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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

The North Pole | Laura Alberts

Hello friends! This is my last layout using The North Pole collection for the blog and I've enjoyed experimenting with the myriad of ways to use it. To begin this page, I layered an off-cut of the Peep Hearts and Ombre paper with a few scraps from The North Pole collection onto white card stock to create a fun layered background.

Along the right side, I added a border sticker from the Doohickey sticker sheet, then dotted gold Nuvo drops in the center of each scallop for a little extra detailing. I had three 3x4 photos to scrap, so I backed each of them with the stunning Snowstorm Clear Cuts acetate, then puzzled them together in the center of the page. Using a landscape and two portrait photos can be tricky, but I used frames from the words ephemera pack, backed with cut-aparts from the Daily Details patterned paper to fill in the gaps.

At the apex of the photos, I added a large title from the ephemera word pack and added "eve" from the Doohickey alpha stickers. Two clusters at the top right and bottom center gave those awkward overlapping spaces a little bit of whimsy. I especially liked mixing the traditional presents and florals with stars and word phrases for this page!

For a fun border on the bottom of the page, I lined up the trees and presents that I trimmed from the ephemera packs into a scene! Really love the interest this scene adds to the page. My photos from Christmas Eve really standout with the bold pinks and blues in this collection!

The North Pole Collection Kit

The North Pole Words Ephemera

The North Pole Icon Ephemera

Snowstorm Clear Cuts

The North Pole | Erica Thompson

Hello friends! Erica here with you today to share a winter layout using Bella Blvd's The North Pole collection.

I started with my photos and then pulled out products in The North Pole collection with all the blues and just a little bit of red! 

I wanted and easy design that I could use multiple photos with so I went with a horizontal design right in the center of the layout! This is a go to for me when I use 4 or more photos and I always love the results! 

I matted 2 of the photos with pattern paper from the collection and the other two photos I used the beautiful Clear Cut from The North Pole collection. 

For the title I used two of the ephemera words and placed them under the photos in the center. I trimmed my white cardstock base and then matted it onto two of the pattern papers in The North Pole collection. 

Next I created embellishment clusters to the left and right of the photos. I mixed in puffy stickers with ephemera icons and love the texture the puffy stickers add. I always love to add things to the top of my photos so I tucked in a tag, a piece of one of the border stickers and some die cuts! I also pulled in an epoxy flair from Scappin Happy Studio. 

To finish off the layout I added some red epoxy hearts and my journaling! Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blog you can check out my process video HERE on YouTube! 

The North Pole Collection