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To the Moon Bonus Project by Tarrah McLean

Hi Bella friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am excited to share a bonus layout featuring the awesome To the Moon collection!

This collection is suited to so many themed projects! It would look amazing in a mini album too!      

 

I absolutely LOVE the 'B' side of the My Whole Universe paper and decided to trim each strip of paper to separate them. Once the strips were all cut out, I trimmed a small piece from each and made 2 paper rolls using a pencil to wrap the papers around. I then took a sheet of plain white cardstock and began to arrange the paper rolls on the cardstock. Once I was happy with how the rolls were looking, I adhered the corresponding colour paper strips top and bottom. I then bent the edges of the strips a little to add some texture to my layout. 

When I made the 'opening' between the paper strips and rolls I made sure there was enough room to include my photo, the title and some embellishments. I added the blue star section from the Daily Details paper underneath my photo, I like how this adds some colour under the photo. I adhered my photo to the left side of my page and tucked in some ephemera and added the super cute Mr. Robot Bella Pop. On the right of my photo, I added my title which is the 'Explore' title from the awesome chipboard sticker icons. 

I added some Doohickey cardstock stickers around my title to help draw attention to the middle of the layout and to also help tell the story. I also added some epoxy stickers and created another cluster of embellishments in the top right corner, this cluster consists of the gorgeous Shine On Bella Pop, a cloud chipboard piece, an epoxy sticker and a moon die-cut. Lastly I stamped the date stamp to finish my layout.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Bella Blvd blog today! I hope you enjoyed my bonus project created with the awesome To The Moon collection as much as I enjoyed creating it?!

Bella Blvd products used:

To the Moon collection pack

To the Moon Doohickey cardstock stickers

To the Moon Chipboard Icon stickers

To the Moon Ephemera Icons

To the Moon Bella Pops

To the Moon Epoxy stickers

Happy creating!

Sketch Week Day 5 | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella BLVD friends,

Karlla here and I'm very happy to share my new layout with you!

I love having fun creating with sketch and how the possibilities are endless.

I'm suspicious to say, but I love making layouts with multiple layers.

They're not good for albums, but they look great in frames.

I'm in love with "Squeeze The Day" and "Besties" collections together.

The colors and prints are amazing.

I loved this sketch and as I like to explore the roles, it was a good opportunity to do the detail I love.

I like to make this turn on paper.

I make this turn and sew the edge.

You can glue, it has the same effect.

I made all the decoration details with Ephemeras, Chipboards and Acrylic Word.

I love it so much and I hope you love too.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a wonderful day!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Squeeze The Day 12X12 Collection

Squeeze The Day Bella Besties 

Ephemera Icons 

Ephemera Words 

 

Sketch Week - Day 4 | Nathalie D.

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue this week's Sketch inspiration.   Sketches are like a blueprint for your page, as it provides a good foundation/idea of where all your papers, photos, and embellishments are placed for a cohesive look; the rest is up to you.  Let me show you the sketch (provided by Nikki) we are working with this week:

 

 

In addition, we are using Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties collections to complete our projects, and here is my layout...

 

 

As you can see I stayed pretty close to the original sketch, but added a few changes.   

 

 

I started by creating the fold (as per sketch on the Lemon Fresh paper.  I then, backed the fold with a piece of the Fruit Salad paper (the b side is more of a solid pattern that matches my nephew's shirt).   I then glued this to a Bella Besties Heart/Ombre in Gulf, this completes my page foundation.

 

 

I followed the location of the photos and embellishments as per the sketch.   I added tags behind the photos, and replaced the stars with all the hearts from the Squeeze the Day collection.   For the title, I am using a piece of ephemera and Florence Alpha Stickers in Bell Pepper.   

 

 

Here is where I made the sketch my own.   I decided to move my lines of journal away from the main cluster next to the photos. There is already plenty of pattern and script, which will make it hard to read the journal.  My choice was to create a smaller fold at the bottom left corner of the page (just as on the opposite corner).   I added a bit of interest in a cluster of embellishments, and then added my lines of journal at the bottom of the page.  

 

 

I  added a few drops of black ink -as per sketch- to complete my page.   I love how this turned out, and  how fast it came together using the sketch as inspiration.   Remember to share your projects inspired by the sketch.  WE would love to see your takes on the sketch, too!

 

XO

 

Supplies:

SQUEEZE THE DAY collection:  Patterned Papers, Chipboard stickers, Ephemera, Epoxy Hearts

BELLA BESTIES Ombre/Heart collection:  Gulf

FLORENCE Alpha Stickers -Bell Pepper

Sketch Week Day 3 | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today for day 3 of sketch week! I am loving everyone take on this sketch and I hope you will give it a shot and share it with us! Follow the sketch exactly or take your favorite elements from the sketch and make it your own!

I think this sketch is so much fun and it was so easy to create a layout of my own with it! I really do love the folded over paper in the sketch but I changed it up for my layout and just trimmed my 12x12 Bella Besties and adhered to a pattern paper from the Squeeze the Day collection. 

For a little bit of detail I added a punched boarder between the two different pattern papers. 

I used some white acrylic paint to add some splatter to the background for some fun! My photos are silly summer selfies with Liam Jay! He loves to take photos and I will soak it all in as long as I can! I printed my photos out in black and white since the colors in the photos clashed with the colors I was using for my layout. 

The sketch has star elements around the page and I decided to go with some die cut hearts! I also pulled in some Bella Blvd epoxy icons from the Squeeze the Day collection. For my title I used the Aria Alpha stickers in black and think it really pops on the page! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Squeeze the Day collection | Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre 

Sketch Week Day 2 | Sarah

Hi, Bella friends! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) back on the blog today. Today, I'm excited to share my take on this month's sketch. Have you seen it yet? It's a good one!

If not, I'll drop it below:

See, I told you it was an awesome one to work with! I love the design of this one so much. Here's what I created:

 

I wanted to focus on using the oh-so-sweet Squeeze the Day collection with some awesome Bella Bestie papers. Don't you just love that the Bella Bestie collection packs always coordinate with all of the collections?! No need to try to color match cardstock or patterned papers to Bella products; the work is already done for you with Bella Besties! 

Instead of the stars shown in the sketch, I used a ton of the Squeeze the Day Doohickey stickers, as well as some Ephemera Icons to help embellish my photos.

Isn't that brushstroke of the word "Love" pretty? I saw it in the Icons pack and knew it was going to be perfect for this layout. 

Oh, and I went to town with the epoxy stickers here, hehe. Those cute, little flowers can add so much dimension to any project. 

And that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you in some way today. Or maybe you're inspired to use this month's sketch? If you do end up using this sketch, we'd love to see it! Please feel free to share with us on all of Bella's socials by tagging us; We'd love to see what you create! 

As always, thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Squeeze the Day: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Epoxy Icon Stickers

Beautiful Layout | Yarelys

Hey Bella friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you my new layout. To make this layout I used the collection My Candy Girl, as well as two cut files.

I started my layout by cutting my cut files. I cut the Seeing Stars Background cut file out of white cardstock and painted it with the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons in light blue, then I backed it with the Sprinkled With Love paper. For the Shooting Star cut file I used the Bubble Beauty paper; I cut just the star indifferent sizes to layer them and add dimension.

 I also cut a big star out of white cardstock, then I cut strips of several papers from the collection, cut a border with a punch and cover the star with them.

It’s time to build my layout! I glued the stars and my photo with adhesive foam to give them dimension. To finish my layout I added Ephemera, Doohickey, Bella-Pops, Washi Tape and Epoxy.

I love how this layout tuned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thank so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/GDNHU9Xw8_M

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

My Candy Girl Collection: Sprinkled With Love, Bubble Beauty, Unicorn Girl, Cookie Dough, Sweet As Sugar, Sugar Baby, Stay Cool, All Girl and Candy Crazy papers.

Doohickey: My Candy Girl

Ephemera: My Candy Girl

Cardstock Stickers: Bella-Pops

Epoxy: Sprinkles

Washi Tape: Rainbow

Cut Files: Shooting Star and Seeing Stars Background

Catching Up With Stars & Stripes Week - Day 4 | Melissa

Hello everyone and happy Saturday! 

Since we had You Are My Sunshine reveals during Stars & Stripes week, we were unable to share Melissa's awesome project! So today we're playing catch up because we wouldn't want you to miss out on her hard work and creativity!

Here is what Melissa had to say in her post...

Good Morning, Bella friends! This is Melissa here today with you and I have loved all the fun projects we have shared on the blog this week. I really loved working on my project for this week since it was all out red, white, and blue!

I started my project by using the "Seeing Stars" digital cut file that is available in the Silhouette Design Store HERE. I cut this out on white card stock and then layered that over a piece of dark blue pattern paper from the Fireworks and Freedom Paper Collection. 

This created the background for my project and added a bunch of already cut out stars that worked perfectly with the design of my project. Next, I spritzed some red and blue ink across the white card stock and let it dry. While it was drying, I cut out a large circle on a piece of scrap paper and once the ink was dried on my card stock, I used the circle as my template to get the first circle stitched on my paper with my sewing machine. I sewed multiple times in white thread and then placed some of the die-cut stars on my layout and then stitched those down with some blue thread. Lastly, I stitched around a few more times with red thread. 

Next, I layered my pattern papers and photos in a block and adhered down in the lower right hand corner. I knew I wanted to use the acrylic word "SPARKLE" and came up with the title "She Puts A Sparkle In Our Eye" which was layered above and below my pictures. I typed a single strip of journaling and glued that down underneath my title. 

Lastly, I used the acrylic patriotic stars, ciao chip, and doohickey stickers to fill in my stitched circle. 

Here is a picture of the full layout:

SUPPLIES USED:

1. Bella Blvd Cut File "Seeing Stars"
2. Bella Blvd Fireworks and Freedom Paper Collection
3. Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot - Ice
4. Red Stripe Washi Tape
5. Sparkle Acrylic Word
6. Fireworks and Freedom Ephemera Words
7. Fireworks and Freedom Ciao Chip
8. Fireworks and Freedom Doohickey Stickers
9. Acrylic Patriotic Stars
10. Florence Alphabet Stickers - Blueberry

To the Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 5 | Erica

Hey friends! Erica here with you today for Day 6 of To the Moon & Besties Day 6!

The colors in this collection are so much fun and perfect to document photos of our little Liam Jay! He loves being outside and playing on his swing set! The seesaw is his favorite! I pulled out some papers from the To the Moon collection to run through my die cutting matching with some of my stitched star dies.

For my background I used some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Mustard but it turned out more of an orange color which is actually perfect for this layout! I layered up some stars and scattered them around the page. 

I printed my photos at home and they are around a 2x2 size. I matted them using papers from To the Moon and popped them up on the star die cuts. 

Bella Besties are perfect to mix in with all the collections! I added some star puffy trinkets all around the page for a bit of contrast. I love how the black really pops with all the colors on the page. 

For my title I used one of the Ciao Chip from To the Moon and mixed it up with some Aria Puffy Alphas in Black. I love how this layout turned out and Liam's big happy face just shines on this page! 

It was so much fun to use the To the Moon collection to document one of Liam's favorite summer activities! Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you all have a wonderful day!

To the Moon Collection | Doo Hickey Stickers, Ciao Chip, A Boys World Puffy Stickers, 





 

To the Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 4 | Yarelys

Hey Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you my new layout. To make this layout I used the collection To The Moon as well as the Bella Besties and one of the cut files.

To start my layout cut the cut file, I used the Lattice Background cut file. Then I cut squares from several papers of the collection and the Graph & Dot papers. I cut squares in different sizes to layer them and create dimension.

After cutting the squares and the cut file, I drew three squares in a white cardstock and painted them using the cut file as a stencil. I also hand stitched around the three squares.

To build my layout, I glued the squares and my photo with adhesive foam to give them dimension. To finish my layout I added Ephemera, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Stickers, Epoxy, Bella-Pops and Puffy stickers.

I love how this layout tuned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thank so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/x9Ag3Wc9a-8

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

To The Moon Collection: Out Of This World, Outer Space, Rocket Growth and The Sky’s The Limit papers.

Bella Besties: Graph & Dot in Pickle Juice, Ice, Blueberry, McIntosh, Bell Pepper and Orange.

Ciao Chip: To The Moon

Ephemera: To The Moon

Doohickey: To The Moon

Bella-Pops: Shine On

Puffy Stickers: A Boy’s World

Epoxy: Spaced Out

Cut File: Lattice Background

To the Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 3 | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you today to share a new Summer themed scrapbook layout featuring the awesome To the Moon collection together with Bella Besties!

I took the My Whole Universe paper and got my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the i LOVE Summer cut file from the different colors in the paper. I love how the title turned out! I trimmed down the Bella Bestie white heart and ombre paper and adhered it slightly on a slant to the Out of This World paper turning over the top left corner. I then trimmed off the excess paper as needed.

In the title, I decided to take the heart out that represented Love and I replaced it with the die-cut sun from the ephemera icon pack. I then layered the chipboard sun from the chipboard sticker icons over the top of the die-cut one. I then adhered the super small epoxy sticker sun from the Spaced Out epoxy sticker pack on top of the chipboard one. Also from the chipboard icons, I added 2 of the cute clouds above the title. I also added the chipboard arrow below the title and also added a strip of thin blue washi tape.

I adhered my photo using foam tape on the left of the 'M' in the Summer title, here I tucked in a tab die-cut on the left of the photo and trimmed down the dark blue scalloped border sticker from the Doohickey Sticker sheet and added the short piece at the bottom of the photo. I took the remainder of the scalloped sticker and added it to the top of the heart/ombre paper. On top of the photo, I added a tiny epoxy cloud and in the middle of the 'R' letter, I added a sun sticker popped up with foam tape and another sun epoxy sticker on top of the regular sticker. I took the 'I Heart U' from the Mr. Robot Bella Pop and the cloud from the Soar High Bella Pop and added them to the right of the photo. I love the dimension that the Bella Pops bring to a layout!

A few last things I added were some heart die-cuts, the flag die-cut on the left of the photo to look like my son is holding the flag and some of the puffy enamel dots from the Boy's World puffy stickers pack Lastly I stamped the date stamp.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Bella Blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Bella products used:

To The Moon collection pack

To The Moon Doohickey Sticker sheet

To The Moon chipboard icons

To The Moon Ephemera icons

To The Moon puffy stickers

To The Moon Bella Pops

To The Moon Epoxy stickers

Bella Besties White Heart and Ombre paper

Bella Blvd I Love Summer cut file