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Sweet Vacation Treats by Tegan

I can't get enough of the new Bella Blvd Squeeze the Day collection or the Bella Besties products! The fun colors and yummy Squeeze the Day graphics have me reaching for this collection over and over again! And it was perfect for documenting pictures of my sister and I enjoying a fun treat while on a recent trip to Disney World! And the Bella Besties are great basics to have on hand that coordinate with every Bella Blvd collection!

I broke out of my solid white background rut and used the Bellas Besties Graph and Dot paper in Cotton Candy. I love that it adds a little more color and interest to my layout but still lets the photos and bright embellishments shine! I also used a rainbow of Bella Besties patterned papers, Florence Alphabet cut file, and electronic die cut machine to create the word 'TREATS' at the bottom of my layout. I LOVE the fun touch the acrylic strawberries add too! 

I used the die cut word 'sweet' from the Ephemera Words pack to easily start the title. I used another Bella Bestie-the Florence Alphabet stickers- to spell out 'vacation'. I then embellished this photo with more Bella Besties elements like the Felt Bow Clips and corrugated Heart Hugs! 

I used the Squeeze the Day chipboard, Doohickey Stickers, another Felt Bow Clip, and enamel dots from the Heart Hugs pack to embellish my second photo!  

Thanks for joining me today! I hope you are enjoying the yummy Squeeze the Day and Bellas Besties collections! 

Bella Blvd Products Used

Squeeze the Day Collection: Bananas For You patterned paper, Borders patterned paper, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Acrylic Strawberries

Bellas Besties Graph and Dot Patterned Paper: Black, Cotton Candy, Guacamole, Gulf, Orange, Punch, Plum

Heart Hugs

Felt Bow Clips

Florence Alphabet Stickers in Ice

Bella Blvd Florence Alphabet Cut File

 

Besties combined with Cut Files

All this week the team is working with the new Bella Besties patterned papers. One of my favorite things about these new papers is that they can work for any season! As fall approaches I had an itching to create a fall-themed layout but I didn't have any specifically fall-themed products on hand. Bella Besties combined perfectly with some Bella Blvd cut files to make my theme come together! Christine joining you today with a Fall Family layout, let's take a look!

Bella Blvd has a lot of what I would consider "signature shapes" like the tree I used here! As soon as I see that tree with the chunky limbs and circles, I know it's a Bella Blvd design. When I started playing with it, I set out to make a card.  But the file came up full size on my screen and I knew I couldn't pass up the chance to use it on a layout. I love how it's a focal point but still involves the pictures!

I opted to cut the circles in Besties papers in colors that coordinated well with my pictures AND worked for fall. I also used a colorful Bestie page for my base. I know a lot of people like white for backgrounds and I definitely do too, but I really love a colorful background. So when I set my tree up against the Pickle Juice green paper, I was thrilled to see it worked really well AND complimented my pictures nicely too!

My title is composed of both a Bella Blvd cut file - to make the nice big "Blessed" and some Florence Alphabet!

To add some texture and a different shape, I went to some of Bella Blvd's heart-shaped products. The combination of White Heart Hugs with Puffy Sticker hearts in coordinating colors worked perfectly for the feel of the layout.

Finally, some enamel dots from the Heart Hugs sheets were my final touch to each colored circle. This layout came together fast and is pretty simple but I love the way it captures some family portraits and tells our colorful story!  Check out my process video below to learn more about how I put it all together!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a colorful week!

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot, Bella Blvd Cut Files, Heart Hugs, Puffy Stickers, Florence Alphabets

 

 

Squeeze the Day Mini by Kim Watson

I am happy to close off 'cut file week' with this cool idea. Do you know that the the Bella Blvd's Silhouette store is bursting with the coolest cut files? I grabbed a few that coordinate with Bella's latest collection, 'Squeeze the Day', and created this mini book.

Squeeze the Day by Kim Watson

The idea was to take some of the fruit shapes and create shaped pages, filled with sweet goodness :) Here are some details from my creative process. 

 

Using the 6x6 paper pads, I cut a variety of pages. I created white offset outlines with patterned fills. 

 

2" and 2.5" photos, mounted onto patterned paper and decorated with die cuts, enamel stickers, word stickers & washi tape, make each page a riot of color. 

The NEW matte finish enamel dots, glossy enamel hearts and washi tape make building these pages so much fun. The cool thing is, by using washi tape to attach the photos, means you can lift them like little flaps, making room for more photos underneath.

This little mini book has place for x16 photos! 

 

Punched through the top leaf on each page & attached to a jump ring, the mini book looks fabulous assembled. A DIY, colored, twine tassel slipped onto the ring, finishes it off perfectly. 

 

....and here is the completed album! A bright, fun, riot of pattern & color! I hope you have enjoyed my process & are inspired to grab some new cut files & try this for yourself? If you'd like to buy some of this NEW, just released, by Bella, 'Squeeze the Day' collection, be sure to stop by their online store, the links are below.

If you'd like to see a flip through of the entire album & details, be sure to stop by my Instagram account.

You can also view my YouTube video flip-thru of this album! I am so glad you stopped by! Have an awesome weekend!

Hugs Kim XXXX

Squeeze the Day Embellishment Bundle, Florence Alphabet Bundle, Bella Washi Tapes, Squeeze The Day Collection kit

Card with Die Cuts

Hi eveyone! Corri here today share a couple for quick cards I made with of the fun cut files from the Silhouette Store.  For my first card, I cut the two little pears. I used paper from the Bella Besties Collection and from the Squeeze the Day collection.

 

I created the sentiment using the print and cut feature in the Silhouette Studio software. This is a fun way to customize your sentiment and there are so many fonts to choose from! 

For my second card, I cut the rainbow and used the print and cut feature to add my sentiment. I backed my cut file with some perfectly coordinated paper from the Squeeze the Day Collection.  

I hope you like these quick cards. Check out all the cute cut files being added to the Silhouette store. They are perfect for cards for any occasion. 

 

Friday Night Football

Despite what the calendar says, it's Fall to me which also means its Football season! I am obsessed with taking action shots of my son and his team mates, I think that I average about 200 pictures per game. Although I love taking photos, I really enjoy seeing how all of the kids share them across their social media platforms. I also enjoy the fact that I get to scrapbook them all!

My inspiration for this layout was the large FOOTBALL cut file from Bella Blvd, it was my starting point and I built the layout around the title. For me, my layouts come together more quickly when I have a solid stating point. As you can see, I added quite a bit of layering to this layout. You may have heard from me before that I prefer to add a lot of dimension to my layouts, which I did hear by backing the first part of the title with foam adhesive

 

A closer look at the dimension details. The last thing that I added to this layout was the thin green Washi Tape, which really finished the layout off for me with just a little more detail. 

My layouts always end up with a cluster of embellishments somewhere. I like to mix and match the icons and stickers for fun!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Bella Blvd Football Collection: Paper - Throw It, Game Time, Borders & Details,

Football Collection: Ephemera, 12X12 Fundamental Stickers

Puffy Stars: Milk White

Cut File: FOOTBALL

Love | Bella Blvd Cut Files

Have you been over to the Silhouette Design Store recently to check out all the Bella Blvd cut files? There are so many great files you can use for your projects! I found this super cute Rainbow Heart Border cut file and I just had to cut it. I uploaded it to my Silhouette software and welded all the hearts together to create one piece. Then I just filled the page with the same border so I could cut it six times. 

I knew I wanted to use the new Bella Besties 6x6 paper pad to back the cut file in rainbow colors. I also pulled out the 12x12 Bella Bestie paper in black for my background. I added some white paint splatters to the background using a thin paint brush. Once this was dry and added my heart border cut files to the page using some wet glue. 

I printed the photo of our daughter in black and white and adhered down to the page. I embellished around the photo with some chipboard flowers from Squeeze the Day and also so epoxy stickers. 

I created a small embellishment cluster in the left corner of the layout using some of the die cuts from Squeeze the Day and also one of the new acrylic pieces. I pulled out the Word Salad stickers which is one of my favorite things from Bella Blvd that goes with everything! 

To finish off the layout I added some of the new epoxy hearts around the layout. Here is a look at my completed layout.

I hope you are inspired to use one of the Bella Blvd cut files on your next project! Stop by the blog all week long for even more cut file inspiration from the team! 

Squeeze the Day collection | Word Salad Sticker Book | Rainbow Heart Border Cut File | Bella Besties 6x6 Paper Pad | Bella Besties 12x12 Black |  Rainbow Acrylic Shapes | Epoxy Hearts

 

 

Fruity little love / Washi tape

Good morning everyone!!

Sarah here today to share a layout with you for the Bella Blvd design team and my assignment this week was to use at least 4 different washi tapes on a layout. My problem was finding just 4, lol.

Well I finally found the 4 that I wanted to use, I already had an idea of what I wanted to do, so I used a cut-file and then went to work covering it with the washi tapes I had chosen. I used some of the new ones from the Squeeze the day collection and a few others I had in my stash of Bella goodies.

I grabbed the Bella Besties and went through them, trying to find just the right color for my background and landed on yellow bell pepper. I loved the brightness it brought to the layout and I wanted this layout to be fun and bright, just like my little goofy girl in the pictures. 

I laid my cut-file on the background I had chose, backed my photos and then decided I wanted something to the right of my layout, a way to use another washi. So I grabbed one of my punched and cut a boarder down the side and laid a few strips of the black and white stripped "break the rules" washi and attached it to the bell pepper paper.

Once I did that, I backed my photos with some white cardstock, tucked them into my cut-file and then went to playing with all the fun embellishments that came along with the Squeeze the day collection

I tucked some of the fruit ephemera around the layout, making little clusters and then moved on to the word ephemera and added bits and pieces of those around the layout as well.

I pulled some of the Heart hugs out and used some of the enamel dots off the sheet and placed them around the layout, played with a few of the stickers from the Doohicky sticker sheet and then jumped into the ciao chips and epoxy icons.

Those are just so stinking cute!! I pulled some of the Florence and Wonky alphas and finished off my title and was finished with the layout!

I cant wait to play even more with this collection! Its so bright and playful and there are so many things you can do with it! 

Squeeze the day collection: Ephemera Icons, Ephemera words, Doohicky sticker sheet, Ciao Chip icons, Epoxy Icons, Fresh and Fab washi, Sweetness washi

Ice dot washi, Break rules washi

Bella Besties Graph and Dot: Bell Pepper

Heart Hugs: Black and white

Florence alphas: Black

Wonky alphas: Pickle Juice

Back to School - Old Meets New

Good morning everyone! Can you believe that summer is unofficially over and kids are going back to school?!?! It's crazy!

For my back-to-school-week layout, I decided to begin by using the Florence Alpha cut file to add a little interest to my background. I backed that with the Oyster paper from the new Bella Besties line and then added in random Florence Alphas to add a pop of color. I then dug DEEP into my stash and pulled out bits from the older Star Student line. I love mixing older supplies with newer stuff - and since all the Bella products coordinate so well, it's easy to do!

Here is my final layout:

Do you mix old and new products? Make sure to share with us - we always love to see what you're making. Have a wonderful day!

Patterned Papers: Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot Oyster; Star Student: Borders, Daily Details; Florence Alphas, Punch, Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Ice, Plum; Ciao Chip: Star Student; Trinkets: Star Student; Treasures & Text: Star Student; Enamel Doo Dads: McIntosh

Shine Bright with Wendy

Hello and Goodbye Bella Blvd family! Wendy here for the last time as I'm headed back to school as a teacher! I've been homeschooling my kids for 17 years so this is quite an adjustment that will take some time. Before I go, I thought I would share my first pages in my Back to School Traveler's Notebook!

I am returning as a middle school teacher and unlike the high school world, rooms actually get decorated. After pursuing Pinterest, this is the classroom I created with the help of my Silhouette. I am quite proud of my accomplishment and hope my students enjoy their time here.

I began my page with the light bulb cut file from Bella Blvd as my theme is Shine Bright, I added in some silver Stickles for a sparkly touch.

I love Bella's acrylic words, so I was so pleased to find the Shine piece in my stash making my title Shine Bright.

To anchor my pictures I added in the borders from the Pop Quiz! collection, perfect for my math room.

Homework, a necessity in math and I used the Come to Class paper again from the Pop Quiz! collection as the math was scribbled about just like homework would be.

Thanks so much for stopping by and thank you Bella Blvd for many happy years working with your products!  

Oh My Stars:  Bell Pepper Stars

Pop Quiz:  Borders, Daily Details, Get to Class, Ciao Chip, Cardstock Stickers

Florence Alphabet Stickers:  Black

Acrylic Shapes:  Stars

Acrylic Word:  Shine

 

Up North Adventure

Each summer we spend a lot of time Up North. For those that don't live in Wisconsin, Up North can be defined by lakes, tall pine trees, supper clubs, and arrow signs. Of course, our favorite part is the Lake! We spend countless hours floating on the lake in some way, but of course the boys prefer the faster pace of tubing behind the boat! 

For this layout I used the Let's Go On An Adventure collection, the patterns are so colorful, fun and versatile! I mentioned in my last post here that big titles were popular, and of course I am not immune to their popularity as you can see. 

I always start my layouts by arranging everything the way that I want it without using any adhesive. Once I have added all of the elements, I snap a picture (on my phone) to reference as I start gluing pieces down. Does anyone else do that? 

One of my go to supplies for any scrappy project is foam adhesive, I love to add dimension to my projects like the tree popped up in the detail photo above. 

Let's Go On An Adventure Collection, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers,  Adventure Cut File 

 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you were inspired today!