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Sweet Family Folio | Traci

Happy Spring everyone!  Despite the uncertain world we are living in these days, I'm hoping most of you are able to see/talk with family, and able to get outside in the fresh air, even for just a little bit.  The pollen on my car is always my sign to beware of itchy eyes and stuffy allergies, but I love the sunshine and being outside with my family.  If you are unable to be with those you love, or the weather is still a bit gloomy where you are, I hope my bright, cheerful project cheers you up a bit today!

 

This cute little 'family folio' is full of adorable Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties product.  Am I the only one who is SO excited that Bella created Besties??  I always have these adorable solids on hand because they go with every Bella collection ... #makesmylifeeasier !  Love them!

 

 

I LOVE pink! Pinks and reds have always been my favorite colors (my poor bridesmaids had to wear bright "cranberry" in my wedding).  So that Punch paper above, and that adorable little strawberry make me so happy!

 

For this page, I decided to leave the pocket white so you could really see the cute little fruit die cuts.  

And for this page, adding a layered tag into the pocket really draws your eye to the cute chipboard scallop border.  Anyone determined to make lemonade out of lemons these days??  Me !!!!

 

How pretty are all of these Bella colors!!?  This is why I love mini albums .... so much color, interaction, and adorable product :). See those precious "Pearfect" Bella Pops?  Yep, I'm hoarding those.

 

So this little folio had lots of pockets and pull-outs and fun stuff that was hard to show in a few photos.  If I get some time (LOL) in the next couple days, I'd like to post a video flip-through over on my You Tube channel at Artsy Albums.   Until then Bella friends, stay healthy and try to get out in the sunshine! 

Squeeze the Day Collection: 12x12 papers, Ciao Chip, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons

Bella Besties:  Punch, Gulf, and Bell Pepper

Other: PhotoPlay Folio

 

Spring | Dorymar

Hello, Bella fans! It's Dorymar. I'm back with another scrapbook page. This time I have a colorful, Spring layout featuring the Bella Besties and Squeeze the Day Collection. I’m so happy because Spring it’s finally here. I love enjoying the fresh weather and see all the blooming in my backyard.

It always makes it difficult for me to decide between so much pretty paper, so I started by cutting the pieces of each one and layering them to create a fun textural photo mat? That is what I did on today's page. Take a closer look below!

Here you can see the number of layers that I added to the project. All adhered with foam tape to show the entire dimension.

At the top of the page, I used some chipboards from the Squeeze the Day collection to create a cluster around my title. I cut the letters using my digital machine and the Freehand Graph & Dot Punch Paper from the Bella Besties.

To create my flowers, I used the Bella Blvd Yellow Flower (293994) cut file and cut them using my Silhouette Cameo. I chose some of Bella Besties' bright colors and the Fruity Heart Paper. To highlight the flowers, I made with black pen doodling on the entire border and glued to every piece with foam tape. To give the final touch I added some of the fruity mix matte enamels dots.

As you have seen in the previous photos, all the pieces of the project have doodles all around them. This is one of my favorite personal techniques, I think they have managed to give a different and fun touch to the project. You only need a fine-tip pen and Wallah!!!!

The magic is captured.

I love how this design grabs your attention at the top of the page with the title and the photos and then leads your eye down to the "flowers" and the elements of the layout.

Thanks for joining me today! I hope you feel inspired to create a scrapbook page of your own. 

Squeeze the Day Ephemera Icons, Squeeze the Day Ephemera Words,

Squeeze the Day Lemon Fresh Paper, Squeeze the Day Zesty Paper,

Squeeze the Day Slice of Life Paper, Squeeze the Day Borders, 

Squeeze the Day Fruity Heart Paper, Squeeze the Day Chipboard Icons,

Squeeze the Day Epoxy Icons, Squeeze the Day Fruity Mix Matte Enamels, 

Bella Besties Pack, Bella Blvd Yellow Flower Digital Cut File (293994)

 

Lunchbox of Love | Dorymar

Hi Bella fans, It’s Dorymar here today to share a fun project with you using the Squeeze the Day Collection and Bella Besties Pack.

 

To make my lunch box, I use the Summer Holiday digital set from SVGS cut.  I began by creating a box from Pink Graph and Dot Punch paper. The top lid was made with the Orange we Glad paper and for the trim, I used the “Bananas for You” paper. I decorated the outside of the box with chipboard, matte enamel dots, acrylic shapes, Bella pops and die cuts.  Also, I incorporate three beautiful flowers cut out form the Graph and Dot Bell Paper using the Bella Blvd Daisy Digital File at Silhouette Store.  

 

 

The box that holds three interactive cards with flaps and pocket, perfect to document lovely moments with you love one.

 

 

I created interactive cards from scratch.  Everyone holds space for journaling and photos. I decided to create fun titles with the Alpha puffy stickers and the Florence alphabet stickers. I covered the interactive cards mixed up the Bella Besties and the Squeeze the Day papers and decorated with the epoxy icons, Bella pops and many fun goodies of the collection.

 

 

Because this collection is so fabulous, I wanted to show it off and all the beautiful embellishments she has.  Each card has multi flip-out and pockets and every turn and flip are a magical surprise that conveys the pure joy and love! Below I show you some close-up shots so you can appreciate every element.

 

 

This adorable box would be a special gift that your loved one will fondly remember.

I hope this colorful project inspires you to express that great love you feel for your love.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

 

 

Bella Besties, Squeeze the Day Collection, Squeeze the Day Ephemera Words, 

Squeeze the Day Ephemera Icons, Squeeze the day  Epoxy, Fruity Mix Matte Enamels, 

Bella Pops (Pearfect, Juicy), Squeeze the Day Doohickey Sticker Sheet, 

Squeeze the Day Ciao Chip, Dotty Washi Tape, Wonky Alpha Stickers-Pickle Juice,

Florence Alphabet Sticker-Punch, Acrylic Shapes-Berry

Sweet Photo Crate for National Let's Laugh Day | Traci

Hi everyone! Traci here, and I'm SO excited to be sharing my first creative team project with all of you!  Did you know that today is National Let's Laugh Day?  How fun!  So when I was thinking about my project I knew I had to include lots of pictures of my granddaughter.  She's three years old now, and makes me laugh every single day!  In addition to being funny, she's also very sweet, so I used Squeeze the Day to create a photo crate full of fun pictures of her.

 

 

I found a black crate in my craft stash and covered the front with Ciao Chip pieces and ephemera words and icons. (This is a 7 Gypsies photo crate, but a box would work for this too)!

 

For the inside "pages" I used cutting files from the Squeeze the Day collection (which you can find here) to cut out fruit shapes.  I created offsets for each piece to create the white mats, and then added the photos and fun embellishments.

 

I also made some 4x6 file folders.  I love how the cute bow clips hold the folders closed while they're stored in the crate.

 

 

When opened, the folders reveal a few more silly photos.

 

The Follow the Rainbow Bella Pop was perfect for the inside of this folder.  Ha ha ... seems like yesterday that the guy in the photo above was 3 years old! 

 

I hope you all find opportunities to laugh today!  and hopefully I've inspired you to think outside the box (or crate) to create fun new projects with Squeeze the Day! 

 

Squeeze The Day collection; Bella Besties; Cute Clips; Cutting Files

 

Other:

Doodlebug Chunky Twine; 7 Gypsies Photo Crate

 

The one with my favorite TV show | Friends

Hi everyone.  Heather here with one of my favorite things...FRIENDS!  Everyone around me knows I'm a Friends fanatic and this past year, I finally let my teenager watch it with me.  Let's just say the rest is history and now we have even more to relate to and talk about.  I love it.  

When I found out Lego had a special edition Friends set, my girl put it on her Christmas wish list.  We had a blast building it together and re-enacting our favorite scenes. Of course this was the first thing I wanted to document when I was assigned Favorite Things week - my daughter and Friends!

To create this layout, I knew I needed to recreate the famous yellow peep hole frame. Then I realized a page full of frames would be super cool. 

I pulled in various cut files from Bella Blvd and others and designed the page. To make sure everything would fit, I sized everything in my Silhouette Studio software first.

Once all the files were cut, I glued some down and stitched the others with my sewing machine. Next, I added the title.  Every episode of Friends is named with "The one with..." so I only thought it'd be appropriate to to my page title the same.

I have three photos in three yellow frames on this page. Two are from the building of the set and the third is of my daughter's completed set that now sits on her shelf in her bedroom.  We get it down occasionally and to "play" with.

I left three frames empty so I can add journaling to them.  I just need to find the right words. The great news is that when I do, I can use the inside cut-outs to make sure everything I want to say will fit in the available space.

Squeeze the Day 6x6 paper pad, Doohickey stickers, Caio Chip, ephemera icons, ephemera words, matte enamels; Heart Hugs, Bella Bows, Designer washi - red stripe, dotty, black white stripe, red hearts; Bella Besties Graph & Dot Bell Pepper


 

February Mood Board || Kelly

Hello everyone! It's Kelly here today sharing a layout inspired by this month's mood board:

I drew so much inspiration from this beautiful board, but the most obvious way would be how the middle left squared inspired my background.

The top left square inspired the scattered x's and o's across my photos, and the enamel dots were inspired by the top middle square.

The strip of red patterned paper grounding my layout came from the bottom right square, and the pattern on the hearts at the bottom was similar to the bottom left square.

Finally, the flowers in the middle right square are similar to the pattern on my daughter's dress.

Whew! That's a lot of inspiration! I love working with mood boards...it's always fun to see what everyone comes up with.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Bella Besties: Graph&Dot McIntosh, Graph&Dot Punch, Graph&Dot Peep, Graph&Dot White; Fireworks&Freedom: Daily Details; Wonky Alphas: McIntosh, Punch, Cotton Candy, Milk White; Ciao Chip: So in Love; Squeeze the Day: Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Designer Washi Tape: Break Rules; Matte Enamels: Fruity Mix; Word Salad

Sweet Sisters Scrapbooking Layout | February Mood Board

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard here, taking on another Mood Board challenge and I especially "love" this one because it's inspired by all the fun February lovey dovey things. I chose to do a layout about my sweet girls.

So here's my layout.  Let's take a look at how the mood board inspired me.

The things that stood out to me were the X's and O's and the images in the bottom row. I'd also say the garland of hearts is what inspired the banner. 

To get started, I sketch the layout out in my Silhouette software. I like to do this to make sure everything will fit.  It really takes guesswork out of the process and helps reduce waste too.

I started out by creating the background.  I cut the pink patterned paper to 3.5" x 12". I then cut the grey graph paper to 9" x 12" and adhered the grey graph paper over the pink, so that the pink would take up 1/4" of the page measuring 3". I used the 0.5" inch to glue the papers together.  I then added a small black strip of torn patterned paper to the border and stitched over it with a sewing machine (not shown). I also added mist splatters.

Next, I placed my banner up at the top of the page and then filled in the bottom of the page with a tic tac toe grid. I cut the white squares 2.2" x 2.25" and then just trimmed different patterned papers behind it. The only exception is the red heart clear cut; I put that one on top. Then I used the Florence alphabet digital cut file to create my "i", "u" and "X"'s. I then cut "O"s  at 2.25" x 2.25" to use as frames for my photos.

I used the same Florence alphabet cut file to cut the letters for "sisters" and used the offset feature in Silhouette them to create a black border around them to help them stand out on the page. 

I added a combo of stickers, Heart Hugs, Caio Chip, Bella Bows, etc. for the banner as well as around the page and title on the left.  I hope you can see just how inspired I was with this month's mood board.  I find these mood boards help me frame up my design while still allowing my creativity to flow.

Bella Besties Graph & Dot Gulf, Graph & Dot White patterned paper; Plaids & Dotty Ice patterned paper; Clear Cuts Hearts McIntosh; Squeeze the Day Caio Chip, Doohickey stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Epoxy Hearts Christmas Mix, Matte Enamels; Heart Hugs Black & White; Bella Bows; Illustrated Faith Oh My Heavens Mix; Silhouette Cut Files: Florence Alphabet

Big Titles Layout | Kelly

Hello everyone! It's Kelly here today sharing a layout featuring a large title:

 

Seeing as I scrap 8.5x11, it's not hard for titles to be large :)  But, I love layouts like this...because the rest of the project always comes together rather quickly with less space to fill up.

 

 

For this layout, I combined an acrylic word with some Ciao Chip to create my over sized title. I kept the background simple, so that I could emphasize the title even more with a few embellishments.

 

The Wish Big collections are some of my all time Bella favorites, and I just love how this turned out...

Thanks for stopping by today!

Wish Big Boy: Borders, Make a Wish, Cardstock Stickers, Ciao Chip, Ephemera, Ephemera Words; Clear Cuts: Stars Ice; Puffy Star Stickers: Pickle Juice; Heart Hugs: Rainy Day; Designer Washi Tape: Red Stripe; Acrylic Word: Birhday

Large Titles Week- Blessed Layout| Christine

Do you ever have a plan for a layout and another design idea lands on the table, so you scratch your original plan and go that direction?  That's what happened to me today on my layout with a big title.  I set out to use a bunch of flowers and a giant title.  But I set a big (but not giant) title down on my pile of flowers and realized what a cool design that would make.  Let's take a look at how it came together!

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Sometimes I forget to scrap the moments of my life that don't involve motherhood or marriage.  A friend reminded me of that and so I decided to take her advice and scrap a little about being on the Creative Team here at Bella Blvd.  With a great announcement banner, I had an easy go of it for my color inspiration!

Using the Flower Scatter Cut File, I cut out flowers with papers from the Bella Besties and Squeeze the Day collections.  I used the pattern around the picture to set my color scheme.  This cut file is great for cutting a variety of sizes because it's made to do just that.  And when you cut the flowers in Bella Besties you get options for both sides of the paper!

Adding the Clear Cuts paper on top of my white cardstock was a great way to take things up a notch, adding a subtle detail and texture to the whole layout.  I love the tone on tone look it provides!

I cut my title out big!  You can see it stretches the entire page.  It is also a cut file from our store and is called "Blessed." I have nearly 100 flowers piled up underneath it and the whole look is so colorful! I did add Nuvo Drops to the center of as many of the flowers as I could to help bring the black into that part of the layout.  

You can find out my entire process for this layout in this video:

 

Thanks so much for joining me today and have a wonderful weekend!

Freehand Graph & Dots Patterned Paper, Squeeze the Day Patterned Paper, Clear Cuts, Squeeze the Day Stickers, Squeeze the Day Ciao Chip, Cut Files

Sister Bestie's for Life| Dorymar

Hello Bella Blvd Friends and Fans!

Is Dorymar with you today with a new project that is all about colors. Sometimes we have dozens of papers and goodies from a collection that you don't know where to use them because the theme is not related to the photo. But this doesn’t happen with Bella BLVD collections, because they’re all so colorful and full of beautiful patterns that you can adjust them to any photo or event. On this occasion, I used the beautiful and colorful papers from the Squeeze the Day Collection to document some beautiful photos of my girls.

Our assignment for this week was the Big Titles! I wanted to use as many of the papers and colors of this collection, so my choice was to create a large title using a “Cut to You” digital file and then I used papers from the Squeeze the Day Collection to back the letters.

When I use these digital files, I love adding splatters of paint around to highlight it. On this occasion, I used black paint and added several splatters to match with the letters and the edge of the layout.

Once the title was added to the page, it was time to start embellishing!  Since there are so many fun and colorful icons, I decided to add some pieces that would highlight the title without losing focus.  

Totally loving the “Squeeze the Day Collection” on this page.  I hope this serves as an inspiration to check this colorful collection.  

You are going to love how fun and versatile it can be!

Thanks for stopping by!

Squeeze the Day Collection, Squeeze the Day Ephemera Icons,

Squeeze the Day Doohickey Stickers, Squeeze the Day Chipboard Icons,

Squeeze the Day Ephemera Words,

Fruity Mix Matte Enamels, Mini Heart Hugs (black enamels dots)