Bella Blvd projects by Jenny

Hi everyone!

Jenny here, and I am so excited to share some of my Bella Blvd projects with you today!!

How about we start with the brand new - shipping Nov. 1st - collection...KISS ME!!! This is such a gorgeous, pretty, fabulous, cool, hip collection!! :)

MR and MRS:

(posted on my blog HERE with more details)

 

You can view the full collection, which was revealed Oct. 17th, on the Bella Blvd blog HERE.

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Yesterday, Stephanie put up a color challenge! You can find all the details HERE. She asked us a few days before to put together a project for the challenge, and I decided to make a layout:

This Sweet Face:

(Posted on my blog HERE with more details)

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Here is a card I made for World Card Making Day for Bella's all day long celebration on their blog. I actually made 3 cards, but 2 were picked up for publication(yay!!), so I can only show you 1.

It's A Boy:

(posted on my blog HERE with more details)

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I also have my layouts that I submitted for the DT call...

you can view them on my blog

HERE

and 

HERE

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I have to say that I am beyond blessed to have this opportunity! Stephanie and Laura are amazing, kind and absolutely inspiring, and the DT is stacked full of incredibly talented women!! I am one lucky lady!! ;)

Thanks so much!!!

Jenny

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Pinterest-ing!! ;)

Hello friends!!

Jenny here today, and I have a question for you....are you addicted to:

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Well, I am!!!

From food to clothes to crafty things...I find myself there almost every day!

While making a new board, CHA favorites and trends, I came across a photo of a wedding cake. It was just too gorgeous and too full of inspiration not to pin!

Here is the image:

 (Pin)

(Source)

Gorgeous, huh?! I fell in love with the chevrons, and the overall style of this cake. 

It was screaming, "Make a layout based on me!!!", lol, so I did ;)

I added chevrons across the layout, did the large cluster above them, and added the bands to the top and bottom of my layout.

I did some layering and added some foam adhesive, but kept it minimal as the chevrons are the focus of the design element of the layout.

I absolutely love how this turned out, and have a feeling that I may have a new board soon that is strictly photo inspiration for layouts! ;)

Thanks for stopping by Practical Scrappers!!

 Have a wonderful day!! :)

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Black matting and distressing...

 Hello everyone!!

Jenny here today to share a layout I made using a few of my favorite techniques. I think everyone knows that I love to mat in black...alot. :)  It is a trend that I am completely loving, and you will find it on a lot of my layouts.

Here are a few links to some of my most recent layouts with this technique...

UR COOL layout

Be You(Be Amazing) layout

Well, something else that I have been loving lately is distressing! Love the look it gives! (A few links, lol...Innocence and Magical Day). So, I have been playing with mixing the distressing and matting in black. It does take some time, but I love the end result! Here is a layout I made using both:

I love the pop the black gives the layout, but also love the distressing...it makes it feel not so super straight lined and clean. I have also added a few of my fave embellies: twine and pearls! :)

(*Note- I mat all my layouts with a smooth solid black cardstock, and distress using my trusty TH distresser.)

If you are not so keen on the all black matting, you could always pick just a few base pieces to mat, and leave everything else un-matted. That is a fabulous look as well. :)

You can head to my blog HERE to see more layouts with the above techniques. If you love to mat in black or distress, I encourage you to give this a try!! It makes for a bold, beautiful layout!!

Thanks so much for stopping by Practical Scrappers!! Have a wonderful day!! :)

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Baby Layouts

Whether your layouts are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice" or "snips and snails and puppy dog tails", one thing is for sure...those pages of your little bundles of joy are some of the most fulfilling scrapbooking pages you will ever complete.  My children's baby albums were three of the first albums I ever started as a scrapbooker, but they are yet to be complete (I need to get a move on since my children are now 12, 7, and 5).  Why is that you ask?  Because I create so many baby layouts with the same photos that I never get any further.  At the rate I'm scrapping my kids baby albums, I may be lucky to finish them by the time they graduate from college.  After seeing all this baby inspiration it may even take me a little longer ...

Practical Scrapper Julie

based on a sketch by Kristy Lee for ScrapbookSteals.com

Marg Van Patten

 Practical Scrapper Erin

Practical Scrapper Sue

Cheryl Freet

Practical Scrapper Caz Hancock

 

Practical Scrapper Fern

Michelle Battitori

Practical Scrapper Jenny

 

Practical Scrapper Claude

Fay Lyth

 

Practical Scrapper Kerri

 

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Baker's Twine on Layouts

Welcome back for some more baker's twine projects! We hvae some great twine inspiration for you today from our readers and designers...

Practical Scrapper Aymee

Practical Scrapper Ann spiraled twine to create this delightful flower border. (Detail shot on her blog.)

Practical Scrapper Heather 

Kim Martin

Practical Scrapper Julie created an argyle pattern with baker's twine.

Practical Scrapper Krissy Clark McKee used twine to create her stars (in addition to its ordinary use on her banner).

Charlotte

 Practical Scrapper Jenny

Practical Scrapper Aymee

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Bookmark Ideas

We have never done a feature on creating your own bookmarks before and thought it was high time we do so!   Here's some fabulously inspiring bookmarks from several of our designers for all you book worms!

 Practical Scrapper Aymee

Practical Scrapper Aymee

Practical Scrapper Kerri

Practical Scrapper Michelle

Practical Scrapper Amber

Practical Scrapper Jenny

 
Practical Scrapper Caz Hancock

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Boys Rule Kit Club Feature

Are you someone who has a bunch of special little boys in your life?  One of our sponsors for the layout contest is Boys Rule Kit Club and today we're featuring projects from them!  Christine is guest designing there this month  and Jenny is a regular designer there so we've got some great projects to share!  If you are looking for kits that are zoned in on those boys...this is the right place!

The first three creations are from Christine

 

These next four creations are from Jenny

 

Practical Scrapper Jenny

We hope you've enjoyed this feature and would love for you to pop on by the Boys Rule Kit Club and check out their fun kits!

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