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Our Love Song | Erica Thompson

Hello friends! Erica here with you today to share a layout using the Our Love Song collection! 

This collection is one of my all time favorites! I love the punch of black and white and all of the adorable icons! For this layout I wanted to pull in one of the new Bella Cut Outs from the You & Me pack! The Bella Cut Outs are pre cut cut files that are ready to be backed with pattern papers or you can leave them as is! They also come with a template that makes tracing and cutting your pieces easy to do!

I started by picking out pattern papers from the Our Love Song collection to back the cut out and then added foam adhesive all over the back of the file. I adhered the cut out to the center of a pieces of white textured cardstock. Since I did not mat the white cardstock onto a piece of pattern paper I wanted to add something to the top and bottom to help frame out my layout. I pulled out a decorative punch from my stash and punched through two different pattern papers in the Our Love Song collection. 

Once they were punched out I adhered them to the top and bottom of the page and it gives the layout a more finished look. I added a few layers of pattern paper behind my photo and adhered down to the layout above the Bella Cut Out. I used the Our Love Song Ephemera Words and Icons to embellish around the layout. I used lots of the floral pieces from the Our Love Song Ephemera Words pack to create clusters around the page. 

To add to the title cut out and fill in some of the white space at the bottom of the layout I added two of the ephemera words so the finished title is You & Me Together 4Ever! To finish off the layout I added some twine to the tag I added to the left of my photo and this twine helps fill in the white space on the left side of my photo and brings in a fun texture. 

I love how this layout turned out and the Bella Cut out makes it easy to put a page together! Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout today and you are inspired to create with the Bella Cut Outs! Have a great day!

Our Love Song | You & Me Cut Outs

Our Love Song Debut Week | Sarah

Hello, Bella friends! It's me, Sarah, hosting today's blog post. I can't believe that Valentine's Day is right around the corner?! I could have sworn that we just celebrated the New Year, hehe. Time flies when you're busy having fun and creating.

Anyway, today I'm sharing a layout using some of the fun, new Love Song collection!

Here's how I felt inspired:

As most of you already know, I love scrapping about my dogs. So why not use the Love Song collection to document these pet photos?!

"You're My Jam" really stood out in the icons pack, so I decided to use it for my title. Following the musical theme, I used the stereo Bella Pop to create a focal point on my layout. The musical notes come with the stereo, so I just sprinkled the notes around the stero to add more splashes of color.

Around my title, I added more die-cuts from the icons pack. There are a handful of bright flowers to choose from in the pack; I also love that there are more musical themed die-cuts such as guitars and records.

Lastly, I used Florence Alphabet stickers to add more color. I love that these stickers come in an assortment of colors that coordinate with all of the Bella Blvd collections. I repeated "WOOF" on my layout to emphasize the idea of a dog layout.

Anyway, that's all I have for today. As always, thanks for following along.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Love Song: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Bella Pops; Legacy: Florence Alphabet Stickers

Our Love Song Debut Week | Ashley Neu

Hello, hello! Have you seen the new Our Love Song collection from Bella Blvd?! It's absolutely amazing! So many bright colors and icons. I love the roller-skates, music notes and the 90's vibes I'm getting from this collection! I'm sharing my very first layout I've created using this collection and it's of a picture of my 3 daughters at their choir concert. Seemed appropriate for the music theme in this collection!

 

 

To begin this layout, I started with the patterned paper 'I Love You', which is the adorable hearts paper and tore it across, exposing a white edge. I wanted to create an opening between the torn paper to add in ephemera! I grabbed a piece of white cardstock and cut it in half to adhere the torn patterned paper onto. I then used another piece of white cardstock to adhere each halves using foam adhesive so that I had that opening for the ephemera bits. The 'XOXO' patterned paper was perfect to add as strips between the white cardstock and the hearts patterned paper. I then added a simple stitch to give some texture.

 

 

I wanted a large title to span across the hearts background so I used the "You Make My Heart Sing" Cut Out from the 'You + Me' Cut Out pack. I simply backed the open letters with vellum so the heart pattern could shine through! I added my photo slightly tucked in behind the Cut Out and I was ready to embellish the layout!

 

 

To embellish the opening I created earlier, I grabbed the Ephemera Icons pack from the collection and laid out several pieces. I added in music notes, a microphone, a boom box, a cassette tape, a keyboard and many, many hearts. To help fill in the empty spaces, I used black Nuvo drops. I wanted to create a fun texture to the plain white cardstock that was above and below the patterned papers so I used a hearts punch and punched out so many hearts from the same white cardstock. I absolutely love this technique because it doesn't add more color to an already busy layout but gives the perfect touch! 

 

 

This collection is plum full of amazing pieces and patterns. I hope I've inspired you to look into purchasing at least a few pieces from the collection (or possibly the entire thing!). Thank you for stopping by the blog today and have a wonderful day!

 

Supplies Used: Our Love Song collection- Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, DooHickey Stickers; You + Me Cut Out; White Cardstock; White Embroidery Floss

Our Love Song Week | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here and I'm so excited to share my first layout using the stunning Our Love Song collection.  I have a process video at the end of this post, so make sure to check it out!  Here's my page: 

The Bella striped patterned paper is one of my faves, so I just had to use some of it for the base of my layout.  I started with a piece of white textured cardstock and added some black paint with one of my wide paint brushes.  I love that this collection has pops of black along with the bright colors.  

The rest of the patterned papers in the collection are just too pretty not to use, so I trimmed out several of them and layered them behind my photo.  

I was completely inspired by one of the cut apart pieces on the Daily Details paper and decided to base my whole layout on it.  I made this layout about my oldest son, Noah and listed the five things that I love about him.  I trimmed out the pieces to the 4x6 card, popped them up on foam and arranged them under my photo.  I love how it turned out.  

Next, I added my title using one of the Ephemera Words and started embellishing using a few of the florals from that same pack.  I also added one of the tags and tied some yellow twine through it.

Here's one last look at this bright and fun page.  I added a few chipboard and puffy hearts to finish it off.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  This collection is adorable and is perfect for so many of your special memories.  See you next time friends.  

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Our Love Song Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Ephemera Words and Trinket Puffy Stickers.  

Our Love Song Debut Week | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella Friends, Karlla here to share a new layout with you. "Our Love Song" is absolutely beautiful. I'm loving colors and prints. That touch of black has all my heart. And speaking of heart, this project is exactly one. LOL!

For you who follow my work, you know that I love a time in my projects. many of them I admit that they are amazing in box frames. This layout is one of them. To make most of the blushes, I used bella's "Heart Cluster" file cut that you find in the silhouette design store.

In the background, I used a white cardstock and sewed a large heart as the basis of this lock. To highlight all the details, the paper "Our Mix" helped a lot.

and it was within this great heart that I chose to position all the work and I LOVED it! Cut out hearts of various sizes and different prints. some with ephemeras too. and I stapled them. Did you find it fun too?

among the heart, I added other smaller "Puffy Stickers - Love You More". These different sizes of heart made me more in love. I chose to highlight the photo with tags and embellishments of the collection and added the titles together.

I hope I've made you passionate about this layout. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  See you Soon.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Our Love Song Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Kit, Puffy Stickers - Love You More, Ephemera Icons and Words.

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Our Love Song Debut Week! | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! I could not be more excited for this day. I have been dying to show you the newest Bella Blvd collection from the moment it landed on my door step. Say "hello" to Our Love Song! It's a bright and fun collection filled with a good helping of all things love. And as a girl born in the 80's, I love the nod to the past with roller skates, cassette tapes, and more. So let's dive in.

 

I started with a piece of Bella Besties Heart & Ombre paper in black. I cut out a large scallop pennant with my Cricut. Then I cut out a regular pennant just a little bit smaller so it would fit inside the scalloped one. This gorgeous mini rainbow stripe paper is called Volume Up. I put them together with tape runner and then drew some black lines around the pennant and stamped some stitches too! I added the pennant to the left side of a piece of 12" x 12" white cardstock.

 

Next, I set out to work with my photos. They are 2" x 2" and backed with white cardstock and then more layers with patterned paper from the collection - Soundtrack and XOXO. I added some doodleing and stamping to that as well before placing it on the pennant with foam tape. I love to use foam tape to add photos to the layout. It gives it dimension and makes it easy to tuck ephemera and chipboard around them.

I decided to really go with the musical theme for this layout. I just adore the juke boxes, cassette tapes, and boom boxes. I added all sorts of pieces from the Ephemera Icons set, Ciao Chip, Epoxy Stickers, and Puffy Stickers. I took turns stamping and adding layers with all the embellishments.

I finished the layout by adding my title with the Florence Alphas in black. "You Are My Jam!" could not be more fitting for this collection. This is just my first layout, but I can't wait to dive in and play with Our Love Song even more. Here's a list of what I used to create this layout:

• Bella Blvd Hearts & Ombre in Black
• Our Love Song 12" x 12" Patterned Papers - Volume Up, Sound Track, and XOXO
• Our Love Song Ephemera Icons
• Our Love Song Puffy Stickers
• Our Love Song Ciao Chip
• Our Love Song Enamel Stickers
• Florence Alphas in Black