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Spring Week Day 6 | Nathalie

Hi there Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue sharing more Spring inspiration using the beautiful Bella Blvd products.   Unfortunately, we are in lockdown here in Toronto, Canada which means we are not able to fully enjoy our Spring, instead, I am dipping into past memories to relive those glorious days.   I just love when you find the perfect photo and have an idea in mind...

 

 

As soon as I saw the new Spring Break cut file, I rapidly formed this layout in my head... It all started by copying and welding the cut file 4 times to create the cut out for my page from white cardstock.  I cut it twice, glued the cut outs together, and then backed the empty word with papers from  Home Sweet Home and Chloe collections.

 

 

I trimmed a paper from the Fireworks and Freedom collection  to about 11.5"x11.25" and framed it with Bella Besties Dot/Graph in blueberry.  Using a bit of foam adhesive, I attached the cut out to the background right at the center line of the page.

 

When I copied the cut file, I made sure to leave spaces for my photos.  So, after framing them with a paper from Home Sweet Home, I glued them to the top right and bottom left corners of the cut out.

 

 

I used ephemera pieces, chipboard stickers and fussy cut flowers and butterflies all from Home Sweet Home to create  two large clusters, one for each photo.  Then scattered some of the small flowers around the cut out.

 

 

All that was left to do was add my lines of journal and enamel dots for the "i"s.   I love how this turned out. All the colors and flowers bring a sense of the outdoors -in all its glory- to my page.

I hope that you are inspired by this week's projects, and use your Bella Blvd. goodies to document your Spring memories.

XO

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Digital Cut File:  SPRING BREAK ( # 346835) - Silhouette store

FIREWORKS and FREEDOM:  Patterned Paper

HOME SWEET HOME Collection: Patterned Paper,  Ephemera, Chipboard Stickers, Doohickey Stickers

CHLOE Collection: 6x6 Paper Pad

BELLA BESTIES Collection: Dot/graph - Blueberry

BELLA HEART HUGS - Mini Thank you

Spring & Easter Week Day 5 | Tarrah McLean

Hi Bella friends and Happy Easter!

It's Tarrah McLean back with you and this week on the Bella blog we are sharing Spring/Easter projects using Bella cut files! The Silhouette Design store has AMAZING Bella cut files - you need to check them out!

I decided to cut out the super cute Easter Egg basket cut file from the brown colour in the Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre paper pack. I enlarged the Happy cut file title and cut this out 3 times from the yellow paper in the Bella Besties Graph and Dot pack. I adhered them all together so the title had some dimension and looked a similar depth to chipboard.  

I separated all the pieces of the Easter basket and cut them all with different coloured papers from the Bella Besties graph and dot paper. 

I added craft foam underneath the basket cut file and adhered it to a plain white cardstock background. I then added craft foam underneath the eggs and my photo and arranged them in the basket. My photo is of my 2 sons cuddling a life sized Easter Bunny! Super cute! I adhered the Happy cut file title at the base of the basket and took the Aria Alphabet puffy stickers in Punch and spelt out Easter to make up the rest of my title. At the top of my photo, I added a tab die-cut and below the title I added a pennant die-cut and on the Easter basket cut file I added some of the sweet small flowers all from the Squeeze the Day ephemera pack. 

I also scattered and arranged some florals, foliage and a pink heart around the outside of the Easter basket from the Home Sweet Home ephemera pack. I took some of the Blueberry puffy sticker shapes and added them scattered around my page. I adhered a die-cut heart to the centre of the 'a' in Happy and layered a red puffy heart in the middle also. I just love how bright and bold Bella products look on a layout! Everything co-ordinated so perfectly too!   

I typed some journaling onto my laptop, printed it out and then cut it up into strips. I adhered them above the title to help link the title with the journaling. I am loving strip journaling at the moment! Down the left side of the page, I trimmed a small strip of the Blueberry paper from the Bella Besties Graph and Dot paper  and adhered it down flush with the edge of the cardstock. I also place a scalloped border next to the paper strip from the Squeeze the Day Doohickey sticker sheet.    

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout and that you are inspired in some way to create a Spring or Easter project using Bella products!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Bella Blvd products used:

Bella cut files

Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre paper pack

Bella Besties Graph and Dot pack

Aria Alphabet puffy stickers in Punch

Squeeze the Day ephemera pack

Home Sweet Home ephemera pack

Blueberry puffy sticker shapes

Squeeze the Day Doohickey sticker sheet

Spring & Easter Week Day 1 | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue bringing you more Spring inspiration using the beautiful Bella Blvd. products.   Finally the weather is starting to change here in Canada, and soon,  we will be able to go for long walks at the park.   We love visiting the park at the height of Cherry Blossom season, everything is just too beautiful.  So, I pulled a few of those pictures to create this page...

 

 

I love the clean and flowery feel of the page, and it was so easy to put together.   Starting with a bit of mixed media on the background.

 

 

I pulled a paper from the Home Sweet Home collection, and trimmed to 11.5"x11.5".  I then, used a small ink blending brush to messily add some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide to the background in a diagonal line.   Then finished the application with a few splatters of the diluted ink.

 

 

While the ink dried, I used papers from the Chloe collection 6x6 paper pad, and also from the Bella Besties collection to back the flowers from the Live Love Meow Cut Outs pack.   All the pops of color with the white outline is just like little pops of color for the page.

 

 

I printed the two pictures, and backed them  and the background page with papers from the Home Sweet Home collection.   The fresh colors of the papers are perfect for the clean look of the page.  I used embellishments from the same collection to add extra sentiment to the cut out and around the pictures.

 

For the page title, I used the "Day at The Park" cut file (design # 346832).  I cut it three times from white cardstock, stacked them together, and then backed it with Bella Besties in Gulf, and attach it to the bottom of the layout.  Then used embellishments from the Home Sweet Home collection on the page, then added Matte Enamel dots from Cooper collection to complete the page.

 

 

I just love the clean look of the page!  Remember to pull your Bella Blvd goodies to document your Spring memories, and share with us your finished projects.  We love to be inspired by you, too!

XO

 

SUPPLIES:  

Digital Cut file: DAY AT THE PARK - Design # 346832

BELLA BESTIES - Dot/Graph collection

HOME SWEET HOME Collection:  Paper, Doohickey sticker sheet, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera

CHLOE Collection: 6x6 paper pad

COOPER Collection: Matte Enamel Dots

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 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

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 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

Bella Besties week Day 6 | Nathalie DeSousa

Hi there!

Nathalie here with another fun day of our Bella Besties week.  Our theme this week is Love, and there is nothing ( well, maybe my husband) that I love more than my three children (and, yes! one is a furry kind).   We are so blessed to be entrusted these souls for us to shape and then let go to the world.  So, even though motherhood can be challenging, I wanted to focus on the good and documented it as I see it, in a rainbow!

 

What better way to capture love than with hearts.  I used a metal die set and cut hearts from Bella Besties Dot/Graph and Bella Besties  Ombre/Heart.  I made sure that the patterns changed  so that there is interest in the background.

Since the design is pretty simple, I chose to add texture to the hearts.  For this, I used a paper piercing tool to create a stitching guide (poked holes around the outter perimeter of the shapes), then hand stitched each heart with matching embroidery floss.

 

Once all the hearts were stitched, I placed them on the cardstock in a rainbow order.  A bit of foam adhesive helps to create dimension on the hearts and also gives movement to the layout.  I did not want to overcrowd the hearts with decorations; so, I used stickers and ephemera words from Mom Life, Home Sweet Home, and Fa La La collection, and  tried to place them following the color of the hearts.

I kept the layers behind the picture fairly simple and added a few pieces of paper from Squeeze the Day collection.   I continued adding just simple word stickers and embellishments to finish the page.

 

I kept the title pretty simple so that it will not take away from the rainbow hearts.  I mixed an acrylic word, with Florence Alpha stickers, and Alpha Stickers from Monsters and Friends Doohickey sticker.  I added a few Matte Enamel Dots from different collections to match the hearts and called it done!

 

 

I love how this page turned out, and I hope this week has given you ideas on how to use Bella Besties to document your beloved memories!

 

XO

 

SUPPLIES:

BELLA BESTIES:

Dot / Graph: Blueberry, Gulf, Pickle Juice, Orange, Peep

Ombre Heart: Plum, sky, Avocado, Bell Pepper, Mckintosh, Bubble Gum

Acrylic Word

Aria Puffy Hearts: Orange

Monster & Friends Collection:  Doohickey Stickers, Matte Enamel Dots

Fa La La Collection:  Doohickey Stickers, matte Enamel Dots

Mom Life Collection:  Doohickey Stickers

Home Sweet Home Collection:  Ephemera words

Squeeze The Day collection:6x6 paper pad

Cooper Collection:  Matte Enamel dots

Chloe collection: Matte Enamel Dots

Legacy Collection: Word Salad Sticker Tablet

Heart Hugs: Black & White

Bella Besties Week Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout for Bella Besties Week!  Along with using lots of Bella Besties products both old and new, I also pulled in two newly released cut files:  Crazy In Love and Spring Florals.  We are still celebrating the month of love so I thought it would be fun to create a page about a place that holds a special place in my heart.  Hawaii.  Make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post!  Here's my layout: 

 

To start, I cut the Crazy In Love cut file out on textured white cardstock.  While I was still in Silhouette Software, I went ahead and prepped and cut the backing pieces to the cut file.  I used the Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre patterned papers in the colors: Punch, Plum, Cotton Candy, Gulf and Ice.  

 

 

Next, I cut the Spring Florals cut file out on the Freehand Graph & Dot patterned papers in Plum, White and Cotton Candy.  I also cut a few more floral pieces on the Plaids and Dotty papers in Punch and Gulf.  I made sure to cut different sizes of each floral since I planned on layering the floral pieces on top of each other.  For the floral centers, I used the heart stickers from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Plum, White, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy. 

 

 

I set the florals aside and decided to create a shaker element in the heart portion of the Crazy In Love cut file.  I had leftover heart pieces from my last Bella layout and I added them into the shaker.  So cute!

 

 

Next, I started on my mixed media background.  I got out a few different Distress Oxide inks that matched with the colors I had chosen for this layout.  I stamped each ink pad directly onto my thick cardstock, sprayed a bit of water on and blended and painted the colors around.  I wanted my background to be soft and pretty.  

 

 

I used the cut file as the title for my layout and added onto it using the Florence Alphas in White and the Aria Alphas in Ice.  We were stationed in Hawaii for almost 3 years and you can see how beautiful it is in my photo.  I can still feel the warm sun on my face while typing this!  We miss it so much!

 

 

Next, I adhered two Bella Pop stickers from the Squeeze the Day collection.  I also sprinkled in some heart hugs, matte enamel dots and epoxy heart stickers.  

 

 

I had so much fun creating this layout.  I enjoyed going through my Bella stash and pulling out a lot of heart elements.  I love the shaker and all of the dimension on this page.  I hope you like it too!

 

 

Process Video: 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Bella Besties are absolutely perfect to mix and match with your favorite Bella Blvd collections.  Make sure to tag me in your social media posts, I would love to see what you create.  I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties: Hearts and Ombre Patterned Papers in Punch, Cotton Candy, Gulf, Ice and Plum; Freehand Graph and Dot Patterned Papers:  White, Plum and Cotton Candy; Word Salad Sticker Booklet, Epoxy Hearts, Heart Hugs and Matte Enamels; Florence Alphas: White; Aria Alphas: Ice; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White, Plum, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy.  Squeeze The Day: Bella Pop; Cut Files:  Crazy In Love and Spring Florals. 

 

A Fresh Start | Maryam

This is Maryám and today I am going to be sharing with you a brand new 8.5” x 11” inches layout which documents some of my New Year’s Resolutions featuring one of the gorgeous Cut-Outs from Bella BLVD as well as some other fun things.

To create this layout, I started by backing the gorgeous rainbow from the Over the Rainbow Cut-Outs Set with different pattern papers in the following order- red, pink, orange, yellow, green, and teal. Then, to back the clouds, I used Play Time Pattern Paper from the Cooper Collection which coordinated perfectly with the other papers.

After the rainbow was ready, I adhered it onto an 8.5” x 11” inches white cardstock a little bit towards the right and trimmed the excess with some scissors. I then added my photos right under the clouds as well as my title and journaling documenting some of my new year’s resolutions.

Now, to embellish my layout, I decided to make use of one of my favorite techniques which is color on color embellishing. So what I did was to grabbed a bunch of different embellishments from the Squeeze the Day Collection and adhere them in their corresponding color spot. For example, I added a slice of lemon in the yellow rainbow section, then a strawberry in the red section, and so on. In addition, I also added some word stickers from the Word Salad Booklet that represented my resolutions, and to make the rainbow even more fun and whimsical, I added some Trinkets Puffy Stickers and a few epoxy stickers here and there.

Last but not least, for my title I decided to go with “fresh start” and used the amazing Aria Alphabet Stickers in Peep and Punch Colors to spell out the words.

Let's take a look at the finished layout!

That's it for today! I hope you enjoyed this post and inspired you to create something new. If you have any questions just leave a comment below, and I’ll be happy to help you.

Happy New Year!

Supplies: Over the Rainbow Cut-Outs Set, Squeeze the Day Collection, Play Time Pattern Paper Cooper Collection, Hearts & Ombré Patterned Papers (Peep & Cotton Candy ), Freehand Graph & Dot Pattern Papers (Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice); Trinkets Puffy Stickers (Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy; McIntosh; Orange; Bell Pepper; Pickle Juice & Guacamole; Ice & Gulf), Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Peep & Punch), Word Salad Booklet.