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She She | My Candy Girl & Bella Besties | Niki Rowland with Process Video

Hey everyone, Niki here today and I have another layout and process video to share for Bella Blvd. My assignment today was to use the new collection My Candy Girl and mix it with Bella Besties.

I really loved the chevron paper from the My Candy Girl collection and was totally inspired to use this colour scheme today. It contains light pink, turquoise and teal, which in Bella Blvd colours translate to Cotton Candy, Ice & Gulf. So I pulled out three sheets of the Hearts & Ombre paper in those colours and set about making a grid design on a white background.

 

I started off cutting a strip of Cotton Candy which I trimmed into four squares. I distressed the edges of each and placed them on the layout. I did the same with the chevron paper. I carried on with the Ice and Gulf papers too. The Cotton Candy and Gulf squares were placed heart side up whilst the Ice paper was placed ombre side up. This was so I had a mix of patterns on my little squares.

I machine stitched around a few of the squares and I also popped some up on foam pads.

I then added my photo together with a cluster of embellishments on the right side of the layout. I used lots of chipboard and ephemera from the My Candy Girl collection. I was careful to only use the colours in my colour scheme. I had an area of empty space on my photo so I added my title using Florence Alphabet stickers in Ice colour to this part of the photo. My little boy who is 2 and my daughter who is 10 are really the best of friends – he adores her and this photo is of them walking home after school pick up, him in the stroller and her walking beside him, and they are holding hands. This melts my heart! He can’t say her same Sophie properly yet, and calls her ‘She She’ instead which is completely adorable and I’m really pleased to have finally documented this story on this layout.

I decided my squares needed a little something extra so punch hearts using a heart punch out of the same papers for each row. I punched two hearts per square and layered them up. I stuck the together, fanned up the sides and also stitched through them on my sewing machine.

I finished off with puffy stickers from the Trinkets sets and also added some enamel hearts and some splatters of white paint. Here's another look at the finished layout:

Thank you so much for joining me today, enjoy the video above and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used: My Candy Girl collection: 12x12 papers, Chipboard, Ephemera

Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre: Cotton Candy, Ice & Gulf

Trinkets: Ice & Gulf, Cotton Candy, Peep & Punch

Florence Alphabet Stickers: Ice

Enamel Hearts

Pennants: Girl 

Father's Day Week Day 4 | Sarah

Happy Thursday to all you Bella fans! Father's Day is almost here, and so I wanted to create a layout featuring none other than my own father, and my children's grandfather.

The To the Moon collection was my go to for this layout, and I wanted to incorporate some Bella Bestie goodness too. Here's what I came up with:

For my background paper, I used one from the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre collection. I love that this collection pack comes with a variety of colors - one side is hearts and the other side is ombre. They make for great backgrounds.

I wanted to use a couple of photos for this layout, so I placed them below the Clear Cuts Blueberry Chevies sheet. I love that it coordinates perfectly with the To the Moon collection. Also, do you spy some Heart Hugs?! These ones also work so well with this collection! This is one of the reasons I love Bella Blvd collection - so many of the collections and embellishments go so well together!

And I'm sure you know by now I'm a fan of using the Florence alphabet stickers, so I added it to my title! I also added some letters from the Doohickey sheet to add the word "dad" and "2020".

The puffy stickers are great too! They helped embellish and add to the overall look of my layout. When in doubt, add more fun little puffy stickers, hehe. In the below photo, you'll see that I added them off to the side of my embellishment clusters.

Also, let's talk about these To the Moon pennants! Aren't they adorable?! I love the felt look, and can you believe they have adhesive backs. Super easy to use!

Okay, that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you to create something today. As always, thanks for letting me share my work with you, and thanks for following along.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

To The Moon: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Boy Pennants, Puffy Stickers; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre 12x12 Paper Pack; Legacy Collection: Florence Alphabet Stickers; Clear Cuts: Blueberry Chevies; Heart Hugs: Rainy Day; Washi Tape

My Candy Girl & Bella Besties Week Day 3 | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello everyone!

Welcome to a new day of MY CANDY GIRL & BELLA BESTIES week.  Nathalie with you today to share some inspiration using this amazing combination of collections.   I just love the colors of the collection; so, my project is just an ode to the color palette, and that awesome cupcake cart ephemera!

 

 

I started the page with the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre ICE paper for the base.  I had a series of photos of my little one ( Goddaughter) with a new cupcake cart toy ( this was a present from us after finishing her first school year).   My choice was to keep the pictures as a film strip and just play with color around it

 

 

I used a few of My Candy GIrl patterned paper to create a few layers of paper behind the picture ( I am using lots of red and pink to contrast with the blue background).  I fussy cut a few donut images from the NOT SHARING paper.  I mixed these with ephemera icons and stickers to create a cluster at the top left corner of the pictures ( the Bella bows are perfect to add texture and a finishing touch to tags).

 

 

I pulled the Girl Pennant set, to bring more of the felt texture to the page.  This time, I colored the small wood sticks with white acrylic paint, then glued them to the bottom right of the photo strip.  The small bow ephemera is just perfect to keep these together.

 

 

Once, I set the picture on the  background, I added the scalloped edge chipboard, as well as one of the border stickers from the Doohickey stickers to anchor my page.   I used the top line of  the piece to add my title -a combination of stickers and chipboard stickers).  I added a bit of foam adhesive behind the cupcake cart ephemera and capped my title with it!  A few more of the fussy cut donut images, complete this page!

 

 

I love how this turned out!  Lots of color to celebrate my little one.  Make sure you check the collections, you are going to love all you can create with them!

 

XO

 

BELLA BLVD SUPPLIES:

MY CANDY GIRL COLLECTION:  patterned paper, ephemera, doohickey stickers, chipboard stickers

BELLA BESTIES Hearts & Ombre:  ICE

BELLA BOWS:  Baby Girl

BELLA PENNANTS:  Girl

BELLA TRINKETS: White

 

 

 

My Candy Girl Week Day 5 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today and I am super excited to share this new layout with y'all!!  The brand new My Candy Girl collection is AH-MAZING and I had so much fun creating with it!  I paired it with the new "Hello Sweetheart" cut file.  You can find all of the Bella Blvd cut files in the Silhouette Design Store here.  They are always adding new ones so make sure to keep an eye out for them!  Let's get to my layout!

 

 

I was super inspired by Emilie Chamel and one of her recent layouts where she took a similar striped patterned paper and trimmed it down, roughed up the edges and used it as her base.  So when I saw the "B" side of the Bubble Beauty 12x12 patterned paper, I thought I would give that same technique a try.  And wow, do I love the end result!!  I adhered all of the distressed pieces to some textured white cardstock and ran it through my sewing machine using matching thread for each color.  The texture and dimension just makes me so happy!

 

 

Next, I cut the Hello Sweetheart cut file out on another piece of textured white cardstock and backed the letters using the patterned papers from the collection.  I popped the whole thing up on foam and adhered it to the striped piece I was previously working on.  I then matted my photo with a few other patterned papers and tucked it into the cut file.  

 

 

I went through the Ephemera pieces and pulled out an adorable bear, a banner and some other pieces to embellish with.  I added the banner piece right on top of the cut file and created other embellishment clusters around the rest of my layout.  I popped a few pieces up on foam and even used some Florence Alphas in Peep to add a cute little subtitle with one of the Ephemera Words.  

 

 

I love adding the smaller details towards the end of my process so I pulled out the new Puffy Stickers in Sugar Coating and the adorable Epoxy Sprinkles mix.  I added those into my clusters and I just love the extra pops of color it gives each one!  

 

 

I just love how fun and cheerful this layout turned out!

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Have you had a chance to pickup this collection yet?  It's so fun to work with and don't forget to check out the Bella cut files, there are so many cute ones!  See you next time friends!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

My Candy Girl Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera, Epoxy Sprinkles, Sugar Coating Puffy Stickers and Girl Pennant;  Bella Besties: Florence Alphas in Peep;  Bella Blvd Cut File: Hello Sweetheart

Cut Outs Week - Tegan

Hi, is everyone enjoying Cut-Outs Week?! I sure know I am!

I love that Bella Blvd offers the Cut-Outs. Sure, I love cutting out words and images using my electronic die cut machine, but sometimes I just don't have the time. Or sometimes (welp!) my machine just isn't working correctly for some reason. The Cut Outs are also great for taking to crops! On today's layout I used the Love You Lots Cut-Out with the Squeeze the Day and Home Sweet Home collections. Come take a look! 

I first backed the Cut-Out with some fun papers from the Squeeze the Day and Home Sweet Home Collections. On the first heart here, I then hand cut out a smaller heart using the Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Plum. I then layered the middle of this heart with a green Heart Hug, a Home Sweet Home ephemera piece, and black Puffy Star Stickers. I love all of the dimension! 

Here I used the Squeeze the Day Pick You (cherries) and Fruit Salad Patterned Papers to back the letters of the Cut-Out. I then embellished the heart with floral ephemera pieces from the Home Sweet Home Collection. I love that all of the Bella Blvd collections mix and match so effortlessly! 

For this Cut-Out, I again used my favorite Home Sweet Home and Squeeze the Day Patterned Papers . I then hand cut a smaller heart from the Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper in Punch. I again added a yellow Heart Hug, ephemera piece, and Puffy Stars to draw attention to the heart! 

I love using the Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers as a background... here I used it in Black. I added a strip of black hearts to the top for a little added interest. I love how all of the colors pop against the gray and black! What is your favorite Bella Blvd Cut-Out?! I don't know if I can name just one! 

Fun fact: The Love You Lots Cut-Out comes as one large piece. I cut the 3 words a part and just used 'LOVE' and 'You' on this layout!

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the amazing Bella Blvd Cut Outs for your next layout! 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Cut Outs: Love You Lots

Home Sweet Home Collection: Mosaic Tile Patterned Paper, Welcome Home Patterned Paper, Ephemera Die Cuts

Squeeze the Day Collection: Fruit Salad Patterned Paper, Pick You Patterned Paper, Zesty Patterned Paper, Fruity Hearts Patterned Paper, Cloud Acrylic Shape, Ephemera Die Cuts

Heart Hugs: Sunshine

Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers: Black, Plum

 

Winter Week Day 6 | Patricia

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  So happy to be here with Dorymar to share how we are using Fa La La and Bella Besties in our Winter themed projects with you today.  I'm using my Traveler's Notebook sized Life Crafted album for this project.  I pulled lots of blues, a little aqua, green, and even lavender to give me the cool Winter colors.  From Fa La La pattern papers I pulled Christmas Village and All I want for Christmas, and from Bella Besties I pulled Blueberry, Ice, Gulf, and Plum.  To create a Winter texture to my background, I used the Geometric Hexagon background cut file from white cardstock.  I focused on backing the background along one row of Hexagons using the pattern papers I selected with an ombre feel, but adding a pop of the green pattern paper in the center of each one.  For my title, I couldn't resist using the Huddle Up cut file to go with our New Year's family walk.  To make my title pop more against the background, I backed it and trimmed it to fit against the Plum Bella Besties Ombre side.

For my journaling, I typed on white cardstock and trimmed it to put at the bottom to flow with the design.  Then to finish this, I continued pulling cool Winter colors from Aria Alphabet Stickers in Blueberry, Florence Alphabet Stickers in Plum, Fa La La Chipboard, Die Cuts and Bella Pops, Snow Designer Washi, Pennants Shapes, and Puffy Star Stickers in Cotton Candy.

Even though it rarely snows and looks more like Fall where I live in the Winter time, you can still create Winter themed projects by pulling cool Winter colors.  Hope you give this a try in your next Winter project!

Cut Outs Week Day 2 | Patricia

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  Today, I'm using the Over the Rainbow Cut Outs in my Heidi Swapp Storyline Chapters Scrapbook.  The pages are about 7.25x9 to give you an idea.  I used the full rainbow, trimming it to go across both pages, and trimming just the tip off to give it more of a 'floating' feel.  Since I'm using the Over the Rainbow Cut Outs, I went with the ombre side of Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Oyster to really make the rainbow colors pop.  

I printed my photos to about 3x4, then placed under each of the clouds, trimmed and adhered.  I happened upon this selfie of my 12-year old on my phone, and with her almost being a teenager, the rainbow was a perfect to fit to her changing personality.  I backed the rainbow part of the Cut Outs with Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Pickle Juice, McIntosch, Plum, Ice, Bell Pepper, and Orange.  I filled these areas with coordinating colors from Guacamole DooDads; Florence Alphabet Stickers in McIntosch, Bell Pepper, Ice, and Pickle Juice; Trinkets in Bell Pepper, Blueberry, Plum, McIntosch, and Orange.

The Over the Rainbow Cut Outs comes with a separate row of clouds.  I decided to trim them in half, and tuck them under my Oyster Bella Besties paper on either side for a tone on tone texture to the edges.

To finish, I used the Hotness Acrylic Word, Pennants, and the Trinkets in Black.

Loved using the Cut Outs!  My first time too.  They are so nice to have ready to go, and then gives you so many options to use them.  So try them out as I did here by using photos behind parts of the Cut Outs, fill the rest with Bella Besties and coordinating colors, then use some of the Cut Outs tucked under your background pattern paper for a tone on tone and textured look!  Have fun and hope you share!

Cut File Week Day 6: Fall is for Football Games | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here and I am wrapping up cut file week over here at Bella Blvd!  My youngest son, Elijah just started football and he is loving it!  I had taken a photo of him after his first game and I couldn't wait to document it.  I went to the Silhouette Design Store and browsed through the Bella Blvd cut files and chose the Football Games one since it was perfect for my photo!  Here's what I came up with and I hope that you like it!

 

 

First, I cut the cut file out on a piece of white textured cardstock from my stash.  Then, in my Silhouette Software I duplicated the cut file and released the compound path so that I could have the solid piece of the cut file and cut it using the Hearts and Ombre paper in Black.  To create the backing pieces of the cut file, I offset each one and arranged them on my cutting mat so that I could have each letter cut using different colors of the new Hearts and Ombre papers.  I chose the colors in McIntosh, Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Ice and Guacamole.  Once everything was finished cutting, I glued everything together and moved onto the next step.  

 

 

Here's another shot of the backed cut file.  Before I adhered the cut file to another piece of plain white cardstock, I added a few Shimmerz Paints paint splatters around the whole page to give my background a bit more interest.

 

 

I decided to use the Let's Go On An Adventure collection for this layout.  I thought it had a lot of elements that would work on this football layout since they're both outdoor related.  My sons schools colors are red, white and gray and I thought the color scheme of the collection worked perfectly for it.  I backed my photo using some patterned papers from the collection and embellished using some of the Ciao Chip chipboard stickers around the photo.  I thought the fox from the ephemera icons was super cute, especially since it was wearing a red scarf!

 

 

I added a floral ephemera piece on the other side of the photo and decided to create another embellishment cluster on that side.  I grabbed a red and white pennant and adhered that down since it matched his uniform.  I added the word 'cheer' right on top using the Florence Alphas in McIntosh to create a little subtitle of 'cheer crew'.  To add even more pops of color, I sprinkled the new Trinkets Puffy heart stickers in Bell Pepper around my page.  

 

 

For my title, I added some of the new Aria Puffy Alphas in McIntosh, Ice and Guacamole. I finished this page off by adding in some tangled thread.  I love how this layout turned out!  It's so colorful and fun! 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way and hope that you'll check out the Bella Blvd cut files available in the Silhouette Design Store.  There are a few new ones that were just added!  Thanks again for being here and I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Let's Go On An Adventure:  Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Stickers, Ephemera Icons and Doohickey Stickers; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Papers in Black, Guacamole, McIntosh, Ice, Bell Pepper and Blueberry; Aria Puffy Alphas in Ice, McIntosh and Guacamole; Florence Alphas in McIntosh; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Bell Pepper; Word Salad Booklet.  

 

 

 

NSD Family Fun Layout and Pocket Page | Patricia

Happy National Day Bella Blvd Friends!!!  Besides Traveler's Notebook size scrapbooking, I love 6x8 layouts with pockets.  I get my love of layouts with the addition of pockets to help tell the story more.  When working with the smaller scale, using the large 12x12 and 6x6 pattern papers creates a nice contrast.  For my first 4x6 pocket on the left, I used a 6x6 Squeeze the Day paper to create the base of my card, then layered more 6x6 trimmed paper over it.  Next, I layered Squeeze the Day ephemera Icons and Splash Zone Ephemera.  To go along with my story of our family at the zoo, I added the Outdoors Pennant.  

I used a larger photo in the bottom 4x6 pocket, trimming it a little bit smaller to layer pattern paper and stickers to frame it, and then added a cluster of ephemera and an epoxy heart.  All of this helps break up the large photo and give it more color.

My right side is the 6x8 layout.  I used the larger scale of the same black pattern paper I used on the left to back my white background.  For the background of my layout, I used the Squeeze the Day hearts cut file, duplicating it to create a larger pattern, then backed several of the hearts with the 6x6 Squeeze the Day Paper Pad.

Before adhering anything, I pencil where I want my journaling, send it through the typewriter to type it up, then begin adhering everything into place.  I used more of the Splash Zone and Squeeze the Day Ephemera, and then finished it off with a Black & White Heart Hugs and an acrylic word.

Hope this gives you more ideas of how to incorporate mixing the different scales of the 12x12 and 6x6 pattern papers, how to create a layout with the addition of pockets, and using and altering the Bella Blvd cut files to create the design you want!  Happy NSD friends!!! 

Transform 6x6 papers into a cute Mini Book by Kim Watson

Mini books are fabulous right?

Well, I decided to challenge myself using this week's theme by taking some 6x6 paper pieces & transforming them into a cute mini book. 

'Wanna' see the result?

Sunny Days Mini Book by Kim Watson

Using 'Splash Zone' collection means this little book is perfect to capture our fave summer photos. The colors, icons & hot summery vibe makes this mini book a winner.

Below I will explain how simple it is to make one for yourself.

 

Step #01

• Cut four 6"x6" OR two 12"x6" pieces of white card stock & score them at 3" intervals, then fold into a concertina.

 

Step #02

• Join the pieces into one long 24x6" strip using washi tape. 
• Cut a variety of 6x6" patterned paper to make 'pockets.
• Cut out some 3x4" journal cards from the Daily Details Sheet, trim them to 2.75"x4", to enable them to fit on the pages better.
• Cut some 2.75x5" tags from card stock or patterned paper to slip into your pockets.

Step #03

• Fold the patterned paper pocket pieces in half & stitch them closed, then adhere them to the mini book pages.

 

 

Step #04

• Work on your cover. I stitched a piece of white chevron acetate to white card stock, creating a great base for the other elements.
• Layer chipboard icons, ephemera & ephemera words together to create a fun cover.

 

Step #05

• Now for the inside pages. Add little flaps, attaching them with washi tape.
• Make space for photos & journaling.
• Use word stickers & ephemera to decorate.

 

Step #06

• Little details & sentiment stickers will prompt the photos you need to print out for each page.

 

Are you as excited about the final book as I am? I mean seriously, who would have guessed that a few 6x6" pieces of paper & embellishments could have ended up so cute! I really, really hope you are inspired to try & make one for yourself. There will be a video walk through of the book on my instagram account soon, so check it out. 

If you'd like to buy some of the 'Splash Zone' products for yourself, follow the links below to the Bella online store. 

Love ya all <3 <3 

 

 

Splash Zone (all products), Splash Zone Collection kit 

 

 

Fun in the Sun Summer Scrapbooking Layout

Hi everyone! Heather Leopard is here with a fun in the sun summer scrapbooking layout that is an outcome of a happy accident.

So here's the layout featuring my youngest and one of her besties at the water park. Any guess what my happy accident was? I wanted to use an acrylic sentiment on the page and while I was looking for the perfect word, I noticed the pennants that are part of the Splash Zone collection. I struggle with using the pennants so I decided to face my fear head on and feature them in my design along with my acrylic word. "play" (love is chipboard).  

To create this layout, I measured the pennants and then drew some in my Silhouette design software. I sized them down and created 3 different sizes. I thought about laying them out across the page, making several rows of them but then I decided to put them in a large circle.

To create the perfect circle, I measured the length of the pennant and then cut a circle from the middle of the page so that the pennants would fit horizontally and vertically on the page.  Then, I started placing the felt and paper pennants around the perimeter of the circle.

Once the pennants were in place, I started thinking about what background I may want to use. I tried clouds, waves and plaids. It wasn't until I placed the large yellow plaid behind the circle that it dawned on me that I had created the perfect sun! Commence the happy accident dance!

I stitched the background and pennants to the page using my sewing machine and then I also stitched additional rays between the pennants because it felt like it was still missing something.

I then added the photo with layers of papers and embellishments in the lower left and then decided to extend the story up into the sun, finishing it off with some chipboard splashed at the top. And the finishing touch was the acrylic word, "play" on the layout.

I just love this happy accidental design and hope you do too.  

Splash Zone collection, Plaids & Dotty, Acrylic Word: Explore & Play, So In Love Chipboard, Pennants: Summer, Today; Bella Bows; DooDad Enamel Dots: Milk