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Alphabets Week Day 1 | Niki

Hey everyone! Niki Rowland here with you today and I'm so happy to have recently joined the Bella Blvd Creative Team and I am excited to share my first layout and process video.  I was challenged to use the Aria and Florence alphabet stickers in a creative way, so I decided to turn them into a rainbow of words!

I attempted to draw the rainbow onto a sheet of white card but failed, and basically ended up eyeballing it. I started with the middle word 'spirited' and went from there. I was aiming to go in rainbow order and to use all seven colours of the rainbow but I ran out of room! So I only used five colors but I still love how it turned out.

I choose words that I would use to describe my little boy who is two and a half - he certainly is spirited and masterful! In between some of the words I added little hearts from the Aria and Florence alphabet stickers. I also stitched through all the words using white thread on my sewing machine.

I cut clouds from a Bella Besties white paper and I used the 'Rainbow with Cloud' cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. It was just the cloud I used which I cut twice. I stuck the clouds onto a piece of white cardstock and pierced holes around the edges. I then stitched around these using hot pink embroidery thread. I trimmed them closely and added them to my layout, at the ends of the rainbow of words.

I added my photo to one of the clouds and added embellishments here too. I have used Squeeze the Day hearts, phrases and acrylic shapes. I also added a couple of flowers from the same collection and a tag behind my photo that I tied through with gold thread.

I finished off by adding a few color-on-color splatters over my rainbow arcs using Shimmerz Paints and a paintbrush which I kept very close to the layout so I didn't end up with splatters in the wrong places!

Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope you have enjoyed my first Creative Team layout for Bella Blvd, I'm so happy to have joined such an awesome team! You can view the process video for today's layout below.

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers: Cotton Candy; Plum; Ice; Guacamole; Bell Pepper. Florence Alphabet Stickers: Plum; Ice; Pickle Juice; Bell Pepper. Squeeze the Day: So Berry Sweet Paper, 6x6 Paper Pad, Acrylic Shapes; Ephemera Icons; Ephemera Words. Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot White paper.

Cutouts Week Day 3 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, Bella friends!

This is Melissa here with you today and I'm sharing a new project I created using the "SMILE" cutout. Every time I looked at these photos of my sweet niece, a big SMILE came over my face. She was thoroughly enjoying her ice-cream cone!

To start my project, I layered two pieces of card-stock on top of the 12x12 piece of pattern paper from the "Squeeze the Day" collection kit. This paper collection is one of my favorites with all of the bright fun colors! I stitched my pieces of card-stock down to the pattern paper using my sewing machine. Next, I started working on backing the Bella cut-out with smaller pieces of pattern paper from the Squeeze the day 6x6 Paper Pad. This may look like it's difficult to do; however, each cut-out comes with a diagram of the pieces that are included and makes it super easy to cut out the corresponding shapes needed. 

I layered a bunch of different pattern papers and some vellum together as an anchor for my three photos and stitched those down. My photos went on top and then the "SMILE" cut-out went directly below it. I created a sub-title underneath the cut-out using the Florence Alphabet stickers in the color punch. I loved those hot pink letters against the lime-green card-stock! 

Once the main elements of my layout were adhered down, I finished up my project using various embellishments from the Squeeze the Day collection: stickers, epoxy hearts, and epherma icons. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog and taking a peek at this new project! Have a great week :-)

    Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Happiness Cut-Out
Squeeze the Day Collection Kit
Squeeze the Day 6x6 Paper Pad
Squeeze the Day Bella Besties Paper Collection
Squeeze the Day Doohickey Sticker Sheet
Florence Alphabet Sticker - Punch
Squeeze the Day Epherma Icons
Squeeze the Day Epoxy Hearts

Spring Week Day 1 | Tegan

Happy Spring Week from Tegan everyone! I hope everyone is experiencing beautiful weather these days! Spring has definitely arrived in my neck of the woods and I am ready for it! I was all too happy to create a layout inspired by spring this week. I documented a day that we got rained on during vacation a couple years back...come take a look! 

I started by using the cloud patterned Play Time Patterned Paper from the Cooper collection because well...clouds! I lined the top of the page with two rows of the fun blue Bella Blvd Squiggle Washi Tape and accented it with a chipboard butterfly from the Home Sweet Home Collection. I LOVE having the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs on hand even though I have an electronic die cut machine. I was super happy that I had the clouds from the Over the Rainbow Cut-Outs because my die cut machine isn't working properly this week. Cut-Outs to the rescue! 

I used my favorite patterned papers from the Home Sweet Home Collection to back the clouds Cut-Out. I then used some Home Sweet Home word sentiment die cuts to embellish the clouds. I love how this turned out and the extra layer of color that the tabs add! I used the little heart stickers from the McIntosh Florence Alphabet stickers as accents around the page. 

I used fun patterned papers from the Home Sweet Home Collection to anchor my photo. I used the Florence Alphabet Stickers in Punch to start creating the title on a chipboard cloud from the Home Sweet Home Collection. I then used the 'FUN' chipboard from Home Sweet Home to complete the title. I added a little dimension to it using the the enamel dots from the Pretty in Pink Heart Hugs. 

I adore all of the colors and patterned papers in the Home Sweet Home Collection! Which patterned papers are your favorites!?

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the colorful Home Sweet Home Collection for your next spring project! 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

Home Sweet Home Collection: Collection Kit, Ciao Chip, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons

Cut-Outs: Over the Rainbow

Cooper Collection: Play Time Patterned Paper

Florence Alphabet Stickers: McIntosh, Punch

Heart Hugs: Pretty in Pink 

Spring & Easter Week Day 3 | Victoria Calvin

Hello everyone! It's Victoria and I am back with a new scrapbook layout featuring the Bella Blvd Mood Booster Cut-Out. This cut-out serves as the perfect backdrop for my spring inspired page. It's so fun and whimsical, and can be used with a variety of design techniques. 

 

For this project, I used the Bella Blvd Home Sweet Home Collection. The colors in this collection are super bright and fun, great for a spring inspired layout.

To begin, using the Mood Booster Cut-Out and Daisy Details pattern paper, I backed the middle sections of each flower, leaving the petals of the flower open. Next, I adhered the cut-out to the Borders pattern paper. I love how the white cut-out looks so vibrant against the dark blue pattern paper! 

 

Once the cut-out was in place, I positioned several Trinket Puffy Stickers in the center of each flower for added interest and dimension. Next, I created an anchor for my title by cutting a fish-tailed band using pattern paper from the Bella Besties Collection Kit. The title was created using the word "Fun" from the Ciao Chip Icons chipboard stickers and I used the Florence Alphabet Stickers (Blueberry) to spell the word "Easter". The photo was layered with pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home Collection (Welcome Home and Mosaic Title), and positioned to the right of the layout.

 

 

To complete this project, I added small clusters of die cuts from the Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons pack, and a bit of journaling that is adhered directly to the photo. Using the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs (or a Bella Blvd electronic cut file) is a great way to create stunning scrapbook layouts in no time!

 

 

Do you have spring or Easter themed stories that you need to document? If so, I recommend grabbing the Mood Booster Cut-Out for your next project! And be sure to tag me or Bella Blvd on social media if you make a project using the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs! Thanks so much for stopping by! See ya next time!

 

Supplies Used:

Home Sweet Home Collection Kit - Welcome Home, Daisy Details, Borders, and Mosaic Tile pattern paper, Belle Besties Collection Kit, Cut-Outs Mood Booster, Ciao Chip Icons, Florence Alphabet Stickers (Blueberry), Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons, Trinket Puffy Stickers (Pickle Juice and Guacamole, Ice and Gulf, Punch, Peep, and Cotton Candy)

 

 

 

 

Spring Has Sprung Week Day 6 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here with a fun Spring Themed layout using a lot of Bella Besties as well as this super cute Bella Spring Break cut file.  This cut file was perfect for my photo that I just took this past week.  It was Spring Break here and we had a couple of warm days, so we took advantage and swam for a little bit!  You can find all of the Bella Blvd cut files here and there are several brand new ones, so make sure to check them all out!  Here's my layout!

 

To start, I cut the cut file out on textured white cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo.  When it was finished cutting, I chose to back the letters using the Hearts & Ombre patterned papers in the colors, Cotton Candy, Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Gulf and Punch.  They're fun colors and went so nicely together.  I ended up popping the entire cut file on foam tape to give it some dimension.  

 

 

Once I was finished backing the cut file, I chose the Ombre side of the Hearts & Ombre paper in the color Ice and adhered my cut file down to it.  I ended up trimming 1 inch off of the side and the top, so that I could frame it using a piece of the Freehand Graph & Dot paper in Cotton Candy.  The Ombre paper looked like the sky and it was so cute framing it with the pink.  That really made it even more Spring themed.  

 

 

Next, I added onto my cut file title with the Florence Alphas in Cotton Candy by putting the year and then adding the "Let's Party" acrylic word right underneath it.  I love how it flowed so nicely on the page.  

 

 

I created several embellishment clusters around the acrylic phrase using a few different Heart Hugs and Matte Enamel Dots.  I even added a few strips of the Rainbow Washi Tape as a little shelf for my embellishments to sit on.  

 

 

I also added in some of my favorite embellishments, the Trinkets Puffy Stickers.  I used both the hearts and flowers from the sticker sheets.  I pulled in a rainbow acrylic piece from the Squeeze The Day collection and layered up a phrase sticker from the Word Salad Booklet right on top.

 

 

Lastly, I added a few pieces of tangled thread into my clusters and added a pink Cute Clip to my photo.

 

 

 

And that my friends, is a wrap!  I had so much fun creating this layout and I hope that you were inspired in some way today.  Do you have some Spring photos that you want to document?  I'd love to see you projects, so make sure to tag me in your social media posts!  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!  Have a great day!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers in: Cotton Candy, Ice, Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Gulf and Punch; Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Papers in Cotton Candy; Florence Alphas: Cotton Candy; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White, Bell Pepper, Ice & Gulf and Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy; Word Salad Booklet, Cute Clips, Epoxy Hearts, Acrylic Words, Acrylic Shapes, Heart Hugs, Washi Tape in Rainbow and Matte Enamels;  Cut File: Spring Break

Spring Has Sprung Week Day 4 | Tarrah McLean

Hi Bella friends!

It's Tarrah McLean here today and I am so super excited to share my very first scrapbook layout as part of the Bella team/family! I am so so lucky to create with such AMAZING and gorgeous products!! I created this layout for the Spring theme for this week featuring Bella Besties! 

I started out by taking my trusty butterfly paper punch and punched out 2x butterflies from each of the coloured Graph/ Dotted papers in the Squeeze the Day Bella Besties paper pack. I then arranged and adhered them in a rainbow shape on a sheet of plain white cardstock, I applied the glue just to the bodies of the butterflies so that I could bend up the wings for some added texture.

I adhered the photo of my niece with some craft foam over to the right of the page and under the butterflies, layering a piece of the teal colour, dotted side Bella Bestie paper underneath my photo also. I then adhered some of the floral die-cuts from the Home Sweet Home ephemera icon pack and some Ciao Chipboard from the same around my photo. I also adhered the sun from the Squeeze the Day Ciao Chipboard sheet above my photo. 

Above the butterflies I popped up 2 of the cloud die-cuts from the Home Sweet Home ephemera icon pack, I also layered some of the cute butterfly die-cuts over the top of the paper punched ones. On each paper punched butterfly I also added small shaped puffy stickers, I love how these look! My title is made up of the Florence alphabet stickers in Blueberry and the Aria puffy alphabet stickers in Bell Pepper. I love a mixed font title! Under my photo and title I added a chipboard scalloped border from the Squeeze the Day Ciao Chipboard set.

Some of the last things that were added to my page were a few more shaped puffy stickers, some small chipboard pieces, a word sticker and I added my typed journling strips. The font I use is called 'Remington Noiseless', I love it as it looks like a typewriter font. You can see in my detail photos the shadows created when I have bent up the wings of the butterflies, I love how this looks and gives some dimension to my page! Once I had embellished and completed my layout, I trimmed down the white cardstock and backed the entire layout onto the red Ombre/Heart Bella Bestie paper, I then machine stitched around the outside edge.

Thanks so much for stopping by the a blog today! Be sure to check out all the gorgeous inspiration coming your way this week from the creative team! 

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Bella Blvd products used:

Bella Besties Ombre/Heart paper

Squeeze the Day collection: Bella Besties Graph/Dotted paper pack in each colour, Stickers, Chipboard

Home Sweet Home collection: Chipboard, ephemera icons

Florence Alphabet stickers: Blueberry

Aria Puffy Alphabet stickers: Bell Pepper

Puffy Shape stickers: Orange, Black, Bell Pepper, Gulf, Guacamole, Punch and Ice

Spring Has Sprung Day 3 | Melissa

Hello, everyone! I'm so happy to be on the Bella Blvd design team for the next year and I'm sharing my first project with you all today. 

I created a new spring project using the Bella Blvd Besties paper pack. I love, love, love layers of paper so to start with I layered the pretty floral pattern paper from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection with a piece of white card stock. On top of the white card stock, I layered a square of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre paper. I stitched all three of these pieces of paper down using my sewing machine around the very outer edge of the card stock.

I had printed two pictures of my niece smelling some flowers in a Boston garden and wanted to find a way to "frame" these photos. I found a great frame cut file in the Bella Blvd Silhouette shop. I cut this file out on the Bella Besties Freehand Graph and Dot pattern paper. I layered this on top of my other paper and stitched it down as well. I also backed this cut file with the Mood Buster Cut Out to add a little dimension and texture. 

My title was created down the length of my project on the right hand side using a variety of Aria and Florence Alphabet stickers in Plum, Oyster, White, and Guacamole. My journaling was typed up on a strip of white card stock and adhered to the bottom of the lower picture. Then came the fun part of adding all of my embellishments!

I used the Let's Go On An Adventure Ciao Chip, the Trinket Puffy Stickers in Plum, and the Fruity Mix Matte Enamels. 

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella blog today and taking a peek at my project!

Bella Blvd Supplies:

Let's Go On An Adventure Paper and Ciao Chip
Bella Besties 
Mood Buster Cut Out
Aria Alphabet Stickers
Florence Alphabet Stickers
Trinkets Puffy Stickers
Matte Enamels

Spring Has Sprung Week Day 1 | Yarelys

Hey friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout featuring the Bella Besties, as well as one of the Bella Cut–Outs. Spring is here, so I want my layout to look like a flower field!

I started my layout by tearing two pieces of the Hearts & Ombre paper in Pickle Juice. Then I glued them and did some mixed media in between the two pieces of paper.

The Cut–Out I chose was “Mood Booster” and backed it with the Graph & Dot papers in Gulf, Bell Pepper, Orange and Punch. After I finished backing all the flowers, I added adhesive foam on the back to create dimension and then glued the Cut–Out and my photo.

For my title I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers in Punch and the Florence Alphabet Stickers in Orange. To finish my layout, I added some of the Squeeze The Day Ephemera Words, Ciao Chip, Epoxy Hearts, Epoxy Icons and Mate Enamels.

I love how this layout turned out and had a lot of fun playing along with this amazing Cut–Out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. You can find the process video for this layout below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/SkbKbGYkKw0

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Bella Besties – Graph & Dot in Gulf, Bel Pepper, Orange and Punch. Hearts & Ombre Pickle Juice.

Aria Alphabet – Punch

Florence Alphabet – Orange

Home Sweet Home – Ephemera Words, Ciao Chip

Epoxy – Icons, Hearts

Matte Enamels – Fruity Mix

Alphabets Layout | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here and I'm so excited to be back with Bella Blvd for another term!  I absolutely LOVE being a part of this team/family and being able to design with beautiful and amazing products makes me so happy!  This layout's main focus is  Alphas, including both the Aria and Florence Alphabet stickers!  Here's my layout, I had so much fun with it!  

 

To start, I went to the Bella Blvd cut files section in the Silhouette Design Store and chose the Hip Skull cut file.  I had the perfect photo for it and I wanted to create a boy themed layout using some Bella Besties.  So, I cut the cut file out on a piece of 12x12 white cardstock and popped the entire page up on foam tape.  I wanted to add alphas to the positive pieces of the cut file, but wanted it to stand out more so I created a little depth with the foam.  I was still somewhat backing my cut file using the alphas, I was just adding a bit more interest to it.  

The photo I chose for my layout is of my youngest son, Elijah, playing Xbox on his bed.  I thought it would be fun to add some usual phrases he says while he's playing.  "Ahh!", "Bro!" and "Let's Go" are just a few of the words he usually yells into his mic.. It makes me crack up just typing it!  Do you have any gamers in your household? Quite entertaining I must say!  So anywho.. I pulled my Florence Alphas in Oyster, Black, Ice and Blueberry and adhered them down on the positive pieces of my cut file.  So fun!!

I also added in a few of the hearts from each sticker sheet to help fill in any gaps/holes.  I just love how it turned out!  Next, I took my original 12x12 negative piece and applied a few splatters using some Shimmerz Paints in similar colors. 

Next, I took another piece of 12x12 white cardstock and carefully adhered the popped up cut file to it.  This gave me a place to adhere in the positive pieces with the alphas on them.  To help the skull pop out even more, I added some faux stitching using a black paint pen.

I matted my photo using the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot patterned papers in the same colors, Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry.  

I used the Aria Alphas in Oyster and Ice to create my title and also added in a few phrase stickers from the Bella Besties Word Salad Booklet. 

I felt like my page needed a bit more, so I pulled out several of my star shaped paper punches and punched a bunch of stars using the same patterned papers that I matted my photo with.  I added faux stitching to all of them using my white gel pen.  This really made the stars stand out!

To finish off my page, I sprinkled in a few Matte Enamels and a few of the black enamel stickers from a Heart Hugs pack.  I also add in a few stars from the Trinkets Puffy stickers in Black.

I had so much fun with this boy layout and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  Do you have the Florence or Aria Alphas in your stash?  You should totally back a cut file using some of them or create a layout using lots of them!  Our team has created and shared some great layouts this week, so there's tons of inspiration.  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot Pattern Papers in Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Florence Alphas: Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Aria Alphas: Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Black; Word Salad Booklet, Heart Hugs and Matte Enamels;  Cut File: Hip Skull

 

Alphabets Week Day 5 | Sarah

Hello Bella friends! Thanks for checking in. It's me Sarah, and today I'm back on the blog sharing one of my latest layouts. I was challenged to use the Florence alphabet stickers in a creative way, so I created a literal rainbow of colors!

I knew I wanted to incorporate Over the Rainbow Cut Outs somehow, so I decided to use coordinating patterned papers from the Squeeze the Day collection and some Florence alphabet stickers to create the vibrant background for the bows of the rainbow.

I didn't want to keep my clouds as one solid background color, so I added more Florence alphabet stickers inside. 

For my title, I used the "LOVE" from the Ciao Chips from the Squeeze the Day collection. I still had all of my alphabet stickers out, so I added some to my "LOVE" title. Who would have thought that adding "So Much" to the title would give it so much more dimension?!

And that's all I have for you today! I hope I was able to inspire you with this Florence alphabet stickers inspired layout. If you end up creating something, we'd love to see it. Don't forget to share your finished projects with us on our Facebook page. We'd love to see it!

And as always, thanks for reading through my post today! It's totally appreciated. I love getting to create and share my creativity with you all.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Squeeze the Day: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Matte Enamel Stickers; Bella Besties: Cut Outs Over the Rainbow, Puffy Stickers Trinkets; Legacy: Florence Alphabet Stickers

Alphabets Week Day 4 | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie here, so excited and grateful to be back for another term working with all the beautiful Bella Blvd products.   We are starting the new term with projects and inspiration featuring our latest alpha stickers.   If you have seen my work before then, you know I love journal, and black and white with a hint of rainbow, therefore this project was a fun one to put together...

 

I love my family, and the best memories always happen when we are together.  So the best way to bring the story to the page was using a large title, hearts and a bit of color.

 

I started by drawing a heart in the center of the White Bella Besties Ombre/Hearts.  Using a paper piercing tool, I created a stitching guide on the drawn heart, and then used a chain stitch to define the heart on the page.   Here, I used a combination of the Oyster Florence Alpha Stickers and Aria Puffy Stickers to fill the heart with my title ( a piece of wax paper helps to align everything in place before gluing it permanently to the paper).

 

 

I reserved the top right quadrant of the heart to place my photo (these are all my cousins from my dad's side of the family).  I framed the picture with a few papers so that it will stand out from the heart.   A bit of foam adhesive helps to make it pop from the page!  Since I did not want to take away from the title work, I chose to keep my embellishments to a repeating element -hearts- in rainbow clusters.

 

 

I placed the clusters at the corner of the picture, bottom of the heart, and the left side of the heart.  Most of the hearts come from the Home Sweet Home collection along with some Bella Hugs. To finish the page, I added a few lines of journal, then added matte enamel shapes from different collection around each cluster.

 

 

I love how this turned out, and how the alphas just bring the story and sentiment of the page together in a nice and colorful way.  Remember to come back tomorrow for more inspiration using alpha stickers.  Cannot wait to see what you create with them, too!

XO

 

 

Materials Used:

FLORENCE ALPHA STICKERS - Oyster

ARIA PUFFY ALPHA STICKERS - White, Bell Pepper, Orange, Plum, Gulf, Pickle Juice, Ice, Cotton Candy, Black

BELLA BESTIES Ombre/Heart collection - White

CHLOE Collection - 6x6 paper pad, Matte Enamel shapes

COOPER Collection - Matte Enamel Shapes

BELLA BESTIES Dot/Graph - Oyster

MONSTER & FRIENDS Collection - Matte Enamel Shapes

HOME SWEET HOME Collection - Doohickey Stickers, Enamel shape stickers, Ephemera- Icons

BELLA HEART  HUGS Collection - Sunshine