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Merry Little Christmas and Letter Scramble with Maree Crozier

Hi Bella friends,

I had so much fun making this cute Christmas layout with the new Merry Little Christmas collection and personalizing the title with some fabulous Letter Scramble alphas.

I started with a cream card stock base as the ephemera from this collection has a cream undertone. I just adore the pinks and teals in this collection, they are so pretty.

As soon as I saw the paper called 'Filled with Joy' I knew I wanted to fussy cute those ornaments and make them a feature on this layout. I also fussy the holly from the 'Borders' paper to make a little mantel for them to hang from. I dug into my stash for a holly stamp to add a little more detail under the holly border.

After mounting my picture of my daughter and our two kitties I added my title using the 'Merry' from the words ephemera and the Catsmas (is that even a word?) using the Letter Scramble alphas in the color Guacamole. It is so fun to create titles with these gorgeous alphas.

Next I worked on positioning and mounting the fussy cut ornaments. I mounted them on foam squares and attached some bakers twine so they appear hanging. I tucked the top of the twine up under the holly border.

Next I added some trees from the ephemera icons pack and added some detail to them using the beautiful epoxy stickers. I just love the shine they add to the layout.

Finally I added the sweet sleigh from the icon ephemera pack and the Bella Pop called 'Christmas Cheer'. I just adore this little Santa, is he not he cutest you have ever seen? The gifts and pink snowflakes from the Bella Pop gave the perfect finishing touch. I am so happy with how this layout turned out and am excited to see what you make with the new collection.

Happy holiday season everyone!

Maree

Merry Little Christmas Collection

Papers: From the heart, Filled with Joy, Borders

Ephemera Titles & Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Bella Pops: Christmas Cheer

Letter Scramble Alphas in Guacamole

 

 

 

 

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim and I'm here with my first layout using the amazing Merry Little Christmas collection. I adore scrapping Christmas and this collection is made up of  gorgeous colors with so many fun embellishments, I absolutely adore it. I was excited that my granddaughter's photo was perfect for the colors in this collection.

 

I love the pinks and blue in this collection and made sure to use them on my page along with the more traditional reds and greens. I loved all the wordy bits on the Daily Details paper and started by cutting it apart. Then, I distressed all the pieces and placed them around my photo. I offset the word, "Believe," from the paper and used it as my title.

 

The embellishments in this collection are so fun. I pulled out all the pinks and blues first and then pulled in more of the greens and reds. I had to use some of the gorgeous trees on my layout and layered them on one side.

 

Next, it was time to finish creating my clusters and add all the fabulous embellishments. Every single piece in this collection is adorable. I had to stop myself from adding them all.

I adore the puffy stickers, the epoxy stickers and the adorable Bella-Pops and used them to finish my layout. I added a few of the adorable Santas and the candy canes. For the finishing touch, I used the little glistening stars, enamel dots and epoxy flowers and then my page was complete.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day!  Kim  

 

Products Used 

Merry Little Christmas collection:

12x12 Papers: Daily Details                 

Doohickey Stickers 

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words 

Countdown & Tags 

Ciao Chip 

Christmas Time Puffy Stickers 

Deck the Halls Epoxy Stickers 

St. Nick Bella-Pops

Oh What Fun Bella-Pops 

Christmas Cheer Bella-Pops 

One Fall Day Thanksgiving layout with Maree

Hi Bella Friends,

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

Today I have a Thanksgiving layout to share with you using the fabulous One Fall Day collection.

I really wanted to focus on a big fun title so that is where I started with this layout. I decided to use a stencil in the background under where I wanted my title to be. I used Distress Oxides to ink the stencil. I used the colors Bundled Sage and Mowed Lawn. Then I added the Thanksgiving word and Ciao Chip title.

 

I added some vertical, and some horizontal elements to this layout. I used a wider piece of the green paper called "Pick of the Patch" for the vertical and then near the bottom of the page I used some of the "Borders" paper horizontally for interest.

On top of the "Borders" paper I added a little leafy, floral cluster. I pulled out some of the cooking elements from the collection for this layout and I think they are just adorable. Look at those gorgeous, almost vintage looking dishes!

The little jam pot is from a Bella Pop and it is just so sweet and shiny! For my final cluster I used the stack of books with a cup of tea and of course a steaming pie.

My pics are older and were quite dark (even after editing!) so I used the beautiful rich red paper to back my photos and capture the mood of them. I distressed the edges and attached them a little offset.

I finished the page with a couple of the small word ephemera banners, including "Home is where the Heart is" and "Thankful". This is such a wonderful collection for documenting all your Thanksgiving memories.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by the blog. Maree

One Fall Day Collection

Collection Paper pack

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Bella Pops

Ciao Chip

Thanksgiving featuring One Fall Day with Kim Olson

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim and I'm back with another layout using the fabulous One Fall Day collection. The theme for this week is Thanksgiving and this collection is perfect for it. I loved creating this layout documenting my granddaughters at my home a few years ago.

 

I love using circles on my pages and started by cutting them. I used the Grateful and Gobble 'Til You Wobble papers for all my circles. I used the Grateful paper and placed it on the top and bottom of my page. Then, I added jute twine from my stash for interest. I backed all my photos with the same papers as the circles.

The embellishments in this collection are so fun! I pulled out all the food related items. Then, I chose the ones that matched the colors I was using on my layout. I used a lot of the words from the ephemera words pack and picked "beautiful" for my title.

Now, it was time to create clusters and add all the fabulous embellishments. This is absolutely my favorite part of a layout.

I love all the super cute food items and used a lot on my page.

I adore the puffy stickers and finished my page with some of them, the epoxy stickers and the adorable Bella-Pops too.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day!  Kim  

 

Products Used all from the One Fall Day Collection:

12x12 Papers: Grateful, Gobble 'Til You Wobble. Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words , Ciao Chip Icons,  Happy Fall Puffy Stickers, Falling For You Epoxy Stickers, Fall Feast Bella-Pops, Fall is Here Bella-Pops 

One Fall Day & Letter Scramble with Kirei Baldwin

Hi everyone! Who loves to scrap about Autumn/Fall? I love all the beautiful Autumn colors and the new One Fall Day collection has them all! I just had to scrap these photos of me and my friends on our way home from a week away scrapbooking. We stopped off to get a drink and there was a huge display of pumpkins outside the farm shop so we just had to get some photos! Us scrapbookers never miss an opportunity for photos to scrap about, am I right?! 

I pulled out the Mad for Plaid patterned paper (orange) as I loved the subtle all over leaf design and decided that would work well for the background so I tore a strip off the bottom in a diagonal line. I then tore a small piece from the top of the paper so that I could create a tucked in embellishment cluster later. Then I picked out the Pick a Pumpkin patterned paper (small pumpkins) and tore off another strip following the same line as the first piece as I wanted to tuck it underneath. I stuck them both down to a sheet of white card, and then curled up all the torn edges to add lots of texture and dimension. 

My two square photos are mounted on the Pick of the Patch patterned paper (green), then I distressed the edges and stuck them down to the right side of the layout. I cut the 'farm fresh pumpkins' card from the Daily Details patterned paper, distressed the edges and tucked in behind my photos along with a red plaid tag from the Ephemera Words. I finished off the tag by looping some green thread through the hole. 

Next is my favorite bit.... adding the embellishments! First I added some pumpkins, a red flower and a word banner to the top of the layout. 

Then I pulled out a mix of different colored pumpkins, leaves, berries, flowers and a truck from the Ephemera Icons, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stickers and Bella Pops and added them around my photos. 

I added my title using the word 'Pumpkins' from the Ephemera Words and 'galore!' from the fabulous new Letter Scramble Alphabet Stickers (Guacamole-green). I love that there are four different fonts on one sheet and even better is they come in all sixteen of Bella Blvd's signature colors! To finish I added my journaling below the title. 

I hope you've enjoyed my latest layout using One Fall Day, thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you in my next blog post! 

Kirei x

BELLA BLVD PRODUCTS USED

One Fall Day patterned papers - Mad for Plaid, Pick a Pumpkin, Pick of the Patch and Daily Details

One Fall Day Ephemera Icons and Words

One Fall Day Puffy Stickers

One Fall Day Epoxy Stickers

Bella Pops - Pumpkin Patch

Letter Scramble - Guacamole 

One Fall Day with Maree

Hi Bella friends,

Today I am here to share a sweet fall layout using the new and gorgeous collection, One Fall Day.

I went with an asymmetrical design to showcase that gorgeous leafy paper called 'Leaf Pile'. I paired it with the teal paper called 'Fall is a Flutter' (which has beautiful butterflies as the A side!). My pictures were slightly larger than I normally work with and I had three of them so I decided to do a cluster at the top and one at the bottom of the layout.

I created the title using a couple of pieces of the Ephemera Words and then the little banner is from the Ciao Chip. I did a little stenciling in the background of the pictures using the Distress Oxide in the color 'Salvaged Patina'. It tied in perfectly with the teal pops in this collection. I mounted my pics on paper from the collection and distressed all the edges. It adds so much texture to the page.

I created this little leaf cluster in the top left using the Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip and also a Doohickey sticker. The Hello Fall Banner is from the Ephemera Words pack. I love how the Ciao Chip gives dimension, and I popped the banner and sticker up on some foam adhesive.

I made a similar cluster by the title but added a Bella Pop pumpkin! It is so cute and shiny! This Bella Pop is aptly named 'Pumpkin Patch'!

On the bottom picture I added a little Ciao Chip butterfly and I Heart Fall pennant. And I added some more Bella Pop pumpkins too! I added a few more of the sweet words including 'Autumn Bliss' and 'Autumn Skies and Pumpkin Pies' I think that is such a lovely sentiment.

Aren't those pumpkins just so cute? I finished the layout with a little white paint and distress oxide splatters. I'm so happy with how this layout turned out, show-casing pics of my family at the Pumpkin Patch. Have you visited a Pumpkin Patch this Fall? If so, this is the perfect collection to document all your favorite memories! Have an amazing day and thanks for stopping by.

Maree

One Fall Day Collection

Collection Pack with Doohickey Stickers

Icons Ephemera

Words Ephemera

Bella Pops stickers

One Fall Day & Letter Scramble with Maree

Hi Bella friends,

Today I'm here to share a fun layout using the gorgeous new One Fall Day collection and the new Letter Scramble Alpha Stickers. Both are such fabulous products. I decided to use the Letter Scramble Alphas to make a very large title. I kept the colors tone on tone with the paper strips from the One Fall day collection.

I first cut 9 strips of various One Fall Day papers, the colors are so pretty! I stacked them horizontally to make my background. I used 2 pictures which I printed at 2.5 x 3" in size.

Then, to create the large rainbow effect title, I added all my alphas and the ephemera word pumpkin title

I created 2 main clusters using ephemera icon die cuts and a super cute Bella Pops called Fall is Here. It has little pumpkins and some flowers and leaves. I just adore the shine and dimension that the Bella Pops add to the page.

I finished with some journaling and white paint splatters. I also added gorgeous epoxy leaves and flowers down the side of the page in coordinating colors.

I hope you are enjoying the beautiful Fall weather and have a chance to use this fun new collection soon!

Maree

One Fall Day Collection

Collection Kit

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy stickers

Letter Scramble Alphas

Together, Making Memories | Gloria Parra

Hello Bella besties, hope you’re having a wonderful day! Today I have a fun layout using the Lake Life Collection. I love the versatility of this collection, it works perfectly with outdoor photos too! This time I used one special photo of a weekend in the mountains with very special friends and our little ones.

I started my layout with the brown patterned paper as my base; I then cut a white textured cardstock at 11 x 11” and added a very thin border with the red polka dot patterned paper, to add some contrast to my paper layers.

I then proceeded to cut nine 3x3” squares choosing the “outdoorsy” patterned papers, leaving out the fish and lake themed patterns. I added machine stitching to my white cardstock and to all my 3x3” squares. I love the texture that stitching add to my projects!

I then adhered all 9 squares using foam adhesive to add some dimension to my layout, and decided to place the photo at the left side of my page. I matted my photo with the red polka dot paper to make it pop a little.

I then created an embellishment cluster at the right side of my photo using the “view” flashcard word element (Daily Details paper) and some tree ephemera as well as the gorgeous Bella-Pops cabin to create my little scene that reminds me of the beautiful cabin my friends have in the mountains.

For my title, I used the “Together” chipboard sticker and added a word ephemera that says “Making Memories” as my subtitle. 

At the top right corner I added a little punched yellow label and some ephemera and chipboard elements for decoration. 

To finish my layout I added some little fireflies flying around my embellishment clusters! Hope you like it friends, and I hope you feel inspired to scrap those outdoor pictures and memories!

If you want to see how I created this layout, you can find the process video on my YouTube channel @gloriascraps! Would love to see you there:)

Hugs,

Gloria

Supplies Used:

Lake Life Collection Kit

Lake Life Ciao Chipboard

Lake Life Bella Pop

Lake Life Ephemera Icon

Lake Life Word Ephemera

Lake Life Layout | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here on the blog today sharing a 12x12 layout using the Bella Blvd Lake Life collection! 

This collection includes a new Bella Blvd Cut Out called At the Lake! This set includes the phrase at the Lake and the word swim with water drops around it, a wave, and a tree. This set would also work with some of Bella's past summer collections. Bella Blvd cut outs are ready to use and include step-by-step instructions and are perfect for all types of papercrafts! 

I backed the cut out with the following papers from the Lake Life collection, Lakin' it Easy, Boarders, Nature Lover and Boat Waves. Once the cut out was backed I added foam adhesive all over the back and adhered to a piece of white textured cardstock that I trimmed down to 11x11. Next I matted the white cardstock onto the Boarders paper that was trimmed down to 11.25x11.25 and then framed it all with the Lakin' it Easy paper.

My 2.75x2.75 photos are printed out in black and white with a small blue mat around them. I placed the photos in the top left of the cut out and staggered them just a little bit. 

I created a few embellishment clusters around the cut out and above my  photos. I really wanted to add some of the white flower embellishments from the Ciao Chip and one from the Flower Fields Bella Pop.

To finish off the layout I added a couple banner die cuts in the top right corner of the layout and sprinkled the layout with some of the Bella Blvd Lake Life Explore Epoxy Stickers. Here is a look at the completed layout!

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blog today! I hope this gives you some inspiration using the new Lake Life collection! I hope you all get some time to do something creative this weekend! 

Lake Life Collection | 12x12 papers: Lakin' it Easy, Boarders, Nature Lover and Boat Waves | Explore Epoxy Stickers | Ciao Chip | Ephemera Icons | Ephemera Words | At the Lake Cut Out | Doohickey Stickers | Flower Fields Bella Pop

Lake Life Card Day | Maree

Hi Bella friends,

Today I want to share with you some cards I made using the new Lake Life collection. I love the outdoors and this collection has so many cute and fun icons and a color palette I really love.

I made a card for any occasion and a couple of birthday cards. I have a friend who loves fishing so though this card would be perfect for his birthday. I put a birthday sentiment on the inside of the card.

I created this card by using a sunburst pattern with a range of the gorgeous patterned papers from the collection. I added the daisies from the icons pack and the sentiment is from the words ephemera pack. I finished it with a couple of large enamel dots and some white ink splatters. Quite a busy card but I think the finished product is fun!

For this birthday card I started by running the yellow paper and white card stock through my die cutter to give the little stitching detail. I just love the look that gives. Then I made a little scene using the trees and reeds from the icons pack and added a few flowers up the top with epoxy stickers for detail. I added the sentiment relax and enjoy and stamped the birthday message on the blue wave paper to coordinate with the colors in the card.

This last card was my favorite to create as I had a specific person in mind while I was designing it. I used the awesome fish Bella Pops (called Good catch) for this card to create a fun fishing scene. I used the wave pieces from the icons pack and some of the puffy and epoxy stickers to make all the splashes. Then I placed the Bella Pop fish, as if hanging from a fishing line, and finished with the cute sentiment 'Fun times at the lake'. I added the 'Keep it reel' stamp from my stash. Finally I added some distress ink splashes at the bottom of the card to complete the look.

I really enjoyed creating these cards and hope they give you some ideas to re-create!

Have a wonderful day.

Lake Life Collection

Collection Kit

Bella Pops

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Puffy Stickers

Lake Life Debut Week | Maree

Hi Friends,

I am so excited to share this fun new project with you all. It is using the fabulous new Lake Life Collection, which is so awesome! I just love the beautiful colors and it is so easy to use for any outdoor adventure.

I started which the gorgeous blue floral paper called 'Lakin' it easy' as the base background for my layout. Then I added a frame of white card stock and the blue wave paper called 'Boat waves' as the main background color. I machine stitched around the edge to create a border.

 

Next I used the 'Swim' cut out and filled it with the navy paper called 'Kayaking'. I filled the little splashes in with various other blues from the collection.

 

I added the word lake from the Words Ephemera pack and embellished with some waves and epoxy fish to finish the title.

 I used 3 pics in this layout which I think balance nicely with the large title. I backed the pics in the green paper called 'Row your Oar'. I finished the layout by creating a couple of clusters using the awesome Bella pops called 'Flower fields' and some of the flower ephemera. The Bella Pops are so gorgeous and add such dimension and shine to the page.

I just adore the blue heart that says, "Let's go jump in the lake" because it fitted my story so well! It is literally what we did. I added some of the Epoxy stickers to the center of the flowers and they really look great.

I added a word phrase to make a subtitle and the color really tied my page together and made a nice finishing touch.

I am loving creating with this new collection, it is so fun and versatile. I really hope you get to check it out soon!

Lake Life Collection

Collection Kit

Bella Pops

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Cut-Outs