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The North Pole | Conny Craig

For this week's project, I created a 12X12 Layout Using The North Pole Collection focusing on Winter/Christmas Cut Outs. It's time for us to scrap/document all the photos we took over the Holidays.

Let's get started!

The first thing I did was to back up the Christmas Cut file with papers from The North Pole Collection. I chose snowflake Paper for the background- in the middle of that, I placed ombre red paper, and on top the acetate sheet brings the snowflakes forward.

Added double-sided foam adhesive behind the Cut out, printed a black and white photo - also layered a few pages from the background BEHIND the photo.

I used die cuts, ephemera pieces, puffy stickers, and Chipboard. The most wonderful time of the year was captured with a smile.

Wishing you all the best year yet!

The North Pole + Bella Besties | Rachel O'Neal

Hello Bella Blvd friends! It's Rachel on the blog today and I've got the cutest sweater wreath to show you. My boys have a few Christmas sweaters and in the month of December they wear them as much as possible. When I saw all the sweaters in The North Pole collection, I knew I needed to make a layout with as many of them as possible. I actually think I may have managed to use them all. 

I started by creating my wreath with the Bella Besties Heart paper in Pickle Juice. I used this free cut file Holiday Berry Wreath from the Paper Issues shop. Click on the link to download. I cut it out twice to give an extra layer of fullness. I stamped some black lines on the branches of the wreath to give it some dimension. Then I adhered them both to a piece of white 12" x 12" cardstock.

 

Now it was time to start embellishing the wreath. I got out all the sweaters, mittens, and knitted hats from the Ephemera Icons and added them around the wreath with some foam tape. I also added some red flowers from the Ciao Chip, Puffy Stickers, and Epoxy Stickers.

Before adding my photo to the wreath, I backed it with some patterned paper layers from the Jammies paper as well as the Daily Details paper. In the middle of the wreath, I added my title using the Bella Besties Florence Alphas in Black. These are my all-time favorite alphas in the whole world! Underneath the title I stamped some stiches along with the date. 

To finish the layout, I stamped a few more little bits scattered around the wreath and added some tiny stickers from the epoxy sheet. These little details make it look complete! 

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I've inspired you to document your winter weather photos - especially if it's a crazy Christmas sweater. Here's the product that I used:

• 12" x 12" white cardstock
• Bella Blvd Besties Heart paper in Pickle Juice (2)
• The North Pole Jammies paper
• The North Pole Daily Details paper
• The North Pole Ephemera Icons
• The North Pole Ciao Chip
• The North Pole Puffy Stickers
• The North Pole Epoxy Stickers
• Florence Alphas in Black

BRRR, All Bundled up! Conny Craig

Hello Beautiful Bellas,

It's Conny here today sharing a 12x12 layout, This week am using the North Pole Collection and Clear Cuts!
Let's get started!
I started by cutting three large tags- 3.32 by 5.7 inches- After I stitched the clear cut, acetate -Snow Storm at the corners of the tag. Position the tags in the middle of the 12x12 paper and placed them one after another.
I love using Cut Outs from Bella- I chose the BRRR word and backed it with the papers from The North Pole Collection
My next step was to add the Snowflake Cutouts to the right and left of the layout- I chose a black and white photo backed up with paper from the collection and placed it in the middle of the tags.
I always love embellishing the layout, , for that part I added the Bella Pops, Ephemera, Chipboard, and Cardstock stickers.
At the top of the layout, I stitched that Beary Christmas paper and distressed the edges. Added little clusters of hearts around.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
We can't wait to see what you create using The North Pole Collection.
Xo, Conny! 

The North Pole | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! It's Rachel and I'm back with another layout using The North Pole collection again! As I was looking through the ephemera pieces, I was inspired to create a snow globe scene. Here's my layout:

I started with the Snowglobe Wishes cut file and cut it out with my Cricut using white cardstock. You can find it here! I made it large so it would be the focus. To make the snow globe come to life I started adding layers of paper and ephemera. For the base, I cut into the You Warm My Heart patterned paper. I love the mix of pink and red together with that paper. I used white cardstock again for the snow layer and then the Jammies patterned paper for the blue sky with snowflake background.

I added the snow globe to the December 25 patterned paper using foam tape so it would stand out and add depth. It was the perfect background for such a bold cut file. Now I added all the ephemera pieces I was admiring. In the front, I used the snowman and a little forest of colorful trees. Tucked behind the snowy hill, I added a little village. Above it all, I added my title from the Ephemera Words pack.

To the right of the globe, I added my selfie of me and my husband from Christmas day last year. I used a tag and frame from the Ephemera Words pack to add more layers and tied a little bow to the top of the tag.

Then what is a snow globe without a little snow?! There are lots of pieces of snowflakes to choose from in this collection. I used ephemera, chipboard, and even stamped some snowflakes! And that is how I made this layout. I hope you love it as much as I do. Here's a list of all the items I used:

• December 25 Patterned Paper
• Jammies Patterned Paper
• You Warm My Heart Patterned Paper
• The North Pole Ephemera Icons
• The North Pole Ephemera Words
• The North Pole Ciao Chip
• Snowglobe Wish Cut File

The North Pole Collection | Sarah

Hey there Bella friends! It's me, Sarah, hosting today's blog post, and I'm so excited to be back here today with a new 12x12 layout inspired by the new North Pole collection. It's a merry and bright set of papers and embellishments, and I think you're going to love it as much as I do.

Here's how I felt inspired:

What do you think of that "Ho, Ho Ho Santa" cut? I think it adds such a playful feel to the layout! It's a Bella cut file that can actually be found in the Silhouette Design Store. Find it here.

I backed the cut file with all of the cheery patterned papers from this new North Pole collection, and it was a perfect combination.

I added a couple of die cuts from the Ephemera Icons and puffy stickers to help embellish my layout. I love that those snowflakes add a touch of winter to the page. 

To balance out the design of my layout, I sprinkled some Doohickey stickers here and there. The sticker sheet always come with a cute coordinating stickers that pair perfectly with the patterned papers. I also love that these stickers make it simple enough to embellish any type of project. I used a combination of Doohickey stickers, die cuts, and puffy stickers to the embellishment clusters below:

That's it for now! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I was inspired by the North Pole collection. Hopefully, I've inspired you to create something, and maybe it'll even be a Christmas project! Anyway, thanks for joining me, and thanks for letting me share my work with all of you.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

North Pole: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Puffy Stickers; Silhouette Cut File: Ho Ho Ho Santa

 

 

 

Grateful, Thankful and Blessed Layout by Conny Craig

Hello crafty friends!

It's Conny here today, wanted to start by wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving. This week I created a layout using a large title Grateful, thankful, and blessed. I wanted to focus on how grateful, thankful, and blessed I am for having this little one in my life since the day I knew she was a part of me.

The large title was cut from that pumpkin paper using my Cricut machine, I thought it was perfect due to the fall season. I glued it to the ombre pink background and started embellishing the layout using the florals, tags, and a small photo.


How adorable is this polka-dot tag, just added that cute fox and paper clip with florals surrounding it!

I love adding layers of distressed paper under the photos, here on the photo- I added the little owl, so beautiful, and what an amazing experience die cuts, plus another cute paper clip at the top.
To finish the cluster, added florals behind the photo

To complete the layout, added stitching with my sewing machine and distressed the edges.  
See you all soon! Happy Holidays!

Thanksgiving & Cut Outs Week Day 3 | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa here and I'm sharing a thanksgiving layout using papers from the Spell on You collection, Bella besties and the Heart Attack Cut-Out. I hope you can be inspired to use your holiday themed collections in multiple ways. Since Thanksgiving has an abundance of oranges and warm colors, I picked papers that worked with my theme. 

I backed the cut-out (which is a precut paper die cut) and backed with the following papers: Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Orange (B side), Bella Besties Graph & Dots Black (used both sides), Bella Besties Graph & Dots Bell Pepper(used both sides), Spell on You Candy Dots (b side), Broomsticks (b side), Daily Details (b side), Happy Halloween (b side), Spell Caster (b side). 

 

I used about 3/4 of the cut out and adhered it to my background paper using foam adhesive for a dimensional look. The background paper is the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre in Orange. I then adhered my photo using foam adhesive as well. I added a cluster of hearts on the left side and a title using the Aria alpha puffy stickers in black and Florence alpha stickers in Orange. 

As a last step, I made the little turkey using the Turkey Friend cutfile downloaded from the Silhouette store. You can find it here.

I used the same mix of papers, adding in some cardstock, the white Graph & Dots and the Pony Hearts & Ombre to cut the various pieces. 

 

Thanks for reading and see you again soon!

All the best,

Inessa

Spell On You | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! It’s Rachel and I’m here to show you one more take on the Spell On You collection along with some Bella Besties paper. October almost seemed to fly by and we had so much fun enjoying the many activities that the month brings. One thing we love to do is visit the zoo and see all of their fun Halloween decorations. Today, I’m showing you a super fun layout I made with some of the photos I took.

 

I started with a piece of white 12” x 12” cardstock. I took out my Milled Lavender Distress Oxide pad and created a quick background by dragging the pad down the paper. I repeated it several times to get a nice light purple background. Milled Lavender compliments this collection really well.

I set that aside to dry and pulled out my the Bella Besties Dot & Graph papers. I chose three colors – Plum, Pickle Juice, and Guacamole to create my giant title which would be the focus of the layout. I cut the title “Boo at the Zoo” out with one of my favorite cut files from Paper Issues. You can find it for free here. I also cut out my two photos to be O’s in the title. On the letters, I stamped some stitches and added some other doodling before adding them to the layout.

 

 

I secured them to the layout with foam tape. Next it was time to pile on the embellishments. I chose some of my favorites from the Ciao Chip. The haunted houses are just perfect. My boys love the ghost and pumpkins. I used a few pieces from the Ephemera Icons set as well.

 

 

To finish the layout, I stamped some stars around the layout and then added the date. I hope you have enjoyed seeing all the great ways we have used this collection over the last month. Here’s a list of all the supplies I used in today’s layout:

• White Cardstock (12” x 12”)

• Distress Oxide Milled Lavender

• Bella Besties Graph and Dot in Pickle Juice, Plum, and Guacamole

• Spell On You Ciao Chip

• Spell On You Ephemera Icons

Thankful + Bella Besties Week | Rachel O'Neal

Happy November Bella friends! This month is often a time of remembrance and gratitude. This week the Bella Blvd Creative Team has created layouts with a focus on thankfulness. We are using any of the Bella Blvd collections + Bella Besties products. Here's the layout I created:

 

Hands down my favorite Bella Besties product is always the Freehand Graph & Dot papers. I started by picking out six papers. Starting from the outside of the circle and working in the colors are: Punch, Peep, Orange, Pickle Juice, Ice, and Blueberry. I used the Circle Pile free cut file to create the circle layers. You can find it here. After cutting out the circles, I added them to a piece of white cardstock. I decided not to use the whole circle so I trimmed off the excess down the left side of the page.

I added my title next because I wanted to make sure it would fit around the edge of the circle before I started adding any embellishments. The black Florence alphas are a must. "My Greatest Blessings Call Me Mom." I couldn't be more thankful for the two boys God has given me, and being their mom is one of my greatest joys.

I backed my  3" x 4" photo with white cardstock and then added two more papers from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. The striped paper is called Balloon Ride and the floral paper is called Morning Meadow. I added the photos to the Circle Pile with some foam tape. I like to use foam tape to get that layer some dimension and make it easy to tuck pieces of ephemera around it.

Next, I used a stitch stamp to add some black details around the circles. For the embellishing, I used a mix of pieces of Ephemera Icons from the Let's Go An Adventure and the Home Sweet Home collections. Many of the pieces coordinate perfectly. I also placed some Matte Enamels that matched with the Bella Besties papers around the circles. 

 

I finished the layout with a little journaling and a date stamp. I hope our layouts encourage you to document the things you have in your life which cause you to be thankful. Thanks you for stopping by the blog today. Here's a list of all the items I used to create this layout:

• Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot paper (Punch, Peep, Orange, Guacamole, Ice and Blueberry)
• Balloon Ride 12" x 12" pattern paper (Let's Go On An Adventure)
• Morning Meadow 12" x 12" pattern paper (Let's Go On An Adventure)
• Ephemera Icons Let's Go On An Adventure
• Ephemera Icons Home Sweet Home
• Florence Alphas (Black)
• Matte Enamels (Fruity Mix)

Spell On You | Conny Craig

Crafty Friends,

It's Conny here today with a 12x12 layout using the Spell on You collection. Spooky season is in full swing, decorations are out, and costumes are ready. I'm scrapping a 4x6 photo- I usually like to add 2x2 or 3x4 photos on my projects, today I decided to use a 4x6 which fits nicely next to the large cut-outs.

Let's get started!

The first step was to back up the Cut- Out with the papers from the collection, I love how easy it's to back up the cut-out using the templates provided with it. For the base background paper, hearts & ombre - black, trimmed 1 inch off two sides, adhering to the polka dots papers leaving a 1-inch border all around, then stitched with my sewing machine.

I like to add foam adhesive behind the cut-out to lift them off the page just a bit, adhering the cut-out to the left of the layout. The 4x6 photo was also backed up with papers and tucked in under the cut-out.

To the right on the photo, I added a chipboard scalloped border, cardstock and puffy stickers creating a little cluster, I believe she really is scary cute! 

Since the cut out already has all those different patterned papers with images, I didn't want to hide it by adding a lot of embellishments. At the O I added that cute little witch sitting on the moon is from the Ephemera icons, chipboard pumpkins, and the black cat from the  Bella- pops. 


I love how I added the spider web to the top and the bottom of the layout, like the stitching is the web. 
For the last step I added a few epoxies stars around the layout and wallah! 

 Items used! 

Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - Puffy Stickers - Fright Night
Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - Epoxy Stickers - Witch
Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - Chipboard Stickers - Icons
Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - Stickers - Bella Pops - Black Cat
Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - Stickers - Bella Pops - Jack and Bat
Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - Ephemera - Icons
Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - Ephemera - Words
Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - 12 x 12 Cardstock Stickers - Doohickey
Bella Blvd - Spell On You Collection - Halloween - 12 x 12 Collection Kit