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Celebrate 5 layout!

Hi Bella friends! Tegan here today! I am excited to share all of the fun I am having creating with Bella Blvd's new cut files! I wanted to document a picture of my niece turning five, so I also grabbed the adorable Wish Big Girl collection. The fun icons and colors are perfect for documenting little girl birthdays!

I started by creating a background design in my diecut machine software using the number 5 from the Bella Blvd Florence alpha cut file. I then backed my background with pink, yellow, and teal patterned papers from the Wish Big Girl collection. I hope you LOVE this number 5 background design as much as I do! :) 

I then enlarged the Bella Blvd 'celebrate' cut file in my diecut machine software. I used fun coordinating floral and check print patterned papers from the Mom Life and Island Escape collections to cut out parts of the word and then pieced them together. I then adhered the word onto a dark blue cut out 'celebrate' so it would really pop against the white. I love how it turned out! 

I then decorated the page with lots of sweet embellishments from the Wish Big Girl collection like the cute birthday party hippo ephemera piece and the fun chipboard cupcake and candles! I love adding finishing touches to my pages with enamel dots and puffy star stickers too! 

Thank you for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to use the Bella Blvd cut files and Wish Big collection to create a fun design on your next layout!

Wish Big Girl collection: Daily Details patterned paper, Cakes and Crowns patterned paper, Let's Celebrate patterned paper, Borders patterned paper, Chipboard Icons, Ephemera Shapes, Ephemera Words

Island Escape collection: Good Vibes patterned paper

Mom Life collection: Houseplants patterned paper, My Tribe patterned paper

Bella Blvd cut files: Celebrate word, Florence alphabet

 

 

Happy Day | Erica Thompson

This week the team is sharing projects using the Wish Big collection. I love the colors in the Wish Big Boy collection and of coarse with having 6 babies, I have a ton of birthday photos to document. I like to go a little crazy when it comes to my kids parties! For Eli's 2nd birthday I did a crab theme and it was absolutely adorable. I have so many photos from this day that still have not been scrapped...please tell me I am not alone on this one! He is now 6! I thought this collection would be perfect with a couple of his photos!

I backed this cut file from Cut To You with papers from the Wish Big collection. I love all these candles and wanted to get a lot of color and pattern on my layout. Cut files are a great way to do this. I pop all the cut files up on some foam adhesive.

This collection is perfect for documenting any party and comes with so many cute embellishments! I used the Ciao Chip, ephemera and some Bella Blvd. Blueberry puffy hearts! The photos are of Eli opening his favorite gift of two stuffed Olaf's and the other photo is of him sharing a bite of his mini crab cake pop with one of his big brothers! And just look at his hair! He had the best head of hair and I did cut it shortly after his 2nd birthday! Here is a look at my completed layout using the Wish Big collection!

I hope you are inspired to get some older photos documented with the fabulous Bella collections! Thanks so much for stopping by and remember to come back tomorrow for more inspiration.

Wish Big Collection | Puffy Heart Stickers Blueberry | Wish Big Ephemera Words | Wish Big Ephemera | Wish Big Ciao Chip

As Sweet As a Pineapple Layout

With Splash Zone having so many fun water-related products, it would be easy to overlook the regular summer products in there too! Today I wanted to take the time to highlight those, specifically the pineapples and plants :). Christine joining you today with a layout that is "As Sweet As a Pineapple."

As I was looking through the Splash Zone cut files, the pineapple jumped out at me! It's such an easy design to back with patterned paper and make it stand out!  Having decided that I wanted to play with that, I built my layout around it! I cut it out and added foam adhesives to the white border.  Then I added my patterned paper triangles also with foam adhesives underneath them.  I LOVE how it turned out and how it gives you the opportunity to use several of the fun papers!

While I used four different papers in the actual pineapple, I opted to just make the leaves for it one color. At first, I thought I'd do white but it didn't pop as I wanted it to, so I went with the Pickle Juice green instead!

I built my layers on the layout using the same patterned papers. First, I offset my white base onto the sunshine patterned paper to form the entire base. Then I used the other three colors beneath my picture, adding in some tearing and distressing!

Stickers and ephemera and acrylic pieces and Ciao Chip took center stage for embellishing. I love how seamlessly they all combine to help you pull a project together with interesting texture and dimension.   

Let's take a close-up look at how this all came together in a process video:

 

 

Thanks for joining me today! 

Splash Zone: Ciao Chip, Patterned Papers, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera

Acrylic: Hearts, Words

 

Splash Zone and Family Fun!

Hey Bella Friends! It's Leanne here today sharing my latest Bella Blvd layout using the absolutely fun new collection, Splash Zone!

This week the Bella Team have been integrating Splash Zone cut files into our projects and I chose to play with the Family Fun design (ID#296861) from the Silhouette Design Store.

After cutting the design out from white cardstock, I layered the Word Jumble patterned paper behind the open "FUN" window to create interest and to add some whimsy to the page.

I really wanted the cut file to be big and bold to use as my title. To help achieve this, I added small clusters of Ephemera Icons to the top of the title and at the bottom to draw attention to it.

To exaggerate the layers in these clusters, I have mounted some of the Ephemera Icons onto foam dots.

I have kept the page relatively simple by letting the cut file title and my photo tell the story. To finish off the page I added a small layered tag to the top of the layout, making sure I have used similar colours in each cluster.

Thanks for visiting the Bella Blvd blog today. Don't forget to complement your creative projects with Bella Blvd's patterned paper collections coordinating cut files. They can bring a whole new dimension to your memory keeping.

Splash Zone: Sunny Days, Word Jumble, Doohickey 12x12 Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Silhouette Design Store Splash Zone cut file Family Fun ID#296861; Florence Blueberry.

Splash Zone Clouds and Unicorn Floatie Cut Files and Scrapbooking Layout

Hi everyone. Heather Leopard is here and I'll be talking about Bella's new cut files. If you haven't seen them yet you need to run over to the Silhouette store ASAP but first, check out how I used a few of my favorite ones - Unicorn Floatie (Silhouette or SVG), Sun & Clouds (Silhouette or SVG) and Clouds (Silhouette or SVG).

When I'm working with cut files, I always create a sketch so to speak. I drew a box for a 3x3 photo and then added the clouds and the floatie files. I then sized some up and some down until I liked the way everything fit. I do this so I have a visual of the layout but also so that I'm guaranteed everything will fit on the page. The photo above shows how I drew it up.  

To create this layout I made a cluster of clouds using different Bella Blvd cloud cut files. First, I deconstructed them a bit and created internal offset so that I could outline them. Then I welded them and erased a few cloud likes so they layered in the order I preferred. 

I did this for the unicorn floatie as well. The difference between the unicorn floatie and the clouds is that I kept those as one cluster but for the unicorn, I kept the bits separate so that I could pop some up using foam dots. I felt this gal needed some dimension.

Lastly, I added some extra splashes of water using watered down white paint and enamel doodads, a title and additional chipboard and ephemera embellishments.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a great rest of your day.

Splash Zone Collection Kit, Ephemera Icons, Icon Chipboard Stickers, Let's Go on An Adventure patterned paper, Silhouette Cameo; cut files: Unicorn Floatie (Silhouette or SVG), Sun & Clouds (Silhouette or SVG) and Clouds (Silhouette or SVG).

Our Little Firecracker

Raise your hand or drop me a comment if you love big word/title cut files? They are my absolute favorite cut files to use on layouts. They are easy to use and easy to back and help get your creative juices flowing to complete a layout. I knew I was going to use the Fireworks and Freedom collection this week, so of coarse I needed a cut file! My good friend Lacey Ann had the perfect cut file for me (I may have requested it, haha!) and it says Firecracker. Perfect for a photo of our tiny little firecracker Liam Jay.

I backed the cut file with different papers from the Fireworks and Freedom collection and popped it up on the white background with foam adhesive. I added some splatters in red and blue ink to the background as well. I knew I wanted the word LITTLE in my title as well so I pulled out the Florence Alphas in the color Blueberry. I love how fun this alpha set is and comes in every color!

I embellished around my layout using the Fireworks and Freedom Ephemera Icons and Words and also added a few of the Bella Blvd. Mcintosh puffy star stickers.

If you haven't picked up a 4th of July collection yet I suggest the Fireworks and Freedom collection. I love all the patterns and icons in this collection! Here is a look at my completed layout!

Fireworks and Freedom collection | Florence Alpha Blueberry | Fireworks and Freedom Ephemera Words | Fireworks and Freedom Ephemera Icons | Puffy Stars Stickers Mcintosh Mix

July 4 layout

I love the combination of red, white, and blue so I couldn't wait to make a layout using the patriotic new Fireworks and Freedom collection! Also, Bella Blvd has a lot of new cut files in the Silhouette Online Design store I couldn't wait to use - including the awesome Bella Blvd firework cut file I used on this layout! I love how this layout of my niece enjoying some sparklers last year turned out and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! 

I used my favorite blue and red papers from the collection and the Bella Blvd Firework cut file to create the main fireworks design on my page. I used red embroidery floss to add a fun texture. And aren't the Patriotic Acrylic Star Shapes just the perfect accent pieces coming out of the fireworks display! I also embellished the fireworks display with Icon Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Word pieces, and the enamel dots that come in the Heart Hugs packs.  

I added another firework Ephemera Icons piece coming out of the main display. And then I layered the patriotic heart shaped Ephemera Icons piece over the United States die cut. A red Acrylic Star Shaped piece adds even more fun! 

I used the super cool 'July' Chipboard piece for the title. I used the new and super fun Bella Blvd Florence alphabet (numbers included too) cut file to create the large number 4, which I layered over ephemera pieces. The Blueberry colored Florence alphabet stickers were used to document the year. 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to use the new Bella Blvd Fireworks and Freedom and cut files on your next layout! 

Fireworks and Freedom - Daily Details Patterned Paper

Fireworks and Freedom - Juicy Fruits Patterned Paper

Fireworks and Freedom - Love the USA Patterned Paper

Fireworks and Freedom - Patriotic Patterned Paper

Fireworks and Freedom - Truck Parade Patterned Paper

Fireworks and Freedom - Doohickey 12x12 Stickers

Fireworks and Freedom - Ephemera Icons and Ephemera Words

Fireworks and Freedom - Icons Chipboard Stickers

Fireworks and Freedom - Patriotic Stars Acrylic Shapes

Heart Hugs - Wild Berry, Rainy Day, Give Thanks

Florence Alphabet Stickers - Blueberry

Bella Blvd Firework Cut File

Bella Blvd Florence Alphabet Cut File

At The Lake | Erica Thompson

Did you know that Bella Blvd. now has cut files available? You can get them in the Silhouette Design Store and at Lori Whitlock! Today I am using the At The Lake cut file along with the Let's Go On an Adventure collection. This collection is perfect to document all kinds of adventures from backyard fun to camping to hot air balloon rides! 

Today I am documenting photos from one of our camping trips last summer. The kids love to spend the weekend camping and getting away! This collection is perfect to document these moments! I cut the file out on some white card stock and also used a piece of white as my base. I backed the file with the papers No Wifi, In The Woods, Fairy and Wildflowers.

I also cut a strip of the Fairy paper from the top and bottom of my page. I added two border strips from the Borders paper at the bottom of my page as well.

I placed the cut file in the center of the page and my photos in the top right corner of the page. I printed one photo out in color and the other in black and white just for some extra fun to the page. 

I embellished the page with some die cuts from the collection and a tiny epoxy heart from Scrappin Happy Studio. Of coarse, I added some journaling under my cut file using my awesome We R Memory Keepers typewriter. This page came together so nice using the Bella cut file and the Let's Go On an Adventure collection. If you are looking for a jumping off point to get creating check out all the cut files from Bella Blvd! Here is a look at my layout.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you all have a great day!

Lets Go On an Adventure Collection | At The Lake Cut File | Let's Go On an Adventure Ephemera Words | Let's Go On an Adventure Ephemera Icons

 

My Heart, My Man

Hello friends, Wendy Antenucci here today with a layout about My Man. I chose to use the Fireworks & Freedom collection to document my hubby for two reasons: to document the fireworks that sometimes go off in a relationship and his heart that is for our country.  

I began this page with the firework cut file from the Silhouette store, unfortunately my plan backfired when my Cameo would not connect to the computer... So I chose to print out the firework pattern and fussy cut the firework "bangs" to use on my page as a stencil with my ColorBox inks.

Once my background was prepped with the fun cut file I chose my pictures and placed them in a pleasing configuration. I wanted to use the acrylic "My Heart" piece as my title and to house the picture of our family. I chose to build this area up with ephemera and a chipboard piece to tell about my husbands love of America.

A few well placed stickers and ephemera were my next touches to the page, I chose items that would further tell the story of our life, even though the items were made to tell the story of our country.

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I love that the firework ephemera easily added to my background and adding another pop of fun to my page.

My Heart tells about my husband, but I wanted to also tell about My Man which I added to my page using the new Florence alphabets in McIntosh also giving my pictures a place to rest and be anchored to the page.

And finally I chose to journal along the fireworks in the background so that I wouldn't distract from the page itself.  A few gems from the Heart Hugs added to the explosion and finished the page.

Thanks so much for joining me today, I hope you've been inspired to use your collections to tell your story even if they were created for another theme! How far can you stretch your supplies to create your memories?

Fireworks & Freedom:  Juicy Fruits, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Ciao Chips

Acrylic Word:  My Heart; Acrylic Shapes:  Patriotic Stars; Heart Hugs:  Christmas

Florence Alphabet Stickers:  McIntosh

Freedom Isn't Free Layout

Today in the United States we remember, with grateful hearts, the ultimate sacrifice of those who died in service. As I sat down to work on a project for today, I knew I wanted to do something to celebrate America but also remember. My family recently visited the 9/11 Memorial in New York City and had the chance to remember those victims. Christine joining you with a layout today focuses on that and shows how the beautiful Fireworks & Freedom Collection can be used for both Patriotic celebrations and commemorative moments.

The picture on the layout was printed in black and white to keep the focus on the moment and the colors of the layout. The picture is one I took of two of my kids doing an imprint at the 9/11 Memorial as they learned about a family that died on Flight 93 including a little girl, Zoe. 

I created the background of this layout using the Flag cut file available for this collection.

My title was created using a combination of Ciao Chip for the word "Freedom" and Florence Alphas for "Isn't Free."  

On the opposite side of the title, I did a little embellishing bringing in a combination of Ephemera, Ciao Chip, and Acrylic Stars. I also added a border to the top and bottom of the page from the Border Strip Patterned Paper.

I like to use a lot of text on my layouts and because of that, I decided to add a little more above the photo - including phrases that I felt fit with the moment well.

To get a close-up look at my process for this, including a lot more detail on how I created the background, check out the Process Video below:

 

Thanks so much for joining me today as we remember and appreciate the sacrifice of so many!

Freedom & Fireworks Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip, Acrylic Stars, Ephemera, Stickers