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Wish Big (Girl) Layout

Hi everyone!  Kat here today to share a recent layout that I made with the Wish Big (Girl) collection.  This collection is so much fun and is absolutely perfect for me since my daughter just turned one!

For this layout I decided to get one of my favorite photos from her one-year photo session printed in a large size.  I wanted the picture to be the main focus of the layout.  However, I sometime have a difficult time scrapping large photos, so I made sure to add a cluster of embellishments at the top of the photo.

I also used the ephemera pack to create a big title on the bottom of the layout.

I'm a big fan of how it all turned out.  This collection totally makes my girl shine!

 

Wish Big (Girl) collection: Party Animal, Cakes & Crowns, Let's Celebrate, Borders, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Chipboard Icons, Sitcky Mix Cardstock Stickers; Puffy Alphas: Punch; Puffy Stickers: Punch Stars; Cute Clips: Baby Girl

Fussy Cut Paper Garland

 

This week on the Bella team, it's all about fussy-cutting, and I couldn't be more happy about that!  Fussy-cutting is one of my absolute favorite things to do!  I did something a little different this time for my fussy-cutting.  Normally I would gravitate towards cutting illustrations to use as ephemera, but today I chose to fussy cut a geometric pattern from the IF All People All Nations collection!

 

I cut out these amazing little rectangle shapes from the "My Foundation" patterned paper.  I then ran them through my sewing machine to create some garland.  I wanted to string them along my Bible page, and I'm pretty smitten with the explosion of color it created!

 

I used my double-adhesive roller to adhere each piece down where I liked it.  I then tucked in a few abstract floral pieces from the All People All Nations Ephemera pack.  All that was left was to add my title and a tab!  I also chose to wrap the ends of the garland thread around 2 buttons from my stash.

 

 

 

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you get your hands on some Heart Hugs for all your card-making endeavors, because they are just the cutest! xo Lydia

 

IF All People All Nations ("My Foundation" 12x12 Paper, Ephemera. Clear Brush Script Stickers) IF Wordfetti Booklet, IF Watercolor Set, Puffy Hearts

 

Wish Bog Birthday Card

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard is here with a quick and easy birthday card that involves one of my favorite things to do...fussy cutting.  This is the easiest type of fussy cutting you can do too so let's take a look...

There you have it, a scalloped inspired birthday card.  I fussy cut circles for this card.  No teeny tiny pieces to work around; I just had to standardize on one size and I used that as a template to cut the rest of the circles.

It all started because of the circle paper you see above.  I know I wanted to create something with it and while I toyed around with the idea of balloons, I ultimately decided to layer them over each other. You can see the aftermath of the fussy cutting party I had.

 

I adhered patterned paper to the card base and trimmed the edges. I do end of covering all of the bottom part so if you want to save paper, just measure how high up you plan to take your scallops and cut your paper accordingly.  I wasn't sure at the time so I just covered the entire base.

Starting at the bottom of the card, adhere the scallops so that the bottom of the scallop is even with the bottom of the card. Then run a strip of adhesive across the top of the row so you can easily layer the scallops over each other.  Once the next layer is down, add a strip of adhesive over that layer and add more scallops. Rinse and repeat until it's as high as you wish.

I chose not to adhere adhesive to the bottoms of the scallops because I wanted to be able to lift them up a little bit for dimension. Trim the edges once they are all adhered to the card.

Lastly, add a border at the top of the scallops to cover the raw edges.  Then add a sentiment and a cute little party hippo, or whatever your heart desires.

This can be used for pretty much any card theme you wish so keep in mind that it doesn't have to be for birthday.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo, Heather
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Wish Big: Girl Collection - patterned papers and ephemera

Fussy Cut Week

Good morning everyone!  Kat popping in today to share a layout for our Fussy Cut week.  All this week on the blog and on social media, the Bella Blvd team will be sharing fun ways that they use fussy cut paper on their projects.

I've been itching for Fall to get here, and it looks like it has finally arrived.  When I saw pumpkins for sale, I immediately bought some and snapped some photos of my girl with them sitting by the front door.  I decided to use the Sweet & Spooky collection and the IF Gratitude Documented collection to highlight my fall page.

I  fussy cut flowers from the "Night Garden" paper from the Sweet and Spooky Line and I fussy cut leaves from the "Season of Gratitude" paper from the Gratitude Documented Line.  I also smattered in some pieces from the new Plaids & Dotty collection...because seriously, that collection is perfect!

Here's the final project:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Sweet & Spooky: Night Garden; Plaids & Dotty: Orange, Gulf; Gratitude Documented: Season of Gratitude, Ephemera; Acrylic Words: Adorable

 

A Heart Hug for Every Occassion

As this weekend is World Card Making Day, I couldn't help getting a little jump start on the holiday.  The new Heart Hugs are serious cuteness, and Bella has prepared every sentiment you could need for any occasion!

I set out to create 2 birthday cards that I'd use for two youngsters' parties with my Heart Hugs!

I began this card with a white cardstock backing, because I really wanted the Heart Hugs to pop off the card!  I created little areas for them to nestle in by layering some scalloped semi-circles along the bottom half of the card.  This is so easy and creates a ton of dimension for either cards or a layout!

 

After fluffing up my scalloped layers, I nestled in a few Heart hugs!  I finished off the card with that cute as ever Hippo illustration and the Happy Birthday oval ephemera piece!

 

The next card I created using the Heart Hugs, I chose to use the Wish Big: Boy collection, because I needed a masculine card.

 

 I began this card with the idea that I would use my Heart Hugs to create a cluster of heart balloons.  I shuffled through my ephemera pack, and I found this cute octopus; He was perfect because one of his legs looked like the perfect hand for holding the balloon string!  It's like it was meant to be!

 

I stitched on my balloon string with my sewing machine, leaving lots of thread on the tail to create a little bow.  I then stuck on my Heart Hugs, which come with the perfect foam adhesive on the back.

 

I finished off my card with a sentiment, "Fun Times," from the ephemera words pack.

 

 

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you get your hands on some Heart Hugs for all your card-making endeavors, because they are just the cutest! xo Lydia

 
Wish Big: Girl Collection, Wish Big: Boy Collection, Heart Hugs

My Happy Place Layout using Plaids & Dotty

 

Hey there, friends!  I hope fall is finally catching up to you wherever you are!  I don't know about you guys, but I've been longing for some colder temperatures.  As we experienced a lot of rain for what seemed like a week straight, I was able to get a lot of creating done.  I had a bunch of photos that had been sitting patiently waiting for me to document; This little Bible stack was one of them!  I really loved the way this photo turned out, and I wanted to use the purple in the layout somehow.  We rarely see purple in the scrapbooking world, and I knew just the paper to oblige!

I pulled out the amazing lilac plaid sheet, which is the bonus pattern from the Plaids & Dotty Collection! I'm pretty sure I've said it before, but this paper got me from the moment I opened the new release package!

I wanted to make this page all about that sweet Bible stack photo and that lilac pattern, so I left the rest pretty clean.

I helped my photo standout amongst the paper layers with a splash of black watercolor.  I don't often work with black, but I've been really loving the contrast recently.

I finished off my layout by adding a little embellishment cluster in the right bottom corner.  I wanted to use that tip-in shape from the Fruit of the Spirit collection because I loved the colors and the phrase.  It matched perfectly with a few hexies and sentiments from the word salad book.

 

 

 

I'm so glad you visited today to take a look at my layout! The plaids and dotty collection has fulfilled my basics dreams, and it's a must for every stash! xo Lydia

 
Plaids & Dotty Collection, Fruit of the Spirit Tip-In Shapes & Ephemera, IF Watercolors, IF Hexies, Wonky Puffy Alphas, Acrylic "Happy & Smile" Words, Word Salad Book, Wish Big Girl Sticky Mix