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Cut Files & Time to Travel Week, Day 4 | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa on the blog today sharing a layout using Bella's cut files, paired with Time To Travel. I'm continuing to document my family Florida vacay and enjoying remembering the fun moments we had. I mean let's be real, I've forgotten what we did last week already!

I got all of the files from the silhouette design store (linked at the bottom) and cut using my cricut machine. The title was cut from white textured cardstock and I had originally intended to back it with patterned papers. The flowers and monstera leaves were cut from various patterned papers from Bella besties and Time to Travel.

To build the base, I matted the Freeway paper (blue airplane side) on white textured cardstock. Then I matted it again on the Road Trip paper (black and white stripe side). Once matted, I stitched a boarder around the entire page in a rose gold thread using my sewing machine. 

The papers I used to cut the flowers out of are listed here: Let's Get Lost, Daily Details, Back Roads, Bella Besties in Punch and Guacamole. I then hand rolles the edges and popped the centers and layers on foam dots. The flowers cutfile is so easy to use, all the pieces are color coded for you!

 

As I built my page, I decided to leave the title as is as it looks great against the navy. I adhered my photo to the heart, trimmed and then adhered the entire piece to the background. I added the flowers around the page, mixing between flat and popped up pieces. Stickers and ephemera from the collection finished off each cluster.

The top left of the page looked too plain so I added a tag cluster, using pieces from the ephemera pack, a word sticker from the Doohickey sheet and a puffy flower. I also added some thread and sequin from SpiegelMom Scraps (Scrappin Happy Mix).

 

 

Hope I've inspired you to give these cut files a try! Follow me for more on my Instagram page @paperandbling and look out for a reel on the process. 

Thanks,

Inessa

 

Link to Cutfiles Design IDs: 408548, 406498, 327625

Links to products:

Time To Travel

Spiegelmom Scraps use my code INESSA15 to save 15% off your order

 

 

 

Time to Travel + Cut Files Week, Day | Sarah

Happy Wednesday, Bella friends! We are half way to the weekend - yippee! Anyway, it's me, Sarah (@redoaklines), hosting today's blog post, and I have a new layout to share using the Time to Travel Collection. Have you seen it?! It's super cute!

What's even better is that there are some awesome coordinating cut files in the Silhouette Design store that are perfect with this collection. Find those here.

Here's what I created using Time to Travel paired with Bella digital cut files:

 

I used two Bella cut files from the Silhouette Design store to create my title for this layout. I wanted the 'Travel Does the Heart Good' cut file to take center stage.

I wanted to draw more attention to my title, so I used the 'Palm Tree' cut file to create a tropical embellishment to add right next to the words. To add some dimension to the palm tree, I added a cute little Ciao Chip from the Time to Travel collection. I think the green on green looks fantastic!

To embellish my layout, I embellished around my photos by adding some Ephemera Icons. The pack is loaded with die-cuts galore. There's planes, cars, palm trees, cacti, cameras, flowers, just to name a few. Here, I used a camera and phrases to fill up my page.

And because it fit so perfectly, I added a Bella Pop sun! Bella Pops have become one of my favorite Bella embellishments to use on layouts.

Lastly, I fussy cut out some flowers from one of the patterned papers from the Time to Travel collection. I scattered them across my layout to add a horizontal design element. I also love that these flowers come in a rainbow of color!

And that's a wrap! What do you all think?! Doesn't the Time to Travel collection makes you want to travel?! It makes me want to hit the road (or the air). Heeeelp - I've caught the travel bug, hehe.

Anyway, hopefully I have inspired you to create something fun today. As always, thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along. Use #bellablvd or #bellablvdllc to tag us on social media if you use Bella products.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Time to Travel: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ciao Chipboard Stickers, Bella Pops; You Are My Sunshine: Oh My Stars Black & White Tabbies; Squeeze the Day: Matte Enamels; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Rainbow Collection Kit; Legacy Collection: Heart Hugs; Bella Cut Files: Travel Does the Heart Good, Palm Tree

 

 

Cut Files + Time To Travel Week Day 2 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna here today sharing a new layout focusing on some fabulous Bella cut files as well as the Time To Travel collection.  I've traveled quite a bit recently and have some great photos to document.  This one was from my recent trip back home to CA and I found the perfect cut files to use with it.  Here's my layout: 

 

 

The cut files I chose for my layout are the following: All Who Wander, Cloud Outline I, Cloud Outline II and Clouds.  I cut them all out on textured white cardstock.  For the 'All Who Wander' cut file, I did some ombre ink blending using the Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink pad and added some sparkle by brushing on some Nuvo Glimmer Paste.  I popped the whole thing up on foam tape and adhered it down to a piece of the Hearts & Ombre paper in Ice.

 

 

Next, I took some strips of the 12x12 Freeway paper from the collection and adhered them down to both sides.  I distressed the edges before I stuck them down.  I arranged a few of the cloud cut files around my page, making sure to only add glue to certain spots of each one, so that they could somewhat pop up and add some interest to the page.  

 

 

I built some embellishment clusters using some Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers and some Ephemera Icons.  

 

 

I matted my photo using the B side of the same Freeway paper and built some clusters on both sides of my photos.   I used more Ephemera Icons pieces and even added in a few Trinkets Puffy stickers.  

 

 

Here's another cluster and I also made sure to add some tangled thread in coordinating colors.  

 

 

One more shot of this super colorful layout: 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Do you love working with cut files?  Have you tried ink blending on them before? It's so fun and can really brighten and jazz them up!  See you next time friends!

 

 

 

Time to Travel & Cut Files Week, Day 1 | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella Blvd Friends.

Karlla here to share a new layout with you. "Time to Travel" reminds me of so many beautiful memories. Being able to work with this incredible collection and cut files, made me excited.

For this project I chose to use "And so the Adventure Begins" as a large title at the bottom of the project.

After cutting the cut file, I made an ombre painting in shades of blue, bringing a highlight to the bottom. I left the edges loose to give a dimension and made an irregular seam between the last words.

Besides all the painting and stitching, I added some splash of the same paints in the background and embellishments like "Chipboard Icons, Scenic Route Puffy Stickers and Doohickey".

At the top of the layout, I layered the "Let's Get Lost and Back Roads" papers, I love this tear effect on the edges!  I love that this layout has a mix of embellishments and many dimensions.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope I inspired you with this project.

See you Soon,

Xx Karlla.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Time To Travel Collection

Back Roads Paper, Let's Get Lost Paper, Doohickey, Epoxy Stickers - Getaway, Puffy Stickers - Scenic Route, Ephemera - Words, Ephemera - Icons, Chipboard, And so the Adventure Begins Cut File

 

 

Mood Board Week, Day 5 | Ashley Neu

Hello all! It's Ashley back again for another Bella Blvd Creative Team project and this week is all about finding inspiration in the June mood board! I loved the ice cream scoops photo so that is where I am starting off my layout. 

 

 

 

In Silhouette Design Studio, I created a grid of circles that each measured 2.75-inch. After cutting the circles from white cardstock, I added foam adhesive and adhered it onto another sheet of white cardstock. This gives a great base for the next step in the process!

 

 

I had 4 photos that I was documenting on this layout so I tucked each of them behind a circle and used a white gel pen to add some stitching lines around them. This gives the perfect finishing touch to the photos!  Next, I used some of the Florence Alphabet stickers to create my title 'Jumping Fun In the Sun' because my girls were enjoying their tiny trampoline in the hot summer sun!

 

 

For the embellishing process, I used a combination of embellishments. I used the cute bees from the Puffy Stickers on top of some yellow embroidery floss, the Trinket Puffy Heart Stickers in the colors McIntosh and Bell Pepper to create heart clusters and some chipboard pieces from the Ciao Chip set included in the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection. I used so many embellishment on this layout so you can find the list at the bottom of this blog post!

 

 

And that's a wrap on this layout! I hope you enjoyed hearing about the process. Come back again for some more inspiration using the Bella Blvd collections! Have an awesome day!

 

Supplies Used: Tiny Tots 2.0 collection- 12x12 patterned papers, Epoxy Stickers, DooHickey Stickers, Ciao Chips, Puffy Stickers, Ephemera Icons; Florence Alphabet in McIntosh, Peep, Bell Pepper, Gulf and Blueberry; Trinket Puffy Stickers in McIntosh, Punch, Peep + Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice + Guacamole, Ice + Gulf and Blueberry

Mood Board Week, Day 4 | Rachel

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Hi friends! I've got a gorgeous mood board to show you today. Check it out:

All these stunning colors to spark you're creativity with the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection! I chose the middle square and created a similar yellow background with Distress Oxides on a 12" x 12" piece of white cardstock. While that dried, I took out the Bella Blvd Cut Outs from the Happiness set. The word "SMILE" was a perfect start for this layout. I picked out five colors from the Bella Blvd Hearts & Ombre 12" x 12" patterned paper to back each one of the letters. I used these colors: McIntosh, Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, and Blueberry. Once I had backed the Cut Out, I used foam tape to adhere it to the yellow background. 

Next, I grabbed the Tiny Tots 2.0 Ciao Chip to add on to my title. I wanted to create a giant title along with the Cut Out to really make a statement. Underneath the "SMILE", I stamped some stitches and added a striped scallop chipboard piece. I used a few more items from the Tiny Tots 2.0 Ephemera Icons set and my title was complete.

I tucked my photo in right above the Cut Out. I love that this collection had several ice cream cone pieces because they went perfectly with my photo. I added a couple cones along with some stamping and hearts. The Trinkets Puffy Stickers are some of my favorite for embellishing. I pulled hearts from the Blueberry and Orange sets for this layout. I got a few more embellishments from the Tiny Tots 2.0 Epoxy Stickers and the 12" x 12" DooHickey sheet.

Thanks for stopping by and reading my post. Here's a list of the items I used today:

• Bella Blvd Cut Outs - Happiness Set (SMILE)
• Bella Blvd Hearts & Ombre 12" x 12" Patterned Paper (Hearts) (McIntosh, Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, and Blueberry)
• Bella Blvd Ciao Chip from Tiny Tots 2.0
• Bella Blvd Trinkets Puffy Stickers (Blueberry and Orange)
• Bella Blvd Tiny Tots 2.0 Epoxy Stickers - Cuteness
• Bella Blvd Tiny Tots 2.0 Ephemera Icons