Hi, beautiful Bella friends! How is it already May?! That means that Mother's Day is right around the corner. Anyway, it's Sarah on the blog today, and I am sharing a fun mom themed layout in honor of all the pet moms out there. Yup, you heard me right - raising pets makes you a parent. Here's how I was inspired by the idea of being a dog mom:
I have a couple special dogs in my life (only one of them is pictured in the layout), but I wanted to document that special relationship I have with my furbabies. And what better collection to use than the Cooper collection (it's by far my favorite dog collection; not sure I'm going to get tired of using it)!
Whenever there's an opportunity to use Bella Cut Outs, you know I'm there. I used it in the above photo by my title as an embellishment, and I also used it below my photos. See photo below:
Originally, the bones come connected, but I separated them all to make a new embellishment. I also love the ease of just adding some coordinating patterned paper behind the Cut Outs to get a fun look to your project.
I used a series of photo strips for this layout. Don't be afraid to use similar looking photos on a layout. I think by doing so it helps document an exact moment. Even though it may look like the same photo, it really is capturing a series of events.
Lastly, with the help of some fun Doohickey Stickers and Ephermera Icons I was able to complete this layout.
Yup, that's all I have for now. Hopefully, I have inspired you to document those photos of your pets. Being a dog, cat, bird, etc. mom totally counts on Mother's Day. Don't forget that Bella Blvd has awesome collections available such as Cooper and Chloe to help document those dog and cat projects.
Thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along.
Until next time,
Sarah.
Bella Blvd Supplies Used:
Cooper: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Bella Pops Pups, Faithful Friend Cut Outs; Besties Collection: Puffy Stickers Pickle Juice and Guacamole Trinkets; Legacy Collection: Florence Alphabet Stickers
Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout during Thanksgiving Week! I hope you all are having a great day so far, I know I am! There is so much to be thankful for and I thought it would be fun to document some photos of our furry babies wearing their Fall bandanas. They are all so special in our family and they keep me company all day every day! This week we are focusing on using Cut Outs and I chose to work with the Mood Booster one. Here's my page:
I love this Cut Out as is and didn't want to back it so I chose to spruce it up by spraying on some Shimmerz Paints from my stash. I chose to work with the Cooper collection so I chose colors that matched really well with it. Once it was finished drying, I adhered it to the ombre side of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre patterned paper in Pony. The brown really made it feel even more Fall themed and I love how the colors look on top of it!
Here's another shot of this super fun Cut Out. If you're not familiar with Cut Outs, they are pre-cut cut files that include templates and instructions on how to back each one. Most packages have several included so that you're able to create a few projects with only one pack. Super convenient if you are in a time crunch or if you're traveling!
Next, I matted my photo using a few papers from the collection and popped it up on foam tape. I adhered it down and added a green Cute Clip to the top of it. Look how cute my babies are!
For my title, I used the Gratitude Acrylic Word and added onto it using the Aria Alphas in White. I centered it under my photo cluster and love how it turned out.
To embellish, I started with the Pups Bella Pops and adhered the cute dog faces around my title.
I worked in a few Heart Hugs, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera and Doohickey Cardstock Stickers as well. I love tucking and layering!
For a few finishing touches, I adhered a few of the Epoxy Hearts from the collection and splattered some white paint to bring everything together.
Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way! Do you enjoy working with Cut Outs? They're honestly so fun and easy to work with! I hope all of our friends in the US have the best Thanksgiving Week! We are so grateful for all of you!
Bella Blvd Supplies Used:
Cooper Collection: 12x12 Patterned Paper, Bella Pops, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Epoxy Hearts; Bella Besties: Heart Hugs, Cute Clips, Aria Alphas in White, Hearts & Ombre in Pony. Cut Outs: Mood Booster
Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here with a layout to celebrate May 14th! What was May 14th you ask!? National Dog Moms Day!! Happy National Dog Moms Day to my fellow dog Mamas! I was so excited to be able to create a layout for this special day since I have three furry babies of my own. I documented this photo of me and my dog Pippa using the Cooper collection. Here's my layout, don't forget to check out my process video at the end of this post:
I chose to use the Faithful Friend Cut Out and picked the heart/paw print design. I decided to use this specific one as both a stencil and layering piece on my page. When I've sprayed Cut Outs or cut files in the past, I've always liked the way the scrap paper looked after I had sprayed it. So, before I sprayed the Cut Out, I decided to position it in a permanent place so that I could layer the Cut Out right back on it after everything was finished drying.
To start, I took out my Shimmerz Paints sprays in bright and happy colors and sprayed them on in rainbow order. Starting with pink, working my way to peach, yellow, green and blue.
I embellished tone on tone using the Ephemera Words and Icons packs.
Here's a shot of the green and yellow portions of the page.
I popped up the entire Cut Out on foam tape so it was fun to tuck and layer things into it. This collection has the cutest phrase pieces and it was so much fun to embellish.
To finish off this layout, I added in some Epoxy Hearts and Matte Enamel Dots. I love how colorful this page turned out! Not a bad way to celebrate and document being a Dog Mom!
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today! I hope you're able to spend the day loving on your furry babies!
Bella Blvd Supplies Used:
Cooper Collection: Cut Outs, Ephemera Icons and Words, Epoxy Hearts and Matte Enamels.
Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout using the super cute Cooper collection! I'm so excited and thankful to be able to return for another term on the Creative Team and can't wait to share more layouts with y'all. Here's my page:
To start, I went through the patterned papers in the collection and pulled out the Daily Details, Paws and Dog Park 12x12 papers. I also pulled in the Bella Besties Graph & Dot papers in Ice, McIntosh and Bell Pepper. I cut them into 6x1/2-inch strips and arranged them vertically across a piece of white cardstock. Before adhering each strip down, I distressed the edges. Once they were all glued down, I ran the whole page through my sewing machine to add a few rows of stitching in the center. After I was done stitching, I roughed up and folded the edges of the strips to give the entire page more interest.
I then matted my photo and popped it up on foam tape. Next, I created a couple of embellishment clusters around my photo using the Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers.
Here's the other cluster. I also tucked in a few of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Ice & Gulf and White.
There was some empty space at the top of my photo, so I added a Cute Clip to it and loved that pop of red.
For my title, I used the Happy Acrylic Word and added onto it using the Florence Alphas in Ice.
Here's one last shot:
I love documenting photos of my dogs and the Cooper collection is perfect for all of them. There are so many great elements in this collection and the colors are so fun! Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way! If you want to use a lot of patterns on a layout but don't want it to be super busy, try trimming them down to small strips and arrange them either vertically or horizontally. All of the patterns end up working together nicely and adding stitching gives it that nice touch! See you in my next post friends!
Bella Blvd Supplies Used:
Cooper Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Acrylic Words, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers; Bella Besties: Graph & Dot 12x12 Patterned Paper in Ice, McIntosh and Bell Pepper; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White and Ice & Gulf; Florence Alphas in Ice; Cute Clips; Heart Hugs
Good day crafty friends! Tegan here with you to share my layout today! I had so much fun combining the To The Moon Bella Besties Patterned Papers and Molecule Cut File with some Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers to create this love-themed layout. Come take a look! :)
First of all, let's talk about this super fun To The Moon Molecule Cut File! I sized the molecules to about 3" tall and cut them out using the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Black so they would have a little bit of a pattern to them. I then used some enamel dots from the Heart Hugs pack to embellish them. How fun! And I think they look super cool on the Orange Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper!
Here I used the Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Guacamole to anchor my photo. I used the 'love' portion of the Bella Blvd 'God Loves You' Cut File to cut 'love' out using white cardstock.
I used the adorable Florence Alphabet Stickers in Blueberry to complete the title. I adhered the red heart sticker from the Cooper collection on top of the chipboard globe from the Pop Quiz collection. I added some Ephemera pieces from the Cooper collection inside of the molecules to add some interest to the page. I love how all of the Bella Blvd collections mix and match so effortlessly! I
I used a mix of the To The Moon Bella Besties Patterned Papers to create a colorful anchor spot for my photo. I love that the Bella Besties Papers have fun little patterns on them... I love all of the mini polka dots, graph design, and hearts on this page!
Thanks for joining us all this week! I hope we have inspired you to grab some of the amazing Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers and the To The Moon collection (and cut files!) for your next crafty day!
Bella Blvd Products Used:
To The Moon Collection: Bella Besties Patterned Paper Combo Pack, Molecule Cut File
Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers: Black
Florence Alphabet Stickers: Blueberry
Heart Hugs Pack: Give Thanks, Black & White, Pretty in Pink
Cooper Collection Ephemera and Stickers, Pop Quiz Chipboard Stickers, Let Us Adore Him Collection Kit, God Loves You Cut File
Hello everyone, Tegan with you here today! Who else is swooning over all of the heart projects this week?! I know I sure am! On today's layout, I gathered up the adorable Cooper collection and Heart Hug corrugated cardboard stickers so I could document a pic of my sweet pooch. I love how it turned out!
I used the darling red mini heart Dog Talk Patterned Paper for my background. I then used the Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers in black for my title. I anchored the title on two bone cut outs from the Bella Blvd Faithful Friend Cut-Outs pack. I love the little detail that this adds! I then accented it with a little bird and tennis ball chipboard stickers from the Cooper collection.
I then used some Cooper Patterned Papers (Puppers and Playtime) and a striped paper from the Chloe collection 6x6 paper pad to create a layered anchoring spot for my photo and design. I then used Cooper die cut ephemera pieces and stickers layered on top of the Heart Hug stickers to list reasons why I love my pooch. I love all of the color and dimension this adds! The chipboard house is from the Home Sweet Home collection.
I absolutely LOVE the dog themed Cooper collection!! Here I layered my photo on a piece of the black dotted Puppers Patterned Paper. The white paw is another piece from the Faithful Friends Die-Cuts Pack. I usually love to back the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs with patterned papers but on this layout I love them used just as little accents.
What is your favorite part of the Cooper Collection? Is it the adorable puppy faces or the paw prints or all of the amazing patterned papers? I love that using it makes it so easy to document photos of my adorable little terrier mix!
Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the Cooper Collection, Heart Hugs, and heart themed supplies to document your favorite pup!
Bella Blvd Products Used:
Cooper Collection: Faithful Friend Cut-Outs, Puppers Patterned Paper, Play Time Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera, Doohickey Stickers
Heart Hugs: Sunshine, Christmas, Give Thanks, Black & White, Earth
Home Sweet Home Collection: Chipboard Stickers
Chloe Collection: 6x6 Paper Pad
Aria Puffy Stickers in Black
Good day everyone, Tegan here! I hope you all are enjoying sketch week! I know I sure am! Seeing different takes on the same sketch is so fun! I love that this sketch involves circles, which is something I sometimes forget about when I create my layouts. Here's the amazing sketch again for reference...
I have been wanting to document photos of my new recue pooch, so I pulled out the darling Cooper collection! I stuck to the basic sketch design, but I wanted to create a fun design with the main circle. I first cut a large 8" circle into the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot White Patterned Paper. I then made a rainbow striped background with 2-inch strips of Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers in Orange, Pickle Juice, McIntosh, and Blueberry. I then added Puffy Heart Stickers around the design. I used the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Orange, Pickle Juice & Guacamole, McIntosh, and Blueberry. I love that all of the Bella Blvd products coordinate so well!
I wanted to incorporate a little more interest to my rainbow circle, so I added a piece of the dog print cut outs from the Faithful Friends Cut-Outs pack. I then backed some of the paws with the spotted Cooper Puppers Patterned Paper so it would stand out a little bit more. I love how this design turned out! I then embellished the layout with little die cut pieces from the Ephemera pack.
I used some more Ephemera pieces to create a fast fun title and accents on the page. I then added Bella Blvd Puffy Star Stickers... an oldie but definitely still a goodie!
I did even include the two smaller circle design elements but they got covered up by the pictures a little. But I love the little bit of pattern that they add underneath the photos. I absolutely love working with sketches.... do you?! I love them for when I get stuck or just want to try something different! What is your favorite thing about this sketch?!
Thank you for joining us today! I hope you find some time to create a layout from this sketch. I know you will have a blast like I did! And if you have a pooch, the Cooper collection is perfect!
Bella Blvd Products Used:
Cooper Collection: Puppers Patterned Paper, Ephemera Pack
Bella Besties Patterned Papers: Freehand Graph & Dot White, Hearts & Ombre Orange, Hearts & Ombre Pickle Juice, Hearts & Ombre McIntosh, Hearts & Ombre Blueberry
Cut-Outs: Faithful Friend
Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Orange, Pickle Juice & Guacamole, McIntosh, Blueberry
Hey everyone! This is Niki @nikiclairecreates and I have a new layout and process video to share today using a mixture of collections and papers. Our assignment this week is to create fall layouts using cut files! I have used a Bella Blvd Sunflower cut file available from the Silhouette Design Store.
I started off by cutting the sunflower. I used Bella Besties dots paper in Bell Pepper for the base. For the second colour of leaves I decided to use a Cooper paper and I also used another Cooper paper for the centre of the sunflower. I assembled the sunflower and stuck it onto a green background. For this I used the Hearts & Ombre Bella Besties paper in Pickle Juice. I trimmed it down a bit, distressed the edges and added it to a sheet of white card.
I trimmed my photo into a circle shape and added that to my layout. I went looking for some embellishments to work with this colour scheme and decided to go for the You are my Sunshine collection as it has lots of flowers, bees and suns in it – perfect for sunflower photos!
For my title I wanted to use the ‘you are my Sunshine’ chipboard title from the chipboard stickers. It didn’t show up too well against all the different colours I already had on my layout, so to create some separation, I mounted it first onto some white card and cut around it leaving a narrow white border. This made it stand out very well.
I cut a few leaves using a leaf punch from three colours of patterned paper and positioned these around the layout, mostly clustered around my photo.
I added a bee Bella Pop, chipboard sun and a few sticker from the You are my Sunshine sticker sheet.
I finished off with a few splatters of white paint. There is a process video for this layout below, enjoy!
Thank you so much for joining me and I hope you have enjoyed this fun layout!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
Products used:
Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre, Freehand Graph & Dot
Cooper Collection: 12x12 papers
You Are My Sunshine Collection: Chipboard, Stickers, Ephemera, Bella Pops
Cut Files: Sunflower
Other: white cardstock, white paint
Hey friends! Welcome back to the Bella Blog and another day of sketch inspiration! Erica here with you and I am excited to share my layout using this months sketch for inspiration.
This months sketch is lovely and I had so much fun creating with it and my Bella Blvd stash of products.
I have been wanting to use the Zoo Crew cut file that is available in the Silhouette Design Store to document one of our summer zoo trips! I knew it would be the perfect title piece for my layout and I placed it towards the bottom of my page. The sketch does now show a cut file but it does have a large title so this works perfectly!
I started with the Fairy Garden 12x12 paper from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection as my starting point for what colors I wanted to use. This is my favorite paper from this collection and I love to use it! I fussy cut some of the florals on this page because I knew I wanted to add them around the layout.
I pulled papers to match the Fairy Garden paper from Squeeze the Day, Bug Explorer and the Chloe collection. I backed the cut file and also die cut some stitched hearts to layer up next to my photo,
I mixed up the sketch a bit but it was great to use as my inspiration piece to get my layout started and I love how it turned out! To finish it off I added my journaling and some matte enamel dots from the Cooper collection.
Thanks so much for stopping by today and we can't wait to see what you create with this months sketch!
Zoo Crew Cut File | Let's Go On An Adventure collection | Chloe Collection | Dog Mix Enamel Dots | Squeeze the Day Collection
Hi everyone, this is Niki @nikiclairecreates and here is my latest layout and process video using the fabulous new collection To the Moon! I am mixing it with Bella Besties today and I’m focusing on making a masculine layout to celebrate Fathers’ Day!
I was instantly drawn to the Daily Details paper the second I saw it – but the B side! It has triangle quadrants in four colors: Oyster, Orange, Blueberry and Ice. I decided to get out my star punches and create a color-on-color layout by layering similar colored stars over the color blocked areas.
I have a super-cute photo of my husband and our two-year-old boy Theo. These two have a great bond and really are best pals. I adore this photo of them being silly together. The photo itself is poor quality. It’s taken on a front camera, in poor lighting so it’s a little grainy. So to make it look better I printed it small and changed it to black and white – that’s a great tip if you have a low quality photo, black and white can make it look a LOT better!
I pulled out my Bella Besties Freehand Graph and Dot papers and found the four colors. I then set about punching multiple stars using star punches. I have quite a variety of them! I used the biggest one first, then got smaller, ending up using a confetti star punch that punches out loads of teeny tiny stars. I then arranged them onto the quadrants. I cut some of the big stars in half in order to have stars cross over the lines on the paper. I raised all the bigger ones on foam pads and have layered smaller ones on top of the big ones. I filled in the gaps with the little stars. I wanted my stars to be close together in the middle of the layout and spread out more towards the edges to form a star-burst effect.
I added my photo off center and then found a few embellishments from the To the Moon Collection to go with my layout. I needed to keep the embellishment minimal because there was so much going on the layout already!
I added a few enamel dots from the Cooper collection and my title is made up of To the Moon chipboard and Aria puffy alphabet stickers.
I finished off by writing my journaling in silver pen and then I added splatters of black paint. Here's another look at the finished layout:
I have made a process video for this layout which can be viewed below:
Thank you so much for joining me today and happy scrapping
Niki xx
Products used:
To the Moon Collection: 12x12 papers, Chipboard, 12x12 Stickers, Puffy Stickers
Bella Besties: Freehand Graph and Dot in Ice, Oyster, Orange and Blueberry
Copper Collection: Enamel Dots Dog Mix
Aria Puffy Stickers: Orange
Other products used: Star punches and black acrylic paint, white card
Hello friends! Nathalie here with a little throwback to my project from iNSD 2021!
I am a daily documenter, which means most of my life stories are stored in notebooks and Traveler's notebooks. So, today, I want to share with you a new entry in my Gratitude Journal, and show you how you can use Bella Blvd goodies to document in different formats.
I choose the Cooper collection to document the many reasons why we love our fur baby, Poochie.
I started by covering the left side of the notebook with a piece of the Borders paper (b side). I used the Paws paper to frame the photo, then set it on the patterned paper.
I am using a heart die set to cut hearts from some of the 6x6 paper pack. I created a cluster of the hearts at the bottom of the photo and added pieces of ephemera to add sentiment and a title for this spread.
To balance the larges scale of the photo, and soften the page, I am using a grid of hearts on the right page of the spread. However, I am building my grid with die cut hearts, ephemera, and epoxy shapes. I added a second smaller cluster of hearts so that it will help balance the page. Finally, I used my white pen to add some foam stitching to each heart, and write my story at the bottom heart.
I love how this turned out, and I hope that you are inspired to use Bella Blvd products in your daily documenting regardless of the format you use.
Wishing you all lots of inspiration and time to finish all your projects!
XO
Materials Used:
COOPER COLLECTION: Patterned Paper, 6x6 paper pad, Ephemera, Doohickey stickers, Epoxy Shapes
