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Birthday Cards | Gloria Parra

Hello Bella friends, happy Friday!!!

Today I want to share some fun Birthday Cards with all of you. I must admit I don’t make cards that often, but I had so much fun creating them that I’m going to make sure to create cards more often! With the Birthday Bash collection those cards came together so easily!

I’m in love with arch trend right now, and I loved how this first card came out with that gorgeous Bella Pop cake centered in the middle of those colorful arches! I also love how there’s confetti exploding from the cake, it makes it such a fun card to give to someone special.

For the second card I created a sunburst pattern using mainly the B sides from the gorgeous Birthday Bash Collection. I color blocked my rays following the rainbow colors. I stitched each ray with the same color thread to add some texture to my card. I used a Hooray word from the word ephemera pack and an “Its your birthday” sub title word strip.  I finished my card by sprinkling some puffy stickers all around trying to keep in mind the colors of my rays.

For my last card I wanted to use a bunch of the circles and scallops included in this wonderful collection. I created a kind of diagonal line with them and added some chipboard pinwheels to create a visual triangle. To finish this card I added some sprinkles of puffy stickers in diamond shapes.

I had so much fun creating this birthday cards and I can’t wait to create some more! Hope you like them and feel inspired to create some fun cards to have on hand!

 

Hugs,

 

Gloria

 

Supplies Used:

 

Birthday Bash Collection

 

Collection Kit

Bella Pops

Word Ephemera

Icon Ephemera

Puffy Stickers

Ciao Chipboard

Epoxy Stickers

Sticker Sheet

Lake Life + Bella Besties | Maree

Hi Bella Friends,

I'm here to share a fun layout today that highlights Lake Life and some classic Bella Besties. I love how easy it is to add Bella Besties to any layout, they always coordinate perfectly!

I started off with a Bella Besties paper for my background. This one is called 'Hearts and Ombre Ice' in blue. The gradient fades from dark to light and is just so pretty! My next step was to add the patterned Lake Life paper in a few diagonal pieces and machine stitch in place. I also added some border stickers from the Doohickey sticker sheet to frame the page.

I also fussy cut some of the Clear Cuts wave acetate to add just above the bottom paneling to give a little more fun detail. Next I added my pics and then used a combination of Florence Alphas and Ciao Chip to create my title.

Then I created 3 clusters to embellish my page. The first cluster features that gorgeous little bear holding fish, and the boats from the collections icons pack. This tied in so perfectly with my pictures of us kayaking and rafting in the lake.

The next cluster is a few trees, the cute life jacket and cloud, and my favorite, the adorable epoxy frog. My kids went frog hunting on this trip so I had to add him to the page!

Finally I used a couple of tags from the ephemera words pack. I added eyelets and twine for texture and a couple of cute epoxy pieces for interest.

 I think the icons in this collection are just so stinking cute! I hope you get some inspiration on how to mix Bella Besties, and Alphas with the latest new collection. Have a creative day!

Lake Life Collection

Collection Kit

Doohickey stickers

Ciao Chip

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Clear Cuts

Lake Life & Bella Besties | Kim

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim and I'm back here sharing another layout with the fabulous Lake Life collection. This layout is combined with the Bella Besties, which I absolutely adore. The colors in the Lake Life collection are gorgeous and I picked the blues to highlight this sweet photo of two of my grandchildren.

I am a huge fan of paper strips and the A Day on the Lake paper was perfect to be cut into strips. I used some of the Besties papers to back my photo. 

"Together," from the Ciao Chip was perfect for my title. To add more emphasize to my title, I added the chipboard and sticker waves, I love those!

Next, I pulled the word stickers and flowers in blue and brown. I couldn't resist using the adorable clouds and made a cluster with them at the top. They were just perfect for this page!

I love all the Bella Besties and used loads of the Trinket Puffy Stickers and Heart Hugs to embellish my page and create my clusters. To finish my page, I added a variety of pieces from the Bella-Pops and the epoxy stickers. 

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day! Kim  

 

 

Products Used 

Lake Life collection:

12x12 Papers: A Day On The Lake 

Outdoors Puffy Stickers  

Ciao Chip 

Doohickey Stickers 

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words 

Blue Skies Epoxy Stickers 

Bella-Pops 

Bella Besties:

12x12 Papers: Graph & Dot Ice, Hearts & Ombre' White 

Trinkets Puffy Stickers 

Heart Hugs

Lake Life Layout | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here on the blog today sharing a 12x12 layout using the Bella Blvd Lake Life collection! 

This collection includes a new Bella Blvd Cut Out called At the Lake! This set includes the phrase at the Lake and the word swim with water drops around it, a wave, and a tree. This set would also work with some of Bella's past summer collections. Bella Blvd cut outs are ready to use and include step-by-step instructions and are perfect for all types of papercrafts! 

I backed the cut out with the following papers from the Lake Life collection, Lakin' it Easy, Boarders, Nature Lover and Boat Waves. Once the cut out was backed I added foam adhesive all over the back and adhered to a piece of white textured cardstock that I trimmed down to 11x11. Next I matted the white cardstock onto the Boarders paper that was trimmed down to 11.25x11.25 and then framed it all with the Lakin' it Easy paper.

My 2.75x2.75 photos are printed out in black and white with a small blue mat around them. I placed the photos in the top left of the cut out and staggered them just a little bit. 

I created a few embellishment clusters around the cut out and above my  photos. I really wanted to add some of the white flower embellishments from the Ciao Chip and one from the Flower Fields Bella Pop.

To finish off the layout I added a couple banner die cuts in the top right corner of the layout and sprinkled the layout with some of the Bella Blvd Lake Life Explore Epoxy Stickers. Here is a look at the completed layout!

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blog today! I hope this gives you some inspiration using the new Lake Life collection! I hope you all get some time to do something creative this weekend! 

Lake Life Collection | 12x12 papers: Lakin' it Easy, Boarders, Nature Lover and Boat Waves | Explore Epoxy Stickers | Ciao Chip | Ephemera Icons | Ephemera Words | At the Lake Cut Out | Doohickey Stickers | Flower Fields Bella Pop

Lake Life Layout | Sunny Day | Yvette Weber

It's Yvette on the blog today, and I have a new layout to share using the fabulous new Lake Life collection.

 

 

I fell in love with the charming *Gone Fishing* patterned paper, which features colorful fish on a dark blue background on one side and a delightful red and dark red checkered pattern on the other. I knew this beautiful paper would be the perfect centerpiece for my layout. I carefully cut the patterned paper into an 8-inch circle and split it into two halves, adding some lovely machine stitching along the curved edges. To give it some character, I gave it a distressed finish, which made it even more special.

 

 

I arranged the circle half on a slight angle and stagged them so they didn't meet. I added the words border strip from the Borders paper down the middle of the circle to bring everything together and create a cohesive look.

 

 

I decided to layer some of the larger die-cut pieces from the Lake Life collection to cover up some of the busy pattern paper in the upper half of the circle and create a stunning outdoor scene. This way, the design looks more balanced and less overwhelming. On the lower half of the circular design, I incorporated another set of decorative elements using die-cuts from the Ephemera Words and Icons, as well as the Ciao Chip Chipboard. To add an extra touch of cuteness, I included the adorable bear adorned in brown gingham plaid and blue striped overalls from the Bella Pops - Bearly Fishing.

 

 

I completed the layout by adding black and white ink splatters.

 

 

 

Thank you so much for joining me here on the blog today. I hope that you've found some inspiration!

 

Yvette xoxo

 

*Lake Life Collection: 12 x 12 Collection Kit, Chipboard Stickers - Ciao Icons, Ephemera - Words, Ephemera - Icons, Puffy Stickers - Outdoors,
Bella Pops - Bearly Fishing
*Patterned Papers: Gone Fishing, Sided Paper - Borders

 

Lake Life Card Day | Maree

Hi Bella friends,

Today I want to share with you some cards I made using the new Lake Life collection. I love the outdoors and this collection has so many cute and fun icons and a color palette I really love.

I made a card for any occasion and a couple of birthday cards. I have a friend who loves fishing so though this card would be perfect for his birthday. I put a birthday sentiment on the inside of the card.

I created this card by using a sunburst pattern with a range of the gorgeous patterned papers from the collection. I added the daisies from the icons pack and the sentiment is from the words ephemera pack. I finished it with a couple of large enamel dots and some white ink splatters. Quite a busy card but I think the finished product is fun!

For this birthday card I started by running the yellow paper and white card stock through my die cutter to give the little stitching detail. I just love the look that gives. Then I made a little scene using the trees and reeds from the icons pack and added a few flowers up the top with epoxy stickers for detail. I added the sentiment relax and enjoy and stamped the birthday message on the blue wave paper to coordinate with the colors in the card.

This last card was my favorite to create as I had a specific person in mind while I was designing it. I used the awesome fish Bella Pops (called Good catch) for this card to create a fun fishing scene. I used the wave pieces from the icons pack and some of the puffy and epoxy stickers to make all the splashes. Then I placed the Bella Pop fish, as if hanging from a fishing line, and finished with the cute sentiment 'Fun times at the lake'. I added the 'Keep it reel' stamp from my stash. Finally I added some distress ink splashes at the bottom of the card to complete the look.

I really enjoyed creating these cards and hope they give you some ideas to re-create!

Have a wonderful day.

Lake Life Collection

Collection Kit

Bella Pops

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Puffy Stickers