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Alphabets Week Day 1 | Niki

Hey everyone! Niki Rowland here with you today and I'm so happy to have recently joined the Bella Blvd Creative Team and I am excited to share my first layout and process video.  I was challenged to use the Aria and Florence alphabet stickers in a creative way, so I decided to turn them into a rainbow of words!

I attempted to draw the rainbow onto a sheet of white card but failed, and basically ended up eyeballing it. I started with the middle word 'spirited' and went from there. I was aiming to go in rainbow order and to use all seven colours of the rainbow but I ran out of room! So I only used five colors but I still love how it turned out.

I choose words that I would use to describe my little boy who is two and a half - he certainly is spirited and masterful! In between some of the words I added little hearts from the Aria and Florence alphabet stickers. I also stitched through all the words using white thread on my sewing machine.

I cut clouds from a Bella Besties white paper and I used the 'Rainbow with Cloud' cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. It was just the cloud I used which I cut twice. I stuck the clouds onto a piece of white cardstock and pierced holes around the edges. I then stitched around these using hot pink embroidery thread. I trimmed them closely and added them to my layout, at the ends of the rainbow of words.

I added my photo to one of the clouds and added embellishments here too. I have used Squeeze the Day hearts, phrases and acrylic shapes. I also added a couple of flowers from the same collection and a tag behind my photo that I tied through with gold thread.

I finished off by adding a few color-on-color splatters over my rainbow arcs using Shimmerz Paints and a paintbrush which I kept very close to the layout so I didn't end up with splatters in the wrong places!

Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope you have enjoyed my first Creative Team layout for Bella Blvd, I'm so happy to have joined such an awesome team! You can view the process video for today's layout below.

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers: Cotton Candy; Plum; Ice; Guacamole; Bell Pepper. Florence Alphabet Stickers: Plum; Ice; Pickle Juice; Bell Pepper. Squeeze the Day: So Berry Sweet Paper, 6x6 Paper Pad, Acrylic Shapes; Ephemera Icons; Ephemera Words. Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot White paper.

To the Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 5 | Erica

Hey friends! Erica here with you today for Day 6 of To the Moon & Besties Day 6!

The colors in this collection are so much fun and perfect to document photos of our little Liam Jay! He loves being outside and playing on his swing set! The seesaw is his favorite! I pulled out some papers from the To the Moon collection to run through my die cutting matching with some of my stitched star dies.

For my background I used some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Mustard but it turned out more of an orange color which is actually perfect for this layout! I layered up some stars and scattered them around the page. 

I printed my photos at home and they are around a 2x2 size. I matted them using papers from To the Moon and popped them up on the star die cuts. 

Bella Besties are perfect to mix in with all the collections! I added some star puffy trinkets all around the page for a bit of contrast. I love how the black really pops with all the colors on the page. 

For my title I used one of the Ciao Chip from To the Moon and mixed it up with some Aria Puffy Alphas in Black. I love how this layout turned out and Liam's big happy face just shines on this page! 

It was so much fun to use the To the Moon collection to document one of Liam's favorite summer activities! Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you all have a wonderful day!

To the Moon Collection | Doo Hickey Stickers, Ciao Chip, A Boys World Puffy Stickers, 





 

To The Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 2 Tuesday | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, everyone!

I'm sharing a brand new project for this week that was made with the new To the Moon paper collection and the Bella Besties paper collections. I love how all of these paper collections work together seamlessly for any project you may be working on.

To start my layout, I backed a piece of Kraft card stock against a pattern paper from the To the Moon collection. I then layered a piece of vellum over the Kraft card stock. I cut a large circle out of a piece of scrap paper and then cut it apart like slices of pie. I pulled a selection of eight different patterned papers and cut a piece of the "pie" from each one and then layered that on the base of my layout. I stitched the edges of each piece of pattern paper down with my sewing machine. I layered my photo over another piece of Bella Bestie's paper and more vellum. 

The next step was to get my title and subtitle down. I used the Aria Alphabet Stickers and the Florence Alphabet Stickers to create my title around the upper half of my circle. To continue the fluidity of movement and enhance the circles, I punched more circles out of pattern paper and place them around the large circle I created with the pie shaped pieces of pattern paper. I used chipboard, stickers, matte dots, and die-cuts to complete the project.

I loved how this project turned out! Full of fun and color :-)

 

Supplies Used:

1. Bella Blvd To The Moon Paper Collection
2. Bella Besties Graph and Dot Paper Collection
3. Aria Alphabet Stickers - Blueberry
4. Florence Alphabet Stickers - Gulf
5. Blue and White Dotted Washi Tape
6. Bella Pops - Shine On
7. To The Moon Ephemera Pack
8. To The Moon Doohickey Stickers
9. Matte Enamels - Dog Mix
10. To The Moon - Ciao Chip

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 4 | Karlla

Hello Bella BLVD friends,

Karlla here and I'm very happy to share my new layout with you!

In my last post I said how much I'm in love with Bella Blvd's cut files.

And I really am, I think they're so beautiful that I want to use them in all projects.
So I used it in another project. 

I hope you like it!

I found this "Gumball Machine" so amazing that I cut it big to highlight the layout.

This cut file is part of the "My Candy Girl" collection.

A fun and colorful collection.

I love this combination.

This week at Bella is dedicated to the beautiful "Trinkets Puffy Stickers"

I made a mix with several of them inside my Gumball Machine. I loved how they looked like gum.

I like to add dimension to my layouts,

I love highlighting elements. And with this project it was no different.

I created a combination of details coming out of the machine with

Ephemera Icon and Chipboard Stickers Icons.

I don't like to leave the details scattered around the layout, I find it so amazing when they are grouped with various dimensions.

Thinking about it, I made the title "Sweetened" bypassing the Gumball Machine.

Isn't this combination of colors and elements amazing? I love it so much!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope I inspired you.

Have a wonderful day!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

My Candy Girl Collection

12x12 Kit

Ephemera Icons 

Chipboard Stickers Icons 

Puffy Stickers - Sugar Coating 

Heart & Ombre Rainbow Collection 

Trinkets Puffy Stickers 

Aria Alpha - Peep 

 

Puffies Week Day 3 | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie here for a new day of our Puffies week.   The small trinkets are such a versatile embellishment, and just the perfect colors for all the Bella Blvd. collections.  Today, I am mixing Trinkets with the colorful My Candy Girl in this sweet layout...

 

 

I started the page using a tag die  to cut a few papers from My Candy Girl collection and Bella Besties.   I wanted something soft and plain for the background, so I reached for the Bella Besties (Grape) and set the tags at the top half of the background.

 

 

I strung a large piece of purple twine through the tag/banners just to keep them all together.   Once the banners were all secured, I added my photos.  Since I have the colorful papers surrounding them, I just added a few embellishments next to it.

 

 

It was all about embellishing, and that was easily done with puffies in colors that match the ones in each of the tag/banners. I placed the puffies so that they look as if they are floating through the banners.

 

 

To complete my page, I used Ciao Chips (to which I added a  bit of color through ink blending) and Aria Puffy Stickers.   That cute doodle pop bear is actually wearing ballet slippers, so it was the perfect complement for the page.   A few more trinkets complete the page.

 

 

I love how this page turned out  using a multiple Puffy Stickers and My Candy Girl collection.   Remember to come back tomorrow for more inspiration!

 

XO

 

 

Supplies:

My Candy Girl Collection:  Patterned paper, ephemera, chipboard stickers, Doohickey stickers, Doodle pop, Trinkets

Bella Besties (Ombre/Hearts ) collection:  Gulf, Cotton Candy, Plum, Bell Pepper

Trinket Stickers: Gulf, Punch/Peep/Cotton Candy, Plum, Bell Pepper, McIntosh

Ciao Chips 

Aria Puffy Alpha Stickers: Peep

 

 

To The Moon Week Day 4 | Nathalie

Hello there!

Nathalie here to continue with more To The Moon inspiration.   Throughout the week we are sharing projects created with the new and colorful To The Moon collection.  This collection is perfect for all those small explorers in your life.  I am using the masculine palette of the collection and a set of circle dies to create this page.

I love all the movement and color on the page, and this page came together in less than an hour.   Having the repeating shape made it easy to move stuff around to suit the feel of the page.

 

I used a circle die set to cut a few graduating circles for a few of the collection papers.  I made sure that each pattern/color was represented at least 2 times in the die cuts.

 

 

I am using the Bella Besties Ombre Black as the background for my page.   First I started just randomly adding the circles to the page, and moving them until  I was happy on the formation they created

 

I used a bit of foam adhesive to attach the circles to my page.   This helped me to add texture, interest, and movement to the page.   Once all the circles are set in place, I attached the pictures following the diagonal line of the page.   I kept the embellishment very simple. as the circles already add so much to the page.

 

 

To continue adding interest to the page,  I am using Aria Puffy Stickers to create the title of the spread, then had fun adding a few more details to some of the circles in the background.

 

 

I hope you come back tomorrow to continue seeing more projects with the beautiful  to the Mon collection!

XO

 

 

Supply List:

TO THE MOON Collection - patterned paper, chipboard sticker, trinkets, Doohickey stickers, ephemera 

BELLA BESTIES - Ombre/Stars in Black

ARIA PUFFY ALPHA STICKERS - Orange and Oyster

 

 

My Candy Girl Summer Meets Summer Time! Day 5 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, everyone! 

This is Melissa with you here this fine summer day and I have a new summer themed project using the My Candy Girl collection. 

I decided to go with one of my favorite designs for this layout: the grid based layout! The possibilities are endless with a grid of blocks to create little nests for journaling, embellishments, title, pictures...you name it!

I started with the Bela Besties Hearts and Ombre paper for my background piece and layered a piece of white card stock over that. Then I cut out nine three inch blocks using various pattern papers from the My Candy Girl paper collection. 

Once I had all my blocks of paper laid out where I wanted them, I stitched them all down with my sewing machine using diagonal stitching lines across my project. It gave it a "quilted" look. After they were all stitched down, I layered vellum on a few blocks and adhered that down along with another corresponding piece of patter paper in a smaller block size (two and a quarter inched blocks). 

I pulled out the My Candy Girl Ephemera pack of die-cuts and used those to embellish a couple of the blocks; I also used the Ciao Chip, Doohickey Stickers, Epoxy Hearts, and Bella Pops. I also used one block for my typed journaling and one block for my title.

I loved how light and summery my project turned out! How are you scrapping your summer moments?

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre - Ice Pattern Paper
My Candy Girl Paper Collection
My Candy Girl Ephemera Die-Cuts
Hello There Ciao Chip
Aria Alphabet - Cotton Candy
Epoxy Hearts
Bella Pops
My Candy Girl Doohickey Stickers

My Candy Girl Meets Summer Time! Day 2 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna here today sharing a super fun Summery layout using the beautiful My Candy Girl collection!  I absolutely LOVE Summer and thought it would be fun to document this photo of me and son with our boba drinks.  It was definitely a nice cool treat on a super hot Summer day!  

 

 

To start, I cut the Bella Blvd Sunshine cut file out on some textured white cardstock.  I then took two different yellow Distress Oxide ink pads from my stash and ink blended them on to give the cut file some color.  I popped the entire thing up on foam tape and even added foam dots to a few of the sun rays to give them some lift and interest.  Since I wanted to create a Summer sky, I chose the 12x12 Hearts and Ombre in Ice as my background paper.  I added some white doodle borders around the edge just to add a little something to it.  

 

 

Here's another shot of the cut file: 

 

 

I matted my photo with a few of the patterned papers from the collection and distressed the edges.  For my title, I used the Aria Alphas in Punch and also added a subtitle using the Florence Alphas in Gulf.  

 

 

I created a few embellishment clusters using the Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers, Ephemera and the super cute Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Ice & Gulf and Sugar Coating.  I layered some tangled thread in different colors in the clusters to add some texture.  

 

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The adorable Bella Pop piggie was too cute not to add on! 

 

 

 I also adhered a Heart Hug and some border stickers to the left of my layout to help draw your eye around the page.  

 

 

That about wraps up this layout!  I hope I've inspired you in some way today and thank you so much for being here!  Make sure to check out my process down below and let me know if you have any questions.  See you next time friends!

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

My Candy Girl Collection: 12×12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Ephemera, Bella Pops, Sugar Coating Puffy Stickers, Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Ice & Gulf;  Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre 12x12 Patterned Paper in Ice, Florence Alphas in Gulf, Aria Alphas in Punch, Heart Hugs;  Bella Blvd Cut File: Sunshine

 

 

Father's Day Week Day 6 | Tegan

Happy Saturday Bella Blvd friends! I hope you are enjoying all of the amazing Father's Day creations this week! I couldn't wait to create with the To The Moon collection - is it packed with so many fun colors and graphics! For today's layout, I documented some old family photos I had of my dad and I love how this page turned out! 

I used the gray outerspace print Shoot For the Moon patterned paper as my main background. I then added strips of the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot patterned papers to create a bold, colorful background. I think having the Bella Besties patterned papers on hand make it so easy to create fun and cool backgrounds! Here I also added some chipboard space pieces. Aren't the chipboard elements in this collection just so cool?! 

I then used some of my favorite patterned papers from To the Moon to cut out banners so I could create a bold graphic design on the page. I used the The Sky's The Limit, Rocket Growth, Reach For The Stars, Out Of This World, and the Little Explorer patterned papers. I had fun embellishing the banners with some To The Moon Chipboard stickers and Doohickey stickers and Bella Blvd felt pennant stickers.

I used the awesome Aria Puffy Stickers in McIntosh to create my simple title - dad. And how cute is that little astronaut ephemera piece! 

What is your favorite part of the To The Moon collection?! Is it the awesome colors or the adorable graphics?! Or is it the adorable patterned papers? I love so much about this collection I can't choose a single favorite thing! 

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope I have inspired you to use the awesome To The Moon collection for your next project documenting dad! And I hope all of the fathers out there have an amazing Father's Day! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

To The Moon Collection: Shoot For The Moon patterned paper, Out Of This World patterned paper, Reach For The Stars patterned paper, Rocket Growth patterned paper, The Sky's The Limit patterned paper, A Boy's World Puffy Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera 

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot patterned papers: Ice, Orange, McIntosh, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper

Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers in McIntosh

 

Father's Day Week Day 5 | Karlla

Hello Bella BLVD friends,

Karlla here and I'm very happy to share my new layout with you!

A special Father's Day project with the beautiful "To The Moon" and "Bella Besties" Collection.

For this layout, I made several heart origami with the darkest papers and I LOVE how they turned out!

I love bringing these different elements to my work. A geometric shape, an overlap, a fold...

I am delighted with this collection.

I have two boys at home and the combination is perfect

A curiosity of my two boys, they love playing with Lego.

It becomes an amazing day here at home.

For the title, I mixed the word 'Play' from the chipboard with Aria Alpha and sewed to give a detail.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope I inspired you.

Have a wonderful day!

Father can be blood or not ... what matters is LOVE.

Happy Father's Day!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

To The Moon Collection

Collection Kit

Ephemera Icons

Chipboard Stickers Icons

Cardstock Stickers

Bella Pops - Soar High

Puffy Stickers - A Boy's World

Bella Besties Collection

Aria Alpha - Blueberry and Bell Pepper