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Scrapbooking moments of gratitude

Hello Bella Blvd Friends! It's Leanne here today sharing a scrapbooked moment I am incredibly grateful for. Well.. in reality, it's a series of moments in time that I needed to document. The single image on my page, squeezes my heart because of the passage of time - in the blink of an eye I have moved years down the track. But for each moment I capture I am remaining grateful and look forward to the new memories to come.

My baby was four years old in this photo. That's six years ago now and before he started school. A time when we would drop off his older siblings at school and continue on with our day together. Just us. I think I am more reflective of this time with my youngest because he simply is, my youngest. We packed a lot of things into our days between 8am - 3pm. Now with him about to complete fourth grade, the differences in our days are vast.

This is why I love creating reflective layouts. It draws on our precious memories with a new perspective. Moments of gratitude are expressed in many ways. With this layout I wanted to celebrate using bright colours and movement on the page!

The scallop border trend has had a resurgence of late. I love how the half circles are depicting motion. Something most four year-old children have in common! And colour too! Rainbows of dots and graphs share a childlike innocence.

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot is the perfect patterned paper choice. Scattered among the scallops I have added sticker phrases and matte enamels.

To complete my page I have left my title work simple. A single word from tiny text alpha stickers, machine stitched to the cardstock. My journaling has been added to the reverse side of the layout.

I hope I have encouraged you that it is indeed possible to look back on memories with fondness and a different perspective than being "in the moment". Often gratitude comes after the moment has passed.

Freehand Graph & Dot: Bell Pepper, Cotton Candy, Gulf, Punch, Rainbow Graph & Dot 6x6 paper pad; Word Salad stickers; Squeeze the Day: Fruity Mix Matte Enamel, Ephemera Icons; Bella Bows; Mom Life: Ephemera; Tiny Text Alphabets: Rainy Day; Epoxy Hearts.

 

 

Happy, Thankful, Blessed Thanksgiving Mini Album

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard here and I'm getting ready to host Thanksgiving here in the US. I thought it would be neat to create a mini album that has space to feature everyone we celebrated with. Let's take a look at what I put together and how I plan to complete it, or rather let the guests complete it while they're here for a few days.

 

I created the background leaf template using the Bella Blvd 'leaves' cut file.  I just supersized it to a size that would work for what I needed then cut. I cut 10 of these leaves out of coordinating patterned paper from the Bella Besties collection.

I plan to feature one side with a photo and then ask each guest to write a note or a collection of words/sentiments that tell us what they are thankful for this year. I went ahead and added a photo frame to each leaf. This measures 2.25" x 3.5". I'll snap a photo and print them out either using my Sprocket or my mini Epson printer. Quick and instant!

This is where I will relinquish my control and let each guest decorate around their photo however they'd like.  I thought this little twist on things would be something fun for them to do, and would show their individual personalities. 

They can also choose to decorate the leaf opposite their photo or leave it blank but I will ask them to note something about them...anything they want as long as it's in their handwriting.

Once everyone has had a chance to complete their pages, we'll have a fun mini album to commemorate this special year together. I think it would be fun to pull this out again every Thanksgiving (and any others we make in the coming years).

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot collection; Squeeze the Day Chipboard Icons, Matte Enamels, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Florence Alphabet - McIntosh, Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Ice, Blueberry, Pony, White; Acrylic Words - Happy; Heart Hugs - Sunshine

 

Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Life!

The theme of this week is “we are grateful for”, in my case the Thanksgiving Day of last year was a very special one. Since I moved to the USA, I had not been able to interact with my family from Puerto Rico. Last year I was able to see and spend a wonderful time with my mother in law, my sister in law, my nephews and my lovely sister. The opportunity to have them in my house was one of great, joy and happiness. That is why I wanted to share it with you in today's project.

To create this layout, I cut the THANKSGIVING word from a Jillibean Soup digital cut file using white cardstock. I backed it with the beautiful Let’s Go on an Adventure Collection.  For the background, I added some splatters with pink and green ink to give the background a little color.

I am in love with all the Acrylic Words from Bella Blvd and for this layout, I use the “Happy” word to complement the title of the layout; Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Life! The title was placed on the left side of the paper, this balances the page and gave me space to place my photos.

The photos of my family were backed with splatters and then located on the right side of the huge title. To highlight the photos, I used a combination of stickers and die cut pieces to create embellishments clusters.

To give a final touch to the project, I added some strips of patterned papers and place them with foam tape to add layers and dimension to the project. I love the result! 

All the embellishments of the Let’s Go on an Adventure collection are magnificent, so it is very easy to use not only to document adventure photos, but you can also incorporate them for any other theme. They are fantastic to beautify any project!

Thanks for stopping by and Get Inspired!!!

Let’s Go on an Adventure, Happy Acrylic Word, Doohickey 12x12 Stickers,

Ephemera Icons, Icon Chipboard Stickers,

 

 

 

Two Page Thankful Layout and Video Tutorial

Don't you just love this time of year? A time to reflect on all our blessings, gatherings with friends and family, and of course yummy food!  Christine joining you today with a layout that showcases my biggest earthly blessing, my family!  I decided to go with a two-page layout and share a lot of my favorite pictures from a recent fall adventure.  Let's take a look:

Not only are two page layouts great for getting lots of pictures on but also there's so much room to embellish and add some fun journaling.  

One of my favorite things about Bella Blvd is how seamlessly you can marry all the products - even mixing and matching collections.  This layout includes pieces from all of these collections Squeeze the Day, Bella Besties, Home Sweet Home, and Let's Go on An Adventure. 

By mixing and matching papers from several collections I was able to achieve that fall color scheme I was going for.

I punched out several big leaves and then folded them to add dimension. Puffy hearts in coordinating colors also made great accents.

Mixing and matching products to create a unique title is so much fun!  To make this one I combined a Florence Alphabet with two different Acrylic Words.  To give you a better idea of how this layout came together, I created a process video.  Here it is:

 

Thanks so much for joining me today!  Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving week next week!

Patterned Papers from Bella Besties and Squeeze the Day, Puffy Heart Stickers, Acrylic Words, Florence Alphabet, Ephemera from Squeeze the Day, Let's Go on an Adventure, and Home Sweet Home

 

 

Christmas Themed Mixed Media Scrapbooking Layout

Hello everyone.  Heather Leopard here with a Christmas themed mixed media scrapbooking layout that was super fun to make. I always enjoy mixing and matching paper, splashes of ink and embellishments. Let's take a look at my project and how it came together...

To get started, I pulled in a few Christmas word cut files from the Silhouette store and sized them up and down so that it resembled a Christmas tree. 

Once I had everything sized to my liking, I started cutting the words out using my CAMEO. While the words were being cut, I moved on to the mixed media stage and added Gesso to my white cardstock. This helps create a nice foundation for the color so that it can be more fluid and not immediately set into the paper.  Next, I added splashes of color in the shape of the tree with the intention of NOT having perfect lines for the triangle. I wanted it to be a bit fluid. Set aside to dry.

Once the ink was dry, I added the words to the page starting from the bottom up. As you can see there were empty spots between the words and I had a plan for that. The word Christmas was fun to create as each letter has some element that is pieced together.  I love that file!

I positioned my photo on the tree and then filled the empty spots with "ornaments" so to speak. 

I topped the tree with an acrylic star! I completed the rest of the paper with additional embellishments.

I hope you've enjoyed this layout and that it inspires you this season!

Santa Squad: 6x6 paper pad, Ho Ho Ho 12x12 patterned paper, Blizzard 12x12 patterned paper, Bella Besties, Caio Chips, Doohickey Stickers, Christmas Words epoxy, Hearts Christmas mix epoxy, Snow Fun epoxy, Squad epoxy; Star Mix acrylic shapes; Cut Files: Merry word, joy, believe - Christmas, Christmas Word, Pickle Juice Mix and Ice Mix Puffy Star Stickers

Let's Get Messy!

Good morning everyone! Kat here on this beautiful Sunday morning to kick off our week of getting messy! I'm so in love with this prompt. I'm not really a messy scrapper, but I always have fun when I branch out and get a bit messy.

For my layout today, I decided to paint a bunch of colors in rainbow-ish order to create my background. I then took a bunch of paper scraps, punched holes in them with my punch and glued them down on top of their coordinating colors. I then added a bunch of fun coordinating embellishments from the Squeeze the Day line.

This layout came together so quickly and I think it's kinda fun...it definitely highlights the rainbows in my life :). Here is the full layout:

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Patterned Paper: Freehand Graph and Dot: Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Punch, Oange, Gulf, Plum; Epoxy Stickers: Hearts (Squeeze the Day); Ephemera Words: Squeeze the Day; Bella Pops: Follow the Rainbow; IF enamel hearts: Olive You Mix

Merry, Merry Christmas Mini Album

Hello everyone! It’s Dorymar here today with a cute 6"x6" mini album. I used the new Santa Squad Collection when I see all the details of this lovely collection I felt in love! All the bright colors and the designs are AMAZING!

This mini album was made from scratch and I created the cover using 2 pieces of 6"x6" chipboard. Front and back pieces are covered with the patterned papers from the 6"x6" paper pad. For the binder I used the 12"x12" Graph & Dot Pickle Juice from Bella Besties and cut the paper in half, then I fold the two pieces in every 3/4 inches. I reduce one of the pieces at 6"x10.5" and adhered it together with the other 6"x12” piece.

To create the inside of the album, I used the 6"x6" patterned papers from the 6"x6" paper pad and some cards from the Daily Details 12"x12" paper to create the pages.  Incorporating these cards allows me to create different sizes of pages to give a fun touch to the project.

I want to use all the beautiful elements of this collection. I used the stickers, die cuts, chipboard, Bella Icons, washi tape, etc. to decorate the pages, also I incorporated some buttons and ribbons and the results were amazing! 

All the designs of these papers are beautiful and match perfectly, this allows me to make the process of creating much fun and easier.

Adding pockets, flap and tags is something you shouldn't miss! In the photos above I show you how to create this, it makes the project look super beautiful and it also provides more space for journaling and photos.

I’m in love with Bella’s Pops, all of them in this collection are awesome! For this project, I used the Dachshund Through The Snow.

It's so cute!

I love everything about Santa Squad collection, and I hope you felt in love too!!! Thanks for stopping by and Get Inspired!!!

Santa Squad: Santa Squad 6"x6" Paper Pad, Santa Squad Besties,

Santa Squad Doohikey, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, 

Santa Squad Chipboard Icons, Christmas Words, 

Red Stripe Designer Washi Tap, Bella Pops-Dachshund Through The Snow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Squad Layout | Stephanie Buice

Hi everyone! Stephanie here today, sharing my very first layout using the new Santa Squad collection with you. I love Christmas, so it was no surprise to me that I was immediately drawn to all the Santa goodness that this one has to offer. 

My son's elf Zip is such a big part of our holiday traditions, he really is part of Santa's squad in our family, Santa's biggest helper in fact! So my layout title is 100% inspired by the collection name -Santa Squad. 

I chose two of my favorite photos of Zip from over the years and showcased them on this layout, I added in some of the Ephemera Words and Icons, a mix of patterned papers, and Designer Washi tapes as my main embellishments. I grouped a few of the Icons together to make up Santa's cute little squad, and some Florence Alphabet Stickers to finish off my title.

I wanted my journaling to also be a very important part of this layout, telling some of the adventures the Elf has done to date, of my Son's love for the Elf and how much happiness he brings to our Christmas Season. I also wanted to be sure to include some of my feelings about Brady getting older and being faced with the fact that one day soon Santa and his Squad will be only memories of his Childhood. (Insert a giant sigh here, I am so not ready for that yet.)

Have you picked up the Santa Squad collection yet? If not, I think you should!

I hope you've enjoyed my layout and thanks for stopping by!

-xoxo Steph

Supplies Used: Florence Alphabet Stickers: Oreo Black; Enamels: Guacamole; Plaids and Dotty: Oreo Black; All others from Santa Squad Collection.

A Sweet & Spooky Mini Album!

I was in love with the Bella Blvd Black Cat Cut File from the moment I saw it. I am so happy that it gets to take center stage as the cover of my mini album!

I created the cover by using my electronic diecut machine to cut out at least 4 of the kitty/pumpkin base shapes from extra cardstock. My base shapes were 7 1/2 inches tall. I then adhered all of these layers together to make the cat sturdy enough to stand up on his own. And of course I had to use the adorable Sweet & Spooky collection! I decorated the pumpkin with Chipboard Stickers and Ephemera pieces.

I used another solid black cardstock cutout to make the backside silhouette of the cat for the inside front cover. To make the remaining pages, I used just the pumpkin shape to cut out 10 pumpkins from extra cardstock. I then adhered them together in groups of two to make my base pages a little more sturdy. Then I repeated the process by cutting out pumpkins using patterned papers to adhere on top of the pumpkin base pages.

The Sweet & Spooky collection is perfect for documenting all things candy around Halloween time! Here I used the black enamel dots from the Heart Hugs pack to fill in some of the dots on the candy ephemera piece to make it look a little more spooky.

I love that the Bella Blvd Ephemera packs include the cutest little journaling pieces like the one on this page. And the googly eyeball patterned paper is one of my favorites in this collection!

Sometimes it's fun to create a page with all embellishments! I used the Bella Blvd Spider Web Cut File to create this fun background web. And I love the texture that the Heart Hugs add to the page!

All of the Ephemera pieces are so fun to mix and match with the patterned papers.

I love everything about the Sweet & Spooky collection so I can't decide which mini album page is my favorite! All of the Ephemera pieces and stickers and Heart Hugs are just the cutest!  Which page is your favorite!? 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some Sweet & Spooky and create your own fun mini album!

Sweet & Spooky: Sweet & Spooky Collection Kit, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Shapes, Ephemera Words

Make Your Mark Collection: Break Rules Washi Tape

Heart Hugs: Halloween, Sunshine

Cut Files: Bella Blvd Black Cat, Bella Blvd Spider Web

 

Non-traditional Halloween Scrapbooking Layout

Hi everyone, Heather Leopard is here with a colorful Halloween scrapbooking layout using non-traditional Halloween colors. Who says it has to be orange and black? Take a look at this layout featuring my very own Luna Lovegood:

This layout started with the photos of course but I knew from the beginning that I wanted to feature Luna's Spectre Specs glasses and famous quote so I set off to my Silhouette cameo software to design the glasses and then entire page.

At first I thought I'd use Bella Blvd's Wonky or Florence alphas but then I decided to create a background of 2.4"x12" paper strips. In the photo above, you can see that I distressed the edges of my paper strips and also stitched them to white cardstock. When I put the alphas on there, they just disappeared so I decided I needed larger letters, which I cut from my CAMEO. 

And now my sweet Luna with her friend, Hermione. I used white cardstock to frame the photo of my daughter rocking the Luna look and I was going to use a close up of my daughter but thought it fitting to include Hermione since the quote is like she's talking to someone. I added the glasses as the anchor to the photos and included layers of patterned papers and a tag for journaling.

I finished the page with chipboard, enamels, stickers and more... I didn't want to overdo it because the page is super colorful and busy already. The extra embellishments added the perfect finishing touches to the page.

Bella Besties 12x12" paper collection, Squeeze the Day 6x6" paper pad, So Berry Sweet 12x12" patterned paper, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey stickers, Caio Chip Icons, Matte Enamels Fluffy Mix, Epoxy Icons, Epoxy Hearts, Let's Go on an Adventure Morning Meadow 12x12" patterned paper