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Merry Little Christmas with Heather Cerulo

Hello there! I hope you have been inspired this week seeing all the beautiful creations with Merry Little Christmas! When I sat down to create with this collection, I immediately knew I wanted to create a large Christmas tree. The borders paper was perfect for this!

 

 

First, I cut apart all of the borders, and then decided the order I wanted the patterns in my tree. I spaced out similar colors, as well as the borders with words. As I worked from the bottom of the page up, I trimmed some off the border so it became smaller as my tree made its way to the top.

 

 

A tree isn't complete without a topper! I used a pretty floral die cut from the Ephemera Icon pack, which I layered with some tangled thread and a Puffy Sticker. Of course, no tree is complete without ornaments, and the beautiful ones from the Puffy Stickers were perfect!

 

 

For my title I used the word "Santa" from the Ciao Chip, which I layered by popping some letters with foam tape. This helped the entire word fit in the space I had. A phrase die cut from the Ephemera Words pack was a great subtitle, right over the word.

 

 

To create flow, I added another floral cluster at two corners of my photo, including the same tangled thread and puffy sticker as on the top of my tree. Santa is the star of the show, and I knew he had to be included somewhere! This adorable puffy sticker, tucked perfectly with a tab on the top of the photo.

 

 

Finally, a tree isn't complete without a trunk! I used a word cut out from the borders paper. I hope you are inspired to document your Christmas memories with Merry Little Christmas!

Merry Little Christmas

Papers: Oh Christmas Tree, Papa Noel, Borders

Ephemera Titles & Icons

Doohickey Stickers

Ciao Chipboard

Puffy Stickers

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim and I'm here with my first layout using the amazing Merry Little Christmas collection. I adore scrapping Christmas and this collection is made up of  gorgeous colors with so many fun embellishments, I absolutely adore it. I was excited that my granddaughter's photo was perfect for the colors in this collection.

 

I love the pinks and blue in this collection and made sure to use them on my page along with the more traditional reds and greens. I loved all the wordy bits on the Daily Details paper and started by cutting it apart. Then, I distressed all the pieces and placed them around my photo. I offset the word, "Believe," from the paper and used it as my title.

 

The embellishments in this collection are so fun. I pulled out all the pinks and blues first and then pulled in more of the greens and reds. I had to use some of the gorgeous trees on my layout and layered them on one side.

 

Next, it was time to finish creating my clusters and add all the fabulous embellishments. Every single piece in this collection is adorable. I had to stop myself from adding them all.

I adore the puffy stickers, the epoxy stickers and the adorable Bella-Pops and used them to finish my layout. I added a few of the adorable Santas and the candy canes. For the finishing touch, I used the little glistening stars, enamel dots and epoxy flowers and then my page was complete.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day!  Kim  

 

Products Used 

Merry Little Christmas collection:

12x12 Papers: Daily Details                 

Doohickey Stickers 

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words 

Countdown & Tags 

Ciao Chip 

Christmas Time Puffy Stickers 

Deck the Halls Epoxy Stickers 

St. Nick Bella-Pops

Oh What Fun Bella-Pops 

Christmas Cheer Bella-Pops 

One Fall Day Thanksgiving layout with Maree

Hi Bella Friends,

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

Today I have a Thanksgiving layout to share with you using the fabulous One Fall Day collection.

I really wanted to focus on a big fun title so that is where I started with this layout. I decided to use a stencil in the background under where I wanted my title to be. I used Distress Oxides to ink the stencil. I used the colors Bundled Sage and Mowed Lawn. Then I added the Thanksgiving word and Ciao Chip title.

 

I added some vertical, and some horizontal elements to this layout. I used a wider piece of the green paper called "Pick of the Patch" for the vertical and then near the bottom of the page I used some of the "Borders" paper horizontally for interest.

On top of the "Borders" paper I added a little leafy, floral cluster. I pulled out some of the cooking elements from the collection for this layout and I think they are just adorable. Look at those gorgeous, almost vintage looking dishes!

The little jam pot is from a Bella Pop and it is just so sweet and shiny! For my final cluster I used the stack of books with a cup of tea and of course a steaming pie.

My pics are older and were quite dark (even after editing!) so I used the beautiful rich red paper to back my photos and capture the mood of them. I distressed the edges and attached them a little offset.

I finished the page with a couple of the small word ephemera banners, including "Home is where the Heart is" and "Thankful". This is such a wonderful collection for documenting all your Thanksgiving memories.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by the blog. Maree

One Fall Day Collection

Collection Paper pack

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Bella Pops

Ciao Chip

One Fall Day - Thanksgiving with Heather Cerulo

Hello & Happy Thanksgiving week! To celebrate, I pulled out some photos from last Thanksgiving. These photos feature 2 people I am very thankful for, my niece and nephew. I used the beautiful One Fall Day collection, along with a piece of paper from the Hearts and Ombre collection in the Orange color.

 

 

I started my layout by cutting pieces of patterned paper into 3" x 6" pieces, and then used my Banner Punch Board to notch the ends of each. I layered them over each other and curled up the edges. I cut a border strip from the borders paper and used a scallop border sticker to ground the banner at the top.

 

 

Next, I started to create clusters of leaves from the Ephemera packs, and pumpkins from the Ciao Chip. I love how these nestle together to create such fun clusters. I decided I needed some falling leaves from the clusters, and used the puffy stickers to add them.

 

 

For my title, I chose this beautiful "grateful" word from the Ephemera Words pack. I love the mix of colors and the script font, not to mention the word was perfect to describe these photos!

 

 

The final touch was some blue flowers from the epoxy stickers, peeking out of each cluster!

 

 

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving, and some crafty time too!

Hearts and Ombre Paper: Orange

 

One Fall Day:

Papers: Borders, Mad for Plaid, Falling for You

Doohickey Cardstock Stickers

Ciao Chip Stickers

Ephemera Words and Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Puffy Stickers

One Fall Day Cut-Outs with Maree

Hi Bella friends,

Today I am here to share a layout using the One Fall Day collection. I chose to feature the fabulous Cut-Outs on my layout. The are such a great product & so easy to use! Did you know all the Cut-Outs actually include a cutting template with step by step directions?!

I started off by backing all the Cut-Out leaves - which I cut apart - from the original circle wreath. There were a few blue pops in my picture so I decided to fill every leaf with the blue paper called "Falling for You" and all the other sides of the leaves with alternating patterned paper from the collection. Blue or teal are not the most traditional fall colors but I think that is why I love this layout and the versatility of this collection.

Once all the Cut-Outs were backed I laid them out on the page and then machine stitched them down with gold thread. I tie in the gold thread with some gold splatters at the end of the project.

Then I used the Happy Fall title from the Cut-Outs pack and backed it also with the same blue paper. Once I adhered it to my layout I outlined the happy with a black pen to make it really stand out on the page.

I framed both the page and my picture with the gorgeous green paper called "Hello Fall". I also stitched around the outline of the layout with the same gold thread.

 
Finally, I created a couple of clusters on the page. This one featuring some of the teal bits from the Ciao Chip and Words Ephemera pack along with a few cute leaves.

This cluster features a gorgeous sunflower and pumpkin latte (or for the purpose of my layout - hot chocolate!). I finished each cluster with some of the blue flowers from the epoxy stickers. I just love the little pop of dimension they add to the page & hoe they perfectly match the teal paper with the tiny blue flowers!

I really loved making this layout and hope you get a chance to check out the collection and it's fun Cut-Outs soon.

Have an amazing day and thanks for stopping by.

Maree

One Fall Day Collection: Collection Pack, Words Ephemera, Icons Ephemera, Cut-Outs, Epoxy Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons

Thanksgiving featuring One Fall Day with Kim Olson

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim and I'm back with another layout using the fabulous One Fall Day collection. The theme for this week is Thanksgiving and this collection is perfect for it. I loved creating this layout documenting my granddaughters at my home a few years ago.

 

I love using circles on my pages and started by cutting them. I used the Grateful and Gobble 'Til You Wobble papers for all my circles. I used the Grateful paper and placed it on the top and bottom of my page. Then, I added jute twine from my stash for interest. I backed all my photos with the same papers as the circles.

The embellishments in this collection are so fun! I pulled out all the food related items. Then, I chose the ones that matched the colors I was using on my layout. I used a lot of the words from the ephemera words pack and picked "beautiful" for my title.

Now, it was time to create clusters and add all the fabulous embellishments. This is absolutely my favorite part of a layout.

I love all the super cute food items and used a lot on my page.

I adore the puffy stickers and finished my page with some of them, the epoxy stickers and the adorable Bella-Pops too.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day!  Kim  

 

Products Used all from the One Fall Day Collection:

12x12 Papers: Grateful, Gobble 'Til You Wobble. Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words , Ciao Chip Icons,  Happy Fall Puffy Stickers, Falling For You Epoxy Stickers, Fall Feast Bella-Pops, Fall is Here Bella-Pops