Laura Vegas

did you catch the second reveal on the bella blvd blog yesterday? if not, make sure and check it out! i'm sure you have seen this next embellishment pop up on most of the layouts i've been sharing for the last 2 weeks. well, yesterday was the day we revealed the entire collection of flags!

i'm really loving these little flags! there are so many to choose from, and there's pretty much a flag for anything you need. they are so much fun to stick behind things, or tuck under things, on your projects. i really do think you're going to love these!

i choose some patterned papers from the baby girl collection and the sunshine & happiness collection for this layout. i started by picking out a handful of flags, and then found papers with the same colors.

i love that there are so many flags to choose from. i pulled these flags out of lots of different packages. i knew i wanted to do a border of sorts with them, so i needed quite a few. i wanted them all to look like they were tucked back behind that aqua strip of paper.

i also choose some new chipboard elements to use. i adhered both of these hearts using pop dots.

after machine stitching my aqua strip of pattern paper, i adhered it across the page using lots and lots of pop dots. this raised up that paper, and allowed me to randomly tuck my flags behind the strip. most of the pins aren't actually going into anything. so i simply used a glue dot on the back of each flag, and the ends of the pins just rested behind the aqua strip.

head on over to the bella blvd blog, to see the entire flag 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!

i'm headed out tomorrow morning, to make my drive to CHA! i'm taking 20 completed projects with me, to add to the bella booth. i can't wait to see all of our designers work up close and in person. and i'll even get to meet a few of them as well. i'm looking forward to catching up with old and new scrapping friends. it's just fun to be immersed in the scrapping industry for a few days, where we all "get" each other. and i won't lie. i'm kind of glad to be getting away from this computer too. lol! there's still plenty of new stuff coming up next week. i have blog posts all scheduled for the bella blog, and my own. i'll try and check in when i can. and i'll see you all back here next week!

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!

two more days of reveals on the bella blvd blog, and then it's CHA time! i can't wait! today, we are revealing two brand new types of embellishments. that means it's a double post day on the bella blvd blog. i'll be sharing one of my layouts, along with the reveal today. and the other one tomorrow. but you can always check out the bella blog, to see the second one later today.

first up are these adorable crochet flowers. they come in four different color sets, and each set comes with four flowers. they are the cutest little things, and come with buttons threaded on, and adhesive on the backs.

i used lots of patterned papers from the new sunshine & happiness collection for this layout. i wanted to use a mix of flowers, in different colors. so i picked out a few of the pink, blue, and yellow crochet flowers. from there, i chose some bright and fun papers to match the flowers. i did a lot of layering with the papers, and some white cardstock, and then machine stitched everything together.

i knew i wanted to line up the crochet flowers underneath my photos. i also had some fun flags picked out (hint: those just might be the second reveal today ;)), and they fit nicely, tucked into the flowers. 

i'm really loving the designer tapes! i'm going to be stocking up those, for sure. also, the chevron patterned papers.

once again, a mix of alphabet stickers and chipboard, in different colors and sizes. it's one of my favorite ways to do titles lately.

head on over to the bella blvd blog, to see the entire crochet flower 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!

i wish i had an amazingly witty intro to today's blog post. but i don't. i've been double blogging all these huge reveals, both here and on the bella blvd blog, for almost two weeks. i'm drawing blanks when it comes to my intro paragraphs lately 😉

on monday, we revealed some new patterned paper colors for the sophisticates collection, along with some new chipboard elements. well, today, it's all about the alphabet stickers. last CHA, bella blvd came out with their "quattrofina" alphabet stickers. i never really put the "quattro" part of that together, until stephanie pointed it out in one of her posts. quattro = 4, so there were 4 different sets of alphas on one sheet. well, how many do you think will be on this new style?

these are the brand new "high five" alphabet stickers. meaning, there are 5 different sets of alphas on each sheet. i really love that there is a variety of shades on each sheet. so you get the red and pink alphas together. you get orange and yellow together. you get white, grey, and black together. and the green and the blue sheet both have a few different shades of that color on them. i also love that you get different sizes and fonts together.

this was the last layout i made in my 2.5 day scrapping marathon. i think i made this at around 2:00am one evening. not sure that info is important enough to point out. but i wanted to mention it anyways. i knew i was working in some of the new sophisticates patterned papers (i choose blue), some of the new chipboard elements, and a lot of the high five alphabet stickers.

i used alpha stickers from three different color sheets for my title. i also used three different types/fonts/sizes of alph stickers. and i mixed in one of the new flags to take the place of the word "love".

i added the cute little chipboard tree, a few clouds, and also the yellow scalloped border by the title, using pop dots. all of the chipboard pieces are self-adhesive. meaning, they come with all the sticky adhesive on the backs already. peel and stick. however, i do like to adhere most of my chipboard pieces with pop dots. i just like the extra dimension it adds. i added a few little word stickers to the clouds, and added the year with some of the high five stickers. the green dot and red dot strips are the new designer tapes.

i added in some older papers from the original sophisticates collection. the "happiness" is from the tall tags patterned paper, and i just trimmed a large notch into the bottom to give it a "banner" sort of look to it. i also adhered that with pop dots.

head on over to the bella blvd blog, to see the entire sophisticates high five alphabet stickers 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!

did you love the first collection reveal on the bella blvd blog yesterday? are you ready for the next one? yesterday, it was all about baby boy! did you come back, in hopes of seeing some baby girl? patience, my friends. it's coming 😉 but today, it's all about a new embellishment that's joining the bella product family!

buttons!!! i love and adore buttons! it's a little embarrasing as to how many buttons i own. but you know what? i always have room for more in my collections! i love what stephanie has come up with, and i'm really excited to have buttons to go with the rest of the bella products. i think the plastic buttons are my favorites, since the're all gorgeous colors. but the wood buttons are so fun too, with cute little designs on them. and you can never go with with the mixed button cards.

i started this layout by choosing a handful of buttons that i wanted to use, and then i pulled my colors from there. i loved the wood buttons, with the touches of red and black on them. then i added in some red and green buttons.

i added some yellow patterned paper onto my layout, mainly because i love the mix of red, green, turqouise, browns, and yellows. i honestly didn't even notice that the checkered button had a bit of yellow in with the black. not until i was editing these photos. love the little red heart button too!

i added the little black text button to the center of my "g" chipboard letter. it's the cutest thing, with the white text words across it.

i threaded all my buttons, before glue dotting them onto my layout. i sprinkled them diagonally across the page, which i think helps draw your eye from the top corner, across the photos of my girls, and down to the bottom corner of the page. love how it turned out!

i hope you're ready for some bella blvd sneak peeks! we are starting our reveals today for the Winter CHA releases, and they will continue for a full two weeks!  

this is my first time being on the other side of a design team and the CHA planning. being the one that organizes and assigns ALL of the projects needed for the show. collecting all the project images and write-ups from the design team. planning and setting up the blog (remember, i write that entire blog now, which sometimes explains my absence here ;)). helping plan the new catalog. it's completely consumed me for the last month, and we still have so much more to do.

and you know what? i'm loving it! i have been so excited for this day to come, where we can start showing off all the amazing products and collections that stephanie has designed. and to give you peeks at what the design team is doing with these great products!  sooooo. you ready for the first collection reveal 🙂

the baby boy collection is so cute and colorful! i love the mix of blues, greens, browns, yellows, and oranges. perfect boy colors. there are so many great patterns in this collection. it's perfect for babies. and yet, even if you don't have a baby boy to scrap, there are so many patterns that can be used for everyday layouts as well. that's one of the biggest things i have loved about bella blvd since they came on the scene. such versital patterns and designs, that go with anything.

the design team is hard at work, finishing up projects for the booth this week. last weekend, i got to work on a ton of layouts for the catalog, which is what we will be sharing along with our reveals. i had such fun with this baby boy collection. i found a favorite photo of zachary to scrap. look how little he is there, at only 9 months old. he just turned 2 years old a few weeks ago, and he's such a big boy now. and yes, that title says "baby zack". i guess that should have said "zach", with an H. believe me, i will have more spelling mistakes stories to go with my projects. lol!

i just knew i had to use this chipboard monkey. i think he's so cute! and what is that he's holding in his left hand? that is one of bella's new flags! i'm super excited about these, and i just know you're going to love them.

one of the patterned papers has these colorful circles all over it, and they are the perfect fit with a 1.5" circle punch. i punched out a few and cut them in half, to line up by the top of the layout, as well as towards the bottom. see, these patterns are perfect for so many things. i'm loving the clouds!

you're going to see lots of brand new embellishments to the bella blvd family, popping up on some of my layouts. rest assured, you'll find out more about these soon 😉

head on over to the bella blvd blog, to see the entire baby boy collection, 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!