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National Dog Moms Day | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here with a layout to celebrate May 14th! What was May 14th you ask!? National Dog Moms Day!! Happy National Dog Moms Day to my fellow dog Mamas!  I was so excited to be able to create a layout for this special day since I have three furry babies of my own.  I documented this photo of me and my dog Pippa using the Cooper collection.  Here's my layout, don't forget to check out my process video at the end of this post: 

I chose to use the Faithful Friend Cut Out and picked the heart/paw print design.  I decided to use this specific one as both a stencil and layering piece on my page.  When I've sprayed Cut Outs or cut files in the past, I've always liked the way the scrap paper looked after I had sprayed it.  So, before I sprayed the Cut Out, I decided to position it in a permanent place so that I could layer the Cut Out right back on it after everything was finished drying.  

To start, I took out my Shimmerz Paints sprays in bright and happy colors and sprayed them on in rainbow order.  Starting with pink, working my way to peach, yellow, green and blue.  

I embellished tone on tone using the Ephemera Words and Icons packs.  

Here's a shot of the green and yellow portions of the page.  

I popped up the entire Cut Out on foam tape so it was fun to tuck and layer things into it.  This collection has the cutest phrase pieces and it was so much fun to embellish.  

To finish off this layout, I added in some Epoxy Hearts and Matte Enamel Dots.  I love how colorful this page turned out!  Not a bad way to celebrate and document being a Dog Mom!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  I hope you're able to spend the day loving on your furry babies!  

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Cooper Collection: Cut Outs, Ephemera Icons and Words, Epoxy Hearts and Matte Enamels.  

 

 

Tiny Tots 2.0 + Cut Outs- Day 3 | Ashley Neu

Hello! It's Ashley here and I am back today to share my next project for the Creative Team. This week has been all about Tiny Tots 2.0 with a focus on Cut Outs. For my layout, I have documented a funny story and a photo of my little girl when she was around 2 years old. Check out the journaling to see what needed documenting!

 

 

The Cut Out I picked for my layout is from the Adorbs Cut Out set and of course, I had to use the Adorbs Cut Out to document my adorable little girl! I backed the Cut Out using the patterned paper named You're a Star, popping the Cut Out up using foam adhesive strips. 

 

 

I took the pink and blue patterned papers named Borders and Watch Out to tear the edges and adhere onto the white cardstock. This gives some fun texture as well as the perfect place to adhere the Adorbs Cut Out, my photo and journaling card.

 

 

Lastly, I moved on to embellishing the layout in which I used the cute pink dinosaur from the Ephemera Icons as well as some stars and the little cupcake that says 'full of sugar'. I also grabbed some chipboard stars from the Ciao Chips included in this collection and the photo corners and 'toddler life' sticker from the Doo Hickey sticker sheet. I created stitching lines all the way around the title as well as some highlights using a white gel pen. This really helps the title stand out as well as the stars.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today and have a great day!

Supplies Used: Tiny Tots 2.0 Collection- 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Doo Hickey stickers, Ciao Chips; Adorbs Cut Out from the Adorbs Set

 

 

Tiny Tots 2.0 + Cut Outs Week, Day 2 | Inessa Persekian

Hi friends, Inessa here to share my layout for Tiny Tots 2.0 and Cut Outs Week!

I pulled a photo of my daughter from the archive and went to town with all of the pink shades, florals, hearts and baby animals. 

I started with a base using the Play Date paper and used the graphic paper side. For the cut-out, I backed it with several papers including: Sidekick (floral side), 123s, Borders (backside), Love You A Ton, Grey Scallop from Plaids and Dotty, Bella Besties Graph & Dots in Cotton Candy. I used my foam tape to pop up the title diagonally on the page.

I then fussy cut the zebra and piggie from the Border strips paper and popped them up so they look like they are coming out of the letter 'e' and behind the 's'. I added a banner just below it from the Ephemera Icons pack.

I matted my photo on white textured cardstock as well as the Bella Besties Graph & Dots in the darker shade of pink, called Peeps. 

To build out the floral clusters, I pulled most of the pink flowers, yellows and blue from the Ephemera Icons pack, Doohickey sticker sheet, Ciao Chip and Puffy Stickers. I also used the notepad, frame, rainbow and rectangle title from the ephemera pack. From my stash, I used some precut pink shimmer flowers as a base for the floral clusters. 

The layout was finished off with hearts and dots epoxy stickers and some spools of pink thread. 

I love playing with layers and textures and adore this layout. Hope I've inspired you to create! See you back on the blog soon!

Inessa

 

Tiny Tots 2.0 Supplies Used:

Ciao Chip, Cut- Outs, Doohickey, Bella-Pops Cute Bugs, Epoxy, Ephemera Icons, Puffy Stickers, Papers: Love You A Ton, Borders, 123s, Play Date, Sidekick

Tiny Tots 2.0 + Cut Outs Week, Day 1 | Sarah

Hello, Bella friends! Hope your weekend was swell and you're off to a great Monday! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) back on the blog, and I'm excited to be sharing another layout that I created using the oh-so-cute Tiny Tots 2.0 coupled with the signature Bella Cut-Outs.

Here's a simple and colorful layout that I created:

I'm in love with these Bella Cut-Outs! They're a quick and easy alternative to fussy cutting or even to using a die cutting machine. Honestly, all you have to do is add paper behind the Cut Out and viola! It's as simple as that. With all of the bright and cheery patterned papers from this new Tiny Tots 2.0 collection, it's perfection.

In addition to the pattered papers, I used photos behind my Cut-Out. I thought it would be a cute way to frame and display these photos from when my girls were toddlers. I love how it turned out!

If you look closely, did you happen to notice the black doodling I added to the letters? This is an easy and fun way to dress up those Bella Cut-Outs. I love that it makes it stand out from the white background too.

To embellish my "Adorbs" title, I added some Doohickey stickers and Ciao Chips to give it a nice, finished look.

Lastly, I like to add a date/year to my layouts, so I can look back and remember when my photos were taken. Here, I used some of the numbers from the Tiny Tots 2.0 Doohickey sticker sheet. I love that each Bella collection has letters/numbers on the Doohickey sheet that coordinate with the collection. It makes color matching so easy!

Okay, that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you in some way today. If you haven't already, I hope you get a chance to try out these Cut Outs. I'm a huge fan because they're so cute and easy to use. If you create something using Bella products, we'd love to see it. Tag us on social media with #bellablvd or #bellablvdllc. 

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Tiny Tots 2.0: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Cut-Outs, Epoxy Stickers, Clear Cuts

 

Tiny Tots 2.0 Collection + Bella Besties Week, Day 6| Brianna Lepper

Hey y'all!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout using the super adorable Tiny Tots 2.0 collection.  I'm currently obsessed with triangles and thought it would be fun to create large ones as main elements on my page.  

To start, I traced and cut out triangles using the Plaids and Dotty paper in Bell Pepper as well as the Graph & Dot paper in Ice.  I ran each one through my sewing machine using the opposite color of thread for my stitching.  So for the Bell Pepper papers, I used blue thread and for the Ice papers, I used yellow thread.  I popped them all up on foam tape and adhered them to a piece of white cardstock that I trimmed down to 11x11.  I adhered that piece to the top of the Be Brave 12x12 patterned paper and ran that through my sewing machine.  

I used the four triangles as placements for my title, photo and embellishments.  I made my title using the Aria Alphas in White and the Wonky Alphas in Bell Pepper.  My photo is of my oldest son Noah, while he was taking a bath in his old blow up rubber ducky bathtub.  It was the cutest thing and this photo was perfect to use with this collection.  He was almost two in this photo and I can't believe how quickly time flies by!  He's going to be sixteen in August!

I matted my photo using a few other patterned papers and adhered it down to the triangle on the far right.  I added the cute rubber ducky Trinket Puffy sticker as well as some Ephemera icons that look like bubbles. 

A yellow Cute Clip was the perfect addition to my photo and added that nice pop of color.

I had so much fun embellishing using more Ephemera Icons and Words and Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers.

Here's one last photo of my page: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Have you incorporated triangles into your pages?  They're fun to create with and make great spots for your embellishments and photos.  See you in my next post friends!

Brianna

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Tiny Tots 2.0: 12x12 Patterned Paper, Ephemera Icons and Words, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers and Trinkets Puffy Stickers.  Bella Besties: Plaid & Dotty 12x12 Paper in Bell Pepper; Graph & Dot in Ice; Aria Alphas in White; Wonky Alphas in Bell Pepper; Word Salad Sticker Book and Cute Clips.  

 

 

Tiny Tots + Bella Besties Week Day 4 | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella Friends.

Karlla here, and I'm so happy to share a new layout with you.

"Bella Besties" makes me so happy. I love the color of this line. for these projects I chose to work with monochrome. highlighting the pink tones "Tiny Tots 2.0 + Bella Besties".

For the background of the project, I mixed the pink papers "Bella Besties" with the "Play Date". I love to rip the edges of the papers and lift them up to give that detail. I just did it in one corner and worked on it.

I love frames. I chose to use the beautiful frames you find on "Ephemera" for my photos. I thought it super fun.

On the diagonal of the photos, I created arrangements with the beautiful embellishments from the "Tiny Tots 2.0" collection. A mix of ephemera, Play Time Puffy Stickers and chipboard. I also used "Puffy Stickers - White Trinkets". I love these accessories. I use many layers of foam tape to add dimension to the elements I want to highlight.

finally, "Borders Paper" helped me with the title of the layout. I loved this coloring and the seam holding the strap.

Hope I have inspired you. Thanks for stopping by today and playing with me.

See you soon.

Xx Karlla. 

SUPPLIES

Tiny Tots 2.0 Collection

Play Date Paper, Borders Paper, Ephemera, Chipboard Icons, Playtime Puffy Stickers, Cardstock Stickers.

Puffy Stickers - White Trinkets, Graph & Dot Cotton Candy and Graph & Dot Punch