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Month of the Military Child Layout

Good morning everyone! Kat here to share one of my newest Bella Blvd creations with you! This week we're all celebrating some of the lesser-known "holidays" and events. 

Did you know that April is the Month of the Military Child? I used that as the perfect excuse to break out the new Fireworks & Freedom line to celebrate my military child. I love this photo of my husband and daughter and have just been waiting for the perfect papers to get it in the memory books!

I love so many of the patterns in this line that I tried to incorporate a lot of them by creating a grid design for my background.  I also cut hearts and stars from some of the grid pieces and filled them in with stickers or heart hugs.

Here is the final project:

We can't wait to see what fun things you create with this new line!  

Patterned Paper: Fireworks & Freedom: Truck Parade, Land That I Love, Juicy Fruits, Patriotic, Daily Details, Love the USA, Borders; Doohickey Stickers: Fireworks & Freedom; Ephemera Words: Fireworks & Freedom; Acrylic Words: Sparkle & Shine; Heart Hugs: Rainy Day, Wild Berry; Puffy Star Stickers: McIntosh Mix

Fabulous friend by Kim Watson

Do you have 'leftovers' from various collections on your craft table?

Well I always do, so this week's challenge of using 3 or more collections together, came at the perfect time for me. This page is the result.

Fabulous Friends by Kim Watson

The theory behind this type of design is simple. 

1. Have a specific page theme to guide your pattern & embellishment choices.
2. Choose a base to hold the design; I selected a white Chevies Clear Cuts sheet.
3. Decide on a color palette; I chose pink, orange, yellow with aqua highlights.
4. Collect leftover paper strips & stickers that comply with points 1., 2. and 3.
5. Get crafty :D

 

As you can see, the Bella 'philosophy' of having standard color palettes really helps the 'mixing' process. Look how well the patterns from the different collections coordinate together. 

These are the collections I used:

1. Plaids & Dotty
2. Mom Life
3. Oh My Stars
4. She Blooms

 

The strips trimmed from short to long, create a colorful mat for my photo, this makes for an eye catching focal point. Did you notice how I have varied the heights of each piece? The stepped effect allows one to slip embellishments in between the layers in an organic manner, as well as giving the page dimension. Don't you love the way the resulting shadows add super visual interest?

 

Earlier I mentioned using aqua as a highlight color....I did so using one of my fave embellishments, a big Felt Bow with support from appropriate Word Salad sentiment stickers. The blue acts as visual anchors & helps one to visually move around the page. 

So no matter the theme of your project, Bella Blvd has the perfect combination of products to make your crafting process a seamless one. I hope you are inspired to 'bust your stash' using this timeless idea.

Have an awesome day further.

Hugs XOXO

 

Moms Life, Oh My Stars, She Blooms, Plaids & Dotty Collection, Word Salad Booklet, Puffy Stickers, Bella Bows, Acrylic Words, Chevies Clear Cuts

Spring Layout with Kelly

Hello everyone! It's Kelly here today sharing a spring themed layout:

I always love the challenge of using a non boy themed collection, and making it more 'masculine'.  I pulled out the Sweet, Sweet Spring collection, and plucked out everything blue and green for these photos of my two youngest boys holding bunnies. 

I used lots of layers for this project...and besides the collection embellishments, I incorporated some tags from the Oh My Stars collection, Heart Hugs, and an acrylic word for my title.

I used the tags along with patterned paper to make a mat for my photo. Since the tags are two different sizes, the larger tag made a perfect place for an embellishment cluster featuring one of the super cute bunnies from the paper pieces. 

I love that no matter what collection from Bella you use, you can come up with whatever color palate that suits your needs...and combine any of the collections. They are all so versatile! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sweet Sweet Spring: His Bunny Hop, Easy Breezy, Bloomin' Beauties, Daily Details, Treasures&Texts, Paper Pieces; Oh My Stars: Gift Tags; Heart Hugs: Rainy Day, Give Thanks; Acrylic Words: Happy&Smile

Birthday Girl Scrapbooking Layout

Hi everyone, Heather Leopard is here sharing a fun layout celebrating my daughter turning 10.

With 10 being what I consider a significant year, it being a double digits banner year and all, I thought it only appropriate to kick this page off with a banner at the top. Did you know that when you buy the Bella Blvd Collection Kits, it comes with an exclusive 12" x 12" paper? The banner I used was fussy cut from that exclusive paper. Before adhering the banner, I added faux confetti using splatters of mists in 3 different colors. I also added some borders at the bottom to "ground" the layout.

Next, I printed a 4" x 4" photo I took of my daughter on her birthday. She was carrying the balloons into the house after her Harry Potter themed birthday party and I seized that moment for a mini photo shoot. I placed the photo at the top right of the page and then decided to design the rest of the page at a diagonal coming from the photo.

The next step in the process was to add the large title. The little embellishment bits didn't come in until after this step.  So back to the title, I started by placing the chipboard letters spelling out "GIRL" at the bottom left of the page and then rested the acrylic word "birthday" so that the "B" kind of nested in between the letters.  

With my title and photo where I wanted them, I then filled in the gaps of the diagonal with ephemera words, puffy stars and enamel bits.

I love how the design draws the eye across the page to the most important element - the photo.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo, Heather
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Wish Big: Girl Collection - patterned papers, acrylic word and ephemera, Puffy Stars Stickers - Cotton Candy Mix, Heart Hugs - Pretty in Pink and Give Thanks

Using the New Cut Files || Memories

Good morning everyone! Kat here today to share my newest layout made with the new cut files!

I chose to use just one file - the red flower - and repeat it multiple times. I re-sized it a few times and cut out a bunch of them that I sprinkled all up and down my page. I then added in coordinating Word Salad Stickers on top of them, added in a few pickle juice-colored enamel hearts and my acrylic title. This page came together so fast since my main element was the pretty cuts.

Here is the full project:

Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Patterned Paper: Mom Life: My Tribe, Wish Big Girl: Borders, Party Animal, Cake and Crowns, Plaids and Dotty: Pickle Juice, Oh My Stars: Plum Stars; Enamel Hearts: Pickle Juice; Word Salad Stickers; Acrylic Word: Memories

Hooray 13th!

Welcome to Monday friends! Kim Watson here with my first blog post for the week. Today I am going to show you a cool way to use the Bella Blvd felt pennants. Having a teen boy in the house means I need to adjust my scrapping style from cutesy, to something more trendy, knowing Max & his friends will be looking at his albums.

Hooray 13th! by Kim Watson

My starting point was the paper layers; I loved the idea of folded pieces like large flags. They are perfectly party-like & festive...perfect to capture my 13 yr old's birthday. Mixed with layers of other birthday related items, truly made this page a pleasure to put together. 

Multiple layers of machine stitching worked perfectly to attach the paper pieces to the background page, after which I started adding stickers & die cuts. Don't you love how dimensional the details look by not creasing them flat?

The title is the fun part. By using a mixture of puffy stickers & sentiment labels, I was able to create a fun, colorful focal point. By arranging the items to finish on the same line, it made the perfect grouping to support my journaling. 

I was determined to use the acrylic word 'birthday' and in keeping with the trendy design, tried an unconventional position and slipped it next to the photo, under some of the paper layers. Positioning it like this added to the repeated vertical elements.

 

I am thrilled with the results and love that the design allowed me three areas to journal without compromising the white space. Once again the fabulous Bella Blvd products has made my memory keeping fun and easy to do. Be sure to look out for some of the felt pennants at your local scrapbook store.

Watch my process video here:

Thanks for stopping by. 

 Word Salad: Cardstock Sticker Booklet; Wish Big (Boy): Paper, Chipboard, Fundamentals, Sticky Mix; Mom Life: Paper & Sticky Mix; Oh My Stars: Fundamentals; Acrylic words: Birthday; Puffy Stars: Orange & Green, Enamel Dots from Heart Hugs: Black; Felt Pennants: Boy  

Making Memories

Hello Bella Blvd friends, Wendy here today sharing a layout using some of the Bella Blvd staples. The Plaids & Dotty and Oh My Stars collections are some of my favorite collections ever, they just go with everything which is so nice. I appreciate collections that are versatile!

Making Memories

Today I chose to combine these staple collections and use yellow/red/black/white and feature some pictures I had from Disney World. Even though Bella doesn't have a traditional Disney collection, there colors allow you to create to YOUR hearts content.

After creating my "photo block" which consists of my photos and my main color scheme, I added in my title. I consider the acrylic words a staple to my creating, they usually find a way onto each and every one of my pages. The Heart Hugs with the addition of the Cute Clips added a fun textured touch to my page.

The Oh My Stars collection comes with tags, which you will see scattered around my page, adding in some circles against the rather boxy background I went with. The circles also, further the Mouse theme, and almost look like ears.

Here is another cluster of the Heart Hugs and Circular Gift Tags, but you know what I see? I see the iconic Mouse balloon clusters! This cluster also serves to add in some fun textures with the stars, pull your eyes from the top left down through the diagonal to the bottom of the page.

Don't you just love how Disney-ish the Plaids & Dotty and Oh My Stars collections lends themselves to be? Wow, Bella you have won my heart!

Oh My Stars:  Bell Pepper Stars, McIntosh Stars, Borders, Fundamentals, Gift Tags

Plaids and Dotty:  Black, Scallop; Heart Hugs:  Black & White

Puffy Stars:  Bell Pepper Mix, McIntosh Mix; Word Salad Sticker Booklet

Cute Clips:  Pumpkin Spice; Acrylic Words:  Happy & Smile, Memories

Brave (and bold!)

Hello, Bella Blvd. friends! Tessa Buys here. I LOVE the Plaid and Dotty collection because it is so bold! I can choose one color, create a palette, or even create a rainbow like I did on this layout of my daughter:

I could have pulled blues and grays to match the photo, but this girl's personality, and the "brave" theme of the page called for lots of color! I cut 1.5 inch x 5-5.5 inch strips of each color, as well as solid pieces of cardstock in similar sizes.

After splattering the background with a rainbow of sparkly watercolor, I overlapped all the patterned and solid pieces of paper across the center. I rolled all of the edges and turn down corners of several strips, revealing the dotty pattern on the back.

I added my photo and title, as well as a big teal bow, then embellished with color-coordinated puffy heart stickers. I added a few A's (Addie's monogram), as well.

Next, I added horizontal, overlapping strips of plaid at the bottom of the page and dotty at the top, in the same rainbow order as the center strips. Last, I journaled in pen and added a few black splatters to tie in my ink color.

Just looking at this colorful page makes me feel happy! I'm so glad I have such awesome basics on hand to pull off a page like this. If you don't have the Plaid and Dotty collection in your stash, I encourage you to pick it up! Happy creating!

Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers in Orange, Pepper, Blueberry and Punch - Puffy Heart Stickers in McIntosh Mix, Punch Mix, Cotton Candy Mix, Orange Mix, Pepper Mix, Pickle Juice Mix, Ice Mix, and Blueberry Mix - Acrylic Words Be You, Brave - Bella Bows in Gulf - Plaid and Dotty Patterned Papers in Cotton Candy, Punch, Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Gulf, Blueberry

Sweet Selfies | Erica Thompson

Hello everyone and Happy Tuesday! Today I am excited to share an 12x12 layout using some of our Plaids and Dotty papers. This paper pack is a must have and features all the beautiful Bella Blvd colors! For this layout I used one of the black dotty papers as my background. I cut out a heart cut file using some black card stock to backed it with papers from the paper pack.

I knew I wanted to add some color to my background so I applied to white gesso to my paper. I pulled out some different paints and mists from my stash that went well with the colors in the cut file.

I added color to an acrylic block, mixed in lots of water and let it drip onto my page. I held my paper up and let the colors drip down a bit as well and I love how it turned out.

Once it was dry I added my cut file down with some foam tape. I used 4 photos of my daughter and I that I printed in black and white. They are not the best photos and a couple of them her face is not in focus because she was moving all over the place laughing! But that is ok with me because the moment is captured and now documented!

I pulled out all my Bella Blvd. stash of products from bows, 12x12 sticker sheets, puffy stars, wonky alphas, heart hugs and so much more. I placed the embellishments around the layout matching the color of heart in the cut file.

I used one of the acrylic words for part of my title and finished it off with the oreo black wonky alpha.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to pull out some plaids and dotty and creative something full of color today!

Plaids and Dotty collection kit, Simply Spring 12x12 stickers, Star Student 12x12 stickers, Cute Clips, Puffy Stars, Acrylic Words, Heart Hugs

Plaids & Dotty Circles with Kelly

Hello friends! It's Kelly here today sharing a layout using the very versatile Plaids & Dotty collection.  

I feel like I am drawing all of my inspiration from Pinterest lately! But, I came across this image, and thought it would make a pretty great background:

Image: castleandthings.com

I paired up some of my favorite colors from the Plaids & Dotty. Using a circle cutter, I cut out 3 different sized circles: 1.5 in., 2.5 in., and 3.5 in. I cut the circles in half, matched them up, and sewed them together using a zigzag stitch.

Using white cardstock as my background, I adhered the circles in an interesting pattern...and layered on some puffy stars, embellishments from the Oh My Stars collection with my photo, and an acrylic word title to finish the look.

This was a fun one....Thanks for stopping by today!

Plaids&Dotty: Bell Pepper, Scallop, Orange, Pickle Juice, Ice, Black, Blueberry; Oh My Stars: Fundamentals, Gift Tags, Tabbies; Acrylic Words: Fearless&Strong; Puffy Stars: Ice, Bell Pepper, Blueberry, Oreo; Heart Hugs: Happy Birthdays, Sentiments, Give Thanks; Homespun Alphas: Olive You; Tiny Text: Faithful; Word Salad