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Bella Besties & Chloe Week Day 4 | Niki Rowland | with Process Video

Hi everyone, this is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) and I have a new Spring layout and process video to share today using Bella Besties as well as the Chloe collection.

I started with the Springtime Title cut file available from the Silhouette Design Store. I re-arranged the letters so that ‘Spring’ was all on one line and I added an extra flower. I then cut this from a sheet of white cardstock which left me with a background with letters cut out of it. I backfilled all the letters using Bella Besties, the Freehand Graph & Dot pack. I picked out five colours that went well with the spring theme: Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper, Orange, Pickle Juice and Ice. I backfilled the cut file title with those colours, mixing up the graph sides and dot sides. I even did the tiny bits of the flowers in different colours too and they are all raised on foam pads so there is good depth to the cut file.

I fussy cut lots of hearts from a Chloe paper. I folded each one and added them to places on my layout where there were similar colours. I also arranged five together in a circle shape: with the hearts folded and arranged in this way they look like a flower.

I then went through the Chloe collection and used the Ephemera Icons, specifically the beautiful flowers in this pack. I added these to my layout too all raised on foam pads. I also used some Bella Pops the ‘Cat House’ set. I just used the two clouds from this set at the top of my layout.

I then added lots of Trinkets puffy stickers, again colour-on-colour style. I love these so much, I think they may be my favourite Bella Blvd product! I added the word ‘walk’ to extend my title using Florence alphabet stickers in Bell Pepper.

I finished off by handwriting my journaling and adding a few Matte Enamels also from the Chloe Collection. Here's another look at the finished layout:

 

Thank you so much for joining me today, I hope you have enjoyed the layout. Happy scrapping and enjoy the video below.

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used: Bella Besties Freehand Graph and Dot paper: Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper, Orange, Pickle Juice, Ice

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Punch Peep & Cotton Candy, Ice & Gulf, Pickle Juice & Guacamole, Orange, Bell Pepper

Chloe Collection: 12x12 papers, Ephemera Icons, Cat House Bella Pops, Matte Enamels 

Florence Alphas: Bell Pepper 

Cut Files: Springtime Title

 

Spring Week Day 6 | Nathalie

Hi there Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue sharing more Spring inspiration using the beautiful Bella Blvd products.   Unfortunately, we are in lockdown here in Toronto, Canada which means we are not able to fully enjoy our Spring, instead, I am dipping into past memories to relive those glorious days.   I just love when you find the perfect photo and have an idea in mind...

 

 

As soon as I saw the new Spring Break cut file, I rapidly formed this layout in my head... It all started by copying and welding the cut file 4 times to create the cut out for my page from white cardstock.  I cut it twice, glued the cut outs together, and then backed the empty word with papers from  Home Sweet Home and Chloe collections.

 

 

I trimmed a paper from the Fireworks and Freedom collection  to about 11.5"x11.25" and framed it with Bella Besties Dot/Graph in blueberry.  Using a bit of foam adhesive, I attached the cut out to the background right at the center line of the page.

 

When I copied the cut file, I made sure to leave spaces for my photos.  So, after framing them with a paper from Home Sweet Home, I glued them to the top right and bottom left corners of the cut out.

 

 

I used ephemera pieces, chipboard stickers and fussy cut flowers and butterflies all from Home Sweet Home to create  two large clusters, one for each photo.  Then scattered some of the small flowers around the cut out.

 

 

All that was left to do was add my lines of journal and enamel dots for the "i"s.   I love how this turned out. All the colors and flowers bring a sense of the outdoors -in all its glory- to my page.

I hope that you are inspired by this week's projects, and use your Bella Blvd. goodies to document your Spring memories.

XO

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Digital Cut File:  SPRING BREAK ( # 346835) - Silhouette store

FIREWORKS and FREEDOM:  Patterned Paper

HOME SWEET HOME Collection: Patterned Paper,  Ephemera, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Stickers

CHLOE Collection: 6x6 Paper Pad

BELLA BESTIES Collection: Dot/graph - Blueberry

BELLA HEART HUGS - Mini Thank you

Spring Week Day 5 | Niki Rowland

 

Hi everyone, this is Niki @nikiclairecreates and I have a new layout and video to share for Bella Blvd today! My assignment today was to have a Spring theme for my layout. 

I’ve used two cut files. One is a cute bunny shape called ‘bunny silhouette’ and the other is a title called ‘bunny hop'.

I wanted to focus on color for this layout and to use traditional Easter colors: light yellow, light pink, light green and light blue so I chose papers from the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot pack in Bell Pepper, Cotton Candy, Pickle Juice and Ice. I also picked out a sheet of hearts from the Chloe collection because they were perfect for fussy cutting!

 

I played around with a few different options for this layout before deciding on the final design! Once I’d made a decision I cut the Bunny Silhouette five times in the four colors (cutting two from the Ice color). I then stuck them all on to a piece of white card. I pierced holes around the outside of all the bunnies and then took some time to stitch around each one with a coordinating thread. I then cut them out leaving a narrow white border and they look so cute!

 

 

I added a very light pink spray (Shimmerz Paints ‘Sweet Baby Girl’) to my white cardstock background just to add a little bit of color. Once this was dry I arranged my bunnies on the background together with my two photos. I mounted the photos onto a bright pink journaling card from the Chloe collection – the bright pink just gave the layout a burst of bright color amongst the pastels and gave the layout the perfect lift.

I added tails to my bunnies using white pom poms – these look adorable!

 

 

I cut the title ‘bunny hop’ from Cotton Candy paper too and backed it with white card. I actually ended up using just the word ‘hop’ instead of the full title. It was very easy to snip off and the single word worked better for my layout. I extended the title with Aria alphas in Cotton Candy with the word ‘on’ so the title reads ‘hop on’.

I fussy cut lots of hearts from a paper from the Chloe collection. I chose all the hearts in the same colours of my bunnies, folded the slightly and stuck them around and amongst the bunnies. I then stitched through each one on my sewing machine with white thread. I trimmed the ends but left them dangling a little.

I then got out my stash of Trinkets in the same four colors and stuck the flower shapes in between the bunnies and hearts.

 

 

I totally love how this layout turned out, it’s super cut with those gorgeous bunnies and perfect for Easter photos of me and my lovely girlie. Enjoy the process video below.

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Supplies used:

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot: Ice, Pickle Juice, Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper.

Squeeze the Day: Ephemera Words

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Ice & Gulf, Pickle Juice & Guacamole, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper

Aria Alphabet: Cotton Candy 

Cut Files: Bunny Silhouette, Bunny Hop

Other Supplies: white pom poms, Shimmerz Paint 'Sweet Baby Girl'

Spring Week Day 4 | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share a sweet 8.5x11 layout documenting a day at the park! I am using one of the new cut files from Bella Blvd available in the Silhouette Design Store.

I pulled a few different collections to put this layout together and I love that I can mix up the different collections and the colors will match. I wanted some spring colors that would work well with some fussy cut florals from the Home Sweet Home collection. 

The photos are from our day at the park when we met a sweet little kitty! The boys wanted to bring her home she was so sweet! She followed them around while they played and was soaking up all the love from them! 

I knew I had to pull in some of the Chloe collection on this layout! It would probably be the only time I could use some of the cute kitty die cuts since we don't have any cats. I backed the cut file with papers from Home Sweet Home, Splash Zone and Squeeze the Day. 

I matted the photo on some pink pattern paper and created a small floral cluster aboved the photo to match clusters on cut file! I love how this turned out and it makes me happy I could use some of the Chloe die cuts! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my layout today and are inspired to create using one of the new Bella Blvd cut files! 

Home Sweet Home | Spash Zone | Chloe | Squeeze the Day | Adorable with Hearts cut file

Spring Week Day 2 | Yarelys

Hey Bella friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout featuring the Home sweet Home collection as well as one of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I used the Spring Florals cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. I went through the papers of the collection and picked the Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic to cut the flowers. I also picked the Hearts & Ombre Guacamole paper to cut the leaves. I cut the flowers in different sizes and layered them to give them dimension. Oh, love these flowers!

Back to the layout! I painted my background with the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons. Then I glued my photo and the flowers, and added flowers and butterflies from the Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons.

For my title I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers in Peep. To finish my layout, I added some of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Orange and Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy.

I love how this layout turned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thank so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/63Ukr2GFLs8

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Home Sweet Home: Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic papers

Hearts & Ombre: Guacamole

Aria Alphabet: Peep

Home Sweet Home: Ephemera Icons

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy, and Orange

Spring & Easter Week Day 6 | Sarah

Happy Saturday, Bella fans! Tomorrow's Easter, and we're prepping for it over at my house. We still do baskets and egg hunts. Anyone else? 

Anyway, I felt it would be fun to get into the Easter spirit and create a project using the Easter basket cut file in the Silhouette Design store. Here's what I came up with:

 

I thought it would be fun to create a layout based on the idea of filling it with a cluster of fun, so I "filled" a basket with a photo and a bunch of flower clusters from the Home Sweet Home collection.

I really loved the look of the basket in this cut file; it totally reminded me of a wicker basket with all of the rectangles in the design.

For my title, I used the Springtime Title cut file and some Ciao chipboard.

Oh, and one of my favorite little additions to this layout are the washi tape hearts. I ripped up the washi tape to add scattered heart embellishments. It's such an easy thing to add, and it adds so much color to your project.

And that's all the springtime inspiration I've got for you today! I hope it brought you some springtime warmth. If you end up creating something, we'd love to see it. Don't forget to share your finished projects with us on our Facebook page. We'd love to see it!

And as always, thanks for reading through my post today! It's totally appreciated. I love getting to create and share my creativity with you all.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Home Sweet Home: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Washi Tape; Cut Files: Easter Basket, Springtime Title, and Cutesy Daisies

Spring & Easter Week Day 5 | Tarrah McLean

Hi Bella friends and Happy Easter!

It's Tarrah McLean back with you and this week on the Bella blog we are sharing Spring/Easter projects using Bella cut files! The Silhouette Design store has AMAZING Bella cut files - you need to check them out!

I decided to cut out the super cute Easter Egg basket cut file from the brown colour in the Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre paper pack. I enlarged the Happy cut file title and cut this out 3 times from the yellow paper in the Bella Besties Graph and Dot pack. I adhered them all together so the title had some dimension and looked a similar depth to chipboard.  

I separated all the pieces of the Easter basket and cut them all with different coloured papers from the Bella Besties graph and dot paper. 

I added craft foam underneath the basket cut file and adhered it to a plain white cardstock background. I then added craft foam underneath the eggs and my photo and arranged them in the basket. My photo is of my 2 sons cuddling a life sized Easter Bunny! Super cute! I adhered the Happy cut file title at the base of the basket and took the Aria Alphabet puffy stickers in Punch and spelt out Easter to make up the rest of my title. At the top of my photo, I added a tab die-cut and below the title I added a pennant die-cut and on the Easter basket cut file I added some of the sweet small flowers all from the Squeeze the Day ephemera pack. 

I also scattered and arranged some florals, foliage and a pink heart around the outside of the Easter basket from the Home Sweet Home ephemera pack. I took some of the Blueberry puffy sticker shapes and added them scattered around my page. I adhered a die-cut heart to the centre of the 'a' in Happy and layered a red puffy heart in the middle also. I just love how bright and bold Bella products look on a layout! Everything co-ordinated so perfectly too!   

I typed some journaling onto my laptop, printed it out and then cut it up into strips. I adhered them above the title to help link the title with the journaling. I am loving strip journaling at the moment! Down the left side of the page, I trimmed a small strip of the Blueberry paper from the Bella Besties Graph and Dot paper  and adhered it down flush with the edge of the cardstock. I also place a scalloped border next to the paper strip from the Squeeze the Day Doohickey sticker sheet.    

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout and that you are inspired in some way to create a Spring or Easter project using Bella products!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Bella Blvd products used:

Bella cut files

Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre paper pack

Bella Besties Graph and Dot pack

Aria Alphabet puffy stickers in Punch

Squeeze the Day ephemera pack

Home Sweet Home ephemera pack

Blueberry puffy sticker shapes

Squeeze the Day Doohickey sticker sheet

Spring & Easter Week Day 4 | Melissa Mann

Hello! This is Melissa here with you again today sharing a new Easter themed layout featuring a big title using one of the Bella Blvd cut files!

To start my project, I layered a pretty floral piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home Collection, a piece of Kraft card stock, and another piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home collection. I stitched all of these down with my sewing machine and then slightly distressed the edges to add a a little texture. 

 

Next, I layered a piece of the Bella Bestie Hearts & Ombre paper in Cotton Candy on top of my background followed by the back side of that same piece of paper that I layered the opposite way as a place to anchor my three photos. I had three photos of my sweet niece that my brother took last year at Easter that I printed out at size 2.75" x 3.5". Once I adhered these photos down, I placed my big "BUNNY HOP" title underneath. This cut file can be found in the Bella Blvd artist category in the Silhouette Design Store. There are several new Easter and spring themed cut files that will work perfectly for any project you may be working on!

 

After I cut my title out, I backed it with a piece of vellum and then placed it on my layout. I typed my journaling out on a piece of white cardstock and put it next to my title. Once I had these key pieces in place, I was able to add my embellishments using the Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey sticker sheet, Bella Pops, and the Matte Enamels. 

 

Here is a look at the whole project! I love how seamlessly all the Bella products work together!

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my project! Have a great week!

 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

"Bunny Hop" Cut File
Home Sweet Home Collection Kit
Bella Besties - Heart & Ombre
Ephemera Icons - Home Sweet Home
Ciao Chip - Home Sweet Home
Doohickey - Home Sweet Home
Follow the Rainbow - Bella-Pops
Fruity Mix Matte Enamels

Spring & Easter Week Day 3 | Victoria Calvin

Hello everyone! It's Victoria and I am back with a new scrapbook layout featuring the Bella Blvd Mood Booster Cut-Out. This cut-out serves as the perfect backdrop for my spring inspired page. It's so fun and whimsical, and can be used with a variety of design techniques. 

 

For this project, I used the Bella Blvd Home Sweet Home Collection. The colors in this collection are super bright and fun, great for a spring inspired layout.

To begin, using the Mood Booster Cut-Out and Daisy Details pattern paper, I backed the middle sections of each flower, leaving the petals of the flower open. Next, I adhered the cut-out to the Borders pattern paper. I love how the white cut-out looks so vibrant against the dark blue pattern paper! 

 

Once the cut-out was in place, I positioned several Trinket Puffy Stickers in the center of each flower for added interest and dimension. Next, I created an anchor for my title by cutting a fish-tailed band using pattern paper from the Bella Besties Collection Kit. The title was created using the word "Fun" from the Ciao Chip Icons chipboard stickers and I used the Florence Alphabet Stickers (Blueberry) to spell the word "Easter". The photo was layered with pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home Collection (Welcome Home and Mosaic Title), and positioned to the right of the layout.

 

 

To complete this project, I added small clusters of die cuts from the Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons pack, and a bit of journaling that is adhered directly to the photo. Using the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs (or a Bella Blvd electronic cut file) is a great way to create stunning scrapbook layouts in no time!

 

 

Do you have spring or Easter themed stories that you need to document? If so, I recommend grabbing the Mood Booster Cut-Out for your next project! And be sure to tag me or Bella Blvd on social media if you make a project using the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs! Thanks so much for stopping by! See ya next time!

 

Supplies Used:

Home Sweet Home Collection Kit - Welcome Home, Daisy Details, Borders, and Mosaic Tile pattern paper, Belle Besties Collection Kit, Cut-Outs Mood Booster, Ciao Chip Icons, Florence Alphabet Stickers (Blueberry), Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons, Trinket Puffy Stickers (Pickle Juice and Guacamole, Ice and Gulf, Punch, Peep, and Cotton Candy)

 

 

 

 

Spring & Easter Day 2 | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here today to share some spring inspiration using Bella Blvd cut files and the Home Sweet Home collection!

I started out with a piece of the Hearts & Ombre Bella Besties in Bell Pepper and trimmed it down to 11.50x11.50 and matted it on the Welcome Home 12x12 pattern paper. I used one of the new Bella Blvd cut files from the Silhouette Design Store for my title and backed it with papers in the Home Sweet Home collection.

I added the backed cut file towards the bottom of the Bell Pepper Hearts & Ombre paper. I used the same Welcome Home pattern paper to fussy cut some flowers and added a couple floral clusters to the page. 

My photos are of Liam and I taking some selfies in our new bunny headbands! I printed out four photos and matted them on some of the Bella Besties in Peep Hearts! 

Liam loves to take photos so I take advantage of these every chance I get! I tucked in some florals die cuts around the cut file and popped up one of the heart stickers from the Doohickey Home Sweet Home sticker sheet. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my layout and are inspired to create a spring/Easter layout! 

Bella Blvd Products Used

Home Sweet Home Collection | Love You Like Crazy Cut File | Hearts & Ombre Bella Besties: Bella Pepper, Peep

Spring & Easter Week Day 1 | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue bringing you more Spring inspiration using the beautiful Bella Blvd. products.   Finally the weather is starting to change here in Canada, and soon,  we will be able to go for long walks at the park.   We love visiting the park at the height of Cherry Blossom season, everything is just too beautiful.  So, I pulled a few of those pictures to create this page...

 

 

I love the clean and flowery feel of the page, and it was so easy to put together.   Starting with a bit of mixed media on the background.

 

 

I pulled a paper from the Home Sweet Home collection, and trimmed to 11.5"x11.5".  I then, used a small ink blending brush to messily add some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide to the background in a diagonal line.   Then finished the application with a few splatters of the diluted ink.

 

 

While the ink dried, I used papers from the Chloe collection 6x6 paper pad, and also from the Bella Besties collection to back the flowers from the Live Love Meow Cut Outs pack.   All the pops of color with the white outline is just like little pops of color for the page.

 

 

I printed the two pictures, and backed them  and the background page with papers from the Home Sweet Home collection.   The fresh colors of the papers are perfect for the clean look of the page.  I used embellishments from the same collection to add extra sentiment to the cut out and around the pictures.

 

For the page title, I used the "Day at The Park" cut file (design # 346832).  I cut it three times from white cardstock, stacked them together, and then backed it with Bella Besties in Gulf, and attach it to the bottom of the layout.  Then used embellishments from the Home Sweet Home collection on the page, then added Matte Enamel dots from Cooper collection to complete the page.

 

 

I just love the clean look of the page!  Remember to pull your Bella Blvd goodies to document your Spring memories, and share with us your finished projects.  We love to be inspired by you, too!

XO

 

SUPPLIES:  

Digital Cut file: DAY AT THE PARK - Design # 346832

BELLA BESTIES - Dot/Graph collection

HOME SWEET HOME Collection:  Paper, Doohickey sticker sheet, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera

CHLOE Collection: 6x6 paper pad

COOPER Collection: Matte Enamel Dots