Bella Blvd Studio Blog

Cap & Gown | Borders & Daily Details | Yvette Weber

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing my first layout using The Cap & Gown Collection- the focus this week is on the Daily Details and Borders papers!

Here's a look at the page I created.

 

I started my layout by trimming an inch off both sides of a sheet of white cardstock and then centered the white cardstock over the Hats Off pattern paper. Some hand-stitching was added down the sides of the white cardstock to give the layout a bit of a subtle texture.

From the Borders pattern paper, I selected the border strips I wanted to use and cut those out. Slightly distress the edges and add one strip across the top section of my layout and the others down the right-hand side of the page.

 

Next, I cut out two 3x4 Daily Detail cards from the Daily Details paper and added those to my layout.

 

I wanted to add some color to my layout. I did this by bringing in some of the yellow found in the photo. I then used a yellow marker on a few pieces to achieve the results I was looking for, and I loved it!

 

Add my photo and adhere it with foam tape. I then cut three circles from the gray and black polka-dot paper and arranged them around my page.

 

With so many beautiful embellishments in the Cap & Gown collection, finding the perfect pieces to document this incredible moment in my son's life was easy.

 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! Here's hoping my layouts have given you some inspiration for your scrapbooking.

Yvette xoxo

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Cap and Grown Collection

12x12 kit, Ephemera Words, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Bella Pops.

 

Happy Memorial Day! Fireworks & Freedom

Hello Friends! Erica here with you today to share a 12x12 scrapbook layout featuring the Fireworks & Freedom collection! 

Liam loves going to the parade every year so I snapped some pics of his excitement before we loaded up in the car! The firetrucks are always his favorite and getting a bag full of candy! I started out my layout with a piece of white textured cardstock cut down to 11.50x11.50 and matted it onto some Bella Besties and then one of the pattern papers from the Fireworks & Freedom papers!

I wanted to create strips of pattern paper across the page and while going through all the papers I found a scrap of the borders paper that was perfect to cut up and add to the layout! I distressed the edges of all the strips and adhered them down to my layout. I matted each photo with paper from the Fireworks & Freedom collection and then adhered to the right side of my layout with foam adhesive.

The embellishments in this collection are so fun and such a big variety of words and icons to pick from! My favorite is the Little Firecracker word die cut! It is the perfect piece for Liam! I layered up die cuts and stickers from the Fireworks & Freedom collection to create clusters on the left and right of my photos.

I wanted to tuck in a few things around the paper strips of the layout so I added tabs and used some of the fireworks die cuts. Since Liam has on his super cool star shades I added the adorable sunglasses die cut to the bottom left corner!

This layout was so fun and easy to put together! To finish off the layout I pulled out the Bella Blvd Trinket Puffy Stickers and added them to the centers of some of the die cuts and added them around some of the embellishment clusters! 

Fireworks & Freedom Collection | Bella Besties Dot Graph Paper | Trinkets Puffy Stickers

 

Cap & Gown l Kirei Baldwin

Hi everyone! It's Kirei here with my very first blog post and I'm super excited to be sharing the layout I created with the fabulous new Cap & Gown collection! I decided to use the collection in a non-graduation way as there are so many great patterned papers and embellishments that can be used to tell other stories.... so I pulled out some photos from a few years back of me receiving my Disney Store 20 Year Anniversary Award from the boss himself.... Mickey Mouse (who is also my fave character)! 

I started by picking out the Just Graduated paper (black spots on grey) and gutted the centre leaving a 1" frame. Then I trimmed the Dream Big paper (black stars on white) down to 11½" square, distressed the edges and stuck down to the black spotted frame.

Now I wanted to use the Clear Cuts Star Studded acetate sheet in some way so decided to create a cute shaker pocket which is super easy to make! I pulled out the silver diamonds photo frame from the Cap & Gown Ephemera Words set, then stuck a piece of the Star Studded acetate to the reverse of it. I added a row of foam pads around the border on the back, filled it with some of the Sequin Mix in Domino and then backed it with a piece of That's a Wrap paper (grey hearts on black) and there you have it... one little shaker pocket! 

Now it was time to start adding the details to my layout... firstly I added the black scalloped border from the Cap & Gown Doohickey Stickers across the centre of my page. I backed my three photos using the Just Graduated paper, distressed the edges and then stuck them down using foam pads on the top edges only (stuck flat along the bottom). I did leave a gap at the top of the photos so that I could tuck in two tags from the Ephemera Words set, I distressed the edges and tied some red twine to both before adding my journaling to one of them.

I created embellishment clusters above and below my photos using the Cap & Gown Ephemera Words and Icons, Celebrate Epoxy Stickers and Ciao Chip Icons. 

Next was to add my title which was a combination of the Ephemera Words and the Florence Alpha. 

I added a few extra pops of red to tie in with my photo using some red stars from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers and I was done! 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I used the Cap & Gown collection and can take some inspiration from it.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you in my next post! 

Kirei x

     Bella Boulevard products used on my layout...

Cap & Gown patterned papers - Just Graduated, Dream Big and That's a Wrap

Cap & Gown Ephemera Words and Icons

Cap & Gown Doohickey Stickers

Cap & Gown Ciao Chip Icons

Cap & Gown Celebrate Epoxy Stickers

Clear Cuts - Star Studded

Sequin Mix - Domino

Trinkets Puffy Stickers - McIntosh

Florence Alpha - McIntosh

 

 

 

  

 

Cap & Gown and Cut Outs Week!| Maree Crozier

Hi Bella friends,

I'm back today to share a fun Graduation Layout using the awesome Cut-Outs product. I picked the Cut-Outs that said Graduation Day and it made it so easy for my page to come together with this great title. I knew I wanted to do a grid design because I feature 4 pics on this layout!

I started by laying out my pics and backing with Bella Besties papers in my son's school colors. Then I added some borders, which I stitched down and finished with the fabulous scalloped Doohickey sticker borders. I backed the entire layout on the black grid paper from the Cap and Gown collection and stitched around the border.

Next I backed my Cut-Outs with coordinating paper and popped it up on foam squares to create the title for the page and add dimension.

Next I embellished using a super fun Bella Pop and some of the gorgeous ephemera and puffy stickers.

I finished with my journaling and some cute pieces from the Bella Pops on the bottom right. I love how it gave such a celebratory feel to the page!

I did a little more journaling on the back of my layout, writing down names of all the people in the pics. Sometimes it is too much for me on the front of a layout. Do you ever do this? I loved using the Cut-Outs for this layout and am excited to use them again soon.

Have a great day!

Maree

Cap and Gown Supplies:

Accomplished Paper

Reach for the Stars Paper

Ephemera Icons

Congratulations Cut-Outs

Doohickey Stickers

Puffy Stickers

Bella Pops

Other supplies:

To the Moon Collection - Borders Paper

Bella Besties Paper in Blue and Yellow

 

Cap & Gown, Cut Outs Week! | Kim

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim and I'm back with more Cap & Gown goodness. This time I used a fabulous Cut Out from the collection to document my granddaughter's first birthday.

I adore everything about this collection, it is so versatile and the possibilities are endless. I started my page by pulling some of the Bella Besties that coordinated with my photos. I backed my photos and my Cut out with them and then I used the papers to make some tags and labels to go around my photos. 

I pulled some balloon dies from my stash to make balloons and I added them next to the Bella chipboard balloon. I made two balloon shaker pockets and filled them with a mix of the stunning sequin mix from the collection and confetti made using the Bella Besties papers.

I used the adorable pinwheels, cupcakes and giftbag from the ephemera icons pack.  To finish my page I added a variety of Bella-Pops, puffy stickers and epoxy stickers.

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

 

Products Used 

Cap  & Gown collection:

Bella-Pops 

Ciao Chip 

Cut Outs

Doohickey Stickers 

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words 

Epoxy Celebrate

Puffy Stickers 

Sequin Mix Domino 

12x12 papers 

Bella Besties

Heart Hugs 

Hearts & Ombre' Orange and Cotton Candy

 

Cap & Gown Clear Cuts | Maree Crozier

Hi Bella friends,

I'm here today to share another layout using the Cap and Gown Collection, this time showing off a really fun product called Clear Cuts. I decided to use it in my background and also to make some circle shaker elements. I started off making the shakers using the Bella Blvd sequins.

I then used a piece of the Clear Cuts over some light stenciling to create interest. I accented it with a little of the pink Bella Besties paper to match my daughter's dress in the picture.

I layered up my shakers with more circle elements filled with the Cap and Gown papers and tucked a few of the fun florals from the collection in behind them.

I added some Ciao Chip and Doohickey stickers and then I finished with the awesome title "Graduation Day" from the words Ephemera pack.

Lastly I used some of the star sequins to dot around the page and some pink heart and flowers Trinkets puffy stickers to complete the page.

How cute is that little girl icon? Just perfect for my daughter's layout. Have you ever added a shaker element to a layout? The end result is really fun. Wishing you all a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Maree

Bella Besties Collection Kit Pink Paper

Bella Besties Trinkets Puffy Stickers Pink

From Cap and Gown:

Clear Cuts Star Studded

Ciao Chip

Doohickey Stickers

Sequin Mix

Diploma Day Paper

Dream Big Paper

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words