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Back to School - Old Meets New

Good morning everyone! Can you believe that summer is unofficially over and kids are going back to school?!?! It's crazy!

For my back-to-school-week layout, I decided to begin by using the Florence Alpha cut file to add a little interest to my background. I backed that with the Oyster paper from the new Bella Besties line and then added in random Florence Alphas to add a pop of color. I then dug DEEP into my stash and pulled out bits from the older Star Student line. I love mixing older supplies with newer stuff - and since all the Bella products coordinate so well, it's easy to do!

Here is my final layout:

Do you mix old and new products? Make sure to share with us - we always love to see what you're making. Have a wonderful day!

Patterned Papers: Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot Oyster; Star Student: Borders, Daily Details; Florence Alphas, Punch, Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Ice, Plum; Ciao Chip: Star Student; Trinkets: Star Student; Treasures & Text: Star Student; Enamel Doo Dads: McIntosh

Back to School Cards

Hello Bella Blvd Friends! Welcome to Back to School Week! Today I am sharing easy to make cards to welcome back that special teacher or amazing friend! Such an awesome way to start the school year.

With a cute patchwork style, these cards can be made in a snap. And why not have some fun with scissors and glue yourself?!

Let's get started by gathering our supplies. You will need the new Bella Blvd Squeeze the Day & Freehand Graph and Dot 6"x6" mini paper pads; Florence Alphabet Stickers; Squeeze the Day Ephemera Icons; & white cardstock.

step 1. Cut two (2) strips of patterned paper from the mini paper pads at 1" wide. Cut the paper strips into 1" squares. Cut each square on the diagonal to create triangles. Use coordinating colours to create your apples.

step 2. Take four (4) triangles and trim 1/2 cm off the top angle (see image below). Leave the right angle intact. Overlap the middle two triangles to create a gap for the stem to "grow" from.

step 3. Align the triangles (as shown below) to form the patchwork apple shape. Use a set square ruler for even placement on your base cardstock.

step 4. Add a leaf to the top of the apple using a heart shaped ephemera icon and layer it with an enamel heart or Florence Alphabet heart sticker.

step 5. Use a cute phrase or school pun for your sentiment. The Florence Alphabet Stickers and Tiny Text alphabets are perfect for this!

step 6. Back your cardstock base with patterned paper from the mini paper pad.

step 7. Finally attach your patchwork apple to a white cardstock 4"x6" card.

Here's hoping your student or favorite teacher has a fabulous first day back at school. Thanks for visiting!

 

Squeeze the Day: 6"x6" mini paper pad, Ephemera icons, Heart Epoxy; Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot 6"x6" mini paper pad; Florence Alphabet Stickers: McIntosh Florence, Bell Pepper Florence, Pickle Juice Florence, Guacamole Florence, Pony Florence, Black Florence; Tiny Text Alphabet Stickers: Pumpkin Spice Tiny Text.

 

 

Back to School card and box

Hi everyone! It's hard to believe it's time for the kids to head back to school! My youngest daughter will be making the big transition from private school to a public middle school. I made this cute gift set to give her on the first day. 

I used the new Bella Besties Collection to cut the pencil. I plan to fill this with some cute planner stickers and maybe a little candy. 

For my card, I used some more Bella Besties for the background and then added some ephemera from the Pop Quiz Collection. This card would also be cute for a new teacher.  

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Bella Besties Collection, Pop Quiz Ephemera Pack,  Chipboard Stickers and Sticky Mix, Puffy Stars

 

 

6x6 Pages with Kelly

Hello there! It's Kelly here today sharing a set of four coordinating 6x6 pages. I don't know about everyone else, but I am trying to get ready for the upcoming school year. We homeschool, and I haven't even ordered my curriculum yet! I pulled out some older back to school photos to try and get my head in the game :)

I used the new Freehand Graph & Dot 6x6 paper pad for the base of my pages....I paired it with Pop Quiz, a school themed collection, to go along with my back to school theme.

I used four different background colors, and made each one a little different, but also wanted them to look great when put together. 

I used Heart Hugs with the Florence Alphas to document each grade level for the school year.

The Florence Alphas also came in handy for my title...different color letters for each color page helps it to pop.

A few enamel hearts for each page makes the project complete!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Freehand Graph & Dot: 6x6 pad; Pop Quiz:Get to Class, Borders, Ephemera; Heart Hugs: Christmas, Halloween, Earth, Wild Berry; Florence Alphabet: Blueberry, McIntosh, White; Puffy Stars: Milk White, McIntosh, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper; Puffy Hearts: McIntosh;Designer Washi Tape: Ice Dot

Summer Vibes | Erica Thompson

I am loving the summer sun and all the pool time we have been getting! Perfect memories to document with the brand new Squeeze the Day collection. The colors and images are so darn sweet! This week we are having fun with acrylics and I knew the Splish Spash piece was the perfect fit with my layout today! I cut my cut file out on some white cardstock and used the new Squeeze the Day 6x6 paper pad to back the file. I love the smaller scale of these paper pads and they are just perfect for cut files!

I almost always purchase 6x6 paper pads because they are perfect for so many things! I of coarse started with a white background...it is just my go to! I sprinkled on some mists from Shimmerz that matched the collection and then popped up the cut file. I pulled out all the coordinating embellishments from Squeeze the Day! Yes you will want to pick them all up because they are all fabulous! Oh and did you know Bella released brand new products with this collection! Yep! The 6x6 pads are just the beginning! This collection is packed with some amazing stuff people!

I added some ephemera pieces around my layout and also pulled out some black tiny heart stickers from the Florence alpha sheet. Did you know these alpha sheets had hearts on them? Well now you do and you will love them! To finish up my layout I matted it on one of the new Bella Besties and added my journaling with my WRMK typewriter!

Here is a look at my completed layout using the new Squeeze the Day collection!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Check back tomorrow for more inspiration.

Squeeze the Day 6x6 paper pad, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Acrylic Word Splish Splash, Florence Alpha Black, Squeeze the Day Ciao Chip, Squeeze the Day Doohickey

Acrylic Word Titles by Sarah

Good morning everyone!!

Sarah here today and I'm going to be sharing a layout with Bella Blvd's new Squeeze the Day collection!! I mean, this collection is so amazing and fresh! I just love it!!

Ok, not only do I love the new Squeeze the Day collection, with its bright colors and happy patterns, but I really have a thing for the Bella invisables! I think I may have one or two left, I love them added in as a layer on a layout. This one was a calendar, but you don't have to use it that way at all. I just love the way it adds more to the background.

 I started with a Bella Besties for my background. I knew I wanted to use the invisible on my background too, so I actually started building my layout on it, before ever sticking anything to my background paper. I figured that doing it this way, I would be able to build my layout and then decided on what color I wanted the background to be, what complimented my layout.

I started with my pictures. I had three for this layout, I just had to decide if I wanted them to go vertical or horizontal. I ended up deciding to have them go with them horizontal. I backed each photo with a different patterned paper and then decide I wanted a patterned paper running behind my photos. And I love rainbows! So I went with that, it had a lot of white and pops of all the colors in the collection, so anything from the collection would work!

Once I chose the rainbow picture, I popped two of my photos up on 3D foam and stuck them all down. Then came trying to decide what embellishments I was going to use. And if you haven't seen this collection, OH WOW are there a ton of ephemera pieces, stickers and all the epoxy pieces!! So for me it was hard not to use everything!!

I chose some of the pieces I wanted to use, set them aside and pulled out my acrylic words. This week we were to use acrylic words on out layout. Well I chose three different ones to use. It was super easy to chose the words for my title too. We were at the zoo in these pictures and we had do much fun while we were there. My youngest daughter got to to ride the carousel for the first time and oh did she love it, she didn't want to get off it! One of my other daughters wasn't so sure about it though and she held on for dear life. But it was all so much fun.

I picked where I wanted my title to go, I started from the top with the largest word and a white one, knowing that I had two white acrylic words and a green one, I decided to alternate them. So I placed them and started to embellish around my layout. I added a cluster up to the top left. I added some of the tags, epoxy fruit, ephemera heart and a sticker here and there. I did the same to the right of the photos and than down at the very bottom below the word play. Once I was happy with everything, I went through the Bella Besties, sliding different colors behind my invisible, until I chose the ice color. I adhered everything to the background paper and was done.

Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot Ice

Squeeze the Day collection: Sweet skies patterned paper, 6x6 paper pad, ephemera words, ephemera icons, doohicky sticker sheet, epoxy icons

Invisibles calendar

Acrylic words: Explore, Play

Acrylic word-Wish big: Happy 

NEW COLLECTION!!! Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot Reveal!

Spring 2019: Introducing Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot Paper Pack

After more than ten years we have officially named our “basics” series! Bella Besties is their official name. Why? Because they are best friends with all the other Bella products!

 

Did you know that Bella Blvd has been using many of the same colors since our very first collection? We did this intentionally so every Bella product in your stash will mix and match, whether you bought it in 2008 or now in 2019!
Get familiar with our signature color names!

Our Freehand Graph & Dot papers feature hand-drawn elements and are monochromatic to maximize their potential use in paper crafting. These fun papers are available in all of our signature colors. See the details below!

Collection Kit:

NEW! 6" x 6" Paper Pad:

All of these yummy products are shipping in late-July so make sure you pre-order today or ask your favorite local and online retailers to bring it all into their store! If you don't have a local store near you, don't worry! We will make sure to have everything in Bella Blvd's online retail store in early August!

Thanks for your support and loyalty! We can't wait to see what you create with our Bella Besties!