Laura Vegas

are you ready for more layouts? we have five more reveals on the bella blvd blog, and i'll have 4 brand new layouts to go along with those reveals. i shared 4 layouts last week, and 4 this week. and all 8 of those layouts were made in 2.5 days. i work good under pressure 😉

sunshine & happiness is such a fun and colorful collection. it's perfect for those summer memories: playing outside, swimming in the pool, and having picnics and eating popsicles. but it's also perfect for everyday scrapping, and the patterned papers can really be used for so many things. i think the cloud paper is my favorite. or the aqua chevron. i can't decide ;)  

i was actually looking for baby photos, for another layout, when i accidently came across these photos of one of my previous daycare girlies from about two years ago. check out miranda's dress. it's almost like this collection was designed around her dress! so i knew i had to use a few of her photos on my layout.

see, i told you that there are so many patterned papers that can be used for anything. i can see this chevron paper, or the yellow dot paper on tons of layouts. i hand cut the sun and the cloud from the cute cuts sheet of paper. i did a little machine stitching down the center of my cloud, just to add a little interest. those other two embellishments you see here will be revealed more on thursday ;) 

i also hand cut the tree from the cute cuts patterned paper. i tied a little string around the trunk of the tree, and then adhered it to my layout using lots of pop dots. i added little pearl accents to the centers of the flowers on the tree.

i had someone comment last week, that since i shared my little paper saving trick, they now notice it on my layouts. i thought that was kind of funny. i trimmed off a piece of a border sticker, and a border strip of paper, and overlapped them down the side of my layout. i also cut one of the longer quote stickers up, and adhered each word, one by one.

the "i {heart} summer" is also from the cute cuts patterned paper. i matted it on some of the aqua chevron paper, and machine stitched around the edges. i added some of the designer tape to either side, as well as on a few of the photos. some threaded buttons and a few more pearl accents finished off the layout.

head on over to the bella blvd blog, to see the entire sunshine & happiness collection reveal, piece by piece. and make sure to leave a comment over there for the giveaway, for a chance to win-it-before-you-can-buy-it!