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EiEiO with Bella Besties | Sarah Millerhouse

Hello! It's Sarah Millerhouse here, and I am excited to share a layout with you featuring the beautiful EiEiO collection paired up with Bella Besties!

For this layout, I started with a piece of patterned paper from the EiEiO collection for the background! I loved the subtle hexagons on that white background. I added gesso all the way across the middle section on the layout, and then I added a rainbow of mixed media on top of that. I knew I wanted to highlight the colors in my photos, along with all the beautiful colors in the collection, and a rainbow was the best way to do that! 

Next I added several strips of patterned paper across the middle of the layout at an angle. This was a great way to highlight the placement of my photos and draw your eye to those! I layered a few tags from the Ephemera Words set in the collection behind my photos and added ribbon to those. I also attached a couple of tabs from that same set on either side of my photos. 

Above my photos, I added the Sunrise Bella Blvd Cutfile to highlight what a beautiful sunny day we had in Jamaica! I cut both the cutfile and an offset layer (that I created using the Offset tool in the Cricut Design software) so that my sun had more pizazz! I distressed the edges of each sun ray and also added hand-stitching and Pops of Color to really make it shine!

Beside the sun, I added a couple of clouds that I cut out from the Rainbow Bella Blvd Cutfile and added Pops of Color to some of the dots on the patterned paper.

For my title, I started with Ciao Chip letters from the EiEiO collection and the "Memories" Acrylic Word from Bella Blvd above my photos. 

Below the photos, I finished the title with Aria Alphabet letters in Bell Pepper and Guacamole and words from the EiEiO Ephemera Word set. I added some Puffy Hearts stickers and a few more Pops of Color to finish off the layout! I loved creating this layout, and I hope it inspires you in some way! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

-EiEiO Collection: Patterned Paper, Ephemera Words, Ciao Chip

-Bella Blvd Cutfiles: Sunrise & Rainbow (Both linked above)

-Other Bella Blvd Products: Aria Alphabets, Puffy Heart Stickers, Acrylic Word - Memories

 

Birthday Layout | Sarah K

Hello to all Bella friends! Hope your week is going well. It's me Sarah over at @redoaklines hosting today's blog post, and I'm excited to share my latest layout using the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection coupled with a Bella Blvd cut file and some awesome embellishments to create birthday inspired project. 

Here's how I felt inspired:

The "Cherry Cupcake" cut file steals the show! I love that it is a big and bold statement. Find it here.

Have you used any of the Bella Blvd cut files before?! I love using them! They're a quick and easy to add that extra oomph to your projects. For this particular cut file, I used plain, white cardstock. Then, I added color to my cupcake by using some coordinating inks. If you don't fill like getting messy with inks, you can always just cut out patterned papers. The sky's the limit with cut files!

The embellishments in this collection are adorable. It works for all ages, boy or girl. There are dinosaurs, whales, cats, dogs, zoo animals, just to name a few. For this layout, however, I wanted to just use the flowers and stars from the Ciao Chips to bring attention to the "Cherry Cupcake" cut file. 

In the mix, I also scattered in some Bella Besties Trinkets to add dimension to my layout. I love that the Puffy Stickers come in every Bella Blvd color. It makes matching all the collections so much easier.

For my title, I used one of the Bella Blvd Acrylic Words. I love how the bold, red "Birthday" pops off of the page. I placed it vertically to ride up alongside my photos.

I also added some of the Doohickey Stickers and Ciao Chips to embellish the title. I love how all the embellishments paired up so nicely.

That's all I have for today. Isn't the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection adorable?! Doesn't it inspire you to scrap?! I love that even though this is a kid/toddler themed paper collection, it's versatile enough to use to make a birthday layout! 

As always, thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along. Use #bellablvd or #bellablvdllc to tag us on social media if you use Bella products. We'd all love to see it.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Tiny Tots 2.0 Collection: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ciao Chips; Besties Collection: Puffy Stickers; Chloe Collection: Matte Enamels; Acrylic Words - Birthday, Cut File - Cherry Cupcake

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Tiny Tots 2.0 Collection: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ciao Chips; Besties Collection: Puffy Stickers; Chloe Collection: Matte Enamels; Acrylic Words - Birthday, Cut File - Cherry Cupcake

Birthday Layout | Gloria Parra

Hello Bella friends, happy Monday and happy Birthday Week!!

We are so excited to be celebrating Bella Blvd. turning 15 years this month!!! Get prepared for some fun challenges, prices and giveaways! I can’t wait to get my box with the new Birthday Bash collection, it looks amazing friends! Meanwhile I decided to create a fun birthday layout using “My Candy Girl” and “Wish Big” collections; and of course, some Bella Besties products that I had in my stash…

For me nothing screams birthday party louder than some fringes and rainbow colors, so I decided to create a layout featuring both things and loved the end result!

I started my page with a pink tone on tone patterned paper called “Party Animal” from the “Wish Big” collection. I then cut two strips of the multicolored striped patterned paper at 3/4” x 12” to create the borders of my large background piece.

I then proceeded to create the rainbow for my background with various strips of patterned paper.s I cut the strips at 1’ x 7 3/4” inches, choosing two patterned papers of each color on the rainbow (my rainbow has red, magenta, light pink, yellow, green, blue and teal).

I used my fringe scissors to create the fringes on my patterned papers. I cut each piece leaving approximately 1/8 of an inch at the top to add my adhesive and adhere the strips of fringed paper to my background.

I adhered my fringed strips of paper starting from the bottom to the top and overlapped them a little with the top of the previous one, until reaching the top of my background paper. I used two 3x4” photos from my daughters 3-year celebration at her daycare and placed them at the bottom third of my layout. 

To embellish my layout, I created two clusters of flowers on each corner of my photos and them added some ephemera words and icons to my rainbow strips, tucking some of them under the fringes and matching the color in my rainbow. I love this color blocking technique; it is so fun for this kind of rainbow layouts.

To finish my page, I added some puffy stickers and sprinkled some confetti stickers around my embellishments. This adds texture and interest to a layout. For my title I used a “Wish Big” acrylic word that I adhered at the bottom of my photos.

I really hope you like this layout and technique and that you give it a try in your next birthday layout. Have a wonderful day friends!

 

XOXO, GLORIA.

 

SUPPLIES USED:

Wish Big Collection Kit

My Candy Girl Collection Kit

Wish Big Ephemera pack

Wish Big Icon Pack

Candy Girl Puffy stickers

Candy Girl Sprinkles

Wish Big Acrylic Word

Bella Besties paper pack

March Mood Board | Laura Alberts

Hello friends! I'm using the stunning March mood board to inspire my layout this week. The rainbow, tiny hearts, and bright yellow caught my attention, and added to this grid style, were the primary focus for my design. Love the bright happy colors in this one!

I used the lovely Everyday Magic paper for the background and then layered the Bell Pepper Freehand Graph & Dot and My Only Sunshine striped patterned papers to create a column design on this 9x12 layout. Two of my photos are matted with bright pink Happy Thoughts and the larger photo is matted with a cut-apart piece from the Daily Details.

I outlined each section of my layout with a black gel pen to give it a shadow that adds the appearance of depth and dimension. Small clusters around my photos were a fun way to embellish a bold color scheme without overwhelming my photos.

For my title, I layered an acrylic word "Sparkle" over a chipboard scallop and a rainbow cluster on the right side. This helps to highlight my larger photo as the main focal image on the page.

I added 1/4" white cardstock strips for my journaling and added little fussy cut hearts to the ends. With a little gold Nuvo and ink spray, this layout really shines!

You Are My Sunshine Collection Kit

You Are My Sunshine Ciao Chip

Hello Summer Epoxy Shapes

Sparkle & Shine Acrylic Words

Spring Vibes and Besties | Inessa

Hey friends,

I'm back sharing a layout that brings all the spring vibes. I'm so ready for some warmer weather and for flowers! This layout is made with a mix of Bella's You Are My Sunshine and Bella Besties papers.

I started with a scrap piece of the Shine Bright paper (rainbow stripes) and cut the stripes apart. They measure to 5 .75" x 1.25" and have distressed edges. I then layered them slightly overlapping each other and staggering the start and finish. For dimension, i adhered them using foam tape to my white cardstock base. 

I used my cricut machine to cut out the flowers in various sizes and shapes from Bella Besties papers and patterned paper in the You Are My Sunshine collection. I then layered them together, folded the petals and added enamel dots for the centers. The flowers are adhered with liquid glue. 

The title is the Acrylic Word and I added ephemera, a flower sticker and a chip board heart.

Thanks for looking, hopefully you're having a beautiful day!

Inessa

 

Thanksgiving & Cut Outs Week Day 1 | Brianna

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout during Thanksgiving Week!  I hope you all are having a great day so far,  I know I am!  There is so much to be thankful for and I thought it would be fun to document some photos of our furry babies wearing their Fall bandanas.  They are all so special in our family and they keep me company all day every day!  This week we are focusing on using Cut Outs and I chose to work with the Mood Booster one.  Here's my page: 

I love this Cut Out as is and didn't want to back it so I chose to spruce it up by spraying on some Shimmerz Paints from my stash.  I chose to work with the Cooper collection so I chose colors that matched really well with it.  Once it was finished drying, I adhered it to the ombre side of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre patterned paper in Pony.  The brown really made it feel even more Fall themed and I love how the colors look on top of it!

Here's another shot of this super fun Cut Out.  If you're not familiar with Cut Outs, they are pre-cut cut files that include templates and instructions on how to back each one.  Most packages have several included so that you're able to create a few projects with only one pack.  Super convenient if you are in a time crunch or if you're traveling!

Next, I matted my photo using a few papers from the collection and popped it up on foam tape.  I adhered it down and added a green Cute Clip to the top of it.  Look how cute my babies are!

For my title, I used the Gratitude Acrylic Word and added onto it using the Aria Alphas in White.  I centered it under my photo cluster and love how it turned out.  

To embellish, I started with the Pups Bella Pops and adhered the cute dog faces around my title.  

I worked in a few Heart Hugs, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera and Doohickey Cardstock Stickers as well.  I love tucking and layering!

For a few finishing touches, I adhered a few of the Epoxy Hearts from the collection and splattered some white paint to bring everything together.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Do you enjoy working with Cut Outs?  They're honestly so fun and easy to work with!  I hope all of our friends in the US have the best Thanksgiving Week!  We are so grateful for all of you!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Cooper Collection: 12x12 Patterned Paper, Bella Pops, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Epoxy Hearts; Bella Besties: Heart Hugs, Cute Clips, Aria Alphas in White, Hearts & Ombre in Pony.  Cut Outs: Mood Booster

Spell On You | Laura Alberts

Hello friends, I'm back with the new Spell on You collection! One of my favorite ways to use themed collections is to challenge myself to step outside of the theme and see how I can use it in a very different way. With the super versatile b-sides and Border paper, I created a fun column design layout with five photos from my son's birthday party! 

On the left side of the layout, I layered three border strips from the Borders patterned paper to create a column to rest my three 2"x3" photos on. With the addition of two tags from the icon ephemera pack and one I created from a cut apart piece from the Daily Details patterned paper behind my photos, I've created a fun set of clusters for each photo.

To create a fun layered look behind each of these photos, I layered punched stars mixed with stickers from the Doohickey sticker set, icon ephemera, and enamel shapes from the Witchy Epoxy set. 

On the bottom photo, I added a chipboard arrow from the Ciao Chips set as well. It's so much fun to see how many ways I can cluster embellishments in a repeating pattern, while making each cluster unique.

On the right side of the page, I layered a 6 1/2 inch strip of the Hocus Pocus patterned paper for a background. Then, after layering my star Cut-Outs on top of the Broomsticks patterned paper, I tucked it behind my photos. I matted each of my photos with a cut apart piece from the Daily Details patterned paper, then added an acrylic word and Doohickey letter stickers for my title!

Spell On You collection kit

October Cut-Outs

Witchy Epoxy

Spell On You Ciao Chip

Spell On You Doohickey stickers

Spell On You Icon Ephemera

Spell On You Word Ephemera

Happy Acrylic Word

School Is Cool 3 + Photo Challenge | Ashley Neu

Hello scrappy friends! Ashley here on the Bella Blvd blog to share another school layout using the brand new and awesome School Is Cool collection! The challenge for this week is to use at least 3 photos on a layout. I used 4 photos of my two little girls getting on the school bus. It's a series of photos showing my kindergartener helping my preschooler get on the bus for the first time! It sure was adorable to watch!

 

 

I found the School Bus cut file from Bella Blvd and knew it was the perfect thing to use to document these photos! In Silhouette Studio, I used the 'release compound path' feature to break apart each piece of the cut file. I wanted to just use the basic outline of the bus along with the wheels. After cutting the bus from the Bella Besties Graph + Dot paper in the color Bell Pepper and the wheels from the Daily Details paper, I added some stitching using tone-on-tone embroidery thread. This gives so much more dimension to a very flat looking cut file!

 

 

After adhering my photos in the positions that would be the bus windows, I worked on the background scene. I grabbed the Bella Besties Graph + Dot paper in the color Guacamole and the No. 2 Pencil paper to create a grass and road border. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the grass. I cut a small strip of the No.2 Pencil paper, using the reverse side with the words 'i love school', and sandwiched that between the 2 grass pieces. I used a piece of the Bella Bestites Hearts + Ombre paper in the color Ice and cut out a large piece to use as the sky. The paper Math Facts was so adorable and I thought they would make some very interesting-looking clouds that would be perfect for a school layout! I hand cut these and adhered them straight onto the background.

 

 

The main title of the layout is the 'Be Brave' sentiment that I created using the Be You, Be Brave Acrylic Words set. I also added the sentiment 'Back to School' using the Florence Alpha stickers in the color black as well as a school word banner from the Ephemera Words set. To embellish, I used two Epoxy Stars on the center of the wheels, a tiny school bus and 'Bus Stop' sign from the Puffy Stickers set and an 'Early Bird' sign from the Ephemera Words set. I added some stitching all the way around the layout using a white gel pen and adhered some journaling strips at the bottom of my layout along with the date! 

 

 

That's all friends! I hope you enjoyed this school bus scene layout. It was a lot of fun to make, adding the tone-on-tone stitching and creating the grass and road border! Thank you for stopping by the blog and have a wonderful day!

Supplies Used: School Is Cool collection- 12x12 Patterned Paper, Ephemera Words, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stars; Cut File- School Bus; Florence Alpha Stickers in Black; Bella Besties Graph + Dot papers in Bell Pepper and Guacamole; Bella Besties Hearts + Ombre paper in Ice; Be You, Be Brave Acrylic Words; White Gel Pen; Embroidery Floss

 

Time to Travel | Emilie Chamel

Hello friends! Emilie here and today we are looking at the Time to travel Collection. Specifically, I will show you how I used this travel themed collection to scrapbook about photos taken in our very own backyard, no air-miles necessary!

My first step was to choose papers which had more of a generic design. I avoided plains, tickets or anything with a very strong "travelling" imagery.

As my pictures are all about having fun in the sun, I chose to create pin-wheels with the papers I had selected. Those remind me of summer days! They also add volume to my layout which I love.

For even more fun, I used the puffy stickers as the center of my pin wheels. It was all attached together using a glue-gun to be extra sturdy.

Once those were created and added to my base, it was very easy to add extra details with florals and a Bella Pop sunshine!

The title was my next focus and although I loved the white acrylic, I knew it wouldn't stand out enough against my background and photographs. I therefore backed it with orange patterned paper to give it extra peps while still conserving what I loved about it.

To finish my layout off, I added a few splatters of black ink as well as some black heart stickers from the Florence alphabet sticker sheets.

You can view the full process video here:

 

Full list of material used:

-Time to travel collection

-Time to travel puffy stickers

-Time to travel chipboard stickers

-Bella Besties Florence alphas black

-Acrylic words "sweet"

-Bella Pops Sunny

 

 

Squeeze The Day: Diagonal Design

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout using one of my favorite collections, Squeeze The Day! This collection is so bright and happy with a lot of great elements to it. I love the color scheme and it's always so fun to create with!

I wanted to highlight the beautiful colors in this collection so I chose a white background as my base. For my patterned papers, I used Sweet Skies, Fruit Salad and Slice of Life. I tore into each one at a diagonal and lined them up so that a little bit of each pattern would peek out from the one on top of it. Before adhering them down to the base, I distressed the edges to give them some interest.  

Here's another look at my layered papers: 

Next, I matted my photo using the B-side (backsides) of the Fruity Hearts patterned paper and attached a blue Cute Clip from the Baby Boy set. For my title, I used the Perfect Acrylic Word and built onto it using some Peep Florence Alphas. My photo is of me and my two sisters from my recent vacation trip back home. We had the best time that day!

When it came time to embellish my layout, I built each cluster on the diagonal I created with the patterned paper layers. I tucked and layered some Ephemera Icons and also layered in a few Bella Pops. I used pieces from both the Juicy and Follow the Rainbow Bella Pops.  

From the Ephemera pack, I added one of the tags and tied some twine from my stash through it. As finishing touches, I added in a few Doohickey Cardstock sticker hearts and a few floral Epoxy stickers.  

Here's one more look at my layout: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way! Do you enjoy creating with a diagonal design? I love the look of it and it's one of my favorite go-to designs. You should give it a try if you haven't done so already. See you next time friends!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Squeeze The Day Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Bella Pops, Epoxy Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and Ephemera Icons. Bella Besties: Baby Boy Cute Clips; Perfect Acrylic Word and Florence Alphas in Peep.

Happy Independence Day! | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Happy Independence Day to my fellow American friends!  Brianna here today sharing a new layout for Fireworks & Freedom Week.  Here's my layout: 

To start, I took the 12x12 Borders patterned paper and trimmed down almost all of them.  Since I printed my photo a little long and more narrow than I usually do, I wanted to have all of the strips adhered down in a vertical design.  I took a piece of plain white cardstock and trimmed 1" inch off of the top and one of the sides.  I distressed the edges and then adhered it right in the center of the Dot & Graph paper in McIntosh.  

I distressed all of the edges of my strips and adhered them all down towards the left side of the page.  

I matted my photo using the Dot & Graph papers in Ice and Blueberry and adhered it right on top of the strips.  For my title, I used the America Acrylic Word and put it right on top of my photo.  I love how it pops! 

For my embellishment clusters, I used the Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers and both of the Ephemera Icons and Words. 

I wanted to add a small subtitle so I created one using the Florence Alphas in Blueberry.  I added a large Ephemera piece in the shape of the USA and layered a heart flag right on top of it.  

Here's one more shot of this layout to celebrate our Independence!  This photo is of my two boys waiting for their Dad to get off of his plane after being away on a 6 month deployment.  Elijah was wearing his flight suit of course!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Have a safe and Happy 4th friends!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Fireworks & Freedom: 12x12 Patterned Papers; Ephemera Icons and Words; Acrylic Words and Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers.  Bella Besties: Graph & Dot 12x12 Patterned Papers in McIntosh, Ice and Blueberry; Florence Alphas in Blueberry .