It's a BEAUTIFUL Day!

How many times have you heard that?  A lot I bet!  But it really is a Beautiful Day for me because I get to show you my layout using Bella Blvd.!  And it will be an even MORE Beautiful day for someone out there! 

This month I had the opportunity to work with Bella Blvd.  I LOVE Bella Blvd., and you should too! Bella Blvd. has LOTS of fun paper in beautiful bright, cheery colors! When I opened my package I thought to myself, "this is going to be a HAPPY layout!"  and it is!  The Molly Collection is perfect for creating pages for Girls (both little and big!)  My plan was to create a FUN layout of my daughter and her best friend.  And that's what I did, or at least what I started to do. 

Here are the FUN Papers that I worked with this month! 

When I begin a scrapbook page I'm really never intending it to be a two pager...it usually starts out as a one page layout....(here's what it looks like in the beginning)

But after I have the first page all out on paper I begin to wonder what it would look like as a two page layout and well, things start to take off!  You'll see the end result in a few minutes! 

Along with the Molly Collection I also used Clara Lane Design Template Collection from Kiwi Lane, along with the Rings.  The Rings are super fun to use!  I made photo mats out of mine, and used the Clara Lane mainly for the borders.  And of course I used my favorite template of all, the Scallop, to add a little bit of character to the pages.  I'm the type of Scrapbooker who thinks that a Scallop can be used on every page you create.  

Here's my final layout...and yes, it turned out to be a two page layout! 

As you can see from my layout I used the Clara Lane Template as the main Border Template for my page.  I just cut the width of the border in different sizes.  Also when I was using the Scallop Border, I tried to use the "words" in the Bella Blvd. paper as a guide.  I wanted the words to be shown in the page and not have them cut off so that you couldn't read what they were saying.  Since the background paper included flowers I had to use one of the flowers from the  Kiwi Lane Accent Collection to add as an embellishment to my page.  Along with my added ink and the usual rhinestones I REALLY like the way my page turned out.  

If you'd like to re-create my layout, here are the Kiwi Lane Templates that I used to create it: 

Templates Used: 

Rings: 1,2 & 3

Clara Lane: 1A, 1B

Scallop: 1A, 1B

Accent: 2T

Adventure: 4

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So did you notice that there aren't any photos on my Layout?  Well that's because I've decided to give it away to one lucky winner. Now...here's the deal.  September is a Special Month for me, my birthday is in September.  And well, I thought I'd like to brighten someone's day. SO how would you like to be chosen to receive this page as a gift from me to you?  All you have to do is leave a comment here on my personal blog!  You have until September 30, 2014 to leave a comment. and a winner will be chosen on October 1st!  

Oh...and P.S.  My Birthday...it's the 21st! :0)

Have a GREAT Day!

Jill :0)