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Monsters & Friends + Bella Besties Day 3 | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a Halloween layout using the Monsters & Friends collection, the Bella Besties, and one of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I started my layout by painting the background. For this I used Distress Oxide in colors that match the collection. I also used Distress Oxide to paint my cut file.

Once the background dried, I started to build my layout. I backed the Happy Halloween cut file with the Bella Besties. Then, I glued my photo and the cut file with adhesive foam to create dimension.

To finish my layout, I added Bella-Pops, Ephemera, Doohickey, Ciao Chip, Epoxy and Matte Enamels.

I love how this layout tuned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration 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/tCRuvcOyQ2s

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Monsters & Friends Collection: Scary Cute paper.

Bella Besties: Graph & Dot in Pickle Juice, Ice, Plum and Orange.

Ephemera: Monsters & Friends.

Doohickey: Monsters & Friends.

Ciao Chip: Monsters & Friends.

Bella-Pops: Candy Bandit, Little Monster and Pumpkins.

Epoxy: Goblins and Stars Halloween Mix.

Matte Enamels: Halloween Mix.

Cut File: Happy Halloween.

Monsters & Friends + Bella Besties Day 2 | Sarah

Happy Tuesday, 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 in our house, so I'm so excited and pumped for Halloween. Anyone else?!

Anyway, with the anticipation of Halloween around the corner, I wanted to create a layout using the Monsters & Friends collection coupled with Bella Besties.

 

I wanted to use a large title for this one, so the first thing that came to mind was one of the Monsters & Friends Cut-Outs. The "Halloween" Cut-Out was perfect for our family costume photo from last year.

Behind the Cut-Out, I used a variety of the patterned papers from the Monsters & Friends collection as well as coordinating Bella Bestie papers. Have you ever used one of the Bella Cut-Outs? It's so easy to use. You literally cut out the pieces using the template in the package. Then, you place it behind the Cut-Out. And voila! 

 

To the sides of my title, I created embellishment clusters of the cute little monsters in the Ephemera Icons pack. Adorable right?! 

Have you ever noticed how Bella does a fantastic job coordinating their embellishments with their collections? I love that the Ephemera Icons and Doohickey Stickers all color coordinate so perfectly with the patterned papers and the Bella Besties papers too.

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 Halloween-ish 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: 

Monsters & Friends: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Star Epoxy Stickers, Cut-Outs, Matte Enamels, Bella Pops; Bella Besties: Monsters & Friends 12x12 Paper Pack

Sketch Week Day 6 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning!

I was so excited that I got to work with this month's sketch and it is such a GOOD ONE!! 

I loved the multiple photo option and the big title option on this sketch. I stuck pretty closely to the sketch but ended up moving my title just a bit to have the layout flow a little better to my liking.

I started by backing a piece of white card stock to a piece of pattern paper from the You Are My Sunshine paper collection. I used a piece of leftover flower cut-out on the white card stock and layered my pattern paper boxes on top. I stitched the pattern paper boxes together with my sewing machine. I ended up using three photos that were wider rather than longer and layered them cross the bottom of the more vertical boxes. 

Once I had the photos secured, I punched a bunch of hearts out of various papers from the You Are My Sunshine collection and used them in conjunction with a bunch of chipboard hearts from the Home Sweet Home and You Are My Sunshine Ciao Chip. I popped up a few of the hearts using foam dots. 

I filled up the boxes above my photos with journaling, my chipboard title word and ephemera from the You Are My Sunshine collection. I really loved how this project turned out :-)

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:
1. You Are My Sunshine Paper Collection
2. Flower Cut-Out
3. Home Sweet Home Ciao Chip
4. You Are My Sunshine Ciao Chip
5. You Are My Sunshine Ephemera
6. Bella Pops
7. You Are My Sunshine Doohickey Stickers
8. Oh Happy Day Puffy Stickers

You are my Sunshine Alphas Week Day 5 | Niki Rowland

Hey everyone! This is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) back with you today and I'm using the You are My Sunshine Collection. It’s so bright and happy, I love it so much! I have also made a process video for this layout which can be viewed below.

I really wanted to use the rainbow paper but it is a little tricky to use as a background because it has lots of small repeating rainbows on a white background. I was determined to use it as a background though so in order to do that I had to create some white space.

I cut a large circle in the middle of the paper. I distressed the edges and planned to mount it on white. This provided with me a large white aperture in the middle of the layout. It didn’t quite work because the white background of the rainbow paper blended too much with the white circle. So I took it apart again and added a pink circle layer too – this was perfect!

I then made a few colourful rosettes using You Are My Sunshine papers. I simply cut different width strips, used a border punch along one long edge of some, then scored every quarter inch. I concertina folded and glued the ends together. I then flattened them into rosettes and glued them with a paper circle on the back. I arranged these around my layout and stuck them in place.

I cut my photo to a circle too and layered this on top of the rosettes. On the middle of each rosettes I added flowers from the ephemera. I added my title using beautiful Aria puffy stickers in rainbow colours! I also used Florence alphabet stickers too.

I added two Bella Pops: the sun and the rainbow. The rainbow is extra special as it comes with enamel detailing on the rainbow and two enamel clouds!

I finished off by stitching through my title with machine stitching and I also added a few of the cute puffy hearts from the Aria stickers.

Thank you so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used: 

You are my Sunshine Collection: 12x12 patterned papers, Bella Pops Chasing Rainbows & Sunshine, Ephemera

Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers: Peep, Cotton Candy, Orange, Bell Pepper, Gulf, Ice, Plum

Florence Alphabet Stickers: Orange 

Other products: white card 

You Are My Sunshine Alphas Week Day 3 | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you my new layout using the You Are My Sunshine collection and focusing in the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers and the Florence Alphabet Stickers. I also used two of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I started my layout by drawing hearts for my background, using the Heart and Arrow cut file. Once the hearts were drawn, I painted and hand stitched around them. Then, I filled them with the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers and the Florence Alphabet Stickers.

I went through the papers of the collection and picked the Happy Thoughts, Ray Of Sunshine, Rise & Shine, Sunshine and What A Day, and used them to cut the Daffodil cut file. I cut the flowers in different sizes to layer them and create dimension.

To build my layout, I glued my photo and the flowers. For my title I used one of the ephemera pieces of the collection, and to finish my layout, I added Bella-Pops and Epoxy.

I love how this layout tuned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration 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/wX_I8T7BGl0

Bella Blvd Supplies Used

You Are My Sunshine Collection: Happy Thoughts, Ray Of Sunshine, Rise & Shine, Sunshine and What A Day papers.

Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers: Guacamole, Ice, Blueberry, Cotton Candy, Peep, Punch and Bell Pepper.

Florence Alphabet Stickers: Pickle Juice, Ice, Blueberry, Cotton Candy, Peep, Punch and Bell Pepper.

Ephemera: You Are My Sunshine.

Bella-Pops: Fly Away.

Epoxy: Hello Summer.

Cut Files: Daffodil and Heart and Arrow.

You Are My Sunshine + Alphas Week Day 2 | Sarah

Hello to all Bella friends! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) back on the blog, and today I'm bringing you some scrappy, crafty goodness featuring the latest Bella collection You Are My Sunshine coupled with some Bella necessities. When I say "necessities", I'm talking Aria Puffies and Florence Alphas, hehe!

Here's what I came up with:

 

 

I honestly can't quit using all of the Florence alpha stickers (on all my projects!). I love that they come in an assortment of colors, and they always match up so perfectly with any of the Bella collections. Using it with the You Are My Sunshine collection is no exception.

For this layout, I turned my title into a rainbow of Florence alphas stickers. How?! I literally just repeated my title "Me Myself" in an assortment of colors. I love how it turned out!

 

 

Then, I used some fun Aria puffy stickers to complete my title "This Is Me".

 

 

By using two different fonts for your title, it adds so much dimension to your project. If you haven't tried it yet, give it a go! I bet you'll love how it turns out.

 

 

Lastly, I just wanted to add how much I really love this bright, colorful collection. The cute little bees in the You Are My Sunshine collection are definitely a favorite.

Have you gotten your hands on any of it?! Make sure to check with your local scrapbook stores, or check your favorite online stories! I know you'll love it as much as I do. 

 

That's all I've got for today. So what'd you think?!

Hopefully, I inspired you to create something beautiful! Or maybe you're now inspired to create something cute with the You Are My Sunshine collection?! Either way, feel free to share with us on all of Bella's socials by tagging us. We'd love to see what you make.

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: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stickers, Bella Pops; Besties Collection: Aria Alpha Puffy Stickers; Legacy Collection: Florence Alphas

You Are My Sunshine + Bella Besties Week Day 5 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout for the You Are My Sunshine + Bella Besties Week!  I love the Freehand Graph and Dot 12x12 patterned papers, so I thought it would be fun to highlight a bunch of the colors in rainbow order and create a fun background for my photo and embellishments to sit on.  Here's my layout: 

 

 

To start, I cut 1/2" inch strips of the following colors:  Plum, Blueberry, Gulf, Ice, Guacamole, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep, Punch and McIntosh.  I distressed the edges of each strip and popped them all up on foam tape for some dimension.  I adhered them down to the B side of the Daily Details patterned paper.  The colors really pop on top of the black and white polka dots.  

 

 

Next, I matted my photo using the Young and Free patterned paper and adhered it directly to the rainbow strips.  For my title, I chose the "You Are My Sunshine" phrase from the Ciao Chip sticker sheet added some liquid adhesive to make sure everything would stick and not move later on.  

 

 

Then I started going through the Ephemera and pulled out a few florals and a large rainbow piece.  It fit perfectly right above my title, so I added some foam tape along with a bit of tangled thread under it.  

 

 

I've been itching to use the Fly Away Bella Pops set so I adhered the two butterflies on the bottom left and top right of my layout.  They're so fun and pretty!

 

 

I felt like my rainbow strips could use some highlighting so I took my white gel pen and added in some sketchy lines and also added some to the 'sunshine' chipboard sticker.  

 

 

 

I wanted to add a few more Bella Besties embellishments, so I took out the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in the same coordinating colors as my paper strips and added a floral onto each one.

 

 

Here's a final look at this bright and happy layout!

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  Bella Besties coordinates with every Bella collection and I love working with both and seeing what fun layouts I can make.  Check out my process video below to see how it came together.  See you in my next post friends!

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

You Are My Sunshine Collection:  12x12 Patterned Papers, Bella Pops, Ephemera, Ciao Chip and Doohickey Cardstock Stickers; Bella Besties:  Freehand Graph and Dot Patterned Papers and Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Plum, Blueberry, Gulf, Ice, Guacamole, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep, Punch and McIntosh; Word Salad Booklet.  

 

 

 

Bella Besties + You Are My Sunshine Week | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue with our Bella Besties + You Are My Sunshine collections week.  We are in the last weeks of Summer here in Toronto, and the colors and designs in the collections are perfect to document all those glorious sunny day memories. Let me show you what I have created:

 

 

 

I pulled a few pictures of my family's last visit for this page.   Since there is quite a bit of blue tones in the picture, I decided to use Bella Besties Ombre/Heart in Blueberry as the base for the layout

 

 

What better way to contrast the dark blue of the background than to add color.  I cut a few 1.5" diagonal strips of paper from a few papers from You are My Sunshine and glued them to the base.   These lines reminded me of sunrays, so it was easy to follow the line to add my photos ( I backed these with papers from You Are My Sunshine that had the same tones as the background).

 

 

Once the photos were in place, I added the Chipboard stickers to create my title.  I stacked the letters so that they flow better with the diagonal lines.  I added my lines of journal right below the title.  Then it was all about embellishing the page.

 

 

I love butterflies, and the ones in You Are My Sunshine collection are perfect for the page, as they have all the colors of the papers.  I made sure to create clusters of them around the photo -along with some ephemera and Doohickey pieces-, and added one last cluster at the bottom left corner of the page. This just balances the page nicely, plus one of the best ways to showcase the gorgeous Bella Pops.

 

 

I just love how this turned out, and how easy this came together.   Remember to share with us your project ideas featuring these collections. I cannot wait to see what you create!

 

XO

 

Bella Blvd Supplies:

BELLA BESTIES Ombre/Hearts Collection - Blueberry

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE Collection -  Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey stickers, Ephemera, Trinkets

Butterflies Bella  Pop

 

Sketch Week Day 1 - Tegan

Good day Bella Blvd fans! Are you completely in love with the amazing new You Are My Sunshine collection yet?! I sure am! I had so much fun combining it with this cool week's sketch! Come take a look! 

I love that this sketch contains circles because sometimes I just plain forget to incorporate this shape into my layouts! I right away grabbed the Bella Blvd Pie Charts Cut-Outs paper! I trimmed off a piece that would take up about as much space as the original sketch circles did. I then layered it over some of my favorite patterned papers in the You Are My Sunshine collection! 

I started the layout by using the Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper in Oyster as the base page. I then layered pieces of What A Day, Happy Thoughts, and My Only Sunshine Patterned Papers. Here I added a chipboard cloud, ephemera rainbow die cut, and super cute epoxy stickers.

How cute are the butterfly ephemera piece and Shine On sun shaped 3D Bella-Pop layered over the cut out?! So fun! 

The You Are My Sunshine collection was perfect for documenting back to school pics of my nieces! 

I created the title here using the adorable Florence Alphabet Stickers in Bell Pepper and the Sunshine chipboard piece. And how cute is that little epoxy pink butterfly?! 

Eeeek! I just LOVE the rainbow of colors in the You Are My Sunshine collection! Do you have a favorite part of this collection?! Is it the butterflies? The rainbows? The colors?! 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab the August Sketch and some of the darling You Are My Sunshine collection for your next project! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

You Are My Sunshine Collection: Happy Thoughts Patterned Paper, What A Day Patterned Paper, My Only Sunshine Patterned Paper, Ray of Sunshine Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Ephemera, Shine On Bella-Pop

Florence Alphabet Stickers in Bell Pepper

Pie Charts Cut-Outs 

 

 

 

You Are My Sunshine & Cut Outs Week Day 3 | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today for another day of You Are My Sunshine inspiration! I have been having so much fun creating with this colorful collection! 

One of my favorite papers in this collection is the Shine Bright pattern paper! I just love the the large strips of color and wanted to really highlight this paper and all the color on my page! 

I pulled out the brand new Summer Sun Cut Outs and backed the cut out with the Shine Bright pattern paper. I also pulled out the Bella Blvd puffy trinket stickers in all the colors to match the Shine Bright paper! 

Instead of using ink or mists to create a colorful background I decided to used the puffy trinket stickers! I just love all the color and texture it gives to the page. I adhered the cut out on the left side of the page and arrange the puffy trinkets to match the colors in the backed cut out. 

For my photo I printed it out in black and white and matted with a few different You Are My Sunshine pattern papers. I placed my photo on my page using some foam adhesive and created a small cluster of embellishments in the top left corner of my photo. I also tried to keep the colors in that cluster all pink to match the pink that was going on to the left of the page. 

For some added interest to the page I adding matching embellishments around the cut file and popped them up on foam adhesive. To finish off the layout I used some of the Bella Blvd Florence Alpha Stickers in Ice to add Summer 2021. 

Thank so much for stopping by today and I hope you are feeling inspired to use the new Bella Blvd Cut Outs and You Are My Sunshine collection! 

Trinkets Puffy Stickers | You Are My Sunshine Collection | Summer Sun Cut Outs