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Spell On You | Laura Alberts

Hello friends, I'm back with the new Spell on You collection! One of my favorite ways to use themed collections is to challenge myself to step outside of the theme and see how I can use it in a very different way. With the super versatile b-sides and Border paper, I created a fun column design layout with five photos from my son's birthday party! 

On the left side of the layout, I layered three border strips from the Borders patterned paper to create a column to rest my three 2"x3" photos on. With the addition of two tags from the icon ephemera pack and one I created from a cut apart piece from the Daily Details patterned paper behind my photos, I've created a fun set of clusters for each photo.

To create a fun layered look behind each of these photos, I layered punched stars mixed with stickers from the Doohickey sticker set, icon ephemera, and enamel shapes from the Witchy Epoxy set. 

On the bottom photo, I added a chipboard arrow from the Ciao Chips set as well. It's so much fun to see how many ways I can cluster embellishments in a repeating pattern, while making each cluster unique.

On the right side of the page, I layered a 6 1/2 inch strip of the Hocus Pocus patterned paper for a background. Then, after layering my star Cut-Outs on top of the Broomsticks patterned paper, I tucked it behind my photos. I matted each of my photos with a cut apart piece from the Daily Details patterned paper, then added an acrylic word and Doohickey letter stickers for my title!

Spell On You collection kit

October Cut-Outs

Witchy Epoxy

Spell On You Ciao Chip

Spell On You Doohickey stickers

Spell On You Icon Ephemera

Spell On You Word Ephemera

Happy Acrylic Word

Spell on You | Virginia

Hello, Virginia here to share a non-Halloween layout today with the awesome Spell on You collection. Loving all the bright and beautiful colors of this line and it’s perfect to capture a fun memory of my pup. Raise your hand if you have fur-babies that love to chew on their stuffie toys and you have become an expert at dealing with ‘stuffie surgeries’, lol. I thought it would be hoot to play up the graveyard and RIP themes for all stuffies that have lived their best lives.

The layout design was inspired by the tags in the Ephemera Words set. I used the pre-made tag as a template (specifically the top angled corners) to create other tags from the patterned papers, it’s an easy and effective way to include a lot of patterned elements on your page. I like tags because finishing the tag tops with twine and buttons can add texture to the page. The journaling is matted onto a piece of pattern paper that is then centered onto the pre-made ‘trick or treat’ tag to just reveal the pretty scalloped border. Just something to consider, look at some themed elements to see how you can re-purpose it for your non-themed page!

 

Thanks so much for dropping by, have a wonderful crafty day!

Bella Blvd School is Cool- Patterned papers, ephemera, ephemera words, chipboard, cardstock stickers, puffy stickers

Spell on You | Sarah

Hello, Bella friends! It's me Sarah back on the blog today, and I can't believe fall is in full force. It's our favorite season in our house, and we are all super excited and pumped for Halloween. Anyone else?! Anyway, with the anticipation of Halloween around the corner, I wanted to create a layout using the Spell on You collection.

Here's how I felt inspired:

I felt inspired to focus on using a repetition of circular shapes on my layout. I started off by doodling circles onto patterned papers from the Spell on You collection. I cut them out and added them to my page.

I used some of the stickers from the Doohickey Stickers. Both the circle and scalloped circles worked perfectly on this layout.

Bella Pops fit right in with the rest of the circular shapes too. The pumpkin Bella Pop from the Spell on You collection is just fab-BOO-lous; I love it!

For my title, I used pieces from the Ephemera Word Icons. Adding a little bit of foam adhesive to the backs of these die-cut pieces gave it that extra dimension to make them pop off the page. I added my journaling snippet below the title; I felt that it fit perfectly in that empty space. 

Last but not least, I couldn't help myself. I had to share how adorable these little Bella Pop stickers are! The bat is just too spook-tacular with that little face.

Okay, that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you to create something today, and maybe it'll even be a spooky, Halloween project. Anyway, thanks for joining me today, and thanks for letting me share my work with all of you.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Spell on You: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Epoxy Stickers, Bella Pops; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Rainbow 12x12 Paper Pack

Spell On You | Ashley Neu

Hello friends! This week, we have been using the brand new Spell On You collection and it's got me amped for Halloween! How about you?! I am going back to past Halloweens and making sure I have them all scrapped. Here's a couple of cute photos of my 2 daughters in their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costumes. We have Leonardo and Michelangelo in the house today! 

 

 

Because I had two smaller photos that I wanted to scrap, I decided on this awesome Cut-Out from the October Cut-Out pack. I used thin foam adhesive strips to back the letters with the following patterned papers- Bootiful Night, Carving Pumpkins, All Tricks No Treats, Spell Caster and Hocus Pocus. I love the variety of patterns and colors that these papers give to the layout! So much dimension!

 

 

To create the background, I grabbed a piece of white cardstock as well as the Spooky Skulls patterned paper. I adhered the patterned paper at a slight angle on the white cardstock and trimmed off the excess. I cut two slits on the patterned paper and bent the pieces down, creating a "v". I also distressed the edge of that paper with my scissors- giving so much texture! I grabbed a black felt pen and drew some lines on the edges of that patterned paper. 

 

 

After adhering the Cut-Out, I created some stitching lines with that same black felt pen. This really helped that Cut-Out stand out from the background! My photos were adhered next and then came the fun part- embellishing!  I used some Ciao Chip stickers, Epoxy stickers, Puffy stickers and Ephemera Icons to create 2 embellishment clusters. The lower left cluster is of 2 clouds, a hanging spider and 2 cute owls. The upper right cluster is of 2 clouds, an adorable ghost and another owl. To both clusters, I added some of the epoxy stars! I also added a few embellishments across the Cut-Out to create more interest across the page!

 

 

And that's the finished layout! I hope you have enjoyed reading the process. Thank you for stopping by the blog and have a wonderful day!

 

Supplies Used: Spell On You- 12x12 Patterned Papers, Epoxy Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Ciao Chip, Ephemera Icons; October Cut-Out Pack; White Cardstock; Black Felt Pen

Spell On You | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today and I'm so excited to share my new layout with y'all!  This is my first layout using the new Spell On You collection and I had so much fun creating it!  This collection has so many fabulous elements to it and I can't wait to be able to use it again soon.  Here's my layout: 

To start, I trimmed four 4"x4" inch squares using the Candy Dots, Broomsticks and All Tricks No Treats 12x12 patterned papers.  They are the cutest patterns and I really wanted to highlight them. I adhered them to a piece of white cardstock that I trimmed down to 11x11 and backed with the Wee Witches 12x12 patterned paper.  I love how the stars really pop on that black.  

I started to decorate my first square by using a few Doohickey Cardstock Border Stickers and layered the really cute Witching Hour Bella Pop right on top.  I also adhered a few Ephemera Words and a few of the Fright Night Puffy Stickers. How adorable is that little witch??!

I created a fun little scene on the next square by using a haunted house and witch piece from the Ephemera Icons pack.  

On the next square, I added my title using an Ephemera Word and the Aria Alphas in Plum.  I added a few Puffy Stickers and these really cute witch shoes from the Ephemera Pieces.  

My last square held my photo that I matted with a tag and frame from the Ephemera Words pack.  I added a few phrase stickers from the Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and popped the entire thing up on foam tape.  The photo is of me and my best friend at a Halloween party.  I was Peach from Mario Kart and she was Sarah Sanderson from Hocus Pocus.  Such a perfect photo for this collection!

Here's one last shot of this fun grid layout: 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Do you like to make grid layouts?  They're so fun to make, especially when you make your pieces quite large.  They're like their own separate little layouts!  See you next time friends!

xo Brianna

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Spell On You Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Fright Night Puffy Stickers, Witching Hour Bella Pop, Epoxy Stickers and Doohickey Cardstock Stickers.  Bella Besties: Aria Alphas in Plum.  

School is Cool Week, Day 5 | Inessa

School is cool and so are my boys on their first day back! Inessa here sharing a fresh layout using the School is Cool collection with lots of fun elements.

For this layout, I went with color blocking a sheet of 12x12 white cardstock and adding lots of embellishment clusters. I started with the "ready for school" 4x6 cut a part from Daily Details and used the 4" height as my guide for the rest of the rectangles. My photos are both 3x4 as well.

For the rest of the patterned papers, I used the following: Supply List, Coloring, School Uniform and Paperclips

The embellishments can be found in the following: Ciao Chip, Doohickey sticker sheet, Ready to Learn Epoxy, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons and the adorable Color Me Happy bella-pop.

I hope to have inspired you today!

All the best,

Inessa