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Washi Circles | Erica Thompson

This week the team is playing around with washi tape and sharing lots of inspiration. I am so excited to share my layout today with you and I am so proud to say I was able to use 6 washi tapes on this layout. I started out by pulling some of my favorite Bella Blvd washi tapes. I also needed some printer paper, circle dies and a die cutting machine. I covered the printer paper with the washi tapes and then ran them through my die cutting machine using different sized circles. 

Once I had a good pile of circles cut I pulled out a piece of white cardstock for my background. I went ahead and ran my photos through the die cutting machine as well using the circle die cuts. I thought it would be fun to have some circle photos on this layout. 

I played around with a few different placements of my circles but in the end I decided to position them more in the center of the page and I love how it turned. Some of them are popped up and some are adhered directly to my white cardstock. I pulled out some embellishments from Squeeze the Day. 

The photos are from my recent trip to iScrap On in Georgia where I taught 3 classes! I used the Florence Alpha to add the year and my WRMK typewriter to add my journaling. To finish off my layout I added a few of the Bella Blvd matte enamel dots. Here is a look at my completed layout. 

I loved using these washi circle and I hope you are inspired to dig into your own washi stash and get creative!

Squeeze the Day Ephemera Words | Squeeze the Day Matte Enamel Stickers | Squeeze the Day Washi Sweetness | Lets Go On An Adventure Washi Dotty | Splash Zone Ice Dot | Home Sweet Home Washi Rainbow | Make Your Mark Washi Break Rules | Home Sweet Home Oh My Heart Washi

 

So Cute Digital Layout using Digital Washi Tape

Hi there, Tya here! Today I am sharing a digital scrapbooking layout with you and it was really a lot of fun to create. This week on the blog we are focusing on Washi tape. I love when digital collections have the same elements as physical products and the adorable Addison digital collection has so many super cute washi tapes! 

 

I took a few of the washi tapes and placed them diagonally across the top right corner of my layout. I added some drop shadows to make the tapes look a bit more realistic. I liked being able to use so many of the tapes without the layout looking too busy - the patterns coordinated so well together that they made for a fun decorative element.

 

 

I hope I have shown you a fun new way to use washi tape! Even better - digital washi tape NEVER runs out! I LOVE that! Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy Crafting! 

 

 

 

Addison Collection Bundle

 

Fruity little love / Washi tape

Good morning everyone!!

Sarah here today to share a layout with you for the Bella Blvd design team and my assignment this week was to use at least 4 different washi tapes on a layout. My problem was finding just 4, lol.

Well I finally found the 4 that I wanted to use, I already had an idea of what I wanted to do, so I used a cut-file and then went to work covering it with the washi tapes I had chosen. I used some of the new ones from the Squeeze the day collection and a few others I had in my stash of Bella goodies.

I grabbed the Bella Besties and went through them, trying to find just the right color for my background and landed on yellow bell pepper. I loved the brightness it brought to the layout and I wanted this layout to be fun and bright, just like my little goofy girl in the pictures. 

I laid my cut-file on the background I had chose, backed my photos and then decided I wanted something to the right of my layout, a way to use another washi. So I grabbed one of my punched and cut a boarder down the side and laid a few strips of the black and white stripped "break the rules" washi and attached it to the bell pepper paper.

Once I did that, I backed my photos with some white cardstock, tucked them into my cut-file and then went to playing with all the fun embellishments that came along with the Squeeze the day collection

I tucked some of the fruit ephemera around the layout, making little clusters and then moved on to the word ephemera and added bits and pieces of those around the layout as well.

I pulled some of the Heart hugs out and used some of the enamel dots off the sheet and placed them around the layout, played with a few of the stickers from the Doohicky sticker sheet and then jumped into the ciao chips and epoxy icons.

Those are just so stinking cute!! I pulled some of the Florence and Wonky alphas and finished off my title and was finished with the layout!

I cant wait to play even more with this collection! Its so bright and playful and there are so many things you can do with it! 

Squeeze the day collection: Ephemera Icons, Ephemera words, Doohicky sticker sheet, Ciao Chip icons, Epoxy Icons, Fresh and Fab washi, Sweetness washi

Ice dot washi, Break rules washi

Bella Besties Graph and Dot: Bell Pepper

Heart Hugs: Black and white

Florence alphas: Black

Wonky alphas: Pickle Juice

Shine Bright with Wendy

Hello and Goodbye Bella Blvd family! Wendy here for the last time as I'm headed back to school as a teacher! I've been homeschooling my kids for 17 years so this is quite an adjustment that will take some time. Before I go, I thought I would share my first pages in my Back to School Traveler's Notebook!

I am returning as a middle school teacher and unlike the high school world, rooms actually get decorated. After pursuing Pinterest, this is the classroom I created with the help of my Silhouette. I am quite proud of my accomplishment and hope my students enjoy their time here.

I began my page with the light bulb cut file from Bella Blvd as my theme is Shine Bright, I added in some silver Stickles for a sparkly touch.

I love Bella's acrylic words, so I was so pleased to find the Shine piece in my stash making my title Shine Bright.

To anchor my pictures I added in the borders from the Pop Quiz! collection, perfect for my math room.

Homework, a necessity in math and I used the Come to Class paper again from the Pop Quiz! collection as the math was scribbled about just like homework would be.

Thanks so much for stopping by and thank you Bella Blvd for many happy years working with your products!  

Oh My Stars:  Bell Pepper Stars

Pop Quiz:  Borders, Daily Details, Get to Class, Ciao Chip, Cardstock Stickers

Florence Alphabet Stickers:  Black

Acrylic Shapes:  Stars

Acrylic Word:  Shine

 

Sophomore Year

It's getting to be that time of year again. For some, the new school year has already begun, as you may have noticed with all of the back to school photos filling up your social media feed. Here in Wisconsin, school does not start until after Labor Day, leaving us a couple of weeks to shop and plan out the perfect first day of school photos!

To honor the new school year, I am sharing a layout using Pop Quiz. All of the patterns of this line are so fun and those chipboard shapes are the cutest!!

As you know, I like to add dimension to my layouts, these chipboard shapes add the right amount of dimension and honestly they are just so cute! 

To make the page a little more interesting I cut out some of the individual hexagons and popped them up off the page. 

Pop Quiz Collection, Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers - Blueberry 

 

6x6 Pages with Kelly

Hello there! It's Kelly here today sharing a set of four coordinating 6x6 pages. I don't know about everyone else, but I am trying to get ready for the upcoming school year. We homeschool, and I haven't even ordered my curriculum yet! I pulled out some older back to school photos to try and get my head in the game :)

I used the new Freehand Graph & Dot 6x6 paper pad for the base of my pages....I paired it with Pop Quiz, a school themed collection, to go along with my back to school theme.

I used four different background colors, and made each one a little different, but also wanted them to look great when put together. 

I used Heart Hugs with the Florence Alphas to document each grade level for the school year.

The Florence Alphas also came in handy for my title...different color letters for each color page helps it to pop.

A few enamel hearts for each page makes the project complete!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Freehand Graph & Dot: 6x6 pad; Pop Quiz:Get to Class, Borders, Ephemera; Heart Hugs: Christmas, Halloween, Earth, Wild Berry; Florence Alphabet: Blueberry, McIntosh, White; Puffy Stars: Milk White, McIntosh, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper; Puffy Hearts: McIntosh;Designer Washi Tape: Ice Dot

Making a mini-pages banner with Allie!

Hey friends! Allie here! I love making mini pages using the same collection and I love making coordinating pages! I ESPECIALLY love making coordinating pages into fun projects like a mini book or a banner, like I did today with the Squeeze the Day collection!

When using the "Squeeze the Day" collection, there's so many colors and patterns, that it could easily look like the pages don't match, even if they are from the same collection. To make sure that all pages were cohesive, I stuck to a couple of "rules" for myself: 

1. They all had to use the same background paper (I chose the yellow grid because it wasn't too busy and felt "neutral" with this collection.) 
2. All photos had to be black and white
3. Black accents and/or black hearts had to appear on the page

Having these "rules" allowed there to be cohesive parts to all of the pages, but still let me have fun with all the bright colors of the collection! 

I used the digital collection for Squeeze the Day (coming soon!) but you could just as easily follow these rules to make your own cohesive pages. 

I designed these pages as 12x12 pages, but printed them just under 5x5in squares so that my banner wouldn't be HUGE. 

I printed the smaller pages on 110lb cardstock, again, as just under 5x5in squares, and trimmed them down.

 

I then punched holes on the tops and bottoms of each page with my crop-o-dile and tied each of the pages together with some coordinating ribbon. I just did bows connecting each of the pages, and then "fringe" with the ribbon on the very bottom. 

 

I tied a loop at the top, and I'm so excited with how this turned out! I have this hanging in my kitchen right now, but you could really hang it anywhere! My son keeps trying to claim it for his room, because he's in most of the photos!

Have you done any fun projects with mini pages? You could easily do this with any of the fun digital kits in the Bella Blvd digital shop! I would love to see what you create!

 

Squeeze the Day Mini Album Pages!

The brand new Squeeze the Day collection is just so much fun I could not wait to create with it! The collection is perfect for documenting any of life's sweet moments! And what better way to document some sweet treats and sweet family vacation days than with the Squeeze the Day collection!? Here I created a few 6" pages that is the start of a vacation mini album! Seriously, how cute is that fruit?!?

I started with a half sheet of the brand new Gulf Graph and Dot patterned paper and die cut out the background design using the Bella Blvd Rainbow cut file. I then used my favorite Squeeze the Day patterned papers to back the rainbow. I thought the rainbow was perfect for documenting our picture in front of the castle at the Magic Kingdom! I then embellished my photo with adorable Doohickey Stickers and Ephemera Icons pieces. 

 I then used a couple Ephemera Word pieces and Ephemera Icons pieces to embellish the rainbow design. I am in love with the mix of hearts, stripes, and fruit in this collection!

I love that the Squeeze the Day collection is so colorful, but has some black elements as well. I think the black really makes the colors in this collection pop! And aren't those little black hand drawn seeds just the cutest?!

Squeeze the Day is also perfect for documenting our pineapple flavored ice cream treats! On this mini album page, I used the adorable Bella Blvd Pineapples cut file to create this sweet pineapple embellishment. I added a few stitches of black embroidery floss for a little added texture.  

I can not get enough of the sweet Ephemera Icons fruit pieces, can you?  

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab the Squeeze the Day collection to document your next SWEET adventure! 

Squeeze the Day Collection: Bananas For You Patterned Paper, Borders Patterned Paper, Orange You Glad Patterned Paper, Daily Details Patterned Paper, Fruity Hearts Patterned Paper, Lemon Fresh Patterned Paper, Slice of Life Patterned Paper, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Hearts Epoxy

Bellas Besties: Gulf Graph and Dot Patterned Paper

Bella Blvd Cut Files: Rainbow, Pineapples

4 Mini Layouts = One big layout

Hi there Bella Blvd Fans! Christine joining you today with my twist on the 4 Mini Layouts challenge. I was all in on the idea of 4 mini layouts but as I began creating I had an idea: What if I made 4 layouts that came together to make one big layout??? Could I do it? Would they look awful together? Could I make it cohesive somehow? Let's take a look at how it came together!

I love to incorporate black with pops of color into my layouts and a lot of the Bella Blvd collections make this possible. Squeeze the Day is no exception - it's got lots of little black accents including papers and embellishments.  

The bright, fun, and colorful themes within this collection make it work so easily for SO many different themes. Even silly mom/daughter selfies.  My first mini layout used the various greens from the collection.

Now that you have seen two of the minis you can see a little more of my approach! I used two triangles - one black for each mini and one color.  Then I built my embellishments and titles around those colors and white. 

All the colors of Bella Blvd work so well together but another aspect to that is that the colors in the same family work great too! So for the pink mini page I was able to use pieces in the cotton candy, peep, and punch pink to create!

Another fun aspect to the Squeeze the Day collection is ALL of the different fruits in it! If it's a favorite, it's in there!

The Ciao Chip might just be my favorite part of this collection!

Although I say that and let's be real here - I sure do love all the gorgeous patterned papers as well (even when I am frazzled and glue them down sideways ;)

The heart hugs are also a nice addition to all of the Bella Blvd collections!  

Let's see how I did with getting these four mini pages to come together to make one!

Look at that! Couldn't be more fun and cheery and with a little planning it came together to make a big layout perfectly!

I have a whole process video up on my YouTube Channel as well that you can check out here! Thanks so much for joining me today!

Squeeze the Day & Acrylic Words

Hello Bella Blvd Friends! It is Leanne here today and I am excited to share with you my latest scrappy project from Squeeze the Day.

This week the design team has been looking at different ways to use the Bella Blvd Acrylic Words. The Squeeze the Day collection is so beautiful and bright I really wanted the words I used as my title, to pop on the page.

To recreate this layout, start with selecting paint colours in a similar rainbow palette to the ephemera icons. I used yellow, orange, pink and purple with splashes of white. Layer the acrylic word title at the bottom of this rainbow.

To attach the acrylic words, place a glue dot strategically behind the wider areas of the sentiment and adhere directly to the cardstock base. The acrylic words used on this page are from Be You, Be Brave Words and New & Sweet Words. Don't be afraid to separate sentiments to create your own unique title.

Once you have your photo/s in place, build interest and layers around it with all the fun ephemera now available.

Obviously I focused on playing with the watermelon features, as it was my son's fruit of choice in my photo.

Complete the layout by adding twine to the tags and fill any awkward spaces with the new epoxy stickers from the Squeeze the Day collection. Thanks for visiting..x

 

 

Squeeze the Day: Patterned Paper - Fruit Salad; Ephemera Icons, Epoxy Icons, Ephemera Words, Hearts Epoxy; Acrylic Words: Be You, Be Brave, New & Sweet; Puffy Star Stickers: Oreo Mix Puffy Stars.