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Sketch Week Day 2 | Sarah

Hi, Bella friends! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) back on the blog today. Today, I'm excited to share my take on this month's sketch. Have you seen it yet? It's a good one!

If not, I'll drop it below:

See, I told you it was an awesome one to work with! I love the design of this one so much. Here's what I created:

 

I wanted to focus on using the oh-so-sweet Squeeze the Day collection with some awesome Bella Bestie papers. Don't you just love that the Bella Bestie collection packs always coordinate with all of the collections?! No need to try to color match cardstock or patterned papers to Bella products; the work is already done for you with Bella Besties! 

Instead of the stars shown in the sketch, I used a ton of the Squeeze the Day Doohickey stickers, as well as some Ephemera Icons to help embellish my photos.

Isn't that brushstroke of the word "Love" pretty? I saw it in the Icons pack and knew it was going to be perfect for this layout. 

Oh, and I went to town with the epoxy stickers here, hehe. Those cute, little flowers can add so much dimension to any project. 

And that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you in some way today. Or maybe you're inspired to use this month's sketch? If you do end up using this sketch, 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! 

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, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Epoxy Icon Stickers

Catching Up With Stars & Stripes Week - Day 4 | Melissa

Hello everyone and happy Saturday! 

Since we had You Are My Sunshine reveals during Stars & Stripes week, we were unable to share Melissa's awesome project! So today we're playing catch up because we wouldn't want you to miss out on her hard work and creativity!

Here is what Melissa had to say in her post...

Good Morning, Bella friends! This is Melissa here today with you and I have loved all the fun projects we have shared on the blog this week. I really loved working on my project for this week since it was all out red, white, and blue!

I started my project by using the "Seeing Stars" digital cut file that is available in the Silhouette Design Store HERE. I cut this out on white card stock and then layered that over a piece of dark blue pattern paper from the Fireworks and Freedom Paper Collection. 

This created the background for my project and added a bunch of already cut out stars that worked perfectly with the design of my project. Next, I spritzed some red and blue ink across the white card stock and let it dry. While it was drying, I cut out a large circle on a piece of scrap paper and once the ink was dried on my card stock, I used the circle as my template to get the first circle stitched on my paper with my sewing machine. I sewed multiple times in white thread and then placed some of the die-cut stars on my layout and then stitched those down with some blue thread. Lastly, I stitched around a few more times with red thread. 

Next, I layered my pattern papers and photos in a block and adhered down in the lower right hand corner. I knew I wanted to use the acrylic word "SPARKLE" and came up with the title "She Puts A Sparkle In Our Eye" which was layered above and below my pictures. I typed a single strip of journaling and glued that down underneath my title. 

Lastly, I used the acrylic patriotic stars, ciao chip, and doohickey stickers to fill in my stitched circle. 

Here is a picture of the full layout:

SUPPLIES USED:

1. Bella Blvd Cut File "Seeing Stars"
2. Bella Blvd Fireworks and Freedom Paper Collection
3. Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot - Ice
4. Red Stripe Washi Tape
5. Sparkle Acrylic Word
6. Fireworks and Freedom Ephemera Words
7. Fireworks and Freedom Ciao Chip
8. Fireworks and Freedom Doohickey Stickers
9. Acrylic Patriotic Stars
10. Florence Alphabet Stickers - Blueberry

To the Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 5 | Erica

Hey friends! Erica here with you today for Day 6 of To the Moon & Besties Day 6!

The colors in this collection are so much fun and perfect to document photos of our little Liam Jay! He loves being outside and playing on his swing set! The seesaw is his favorite! I pulled out some papers from the To the Moon collection to run through my die cutting matching with some of my stitched star dies.

For my background I used some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Mustard but it turned out more of an orange color which is actually perfect for this layout! I layered up some stars and scattered them around the page. 

I printed my photos at home and they are around a 2x2 size. I matted them using papers from To the Moon and popped them up on the star die cuts. 

Bella Besties are perfect to mix in with all the collections! I added some star puffy trinkets all around the page for a bit of contrast. I love how the black really pops with all the colors on the page. 

For my title I used one of the Ciao Chip from To the Moon and mixed it up with some Aria Puffy Alphas in Black. I love how this layout turned out and Liam's big happy face just shines on this page! 

It was so much fun to use the To the Moon collection to document one of Liam's favorite summer activities! Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you all have a wonderful day!

To the Moon Collection | Doo Hickey Stickers, Ciao Chip, A Boys World Puffy Stickers, 





 

To the Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 4 | Yarelys

Hey Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you my new layout. To make this layout I used the collection To The Moon as well as the Bella Besties and one of the cut files.

To start my layout cut the cut file, I used the Lattice Background cut file. Then I cut squares from several papers of the collection and the Graph & Dot papers. I cut squares in different sizes to layer them and create dimension.

After cutting the squares and the cut file, I drew three squares in a white cardstock and painted them using the cut file as a stencil. I also hand stitched around the three squares.

To build my layout, I glued the squares and my photo with adhesive foam to give them dimension. To finish my layout I added Ephemera, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Stickers, Epoxy, Bella-Pops and Puffy stickers.

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. Thank so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/x9Ag3Wc9a-8

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

To The Moon Collection: Out Of This World, Outer Space, Rocket Growth and The Sky’s The Limit papers.

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

Ciao Chip: To The Moon

Ephemera: To The Moon

Doohickey: To The Moon

Bella-Pops: Shine On

Puffy Stickers: A Boy’s World

Epoxy: Spaced Out

Cut File: Lattice Background

To The Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 2 Tuesday | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, everyone!

I'm sharing a brand new project for this week that was made with the new To the Moon paper collection and the Bella Besties paper collections. I love how all of these paper collections work together seamlessly for any project you may be working on.

To start my layout, I backed a piece of Kraft card stock against a pattern paper from the To the Moon collection. I then layered a piece of vellum over the Kraft card stock. I cut a large circle out of a piece of scrap paper and then cut it apart like slices of pie. I pulled a selection of eight different patterned papers and cut a piece of the "pie" from each one and then layered that on the base of my layout. I stitched the edges of each piece of pattern paper down with my sewing machine. I layered my photo over another piece of Bella Bestie's paper and more vellum. 

The next step was to get my title and subtitle down. I used the Aria Alphabet Stickers and the Florence Alphabet Stickers to create my title around the upper half of my circle. To continue the fluidity of movement and enhance the circles, I punched more circles out of pattern paper and place them around the large circle I created with the pie shaped pieces of pattern paper. I used chipboard, stickers, matte dots, and die-cuts to complete the project.

I loved how this project turned out! Full of fun and color :-)

 

Supplies Used:

1. Bella Blvd To The Moon Paper Collection
2. Bella Besties Graph and Dot Paper Collection
3. Aria Alphabet Stickers - Blueberry
4. Florence Alphabet Stickers - Gulf
5. Blue and White Dotted Washi Tape
6. Bella Pops - Shine On
7. To The Moon Ephemera Pack
8. To The Moon Doohickey Stickers
9. Matte Enamels - Dog Mix
10. To The Moon - Ciao Chip

To The Moon & Besties Meet Summer Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here with you today and I hope y'all had a great weekend!!  It's To The Moon + Bella Besties this week and we are creating some Summer layouts!  I had the perfect photo for this week!  It's of my youngest son jumping into the pool and I snapped it at the perfect moment where it looks like he's tip toeing on the surface of the water.  So of course, my title played off of it a bit and had to be "Walking on Sunshine".  Here's my layout:

To start, I created some paper rosettes in a few different sizes using the Hearts & Ombre papers in Black, Gulf and Blueberry.  I ended up putting the ombre sides face up since they kind of look like planets to me and went with the whole To The Moon collection vibe.  

For the foundation of my page, I used the hearts side of the Hearts & Ombre paper in white and adhered all of my rosettes down.  I matted my photo using patterned papers from the collection and adhered it to the largest rosette.  I also added in the "play" acrylic piece from the Explore & Play set.  It fit perfectly in the white space of my photo and made a great subtitle.  

Next, I started working on my title.  I pulled the Aria Alphas in Orange, Blueberry and Bell Pepper and created my title with them.  I thought it would be fun to have the words go along the perimeter of the rosettes and it turned out super cute!

For my embellishments, I added them straight onto each of the rosettes and created little clusters on each one.  I used the Heart Hugs in Rainy Day and Black & White, I also pulled out the Sun Bella Pop from the collection and adhered that down and tucked a Ciao Chip cloud sticker right underneath it.

Here's one with one of the Rainy Day Heart Hugs: 

I also pulled in some of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Blueberry and White and added those into a few clusters.  I added in a few of the stickers from the Word Salad Booklet and tucked in some tangled thread in matching colors around the page.  

I love how this page turned out!  The rosettes give a lot of interest and they also are a perfect way to add different embellishments to your layout.  Have you tried making them before?  They're super simple and so fun!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  The To The Moon collection is so fun and I really enjoyed creating a Summer layout with it!  Have a great week friends and I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

To The Moon Collection: 12x12 patterned papers, Bella Pops, Ciao Chip Stickers, Epoxy Stickers and Ephemera; Bella Besties: Heart Hugs in Rainy Day and Black & White, Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Blueberry and White, Hearts & Ombre 12x12 Patterned Papers in White, Black, Gulf and Blueberry, Aria Alphas in Bell Pepper, Blueberry and Orange, Acrylic Words and Word Salad Booklet.

 

Puffies Week Day 6 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning!

This is Melissa with you again today with a new project featuring the new My Candy Girl collection and the Puffy Trinket Stickers! As soon as I saw the striped sheet of pattern paper in the My Candy Girl paper collection, I was immediately inspired to create this layout using loads of the puffy stickers!

I cut the piece of pattern paper down and adhered it to my white card stock. I stitched it down with my sewing machine using the stripes as my guide. Then, I picked out the Trinket Puffy Stickers in the colors of McIntosh, Punch, Peep, and Cotton Candy, and Ice and Gulf. I also used the Sugar Coating Puffy Stickers from the My Candy Girl collection as well. I layered my stickers down trying to keep the same color puffy sticker on each corresponding strip of color. I also threw in some of the epoxy hearts in the mix as well. 

Once I got all the stickers down, I layered a few pattern pieces of Bella Besties paper and some vellum and layered my photo on top. I used the chipboard word "Adorable" as my title and embellished with some stickers from the Doohickey Sticker Sheet and chipboard from the Ciao Chip.

I loved how this turned out! So bright and colorful!!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

My Candy Girl Paper Collection
Trinkets Puffy Stickers in McIntosh, Punch, Peep, and Cotton Candy, and Ice and Gulf
Christmas Heart Mix - Epoxy Stickers
Epoxy Hearts
Puffy Stickers - Sugar Coating
Ciao Chip Hello There
My Candy Girl Ciao Chip
My Candy Girl Doohickey Stickers

Puffies Week Day 5 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing another layout with y'all today.  This week, the Creative Team is focusing on the Trinkets Puffy Stickers and we could either use the To The Moon or My Candy Girl collections.  I went with the To The Moon collection since the photo I chose for this layout is of my two boys sitting on a toy plane at a local park we used to live next to.  I sure miss these ages, they were so fun!!

 

 

To start, I took the 12x12 patterned papers from the collection and backed the super cute Love You To The Moon Cut Out  with them.  If you're not familiar with the Bella Cut Outs, they are cut files that come to you pre-cut with instructions as well as templates.  They really make backing these Cut Outs so simple!  They're perfect to have on hand if you don't own a cutting machine or even if you do and you don't want to fuss with it or if you want to craft while on the road, they really are so handy to have!  

 

 

I only backed the "Love" and "Moon" portions of the Cut Out with the patterned papers and opted to leave the "You" portion open.  I thought it would be fun to back it using the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in different colors.  I took the templates from the Cut Out package and traced and cut the letters out.  I then took the stars from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in A Boy's World, White, Blueberry, Black and Pickle Juice & Guacamole and placed them around each letter, alternating between colors.  

 

 

Here's another up close shot of the backed Cut Out with the puffy stickers: 

 

 

I popped the entire Cut Out on foam tape and adhered it to the ombre side of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre paper in White.  I matted my photo using some scraps of patterned papers from the collection and distressed the edges.  I got to work on embellishing and pulled out the A Boy's World Trinkets and created little clusters using the moon and star stickers.  I also pulled in some of the Ciao Chip and Doohickey Cardstock Stickers.  

 

 

Next, I pulled out the Ephemera pack and added these adorable astronauts that reminded me of my boys.  I also added in some tangled thread to a few clusters to give the page some extra texture and interest.  

 

 

To finish this super fun layout off, I added in some of the matte enamels to my clusters and added a phrase sticker from the Bella Besties Word Salad Booklet.  

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way and I hope that you'll give backing a Cut Out or a cut file with some puffy stickers a try!  To see how this layout came together, I'd love it if you checked out my process video below.  See you next time friends!

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

To The Moon Collection: 12×12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Matte Enamels, A Boy's World Trinket Puffy Stickers, Love You To The Moon Cut Out; Bella Besties: Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White, Black, Pickle Juice & Guacamole; Puffy Stars in Orange; Word Salad Booklet; Hearts & Ombre Paper in White.

 

Puffies Week Day 4 | Karlla

Hello Bella BLVD friends,

Karlla here and I'm very happy to share my new layout with you!

In my last post I said how much I'm in love with Bella Blvd's cut files.

And I really am, I think they're so beautiful that I want to use them in all projects.
So I used it in another project. 

I hope you like it!

I found this "Gumball Machine" so amazing that I cut it big to highlight the layout.

This cut file is part of the "My Candy Girl" collection.

A fun and colorful collection.

I love this combination.

This week at Bella is dedicated to the beautiful "Trinkets Puffy Stickers"

I made a mix with several of them inside my Gumball Machine. I loved how they looked like gum.

I like to add dimension to my layouts,

I love highlighting elements. And with this project it was no different.

I created a combination of details coming out of the machine with

Ephemera Icon and Chipboard Stickers Icons.

I don't like to leave the details scattered around the layout, I find it so amazing when they are grouped with various dimensions.

Thinking about it, I made the title "Sweetened" bypassing the Gumball Machine.

Isn't this combination of colors and elements amazing? I love it so much!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope I inspired you.

Have a wonderful day!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

My Candy Girl Collection

12x12 Kit

Ephemera Icons 

Chipboard Stickers Icons 

Puffy Stickers - Sugar Coating 

Heart & Ombre Rainbow Collection 

Trinkets Puffy Stickers 

Aria Alpha - Peep 

 

Puffies Week Day 3 | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie here for a new day of our Puffies week.   The small trinkets are such a versatile embellishment, and just the perfect colors for all the Bella Blvd. collections.  Today, I am mixing Trinkets with the colorful My Candy Girl in this sweet layout...

 

 

I started the page using a tag die  to cut a few papers from My Candy Girl collection and Bella Besties.   I wanted something soft and plain for the background, so I reached for the Bella Besties (Grape) and set the tags at the top half of the background.

 

 

I strung a large piece of purple twine through the tag/banners just to keep them all together.   Once the banners were all secured, I added my photos.  Since I have the colorful papers surrounding them, I just added a few embellishments next to it.

 

 

It was all about embellishing, and that was easily done with puffies in colors that match the ones in each of the tag/banners. I placed the puffies so that they look as if they are floating through the banners.

 

 

To complete my page, I used Ciao Chips (to which I added a  bit of color through ink blending) and Aria Puffy Stickers.   That cute doodle pop bear is actually wearing ballet slippers, so it was the perfect complement for the page.   A few more trinkets complete the page.

 

 

I love how this page turned out  using a multiple Puffy Stickers and My Candy Girl collection.   Remember to come back tomorrow for more inspiration!

 

XO

 

 

Supplies:

My Candy Girl Collection:  Patterned paper, ephemera, chipboard stickers, Doohickey stickers, Doodle pop, Trinkets

Bella Besties (Ombre/Hearts ) collection:  Gulf, Cotton Candy, Plum, Bell Pepper

Trinket Stickers: Gulf, Punch/Peep/Cotton Candy, Plum, Bell Pepper, McIntosh

Ciao Chips 

Aria Puffy Alpha Stickers: Peep