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Home Is My Favorite | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today and this week is all about family!  I'm excited to share my new layout using the Home Sweet Home collection and I hope you like it!

 

 

To start, I went through all of the patterned papers in the collection and chose a few that had pinks, blues and yellows.  I even grabbed the Clear Cuts acetate in Hearts White.  Here are the patterned papers I ended up using:  Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic Tile.  I trimmed a 3" inch strip of each one and traced on a scallop border on each piece.  Then, I cut out the scalloped shape on all of the strips, even on the acetate sheet.  I layered them on the page to have them cascading down from the top.

 

 

For the foundation of my layout, I chose the B side of the Daily Details patterned paper.  Since it's white with blue graph lines, the heart acetate sheet wasn't really showing up that well.  So I created a scallop border mask and blended on 3 Distress Oxide Inks from my stash.  It kept in line with the rest of the scalloped edges on my layout and you could see the pretty white hearts on the acetate.  I also love how the blended ink colors look!

 

 

Look at all of the fun layers and the simple mixed media element!  Have you given ink blending a try?  I love the process as well as the end result!

 

 

I then matted my photo using more papers from the collection and then got work on the embellishing portion of my page.  I added a few bits and pieces from the ephemera icons and words packs and made sure to add some foam tape under a few of the floral pieces.  I love when there's layers of dimension on my layouts!

 

 

Next, I added a few cute houses from the chipboard sticker set and added some of the epoxy stickers into my embellishment clusters.  

 

 

 

For my title, I used an acrylic word from the collection and added onto it using the new Aria Puffy Alphas in Plum, Peep and Cotton Candy.  

 

 

I absolutely love how this layout turned out! Check out my process video below and stay tuned this week for more family themed layouts from the creative team.  I hope I've inspired you today!  Have you created a simple scalloped border or do you like to ink blend on your projects?  Make sure to tag me in your social media posts, I'd love to see them!  Thank you so much for stopping by today and I'll see you in my next one!

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Home Sweet Home:  Patterned Papers, Clear Cuts, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Epoxy Stickers, Ciao Chip Stickers and Acrylic Word. Bella Besties: Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Aria Puffy Alphas in Peep, Cotton Candy and Plum.

 

 

 

 

September 2020 Mood Board | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout I created using the gorgeous September 2020 Mood Board as inspiration. I was totally inspired by the top 3 squares and used those as my color scheme for my layout.  Look at how awesome this mood board is!

Here's my layout, I used both the Wish Big Girl and Cooper collections to create it.  

 

To start, I pulled the Birthday Song patterned paper from Wish Big Girl to pull in the black and white element.  To achieve the diagonal stripes from the top center square, I took the colors from the first square and painted those on in a diagonal direction.  I love how bright and colorful the stripes are and I also like how they pop off of the busy background!  

Once my background was dry, I got to work on the rest of my layout.  I took one of the Cut Outs from Cooper and added a few thin foam adhesive strips to the back of it to give it some dimension.  I didn't back or color the Cut Out since I wanted to keep it pretty simple and use it mainly as a layering piece.

Next, I added an acrylic word right on top of the Cut Out as somewhat of a subtitle.  Then I took a few pieces of the Bella Besties Graph and Dot paper in Gulf and Punch and backed my photo with them.  I also pulled the Border patterned paper from Wish Big Girl and used the yellow and white polka dot side to add some yellow to my photo layers.  

I started adding some embellishment clusters around my photo using an adorable Bella Pop, some Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip stickers.  I made sure to tuck and layer and add foam adhesive to some of the pieces.  

I also added a few Fruity Mix Matte Enamels and tangled thread around my page.

For my title, I used a mixture of the new Aria Puffy Alphas in Peep, White and Cotton Candy.  I can't get enough of these alphas!!

Here's one more close up of the awesome Cut Outs from Cooper.  If you don't have a die cutting machine or need a cut file in a pinch, these are so perfect!! Already cut and ready for you to use!

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today!!  I hope you'll find some inspiration from the mood board this month and look forward to seeing your projects!  See you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Cooper:  Cut Outs, Ephemera Icons and Bella Pops; Wish Big Girl: 12x12 patterned papers: Birthday Song and Borders, Ephemera Icons, Acrylic Word, Ciao Chip Icons, ; Squeeze The Day: Matte Enamels; Bella Besties: 12x12 Graph and Dot in Gulf and Punch; Aria Puffy Alphas in White, Cotton Candy and Peep. Cute Clips: Baby Girl.  

 

Outdoor Summer Mini Album

It's still summer for a few more weeks and I'm sure there are lots of you who are enjoying the outdoors these days.  With this in mind, I decided to create an 8x8 album that will hopefully inspire you to save some of those fun summer memories.

I started with a chipboard album by Prima, and pulled out some colorful Bella Besties to use with my Wreath Cut-Out.  Even though you might think the wreath design is for the holidays, I love how using just half of the design worked for my outdoorsy cover.  

I created my base pages with white card stock.  I love how the bright colors of the Let's Go on An Adventure collection really pop off the white background.

 

I layered several ephemera pieces with some ribbon and twine to give this page some dimension and texture.  That bear is so cute!

For the page above, I created a little hinge out of card stock, attached a piece of Bear Tracks Clear Cuts, and layered the edge with some super cute washi tape.  The clear page lifts up to reveal some more photo mats underneath.  

 

Before this post goes live, I'll try to create a video flip-through and post it over on my blog at Artsy Albums so you can see how the pages interact.  Until then, I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer!  Happy crafting!

 

Bella Blvd Products Used

Let's Go On An Adventure collection

Wreath Cut-Out

Bella Besties - Blueberry, Guacamole, Bell Pepper, McIntosh, Orange

Acrylic Word - At the Lake

 

Birthday | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share a new layout using the Wish Big girl collection! 

I really wanted to use a lot of the pretty patterns in this collection so I found a cut file that would help me do that! Instead of tracing all the small hearts I went into my Silhouette studio and selected the full cut file. Once it was selected I right click and then select release compound path.  I take the inside cut line of the heart and move it off to the side away from the grid. I can then select everything except for the single heart and delete it. Next I move the heart back to the grid, select the image and create an offset. You can then adjust the size to what you need. Remember to remove the original heart and delete so your machine will just cut the offset. I always do a test cut before going crazy and cutting a ton of the pieces out. 

Once all my pieces are cut I backed the cut file and used liquid adhesive to adhere the pieces. I like a bottle that has a very fine tip so I do not get glue everywhere! Once the file was backed I added foam all over the back so that it pops up from my background.

I had some photos of our daughter Alyssa before we went to deliver birthday party invites. We made some lollipop invitations and wrapped each one with cellophane and tied each one with a ribbon. Her birthday theme was The Sweet Shoppe and these invites were perfect! For my title this birthday acrylic word was the perfect finishing touch. Here is a look at my completed layout using the Wish Big girl collection. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today I hope you found some colorful inspiration here today. 

Wish Big Girl Collection | Acrylic Words

 

 

August Mood Board Inspired Layout | Maryam

Hey there friends! This is Maryám and I'm so excited to be back here at the Bella BLVD blog today with a new project inspired by the August 2020 Mood Board.

First of all, let's start by taking a look at this month's mood board.

For today's layout I decided to combine three collections- Splash Zone, Squeeze the Day, and Wish Big (Girl). Since all of Bella products share the same base colors, it is actually really easy to mix and match bits and pieces from different collections.

To create my layout, I was inspired by different elements from the mood board- like the colors, the pineapples, the icecream, etc. I started by cutting the 322856 Pineapple Cut File from Bella BLVD out of different patterned papers using my Silhouette Cameo. As I always do when I'm working with a cut file, I began by ungrouping all the elements and position them in different parts of the mat, so I then can cut each one of the pieces from a different paper.

Once I had all the pieces cut, I assembled the pineapple and then add some hand-stitching around the image using embroidery thread from the same color.

Continuing with my process, I cut some flowers (288531 Pink Flower) and butterflies (327623 Butterflies Fluttering Away) just to add some more interest to the page. Next, to embellish the layout I added some ephemera pieces from the Splash Zone Collection and also one little popsicle from the Wish Big (Girl) collection.

I then positioned my photo on the right side of the page along with the title and my journaling. For the title, I decided to use one of the Bella's Acrylic Words in light blue that says "splish splash" which coordinated perfectly with my photo and also the story I was trying to tell in this page.

Last but not least, I felt like the page needed a little bit more color, so I decided to add some washi tape, Rainbow and Swiggle, from the Splash Zone and Home Sweet Home Collection respectively, on the left and bottom border of the page. 

Now, let's take a look at the finished layout!

That's it for today! I hope you enjoyed this post 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 wonderful day!

Wish Big Girl | Patricia Roebuck

Happy Birthday Bella Blvd!!!  I'm so excited to be a part of celebrating with the Company and the Team.  I love seeing scrapbooking companies succeed.  Bella Blvd is turning 12 and so is my daughter!!!  So I knew right away I had to document and celebrate both birthdays today's post.  

Today, I am documenting my daughter's special day using a 6x8 layout and a 6x4.5 protector with 2x2 pockets.  I picked the 6x8 full-size layout pocket because I wanted it to be the focus.  To create the celebratory feel I wanted, I used the Bella Blvd Birthday Candles Cut file in the Silhouette Store using three different pattern papers from the Wish Big collection.  Of course, I cut 12 candles!

With my candles at the top of my page, I machine stitched across them and the Wish Big border sticker.  The collection comes with die cuts of the lanterns (the round die cuts), but what is awesome is there is a full-size 12x12 paper with the same images.  I was able to fussy cut some of those and use the die cuts to make that repetitive pattern throughout the layout and the pockets on the right.  I matted my 2x3 photo with another favorite pattern paper from the collection called 123456789...  I LOVE the numbers on this paper.  Then I added a tab sticker and the 12 at the bottom.  To finish this, I used the chipboard, GIRL, and typed my journaling on cardstock to trim and adhere within the design.

Looking through the photos from her special day, I had four more photos I wanted to document, and the perfect way to document them was with the 2x2 pockets.  A great balance of the 6x8 layout with my favorite photo, and the other four photos to show more of her special day.  I first start by selection my photos and placing them in a zig zag pattern in the pockets. 

Next, I trim pieces from the pattern papers to fill the other pockets focusing on patterns and colors to create balance.  Then add any other details using the stickers and die cuts from the Wish Big collection to finish.

Happy Birthday, Bella Blvd and to my daughter!!!  The Wish Big collection is perfect for documenting celebrations.  I hope this inspires you on how to documenting with pocket pages!  

Wish Big Birthday Boy Layout - Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!! Brianna Lepper here and I'd like to start this post out by wishing Bella Blvd a Happy 12th Birthday!  We are celebrating all month long so make sure to look out for special Birthday projects, sales and a few giveaways!  For my layout, I used the Wish Big Birthday Boy collection.  

To start, I pulled out my circle punches in all different sizes and started punching them out using all of the different 12x12 patterned papers in the collection.  After they were all punched, I distressed the edges to give them more texture and interest.  

I set the circles aside and got to work on my background.  I pulled a polka dot stencil from my stash and applied some modeling paste through it and splashed some Distress Oxide inks in shades of blue all around my page.  I squished down each ink pad on my glass mat, sprayed some water to mix it together and splattered the color all around.  I wanted a mixed media element, but not a crazy amount of it and thought the circles and splatters matched nicely with the punched out circles.  

I matted my photo on some vellum and layered up more of the patterned papers underneath my photo.  I pulled the cute balloon ephemera from the ephemera icon pack and adhered some foam tape underneath it.  I also added an ephemera word piece and a cardstock sticker on my photo layers as well.  

For my title, I used an acrylic word and added a cardstock sticker underneath it.  Simple, but packs a big punch and pops off of the page!

I wanted to add some cute characters from the collection on some of the circles so I fussy cut a dino, zebra and tiger from the Dinotastic patterned paper.  They're so cute!!!  

I popped up some of the punched circles on some foam tape to give them dimension, added some tangled thread in a few areas and splattered white paint all over the layout.  I think I've added white paint to every layout I've made lately, I just can't get enough of it!

I love how this page turned out!  My sons cake happened to match perfectly with this collection and I just love the candid shot of him.  This page is fun and colorful and I can't wait to see what you create with it!  Cheers to 12 years Bella!!!

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Wish Big Birthday Boy:  12x12 patterned papers, Acrylic Words, Ephemera Icons,  Ephemera Words, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers.  

 

Birthday girl layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey friends, I hope you're well! :)

Today I'm sharing a new layout, featuring the Wish Big collections to celebrate Bella's 12th birthday :)

I really love the Wish big collections. There is the girl part and the boy part and they fit together really well. 

I wanted to scrap a picture from my 35th birthday, which was on June 19th. I started by drawing a cute little bunny, sitting in a cupcake liner. I cut out the different pieces, traced them on different patterned papers from the collection, and adhered all the pieces onto white paper. Then I cut it out, leaving white borders.

For the background, I did a bit of mixed media, using acrylic inks in the same colors you can find in the collection. I did some overlapping stripes in different directions, some dots and splatters and then I used a star stencil on top, with white acrylic paint. I let the background dry for a few minutes and looked for all the pieces that I wanted to use from the Wish Big collections.

Then I created five cute little rosettes, using white paper and placing a heart or star in the middle of each one. I backed my photo with two different patterned papers. 

Then I started placing everything on my page. When I had everything how I liked it, I adhered the photo and little bunny with foam tape, next to each other. Then I adhered my rosettes, after putting some tangled thread behind them. I decorated with some ephemera and chipboard pieces. I love the super cute flamingo with it's hat...:) I used flowers, hearts, stars and a crown to place on the bunny's head. 

For my title, I used an acrylic word and some Wonky Alpha stickers. I finished the layout with some black splatters to come back with the black that's in the photo. 

I think it turned out super cute and I hope you do too.

Thank you so much for being here,

see you soon! :)

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.