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Cut Outs Week Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today for Cut Outs Week!  I absolutely LOVE working with Cut Outs, they're so convenient and perfect for when I don't want to fuss with my die cutting machine.  I love having them on hand and when I go to a crop later this year, I'm totally taking a stack with me!  This week, we were able to use a collection of our choice so I went with Splash Zone.  It's so fun and vibrant and was perfect to use with a pool photo.  Here's what I came up with!  Make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post to see how this layout came together.  

 

 

To start, I used the template that is provided in the Cut Outs packages.  I fussy cut one of the hearts out and used that to trace on a few different patterned papers from the collection.  This was so helpful because it is sized perfectly!  I ended up choosing patterns with blues, pinks and yellows.  I thought they would compliment my photo best.  When it came to backing the Cut Out, I only backed a few of the hearts.  I wanted to leave the rest open and more of a layering piece.  

 

I gessoed up a piece of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre paper in White.  Once that was dry, I added some mixed media to it by spraying a few Shimmerz Paints from my stash right on top of it.  I kept it pretty subtle since I only wanted a little of it to peek out from under my photo.  Then I popped up the Cut Out on some foam tape and adhered it down.  Next, I got to work on embellishing my page.  For my title, I used the "Splish Splash" acrylic word and added some tangled thread underneath it.  I thought it helped make it pop a bit.  

 

 

I added a few of the Ephemera Icons and Ephemera Words around my page.  

 

 

I love layering these pieces around my photo making sure to pop them up on foam to give them even more interest. 

 

 

I fussy cut a few icons from one of the patterned papers and added them into my embellishment clusters.  They're so little and cute!  

 

 

Lastly, I pulled out the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Ice and Gulf and Punch, Peep and Cotton Candy.  I pulled a few hearts from each sheet and added them around my page as a finishing touch.  

 

 

This was such a fun layout to make and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  Have you had a chance to add some Cut Outs to your stash?  I highly recommend them, they're so versatile and easy to use.  I love that in most of the packages, you get more than one Cut Out so you can make several projects with just one set.  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!  

 

Process Video: 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Splash Zone Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Acrylic Words, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words;  Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers in: White; Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Bell Pepper, Blueberry, Ice & Gulf and Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy; Cut Outs: Heart Attack

 

Bella Besties week Day 6 | Nathalie DeSousa

Hi there!

Nathalie here with another fun day of our Bella Besties week.  Our theme this week is Love, and there is nothing ( well, maybe my husband) that I love more than my three children (and, yes! one is a furry kind).   We are so blessed to be entrusted these souls for us to shape and then let go to the world.  So, even though motherhood can be challenging, I wanted to focus on the good and documented it as I see it, in a rainbow!

 

What better way to capture love than with hearts.  I used a metal die set and cut hearts from Bella Besties Dot/Graph and Bella Besties  Ombre/Heart.  I made sure that the patterns changed  so that there is interest in the background.

Since the design is pretty simple, I chose to add texture to the hearts.  For this, I used a paper piercing tool to create a stitching guide (poked holes around the outter perimeter of the shapes), then hand stitched each heart with matching embroidery floss.

 

Once all the hearts were stitched, I placed them on the cardstock in a rainbow order.  A bit of foam adhesive helps to create dimension on the hearts and also gives movement to the layout.  I did not want to overcrowd the hearts with decorations; so, I used stickers and ephemera words from Mom Life, Home Sweet Home, and Fa La La collection, and  tried to place them following the color of the hearts.

I kept the layers behind the picture fairly simple and added a few pieces of paper from Squeeze the Day collection.   I continued adding just simple word stickers and embellishments to finish the page.

 

I kept the title pretty simple so that it will not take away from the rainbow hearts.  I mixed an acrylic word, with Florence Alpha stickers, and Alpha Stickers from Monsters and Friends Doohickey sticker.  I added a few Matte Enamel Dots from different collections to match the hearts and called it done!

 

 

I love how this page turned out, and I hope this week has given you ideas on how to use Bella Besties to document your beloved memories!

 

XO

 

SUPPLIES:

BELLA BESTIES:

Dot / Graph: Blueberry, Gulf, Pickle Juice, Orange, Peep

Ombre Heart: Plum, sky, Avocado, Bell Pepper, Mckintosh, Bubble Gum

Acrylic Word

Aria Puffy Hearts: Orange

Monster & Friends Collection:  Doohickey Stickers, Matte Enamel Dots

Fa La La Collection:  Doohickey Stickers, matte Enamel Dots

Mom Life Collection:  Doohickey Stickers

Home Sweet Home Collection:  Ephemera words

Squeeze The Day collection:6x6 paper pad

Cooper Collection:  Matte Enamel dots

Chloe collection: Matte Enamel Dots

Legacy Collection: Word Salad Sticker Tablet

Heart Hugs: Black & White

CUT FILES + BELLA BESTIES WEEK - Day 3 | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello there Bella Blvd. Friends!

Nathalie here to share a bit more inspiration for our Cut file and Bella Besties week.  This week our inspirations is hearts.  Well, hearts to me always mean love, the kind that makes your heart go soft and feel happy.  For us, that means our little one, our 10yr-old Boston Terrier baby, POOCHIE.  He is our third baby -loved and spoiled as such-.  He love us unconditionally, but the bond he shares with his 18 year old sister is beyond love.  So, I pulled one of their portraits for this layout:

 

How cute is the layout!  I started by using the Rainbow Heart Border (# 298259) to 4 hearts from each of the following Bella Besties Graph/Dot papers: Gulf, Pickle, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep, Plum and Blueberry.  I used some 12x12 paper and  a few 6x6 papers for the hearts  as they provide interest to the background.

To make sure the hearts stand out on the page,  I used white cardstock for the background.  Using a rainbow as inspiration, I glued the outline of the hearts in rows on the  left side of the layout.  I left about a 1/4" separation between the rows.

 

To bring dimension and interest to the background, I added a bit of foam adhesive to the negative heart pieces as they were attached to the background.  I left a small offset when attaching the hearts, and follow the same color order.   

 

I used a piece of Bella Besties Ombre/Heart to back the picture, and set at the bottom row of the hearts right on the center.   I wanted to continue the rainbow effect onto my title;  for this, I sized the BESTIES cut file (#342749) to fit around the same width as the heart row, and cut it from white cardstock three times.

 

I glued the three cut outs together, so that they form a dimensional diecut, and back each of the letter spaces with the same paper used for the hearts.  Once again, I followed the color order. The title then set at the bottom of the page.  I complemented the title with an Acrylic word and added a few extra heart cut outs, ephemera and pop ups from the Cooper collection.

 

 

To finish the page, I added word sticker from the Chloe and Cooper Doohickey sheet, epoxy shapes and trinket stickers around the heart background,  making sure that it all was color blocked!  I love how this turned out.  This came together super easily once I set the rainbow hearts idea to play.   I hope this inspires you to document your memories using Bella Blvd products!

 

XO

 

BELLA BLVD SUPPLIES

DIGITAL CUT FILES:   BESTIES - 342749

                               RAINBOW HEART BORDER - 298259

BELLA BESTIES:

Graph/Dot in:  Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep, Plum, Blueberry, Gulf, Pickle

Ombre/Hearts: Peep

ACRYLIC WORD  - Happy

CHLOE COLLECTION:  Die cuts, Doohickey Stickers, Epoxy Hearts

COOPER COLLECTION: Die Cuts, Doohickey Stickers, Epoxy Hearts, Bella Pops

FALALA COLLECTION:  Epoxy Hearts

TRINKETS in Plum and Blueberry

Cut Files Week | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today for Cut Files Week and we are focusing on the lovely Bella Besties.  I'm still obsessing over our one snow day last week so I just had to document another photo of that beautiful day!  Here's my layout: 

 

The Winter Love cut file was perfect for this page so I cut it using white textured cardstock on my Silhouette Cameo.  I wanted to find a fun way to back it and to also display a lot of the Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre patterned paper.  So I trimmed out thin strips of White, Peep, Blueberry, Punch, Plum and McIntosh and cut into them using my fringe scissors.  I then took the positive pieces from the cut file and adhered the fringed strips down making sure to layer them on top of each other.  I trimmed off the leftover fringe strips and backed each one to the cut file.  I love how it turned out!

 

 

 

Here's another up close shot: 

 

 

Next, I wanted to create a fun background so I went back to the Bella Blvd cut files in the Silhouette Design store and chose the Tiny Hearts Background.  I cut it out on the Hearts and Ombre paper in Punch.  I displayed the Ombre side and popped the entire thing up on foam dots.  I love the dimension and shadows it created on my page.  Before cutting it out, I sized it down to 11.5 x 11.5 so that when I adhered it to another piece of white cardstock, it would create a nice frame.  

 

 

Next, I matted my photo using some scraps of the Hearts and Ombre papers.  Since this was a wintery layout, I decided to use the Fa La La collection and pulled a few pieces to embellish with.  I created a subtitle using one of the acrylic words and the Florence Alphas in Punch.  The look on Luna's face is legit pure joy!  She loved the snow so much! I also layered up some scalloped cardstock border stickers right under my photo cluster.  

 

 

Next, I started creating embellishment clusters using the Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip Chipboard and a few Epoxy Shapes.  I am loving the snowmen and penguins in this collection.  They're so cute!

 

 

I pulled out the adorable Bella Besties Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy as well as in White.  I only used the flowers and added them into all of my clusters.  

 

 

To finish off my layout, I splattered white acrylic paint all over the page and added white tangled thread under a few embellishments.  

 

One of my favorite things of this layout is all of the texture and dimension.  The Tiny Hearts Background is such a fun layering piece and would also make a great stencil for mixed media!  Check out more of the Bella Blvd cut files here.  There are so many to choose from and they're always adding new ones! 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  I love working with cut files and finding fun and creative ways to use them on a layout.  Have you tried backing a cut file with fringe strips? If you don't have fringe scissors, just use your regular scissors and cut into each strip!  This gives you even more freedom to create how thick or thin you want your fringe to be.  I hope that you'll give it a try! Have a great week and I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Fa La La: Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip Stickers, Epoxy Shapes, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and Acrylic Words. Bella Besties: Hearts and Ombre Patterned Papers in White, Punch, Peep, Blueberry, Ice, Plum and McIntosh; Florence Alphas: Punch; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy. Cut Files:  Winter Love and Tiny Hearts Background. 

 

Winter Week Day 3 | Tegan Skwiat

Good day Bella friends! On today's layout, I mixed the Fa La La collection with some Bella Besties and I love how it turned out. You absolutely can not go wrong with the Bella Besties - they come in all of the amazing Bella Blvd colors to mix and match every collection just perfectly! And even though the Fa La La collection is Christmas themed, I simply just pulled out all of the wonderful winter parts of it to document photos of my niece in her new favorite winter hat!

I used the Bella Besties paper in Gulf and a star shaped punch to make my own 'snowflake' embellishments. I simply just punched out a whole bunch of stars and layered the stars on top of each other making sure the heart patterned side was on top and the ombre side was on the bottom. But you could always layer them differently if you'd like! I then used foam adhesive to add Fa La La die cut embellishments to each flake. I kind of love how they turned out!

I had so much fun creating the title design on the page too! I used the awesome Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers in Gulf to spell 'winter' and I finished the title with an Acrylic Word 'joy'. I then embellished the title with Fa La La Doohickey Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, ephemera die cuts, and a snowman Bella Pop. And of course I added a few more of my homemade snowflakes! 

Did you notice that I also used the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Punch as my background paper?! I absolutely love using the Hearts & Ombre papers for easy, amazing backgrounds! And isn't that Fa La La snowman just THE CUTEST?! He definitely puts a smile on my face.  :)

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the Fa La La and Bella Besties collections for your next layout or project! Have a great day everyone! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

Fa La La Collection: Oh Deer Patterned Paper, Hot Chocolate Weather Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Matte Enamel Stickers, Snow in Love Bella-Pops

Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper: Gulf, Punch

Aria Alphabet Sticker: Gulf

Acrylic Word: Joy

Cut Outs Week Day 2 | Patricia

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  Today, I'm using the Over the Rainbow Cut Outs in my Heidi Swapp Storyline Chapters Scrapbook.  The pages are about 7.25x9 to give you an idea.  I used the full rainbow, trimming it to go across both pages, and trimming just the tip off to give it more of a 'floating' feel.  Since I'm using the Over the Rainbow Cut Outs, I went with the ombre side of Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Oyster to really make the rainbow colors pop.  

I printed my photos to about 3x4, then placed under each of the clouds, trimmed and adhered.  I happened upon this selfie of my 12-year old on my phone, and with her almost being a teenager, the rainbow was a perfect to fit to her changing personality.  I backed the rainbow part of the Cut Outs with Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Pickle Juice, McIntosch, Plum, Ice, Bell Pepper, and Orange.  I filled these areas with coordinating colors from Guacamole DooDads; Florence Alphabet Stickers in McIntosch, Bell Pepper, Ice, and Pickle Juice; Trinkets in Bell Pepper, Blueberry, Plum, McIntosch, and Orange.

The Over the Rainbow Cut Outs comes with a separate row of clouds.  I decided to trim them in half, and tuck them under my Oyster Bella Besties paper on either side for a tone on tone texture to the edges.

To finish, I used the Hotness Acrylic Word, Pennants, and the Trinkets in Black.

Loved using the Cut Outs!  My first time too.  They are so nice to have ready to go, and then gives you so many options to use them.  So try them out as I did here by using photos behind parts of the Cut Outs, fill the rest with Bella Besties and coordinating colors, then use some of the Cut Outs tucked under your background pattern paper for a tone on tone and textured look!  Have fun and hope you share!

Holiday Cards & Gifting Week Day 2 | Dorymar

Hi Bella fans, it is Dorymar today with beautiful Christmas Cards inspiration!  The assignment for this week for the Design team is to create Holiday and Winter card with the New Falala Collection. 

I created 4 cute Christmas cards in different sizes 5”x5”, 4.5”x4.5”, 4”x4”, 3.5”x3.5”, I created all the bases with white cardstock. Next, I used different patterned papers to create the layers and decorate them with the gorgeous embellishments of the collection.

The base of this card is 4.5”x4.5”, I cut a piece that measures 4.25”x4.25” from the Dear Santa Patterned Paper and adhered to the base, then I cut a piece that measures 4”x4” from the Daily Details and adhere to it in the top and then I cut a strip from the Borders Paper that measures 1.25x4 and I adhered in top of both pieces. For the finishing touches, I added the gorgeous St. Nick Bella Pop and the Joy Acrylic Word mixed with some chipboards, die cuts, epoxy stars, and enamel dots.

The base of this card is 5”x5”, I adhered a piece that measures 4.75”x4.75” from the Tree Trimmer patterned paper, then two strips one from the Candy Striper and the other from the Borders paper then cut another piece that measures 3.5”x3.5” from the Daily Details paper and I adhered it in the top, the next step was adhering with foam tape the pines tree, the chipboard flower, and the cute Reindeer Bella Pop. The card looks so cute! I love it!

For these two cards, I followed the pattern of the previous ones, I used various paper patterns to make them look colorful, and then, I decorated them with the WONDERFUL embellishments that the collection includes. You have so many to choose from, all are fantastic!

I hope my cards inspire you to create some beautiful cards with the new fantastic FALALA collection from Bella Blvd, it is perfect to carry messages of love to your friends and family. I invite you to look for it and to work with it! Happy Holidays!

Falala Collection Kit, Falala St. Nick Bella Pop. Falala Reindeer Bella Pop,

Falala Chipboard Icons, Falala Ephemera Words, Christmas Epoxy Words,

Joy Acrylic Word, Festive Mix Matte Enamels, Christmas Mix Epoxy

Fall & Winter Themed Week Day 2 | Dorymar

Hello Bella fans, it is Dorymar today with a cute Christmas project. December is here and it is the craftiest season of the year. I love to create many projects to document my memories, decorate my home, and make gifts for my friends and family.  For my project, I used the new FALALA Collection mixed with the gorgeous Hearts and Ombré papers.

The new Falala collection has many beautiful elements and I want to use all of them for my project. I selected a red 6x8 flipbook from my stash and decorated the cover with the fantastic elements of the collection.

As the title of my project, I used a combination of acrylic word and cut-outs from Bella BLVD.  I backed all the letters of my cut-outs with the gorgeous patterned paper from the collection. The next step was creating a fun cluster on top of my title mixing the die cuts and the fantastic “Twinkle Lights” Bella-Pop.  I adhered all of this onto the beautiful Hearts & Ombré Punch paper that I adjusted to the size of my album.

The flipbooks include a series of pocket pages, including the 6x8 size ones, I focused on creating beautiful layouts for these pockets, for this, I used the beautiful double patterned papers from the collection and embellished them with the spectacular die cuts, chipboards, and stickers from the collection. Above you can see them in detail!

I love the “Christmas” chipboard letters and the cutest trucks that the collection includes, for the right layout I filled the truck with a cute penguin and a cute little gift, I love how they look together!

I fill up my 6x4 pocket pages with a flip-out created with papers of the collection and decorated it with chipboards, die cuts, and stickers, but also with the beautiful washi and the red cute clip.  Bella has fun beautiful elements that you can match with many collections these two are part of them. I love them!

One of the things I like the most about 6x8 pages is the opportunity to incorporate big pictures in my albums, but I can also create a page with many pictures and have enough space to fill it up with the fantastic elements of the collection.

.I love to fill my pocket pages with the cards that the collection includes mixed with space for my photos.

I hope you love this project and inspires you to use the Fantastic Falala Collection from Bella Blvd.

Thanks for stopping by!

Falala Collection Kit, Falala Ephemera, Falala Ciao Chip,

Merry Acrylic Word, Twinkle Lights Bella-Pops, Festive Cute Clips, 

Hearts & Ombré Punch Paper, Hearts & Ombré Picket Juice, 

Christmas Cut-Outs

Cut Outs Week Day 1 | Tegan Skwiat

Good day Bella Blvd friends! Have you tried out the amazing Bella Blvd Cut-Outs yet? On this layout I cut apart a couple different ones to create smaller design elements. I also couldn't resist starting this project with the adorable Cooper collection and adding in bit of the Monsters & Friends collection. I had a blast creating this layout... come take a look!

I started out by using only a section of the Pie Charts Cut-Outs. I used the circle template that is included in the pack to help me fussy cut out circles using the Cooper and Monsters & Friends collections. I then cut these circles in half and then backed the cut out with these papers. I made sure that each half circle was titled in different directions to add visual interest to the design.

I then embellished the Cut-Out design with Bella Blvd Felt Pennants and different colors of the corrugated cardboard Heart Hugs. I love all of the texture these two products add to my layout! I also added a couple of the Word Salad phrase stickers. I love that the Monsters & Friends collection has so many great patterned papers that can be included in non-holiday projects! 

I used the super cute Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers on the title. I then used a black Sharpie marker to color the acrylic word 'Family' and added it to the page. Did you notice that I had added it on top of a section of the Faithful Friend Cut-Outs that I had backed with orange patterned paper?! I then added an epoxy heart sticker from the Cooper collection. Yes, fur kids are family too!  :) 

The Bella Blvd Cut-Outs are certainly a great option if you don't have an electronic die cut machine and want to achieve the cut out design look! They are also great though too for if you just want a precut option or if you don't want to haul your die cut machine to a crop! I 

Thanks for stopping in! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the amazing Cut-Outs for your next project! 

Collections: Monsters & Friends, Cooper

Cut-Outs: Faithful Friends, Pie Charts

Aria Alphabet: White

Heart Hugs: Earth, Pretty in Pink, Halloween, Black & White

November Mood Board Day 4 | Brianna Lepper

Hey crafty friends! Brianna Lepper here with a new mood board inspired layout. I absolutely love this months mood board with its beautiful colors, textures and patterns.  I mean who doesn't love Fall themed mood boards?

 

 

I knew right away that I would have leaves on my layout and really liked the composition of the leaves in the bottom left square of the board.  The gold dipped leaves in the top middle square also gave me an idea to heat emboss on some of my leaves.  Here's what I came up with!

 

 

For my leaves, I used the Fall Leaves cut file in Silhouette Design Store.  In my Silhouette Software, I arranged them in a variety of sizes and cut them using the Ombre sides of the new Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre papers.  I made sure to cut them on the lighter areas of the paper to keep with the some the softness of the mood board.  I used the colors in Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Peep, Pony and Guacamole.  Once they were all cut, I gently pressed them onto my Versamark Ink pad and sprinkled gold glittery embossing powder on them.  I then hit each leaf with my heat gun to melt the powder.  Each leaf is so sparkly and pretty!!

 

 

Once I was finished embossing the leaves, I arranged them in the same design as the bottom left square and adhered them down to a piece of the Scallop Plaids and Dotty patterned paper that also matches the mood board!

 

 

For my title, I used an acrylic word from the Embrace Today pack and added to it using the Florence Alphas in Oyster.  I had taken this photo of my son while we were at California Adventure and he was just in awe of everything around him.  Then I pulled some of the Epoxy Hearts from the Chloe collection and created a few clusters with them.  I also added a few of the White Trinkets Puffy Stickers around the page.  Next, I layered a few scraps from the Hearts and Ombre papers under my photo and added a white Cute Clip in the right corner.  I felt like it needed more embellishing so I used a few clouds from the Home Sweet Home Ciao Chip stickers. I also added a cute Ciao Chip Cat from the Chloe collection.  It looks like Noah is looking at him and who doesn't want a cute kitty on their page!?

 

 

To give the leaves on my page even more interest, I adhered a few of the Give Thanks Heart Hugs and added a sticker from the Word Salad Booklet.  I also rubbed a bit of Gold Heidi Shine to the hearts to make them sparkle.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way and I can't wait to see what you create using the mood board.  Please make sure to tag me in your socials @briannalepper, I would love to see them all!  I hope you have a great day and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Chloe:  Ciao Chip Stickers and Epoxy Hearts; Home Sweet Home: Ciao Chip Stickers and Ephemera Icons; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Papers in Guacamole, Pony, Bell Pepper, Peep and Blueberry; Florence Alphas in Oyster; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Word Salad Booklet; Acrylic Words, Heart Hugs and Cute Clips; Cut File: Fall Leaves