Bella Blvd Studio Blog

Tiny Tots 2.0 Day 1 | Sarah

Hello to all Bella friends! Happy Tuesday! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) back on the blog, and I'm excited to be sharing a layout that I created using one of the newest Bella collections. I'm delivering you some scrappy, crafty goodness featuring the oh-so-cute Tiny Tots 2.0.

Here's what I came up with:

When I first saw this release, I was so giddy to get my hands on it. I have twin girls that are now seven, and you bet I have too many photos of them from when they were babies/toddlers that haven't been put into a scrapbook yet. So guilty! This Tiny Tots 2.0 collection gives me the perfect opportunity to get it done.

The icons in this collection are adorable. It works for all ages, boy or girl. There are dinosaurs, whales, cats, dogs, zoo animals, just to name a few. I wanted to use the cute little bumblebee and the ladybug to incorporate my title, "Love Bugs". The bumblebee and ladybug are both Bella Pops from the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection! So adorable!

I used Florence Alphabet stickers in colors that matched the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection. I placed them around my doodled circle to help complete the circular frame. Again, look at how cute that bee is! Perfect for a "love bug" layout, right?! 

To embellish my layout, I fussy cut some coordinating flowers and scattered them onto my page. I also used a handful of Bella Besties trinkets.

Lastly, I used some leftover scrap papers to create paper pennants. Sometimes, those little scraps don't have to get tossed in the trash. They make a great addition to any project.

That's all I have for now. Hopefully 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: 

Tiny Tots 2.0: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Bella Pops; Besties Collection: Puffy Stickers; Legacy Collection: Florence Alphabet Stickers

Time to Travel & Bella Besties Week Day 5 | Jennifer Davis

Hello friends! Jen here sharing a layout with you today featuring the vibrant Time to Travel collection from Bella BLVD. I had so much fun putting this layout together sharing photos from a recent work trip that I took! I used the "I Love Travel" Cut-Out and backed the letters using several different colors and patterns of the Bella Besties patterned papers and popped it up on my layout using three dimensional adhesive for a bit extra "oomph". 

Adding chipboard Ciao Chip pieces, Bella-Pops, and Doohickey cardstock stickers provided a bit more fun elements to help share my story. 

I also added some simple sewing machine stitching along the border between my two patterned papers for a bit more dimension. I am in love with that little airplane that's flying away from my heart too! It's one of BB's Bella-Pops and it's oh so cute don't you think?! 

I hope this inspires you to create with the Time to Travel collection soon! If you do, be sure to tag us on Facebook or Instagram so that we can see it and give you some love! 

Supplies Used: Bella BLVD Time to Travel Ciao Chip, Bella BLVD Time to Travel Doohickey, Bella BLVD Time to Travel Cut-Outs, Bella BLVD Time to Travel Bella-Pops (airplane and postage stamp earth), Bella BLVD Besties (Freehand Graph & Dot - Ice, Gulf, and Guacamole), Bella Besties (Hearts & Ombre - McIntosch, Blueberry and Bell Pepper)

 

Time to Travel + Bella Besties | Sarah

Happy Monday, Bella friends. Hope you're having a great start to the week. It's me, Sarah (@redoaklines) on the blog today, and I have a new layout to share using the latest Time to Travel Collection coupled with some Bella Besties products.

Like I mentioned earlier this month, I recently came back from a family trip to Hawaii, and these papers and embellishments are perfect for all of my photos. Here's your warning - expect a lot of vacation photos from me in the near future! *wink*

Here's what I created:

When we go on vacation, I'm guilty of taking 129048312 photos. Anyone else have this problem?! Hah! One can never have too many photos and memories documented. Anyway, I wanted to fit in four photos onto this layout. I matted each of them with patterned paper and cut out file tabs to add to the tops of the photos; this helped separate each photo.

I love that Ciao Chips always come with piece(s) that help create a title for your page. Here, I combined the "Born To" and the "Travel" to make "Born to Travel". And that my kids are! I also added the cute little globe to give the title more dimension.

Did you happen to notice my background 12x12 sheet? It's part of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Rainbow collection. I especially love the ombre sides because it makes for great backgrounds. 

Lastly, did you notice that I added some Bella Besties puffy white star stickers. I know I've said it many times before, but these Besties are my go to Bella embellishment. No joke! They come in every color to match just about anything! There are stars, arrows, hearts, and even flowers on each sticker sheet. You can use it on all types of projects! 

And that's all I have for today! Isn't the Time to Travel collection awesome?! It makes me want to go on vacation, and it for sure is giving me the travel bug.

Anyway, hopefully I have inspired you to create something fun 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; Bella Besties: Hearts and Ombre Rainbow Collection Kit, Puffy Stickers

 

Time to Travel- Spring Break Edition! Day 1 | Rachel

Hi friends! Rachel here and I'm so excited to be sharing with you my first layout for the Bella Blvd Design Team. This month we are playing with the newest collection - Time to Travel. I love the bright primary colors in this line and all the thoughtfulness that went into designing a collection for all kinds of travel - flying, road trip, vacation, etc!

I started with a piece of white cardstock which is cut down to 11"x11" inches. Then I took the Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide pad and slid the pad face down on the white cardstock creating a streak of gorgeous light blue ink. I repeated this several times down the page. Sliding distress oxides down the page is so easy and a fun way to play with mixed media. My goal was to create a background that looked like the sky. I sat that aside to dry. Once it was dry, I came back and doodled and stamped around the edge of the white cardstock. The final touch to the stamping was some hearts from the Trinkets Puffy stickers in the color McIntosh. I like to add black pen and stamping to a lot of my layouts to contrast the white of the cardstock. Next, I mounted this to the Road Trip 12"x12" patterned paper from this collection. I always gravitate toward a classic black and white stripe.

My next step was to start working on the clouds. I used the cut outs from the Over the Rainbow collection. The Bella Blvd cut outs are great for those who want to add an element that looks like a cut file, but don't have a cutting machine (Cricut, Silhouette, etc). The cloud cut out comes in the set along with a pattern and directions to easily cut out and back the clouds.

Once I added the clouds to my page, it was time to add my photo and all the embellishments! I used the too cute Sunny Bella Pop, the Icons Ephemera, the Words and Tags Ephemera, along with the Ciao Chip from the Time to Travel Collection. I love how each pack of embellishments has so many options to choose from. This photo was taken in the airport, and I was able to find the perfect pieces - airplane, luggage, boarding ticket, etc.

The final touch was adding the title which is in the Ciao Chip set and document the date with a date stamp. Thank you so much for stopping by today! You can view the list of supplies I used below.

Bella Blvd Products Used:

12"x12" patterned paper - Road Trip

Over The Rainbow Cut Outs

Bella Pops - Sunny

Ciao Chip - Time to Travel

Trinkets Puffy Stickers - McIntosh

Icons Ephemera - Time to Travel

Words and Tags Ephemera - Time to Travel

 

Designer's Choice Week | Sarah K

Hello to all Bella friends! Happy Friday! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) back on the blog, and I'm excited to be sharing a layout that I created using one of my favorite Bella collections. I'm delivering you some scrappy, crafty goodness featuring the fun, bright You Are My Sunshine collection.

Here's what I came up with:

I wanted to fit three photos onto my page, so I used various 3x4 cards from one of the patterned papers to frame my photos. I embellished my photos by adding a couple of stickers from the Doohickey sheet and a Ciao Chip piece.

For my title, I used the "Summer" word from the Ciao Chips with some stamps! Easy peasy, right?! Then, I added some journaling right below my title. 

I wanted the main highlight of my layout to be the bright butterflies that come in the Ephemera Icons die cuts pack. Each embellishment pack comes with a variety of butterflies in different sizes and colors. By adding some foam adhesive to the backs of them and folding in their wings, it makes it look like they are fluttering on my page. 

For extra shine, you can add a little bit of sparkle and/or glitter to these butterflies to make them really stand out.

And that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you to use up those Bella products. If you do use some of these fun products, we'd love to see it! Please feel free to share with us on all of Bella's socials by tagging us.

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:

You Are My Sunshine Collection: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Puffy Stickers, Bella Pops

Designer’s Choice Week | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout! To make this layout I used the Squeeze The Day collection and the Over The Rainbow Cut-Out.

I start my layout by backing the Cut-Out. For this I used the Borders, Fruity Hearts, Fruit Salad, I Pick You, So Berry Sweet and Zesty papers from the collection.

I wanted a sky for my rainbow, so I cut some clouds and glued them to a white cardstock with double sided tape. Then, I painted over them with the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons. Once I finished painting, I carefully took the clouds out.

Now it’s time to build my layout! I glued the rainbow with adhesive foam to give it dimension. Next, I glued my photo on top. For my title I used the acrylic words be you. Then, I cut some clouds and glued them with adhesive foam. To finish my layout I added Ephemera, Doohickey, Bella-Pops, Epoxy, Acrylic Shapes and Matte Enamels.

I love how this layout turned out! Hope you all like it and get inspired to create beautiful things! You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/YoYMQlhS7NA

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Squeeze The Day Collection: Borders, Fruity Hearts, Fruit Salad, I Pick You, So Berry Sweet and Zesty papers.

Cut-Outs: Over The Rainbow.

Doohickey: Squeeze The Day.

Ephemera Words: Squeeze The Day.

Bella-Pops: Follow The Rainbow.

Epoxy: Hearts and Icons.

Matte Enamels: Fruity Mix.

Acrylic Shapes: Rainbows.

You Are My Sunshine + Bella Besties Week Day 4 | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout! To make this layout I used the You Are My Sunshine collection and the Bella Besties. I also used the Heart Attack Cut-Out.

I started my layout by cutting the cut-out in two pieces, I wanted to use the bigger piece on the top and the smaller piece on the bottom of the layout. Next, I backed some of the hearts with the Bella Besties.

Once I finish backing the hearts, I glued the cut-out. Then, I glued the rest of the hearts and my photo with adhesive foam to give them dimension.

For my title I used the acrylic word Adorable. To finish my layout I added Doohickey, Ephemera, Heart Hugs, Bella-Pops, Puffy Stickers and white splatters.

I love how this layout turned out! Hope you all like it and get inspired to create beautiful things! You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/ILuEPHtaBbU

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

You Are My Sunshine Collection: Be Youtiful, Borders, Daily Details, Everyday Magic, Ray Of Sunshine, Rise & Shine, Shine Bright and Sunshine papers.

Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre in Bell Pepper, Ice, Plum and Punch. Graph & Dot in Blueberry, McIntosh, Orange and Pickle Juice.

Cut-Outs: Heart Attack.

Doohickey: You Are My Sunshine.

Ephemera: You Are My Sunshine.

Puffy Stickers: Oh Happy Day.

Bella-Pops: Fly Away.

Heart Hugs: Pretty In Pink.

Mini Heart Hugs: Sentiments.

Acrylic Word: Adorable.

Washi Tape: Rainbow.

To The Moon Week Day 4 | Sarah K

Happy Thursday, Bella friends. Hope your week has been going well thus far. It's me, Sarah (@redoaklines) on the blog today, and I have a new layout to share using the To The Moon Collection. I can't get enough of how adorable and *out of this world* this collection truly is.

Here's what I came up with:

To create my title, I used a Bella cut file. All of the Bella cut files can be found in the Silhouette Design Store. For this specific layout, I used the The Sky is the Limit cut file. I left out "The Sky" part of the cut file because I thought it would be neat to use two different fonts in my title. I used some alphabet stickers from the To The Moon Doohickey sticker sheet to get "the sky". 

To embellish around my photo, I added a variety of fun embellishments from the To The Moon collection to complete the look of my layout. That would include various puffy stickers, Doohickey stickers, Ephemera Icons, and Ciao Chips.

I even added some red Bella Heart Hugs to my layout because hearts on a layout is always a sure win!

Lastly, how cute is this robot Bella Pop?! It's adorable, no?! I couldn't resist adding it right below my title. I love how easy Bella Pops make embellishments "pop" on your projects!

That's all I have for now! Don't you just love this To The Moon collection?! It's such a fun one to use for any type of project.

Anyway, hopefully 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: 

To The Moon Collection: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ciao Chipboard Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Bella Pops; Legacy Collection: Heart Hugs; Bella Cut Files: The Sky Is The Limit

 

My Candy Girl Week Day 5 | Tarrah

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the gorgeous My Candy Girl collection. I decided to cut out one of the amazing coordinating cut files found in the Silhouette Design Store - the super cute birthday cake!

This took a little bit of time due to needing to cut so many different pieces in so many different colors.

I got all the pieces cut out and then started to piece the cake back together, I created the main base of the cake first and I absolutely LOVE how it turned out! I turned the cake over and added foam tape underneath, I then adhered it to the teal heart paper from the My Candy Girl collection. I then started to add the cookie, cake pops and lollipops to the top of the cake, on the lower tier of the cake I added some of the super cute Sprinkles Epoxy Stickers. To the right of the cake, I added my photo which was perfect for this page as it is my niece on her birthday with her cake in front of her! I added one of the banner die-cuts from the Ephemera pack to the top of the photo, secured with a gorgeous Bella Bow clip and I also had to add the gorgeous little bow from the Pretty Piggy Bella Pop to my niece's hair in the photo, I think it looks so super cute in her hair! I added a few more die-cuts here near the photo and also some chipboard pieces and some Doohickey stickers too. The stickers I used on this layout help to tell the story of the photo and the overall theme of my layout.

My title is made up of the Florence alphabet stickers in Bell Pepper and I also used the gorgeous 'Birthday' acrylic word. Just near the title I also added the super cute teddy bear Bella Pop. 

On the left of the cake I added some more die-cuts and chipboard. I added the yellow chipboard heart to help with balancing out the colours on the page and to create visual triangle. I love the shadows that are created on the layout by using foam tape on some of the elements. Lastly I trimmed down the teal heart paper and adhered this to a plain white cardstock background. I then machine stitched around the edge to add some texture to my page.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Bella Blvd blog today! I absolutely LOVE how my layout turned out and I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created it?

Happy creating!

Bella products used: 

Cake cut file from the Silhouette Store

My Candy Girl collection

My Candy Girl Doohickey Stickers

My Candy Girl Ephemera Icons

My Candy Girl Chipboard Icons

Sprinkles Epoxy Stickers

Pretty Piggy Bella Pop

Donut Grow Up Bella Pop

Florence Alphabet Stickers in Bell Pepper

Birthday Acrylic Word

My Candy Girl Week- Day 1 | Sarah K

Hello, Bella friends! Happy Monday! Hope your weekend was swell. And hopefully you got some crafty time too!

Anyway, Sarah (@redoaklines) here, and today I'm excited to kick off your week with a layout using the oh-so-sweet My Candy Girl collection!

Here's what I created:

I can't get enough of how adorable the My Candy Girl collection is. I'm biased though because this paper always works with photos of my twin daughters, hah! For instance, look at how cute the ephemera icons are below:

The unicorn die cut is one of my favorites, my kids totally agree! I also love using Bella Pops on tons of my projects. My Candy Girl has that cute cupcake that I couldn't pass up. 

The Ciao Chips in this collection are super sweet too! Donuts, candy, dipped strawberries, lollipops?! I'm all in. I used them to embellish around my photos. 

My title consists of stickers from the Doohickey sticker sheet and the "cute" from the Ciao Chips. I find that sometimes when you combine two different fonts, it really brings out the title on your project.

Lastly, I'm a huge fan of the ombre look on one of the sides of the Hearts and Ombre papers. The gradual color change is perfect for any layout background. The best part is that the Hearts and Ombre collection pack comes in coordinating colors to each Bella collection. 

Okay, that's all I have for today. Have you picked up the My Candy Girl collection yet? Go and get it, all! You'll love working with it; I know I've been having a blast with it.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

My Candy Girl: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chips, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Bella Pops; Hearts & Ombre Rainbow Collection Kit; Besties Collection: Puffy Stickers; Legacy Collection: Florence Alphabet Stickers