Getting Messy with Bella

Good morning everyone! I'm here on this beautiful Sunday morning to kick off Bella Blvd's week of getting messy! I'm so in love with this prompt. I'm not really a messy scrapper, but I always have fun when I branch out and get a bit messy.

For my layout today, I decided to paint a bunch of colors in rainbow-ish order to create my background. I then took a bunch of paper scraps, punched holes in them with my punch and glued them down on top of their coordinating colors. I then added a bunch of fun coordinating embellishments from the Squeeze the Day line.

This layout came together so quickly and I think it's kinda fun...it definitely highlights the rainbows in my life :). Here is the full layout:

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Patterned Paper: Freehand Graph and Dot: Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Punch, Oange, Gulf, Plum; Epoxy Stickers: Hearts (Squeeze the Day); Ephemera Words: Squeeze the Day; Bella Pops: Follow the Rainbow; IF enamel hearts: Olive You Mix

Pattern Happy + Ellen Hutson Blog Hop

Hey everyone!  Welcome to the Pattern Happy/Ellen Hutson blog hop!  Today we are sharing some fun Spring projects with you.  And when I think of Spring, I think of rainbows, which is why I used a variety of Pattern Happy dies and papers to create this rainbow-filled card:

Make sure to leave comments at each stop on the hop for a chance to win one of two Pattern Happy prize packs! Leave your comments before April 5th, at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be contacted via email.

And here is the whole hop order:

Amy Tsuruta
Carly Tee Minner
Emily Midgett
Heather Campbell
Kat Benjamin (that's me!!)
Kelly Griglione
Khristina Sorge
Kristine Davidson
Laurel Seabrook
Sharon Harnist

Happy hopping!! :o)

This Year's Annual Rainbow Layout

Every year I make at least one rainbow layout...and every year I really like how it turns out.  This year is no exception!  My rainbow layout this year was inspired by the Northern Lights kit from Clique Kits.  It is full of so many fun colors and patterns and as soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to get all those pretty colors on to one page.  And hence this year's rainbow layout:

Have you made anything rainbow-y recently?

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper; Fancy Pants Designs, Basic Grey; Alphas, Puffy Sticker, Washi Tape, Tag: Fancy Pants Designs; Die Cuts: Clique Kits

NSD with Bella Blvd

Hey, everyone!  Are you recovering from all the NSD festivities?  I still have a lot of challenges that I hope to participate in over the next week.  I did want to pop in and share an NSD layout that I had on the Bella Blvd blog on Saturday.  We were tasked to do an "all about me" page and answer five questions about ourselves.  Here is my layout:

I LOVE the rainbow color scheme...when you make a rainbow layout, it's always going to turn out looking good.  Always.  It's science.  :o)

Thanks for popping in!!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Everything else: Bella Blvd

**Update: I am linking this to Paper Issue's current issue - my layout features a selfie!  :o) **

The Studio's Number Challenge

Good morning, everyone!  I'm a tad bit late in posting my take on The Studio's newest challenge.  This challenge was to use numbers in your project in some way.  Here is my take:

 

I decided to focus on my niece's rainbow themed 9th birthday.  I am so excited that I was able to use that large wood veneer number.  I've been looking for the perfect opportunity to use one.

 

Head on over to The Studio to see the other designers' takes on the challenge.  I guarantee you'll be inspired!!

 

Cardstock: Bazzill; Alphas: Studio Calico, Basic Grey, Pink Paislee, Jillibean Soup, Heidi Swapp; Wood Veneers: Studio Calico, Sodalicious; Word Sticker, Chipboard Hearts: Heidi Swapp; Chipboard Stars: Studio Calico; Journaling Card: Becky Higgins; Embossing Powder: Recollections

The Studio Challenges || Scraplift Yourself

Seriously!  That's the challenge at The Studio this week!  So, it's right up my alley considering I've been challenging myself to do this for the last few months with my Scraplift Saturdays.  I don't think it's ever easy to scraplift yourself.  This is especially true if you're lifting a layout that you truly love.  There's a lot of pressure to create a layout equally good.

 

For this challenge, I dug waaaaay back in my scrap archives to 2010 and picked a layout that may still be my favorite ever.

 

And here is my new updated take.  There's still a rainbow and black and white photos.  I think the subject matter of this layout is way cuter than the first one, though! 

With the first layout I was able to clear out some of my ribbon stash.  With this new layout, I dug deep into my scrap bin and was able to use up some of my long ignored scraps.

 

Thanks for stopping in.  Please hop on over to The Studio to see everyone else's take on this challenge and join in the fun for your chance at the monthly prize!

 

Supplies: Unfortunately, the first layout was created at a time when I did not keep track of the products I used, so I ma unable to provide a product list for this one.

 

Layout2: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: American Crafts, Jillibean Soup, October Afternoon, Sassafras, Crate Paper, Cosmo Cricket, Echo Park, Bella Blvd, Me & My Big Ideas, Bo Bunny; Puffy Stickers: Studio Calico; Enamel Dots: Prima, Freckled Fawn, My Mind's Eye; Alphas: Pink Paislee

Taste the Rainbow!

So, I don't have any new krafty projects to share today, but I have missed sharing something on my blog...so I thought I would share a few of my pins from my rainbow Pinterest board. Enjoy:

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Color my World...

Good, morning! Happy Thursday! I have a quick layout to share with you today. I did it for the rainbow challenge that is currently posted at Just C & S:

Thanks for popping in! I will do a longer post later, just been very busy with work recently!

Layout: Cardstock: Recollections, DCWV; Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Sassafras, Studio Calico; Border punches: Martha Stewart, EK Success; Alphabet Stickers: Glitz, Basic Grey; Sticker: Littly Yellow Bicycle

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Ever feel in the mood to be super colorful?? When I saw the Creative Scrappers sketch from last week, I just knew that I wanted to make a rainbow layout. Here's what I created:

I don't think I've made something this colorful since I made this layout last year.

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Layout: Cardstock: KI Memories; Patterned Paper: Crate Paper, Cosmo Cricket; Border strips: Bazzill, Doodlebug Design; Doilie stickers: Basic Grey; Alphabet stickers: Basic Grey, Queen & Company

Random Rainbow Inspiration

Hey, all! You know those fun blog posts that some people do that include fun little images they found from around the web? Antonia Krajicek does an awesome job of this at her blog. I love going over there and checking it out when she has posted a new day of inspiration. Well, since I have nothing crafty to share with you today, I figured I would share some of the fun images I have found recently...and since I love bright colors...all my photos are bright, too :)

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Hope this brought a little sunshine and colorful inspiration to your day!!

Use those ribbon scraps!!

Are you like me? Do you have about 20 pounds of ribbon that you get ovewhelmed just looking at it? I have so, so, so much ribbon...and that never stops me from buying even more. Well, Creating Keepsakes most recent issue came to my rescue, because they did a whole article on innovative ways to use ribbon. One layout by Jennifer McGuire really caught my eye and I just had to do it too so I could use up some of my ribbon scraps. I already found a way to use up my ribbon scraps once before, so I was really excited to see this article and get some more inspiration. To see Jennifer's layout, turn to page 103 of the March/April issue. Her layout is called "The Best."
And in case you couldn't tell, when it comes to using my ribbon stash, I always love the rainbow effect. :)

My take on my challenge

Hey, all! I said I'd be back to show you my take on my current challenge, so here it is:

I don't usually do layouts about myself, but for some reason, I decided this was the perfect opportunity. I had so much fun making this...I love splattering the paint around! I also saw this as the perfect opportunity to use some of my ribbon stash...I have way too much ribbon lying around!

And, just a reminder that this is the picture that inspired me:

You have until 13 February to post your link to your project to the original post. Can't wait to see what you all come up with!!

New Challenge

Hey, all. For my newest challenge I have decided to do something just a little bit different than usual.

You're proabably wondering why I posted this photo. Well, I found this awesome picture here and I thought it was incredibly inspirational. So...I want to see how it inspires you.

*The rules:

1. Create a layout/project inspired by this awesome photograph.

2. Link your layout/project to this post by 6 pm PST on 13 February.

3. This will be a random drawing, so you'll get extra chances to win if you are a blog follower and if you link your layout/project back to my blog.

*The goods:

These in-high-demand loops punches from Martha Stewart crafts:

Here is a layout I created using the edge punch. If you click here you can see a layout that uses both the edge punch and the corner punch.