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Bella Besties & Chloe Week Day 4 | Niki Rowland | with Process Video

Hi everyone, this is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) and I have a new Spring layout and process video to share today using Bella Besties as well as the Chloe collection.

I started with the Springtime Title cut file available from the Silhouette Design Store. I re-arranged the letters so that ‘Spring’ was all on one line and I added an extra flower. I then cut this from a sheet of white cardstock which left me with a background with letters cut out of it. I backfilled all the letters using Bella Besties, the Freehand Graph & Dot pack. I picked out five colours that went well with the spring theme: Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper, Orange, Pickle Juice and Ice. I backfilled the cut file title with those colours, mixing up the graph sides and dot sides. I even did the tiny bits of the flowers in different colours too and they are all raised on foam pads so there is good depth to the cut file.

I fussy cut lots of hearts from a Chloe paper. I folded each one and added them to places on my layout where there were similar colours. I also arranged five together in a circle shape: with the hearts folded and arranged in this way they look like a flower.

I then went through the Chloe collection and used the Ephemera Icons, specifically the beautiful flowers in this pack. I added these to my layout too all raised on foam pads. I also used some Bella Pops the ‘Cat House’ set. I just used the two clouds from this set at the top of my layout.

I then added lots of Trinkets puffy stickers, again colour-on-colour style. I love these so much, I think they may be my favourite Bella Blvd product! I added the word ‘walk’ to extend my title using Florence alphabet stickers in Bell Pepper.

I finished off by handwriting my journaling and adding a few Matte Enamels also from the Chloe Collection. Here's another look at the finished layout:

 

Thank you so much for joining me today, I hope you have enjoyed the layout. Happy scrapping and enjoy the video below.

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used: Bella Besties Freehand Graph and Dot paper: Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper, Orange, Pickle Juice, Ice

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Punch Peep & Cotton Candy, Ice & Gulf, Pickle Juice & Guacamole, Orange, Bell Pepper

Chloe Collection: 12x12 papers, Ephemera Icons, Cat House Bella Pops, Matte Enamels 

Florence Alphas: Bell Pepper 

Cut Files: Springtime Title

 

Cut Outs Week Day 5 | Sarah

Hi, beautiful Bella friends! Hope you have all been enjoying Cut Outs Week! It's Sarah on the blog today, and I am sharing a fun layout using Cuts and the beautiful Home Sweet Home collection.

I like that Cut Outs are a quick and easy alternative to fussy cutting or even to using a die cutting machine. Honestly, all you have to do is add either a sheet of cardstock or a coordinating patterned paper behind the Cut Out and viola! It's as simple as that.

I wanted to add a couple of clouds to my layout, but I was strapped on time. I didn't want to bring out my Silhouette, but I remembered that I hadn't used the clouds from the Over the Rainbow Cut Outs that I previously had used on another project.

Originally, the clouds come all attached, but I cut them apart to create a more natural, sporadic look. By adding some beautiful color from Bella Bestie papers, I was able to create this soft cloud look.

Also, because I cut apart the clouds Cut Out, I have leftover clouds that I can use on a future project. It's a win, win! Expect to make an appearance in one of my future projects; consider yourself warned, hehe. 

Can we also talk about how cute this Home Sweet Home collection really is? It's a versatile one. I used it for a dog photo, friends. Don't get me wrong, I'm obviously biased to the Cooper collection, but I just love the colors on this one. And the houseplants?! Yes, please!

Lastly, that "So Sweet" title was just perfect for this layout. Sometimes, I'm not sure what words/title to add to my layouts, so having these already made Bella acrylic words saved the day. If you haven't already seen them, make sure to take a peek at them. There are so many to choose from.

Okay, that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you in some way today. If you haven't already, I hope you get a chance to try out these Cut Outs. I'm a huge fan because they're so cute and easy to use.

Thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Home Sweet Home: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Washi Tape; Over the Rainbow Cut Outs; Squeeze the Day: Acrylic Words So So Sweet

Cutouts Week Day 3 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, Bella friends!

This is Melissa here with you today and I'm sharing a new project I created using the "SMILE" cutout. Every time I looked at these photos of my sweet niece, a big SMILE came over my face. She was thoroughly enjoying her ice-cream cone!

To start my project, I layered two pieces of card-stock on top of the 12x12 piece of pattern paper from the "Squeeze the Day" collection kit. This paper collection is one of my favorites with all of the bright fun colors! I stitched my pieces of card-stock down to the pattern paper using my sewing machine. Next, I started working on backing the Bella cut-out with smaller pieces of pattern paper from the Squeeze the day 6x6 Paper Pad. This may look like it's difficult to do; however, each cut-out comes with a diagram of the pieces that are included and makes it super easy to cut out the corresponding shapes needed. 

I layered a bunch of different pattern papers and some vellum together as an anchor for my three photos and stitched those down. My photos went on top and then the "SMILE" cut-out went directly below it. I created a sub-title underneath the cut-out using the Florence Alphabet stickers in the color punch. I loved those hot pink letters against the lime-green card-stock! 

Once the main elements of my layout were adhered down, I finished up my project using various embellishments from the Squeeze the Day collection: stickers, epoxy hearts, and epherma icons. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog and taking a peek at this new project! Have a great week :-)

    Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Happiness Cut-Out
Squeeze the Day Collection Kit
Squeeze the Day 6x6 Paper Pad
Squeeze the Day Bella Besties Paper Collection
Squeeze the Day Doohickey Sticker Sheet
Florence Alphabet Sticker - Punch
Squeeze the Day Epherma Icons
Squeeze the Day Epoxy Hearts

Cut Outs Week Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today for Cut Outs Week!  I absolutely LOVE working with Cut Outs, they're so convenient and perfect for when I don't want to fuss with my die cutting machine.  I love having them on hand and when I go to a crop later this year, I'm totally taking a stack with me!  This week, we were able to use a collection of our choice so I went with Splash Zone.  It's so fun and vibrant and was perfect to use with a pool photo.  Here's what I came up with!  Make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post to see how this layout came together.  

 

 

To start, I used the template that is provided in the Cut Outs packages.  I fussy cut one of the hearts out and used that to trace on a few different patterned papers from the collection.  This was so helpful because it is sized perfectly!  I ended up choosing patterns with blues, pinks and yellows.  I thought they would compliment my photo best.  When it came to backing the Cut Out, I only backed a few of the hearts.  I wanted to leave the rest open and more of a layering piece.  

 

I gessoed up a piece of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre paper in White.  Once that was dry, I added some mixed media to it by spraying a few Shimmerz Paints from my stash right on top of it.  I kept it pretty subtle since I only wanted a little of it to peek out from under my photo.  Then I popped up the Cut Out on some foam tape and adhered it down.  Next, I got to work on embellishing my page.  For my title, I used the "Splish Splash" acrylic word and added some tangled thread underneath it.  I thought it helped make it pop a bit.  

 

 

I added a few of the Ephemera Icons and Ephemera Words around my page.  

 

 

I love layering these pieces around my photo making sure to pop them up on foam to give them even more interest. 

 

 

I fussy cut a few icons from one of the patterned papers and added them into my embellishment clusters.  They're so little and cute!  

 

 

Lastly, I pulled out the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Ice and Gulf and Punch, Peep and Cotton Candy.  I pulled a few hearts from each sheet and added them around my page as a finishing touch.  

 

 

This was such a fun layout to make and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  Have you had a chance to add some Cut Outs to your stash?  I highly recommend them, they're so versatile and easy to use.  I love that in most of the packages, you get more than one Cut Out so you can make several projects with just one set.  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!  

 

Process Video: 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Splash Zone Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Acrylic Words, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words;  Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers in: White; Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Bell Pepper, Blueberry, Ice & Gulf and Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy; Cut Outs: Heart Attack

 

Spring Week Day 6 | Nathalie

Hi there Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue sharing more Spring inspiration using the beautiful Bella Blvd products.   Unfortunately, we are in lockdown here in Toronto, Canada which means we are not able to fully enjoy our Spring, instead, I am dipping into past memories to relive those glorious days.   I just love when you find the perfect photo and have an idea in mind...

 

 

As soon as I saw the new Spring Break cut file, I rapidly formed this layout in my head... It all started by copying and welding the cut file 4 times to create the cut out for my page from white cardstock.  I cut it twice, glued the cut outs together, and then backed the empty word with papers from  Home Sweet Home and Chloe collections.

 

 

I trimmed a paper from the Fireworks and Freedom collection  to about 11.5"x11.25" and framed it with Bella Besties Dot/Graph in blueberry.  Using a bit of foam adhesive, I attached the cut out to the background right at the center line of the page.

 

When I copied the cut file, I made sure to leave spaces for my photos.  So, after framing them with a paper from Home Sweet Home, I glued them to the top right and bottom left corners of the cut out.

 

 

I used ephemera pieces, chipboard stickers and fussy cut flowers and butterflies all from Home Sweet Home to create  two large clusters, one for each photo.  Then scattered some of the small flowers around the cut out.

 

 

All that was left to do was add my lines of journal and enamel dots for the "i"s.   I love how this turned out. All the colors and flowers bring a sense of the outdoors -in all its glory- to my page.

I hope that you are inspired by this week's projects, and use your Bella Blvd. goodies to document your Spring memories.

XO

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Digital Cut File:  SPRING BREAK ( # 346835) - Silhouette store

FIREWORKS and FREEDOM:  Patterned Paper

HOME SWEET HOME Collection: Patterned Paper,  Ephemera, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Stickers

CHLOE Collection: 6x6 Paper Pad

BELLA BESTIES Collection: Dot/graph - Blueberry

BELLA HEART HUGS - Mini Thank you

Spring Week Day 5 | Niki Rowland

 

Hi everyone, this is Niki @nikiclairecreates and I have a new layout and video to share for Bella Blvd today! My assignment today was to have a Spring theme for my layout. 

I’ve used two cut files. One is a cute bunny shape called ‘bunny silhouette’ and the other is a title called ‘bunny hop'.

I wanted to focus on color for this layout and to use traditional Easter colors: light yellow, light pink, light green and light blue so I chose papers from the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot pack in Bell Pepper, Cotton Candy, Pickle Juice and Ice. I also picked out a sheet of hearts from the Chloe collection because they were perfect for fussy cutting!

 

I played around with a few different options for this layout before deciding on the final design! Once I’d made a decision I cut the Bunny Silhouette five times in the four colors (cutting two from the Ice color). I then stuck them all on to a piece of white card. I pierced holes around the outside of all the bunnies and then took some time to stitch around each one with a coordinating thread. I then cut them out leaving a narrow white border and they look so cute!

 

 

I added a very light pink spray (Shimmerz Paints ‘Sweet Baby Girl’) to my white cardstock background just to add a little bit of color. Once this was dry I arranged my bunnies on the background together with my two photos. I mounted the photos onto a bright pink journaling card from the Chloe collection – the bright pink just gave the layout a burst of bright color amongst the pastels and gave the layout the perfect lift.

I added tails to my bunnies using white pom poms – these look adorable!

 

 

I cut the title ‘bunny hop’ from Cotton Candy paper too and backed it with white card. I actually ended up using just the word ‘hop’ instead of the full title. It was very easy to snip off and the single word worked better for my layout. I extended the title with Aria alphas in Cotton Candy with the word ‘on’ so the title reads ‘hop on’.

I fussy cut lots of hearts from a paper from the Chloe collection. I chose all the hearts in the same colours of my bunnies, folded the slightly and stuck them around and amongst the bunnies. I then stitched through each one on my sewing machine with white thread. I trimmed the ends but left them dangling a little.

I then got out my stash of Trinkets in the same four colors and stuck the flower shapes in between the bunnies and hearts.

 

 

I totally love how this layout turned out, it’s super cut with those gorgeous bunnies and perfect for Easter photos of me and my lovely girlie. Enjoy the process video below.

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Supplies used:

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot: Ice, Pickle Juice, Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper.

Squeeze the Day: Ephemera Words

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Ice & Gulf, Pickle Juice & Guacamole, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper

Aria Alphabet: Cotton Candy 

Cut Files: Bunny Silhouette, Bunny Hop

Other Supplies: white pom poms, Shimmerz Paint 'Sweet Baby Girl'

Spring Week Day 2 | Yarelys

Hey Bella friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout featuring the Home sweet Home collection as well as one of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I used the Spring Florals cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. I went through the papers of the collection and picked the Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic to cut the flowers. I also picked the Hearts & Ombre Guacamole paper to cut the leaves. I cut the flowers in different sizes and layered them to give them dimension. Oh, love these flowers!

Back to the layout! I painted my background with the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons. Then I glued my photo and the flowers, and added flowers and butterflies from the Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons.

For my title I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers in Peep. To finish my layout, I added some of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Orange and Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy.

I love how this layout turned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thank so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/63Ukr2GFLs8

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Home Sweet Home: Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic papers

Hearts & Ombre: Guacamole

Aria Alphabet: Peep

Home Sweet Home: Ephemera Icons

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy, and Orange

Spring Week Day 1 | Tegan

Happy Spring Week from Tegan everyone! I hope everyone is experiencing beautiful weather these days! Spring has definitely arrived in my neck of the woods and I am ready for it! I was all too happy to create a layout inspired by spring this week. I documented a day that we got rained on during vacation a couple years back...come take a look! 

I started by using the cloud patterned Play Time Patterned Paper from the Cooper collection because well...clouds! I lined the top of the page with two rows of the fun blue Bella Blvd Squiggle Washi Tape and accented it with a chipboard butterfly from the Home Sweet Home Collection. I LOVE having the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs on hand even though I have an electronic die cut machine. I was super happy that I had the clouds from the Over the Rainbow Cut-Outs because my die cut machine isn't working properly this week. Cut-Outs to the rescue! 

I used my favorite patterned papers from the Home Sweet Home Collection to back the clouds Cut-Out. I then used some Home Sweet Home word sentiment die cuts to embellish the clouds. I love how this turned out and the extra layer of color that the tabs add! I used the little heart stickers from the McIntosh Florence Alphabet stickers as accents around the page. 

I used fun patterned papers from the Home Sweet Home Collection to anchor my photo. I used the Florence Alphabet Stickers in Punch to start creating the title on a chipboard cloud from the Home Sweet Home Collection. I then used the 'FUN' chipboard from Home Sweet Home to complete the title. I added a little dimension to it using the the enamel dots from the Pretty in Pink Heart Hugs. 

I adore all of the colors and patterned papers in the Home Sweet Home Collection! Which patterned papers are your favorites!?

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the colorful Home Sweet Home Collection for your next spring project! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

Home Sweet Home Collection: Collection Kit, Ciao Chip, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons

Cut-Outs: Over the Rainbow

Cooper Collection: Play Time Patterned Paper

Florence Alphabet Stickers: McIntosh, Punch

Heart Hugs: Pretty in Pink 

Spring & Easter Week Day 6 | Sarah

Happy Saturday, Bella fans! Tomorrow's Easter, and we're prepping for it over at my house. We still do baskets and egg hunts. Anyone else? 

Anyway, I felt it would be fun to get into the Easter spirit and create a project using the Easter basket cut file in the Silhouette Design store. Here's what I came up with:

 

I thought it would be fun to create a layout based on the idea of filling it with a cluster of fun, so I "filled" a basket with a photo and a bunch of flower clusters from the Home Sweet Home collection.

I really loved the look of the basket in this cut file; it totally reminded me of a wicker basket with all of the rectangles in the design.

For my title, I used the Springtime Title cut file and some Ciao chipboard.

Oh, and one of my favorite little additions to this layout are the washi tape hearts. I ripped up the washi tape to add scattered heart embellishments. It's such an easy thing to add, and it adds so much color to your project.

And that's all the springtime inspiration I've got for you today! I hope it brought you some springtime warmth. If you end up creating something, we'd love to see it. Don't forget to share your finished projects with us on our Facebook page. We'd love to see it!

And as always, thanks for reading through my post today! It's totally appreciated. I love getting to create and share my creativity with you all.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Home Sweet Home: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Washi Tape; Cut Files: Easter Basket, Springtime Title, and Cutesy Daisies

Spring & Easter Week Day 5 | Tarrah McLean

Hi Bella friends and Happy Easter!

It's Tarrah McLean back with you and this week on the Bella blog we are sharing Spring/Easter projects using Bella cut files! The Silhouette Design store has AMAZING Bella cut files - you need to check them out!

I decided to cut out the super cute Easter Egg basket cut file from the brown colour in the Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre paper pack. I enlarged the Happy cut file title and cut this out 3 times from the yellow paper in the Bella Besties Graph and Dot pack. I adhered them all together so the title had some dimension and looked a similar depth to chipboard.  

I separated all the pieces of the Easter basket and cut them all with different coloured papers from the Bella Besties graph and dot paper. 

I added craft foam underneath the basket cut file and adhered it to a plain white cardstock background. I then added craft foam underneath the eggs and my photo and arranged them in the basket. My photo is of my 2 sons cuddling a life sized Easter Bunny! Super cute! I adhered the Happy cut file title at the base of the basket and took the Aria Alphabet puffy stickers in Punch and spelt out Easter to make up the rest of my title. At the top of my photo, I added a tab die-cut and below the title I added a pennant die-cut and on the Easter basket cut file I added some of the sweet small flowers all from the Squeeze the Day ephemera pack. 

I also scattered and arranged some florals, foliage and a pink heart around the outside of the Easter basket from the Home Sweet Home ephemera pack. I took some of the Blueberry puffy sticker shapes and added them scattered around my page. I adhered a die-cut heart to the centre of the 'a' in Happy and layered a red puffy heart in the middle also. I just love how bright and bold Bella products look on a layout! Everything co-ordinated so perfectly too!   

I typed some journaling onto my laptop, printed it out and then cut it up into strips. I adhered them above the title to help link the title with the journaling. I am loving strip journaling at the moment! Down the left side of the page, I trimmed a small strip of the Blueberry paper from the Bella Besties Graph and Dot paper  and adhered it down flush with the edge of the cardstock. I also place a scalloped border next to the paper strip from the Squeeze the Day Doohickey sticker sheet.    

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout and that you are inspired in some way to create a Spring or Easter project using Bella products!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Bella Blvd products used:

Bella cut files

Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre paper pack

Bella Besties Graph and Dot pack

Aria Alphabet puffy stickers in Punch

Squeeze the Day ephemera pack

Home Sweet Home ephemera pack

Blueberry puffy sticker shapes

Squeeze the Day Doohickey sticker sheet

Spring & Easter Week Day 4 | Melissa Mann

Hello! This is Melissa here with you again today sharing a new Easter themed layout featuring a big title using one of the Bella Blvd cut files!

To start my project, I layered a pretty floral piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home Collection, a piece of Kraft card stock, and another piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home collection. I stitched all of these down with my sewing machine and then slightly distressed the edges to add a a little texture. 

 

Next, I layered a piece of the Bella Bestie Hearts & Ombre paper in Cotton Candy on top of my background followed by the back side of that same piece of paper that I layered the opposite way as a place to anchor my three photos. I had three photos of my sweet niece that my brother took last year at Easter that I printed out at size 2.75" x 3.5". Once I adhered these photos down, I placed my big "BUNNY HOP" title underneath. This cut file can be found in the Bella Blvd artist category in the Silhouette Design Store. There are several new Easter and spring themed cut files that will work perfectly for any project you may be working on!

 

After I cut my title out, I backed it with a piece of vellum and then placed it on my layout. I typed my journaling out on a piece of white cardstock and put it next to my title. Once I had these key pieces in place, I was able to add my embellishments using the Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey sticker sheet, Bella Pops, and the Matte Enamels. 

 

Here is a look at the whole project! I love how seamlessly all the Bella products work together!

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my project! Have a great week!

 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

"Bunny Hop" Cut File
Home Sweet Home Collection Kit
Bella Besties - Heart & Ombre
Ephemera Icons - Home Sweet Home
Ciao Chip - Home Sweet Home
Doohickey - Home Sweet Home
Follow the Rainbow - Bella-Pops
Fruity Mix Matte Enamels