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Mood Board Week Day 1: A Cheesy Smile Layout with Traci

Hi Bella friends!  I'm back to share a really fun layout with all of you today.  I think the ages between 2 and 4 are so much fun.  Kids this age just crack me up with the things they say, the cute ways the interact, and their adorable facial expressions.  Like this one of my granddaughter!  Such a smile!!  I just couldn't wait to create a page with these pictures.  I got my inspiration from this month's mood board ... 

 

I played off several things from this mood board.  First the colors!  I think this pattern from the Illustrated Faith collection is the perfect backdrop for the rest of my payout.  (Sorry my white base is a little wonky ... I must need new contacts)!

 

 

I was also inspired by the stack of sweaters so I used the stacked pattern across the top of the page.

The Smile title came from the Happiness Cut-Outs.  If you haven't tried these yet, they are super easy and make a really fun impact on your projects.  I backed this one with lots of new Ombre paper and used the Aria alpha stickers for the rest of my title.

 

To finish up my page, I added some hearts and banners from the Home Sweet Home collection, some random stickers, and a cute band of washi tape across the bottom.  I love this page ... mainly because of that cute 3 year old and her cheesy smile ;) , but also because of the colors and fun title.  I hope you love it too, and that this month's mood board inspires you for your next project! 

 

Bella Products Used

Ombre Bella Besties -- Orange, Bell Pepper, Gulf, McIntosh, and Blueberry

Happiness Cut-Outs

Aria Alphs Stickers -- white

Illustrated Faith Pattern paper -- Hand in Hand, My Foundation

Swiggle Washi Tape

 

My Heart | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share a Valentine layout using one of my favorite collections from Bella Blvd Valentina! Fingers crossed Bella Blvd. comes out with a new Valentine collection next year! I had bits and pieces of this collection and it was time to use it up! 

Since I had smaller scraps left I went for a layered up design which I haven't done in a long time! I really enjoyed creating this layout and using up what I had left of this collection.

I pulled out some of the Bella Blvd. Heart Hugs and scattered them around my page.

I found the sweetest acrylic title that matches my layout perfectly! I added a few word stickers from the Valentine sticker sheet and added some black splatter.

I tucked in this cut epoxy flair from Scrappin Happy Studio for another pop of black! Here is a look at my completed layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my layout today and I hope you come back tomorrow for more Valentines inspiration. 

Valentina Collection | Heart Hugs | My Heart Acrylic Word | Enamel Hearts

Sweet Sisters Scrapbooking Layout | February Mood Board

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard here, taking on another Mood Board challenge and I especially "love" this one because it's inspired by all the fun February lovey dovey things. I chose to do a layout about my sweet girls.

So here's my layout.  Let's take a look at how the mood board inspired me.

The things that stood out to me were the X's and O's and the images in the bottom row. I'd also say the garland of hearts is what inspired the banner. 

To get started, I sketch the layout out in my Silhouette software. I like to do this to make sure everything will fit.  It really takes guesswork out of the process and helps reduce waste too.

I started out by creating the background.  I cut the pink patterned paper to 3.5" x 12". I then cut the grey graph paper to 9" x 12" and adhered the grey graph paper over the pink, so that the pink would take up 1/4" of the page measuring 3". I used the 0.5" inch to glue the papers together.  I then added a small black strip of torn patterned paper to the border and stitched over it with a sewing machine (not shown). I also added mist splatters.

Next, I placed my banner up at the top of the page and then filled in the bottom of the page with a tic tac toe grid. I cut the white squares 2.2" x 2.25" and then just trimmed different patterned papers behind it. The only exception is the red heart clear cut; I put that one on top. Then I used the Florence alphabet digital cut file to create my "i", "u" and "X"'s. I then cut "O"s  at 2.25" x 2.25" to use as frames for my photos.

I used the same Florence alphabet cut file to cut the letters for "sisters" and used the offset feature in Silhouette them to create a black border around them to help them stand out on the page. 

I added a combo of stickers, Heart Hugs, Caio Chip, Bella Bows, etc. for the banner as well as around the page and title on the left.  I hope you can see just how inspired I was with this month's mood board.  I find these mood boards help me frame up my design while still allowing my creativity to flow.

Bella Besties Graph & Dot Gulf, Graph & Dot White patterned paper; Plaids & Dotty Ice patterned paper; Clear Cuts Hearts McIntosh; Squeeze the Day Caio Chip, Doohickey stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Epoxy Hearts Christmas Mix, Matte Enamels; Heart Hugs Black & White; Bella Bows; Illustrated Faith Oh My Heavens Mix; Silhouette Cut Files: Florence Alphabet

SNOW Awesome Large Titles Scrapbooking Layout| Heather

I like big titles and I cannot lie! Hey everyone, Heather Leopard here with a large title scrapbooking layout. There's something about large titles that I just love. I guess they just grab your attention and are a really fun design element.

I searched through my photos for something wintery. I knew I wanted to scrap about winter because I was being drawn to snowflakes, specifically the snowflakes paper in the Santa Squad collection. I also discovered that Bella Blvd has some fun snowflake cut files so my mind was made up.

To get started on this layout, I mocked up the layout in my Silhouette software. I knew I was going to be using a supersized title - a simple "SNOW" would do but I wanted to make sure I didn't make it too big or too little.  Mocking it up first didn't take much time at all and I got the perfect fir.  It also allowed me to right size the snowflakes.  As I was adding them to the page I was designing in the software, I kept making them bigger and bigger. I decided they should help frame the title so I super sized them as well. FYI, my designed changed once I got everything cut out but the size of the elements remained the same.

While the title and snowflakes were cutting, I added a subtle patterned paper to the top 1/3 of the page as well as a border at the top, middle and bottom. I then added some mist / color including some white shimmer mist that you may not be able to see well but looks gorgeous in person, and some pops of pink and teal using the Illustrated Faith paints.

Once everything was cut and the background was dry, I added the snowflakes (also with white shimmer mist) and the large title.  

Once I had the border that consisted of snowflake patterned paper and the white misted snowflakes, I added the word "SNOW" on top.

Lastly, I added some patterned paper and embellishments around the photo and around the page as well as journaling strips to tell the story of the day.  

So tell me, do you ever use such a prominent feature, such as a supersized title? I LOVE using this design element on my pages!

Santa Squad Ho Ho Ho, Blizzard patterned papers, 6x6 paper pad, ephemera words, ephemera icons, Acrylic Shapes Tree Mix; Squeeze the Day So Berry Sweet patterned paper; Epoxy stickers: Snow Fun, Hearts Christmas mix; Bella besties, Silhouette cut files: Snowflakes, Snowflake, Florence alphabet; Enamels: Christmas Mix, Ice Dots; Illustrated Faith acrylic paint, Oh My Heavens Mix Enamel Hearts; Heart Hugs Black & White

Mixed media scrapbooking layout: January mood board inspiration

Hi everyone.  Heather here with a mixed media scrapbooking layout inspired by the January mood board.  Let's take a look at the mood board and then I'll walk you through how it inspired my scrapbooking layout.

Look at all that wonderful goodness in those images above.  I was initially drawn to the upper left artsy image but as I looked around the board, I also felt inspired by the golds/mustards, stars and the succulents.  I then remembered a photo I have of my daughter picking leaves for our goats and it just so happened that she was wearing an outfit with the colors of the mood board.  Winning!

To get started, I applied white gesso to white cardstock. As that was drying, I turned on my favorite tv show and fussy cut flowers in the color scheme from the mood board above. 

Once the gesso was dried and flowers were cut, I mixed my Bella Blvd / Illustrated Faith acrylic paints with water to make them more fluid. I painted this mixture on in a similar fashion to the artsy image in the mood board but I didn't want to cover the entire background.  I wanted to create a diagonal effect.  Once I had the colors in the areas I wanted, I then splashed more water on the entire page. This allowed the colors to move a bit more and blend with each other. I let that sit for a few minutes and then laid a paper towel over the page to soak up the water.  This lightened the colors, which was great because it was a bit too bold but it also left a cool pattern on some of the blue areas (because I used more paint and less water on the blue color).  

I set the new colorful background aside to dry and started working on printing my photo and choosing the title and embellishments.  Once the background was dried, it was a bit wavy so to fix that I normally run it through my Minc machine but that was not available so I placed it under a teflon sheet in my heat press.  

I scattered ephemera, Caio chip and fussy cut flowers around my photo until it kind of created a frame. The combination of the chipboard with the ephemera, flowers and stickers gave it nice dimension.  I used a few foam dots there as well.

For the title, I originally planned for it to say "Nature's Best", meaning the leaves my daughter was feeding our goats but the bottom portion of the page felt empty so I added memories and it was a nice addition because "memories" are what we're creating on our farm and this is definitely a great one. Oh and I was out of "A" letters so I just used an upside down "V".  

Lastly, I added a few border strips, large Heart Hug, smaller fussy cut flowers, puffy star stickers and some enamels (glossy and matte) to round out the page. Note that I placed the pink embellishments on the pink color, blue on the blue, orange on the orange.

Hopefully you can see how the artsy image provided the foundation and how the other elements from the mood board (colors, stars, greenery) inspired me to document this great memory.  Now, I'm off to add some journaling.

Let's Go On An Adventure: Wildflower patterned paper, Ciao Chip Icons; Doohickey stickers, Ephemera Icons; Bella Besties patterned Paper; Designer Washi Tape: Dotty; Puffy Star Stickers: Cotton Candy; Enamel Hearts rainbow; Heart Hugs, Matte enamels, Acrylic Word: Memories; Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers: Orange, Florence Alphas: Blueberry; Illustrated Faith Gratitude Documented Icons

 

January Mood Board

Good morning everyone!  Kat here this morning to share with you my most recent layout.  We're starting something new and every month, you'll be given a mood board to get your creative juices flowing...and this is mood board week!  I'm pretty excited because I definitely love a good mood board.  Here is this month's mood board:

The colors reminded me a lot of the "Hand in Hand" patterned paper from the Illustrated Faith All People, All Nations collection, so I did manage to work a smidge of that into my layout.  I was also very inspired by the star garland, so I used that as my main jumping off point.

I began by using the IF paints to create a brushstroke base for my photos and then die cute a bunch of stars.  I strung the stars on some coordinating embroidery floss and glued it all down...then added my photos and a few random embellishments to complete the look.  

Here's my whole layout:

I hope you're inspired by the mood board and decide to play along!  Make sure you tag us on social media, because we'd love to see how you're inspired :)

Patterned Paper: IF All People, All Nations: Hand in Hand; 6x6 Bella Besties Freehand Graphs & Dots Paper Pad; IF Studio Acrylics; Acrylic Word: Adorable; IF Cardstock Stickers: Practice What you Peach; Designer Washi Tape: Squiggle; Cute Clips: Baby Boy; Sticky Mix: Mom Life; Word Salad Stickers

Thanksgiving Feast Layout by Corri

Hi everyone! Corri here today sharing a layout documenting one of my daughter's favorite traditions.  Every year at her elementary school, they celebrate Thanksgiving with a big feast. The students enjoy dressing up in either Pilgrim or Native American costumes.  This photo was taken last year and was Gabriele's last year at her beloved little school so I wanted to make a page to remember this fun tradition.

I used paper from the Gratitude Documented Collection and my Silhouette Cameo to create my layout.    I cut a variety of fall leaves and then added dimension to the leaves by folding them in half.  I also inked the edges of the leaves with distress ink. 

I cut the "Thanksgiving" part of the title with my Cameo using the Darling Font from Lori Whitlock.  The white border was made with the offset feature in the Silhouette Studio software. I added the "feast" with Florence Alphas.

I added a few pieces of ephemera, some stickers and hearts to finish off my layout. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Gratitude Documented Pattern Papers, Ephemra and Stickers

 

 

 

 

Gratitude Documented Digital Layout by Tya Smith

 Hello there, Tya here!  I really love this time of year, I love the chance we get to focus on all of the things we are thankful for. While I do try to find time to be grateful for all I have throughout the rest of the year, I feel especially thankful during the holidays. 

This week we got the chance to focus our projects on Thanksgiving and well, I could not think of a better subject to focus my layout on than on my family. We are such a tight-knit family and I truly adore each and every one of them and am thankful for them all individually in many different ways.  

Here is my digital layout I'd like to share with you. Isn't the Gratitude Documented collection so lovely? I love the color scheme and the hand-drawn elements of this collection. I loved using it with my photo. Aren't those leaves gorgeous? 

 

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to create a layout focusing on all the things you are thankful for this week. I know I will treasure these special photos and memories for many years to come! Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Crafting friends! 

Gratitude Documented Collection Bundle

 

 

 

Grateful for you: Digital Layout from Allie

One of the best parts of being a digi scrapbooker is that you don't have to "hoard" your supplies (although, let's be honest, I still "collect" a ton of them!) -- you can use as many pieces parts as you want, and they never disappear! 

This page is great for using a ton of papers-- but also great for "stash busting" if you have a bunch of paper scraps!  Using a single collection like this collection called Gratitude Documented from Bella Blvd and Illustrated Faith, keeps the design cohesive, even with all of the patterns and colors. 

I made this layout to feature one of my favorite photos of my husband and I from this fall-- on a trip to NYC!  He's the best travel partner, and I'm so grateful for that!

What are you grateful for today?!? 

Gratitude Documented from Bella Blvd and Illustrated Faith

 

 

Together | Erica Thompson

This week we are sharing something or someone we are thankful for! There are so many people I am thankful for but I really wanted to document my husband Mike! He is my everything and I am so thankful and blessed to have him in our lives! 

I dug into my stash of Bella Blvd products and pulled some papers that matched this small piece of borders paper I had left. I love the colors in this paper and I knew I wanted to use them all. I used some small leaf dies from my stash and cut out a bunch with the papers I pulled.

I cut apart all of the borders and added some to the top and bottom of my white 12x12 cardstock. I distressed the edges a little to give them a bit of texture. I also found this white with black polka dot paper in my stash and cut a few strips to add to the layout. 

The photo of Mike and I was taken at the White Sox game over the summer. I printed it out in black and white and added a few layers of patterned paper behind it. I placed it towards the bottom right corner of my page. I added the die cut leaves from the bottom right corner of the page going up to the top left of the page. I also added some puffy heart stickers, here is a look at my completed layout.

Make sure to keep coming back this week for even more design team inspiration! Have a great day!

 

Home Sweet Home Doohickey | Illustrated Faith You Are Loved | Secrets of the Sea | Mind Your Manners | Oh My Stars | Wish Big | She Loves Color Exclusive | Matte Enamel Dots | Puffy Heart Stickers