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Home is... layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hi friends,

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a family themed layout I created using the Home Sweet Home collection. 

To start, I went through all of the patterned papers to see what I was going to use as my background and which colors I wanted to go with. I chose a patterned paper with a very fine, light blue grid design.

The collection has a paper with a yellow tile design and I thought it would be cool to cut out circles and use them on the layout. So I punched out a few circles and painted them in colors that were matching the collection. Then I also used the patterned paper with the flowers and fussy-cut out a few flowers. 

I did some mixed media on the background paper that I chose, using gelatos and a wet baby wipe. I love that technique when I don't want the whole thing to get too messy. Then I tried out a few designs, deciding how I was going to use my circles and flowers. I decided to cut a slit into the circles and to glue them in a way that would create this sort of bottomless cone. I put an enamel dot in the middle, to turn them into abstract flowers.

Before glueing everything down, I placed all the elements on my page to see how I wanted my design to be. I used tangled thread behind each cone flower and popped some of my fussy-cut flowers up with foam dots.

I used a piece of acetate with white hearts, on the left side of the layout and adhered my photo on top, after matting it with some scraps of paper.

To embellish a bit more, I chose a pink chipboard house and placed it on the left side of the photo. Then I created a little cluster of flowers around it. I also used some acrylic hearts in some spots to make it even more fun. For my title, I used ephemera letters, spelling HOME and added some Florence and some Aria alphas to complete the title.

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to create some abstract little flowers... :)

Thank you for stopping by,

Back to School Digital Layout by Tya Smith

 Hi there Bella Blvd fans! It's Tya up on the blog today sharing my latest digital scrapbooking layout with you today. Well, it's Back to School time! And while it may look a little different this year, you still can take those traditional first-day photos like I am showcasing on my layout today! 

I used the super fun "Pop Quiz" digital collection and also a bit of the "Let's Go" digital collections. The colors of these two collections coordinate really well together. I love the bright happy colors along with the cool muted gray colors as well. They play off each other so well. I am a very linear scrapbooker and as you can see in this layout I used lots of rectangles in this layout and then placed those rectangles inside a big square. I added a few stitched lines as well for some texture. 

 

I had a lot of fun using this cute collection to make this back to school layout and I hope that I have inspired you to pick up this collection for all of your back to school scrapbook layouts! 

Have a great week and Happy Crafting Friends! 

 

 

Pop Quiz Complete Digital Collection

Let's Go ABC's and 123's

Let's Go Embellishments

 

 

School Time | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share a new layout using the Pop Quiz collection and a newer cut file Bella Blvd available in the Silhouette Design Store. 

I pulled out the Goofing Off pattern paper from the collection to use as my background. I added some clear gesso from Finnabair to the pattern paper because I knew I was going to be using some color and water to create a watercolor background. 

Once my gesso was dry I took some Speckled Egg Distress Oxide and ran it across the center of the Goofing Off pattern paper a few times. Next I used my water bottle to mist some water on the ink so that the color would run together create a big puddle of color. I took the paper and moved it around so the color would move around on the page until I got the look I wanted. I used my heat tool to help speed up the drying time. Once it was dry I went back in and added some ink splatters using the same Speckled Egg color ink. 

I backed the cut file with different pattern papers from the collection making sure that I used some red because my photos have red in them. I really wanted the red to stand out and I think I was able to accomplish that with my layout. I popped up the cut file using some foam adhesive and tucked in my photo strips. 

I used the Pop Quiz ephemera and 6x12 Sticker Mix to embellish around my page. I used foam adhesive to pop up some of the die cuts and stickers. The last think I did was use my We R Memory Keepers typewriter to type up my journaling. I used some wet adhesive to stick it down to my page. Here is a look at my completed layout. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to use some new Bella cut files and get your memories documented!

Pop Quiz collection | Sticky Mix | Ephemera

School Days-Cut File Layout

Hi everyone, Lauren Seals here today sharing a fun back to school layout featuring a few different fun cut files that go with this fun Bella school line! I know this school year is anything but ordinary for many but that just means it’s even more fun to document and what better way than with a fun 12x12 layout! 
Here is my Back to school layout:

To begin this layout I first chose which silhouette Bella cut files I wanted to use to create my layout. I ended up choosing the book stack, glasses, Apple, as well as the word school that came from the school time cut file.

I knew I wanted a focal point to be my book stack so I made them big enough that I would be able to add my Florence alphas on there for some added color and dimension on the spines of the books. These fun books I think are my favorite cut file used the this page, although that Apple is awfully cute! 

Once I stacked my layers for my different sized books I wanted to apple to be a another focus point so I made the scale slightly larger than my books. I did this as well with the glasses. 
I then began adding all my school themed words and then adhered my photo may before added the rest of my pieces.

I then added my fun little embellishment cluster to my bottom right hand corner. Adding my glasses cut file along with some fun stickers and chipboard pieces.

i finished off the layout by add my School cut file piece to the top that I use one of the fun patterned papers from this school like to give some more dimension as well as those fun school icons and elements. 
For those families out there struggling with all the changes to this school year I wish you the best and hope maybe documenting and creating your school memories in such a cut way could bring some joy to the situation! Thank you for checking out my latest project and I look forward to sharing again soon. 

Supplies needed:

•pop quiz chipboard•pop quiz paper•pop quiz ephemera•cut files•Bella Besties•pop quiz stickers•

School Time Layout with Traci

Hi Bella friends!  For many families, school doesn't look like it did prior to 2020, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't still be documenting the memories!  Whether your child, or grandchild, is distance learning at home, or attending school wearing a mask, you probably have pictures that need to be printed.  Here's a fun idea for a simple multi-photo layout using Bella Besties and some cute Bella cutting files.

For the base of the layout, I layered Blueberry and Plum dot/graph besties with white card stock. I added a piece of Goofing Off paper from the Pop Quiz collection at the top, along with strips of  Pickle Juice and Gulf bestie card stock.  I love the color combination which I drew from the photos of my sweet granddaughter.

 

The border strip stickers added some fun movement across the top and bottom of the page.  They are both from the Wish Big Sticky Mix.

Other than the cute photos, the highlight of this page is definitely this adorable owl.  You can find the cutting file for him in Lori Whitlock's SVG shop here: Star Student Owl I added the cute hat and glasses from the Pop Quiz Ciao Chip stickers.  

I was going to back the School Time title (which you can find here: School Time Title) with colored card stock, but I decided I like the contrast with the solid Blueberry and white. You actually get two titles out of this file ... the negative space, and the letters that are removed from the negative space so be sure to save those for a future project!

 

Here's to all the students out there who are adapting to this new school year ... and to all the parents and grandparents who are also navigating all of this change.  I hope you find some crafty time this week and that this layout inspires you!   

Bella Blvd Products Used

Dot/Graph Bella Besties: Blueberry, Plum, Pickle Juice and Gulf

 Pop Quiz Goofing Off paper 

Wish Big Sticky Mix

Pop Quiz Ciao Chip

Star Student Owl Cutting file

School Time Cutting File

 

School Time Banner - Tegan Skwiat

Good day Bella Friends! Today I am excited to share my school themed banner using some adorable Bella Blvd Cut Files! I also used the Cooper collection, which is dog themed but it worked extremely well for this school project too. Come take a look!

I used mostly patterned papers from the Cooper collection to make the base of the banner. I used the Bella Blvd Globe Cut File and Bella Besties Patterned Papers to cut out this adorable globe. Aren't the Bella Blvd cut files just the cutest?!

Here I layered the Bella Blvd Glasses Cut File over some chipboard pieces and patterned paper from the Cooper Collection. I also added a red Heart Hugs corrugated cardboard sticker.

I used the School Time Cut File and Bella Besties Graph and Dot Patterned Paper to create the title. I backed it with yellow patterned paper from the Cooper Collection. I love that the Cooper collection is geared towards documenting dogs, but it can also be used in so many more ways! I then embellished the banner with chipboard shapes from the Wish Big Boy collection. I love that all of the Bella collections mix and match so well.

How darling is this cute little red apple I made using the Bella Blvd Apple Cut File and Graph and Dot Patterned Paper?!? I then added a cute little white epoxy heart sticker to the middle of the apple. I love how it turned out.

I finished off the banner with Cooper and Bella Besties Patterned Papers and embellishments from the Wish Big Boy Collection. 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to use the adorable Bella Blvd Cut Files for your next project! Have a great day! 

Cooper Collection

Wish Big Boy Collection 

Bella Besties Patterned Papers: McIntosh, Black

Heart Hugs: Happy Birthday 

Cut Files: Apple, Globe, Glasses, School Time