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Merry Little Christmas and Letter Scramble with Maree Crozier

Hi Bella friends,

I had so much fun making this cute Christmas layout with the new Merry Little Christmas collection and personalizing the title with some fabulous Letter Scramble alphas.

I started with a cream card stock base as the ephemera from this collection has a cream undertone. I just adore the pinks and teals in this collection, they are so pretty.

As soon as I saw the paper called 'Filled with Joy' I knew I wanted to fussy cute those ornaments and make them a feature on this layout. I also fussy the holly from the 'Borders' paper to make a little mantel for them to hang from. I dug into my stash for a holly stamp to add a little more detail under the holly border.

After mounting my picture of my daughter and our two kitties I added my title using the 'Merry' from the words ephemera and the Catsmas (is that even a word?) using the Letter Scramble alphas in the color Guacamole. It is so fun to create titles with these gorgeous alphas.

Next I worked on positioning and mounting the fussy cut ornaments. I mounted them on foam squares and attached some bakers twine so they appear hanging. I tucked the top of the twine up under the holly border.

Next I added some trees from the ephemera icons pack and added some detail to them using the beautiful epoxy stickers. I just love the shine they add to the layout.

Finally I added the sweet sleigh from the icon ephemera pack and the Bella Pop called 'Christmas Cheer'. I just adore this little Santa, is he not he cutest you have ever seen? The gifts and pink snowflakes from the Bella Pop gave the perfect finishing touch. I am so happy with how this layout turned out and am excited to see what you make with the new collection.

Happy holiday season everyone!

Maree

Merry Little Christmas Collection

Papers: From the heart, Filled with Joy, Borders

Ephemera Titles & Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Bella Pops: Christmas Cheer

Letter Scramble Alphas in Guacamole

 

 

 

 

"Joy ’tis the season" Layout | Gloria Parra

Hello sweet Bella friends, Gloria Parra here today with a new layout featuring the super fun and cute collection “Merry Little Christmas”, which I’m adoring! The colors, the critters and all the fun ornaments and floral are too cute and perfect, I cant get enough of them!

For this layout I first started with the dark teal plaid “Filled with Joy” patterned paper for my base. I then cut a white cardstock at 11x11” and used a light pink cardstock for a second mat that I adhered after attaching my ornaments to the back of the white cardstock.

The idea I had for this layout was to have ornaments hanging from twine from the top. Before that, I ripped a 4,5” patterned paper that looked like twinkling stars and lights on the sky and adhered to the top of my white cardstock.

I used some light pink die ink to add some color to my white cardstock using a blending brush add some mixed media to my background. I love the soft touch this add to the layout

I then matted my two 3x4” photos with some read and light teal patterned paper and placed it in the middle of my twinkling lights patterned paper at the top. Adding a little tab on top of one of the photos.

I then chose all the ornaments for the ephemera pack and fussy cut a couple others from the ornament patterned paper in this collection (that paper is one of my favorites).I then punched a small hole to all my ornament to be able to add twine to them. I then arranged all my beautiful ornaments below my photo using foam adhesive.

I used red and pink to hang my ornaments and attached the twine to the back of the white cardstock, that way they look like they are hanging from the top. I then adhered my white cardstock on top of the light pink and adhered it to my base teal paper.

Finally, for my title I used a JOY word ephemera and added my typed journaling strips under my title. I finished my layout adding some word phrases to some ornaments and added some puffy flower stickers to my hanging twine. 

I hope you like this layout as much as I did, it is one of my favorites this year and it was so much fun to create it! I hope you feel inspired to create and to check this collection out, is is just too cute!

 

Have a fantastic day,

 

Gloria

 

Supplies Used:

 

Merry Little Christmas collection kit

Merry Little Christmas icon ephemera 

Merry Little Christmas word ephemera

Merry Little Christmas sticker sheet

Merry Little Christmas puffy sticker

Merry Little Christmas Bella Pop

Hi Bella friends, it's Kim and I'm here with my first layout using the amazing Merry Little Christmas collection. I adore scrapping Christmas and this collection is made up of  gorgeous colors with so many fun embellishments, I absolutely adore it. I was excited that my granddaughter's photo was perfect for the colors in this collection.

 

I love the pinks and blue in this collection and made sure to use them on my page along with the more traditional reds and greens. I loved all the wordy bits on the Daily Details paper and started by cutting it apart. Then, I distressed all the pieces and placed them around my photo. I offset the word, "Believe," from the paper and used it as my title.

 

The embellishments in this collection are so fun. I pulled out all the pinks and blues first and then pulled in more of the greens and reds. I had to use some of the gorgeous trees on my layout and layered them on one side.

 

Next, it was time to finish creating my clusters and add all the fabulous embellishments. Every single piece in this collection is adorable. I had to stop myself from adding them all.

I adore the puffy stickers, the epoxy stickers and the adorable Bella-Pops and used them to finish my layout. I added a few of the adorable Santas and the candy canes. For the finishing touch, I used the little glistening stars, enamel dots and epoxy flowers and then my page was complete.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day!  Kim  

 

Products Used 

Merry Little Christmas collection:

12x12 Papers: Daily Details                 

Doohickey Stickers 

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words 

Countdown & Tags 

Ciao Chip 

Christmas Time Puffy Stickers 

Deck the Halls Epoxy Stickers 

St. Nick Bella-Pops

Oh What Fun Bella-Pops 

Christmas Cheer Bella-Pops 

One Fall Day - Thanksgiving with Heather Cerulo

Hello & Happy Thanksgiving week! To celebrate, I pulled out some photos from last Thanksgiving. These photos feature 2 people I am very thankful for, my niece and nephew. I used the beautiful One Fall Day collection, along with a piece of paper from the Hearts and Ombre collection in the Orange color.

 

 

I started my layout by cutting pieces of patterned paper into 3" x 6" pieces, and then used my Banner Punch Board to notch the ends of each. I layered them over each other and curled up the edges. I cut a border strip from the borders paper and used a scallop border sticker to ground the banner at the top.

 

 

Next, I started to create clusters of leaves from the Ephemera packs, and pumpkins from the Ciao Chip. I love how these nestle together to create such fun clusters. I decided I needed some falling leaves from the clusters, and used the puffy stickers to add them.

 

 

For my title, I chose this beautiful "grateful" word from the Ephemera Words pack. I love the mix of colors and the script font, not to mention the word was perfect to describe these photos!

 

 

The final touch was some blue flowers from the epoxy stickers, peeking out of each cluster!

 

 

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving, and some crafty time too!

Hearts and Ombre Paper: Orange

 

One Fall Day:

Papers: Borders, Mad for Plaid, Falling for You

Doohickey Cardstock Stickers

Ciao Chip Stickers

Ephemera Words and Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Puffy Stickers

One Fall Day Cut-Outs with Maree

Hi Bella friends,

Today I am here to share a layout using the One Fall Day collection. I chose to feature the fabulous Cut-Outs on my layout. The are such a great product & so easy to use! Did you know all the Cut-Outs actually include a cutting template with step by step directions?!

I started off by backing all the Cut-Out leaves - which I cut apart - from the original circle wreath. There were a few blue pops in my picture so I decided to fill every leaf with the blue paper called "Falling for You" and all the other sides of the leaves with alternating patterned paper from the collection. Blue or teal are not the most traditional fall colors but I think that is why I love this layout and the versatility of this collection.

Once all the Cut-Outs were backed I laid them out on the page and then machine stitched them down with gold thread. I tie in the gold thread with some gold splatters at the end of the project.

Then I used the Happy Fall title from the Cut-Outs pack and backed it also with the same blue paper. Once I adhered it to my layout I outlined the happy with a black pen to make it really stand out on the page.

I framed both the page and my picture with the gorgeous green paper called "Hello Fall". I also stitched around the outline of the layout with the same gold thread.

 
Finally, I created a couple of clusters on the page. This one featuring some of the teal bits from the Ciao Chip and Words Ephemera pack along with a few cute leaves.

This cluster features a gorgeous sunflower and pumpkin latte (or for the purpose of my layout - hot chocolate!). I finished each cluster with some of the blue flowers from the epoxy stickers. I just love the little pop of dimension they add to the page & hoe they perfectly match the teal paper with the tiny blue flowers!

I really loved making this layout and hope you get a chance to check out the collection and it's fun Cut-Outs soon.

Have an amazing day and thanks for stopping by.

Maree

One Fall Day Collection: Collection Pack, Words Ephemera, Icons Ephemera, Cut-Outs, Epoxy Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons

One Fall Day with Erica Thompson

Hey friends! I am excited to be sharing a layout using the beautiful One Fall Day collection! 

I started with a piece of white textured cardstock trimmed down to 10.5x10.5" and added some beautiful pattern papers from the One Fall Day collection to mat the white cardstock. 

For my photos I am using two different sizes! I have one 2.75x2.75" and one sized at 2x2". I have placed them a little wonky in the center of the layout! I added a One Fall Day chipboard border under the photo to create a little "shelf" for my photos to sit above and created embellishment clusters to the left and right of photos! 

In the top left corner of the page I created a small embellishment cluster using One Fall Day die cuts and some of the epoxy stickers. 

For the bottom right corner of the layout I layered up One Fall Day die cuts and added a small epoxy heart! A super simple layout but I love how it turned out! 

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blvd Blog! 

Bella Products Used | One Fall Day Collection

One Fall Day & Letter Scramble with Kirei Baldwin

Hi everyone! Who loves to scrap about Autumn/Fall? I love all the beautiful Autumn colors and the new One Fall Day collection has them all! I just had to scrap these photos of me and my friends on our way home from a week away scrapbooking. We stopped off to get a drink and there was a huge display of pumpkins outside the farm shop so we just had to get some photos! Us scrapbookers never miss an opportunity for photos to scrap about, am I right?! 

I pulled out the Mad for Plaid patterned paper (orange) as I loved the subtle all over leaf design and decided that would work well for the background so I tore a strip off the bottom in a diagonal line. I then tore a small piece from the top of the paper so that I could create a tucked in embellishment cluster later. Then I picked out the Pick a Pumpkin patterned paper (small pumpkins) and tore off another strip following the same line as the first piece as I wanted to tuck it underneath. I stuck them both down to a sheet of white card, and then curled up all the torn edges to add lots of texture and dimension. 

My two square photos are mounted on the Pick of the Patch patterned paper (green), then I distressed the edges and stuck them down to the right side of the layout. I cut the 'farm fresh pumpkins' card from the Daily Details patterned paper, distressed the edges and tucked in behind my photos along with a red plaid tag from the Ephemera Words. I finished off the tag by looping some green thread through the hole. 

Next is my favorite bit.... adding the embellishments! First I added some pumpkins, a red flower and a word banner to the top of the layout. 

Then I pulled out a mix of different colored pumpkins, leaves, berries, flowers and a truck from the Ephemera Icons, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stickers and Bella Pops and added them around my photos. 

I added my title using the word 'Pumpkins' from the Ephemera Words and 'galore!' from the fabulous new Letter Scramble Alphabet Stickers (Guacamole-green). I love that there are four different fonts on one sheet and even better is they come in all sixteen of Bella Blvd's signature colors! To finish I added my journaling below the title. 

I hope you've enjoyed my latest layout using One Fall Day, thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you in my next blog post! 

Kirei x

BELLA BLVD PRODUCTS USED

One Fall Day patterned papers - Mad for Plaid, Pick a Pumpkin, Pick of the Patch and Daily Details

One Fall Day Ephemera Icons and Words

One Fall Day Puffy Stickers

One Fall Day Epoxy Stickers

Bella Pops - Pumpkin Patch

Letter Scramble - Guacamole 

Halloween Fun with Gloria Parra

Hello Bella friends!! Did you have a Happy Halloween?! Today I want to share a layout using the super cute Halloween collection called “Spell On You”. Documenting our Halloween memories is always a highlight for me, and this collection was so fun to create with, I couldn’t love it more!

I started with the black “Hocus Pocus” patterned paper for my background, I gutted the paper to save the middle piece. On top, I used the orange text patterned paper cut at 11.5" square to create a middle layer. For the top layer I used the gray and white rhombus shaped patterned paper as my main base cut at 11”. I added machine stitching to the top layer using some black thread to add contrast.

For my photos I used three 3.5" square pictures to showcase our Halloween costumes. I decided to use three super cute witches to represent each of us girls, LOL! I loved how it turned out!

Because I fell in love with the big “October 31” chipboard pieces as soon as I saw them, I used it as my title. Under it, I placed a subtitle, a little banner that says “Halloween Fun”. Under my title and subtitle I placed my journaling strips with my story.

Using the little witches, I created 3 embellishment clusters: Two at the sides with some trees and one at the top right with the moon and the stars. 

Clouds, stars and little bats decorate my sky scene and finishes my layout. I love creating little scenes with the fun ephemera, chipboards and stickers in this fun Spell On You Halloween collection.

I hope you like this layout as much as I loved creating it, and I hope you feel inspired to create with this awesome collection, perfect for all your Halloween pictures and memories! 

Huge hug friends and Happy Halloween to all!!!!

Happy Halloween with Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here and in celebration of Halloween tomorrow, I’ve got a super cute Halloween page for you today. We dress up our dogs every year and it’s always so fun to document their photos! I used the Spell On You collection and hope that you like it:

I originally wanted to add some fringe edges to a few patterned papers, but I couldn’t find my fringe scissors (we moved and I’m still unpacking my craft room)...So, I created that same effect using my regular scissors. I’m glad I went with this method so I could make my fringe any width/length I wanted. I used the B sides of these papers: Broomsticks, Daily Details and Borders. I trimmed them down, layered them together, cut the fringe edges and adhered them to white cardstock. 

For some extra interest, I bent and curled the fringe pieces back. I love that you can see the pattern and colors from the other sides of the papers.

I matted and layered my photos together and adhered to the right of my page. Using a few pieces from Ephemera Words pack, I created my title and centered it right between both photos.  

Next, I started embellishing by pulling out some Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers to build some clusters. I also added in a few of the Puffy Trinket Stickers.....Don't those small ghosts look perfect on that scary house?

I also pulled out a few Ephemera Icons and added them to my clusters. I pulled in a cute spider web, pumpkins and some bats.  

For some finishing touches, I sprinkled in a few Epoxy Stars and adhered a few bits of tangled thread. Here’s one last shot of this super cute page: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope I’ve inspired you in some way! I’ll see you in my next post friends!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Spell On You Collection: 12x12 Papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Epoxy Stickers and Trinkets Puffy Stickers.  

One Fall Day & Letter Scramble with Maree

Hi Bella friends,

Today I'm here to share a fun layout using the gorgeous new One Fall Day collection and the new Letter Scramble Alpha Stickers. Both are such fabulous products. I decided to use the Letter Scramble Alphas to make a very large title. I kept the colors tone on tone with the paper strips from the One Fall day collection.

I first cut 9 strips of various One Fall Day papers, the colors are so pretty! I stacked them horizontally to make my background. I used 2 pictures which I printed at 2.5 x 3" in size.

Then, to create the large rainbow effect title, I added all my alphas and the ephemera word pumpkin title

I created 2 main clusters using ephemera icon die cuts and a super cute Bella Pops called Fall is Here. It has little pumpkins and some flowers and leaves. I just adore the shine and dimension that the Bella Pops add to the page.

I finished with some journaling and white paint splatters. I also added gorgeous epoxy leaves and flowers down the side of the page in coordinating colors.

I hope you are enjoying the beautiful Fall weather and have a chance to use this fun new collection soon!

Maree

One Fall Day Collection

Collection Kit

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy stickers

Letter Scramble Alphas

Lake Life Layout | Maree

Hi Bella friends,

I'm here on the blog to share a Lake Life project with you. I wanted to create a simple, clean layout with these hiking photos. The pictures are older and not the best quality so I decided to keep them smaller for the layout. Some of the ephemera words and icons from the Lake Life collection were just perfect to complement my photos!

I started with an offset grid, using three pictures and three coordinating papers from the collection kit. I like how the grid is a little offset on the page, adding interest and helping keep the focus on the title. I matted my layout base of white cardstock on the B side of the 'Row your Oar' paper because the green was the perfect match for the title - The Great Outdoors.

I backed my pics with the teal blue paper called 'Lakes Vibes' and then cut my other 3 papers to match the size of the backed photos.

 

I really wanted to make the title a highlight of the page so I framed the title with a little flower cluster, with epoxy for shine. I added the 'No Wifi, No Problem' ephemera phrase, because it was so perfect for my story. On this trip we lost cell coverage!

My next little cluster was of the cute trees, the 'Fresh Air' word ephemera and the 'explore' tab. I added the little yellow arrow to tie in with the sun and flowers in the other clusters.

I finished the page with a little cross stitch stamp in blue ink. I also added in the teal heart. I adore the hearts Bella Blvd has in each of their collections. They are so cute.

Finally, I used some of the Doohickey stickers layered up and Icon Ephemera to complete the last cluster. How adorable is that little polkadot sun? I'm really happy with how the page turned out. I had some extra embellishments on the page but went back and removed them as the goal was to keep this one clean and simple! I hope you get a chance to play in your craft space today.

Lake Life Collection

Collection Kit

Doohickey Stickers

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy stickers