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Let Us Adore Him Week Day 1 | Sarah

Happy Monday! I am excited to share another layout with you using the Let Us Adore Him collection! 

For this layout, I was inspired by the idea of light. As I was using a sweet photo from Christmas Eve a couple of years ago, I wanted to bring in the elements that make Christmas Eve so special to me, and light stood out in my mind. I love the idea of stars representing light, so I wanted that to be the focus of the layout. 

I started by cutting stars using the shapes option in the Cricut software and the offset tool to add a layer. By making the stars double layered, I was able to incorporate lots of patterned papers! I focused on using patterns with a dominant color in the forefront and the more multicolored patterns as the back layer. I also distressed the edges of each star. 

Once I had a general idea of where I wanted the stars and photo, I traced around them and lifted them up so that I could create the background. I started by using distress oxides and an ink blending tool to give each star a halo in a coordinating color. I then used distress inks in their liquid form (distress reinkers) to add another layer of color. Once that dried, I used the Bella Blvd Seeing Stars cut file as a stencil to add more stars around each color cluster. 

When the background was dry, I put the stars back on the page and used adhesive foam to pop them up and add a little dimension. I placed my photo on the page with a couple of patterned paper mats with distressed edges. 

I then got busy adding some embellishments around the page. I used stars from the puffy stickers in this collection and a few stars from the Trinkets puffy stickers in coordinating colors. I also added some phrase stickers from the Doohickey sheet and a couple of phrases from the ephemera found in the collection.

I used the Florence Alphas in coordinating colors to build my title above and below the stars. I love how these letters look on the page! I added a few enamel dots and my journaling, and I called it done! 

I hope this layout inspires you to create something special to capture your Christmas memories! 

 

Thanksgiving Week Day 6 | Tarrah

Hi creative friends and Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Tarrah back with you to share a new scrapbook layout for Thanksgiving Week! I was very lucky to recently go away on a scrapbooking retreat with some girlfriends, we had a blast of course! This photo was taken out at one of our lunches. I printed the photo in black and white and I love how it pops against the gorgeous bright colours in the Home Sweet Home collection I have used for this layout!

I firstly chose the pink ombre paper for my background paper and began building my layout. I placed 2 of the border stickers from the Doohickey Stickers at the very top of my layout. I then cut out a few papers fairly small from the Home Sweet Home collection and adhered them down, bending the edges of them and tearing the edges to add some texture. I decided to cut out the Thankful title cut file title using my Silhouette Cameo machine. I cut out the 'Thank' part of the title in one of the darker blue papers and the 'Ful' part of the title from one of the pink papers. I used foam tape to pop these up from the page. 

To make up the rest of the title, I took the Florence alphabet stickers in Bell Pepper and spelt out 'For'. I then took the Friends word from the chipboard icon stickers and placed it down under the Thankful and For titles. I love the mix of fonts and colours in my title. I added lots of the Doohickey Stickers and phrases from the Ephemera Icons pack from the Home Sweet Home collection around my page to help tell the story. I also took some die cut hearts from the Ephemera Icons pack placing these around my photo, I just love all those colours!!

I love to layer things on top of my cut files so I placed a die-cut and a sticker on top of the 'Thank' part of the cut file. On the right of my photo I popped up the pennant that says Friends Are Our Chosen Family with foam tape. I love this saying and it goes perfectly with the theme of my layout! Lastly I placed some of the small hearts from the Puffy Trinket Shapes in a few different colours around my page, I stamped the date stamp and sprinkled some white mist on my layout too.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Bella Blvd blog today! I hope you all have an wonderful blessed Thanksgiving with your family.

Happy creating!

Bella products used:

Bella Besties - Hearts and Ombre paper

Home Sweet Home paper collection

Home Sweet Home Doohickey stickers

Home Sweet Home Chipboard Icons

Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons 

Thankful cut file

Florence Alphabet stickers in Bell Pepper

Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Shapes

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Happy Thanksgiving | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you are having an amazing day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout! To make this layout I used the Home Sweet Home collection and three Bella Cut Files.

I started my layout by cutting the cut files. For the Happy Thanksgiving and the Hearty Background cut files, I used white cardstock, and for the On The Vine cut file, I used the Graphic & Dot in Pickle Juice. Once I had cut all my cut files, I want through the papers of the collection and picked the Welcome Home, All My Love, Daily Details, Mosaic Tile and Home Sweet Home, and backed the Happy Thanksgiving cut file with them.

To paint my background, I used Distress Oxide in colors that match with the papers. I also used the Hearty Background as a stencil.

To build my layout, I glued the Happy Thanksgiving cut file and my photos. Then, I fussy cut some flowers from the Welcome Home paper and made three clusters with them and the On The Vine cut file. To finish my layout, I added Ephemera, Doohickey and Trinkets Puffy Stickers.

I love how this layout tuned out. Hope you all like it and get inspired to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/RQ7YwhJ2p_I

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Home Sweet Home Collection: Welcome Home, All My Love, Daily Details, Mosaic Tile and Home Sweet Home papers.

Bella Besties: Graph & Dot in Pickle Juice.

Ephemera Words: Home Sweet Home

Ephemera Icons: Home Sweet Home.

Doohickey: Home Sweet Home.

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Pickle Juice, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy, and Bell Pepper.

Cut Files: Happy Thanksgiving, Hearty Background and On The Vine.

Thanksgiving Week Day 3 | Melissa Mann

Good morning!

This is Melissa here with you today on the blog and I have a new Thanksgiving themed layout. Those of us here in the United States are celebrating Thanksgiving this week and I dug back in the photo archives and found some photos from Thanksgiving of 2019 to scrap and share with you all here :-)

I knew two things about this layout: I wanted to use a big title and I wanted to use several photos. I downloaded and cut out a digital cut file from the Bella Blvd Silhouette store that said "TURKEY DAY" and cut this out using Kraft card stock. 

I also knew that I wanted to use some earthy, darker toned papers for this project. I used a piece of rust colored card stock and a piece of brown Bella Besties pattern paper in Pony. I backed my card stock with the pattern paper and used a lighter piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home paper collection to layer down the length of my layout. I found four photos I wanted to use and converted them to black and white. I placed these in a grid and backed it with the yellow pattern paper from Home Sweet Home.

I created a couple of embellishment clusters on either side of my grid using stickers, puffy stickers, chipboard, and die-cuts. Once I had all of this situated, I figured out where to place my title but I needed something to anchor my title down. I decided to take a strip of the same yellow pattern paper from Home Sweet Home and stitch the title to it with my sewing machine. I notched one end of the strip of paper and adhered it down at the top of my layout. I typed and placed my journaling underneath it. 

SUPPLIES USED:

1. Bella Besties Graph & Dot - Pony
2. Home Sweet Home - Daily Details, Mosaic Tile, & Houseplants
3. Home Sweet Home Doohickey Stickers
4. You Are My Sunshine Ephemera 
5. Home Sweet Home Ciao Chip
6. Trinkets Puffy Stickers - Bell Pepper
7. Florence Alphabet Stickers - Pickle Juice

Thanksgiving Week | Sarah

Happy Tuesday, Bella friends! I can't believe we are already approaching the end of November. How is it that December is just around the corner?! Are you all ready for Thanksgiving?! I know I am ready to get my feast on, hehe.

Anyway, It's me Sarah K. (@redoaklines) back on the blog, and I'm continuing Thanksgiving projects week!

Here's how I felt inspired:

 

I worked with lots of pieces from the To The Moon Collection for this layout. I know, I know - it's not conventionally made for Thanksgiving projects, but no fret! I used the fun "Happy Turkey Day" cut file from the Silhouette design store, and I used photos from a Turkey Day a few years back.

 

I started my layout by cutting out banner shapes from coordinating patterned papers. Then I layered some older Thanksgiving photos. I also stapled some arrows and tabs from the ephemera icons pack to add more dimension to my project.

I created embellishment clusters of stars around my photos. These clusters consist of pieces from the ephemera icons pack and puffy stickers.

Lastly, I want to talk about the Florence alphabet stickers - which I love and use ALL THE TIME! To make my title pop, I gave it some color by adding some Florence alphabet stickers to document the month and year of these photos. The hearts in the "O" and the "0" are also from another Florence alphabet stickers sheet. To be honest, I love that these alphas come in an array of colors, all of which coordinate with any of the Bella collections.

That's all I have for now. I hope that I've inspired you to create something beautiful. Or maybe you're inspired to create something you're THANKFUL for! If you do end up making something using any of the Bella collections, we'd love to see it! Please feel free to share with us on Bella Blvd's socials by tagging us.

As always, thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

To The Moon: Patterned Papers, 12x12 Bella Besties Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Puffy Stickers; Legacy Collection: Florence Alphabet Stickers; Clear Cuts: Blueberry Chevies; "Happy Turkey Day" Silhouette Cut File