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Thanksgiving & Cut Outs Week Day 3 | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa here and I'm sharing a thanksgiving layout using papers from the Spell on You collection, Bella besties and the Heart Attack Cut-Out. I hope you can be inspired to use your holiday themed collections in multiple ways. Since Thanksgiving has an abundance of oranges and warm colors, I picked papers that worked with my theme. 

I backed the cut-out (which is a precut paper die cut) and backed with the following papers: Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Orange (B side), Bella Besties Graph & Dots Black (used both sides), Bella Besties Graph & Dots Bell Pepper(used both sides), Spell on You Candy Dots (b side), Broomsticks (b side), Daily Details (b side), Happy Halloween (b side), Spell Caster (b side). 

 

I used about 3/4 of the cut out and adhered it to my background paper using foam adhesive for a dimensional look. The background paper is the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre in Orange. I then adhered my photo using foam adhesive as well. I added a cluster of hearts on the left side and a title using the Aria alpha puffy stickers in black and Florence alpha stickers in Orange. 

As a last step, I made the little turkey using the Turkey Friend cutfile downloaded from the Silhouette store. You can find it here.

I used the same mix of papers, adding in some cardstock, the white Graph & Dots and the Pony Hearts & Ombre to cut the various pieces. 

 

Thanks for reading and see you again soon!

All the best,

Inessa

Thankful + Bella Besties Week | Rachel O'Neal

Happy November Bella friends! This month is often a time of remembrance and gratitude. This week the Bella Blvd Creative Team has created layouts with a focus on thankfulness. We are using any of the Bella Blvd collections + Bella Besties products. Here's the layout I created:

 

Hands down my favorite Bella Besties product is always the Freehand Graph & Dot papers. I started by picking out six papers. Starting from the outside of the circle and working in the colors are: Punch, Peep, Orange, Pickle Juice, Ice, and Blueberry. I used the Circle Pile free cut file to create the circle layers. You can find it here. After cutting out the circles, I added them to a piece of white cardstock. I decided not to use the whole circle so I trimmed off the excess down the left side of the page.

I added my title next because I wanted to make sure it would fit around the edge of the circle before I started adding any embellishments. The black Florence alphas are a must. "My Greatest Blessings Call Me Mom." I couldn't be more thankful for the two boys God has given me, and being their mom is one of my greatest joys.

I backed my  3" x 4" photo with white cardstock and then added two more papers from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. The striped paper is called Balloon Ride and the floral paper is called Morning Meadow. I added the photos to the Circle Pile with some foam tape. I like to use foam tape to get that layer some dimension and make it easy to tuck pieces of ephemera around it.

Next, I used a stitch stamp to add some black details around the circles. For the embellishing, I used a mix of pieces of Ephemera Icons from the Let's Go An Adventure and the Home Sweet Home collections. Many of the pieces coordinate perfectly. I also placed some Matte Enamels that matched with the Bella Besties papers around the circles. 

 

I finished the layout with a little journaling and a date stamp. I hope our layouts encourage you to document the things you have in your life which cause you to be thankful. Thanks you for stopping by the blog today. Here's a list of all the items I used to create this layout:

• Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot paper (Punch, Peep, Orange, Guacamole, Ice and Blueberry)
• Balloon Ride 12" x 12" pattern paper (Let's Go On An Adventure)
• Morning Meadow 12" x 12" pattern paper (Let's Go On An Adventure)
• Ephemera Icons Let's Go On An Adventure
• Ephemera Icons Home Sweet Home
• Florence Alphas (Black)
• Matte Enamels (Fruity Mix)

Spell On You | Rachel O'Neal

 

Hi friends! It's Rachel! I'm finally getting to show you my first layout for Bella Blvd using their Halloween themed collection called Spell On You. I love it so much - the colors, the style, the ephemera, everything! So for my first layout, I wanted to create a page that could show off a lot of the different pieces. I started by cutting out this Circle and Stars Cut File. I've linked it so you can use it too! I cut it out with my Cricut and black cardstock. Before I secured it to the white cardstock background, I backed the stars with Bella Besties Dot paper in the color Bell Pepper. Then I adhered it to a white cardstock background with foam tape. Inside the circles, I used more Bella Blvd Besties paper in Dot. I took my We R Memory Keepers 1 1/2" circle punch to cut out the circles using the colors Orange, Guacamole, Gulf, and Plum. These colors go perfectly with Spell On You. Next, I added photos to five of the circles. 

Before adding the ephemera, I decided to stamp a circle stitch stamp to all the circles. Yes, I did this after I had already added them to my layout with foam tape! Not the ideal way to do it, but thankfully it turned out. Sometimes layouts just evolve as you go, right?! Tell me I'm not the only one who's been there done that?!?! 

Now I started adding all the ephemera. I used pumpkins, candy, ghosts, and spider webs (and more) from both the Ciao Chipboard and the Ephemera Icons packs. I added some really cut phrases from the Ephemera Words pack too.

I finished the layout by printing of some words strips that told the story of our day and go right along with our photos. 

I hope you love this layout! Thanks for stopping by to read all about it. Here's a list of the products I used:

• Black and white cardstock
• Cut File: Circle & Stars
• Bella Blvd Besties Dot Paper (Bell Pepper, Orange, Guacamole, Gulf and Plum)
• Bella Blvd Spell On You Ciao Chip
• Bella Blvd Spell On You Ephemera Icons
• Bella Blvd Spell On You Ephemera Words

School Is Cool - Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! I'm back with another School Is Cool layout. I mentioned before how much I loved the pennant flags that come in the Ephemera Icons pack. There are ones for each grade Kindergarten - 6th! So I thought it would be fun to go back and reprint "First Day" photos for my Carter and create a layout that had all of them on one page using those pennants. Can't believe how fast the years are flying by! Here's what I came up with:

 

 

I started with a white 12" x 12" cardstock background and used my Distress Oxide pad in Fossilized Amber to create a yellow background. While it was drying, I worked on the Smarty Pants Cut Out set that comes with this collection. It has several great titles, but I chose to go with "the Best Day ever" cut out. I actually removed the word "the" and backed the rest with the Supply List patterned paper. Each Cut Out set comes with a pattern that you can use on your paper of choice to get just the correct size for backing the cutouts. They are so easy to use. Once my background was dry, I added the cutout to the bottom of the layout with foam tape. 

 

 

Next, I took each of my photos and layered them with white cardstock, Bella Blvd Besties paper in McIntosh Graph, and also the 12" x 12" School Supplies patterned paper. Once the papers were secured, I went ahead and added them to the layout with foam tape as well. 

 

 

Now it was time to add the embellishments and those cute pennants. I wanted to be intentional about which embellishments I used for each grade. I wanted them to be grade appropriate. I love how there are a variety of choices in both the Ephemera Icons and the Ephemera Words packs. The math flash cards are a perfect example of that. There is a piece with a basic combination (9+7) and one for older grades as well (23+5). So many to choose from.

 

 

I finished the layout by stamping a little including the dates for each of the photos, and then added a few black hearts from the Florence Alpha sticker sheet. This is such a fun and special layout. I hope you like it. Here's a list of everything I used:

• 12" x 12" White Cardstock
• Distress Oxide Pad: Fossilized Amber
• Cut Outs: Smarty Pants
• 12" x 12" Supply List Pattern Paper
• 12" x 12" School Supplies Pattern Paper
• Bella Blvd Besties Graph & Dot in McIntosh
• School Is Cool Ephemera Icons
• Bella Blvd Florence hearts in black.

 

School is Cool | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! It's Rachel today! I'm here to talk about my first layout with Bella Blvd's newest collection - School Is Cool! You know what also is cool? This collection! When it arrived at my doorstep, I couldn't wait to flip through every piece of paper and pack of ephemera. Once we finished school for the day, I sat right down at my desk and started playing! For this layout, I wanted to create a black and white background so that the colors in the embellishments could really pop.

I started by making a background with my Distress Oxide pad in the color - Black Soot. My goal was to create a background similar to an old school black chalkboard. Once I did that, I set it aside to dry and started cutting up patterned paper from the collection into strips. I used different sizes and widths, but most of them around 6 inches in length. I definitely wanted the background to peak out from behind. The papers I cut into strips are: Borders, Supply List, No 2 Pencil, and Math Facts. I also threw in some Bella Besties Graph paper in white! 

 

 

Once my background was dry, I arranged the patterned paper strips on top of it and secured them to the white cardstock with foam tape. Next, I added Carter's first day of school photo. Time to start embellishing!  I have to say right away that one of my favorite pieces has to be the pennant flags with the grade on them. How cute is that?! 

 

 

For my embellishments, I started at the top left corner and worked my way across the page. I used a lot of pieces from the School Is Cool Ciao Chip, the Ephemera Icons, and the cutest puffy sticker pack. The giant title {SCHOOL} is from the Ciao Chip as well. I love how every letter of the word is a different color. I finished the layout with a little stamping and some tiny heart stickers from the Florence Alpha set.

Thank you for stopping by today! I'll be back next week with another layout using many of the same papers just in a different way! 

Products Used:

• White Cardstock
• Distress Oxide is Black Soot
• School is Cool 12" x 12" patterned papers (Borders, Supply List, No 2 Pencil. and Math Facts)
• Bella Besties Graph & Dot in White
• School Is Cool Ciao Chip
• School is Cool Ephemera Icons
• School is Cool Puffy Stickers: Ready For School
• Florence Alphas in Black (stickers hearts)

 

 

 

School Is Cool | Rachel O'Neal

 

Hello friends! I'm back again with my second School Is Cool layout! It has been so fun to play with this collection. The colors, the patterns, and so many embellishments make the possibilities endless. For this layout, I was really drawn to several of the black and white patterned papers in the collection. I decided to showcase my favorites (and throw in some yellow too) by using them in a pie shaped cut fie. You can find the cut file here. The papers I used from the collection include the 12" x 12" Borders, Daily Details, Supply List, Math Facts, and No 2 Pencil. I also choose some of my favorite Bella Besties papers from the Graph & Dot collection - I used three colors: white, black, and bell pepper. I always love how so many of Bella's products coordinate perfectly with each other.

After I used my Cricut to cut out several of the circles, I backed each one with the patterned papers and then used tape runner to adhere them to my 12" x 12" white cardstock base. I also cut out my photo to be a circle so it fit right in.

 

Around my photo, I used my go to Florence alphas in black to create my title. Now I pulled out all the embellishments to add to my layout. I used several pieces from the Ciao Chip, but my favorite pack of all is definitely the Ephemera Icons.

 

 

I finished the layout with some journaling and stamped the date. I love including journaling on my layout - even if it's just a couple sentences to leave behind my thoughts. Thank you for stopping by today. Here's my supply list:

Products Used:

Slice of Life Cut File

School Is Cool 12" x 12" Patterned Papers (Math Facts, Supply List, Daily Details, Borders, No. 2 Pencil)

Bella Besties Graph & Dot (White, Black, and Bell Pepper)

School Is Cool Ciao Chip

School Is Cool Ephemera Icons

Florence Alphas in Black

 

Happy Independence Day! | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Happy Independence Day to my fellow American friends!  Brianna here today sharing a new layout for Fireworks & Freedom Week.  Here's my layout: 

To start, I took the 12x12 Borders patterned paper and trimmed down almost all of them.  Since I printed my photo a little long and more narrow than I usually do, I wanted to have all of the strips adhered down in a vertical design.  I took a piece of plain white cardstock and trimmed 1" inch off of the top and one of the sides.  I distressed the edges and then adhered it right in the center of the Dot & Graph paper in McIntosh.  

I distressed all of the edges of my strips and adhered them all down towards the left side of the page.  

I matted my photo using the Dot & Graph papers in Ice and Blueberry and adhered it right on top of the strips.  For my title, I used the America Acrylic Word and put it right on top of my photo.  I love how it pops! 

For my embellishment clusters, I used the Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers and both of the Ephemera Icons and Words. 

I wanted to add a small subtitle so I created one using the Florence Alphas in Blueberry.  I added a large Ephemera piece in the shape of the USA and layered a heart flag right on top of it.  

Here's one more shot of this layout to celebrate our Independence!  This photo is of my two boys waiting for their Dad to get off of his plane after being away on a 6 month deployment.  Elijah was wearing his flight suit of course!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Have a safe and Happy 4th friends!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Fireworks & Freedom: 12x12 Patterned Papers; Ephemera Icons and Words; Acrylic Words and Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers.  Bella Besties: Graph & Dot 12x12 Patterned Papers in McIntosh, Ice and Blueberry; Florence Alphas in Blueberry .

 

 

 

Fireworks & Freedom | Rachel

Happy July friends! July is such a great month. Of course, here in America we are thinking all things red, white, and blue as we begin to celebrate our countries' birthday! Just last week we picked up our Old Navy t-shirts for the 4th and so I took some pics of my boys. Bella Blvd's Fireworks & Freedom collection is perfect for celebrating all things patriotic! 

I started with a piece of white cardstock as my base. I took out the Bella Besties Graph and Dot paper in the color McIntosh and cut a  4" X 12" inch strip. I adhered it to the left side of the cardstock. I added more layers on top of it by using the Borders 12" x 12" patterned paper from the collection. I cut two of the borders and added them on top of the red graph paper. I finished off that side of the paper with a thin piece of black cardstock and some lines using my favorite black pen.

 

I added three photos on top of my layered papers. Love these faces! Next, I used the Bella Blvd Florence Alphas to create my title. These stickers are a must have! I used three colors - Black, Blueberry and McIntosh. I then used some of my favorite stitch stamps in between each section of the title. I also stamped stars of various sizes around the white cardstock.

 

I really love all the embellishments in this Fireworks and Freedom collection, but my favorite has to be the acrylic shapes (patriotic stars). I also used the Ciao Chip, the Ephemera Icons, and the Ephemera Words to add different clusters of embellishments around the page. 

And there ya have it - a quick and easy layout that says I love my country and my boys! Thanks for stopping by today. Check out the list of products I used.

Products Used:

• White & black cardstock
• Bella Besties Graph & Dot: McIntosh
• Fireworks & Freedom Borders 12" x 12" Patterned Paper
• Fireworks & Freedom Ciao Chip
• Bella Blvd Florence Alphas (Black, Blueberry, and McIntosh)
• Bella Blvd Acrylic Shapes: Patriotic Stars
• Fireworks & Freedom Ephemera Icons
• Fireworks & Freedom Ephemera Words

Cut Files & Time to Travel Week, Day 4 | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa on the blog today sharing a layout using Bella's cut files, paired with Time To Travel. I'm continuing to document my family Florida vacay and enjoying remembering the fun moments we had. I mean let's be real, I've forgotten what we did last week already!

I got all of the files from the silhouette design store (linked at the bottom) and cut using my cricut machine. The title was cut from white textured cardstock and I had originally intended to back it with patterned papers. The flowers and monstera leaves were cut from various patterned papers from Bella besties and Time to Travel.

To build the base, I matted the Freeway paper (blue airplane side) on white textured cardstock. Then I matted it again on the Road Trip paper (black and white stripe side). Once matted, I stitched a boarder around the entire page in a rose gold thread using my sewing machine. 

The papers I used to cut the flowers out of are listed here: Let's Get Lost, Daily Details, Back Roads, Bella Besties in Punch and Guacamole. I then hand rolles the edges and popped the centers and layers on foam dots. The flowers cutfile is so easy to use, all the pieces are color coded for you!

 

As I built my page, I decided to leave the title as is as it looks great against the navy. I adhered my photo to the heart, trimmed and then adhered the entire piece to the background. I added the flowers around the page, mixing between flat and popped up pieces. Stickers and ephemera from the collection finished off each cluster.

The top left of the page looked too plain so I added a tag cluster, using pieces from the ephemera pack, a word sticker from the Doohickey sheet and a puffy flower. I also added some thread and sequin from SpiegelMom Scraps (Scrappin Happy Mix).

 

 

Hope I've inspired you to give these cut files a try! Follow me for more on my Instagram page @paperandbling and look out for a reel on the process. 

Thanks,

Inessa

 

Link to Cutfiles Design IDs: 408548, 406498, 327625

Links to products:

Time To Travel

Spiegelmom Scraps use my code INESSA15 to save 15% off your order

 

 

 

Time to Travel: Acrylics & Puffies Week- Day 4 | Rachel O'Neal

Hello friends and happy summer! I hope you are enjoying some warm weather and getting into the groove of a new season. I'm back with another take at the Time To Travel collection. We took a trip to the North Georgia mountains for a camping weekend and I knew this collection would be perfect for some of my photos.

I started with a piece of 12" x 12" Bella Besties Graph and Dot paper in black. I used my Cricut machine to cut out nine scalloped frames with the graph side of the paper. These scalloped circles are 3" wide. Then, I used three 12" x 12" patterned papers from the Time To Travel collection - On The Go, Back Roads, and Love This Place. I used my Cricut again to cut out circles to go inside the scalloped frames. These circles are 2 1/2" in diameter. I made them smaller so there would be plenty of room for the cardstock to be seen. I did two circles for each patterned paper. That left me with three frames for my photos. Next, I took my scalloped frames, patterned paper circles, and photos and arranged them in grid fashion on a white piece of 12" x 12" cardstock.

Then I decided to put on my title because I knew I wanted to use the large "explore" acrylic. It fits perfectly and really makes a statement in the middle of the page. I stamped underneath the title.

What really makes the layout pop though is all the fabulous embellishment choices in the Time To Travel collection. I used foam tape to make several of them stand out from the page. I also layered others all around. I finished the layout but using my type writer to journal the story of the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by! Here's a list of all the Bella Blvd goodies I used:

Product Used:

Bella Besties Graph & Dot Paper in Black

Time To Travel 12" x 12" Patterned Paper (On The Go, Back Roads, and Love This Place)

Time To Travel Ephemera Icons

Time To Travel Ephemera Words & Tags

Bella-Pops Jet Set

Acrylic Words Explore

Time To Travel Puffy Stickers