Bella Blvd Studio Blog: CUT FILES + BELLA BESTIES WEEK - Day 3

Hello there Bella Blvd. Friends!

Nathalie here to share a bit more inspiration for our Cut file and Bella Besties week. This week our inspirations is hearts. Well, hearts to me always mean love, the kind that makes your heart go soft and feel happy. For us, that means our little one, our 10yr-old Boston Terrier baby, POOCHIE. He is our third baby -loved and spoiled as such-. He love us unconditionally, but the bond he shares with his 18 year old sister is beyond love. So, I pulled one of their portraits for this layout:

How cute is the layout! I started by using the Rainbow Heart Border (# 298259) to 4 hearts from each of the following Bella Besties Graph/Dot papers: Gulf, Pickle, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep, Plum and Blueberry. I used some 12x12 paper and a few 6x6 papers for the hearts as they provide interest to the background.

To make sure the hearts stand out on the page, I used white cardstock for the background. Using a rainbow as inspiration, I glued the outline of the hearts in rows on the left side of the layout. I left about a 1/4" separation between the rows.

To bring dimension and interest to the background, I added a bit of foam adhesive to the negative heart pieces as they were attached to the background. I left a small offset when attaching the hearts, and follow the same color order.

I used a piece of Bella Besties Ombre/Heart to back the picture, and set at the bottom row of the hearts right on the center. I wanted to continue the rainbow effect onto my title; for this, I sized the BESTIES cut file (#342749) to fit around the same width as the heart row, and cut it from white cardstock three times.

I glued the three cut outs together, so that they form a dimensional diecut, and back each of the letter spaces with the same paper used for the hearts. Once again, I followed the color order. The title then set at the bottom of the page. I complemented the title with an Acrylic word and added a few extra heart cut outs, ephemera and pop ups from the Cooper collection.

To finish the page, I added word sticker from the Chloe and Cooper Doohickey sheet, epoxy shapes and trinket stickers around the heart background, making sure that it all was color blocked! I love how this turned out. This came together super easily once I set the rainbow hearts idea to play. I hope this inspires you to document your memories using Bella Blvd products!