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Let Us Adore Him | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!

Nathalie with you today with my first project featuring the beautiful  Let Us Adore Him Collection.   The collection is just perfect to document the Christmas season and its true meaning in style... But as every Bella Blvd collection, it is also super versatile.  I pulled a few of the papers to document a few my Goddaughter's Christmas Portraits from last year.

 

 

As soon as I saw the new Winter Arrangement cut file in the shop, I had this idea for the page. 

 

 

I used a few of the Let Us Adore Him papers and Bella Besties Ombre to cut the pieces in my Silhouette. I used a knitting needle to help me shape the leaves and petals of each flower, and attached the pieces with a bit of foam adhesive between the layers.

 

 

Once the flowers were ready.  I cut a circle from Bella Besties Ombre as the anchor for the photos.  I glued this to a 10"x10" white cardstock, then glued the white cardstock to the b side of King Of Kings paper.   I just love the repetition of the shapes and all the colors.

 

 

I backed the pictures with pieces from the Humble paper, then added them to the center of the circle.  I added a small cluster of ephemera, stickers, and chipboard stickers to the top right corner of the circle.  Then used the  winter arrangement die cuts to create a large cluster at the bottom left corner of the photos.

 

 

I opted for a simple piece of ephemera to create my title.  There is already large elements in the bottom half of the page, I did not want to crowd it up too much.

 

 

I love how this turned out, and I hope it inspires you to check the new Let Us Adore Him collection, you are going to love it!

XO

 

Bella Blvd Supplies:

LET US ADORE HIM: paper collection, puffy stickers, Icons and words ephemera, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey sticker sheet

BELLA BESTIES Ombre/Hearts:  Bell Pepper, Ice, Peep

DIGITAL CUT FILE: Winter Arrangement - Design # 389361

 

Let Us Adore Him - Sketch Week Day 3 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, friends!

This is Melissa here this morning with you and I have a brand new project using the fantastic new holiday collection "Let Us Adore Him"!

I was really excited to work with the sketch this month. Sketches make things super easy to quickly get a project completed and they are also very easy to put your own twist on and make it "yours"!

I started my layout by backing my white card stock with the green dotted pattern paper from the "Let Us Adore Him" paper collection. I cut out five blocks of pattern paper for my little "file folders" and stitched those down. Once they were stitched down, I stitched around them with white thread.

At this point, I splattered some ink drops in three spots on my project. I used black and pink inks. Once the ink was dried, I placed my two square 2.5" photos on my layout and played around with placement and what I was going to layer underneath them. 

I chose three spots for embellishment clusters and layered chipboard, stickers, and die-cuts in those spots. I placed my title down using a mix of Florence alphabet stickers and an acrylic word piece. Once everything was adhered down, I typed my journaling on white card stock and cut out the strips and glued them down. 

Here's a look at the entire project:

....and here's the sketch that I based my layout off of!

SUPPLIES USED:

1. Let Us Adore Him Paper Collection
2. Let Us Adore Him Ephemera
3. Merry Acrylic Word
4. Let Us Adore Him Ciao Chip
5. Let Us Adore Him Doohickey Sticker Sheet
6. Florence Alphabet Stickers - McIntosh
7. Enamels Christmas Mix
8. Let Us Adore Him Puffy Stickers

Let Us Adore Him Sketch Week Day 2 - Tegan

Welcome to Day 2 of Let Us Adore Him Week - with a sketchy twist! I love sketch weeks because I have so much fun using them as inspiration . And this week I also loved working with the Let Us Adore Him collection! Here is this week's awesome sketch again! 

I used the sketch as a basic jumping off point for my layout. I loved the look of the frame and the color block strips. I was intrigued with the Bella Blvd Invisibles Calendar and I thought it would be great to use here. It gives me the frame - even though it's a different shape than the sketch, that's totally fine! It also gives me the grid to easily work with creating my own color block design! Sketches are just a starting point - no need to stress about making your project exactly how the sketch looks!  :)

Here I documented photos of last year's Christmas where we took pics of ourselves with Buddy the Elf. These pics still crack me up! I then embellished the photos with Let Us Adore Him chipboard stickers, Ephemera pieces, and Doohickey Stickers! Isn't that little donkey chipboard sticker just THE CUTEST?!

For the color block strips, I used 8 inches paper strips and cut them down to 1 1/4 inch thick. I then layered them to create my own little color block design element. I alternated between the yellow, red, green, and mini striped patterned papers here. I love how it turned out! 

I then used the December and 25 chipboard stickers to create the title. I embellished it with a scalloped Doohickey sticker, chipboard presents, and an Ephemera floral piece! 

I absolutely love the multicolored tree (Rebirth) patterned paper and so I had to use it for the background paper! And I love how festive and colorful this collection is! What is your favorite part about the Let Us Adore Him line?! 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope you join us all week for more fun using this awesome sketch and the adorable Let Us Adore Him collection!

Bella Blvd Products Used:

Let Us Adore Him Collection: Rebirth Patterned Paper, Noel Patterned Paper, Borders Patterned Paper, Grace Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Icons

Bella Blvd Invisibles: Calendar

 

Let Us Adore Him & Sketch Week Day 1 by Niki Rowland

Hi everyone! This is Niki @nikiclairecreates and here is my latest layout and process video using the brand new Let Us Adore Him collection. I am playing along with the sketch challenge this week.

I decided to choose four patterns from the Let us Adore Him collection to form the block background. I liked the red and green prints and also that pink background with green holly leaves is adorable. I cut the strips to 2” x 8” and distressed the edges. I also stitched around each one on my sewing machine.

I mounted my photo on one of the journaling cards from the cut apart sheet. I added it to the left side of the layout, as per the sketch. I then added lots of flowers around the photo…ephemera and chipboard.

To the right of my photo I added my title, made up of the acrylic word ‘Christmas’ and ‘eve’ made with stickers. I stuck the alphabet stickers onto white card first and trimmed around them so they would show against the red patterns on the background.

I then embellished the layout using different products. I attempted to embellish color-on-color so that I had green embellishments on the green section – I like the way this technique makes the layout flow.

The sketch has some stitching around the the color block. Instead of doing this I handwrote my journaling around the edge instead.

I finished off with some white splatters. I made a process video for this layout which can be watched below - enjoy!

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping!

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Cut Outs & Let Us Adore Him Week Day 5 | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella Blvd Friends.

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

Do you know Bella's "Cut Outs"? It's just sensational.

For this project of mine, I joined this beautiful material with a super circle in the center of the layout.

The new "Let Us Adore Him" collection is so beautiful. Impossible not to fall in love.

I love this color for Christmas, and I tried to bring this explosion of color to this layout.

I chose to work with the stars of "The Reason - Cut Outs".

I covered each star with a different paper pattern. The intention was to make this layout very alive and happy.

I added a few more yellow stars that you find in "Puffy Stickers - Joy" and "Ephemera - Icons"

I created two circles to be the basis of the project with the roles "Grace" and "Prince of Peace".

To highlight them with the base paper, I did a delicate mixed media of red and I loved the result.

I decorated it with elements from "Ephemera - Words, Chipboard Icons and Doohickey" and added some tags behind the photo to highlight it.

By the way, I think this photo is so fun. We baked cookies for Santa, but it was Pietro who ate. LOL.

I had a lot of fun creating this layout.

Hope I inspired you and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a wonderful day!

Xx Karlla.

Bella Blvd. Supplies:

Let Us Adore Him Collection 12x12 Kit, Doohickey, Cut Outs, Puffy Stickers, Chipboard Icons, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons.

Veterans Day | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout in honor of Veterans Day.  We are a military family stationed in Northwest Louisiana so this day has always been very special to us.  We should all honor those who have served both past and present.  For this layout, I used the Fireworks & Freedom collection along with the plane outline cut file.  Here's my layout!  The photo I used is of my very own hero and our sweet pups.  He was leaving on a 6 month deployment overseas and our doggies were saying their goodbyes.  It was a very sweet moment!

 

 

To start, I cut the cut file out twice.  One was the original and the other one was an offset version, so that I could have it as a border underneath it.  Once they were done cutting, I took the original cut file and did some ink blending right onto it.  I used a gray ink pad from my stash and then added in a bit of blue to give it some dimension.  I popped the whole plane up on foam tape and then adhered it down to the offset piece.  I also added some highlights using my white gel pen.  

 

 

I created a mixed media background by doing more ink blending with some Distress Oxide inks from my stash. I wanted to create a background that resembled the sky so that my plane cut file would pop on top of it.  I added some white ink splatters for a bit of interest and then adhered everything down.  Next, I matted my photo with a couple of the patterned papers from the collection and punched out a few stars from a few more papers.  

 

 

Here's a closer look of the punched stars: 

 

I backed each star with some foam tape and layered some cardstock sticker stars, acrylic stars and chipboard stars around each one.  

 

 

For my title, I used the Florence Alphas in White and adhered them right onto the plane.  Then I added some Trinkets Puffy stars in McIntosh and Blueberry.  

 

 

I added some white tangled thread into a few clusters to finish off the layout and that was it!

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Happy Veterans Day to those who have served and for those that continue to serve.  We are all so very grateful!  

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Fireworks & Freedom: 12x12 patterned papers, Doohickey cardstock stickers, Ciao Chip chipboard stickers, acrylic stars and ephemera icons; Bella Besties: Florence Alphas in White, Trinkets Puffy Stickers in McIntosh and Blueberry.  

Cut Outs & Let Us Adore Him Week Day 3 | Sarah

Happy Wednesday, Bella friends. It's me Sarah back on the blog today, and I can't believe we are already in November! It's just Thanksgiving at the end of this month, and then it's full force Christmas season over at our house. And that means, I better start gearing up for all of my holiday projects! No complaints over here, hehe.

I'm starting all those projects early, and I wanted to share one of my recent Christmas layouts I created using the new Let Us Adore Him collection coupled with one of the beautiful Cut Outs.

Here's what I made:

Aren't you just in love with that heart Cut Out?! I know I am! It's gorgeous. With all of the bright and cheery patterned papers from this new Let Us Adore Him collection, it's perfection.

 

 

It's also easy to use. Inside the Cut-Outs package, each piece is numbered, so you'll know exactly where to place each piece you cut out.

 

 

I love that the embellishments in all of the Bella collections make for great titles! For my title on this layout, I used the "CHRISTmas" chipboard from the Ciao Chips. Then, I added a couple of die cuts and stickers to help embellish my layout.

 

 

 

Lastly, let's just take a moment to talk about how awesome the Doohickey stickers really are! The sticker sheet always come with a couple of cute tab stickers that work great on photos. It's such a simple and easy way to embellish photos. Here's how I used them on my layout:

 

 

And 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 Christmas 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: 

Let Us Adore Him: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Epoxy Stickers, Cut-Outs

Cut Outs & Let Us Adore Him Week Day 3 | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having an amazing day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout! To make this layout I used the gorgeous new collection, Let Us Adore Him, and a Bella Cut-Out.

To start my layout, I drew the shape of the cut-out and painted around it. While my background dried, I went through the papers of the collection and picked the Grace, Humble, Oh Holy Night and Prince Of Peace.

Once my background dried, I glued the cut-out and filled it with the papers of the collection I had picked. For this I used adhesive foam to create dimension. Then glued my photo and added flowers from the Ephemera.

For my title I used the word love from the Ciao Chip. To finish my layout I added more Ephemera, Ciao Chip, Doohickey and Enamels.

I love how this layout tuned out. Hope you all like it and get inspired 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/SNItPjV5M9Q

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Let Us Adore Him Collection: Grace, Humble, Oh Holy Night and Prince Of Peace papers.

Doohickey: Let Us Adore Him.

Ciao Chip: Let Us Adore Him.

Ephemera: Let Us Adore Him.

Enamels: Christmas Mix.

Cut-Outs: The Reason.

Cut Outs & Let Us Adore Him | Tarrah

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you today and I am so excited to be sharing my first layout featuring the stunning new Let Us Adore Him collection! This collection is absolutely beautiful and I LOVED creating with it.

For this week I was given the assignment of creating a project using the new collection and also incorporating the Bella Cut-Outs. 

I decided to pull out the 'Reason for the Season' one from the new Bella Cut-Outs and backed it with the green and white spotted paper. I also backed two of the star Cut-Outs with the multicoloured stripe paper. Once the Cut-Outs were backed, I added craft foam underneath them and adhered them to the red heart paper that I chose as my background paper, I then trimmed this paper down and matted the entire layout on the multi stripe paper. I did machine stitch a border around the perimeter for some texture.

I adhered my photo on the right of the title, layering some paper underneath and embellishing with some of the gift boxes in both the Ephemera Icons and the Chipboard Icons. Above the photo, I placed the crown to make it look as though my sons are wearing the crown! Below the title I placed the multi stripe scalloped border piece from the Chipboard Icons. I placed a few more gift box die-cuts and chipboard around my page and then started adding some of the smaller embellishments like Doohickey stickers and Puffy Stickers. I took some of the stars from the Epoxy stickers and placed those around my page. Lastly I finished my page by stamping the date stamp and adding some sprinkles of white mist.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blvd blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Be sure to get your hands on the gorgeous new Let Us Adore Him collection for your Christmas memory keeping. It's such a gorgeous collection!

Happy creating!

Bella products used:

Let Us Adore Him collection

Let Us Adore Him Doohickey stickers 

Let Us Adore Him Cut-Outs 

Let Us Adore Him Ephemera Icons

Let Us Adore Him Chipboard Icons 

Let Us Adore Him Epoxy Stickers

Let Us Adore Him Puffy Stickers

Zoom! Mini Album | Niki Rowland | To the Moon Collection

 

Hi everyone! I have a new mini album and process video to share today for Bella Blvd using the To the Moon Collection. I adore this collection, it’s super cute and so perfect for my little boy who loves rockets and all things space.

I have a number of photos of him with his favorite rockets, so I decided to make a mini album using one of the Bella Blvd cut files from Silhouette Design Store as the base of the pages. It is simply called Rocket and is a layered cut file which makes it super easy to achieve a multicolored effect.

I cut all the pieces of the cut file using the To the Moon Bella Besties coordinating paper pack. I cut five bases, three from Blueberry and two from Pickle Juice. I then cut the other pieces in different colors and I mixed and matched the sides so I had a variety of patterns.

For three of the pages I wanted to create opening pages so I stitched the main body of the rocket onto the base but only down the left side. This created a door that could open and close. I added machine stitching around the outside edges of the rocket too.

Inside the opening pages I created fold out tri folds to hold more photos and journaling too. I added closures to the opening pages so they wouldn’t fall open. I did this with a punched shape, a brad and some twine secured under the photo.

Some of the pages hold photos, whilst the others are purely decorative. I fussy cut planets from one of the To the Moon papers and used loads of ephemera. I also used chipboard stickers and stickers from the 12x12 sticker sheet. I added an adorable Bella Pop robot too.

I secured the pages together on a book ring. Punching a hole in the top of each page meant that the opening pages wouldn’t open (!) so I cut a notch in the opening part so they would still open.  

Thank you so very much for joining me today for this cute little album, I hope you like it! I have created a process video for this album and there is a flip through of the finished album at the end - enjoy!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used: To the Moon collection 12x12 papers, To the Moon Bella Besties, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera, Enamel Shapes, Bella Pops, Stickers.

Cut File: Rocket