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Adventure Cut File Layout

Hi everyone!! Lauren here today sharing my favorite way to use cut files! 
Typically I am not one to use cut files much. I usually prefer traditional paper crafting utilizing all the fun embellishments and not so much with my silhouette. But, sometimes it adds the perfect touch that you need to customize your layout or mini album! That’s exactly what I used it for here:

I knew I wanted to do something special with this photo because the meaning behind it is so important to me. I also knew I wanted to incorporate the Bella Let’s Go On An Adventure line because of how beautiful the setting of the this photo is in the Pacific Northwest. 
Though not a camping, hiking, or really outdoor oriented photo I needed a way to document it with more than the traditional elements of this outdoor line. 

That is how I decided to use cut files to be able to personal this layout with the elements I wanted to focus on. I used the sun, clouds, and adventure cut files from the Lets Go On An Adventure line. 
I wanted to make the sun a focal point of the layout because of the importance of it when documenting this picture so I sized it to take up the majority of the top corner with the clouds layering in front of it. 

I then created the base part of my layout using the papers from this line and layering my photo with the ephemera icons as well as the journaling cut apart piece. 
I then layered the adventure across the bottom from the cut file and made it large enough to create the title across the whole bottom of the page. 

I finished off the layout with some boarder stickers form the 12x12 sticker sheet, as well as using some of the stickers throughout the layout, and on my photo. 
I also added some more of the ephemera around the photo to create some added dimension and embellishment clusters. 

Even if you are one like me who usually steers away from using cut files I hope my layout showed you an easy way to utilize them and add some extra pieces to your projects that you just can’t always get within the embellishments available. 
I can’t wait to share more creations again with you soon! 

Products used:

•Lets Go On An Adventure paper, ephemera words, ephemera icons, 12x12sticker sheet, Bella Silhouette cut files•

Birthday | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share a new layout using the Wish Big girl collection! 

I really wanted to use a lot of the pretty patterns in this collection so I found a cut file that would help me do that! Instead of tracing all the small hearts I went into my Silhouette studio and selected the full cut file. Once it was selected I right click and then select release compound path.  I take the inside cut line of the heart and move it off to the side away from the grid. I can then select everything except for the single heart and delete it. Next I move the heart back to the grid, select the image and create an offset. You can then adjust the size to what you need. Remember to remove the original heart and delete so your machine will just cut the offset. I always do a test cut before going crazy and cutting a ton of the pieces out. 

Once all my pieces are cut I backed the cut file and used liquid adhesive to adhere the pieces. I like a bottle that has a very fine tip so I do not get glue everywhere! Once the file was backed I added foam all over the back so that it pops up from my background.

I had some photos of our daughter Alyssa before we went to deliver birthday party invites. We made some lollipop invitations and wrapped each one with cellophane and tied each one with a ribbon. Her birthday theme was The Sweet Shoppe and these invites were perfect! For my title this birthday acrylic word was the perfect finishing touch. Here is a look at my completed layout using the Wish Big girl collection. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today I hope you found some colorful inspiration here today. 

Wish Big Girl Collection | Acrylic Words

 

 

Splash! Secrets of the Sea Digital Scrapbook Layout | Tya

 Hey Bella Fans! Tya here! I hope you are finding some great ways to beat the heat this summer. We have had sweltering 100-degree heat in my neck of the woods and I knew that I wanted to do a layout with my kids playing in the water - maybe that would cool me off lol! I love all the water-themed products in the Secrets of the Sea digital collections that Bella has, so I created this Digi layout. 

The big splashes that are on the background were not nearly as big as what I made them. One of my favorite parts of Digi scrapbooking is that I can resize the elements as big or a small as I wish for just the right effect on my layouts. I enlarged the splashes just a big and then placed them behind my photos. I love how this turned out! 

     

 

I  hope that I have inspired you to take a close to peek at the adorable Secrets of the Sea digital collections. These are great and full of some super cute icons and papers- perfect for all of your wet and wild summer days! Happy Crafting friends! 

 

 

Secrets of the Sea Collection Bundles

Everything is fine layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey friends, 

it's Lisa back on the blog today and I'm sharing a new summer project inspired by this month's mood board...

I love bright and colorful summer mood boards... they're so easy for me to find a good idea for my layouts... In this one, I got inspired by the colorful stripes, the quote and the parrots. 

I started by using acrylic paints to paint my stripes on the lower left and upper right sides. I also created splashes of blue, pink and yellow color in the middle part of the paper and softened the edges around the stripes. When the mixed media was dry, I added some cold stripes on top and let them dry too.

While everything was drying, I took a white sheet of paper and drew my parrots, referring myself to the pictures on the mood board. I cut the different pieces out, traced them on different patterned papers, cut them out and pieced the birds together, adhering them to white paper. 

I then pierced holes around almost every piece and then hand-stitched around them, using matching thread. When I was done, I cut them out, leaving a white border. I like leaving white borders, to make my pieces stand out from the background. Especially on this layout, with the super colorful mixed media, the white border helped the parrots stand out. 

Then I chose my photo and matted it on orange and white paper. 

For the title, I took the quote from the mood board, inserted it into my Silhouette programme and created a cutfile from it. I cut it out of bold pink patterned paper and then I created an offset that I cut out of white paper. I adhered the pink on top of the white and had my finished title. 

I placed my birds and photo on the layout and adhered them to the background using foam tape. Then I also adhered my title, using mini foam squares. To finish the layout and make it even more fun, I went through my Bella embellishments and chose leaves, flowers and a sun to arrange around what I already had. I added some enamel dots and gold splatters, and I was done! :)

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to create something fun inspired by the mood board and using you pretty Bella Blvd collections. 

See you soon,

 

August Mood Board - Tegan Skwiat

Tegan here with you today and I always LOVE using the Bella Blvd Mood Boards for inspiration! And of course, the August Mood Board is just as fabulous as the previous ones. Come take a look! 

Right away I was inspired by the pink, yellow, and aqua chair cushions in the bottom middle square. I decided to go for a bold background and used 1/2" strips of the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper in Peep, Bell Pepper, and Gulf. I really love how the stripes turned out! 

I embellished the top corner of my page with adorable chipboard stickers, Doohickey stickers, and ephemera pieces from the Splash Zone collection. I also added a couple fun Star Mix Acrylic Shapes. 

I was inspired by the quote to use the awesome Bella Blvd Soak Up the Sunshine Cut File for my title. Here I used the Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper in Blueberry so it would really pop against the striped background. I backed the open letters with fun patterned papers from the Splash Zone and Chloe collections. Don't you just love how the word 'Sunshine' pops against the stripes?! 

I also made sure to include some fun chipboard pieces from the Splash Zone that were inspired by the mood board as well. Did you notice I added pineapples and a flamingo float to the layout too? I also love that the striped background kind of reminds me of a beach towel. I can't wait to use another Bella Blvd Mood Board! 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab the August Mood Board, some Bella Besties papers, and the Splash Zone collection for next project! Have a great day! 

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper: Peep, Gulf, Bell Pepper, Blueberry

Splash Zone Collection: Sunny Days Patterned Paper, Summer Scramble Patterned Paper, Chipboard, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera, Star Mix Acrylic Shapes

Chloe Collection: Daily Details Patterned Paper, Smitten Patterned Paper

Cut File: Soak up the Sunshine

 

 

 

 

August Mood Board Inspired Layout | Maryam

Hey there friends! This is Maryám and I'm so excited to be back here at the Bella BLVD blog today with a new project inspired by the August 2020 Mood Board.

First of all, let's start by taking a look at this month's mood board.

For today's layout I decided to combine three collections- Splash Zone, Squeeze the Day, and Wish Big (Girl). Since all of Bella products share the same base colors, it is actually really easy to mix and match bits and pieces from different collections.

To create my layout, I was inspired by different elements from the mood board- like the colors, the pineapples, the icecream, etc. I started by cutting the 322856 Pineapple Cut File from Bella BLVD out of different patterned papers using my Silhouette Cameo. As I always do when I'm working with a cut file, I began by ungrouping all the elements and position them in different parts of the mat, so I then can cut each one of the pieces from a different paper.

Once I had all the pieces cut, I assembled the pineapple and then add some hand-stitching around the image using embroidery thread from the same color.

Continuing with my process, I cut some flowers (288531 Pink Flower) and butterflies (327623 Butterflies Fluttering Away) just to add some more interest to the page. Next, to embellish the layout I added some ephemera pieces from the Splash Zone Collection and also one little popsicle from the Wish Big (Girl) collection.

I then positioned my photo on the right side of the page along with the title and my journaling. For the title, I decided to use one of the Bella's Acrylic Words in light blue that says "splish splash" which coordinated perfectly with my photo and also the story I was trying to tell in this page.

Last but not least, I felt like the page needed a little bit more color, so I decided to add some washi tape, Rainbow and Swiggle, from the Splash Zone and Home Sweet Home Collection respectively, on the left and bottom border of the page. 

Now, let's take a look at the finished layout!

That's it for today! I hope you enjoyed this post and inspired you to create something new. If you have any questions just leave a comment below, and I’ll be happy to help you.

 

Have a wonderful day!