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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

Hooray 13th!

Welcome to Monday friends! Kim Watson here with my first blog post for the week. Today I am going to show you a cool way to use the Bella Blvd felt pennants. Having a teen boy in the house means I need to adjust my scrapping style from cutesy, to something more trendy, knowing Max & his friends will be looking at his albums.

Hooray 13th! by Kim Watson

My starting point was the paper layers; I loved the idea of folded pieces like large flags. They are perfectly party-like & festive...perfect to capture my 13 yr old's birthday. Mixed with layers of other birthday related items, truly made this page a pleasure to put together. 

Multiple layers of machine stitching worked perfectly to attach the paper pieces to the background page, after which I started adding stickers & die cuts. Don't you love how dimensional the details look by not creasing them flat?

The title is the fun part. By using a mixture of puffy stickers & sentiment labels, I was able to create a fun, colorful focal point. By arranging the items to finish on the same line, it made the perfect grouping to support my journaling. 

I was determined to use the acrylic word 'birthday' and in keeping with the trendy design, tried an unconventional position and slipped it next to the photo, under some of the paper layers. Positioning it like this added to the repeated vertical elements.

 

I am thrilled with the results and love that the design allowed me three areas to journal without compromising the white space. Once again the fabulous Bella Blvd products has made my memory keeping fun and easy to do. Be sure to look out for some of the felt pennants at your local scrapbook store.

Watch my process video here:

Thanks for stopping by. 

 Word Salad: Cardstock Sticker Booklet; Wish Big (Boy): Paper, Chipboard, Fundamentals, Sticky Mix; Mom Life: Paper & Sticky Mix; Oh My Stars: Fundamentals; Acrylic words: Birthday; Puffy Stars: Orange & Green, Enamel Dots from Heart Hugs: Black; Felt Pennants: Boy  

Sweet Stuffy Love

Hi everyone. Heather Leopard is here rounding out Love week. Today, I'm putting a twist on the theme and focusing on my daughter's love, or rather obsession, with stuffed animals. Let's take a look...

I always know that any trip to my favorite craft stores will result in a quick photo session of my littlest showing me which stuffies she likes. She says "take a picture so you know what I want for [insert reason why here]." This most definitely needed to be documented.   

I started out by misting my background and then cutting six patterned papers into 2.5" x 2.5" squares. I then trimmed 2 photos and my intention was to make them both 2.5" x 2.5" but one of them just couldn't be trimmed any further and I'm so glad it worked out that way. It's still fits in the space I had allocated but it's not so symmetrical and that's the type of scrapper I am. I also cut one paper down to accommodate the change.

Next, I added the large acrylic words, Sweet Love, and left space there to add Stuffy to be a little more descriptive.  

I was then left with a bit too much white space at the top so I filled it in with a sprinkling of felt banner, heart hugs and puffy stars. The only thing I have left to do is add my journaling to tell the story. I'll either do that in the pink square or under the three hearts at the bottom.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I've inspired you and you have a great day.

Mom Life collection: 12" x 12" patterned paper and pennants, Oh My Stars 4x6s patterned paper, Acrylic Words - Love & Promise and New & Sweet, Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers - Ice, Mini Heart Hugs: Sentiments, Thank you, Heart Hugs in Pretty in Pink, Earth and Sushine, Puffy Star Stickers in Ice Mix and Cotton Candy Mix, Cute Clips - Pumpkin Spice

Mischief Managed | Book Lovers

Hello everyone.  Heather Leopard is here and I am soo excited to be joining on the Bella Blvd team again.  Did you know today is National Book Lover's Day?  In honor of that wonderful day, I wanted to create this layout about my daughter's love for all things Harry Potter, including Fantastic Beasts, the Library books and Cursed Child.  Obsess much?

Admittedly, we watched all the movies before we started reading the books but I think that helped fuel her excitement and better understand about what she is now reading in the books.  She also appreciates how much more detail can be found by reading a book as we've experienced a lot of, "well that makes more sense" type of discussions. So back to documenting this passion for reading...let me tell you, the Dad Style collection mixed with a few others listed in the supplies below is perfect for Harry Potter.

I designed this layout with one thing in mind, Harry's iconic lightning bolt. I started with one supersized bolt but changed course and decided to scatter several around the right two-thirds of the page, adding in puffy stars and blue and white enamel dots, since my daughter is a self-proclaimed Ravenclaw.

When I designed the page, I made sure to reserve enough space for a larger title and a 3" x 3" photo. There a really great 4" x 4" woodsy paper in the Dad Style collection that I knew I wanted to incorporate in the layers behind the photo as well as the geometrical pattern.  Then I added a couple of blue Ravenclaw accents (frame, flag, heart hug).

Last but not least is the Mischief Managed title. I think it's so appropriate since it's such an well known quote, she's keeping her furry friends out of trouble and I know she's getting a great foundation and fueling her love for learning. I also found that adorable chipboard owl in the Mind Your Manners collection so I had to add it. There may not be any pink on the rest of the page but it ties in great with the colors of the stuffed animals she's reading to.

I plan to add my journaling in the bottom right under the lightning bolts...

I hope you've enjoyed this project today and I can't wait to share more with you in the coming months.

 

Bella Blvd Dad Style 12x12 Patterned Papers, Bella Blvd Mind Your Manners chipboard, Bella Blvd Pop Quiz pennants, Heart Hugs

The Best Friend is a Friend That Bible Journals

 

I've been thinking of this idea for using my Bella Pennants for some time, and I finally got it down on a layout!  I wanted to trace out the shape of each pennant and create a playful pinwheel full of them!  I love when an idea translates so well on paper, and I couldn't think of a more perfect set of photos than this bunch of my Bible journaling gals and I to accompany it!

 

After backing my white cardstock with this pretty magenta cross paper from the Illustrated Faith Basics Pad, I stitched around the edge.  I then arranged my pennants about the page and chose which ones I would stitch.  I initially thought I might stitch all of them, but I liked the more playful look of only stitching a handful.  I left two spaces on a couple pinwheels to include my photos; I love the way they just nestle in!

 

All that was left was to stick one of those gorgeous giant Bella bows right in the middle of a pinwheel, since it didn't have a photo!  I just love those bows, and because they are felt, they go perfectly with the pennants I used!

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by to see the layout I created inspired by the Bella Pennants! I'm so blessed to have amazing friends cultivated from this creative community! xo Lydia

Bella Bows, 12x12 Papers (Mom Life, Island Escape, Pop Quiz, IF Basics), Bella Blvd Pennants, Mom Life Ephemera, Enamel Dots, IF Watercolors, IF You Are Loved Stamp Set 

Lazy, Hazy, Crazy days of Summer

Hello everyone!! Summer is here and I have been having so much fun with my kiddos! We've been outside so much! And you'll see a bit of that fun in this layout.

This week my focus was on the Wonky Alpha stickers, so I decided to make a large title using different colors of them and I love how it turned out! This layout needed a big title and these alphas were perfect for it!!

I started my layout with a white cardstock background, my picture had one of my younger daughters sitting in a doughnut floaty and smiling so big in the water. So I went threw my beautiful stash of Bella goodies and grabbed out one of the newer collections, Island Escape and then an older collection, Addison. I went through and pulled papers and embellishments that complemented eachother and started on my layout. 

I cut a few large rectangles out of pretty patterned papers and placed them to the left side of my layout and placed my photo of my goofy girl the the right of those over lapping some. I added a few paper layers behind my picture on the right and then moved on to adding my title. I grabbed two different colors of the Wonky Alphas and placed my title on the larger rectangle papers.

Once I had the title done, I knew I could start embellishing where I wanted. So I did! lol I grabbed some of the embellishments from the Addison collection, the cute doughnuts and a heart, I thought they looked great since she was sitting on a big ol' doughnut lol. I added some paper strips to the bottom of the layout and one to the top and then started tucking pretty flowers in here and there, paper ones and chipboard. I finished my title off with the word summer from the Chipboard sheet from the Island Escape collection and I was done with this goofy little layout.

Island Escape Collection; Moonlit Kiss paper, Peace&Quiet paper, Pennants, Ephemera pack, Ciao Chips

Addison Collection; Daily Details paper, Borders paper

Wonky Puffy Alpha stickers; Ice, Punch

Bible Journaling with Bella Blvd Pennants

The new collections of Bella Blvd pennants are amazing!  They have become one of my absolute favorite Bible journaling goodies; there are no craft supplies that are strangers to my Bible!  If I think it's pretty then it will inevitably get smashed in!  That's the beauty of Bella Blvd products; they are so darn cute and versatile!

Today I wanted to share with you 2 pages I created while I was on a getaway with my fellow Bible journaling gals.  We were surrounded by a gorgeous landscape, and it was only fitting that I used the new collections to reflect that on my pages.  The Island Escape and Bug Explorer pennants were the perfect addition.

 

These pennants make the perfect bold word in my Bible journaling!  I also love the full back of adhesive; it just makes me squeal!  What have you guys been using the new pennants for? xo Lydia

Bella Blvd Pennants, Bella Blvd Island Escape Ephemera & Chipboard Icons, Bella Blvd Wonky Alphas, Bella Blvd Bug Explorer: 12x12 Papers, Ephemera, and Chipboard Icons, Illustrated Faith Tiny Alpha Booklet, Illustrated Faith Highlight It Washi, Illustrated Faith Yellow Washi

Jumping for joy!

Good morning everyone! Sarah here this morning to share a new layout I did using the Oh my Stars collection. Spring has sprung here but our weather has been a bit crazy, so I thought I would scrap one of my summer photos from a few years back that I haven't scrapped yet and get me in the summer mood!

I started with a white back ground, I do that a lot lol. I started pulling some papers from the Oh my Stars collections that made me think of summer outdoors  that matched my picture since I had decided to use a colored photo.

This week we're focusing on pennants. There are so many that Bella has put out that are great for summer fun that it was easy to pull a few that went so well with my layout. The colors matched great and the sayings too!  I pulled a few that I thought would work and ended up adding even more!  I was going to lay them flat on the layout but I started playing with their little sticks and decided to add some dimension to the layout, so I added them in as well. I laid some of them flat on the layout with the sticks and then popped some of them up with 3D adhesive so I could stagger them down the layout on top of each other.

After adding my layers to the left side of my layout and playing with the pennants, I moved to my photo and adding the layers I wanted behind it. I chose a colored photo for this layout. I usually go with black and white photos but every once in a while you'll catch me using a color photo.  I added the few layers and positioned my photo where I wanted it, I grabbed some of the designer clips, paper pieces and a few other things and started playing with them.

When I started this layout I hadn't planned on adding a cluster on the right side, but I thought there was a little to much white space to the right, so I decided to add another cluster there. I started with layering two pieces of patterned paper that I had already used. I thought the clouds were the perfect touch!   I popped some of them up in 3D adhesive to bring some dimension to the right side of the layout too. Then I added a few word stickers that I felt were the perfect finishing touch!

Oh my stars Collection; Ice Stars, Plum Stars, Boarders, Orange Stars, 4x6's, Designer clips, Paper Pieces, Tabbies, Pennants; Summer, Today, Boy, Illustrated Faith Basic words

 

Awesome kid

Good morning everyone!! I'm sharing my first layout made with the new Bug Explorer collection!! I love this collection, and yeah I know I say it about all of them, but oh man are they all so beautiful and fun to play with!

I went through the collection and pulled papers I thought would look good with my photo and decided to go with a less busy background, but a patterned one. Once I decided on that, I pulled the daily details paper and cut a bunch of the cards apart and started layering them behind my photo.

Once I got the layers the way I wanted them, I started to play with a few of the papers I had pulled from the collection. I love all the patterns and wanted to add some more color to the right side, so I decided to add a few strips and distress the edges and went back and distressed the edges of my layers too. Once I had my papers down the side I knew right where I wanted my picture. 

Ok, so have y'all seen the new acrylic words?  And pennants?? Well I love them ALL!! So I pulled the word Awesome, then dug through all my pennants and  chose to use Kids, but I decided to pull of the "s" and just make it kid. So I used the combo of those two for my title. I pulled a mixture of leaves from the ephemera pack and the chipboard pieces and added them around my photo and tucked my pennant under some of those and added the cute little sun and cloud piece next to my title.

Finishing off my layout, I decided to grab a few stickers from the sticker sheet and then go into my Bella goodies and grab some of the Illustrated Faith hexie epoxy stickers and added them around the layout.  They add a little dimension and I love the pop of color it adds!

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out the layout I made today and make sure to come back!!

Bug Explorer Collection: Exclusive collection kit bonus pattern, Daily Details, Catchers, Wiggle Wiggle, Boarders, Ciao Chips Icons, Ephemera, Cardstock stickers

Pennants;Family, Acrylic word; Awesome

Illustrated Faith;apple of my eye mix, mini hexies

December Documenting with Sarah

Good morning everyone!! Sarah here this morning with my first post for the Bella team and I am so excited!! I pulled out my Santa Stops here free standing album kit and decided to turn it into my December Documented album for this year. Every year when I make one of these, I go through and do my prep work and add more in as I go. I always like to keep it simple at first and add more embellishments on top of my pictures. Be warned, there will be a major picture over load in this post! lol

I go through and add my photos along with embellishments and I have to say for me, I love doing the whole album but the embellishing is my all time favorite. I add layers behind some of my photos before putting them down, then add my stickers and other pretties.I think my main problem is I always want to add to much and my album is heavier on one side. 

As Im going through and making my album I include all of our yearly traditions and then our day to day as well. Like on this page, I had my first Peppermint mocha from Starbucks, my mom and we went for one while we were out doing a little shopping, she is also the one who caught the picture of me, so I got it from here and added it in and kept the little cozy from around my cup, punched a few holes and added it in to the album.

And when I get to pages where I can add some more journaling in where I already know we have things planned I get a little of that done and in my album until I can print my pictures.

Going through my prep pages you'll see where I dont have some of my daily numbers stuck down. I do this so that If I need to move it because I have more that I want to add to a day then I can do that and not worry about having to pull anything up and mess something up, even though I always know theres cute thins I can cover a boo boo with.

I do plan on sharing my finished album during the first week of January on my Instagram with all the beautiful Bella Blvd products!!

 

Bella Blvd/Santa Stops here: Santa Stops here free standing album kit, Ciao Chips, Fundamentals, Ephemera, Pennants, Acrylic word, Illustrated Faith: Homespun Apple of my eye, Hey Sugar Sugar, Holly Jolly Christmas: Gift Tags, Festive Mini bows, Make your mark 6x8 clear cuts pad