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Happy Dogs | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout using the super cute Cooper collection!  I'm so excited and thankful to be able to return for another term on the Creative Team and can't wait to share more layouts with y'all.  Here's my page: 

To start, I went through the patterned papers in the collection and pulled out the Daily Details, Paws and Dog Park 12x12 papers.  I also pulled in the Bella Besties Graph & Dot papers in Ice, McIntosh and Bell Pepper.  I cut them into 6x1/2-inch strips and arranged them vertically across a piece of white cardstock.  Before adhering each strip down, I distressed the edges. Once they were all glued down, I ran the whole page through my sewing machine to add a few rows of stitching in the center.  After I was done stitching, I roughed up and folded the edges of the strips to give the entire page more interest.

 

I then matted my photo and popped it up on foam tape.  Next, I created a couple of embellishment clusters around my photo using the Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers.

 

Here's the other cluster.  I also tucked in a few of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Ice & Gulf and White.  

There was some empty space at the top of my photo, so I added a Cute Clip to it and loved that pop of red. 

For my title, I used the Happy Acrylic Word and added onto it using the Florence Alphas in Ice.  

Here's one last shot: 

I love documenting photos of my dogs and the Cooper collection is perfect for all of them.  There are so many great elements in this collection and the colors are so fun! Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  If you want to use a lot of patterns on a layout but don't want it to be super busy, try trimming them down to small strips and arrange them either vertically or horizontally.  All of the patterns end up working together nicely and adding stitching gives it that nice touch!  See you in my next post friends!  

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Cooper Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Acrylic Words, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers; Bella Besties: Graph & Dot 12x12 Patterned Paper in Ice, McIntosh and Bell Pepper; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White and Ice & Gulf; Florence Alphas in Ice; Cute Clips; Heart Hugs

 

 

Designer's Choice Week | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie here with my last post as part of the Bella Blvd Design Team.   The past two years as part of the team have been a huge honor, but my choice to step down from the team was a hard one, but a necessary one.   I am forever thankful to Stephanie S. for inviting me, and to my friend Stephanie Buice for being awesome as CT coordinator, and all around amazing!  And what better way to finish than with a project of my choice.

 

 

I love butterflies, and  the ones in the You Are My Sunshine collection were just perfect for this layout about my little cousins. 

 

I started by adding a bit of mixed media to my background, making sure to pick the color of the sash in my cousins' dresses.   I added a faded impression of a flutter of butterflies on the page.   To anchor the design and mixed media to the page, I ripped pieces of the background (right at the edge of the page), and backed the spaces with patterned paper from the You Are My Sunshine collection

 

 

I added a few layers of patterned paper behind the photo, and attached it to the center of the page.  I used pieces of ephemera, chipboard stickers, and enamel shapes to create two large clusters at corner of the photos.  I fussy cut a few butterflies and added them here to help add movement and direction through the page.

 

 

For the title of page I am mixing an acrylic word with Aria puff alphas.  I am using the last of my Bella Pops to bring more butterflies to the page, and tie all the clusters together,

 

 

I love how this turned out, and I hope that it inspires you to document your memories.  Thank you Bella Blvd for having as part of the team for the past two years, and to you all for always being there

 

XO

 

Bella Blvd. Supplies

 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE COLLECTION:  Patterned Paper, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera, Enamel shapes, Chipboard Stickers

Bella Pops

 

ARIA PUFFY STICKERS

ACRYLIC WORDS

Designer’s Choice Week | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout! To make this layout I used the Squeeze The Day collection and the Over The Rainbow Cut-Out.

I start my layout by backing the Cut-Out. For this I used the Borders, Fruity Hearts, Fruit Salad, I Pick You, So Berry Sweet and Zesty papers from the collection.

I wanted a sky for my rainbow, so I cut some clouds and glued them to a white cardstock with double sided tape. Then, I painted over them with the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons. Once I finished painting, I carefully took the clouds out.

Now it’s time to build my layout! I glued the rainbow with adhesive foam to give it dimension. Next, I glued my photo on top. For my title I used the acrylic words be you. Then, I cut some clouds and glued them with adhesive foam. To finish my layout I added Ephemera, Doohickey, Bella-Pops, Epoxy, Acrylic Shapes and Matte Enamels.

I love how this layout turned 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/YoYMQlhS7NA

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Squeeze The Day Collection: Borders, Fruity Hearts, Fruit Salad, I Pick You, So Berry Sweet and Zesty papers.

Cut-Outs: Over The Rainbow.

Doohickey: Squeeze The Day.

Ephemera Words: Squeeze The Day.

Bella-Pops: Follow The Rainbow.

Epoxy: Hearts and Icons.

Matte Enamels: Fruity Mix.

Acrylic Shapes: Rainbows.

Sketch Week | Tegan

Good day Bella Blvd friends! Are you loving Sketch Week?!? I know I sure am!

Here is a reminder of what this week's sketch is...

And here is my take on it using mostly the You Are My Sunshine collection! Spring is almost here and I am ready for it! 

I was more than happy to break out the sunny day embellishments! Hot air balloon and sun die cut ephemera pieces? Yes, please! 

Anyone else ready for rainbows and fireflies? Here I used more You Are My Sunshine embellishments such as the chipboard rainbow and the ephemera firefly diecut. I then decorated this cluster with puffy stickers from the Let Us Adore Him collection.

For the bottom design element I used the pretty butterfly patterned You Are My Sunshine Young and Free paper. It's one of my favorites from the collection! I then used phrase stickers from the Doohickey Sticker Sheet and some of the Bella Blvd Ice Dot Washi Tape. 

I absolutely love layouts that are full of color and Bella Blvd products help me achieve that look! I am also a huge fan of layering patterned papers like I did to anchor my photo. I am IN LOVE with that rainbow striped Sunshine Patterned Paper again from the You Are My Sunshine collection! To make the title, I used an acrylic Bella Blvd word (sweet) and white alphabet stickers from the You Are My Sunshine Doohickey Sticker Sheet. 

Thanks for joining us today! I hope I have inspired you to grab the fabulous March Sketch for your next layout! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

You Are My Sunshine Collection: Young and Free Patterned Paper, Sunshine Patterned Paper, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera, Chipboard Stickers

Let Us Adore Him Puffy Stickers, Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Punch, Acrylic Word (New & Sweet Pack), Graph & Dot Patterned Paper in Guacamole

 

You Are My Sunshine + Bella Besties Week Day 4 | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout! To make this layout I used the You Are My Sunshine collection and the Bella Besties. I also used the Heart Attack Cut-Out.

I started my layout by cutting the cut-out in two pieces, I wanted to use the bigger piece on the top and the smaller piece on the bottom of the layout. Next, I backed some of the hearts with the Bella Besties.

Once I finish backing the hearts, I glued the cut-out. Then, I glued the rest of the hearts and my photo with adhesive foam to give them dimension.

For my title I used the acrylic word Adorable. To finish my layout I added Doohickey, Ephemera, Heart Hugs, Bella-Pops, Puffy Stickers and white splatters.

I love how this layout turned 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/ILuEPHtaBbU

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

You Are My Sunshine Collection: Be Youtiful, Borders, Daily Details, Everyday Magic, Ray Of Sunshine, Rise & Shine, Shine Bright and Sunshine papers.

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

Cut-Outs: Heart Attack.

Doohickey: You Are My Sunshine.

Ephemera: You Are My Sunshine.

Puffy Stickers: Oh Happy Day.

Bella-Pops: Fly Away.

Heart Hugs: Pretty In Pink.

Mini Heart Hugs: Sentiments.

Acrylic Word: Adorable.

Washi Tape: Rainbow.

The Perfect Day, 12x12 Layout | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, Bella friends!

This is Melissa with you this morning and I'm sharing a new project that uses a little bit of stuff from several collections :-)

The first thing I did was to layer a piece of white card stock on top of a piece of pattern paper from the Let's Go On An Adventure paper collection. I placed another panel of paper down the length of the layout on the right hand side and the used my sewing machine to stitch the diagonal lines. This created a bit of subtle movement on my project.

Next, I layered my three photos with two different pattern papers and layered them down the right hand side on the panel of pattern paper. I cut out part of my title using a digital die cut file from the Silhouette shop:  HERE. 

I combined the digital die cut phrase, an acrylic word, and some puffy alphabet stickers to create my title! Once I had my title in place, I further embellished the layout with die cuts, puffy stickers, and chipboard.

Here's a peek at the full project:

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

1. Let's Go On An Adventure Pattern Paper Collection
2. Day at the Park Digital Die Cut
3. You Are My Sunshine Ephemera
4. You Are My Sunshine Ciao Chip
5. Aria Alphabet Stickers - Oyster
6. "Perfect" Acrylic Word
7. Squeeze the Day DooHickey Stickers
8. Matte Enamels - Dog Mix

My Candy Girl Week Day 5 | Tarrah

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the gorgeous My Candy Girl collection. I decided to cut out one of the amazing coordinating cut files found in the Silhouette Design Store - the super cute birthday cake!

This took a little bit of time due to needing to cut so many different pieces in so many different colors.

I got all the pieces cut out and then started to piece the cake back together, I created the main base of the cake first and I absolutely LOVE how it turned out! I turned the cake over and added foam tape underneath, I then adhered it to the teal heart paper from the My Candy Girl collection. I then started to add the cookie, cake pops and lollipops to the top of the cake, on the lower tier of the cake I added some of the super cute Sprinkles Epoxy Stickers. To the right of the cake, I added my photo which was perfect for this page as it is my niece on her birthday with her cake in front of her! I added one of the banner die-cuts from the Ephemera pack to the top of the photo, secured with a gorgeous Bella Bow clip and I also had to add the gorgeous little bow from the Pretty Piggy Bella Pop to my niece's hair in the photo, I think it looks so super cute in her hair! I added a few more die-cuts here near the photo and also some chipboard pieces and some Doohickey stickers too. The stickers I used on this layout help to tell the story of the photo and the overall theme of my layout.

My title is made up of the Florence alphabet stickers in Bell Pepper and I also used the gorgeous 'Birthday' acrylic word. Just near the title I also added the super cute teddy bear Bella Pop. 

On the left of the cake I added some more die-cuts and chipboard. I added the yellow chipboard heart to help with balancing out the colours on the page and to create visual triangle. I love the shadows that are created on the layout by using foam tape on some of the elements. Lastly I trimmed down the teal heart paper and adhered this to a plain white cardstock background. I then machine stitched around the edge to add some texture to my page.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Bella Blvd blog today! I absolutely LOVE how my layout turned out and I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created it?

Happy creating!

Bella products used: 

Cake cut file from the Silhouette Store

My Candy Girl collection

My Candy Girl Doohickey Stickers

My Candy Girl Ephemera Icons

My Candy Girl Chipboard Icons

Sprinkles Epoxy Stickers

Pretty Piggy Bella Pop

Donut Grow Up Bella Pop

Florence Alphabet Stickers in Bell Pepper

Birthday Acrylic Word

Designer's Choice Week Day 2 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today and it's Free For All Week at Bella!  I am so ready for warmer days and for all of the color so I decided to use the You Are My Sunshine collection!  The bright colors and fun icons just make me so happy!  Make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post.  Here's my layout: 

 

 

I wanted to use a bunch of the patterned papers from the collection so I pulled out my doily border punch.  I trimmed 2"-3" inch strips of each and then ran each through the border punch.  Using the ombre side of the Bell Pepper Hearts and Ombre 12x12 paper as my base, I layered and adhered all of my strips down.  I lifted the edges in different places on each strip to give them a bit of interest and dimension.  

 

 

For my title, I used the "Today" acrylic piece and added onto it using the alphas from the Doohickey Cardstock Sticker Sheet.  

 

 

I thought the butterflies from the Summer Fun Cut Outs package would be great pops of white amongst all of the color.  I added glue to their centers and popped up their wings.  

 

 

Next, I created embellishment clusters using the Ephemera Icons, Puffy Stickers and Epoxy Stickers.  

 

 

Another up close shot: 

 

 

I am loving all of the color!!!

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Don't forget to check out my process video down below and I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

You Are My Sunshine: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Cut Outs, Bella Pops, Epoxy Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Ephemera and Puffy Stickers.  Bella Besties: Acrylic and Hearts and Ombre Paper in Bell Pepper.  

Sketch Week- Day 3 | Sarah K

Hello, Bella friends! Happy Wednesday! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) back on the blog, and today I'm bringing you another awesome 12x12 layout inspired by this month's sketch. Have you seen it yet?! If not, here it is again for reference:

 

 

See! I told you it was a fun one! I love the circular design on this one and the use of two photos. I felt inspired to use the You Are My Sunshine collection for this layout.

Here's what I came up with:

 

I knew right away after seeing the big circle on the sketch that I wanted to use a big, bright sun, so I found the Sun cut file in the Silhouette Design store. To use the same sun that I used in this layout, find it here.

 

Like I mentioned before, I focused on using the You Are My Sunshine papers and embellishments because I knew that the bright, color palette in this collection would be perfect for that sun cut file. The name of the collection is "You Are My Sunshine" after all, hehe.

With a handful of products, this collection really brought out this sketch design. I used various patterned papers to back my photos, scattered some ephemera icons and a few stickers, and ta-da! 

 

However, instead of using the smaller circles shown in the sketch, I opted to use some ephemera icons to embellish my layout.

 

That's all for today! I hope that I've inspired you to use this month's sketch because it's definitely an awesome one to use. 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 - #bellablvd or #bellablvdllc

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

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

You Are My Sunshine Collection: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Bella Pops Fly Away, Epoxy Stickers, Puffy Stickers; Acrylic Words Fabulous; Cute Clips

Let Us Adore Him & Cut Files Day 4 | Niki Rowland

Hey everyone! This is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) and here is a new layout and process video using the Let Us Adore Him collection which is super cute! This week we are all using cut files and I chose to use the Stripe Tree which is available from the Silhouette Design Store. I loved the colour scheme of the cut file graphic so decided to stick with that and cut it in red and pink.

I started with a white background which I mounted onto red heart paper from the Let Us Adore Him collection. I added a large yellow strip across the page. This paper is so pretty with the tone-on-tone yellow stars. I distressed the edges too of course!

 

I then added my photo which I turned into a pocket by only sticking on three sides. I added my cut file tree to the left of my photo together with lots of other ephemera trees. I love how this looks and I also added stars to the top of each of my other trees! I mirrored this on the right side of the photo too.

 

I added some ribbon to one of the ephemera tags and put this in my pocket behind the photo and wrote my journaling onto this.

For my title I added the word ‘Merry’ which is a green acrylic word across the bottom of my cut file tree. I also added the word ‘days’ using the cute red alphabet stickers on the 12x12 cardstock stickers from the Let Us Adore Him collection.

I added two clusters of ephemera flowers and stuck enamel dots all over the cut file tree – I love how this looks! I finished off with a few splatters of white paint. There is a process video below if you would like to watch along.

I hope you have enjoyed this layout and thank you for joining me today

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates 

Products used:

Let Us Adore Him Collection: 12x12 papers, Ephemera, Puffy Stickers, Enamels, Cardstock Stickers

Cut File: Stripe Tree

Acrylics: Merry

Other: White card, red ribbon