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School is Cool Week, Day 3 | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella Blvd Friends.

Karlla here and I'm so happy to share a new layout with you. The "School is Cool" is amazing and cheerful.

For this layout, I chose to create a clothesline with tags of the beautiful "Daily Details Paper". I ungrouped the tags and drilled a hole to pass the thread. I let them loose to give a cute effect.

Wanted to create a layout with the horizontal sketch. In the center of the project, I positioned the photos and took the opportunity to add the embellishments in this area. you know I love dimension, so I played with the images with several layers of foam tape.

At the top of the layout, I chose to place the title using the "Chipboard Stickers - Icons" and subtitle with "Cardstock Stickers - Doohickey". I love this mix of material.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope I inspired you.

See you Soon.

Xx Karlla.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

School Is Cool Collection

12 x 12 Collection Kit, Ephemera - Icons, Epoxy Stickers - Ready To Learn, Ephemera - Words.

 

School is Cool Week, Day 2 | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa here with my first layout using the new School is Cool collection and I'm stocked! I have plenty of pics from last year to document first day of school, school day pics, and fun activities throughout the year. 

My first layout is of my youngest son, Nicolas, and this was his Spring photo. I chose to go with greens, red, and black as my primary colors to coordinate with his photo and outfit. He is a smarty pants for sure so the cut-out "smarty pants" was a must.

I started with creating my background with two sheets of the "A is for apple" and I used both sides. I trimmed 1 inch from the green and distressed both sides. That is layered on the red apple side leaving 1/2 inch on the right and left. The photo is matted with the red side of "school uniform" paper. 

The cut-out is backed in several patterned papers and I used both sides: School Supplies, Supply List, Bus Ride. I then popped it up with foam strips to give it dimension.

My photo is 5x7 so between that and the title there is not much space left. I did squeeze in a cut apart from the daily details sheet as well as some ephemera and stickers. I especially love the Apple bella-pop with the cutest little book worm. A few sprinkles of the epoxy bits and stickers from the sticker sheet complete the layout.

Let me know what your favorite pieces are from the collection and follow me on Instagram @paperandbling for a process reel to see how this came together.

See you later alligator!

Inessa

 

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School is Cool

School Is Cool Week, Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hi friends! Brianna Lepper here and I'm so excited to share my first layout with y'all today using the new School Is Cool collection.  I am in love with this collection and all of the cute bits and pieces make me so happy!  Here's my page, make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post:

To start, I took the Smarty Pants Cut Out from the Smarty Pants Cut Outs pack and started backing the letters.  I chose to back a couple of them with a few different washi tapes.  I used both the Dotty and Ice Dot washi tapes and also pulled in a few patterned papers from the collection to back the remaining letters with.

I love getting creative with Cut Outs and for this one, instead of ink blending the "Smarty" portion of it, I added some black polka dots with a gel pen.  I popped the entire thing up on foam tape and worked on the next step.  

I wanted even more color on my page so I took the 12x12 Coloring patterned paper and tore about 1"inch off of both sides.  I then adhered it to a piece of textured white cardstock and stuck the cut out down in the middle of my page.  Next, I matted my photo and layered it under the bottom right of the cut out.  

There's a super cute chalkboard piece in the Ephemera Icon pack and I thought it would be fun to add my subtitle in it using the Florence Alphas in white.  I wanted it to look like it was written in chalk and even rubbed a bit of a white gelato in a few spots to make it look a bit more authentic. 

I created a few more embellishment clusters by adding more Ephemera Icons and Ephemera Words pieces.  I also incorporated a few Ciao Chip chipboard stickers as well.  

I love layering and tucking things into my clusters so I pulled in the Ready For School Puffy Stickers and the Doohickey Cardstock Stickers.  I even added a few bits of tangled thread in coordinating colors.  

Here's one final look at this colorful page: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  I had a fun time creating this page and documenting the first day of my oldest sons Senior year.  It's such a special memory and this collection was perfect for it.  I'll see you in my next post friends!

Process Video:

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

School Is Cool Collection: 12x12 Patterned Paper, Smarty Pants Cut Outs, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stickers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and Ciao Chip Stickers; Bella Besties: Florence Alphas in White.  

Let's Get Lost Mini Album using Time to Travel Collection by Conny Craig

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's Conny here today sharing a waterfall mini album using the Time to Travel Collection. I love this collection so much, I love the Bella Pop's -they give so much with layering, smooth glossy finish. The chipboard stickers and ephemera packs are loaded with phrases and icons for you to document/express the moment in your projects and so much more.

Let's get started

The first thing you will need, is three (3) chipboard pieces measuring, 4x6, 4x2.5, and 4x1 inches. Then, add double-sided tape to the chipboard pieces and cover the chipboard with Bella Blvd - Bella Besties Collection Blueberry Graph and Dot paper, I chose the side that has the graph it reminds me of a map, which is perfect for the travel mini album.



At the spine of the mini-album, I used the on-the-go paper with tiny images, super CUTE! Always remember to leave 1/8 space in between for your album to bend/close with ease! On-the-go paper is shown at the front and the back of the album, I knew I wanted to keep the cover simple by adding a few images that stood out to me from the spine of the mini-album with the Bella Pop Jet Set, and the chipboard sticker, Let's get Lost!








Next, to hold the pages inside the album I used standard eyelets, and an elastic string and tied them, sliding the pages in after. I scored papers making sure to layer them to the end of the album, I wanted the embellishment to show with a peek-a-boo effect when the album is closed.
Look here you can see all the ephemera pieces, Bella Pop's and chipboard stickers. 


I can't wait to see what you create using the Time to Travel Collection. Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you! I'll see you in my next post crafty friends!

Bella Blvd Supplies used: 

Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Stickers - Bella Pops - Jet Set
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Stickers - Bella Pops - Sunny
Bella Blvd - Bella Besties Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Blueberry Graph and Dot
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Stickers - Bella Pops - Postage
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Epoxy Stickers - Getaway
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Puffy Stickers - Scenic Route
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Chipboard Stickers - Icons
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Ephemera - Words
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - On The Go
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Kit

Time To Travel | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! It's Rachel again! I'm bringing you another super fun Time To Travel collection layout. For this layout, I had the best time using one of the Bella Blvd Cut Outs for my giant title. If you haven't used one of these yet you've got to give it a try! Using the templates that come with the set make it super easy to get that cut file look without a machine. I used the 12" x 12" patterned paper called Freeway. It's a large stripe paper which made it perfect to back each of the letters with a different color. I adhered it to the cardstock with foam tape for added dimeson. I decided to go ahead and finish my title with some black Florence alphas. It's not often I create my title first, but it worked well for this layout.

I had several photos from our boat cruise down the Missouri River that I wanted to showcase and grids are always great for that! My photos are 2" x 2". I backed them with white cardstock and then my favorite black and white stripe paper from the collection - Road Trip. I also used foam tape to put these down. Next, I pulled out the Oh My Stars tabbies and added them to the side of some of the photos.

Now it was time to embellish. I used pieces from the Ciao Chip and the Scenic Route puffy stickers from the Time To Travel collection. I also pulled out my set of Trinkets Puffy stickers and used several hearts in McIntosh, Guacamole, Bell Peppers and Blueberry. I finished the layout with some stamping.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you like what you see. Here's a list of all the supplies I used:

• Bella Blvd Cut Outs: I Love Travel
• 12" x 12" Time To Travel Patterned Paper (Road Trip and Freeway)
• Oh My Stars Tabbies
• Time To Travel Ciao Chip
• Florence Alphas (black)
• Scenic Route Puffy Stickers
• Trinkets Puffy Stickers (McIntosh, Guacamole, Bell Pepper, and Blueberry)

Tiny Tots 2.0 | Sarah

Hello, Bella friends! I hope you are all doing well, and I certainly hope you get some time to get crafty very soon. Anyway, it's me Sarah (@redoaklines) hosting today's blog post, and I'm excited to share a layout using the adorable Tiny Tots 2.0 collection. If you haven't already seen it, you're missing out! It's the cutest collection I have seen this year!

Here's how I felt inspired to use it:

I started out with the grid background on one of the Bella Blvd patterned papers from this collection. I wanted to add a splash of color, so I added watercolor droplets to it. I, of course, followed the colors of the rainbow.

Sticking with the rainbow colors, I used the solid rainbow striped patterned paper from the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection behind a Bella Blvd Cut-Outs.

I tilted the "Learn and Play" title and added my photo to give my layout a fun, playful look. What do you think of that angled look? I think it's a great way to change up how you place Bella Cut-Outs.

Some simple ways to embellish your photo is by adding a mat behind it using any coordinating patterned papers, as well as layering some Doohickey stickers and Ephemera Icons.

To embellish my Cut-Outs title, I added some little bits and pieces from my Ephemera Icons pack. I mainly looked for the stars and added them to some of the letters. I used foam adhesive to add dimension to my page.

When I saw the lions in the Ephemera Icons pack, I knew I wanted to use it on this 12x12 layout. They're adorable, and it felt like it fit perfectly with this playful project. There are other adorable animals in the Ephemera Icons pack such as zebras, turtles, giraffes, just to name a few. 

For my journaling, I printed on a vellum sheet of paper. I then added some die cuts below to help add more color to my page. 

And that's all I have for today! Isn't the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection just the cutuest?! I love that it's a great collection for those baby/toddler photos, but it can also be used to document just about anything. I plan to use it on a dog layout next. Go figure, hehe.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read and follow along!

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Tiny Tots 2.0: Patterned Papers, Cut-Outs, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Epoxy Stickers