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School is Cool | Emilie

Hello friends! Emilie here for another week of School is cool! The kids are finally back at school after what seems to have been a lifetime and I was so ready for it. It also means that I have a fresh batch of "back to school" photos to scrapbook which is great especially when I have on my desk this fantastic new collection by Bella BLVD.

I wanted to play with a notebook look that would have been dumped on a desk full of tools. I punched the edge of the blue gris patterned paper and layered it at an angle on top of a patterned paper which was covered with lots of scissors, paint and other school accessories.

 

I continued the notebook look by adding a ruler as well as making it all look like a place lots of ideas would have been jotted down.

 

 

I loved playing with the wash tapes to add a little bit of structure to my design which would have been way to chaotic otherwise.

 

The large A+ cut file from the cut-outs was a perfect way to create a title. It literally look like a teacher graded my notebook entry!

I am so in love with this super sweet owl! I want to have it everywhere!

A few puffy flowers as a finishing touch as well as some super large nuvo drops to create a fake ink splatter and I was happy with this layout.

I hope that you got a few ideas on how to use the School is cool collection and that you will check it out at your local scrapbooking stores!

Lots of love,

 

Emilie

 

Products used:

School is cool patterned papers

School is cool chipboards

School is cool cut-outs

School is cool puffy stickers

School is cool Wise owl Bella pops stickers

School is cool Epoxy stickers

Washi tapes

Spell on You | Sarah

Hello, Bella friends! It's me Sarah back on the blog today, and I can't believe fall is in full force. It's our favorite season in our house, and we are all super excited and pumped for Halloween. Anyone else?! Anyway, with the anticipation of Halloween around the corner, I wanted to create a layout using the Spell on You collection.

Here's how I felt inspired:

I felt inspired to focus on using a repetition of circular shapes on my layout. I started off by doodling circles onto patterned papers from the Spell on You collection. I cut them out and added them to my page.

I used some of the stickers from the Doohickey Stickers. Both the circle and scalloped circles worked perfectly on this layout.

Bella Pops fit right in with the rest of the circular shapes too. The pumpkin Bella Pop from the Spell on You collection is just fab-BOO-lous; I love it!

For my title, I used pieces from the Ephemera Word Icons. Adding a little bit of foam adhesive to the backs of these die-cut pieces gave it that extra dimension to make them pop off the page. I added my journaling snippet below the title; I felt that it fit perfectly in that empty space. 

Last but not least, I couldn't help myself. I had to share how adorable these little Bella Pop stickers are! The bat is just too spook-tacular with that little face.

Okay, that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you to create something today, and maybe it'll even be a spooky, Halloween project. Anyway, thanks for joining me today, and thanks for letting me share my work with all of you.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Spell on You: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Epoxy Stickers, Bella Pops; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Rainbow 12x12 Paper Pack

School Is Cool Week | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a fun layout using the new School Is Cool collection.  I paired it with the Ready Set Learn cut file and love how it turned out.  

To start, I cut the cut file out twice.  The first time, I cut the entire piece out on white textured cardstock.  When I went to cut it again, I only cut the background out and cut it on a piece of the Supply List paper.  I took the letter pieces from the first cut and adhered them down right on top of the background.  It really made the letters pop!

I wanted some stars to peek behind my large cut file, so I did some ink blending using a star stencil from my stash and added some silver Stickles to a few of my stars. I popped up the cut file on foam tape and adhered it down to the center of my page.

For even more color,  I trimmed down a few strips of the Coloring 12x12 paper and adhered it to the top and bottom of my page.  I just love those colorful stripes!  This week we were prompted to use 3+ photos on our projects and I added four.  They are the first and last days of school photos of my kids and I just love seeing how much they change in a school year.  

After arranging my photos to the top and bottom of my cut file, I started embellishing using some of the Ciao Chip Chipboard and Doohickey Cardstock stickers.  

The Wise Owl Bella Bop was the cutest addition!

Next, I added in a few Ephemera pieces, some Puffy Stickers and tangled thread.  

Here's one final look at my layout: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Do you like to scrap multiple photos?  I usually scrap one to two at most, so this was a fun challenge!  See you next time friends!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

School Is Cool Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Ephemera Icons and Ready For School Puffy Stickers.  

 

 

School is Cool | Sarah

Hello to all Bella friends! Hope your week is going well. It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) hosting today's blog post, and I'm excited to share my latest layout using the School is Cool collection coupled with some of the awesome embellishments that coordinate with it.

Here's how I felt inspired:

The "School is Cool" Cut-Out steals the show! I love that it is a big and bold statement.

Have you used any of the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs before?! I love using them! They're a quick and easy alternative to fussy cutting or using a die cutting machine. How do you use them? You just have to add paper behind the Cut Out and viola! It's as simple as that. With all of the colorful, patterned papers from the School is Cool collection, it's a perfect match.

After adding patterned papers behind the "SCHOOL" letters, I embellished with various ephemera icons and stickers.

I felt like the little flowers included in the ephemera icons pack would add some dimension to my title. I love how they look on the title!

I especially loved adding that apple Bella Pop to the letter "O". To fill the space in the other "O", I used one of the owl puffy stickers. Isn't it adorable?!

To the side of my photo, I added the math flash cards! I love that this collection included these as part of the ephemera icons pack. It's a "back to school" must, especially for my elementary school-aged kiddos.

That's all I have for today. Ain't this collection adorable?! Doesn't it inspire you to scrap those back to school photos?! Heck, you could even use the bright colorful papers and embellishments for photos that aren't "back to school" related!

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: 

School Is Cool: Patterned Papers, Cut-Outs, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Puffy Stickers, Bella Pops; Besties Collection: Hearts & Ombre Rainbow Collection Kit

Time to Travel | Sarah

Happy Saturday, Bella friends! Hope your weekend is going well. Anyway, it's me, Sarah (@redoaklines), hosting today's blog post, and I have a new layout to share using the Time to Travel Collection. I can't get enough of it, I tell ya!

Here's how I was inspired to create a 12x12 layout:

 

First step, I cut out some hexagons with metal dies. I backed my hexagon photos with coordinating papers from the Time to Travel collection. Once I had all three hexagon photos framed, I started to embellish around it using various pieces from this collection. I also made sure to stamp some fun hexagons all over my page for extra color!

Below my hexagon framed photos, I added the "Adventure" Ciao Chips as my title. I love that the colors of these pieces match the rest of the collection! To draw more attention to my title, I added border stickers under my title from the Doohickey Stickers. 

Above my photos, I added a cute Bella Pop sun as well as other pieces from the Ephemera Icons pack. 

Have you seen the puffy stickers from the Time to Travel collection yet?! I love that it includes little geotags with words on them. I scattered them in random spots on my layout to give it more pops of color!

Lastly, I added my journaling below my title. I wanted to incorporate the word stickers into my actual journaling. I find that it's a cute way to get those words onto paper!

And that's all I have for today! What do you think?! I think that the Time to Travel collection gives me the travel bug! It makes me want to plan a trip ASAP, heh.

Anyway, I hope I have inspired you to create something beautiful today. 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.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Time to Travel: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ciao Chipboard Stickers, Bella Pops, Puffy Stickers

Time to Travel | Emilie Chamel

Hello friends! Emilie here and today we are looking at the Time to travel Collection. Specifically, I will show you how I used this travel themed collection to scrapbook about photos taken in our very own backyard, no air-miles necessary!

My first step was to choose papers which had more of a generic design. I avoided plains, tickets or anything with a very strong "travelling" imagery.

As my pictures are all about having fun in the sun, I chose to create pin-wheels with the papers I had selected. Those remind me of summer days! They also add volume to my layout which I love.

For even more fun, I used the puffy stickers as the center of my pin wheels. It was all attached together using a glue-gun to be extra sturdy.

Once those were created and added to my base, it was very easy to add extra details with florals and a Bella Pop sunshine!

The title was my next focus and although I loved the white acrylic, I knew it wouldn't stand out enough against my background and photographs. I therefore backed it with orange patterned paper to give it extra peps while still conserving what I loved about it.

To finish my layout off, I added a few splatters of black ink as well as some black heart stickers from the Florence alphabet sticker sheets.

You can view the full process video here:

 

Full list of material used:

-Time to travel collection

-Time to travel puffy stickers

-Time to travel chipboard stickers

-Bella Besties Florence alphas black

-Acrylic words "sweet"

-Bella Pops Sunny

 

 

You Are My Sunshine Week, Day 5 | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa back on the blog sharing my take on a layout for You Are My Sunshine Week! I love this collection, it's very bright, cheery and versatile. I chose to create a layout about my youngest using an instax picture that I've been saving.

I started with the Bee Youtiful paper as my base and added two 1 inch strips of the Shine Bright paper on the top and bottom. 

The next step was placing the photo and the bee cut apart from the Daily Details papers. Once I adhered these down, I then started adding different elements around the cluster from the Doohickey sheet and Ciao Chip. Make sure you vary between glue/tape adhesive and foam adhesive to give it dimension. I popped up the star with a foam dot.

Next step was building the scalloped border cluster at the bottom using pieces from the sticker sheet, and two borders from the Borders paper. I used the yellow polka dot and scalloped the bottom using a punch. I then added a part of the  "shine bright" strip. To add the finishing touches, I added machine stitching in a navy blue thread and the Bee Happy bella pop. 

The layout came together quickly, especially with having all the elements from the collection. I highly recommend collection kits for that reason!

So what do you think? Leave me a comment with any questions or thoughts.

Have a wonderful day and see you next time!

Inessa

 

Links to products used (affiliate links):

You are my sunshine collection

My Favorite Adhesive Rolls/Tape

You Are My Sunshine | Laura Alberts

Hey friends! Laura Alberts back again with a fun layout featuring the gorgeous You Are My Sunshine collection for these sweet photos from my daughter's field day at school. These bright, sunshiny colors were perfect for scrapping these fun-filled moments.

I began with the stunning Shine Bright patterned paper as the background and then added a nice large title from the Summer Sun Cut-Outs. Backing this Cut-Out title with the What A Day patterned paper filled with adorable icons was a perfect way to add some fun detail to this simple design.

I added two of the butterflies from the Summer Sun Cut-Out set as well, backed with the black and white polka dot on the back of the Young & Free patterned paper. Layered on top of these butterflies, I added 3D butterflies from the Fly High Pop-Ups. With a few cardstock stickers, fussy cut butterflies, and dragonflies fussy cut from the What A Day paper sprinkled around the clusters.

Love these large photo corners to add a bit of layering behind my photos. The finishing touches to this layout were to outline the Cut-Out with my pen for dimension, a few drops of black Nuvo, and journaling!

You Are My Sunshine Collection

Young & Free Patterned Paper

What A Day Patterned Paper

Fly High Pop-Ups

Summer Fun Cut-Out

You Are My Sunshine Doohickey Stickers

Squeeze the Day: A Touch of Paint

Hi, Bella friends! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) hosting today's blog post, and I'm here to share a layout using the Squeeze the Day collection. I have loved seeing what the other designers have been posting this week using this collection.

Here's what I created:

I mainly focused on using an assortment of the patterned papers from the oh-so-sweet Squeeze the Day collection. I started with creating a handful of pennant/flags to add to the top and bottom of the 12x12 black polka-dot background. Then, I decided to use acrylic paint to help my photo stand out.

Once my paint was dry, I added some 1.5in x 1.5in squares that I cut up using patterned papers from Squeeze the Day. I arranged them into a grid-like pattern. On top of each square, I added a fun embellishment; I used Doohickey stickers, Ephemera Icons, and Ciao Chipboards. Then, I matted my photo and placed it as my focal point.

I used Ciao Chipboards for the "You're So Sweet" title.

Lastly, I added Bella Pops to embellish the title. I love that Bella pops easily add that extra dimension that your project might just need.

That's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you in some way today. Maybe you're inspired to use some of that fruity Squeeze the Day collection! If you do end up creating something, we'd love to see it! Please feel free to share with us on all of Bella's socials by tagging us! We'd love to see what you create: Use the hashtag #bellablvd so we can find you!

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

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Squeeze the Day: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chipboards, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Bella Pops.

Squeeze The Day: Diagonal Design

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout using one of my favorite collections, Squeeze The Day! This collection is so bright and happy with a lot of great elements to it. I love the color scheme and it's always so fun to create with!

I wanted to highlight the beautiful colors in this collection so I chose a white background as my base. For my patterned papers, I used Sweet Skies, Fruit Salad and Slice of Life. I tore into each one at a diagonal and lined them up so that a little bit of each pattern would peek out from the one on top of it. Before adhering them down to the base, I distressed the edges to give them some interest.  

Here's another look at my layered papers: 

Next, I matted my photo using the B-side (backsides) of the Fruity Hearts patterned paper and attached a blue Cute Clip from the Baby Boy set. For my title, I used the Perfect Acrylic Word and built onto it using some Peep Florence Alphas. My photo is of me and my two sisters from my recent vacation trip back home. We had the best time that day!

When it came time to embellish my layout, I built each cluster on the diagonal I created with the patterned paper layers. I tucked and layered some Ephemera Icons and also layered in a few Bella Pops. I used pieces from both the Juicy and Follow the Rainbow Bella Pops.  

From the Ephemera pack, I added one of the tags and tied some twine from my stash through it. As finishing touches, I added in a few Doohickey Cardstock sticker hearts and a few floral Epoxy stickers.  

Here's one more look at my layout: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way! Do you enjoy creating with a diagonal design? I love the look of it and it's one of my favorite go-to designs. You should give it a try if you haven't done so already. See you next time friends!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Squeeze The Day Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Bella Pops, Epoxy Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and Ephemera Icons. Bella Besties: Baby Boy Cute Clips; Perfect Acrylic Word and Florence Alphas in Peep.

Squeeze The Day Week: Fun in the Sun

Hello friends! Emilie here to share with you a layout full of sunshine created using the Squeeze the Day collection. I love its sweet and fruity vibe alongside the bright colors Bella Blvd is so well known for.

 

 

The black swimsuit Sophia wears in the photos called for some contrast, so I whipped out my India ink and painted some stripes on white cardstock as a base.

I love pink so I chose the pink patterned papers to use as accents. Sometimes small touches can have a BIG impact than overdoing it.

The acrylic strawberries are sooo darn cute and I wanted to use them on this layout. They add just the right amount of detail to my layout.

The matte Enamel Dots are such a great take on usual enamel dots. They really are different and look amazing.

 

The epoxy dots of this collection are especially cute with lots of fruits! I love how the washi tape holds its own very well against a black background.

You can watch the full process video here:

https://youtu.be/8blPZ8Ttuc4

Products Used used:

Matte Enamel Dots, Washi Tape, Strawberries Acrylic Shapes, Follow the Rainbow Bella Pops, Rainbow Acrylic Shapes, Squeeze the day collection (Squeeze the Day collection). Aria Punch Puffy Alphabet stickers, Bell Pepper Florence Alphabet Stickers (Bella Besties).