Bella Buzz - Bella Blvd

Vol 1/ Issue 5
HOT TOPICS
Bella Blvd has recently announced the ten newest Bella Artistas. Selecting only ten from the
huge pile of submissions is always a very daunting task. It is so very difficult to choose, as we would
love to say yes to everyone!. Thank you to everyone that submitted their work for consideration.
We hope you will continue to submit to future Artista calls. Congratulations to these ten very talented
scrapbookers: Ginger Williams, Gretchen McElveen, Julie Howard, Kim Holmes, Laura Vegas, Misty
Willis, Rhonda Van Ginkel, Susan Goetter, Kerryn Fry and Mahlin Wiggur. We look forward to featuring your work in the months
ahead and can’t wait to see what you have in store for us!
Wow! Summer is nearly over here
in Wisconsin. As the days are
getting shorter the staff at Bella Blvd
is getting busier and busier. Just a
CHA Summer was nothing shy of amazing! We had a great time visiting with the retailers, Artistas, magazine editors,
colleagues and fans. Bella Blvd’s first CHA Workshops were a hit as well! Both were filled with 50 students each, and the
feedback was wonderful. We are hoping to bring you more fabulous classes at CHA Winter in Los Angelas! If you have any
class suggestions please send them to [email protected] subject line: CHA CLASS IDEAS.
week ago we began shipping four
of our newest collections released
at CHA. The show was a huge
Now Shipping and available at your favorite LSS and online retailers are our
newest Sunny Happy Skies, Midterm, Hello Beautiful and One Fall Day collections!
success, thanks in part to all of you!
As we continue packing box after
box, we think of you creating
awesome layouts and documenting
your memories with them! Thank
you for being so loyal to this small
and growing company of mine.
You’re the best!
As always, we’re playing the Refer A Retailer Game!
If your local store sends an order in with your name
and email address as the referral, we’ll send you
free products! It’s that easy! So stop by or call
your LSS today, tell them about Bella Blvd!
REFER
A RETAILER!
WIN FREE
GOODIES!
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DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT
of the
. . . t h e m o s t M a g n i f i c a of them all!
Mimi Leinbach
Homework:
USING THE SUNNY HAPPY SKIES COLLECTION,
CREATE A 12X12 LAYOUT USING AT LEAST
5 STICKERS (EXCLUDING ALPHAS).
I am a stay-at-home-mom
to two soccer loving boys,
Nick (12) and Jack (9).
When I’m not scrapping
I can be found cheering
them on at their games
or helping out at school.
I have been married to
Josh for over 16 years.
Scrapping has been part
of my life for 12+ years
now and I would say my
style is ever changing.
To get to know Mimi and
see more of her work visit
her blog,
My Charming Blog.
“School Days”
Bella Materials Used:
Patterned Papers: Text Me, Borders N’ Blocks, Steve’s Keys, Physics,
Cute Cuts, Pep Rally (Midterm). Cardstock Stickers: Alpha+Bits, Blurbs
journaling stickers (Midterm). Blooms A Bella Azzurra.
“Summer”
Bella Materials Used:
Patterned Papers: Pandaland, Borders N’ Blocks, Cute Cuts, Creamsicle Clouds
(Sunny Happy Skies). Cardstock Stickers: Alpha+Bits, Blurbs Journaling stickers
(Sunny Happy Skies), Carla Posie pink alphabet stickers.
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Blooms A Bella Rosa.
CHALLENGES BY THE LOCAL BELLA ARTISTAS
CREATE A LAYOUT USING ONLY CARDSTOCK AS THE BASE, 1 FLOWER, 2 PICTURES,
3 WORDS, 4 PATTERNS, 5 STICKERS AND NO INK! PEN & STITCHING IS OPTIONAL.
Wendy & Stephanie used summer-related photos for their challenge! For both of these ladies, not using ink on the edges was a big and scary challenge, because brown chalk
inks have become an obsession! Wendy’s attention to detail and border stitching is beautiful. Stephanie used only one Blooms A Bellatm flower on her layout. She cut it apart,
separated the six layers, and created clusters of flowers, while Wendy layered her very own flower made of patterns, Bella’s cotton blooms and stickers! Well done ladies!
“Hey There, Sunshine”
By Wendy Cieklinski
Bella Materials Used: Patterned Papers: Just Because, Cute Cuts,
Thanks A Bunch, Borders N’ Blocks (Hello Beautiful).
Cardstock Stickers: Alpha+Bits (Hello Beautiful).
Blooms A Bella Sole, Rosa, Bianca.
“Today”
By Stephanie Hunt
Bella Materials Used: Patterned Paper: Thanks A Bunch, Sky’s
the Limit, Borders N’ Blocks, Blue Without You (Hello Beautiful).
Cardstock Stickers: Alpha+Bits (Hello Beautiful).
Blooms A Bellatm Azzurra.
BRINGING YOU INSPIRATION FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
NEW INSPIRATION WITH PREVIOUS BELLA PRODUCTS.
WHO? Monique Liedtke.
WHERE? The Netherlands
LINK: Creating {NON}Sense
Brittny Lejeune has been a featured Guest Artista in the past!
We love her style so when we saw this cutie-pie layout online
we just had to share it with you! This playful layout features
Bella’s 2009 boy-themed collection, Super Stud!
“Perfect”
Bella Materials Used: Patterned Papers:
Ocean View, Bits A Bella (All Inclusive).
Cardstock Stickers: Alpha+Bits (All Inclusive).
When we contacted Monique
about publishing her layouts in
the newsletter, she told us that
her layouts were created for the
Crop Addict Kit Club.
“Water?”
Bella Materials Used: Patterned Papers: Skippin’ Stones,
Bookin’ on the Beach (All Inclusive). Cardstock Stickers:
Alpha+Bits (All Inclusive). Ciao Chiptm: Belvedere
Alphabet, Badda Bings (All Inclusive).
Crop Addict’s August kit
includes a whole bunch of Bella
Blvd’s All Inclusive collection,
and you can make these awesome layouts with the contents!
The Kit is only $32.
Be sure to check it out here!
“So in Love with My Guy”
Bella Materials Used: Patterned Papers: Robot Love, Planetarium,
Cyber Kisses, Cosmic Energy, Bits A Bella (Super Stud).
Cardstock Stickers: Label Additions (Super Stud),
Carla Mediterranean alphabet stickers.
To get to know Brittny and see more of her work visit
her blog, Paisley Lane Design Studio.
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