lights off.
* I don’t own any stamping ink.
* I don’t know how to sew, except on scrapbook layouts.
* I hate wearing shoes. I even walk around
without them at work.
* I was on the diving team in high school.
* My mom passed away almost two years ago,
and I still talk to her every day.
* I am a cat lover . . . I have a small fear of dogs.
* I always try to look on the bright side of things;
Life is too short.
Bella Materials Used: Sugar Rush, Miles of Smiles, Borders, Cute Cuts,
Alpha+Bits Stickers (Birthday Girl); Birthday Girl 2 (Flags); Pickle
Juice Chevron (Designer Tape); Hot Pink Flowers (Button Market); Sienna Chipboard
Alphas Punch, Simply Simona Chipboard Alphas Prune (Sophisticates by Stephanie).
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Challenge on the BLVD
Create a layout, combining the Birthday Boy AND Birthday Girl
collections , & at least 4 different Designer Tapes.
sweet Treat
Here Wishy
By Katherine McElvain
Bella Materials Used: About A Boy, Borders, Cute
Cuts (Birthday Boy); Alpha+Bits Stickers (Birthday
Girl); Chipboard Icons (Sunshine & Happiness);
Chipboard Icons (Family Dynamix); Sienna Chipboard
Alphas – Blueberry, High Five Alpha Stickers – Green,
Ciao Chip Elements – Stars & Hearts (Sophisticates
by Stephanie); Orange Stars (Button Market); Green
Chevron, Yellow Chevron, Blue Gingham, Pickle Juice
Dot, Aqua Dot, Orange Stripe (Designer Tape).
To complete this challenge I wanted to use the
great colors and patterns of the Bella Blvd
Designer Tapes to create a striped frame
around my photo. I layered the tape on
vellum and mounted it on white cardstock
to help the colored strips stand out in the
forefront of the layout, along with the photo
and embellishments
By Megan Klauer
Bella Materials Used: Miles of Smiles, Party Dress,
Borders, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write
Journaling Stickers (Birthday Girl); About A Boy,
Toadilly Cool, Eat Cake, Borders, Alpha+Bits Stickers
(Birthday Boy); Hot Pink Flowers, Masculine Mix (Button
Market); Teal Stripe, Yellow Chevron, Gulf Dot, Pickle
Juice Chevron, Punch Chevron (Designer Tapes).
Combining the Birthday Boy & Birthday Girl
collections created the perfect bright rainbow
of colors that I wanted for my “wishing” layout.
I love that between both sets of the Alpha+Bits
Sticker sheets I was able to spell “wishy” using
the little banner stickers. That is exactly how
Ella says it as she is reeling in her fishing line.
“Here wishy, wishy.” Such a fun memory that
I really want to remember forever!
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Br ingi n ' Be lla Ba ck
Hanging on to previous Bella Blvd products? Just because papers and stickers are not brand
new, doesn’t mean they are not worth using! Get inspired by these great layouts we have
found showcasing some of Bella’s past and previous products!
Kindergarten Girl
Jana Eubank of Bountiful, Utah
Design featuring products from our Finally Fall & Sophisticates Collections
White Sand
Tammy Kist of Huntington Beach, California
Design featuring products from our All Inclusive Collection
New Books
Monique Liedtke of Delft, The Netherlands
Design featuring products from our Midterm Collection
Future Soccer Star
Brenda Cazes of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Design featuring products from Making the Team Collection
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Facebook Fan Love
Are you on Facebook? So are we! Visit Bella Blvd’s Facebook Fan page today for plenty of updates and inspiration
from readers, fans and scrapbookers like you! Just upload your recent Bella Blvd layouts and projects to our wall
and your work might just be chosen and published here in our bimonthly newsletter “Facebook Fan Love” feature.
Two feet, 10 Toes
Sweet Cheeks
Ana Paula Leal of the South of Brazil
Design featuring products from our
Baby Boy and We’re Expecting collections.
Jenny Evans of Ponca City, Oklahoma
Design featuring products from our
Baby Boy collection.
Ne w sl et te r Gi ve aw ay
Back to School is just around the corner as we
head to the store for school supplies, pack up for
college and realize all the homework that’s just
ahead! Bella’s Midterm Collection is up for grabs--it’s perfect for those first-day of school photos!
Visit our Facebook Page, let us know you’ve read
the August issue of The Bella Buzz & you could win
these goodies including: Patterned papers, embellishment
papers, cardstock stickers and coordinating chipboard
alphas & Stick Pin Flags! Winner will be announced
September 4th on the Bella Studio Blog.
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In the Pres s
Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine
- Summer 2012 Issue
Bella’s super popular High Five Alphabet Stickers are featured in the “3-Designer Challenge” article
as the talented S&CT design team mixes them with other products! Our High Five alphabets are available
in five different color sets; Add them all to your stash today!
We also spotted this darling layout
featuring the Sunshine & Happiness
collection within the same Summer issue.
CardMaker Magazine
- September 2012 Issue
What an honor for Bella Blvd’s Halloween collection, Too Cute to Spook, to be selected as one
of CardMakers “Favorite Products.” The issue is loaded with paper crafting ideas for Halloween
include greeting cards, candy treats, favor bags and more! Pick it up on newsstands today; there’s
plenty of Too Cute to Spook to go around this ghoulish season!
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