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Summertime and Bella Besties | Maree

Hi Bella friends,

It's Maree back to share a cute summer layout with you using some awesome Bella Besties products and a Cut Out too!

I had some fun pool pictures of my daughter and her friend. I thought the Sunshine Cut Out was perfect for these pics. I decided to use the hearts Bella Besties papers because they are so cute.

I started with some Distress Inks and a sunburst stencil to make a rainbow design the same colors as the papers. The paper took the ink so nicely and it really frames the pics well.

I backed the Cut Out using various shades from the Bella Besties paper. I used the template included in the Cut Outs pack and it was amazing how quick this made it. I then used some tone on tone Bella Trinket Puffy stickers to embellish the completed Cut Out.

I pulled out a few bits and pieces from the Time to Travel collection to finish embellishing the page. I love that Ciao Chip camera! I then added my sub title using the Florence Alphas in Pink.

I added some white ink splatters to finish off the page. I think this turned out so fun. Have you pulled out your Bella Besties lately? They work for almost any layout idea!  Have a fabulous day.

Bella Besties Collection Kit - Hearts

Trinkets Puffy Stickers

Florence Alphas

Cut Outs - Summer Sun

Time to Travel - Ciao Chip

Time to Travel - Ephemera

Time to Travel - Doohickey stickers

 

My Girl Scrapbook Layout | Teen Vibe Caitlyn Collection

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today and I'm so HAPPY to share a fun layout with you today using the brand new, Caitlyn collection.  This collection is bright and beautiful with some gorgeous pops of black and I love it! Here's my page: 

I chose to use a piece of white cardstock as my base because I wanted the patterned papers to really stand out on this page.  I layered up the following papers, Glam (B side), Skincare (B side) and Chatterbox. I also wanted to include a tiny bit of mixed media, so I ink blended on a few Distress Oxide inks in Peacock Feathers, Mustard, Carved Pumpkin and Picked Raspberry.

Next, I chose some floral pieces from the Ephemera Icons pack and arranged them around my photo.  The pops of black throughout the collection really make everything pop! Especially on top of the ink blended background.  It's all so fun and pretty!

For my title, I chose the word 'girl' from the Ciao Chip Chipboard sticker sheet and added onto it using some Florence Alphas in black.

I embellished using a few more Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip stickers. The flowers with the happy faces? So adorable!! For a finishing touch, I sprinkled in a few of the Big Heart Epoxy stickers.

Here's one last look at this sweet page: 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way. I'll see you next time friends!
Xo, Bri

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Caitlyn Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Epoxy Stickers and Ephemera Icons. Bella Besties: Florence Alphas in Black.

Road Trip - Time To Travel Collection | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today and I've got a fun layout using the Time To Travel collection. This week the CT is documenting multiple photos using this gorgeous collection.  You might not know this about me, but I LOVE Swedish candy... And there happens to be a Swedish candy store in Los Angeles which is about a 1.5- 2 hour drive from where we live.  So of course, we have taken road trips there multiple times and let me tell you, it's worth every second of sitting in traffic haha.  Here's my page: 

To start, I took two pieces of the 12x12 Road Trip paper and trimmed the black diagonal side to 11x11 and then took a piece of white cardstock and trimmed it down to 10.5x10.5.  Once I layered and adhered them together, I pulled a road map stencil from my stash and blended some blue ink through it.  Simple and pretty!

Next, I matted my photos using a scrap paper from the collection and popped them all up on foam tape. I arranged all three together towards the right side of my layout.  I knew I wanted to create a few embellishment clusters around my photos so by staggering them together, it created some nooks and crannies. 

For my title, I used the Florence Alpha in Black and Blueberry and adhered it to the left of my photos. It's such a fun font and it goes so well with this design. I then started embellishing using the Ephemera Icons and Words.  

I created this fun cluster at the bottom left of my layout using more Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip stickers.  Since this page is about a road trip, I tried to incorporate vehicles and of course city buildings since we were in Los Angeles.  

This collection is bright and bold and I love it so much.  We love to go on so many different adventures and it's perfect to document a lot of those special memories with.

Here's one last look at this fun page with multiple photos:

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!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Time To Travel Collection: 12x12 Patterned Paper, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons and Words; Bella Besties: Florence Alphas in Black and Blueberry.

Love | Just Because Collection | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today and I’m so excited to be able to share my first layout using the amazing Just Because collection.  The color palette is soft and beautiful and the elements included in this collection are perfect to document all of your sweet moments. Here’s my page:

One of my favorite colors is purple and I was so happy to see that it was included in this collection! There’s a gorgeous purple wood grain 12x12 paper (Sing Me A Song) that I knew I wanted to use as a base for this layout. First, I took a piece of white cardstock and trimmed it down to an 11x11 size. For some extra interest, I cut into each side about an inch deep and folded over each side. After adding some staples to the corners, I then adhered it to the Sing Me A Song paper. 

Next, I matted my photo using the Fresh Flowers and Daily Details papers and popped it up on foam tape. I also fussy cut the ‘Bloom’ card from the Daily Details paper and layered it next to my photo and adhered them both down to the center of my page.

I combined a Ciao Chip Chipboard phrase sticker and the Peep Florence Alphas to create my title and arranged them at the bottom left side of my photo.  My daughter turned 11 months in this photo so I thought it would be cute to include that info using the alpha stickers. 

I started to embellish using the Ephemera Icons and more of the Ciao Chip stickers. I love the florals in this collection and really wanted to have them all around my page. I had the bees leftover from the Fluttery Bella Pop sticker set and sprinkled them in as well. 

Lastly, I added in the smaller elements by sprinkling in the florals from the Flourish Epoxy stickers and the Peep, Punch and Cotton Candy Trinkets Puffy stickers.  I also added in some bits of tangled thread in coordinating colors to complete my page.

Here’s one last look!

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

xo

Brianna

 

Bella Blvd Supplies List:

Just Because Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers, Epoxy Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Fluttery Bella Pop; Bella Besties: Peep Florence Alphas, Peep, Punch & Cotton Candy Trinkets Puffy Stickers. 

Time to Travel Layout with Maree

Hi Bella Friends,

I have a fun travel layout to a share with you all today and this is a really easy one to re-create! I documented some recent time in New Zealand with my family when we had a day at the beach.

I used a simple grid design. I cut squares from papers in the Time to Travel Collection Kit. I cut them 2.5 inches square and my small pics are 1.75 inches square. I started by laying out the squares around the outside of the layout to create a big border. Then in the middle I used the 'I love travel' cutout. The phrase was Family Trip but I trimmed it down just to used the word family. Then I used the Florence Alphas in the color Blueberry to create the sub-title Beach trip.

Then I added my pics and did some tone on tone embellishing.

I used a mixture of Ciao Chip, Epoxy stickers, Word and Icon Ephemera and Doohickey Stickers. I popped some bits up on foam adhesive to create dimension. It is a fun way to add lots of pictures to a page when you make an easy grid.

I finished off with a little bit of stamping and white ink splatters for interest. I really enjoyed creating this layout and hope you like and maybe give it a try yourself!

Maree

Time to Travel Collection

Collection Kit

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Doohickey stickers

Ciao Chip

Epoxy stickers

Florence Alphas - Blueberry

Cut Outs - I love Travel

 

 

 

Bella Besties | Cards

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share some colorful cards using Bella Besties and the EIEIO collection!

For my first card I used some left over paper strips from my last Bella project you can see it here! I have so many strips leftover and thought it would be fun to use some on a card! I glued down the strips at a diagonal on a white trimmed down card base. Next I matted it onto some pattern paper from the Bella Blvd EIEIO collection. I added some Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Stickers and two white Heart Hug to put my sentiment on with Florence Alpha Stickers.

My next card use a rainbow die cut that I backed with some papers from the Bella Besties. I popped it up with foam adhesive and adhered down to some matted pattern papers from the EIEIO collection. I used one of the EIEIO Words Ephemera pieces for my title and embellished with some floral die cuts and puffy stickers.

The last card I created is clean and simple. I used a floral die cut from The Stamp market and added colorful petals using Bella Besties Graph & Dot paper. I used the fun and colorful Florence Alpha Stickers for my title and then matted the trimmed card base onto some pattern papers from the EIEIO collection.

Super simple, super colorful and a whole lot of fun! I love how they all turned out and I know whoever receives them will love them just as much as I do! 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope you get some time to do something creative! 

Bella Besties Dot & Graph | Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Stickers | EIEIO Collection | Heart Hugs | Florence Alpha Stickers

Lake Life + Bella Besties | Maree

Hi Bella Friends,

I'm here to share a fun layout today that highlights Lake Life and some classic Bella Besties. I love how easy it is to add Bella Besties to any layout, they always coordinate perfectly!

I started off with a Bella Besties paper for my background. This one is called 'Hearts and Ombre Ice' in blue. The gradient fades from dark to light and is just so pretty! My next step was to add the patterned Lake Life paper in a few diagonal pieces and machine stitch in place. I also added some border stickers from the Doohickey sticker sheet to frame the page.

I also fussy cut some of the Clear Cuts wave acetate to add just above the bottom paneling to give a little more fun detail. Next I added my pics and then used a combination of Florence Alphas and Ciao Chip to create my title.

Then I created 3 clusters to embellish my page. The first cluster features that gorgeous little bear holding fish, and the boats from the collections icons pack. This tied in so perfectly with my pictures of us kayaking and rafting in the lake.

The next cluster is a few trees, the cute life jacket and cloud, and my favorite, the adorable epoxy frog. My kids went frog hunting on this trip so I had to add him to the page!

Finally I used a couple of tags from the ephemera words pack. I added eyelets and twine for texture and a couple of cute epoxy pieces for interest.

 I think the icons in this collection are just so stinking cute! I hope you get some inspiration on how to mix Bella Besties, and Alphas with the latest new collection. Have a creative day!

Lake Life Collection

Collection Kit

Doohickey stickers

Ciao Chip

Ephemera Words

Ephemera Icons

Epoxy Stickers

Clear Cuts

Sweet Summer Girl / Bella Besties Summer Themed

Hello Bella Friends! Gloria Parra here today with a new summer themed layout using the fabulous Bella Besties!!! If you are not familiar with our Bella Besties, they are the best friends and the perfect addition to all other Bella products! Oh how I adore those besties, they are so much fun to create with and help us stretch our collections with their basic patterns and vibrant colors.

Today's layout is a Summer one!!! My daughter is a huge fan of ice creams, popsicles, snow cones and cotton candies; treats are one of her favorite parts of summer! So, I decided to create a layout about this…

Using all my Bella Besties, I created a sun ray on my white cardstock background. I cut 2 different sizes of rays and created a sunburst with all the summer colors in my two Bella Besties pack. I distressed each of my rays to create some texture and dimension on my layout.

My photo is a 4” inch circle with a circle frame that measures 4.5” inches. I placed it in the middle of my sunburst.

For my title I used a “Sweet Girl” Cut Out and two big ice creams that I backed up with some more Bella Besties patterned paper. I love the Cut Outs  products, you get a beautiful die cut piece without the trouble of cutting it yourself and dealing with a die cutting machine. I also used some Florence alpha stickers to add them “summer” subtitle. 

I then embellished the 2 sides of my title with some ice creams found in the embellishment pack and chipboard sticker from the Tiny Tots 2.0 collection. This collection was the perfect complement to my Bella Besties.

I then added a couple of stickers and embellishments on my rays in a monochromatic way, which I love to do! I finished my layout adding some puffy stickers in the same colors of my rays.

Hope you like this layout idea and that it inspires you to create a beautiful summer layout with it!

 

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

 

XOXO, Gloria!

 

Products Used:

Bella Blvd Florence Alpha Sticker

Bella Blvd Trinckets Puffy Stickers

Bella Blvd Sweet Girl Cut Outs

Bella Blvd Tiny Tots 2.0 ephemera, chipboard stickers and Bella Pops

Bella Besties Freehand Graph and Dot pack

Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre pack

 

Cap & Gown l Kirei Baldwin

Hi everyone! It's Kirei here with my very first blog post and I'm super excited to be sharing the layout I created with the fabulous new Cap & Gown collection! I decided to use the collection in a non-graduation way as there are so many great patterned papers and embellishments that can be used to tell other stories.... so I pulled out some photos from a few years back of me receiving my Disney Store 20 Year Anniversary Award from the boss himself.... Mickey Mouse (who is also my fave character)! 

I started by picking out the Just Graduated paper (black spots on grey) and gutted the centre leaving a 1" frame. Then I trimmed the Dream Big paper (black stars on white) down to 11½" square, distressed the edges and stuck down to the black spotted frame.

Now I wanted to use the Clear Cuts Star Studded acetate sheet in some way so decided to create a cute shaker pocket which is super easy to make! I pulled out the silver diamonds photo frame from the Cap & Gown Ephemera Words set, then stuck a piece of the Star Studded acetate to the reverse of it. I added a row of foam pads around the border on the back, filled it with some of the Sequin Mix in Domino and then backed it with a piece of That's a Wrap paper (grey hearts on black) and there you have it... one little shaker pocket! 

Now it was time to start adding the details to my layout... firstly I added the black scalloped border from the Cap & Gown Doohickey Stickers across the centre of my page. I backed my three photos using the Just Graduated paper, distressed the edges and then stuck them down using foam pads on the top edges only (stuck flat along the bottom). I did leave a gap at the top of the photos so that I could tuck in two tags from the Ephemera Words set, I distressed the edges and tied some red twine to both before adding my journaling to one of them.

I created embellishment clusters above and below my photos using the Cap & Gown Ephemera Words and Icons, Celebrate Epoxy Stickers and Ciao Chip Icons. 

Next was to add my title which was a combination of the Ephemera Words and the Florence Alpha. 

I added a few extra pops of red to tie in with my photo using some red stars from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers and I was done! 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I used the Cap & Gown collection and can take some inspiration from it.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you in my next post! 

Kirei x

     Bella Boulevard products used on my layout...

Cap & Gown patterned papers - Just Graduated, Dream Big and That's a Wrap

Cap & Gown Ephemera Words and Icons

Cap & Gown Doohickey Stickers

Cap & Gown Ciao Chip Icons

Cap & Gown Celebrate Epoxy Stickers

Clear Cuts - Star Studded

Sequin Mix - Domino

Trinkets Puffy Stickers - McIntosh

Florence Alpha - McIntosh

 

 

 

  

 

Cap & Gown Featuring Bella Besties! | Maree Crozier

Hi Bella friends, I'm excited to share this fun rainbow layout with you today. It features the new Cap and Gown collection with the Bella Besties Paper Collection Kit. The result is really fun and colorful!

I started off by cutting strips from the Bella Besties collection kit in different colors, distressing them and machine sewing them to white card stock. The two outer strips are the Dream Big paper from Cap and Gown.

Next I added my two pics and added some hand stitched rainbows to tie in with the colors and rainbow ephemera. I backed my pics with the black grid paper called Accomplished. The stitched rainbows are a stitching cut file from Paige Evans. Found here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1449454210/36-cut-files-for-stitching?click_key=22e086a1560422c90be6a7831652d2370b8b7f29%3A1449454210&click_sum=1566dfb0&ga_search_query=stitching&ref=shop_items_search_1&crt=1&sts=1

I then added some fun ephemera to the page, popping some up and tucking some behind.

Finally I finished with my title using a couple of pieces from the Words Ephemera pack and some Florence Alphas in black.

This was such a fun layout to make and I love how versatile the Cap and Gown Collection is, you can easily use it for birthdays, celebrations, graduations, sports awards etc.

There are some fantastic generic phrases to use such as "It's your day" and "We love you" as seen here. We look forward to seeing what you create with this new collection. Have a fabulous day!

Bella Besties Collection Kit

From Cap and Gown:

Dream Big paper

Accomplished Paper

Ephemera Icon 

Ephemera Words

Florence Alphas - Black

 

Designer's Choice Week | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! I'm here with my last layout for Bella Blvd. What a wonderful year it has been designing for them. Thank you to all of you who have come by the blog to check out my creations each month. This week the Creative Team is having a free for all again and I went all out with some of my favorite Bella Blvd products - Bella Besties, Florence Alphas, and heart stickers. Here it is:

This truly was a fun and easy layout to put together. I started with a piece of 12" x 12" white cardstock. I cut out a large heart and used it to trace an outline of that heart on the white cardstock. This helped me place my circles in the right place. Next, I took five pieces of the Bella Besties Heart & Ombre paper in the following colors: Peep, Cotton Candy, Orange, Bell Pepper, and Blueberry. I used a 1" circle punch and cut out several circles in all the colors. To create my heart, I added the circles all the way around the outline with tape runner. Then I folded the rest of the circles in half and added them on top of the circles with tape runner. Once they are secure you can kind of bend them and play with them so that they stand up better. I love the added dimension they give to the layout.

I added my photo and patterned paper (Balloon Ride) to the middle of the heart with some foam tape. Now I decided to fill in the heart with some stamping and the Puffy Stickers from the Trinkets sets. The colors match perfectly to the Bella Besties papers. I did my best to fill in all the gaps - the more the merrier, right?

The only thing left to do was to add my titles using the Florence Alphas in black. I can't even count how many sheets of these alphas I've bought over the last few years. They are truly my favorite. I curved the title around the top and on the right side of the heart. They are the perfect ending to any layout.

Thanks for stopping by today! Here's a list of supplies I used:

• Bella Besties Heart & Ombre paper in Peep, Cotton Candy, Orange, Bell Pepper and Blueberry
• Balloon Ride Patterned Paper from Let's Go On An Adventure
• Trinkets Puffy Stickers
• Florence Alphas in Black