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A Halloween Birthday Party with Patricia

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  I'm back to share a priceless memory I came across.  How fitting is the Monsters & Friends collection for a plush ghost toy's birthday celebration!  This plush toy was my daughter's everything, and he has been lost at Hobby Lobby, Michael's, Disney World, or forgotten at home.  We had to 'find' another one, he is retired, as a backup for our sanity.  Halloween is a ghosts time of year, so here is how I used the collection to document this Halloween memory.

I started with the red Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre trimmed to fit on the left side.  That ombre gives me a gorgeous backdrop for my photos, and journaling.  I used the reverse side of the paper to show the hearts to matte my typed journaling.  I left a little room on the inside to be able to stitch (before adhering this page) a die cut ghost tag, and then used the large October die cut and the Florence red alpha stickers for the date of my daughter's little friend's birthday.  I finished this page with a few of the collections stickers and a heart hug.

My photos from the left start with my daughter 'lighting' the candles with a chopstick, Ghostie blowing out the candies, and her wishing him a Happy Birthday, so this right side needed to really be fun and festive.  The Monsters & Friends coordinates perfectly with the Hearts and Ombre on the left.  I started by using a background Bella Blvd cut file with hexagons and diagonal stripes to stencil red ink onto my background.  Then I cut hexagons from more of the red Hearts and Ombre pattern paper and definitely made sure to use the little ghosts pattern paper from Monsters & Friends.  Red and Aqua are a gorgeous combination.

Once that and my photo was in place, I started having friends join the party.  I pulled out almost all of the ghost die cuts from Monsters & Friends.  I placed all the grey ghosts together and the white all together, this helps to bring some repetition to my busy background.  Next, I used the Aria and the Monsters & Friends alpha stickers for my title.

The last thing to do was give each ghost a treat to bring to the part, so I foam adhered more die cuts to each one, added epoxy stars, and also added the epoxy tiny ghosts to fill in.  The more the merrier, right?!

Halloween with kids can bring so many amazing memories, not just from the 31st.  Hope this gives you an idea of how to use Monsters & Friends and the Hearts and Ombre to document your stories.

October Mood Board with Patricia

Gorgeous Fall and Halloween Mood Board this month!  I love the Orange and the black, but there are so many more possibilities and inspiration from this piece, with the Fall patterns and the pops of color!  Here is how I used the Mood Board.

I love documenting in my traveler's notebooks, but I also love pocket pages and 6x8 layouts.  So for today, I'm using the Heidi Swapp scrapbook insert book which I feel gives me the best of both of those sizes and gives me more room for creativity and documenting!  I treated the left side as if it were a pocket page with a trimmed out card from the Monster & Friends pattern paper and my photo I found on the Internet for the movie Home.  The Monster & Friends collection inspired me to document about our love of this movie, and we still love to watch it over and over as well as listen to the soundtrack! 

The quote on the card from the collection 'Put your hands in the air if you just don't scare' instantly made me think of the Movie.  I used the Florence, Aria, and the Monsters & Friends Alphabet Stickers along the far left for quotes from the movie.  These colors are inspired by the Mood Board.

The right side, I documented like I would a 6x8 layout.  I used a 3x4 photo, and then trimmed the diagonal black and white pattern paper from the collection to create an intersection of the lines.  I cut out Bowtie and Nighttime cut files from Bella Blvd on the Silhouette Design Store, and used some of the clouds cut from black and white polka dot pattern paper over the black diagonal paper, added machine stitching, then used my circle punch to punch circles from my altered pattern paper, as well as black cardstock, and the Clear Cuts with the orange hearts. 

Had to put the name of the main character from the movie, which is 'Oh,' so I used the same color Aria alphas and placed on my photo.  I finished with a few more cut files, stickers, dots, and journaling to finish.

Hope you are inspired to create a colorful, patterned filled project using the October Mood Board and please share on Instagram and tag @bellablvd #bellablvd so we can all see!

Lil' Monster | Dorymar

Hey Bella Fans! It's Dorymar, this week I was inspired by the October Mood Board.  I'm excited to share a new layout using the Monsters & Friends collection mixed with the Bella Besties.

Please take a look at the Mood Board.  This Mood Board has many beautiful bright colors and patterns popping out in black and white.

For this layout, I decided to work with the beautiful color palette and the balloons included in the pictures.   First, I decided to use the picture in the center as my page map.

I tried to pick papers from the 6x6 Bella Besties paper pad that matched with the colors of the mood board and with a few sizes of circle punches, I cut many circles to create the top of my layout. I love the dimension and to add it, I created many pieces of origami circles. This brings a fun look and adorable dimension. To finish it I added the beautiful matte enamel dots included in the collection in the center of my circles. They look fantastic!

As the layout is full of bright colors, I decided to use my photos in black and white, this makes them stand out even more and allows me to continue with the pattern of the Mood Board. As a background for my photo, I used the Lil' Pumpkins patterned paper and the Fun Facts patterned paper, then I added a few of the coolest monsters from the collection to create a fun cluster on the right side of my page.

To create my title, I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Peep) and I underlined it using the chevron pattern that includes one of the Bella Black Chevies Clear Cuts, this gave the perfect touch to highlight the title.

I love using the mood board as inspiration and the result of this beautiful page.  I hope you enjoyed it and that this inspires you to use it with the fantastic Bella BLVD papers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Monsters & Friends Lil' Pumpkins, Monsters & Friends Scary Cute, Monsters & Friends Batty,

Monsters & Friends Fun Facts, Monsters & Friends Ephemera,

Monsters & Friends Goblins Epoxy, Monsters & Friends Bella-Pops Little Monster,

Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers (peep), Bella Besties 6x6 Paper Pad, Black Chevies Clear Cut

World Card Making Day | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing two cards that I created using some of the new Bella Besties products mixed in with some older Bella Besties products.  They all match so nicely together so let's mix it up!  Here are the cards that I made, I hope you like them!

 

I had so much fun creating these two cards.  I love how Bella Blvd uses the same colors in all of their collections so that you can mix and match and everything coordinates together.  When I first saw the new Hearts & Ombre patterned papers, I immediately fell in love and knew that they would look perfect with the Freehand Dot & Graph patterned papers.  And, boy was I right!!  Let's get into my first card: 

 

 

Pink is one of my favorite colors and I was so excited to get to use the Hearts & Ombre paper in Cotton Candy for this card!  Paired with the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Punch as my base, it looks so pretty!  I wanted to create a fun girl birthday card to keep on hand so I pulled out the Wish Big Girl collection and used the adorable hippo chipboard sticker as the main focal point of my card.  

 

 

I created a tag using a piece of the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Cotton Candy and tied on a piece of white pom pom trim.  To give my card even more interest, I stitched around a few of the layers.  

 

I created my own sentiment using the Aria Puffy Alpha stickers in Gulf and added a few hearts from the new Trinkets Puffy Stickers.  They're a perfect finishing touch to any project and I love them!!  Such a simple and fun card to make!

 

 

My next card is a fun sequin shaker card that I made using the Hearts & Ombre patterned paper in Ice as the frame and the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Bell Pepper as my base. 

 

 

I thought it would be fun to create a scene on the inside of my shaker using the Home Sweet Home collection.  I created a little hill using the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Pickle Juice and fussy cut some clouds from the White paper.  I added a house chipboard sticker and a tree from the ephemera icons.  Next, I took a text sticker from the Word Salad Booklet and adhered it right onto the hill.  To complete my scene, I added some of the White Trinket Puffy stickers!

 

 

To create the window of my shaker, I glued a piece of acetate to the frame I created and stuck down some foam tape around the border.  Then, I added some SpiegelMom Scraps sequins from my stash and sealed everything up.

 

 

For my sentiment, I used the Aria Puffy Alphas in Bell Pepper and spelled out 'Congrats'.  I plan on using this card as closing gift for my clients.  Who doesn't love receiving a handmade card?!  Especially one that shakes!  

 

 

That wraps up my cards!! I hope that I've inspired you to create some cards by mixing your Bella Besties products! They  were so simple to make and I hope that you give it a try!  See you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Home Sweet Home: Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip Stickers; Wish Big Girl: Ciao Chip Stickers; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Cotton Candy and Ice, Freehand Dot & Graph Patterned Paper in Bell Pepper, White, Pickle Juice and Punch; Word Salad Booklet; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Aria Puffy Alphas in Bell Pepper and Gulf.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Home is... layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hi friends,

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a family themed layout I created using the Home Sweet Home collection. 

To start, I went through all of the patterned papers to see what I was going to use as my background and which colors I wanted to go with. I chose a patterned paper with a very fine, light blue grid design.

The collection has a paper with a yellow tile design and I thought it would be cool to cut out circles and use them on the layout. So I punched out a few circles and painted them in colors that were matching the collection. Then I also used the patterned paper with the flowers and fussy-cut out a few flowers. 

I did some mixed media on the background paper that I chose, using gelatos and a wet baby wipe. I love that technique when I don't want the whole thing to get too messy. Then I tried out a few designs, deciding how I was going to use my circles and flowers. I decided to cut a slit into the circles and to glue them in a way that would create this sort of bottomless cone. I put an enamel dot in the middle, to turn them into abstract flowers.

Before glueing everything down, I placed all the elements on my page to see how I wanted my design to be. I used tangled thread behind each cone flower and popped some of my fussy-cut flowers up with foam dots.

I used a piece of acetate with white hearts, on the left side of the layout and adhered my photo on top, after matting it with some scraps of paper.

To embellish a bit more, I chose a pink chipboard house and placed it on the left side of the photo. Then I created a little cluster of flowers around it. I also used some acrylic hearts in some spots to make it even more fun. For my title, I used ephemera letters, spelling HOME and added some Florence and some Aria alphas to complete the title.

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to create some abstract little flowers... :)

Thank you for stopping by,

Mood Board inspired |Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a new page inspired on this month's mood board.   The colors, shapes and designs in this month's board were a great starting point for my page.  Let me show you the moodboard we are using as inspiration.

How can i not love all the vibrant colors and shapes in the board.  Those were a large part of the inspiration for my page:

The first thing that pop into my eyes was the diagonal stripe and triangular shape on the first two squares.   In addition, i just love all the teal color pop, and then there are the circles/pie shapes.  So, i decided to mix them up on this page.

I started with the background work.   For this, I chose the Goofing Off paper from the Pop Quiz collection, and added a bit of ink blending using some teal, pink, orange and mustard yellow colors - these are the most prominent colors in the board-. While the ink settle, i worked on creating the circles for the layout - i wanted a formation of circles as the one in the board for the background).

 

I used washi tape and attached it to white cardstock  to form the black and white strip square from the board.   Then used papers from the Bella Besties and Squeeze The Day collection to create the pie forms  so that they have the same formation as the first square in the board.  I cut all the circles with the same die, and also used some of the same patterned papers to cut full circles. I added a bit of detail to the circles with a white pen, and attached them to the background with dimensional adhesive.

I placed the picture on the top right side of the circle rows and added a few embellishments. I then decided to color block embellishments on the full circles  using die cuts and stickers from the Squeeze the Day, Chloe and Mom Life collection.  I finished the page by creating a title using the new Aria Puffy stickers in White.

 

I love how this page turned out  using the mood board as inspiration.   Now it is your turn to use the amazing Bella Blvd products to create a page of your own!  Remember to share with us your projects, as we love to be inspired by your work!

XO

BELLA BLVD.Supplies:

POP QUIZ collection:  Goofing Off paper

MOM LIFE Collection:  Cardstock stickers, Die cuts

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection:  6x6 paper pad, die cuts, Bella pops

BELLA BESTIES Collection: 6x6 paper pad

LET's GO ON  AN ADVENTURE collection:  Dotty Washi tape

CHLOE collection: Blossoms Bella Pops

LEGACY collection: Word Salad - cardstock stickers

ARIA Puffy Stickers: white

Back to School layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey scrappy friends, 

it's Lisa on the blog today and I'm sharing a new layout I created with the monthly mood board as an inspiration.

I love the colors on the mood board and I knew right away that I wanted to use bright pink, orange and teal. I also thought the bird was really cute and since school is starting on Sept 15th in Luxembourg, I was also in the mood to create a back to school layout.

To start, I went through all of my Bella papers and chose the colors that were matching the colors of the mood board. I then started by tracing an apple, cutting it out and adhering it to white paper. I love having white borders on my creations. I think it makes them stand out of the page more. 

Then I drew the cute bird from the mood board and chose a lot of different patterned papers to paper-piece him together. I really love how he turned out. 

For my background, I chose a patterned paper from the Pop Quiz collection. I added some pink and orange to the page, using a wet baby wipe and my gelatos. I already had my apple and my bird but I also wanted to add pencils. I found three of them in the Pop Quiz collection and then I created three by myself, using pink and orange papers. 

I started placing all of my elements on the page, trying out different options until I found the perfect one. 

The photo that I chose was one we took at the beginning of last school year. I matted it with a lot of different scraps of paper and also added chipboard and ephemera pieces from the Pop Quiz collection.

For my title, I used the new Aria puffy alphas, the Florence alphas and also chipboard letters saying 'SCHOOL'. The letters were white, so to make them stand out more from the (almost) white background, I added some pink to the borders. I LOVE how that looks!! 

To finish the layout, I added some enamel hearts and some splatters. 

I hope you are inspired by the mood board too, it's really cute!!

Thank you so much for stopping by,

see you soon,

Taking Care of the Dogs | Patricia

Hello lovely Bella Blvd Friends!  It is time for the September Mood Board and as always, I was very inspired.  This time, it inspired me to use the Cooper collection with Bella Blvd cut files, the new Aria Alphas, and some watercoloring!  Here's how it inspired my traveler's notebook spread.

I first cut the Bella Blvd Triangle Background downloaded from the Silhouette Store using the black side of the Squeeze the Day Orange You Glad pattern paper.  Then I pulled four different pattern papers from the Cooper 6x6 Paper Pad, choosing papers with more color than a design.  I wanted them to pop against the black cut file.  I also used the same 6x6 papers to cut out the Bella Blvd Floral Cluster cut file from the Silhouette Store.

After my two rows of triangles had color, I left the rest without for some extra white and contrast, and adhered part of the background at a diagonal onto my background, extending the last little bit of the right corner onto the right side to give it flow and movement.  With the Triangle Background, I have my modern, geometric; with the bright Fall colors with the black and white accents, I have the bold contrast; and with the Floral Clusters, I have the contemporary, modern flowers all inspired by the Mood Board.

For the right side, I left the top corner to add watercolors.  Using water and watercolors onto a acrylic block, I just pressed this corner into it until I got the desired look, then used a small paint brush to add the splatters from the leftover watercolors on the block.  Next, time to add some of the wonderful new Aria alphas and mix it up with the Cooper Die Cuts, Florence Stickers, and more of the Floral Cluster flowers I cut from the Silhouette.  I love the little pieces from that cut file and dotted those around for extra color and texture.

Even though this project has nothing to do with a pet dog, it has everything to do with my 'dogs' not barking.  So I printed my photos small and wide, aligning them along the cut file.  I think the Oscar bella-pops accents just took this to the next level.  I finished this with Swiggle Design Washi tape and Hearts Dog Mix Epoxy stickers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you are inspired by the September Mood Board, ways to use the Bella Blvd Cut files, and using the Cooper collection for non-pet projects!  Happy Creating!

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.