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Spring & Easter Week Day 4 | Melissa Mann

Hello! This is Melissa here with you again today sharing a new Easter themed layout featuring a big title using one of the Bella Blvd cut files!

To start my project, I layered a pretty floral piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home Collection, a piece of Kraft card stock, and another piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home collection. I stitched all of these down with my sewing machine and then slightly distressed the edges to add a a little texture. 

 

Next, I layered a piece of the Bella Bestie Hearts & Ombre paper in Cotton Candy on top of my background followed by the back side of that same piece of paper that I layered the opposite way as a place to anchor my three photos. I had three photos of my sweet niece that my brother took last year at Easter that I printed out at size 2.75" x 3.5". Once I adhered these photos down, I placed my big "BUNNY HOP" title underneath. This cut file can be found in the Bella Blvd artist category in the Silhouette Design Store. There are several new Easter and spring themed cut files that will work perfectly for any project you may be working on!

 

After I cut my title out, I backed it with a piece of vellum and then placed it on my layout. I typed my journaling out on a piece of white cardstock and put it next to my title. Once I had these key pieces in place, I was able to add my embellishments using the Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey sticker sheet, Bella Pops, and the Matte Enamels. 

 

Here is a look at the whole project! I love how seamlessly all the Bella products work together!

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my project! Have a great week!

 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

"Bunny Hop" Cut File
Home Sweet Home Collection Kit
Bella Besties - Heart & Ombre
Ephemera Icons - Home Sweet Home
Ciao Chip - Home Sweet Home
Doohickey - Home Sweet Home
Follow the Rainbow - Bella-Pops
Fruity Mix Matte Enamels

Cut Outs and Cooper Week Day 1 | Sarah

Hello to all Bella friends! Oh my goodness - can you believe we are close to the last few days of February already?! Honestly, where does that time go? Anyway, it's me, Sarah, and I'm back on the blog today to share my latest project.

Today, I'm sharing a 12x12 layout focused on using the Cooper collection, accompanied with fun Cut Outs and Bella Besties. And anything that showcases dogs is always a joy for me to create! Here's what I came up with:

The title of my layout is a complete understatement. Spoiled?! I should have made my title "Overly Spoiled". Haha! Anyway, have you used the Bella Besties Puffy Aria Alphabet stickers yet? They're perfect for any title. The best part - they come in all colors that coordinate with all of the Bella Blvd collections. I love the Blueberry color for this layout.

When creating this layout, I knew that I wanted to somehow incorporate the cute Cooper Cut Outs. I added some fun Cooper patterned papers behind the bones, and I'm thrilled that it added so much color to my layout. 

And can we also talk about how cute this Bella Pop is?! I knew it was going to be perfect with that dog with a bone in its mouth.

Another great way to embellish your layout is by using your Ephemera Icons. I found a handful of the tags included in the Cooper pack and layered them above my photo. Such fun, bright tags!

And if you're wondering where that bone came from, it's also a part from the Cut Outs that I used above. I split the 3 bone Cut Out into two parts: 2 bones + 1 bone = 2 different embellishments. 

I'm a huge fan of the Doohickey Stickers in every Bella collection. They go so perfectly with all of the patterned papers, but my most favorite part about this sticker sheet are the fun little word phrases on there. The "play all day" and "you are the sweetest" really just complete this layout for me.

And yes, my journaling ain't no lie - "So very, very spoiled", hehe.

That's all for today! Thanks for taking the time to read and take a peek at my project today! Can't wait to share more fun inspiration with you all. And don't forget to check out all of the products I used below.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Cooper: Patterned Papers, Bella-pops, Cut Outs, Ephemera Icons, and Doohickey Stickers; Bella Besties: Aria Alpha in Blueberry; Puffy Stars Stickers in Orange

Breathing fresh air layout - Lisa

Hey friends,

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a new layout featuring the Cooper collection, the Bella Besties and the Cut-Outs :)

I went through the Cut-Outs first and chose this one, it's called Pie Charts. I wanted to show you a picture, because I totally cut it apart but it also looks amazing as it is :)

So as I needed to use the Cooper collection, which is a dog collection, and I don't have a dog, I wanted to use it without the dog parts. I went through the entire collection and took everything out that wasn't dog related. I used a red patterned paper with white hearts, a light blue paper with little blue bows and a light blue paper with clouds. Then I also chose some papers from the new Bella Besties. I chose the pink, white and dark blue ones.

I started to cut out a ton of little pie pieces that I wanted to use to back the cutfile pieces. The cutfile itself, I cut apart as to have 10 "pies". I backed each one with 4 different pieces of patterned paper and really love how it turned out. If you look closely, you can see that I didn't adhere the pieces exactly fitting the holes of the cutfile. I placed them slightly crooked, so that they would peak out from the sides. I really like that effect.

One of the Bella Pops had these adorable teeny tiny daisy-like flowers, white with a yellow center. I was inspired by those to create my own flowers and add them to each circle. I created them using white cardstock and for the centers, I used the matte enamel dots. Then I used a thin grey pen to trace a scribbly line around the borders. I attached them to the circles, using foam squares, after placing some matching tangled thread on the circle.

When I had all my pieces, I did some mixed media on a white sheet of cardstock. I used my gelatos because I wasn't in the mood for water, heating tool and warped paper... ;) but the effect is amazing too. Then I fussy-cut out a few clouds from the patterned paper. I started placing everything on my page, trying to create a cool and balanced look, placing some clouds behind and some in front of the circles. 

Then I adhered everything using liquid glue and foam squares to create dimension.

For my picture, I used one I had done in January, when I was taking a walk in the snow. I thought the colors matched pretty well. I matted it with 6 layers of vellum and placed it next to the circles. The title, I wrote with the Aria puffy Alphas in three different colors.

Then I added final touches with some enamel dots, die-cut flowers and stars and three craft hearts. I also added the tiny  Bella Pops flowers that had inspired this layout. 

I really like how this layout turned out, the colors really pop and look so fresh and pretty. 

Thank you for stopping by, see you soon,

CUT FILES + BELLA BESTIES WEEK - Day 3 | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello there Bella Blvd. Friends!

Nathalie here to share a bit more inspiration for our Cut file and Bella Besties week.  This week our inspirations is hearts.  Well, hearts to me always mean love, the kind that makes your heart go soft and feel happy.  For us, that means our little one, our 10yr-old Boston Terrier baby, POOCHIE.  He is our third baby -loved and spoiled as such-.  He love us unconditionally, but the bond he shares with his 18 year old sister is beyond love.  So, I pulled one of their portraits for this layout:

 

How cute is the layout!  I started by using the Rainbow Heart Border (# 298259) to 4 hearts from each of the following Bella Besties Graph/Dot papers: Gulf, Pickle, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep, Plum and Blueberry.  I used some 12x12 paper and  a few 6x6 papers for the hearts  as they provide interest to the background.

To make sure the hearts stand out on the page,  I used white cardstock for the background.  Using a rainbow as inspiration, I glued the outline of the hearts in rows on the  left side of the layout.  I left about a 1/4" separation between the rows.

 

To bring dimension and interest to the background, I added a bit of foam adhesive to the negative heart pieces as they were attached to the background.  I left a small offset when attaching the hearts, and follow the same color order.   

 

I used a piece of Bella Besties Ombre/Heart to back the picture, and set at the bottom row of the hearts right on the center.   I wanted to continue the rainbow effect onto my title;  for this, I sized the BESTIES cut file (#342749) to fit around the same width as the heart row, and cut it from white cardstock three times.

 

I glued the three cut outs together, so that they form a dimensional diecut, and back each of the letter spaces with the same paper used for the hearts.  Once again, I followed the color order. The title then set at the bottom of the page.  I complemented the title with an Acrylic word and added a few extra heart cut outs, ephemera and pop ups from the Cooper collection.

 

 

To finish the page, I added word sticker from the Chloe and Cooper Doohickey sheet, epoxy shapes and trinket stickers around the heart background,  making sure that it all was color blocked!  I love how this turned out.  This came together super easily once I set the rainbow hearts idea to play.   I hope this inspires you to document your memories using Bella Blvd products!

 

XO

 

BELLA BLVD SUPPLIES

DIGITAL CUT FILES:   BESTIES - 342749

                               RAINBOW HEART BORDER - 298259

BELLA BESTIES:

Graph/Dot in:  Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep, Plum, Blueberry, Gulf, Pickle

Ombre/Hearts: Peep

ACRYLIC WORD  - Happy

CHLOE COLLECTION:  Die cuts, Doohickey Stickers, Epoxy Hearts

COOPER COLLECTION: Die Cuts, Doohickey Stickers, Epoxy Hearts, Bella Pops

FALALA COLLECTION:  Epoxy Hearts

TRINKETS in Plum and Blueberry

Cut Files Week Day 2 | Dorymar

Hello Bella fans, it's Dorymar today with a beautiful layout.  It's Cut File week and I selected the “Sweet on You” digital file from Bella BLVD Silhouette Store.  For this project, I combined the Bella Besties papers with Chloé Collection. Let's take a look!

As a base of my layout, I used two different Bella Besties papers, one from the Hearts and Ombré Besties and one from the Graph and Dot Besties. I reduced the Pink Graph and Dot Besties at 11.25x11.25 and adhered it on top of the Pink Hearts and Ombré paper, with my scissors I distressed the edges to create a little textured then I made some splatters with white paint.

I wanted to add a lot of color and layers to my project, for that, I used several patterns from the 6x6 paper pad from Bella besties graph and dot, and with some circle cutters, I cut several 2.5" and 2" circles. Then I selected the Smitten and Cat Crazy papers from the Chloé collection to match my Bella Besties these add much more color and layers to highlight my photo and title.

I baked my digital cut file with the Yellow Heart and Ombre Besties, I select this color because it stands out very well in the color range. To highlight it more I added the Trinkets Puffy Stickers, Die Cut, and the adorable Oscar Bella Pop from Cooper Collection.

I adore this layout so much!  It includes many things that I love, the bright tones, flowers, dogs, and my beloved daughter. I hope it inspires you to create using the versatile Bella Besties papers and the spectacular titles from the Bella Blvd Silhouette store.

Thanks for stopping by!

Bella Besties Graph and Dot 6x6 Paper Pad, Punch Hearts and Ombré,

Bell Pepper Hearts and Ombré, Smitten Patterned Paper, Car Crazy Patterned Paper,

Trinkets Puffy Stickers, Oscar Bella Pop, Chloé Ephemera

Winter Week Day 6 | Patricia

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  So happy to be here with Dorymar to share how we are using Fa La La and Bella Besties in our Winter themed projects with you today.  I'm using my Traveler's Notebook sized Life Crafted album for this project.  I pulled lots of blues, a little aqua, green, and even lavender to give me the cool Winter colors.  From Fa La La pattern papers I pulled Christmas Village and All I want for Christmas, and from Bella Besties I pulled Blueberry, Ice, Gulf, and Plum.  To create a Winter texture to my background, I used the Geometric Hexagon background cut file from white cardstock.  I focused on backing the background along one row of Hexagons using the pattern papers I selected with an ombre feel, but adding a pop of the green pattern paper in the center of each one.  For my title, I couldn't resist using the Huddle Up cut file to go with our New Year's family walk.  To make my title pop more against the background, I backed it and trimmed it to fit against the Plum Bella Besties Ombre side.

For my journaling, I typed on white cardstock and trimmed it to put at the bottom to flow with the design.  Then to finish this, I continued pulling cool Winter colors from Aria Alphabet Stickers in Blueberry, Florence Alphabet Stickers in Plum, Fa La La Chipboard, Die Cuts and Bella Pops, Snow Designer Washi, Pennants Shapes, and Puffy Star Stickers in Cotton Candy.

Even though it rarely snows and looks more like Fall where I live in the Winter time, you can still create Winter themed projects by pulling cool Winter colors.  Hope you give this a try in your next Winter project!

Bella Besties & Fa La La Week Day 4 | Sarah

Welcome, all Bella Blvd friends! It's me Sarah up on the blog today, and I hope you are all having a wonderful day thus far. Today, I wanted to share one of my latest layouts using the Fa La La collection and Bella Besties.

So what's awesome about the Fa La La collection is that you can also use it for non-Christmas related projects too! I used it to create this wintery themed layout.

 

 

Okay, so obviously I had to use the cute little characters from the Fa La La collection. The snowmen and the penguins are my absolute favorites; they look so cozy bundled up with their snow gear right?!

 

To create this layout, I used two photos as my main focus. Then I added a handful of embellishment clusters around my photos by painting circles with watercolor and adding various stickers and ephemera icons.

I also added Florence alphabet stickers for the "Brr"s in the embellishment clusters. I used different shades of pinks that coordinate with the Fa La La collection to add pops of color to my layout.

I wanted to utilize some of my Bella Besties, so I added various stars and hearts to the "R"s in the "Brr"s that you'll see pictured in these photos. It's such a cute, and super easy way to jazz up those letters.

That's all I have for today. I hope I was able to inspire you with this wintery layout using the Fa La La collection. If you end up creating something, we'd love to see it. Don't forget to share your finished projects with all of us at Bella on our Facebook page. We'd love to see it!

And as always, thanks for reading through my post and taking a look at my project today! It's totally appreciated. I love getting to create and share my creativity with all.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Fa La La: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Bella-pops, Festive Mix Matte Enamels, Wonderland Epoxy Stickers, Snow Washi Tape, and Doohickey Stickers; Bella Besties: Trinkets Puffy Stickers; Legacy: Florence Alphabet Stickers

That's all I have for today. I hope I was able to inspire you with this wintery layout using the Fa La La collection. If you end up creating something, we'd love to see it. Don't forget to share your finished projects with all of us at Bella on our Facebook page. We'd love to see it!

And as always, thanks for reading through my post and taking a look at my project today! It's totally appreciated. I love getting to create and share my creativity with all.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Fa La La: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Bella-pops, Festive Mix Matte Enamels, Wonderland Epoxy Stickers, Snow Washi Tape, and Doohickey Stickers; Bella Besties: Trinkets Puffy Stickers; Legacy: Florence Alphabet Stickers

Winter Week Day 2 | Lisa

Hi friends, 

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a winter layout, I created using the Falala collection and Bella Besties. 

To start, I went through the Fa La La collection and gathered EVERYTHING that could be used in a winter layout. So everything blue and pink and all the elements that had nothing green or Christmas-like. I had some aqua, pink, blue and peach trees, hearts, snowflakes and some cute penguins and snowmen. I really love this color-combo... it's so bright and fresh.

For my background, I absolutely wanted to use the patterned papers from the collection and some matching Bella Besties papers. I chose the ones that I wanted, creating this ombre kinda look. So I went from light pink to dark pink and then from aqua to dark blue and light blue. I ripped an irregular strip from all of the papers, paying attention to have this white border. Then I placed all of the strips on my white cardstock to see how it would look. I loved it.

I then attached all of the papers, overlapping them and I machine-stitched every strip before attaching the next one. Then I bent up the edges of each strip.

I put some gesso on my layout, concentrating on the middle and then I used my acrylic inks to put some matching paint underneath each strip, to create some texture and different tones of color. 

See the layers and texture on this...? IN LOVE! :)

The picture that I used, is one I took the day before. We had the first snow on that day and I used the occasion to quickly go out and take some shots with the snow in the background and on my hair.

I matted it with white paper and then some layers of vellum.

Then came the fun part... placing all of the cute embellishments on the layout. I placed everything in a fun, but organized way, creating this kind of wavy shape, to keep the whole thing balanced and leaving some space for the title.

For the title, I used the puffy Aria alphas and didn't come up with something better than "Catching snowflakes"... I'm really not very creative when it comes to titles... LOL! :)

I really really like how this layout turned out and I hope you like it too. You know, you don't need to have a scrapbooking collection for every occasion or every season. You just need to find the right papers and colors to match your theme :)

See you soon, thank you for stopping by,

Cut Outs Week Day 3 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout for Cut Outs week!  Have you had a chance to create with these yet?  They are awesome.  If you don't own a die cutting machine or if you do and are simply short on time or don't want to fuss with the process, these Cut Outs are perfect!  They come to you precut and ready for any project.  They now even come with instructions and templates which makes creating with them even easier.  There are quite a few different designs that you can find here.  I'll have a process video that is at the end of this post so please make sure and check it out!  Here's my layout: 

 

 

For this layout, I chose the Wonderland Cut Outs because they were perfect for the photos that I wanted to document.  We ended up getting a pool put in and it happened to be completed (electrical and heating need to still be hooked up) the day before Christmas.  After the boys opened up their presents on Christmas Day, they had a wild idea of jumping in the pool even thought it was freezing.  It was the best moment and it was something I wanted to document for sure.  We have worked so hard to get the pool and have saved and planned for 2 years so this was very exciting and cold of course lol.  

I used the Fa La La collection and backed the Cut Outs using the patterned papers in blues, pinks and reds.  I popped them up on foam tape and created somewhat of a square design by having the snowflake sections frame everything.  Before adhering the pieces down, I did some mixed media on a piece of white cardstock using some Shimmerz Paints from my stash.  

 

After my background was dry, I went ahead and adhered everything down including my photos.  I matted them using a piece of the Blueberry Freehand Graph and Dot 6x6 patterned paper.  I love the pop of the darker blue.  I also added a pink scalloped border sticker from the Cardstock Sticker sheet and a white Festive Cute Clip to the top photo.  

 

 

Next, I went through the Ephemera Icons and layered up a few pieces around my page.  I also pulled the adorable Snowmen Bella Pops and thought they were perfect since it was a cold, wintery day!

 

 

Then, I added a few bits of tangled thread using the same color scheme around the page and also pulled in some of the matte enamel stickers as well.  They really look like candy buttons!

 

 

Next, I got out the Ciao Chip chipboard stickers and adhered the snowflakes around my page.  

 

 

I added onto the title using the White Aria Alpha stickers and also used the Florence Alphas in Blueberry to add the date.  Lastly, I took a few white Epoxy hearts and added some into my embellishment clusters.  For my journaling, I used a skinny Posca paint pen and didn't realize that the ink would still be pretty thick.  I think I'll stick with my normal journaling pens next time!

 

 

One last shot of the layout: 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I had so much fun with this layout and I hope that I've inspired you to create or even go and purchase some Cut Outs! They really are super convenient and so nice to have on hand. The possibilities are endless and you get multiple Cut Outs in each package, so you'd be able to create a few projects with just one.  Thanks again and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Process Video: 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Fa La La: 12×12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip Stickers, Epoxy Hearts, Cute Clips, Matte Enamels and Bella Pops. Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot 6x6 paper in Blueberry and Punch; Aria Alphas: White; Florence Alphas: Blueberry; Cut-Outs: Wonderland  

 

 

Cut Outs Week Day 2 | Patricia

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  Today, I'm using the Over the Rainbow Cut Outs in my Heidi Swapp Storyline Chapters Scrapbook.  The pages are about 7.25x9 to give you an idea.  I used the full rainbow, trimming it to go across both pages, and trimming just the tip off to give it more of a 'floating' feel.  Since I'm using the Over the Rainbow Cut Outs, I went with the ombre side of Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Oyster to really make the rainbow colors pop.  

I printed my photos to about 3x4, then placed under each of the clouds, trimmed and adhered.  I happened upon this selfie of my 12-year old on my phone, and with her almost being a teenager, the rainbow was a perfect to fit to her changing personality.  I backed the rainbow part of the Cut Outs with Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Pickle Juice, McIntosch, Plum, Ice, Bell Pepper, and Orange.  I filled these areas with coordinating colors from Guacamole DooDads; Florence Alphabet Stickers in McIntosch, Bell Pepper, Ice, and Pickle Juice; Trinkets in Bell Pepper, Blueberry, Plum, McIntosch, and Orange.

The Over the Rainbow Cut Outs comes with a separate row of clouds.  I decided to trim them in half, and tuck them under my Oyster Bella Besties paper on either side for a tone on tone texture to the edges.

To finish, I used the Hotness Acrylic Word, Pennants, and the Trinkets in Black.

Loved using the Cut Outs!  My first time too.  They are so nice to have ready to go, and then gives you so many options to use them.  So try them out as I did here by using photos behind parts of the Cut Outs, fill the rest with Bella Besties and coordinating colors, then use some of the Cut Outs tucked under your background pattern paper for a tone on tone and textured look!  Have fun and hope you share!