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Cut Outs Week - Tegan

Hi, is everyone enjoying Cut-Outs Week?! I sure know I am!

I love that Bella Blvd offers the Cut-Outs. Sure, I love cutting out words and images using my electronic die cut machine, but sometimes I just don't have the time. Or sometimes (welp!) my machine just isn't working correctly for some reason. The Cut Outs are also great for taking to crops! On today's layout I used the Love You Lots Cut-Out with the Squeeze the Day and Home Sweet Home collections. Come take a look! 

I first backed the Cut-Out with some fun papers from the Squeeze the Day and Home Sweet Home Collections. On the first heart here, I then hand cut out a smaller heart using the Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Plum. I then layered the middle of this heart with a green Heart Hug, a Home Sweet Home ephemera piece, and black Puffy Star Stickers. I love all of the dimension! 

Here I used the Squeeze the Day Pick You (cherries) and Fruit Salad Patterned Papers to back the letters of the Cut-Out. I then embellished the heart with floral ephemera pieces from the Home Sweet Home Collection. I love that all of the Bella Blvd collections mix and match so effortlessly! 

For this Cut-Out, I again used my favorite Home Sweet Home and Squeeze the Day Patterned Papers . I then hand cut a smaller heart from the Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper in Punch. I again added a yellow Heart Hug, ephemera piece, and Puffy Stars to draw attention to the heart! 

I love using the Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers as a background... here I used it in Black. I added a strip of black hearts to the top for a little added interest. I love how all of the colors pop against the gray and black! What is your favorite Bella Blvd Cut-Out?! I don't know if I can name just one! 

Fun fact: The Love You Lots Cut-Out comes as one large piece. I cut the 3 words a part and just used 'LOVE' and 'You' on this layout!

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the amazing Bella Blvd Cut Outs for your next layout! 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Cut Outs: Love You Lots

Home Sweet Home Collection: Mosaic Tile Patterned Paper, Welcome Home Patterned Paper, Ephemera Die Cuts

Squeeze the Day Collection: Fruit Salad Patterned Paper, Pick You Patterned Paper, Zesty Patterned Paper, Fruity Hearts Patterned Paper, Cloud Acrylic Shape, Ephemera Die Cuts

Heart Hugs: Sunshine

Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers: Black, Plum

 

Cut Outs Week Day 5 | Sarah

Hi, beautiful Bella friends! Hope you have all been enjoying Cut Outs Week! It's Sarah on the blog today, and I am sharing a fun layout using Cuts and the beautiful Home Sweet Home collection.

I like that Cut Outs are a quick and easy alternative to fussy cutting or even to using a die cutting machine. Honestly, all you have to do is add either a sheet of cardstock or a coordinating patterned paper behind the Cut Out and viola! It's as simple as that.

I wanted to add a couple of clouds to my layout, but I was strapped on time. I didn't want to bring out my Silhouette, but I remembered that I hadn't used the clouds from the Over the Rainbow Cut Outs that I previously had used on another project.

Originally, the clouds come all attached, but I cut them apart to create a more natural, sporadic look. By adding some beautiful color from Bella Bestie papers, I was able to create this soft cloud look.

Also, because I cut apart the clouds Cut Out, I have leftover clouds that I can use on a future project. It's a win, win! Expect to make an appearance in one of my future projects; consider yourself warned, hehe. 

Can we also talk about how cute this Home Sweet Home collection really is? It's a versatile one. I used it for a dog photo, friends. Don't get me wrong, I'm obviously biased to the Cooper collection, but I just love the colors on this one. And the houseplants?! Yes, please!

Lastly, that "So Sweet" title was just perfect for this layout. Sometimes, I'm not sure what words/title to add to my layouts, so having these already made Bella acrylic words saved the day. If you haven't already seen them, make sure to take a peek at them. There are so many to choose from.

Okay, that's all I have for today! I hope that I've inspired you in some way today. If you haven't already, I hope you get a chance to try out these Cut Outs. I'm a huge fan because they're so cute and easy to use.

Thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along.

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Home Sweet Home: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Washi Tape; Over the Rainbow Cut Outs; Squeeze the Day: Acrylic Words So So Sweet

Cut-Outs Week Day 4 | Tarrah

Hi crafty friends!

It's Tarrah McLean back with you today to share a new layout for the Cut Outs feature for this week here on the Bella blog! I chose to use the Friends large title cut out from the Family and Friends Cut-Out set. The Bella Cut-Outs are simply amazing and help to take the guess work out of designing a page, I highly recommend you get yourself some!

I backed the open spaces in the Friends cut out with different patterned papers from the Home Sweet Home collection. I just love how the bright colors pop out from the title. Once the spaces were all backed, I added craft foam underneath and adhered it to another of the patterned papers in the Home Sweet Home collection. I love the shadows and dimension this creates on my layout. I then trimmed strips from 2 different patterned papers, adhering the blue floral one at the top of the layout and the white floral piece at the bottom of the layout. I also took 2 of the scallop border stickers and placed these flush with the paper strips top and bottom.

When I saw the epoxy sticker that says 'Bunch of Crazies' from the Home Sweet Home epoxy sticker set, I knew I had to document this fun photo of myself with some girlfriends from a weekend away last year. Of course that epoxy sticker was going to make its way onto this layout!

I adhered my photo above the Friends Cut-Out also placing craft foam underneath the photo, however only adding it to the top section so that I could overlap the bottom half of the photo on the Cut-Out and then the top was level with the title on my page. I absolutely LOVE Bella chipboard icons, I added a tree to the right of my photo and a green heart on the left. I also took some word die-cuts that helped tell the story of my photo and layered them on the left on top of the photo. I typed out my journaling on my computer, printed it out and cut the words into strips. I adhered these to the left of my photo, right above the title.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Bella Blvd blog today. I hope you enjoyed the layout I created for Cut-Outs week!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

 

Bella products used:

Bella Family and Friends Cut-Out

Home Sweet Home collection including Doohickey stickers 

Home Sweet Home ephemera 

Home Sweet Home chipboard

Home Sweet Home epoxy stickers

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 Week Day 4 | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share a sweet 8.5x11 layout documenting a day at the park! I am using one of the new cut files from Bella Blvd available in the Silhouette Design Store.

I pulled a few different collections to put this layout together and I love that I can mix up the different collections and the colors will match. I wanted some spring colors that would work well with some fussy cut florals from the Home Sweet Home collection. 

The photos are from our day at the park when we met a sweet little kitty! The boys wanted to bring her home she was so sweet! She followed them around while they played and was soaking up all the love from them! 

I knew I had to pull in some of the Chloe collection on this layout! It would probably be the only time I could use some of the cute kitty die cuts since we don't have any cats. I backed the cut file with papers from Home Sweet Home, Splash Zone and Squeeze the Day. 

I matted the photo on some pink pattern paper and created a small floral cluster aboved the photo to match clusters on cut file! I love how this turned out and it makes me happy I could use some of the Chloe die cuts! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my layout today and are inspired to create using one of the new Bella Blvd cut files! 

Home Sweet Home | Spash Zone | Chloe | Squeeze the Day | Adorable with Hearts cut file

Spring Week Day 2 | Yarelys

Hey Bella friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout featuring the Home sweet Home collection as well as one of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I used the Spring Florals cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. I went through the papers of the collection and picked the Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic to cut the flowers. I also picked the Hearts & Ombre Guacamole paper to cut the leaves. I cut the flowers in different sizes and layered them to give them dimension. Oh, love these flowers!

Back to the layout! I painted my background with the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons. Then I glued my photo and the flowers, and added flowers and butterflies from the Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons.

For my title I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers in Peep. To finish my layout, I added some of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Orange and Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy.

I love how this layout turned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thank so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/63Ukr2GFLs8

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Home Sweet Home: Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic papers

Hearts & Ombre: Guacamole

Aria Alphabet: Peep

Home Sweet Home: Ephemera Icons

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy, and Orange

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 6 | Sarah

Happy Saturday, Bella fans! Tomorrow's Easter, and we're prepping for it over at my house. We still do baskets and egg hunts. Anyone else? 

Anyway, I felt it would be fun to get into the Easter spirit and create a project using the Easter basket cut file in the Silhouette Design store. Here's what I came up with:

 

I thought it would be fun to create a layout based on the idea of filling it with a cluster of fun, so I "filled" a basket with a photo and a bunch of flower clusters from the Home Sweet Home collection.

I really loved the look of the basket in this cut file; it totally reminded me of a wicker basket with all of the rectangles in the design.

For my title, I used the Springtime Title cut file and some Ciao chipboard.

Oh, and one of my favorite little additions to this layout are the washi tape hearts. I ripped up the washi tape to add scattered heart embellishments. It's such an easy thing to add, and it adds so much color to your project.

And that's all the springtime inspiration I've got for you today! I hope it brought you some springtime warmth. 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: 

Home Sweet Home: Patterned Papers, Bella Besties 12x12 Paper Pack, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Washi Tape; Cut Files: Easter Basket, Springtime Title, and Cutesy Daisies

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 4 | Melissa Mann

Hello! This is Melissa here with you again today sharing a new Easter themed layout featuring a big title using one of the Bella Blvd cut files!

To start my project, I layered a pretty floral piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home Collection, a piece of Kraft card stock, and another piece of pattern paper from the Home Sweet Home collection. I stitched all of these down with my sewing machine and then slightly distressed the edges to add a a little texture. 

 

Next, I layered a piece of the Bella Bestie Hearts & Ombre paper in Cotton Candy on top of my background followed by the back side of that same piece of paper that I layered the opposite way as a place to anchor my three photos. I had three photos of my sweet niece that my brother took last year at Easter that I printed out at size 2.75" x 3.5". Once I adhered these photos down, I placed my big "BUNNY HOP" title underneath. This cut file can be found in the Bella Blvd artist category in the Silhouette Design Store. There are several new Easter and spring themed cut files that will work perfectly for any project you may be working on!

 

After I cut my title out, I backed it with a piece of vellum and then placed it on my layout. I typed my journaling out on a piece of white cardstock and put it next to my title. Once I had these key pieces in place, I was able to add my embellishments using the Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip, Doohickey sticker sheet, Bella Pops, and the Matte Enamels. 

 

Here is a look at the whole project! I love how seamlessly all the Bella products work together!

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my project! Have a great week!

 

Bella Blvd Products Used:

"Bunny Hop" Cut File
Home Sweet Home Collection Kit
Bella Besties - Heart & Ombre
Ephemera Icons - Home Sweet Home
Ciao Chip - Home Sweet Home
Doohickey - Home Sweet Home
Follow the Rainbow - Bella-Pops
Fruity Mix Matte Enamels