Monday Layout + Week 2 of Bella Blvd Inspiration Unlimited

Monday Layout

I will admit it, sometimes I scrap specifically for magazine calls. When I get super-busy and don't have a lot of time for scrapbooking and cardmaking having a deadline often helps me to get back into my studio and back into creating. I made this layout for a recent magazine call for spring items:

Cardstock (Bazzill Basics) + Patterned Paper (October Afternoon) + Die Cuts (October Afternoon, Silhouette) + Stickers (October Afternoon, Sassafras) + Stick Pin (Maya Road)

The layout didn't get picked up, but without having had the call deadline, I would likely never have made this layout and am so glad I did! I got to play more with my still-relatively-new Silhouette Cameo (I cut the tab at the top, the paper dolls, and the banner elements at the bottom) and made a layout I love, both from a memory-keeping perspective and a design perspective.

Bella Blvd Inspiration Unlimited

Today is the first day of Week 2 of Bella Blvd's Inspiration Unlimited feature over on the Bella Blvd blog. The focus this week will be on the new embellishments. Today, the focus is on my favorite of the new embellishments: flags.

Be sure to check out the Bella Blvd blog today for projects featuring the new flags.

I'll be back tomorrow with a tip/tutorial and with more of Bella Blvd's Inspiration Unlimited Week.