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Summertime and Bella Besties | Maree

Hi Bella friends,

It's Maree back to share a cute summer layout with you using some awesome Bella Besties products and a Cut Out too!

I had some fun pool pictures of my daughter and her friend. I thought the Sunshine Cut Out was perfect for these pics. I decided to use the hearts Bella Besties papers because they are so cute.

I started with some Distress Inks and a sunburst stencil to make a rainbow design the same colors as the papers. The paper took the ink so nicely and it really frames the pics well.

I backed the Cut Out using various shades from the Bella Besties paper. I used the template included in the Cut Outs pack and it was amazing how quick this made it. I then used some tone on tone Bella Trinket Puffy stickers to embellish the completed Cut Out.

I pulled out a few bits and pieces from the Time to Travel collection to finish embellishing the page. I love that Ciao Chip camera! I then added my sub title using the Florence Alphas in Pink.

I added some white ink splatters to finish off the page. I think this turned out so fun. Have you pulled out your Bella Besties lately? They work for almost any layout idea!  Have a fabulous day.

Bella Besties Collection Kit - Hearts

Trinkets Puffy Stickers

Florence Alphas

Cut Outs - Summer Sun

Time to Travel - Ciao Chip

Time to Travel - Ephemera

Time to Travel - Doohickey stickers

 

Lake Life + Bella Besties | Maree

Hi Bella Friends,

I'm here to share a fun layout today that highlights Lake Life and some classic Bella Besties. I love how easy it is to add Bella Besties to any layout, they always coordinate perfectly!

I started off with a Bella Besties paper for my background. This one is called 'Hearts and Ombre Ice' in blue. The gradient fades from dark to light and is just so pretty! My next step was to add the patterned Lake Life paper in a few diagonal pieces and machine stitch in place. I also added some border stickers from the Doohickey sticker sheet to frame the page.

I also fussy cut some of the Clear Cuts wave acetate to add just above the bottom paneling to give a little more fun detail. Next I added my pics and then used a combination of Florence Alphas and Ciao Chip to create my title.

Then I created 3 clusters to embellish my page. The first cluster features that gorgeous little bear holding fish, and the boats from the collections icons pack. This tied in so perfectly with my pictures of us kayaking and rafting in the lake.

The next cluster is a few trees, the cute life jacket and cloud, and my favorite, the adorable epoxy frog. My kids went frog hunting on this trip so I had to add him to the page!

Finally I used a couple of tags from the ephemera words pack. I added eyelets and twine for texture and a couple of cute epoxy pieces for interest.

 I think the icons in this collection are just so stinking cute! I hope you get some inspiration on how to mix Bella Besties, and Alphas with the latest new collection. Have a creative day!

Lake Life Collection

Collection Kit

Doohickey stickers

Ciao Chip

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Clear Cuts

Birthday Bash and SCT Sketch | Gloria Parra

Hello Bella friends, happy Friday!!! It’s Gloria Parra here today with a new layout. For this one we were challenged to use as inspiration a super fun Scrapbook & Cards Today sketch, and oh how I LOVE sketches!!! They make creating so much fun and easy since you don’t have to start from scratch…I love to use sketches whenever I'm lost as what to create.

For the base of my layout, I used a 12x12 pink cardstock and trimmed the gingham white and light blue Birthday Bash patterned paper to 11,5 x 11,5 inches. 

For this layout I wanted a sunburst of color and pattern. I used two of my favorite pictures from my youngest daughters 4year birthday party. Foto my sun rays I chose the patterns that I liked most and that I thought coordinated better with my pictures. With the help of my trimmer, I created two sizes of rays, a thicker and a thinner one, that I then used as template to create all of my them in different lengths. I added stitching to some of them, this adds a different texture and I love that!

For my Sun, I used the black and white Birthday Bash text patterned paper to create my 7" circle that I then matted with a larger 7.5" circle that I cut from a light blue Bella Besties patterned paper. 

I placed my two 3x4 inch photos on my circle and added one of the 3x4 cut apart in place of the third photo on the sketch. That’s what I love about sketches, you can replace elements from it with what works for you, it’s the perfect starting point!

For my title I used the Chipboard word “Birthday Wishes" and added a subtitle with the ephemera word that says “it's party time!”. 

I love how colorful and vibrant this layout turned out, perfect for a Birthday memory! Hope you guys like it and feel inspired to create with this super fun collection and awesome sketch! 

Have an awesome weekend!

 

Love,

Gloria

 

Products I used:

Birthday Bash Collection Kit

Birthday Bash Ciao Chip

Birthday Bash Puffy Stickers

Birthday Bash Bella Pops

Birthday Bash Ephemera Words

Birthday Bash Ephemera Icons

Birthday Bash Epoxy Dots

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

Let's Go On An Adventure Cards | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share some cards using the Let's Go On An Adventure collection! 

I wanted to create colorful layered cards with die cuts, chipboard and some of the Bella Bestie Puffy Stickers.

Each card features pattern papers from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. I love the pops of black in this collection and all the gorgeous florals! 

These cards will be perfect for any occasion and I love the adorable critters on each card! It was super easy to create dimensional cards using just embellishments from the collection and some puffy stickers! 

Creating cards is also a great way to use up smaller scraps and embellishments left over from a collection! Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blog today! I hope you are inspired to create some cards using Bella products in your stash! 

Let's Go On An Adventure Collection | Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Stickers

Sweet Summer Girl / Bella Besties Summer Themed

Hello Bella Friends! Gloria Parra here today with a new summer themed layout using the fabulous Bella Besties!!! If you are not familiar with our Bella Besties, they are the best friends and the perfect addition to all other Bella products! Oh how I adore those besties, they are so much fun to create with and help us stretch our collections with their basic patterns and vibrant colors.

Today's layout is a Summer one!!! My daughter is a huge fan of ice creams, popsicles, snow cones and cotton candies; treats are one of her favorite parts of summer! So, I decided to create a layout about this…

Using all my Bella Besties, I created a sun ray on my white cardstock background. I cut 2 different sizes of rays and created a sunburst with all the summer colors in my two Bella Besties pack. I distressed each of my rays to create some texture and dimension on my layout.

My photo is a 4” inch circle with a circle frame that measures 4.5” inches. I placed it in the middle of my sunburst.

For my title I used a “Sweet Girl” Cut Out and two big ice creams that I backed up with some more Bella Besties patterned paper. I love the Cut Outs  products, you get a beautiful die cut piece without the trouble of cutting it yourself and dealing with a die cutting machine. I also used some Florence alpha stickers to add them “summer” subtitle. 

I then embellished the 2 sides of my title with some ice creams found in the embellishment pack and chipboard sticker from the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection. This collection was the perfect complement to my Bella Besties.

I then added a couple of stickers and embellishments on my rays in a monochromatic way, which I love to do! I finished my layout adding some puffy stickers in the same colors of my rays.

Hope you like this layout idea and that it inspires you to create a beautiful summer layout with it!

 

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

 

XOXO, Gloria!

 

Products Used:

Bella Blvd Florence Alpha Sticker

Bella Blvd Trinckets Puffy Stickers

Bella Blvd Sweet Girl Cut Outs

Bella Blvd Tiny Tots 2.0 ephemera, chipboard stickers and Bella Pops

Bella Besties Freehand Graph and Dot pack

Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre pack

 

EiEiO Collection with Bella Besties | Gloria Parra

Good morning, dear Bella friends, Gloria Parra here with a new super cute layout. As soon as I saw the little piggies patterned paper in the new EiEiO collection swooned, I knew I had to use it! I had the perfect with littles piggies at our day at the farm.

For the base of my layout, I used a 12x12 black textured cardstock and added an 11,5x11,5-inch white cardstock on top. I cut a 5x11 piece of the pink piggy paper and two strips of the brown woodgrain patterned paper to add at the top and the bottom of the pink paper.

I used a scalloped border punch to add a nice border to my brown paper at the top. I printed 3 3x4 photos and matted them on the B side of the piggies' paper which is a black and white polka dot pattern.

I then cut strips of white and pink patterned papers ranging from 0,75 to 3 inches wide and created different ends to each one. Some were banners, other tags and even notebook punched edges.

I then created 3 embellishment clusters with all the little piggies that I could find in this super fun collection!!

At the bottom right cluster, I used a super cute bella pop piglet and some pink phrases from the sticker sheet to create my cluster and added my journaling strips in that section.

At the top cluster I included my “One Fine Day” title found in the ephemera word pack, topped with three little piggies that looked just like the pigs that my daughter fed in the first photo. I finished my layout sprinkling some epoxy hearts and some Bella puffy flowers. 

 

Hope you like this cute layout and feel inspired to grab those cute farm photos and create amazing layouts with this collection!!!

 

Hugs, Gloria!

 

Products Used:

 

EiEiO Collection

EiEiO Sticker Sheet

EiEiO Ciao Chip

EiEiO Ephemera Words

EiEiO Ephemera Icons

EiEiO Bella Pops

EiEiO Epoxy Stickers

EiEiO Puffy Stickers

Bella Besties pink and white patterned paper

Bella Besties Epoxy Stickers 

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

 

EiEiO Collection | Focus on Clear Cuts | Gloria Parra

Hello crafty friends! Gloria Parra here to share a 12 x12 layout using the oh so fun EiEiO collection! If you are looking for the perfect farm collection, look no further…this is it!!!

I started this layout with the “Howdy” plaid multi color patterned paper as my base. As a second layer I added the grid red and white patterned paper that I cut at 11,5 x11,5 inches. Finally, I used a 10,75 x 10,75-inch white textured cardstock that will be the base of my layout. 

For this layout the main focus was to use the gorgeous cloud clear cut transparency to create my sky. This transparency reminded me of the beautiful sunny day we had at the farm. I cut the acetate at 5,5 x 10,75 inches and adhered it at the top of my white cardstock with some glue dots placed behind a couple of clouds, that way the adhesive can’t be seen.

I then proceeded to use “The Good Life” cut out for my title. I backed the cut out with different patterned papers and added 3 different chipboard animal stickers inside the 2 “O” letters and the “D”. Remember, you can take advantage of the spaces in those big letters to add embellishments or even more photos. 

I printed 2 3x4 inch photos and made a frame for them with some of my favorite patterned papers in the collection kit. I then placed my pictures nestled at the right side of my big title.

At the top left corner, I placed the die cut sun and a couple of chipboard and Bella pop clouds to create the scene of a sky.

At the bottom of the cut outs I created 2 more embellishment clusters to create a visual triangle. For this clusters I used ephemera Icons and foam adhesive to adhere them and create some dimension on my layout.

My journaling was added on a printed tag that you can find in the ephemera word pack. I added some yellow twine at the top and tucked my tag under my photo.

Hope you like this layout friends and I hope you feel inspired to create with the stunning clear cuts printed acetate, it gives your layout so much interest and color!

 

Have a wonderful day, hugs and kisses!!! Gloria

 

Products Used:

EiEiO clear cuts 

EiEiO Collection

EiEiO Sticker Sheet

EiEiO Ciao Chip

EiEiO Ephemera Words

EiEiO Ephemera Icons

EiEiO Bella Pops

EiEiO Epoxy Stickers

EiEiO Puffy Stickers

Happy Memorial Day! Fireworks & Freedom

Hello Friends! Erica here with you today to share a 12x12 scrapbook layout featuring the Fireworks & Freedom collection! 

Liam loves going to the parade every year so I snapped some pics of his excitement before we loaded up in the car! The firetrucks are always his favorite and getting a bag full of candy! I started out my layout with a piece of white textured cardstock cut down to 11.50x11.50 and matted it onto some Bella Besties and then one of the pattern papers from the Fireworks & Freedom papers!

I wanted to create strips of pattern paper across the page and while going through all the papers I found a scrap of the borders paper that was perfect to cut up and add to the layout! I distressed the edges of all the strips and adhered them down to my layout. I matted each photo with paper from the Fireworks & Freedom collection and then adhered to the right side of my layout with foam adhesive.

The embellishments in this collection are so fun and such a big variety of words and icons to pick from! My favorite is the Little Firecracker word die cut! It is the perfect piece for Liam! I layered up die cuts and stickers from the Fireworks & Freedom collection to create clusters on the left and right of my photos.

I wanted to tuck in a few things around the paper strips of the layout so I added tabs and used some of the fireworks die cuts. Since Liam has on his super cool star shades I added the adorable sunglasses die cut to the bottom left corner!

This layout was so fun and easy to put together! To finish off the layout I pulled out the Bella Blvd Trinket Puffy Stickers and added them to the centers of some of the die cuts and added them around some of the embellishment clusters! 

Fireworks & Freedom Collection | Bella Besties Dot Graph Paper | Trinkets Puffy Stickers