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Mixing and Matching Collections| Tegan

This week's mission to create a layout with 2 or more Bella Blvd collections was a piece of cake because they all mix and match so easily! I starting by grabbing a large stack of different collections and then sorted through them for winter or non-themed items. It was actually fun...kind of like a treasure hunt! I think I ended up using 6 collections (7 if you count the Acrylic Word from the Bug Explorer collection)! Do you spy a little bit of Santa Squad, Let's Go On An Adventure, Wish Big Girl, Santa Stops Here, Squeeze the Day, or the Merry Christmas collection?! 

I started by using the Bella Blvd Snowflake Cut File and electronic die cut machine to cut five 3" tall snowflakes out of white cardstock. I then backed them with different colors of patterned paper. I had pulled out a combination of Acrylic Words and die cut pieces that could be used to describe winter, so I adhered those to the different snowflakes. Sure, winter can be such a bummer! But it really is a fascinating thing if you stop and think about it! 

I embellished the snowflakes with enamel dots from the Heart Hugs packs and Christmas Mix Enamel Dots from the Santa Squad collection. I really wanted to mix and match the colors to create a colorful layout!

The penguin Santa Squad Epoxy Sticker was perfect for adding a touch of winter. I also added Word Salad stickers on the snowflakes to add color around the page. And of course I used Word Salad stickers that could be used to describe winter!

I had so much fun mixing and matching the collections to create a fun and colorful winter layout! I can't decide which snowflake is my favorite, can you?

Thanks for joining us today! I hope I have inspired you to have fun mixing and matching your Bella Blvd collections! 

Santa Squad Collection: Ho! Ho! Ho! Patterned Paper, Christmas Mix Enamel Stickers, Squad Epoxy Stickers

Squeeze the Day Collection: Bananas For You Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers

Let's Go On An Adventure Collection: Mountain Peaks Patterned Paper, Fairy Garden Patterned Paper

Wish Big Girl Collection: Ephemera Words

Santa Stops Here Collection: Chipboard Stickers

Merry Christmas Collection: Daily Details Patterned Paper, Light It Up Patterned Paper, Acrylic Word 'Joy'

Bug Explorer: Acrylic Word 'fascinating' 

Bella Blvd Snowflake Cut File 

Heart Hugs (Enamel Dots): Sunshine, Give Thanks 

Puffy Star Stickers: Guacamole 

 

 

 

Mixed media scrapbooking layout: January mood board inspiration

Hi everyone.  Heather here with a mixed media scrapbooking layout inspired by the January mood board.  Let's take a look at the mood board and then I'll walk you through how it inspired my scrapbooking layout.

Look at all that wonderful goodness in those images above.  I was initially drawn to the upper left artsy image but as I looked around the board, I also felt inspired by the golds/mustards, stars and the succulents.  I then remembered a photo I have of my daughter picking leaves for our goats and it just so happened that she was wearing an outfit with the colors of the mood board.  Winning!

To get started, I applied white gesso to white cardstock. As that was drying, I turned on my favorite tv show and fussy cut flowers in the color scheme from the mood board above. 

Once the gesso was dried and flowers were cut, I mixed my Bella Blvd / Illustrated Faith acrylic paints with water to make them more fluid. I painted this mixture on in a similar fashion to the artsy image in the mood board but I didn't want to cover the entire background.  I wanted to create a diagonal effect.  Once I had the colors in the areas I wanted, I then splashed more water on the entire page. This allowed the colors to move a bit more and blend with each other. I let that sit for a few minutes and then laid a paper towel over the page to soak up the water.  This lightened the colors, which was great because it was a bit too bold but it also left a cool pattern on some of the blue areas (because I used more paint and less water on the blue color).  

I set the new colorful background aside to dry and started working on printing my photo and choosing the title and embellishments.  Once the background was dried, it was a bit wavy so to fix that I normally run it through my Minc machine but that was not available so I placed it under a teflon sheet in my heat press.  

I scattered ephemera, Caio chip and fussy cut flowers around my photo until it kind of created a frame. The combination of the chipboard with the ephemera, flowers and stickers gave it nice dimension.  I used a few foam dots there as well.

For the title, I originally planned for it to say "Nature's Best", meaning the leaves my daughter was feeding our goats but the bottom portion of the page felt empty so I added memories and it was a nice addition because "memories" are what we're creating on our farm and this is definitely a great one. Oh and I was out of "A" letters so I just used an upside down "V".  

Lastly, I added a few border strips, large Heart Hug, smaller fussy cut flowers, puffy star stickers and some enamels (glossy and matte) to round out the page. Note that I placed the pink embellishments on the pink color, blue on the blue, orange on the orange.

Hopefully you can see how the artsy image provided the foundation and how the other elements from the mood board (colors, stars, greenery) inspired me to document this great memory.  Now, I'm off to add some journaling.

Let's Go On An Adventure: Wildflower patterned paper, Ciao Chip Icons; Doohickey stickers, Ephemera Icons; Bella Besties patterned Paper; Designer Washi Tape: Dotty; Puffy Star Stickers: Cotton Candy; Enamel Hearts rainbow; Heart Hugs, Matte enamels, Acrylic Word: Memories; Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers: Orange, Florence Alphas: Blueberry; Illustrated Faith Gratitude Documented Icons

 

Shine | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today and this week we are sharing projects that are inspired by the mood board below!

So I am going to be totally honest and say that this was a little struggle for me but I got it done and love how it came out! So lets talk about what I used from this board as my inspiration! First I noticed the bottom right corner and immediately thought of a grid layout. I then pulled the colors blue, green and the black and white from that same photo! I also pulled some pink in from the photo in the top left corner. I really liked the middle photo with the florals so I knew I would pull in some florals and also the color yellow! This was my starting point so I went into my Bella Blvd stash and started pulling papers and embellishments with the colors I pulled from the mood board! All of the papers I pulled came from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. 

I started with the light blue floral paper from the collection as my base and started to build on that. I also pulled a piece of white cardstock and tore a strip off of each side of the paper. I love the distressed look it gives my layouts and reminds me a little of the photo in the bottom left corner. I adhered the white cardstock down to the floral paper and I love this look! I love the pink in the top left photo so I knew I wanted to pull in a lot of pink to this layout. I decided on this pink polka dot paper from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection and used this to place all my squares for my grid. 

I wanted to pull in a little more yellow and blue to the page so I added a couple layers tucked in at the top and bottom of the pink pattern paper. To bring in some black and white I used this amazing script paper and cut them down to 2.5 x 2.5 and arranged on the pink pattern paper. I have 4 photos printed in black and white and they are of Liam Jay and I having fun with some Snapchat filters. 

I matted the photos on a piece of green with white dot pattern paper and adhered to the layout. I added a lot of floral die cuts and chipboard stickers from the same collection. There are some gold elements in the mood board that reminded me of shine or sparkle so for my title I went with an acrylic piece from Bella Blvd that says Shine! Here is a look at my completed layout!

I am excited to see all the layouts this week using the mood board and we hope you will join us and use the board as inspiration in an upcoming project! Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day!

Let's Go On An Adventure Pattern Paper | Ephemera Words & Icons | Bella Acrylic Words | Home Sweet Home Ephemera



 

 

January Mood Board

Good morning everyone!  Kat here this morning to share with you my most recent layout.  We're starting something new and every month, you'll be given a mood board to get your creative juices flowing...and this is mood board week!  I'm pretty excited because I definitely love a good mood board.  Here is this month's mood board:

The colors reminded me a lot of the "Hand in Hand" patterned paper from the Illustrated Faith All People, All Nations collection, so I did manage to work a smidge of that into my layout.  I was also very inspired by the star garland, so I used that as my main jumping off point.

I began by using the IF paints to create a brushstroke base for my photos and then die cute a bunch of stars.  I strung the stars on some coordinating embroidery floss and glued it all down...then added my photos and a few random embellishments to complete the look.  

Here's my whole layout:

I hope you're inspired by the mood board and decide to play along!  Make sure you tag us on social media, because we'd love to see how you're inspired :)

Patterned Paper: IF All People, All Nations: Hand in Hand; 6x6 Bella Besties Freehand Graphs & Dots Paper Pad; IF Studio Acrylics; Acrylic Word: Adorable; IF Cardstock Stickers: Practice What you Peach; Designer Washi Tape: Squiggle; Cute Clips: Baby Boy; Sticky Mix: Mom Life; Word Salad Stickers

Ho Ho Ho Christmas Cut-outs scrapbooking layout

Hello and Merry Christmas, everyone!  I hope you made some joyous memories this holiday season.  Now it's time to document them and Bella Blvd's Santa Squad is so festive and fun but do you know what makes it even better? The new cut-outs!  I used the Christmas Cut-Out for this layout and it made a huge impact.  Let's take a look.

I knew I wanted to use the large CHRISTMAS cut-out as the secondary star of the page after my photo.  I then designed the rest of the page around these two elements.

The great thing about these Cut-Outs is well...they are already cut-out and ready to go, and they are made from nice heavy cardstock.  I SUPER love them!

I backed each letter with different patterned paper from the 6x6 paper pad. I find the smaller patterns look better with these type of cut files for the most part. I added some enamel dots and snowflakes to each letter and then popped the entire cut-out with foam dots to add some dimension. I then added some snowflakes and ink splatters and once dried, I tucked the photo under the "T".

I love adding layers of patterned paper under my photos, and I always add a white border around the photo. These layers really help the photo stand out. Next, it called for a few embellishments and since my girls are older and the magic of Santa has changed a bit, I thought it was quite appropriate that I add the still believes ephemera.  

I still had some white space to fill on the upper left of the page so I added a border sticker and some washi. Then I added "merry" acrylic word to complete the title, Merry Christmas.  I also added a few "ho. ho. ho" chipboards. This is a Santa layout afterall!

I hope you have enjoyed this Christmas Cut-Outs scrapbooking layout and have a wonderful new year!

Santa Squad 6x6 paper pad, Doohickey, Caio Chip, Bella Besties; Designer Washi Tape: Snowflakes, Red Stripe; Cut-outs: Christmas, Little Helpers; Acrylic words: Merry; Acrylic shapes: Tree Mix; Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Bella Pops; Epoxy: Hearts Christmas Mix, Squad, Snow Fun; Enamels Christmas Mix

Love Home Mini Album| Dorymar

Hi Bella Friends! It’s Dorymar here, for this adorable mini scrapbook, I used the Home Sweet Home paper collection it's an amazing mix of bright colors and playful patterns. There are plenty of dots, hearts, flowers and fun elements for every page along with lots of charming home-inspired sentiments!

This collection is all about home and will document your happy home story in the brightest way!

Bella Blvd offers you TONS of beautiful elements to use in projects. In this album, I used several that made my album a spectacular one. On the cover, I used the Blueberry Clear Cut Chevies as a base, the Home Acrylic Word as my Title and many chipboards and stickers of the collections.

I covered each page with a piece of patterned paper and decorated each page spread with photo mats, ephemera, and stickers.

It was a lot of fun to create this one!

I always enjoyed adding flaps and pockets into my albums to give a fun interactive way and to add more space for photos.

With each turn of a page, the revelations keep coming and are made even better with this adorable collection that screams “happy home” in each element!

The following are some of my favorite sections of the album but to really see all of the stunning details!

I hope you enjoyed this colorful and fun project and inspired you to create your own one!

 Happy Scrapping!

Home Sweet Home Collection, Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons,

Home Sweet Home Ephemera Words, Home Acrylic Word, 

Home Sweet Home Epoxy Icons, Home Sweet Home Chipboard Icons, 

Home Sweet Home Doohickey Stickers, Heart Mix Acrylic Shapes, 

Blueberry Clear Cuts Chevies.

 

Santa Squad Ornaments

Hello everyone! It's Dorymar on the blog today to share a fun idea using the beautiful Santa Squad Collection!

The Santa Squad collection can be used to create so many Holiday-themed crafts such as ornaments, Christmas cards, home decorations, gift bags, tags, layouts, albums and so much more because it's stunning! The options are endless!

This time I designed beautiful ornaments for the Christmas tree.  To create them I used an embroidery hoop with some patterned paper and cute embellishments of the collection.  I love the bright colors and fun designs in this collection!

There are so many different elements to choose from in this collection!  I had lots of fun looking through the pieces! 

Hope this inspired you to create beautiful projects to celebrate the Holidays with your loved ones!

Happy crafting!

Santa Squad Patterned Papers; Nutcrackers, Reindeer Crossing, All Wrapped Up.

Santa Squad Chipboard, Santa Squad Ephemera Words,

Spread Some Cheer Bella Pops, Merry Acrylic Word,

Guacamole Bella Bows, Mclntosh Bella Bows

Christmas Countdown with Santa Squad

Who doesn't love a Christmas Countdown decoration?  I've wanted to create one for awhile and just knew that Santa Squad would be perfect for it.  Christine joining you today with a simple DIY Christmas Countdown Calendar.

 

I found a set of wood blocks at a local store that I used to decorate - but I also think it could work perfectly from cardboard boxes or even folded cardstock!

One of my favorite parts of creating this was getting to use so many patterned papers. I need each side to be different - so that let me go wild with my choices! The 6 x 6 paper pad kept the scale of the patterns smaller, perfect for a small scale project like this!  I added them using a glittery mod podge to up the sparkle factor and secure them tightly!

The tricky part with each block was determining how to keep them flat.  I kept thinking about using Bella Pops or Wonky Alphabet letters only to realize, I couldn't.  It had to be flat so that the blocks would sit flat no matter what side they were on! 

I spent the most time deciding what to use to add "Christmas Countdown." In the end the Acrylic Christmas accompanied by Florence Alphabet Letters worked great!

By allowing the word Christmas to hang over just a bit, it opened up possibility of extending my ephemera too.  I could not resist the soldiers and was so excited to get to use them in such a prominent way on my project. 

Let's take a look at how this whole project came together in my process video:

 

 

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Santa Squad 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Santa Squad Ephemera, Florence Alphabet Letter Stickers, Acrylic Words

 

 

Happy, Thankful, Blessed Thanksgiving Mini Album

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard here and I'm getting ready to host Thanksgiving here in the US. I thought it would be neat to create a mini album that has space to feature everyone we celebrated with. Let's take a look at what I put together and how I plan to complete it, or rather let the guests complete it while they're here for a few days.

 

I created the background leaf template using the Bella Blvd 'leaves' cut file.  I just supersized it to a size that would work for what I needed then cut. I cut 10 of these leaves out of coordinating patterned paper from the Bella Besties collection.

I plan to feature one side with a photo and then ask each guest to write a note or a collection of words/sentiments that tell us what they are thankful for this year. I went ahead and added a photo frame to each leaf. This measures 2.25" x 3.5". I'll snap a photo and print them out either using my Sprocket or my mini Epson printer. Quick and instant!

This is where I will relinquish my control and let each guest decorate around their photo however they'd like.  I thought this little twist on things would be something fun for them to do, and would show their individual personalities. 

They can also choose to decorate the leaf opposite their photo or leave it blank but I will ask them to note something about them...anything they want as long as it's in their handwriting.

Once everyone has had a chance to complete their pages, we'll have a fun mini album to commemorate this special year together. I think it would be fun to pull this out again every Thanksgiving (and any others we make in the coming years).

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot collection; Squeeze the Day Chipboard Icons, Matte Enamels, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Florence Alphabet - McIntosh, Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Ice, Blueberry, Pony, White; Acrylic Words - Happy; Heart Hugs - Sunshine

 

Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Life!

The theme of this week is “we are grateful for”, in my case the Thanksgiving Day of last year was a very special one. Since I moved to the USA, I had not been able to interact with my family from Puerto Rico. Last year I was able to see and spend a wonderful time with my mother in law, my sister in law, my nephews and my lovely sister. The opportunity to have them in my house was one of great, joy and happiness. That is why I wanted to share it with you in today's project.

To create this layout, I cut the THANKSGIVING word from a Jillibean Soup digital cut file using white cardstock. I backed it with the beautiful Let’s Go on an Adventure Collection.  For the background, I added some splatters with pink and green ink to give the background a little color.

I am in love with all the Acrylic Words from Bella Blvd and for this layout, I use the “Happy” word to complement the title of the layout; Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Life! The title was placed on the left side of the paper, this balances the page and gave me space to place my photos.

The photos of my family were backed with splatters and then located on the right side of the huge title. To highlight the photos, I used a combination of stickers and die cut pieces to create embellishments clusters.

To give a final touch to the project, I added some strips of patterned papers and place them with foam tape to add layers and dimension to the project. I love the result! 

All the embellishments of the Let’s Go on an Adventure collection are magnificent, so it is very easy to use not only to document adventure photos, but you can also incorporate them for any other theme. They are fantastic to beautify any project!

Thanks for stopping by and Get Inspired!!!

Let’s Go on an Adventure, Happy Acrylic Word, Doohickey 12x12 Stickers,

Ephemera Icons, Icon Chipboard Stickers,