Bella Scrapbooking

February POM

Here it is!! Even on time, can you believe it?? The February Project of the Month is a minibook/ Valentine's Day card.  It has a love theme, but really could be used for many things including girlfriends, general love for anyone, things you love, or whatever you like!! Here are a couple of photos..

It has a velcro closure on the cover, and a set of clear page protectors as two of the pages.
As always they are in a kit ready for you to take home and create, and cost just $5.  Stop by to say "HI" and pick one up!!

Project of the Month & some friendly reminders

First of all...we have the Project of the Month for January made up into kits and ready for you to take home and create! Take a look:


We made a bracket-shaped mini book using some fun American Crafts patterned paper! And embellished the pages with circle tabs and rub-ons! (Rub-ons work GREAT on transparency paper too! Take a stab at it!!) Everything you see in the photo is included in the kit! And as always...the kits are $5.00! Hope you like it as much as we do!

Reminder #1
Bella Scrapbooking will be closed New Year's Day (Thursday, Jan. 1st!)

Reminder #2
We will also be closed on Sundays thru January (and for the rest of the year...)

Reminder #3
If you were fortunate enough to receive a Bella Gift Card for Christmas this year, save those Bella Bucks for January! (2 MORE DAYS!!) They are good throughout the month of January and are valid for up to half of your total purchase. Bonus!! 

OK! Peace out Girl Scout! Hope to see you all soon! :D

December Project of the Month!

Hooray! UPS lady...you've saved the day! The Project of the Month for December is finally ready! We hope you are as excited as we are! For this month's P.O.M. we've die-cut 3 gift bags, in 3 different patterned papers, embellished them with tags, ribbons, and stickers, and we've even included the FDA approved food-safe plastic bags for you to put wrapper-free snacks in.

We put candy in our gift bags, but you can definitely put gift cards or other fun trinkets in them. The holidays are all about giving and our cute Project of the Month has made it easy and really cute! :D Everything you see in the photo is included in the Project of the Month kit! (sorry...candy not included, you'll have to get your own). The kits are always $5.00 and just require a little assembling. Hope to see you soon at Bella!

Happy Tuesday

Hello again lovely bloggers. We want to inform you of a special offer going on at Bella for the month of December!  As you may know, Bella does offer gift cards, but we are sweetening the pot; for every $25.00 spent on a gift card you can receive $5.00 in Bella Bucks! (maybe we should send this to husbands/boyfriends...) The rules for Bella Bucks are: you must purchase the gift cards in December but save the Bella Bucks because they can only be spent during the month of January, for up to half of your total purchase. So...if you have $20.00 worth of purchases, you may use $10.00 worth of Bella Bucks!

Sometimes gift cards are a good answer for those hard to shop for friends and family members.

And...because no blog should go without some Holiday Inspiration...have you checked out Tim Holtz's blog? What a great guy, eh?! He is creating his 12 Tags of Christmas and you can follow along! Bella has the supplies you need to make these fun tags! Make sure to check his blog daily, he offers lots of product give-aways and plenty of techniques and inspiration! oh Tim...

Bella is working hard to give you plenty of Christmas gift ideas as well. We love these:

Making Memories has created these super cute Pre-Designed 2009 Calendars. What a great idea for loved ones that don't live very close. Just add personal photos, and ta dah! Insta-calendar! And it's too cute to boot!

We like Making Memories' Pre-Designed albums as well! What's not to love!? All the pages are coordinating and complete with embellishments. The designs are really cute, and it takes no time at all to have an entire scrapbook album made! It's great for busy moms who just want to have their photos in an album, but don't have the time, or beginning scrapbookers who just want help getting started! There are several different color choices and themes to choose from! Yippee!

We will be back soon with more ideas! and...UPS willing...December's Project of the Month! Thanks for your patience! Happy Tuesday!

August Project of the Month!

Another month is upon us, which means a new project is here! August features a “colors of summer” themed minibook!  The start of a new school year is just around the corner, and this little guy is a great way to summarize your summer, whether by documenting your favorite summer footwear, clothes, warm-weather eats and treats, or activities, by color.  As always, the Project of the Month is only $5.00 and all the pieces needed to make this minibook are included in the kit, just embellish the pages with personal photos and journaling.   The possibilities are endless!  Make sure to have fun with this one!

July Project of the Month

June has come and gone and we are all ready for the new month! July's Project of the Month is an envelope mini book! Everything you need to complete the project is included in the kit! And it's perfect for all that summer has to offer!

Cardstock cards are great for journaling, embellishing with photos and making into a quick mini book. Or personalize the cards into a letter to a friend, invitation, or announcement! Don't forget! Projects of the Month are always $5.00 and ready for you to take home with you and make it special!

Tip of the Day.

Today, we will be exploring the many uses of gaffer tape! Did you know that the original "non-scrapbooking" purpose of gaffer tape was for theater productions? Gaffer tape is a cotton-cloth adhesive tape ideal for securing cables to stage floors or other surfaces. In our case, gaffer tape hasn't changed in its construction, it is still a flexible adhesive backed fabric tape, but much cuter!  Without further ado, the tip o' the day is to use gaffer tape as a binding tape for minibooks or cards! It's flexible yet strong!
and is great for making interactive scrapbook pages by creating hinges to reveal journaling or photos!
There are lots of fun designs and colors to choose from, and you can easily cut shapes or letters out of gaffer tape or adhesive fabric paper (such as the ones in the various Love, Elsie lines) to create fun, dimensional embellishments! Have fun and enjoy your weekend!

May Project of the Month

Happy May Day! Being the first day of May, we have the unveiling of the new Project of the Month!

The kits include fun patterned papers and plenty of button and flower embellishments! Stop by the store and check 'em out! Don't forget to celebrate National Scrapbook Day with us this Saturday! You won't want to miss out on the free make and takes we have!  Hope to see you soon!

April Project of the Month

Yes, it's true!  We have the April Project of the Month ready to go!

This month we made a Spring Ribbon-Card Mini Book.

Everything you  need to make this project is included. All you need is adhesive and personal photos. And as always, the kits are $5.00 in the store! Hope to see you soon!

March Project of the Month

Happy first day of March! With the beginning of a new month comes our next Project of the Month! The girls at Bella simply love our new Butterfly die-cuts and have created a mini book inspired for spring.

For this month's project, we included 2 chipboard covers, patterned paper (by Sweetwater), butterfly transparency by Hambly, Bazzil cardstock, KI lace paper and Prima flowers for embellishments. 

We have the project made up into kits, ready for you to take home!  All you need is adhesive.  This little guy is $5.00, and is a Bella exclusive. (hehehe....) Hope everyone has a great weekend!