Bella Blvd Studio Blog: 6x8 Paper Pads Layout & Process Video with Missy

Hey there, Bella fans! Missy here, and this week we are creating projects with the 6x8 Paper Pads and celebrating Thankfulness. There couldn't be anything I'm more thankful for than my sweet girls. I began this layout with my photo. The colors in my daughter's shirt inspired me to go bright and bold with my color scheme, so I pulled out several 6x8 Paper Pads from some of the new Bella collections. I found this beautiful heart cut file from the Just Nick store. One of my favorite things to do with 6x8 papers is using them to back cut files. Usually with the smaller papers, the patterns are smaller, so they look great like this. I used papers from Illustrated Faith You Are Loved and Bright & Brave as well as Addison and Alex.
I love mixing and matching different collections to create my pages. You can always count on all the Bella lines to work well together. Here you can see how cute the papers look behind the hearts. I added in some of the You Are Loved die cuts and a few of the Clear Cut designs. They make great embellishments. This floral piece is so beautiful. Here you can also see the dimension I created by adding thin foam adhesive under the hearts. I also did a little bit of watercolor work on the background to add in varying shades of pink and orange.

Here's another clear cut. Fussy cutting the shapes is very easy. I made this "love" part of my title and added a die cut sticker to complete it. I added some tangled thread in various places under the hearts to add some color pops and texture.
I also used some of the 6x8 papers to layer behind my photos. That's another great thing about the smaller papers. They make great layering pieces! I added a few more Elements Cardstock Stickers here from You Are Loved as well as another Clear Cut heart that I stapled onto the photo. Here you can also see some of the machine stitching I did on a few of the die cut hearts. I love how stitching adds such great detail.
Here's one more close up of the hearts. You can sort of see some of the thin foam under there. I used a yellow thread to stitch on this heart and then I added a cute heart die cut right on top.
This was such a fun page to put together! The 6x8 Paper Pads make creating lots of fun, and you really can do so much with them. You don't always have to have 12x12 papers to make something awesome!

Here's my process video if you'd like to see how I put this page together. I hope you enjoy and get some inspiration from it!

Supplies Used:

IF You Are Loved: Eden Paper, 6x8 Paper Pad, Elements Cardstock Stickers, Paper Pieces, Clear Cuts Pad; IF Bright & Brave: 6x8 Paper Pad; Addison: 6x8 Paper Pad; Alex: 6x8 Paper Pad