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Monsters & Friends Week | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here and I'm super excited to share a new layout using one of my favorite collections, Monsters & Friends!  Are you excited for Halloween?  We are!  It's such a fun day of dressing up, spending time together and of course, eating lots of treats!  Here's my layout: 

 

 

I wanted to use all of the different patterned papers on this page because they're all so cute, so I cut two 1/2 x 12 inch strips of each paper and then cut them into four pieces.  After they were all cut, I applied some adhesive to the middle of each one and then folded the paper in half to create a "V".  

 

 

Once all of my paper strips were folded, I took one of my adhesive tapes and traced the outer edge to create a large circle in the middle of my page.  I used the ombre side of the black Hearts and Ombre 12x12 patterned paper as my base.  I took each folded strip and placed them right at the edge of the circle and adhered them down around the whole perimeter.  Then I took any leftover pieces and adhered them under the first layer to make it more full.  

 

 

Next, I matted my photos using one of the patterned papers and popped them up on foam tape.  And then I got to embellishing!  I knew I wanted to use the cute Little Monster Bella Pop so I added him to the left of my photo to create one embellishment cluster.  I layered some ephemera pieces under him and love how they look together.  So bright and colorful.

 

 

Here's another up close shot of this fun cluster: 

 

 

For my title, I used the "Eek!" phrase from the Ciao Chip Chipboard sticker sheet and layered it right on top of my photos.  I even created a little cluster to the bottom right of my title with a cute orange monster ephemera.  

 

 

To finish this page off, I added in a few Epoxy shape stickers and some matte enamels.  

 

 

I love all of the dimension from the folded strips and this page makes me so happy.  Here's one more photo: 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Have you tried this folded paper technique before?  It's so fun and easy!  To see how this page came together, check out my process video below.  See you next time friends!

 

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Monsters & Friends: 12x12 patterned papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Epoxy Stickers, Bella Pops and Matte Enamels. Bella Besties:  Hearts & Ombre Paper in Black.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monsters & Friends Week - Day 5 | Tegan

Good day everyone, Tegan here! I hope you all are enjoying all of the Monsters & Friends inspiration this week! And aren't you loving all of the large titles too?! I know I sure am! The Monsters & Friends collection was perfect for documenting photos of my nieces and I acting 'scared' about the fake witch at the pumpkin patch! 

The thick rainbow striped Lil' Pumpkins Patterned Paper is probably one of my fav papers in the Monsters & Friends Collection, so I just had to use it for my background! I then backed the October Cut Out with some more of my favorite papers! Here I featured the monsters on the Monster Party Patterned Paper. I then used the darling Chipboard and Ephemera pieces to embellish the top of the page.

On this layout, I used the large 'October' die cut from the October Cut-Outs pack to create a large title for my page. In case you didn't know, the Cut Outs are part of the Bella Besties line that Bella Blvd carries. I love that they come precut for you, but the back is open and so you get to back them with whatever papers your heart desires! And they come in many different themes too. Be sure to check them out! Here I used the Lil' Monsters, Scary Cute, Whistling Winds, Batty, and Fun Facts Patterned Papers! 

I absolutely love Halloween so it is no wonder I love this collection. And the mix of florals, stripes, and geometric prints are definitely spook-tacular! Here I embellished the title with more fun Monsters & Friends Chipboard Stickers. That little pumpkin is just adorable, isn't he?!

Do you have a favorite patterned paper or element from the Monsters & Friends line?! Is it the one-eyed monsters, the little chipboard pumpkin, or the darling bat patterned paper?! 

Thanks for joining us today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the adorable Monsters & Friends Collection for your next Halloween project! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

Monsters & Friends Collection: Batty Patterned Paper, Lil' Pumpkins Patterned Paper, Fun Facts Patterned Paper, Whistling Winds Patterned Paper, Scary Cute Patterned Paper, Monster Party Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera

Bella Besties Cut-Outs: October pack

 

Monsters & Friends Week Day 4 | Sarah Millerhouse

I am excited to be back with you today to share another Halloween layout made with the Monsters & Friends collection! I love the bright colors and beautiful patterned papers in the collection. 

For this layout, I started with the chunky striped patterned paper going down the page, offset to the left. I cut the stripes apart and distressed the edges. Before I glued them down, I added several layers of distress inks coordinating with the color that would sit on top of it. I added splatters in the same colors. 

Once the inks dried, I added splatters of white acrylic paint with just a touch of water added. By adding a little water, it helps to lift a little of the distress ink  pigment into the paint and add to the layered look. 

I then added the Bella Blvd Spider Web cut file, cut to 8.5 inches, to accentuate the spider carving featured in my photos. I used the contour tool in the Cricut software to fill the layers of the web with coordinating patterned papers from the collection. At the center of the web, I added an ephemera piece from the collection that features a spider. 

I added my sweet photos and embellished above and below them with several stickers from the Doohickey sheet from the collection. I added my title below the photos using the Aria Alphabets in black, orange, and plum, a Ciao Chip piece from the Sweet & Spooky collection, and an acrylic word piece. I embellished around it with arrows from the orange and plum Trinkets, matte enamels, washi tape, and a sticker from the DooHickey sheet popped up on foam. 

I added a few more Ciao Chip pieces from the Sweet & Spooky collection above the web, added several clusters of matte enamels around the page, and finished by adding glitter here and there around the layout! 

I hope this layout inspires you in some way and gets you in a spooky mood!!

Products Used:

Monsters & Friends: Patterned Paper, Ephemera, Matte Enamels, Doohickey

Sweet & Spooky: Ciao Chip

Aria Puffy Alphas: Plum, Black, & Orange 

Trinkets: Orange and Plum

Acrylic Word: Perfect

Monsters & Friends Week Day 3 | Tegan

Good day Bella friends! Aren't you just loving all of the adorable Monsters & Friends projects the last two weeks?! I know I sure am!! I love Halloween and I was so excited to create some spooky season cards to send out! I hope you are all ready for Halloween - and if you aren't, these cards are super easy to make! 

On the first card, I used the sweet little 2x2 inch square cut out from the Monsters & Friends Daily Details Patterned Paper as my feature sentiment. I then layered it over a strip of the floral Scary Cute Patterned Paper and the fun Lil' Pumpkins Patterned Papers! I backed the card with the black and white striped side of the Scary Cute Paper! I finished the card with Monsters & Friends Chipboard Stickers and Trinkets Puffy Stickers! 

For my second card I used another 2x2 inch cut out square from the Daily Details Patterned Paper - this time it was the creepy spider one. I added an Ice & Gulf Trinkets Puffy Sticker Heart to give it dimension. I layered it over some fun Monsters & Friends Chipboard Stickers, a strip of the Borders Patterned Paper, and a rectangle of the purple star Batty Patterned Paper. I then adhered this to a card base made from the thick rainbow striped side of the Lil' Pumpkins Patterned Paper!  

I featured the 3 x 4 inch monster cut out from the Daily Details Patterned Paper on this last card. This fun monster with the little lone snaggle tooth might be my favorite! I added a black Trinkets Puffy Heart Sticker as his eye for some fun dimension! I layered this card with some Monsters & Friends Chipboard Stickers and Trinkets Puffy Stickers. I then anchored it on the black/orange swirled paper from the Daily Details Patterned Paper. So fun!

Thanks for joining us today! I hope I have inspired you to create some fun cards using the spook-tacular Monsters & Friends Collection! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

Monsters & Friends Collection: Daily Details Patterned Paper, Borders Patterned Paper, Scary Cute Patterned Paper, Lil' Pumpkins Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera

Trinkets Puffy Heart & Star Stickers: Black, Ice & Gulf, Pickle Juice & Guacamole

 

Monster & Friends Week Day 2 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, Bella friends!

This is Melissa here with you today with another Halloween themed scrapbook layout using the cute Monster & Friends collection!

I had a lot of fun with this layout! I cut out the white spiderweb in the upper left hand corner using this CUT FILE in the silhouette design shop. I wanted to create a sense of movement on my project and I knew I wanted the spider web placed on top of a dark pattern paper. I ended up layering two pieces of pattern paper across the left hand corner/side of the project and stitching down with my sewing machine. I placed the spider web in the upper corner and trimmed off the pieces that hung over the side of my layout. 

I layered a strip of vellum and pattern paper across the width of my layout and placed my four photos of my niece in her Halloween shirt across the paper. On the third photo, I layered a couple of pieces of paper behind it and popped it up with foam dots to put some emphasis on that photo!

Next, I layered my title above and below the strip of photos using both the Florence and Aria alphabet stickers. Once the title was placed, I embellished my layout with stickers, chipboard, and enamel pieces. 

Here's a picture of the full project :

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak at my project! What Halloween projects have you created this year?

Bella BLVD Supplies Used:

1.Monster & Friends Paper Collection
2. Spider Web Cut File
3. Monster & Friends Doohickey Stickers
4. Aria Puffy Stickers - Guacamole
5. Florence Alphabet Stickers - Plum
6. Monster & Friends Ciao Chip
7. Epoxy Goblins
8. Stars Halloween Mix

Monsters & Friends Week Day 1 | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella Blvd Friends.

Karlla Here and I'm so happy to share a new layout with you!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.

I hope my son has fun this year. The costumes are already ready!

 

I wanted to bring a bit of monochrome to this project.

I loved the contrast of blue and black, taking a touch of orange and gray.

I found the color combo amazing.

Create a light blue mixed media to highlight the photo and elements.

Made the design very smooth and delicate even though it was a very strong themed layout.

On the left side of the project, I added two layers of paper with frayed edges.

I love this detail, especially for a clean project. I added some details and the title "Halloween".

To finish, I sewed the edges of the layout with an orange line.

I loved the delicacy of this layout, and I hope you like it too.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a wonderful day!

Bella Blvd. Supplies:

Monsters & Friends Collections 12x12 Kit, Ephemera, Stars Halloween Mix Epoxy Stickers, Matte Enamels, Goblins Epoxy Stickers, Ciao. 

 

 

Monsters and Friends & Large Titles | Tarrah

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout featuring the awesome Monsters and Friends collection together with Bella Besties and a large title.

I chose to back the super cool Bella Halloween cut-out using the Bella Besties Graph and Dot papers that match the Monsters and Friends collection. Once the Bella cut-out was backed with all the different papers, I added craft foam underneath and adhered it to the green patterned paper. I then trimmed down the green patterned paper and backed it onto the polka dot patterned paper.

On the right of the title, I placed my photo with a tag layered underneath from the ephemera icons pack. I also placed a flower partly on the photo to hide a blemish in the photo. Above and below the photo I added some more ephemera pieces from the ephemera icons pack. In the 'O' of Halloween where the ghost shape is, I added an ephemera ghost, some googly eyes down on the black arrow and the Creepin It Real die-cut up on the 'A' and 'L'. 

Across the centre I placed the chipboard scallop border and the Happy Halloween die-cut. I tucked in one of the spider tabs to the left of the 'L' and also scattered some of the small florals around the page. 

I took the enamel dots and added some of these to the centres of the corresponding coloured floral die-cuts. Lastly I stamped the date stamp and my page was finished. I love how my layout turned out. The Bella cut-outs make creating a page so easy!

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella blog today! Do you document Halloween? Make sure to get your hands on the awesome Monsters and Friends collection. 

Bella products used:

Monsters and Friends paper collection

Monsters and Friends Doohickey stickers

Bella Besties Monsters and Friends papers

Bella Halloween Cut-Out

Monsters and Friends ephemera icons

Monsters and Friends chipboard icons

Monsters and Friends enamel dots

Monster & Friends & Large Title Day 4 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, Bella friends!

I'm happy to be with you all today on the blog and I have a brand new Halloween project to share with you using the Monster and Friends collection! 

I don't really celebrate this holiday so I was glad I had some cute pictures of my niece from a couple of years ago that I was able to scrap using this adorable paper collection! I loved the color palette of this collection: purples, greens, yellows, and oranges. So much fun! 

I cut out my BIG title word "HALLOWEEN" using the digital cut file found in the Silhouette shop. I cut it out in black cardstock and then backed all the letters with various pattern papers. As you can see, for three of the letters, I used photos of my niece and I used one for my journaling "block".

I layered the big word on top of white cardstock that I had spritzed with ink. The white cardstock was layered on top of the purple star pattern paper from the Monster & Friend collection. I layered a cardstock sticker strip down both sides of the layout and then distressed a couple of spots and used my sewing machine to stitch it all down. 

Once I had everything stitched down, I embellished with die-cuts, stickers, and washi tape. I really loved how the BIG word popped against the white cardstock! 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:
1. Monsters & Friends Paper Collection
2. Halloween Cut File
3. Monsters & Friends Doohickey Stickers
4. Florence Alphabet Stickers - Plum & Pickle Juice
5. Break Rules Washi Tape
6. Monsters & Friends Ephemera
7. Stars Halloween Mix
8. Matte Enamels Halloween Mix

Thanks for stopping by!

Monsters & Friends + Bella Besties Day 3 | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a Halloween layout using the Monsters & Friends collection, the Bella Besties, and one of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I started my layout by painting the background. For this I used Distress Oxide in colors that match the collection. I also used Distress Oxide to paint my cut file.

Once the background dried, I started to build my layout. I backed the Happy Halloween cut file with the Bella Besties. Then, I glued my photo and the cut file with adhesive foam to create dimension.

To finish my layout, I added Bella-Pops, Ephemera, Doohickey, Ciao Chip, Epoxy and Matte Enamels.

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. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/tCRuvcOyQ2s

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Monsters & Friends Collection: Scary Cute paper.

Bella Besties: Graph & Dot in Pickle Juice, Ice, Plum and Orange.

Ephemera: Monsters & Friends.

Doohickey: Monsters & Friends.

Ciao Chip: Monsters & Friends.

Bella-Pops: Candy Bandit, Little Monster and Pumpkins.

Epoxy: Goblins and Stars Halloween Mix.

Matte Enamels: Halloween Mix.

Cut File: Happy Halloween.

Monsters & Friends + Bella Besties Day 2 | Sarah

Happy Tuesday, Bella friends. It's me Sarah back on the blog today, and I can't believe fall is in full force. It's our favorite in our house, so I'm so excited and pumped for Halloween. Anyone else?!

Anyway, with the anticipation of Halloween around the corner, I wanted to create a layout using the Monsters & Friends collection coupled with Bella Besties.

 

I wanted to use a large title for this one, so the first thing that came to mind was one of the Monsters & Friends Cut-Outs. The "Halloween" Cut-Out was perfect for our family costume photo from last year.

Behind the Cut-Out, I used a variety of the patterned papers from the Monsters & Friends collection as well as coordinating Bella Bestie papers. Have you ever used one of the Bella Cut-Outs? It's so easy to use. You literally cut out the pieces using the template in the package. Then, you place it behind the Cut-Out. And voila! 

 

To the sides of my title, I created embellishment clusters of the cute little monsters in the Ephemera Icons pack. Adorable right?! 

Have you ever noticed how Bella does a fantastic job coordinating their embellishments with their collections? I love that the Ephemera Icons and Doohickey Stickers all color coordinate so perfectly with the patterned papers and the Bella Besties papers too.

Okay, that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you to create something today, and maybe it'll even be a Halloween-ish project! Anyway, thanks for joining me today, and thanks for letting me share my work with all of you.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Monsters & Friends: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Star Epoxy Stickers, Cut-Outs, Matte Enamels, Bella Pops; Bella Besties: Monsters & Friends 12x12 Paper Pack