Bella Blvd Layout

 Hello everyone! Today I have a fun zoo layout to share. I love that I could use all the great Bella Blvd products that have nothing to do with a zoo.

I used a few collections by Bella Blvd including Summer Squeeze, Scattered Spinkles and Lucky Starz. I picked out some of my favorite patterned papers and cut them into three inch squares then glued them around the edges of the paper leaving a big 6x6 square in the center of the page. Then used a zigzag stitch to stitch them all together.

My photo was cut at 6x6 and has a small white border. I pop dotted the picture to help it stand out a little more against all the patterns. 

Then in various squares I layered some paper pieces and used some pop dots there as well.

My title is Monkey Love since my step daughter Maggie is sitting right next to a monkey. It was done using a chipboard Bella Blvd alphabet and a cardstock sticker alpha. Then cut a journaling spot out of one of the 3x4 cards and placed it next to my title.

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Always & Forever Layout

Hi everyone! Today is my first day back posting to my blog since my dad passed away. I find it a little comforting to scrapbook pictures of him. It does make me sad, but it helps. 

Last week on Facebook, Pebbles Inc. was doing a giveaway and I won the whole We Go Together collection. So I made a layout for my mom for Valentine's Day.

I did a small split background. Then did another split in the middle with strips of paper and American Crafts glitter tape. 

The collection came with these rosette hearts that are so cute! I used a punch and layered some hearts on top with an enamel candy heart. One of the hearts is a self inking stamp that was part of the collection. I stamped it down a few times and cut them out. I love the faded look it gives when stamped.

The I love You is an epoxy word that I put down right on the picture then used the Thickers for the rest of the title. I layered up hearts and stapled them together with one epoxy heart on top and placed them in three different places on the layout. 

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Thursday's Post for AWDML

I have a layout up on the A Walk Down Memory Lane blog today. Click the picture to head over to their blog to see the full layout.

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Sad Week

This has been a very sad week for my family and I. My dad passed away on Tuesday, so I will probably not be posting anything for a while. 

Be back soon, 

Chelsea

Getting Crafty

I have had this layout done for a while now, and keep meaning to post it but my dad was in the hospital for two weeks and then I was super sick, so I never got around to it until now.

I started off using the Shimelle collection and ended up bringing in some ephemera from the Maggie Holmes collection. The title is using Gold Foil Doll Thickers.

I placed a doily down and then started building my layers up. Some of the papers were torn using a ruler and others were cut with my paper trimmer.

The cluster up in the corner has the same papers from the main area with the picture, some torn and some cut. I finished off the cluster with some cute bows I had bought at Target.

After I glued my layers down I tucked in some paper flowers, a camera and a vellum banner I cut. 

While out shopping one day with my boyfriend at Bookmans, I came across a little crafty section. There was a bucket of alphabets so I looked through it. I found these AWESOME gold foil tiny alphas in a cursive font for $1.00!! I wish there were more, I would have bought them all! But anyways, I used those tiny alphas to spell out My Crafty Friends on the pink and white striped banner under the polka dot bow.

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Thursday's Post for AWDML

Hi everyone! My post is up at AWDML. To see the full layout click the picture!

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Thursday's Post at AWDML

Hey everyone! Today I'm sharing a sneak peek of my Thursday's post at AWDML!

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