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School is Cool Week, Day 5 | Inessa

School is cool and so are my boys on their first day back! Inessa here sharing a fresh layout using the School is Cool collection with lots of fun elements.

For this layout, I went with color blocking a sheet of 12x12 white cardstock and adding lots of embellishment clusters. I started with the "ready for school" 4x6 cut a part from Daily Details and used the 4" height as my guide for the rest of the rectangles. My photos are both 3x4 as well.

For the rest of the patterned papers, I used the following: Supply List, Coloring, School Uniform and Paperclips

The embellishments can be found in the following: Ciao Chip, Doohickey sticker sheet, Ready to Learn Epoxy, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons and the adorable Color Me Happy bella-pop.

I hope to have inspired you today!

All the best,

Inessa

 

 

Spell On You | Laura Alberts

Hello friends, I'm back with the new Spell on You collection! One of my favorite ways to use themed collections is to challenge myself to step outside of the theme and see how I can use it in a very different way. With the super versatile b-sides and Border paper, I created a fun column design layout with five photos from my son's birthday party! 

On the left side of the layout, I layered three border strips from the Borders patterned paper to create a column to rest my three 2"x3" photos on. With the addition of two tags from the icon ephemera pack and one I created from a cut apart piece from the Daily Details patterned paper behind my photos, I've created a fun set of clusters for each photo.

To create a fun layered look behind each of these photos, I layered punched stars mixed with stickers from the Doohickey sticker set, icon ephemera, and enamel shapes from the Witchy Epoxy set. 

On the bottom photo, I added a chipboard arrow from the Ciao Chips set as well. It's so much fun to see how many ways I can cluster embellishments in a repeating pattern, while making each cluster unique.

On the right side of the page, I layered a 6 1/2 inch strip of the Hocus Pocus patterned paper for a background. Then, after layering my star Cut-Outs on top of the Broomsticks patterned paper, I tucked it behind my photos. I matted each of my photos with a cut apart piece from the Daily Details patterned paper, then added an acrylic word and Doohickey letter stickers for my title!

Spell On You collection kit

October Cut-Outs

Witchy Epoxy

Spell On You Ciao Chip

Spell On You Doohickey stickers

Spell On You Icon Ephemera

Spell On You Word Ephemera

Happy Acrylic Word

School is Cool + Chipboard Week, Day 4 | Sarah

Hi, everyone! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) hosting today's blog post, and I'm excited to be back on the Bella Blvd blog to share one of my latest layouts using the School is Cool collection with a focus on the coordinating Ciao Chips.

Here's what I created:

I'm now just getting around to scrapbooking my kids' school photos from last year, ha! Anyway, I knew that this School is Cool collection was going to be perfect for these photos.

I started off by backing the photos with patterned papers. Using some Ciao Chips, I started working on my title using.

I wanted it to be the main focus of my layout, so I cut out strips of patterned paper and rolled them. I tucked the rolled strips underneath the ruler Ciao Chip piece. Lastly, I added the "SCHOOL" Ciao Chips on top of the rainbow colored papers. I felt like the rainbow gave the title dimension.

Around my title, I added more star chipboard pieces, as well as various ephermera icons. 

Also, how adorable is that chipboard apple?! I couldn't resist; I had to add to my layout!

Off to the side of my left photo, I added more Ciao Chip pieces and stars from the ephemera icons pack. Sometimes adding an embellishment cluster to a photo will do just the trick!

So, what do you think of the School is Cool collection?! I'm so into the coordinating Ciao Chips in this collection. I love that words/titles are built into the pieces, but there are also other pieces to embellish your scrap projects.

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. We'd all love to see it.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

School Is Cool: Patterned Papers, Ciao Chips, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Besties Collection: Hearts & Ombre Rainbow Collection Kit

School Is Cool + Chipboard Week Day 2 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing another fun layout using the awesome School Is Cool collection.  This week, we were asked to focus on the Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers and I had fun working quite a few into my page.  Here's my layout: 

I originally wanted to create a diagonal design using some of the patterned papers and that's how I started off my first layer.  But by the time I added a few more, I ended up adding them in a way that made them look like they were papers just thrown on my desk.  The patterns are just so cute and I love that I was able to highlight bigger portions of each one.  

My photo is of my youngest on his first day of Kindergarten and he's just so adorable.  I can't believe how time quickly flies by!  I matted it with another patterned paper and then layered a few Ephemera pieces right underneath.  

For my title, I of course just had to use a phrase from the Ciao Chip Chipboard sticker sheet.  I used two different phrases by swapping the original "school" word from the first one with a different one and it worked out just fine!  To somewhat ground my title, I adhered the large ruler chipboard sticker right underneath it.  

Using a few Ephemera Icons and Words, I embellished around my photo by tucking and layering them together.  

This bookworm chipboard sticker along with the "Kindergarten" pennant were perfect additions to the left of my title.  

For some final details, I added in a few Epoxy Primary Star stickers and some tangled thread in matching colors.  

One last shot of my layout using lots of Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers!

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Do you enjoy using the Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers on your projects?  They're so fun to use and the extra dimension is always a plus for me!  See you next time friends!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

School Is Cool Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words and Epoxy Stickers.  

 

School Is Cool Week | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a fun layout using the new School Is Cool collection.  I paired it with the Ready Set Learn cut file and love how it turned out.  

To start, I cut the cut file out twice.  The first time, I cut the entire piece out on white textured cardstock.  When I went to cut it again, I only cut the background out and cut it on a piece of the Supply List paper.  I took the letter pieces from the first cut and adhered them down right on top of the background.  It really made the letters pop!

I wanted some stars to peek behind my large cut file, so I did some ink blending using a star stencil from my stash and added some silver Stickles to a few of my stars. I popped up the cut file on foam tape and adhered it down to the center of my page.

For even more color,  I trimmed down a few strips of the Coloring 12x12 paper and adhered it to the top and bottom of my page.  I just love those colorful stripes!  This week we were prompted to use 3+ photos on our projects and I added four.  They are the first and last days of school photos of my kids and I just love seeing how much they change in a school year.  

After arranging my photos to the top and bottom of my cut file, I started embellishing using some of the Ciao Chip Chipboard and Doohickey Cardstock stickers.  

The Wise Owl Bella Bop was the cutest addition!

Next, I added in a few Ephemera pieces, some Puffy Stickers and tangled thread.  

Here's one final look at my layout: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Do you like to scrap multiple photos?  I usually scrap one to two at most, so this was a fun challenge!  See you next time friends!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

School Is Cool Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Ephemera Icons and Ready For School Puffy Stickers.  

 

 

School is Cool | Laura Alberts

Hello Friends! Laura Alberts here again with the brand new School is Cool collection! Super excited to dive into this one with a photo of my boys during homeschool and virtual schooling. This layout has such a fun and eclectic mix of embellishments on my punched triangles, giving the fairly simple design a whimsical feel.

At the corners of the Scalloped Plaid & Dotty patterned paper I used as a background, I added the large photo corners from the Doohickey sticker sheet from the School is Cool collection. Love how these pops of red in the four corners give the whole layout a framed look.

I punched out these diamonds using a Fiskars diamond punch and then lined them up in a grid from top to bottom in the center of my background. After outlining the diamonds with a black gel pen, I layered embellishments from the Ready for School Puffy Stickers and the Ready to Learn Epoxies on top.

The chipboard title is from the School is Cool Ciao Chips and I've layered the banner from the word ephemera pack underneath of it. To finish off this layout, I added a little bit of gold Nuvo for accent around each of my clusters and on top of the banner. A lovely detail, I think!

I hope this layout inspires you to explore a mix of embellishments in your clusters! It's such a fun technique for adding interest and whimsy to your layouts!

School is Cool Collection Kit

School is Cool Ciao Chip

School is Cool Word Icons

Ready to Learn Epoxy

Ready for School Puffy Stickers

Scalloped Plaid & Dotty Patterned paper

School is Cool | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! It's Rachel today! I'm here to talk about my first layout with Bella Blvd's newest collection - School Is Cool! You know what also is cool? This collection! When it arrived at my doorstep, I couldn't wait to flip through every piece of paper and pack of ephemera. Once we finished school for the day, I sat right down at my desk and started playing! For this layout, I wanted to create a black and white background so that the colors in the embellishments could really pop.

I started by making a background with my Distress Oxide pad in the color - Black Soot. My goal was to create a background similar to an old school black chalkboard. Once I did that, I set it aside to dry and started cutting up patterned paper from the collection into strips. I used different sizes and widths, but most of them around 6 inches in length. I definitely wanted the background to peak out from behind. The papers I cut into strips are: Borders, Supply List, No 2 Pencil, and Math Facts. I also threw in some Bella Besties Graph paper in white! 

 

 

Once my background was dry, I arranged the patterned paper strips on top of it and secured them to the white cardstock with foam tape. Next, I added Carter's first day of school photo. Time to start embellishing!  I have to say right away that one of my favorite pieces has to be the pennant flags with the grade on them. How cute is that?! 

 

 

For my embellishments, I started at the top left corner and worked my way across the page. I used a lot of pieces from the School Is Cool Ciao Chip, the Ephemera Icons, and the cutest puffy sticker pack. The giant title {SCHOOL} is from the Ciao Chip as well. I love how every letter of the word is a different color. I finished the layout with a little stamping and some tiny heart stickers from the Florence Alpha set.

Thank you for stopping by today! I'll be back next week with another layout using many of the same papers just in a different way! 

Products Used:

• White Cardstock
• Distress Oxide is Black Soot
• School is Cool 12" x 12" patterned papers (Borders, Supply List, No 2 Pencil. and Math Facts)
• Bella Besties Graph & Dot in White
• School Is Cool Ciao Chip
• School is Cool Ephemera Icons
• School is Cool Puffy Stickers: Ready For School
• Florence Alphas in Black (stickers hearts)

 

 

 

School Is Cool | Rachel O'Neal

 

Hello friends! I'm back again with my second School Is Cool layout! It has been so fun to play with this collection. The colors, the patterns, and so many embellishments make the possibilities endless. For this layout, I was really drawn to several of the black and white patterned papers in the collection. I decided to showcase my favorites (and throw in some yellow too) by using them in a pie shaped cut fie. You can find the cut file here. The papers I used from the collection include the 12" x 12" Borders, Daily Details, Supply List, Math Facts, and No 2 Pencil. I also choose some of my favorite Bella Besties papers from the Graph & Dot collection - I used three colors: white, black, and bell pepper. I always love how so many of Bella's products coordinate perfectly with each other.

After I used my Cricut to cut out several of the circles, I backed each one with the patterned papers and then used tape runner to adhere them to my 12" x 12" white cardstock base. I also cut out my photo to be a circle so it fit right in.

 

Around my photo, I used my go to Florence alphas in black to create my title. Now I pulled out all the embellishments to add to my layout. I used several pieces from the Ciao Chip, but my favorite pack of all is definitely the Ephemera Icons.

 

 

I finished the layout with some journaling and stamped the date. I love including journaling on my layout - even if it's just a couple sentences to leave behind my thoughts. Thank you for stopping by today. Here's my supply list:

Products Used:

Slice of Life Cut File

School Is Cool 12" x 12" Patterned Papers (Math Facts, Supply List, Daily Details, Borders, No. 2 Pencil)

Bella Besties Graph & Dot (White, Black, and Bell Pepper)

School Is Cool Ciao Chip

School Is Cool Ephemera Icons

Florence Alphas in Black

 

School is Cool | Laura Alberts

Hello Friends! Laura Alberts here again with the brand new School is Cool collection! Super excited to dive into this one with photos of my oldest son on the first day of school. This stunning mix of colors made scrapping his vivid photos a breeze. I started with the Supply List patterned paper and added strips from the Borders patterned paper to make my background.

Layering one of the Cut-Outs with the School Supplies and Supply List patterned papers created a fun pop of color behind my photos. I particularly loved this paper airplane ephemera piece from the icons pack! It helped add a bit of whimsy to this Cut-Out.

With a chipboard title from the Ciao Chip, combined with acrylic stars and primary epoxies, this cluster underneath my photos was simple, but still dynamic! I really love how the epoxy stars added a bit of flair to my journaling lines.

Mixing together chipboard icons from the Ciao Chip, ephemera icons, epoxies, and acrylics creates a fun cluster that has both dimension and a playful feel to it. I loved mixing the variety of embellishment types on this layout! As a finishing touch, I added Nuvo and gold ink spray for a splash of fun.

I hope this layout inspires you to explore a mix of embellishments in your clusters! It's such a fun technique for adding interest and whimsy to your layouts!

School is Cool Collection Kit

School is Cool Ciao Chip

School is Cool Ephemera Icons

Ready to Learn Epoxy

Smarty Pants Cut-Out

Stars Primary Epoxy

School Is Cool Week, Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hi friends! Brianna Lepper here and I'm so excited to share my first layout with y'all today using the new School Is Cool collection.  I am in love with this collection and all of the cute bits and pieces make me so happy!  Here's my page, make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post:

To start, I took the Smarty Pants Cut Out from the Smarty Pants Cut Outs pack and started backing the letters.  I chose to back a couple of them with a few different washi tapes.  I used both the Dotty and Ice Dot washi tapes and also pulled in a few patterned papers from the collection to back the remaining letters with.

I love getting creative with Cut Outs and for this one, instead of ink blending the "Smarty" portion of it, I added some black polka dots with a gel pen.  I popped the entire thing up on foam tape and worked on the next step.  

I wanted even more color on my page so I took the 12x12 Coloring patterned paper and tore about 1"inch off of both sides.  I then adhered it to a piece of textured white cardstock and stuck the cut out down in the middle of my page.  Next, I matted my photo and layered it under the bottom right of the cut out.  

There's a super cute chalkboard piece in the Ephemera Icon pack and I thought it would be fun to add my subtitle in it using the Florence Alphas in white.  I wanted it to look like it was written in chalk and even rubbed a bit of a white gelato in a few spots to make it look a bit more authentic. 

I created a few more embellishment clusters by adding more Ephemera Icons and Ephemera Words pieces.  I also incorporated a few Ciao Chip chipboard stickers as well.  

I love layering and tucking things into my clusters so I pulled in the Ready For School Puffy Stickers and the Doohickey Cardstock Stickers.  I even added a few bits of tangled thread in coordinating colors.  

Here's one final look at this colorful page: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  I had a fun time creating this page and documenting the first day of my oldest sons Senior year.  It's such a special memory and this collection was perfect for it.  I'll see you in my next post friends!

Process Video:

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

School Is Cool Collection: 12x12 Patterned Paper, Smarty Pants Cut Outs, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stickers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and Ciao Chip Stickers; Bella Besties: Florence Alphas in White.  

Time To Travel | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! It's Rachel again! I'm bringing you another super fun Time To Travel collection layout. For this layout, I had the best time using one of the Bella Blvd Cut Outs for my giant title. If you haven't used one of these yet you've got to give it a try! Using the templates that come with the set make it super easy to get that cut file look without a machine. I used the 12" x 12" patterned paper called Freeway. It's a large stripe paper which made it perfect to back each of the letters with a different color. I adhered it to the cardstock with foam tape for added dimeson. I decided to go ahead and finish my title with some black Florence alphas. It's not often I create my title first, but it worked well for this layout.

I had several photos from our boat cruise down the Missouri River that I wanted to showcase and grids are always great for that! My photos are 2" x 2". I backed them with white cardstock and then my favorite black and white stripe paper from the collection - Road Trip. I also used foam tape to put these down. Next, I pulled out the Oh My Stars tabbies and added them to the side of some of the photos.

Now it was time to embellish. I used pieces from the Ciao Chip and the Scenic Route puffy stickers from the Time To Travel collection. I also pulled out my set of Trinkets Puffy stickers and used several hearts in McIntosh, Guacamole, Bell Peppers and Blueberry. I finished the layout with some stamping.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you like what you see. Here's a list of all the supplies I used:

• Bella Blvd Cut Outs: I Love Travel
• 12" x 12" Time To Travel Patterned Paper (Road Trip and Freeway)
• Oh My Stars Tabbies
• Time To Travel Ciao Chip
• Florence Alphas (black)
• Scenic Route Puffy Stickers
• Trinkets Puffy Stickers (McIntosh, Guacamole, Bell Pepper, and Blueberry)