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Spring & Cut Files | Erica Thompson

Hello friends! Erica here with you today to share a 12x12 that focuses on spring and cut files! Bella Blvd has a huge library of cut files over at the Silhouette Design Store and Lori Whitlock! 

I picked out the My Happy Place cut file from the Silhouette Design Store and cut out it on some white textured cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo. I pulled out some of my older Bella collections and pulled out some of my favorite papers from each collection and I love that I was able to pull together papers and embellishments from a few different collection and they all went well together!

The Welcome Home 12x12 pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home collection was my main color inspiration for my layout. This is one of my favorite papers ever from Bella Blvd. The florals are so pretty and easy to fussy cut. I also used this paper for the mat of my 12x12 scrapbook layout. 

For the base of my layout I used a piece of white textured cardstock that I trimmed down to 11x11 and matted this onto some pink pattern paper from the Squeeze the Day collection. I matted both of these onto the beautiful Welcome Home 12x12 paper. I knew I wanted to add a lot of florals around the cut file so I fussy cut some florals from the Welcome Home paper and also pulled out ephemera from the Chloe collection. 

The Chloe collection is a themed collection featuring cats but I found some great pieces in this collection that worked well for my layout. I backed the My Happy Place cut file with papers from different collections including, Squeeze the Day, Home Sweet Home, Bella Besties, Chloe and You Are My Sunshine. 

My photos are from my Spring Crop and I knew they would be perfect for his layout! I love when I get to spend time with my crafty friends for a weekend of fun! I always create a fun backdrop so we can take photos during the weekend! I added a thin mat around each photo and placed them to the right of the cut file. I created some fun floral clusters around the cut file and placed a Love word die cut under the photos. To add some texture and interest to some of the floral centers I added some Bella Blvd Trinket Puffy Stickers. This adds even more color and fun to each floral! I just love how this layout came together using so many different Bella Blvd. collections! It has all my favorite things in one layout!

Here is a look at my completed layout! I hope you enjoyed my layout today using a mix of Bella Blvd collections to create a colorful spring layout! Make sure to stop by the Silhouette Design Store and check out all the amazing cut files available! To see how this layout came together stop by my YouTube channel to see the process video. Have a great day! 

Bella Blvd Collections | Squeeze the Day, Chloe, You Are My Sunshine, Home Sweet Home & Bella Besties

 

Mood Board Week | Ashley Neu

Hello all! It's Ashley Neu back for another Bella Blvd Creative Team project and this week, we are sharing a project inspired by the March Mood Board! This Mood Board is all things Spring and bright and fun so I was definitely excited to work on this project. I was inspired to create a fun Easter layout!

 

Here is this Mood Board:

 

 

And here is my layout:

 

 

Using a die in my stash, I created these fun scallops with a rainbow of Bella Besties Graph + Dots papers! These papers match each and every collection from Bella Blvd. I adhered the scalloped borders to some white cardstock and used the reverse side of the inner pieces to place in randomly in the scallops. 

 

 

After adhering my photos, I started to work on the title of the layout. A punny title is always a fun way to title your layouts so that's what I did! Using the Aria Puffy Alphas in Orange, Pickle Juice and Cotton Candy, I created the title 'Easter Egg-Citement' and adhered these on the appropriate colored scallops, slightly tucking them under the scallops. 

 

 

Of course when it came to embellishing the layout, I wanted to stick to the tone-on-tone technique that I started with the title. To embellish, I grabbed My Candy Girl collection and kept the embellishments small as to not make the layout appear too heavy. There was already a lot going on so I felt small embellishments would help keep a lot of white space. I used the Puffy Stickers, DooHickey Stickers and Epoxy Stickers from the collection. I also added the adorable little piggy from the 'Baby Girl' Bella Pops. To make her look like an Easter piggy, I added a pair of cute bunny ears using some of that same Bella Bestie papers! Isn't she darling?! I also added in 2 of the Cute Clips from the 'Baby Girl' pack.

 

 

Do you document Easter too? I just love to scrapbook all of the Holidays! I hope I've inspired you in some way and thank you for coming by the Bella Blvd blog today. Have a wonderful day.

 

Supplies Used: My Candy Girl collection- Puffy Stickers, DooHickey Stickers, "Pretty Piggy" Bella Pop, Epoxy Hearts; Bella Besties Graph + Dots Papers; Aria Puffy Alphas in Orange, Pickle Juice + Cotton Candy; white cardstock

 

 

Mood Board Week | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa back on the blog sharing a bright spring layout with you. I hope it makes you smile :).

I really wanted to use this "smile" cut-out from the Happiness pack as the focus for this layout. I started with my background which is a mix of 3 papers. The blue/white honeycomb is the 12x12 and I layered a stripe of the small rainbow paper- B side of Sunshine and the pink hearts paper- A side, Happy Thoughts.

For the cut-out, I backed it with a mix of papers from Bella Besties and You Are My Sunshine.

• Bella Besties: Graph & Dot in gulf and cotton candy
• You Are My Sunshine: Rise & Shine, Everyday Magic, Borders

The flowers are cut using my cricut and are also from the same papers that were used to back the cut-out.

The butterflies are fussy cut from the Young & Free paper. I folded them and adhered to the paper using a thin line of liquid adhesive so that they look like they are fluttering about. I tucked the rainbow Bella- Pop above the I and L from Chasing Rainbows.

Hope this layout gives you some inspiration to create. Have a beautiful day!

Inessa

Mood Board Week | Virginia

Happy Spring Friends! I love the March mood board, it screams Spring happiness, sunshine, rainbows and new beginnings! 

I was inspired to play up the rainbows and sunshine vibe and created three slim-line cards with the You are my Sunshine collection.

On my first card I used the rainbow patterned paper as a backdrop to my center embellishment of the bicycle Bella-pop. This cute bicycle reminds me of care-free childhood days where you just hop on the bike and 'go'! The destination was never planned but the journey was always full of adventure and possibilities!

The second card was created with the rainbow striped patterned paper. With some quick and easy cuts (using scissors) along the horizontal lines (but not cutting all the way from edge to edge) you can make some fun banners from the striped paper. I curled up the banner ends to create a light and airy feel. I used epoxy shapes to coordinate with each colour stripe for additional texture and dimension.

I love the repeating sentiment 'sunshine' on the patterned paper. Just imagine the happy lyrics "You are my sunshine
my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away..." You'll notice I stopped the patterned paper just short to the top of the card. I wanted to create a visual runway of the butterflies (fussy cut from one of the patterned papers in the collection)to the top of the card to connect your eye to the sunshine/sentiments embellishment grouping.

I hope this inspires you to create some 'sunshine' on your paper crafting projects, have a wonderful day!

 

 

 

Mood Board Week | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today and I'm super excited to share this layout I made using the gorgeous March Mood Board along with the You Are My Sunshine collection.  Here's my page: 

Here's the mood board: 

I was immediately inspired by the top left square and decided to recreate that same watercolor rainbow look by spraying some Shimmerz Paints sprays onto a piece of thick white cardstock.  I went in rainbow order and sprayed each color and then brushed it down the page.  Super simple!

There's a super cute cloud right under the rainbow square, so I used the cloud Cut Outs from the Over The Rainbow Cut Outs pack.  I popped it up on foam tape and then for some extra sparkle, I applied some gold Stickles directly onto the clouds.  

For my title, I used one of the Ephemera Icons pieces and adhered it right on top of my photo.  I also matted my photo using a few of the patterned papers in the collection.  

When it was time to embellish, I did so by color blocking with more Ephemera Icons, Epoxy Stickers and the Fly Away Bella Pops.  

For some extra color and texture, I added some tangled thread in all of the colors and tucked in under the Cut Out.  

Here's one last look at this bright and colorful layout.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Don't forget to play along and use this March Mood Board as inspiration for your next project.  See you next time friends!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

You Are My Sunshine Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Bella Pops, Cut Outs, Epoxy Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and Ephemera Icons.  

March Mood Board | Laura Alberts

Hello friends! I'm using the stunning March mood board to inspire my layout this week. The rainbow, tiny hearts, and bright yellow caught my attention, and added to this grid style, were the primary focus for my design. Love the bright happy colors in this one!

I used the lovely Everyday Magic paper for the background and then layered the Bell Pepper Freehand Graph & Dot and My Only Sunshine striped patterned papers to create a column design on this 9x12 layout. Two of my photos are matted with bright pink Happy Thoughts and the larger photo is matted with a cut-apart piece from the Daily Details.

I outlined each section of my layout with a black gel pen to give it a shadow that adds the appearance of depth and dimension. Small clusters around my photos were a fun way to embellish a bold color scheme without overwhelming my photos.

For my title, I layered an acrylic word "Sparkle" over a chipboard scallop and a rainbow cluster on the right side. This helps to highlight my larger photo as the main focal image on the page.

I added 1/4" white cardstock strips for my journaling and added little fussy cut hearts to the ends. With a little gold Nuvo and ink spray, this layout really shines!

You Are My Sunshine Collection Kit

You Are My Sunshine Ciao Chip

Hello Summer Epoxy Shapes

Sparkle & Shine Acrylic Words