Soooooo. What did you think about the Birthday Boy collection we revealed yesterday on the Bella Blvd blog? Are you ready for our next collection? Let's get to it!
Thankful is Bella's newest fall collection. I have always loved fall collections, because I'm a huge fan of fall colors. Greens, aquas, yellows, reds, browns. These are the colors that fill my home. These are the colors I love to wear. So I am just naturally drawn to these gorgeous pattern papers.
I wanted to use a family photo on this layout, but the most recent one I had wouldn't have matched the papers. Note to self: take new family photo soon. So I pulled up a photo of each of us, looking for ones that matched nicely. If I line all our photos up, side by side, and add some designer tape to hold the photos together ... it's almost like it's a big family photo, right ;)
Loving the new chipboard alphas that coordinate with each collection. Especially these, with the text print on them. So cute. I adhered my title to one of the journaling stickers and adhered it with pop dots.
The sun was hand cut from the Cute Cuts paper, and embellished with a threaded button the center, and a cute little flag on the side.
The fun little cloud with the text on it, along with the "There is no place like home" piece, was also hand cut from the Cute Cuts paper. I machine stitched back and forth along the center of the cloud, and then added a few of the new buttons to embellish it. The cloud on the top is from the new Chipboard Icons.
I wanted to use so many of the different patterned paper that I couldn't narrow down my choices. So I cut small banner pieces from a bunch of the papers and arranged them across the bottom of the page, overlapping them as I went. I adhered a scalloped punched border strip on either side of the houses border strip, and adhered it above the banner pieces.
And here's a couple of peeks at a few more projects I created with the Thankful collection. More to come on these later ;)
Now, head on over to the Bella Blvd blog, where you can see the Thankful collection in full, piece by piece. And don't forget to leave a comment on the Bella blog today, where we are giving one lucky reader a chance to win the Thankful collection before you can even buy it! Check on back here tomorrow, along with the Bella blog, where we will be revealing our third new collection ;)
I thought Birthday Boy line was great- this is even BETTER..LOVE these colors and I love what you created with it- I SO need to do this type of layout. Those text chipboard letters are going to be a HUGE hit. Seriously- what a GREAT line. That little turkey guy is too cute. How cute would he be on the dinner table at Thanksgving....LOl!
Posted by: Janet | July 10, 2012 at 06:02 AM
Love your turkey!
Posted by: Susanmcl | July 10, 2012 at 08:47 AM
Lovely LO... Love to see more.
Posted by: Jeannie L | July 10, 2012 at 11:58 AM
Taped together with love! Just teasing! You always take tons of pictures and group pictures, too! I'm sure the next time an opportunity presents itself you'll get that family photo of the four of you taken! At least it's not the department store family photo that we used to get!
I'm with you about those colors! LOVE them! I wear fall colors all year long! I am loving all the lovely oranges that are around now!
Thanks for sharing!!! Can't wait to see the next one!
Posted by: Ruth G | July 10, 2012 at 12:50 PM
This is really so super cute. I love it. I love the houses and the little strip that says where I want to be. Adorable.
Posted by: Amy | July 10, 2012 at 02:42 PM
what a SUPER fun layout!
Posted by: Diana Waite | July 10, 2012 at 07:55 PM
This totally terrific page looks 'familiar!' ;) Love it! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | July 11, 2012 at 02:34 AM
Your layout is fantastic! This line is so cute, I'm going to need it for sure. Thanks again for the inspiration Laura, you amaze me always! :)
Posted by: sarah | July 11, 2012 at 04:05 AM
Awesome layout, Laura! The paper is so cute. Thank you for the inspiration. You rock!!! :)
Posted by: Kim Thomas | July 12, 2012 at 12:07 PM
love this LO girl!! what fun colors here! that turkey is adorable!
Posted by: Carla T | July 12, 2012 at 01:52 PM
Simply GORGEOUS!! I think I need to lift this once I get my hands on this collection! Love family LO's!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | July 17, 2012 at 09:21 PM