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Bella Besties & Chloe Week Day 1 | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a new project all about our cat-nephew Chico!  I am sure many of you have a furry friend in the family.  We love our little Boston Terrier, Poochie, but my niece adores her little one, a cat named Chico!  Unfortunately, most of us are not cat-people, but this little one has made a dent in our heart.   So, I pulled the Bella Besties Ombre/Hearts and Chloe collection to create this layout:

He is quite cute, in his feline way, and I used two of the latest pictures to create this page that will go in my niece's album.  For this, I started by adding a bit of white paint to the b side of the Cat Crazy paper from the Chloe collection.  This creates a sort of ghosting effect on the page, think of it as a way to softly cover the background.

While the background dried, I used a font from the Silhouette shop to cut the letters of Chico's name using papers from the Chloe and Bella Besties Ombre/Heart collections.  I glued these to white cardstock, and then handstitched the edges.  I simply fussy cut the letters and attached them to the background with a bit of foam adhesive.

I used the left over pieces from the letter cuts to create layers behind the pictures.  I pulled embellishments from the Chloe collection ( stickers, chipboard, ephemera) and created clusters around the page.  I added my lines of journal at the bottom of the page, right below the title work.

 

 

I hope this inspires you to document your furry friends !  Remember to share with us your finished projects; we love seeing what you create, too!

Until next time,

 

 

Bella Blvd.  SUPPLIES

CHLOE COLLECTION:  12x12 kit, 6x6 paper pad, Bella pops, Ephemera icons, Ephemera Phrases, Chipboard stickers, Doohickey Stickers

BELLA BESTIES Ombre/Heart: Orange, Guacamole, Bell Pepper, Gulf

BELLA BOWS: Little Boy

LEGACY COLLECTION:  Word Salad Sticker Tablet

 

Holiday Cards & Gifting Week Day 6 | Patricia

Merry Christmas from Scrapbook.com Friends!  I am joining many talented designers as we come together with Scrapbook.com sharing videos of Holiday Inspiration.  My project will be a holiday favorite to continue to build on, and it uses the Blush Heidi Swapp Rolodex and the wonderful new Bella Blvd FaLaLa Collection using old family photos.The reason I chose this project is because both sets of our parents are gone, and I realize how important it is to help my daughter to remember her grandparents.

Sharing all the photos here and the video on the Scrapbook.com YouTube Channel here with more inspiration from guests for Scrapbook.com here.

Merry Christmas and happy creating!!!

Fall & Winter Themed Week Day 4 | Lisa Fonseca

Hi friends,

it's Lisa back on the blog and I'm really excited to share my first layout using the new Falala collection. :)

The assignment this week was to use the Falala collection combined with the Hearts&Ombré Bella Besties. As I already said in previous posts, I LOVE the new Besties. I need hearts on every layout and the ombre papers are AMAZING to use as backgrounds!!! 

So to start, I went through the papers from the Falala collection. The striped one immediately caught my eye, I just love papers like that. I had a hard time though, deciding if I wanted to use it as a background or to create my reindeer with... :) The collection has this cute little reindeer and I was inspired to recreate it on a larger scale. I finally went with using the paper for the reindeer and I think it turned out really cool. 

I drew my deer onto the paper, cut it out and adhered it to white paper to create that white border around, that I like so much. Since I wasn't really in the mood for hand-stitching, I used a dauber and my Distress Oxides to add a faded border around my dear and then traced a black scribbly line all around the different parts. 

To add more interest to my reindeer, I added chipboard flowers from the Ciao Chip sticker sheet on its head and added some tangled thread in matching colors behind each flower. I also placed an enamel dot in each of the centers. The enamel dots were also great to create the illusion of twinkly lights on the deer's antlers. :)

Before adhering my deer to the background, I chose one of the green and pink Bella Besties papers. I cut them in the middle with an angle and attached them to one another. Then I did some mixed media. Using my finger, I painted white circles in different sizes, going from the center to the sides of the paper. Then I did the same with pink and green paint. To finish, I splattered white paint all around... as always... :) I think the background looks very cool. I enjoy creating these bokeh kind of backgrounds very much lately!! 

When the background was dry, I attached my deer and also the photo that I matted with some scraps of patterned paper, to it. The photo is one I took six years ago, when we spent Christmas in Honolulu. :)

For my title, I used four different fonts and alphas. "Merry" is an enamel sticker, "Christmas" is from the Ciao Chip sticker sheet, "in" is from the collections's cardstock sticker sheet and "Hawaii", I wrote using the Aria puffy alphas. I really like how it turned out.:)

To finish, I added some enamel stars, a Christmas tree Bella-Pop, a Cute Clips bow and some stickers. 

I hope you like that layout and are inspired to create something super cute to document your Christmas days or just some amazing Winter or family days. 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

see you soon,

Mood Board inspired with Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today bringing you a new layout that is all inspired on this month's colorful mood board.  I love working with mood boards as they provide an infinite number of possibilities.   This month's board is filled with some of my favorite things: black and white, a rainbow and Fall.   Here is this month's mood board:

All the color, texture and pumpkins are some of the things that caught my eye. So, I used all this images as inspiration for my page:

I love all the color with a hint of black and white in this page :) .   I just love how the moodboard fit the pictures of our baby's costume for Halloween 2019.  

 

One of the things that caught my eye are all the pumpkin shapes in the moodboard, especially the ones in the top left corner of the moodboard. In addition three of the squares also feature party decorations and feel which made me think of rosettes ( just like a party wall background). 

 

I pulled papers from different collections to create rosettes so that they matched the colors in the board.  I cut strips of paper at 0.5", 0.75",and 1" wide and crimpled them to create the rosettes.  I used my hot glue gun to keep them in place.

I chose the Spooky and Sweet patterned papers for the background of the page, as it had the polka dot look that is in the mood board.  Once all the rosettes were set in place, I used cardstock stickers and enamel dots to cover the center of the rosettes.

 

I trimmed the left side of the background by about a 3/4 of an inch and backed the space with another paper from the Sweet and Spooky collection.   I added a few papers and embellishments from the same collection behind the picture.  Then clustered Ciao Chips at the bottom of the pictures to create the title of my page.

I hope you are also inspire to use images of the mood board to create a project of your own. Remember to tag Bella Blvd, so we can also be inspired by your projects.

XO,

 

SUPPLIES:

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection: Paper, Ciao Chips, Ephemera, Cardstock Stickers

CHLOE COLLECTION: Matte Enamel dots, Enamel hearts, paper

BELLA BESTIES Collection: Grid/dot in Bubble Gum, Ombre/Heart in Ice

BELLA BOWS: Cute Boy

LET's GO ON AN ADVENTURE: Paper

PLAIDS & DOTTY COLLECTION: black

 

 

ARIA ALPHA Inspiration with Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie here to share a bit of inspiration using the new and super beautiful Aria Alpha puffy stickers.  These alphas come in a rainbow of colors/ Bella Blvd palette, and are the perfect size to embellish your layouts.   Today, i am pairing these alphas with the fun Cooper collection in this colorful page...

 

As you can see my baby boy has a love for our bed! I set a few of the pictures in a film strip and decided to surround them by the story of the day.   

I drew two circles on a piece of heavy cardstock, and added a bit of mixed media to the background.  I chose a color that will bring some of the morning colors and make the pictures stand out. Once the background dried, i used the drawn lines to handstitch the circles on the page.

I used papers from the Cooper, Chloe and Bella Besties to back the pictures.  I created a small cluster of embellishments at the top left corner of the pictures, and then set in place on top of the watercolor background.

I used the stitched circles as a guide for my title work.  Here i used a few of the new Aria Alphas in different colors.  I added a few embellishments from the Cooper and Chloe collection to help me complete the circle.

To finish the page, i added a large of cluster of embellishments at the bottom of the page. I tried to follow the curvature of the title, but instead ended with a large horizontal line of embellishments.  

All that was left were a few lines of journal and matte enamel dots around the page.  I love how this turned out.  The new alpha stickers are just so perfect to create all sorts of titles and embellishments, be sure to check them out!

XO

 

BELLA BLVD. SUPPLIES:

ARIA  PUFFY ALPHAS: Bell Pepper, Guacamole, Pony, Ice, Blueberry

COOPER collection: Collection kit, 6x6 paper pad, chipboard stickers, ephemera words, ephemera icons, Cardstock sticker, Epoxy Stickers, Matte Enamel stickers

CHLOE collection : Patterned paper, Bella Pops - Cat House

BELLA BESTIES : Dot/Freehand grid in ICE

BELLA CLIPS: Cute Boy mix

 

Flower Jar Card Tutorial | Traci

Happy Thursday friends!  Today seemed like a fun day for a tutorial, so I wanted to share how I used a pretty Bella cutting file to create a really fun card.

First, you can find this cutting file in Lori Whitlock's SVG shop here: Fireworks & Freedom Flower Jar or in the Silhouette Design Store. 

 

Steps for creating this card in Silhouette Studio:

 

1.  Create an offset of the design and then highlight and right click to release compound path. This will separate all of those tiny little cuts in the middle of the offset so that you can delete them.

2.  Next, create an offset of the jar portion of the design and overlap the two offsets slightly so that you can weld them together.

3. Once you've welded the shapes together, cut the piece out of white card stock for the base of your card.

 

4. Cut out the layering stems, jar, and flowers.  I used Bella Besties and patterns from the Fireworks and Freedom collection.  To adhere the thin green stems, I used a Zig Squeeze and Roll glue pen to apply tiny dots of adhesive.

I also used tweezers to help adhere the stems in place. 

5. Once I had each of the pieces adhered to the front, I had some fun with embellishments.  I used matte enamel dots from the Chloe collection, an enamel heart from the Cooper collection, an adorable bow clip (minus the clip) and two white flowers from the Doghouse BellaPop.

Although it's hard to see in the photo, I also covered the jar portion of the card front with glossy accents to give it the look of glass!

I plan to stamp a birthday sentiment inside and give it to a friend in an A10 size envelope :). I think she'll love it!  If you have any questions about how I created this card, please leave a comment or visit my blog at Artsy Albums to message me. Thanks for joining me today! 

Flower Jar Cutting file, Bella Besties (Guacamole & Pickle juice)

Freedom and Fireworks 12x12 pattern paper, Chloe Matte dots, Cooper Enamel Hearts,

Cute Bow Clips, Doghouse Bella Pop

Mood Board Inspired with Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today with a new layout that is inspired on the new August Mood Board.  I hope that you all are safe and enjoying the glorious Summer days ( for all of us who are in the Northern Hemisphere).  This month's mood board is all about sunshine, summer and color

I just love all about it, and was inspired to create this new layout:

 

 

The floaties in the lower left square made me think of these pictures of my niece while on vacation, so I made sure to bring the water feel to the page by adding a few strips of the Daily Ideas paper (Let's Go On An Adventure collection) to recreate water waves at the bottom of the layout.  I gave the strips of paper a bit of texture (just like in the moodboard's top center square)

 

One of the more prominent colors in the moodboard is pink, so i pull the Fairy Garden paper (Let's Go On An Adventure collection) for the background of the page.  Once i added the paper strips, i used some epoxy stickers and chipboard (Splash Zone) to bring the floatie and water images from the mood board.

 

 

All the words in the rocks and quote on the moodboard brought the idea of mixing fonts and color to create the title.  I used the Hello Summer cut file to cut the words from Bella Bestie papers, then cut an offset of the title from white cardstock.  A bit of foam adhesive helps to add dimension to the page!

 

 

I backed the pictures of my niece with papers from the Splash Zone collection, and then placed on the page.  I created embellishment clusters at the corners of the pictures using pieces from different Bella Blvd collections.   Just to balance the page, i added a small cluster at the very top of the page.  Then added pops of color using some matte enamel dots.

 

Now, it is time for you to be inspired by this month's Mood Board for a project of your own!  cannot wait to see what you create!

 

XO

 

Bella Blvd. Supplies:

SPLASH ZONE COLLECTION: 

Borders paper, Chipboard icons, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words

LET's GO ON AN ADVENTURE COLLECTION:

Daily Details Paper, Fairy Garden Paper

BELLA BESTIES COLLECTION:

Bell Pepper  Graph-Dot paper, Ice Graph-Dot paper,

SQUEEZE THE DAY COLLECTION:

Ephemera- Icons; Fruity Mix Matte Enamel Dots

SANTA SQUAD:

Epoxy Heart Stickers

CUTE CLIPS:

Baby Girl

DIGITAL CUT FILE:

Hello Summer 

Adorable Puppers | Nathalie DeSousa

Hi there Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today with a new project using the new COOPER collection.  Being a Fur-mama to our 10 yr old Boston Terrier baby is probably one of the most rewarding experiences.   So, you can imagine how much i love this collection, as i get to document our little boy using the fun colors and designs. 

 

I started the page by adding a bit of blue and aqua watercolor on the background.  My idea was to bring focus to two area -in a diagonal line- on the page.  While the watercolor dried, i pulled papers from the Cooper collection to build layers behind the pictures of our baby boy.

I overlapped the pictures when attaching them  together, and then cut a few pieces from the Daily Details paper, and mixed them with pieces from the 6x6 paper pad.  I made sure that most of the colors in the collection are represented in the paper layers.

To build the page, i cut two strips of the Paws paper and attached it to the right and left edge of the page. I added  the colorful scalloped strip from the Doohickey cardstock sticker under the paper strip, and cut a second strip from Borders paper ( so that both sides of the layout mirror each other).   I added the pictures and all the paper layers at the top left side of the page.  

 

With so many cute stickers and pieces of ephemera was so easy to embellish the page.  I added a few word stickers from the World Salad sticker tablet in between layers, and i love the small cute clips, so i added one to the tag in the cluster.   

My title came together so easily by combining the Adorable acrylic word and the large word ephemera piece.  I backed one of the pieces from the Faithful Friends cut outs with vellum and attached it at the end of the title.

I created a last cluster of ephemera and stickers at the bottom right end of the title.   Once again, i made sure to use pieces that represent most of the colors from the collection.  This small cluster created the perfect spot for all my lines of journal.   All that i added to end the page were a few puffy Orange stars.

 

 

I love this collection, as it is perfect to document our little guy with colorful and fun designs.  Be sure to check it out, as you are going to love it, too!

 

XO

 

BELLA BLVD. Supplies:

COOPER Collection: 12x12 paper kit, 6x6 paper pad, Cut Outs-Faithful Friend, Epoxy Heart Dog Stickers, Chipboard icons, Cardstock stickers, Ephemera icons, Ephemera words.

BELLA BESTIES Collection: 6x6 paper pad

LEGACY Collection: Word Salad Sticker tablet

PUFFY STICKERS:  Orange Mix Stars

CUTE CLIPS:  Pretty Boy

ACRYLIC WORDS:  Adorable

 

BE YOU | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a bit of inspiration using the Florence Alphabet stickers to create an impactful layout.  I love large titles, as they are easy to put together, and help to embellish the layout at the same time as conveying the feeling of the page.   The Florence Alphas are the perfect size to create a large colorful title in minutes just like the one in today's page:

 

I started by adding white acrylic paint to the White Grid side of the Bella Besties paper.  Once it dried, i used Vicki Boutin Watercolor markers to create a rainbow on the page ( the stripes of watercolor create a soft diagonal design in the background of the page).    

 

While the background dried, i started to work on putting parts of the page together.  My idea was to keep the rainbow of the page throughout the entire page, that meant that i had to try at best to color block papers, alphas and embellishments.  I started by using the Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties collections 6x6 paper pads to back and picture and add layers behind it.  I added a piece of the Wreath cut out to help form the corner design at the top left side of the page.   In addition, i added a piece of the Squeeze the Day Ciao Chips and ephemera,  a cute clip, ephemera from the Sweet & Spooky collection,and a mini heart embellishment  to bring more of the colors present at the top of the page.

Once i placed the picture at the top of the page, i chose the Be You Acrylic word to anchor the title to the page.  Since i added my watercolor in sections along the diagonal of the page, i wanted to play with the colors of the Florence Alpha to complete the title.  

 

I used Florence Alpha stickers in Orange, McIntosh, Punch, Peep, Cotton Candy and Plum to add the title on the page.  I tried at best to match the color of the background with the alphabet stickers, and chose to finish the sentence with the Punch Wonky Alpha puffy sticker.

 

To balance the page, i chose to add a piece of ephemera from the Squeeze the Day collection, along with an Epoxy Heart and a sentiment from the Sweet & Spooky collection.  Since the title already tells so much of the story, just a few lines of journal were added at the very bottom right corner of the page.

 

 

I hope this inspires you to pull your Florence Alpha stickers and create  a fun colorful project with lots of words and sentiments on it.   Remember to share with us what you create!  

'Til next time!

 

BELLA BLVD Supplies:

BELLA BESTIES Collection - Freehand Grid  & Dot - White paper, 6x6 paper pad

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection - 6x6 paper pad, Epoxy Hearts, Ciao Chips, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons.

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection -  Ephemera words

CUT OUT - Wreath

CUTE CLIPS Collection - Pretty Boy

PUFFY STARS collection - Cotton Candy, Punch

HEART HUGS Collection -  Mini Sentiments

WONKY ALPHA - Punch

My Beautiful Calico | Patricia

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  This is Patricia to share how the May Mood Board inspired my Traveler's Notebook project today!  The first thing I noticed was the texture, then the colors, and the black and white.  The black and white inspired me to use a stencil with black ink to create a similar affect from the Mood Board.  I created this on a separate piece of cardstock to insert into my very full Traveler's Notebook.

I also worked from the inspiration of the brand new Chloe Cut Files!  I created the napping cat and the flowers from Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties pattern paper.  I clustered those together at the bottom, and layered more pattern papers under my photo to help it pop more.  I could have made this photo black and white, but I really wanted to show that my cat is a calico and the girly blankets from my daughter's bed really went well with the Bella Blvd papers.

For the top, I layered an Oh My Stars Gift Tags in black under the top of my photo and a purple one at the top of the Squeeze the Day Ephemera Words.  Then layered a Pretty Boy Cute Clips to it.  The blue from the bow and the purple help to create a triangle from the colors on both sides of my notebook.  All of this is adding to the wonderful colors found in the Mood Board.

With my right side having a lot of texture and color, I used a light pink Bella Besties polka dot paper trimmed with another Oh My Stars Gift Tags layered on top.  I picked the tag because of the black and white and the lines, drawing inspiration from the Mood Board.  I used a Squeeze the Day Ephemera Word along with the Wonky Alpha and Florence Stickers to build my title pulling colors from the right side.  I finished this with an epoxy heart and washi tape.

Aren't the new Chloe Cut Files adorable!!!  The cut files are available now.  So hope the May Mood Board and the cut files inspire your next project!