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Catching Up With Stars & Stripes Week - Day 4 | Melissa

Hello everyone and happy Saturday! 

Since we had You Are My Sunshine reveals during Stars & Stripes week, we were unable to share Melissa's awesome project! So today we're playing catch up because we wouldn't want you to miss out on her hard work and creativity!

Here is what Melissa had to say in her post...

Good Morning, Bella friends! This is Melissa here today with you and I have loved all the fun projects we have shared on the blog this week. I really loved working on my project for this week since it was all out red, white, and blue!

I started my project by using the "Seeing Stars" digital cut file that is available in the Silhouette Design Store HERE. I cut this out on white card stock and then layered that over a piece of dark blue pattern paper from the Fireworks and Freedom Paper Collection. 

This created the background for my project and added a bunch of already cut out stars that worked perfectly with the design of my project. Next, I spritzed some red and blue ink across the white card stock and let it dry. While it was drying, I cut out a large circle on a piece of scrap paper and once the ink was dried on my card stock, I used the circle as my template to get the first circle stitched on my paper with my sewing machine. I sewed multiple times in white thread and then placed some of the die-cut stars on my layout and then stitched those down with some blue thread. Lastly, I stitched around a few more times with red thread. 

Next, I layered my pattern papers and photos in a block and adhered down in the lower right hand corner. I knew I wanted to use the acrylic word "SPARKLE" and came up with the title "She Puts A Sparkle In Our Eye" which was layered above and below my pictures. I typed a single strip of journaling and glued that down underneath my title. 

Lastly, I used the acrylic patriotic stars, ciao chip, and doohickey stickers to fill in my stitched circle. 

Here is a picture of the full layout:

SUPPLIES USED:

1. Bella Blvd Cut File "Seeing Stars"
2. Bella Blvd Fireworks and Freedom Paper Collection
3. Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot - Ice
4. Red Stripe Washi Tape
5. Sparkle Acrylic Word
6. Fireworks and Freedom Ephemera Words
7. Fireworks and Freedom Ciao Chip
8. Fireworks and Freedom Doohickey Stickers
9. Acrylic Patriotic Stars
10. Florence Alphabet Stickers - Blueberry

To The Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here with you today and I hope y'all had a great weekend!!  It's To The Moon + Bella Besties this week and we are creating some Summer layouts!  I had the perfect photo for this week!  It's of my youngest son jumping into the pool and I snapped it at the perfect moment where it looks like he's tip toeing on the surface of the water.  So of course, my title played off of it a bit and had to be "Walking on Sunshine".  Here's my layout:

To start, I created some paper rosettes in a few different sizes using the Hearts & Ombre papers in Black, Gulf and Blueberry.  I ended up putting the ombre sides face up since they kind of look like planets to me and went with the whole To The Moon collection vibe.  

For the foundation of my page, I used the hearts side of the Hearts & Ombre paper in white and adhered all of my rosettes down.  I matted my photo using patterned papers from the collection and adhered it to the largest rosette.  I also added in the "play" acrylic piece from the Explore & Play set.  It fit perfectly in the white space of my photo and made a great subtitle.  

Next, I started working on my title.  I pulled the Aria Alphas in Orange, Blueberry and Bell Pepper and created my title with them.  I thought it would be fun to have the words go along the perimeter of the rosettes and it turned out super cute!

For my embellishments, I added them straight onto each of the rosettes and created little clusters on each one.  I used the Heart Hugs in Rainy Day and Black & White, I also pulled out the Sun Bella Pop from the collection and adhered that down and tucked a Ciao Chip cloud sticker right underneath it.

Here's one with one of the Rainy Day Heart Hugs: 

I also pulled in some of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Blueberry and White and added those into a few clusters.  I added in a few of the stickers from the Word Salad Booklet and tucked in some tangled thread in matching colors around the page.  

I love how this page turned out!  The rosettes give a lot of interest and they also are a perfect way to add different embellishments to your layout.  Have you tried making them before?  They're super simple and so fun!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  The To The Moon collection is so fun and I really enjoyed creating a Summer layout with it!  Have a great week friends and I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

To The Moon Collection: 12x12 patterned papers, Bella Pops, Ciao Chip Stickers, Epoxy Stickers and Ephemera; Bella Besties: Heart Hugs in Rainy Day and Black & White, Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Blueberry and White, Hearts & Ombre 12x12 Patterned Papers in White, Black, Gulf and Blueberry, Aria Alphas in Bell Pepper, Blueberry and Orange, Acrylic Words and Word Salad Booklet.

 

Puffies Week Day 1 Process Video | Niki Rowland

Hey everyone! This is Niki @nikiclairecreates and here is a new layout and process video using the To the Moon collection and I have also focused on using the Trinkets, which are puffy stickers in all the Bella Besties colors.

Instead of using the space themed items from the To the Moon collection, I have focused on the B side prints and make an outdoorsy layout. I choose three papers: a blue check, orange arrows and green dot. All are from the To the Moon collection.

I cut my paper into large diagonal shards to create a diagonal star-burst design. This gives my layout a natural focal point for my photo. I’ve got a landscape photo today which is unusual for me. I positioned it towards the bottom of the layout and considered placing it at the same angle as the diagonal lines but actually decided to follow the horizontal lines the arrows in the orange print were following.

 

I added a few ephemera pieces from the To the Moon collection around my photo and then set about incorporating the Trinkets. I pulled out four sets to match my papers: Ice & Gulf, Blueberry, orange, and Pickle Juice & Guacamole. I love the Trinkets because they contain lots of different shapes: hearts, flowers, stars, and arrows! I wanted to use the arrows because of the arrow print paper. So I started layering them onto the colored areas of the layout. I didn’t have enough arrows to fill all the spaces, so filled in with some stars also from the Trinkets packs. For the orange section I just added a few orange arrow Trinkets layered over the white arrows on the paper. I added white machine stitching to the edges of the diagonal shards of patterned paper.

I added some border stickers from the To the Moon Stickers, a few punched stars from Bella Besties paper and an acrylic title ‘adventure’.

I finished off with some splatters of Shimmerz Paint in blue and green and handwrote in a few lines of journaling. Here's another look at the finished layout:

Thank you so much for joining me today and happy scrapping. Enjoy the process video below.

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates 

Products used:

To the Moon Collection: 12x12 Papers, Cardstock Stickers,  Ephemera, Chipboard

Adventure Acrylic Word

Trinkets: Orange, Pickle Juice & Guacamole, Ice & Gulf, Blueberry

My Candy Girl & Bella Besties Week Day 2 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, everyone! This is Melissa here with you today sharing another new project made with the new My Candy Girl collection and the Bella Besties paper collection. 

My brother shared a couple of new photos of my niece, Sage, enjoying a yummy donut this past week on a trip they made to Texas. As soon as I saw the photos, I new I had to use them with the My Candy Girl collection that has a fun donut patterned paper! I layered my white card stock on the Bella Besties Heart & Ombre and stitched down strips of pattern paper from the My Candy Girl paper collection. 

After stitching the strips of paper down, I layered my photos on top of vellum and a piece of Orange Hearts Clear Cuts and placed it on top of the strips of paper. I layered chipboard stickers, puffy stickers, and Bella Pops around my photos. 

I used the "Sweet" acrylic word as part of my title along with the alphabet stickers from the Doohickey sticker sheet. My typed journaling went underneath this. I love how sweet and girly this layout turned out!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

 - Bella Besties Heart & Ombre Paper Collection
- My Candy Girl Paper Collection
- Bella Besties Graph & Dot Paper Collection
- Clear Cuts - Orange Hearts
- "Sweet" Acrylic Word
- My Candy Girl Ciao Chips
- My Candy Girl Doohickey Stickers
- My Candy Girl Bella Pops

Bella Besties & Acrylics Week - Day 3 | Nathalie DeSousa

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to share a bit of inspiration with this week's theme: BELLA BESTIES, ARIA PUFFY STICKERS, and ACRYLIC WORDS.   I have to say that I love (aka hoard) Bella  Acrylic Words,  I have pretty much every single one that has been released ( in multiples), so this was an easy/hard project for me! However, I had an idea on how I could combine them all the goodies in a page in a simple but impactful way...

 

The key to  making the acrylic words stand out was to bring color behind them.  So, I chose this deconstructed-layered-rainbow design using Bella Besties Ombre/Heart for my page.

 

 

I started with Bella Besties Oyster for the background, and then played with layers of paper ( Plum, Orange, Bell Pepper, Gulf, Ice, & Cotton Candy) so that they show on the page as a cascade of color layers.

 

 

Once the papers were secured on the page,  I started to build my title using Aria Puffy Stickers (that match the paper layer) and acrylic words.  I love the change in dimension and texture between the layers.

 

 

I transformed the picture of my kids and littles to black and white - this makes it pop from the page-, and attached it to the top of the paper cascade.  I used a few pieces of ephemera to create a cluster at the top of the picture; and used Trinkets and epoxy shapes to add small pops of color to the corner of each paper layer.

 

I love how this turned out, and I am happy to see my beloved acrylic words perfectly displayed in a layout.   Remember to come back tomorrow for more inspiration.

XO

 

SUPPLY LIST:

BELLA BESTIES -Ombre/Heart collection : Gulf, Oyster, Bell Pepper, Orange, Plum, Cotton Candy, Ice

BELLA BESTIES  - Trinkets collection: Bell Pepper, Ice, Peep, Gulf, Plum, Orange, Ice

ARIA PUFFY STICKERS - Gulf, Ice, Orange, Peep

SQUEEZE THE DAY collection - Epoxy Heart, Ephemera

HOME SWEET HOME Collection - Ephemera

Bella Besties & Acrylics Week Day 2 | Niki Rowland with Process Video

Hi everyone, this is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) and here is a new layout and process video using Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre, Acrylics and Aria Puffy Alphas. You can find the process video at the end of this post.

I choose the White Ombre paper for my background and pulled out three more colors of Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre: Cotton Candy, Peep and Punch so all the pinks today! I choose to scrap a photos of my gorgeous girl who has just celebrated her 10^th birthday so this layout had to be pink for my Pink Princess!

 

I decided to make a large concertina rosette using strips of the three pink papers. I cut a strip from the three colors 4.5”x12” and scored at every half inch. I concertina folded these and glued them together with a hot glue gun. I then glued the ends together too and flattened it into a rosette. I secured it with a circle on the back and then stuck it to my background paper – I absolutely love how it turned out!!

 

I added three acrylics to my rosette: Hip Hip Hooray, fabulous and Wish Big – all perfect for this layout and all in pink tones too. I arranged these onto the right side of the rosette.

I added two photos to the rosette too and also wrote the word ‘ten’ three times on the rosette too using Aria Puffy  Alphabet stickers in the same three pink colors: Cotton Candy, Peep and Punch. I secured these with extra adhesive due to the bumpy surface of my rosette!

I then created a border around the outside of my rosette using Florence Alphabet stickers in the same three colors: Cotton Candy, Peep and Punch. I repeated the word ‘ten’ over and over and also interspersed each word with the numerical 10. I separated them with little hearts also from the Florence alphabet stickers. I matched the alphabet stickers to the colored section on the rosette.

I added a machine stitched border around the edge of my layout and also added pink strips to the top and bottom of the layout flush with the edge which were then revealed a little by folding up the edges of the layout.

I then punched a few hearts in different sizes from the leftover papers and arranged them onto my rosette too. I finished by writing my journaling onto one of the hearts and I also added a few splatters of pink paint. Here's another look at the finished layout:

I really love how this layout turned out – it is so perfect for my lovely girl and a great way to document her 10^th birthday. Enjoy the process video below.

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used: Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre: White, Cotton Candy, Peep, Punch.

Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers: Cotton Candy, Peep, Punch

Florence Alphabet Stickers: Cotton Candy, Peep, Punch

Acrylics: Hip Hip Hooray, Fabulous,  Wish Big.

Celebrating Mom Week Day 2 | Tarrah McLean

Hi Bella friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout with a Mum feel! 

I decided to take the gorgeous Heart Attack Cut Outs and backed the spaces with all the different colored patterned papers in the Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre paper collection. I decided to back each row with the same color and I love how it turned out!

Once I completed the backing of the Cut Outs, I added craft foam underneath the Cut Outs and adhered it to a plain white cardstock background. I then trimmed down the white cardstock and matted the entire layout with a black piece of cardstock. I love how all of the colors pop against the white and the black. My photo is of myself with my 2 sons, oh how I love these boys and being their Mum! Under my photo, I layered a piece of vellum and a colorful patterned paper from 6' x 6' paper pad in the Squeeze the Day collection. I needed something to be able to separate the photo from the colorful background, the vellum was perfect to do this.

I placed my photo slightly on the right side of the page and then added my title on the left of the photo. I chose the pretty 'Blessed' acrylic piece and then added 'Mum Life' to complete my title in the Florence alpha stickers in Punch underneath the acrylic word.

To embellish the layout I chose the Trinket puffy shape stickers in various colors and added them in a tone on tone fashion. I also added some of the acrylic hearts from the Home Sweet Home collection in the same manner. I chose a few die-cuts from the Home Sweet Home collection including the pink heart that says 'Family' on the bottom right corner of the photo. The Home Sweet Home collection has some fabulous pieces for family and Mum themed projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout and that you are inspired in some way to create a Mum themed project! Happy Mother's Day to all of the beautiful Mum's for the weekend!

Happy creating!

Bella products used on this layout:

Bella Besties Heart Attack Cut Outs

Bella Besties Heart and Ombre rainbow papers

Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Stickers - various colours

Home Sweet Home die-cut ephemera

Home Sweet Home acrylic heart shapes

Squeeze the Day 6'x 6' paper pad

Squeeze the Day die-cut ephemera

'Blessed' Acrylic word

Florence Alphabet stickers in Punch

Fun With Acrylics Week Day 5 | Yarelys

Hey Bella friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout featuring the Acrylic Words and Shapes. To make this layout I used the Let’s Go On An Adventure collection, I also used one of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I start my layout by painting my background, nothing crazy, just a little light blue watercolor. While my background dried, I went through the papers of the collection and picked the No Wifi Script, Daily Details, Morning Meadow, Mountain Peaks, Balloon Ride, Borders, Park Map and Shy Foxes and cut hearts from them. I used the XO Heart cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. I cut the hearts in different sizes and layered them to give them dimension.

Once my background dried, I glued my photo and the hearts, and added hearts and phrases from the Let’s Go On An Adventure Ephemera Words and Sticker Sheet.

For my title I used the Happy and Memories Acrylic Words. To finish my layout, I added some of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Pickle Juice and Guacamole, Ice and Gulf, Blueberry, McIntosh, and Bell Pepper.

I love how this layout turned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thank so much for sopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

Happy Memories Layout Process Video

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Let’s Go On An Adventure: No Wifi Script, Daily Details, Morning Meadow, Mountain Peaks, Balloon Ride, Borders, Park Map and Shy Foxes papers.

Acrylic Words: Happy and Memories.

Let’s Go On An Adventure: Ephemera Words and Sticker Sheet.

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Pickle Juice and Guacamole, Ice and Gulf, Blueberry, McIntosh, and Bell Pepper.

Acrylic Words & Shapes - Day 4 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, Bella friends! 

This is Melissa here with you today and I have a new project using one of the great acrylic word phrases - "Sunshine and Paradise"!

To start my project, I layered some Kraft card-stock against a piece of pattern paper from the "Let's Go On An Adventure" collection. I started looking for a bunch of blue and yellow colored papers and embellishments to use on my layout. I stitched a couple more pieces of pattern paper across the top half of the layout and layered a couple of the scalloped card-stock stickers from the Let's Go On An Adventure Doohickey sticker sheet.

My photos were placed down and after cutting out a couple of circles from more pattern paper, I layered the acrylic word phrase over the top of my photo. To the right of my photos, I placed a secondary title using the Florence Alphabet stickers and my journaling was typed and placed underneath. 

Lastly, I created some embellishment clusters using chipboard, stickers, and more acrylic shapes! 

How are you using the awesome acrylic words, shapes, and phrases that Bella Blvd offers? We would love to see your projects!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my project.

BELLA BLVD SUPPLIES USED:

Let's Go On An Adventure Paper Collection
Let's Go On An Adventure Doohickey Stickers
Squeeze the Day Doohickey Stickers
Bella Besties Graph and Dot Paper
Let's Go On An Adventure Epherma Icons
Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre
Florence Alphabet Stickers - Ice
Lets Go On An Adventure Ciao Chip
Heart Hugs - Rainy Day
Squeeze the Day Ciao Chip
Acrylic Word Phrase "Sunshine and Paradise"
Acrylic Shapes - Patriotic Stars

Fun With Acrylics Week Day 3 | Niki Rowland

Hi everyone, this is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) and I have a fun new layout to share today using the Let’s Go on an Adventure collection and my assignment today was to use acrylic words and shapes. I have prepared a process video for this layout which can be viewed below.

I picked out the set of Acrylic Words ‘Explore & Play’ and choose to use Explore as my main title for this layout. I loved the paper from the Let’s Go on an Adventure collection that is like a forest: a deep green background covered in trees. I wanted that to feature heavily on my layout so added it to the top of a white background and the folded back the corner into a large triangle shape. The reverse side of that paper is black and the white word Explore showed up so well against that black so it was definitely the best place to put my title.

I mounted my photos and tucked the under the fold. I added ephemera from the Ephemera Icons and the Ephemera Words packs. I also added lots of the cute chipboard pieces.

On the large fold I added ephemera trees in different designs and I also pulled out several hearts in coordinating colors. I also reached for the Heart Hugs pack in Rainy Day blues and added one of those to the fold which says ‘fun’.

I added acrylic shapes too, both from the Trees Mix and from the Patriotic Stars. The red stars didn’t work with my color scheme today but the blue ones did! I love the different texture and dimension acrylics add to my layouts so these were fun to use.

I added some machine stitching around the outside of my patterned paper and on the fold itself and finished off with some splatters of blue and green paints either side of my photo clusters.

I absolutely love how this layout turned out, it’s just so fun and perfect for my dinosaur hunting boys. Here's another look at the finished layout:

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used:

Let's Go on an Adventure Collection: 12x12 Papers, Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words

Acrylic Words and Shapes: Explore & Play, Tree Mix, Patriotic Stars

Heart Hugs: Rainy Day