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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

GUEST DESIGNER: Maryám Pérez Back Again!

Hello Friends! How are you today? It’s Maryám Pérez here to share two more projects using the amazing Let’s Go On an Adventure Collection!

For my first project, I have created a layout using one of the Bella Blvd cut files. The one I used is called Mountains (ID #291770) and you can find it here. What I did was cut the part of the mountain only and then add some hand stitching around it. Once I have that done, I created a kind of a scene at the top part of my layout. I wanted to recreate the background of the photo I was using so I put some trees, a sun, and some clouds.

For the title, I used one of the die-cuts that says “Going for a walk” that matched the theme of my page perfectly. In the end, I added my journaling telling the story about that day and also put some puffy stars and enamel dots.

The finished page:

 

For my second project, I created another layout, and this time I used a big panoramic photo and created a cluster of embellishments vertically. I included some stickers hearts, little felt bows, some words sticker, and in the end, added some pink ink splatters.

For the title, I used an acrylic word that says “At the lake” that went totally perfect with this photo! Seriously, this collection was perfect for each and every one of my photos!!

Here is my finished page:

 

I hope these projects have inspired you to create something new. Thank you so much Bella Blvd for having me! I really enjoyed creating with this collection. Make sure you pick up these Bella Blvd pieces so you can document your own adventures - you just plain need it!

Thank you for reading this post and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Maryám

Yummy! | Erica Thompson

Hello and Happy Grilled Cheese Day! Yes that is right it is National Grilled Cheese Day! We love grilled cheese in our home and we have it for dinner at least a couple times a month in the winter! Grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup is so good on the cold nights! We like our sandwiches extra cheesy! So to document my love for for this scrumptious sandwich I created a fun layout using some fun Bella Blvd products!

I started with an alpha cut file from The Cut Shoppe and backed it with papers I pulled from my stash of Bella scraps! I love that matching papers is so easy to do with all the Bella products! I cut the word YUMMY out with some white card stock and the colors I used to back the file are some of my favorite!

Pink, yellow, blue, black and white! Yes! Perfect color combo in my eyes! I pulled some embellishments from different collections to match these colors mainly using 12x12 sticker sheets.

I did a little swapping out of colors on the felt banner! I wanted to add the pink heart to the black banner and it was very easy to swap it out! I love how it looks on this layout! I added on of the Little Bits word stickers to it as well!

I added a heart from one of the 12x12 sticker sheets to the right of my photo and tucked under a yellow heart hug for another pop of color! I pulled out some stickers from the Word Salad booklet and added some staples for some texture as well!

Here is a look at my completed layout and you can see my process video HERE on my YouTube channel!

Oreo Black Little Bits, Word Salad Cardstock Stickers, Oh My Starts 12x12 Fundamentals, Star Student 12x12 Treasures&Text, Papers from Oh My Stars, Wish Big, Popsicle's& Pandas, She Loves Color Exclusive, Bella Pennants, Heart Hugs

 

Cute Girl

Good morning everyone!

Sarah here today to share a new layout made using Bella's cute little felt Pennants. I think these are fun to play with and add some texture to your layouts.

I had my pictures picked out and printed in a photo strip, then went through all the pennants I had and pulled all the ones I wanted to use with these picture of my sweet little niece. Once I knew what pennants I was going to use, it made it really easy for me to go through the different collections and pull papers in those colors. Once I had pulled papers from different collections, I cut four different circles out of four different papers and at different sizes so I could layer them.

I adhered my circle layers down and placed them in the middle of my layout, laid my photos on top of them and grabbed my pennants. I placed them on the sides of my photo strip and thought it needed something more. Then I remembered the wooden sticks that came with the pennants and pulled them out. I laid them in different places on my layout behind where my photos would be. I moved them around a few times, but I liked where they were so I checked with my photos and was happy. I glued them down, added a white mat to my photo and then went to added the pennants. Since the wooden sticks added some dimension, I added a little bit of foam adhesive to the parts of the pennants that hung off the sides.

I decided that I wanted more circles on my layout, So I grabbed my circle punches and went to popping out circles of different patterns. You can't see it too much on this layout, but the smallest layer in the layered circles is the one with (what looks like) white diamonds on it, so I punched a few of those out in the white paper I had already used and in the black paper that had the same pattern. I placed the punched circles around the layout until I was happy and liked how it looked. Once I did this, I decided I wanted to pull that black diamond paper in, so I added a strip to the top and bottom of my layout. I ruffled up the edges of my papers, I'm really liking this right now lol. I added a few of the cute word salad stickers here and there, grabbed some sequins from my stash and finished the layout off with a little bit of shine!

Thanks so much for stopping by and seeing what I did today, cant wait to see what y'all do with the adorable Pennants!!

 Pennants: Shapes, Island Escape, Love, Mom Life, Girl

Wish Big Collection: Party Animal, Cakes&Crowns, Birthday Song

Mom Life Collection: Jammies All Day, Exclusive Collection Kit Bonus pattern

Word Salad cardstock sticker booklet