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November Mood Board Day 4 | Brianna Lepper

Hey crafty friends! Brianna Lepper here with a new mood board inspired layout. I absolutely love this months mood board with its beautiful colors, textures and patterns.  I mean who doesn't love Fall themed mood boards?

 

 

I knew right away that I would have leaves on my layout and really liked the composition of the leaves in the bottom left square of the board.  The gold dipped leaves in the top middle square also gave me an idea to heat emboss on some of my leaves.  Here's what I came up with!

 

 

For my leaves, I used the Fall Leaves cut file in Silhouette Design Store.  In my Silhouette Software, I arranged them in a variety of sizes and cut them using the Ombre sides of the new Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre papers.  I made sure to cut them on the lighter areas of the paper to keep with the some the softness of the mood board.  I used the colors in Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Peep, Pony and Guacamole.  Once they were all cut, I gently pressed them onto my Versamark Ink pad and sprinkled gold glittery embossing powder on them.  I then hit each leaf with my heat gun to melt the powder.  Each leaf is so sparkly and pretty!!

 

 

Once I was finished embossing the leaves, I arranged them in the same design as the bottom left square and adhered them down to a piece of the Scallop Plaids and Dotty patterned paper that also matches the mood board!

 

 

For my title, I used an acrylic word from the Embrace Today pack and added to it using the Florence Alphas in Oyster.  I had taken this photo of my son while we were at California Adventure and he was just in awe of everything around him.  Then I pulled some of the Epoxy Hearts from the Chloe collection and created a few clusters with them.  I also added a few of the White Trinkets Puffy Stickers around the page.  Next, I layered a few scraps from the Hearts and Ombre papers under my photo and added a white Cute Clip in the right corner.  I felt like it needed more embellishing so I used a few clouds from the Home Sweet Home Ciao Chip stickers. I also added a cute Ciao Chip Cat from the Chloe collection.  It looks like Noah is looking at him and who doesn't want a cute kitty on their page!?

 

 

To give the leaves on my page even more interest, I adhered a few of the Give Thanks Heart Hugs and added a sticker from the Word Salad Booklet.  I also rubbed a bit of Gold Heidi Shine to the hearts to make them sparkle.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way and I can't wait to see what you create using the mood board.  Please make sure to tag me in your socials @briannalepper, I would love to see them all!  I hope you have a great day and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Chloe:  Ciao Chip Stickers and Epoxy Hearts; Home Sweet Home: Ciao Chip Stickers and Ephemera Icons; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Papers in Guacamole, Pony, Bell Pepper, Peep and Blueberry; Florence Alphas in Oyster; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Word Salad Booklet; Acrylic Words, Heart Hugs and Cute Clips; Cut File: Fall Leaves

 

 

 

 

 

Cut File Week Day 6: Fall is for Football Games | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here and I am wrapping up cut file week over here at Bella Blvd!  My youngest son, Elijah just started football and he is loving it!  I had taken a photo of him after his first game and I couldn't wait to document it.  I went to the Silhouette Design Store and browsed through the Bella Blvd cut files and chose the Football Games one since it was perfect for my photo!  Here's what I came up with and I hope that you like it!

 

 

First, I cut the cut file out on a piece of white textured cardstock from my stash.  Then, in my Silhouette Software I duplicated the cut file and released the compound path so that I could have the solid piece of the cut file and cut it using the Hearts and Ombre paper in Black.  To create the backing pieces of the cut file, I offset each one and arranged them on my cutting mat so that I could have each letter cut using different colors of the new Hearts and Ombre papers.  I chose the colors in McIntosh, Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Ice and Guacamole.  Once everything was finished cutting, I glued everything together and moved onto the next step.  

 

 

Here's another shot of the backed cut file.  Before I adhered the cut file to another piece of plain white cardstock, I added a few Shimmerz Paints paint splatters around the whole page to give my background a bit more interest.

 

 

I decided to use the Let's Go On An Adventure collection for this layout.  I thought it had a lot of elements that would work on this football layout since they're both outdoor related.  My sons schools colors are red, white and gray and I thought the color scheme of the collection worked perfectly for it.  I backed my photo using some patterned papers from the collection and embellished using some of the Ciao Chip chipboard stickers around the photo.  I thought the fox from the ephemera icons was super cute, especially since it was wearing a red scarf!

 

 

I added a floral ephemera piece on the other side of the photo and decided to create another embellishment cluster on that side.  I grabbed a red and white pennant and adhered that down since it matched his uniform.  I added the word 'cheer' right on top using the Florence Alphas in McIntosh to create a little subtitle of 'cheer crew'.  To add even more pops of color, I sprinkled the new Trinkets Puffy heart stickers in Bell Pepper around my page.  

 

 

For my title, I added some of the new Aria Puffy Alphas in McIntosh, Ice and Guacamole. I finished this page off by adding in some tangled thread.  I love how this layout turned out!  It's so colorful and fun! 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way and hope that you'll check out the Bella Blvd cut files available in the Silhouette Design Store.  There are a few new ones that were just added!  Thanks again for being here and I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Let's Go On An Adventure:  Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Stickers, Ephemera Icons and Doohickey Stickers; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Papers in Black, Guacamole, McIntosh, Ice, Bell Pepper and Blueberry; Aria Puffy Alphas in Ice, McIntosh and Guacamole; Florence Alphas in McIntosh; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Bell Pepper; Word Salad Booklet.  

 

 

 

Cut File Week Day 4: I put a spell on you layout | Lisa Fonseca

He scrappy friends,

today I'm sharing my last Halloween layout for this year. 

The assignment was to use a Bella Blvd cutfile and when I saw this cute spider, I absolutely wanted to use it and scrap a last Halloween photo. 

I started by using the spider cutfile to create 14 spiders in different colors. I used patterned papers from different collections. The aqua and purple ones, I cut out from the new Hearts&Ombré Bella Besties collection. Love those new papers :)

As the machine was cutting, I created my background. I put gesso all over my page and then I used some Distress Oxides to put color on my page. After the background had dried, the color had faded a lot, so I went back with gelatos and a baby-wipe and added more color. Then I splattered white and gold paint all over.

While the background was drying, I added some interest to the spiders by giving them stitched details. I put a cross on their backs and gave them eyes with french knots.

I matted my photos with the scraps that I had left from cutting out the spiders.

I adhered the photos to my layout and then adhered all of the spiders, using thick foam squares to make the stand out and give the layout a lot of dimension. 

Then I went through all of the embellishments of the Monsters&Friends collection and chose some things that I could add.

I added a white scalloped border from the sticker sheet to the sides of the photos. I also used two purple photo corners from the same sticker sheet. 

For my title I used the new Aria puffy Alphas and some black alphas from the sticker sheet of the collection. I always love using different fonts and colors in my titles. Then, to finish I added some more cute details to my layout like enamel dots, a chipboard flower and a Bella-Pop pumpkin.

I hope you like the layout,

thx so much for stopping by,

October Findings layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hi scrappy friends, 

it's Lisa back on the blog today and I'm sharing one of my favorite layouts I created in the last few months. I'm just so happy with how it turned out.

The assignment for this week was to use the new Bella Besties and the Halloween collection called Monsters&Friends. Nothing easier than that, I LOVE all the papers and embellishments included in the Halloween collection and the Hearts&Ombré Bella Besties are to die for!!!

I had seen this super cute cat face on Pinterest and I thought it would look super cool on a layout. I started by choosing the papers that I wanted to use for my paper-piecing and drew the cat face onto white paper to create stencils for the different parts of my critter.

Then I took a 12x12 white sheet of paper and did some mixed media on it, using gold, orange, green and purple acrylic inks. When I was done with the background I thought I had just created a big mess but as it turned out later, when everything was placed on the background, it looked super cool. :) 

While that was drying, I continued with my cat head. As always, when I'm making one of my cute critters, I cut out the different pieces and adhere them onto white paper. Then I pierce holes, I hand-stitch in matching colors and I cut my finished embellishment out, leaving a white border. I then took my PaperMate Flairs and drew some shadows on the different parts of the head. I love doing that, as well as adding highlights with a white pen; it gives so much more dimension. For the cheeks, I used two enamel pumpkins... soooo cute!! I also added a cute bow with tassels to the cats neck. Even cuuuuuter!!! :)

I adhered the head to the background using foam tape. Then I chose my photo and matted it on a few scraps of paper and a piece of acetate with orange hearts. I took this photo of my cat two years ago, when I was decorating my porch and kitty was sniffing around and discovering new things. :)

I went through the collection to find all the things I wanted to add to the layout. I mainly used pieces from the die cuts and chipboard stickers. I placed everything on the page the way that I liked and then adhered all the pieces. For my title, I used the new Aria Puffy Alphas. To finish the layout, I sprinkled some black paint in some spots.

I really LOVE how it turned out and I hope you do too!! :)

Thx for stopping by, see you soon,

Mood Board inspired with Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today bringing you a new layout that is all inspired on this month's colorful mood board.  I love working with mood boards as they provide an infinite number of possibilities.   This month's board is filled with some of my favorite things: black and white, a rainbow and Fall.   Here is this month's mood board:

All the color, texture and pumpkins are some of the things that caught my eye. So, I used all this images as inspiration for my page:

I love all the color with a hint of black and white in this page :) .   I just love how the moodboard fit the pictures of our baby's costume for Halloween 2019.  

 

One of the things that caught my eye are all the pumpkin shapes in the moodboard, especially the ones in the top left corner of the moodboard. In addition three of the squares also feature party decorations and feel which made me think of rosettes ( just like a party wall background). 

 

I pulled papers from different collections to create rosettes so that they matched the colors in the board.  I cut strips of paper at 0.5", 0.75",and 1" wide and crimpled them to create the rosettes.  I used my hot glue gun to keep them in place.

I chose the Spooky and Sweet patterned papers for the background of the page, as it had the polka dot look that is in the mood board.  Once all the rosettes were set in place, I used cardstock stickers and enamel dots to cover the center of the rosettes.

 

I trimmed the left side of the background by about a 3/4 of an inch and backed the space with another paper from the Sweet and Spooky collection.   I added a few papers and embellishments from the same collection behind the picture.  Then clustered Ciao Chips at the bottom of the pictures to create the title of my page.

I hope you are also inspire to use images of the mood board to create a project of your own. Remember to tag Bella Blvd, so we can also be inspired by your projects.

XO,

 

SUPPLIES:

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection: Paper, Ciao Chips, Ephemera, Cardstock Stickers

CHLOE COLLECTION: Matte Enamel dots, Enamel hearts, paper

BELLA BESTIES Collection: Grid/dot in Bubble Gum, Ombre/Heart in Ice

BELLA BOWS: Cute Boy

LET's GO ON AN ADVENTURE: Paper

PLAIDS & DOTTY COLLECTION: black

 

 

Happy Halloween layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey scrappy friends, 

it's Lisa back on the blog today and I'm sharing a super fun layout, using the new Monsters & Friends collection combined with the AMAZINGLY beautiful new Hearts & Ombré Bella Besties. 

I was so excited to start using the Halloween collection... I love Halloween collections and colors and all the cute little spooky things that come with them. As for the Bella Besties... I already loved the dotted and striped ones... but the new ones are AMAZING!!! :) 

As you can see, I used a purple Bella Bestie as a background. It's so fun and easy to use and it looks like you did mixed media on your background. When I went through all the papers of the collection, I immediately was in love with this cool colorful striped one and knew I wanted to use it somehow. I cut the stripes apart and then I cut each one of them into wonky and irregular shapes. I arranged them on the paper and adhered them with a bit of tape. Then I went to my sewing machine and stitched messy stitches in different styles over each stripe, using matching thread.

I think the stitches match the theme and style of the layout so good and give a lot of dimension.

Then I went through all of the embellishments of the collection and chose all the things that I wanted to use. I went color-coordinated, so I used matching colors over each stripe. The Bella Pops are so cool because they have fun designs and give a pop of dimension right away. I also chose Hello Chips, enamel shapes, die-cuts, a few little strips of washi tape and an acrylic word.

For my photo, I used one I took at Disneyland Paris two years ago. I had a super amazing day and of course I loved taking pictures with the Halloween decoration. I matted it with two different patterned papers and adhered it to the layout using foam tape.

To finish I had to splatter white paint all over, of course... :)

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to use the new collections. It's totally worth to have it all, it's really fun to use the fun and colorful things.

See you soon, 

Trick Or Treat | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!! Brianna Lepper here and I'm so excited to share a new layout using the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre patterned papers along with the adorable Monsters and Friends collection!!  I've been itching to use the Monsters and Friends collection and I knew it would pair so perfectly with the Hearts & Ombre papers!!  Here's what I came up with, I hope you like it!

 

 

When I first saw the Hearts & Ombre paper in black, I was immediately inspired to add some Distress Oxide Ink blending to it to create a spooky night sky.  I pulled my inks out in Wilted Violet, Black Soot and Carved Pumpkin.  I started blending on the Wilted Violet first and then worked on the Carved Pumpkin.  I wanted to keep the original black that was already on the paper but I needed to blend the purple out a bit, so that's when I added in a bit of Black Soot.  This ombre paper would be perfect as is, I just thought adding the purple and orange would help tie in with the colors of the collection and it would make my background a little more spooky!

 

 

Once I was done blending the inks, I added paint splatters in white and trimmed 1" off of the top and side of the paper.  I adhered that piece to the Candy Monster patterned paper and ran it threw my sewing machine using black thread.  To pull in even more of the Hearts & Ombre papers, I took out my circle punches and punched different sizes using Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper, Orange and Plum.  I drew on some faux stitching using one of my black gel pens.  

 

 

I decided to somewhat build a scene on my layout so I grounded my photo and embellishment clusters with some border stickers from the Doohickey Cardstock sticker sheet.  I then added an acrylic word for my title and layered up the Hey Boo and Scary Cute patterned papers under my photo as well.  

 

 

I couldn't wait to use the adorable purple monster Bella Pop so I stuck him down close to my photo.  I also used a few other monsters from the Ciao Chip sticker sheet and the Ephemera pack.  All of the monsters are so cute!!

 

 

Using the punched out circles from earlier, I adhered those down as a base to create more clusters.

 

 

On this cluster, I used a few Doohickey Cardstock stickers and added in a few Matte Enamel Dots to finish it off. 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I just love spooky season!  What about you?  Do you love to decorate and document fun days in October?  

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Monsters and Friends:  Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Stickers, Doohickey Stickers, Matte Enamel Dots, Bella Pops, Acrylic Word; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Papers in Black, Plum, Bell Pepper, Orange and Cotton Candy.  

World Card Making Day | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing two cards that I created using some of the new Bella Besties products mixed in with some older Bella Besties products.  They all match so nicely together so let's mix it up!  Here are the cards that I made, I hope you like them!

 

I had so much fun creating these two cards.  I love how Bella Blvd uses the same colors in all of their collections so that you can mix and match and everything coordinates together.  When I first saw the new Hearts & Ombre patterned papers, I immediately fell in love and knew that they would look perfect with the Freehand Dot & Graph patterned papers.  And, boy was I right!!  Let's get into my first card: 

 

 

Pink is one of my favorite colors and I was so excited to get to use the Hearts & Ombre paper in Cotton Candy for this card!  Paired with the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Punch as my base, it looks so pretty!  I wanted to create a fun girl birthday card to keep on hand so I pulled out the Wish Big Girl collection and used the adorable hippo chipboard sticker as the main focal point of my card.  

 

 

I created a tag using a piece of the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Cotton Candy and tied on a piece of white pom pom trim.  To give my card even more interest, I stitched around a few of the layers.  

 

I created my own sentiment using the Aria Puffy Alpha stickers in Gulf and added a few hearts from the new Trinkets Puffy Stickers.  They're a perfect finishing touch to any project and I love them!!  Such a simple and fun card to make!

 

 

My next card is a fun sequin shaker card that I made using the Hearts & Ombre patterned paper in Ice as the frame and the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Bell Pepper as my base. 

 

 

I thought it would be fun to create a scene on the inside of my shaker using the Home Sweet Home collection.  I created a little hill using the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Pickle Juice and fussy cut some clouds from the White paper.  I added a house chipboard sticker and a tree from the ephemera icons.  Next, I took a text sticker from the Word Salad Booklet and adhered it right onto the hill.  To complete my scene, I added some of the White Trinket Puffy stickers!

 

 

To create the window of my shaker, I glued a piece of acetate to the frame I created and stuck down some foam tape around the border.  Then, I added some SpiegelMom Scraps sequins from my stash and sealed everything up.

 

 

For my sentiment, I used the Aria Puffy Alphas in Bell Pepper and spelled out 'Congrats'.  I plan on using this card as closing gift for my clients.  Who doesn't love receiving a handmade card?!  Especially one that shakes!  

 

 

That wraps up my cards!! I hope that I've inspired you to create some cards by mixing your Bella Besties products! They  were so simple to make and I hope that you give it a try!  See you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Home Sweet Home: Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip Stickers; Wish Big Girl: Ciao Chip Stickers; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Cotton Candy and Ice, Freehand Dot & Graph Patterned Paper in Bell Pepper, White, Pickle Juice and Punch; Word Salad Booklet; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Aria Puffy Alphas in Bell Pepper and Gulf.

 

Home Is My Favorite | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today and this week is all about family!  I'm excited to share my new layout using the Home Sweet Home collection and I hope you like it!

 

 

To start, I went through all of the patterned papers in the collection and chose a few that had pinks, blues and yellows.  I even grabbed the Clear Cuts acetate in Hearts White.  Here are the patterned papers I ended up using:  Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic Tile.  I trimmed a 3" inch strip of each one and traced on a scallop border on each piece.  Then, I cut out the scalloped shape on all of the strips, even on the acetate sheet.  I layered them on the page to have them cascading down from the top.

 

 

For the foundation of my layout, I chose the B side of the Daily Details patterned paper.  Since it's white with blue graph lines, the heart acetate sheet wasn't really showing up that well.  So I created a scallop border mask and blended on 3 Distress Oxide Inks from my stash.  It kept in line with the rest of the scalloped edges on my layout and you could see the pretty white hearts on the acetate.  I also love how the blended ink colors look!

 

 

Look at all of the fun layers and the simple mixed media element!  Have you given ink blending a try?  I love the process as well as the end result!

 

 

I then matted my photo using more papers from the collection and then got work on the embellishing portion of my page.  I added a few bits and pieces from the ephemera icons and words packs and made sure to add some foam tape under a few of the floral pieces.  I love when there's layers of dimension on my layouts!

 

 

Next, I added a few cute houses from the chipboard sticker set and added some of the epoxy stickers into my embellishment clusters.  

 

 

 

For my title, I used an acrylic word from the collection and added onto it using the new Aria Puffy Alphas in Plum, Peep and Cotton Candy.  

 

 

I absolutely love how this layout turned out! Check out my process video below and stay tuned this week for more family themed layouts from the creative team.  I hope I've inspired you today!  Have you created a simple scalloped border or do you like to ink blend on your projects?  Make sure to tag me in your social media posts, I'd love to see them!  Thank you so much for stopping by today and I'll see you in my next one!

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Home Sweet Home:  Patterned Papers, Clear Cuts, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Epoxy Stickers, Ciao Chip Stickers and Acrylic Word. Bella Besties: Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Aria Puffy Alphas in Peep, Cotton Candy and Plum.

 

 

 

 

Home is... layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hi friends,

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a family themed layout I created using the Home Sweet Home collection. 

To start, I went through all of the patterned papers to see what I was going to use as my background and which colors I wanted to go with. I chose a patterned paper with a very fine, light blue grid design.

The collection has a paper with a yellow tile design and I thought it would be cool to cut out circles and use them on the layout. So I punched out a few circles and painted them in colors that were matching the collection. Then I also used the patterned paper with the flowers and fussy-cut out a few flowers. 

I did some mixed media on the background paper that I chose, using gelatos and a wet baby wipe. I love that technique when I don't want the whole thing to get too messy. Then I tried out a few designs, deciding how I was going to use my circles and flowers. I decided to cut a slit into the circles and to glue them in a way that would create this sort of bottomless cone. I put an enamel dot in the middle, to turn them into abstract flowers.

Before glueing everything down, I placed all the elements on my page to see how I wanted my design to be. I used tangled thread behind each cone flower and popped some of my fussy-cut flowers up with foam dots.

I used a piece of acetate with white hearts, on the left side of the layout and adhered my photo on top, after matting it with some scraps of paper.

To embellish a bit more, I chose a pink chipboard house and placed it on the left side of the photo. Then I created a little cluster of flowers around it. I also used some acrylic hearts in some spots to make it even more fun. For my title, I used ephemera letters, spelling HOME and added some Florence and some Aria alphas to complete the title.

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to create some abstract little flowers... :)

Thank you for stopping by,