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Let's Scrapbook: Monochromatic Color Cards...

 

Welcome Bella friends.. Annette Allen here with you today and we are going Monochromatic with cards. This was so fun to create these two cards using the new Let's Scrapbook collection, mixed with a few other Bella goodies.. So let's get started.

 

 

YELLOW... what a happy color, Right? It is one of my most favorite colors and I think I got plenty of yellow on this card. 

 

 

 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

 

Cut 4 1/2 inch strips of the Let's Scrapbook Tools Of The Trade backer.

 

Cut 8 1/2 inch strips of the Bella Besties Graph & Dot Bell Pepper paper. We are going to use the front and back of this paper. 

 

Using liquid glue we are going to create a basket weave on our card base. Start with the top first and adhere ONLY ON THE TOP of the paper to the card base. Fill the top but leave room in between each design. Now let's adhere starting on the left side only on the top part of the paper. Let the dry take hold before started to create your basket weave design. Rotate the designs until your card base is full and trim off access. 

 

Die cut or use a cut file to cut an open face scalloped circle on the Let's Scrapbook Tools Of The Trade backer paper. Add some foam tape to the back of the scalloped circle and adhere to your card. 

 

 

Finishing up with the sentiment created using the Let's Scrapbook Ciao Chip and the Bella Besties Letter Scramble Bell Pepper which I added to the center of the circle. 

 

 

Next up, we have gone teal...

 

 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

 

Die cut or use a cut file to cut 14 1 1/4 inch circles and 10 1inch circles on the Bella Blvd Let's Scrapbook Cut It Up backer paper and Bella Besties Graph & Dot Gulf paper (we will use front and back. 

 

On the 1 inch circles score the center of the circle and fold. 

 

On 10 of the 1 1/4 circles (mix it up) adhere the 1 inch circles to the larger circle, but only put glue on the center of the fold so you can flare it up for a little dimension. 

 

Adhere the circles to your card mixing up the designs. You will notice that the circles falling off the card do not have the smaller circle on them. Trim off access. 

 

 

Pick out the CRAFTY sentiment from the Let's Scrapbook Ephemera Words, add some foam tape to the back and adhere to the center of the card. 

 

Let's also add the sentiment FUN from the Let's Scrapbook Doohickey.

 

Finishing up with that sweet little teal heart from the Let's Scrapbook Epoxy Capture Color.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies used:

Let's Scrapbook Collection

Ephemera Words

Doohickey

Cut It Up Backer Paper

Tools Of The Trade Backer Paper.

Ciao Chip

 

Bella Besties:

Letter Scramble Bell Pepper

 Graph & Dot Gulf Paper

 Thank you so much for stopping by.

Have a colorful day. 

Love | Just Because Collection | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today and I’m so excited to be able to share my first layout using the amazing Just Because collection.  The color palette is soft and beautiful and the elements included in this collection are perfect to document all of your sweet moments. Here’s my page:

One of my favorite colors is purple and I was so happy to see that it was included in this collection! There’s a gorgeous purple wood grain 12x12 paper (Sing Me A Song) that I knew I wanted to use as a base for this layout. First, I took a piece of white cardstock and trimmed it down to an 11x11 size. For some extra interest, I cut into each side about an inch deep and folded over each side. After adding some staples to the corners, I then adhered it to the Sing Me A Song paper. 

Next, I matted my photo using the Fresh Flowers and Daily Details papers and popped it up on foam tape. I also fussy cut the ‘Bloom’ card from the Daily Details paper and layered it next to my photo and adhered them both down to the center of my page.

I combined a Ciao Chip Chipboard phrase sticker and the Peep Florence Alphas to create my title and arranged them at the bottom left side of my photo.  My daughter turned 11 months in this photo so I thought it would be cute to include that info using the alpha stickers. 

I started to embellish using the Ephemera Icons and more of the Ciao Chip stickers. I love the florals in this collection and really wanted to have them all around my page. I had the bees leftover from the Fluttery Bella Pop sticker set and sprinkled them in as well. 

Lastly, I added in the smaller elements by sprinkling in the florals from the Flourish Epoxy stickers and the Peep, Punch and Cotton Candy Trinkets Puffy stickers.  I also added in some bits of tangled thread in coordinating colors to complete my page.

Here’s one last look!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I’ve inspired you in some way! See you in my next post friends!

xo

Brianna

 

Bella Blvd Supplies List:

Just Because Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Epoxy Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Fluttery Bella Pop; Bella Besties: Peep Florence Alphas, Peep, Punch & Cotton Candy Trinkets Puffy Stickers. 

Time to Travel & Letter Scrambles I Heather Cerulo

Hello there!  Heather here today to share a layout using the fabulous Time To Travel collection.  I am documenting a summer vacation from last year, when my husband and I rented electric bikes.  Such fun memories!

 

 

To begin, I cut a a few pieces of patterned paper from this collection and layered them together.  I also added the Plaids & Dotty paper in Cotton Candy to bring out the pink in this collection and my shirt.  Next, I created my mixed font title.  I started with a title from the Ciao Chip, and then added the rest in different fonts from the Letter Scrambles alphas.

 

 

The next step was the create embellishment clusters using the Ephemera Words & Phrases, Icons, Epoxy Stickers and Puffy Stickers.  I pulled out the keys to add to the clusters because we had a motor on our bikes!  Perfect fit!

 

 

The cameras in this collection are so cute, so I had to add them to my clusters as well!

 

 

Lastly, I added a few pieces of ephemera on the top right, and finished this layout!

 

I hope you are inspired to document your travel memories!

 

Patterned Paper: Cotton Candy (Plaids and Dotty) Let's Get Lost, Daily Details, Love This Place! (Time to Travel)

 

Time to Travel:

Ephemera Words & Phrases

Ephemera Icons

Ciao Chip

Doohickey Stickers

Washi - Ice Dot

Puffy & Epoxy Stickers

 

Smile My Lucky Charm | Lake Life + Bella Besties and Letter Scramble

Hello Bella friends, Gloria Parra here with a new layout focusing on green using the “Lake Life” collection + Bella Besties. This kind of challenges are an awesome way to stretch those themed collections and create something totally unexpected!

For this layout, I started with 2 green patterned papers from the Lake Life collection. I loved the idea of incorporating some light blue and yellow to my page. I had the perfect photos of my little one looking all cute ready to go to her “husbands” birthday party, LOL! The color combo was perfect for my photos!

I started cutting the plaid patterned paper from the Lake Life collection at 6 inches tall by 9 inches wide and used a green Bella Bestie paper for the bottom part. Making my patterned background 10”x9”.

For my middle band I used green polka dot patterned paper from the Lake Life collection. I cut it at 11” x 3”. For my two 3x4 vertical photos I used the sunflower patterned paper and a Bella Bestie yellow grid paper to create the frames for my photos. I love how these patterned papers make my photos pop and take center stage.

I then cut a 3x4 tag from a light blue grid patterned paper and used it to create  my first embellishment cluster and to add my title on top of it. I love how the Letter Scrambles look when you mix the fonts and colors. For my embellishments I used a bunch of daisies and different color flowers. I love the little from that’s jumping on top of my letters and is wearing sunglasses just like my girl is on the photos!

I then created 2 other embellishment clusters, adding more florals, vines, flies and some enamel leaves. To finish my layout, I sprinkled some enamel dots and added some cute flies floating around my page!

I hope you guys like this layout and feel inspired to use your themed collections in a totally new way. The Lake Life collection is perfect for those St Patrick photos that you have waiting to be scrapped!

Have an awesome day,

 

Gloria

 

Supplies Used:

 

Lake Life collections kit

Lake Life Ephemera Icon Pack

Lake Life Word Ephemera Pack

Lake Life Enamel Dots

Lake Life puffy stickers

Bella Besties patterned papers 

Letter Scrambles alpha stickers 

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Life + Bella Besties + Letter Scramble I Heather Cerulo

Hello there! Happy almost St. Patrick's Day! Whether you celebrate, or not, this is the perfect time to think about all those things in our lives that make us lucky!  For me, that is being an auntie to my niece and nephew.

 

For my (mostly) monochromatic layout, I pulled out all the green papers from the Lake Life collection, along with the Bella Besties in Guacamole and Pickle Juice.  I did pull in an Ice Bella Bestie paper as well, to match the blue in the Lake Life plaid paper.  I started with a 4"x4" photo, and created photo mats with my patterned papers, each a 1/2" larger than the previous layer.

 

Next, I used a die to die cut lots of small hearts from the patterned paper, and cascade them from the top of the layout, sewing through each vertical line.  I added a few popped up hearts on top of the first layer of hearts, and some Trinket Puffy Stickers and Epoxy Dots, as well.

 

For the title at the top of my page, I used pre-made phrases from the Lake Life ephemera words.  I did cut off another part of the phrase to isolate just the word "life" to make my title "Family Life".

 

On the bottom of my layout, I used a large piece of Guacamole Graph and Dot paper, along with a small strip in Ice.  I pulled out some larger heart dies to create the shamrock on the bottom left corner of my photo.  I used the Letter Scramble alphas in White to add words to each of the hearts, before connecting them together to make a shamrock.

 

Last, I created one more shamrock with another size heart die, and added each of our initials (a for Auntie!).  I added a few phrase sentiments under my photo from the Lake Life collection, and finished off by adding the year.

 

I hope you are inspired to create today!

Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre in Pickle Juice & Graph and Dot in Ice, Guacamole, and White

Lake Life Papers: Row Your Oar & Lakeside Picnics

Lake Life: Ephemera Words, Epoxy in Explore

Trinket Puffy Stickers in Pickle Juice and Guacamole & White

Letter Scramble Alphas in White

Bella Besties | Maree

 

Hi Bella Friends

Today I am here to share a fun layout using a whole range of Bella Besties products and some bits and pieces from the EIEIO collection. I also feature a Bella Blvd acrylic title and a Bella Blvd cut file from the Silhouette store.

 

I started with the gorgeous half rainbow cut file found in the Bella Blvd store here:

Bella BLVD Silhouette Store

I decided to use mainly cool tones to reflect the landscape in my picture. The next step was inking the bottom of the rainbow and adding the fabulous Trinkets Puffy Stickers in the colors, Ice and Gulf, Pickle Juice and Guacamole, and Bell Pepper.

 

 

Then I added my picture and created my large title. The word 'Family' is from the EIEIO words ephemera pack and 'memories' is from the EIEIO Doohickey stickers. The 'Today' is an acrylic piece by Bella Blvd and the 'so lucky' is made the Aria Alphabet Puffy stickers in the color Pickle Juice.

Next I added some small tone on tone cluster groups using the EIEIO collection. I used Ciao Chip, ephemera and stickers.

 

I finished off by adding my typed journalling. I am really happy with this layout. It came together quickly but is fun and bright. I hope you are all having a wonderful day and get some creative time today.

Maree

EIEIO Collection

Puffy Stickers

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Doohickey stickers

Ciao Chip

Bella Besties collections

Freehand Graph and Dot

Aria Puffy Stickers

Trinkets Puffy Stickers

Acrylic Word - Today

Bella Blvd Cut File - link above

Happy Friends Lucky to have you Both!

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim! I'm here today with a green Lucky themed layout, featuring the Bella Besties with pieces from the fun EIEIO collection. This picture of two of my granddaughters was perfect for this challenge, because I'm lucky to have them and they are so lucky to have each other.

 

 

I started by drawing a four leave clover and I cut it out along with a few large Sunflowers. I cut my photo in a circle to go in the center of the large clover.  I pulled a die from my stash and cut small three leave clovers to scatter on my page.

 

 

I decided to cut my white cardstock down and added the green and white plaid paper as a border.

 

 

I used the acrylic word Happy. I inked it so it would stand out on my white cardstock. Then, I added the word Friends from the Ciao Chip sheet with Letter Scramble for the rest of my title.

 

 

Embellishing this page was fun, I pulled the Sunflowers from the EIEIO collection. Then, I stuck mainly with different shades of greens and yellows with pops of brown and orange to add depth to my page. I found some great word phrases on the Doohickey Sticker sheet and added those. 

 

 

 

I adore the Trinket Puffy Stickers and pulled them in the matching colors. I added the adorable Sunflower puffy and epoxy stickers to finish my layout.

 

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have time to create today. Have a wonderful day!  Kim  

 

Products Used 

EIEIO Collection

12x12 Papers: Daily Details, Howdy

Doohickey Stickers

Ciao Chip 

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words 

Farm Friends Puffy Stickers 

Farm Life Epoxy Stickers

 

Bella Besties:

12x12 Papers: Hearts & Ombre Guacamole,         Bell Pepper 

Plaids & Dotty Guacamole 

Letter Scramble; Guacamole 

Trinket Puffy Stickers: Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice & Guacamole

Heart Hugs

Acrylic Words

Bella Besties | Cards

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share some colorful cards using Bella Besties and the EIEIO collection!

For my first card I used some left over paper strips from my last Bella project you can see it here! I have so many strips leftover and thought it would be fun to use some on a card! I glued down the strips at a diagonal on a white trimmed down card base. Next I matted it onto some pattern paper from the Bella Blvd EIEIO collection. I added some Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Stickers and two white Heart Hug to put my sentiment on with Florence Alpha Stickers.

My next card use a rainbow die cut that I backed with some papers from the Bella Besties. I popped it up with foam adhesive and adhered down to some matted pattern papers from the EIEIO collection. I used one of the EIEIO Words Ephemera pieces for my title and embellished with some floral die cuts and puffy stickers.

The last card I created is clean and simple. I used a floral die cut from The Stamp market and added colorful petals using Bella Besties Graph & Dot paper. I used the fun and colorful Florence Alpha Stickers for my title and then matted the trimmed card base onto some pattern papers from the EIEIO collection.

Super simple, super colorful and a whole lot of fun! I love how they all turned out and I know whoever receives them will love them just as much as I do! 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope you get some time to do something creative! 

Bella Besties Dot & Graph | Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Stickers | EIEIO Collection | Heart Hugs | Florence Alpha Stickers

Sunny Day Ahead | Gloria Parra | Lake Life + Bella Besties

Hello sweet Bella Blvd friends! Gloria Parra here today with a super fun layout. We were challenged this week to use our Bella Besties and the “Lake Life” collection to create a St. Patricks inspired layout, and OH how I loved the end result!

I started my layout with the green Lake Life polka dot patterned paper as my base, leaving a border all around. I then cut my white cardstock at 11,5 x 11,5 inches and adhered it on top. 

With the help of my trusty Bella Besties I created my super colorful rainbow, cutting each color of the rainbow with Bella Besties paper as well as some monochromatic Lake Life patterned papers. I die cut some clouds  in different sizes and different shades of blue and placed them on 3 corners, creating a visual triangle on my layout.

My idea for this page was to have a pot of spring flowers (instead of gold) at the end of my rainbow. To create my pot I used a black Bella Bestie pattered paper and the Sunny Day chipboard sticker from the Lake Life collection for my title. The red “ahead” subtitle comes from the fantastic Letter Scramble stickers. 

All the gorgeous flowers bursting from my pot come from the Lake Life ephemera packs and the Bella Pops in this incredible collection. The little turtle and frog at the bottom of my pot are also some Bella Pops from the this collection.

I printed my photos on two 2 1/4 x 6 inches photo strips and use a piece of the black patterned paper to create a frame for them, bringing the black to the left side of my layout as well. 

I then created little embellishment clusters  and  scenes on my clouds, adding little butterflies all around, which help lead the eyer through the layout. I also added some enamel dots to mark the trace of the butterflies…love how that looks!

Finally, I decided to use up all my enamel dots by placing a bunch of them on each color of my rainbow. I love the subtle shine and interest that this adds to my page! For my story I printed some journaling strips and placed them under my photo strips. 

What a fun page to create friends, you would never guess this layout was made with a lake them collection right? Hope you feel inspired to grab your bella collections and make them work for your next themed layout. Have a great day friends!

 

Love,

 

Gloria 

 

Supplies Used:

 

Bella Besties Graph and Dot papers

Lake Life collection kit

Lake Life chipboard stickers

Lake Life Epoxy Stickers

Lake Life Icon Ephemera Pack

Lake Life Word Ephemera Pack

Lake Life Bella Pops

Lake Life puffy stickers

Lake Life Cardstock Stickers 

 

 

 

 

 

Bella Besties I Heather Cerulo

Hello there and happy Leap Day! Today I am sharing a rainbow inspired layout using the lovely Bella Besties.  Have you seen the new line of Bella Bestie papers? Swoonworthy!

 

For this layout, I decided to make a rainbow chevron background.  Start by cutting 1.5" squares from the dotted side of the Bella Besties papers.  Next up, cut those squares diagonally to create triangles.  Finally, lay the pieces out to create a chevron! Fun and easy!  One last additional step is to add machine stitching through the chevron for some nice texture.

 

I used the Letter Scramble alphas for my title in Black and Guacamole, because of course "green" had to be in Guacamole...it's only right for Kermit the Frog!

 

 

To embellish, I used pieces from the Lake Life collection, including ephemera, Ciao Chip and Bella-Pops.  I created a cascade of flower from the top to the bottom of the layout.

 

 

The finishing touches were the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in matching colors.  I used the hearts to tuck around the clusters and to finish off my layout!

 

I hope you are inspired today, and pull out all those rainbow colors to scrap!

 

Bella Besties in Graph & Dot

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

Lake Life Collection: Ephemera Words, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Stickers, and Flower Fields Bella Pop

Letter Scramble Stickers: Black and Guacamole

 

You Are My Sunshine | Stephanie Buice

Hey friends! Steph B here today sharing my latest Bella Blvd layout using Bella Besties and Lake Life, what a great match! 

For this layout I used the Vertical Rainbow cut file found here. I made a few changes and adapted it to what I had in mind, but I love how it turned out, here is what I came up with...

Instead of leaving the colorful strips flat, I decided to roll the ends and secured them using liquid glue. I also added some Ice Freehand Graph & Dot paper under the clouds to help them stand out against the white cardstock background of my layout. Easy changes that you can do too!

I used Black Letter Scramble stickers and the "Sunshine" ephemera piece for my title, I am obsessed with that font, it's perfection!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope I've inspired you to create one of these colorful layouts for your albums too!

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Steph B