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School is Cool | Emilie

Hello friends! Emilie here for another week of School is cool! The kids are finally back at school after what seems to have been a lifetime and I was so ready for it. It also means that I have a fresh batch of "back to school" photos to scrapbook which is great especially when I have on my desk this fantastic new collection by Bella BLVD.

I wanted to play with a notebook look that would have been dumped on a desk full of tools. I punched the edge of the blue gris patterned paper and layered it at an angle on top of a patterned paper which was covered with lots of scissors, paint and other school accessories.

 

I continued the notebook look by adding a ruler as well as making it all look like a place lots of ideas would have been jotted down.

 

 

I loved playing with the wash tapes to add a little bit of structure to my design which would have been way to chaotic otherwise.

 

The large A+ cut file from the cut-outs was a perfect way to create a title. It literally look like a teacher graded my notebook entry!

I am so in love with this super sweet owl! I want to have it everywhere!

A few puffy flowers as a finishing touch as well as some super large nuvo drops to create a fake ink splatter and I was happy with this layout.

I hope that you got a few ideas on how to use the School is cool collection and that you will check it out at your local scrapbooking stores!

Lots of love,

 

Emilie

 

Products used:

School is cool patterned papers

School is cool chipboards

School is cool cut-outs

School is cool puffy stickers

School is cool Wise owl Bella pops stickers

School is cool Epoxy stickers

Washi tapes

School Is Cool 3 + Photo Challenge | Ashley Neu

Hello scrappy friends! Ashley here on the Bella Blvd blog to share another school layout using the brand new and awesome School Is Cool collection! The challenge for this week is to use at least 3 photos on a layout. I used 4 photos of my two little girls getting on the school bus. It's a series of photos showing my kindergartener helping my preschooler get on the bus for the first time! It sure was adorable to watch!

 

 

I found the School Bus cut file from Bella Blvd and knew it was the perfect thing to use to document these photos! In Silhouette Studio, I used the 'release compound path' feature to break apart each piece of the cut file. I wanted to just use the basic outline of the bus along with the wheels. After cutting the bus from the Bella Besties Graph + Dot paper in the color Bell Pepper and the wheels from the Daily Details paper, I added some stitching using tone-on-tone embroidery thread. This gives so much more dimension to a very flat looking cut file!

 

 

After adhering my photos in the positions that would be the bus windows, I worked on the background scene. I grabbed the Bella Besties Graph + Dot paper in the color Guacamole and the No. 2 Pencil paper to create a grass and road border. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the grass. I cut a small strip of the No.2 Pencil paper, using the reverse side with the words 'i love school', and sandwiched that between the 2 grass pieces. I used a piece of the Bella Bestites Hearts + Ombre paper in the color Ice and cut out a large piece to use as the sky. The paper Math Facts was so adorable and I thought they would make some very interesting-looking clouds that would be perfect for a school layout! I hand cut these and adhered them straight onto the background.

 

 

The main title of the layout is the 'Be Brave' sentiment that I created using the Be You, Be Brave Acrylic Words set. I also added the sentiment 'Back to School' using the Florence Alpha stickers in the color black as well as a school word banner from the Ephemera Words set. To embellish, I used two Epoxy Stars on the center of the wheels, a tiny school bus and 'Bus Stop' sign from the Puffy Stickers set and an 'Early Bird' sign from the Ephemera Words set. I added some stitching all the way around the layout using a white gel pen and adhered some journaling strips at the bottom of my layout along with the date! 

 

 

That's all friends! I hope you enjoyed this school bus scene layout. It was a lot of fun to make, adding the tone-on-tone stitching and creating the grass and road border! Thank you for stopping by the blog and have a wonderful day!

Supplies Used: School Is Cool collection- 12x12 Patterned Paper, Ephemera Words, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stars; Cut File- School Bus; Florence Alpha Stickers in Black; Bella Besties Graph + Dot papers in Bell Pepper and Guacamole; Bella Besties Hearts + Ombre paper in Ice; Be You, Be Brave Acrylic Words; White Gel Pen; Embroidery Floss

 

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 | 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

 

Squeeze the Day: So Sweet

 

Hi friends! I got the opportunity to play around with Squeeze The Day and I love it! I know you will too! It's a berry filled collection that also includes lots of bright colors and fun patterns. I really wanted to show off a few of my favorite patterns from the 12x12" papers. I used a free cut file from Paper Issues and cut it out with each of the four papers (Fruity Hearts, So Berry Sweet, Fruit Salad, and Bananas For You). Once I cut out each one, I choose three triangles from each pattern and doodled a black edge around each one and added some stamping. Then I arranged them in a circular pattern and adhered them to my white cardstock base with foam tape.

 

I documented some pictures from our spring trip to the strawberry patch. There couldn't possibly be a more perfect collection for such an event, right?! Under my photos, I added a black cardstock scallop along with the cutest stripe scallop from the Squeeze The Day Ciao Chipboard. I embellished by adding some (chipboard) hearts!

On the top, I used more pieces of Chipboard along with the acrylic clouds. I love the beautiful blue color and the tiny heart cutout.

At the bottom I saved room for my title, and of course I used my favorite Florence Alphas in black. They go perfectly with every layout! To finish the page, I stamped a little more and added the date! 

And that's a wrap on an easy and super cute layout. Here's a list of all the supplies I used:

• White cardstock
• Squeeze The Day: 12x12" patterned papers (Fruity Hearts, So Berry Sweet, Fruit Salad, Bananas For You), Ciao Chipboard, Rainbows Acrylic Shapes.
• Bella Besties: Florence Black Alphabet Stickers

Cut Files & Time to Travel Week, Day 4 | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa on the blog today sharing a layout using Bella's cut files, paired with Time To Travel. I'm continuing to document my family Florida vacay and enjoying remembering the fun moments we had. I mean let's be real, I've forgotten what we did last week already!

I got all of the files from the silhouette design store (linked at the bottom) and cut using my cricut machine. The title was cut from white textured cardstock and I had originally intended to back it with patterned papers. The flowers and monstera leaves were cut from various patterned papers from Bella besties and Time to Travel.

To build the base, I matted the Freeway paper (blue airplane side) on white textured cardstock. Then I matted it again on the Road Trip paper (black and white stripe side). Once matted, I stitched a boarder around the entire page in a rose gold thread using my sewing machine. 

The papers I used to cut the flowers out of are listed here: Let's Get Lost, Daily Details, Back Roads, Bella Besties in Punch and Guacamole. I then hand rolles the edges and popped the centers and layers on foam dots. The flowers cutfile is so easy to use, all the pieces are color coded for you!

 

As I built my page, I decided to leave the title as is as it looks great against the navy. I adhered my photo to the heart, trimmed and then adhered the entire piece to the background. I added the flowers around the page, mixing between flat and popped up pieces. Stickers and ephemera from the collection finished off each cluster.

The top left of the page looked too plain so I added a tag cluster, using pieces from the ephemera pack, a word sticker from the Doohickey sheet and a puffy flower. I also added some thread and sequin from SpiegelMom Scraps (Scrappin Happy Mix).

 

 

Hope I've inspired you to give these cut files a try! Follow me for more on my Instagram page @paperandbling and look out for a reel on the process. 

Thanks,

Inessa

 

Link to Cutfiles Design IDs: 408548, 406498, 327625

Links to products:

Time To Travel

Spiegelmom Scraps use my code INESSA15 to save 15% off your order

 

 

 

Time to Travel + Cut Files Week, Day | Sarah

Happy Wednesday, Bella friends! We are half way to the weekend - yippee! Anyway, it's me, Sarah (@redoaklines), hosting today's blog post, and I have a new layout to share using the Time to Travel Collection. Have you seen it?! It's super cute!

What's even better is that there are some awesome coordinating cut files in the Silhouette Design store that are perfect with this collection. Find those here.

Here's what I created using Time to Travel paired with Bella digital cut files:

 

I used two Bella cut files from the Silhouette Design store to create my title for this layout. I wanted the 'Travel Does the Heart Good' cut file to take center stage.

I wanted to draw more attention to my title, so I used the 'Palm Tree' cut file to create a tropical embellishment to add right next to the words. To add some dimension to the palm tree, I added a cute little Ciao Chip from the Time to Travel collection. I think the green on green looks fantastic!

To embellish my layout, I embellished around my photos by adding some Ephemera Icons. The pack is loaded with die-cuts galore. There's planes, cars, palm trees, cacti, cameras, flowers, just to name a few. Here, I used a camera and phrases to fill up my page.

And because it fit so perfectly, I added a Bella Pop sun! Bella Pops have become one of my favorite Bella embellishments to use on layouts.

Lastly, I fussy cut out some flowers from one of the patterned papers from the Time to Travel collection. I scattered them across my layout to add a horizontal design element. I also love that these flowers come in a rainbow of color!

And that's a wrap! What do you all think?! Doesn't the Time to Travel collection makes you want to travel?! It makes me want to hit the road (or the air). Heeeelp - I've caught the travel bug, hehe.

Anyway, hopefully I have inspired you to create something fun today. 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.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Time to Travel: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ciao Chipboard Stickers, Bella Pops; You Are My Sunshine: Oh My Stars Black & White Tabbies; Squeeze the Day: Matte Enamels; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Rainbow Collection Kit; Legacy Collection: Heart Hugs; Bella Cut Files: Travel Does the Heart Good, Palm Tree

 

 

Cut Files + Time To Travel Week Day 2 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna here today sharing a new layout focusing on some fabulous Bella cut files as well as the Time To Travel collection.  I've traveled quite a bit recently and have some great photos to document.  This one was from my recent trip back home to CA and I found the perfect cut files to use with it.  Here's my layout: 

 

 

The cut files I chose for my layout are the following: All Who Wander, Cloud Outline I, Cloud Outline II and Clouds.  I cut them all out on textured white cardstock.  For the 'All Who Wander' cut file, I did some ombre ink blending using the Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink pad and added some sparkle by brushing on some Nuvo Glimmer Paste.  I popped the whole thing up on foam tape and adhered it down to a piece of the Hearts & Ombre paper in Ice.

 

 

Next, I took some strips of the 12x12 Freeway paper from the collection and adhered them down to both sides.  I distressed the edges before I stuck them down.  I arranged a few of the cloud cut files around my page, making sure to only add glue to certain spots of each one, so that they could somewhat pop up and add some interest to the page.  

 

 

I built some embellishment clusters using some Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers and some Ephemera Icons.  

 

 

I matted my photo using the B side of the same Freeway paper and built some clusters on both sides of my photos.   I used more Ephemera Icons pieces and even added in a few Trinkets Puffy stickers.  

 

 

Here's another cluster and I also made sure to add some tangled thread in coordinating colors.  

 

 

One more shot of this super colorful layout: 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Do you love working with cut files?  Have you tried ink blending on them before? It's so fun and can really brighten and jazz them up!  See you next time friends!

 

 

 

Tiny Tots 2.0 and Cut-outs | Emilie Chamel

Hi Friends! Emilie here to share with you a project using the super fun Tin Tots 2.0 collection!

 

What a playful collection it is! And on top of it, even though your little ones are no longer babies or toddlers, you can still use it to the fullest!

 

Sophia is now 3 and a half, and even though she could still be considered a toddler, she looks much older than her age. At first I wasn't sure how I would use this collection but I needn't worry! There are so many ways to use up the patterns and colors that it is not restricted to the younger children.

 

 

Using the cut-out pack was so surprisingly easy! It was my first time playing with it and it made backing up the cut-file a breeze.

 

 

In this layout I am documenting a walk we did in our local forest so the little flowers and bees were a perfect addition to bring the layout back "on theme".

 

 

There are so many gorgeous elements in each collections that you are truly up for a treat when choosing which ones to use to decorate your layout.




I had so much fun playing with the cut-out elements and Tiny Tots 2.0 collection. I hope that you will check them all out in your scrapbooking store!

 

Products used:

Tiny Tots 2.0 patterned papers

Tiny Tots 2.0 Cardstock stickers

Tiny Tots 2.0 Chipboard stickers

Tiny Tots 2.0 Adorbs cut-outs

Tiny Tots 2.0 Ephemeras icons

Tiny Tots 2.0 Puffy stickers

Tiny Tots 2.0 Epoxy stickers

Tiny Tots + Bella Besties Week, Day 1 | Ashley Neu

Hello friends! It's Ashley back to share another Bella Blvd Creative Team layout and this week will be all about the Tiny Tots collection paired with Bella Bestie papers! For my layout, I used a Bella Blvd cut file called Ornate Frame to create a place for my photo and title!

 

 

To start off this layout, I cut the cut file from some white yardstick as well as the black Hearts and Ombre Bella Besties paper to create a pretty shadow behind the white frames. I added my photo to one of the frames, making sure that the photo was perfectly inside the circle of the frame. Additionally, I used some of the black hearts Bella Besties paper to create some photo corners to add to two of the corners of my layout at a later time.

 

 

For the next step, I grabbed the patterned paper named Sidekick from the Tiny Tots collection. It is this gorgeous rainbow striped paper. I cut out each strip and used a border punch to punch out this beautiful and intricate design so that I could layer the strips on top of each other on some white cardstock. I added the frames next to the strips in a vertical fashion to help your eye move down the page.

 

 

Finally, I added my title from the puffy stickers to one of the frames along with a flower and tiny heart die cut. I created a cluster of embellishments on the open frame at the top to showcase how adorable my little girls looked sitting next to each other. Lastly, I added tone on tone embellishments on top of and tucked underneath the strips. I used ephemera pieces and some puffy hearts and flowers from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers. 

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed this process to creating this layout. It was a lot of fun to make! Hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Supplies Used: Tiny Tots Collection- 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons and Puffy Stickers; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Pickle Juice + Guacamole, Ice + Gulf and Plum; Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre paper in Black; Cut file- Ornate Frame

 

Time to Travel Cut Outs | Erica Thompson

Hello friends! Erica here with you today to share a layout using the Time to Travel collection and the new I Love Travel Cut Out!

Cut Outs are made from thick smooth white cardstock and come with a cutting template. They are perfect if you love cut files but do not have an electronic cutting machine or if you are going to a crop! I backed the Family Trip title cut out included in the I Love Travel pack. 

I used different pattern papers from the collection and one of the Bella Besties papers to back the file and adhered it in the center of a piece of white cardstock. 

My photos are from one of our trips to Texas when the kids were younger and I printed them out in black and white. I placed the photos above the cut file and matted them onto some Bella Besties pattern paper in Cotton Candy.

I had some leftover fussy cut flowers from my previous layout that I wanted to use on this layout so I created a few different embellishment clusters around the page. The cactus die cuts were perfect for this layout since we were in Texas and we saw it everywhere! 

To help frame my layout I added strips of pattern paper to the top and bottom of my layout that I had ran through a border punch. 

I love creating with this collection! I had so much fun putting this layout together and working with the new I Love Travel Cut Outs! The last thing I did was create a cluster in the bottom right corner of my layout using die cuts, puffy stickers and epoxy from the Time to Travel collection. 

Thank you so much for stopping by the Bella blog today and I hope I have inspired you to create using the new I Love Travel Cut Outs! 

Bella Blvd Time to Travel Collection | I Love Travel Cut Outs