Bella Blvd Studio Blog: SMILE ALWAYS Layout inspiration with Nathalie

Hi there Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to share with you my first layout using the new Bella Besties collection. The Ombre papers, in the Bella Blvd palette, are amazing (you are going to need multiples). As soon, as the papers arrived, I had the idea of creating some sort of rainbow on my page. So, I pulled a few dies and created this layout all about my girl:

Rainbow and butterflies, do you know a better combination? And all of these were made from the new Bella Besties Ombre paper.

I started by cutting a strip of paper from the Orange, Peep, Mckintosh, Ice, Plum and Guacamole (making sure that I had the ombre effect on the strip of paper). I used two buildable butterfly dies to cut the images from the paper ( Spellbinders and Altenew dies) and then glued them together. I placed them on the page, and used a pencil to draw the flying trails.

I used a paper piercing tool, and created the stitching guides. Here is where I pop the Hamilton soundtrack, and handstitched away the background. It took a little bit to get through it, but love the results. I backed the picture with a few papers from Mom Life and Home Sweet Home collections and set it in the middle of the page.

I glued the butterflies in place with a bit of dimensional adhesive. I added a few stickers to the pictures and then created a title by mixing acrylic pieces and Florence alpha stickers in Peep. A few lines of journal and a enamel dots complete the page!

Be sure to check the new Ombre/Heart Bella Besties. The papers are so versatile, you are going to have to order doubles!!! I cannot wait to see what you create with this new paper collection.