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Summer Time Mini Album with Traci

Hi Bella friends!  It's Traci, back with a new mini album to share with you! For this one, I used a combination of several fun, and oh so colorful, collections ... Splash Zone, Bella Besties, and Squeeze the Day.  

 

I started with a white chipboard album by 49 & Market and I drew inspiration for the cover from the chipboard leaves, flowers, and the colorful stem of the pineapple.  The striped paper from Squeeze the Day added the perfect "splash" of color to compliment these pieces.

 

One of my favorite things about Bella is that everything coordinates.  On the page below, I used three different collections to create a fun pocket page ... the background is Bella Besties, the top of the pocket is a Plaid/Dotty print, and the bottom is from Splash Zone. (Gulf is my favorite Bella color!  What's yours?)

 

Actually I lied. I have two favorite Bella colors, Gulf and Punch :)

 

There's that stripe again ... I need to get some more sheets of that paper!  I absolutely love it, and doesn't it look great with all the fun embellies?

 

 

I always add pockets in my albums ... partly because I like extra space for tucking in photos and journaling, but also because it gives me an opportunity to use several patterns together.  Hearts, and dots, and stripes, oh my!  So much fun color :) !

 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope I've inspired you to mix and match collections on your next project.  Until next time, happy scrapping! 

Bella Besties, Splash Zone 12x12, Splash Zone Ciao Chip, Splash Zone Ephemera Icons,

Squeeze the Day 12x12 Paper, Plaids/Dotty 12x12 Gulf, Acrylic Words

 

Adorable Layout | Maryam

Hello Friends! Maryám here and I'm so excited to be back at the Bella Blog today with my first layout using the new and sweet Chloe Collection. We recently got a new kitty so this collection is going to be perfect to document all of those moments and new experiences.

 

 

To create my layout, I started out by opening the super cute 320578 Cat in a Box Cut File on the Silhouette software and then ungrouped all the elements. I then separated all the pieces and cut them from different colored textured cardstock and pattern papers from the Graph and Dot Rainbow 6 x 6 Paper Pad.

Once the machine finished doing its job, it was my turn to assemble all the pieces. To glue most of the elements, I used Tombow liquid adhesive, and for some other, like the head of the little kitty, I used foam dots to add more dimension. In addition, I also added an epoxy finish to some other pieces- like the eyes, nose, and whiskers- with Glossy Accents from Ranger.

 

To embellish the page, I fussy cut some flowers from the Smitten Pattern Paper, and added some elements from both the Ephemera Words and Ephemera Icons sets. I also created two more little embellishments, a milk bottle and a plate for cat food, from the 320582 Milk & Tuna Cut File reaping the same steps from before.

 

 

For the title, I used the word the acrylic word "Adorable" which comes in a really nice shade of grey color and positioned under my photo and cut files.

 

 

To finish up the page, I added a scallop border sticker under my journaling and some enamel dots in the center of each one of the flowers. 

 

Let's take a look at the finished layout!

 

 

That's it for today! I hope you enjoyed today's layout and inspired you to create something new. If you have any questions just leave a comment below, and I’ll be happy to help you.

 

Have a great day!

Chloe: 6 x 6 Paper Pad, I Love Cats Pattern Paper, Fat & Sassy Pattern Paper, Smitten Pattern Paper, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Hearts Cat Mix Epoxy Icons, Adorable Acrylic Word | Bella Besties: 6 x 6 Paper Pad | Bella BLVD Cut Files: 320578 Cat in a Box, 320582 Milk & Tuna.

Adorable Puppers | Nathalie DeSousa

Hi there Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today with a new project using the new COOPER collection.  Being a Fur-mama to our 10 yr old Boston Terrier baby is probably one of the most rewarding experiences.   So, you can imagine how much i love this collection, as i get to document our little boy using the fun colors and designs. 

 

I started the page by adding a bit of blue and aqua watercolor on the background.  My idea was to bring focus to two area -in a diagonal line- on the page.  While the watercolor dried, i pulled papers from the Cooper collection to build layers behind the pictures of our baby boy.

I overlapped the pictures when attaching them  together, and then cut a few pieces from the Daily Details paper, and mixed them with pieces from the 6x6 paper pad.  I made sure that most of the colors in the collection are represented in the paper layers.

To build the page, i cut two strips of the Paws paper and attached it to the right and left edge of the page. I added  the colorful scalloped strip from the Doohickey cardstock sticker under the paper strip, and cut a second strip from Borders paper ( so that both sides of the layout mirror each other).   I added the pictures and all the paper layers at the top left side of the page.  

 

With so many cute stickers and pieces of ephemera was so easy to embellish the page.  I added a few word stickers from the World Salad sticker tablet in between layers, and i love the small cute clips, so i added one to the tag in the cluster.   

My title came together so easily by combining the Adorable acrylic word and the large word ephemera piece.  I backed one of the pieces from the Faithful Friends cut outs with vellum and attached it at the end of the title.

I created a last cluster of ephemera and stickers at the bottom right end of the title.   Once again, i made sure to use pieces that represent most of the colors from the collection.  This small cluster created the perfect spot for all my lines of journal.   All that i added to end the page were a few puffy Orange stars.

 

 

I love this collection, as it is perfect to document our little guy with colorful and fun designs.  Be sure to check it out, as you are going to love it, too!

 

XO

 

BELLA BLVD. Supplies:

COOPER Collection: 12x12 paper kit, 6x6 paper pad, Cut Outs-Faithful Friend, Epoxy Heart Dog Stickers, Chipboard icons, Cardstock stickers, Ephemera icons, Ephemera words.

BELLA BESTIES Collection: 6x6 paper pad

LEGACY Collection: Word Salad Sticker tablet

PUFFY STICKERS:  Orange Mix Stars

CUTE CLIPS:  Pretty Boy

ACRYLIC WORDS:  Adorable

 

BE YOU | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a bit of inspiration using the Florence Alphabet stickers to create an impactful layout.  I love large titles, as they are easy to put together, and help to embellish the layout at the same time as conveying the feeling of the page.   The Florence Alphas are the perfect size to create a large colorful title in minutes just like the one in today's page:

 

I started by adding white acrylic paint to the White Grid side of the Bella Besties paper.  Once it dried, i used Vicki Boutin Watercolor markers to create a rainbow on the page ( the stripes of watercolor create a soft diagonal design in the background of the page).    

 

While the background dried, i started to work on putting parts of the page together.  My idea was to keep the rainbow of the page throughout the entire page, that meant that i had to try at best to color block papers, alphas and embellishments.  I started by using the Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties collections 6x6 paper pads to back and picture and add layers behind it.  I added a piece of the Wreath cut out to help form the corner design at the top left side of the page.   In addition, i added a piece of the Squeeze the Day Ciao Chips and ephemera,  a cute clip, ephemera from the Sweet & Spooky collection,and a mini heart embellishment  to bring more of the colors present at the top of the page.

Once i placed the picture at the top of the page, i chose the Be You Acrylic word to anchor the title to the page.  Since i added my watercolor in sections along the diagonal of the page, i wanted to play with the colors of the Florence Alpha to complete the title.  

 

I used Florence Alpha stickers in Orange, McIntosh, Punch, Peep, Cotton Candy and Plum to add the title on the page.  I tried at best to match the color of the background with the alphabet stickers, and chose to finish the sentence with the Punch Wonky Alpha puffy sticker.

 

To balance the page, i chose to add a piece of ephemera from the Squeeze the Day collection, along with an Epoxy Heart and a sentiment from the Sweet & Spooky collection.  Since the title already tells so much of the story, just a few lines of journal were added at the very bottom right corner of the page.

 

 

I hope this inspires you to pull your Florence Alpha stickers and create  a fun colorful project with lots of words and sentiments on it.   Remember to share with us what you create!  

'Til next time!

 

BELLA BLVD Supplies:

BELLA BESTIES Collection - Freehand Grid  & Dot - White paper, 6x6 paper pad

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection - 6x6 paper pad, Epoxy Hearts, Ciao Chips, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons.

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection -  Ephemera words

CUT OUT - Wreath

CUTE CLIPS Collection - Pretty Boy

PUFFY STARS collection - Cotton Candy, Punch

HEART HUGS Collection -  Mini Sentiments

WONKY ALPHA - Punch

NSD Family Fun Layout and Pocket Page | Patricia

Happy National Day Bella Blvd Friends!!!  Besides Traveler's Notebook size scrapbooking, I love 6x8 layouts with pockets.  I get my love of layouts with the addition of pockets to help tell the story more.  When working with the smaller scale, using the large 12x12 and 6x6 pattern papers creates a nice contrast.  For my first 4x6 pocket on the left, I used a 6x6 Squeeze the Day paper to create the base of my card, then layered more 6x6 trimmed paper over it.  Next, I layered Squeeze the Day ephemera Icons and Splash Zone Ephemera.  To go along with my story of our family at the zoo, I added the Outdoors Pennant.  

I used a larger photo in the bottom 4x6 pocket, trimming it a little bit smaller to layer pattern paper and stickers to frame it, and then added a cluster of ephemera and an epoxy heart.  All of this helps break up the large photo and give it more color.

My right side is the 6x8 layout.  I used the larger scale of the same black pattern paper I used on the left to back my white background.  For the background of my layout, I used the Squeeze the Day hearts cut file, duplicating it to create a larger pattern, then backed several of the hearts with the 6x6 Squeeze the Day Paper Pad.

Before adhering anything, I pencil where I want my journaling, send it through the typewriter to type it up, then begin adhering everything into place.  I used more of the Splash Zone and Squeeze the Day Ephemera, and then finished it off with a Black & White Heart Hugs and an acrylic word.

Hope this gives you more ideas of how to incorporate mixing the different scales of the 12x12 and 6x6 pattern papers, how to create a layout with the addition of pockets, and using and altering the Bella Blvd cut files to create the design you want!  Happy NSD friends!!! 

NSD Fun Spring Adventure Layout |Tegan

Happy National Scrapbook Day everyone! I am loving the fact that Spring has pretty much arrived where I live so I was inspired by the butterflies that will soon be fluttering around for today's layout. I used the sweet Bella Blvd Butterfly Cut File and the Island Escape to create this colorful page!

To start, I used the base image from the butterfly cut file to create a butterfly background. I resized, tilted, and overlapped the butterflies. Once I had cut out the butterfly background using white cardstock, I backed the butterflies with my favorite patterned papers from the Island Escape collection. I used the enamel dots from the Heart Hugs packs, Puffy Heart Stickers, and Word Salad phrase stickers to embellish the butterflies. 

I used the super fun Florence Alphabet Stickers and the cool Acrylic Word 'Adventure' piece to create my title. I love all of the butterflies fluttering around my photo!

I had so much fun decorating each butterfly and giving each one it's own design. 

I love each and every one of these colorful butterflies, but the floral ones might be my favorite! 

Thank you for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab the Bella Blvd Butterfly cut file and your favorite Bella Blvd collection for your next layout! I hope your National Scrapbook Day is going well!

And before you go, be sure to check out our Instagram feed, because there will be a scrapbooking challenge hiding in the post of this photo!

Island Escape Collection: Moonlit Kisses Patterned Paper, Tropical Bliss Patterned Paper, Borders Patterned Paper, Good Vibes Patterned Paper, Daily Details Patterned Paper, Peace & Quiet Patterned Paper

Florence Alphabet Stickers in Bell Pepper

'Adventure' Acrylic Word

Butterfly Cut File

 

 

 

Happy Scrapbook Layout | Erica Thompson

Happy International Scrapbooking Day friends! Erica here with you to share a fun birthday layout using the Wish Big Boy collection. This collection is perfect to document the little guys in your life! I had a star cut file on my desk from Lacey Ann Designs and thought it would be perfect to back with pattern papers from the Wish Big collection. 

We had a Birthday Blast theme with rockets for Gavin's 3rd Birthday. Even though this collection does not go with Gavin's theme the colors are perfect and the fun Wish Big Ephemera Icons add some fun to the layout.

Using the cut file helps bring in a lot of colors and pattern to my page. For my title I used one of the Bella Blvd acrylic words. I wanted to bring out some more green from the photos so this green acrylic word is perfect! 

To finish off my layout and tie in some more green I added some puffy stars around my page. Here is a look at my completed layout. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and an even better International Scrapbooking Day! Stay safe friends! 

Wish Big Boy Collection | Bella Blvd Puffy Stars | Bella Blvd Acrylic Word

Cut File Week | Patricia

What a wonderful week of inspiration using the Bella Blvd Cut files from the team and leading up to National Scrapbooking Day!  I had so much fun looking through the cut files in the Silhouette Design Store for Bella Blvd files!  I LOVE that both cut files as well as print and cut files are available.  For this 6x8 pocket page spread, I used both!

I first used the Sun & Clouds Print & Cut file from the Squeeze the Day collection.  I sized, printed and cut the sun first to fit my 6x8 layout, then I sized the clouds to print and cut those.  Trimming the sun in half, I adhered it at the top of the base of my white background attached to Home Sweet Home Welcome Home pattern paper.  Then tucked one cloud under and adhered the other on top.  Added my title using the Acrylic Word Home and the Florence Stickers.  Before adhering anything or adding the white machine stitching around my layout, I penciled where the sun and photo would go, and sent through my typewriter to add my journaling.

The next Bella Blvd cut file I used is the Christmas Trees from the Santa Stops Here collection.  These trees are perfect for your outdoor memories!  I re-sized them before cutting them out from the 6x6 Bella Besties paper pad, and tucked some of the 'branches' under my photo to frame it.

I used the same cut file to cut out the second tree image from that same file.  (TIP:  to send through the Silhouette one time, I used the 6x6 Bella Besties paper pad across my 12x12 mat, moved the cut files on my screen to cut on the desired pattern paper.  Another way I got creative with the Bella Blvd files, is instead of cutting these clouds out, I duplicated the orange cloud, and lined all three up, then using the Draw Rectangle tool, I made a rectangle to about 3x4 to fit my pocket.  So I printed the clouds, then sent through my Silhouette, to get a perfectly aligned 3x4 card!  Just be sure to remove the clouds before sending through the Silhouette.  I layered the second tree design on top.

For the next 3x4 pocket, I used the Bug Explorer Daily Details to trim out the 4x6 card with the bees, and then trimmed to fit my 3x4 pocket.  I used the same sun as the print & cut but in the Squeeze the Day chipboard to layer on top and added stamping over it.

For the 4x6 pocket on the bottom, I used one of the 4x6 cards from the Squeeze the Day Daily Details pattern paper.  I used a smaller photo, added a machine stitched border around it, then placed the Squeeze the Day chipboard cloud that matches the Print & Cut file I used, the Squeeze the Day chipboard leaves and die cut, a Bug Explorer sticker, and a Heart Hugs sticker and dots to finish it.

If you have not tried the print & cut feature, it really is a cool tool and way to add to your pages.  I was able to create a lot of repetition within my design using the Squeeze the Day chipboard and Print & Cut file, as well as just using the print feature for the clouds for my 3x4 card!  Then using the trees to add to my filler 3x4 card and frame my photo. I hope you give these ideas to stretch your physical products with the Bella Blvd Cut Files from the Silhouette Design Store!

Sweet Layout Cut File Week | Maryam

Hey Crafty Friends! This is Maryám and I'm back here to share a brand new layout. It's Cut Files Week here at the Bella BLVD Studio Blog and today I'll be featuring the gorgeous 318452 Floral Tree on my project.

Since I wanted to cut all of the floral pieces using different papers from both, Squeeze The Day collection and the Graph & Dot Bella Besties 6 x 6 paper pads, I had to start out by opening the file on the Silhouette software and then ungroup all the elements of the tree. This process took me some time but it was really fun to see the result after everything was cut.

Once the machine finished doing its job, it was my turn to assemble all the pieces and put together all the layers to create the flowers. I organized the cuts in different piles and adhere all the little pieces I using liquid adhesive.

For the tree trunk, I used Graph & Dot Rainbow Pickle Juice 12 x 12 Pattern Paper and added hand stitching using color coordinating embroidery thread to add some texture.

To add some more fun to the page, I grabbed my Matte Enamel Dots Set and added a few of them to the centers of the smaller flowers and some others around different parts of the tree. I also added little epoxy flower stickers for extra detail.

For the title, I used the Sweet Acrylic Word from the Squeeze the Day collection and added"be little forever" from the Word Salad Booklet as a subtitle.

Here is a look at the completed layout!

I hope you enjoyed this post and inspired you to turn on your Silhouette machine and create something new. If you have any questions just leave a comment below and I’ll be happy to help you.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Squeeze the Day: 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Slice of Life Pattern Paper, Ephemera Words, Matte Enamels, Hearts Epoxy Icons, Squeeze the Day Epoxy Icons, Dotty Washi Tape, So Sweet Acrylic Word, Rainbows Acrylic Shapes. | Bella Besties: Graph & Dot Rainbow Cotton Candy Pattern Paper, Graph & Dot Rainbow Pickle Juice Pattern Paper, 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Word Salad Booklet. | Bella BLVD Cut Files: 318452 Floral Tree.

Tell A Story Day with Nathalie

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to celebrate National Tell A Story Day!  Well, with most of the world still sheltered-in-place, we all are missing our families.  Unfortunately for us that meant missing our niece's 12th birthday -we did celebrate on line, but it wasn't the same-.  So, i  pulled Bella Blvd Squeeze the Day collection, a few embellishments and a piece of vellum to create this page...

 

I wanted the story to be the highlight of this page (it is after all my love letter to  my 12 year old niece), so i used my computer to print it on an A4 size piece of vellum.   The b side of the Fruit Salad paper is the perfect shade of yellow for the story and the pictures to shine.  So, i trimmed the excess vellum from the story page, and glued it to the top half of the paper.

 

I printed the last three selfies that i had with my niece so that they fit within a 4x6 in shape, and decided to glue them to  a piece of Fruity Hearts paper.  I glued this to the top right corner of the vellum, and decided to start embellishing the page.

 

I used embellishments from the Squeeze the Day collection to add  a cluster to the top left corner of the pictures.   All the little chipboard flowers are the perfect size for this.  And the small felt clips just bring more of a girly look to the page.

 

Building a title was so easy to do by combining an acrylic word (Family Time collection), Florence Alphabet stickers and  Wonky Alpha puffy stickers.  I love the texture and color combination that this brings to the layout.

 

To balance the page, i trimmed that little flag from the Daily Details paper, and created a cluster with some of the florals from the Squeeze The Day collection.  In order to tie together all the clusters, elements and colors of the page, i used an Altenew die to cut butterflies from patterned paper and vellum.  These were layered together, and then attached around the clusters in the page.  A bit of hand stitching just adds a bit more texture and interest on the page.

 

I hope this inspires you to write your story and embellish it with all the beautiful Bella Blvd. products.

XO

 

 

Bella Blvd.  Supplies

Squeeze the Day collection:  Papers - Fruity Hearts, Fruit Salad, Daily Details, 6x6 paper pad;  Embellishments:  Chipboard stickers, Ephemera Icons,  Ephemera words, Epoxy Stickers.

Florence Alphabet: White

Wonky Puffy Alphabet Stickers: Punch

Acrylic Word:  Blessed

Bella Bows: Baby Girl