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Cap & Gown l Kirei Baldwin

Hi everyone! It's Kirei here with my very first blog post and I'm super excited to be sharing the layout I created with the fabulous new Cap & Gown collection! I decided to use the collection in a non-graduation way as there are so many great patterned papers and embellishments that can be used to tell other stories.... so I pulled out some photos from a few years back of me receiving my Disney Store 20 Year Anniversary Award from the boss himself.... Mickey Mouse (who is also my fave character)! 

I started by picking out the Just Graduated paper (black spots on grey) and gutted the centre leaving a 1" frame. Then I trimmed the Dream Big paper (black stars on white) down to 11½" square, distressed the edges and stuck down to the black spotted frame.

Now I wanted to use the Clear Cuts Star Studded acetate sheet in some way so decided to create a cute shaker pocket which is super easy to make! I pulled out the silver diamonds photo frame from the Cap & Gown Ephemera Words set, then stuck a piece of the Star Studded acetate to the reverse of it. I added a row of foam pads around the border on the back, filled it with some of the Sequin Mix in Domino and then backed it with a piece of That's a Wrap paper (grey hearts on black) and there you have it... one little shaker pocket! 

Now it was time to start adding the details to my layout... firstly I added the black scalloped border from the Cap & Gown Doohickey Stickers across the centre of my page. I backed my three photos using the Just Graduated paper, distressed the edges and then stuck them down using foam pads on the top edges only (stuck flat along the bottom). I did leave a gap at the top of the photos so that I could tuck in two tags from the Ephemera Words set, I distressed the edges and tied some red twine to both before adding my journaling to one of them.

I created embellishment clusters above and below my photos using the Cap & Gown Ephemera Words and Icons, Celebrate Epoxy Stickers and Ciao Chip Icons. 

Next was to add my title which was a combination of the Ephemera Words and the Florence Alpha. 

I added a few extra pops of red to tie in with my photo using some red stars from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers and I was done! 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I used the Cap & Gown collection and can take some inspiration from it.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you in my next post! 

Kirei x

     Bella Boulevard products used on my layout...

Cap & Gown patterned papers - Just Graduated, Dream Big and That's a Wrap

Cap & Gown Ephemera Words and Icons

Cap & Gown Doohickey Stickers

Cap & Gown Ciao Chip Icons

Cap & Gown Celebrate Epoxy Stickers

Clear Cuts - Star Studded

Sequin Mix - Domino

Trinkets Puffy Stickers - McIntosh

Florence Alpha - McIntosh

 

 

 

  

 

Cap & Gown and Cut Outs Week!| Maree Crozier

Hi Bella friends,

I'm back today to share a fun Graduation Layout using the awesome Cut-Outs product. I picked the Cut-Outs that said Graduation Day and it made it so easy for my page to come together with this great title. I knew I wanted to do a grid design because I feature 4 pics on this layout!

I started by laying out my pics and backing with Bella Besties papers in my son's school colors. Then I added some borders, which I stitched down and finished with the fabulous scalloped Doohickey sticker borders. I backed the entire layout on the black grid paper from the Cap and Gown collection and stitched around the border.

Next I backed my Cut-Outs with coordinating paper and popped it up on foam squares to create the title for the page and add dimension.

Next I embellished using a super fun Bella Pop and some of the gorgeous ephemera and puffy stickers.

I finished with my journaling and some cute pieces from the Bella Pops on the bottom right. I love how it gave such a celebratory feel to the page!

I did a little more journaling on the back of my layout, writing down names of all the people in the pics. Sometimes it is too much for me on the front of a layout. Do you ever do this? I loved using the Cut-Outs for this layout and am excited to use them again soon.

Have a great day!

Maree

Cap and Gown Supplies:

Accomplished Paper

Reach for the Stars Paper

Ephemera Icons

Congratulations Cut-Outs

Doohickey Stickers

Puffy Stickers

Bella Pops

Other supplies:

To the Moon Collection - Borders Paper

Bella Besties Paper in Blue and Yellow

 

Cap & Gown, Cut Outs Week! | Kim

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim and I'm back with more Cap & Gown goodness. This time I used a fabulous Cut Out from the collection to document my granddaughter's first birthday.

I adore everything about this collection, it is so versatile and the possibilities are endless. I started my page by pulling some of the Bella Besties that coordinated with my photos. I backed my photos and my Cut out with them and then I used the papers to make some tags and labels to go around my photos. 

I pulled some balloon dies from my stash to make balloons and I added them next to the Bella chipboard balloon. I made two balloon shaker pockets and filled them with a mix of the stunning sequin mix from the collection and confetti made using the Bella Besties papers.

I used the adorable pinwheels, cupcakes and giftbag from the ephemera icons pack.  To finish my page I added a variety of Bella-Pops, puffy stickers and epoxy stickers.

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

 

Products Used 

Cap  & Gown collection:

Bella-Pops 

Ciao Chip 

Cut Outs

Doohickey Stickers 

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words 

Epoxy Celebrate

Puffy Stickers 

Sequin Mix Domino 

12x12 papers 

Bella Besties

Heart Hugs 

Hearts & Ombre' Orange and Cotton Candy

 

Cap & Gown Clear Cuts | Maree Crozier

Hi Bella friends,

I'm here today to share another layout using the Cap and Gown Collection, this time showing off a really fun product called Clear Cuts. I decided to use it in my background and also to make some circle shaker elements. I started off making the shakers using the Bella Blvd sequins.

I then used a piece of the Clear Cuts over some light stenciling to create interest. I accented it with a little of the pink Bella Besties paper to match my daughter's dress in the picture.

I layered up my shakers with more circle elements filled with the Cap and Gown papers and tucked a few of the fun florals from the collection in behind them.

I added some Ciao Chip and Doohickey stickers and then I finished with the awesome title "Graduation Day" from the words Ephemera pack.

Lastly I used some of the star sequins to dot around the page and some pink heart and flowers Trinkets puffy stickers to complete the page.

How cute is that little girl icon? Just perfect for my daughter's layout. Have you ever added a shaker element to a layout? The end result is really fun. Wishing you all a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Maree

Bella Besties Collection Kit Pink Paper

Bella Besties Trinkets Puffy Stickers Pink

From Cap and Gown:

Clear Cuts Star Studded

Ciao Chip

Doohickey Stickers

Sequin Mix

Diploma Day Paper

Dream Big Paper

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words

Cap & Gown Collection & Clear Cuts | Gloria Parra

Hello Bella Blvd friends, hope you're having a great day!!! Today I have a graduation party layout featuring the gorgeous and super fun CAP & GOWN collection. This graduation party was full of flowers and stunning blue flowerpots, so I wanted to give that feel to my layout and I love the end result.

I started my layout with one of my favorite papers in this collection, the black and white polka dot called “lets party” using it as a frame. I then used a 10x10 white textured cardstock as the center of my layout and placed some black strips of Bella Besties papers on the top and bottom of the white cardstock.

I printed 3 photos at 3x4 and placed them in a row at the top of my white cardstock. I loved the border patterned paper included in this collection and decided to use the bold striped one and the black and white text border.

I then proceeded to choose some black and blue patterned papers from the Cap & Gown collection as well as from the Bella Besties to add some blue to my layout. I cut the paper strips at 1x6 inches and started rolling them to create some texture. 

For my title, I chose the words Graduation Party from the ephemera word pack and used some foam adhesive to give it some dimension. I love the silver foil in the words and in the entire collection, it gives your layout so much boldness and sophistication!

I love creating embellishment clusters on my layouts and decided to create two big clusters on this page. For this clusters I used the oh so beautiful Bella Pop flowers, but wanted to give some of those flowers a base. So, I decided to use the “clear cut” star acetate to punch some flower shapes and layer the Bella Pops on top. The acetate makes this flowers even more beautiful and adds more texture and interest to the layout.

I loved using the Cap & Gown to document such a special day for my husband and our family… Hope you guys like it and feel inspired to create. Have a wonderful day, friends!

 

Hugs, Gloria!

Cap & Gown l Cut Outs l Kirei Baldwin

Hi everyone! It's Kirei here with another layout featuring the fab new Cap & Gown collection and the Happiness Cut Out! Again I have put together a non-graduation layout as there are so many elements in the Cap & Gown collection that work for other types of celebratory occasions. I had a couple of photos from the Sail Away party on the Disney Magic from my cruise last year to the Norwegian fjords that were fun and bright so I started with them as my guide. 

I pulled out the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre collection pack of patterned papers and picked out the lovely Bell Pepper yellow paper to use as my background. I added some white splatters using watered down acrylic paint and let that dry.

While this was drying I picked out the Cut Out that I wanted to use and decided the Happiness one was perfect. They are so easy to use as you get the templates for each letter which make it super easy when backing the Cut Out! I used a mix of the Cap & Gown patterned papers and stuck them directly to the back of the Cut Out. I tied some red and yellow twine from my stash around three of the letters and then stuck it to the background raising it up on foam pads as I wanted to create some dimension.

I mounted my two photos with another of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre papers, this time in McIntosh red and distressed the edges. Then I added them both to the right side of the layout raising the Pluto photo on foam pads and sticking the Mickey photo down flat.

I pulled a mix of the Cap & Gown Ephemera Words and Icons, and Epoxy Stickers to create a few embellishment clusters around the layout, some I raised on foam pads. I wanted to add some extra pops of colour so included a few of the flower Trinkets Puffy Stickers in McIntosh and Bell Pepper into the clusters. 

 

 

Then I added the rest of my title using the alpha from the Cap & Gown Doohickey Stickers, the Florence Alpha in McIntosh, Aria Alpha in Black and the silver 'party' from the Cap & Gown Ephemera Words.

To finish off I doodled a border using a fine black journaling pen and added my journaling to the bottom of the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I'll see you in my next blog post!

Happy scrapping! Kirei x

 

PRODUCTS USED:

Cut Out - Happiness

Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre papers (McIntosh and Bell Pepper)

Bella Besties Trinkets 

Florence Alpha and Aria Alpha

Cap & Gown Collection:

12 x 12 Papers - Just Graduated, Daily Details, Cue the Confetti, Accomplished, Borders, Reach for the Stars, That's a Wrap, All Smiles and Diploma Day 

Ephemera Words and Icons

Doohickey Stickers

Epoxy Stickers