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Winter 2021- Collection Reveals Recap

Hi everyone!

Now that we have shared all of our BRAND NEW collections with you, we are excited for you to get them in your hands and start creating! Here is a little recap from this week's reveals:

First we had To the Moon:

To the Moon is a fun-filled boy collection with the cutest papers, ephemera and embellishments perfect for your little space loving man!

The last collection we introduced you to was My Candy Girl

My Candy Girl is filled with all the sweetness your little sugar loving girl can handle! It has adorable patterns with the cutest embellishments to go along with it, it's just as perfect as she is!

Now that you've seen it all and had time to process the awesomeness, which new products are your favorite? We can't wait for you to see it all in person and start creating and sharing your To the Moon and My Candy Girl projects with us, products should begin shipping in April!

Thank you for stopping by and all of your kind, and supportive comments of excitement. We're pretty sure Bella Blvd has the best fans out there! 

Alphabets Layout | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here and I'm so excited to be back with Bella Blvd for another term!  I absolutely LOVE being a part of this team/family and being able to design with beautiful and amazing products makes me so happy!  This layout's main focus is  Alphas, including both the Aria and Florence Alphabet stickers!  Here's my layout, I had so much fun with it!  

 

To start, I went to the Bella Blvd cut files section in the Silhouette Design Store and chose the Hip Skull cut file.  I had the perfect photo for it and I wanted to create a boy themed layout using some Bella Besties.  So, I cut the cut file out on a piece of 12x12 white cardstock and popped the entire page up on foam tape.  I wanted to add alphas to the positive pieces of the cut file, but wanted it to stand out more so I created a little depth with the foam.  I was still somewhat backing my cut file using the alphas, I was just adding a bit more interest to it.  

The photo I chose for my layout is of my youngest son, Elijah, playing Xbox on his bed.  I thought it would be fun to add some usual phrases he says while he's playing.  "Ahh!", "Bro!" and "Let's Go" are just a few of the words he usually yells into his mic.. It makes me crack up just typing it!  Do you have any gamers in your household? Quite entertaining I must say!  So anywho.. I pulled my Florence Alphas in Oyster, Black, Ice and Blueberry and adhered them down on the positive pieces of my cut file.  So fun!!

I also added in a few of the hearts from each sticker sheet to help fill in any gaps/holes.  I just love how it turned out!  Next, I took my original 12x12 negative piece and applied a few splatters using some Shimmerz Paints in similar colors. 

Next, I took another piece of 12x12 white cardstock and carefully adhered the popped up cut file to it.  This gave me a place to adhere in the positive pieces with the alphas on them.  To help the skull pop out even more, I added some faux stitching using a black paint pen.

I matted my photo using the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot patterned papers in the same colors, Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry.  

I used the Aria Alphas in Oyster and Ice to create my title and also added in a few phrase stickers from the Bella Besties Word Salad Booklet. 

I felt like my page needed a bit more, so I pulled out several of my star shaped paper punches and punched a bunch of stars using the same patterned papers that I matted my photo with.  I added faux stitching to all of them using my white gel pen.  This really made the stars stand out!

To finish off my page, I sprinkled in a few Matte Enamels and a few of the black enamel stickers from a Heart Hugs pack.  I also add in a few stars from the Trinkets Puffy stickers in Black.

I had so much fun with this boy layout and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  Do you have the Florence or Aria Alphas in your stash?  You should totally back a cut file using some of them or create a layout using lots of them!  Our team has created and shared some great layouts this week, so there's tons of inspiration.  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot Pattern Papers in Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Florence Alphas: Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Aria Alphas: Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Black; Word Salad Booklet, Heart Hugs and Matte Enamels;  Cut File: Hip Skull

 

Rainbow of Love | Yarelys

Hey friends! Yarelys here sharing my first layout for the Bella Blvd Creative Team! OMG, I’m so happy and excited to be here! I’ve been asked to do a free for all project. I love rainbows, so I instantly though to make one.

I started by painting my background. I wanted it to look like a sky, so I created a cloud border to use as a stencil. Then I took the different shades of blue included in the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons and painted the clouds. Ohhh! Love how this “sky” turned out!

Now it’s time to make my rainbow! For this I cut a strip from the Graph & Dot papers in Plum, Ice, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep and McIntosh, and glued them to the background. Then I glued my photo at the end of the rainbow and cut clouds from the Hearts & Ombre White paper. I used the Cloudy cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. I cut only one of the clouds in different sizes and layered them using adhesive foam to give them dimension.

For my title I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers in Bell Pepper. To finish my layout, I added some of the Home Sweet Home Stickers, Ciao Chip, Acrylic Shapes and Epoxy Icons.

I love how this layout turned out and had a lot of fun creating it. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. Thanks for stopping by! You can find the process video for this layout below.

 

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/UrUrt3XP6yM

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Bella Besties – Graph & Dot in Plum, Ice, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep and McIntosh. Hearts & Ombre White.

Aria Alphabet – Bell Pepper

Home Sweet Home – Stickers, Ciao Chip

Acrylic Shapes – Heart Mix

Epoxy - Icons

Day 2 of Bella Blvd Spring 2021 New Release: My Candy Girl

My Candy Girl:

She adds sprinkles to cupcakes and cherries to ice cream cones! Her smile is as sweet as sugar. She loves unicorns, teddy bears and all the candies! Fun Fact: My Candy Girl^tm from Bella Blvd is actually inspired by Stephanie’s very own sweet daughter! The collection is sure to make your mouth water with its soda-guzzling unicorns and donut-eating bears. It serves up one yummy pattern after another, and each is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth!

Layout By: Traci Reed

Double Sided Patterned Papers

Collection Kit

My Candy Girl Bella Besties Collection Kit

Doohickey Stickers

Chipboard Icons

Cut Outs

Epoxy Stickers

Puffy Stickers

Bella Pops

We hope the My Candy Girl reveal has left you with a major sweet tooth craving! We can only image the beautiful projects you will create with this BRAND NEW collection and we can't wait to see them!

 What was your favorite product from today's reveal? Again you'll be happy to know that all of these products will be shipping in April to your favorite local and online retailers! 

What could be better than being able to buy this collection very soon? How about WINNING My Candy Girl before it's even hit stores!? That's right! For a chance to win an entire My Candy Girl prize pack be sure to check out our Instagram feed for all the details and how to enter.

Thank you for joining us today, as always we hope that you've enjoyed it and are ready to get your craft on!

 

Day 1 of Bella Blvd Spring 2021 New Release: To The Moon

To the Moon:

Is there a little man in your life that you love more than all the stars in the sky? Is he a little explorer that is growing like a rocket? Discover a new universe with this collection that encourages imagination, play and discovery.

To the Moon^tm will have you reaching for the stars with its bold hues of navy, bright orange and sky blue. As these cute footprints on the moon prove, even the sky isn’t the limit when it comes to imagination and possibility. 

Layout By: Taci Reed

Double Sided Patterned Papers

Collection Kit

Coordinating To The Moon Bella Besties Collection Kit

Doohickey Stickers

Chipboard

Ephemera

Cut Outs

Bella Pops

Epoxy Stickers

Puffy Stickers

Now that you've seen the collection, are you ready to scrapbook your favorite little man?! We can't wait to see what you will create with this BRAND NEW collection!

We know you're probably just as excited as we are, so you'll be happy to know that all of these products will be shipping in April to your favorite local and online retailers! 

What could be better than being able to buy this collection soon? How about WINNING To The Moon before it's even hit stores!? That's right! For a chance to win an entire To the Moon prize pack before you can buy it, be sure to visit our Instagram for all the details on how to enter.

Thank you for joining us today, and don't forget to come back tomorrow for our next collection reveal!

Coming Soon! Winter 2021 Product Reveals

 

 

THEY'RE COMING!

We are so excited to reveal two BRAND NEW collections next week!

Starting Monday you will find it all right here!

Be sure to keep an eye on our Social Media outlets for more information, including your chance to win it before you can buy it!

 

Alphabets Week Day 5 | Sarah

Hello Bella friends! Thanks for checking in. It's me Sarah, and today I'm back on the blog sharing one of my latest layouts. I was challenged to use the Florence alphabet stickers in a creative way, so I created a literal rainbow of colors!

I knew I wanted to incorporate Over the Rainbow Cut Outs somehow, so I decided to use coordinating patterned papers from the Squeeze the Day collection and some Florence alphabet stickers to create the vibrant background for the bows of the rainbow.

I didn't want to keep my clouds as one solid background color, so I added more Florence alphabet stickers inside. 

For my title, I used the "LOVE" from the Ciao Chips from the Squeeze the Day collection. I still had all of my alphabet stickers out, so I added some to my "LOVE" title. Who would have thought that adding "So Much" to the title would give it so much more dimension?!

And that's all I have for you today! I hope I was able to inspire you with this Florence alphabet stickers inspired layout. If you end up creating something, we'd love to see it. Don't forget to share your finished projects with us on our Facebook page. We'd love to see it!

And as always, thanks for reading through my post today! It's totally appreciated. I love getting to create and share my creativity with you all.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Squeeze the Day: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Matte Enamel Stickers; Bella Besties: Cut Outs Over the Rainbow, Puffy Stickers Trinkets; Legacy: Florence Alphabet Stickers

Alphabets Week Day 4 | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie here, so excited and grateful to be back for another term working with all the beautiful Bella Blvd products.   We are starting the new term with projects and inspiration featuring our latest alpha stickers.   If you have seen my work before then, you know I love journal, and black and white with a hint of rainbow, therefore this project was a fun one to put together...

 

I love my family, and the best memories always happen when we are together.  So the best way to bring the story to the page was using a large title, hearts and a bit of color.

 

I started by drawing a heart in the center of the White Bella Besties Ombre/Hearts.  Using a paper piercing tool, I created a stitching guide on the drawn heart, and then used a chain stitch to define the heart on the page.   Here, I used a combination of the Oyster Florence Alpha Stickers and Aria Puffy Stickers to fill the heart with my title ( a piece of wax paper helps to align everything in place before gluing it permanently to the paper).

 

 

I reserved the top right quadrant of the heart to place my photo (these are all my cousins from my dad's side of the family).  I framed the picture with a few papers so that it will stand out from the heart.   A bit of foam adhesive helps to make it pop from the page!  Since I did not want to take away from the title work, I chose to keep my embellishments to a repeating element -hearts- in rainbow clusters.

 

 

I placed the clusters at the corner of the picture, bottom of the heart, and the left side of the heart.  Most of the hearts come from the Home Sweet Home collection along with some Bella Hugs. To finish the page, I added a few lines of journal, then added matte enamel shapes from different collection around each cluster.

 

 

I love how this turned out, and how the alphas just bring the story and sentiment of the page together in a nice and colorful way.  Remember to come back tomorrow for more inspiration using alpha stickers.  Cannot wait to see what you create with them, too!

XO

 

 

Materials Used:

FLORENCE ALPHA STICKERS - Oyster

ARIA PUFFY ALPHA STICKERS - White, Bell Pepper, Orange, Plum, Gulf, Pickle Juice, Ice, Cotton Candy, Black

BELLA BESTIES Ombre/Heart collection - White

CHLOE Collection - 6x6 paper pad, Matte Enamel shapes

COOPER Collection - Matte Enamel Shapes

BELLA BESTIES Dot/Graph - Oyster

MONSTER & FRIENDS Collection - Matte Enamel Shapes

HOME SWEET HOME Collection - Doohickey Stickers, Enamel shape stickers, Ephemera- Icons

BELLA HEART  HUGS Collection - Sunshine

Alphabets Week Day 3 | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today and I am super excited to be sharing a layout for Alphas Week! I love all the Bella Blvd alpha stickers but I always struggle with coming up with a title to use them! Pinterest is one of my favorite places to find great titles or quotes to use on my pages when I am stuck.

I wanted to create a fun layout with a big title to document our sweet Pitbull Lola. I pulled out the Chole & Cooper collection and some Aria alpha stickers. We do not have a cat but the Chloe collection has some great florals and pinks that I really want to pull in with the Cooper collection to put my layout together. Our pittie is a girl so I wanted to bring in lots of pinks and florals! 

For my title I wanted to add it to the center of a large stitched heart in the center of my layout! I used the Smitten 12x12 pattern paper from the Chloe collection as my base. I cut out a large heart with my Silhouette Cameo to use as a template to punch my holes. I used some pink embroidery floss that was a pretty close match to the Bella Blvd Punch color and stitched around the heart shape. I added my title using the Aria alphas in Punch and Ice.

I filled in the rest of the heart using the Bella Blvd Trinkets in black and some of the Cooper Matte Enamel Dots. I added two photos of our sweet Lola in the bottom right section of the heart and matted them on a pink pattern paper from the Chloe 6x6 paper pad. I used the floral die cuts from both the Cooper and Chloe collection to embellish around the layout! I also pulled out a few of the puppy die cuts from the Cooper collection to add to the layout!

To finish off my layout I added border stickers to the top and bottom of the page to help frame the layout and I love how it turned out! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed my layout! I would love to see you create using some of the Bella Blvd alpha stickers! Remember to tag Bella Blvd when sharing your projects on Instagram of Facebook! Have a great day!

Cooper Collection

Chloe Collection

Aria Alphabets Punch

Aria Alphabets Ice

Trinkets Black

 

Alphabets Week Day 2 | Tegan

Hi Bella friends! Tegan here with you today for fun with alphas week! For today's layout I paired the super fun Florence Alphabet Stickers with the Home Sweet Home collection. I love that the Florence Alphabet Stickers come in all of the amazing Bella Blvd colors. I was easily able to add lots of color using all of the different colored alphas on this project! 

I started with a piece of the Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Peep as my background. I then used the Florence Alphabet Stickers to embellish words that describe family all around the page. Here I used the Florence stickers in McIntosh, Orange, and Plum. Aren't the colors just as yummy as they sound?! I used some Home Sweet Home Ephemera pieces and Chipboard Stickers to anchor the words. 

I then used the Florence Alphabet Stickers in Ice to describe family! Here I layered my photo over pieces of patterned papers from the Home Sweet Home collection. I then used the chipboard word 'family' from the Home Sweet Home Chipboard Stickers for my title. 

Under the title, I used the Black and Bell Pepper Florence Alphabet Stickers to describe family! I just can't get enough of these adorable letter stickers!

Which colors of the Florence Alphabet Stickers are your favorite?! I love them all so much and I can't pick a favorite. Of course they match beautifully with all of the Bella Blvd collections as well as the Home Sweet Home collection that I used here! 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the adorable Florence Alphabet Stickers and the Home Sweet Home collection for your next project! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

Florence Alphabet Stickers: Black, White, Bell Pepper, Ice, Plum, McIntosh, Orange 

Home Sweet Home Collection: Ephemera Icons, Chipboard, Doohickey Stickers, Welcome Home Patterned Paper, Mosaic Tile Patterned Paper, All My Love Patterned Paper, Borders Patterned Paper

Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper: Peep