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Fun in the Pool Layout Using My Life 365 June Collection and Luna Puffy Alphas

Hello friend! It's Rebeca Ruiz with a Summer/Daddy layout using the gorgeous My Life 365 collection. The focus of this week is to create a summer project using the June products in My Life 365 and mix them with other Bella Besties products, including the Puffy Luna Alphas. It was a bit challenging for me to create this layout because I'm a paper lover, and this collection features two sheets of patterned paper, one of which has cut-apart elements, which is amazing for embellishing the layout and adding borders and words. 

I chose two photos of my husband and daughters, and since the products have summer and dad elements, I decided to mix both themes to create a layout to celebrate him. For the background, I'm using white cardstock. In the upper part, behind the photos, I added a Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Ink diluted in water to add color and interest there. Then, I cut three strips of the blue patterned paper with waves and fussy cut around them to give movement to the layout. For dimension, I used foam them in the lower edge of the strips. Above the blue strips, I added other strips of paper to create contrast and add color to the layout.

To mat the photos, I used the Bella Besties 6x6 Gingham and Strips Rainbow pad. For one of them, I used the orange gingham pattern, and for the other, the green striped pattern. I left a border on the bottom to make them look like a Polaroid photo.

After that, I started embellishing the layout. On the right photo I made a bow using white crochet thread. In the lower corner, I made a cluster using a die cut from the Ephemera Icons and a few puffy stickers. The blue splash on the side and the two phrases were fussy cut from the cut-apart paper. The blue tab is a die cut from the Ephemera Words pack. As a little detail, I used an epoxy red heart on top of the "I Love You" phrase to make it cuter.

 

Between the two photos, I added a die cut sun using foam tape.

For the title, I used the Luna Orange Puffy Alphas to create the word "fun". Then, to complete the layout, I fussy cut the other part of the title from the cut-apart paper. To give it a resting place, I cut the waves border into two parts and arranged it under the title using foam tape. The border is part of the Ephemera Icons pack. The teal drops on the left of the title are from My Life 365 Puffy Stickers.

Finally, I added the strips of journaling. The layout was nice, but I feel it was lacking something. This is when I reduced the white cardstock to 11" x 11", distressed the edge, then matted it with a navy Bella Besties Dotted cardstock. With this change, the layout looks more artistic and has a better finish.  After all that, I made a border around the layout using a black pen and a ruler. Now I'm happy with the layout, so I called it done!

Thank you very much for your visit. I hope you like this layout as much as I do, and it inspires you to craft. Don't forget to come back soon for more inspiration using Bella Blvd products!

Products used:

My Life 365 Collection Kit

My Life 365 Ephemera Icons

My Life 365 Ephemera Words

My Life 365 Epoxy Stickers

My LIfe 365 Puffy Stickers

Bella Besties Luna Puffy Alphabet Orange

Bella Besties 12x12 Graph and Dots Rainbow

Bella Besties 6x6 Gingham and Stripes Rainbow

 

 

My Lucky Charm | Brianna Estrella | My Life 365 + Bella Besties Gingham and Stripes

Hey friends! Brianna here today and I'm so happy to share another layout using more of the My Life 365 collection. This week, we are pairing it with the Bella Besties Gingham and Stripes 12x12 paper. We are working with the March section of the collection and it was so fun to work with. Here's my page: 

When I went through the Gingham and Stripes papers, I chose colors that would match the March section of the collection. I ended up choosing Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper and Ice since it matched the blues in my photo. For the base of my layout, I chose the Luck Of The Irish paper. I then took a second piece of that paper and trimmed it down to a 9.25x9.25 size and adhered a piece of white cardstock sized at a 9x9 right on top of that.  The Luck Of The Irish paper is printed with the phrase 'Lucky and Blessed' and it was the perfect foundation for this layout about my sweet girl. 

To bring in the Gingham and Stripes papers, I took a couple of flower punches and punched some flowers out. I lifted up the edges and then layered and adhered them on the bottom left and top right corners of the squares. It was super simple and easy but it really adds so much to the page. 

 

I wanted to add some color to the white cardstock so I did some ink blending with a few Distress Oxide inks in coordinating colors. I then matted my photo using the B side of the March paper and adhered it down. For my title, I chose the 'Lucky' phrase from the Ephemera Words and added onto it using some Luna Alphas in Black, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper, Orange and Guacamole. Annie girl really is my lucky charm!

Next, I went through the Ephemera Icons and the Puffy Stickers and adhered the March items around the page. There's a few florals and of course, some fun shamrocks!

Lastly, I added a few small phrase Doohickey Stickers and some Epoxy dots. This is such a fun and festive page and I'm so happy with how it turned out. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way. The My Life 365 collection is perfect to document so many of your memories throughout the year. I'm really enjoying working with each month and sharing my pages with y'all.  See you in my next post friends!

xo, Brianna

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: My Life 365 Collection: March 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Epoxy Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and Puffy Stickers. Bella Besties: Gingham and Stripes Papers in Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper and Ice; Luna Puffy Alphas in Black, Orange, Bell Pepper, Guacamole and Pickle Juice. 

Cheers Mini Layout | My Life 365 March | Tara Chaussee

Hi everyone! Tara here with a cute little project featuring the My Life 365 March products! At the end of last year I made this amazing mini album with all of the fabulous My Life 365 products and this mini scrapbook page was perfect to highlight my March section!

I had these fun photos from a trip to the Hofbräuhaus in Munich and I knew they would pair beautifully with the beer and cheers ephemera from the March products of this collection! Since I was working with a smaller page, I made the photos small as well and then placed them on my page in two vertical rows. I also used the Bella Besties Gingham and Stripes papers in coordinating green, yellow and orange.

Once I had my photos in place, I layered on a fun polka dot pattern from the March border paper along with strips of the gingham patterns and then several pieces of the March ephemera icons and words. I also added some tiny flower puffy stickers and tucked in some shiny green epoxy hearts!

This page looks so awesome in my March photo spread and I hope that this gives you some inspiration for your smaller albums! Thanks for stopping by the blog!

My Life 365 Products

March patterned papers, All Year Long Puffy Stickers, Ephemera Words and Icons

So Much Love Epoxy Stickers, Bella Besties Gingham and Stripes paper

Eyes on the Horizon with the March Bits of the My Life 365 Collection

Hiya scrappy friends! It's your LUCKY day as it's Suzanna here today to share with you a St Paddy's Day layout created with horizontal stripes and the March bits of the My Life 365 collection. For a little added color, I used coordinating colors from the Gingham & Stripes Bella Besties!

Let's take a look at the finished layout;

Stripes were cut from the March paper stripes as well as some created from the Luck of the Irish Paper and the Orange and Bell Pepper Gingham & Stripes. Various sizes are used for visual interest along with consideration of all the busy patterns and variation of color. My sewing machine was used for some different types of zig zag and straight stitching to add more contrast and black to these stripes. Additionally, I pulled up a couple of the edges to create shadow on the page.

The photos I used are a triptych vertical collage of my daughter and her natural food coloring cupcake in her St Patrick's Day green! I matted the photo with some of the Guacamole Stripes and used the thin strip of torn Gingham (just flipped over the Stripes) and put that at the top. Various ephemera words and bits, the March Bella-Pop (a red headed leprachuan, how cute) and the fussy cut rainbow with Lucky Day phrase adorn the page.

Beside the photos for more decor are two of the tags from the March page. I added orange bakers twine from my stash to one of the tags and some ephemera to the black tag for a little more yellow, probably the least dominant color in the collection.

Don't be afraid to create your own embellishments by fussy cutting elements as I did this Lucky Day rainbow. And layering, I love to layer, it adds a more personal touch to the same things everybody else has and uses. For this "cluster" I added a shamrock and the orange Smile phrase. Simple but enough.

We are lucky that Stephanie created this festive products for us to document our Lucky day, don't you think?! Lucky and blessed indeed! Thanks for stopping in today! ! See you back here next time. 

-Suzanna

Valentine's Day Fun with Bella Blvd My Life 365 Collection | Erica Thompson

Erica here, and I’m back with another layout featuring the Bella Blvd My Life 365 collection. For this project, I focused on the February products to create a fun Valentine-themed layout documenting Liam’s excitement over his box of chocolates. I loved playing with pinks, blacks, and whites to create a playful yet clean design.

 

 

I started with a piece of white textured cardstock, trimming it down slightly to create a layered look. To give it a finished touch, I used a black pen to hand-draw a simple frame around the edges of the cardstock. Next, I matted the white cardstock on three layers of patterned paper—two from Bella Besties and one from the My Life 365 collection. These layers add depth and color, creating a solid foundation for the layout.

 

 

Using leftover strips of patterned paper from previous layouts, I created a vertical cluster on the left side of the page. I distressed the edges of these strips for added texture and dimension, then layered and adhered them to the page. To add interest, I tucked in a scalloped border sticker, along with some tab die cuts from the My Life 365 collection.

 

 

For the photos, I created a 4x4 grid featuring four black-and-white photos of Liam. The black-and-white work beautifully with the pops of pink and red in the layout. I matted the photos on a mix of patterned papers from the My Life 365 collection and Bella Besties, making sure to layer colors and patterns that helped the photos stand out. I then adhered the photo grid slightly to the right of the vertical paper cluster.

 

 

I added a sticker to the top right corner of the photo mat. To the right of the photos, I created a cluster of embellishments using chipboard, die cuts, and stickers from the My Life 365 collection. I used foam adhesive to pop up some of these elements, adding fun dimension and making the cluster stand out. To bring extra shine and texture to the page, I incorporated epoxy stickers and enamel dots, which I scattered around the layout.

 

 

To complete the layout, I added journaling at the bottom of the embellishment cluster, documenting Liam’s excitement over his Valentine’s chocolates. I’m so happy with how this layout turned out! The mix of pinks, blacks, and whites makes for a fresh and fun Valentine-themed page. And yes, pink works wonderfully on layouts for boys—don’t be afraid to use it!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope this inspires you to create your own Valentine’s Day memories!

Love You Scrapbook Layout| Our Love Song | Brianna Estrella

Hey friends! Brianna here today and I'm so excited to share a new layout with y'all today using the Our Love Song collection. I LOVE this collection so much. The icons are adorable and the color palette is so fun. This week the Creative Team is using projects from the blog as inspiration. It was so hard to choose one since there are so many great projects over there. I did end up selecting this amazing page from Kirei:

Here's my layout:

 

To start, I cut 1x10 strips of the following papers: I Love You, Crazy For You, Skip A Beat and Volume Up. I distressed the edges and then set them aside. For my base, I took a piece of textured white cardstock and trimmed it down to an 11x11 and then adhered it to the B side of the Borders 12x12 paper. I love the pop of black and white on my background. Next, I arranged and adhered all of my strips down to that base.

I then popped up my photos on foam tape and arranged them in the center of my page. I also embellished at the top right corner of the photos using some Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Stickers and Ephemera Icons.

I wanted to embellish tone on tone like Kirei did in her layout so I pulled a lot of the florals from the Ephemera Icons pack and adhered them down to the coordinating paper strips. I also pulled in one of the adorable cassette tapes from the Playlist Bella Pop sticker. It's so cute!

For my title, I used a mix of two different phrases from the Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers and arranged it at the bottom right of my photo group.

 

Lastly, I added more Puffy and Epoxy Stickers using the tone on tone method. I tucked them between all of the florals and around my title. I love how it turned out!

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

xo, Brianna

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Our Love Song Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Epoxy Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Ephemera Words and Ephemera Icons.

Heart Day Layout | My Life 365 February | Tara Chaussee

Hi everyone! Tara here with Secretbees Studio and some Valentines Day inspiration! The Bella Blvd My Life 365 collection has papers, stickers and ephemera for every month of the year and February is all about hearts and love!

Of course for Valentines Day, I wanted to make a large heart for my layout and I wanted to give it a lot of visual interest. I combined 1/2" strips from all of the different patterned papers in the February collection, including all of the border strips on the cut-apart paper, with strips cut from all of the pink and red patterns of the Bella Besties collection and wove them together in a super cool montage! To add even more texture, I arched some sections of the strips before securing everything and cutting it in this large heart shape.

My woven heart was adhered to a stitched background of pink card stock and another pattern from the collection. Hopefully no one notices that iI put my heart on in the wrong direction, haha! I added only one picture to keep this beautiful heart the center of attention and then layered on all of the sweet embellishments from the February products!

The tiny Bella Blvd matte dots are from a few years ago but I had a large stash and knew they would be the perfect accent to the heart! I added a word tab to my photo along with a charming rainbow icon and shiny heart sticker. I love the effect of the large ephemera word and the single heart icon at the bottom of the photo!

I'm so glad you stopped by the blog today to see my Valentines Day project using the amazing February products from the My Life 365 collection! I hope this inspires you to think about using your patterned papers in different and creative ways!

My Life 365 Collection

February Products- patterned papers, Ephemera Icons and Words, Bella Pops

Bella Besties- Gingham and Strips, Dots and Graphs

 

Valentine's Day Handmade Cards | My Life 365 Collection

 

Welcome Bella friends... Annette Allen here with you today and I am sharing some fun Valentines cards using the new My Life 365 collection. Love is in the Air with Valine's day right around the corner. Did you know that the Bella Blvd My Life 365 collection is filled with holiday fun for each month? Make sure to check out the entire collection. 

 

 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

 

Take the My Life 365 February backer paper and adhere it to the top at an angle using liquid glue. We are going to leave a 1 1/2 inch open area on the card base so you can just eye where you need to glue the paper and trim off the access. Now measure a strip at an angle and adhere on the lower part of the card the same February backer paper using liquid glue. It does not need to be perfect, I just eyed it. I think it will look great no matter how wide your white space is. 

 

 

Trim down the tag from the February paper with the black and white polka dots and strips. We are doing to use the lower half of the tag only. 

 

Pick out these adorable Ephemera Icons and Ephemera Words from the My Life 365 collection and create a scene that makes you happy and loved. 

 

When creating your scene make sure to use foam tape when layering images. This helps to create dimension between the images and you can tuck other images behind if needed. 

 

I mean... how cute is that little bear hugging the Love You heart? 

 

Next up we have hearts galore with all the fun Bella Blvd patterns. 

 

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

 

Cut an A2 panel on the Bella Besties Gingham & Stripes Ice paper and adhere it to your card base using liquid glue.

 

Machine cut or die cut a basket or cross hatch on the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dots paper.

 

Machine cut or die cut mulitiple hearts two different sizes on the February backer paper, Freehand Graph & Dots paper and Gingham & Stripes paper. 

 

Hand cut one of the heart air balloons from the Sweet On You backer paper and the heart flower from the February backer paper. 

 

Now let's create the scene. I added the first heart using foam tape and started to layer using foam tape. 

 

Add more foam tape to the back of the background die cut only where the images are in the front so you can't see from the front and add it to the card. 

 

I added the BE MINE All Your Long Puffy Sticker to the design along with a So Much Love Epoxy sticker to the heart flower and finished with some Epoxy dots here and there. 

 

Lots of layering on this card, but don't you just love all those hearts? It is all about love for sure...

 

Bella Blvd My Life 365 Collection

 

February Paper

February Backer Paper

Sweet On You Backer Paper

Ephemera Icons

Ephemera Words

Epoxy Stickers

So Much Love Epoxy Stickers

All Year Long Puffy Stickers

Bella Besties Gingham & Stripes Ice Paper

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dots Paper

Bella Besties Gingham & Stripes paper

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a wonderful day full of crafty fun. 

Winter Mini Album! | My Life 365 January | Tara Chaussee

Hi everyone! It's Tara with Secretbees Studio! I don't know about you but here in Colorado we are in the thick of winter. It's been snowing and it is freezing outside- brrr. What better way to stay warm and cozy than to be inside crafting a cute little mini album. A ring bound mini like this one, created with the My Life 365 January papers and embellishments, is simple to create and oh so cute!

There are seven pages in this mini and each page, besides the 'Winter' tag, is a bit longer than the previous one. This makes for a super appealing look when the album is all stacked together! I used a combination of the tags, journal cards and die cuts to create the pages which also include a couple of photo flips and a pocket with tags!

One of my favorite parts of this collection are the adorable penguin icons! There are many featured in this mini along with some of the other charming embellishments too!

Even though red is not necessarily a January color, there are pops of it in the papers and die cuts of the collection so I did include some of the red patterned papers from the Bella Besties collection as well! I also added in plenty of red sentiments and even a tiny heart sticker from the Luna Alphabet!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I hope this project brings a bit of cheer to your wintery day!

My Life 365 Collection

January patterned papers, ephemera words and icons

puffy stickers, ciao chipboard

Sweater Weather Scrapbook Layout | Brianna Estrella | My Life 365 + Luna Alphas

Hey friends! Brianna here today and I'm so happy to share another layout using the My Life 365 collection. This week, the Creative Team is pairing the January portion of the collection with the Luna Alphas in a creative way.  Here's what I came up with: 

To start, I chose my Luna Alpha colors first. I ended up choosing McIntosh, Blueberry and Pink. I thought those matched my photos and the January section the best. I wanted to highlight them in a fun way so I cut out three 2x10 inch rectangles inside a piece of white cardstock.  I then carefully traced them on another piece of white cardstock so that I could use those lines as a guide to fill in each rectangle with the Luna Alphas. I filled each one and then I added foam tape all over the rest of that page. Next, I lined up the other piece of white cardstock that I cut the rectangles out of and adhered it right over my base.

I wanted each of the rectangle boxes to stand out a bit so I drew in some black lines around each one. Simple and effective!

Next, I matted my photo strip using a scrap of the Snow Much Fun paper and then backed it with a few tags that I fussy cut from the January paper. I added some white twine through each one as well. 

I then added a third tag to the bottom left corner of my page and adhered the 'January' die cut from the Ephemera Words pack right next to it.

I started to embellish the rest of my page by sprinkling in a few Ephemera Words and Icons pieces as well as some Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Stickers in McIntosh, Peep and Blueberry. I love this color palette so much!

Here's one last look at this snowy page!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way! If you're looking for some creative and fun ideas to use up your alpha stickers, tune in each day this week for some inspiration from the Creative Team. See you next time friends!

xo, Brianna

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: My Life 365 Collection: January Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and Epoxy Stickers; Bella Besties: Trinket Puffy Stickers and Luna Alphas in McIntosh, Blueberry and Peep

Winter Fun with Bella Blvd My Life365 Collection | Erica Thompson

Hi, friends! Erica here, and I’m back with another layout featuring the My Life 365 collection from Bella Blvd. This winter-inspired layout captures a fun snow day with Liam, and I absolutely love how the pops of red, cozy elements, and distressed details bring this design to life.

 

 

I started with a piece of white cardstock, trimming it down slightly and matting it onto a 12x12 piece of Bella Besties pattern paper. To add texture and visual interest, I distressed the edges of the white cardstock and created two small tears—one at the top and one at the bottom. I folded the edges of these tears down to expose the color of the paper underneath.

 

 

Using January products from the Bella Blvd. My Life 365 collection, I added a horizontal strip of patterned paper across the center of the page. To give the design more depth and contrast, I layered a smaller strip of patterned paper beneath the main strip, letting the colors and patterns peek out at the top and bottom edges. At the top edge of the strip, I adhered a border sticker from the Doohickey sticker sheet for added detail.

 

 

The focal point of this layout is two photo strips featuring Liam enjoying his snow day. I matted the photos on coordinating patterned papers to create a cohesive look and bring in vibrant pops of color. To frame the photo area, I tucked in tags and tabs at the top of the photo strips. I tied a small piece of twine through one of the tags for some added texture. The bright red in Liam’s hat and gloves inspired me to add small pops of red throughout the layout using stickers and embellishments from the collection.

 

 

I added a fun snowman die cut and the “Winter” title from the My Life 365 ephemera pack. To create a fun cluster, I layered various stickers, die cuts, a small section of the border sticker, and some epoxy embellishments around the title. To complete the layout, I added journaling strips along the bottom of the layout. In the areas where I had created the distressed tears, I tucked in puffy sticker snowflakes, and enamel embellishments to add texture and interest.

 

 

I love how this layout turned out! The combination of distressed edges, wintery elements, and bold pops of red make this page perfect for documenting a snowy day. The Bella Blvd My Life 365 collection is such a versatile and fun collection, and I hope this layout inspires you to get creative with your winter memories.