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Explore the Summer Sea | Word Salad Scrapbooking Layout

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard is here today with a layout that takes me back to last summer, when we were able to explore the gorgeous islands of Hawaii and Maui. We were literally on an Island Escape so the Island Escape collection was PERFECT for this particular project.  

This entire layout was actually inspired by the Word Salad phrase stickers.  I started with those, choosing the colors I wanted to include in my layout, not having a photo picked out yet.  Crazy, huh? I just knew I wanted to use them. I found colors that matched the Island Escape collection, knowing that I would be able to find a photo I hadn't scrapped yet from our Hawaiian trip.

I used Illustrated Faith paint to create lines across the page but first, I had to lighten the colors up just a bit.  I simply mixed the colors with about half the original color / half white and added a bit here and there until it matched the color of the phrases practically perfectly. Once dried, I added the phrases. At this point, I decided I needed to better define the stripes. Since we were at a black sand beach and I didn't have much black in the layout, I used my black marker to create a border around each color. I did it free-hand because my perfection is imperfection. If you want perfect lines, now's the time to pull out your ruler!

So for this next step, you can choose to embellish and layer around your photo before you place the word salad stickers or after.  I chose to do this before I completely adhered the word phrases down and it's what I suggest, so that you don't accidentally cover up any of the phrases. I used two papers as layers behind the photo and then I added die cuts as well as fussy cut flowers around the photo, tucking under her and over there for dimension.

Last but not least, is the title. I discovered that the acrylic word, explore, fit perfectly in the orange box. Once that was placed, I worked the rest of my title around that.  To finish off the layout I added heart and star puffy stickers that color coordinated with the box I was placing them in.  Admittedly, I didn't leave room for journaling so I might remove one of the puffy hearts under the photo or perhaps a phrase sticker at the bottom left and add my journaling there.

Island Escape patterned paper, Island Escape Ephemera, Island Escape Chipboard Icons, Illustrated Faith Delight in the Day Happy Heart patterned paper, Ice Mix Puffy Stars, Ice Mix Puffy Hearts, Punch Mix Puffy Stars, Punch Mix Puffy Hearts, Explore & Play Acrylic Words

 

First Day

Good morning everyone!  Kat popping in today to share a recent layout that I made with the Pop Quiz collection.  I can't believe it's already back-to-school time and I really can't believe that my sweet niece is now in Kindergarten!

The photo I decided to scrap was of my niece's first day.  The photo was so colorful and I really loved the rainbow vibe it was giving off, so I decided to combine the Pop Quiz collection with the new Plaids & Dotty collection to pull in some of those other colors.

I cut a bunch of strips, layered them, sprinkled in some random Word Salad stickers and puffy stars and that was pretty much it.  The layout came together quickly and easily:

Thank for stopping in - have a wonderful day and weekend!

Supplies:

Pop Quiz: Goofing Off, Test Anxiety, Get to Class, Exclusive Collection Kit Bonus Pattern, Cardstock Stickers, Ciao Chip Icons, Ephemera; Plaids and Dotty: Punch, Ice, Orange, Exclusive Collection Kit Bonus Pattern; Cute Clips: Pumpkin Spice; Tiny Text: Wild Berries; Puffy Stars Stickers: Punch, Pickle Juice, Blueberry; Word Salad Sticker Booklet

Ocean Air, Salty Hair Scrapbooking Layout | Ride the Wind Day

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard is here today with a layout that celebrates Ride the Wind Day, which is officially tomorrow.  According to a quick Google search, This is "a carefree day to soar above the earth. You can catch a ride with the breeze, or float along slowly like a gentle, late summer cloud. Summer will soon be over. Catching the drift of this day is easy. Just relax, and let the wind carry you away in whatever direction it is blowing. Leave your troubles and worries behind for a spell, as you waft in the air."

We're still holding on to our warm summer days so I thought I'd commemorate this day with a layout featuring Ocean Air, Salty Hair. You can view Scrapbooking Process Video #17 on YouTube to see how this came together.

I really wanted to create waves on the layout and I wanted to contain them in something that remind me of the sea.  While we are not on a cruise ship, all I could think about was a porthole window and how you can look out it and see the waves.  With that set in my mind, I randomly hand-cut waves large enough to fit with the porthole I cut using my CAMEO.

In order to differentiate the layers of waves I added white gesso to the tops and then stitched each one with white thread. I also added the yellow background at the top to capture the essence of a hot summer day.

I printed my photo 3" x 3" with a border and simply trimmed the white photo paper leaving a 1/4" frame. I then added some die cut flowers, and the off-white leaf cluster that kind of reminds me of some sea weed we saw once we reached out destination.  I also cut a frame and tucked that under my photo.

I wrapped my title around the porthole starting at the top left and then wrapping around to the bottom right.  I choose to highlight the words "ocean" and "hair" so that you could ready it all different ways...ocean air, salty hair...ocean hair...salty air...whatever you choose!

The upper right was feeling a bit naked so I added a cluster or embellishments there to tie the whole layout together.

So tell me, how will you enjoy Ride the Wind Day?  

Island Escape patterned paper, Island Escape Ephemera, Island Escape Cardstock Stickers, Illustrated Faith All People All Nations Hand in Hand patterned paper, Mind Your Manners Be A Good Guest patterned paper, Blueberry Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers, Orange Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers, Blueberry Puffy Heart Stickers, Orange Mix Puffy Heart Stickers, Armorie Blueberry Alphas

 

Mischief Managed | Book Lovers

Hello everyone.  Heather Leopard is here and I am soo excited to be joining on the Bella Blvd team again.  Did you know today is National Book Lover's Day?  In honor of that wonderful day, I wanted to create this layout about my daughter's love for all things Harry Potter, including Fantastic Beasts, the Library books and Cursed Child.  Obsess much?

Admittedly, we watched all the movies before we started reading the books but I think that helped fuel her excitement and better understand about what she is now reading in the books.  She also appreciates how much more detail can be found by reading a book as we've experienced a lot of, "well that makes more sense" type of discussions. So back to documenting this passion for reading...let me tell you, the Dad Style collection mixed with a few others listed in the supplies below is perfect for Harry Potter.

I designed this layout with one thing in mind, Harry's iconic lightning bolt. I started with one supersized bolt but changed course and decided to scatter several around the right two-thirds of the page, adding in puffy stars and blue and white enamel dots, since my daughter is a self-proclaimed Ravenclaw.

When I designed the page, I made sure to reserve enough space for a larger title and a 3" x 3" photo. There a really great 4" x 4" woodsy paper in the Dad Style collection that I knew I wanted to incorporate in the layers behind the photo as well as the geometrical pattern.  Then I added a couple of blue Ravenclaw accents (frame, flag, heart hug).

Last but not least is the Mischief Managed title. I think it's so appropriate since it's such an well known quote, she's keeping her furry friends out of trouble and I know she's getting a great foundation and fueling her love for learning. I also found that adorable chipboard owl in the Mind Your Manners collection so I had to add it. There may not be any pink on the rest of the page but it ties in great with the colors of the stuffed animals she's reading to.

I plan to add my journaling in the bottom right under the lightning bolts...

I hope you've enjoyed this project today and I can't wait to share more with you in the coming months.

 

Bella Blvd Dad Style 12x12 Patterned Papers, Bella Blvd Mind Your Manners chipboard, Bella Blvd Pop Quiz pennants, Heart Hugs

Totes Luv Sister Besties

Tessa Buys here! Did you know that National Sisters Day was earlier this week? My Instagram feed was filled with lovely photos of friends with their sisters, and having three sisters myself, I joined in the celebration with a layout:

This photo is a few years old, but it popped up in my Facebook memories recently and I realized I had never scrapbooked it. The Addison collection was absolutely perfect for pulling the blue, pink and red from the photo and creating a fun, girlie page.

I punched dozens of 1.25" circles from the 6x8 paper pad to create the flowers. Each petal is a circle with the edges folded in. Placed together, six petals fit nicely and create a double flower effect. I love that the Addison 6x8 papers have those bright solids on the back - perfect for this technique!

I also love how the Illustrated Faith paints work so well with this collection. Some swipes of paint and I had the perfect background for all those different patterned papers.

Addison 6x8 Paper Pad, Addison Fundamentals Stickers, Illustrated Faith Shanna's Favorites Paint Set, Illustrated Faith Paint It-Paint Cards

I'm excited to be sharing more with you here on the Bella Blvd. blog in the coming months! Thank you for stopping by!

The Best Friend is a Friend That Bible Journals

 

I've been thinking of this idea for using my Bella Pennants for some time, and I finally got it down on a layout!  I wanted to trace out the shape of each pennant and create a playful pinwheel full of them!  I love when an idea translates so well on paper, and I couldn't think of a more perfect set of photos than this bunch of my Bible journaling gals and I to accompany it!

 

After backing my white cardstock with this pretty magenta cross paper from the Illustrated Faith Basics Pad, I stitched around the edge.  I then arranged my pennants about the page and chose which ones I would stitch.  I initially thought I might stitch all of them, but I liked the more playful look of only stitching a handful.  I left two spaces on a couple pinwheels to include my photos; I love the way they just nestle in!

 

All that was left was to stick one of those gorgeous giant Bella bows right in the middle of a pinwheel, since it didn't have a photo!  I just love those bows, and because they are felt, they go perfectly with the pennants I used!

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by to see the layout I created inspired by the Bella Pennants! I'm so blessed to have amazing friends cultivated from this creative community! xo Lydia

Bella Bows, 12x12 Papers (Mom Life, Island Escape, Pop Quiz, IF Basics), Bella Blvd Pennants, Mom Life Ephemera, Enamel Dots, IF Watercolors, IF You Are Loved Stamp Set 

Everyday With You is Sunshine & Paradise

 

Hello, everyone!  I hope you all have had an excellent start to your week!  Today I wanted to share with you a layout inspired by the "Sunshine & Paradise" Acrylic word from the Island Escape Collection.  I had this sweet blown up photo of my son looking into the sky, and I wanted to write a little letter to him talking about all the moments that feel like absolute "sunshine and paradise" to me.

I pulled from my entire Bella Blvd arsenal for this layout, but I tried to keep my main patterned papers from the new collections.  Because my son was looking up, I just felt like this whole layout would be filled with clouds and sunshine.  I started by water-coloring and hand-stitching two clouds to layer around.  I then set about hand cutting and measuring triangles to my page to create a central focal point.  I knew I would want to position my acrylic word at an angle in the top corner, so the triangles were perfect!

I have always been a fan of stitching, so I filled this layout with all kinds of stitching!  I think it gives any layout tons of dimension and character, which I love!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see the layout I created inspired by the Bella Acrylic Words! I truly fell in love with this layout, and the letter I wrote to my son makes it that much more special! xo Lydia

Bella Blvd 12x12 Paper (Bug Explorer: Discovery & Borders, Pop Quiz: Goofing Off, Mom Life: Love You More), Island Escape "Sunshine & Paradise" Acrylic Word, Wonky Alphas, IF Homespun Alpha Stickers, Barnyard Ephemera, IF Cardstock Stickers, IF Watercolors

Wake up and be Awesome

Good morning everyone!! 

We've had a bunch of strong thunderstorms the last few days, knocking power out and lots of rain, but its also been nice because its kept it cooler and when its in the 100's on a constant, its so nice for it to be cooler!

Well I'm here this morning to share a new layout with you using an older Bella collection, Alex. I love this collection, the colors are so bright and I love the fact that it works so well for my older boys!

I got out the Alex collection and pulled a bunch of things that I wanted to use, so that got my color scheme as well. So once I had those pieces pulled out, I started to lay things around my layout to see where I wanted them. Once I got an idea of where I wanted things, I decided to dip into my stash and grab some of my Shimmerz and play with them on my background to add some more pops of color.

I let all the color dry and decided I wanted to add a little more to my background, so I grabbed my Bella Blvd Elements clear stamps and started stamping away on my background. Once I was happy with it I moved on to putting the rest of my page together.

I started by cutting the Daily Details paper apart for layers behind my photo. I added all my layers, got it just how I wanted it, laid it where I thought I wanted it to go and moved on to playing with the Washi stickers. I pulled the ones I wanted to use and stuck them on some white cardstock and cut around them. I did this so that I could pop some of them up and on dimensional adhesive if I wanted to. I laid them across my layout and stitched threw the ones that were flat to the page to add some more texture and popped the other ones up. 

Once I had my washi strips down and sewn threw, I pulled out some tabbies and designer clips and tucked them in at the top of my photo.

I had everything to the right side of my layout and wanted some more to the left side, so I went back and pulled out the same Shimmerz colors and the stamps and added some to the left of my layout. While while that was drying I grabbed the boarders paper and cut a few strips off and added them to the top and bottom of the layout and sewed thew them. Then went back to adding some of the washi stickers, designer clips and some more stitching. To finish off my layout I went in and pulled out different colored Puffy Star stickers and added them here and there on the layout. I mean those go with any layout!! I love them and the dimension they add to a layout.

Alex collection; Beast Mode paper, Daily Details paper, Boarders paper, Tabbies, Designer Clips, Washi Stickers

Illustrated Faith Elements Clear stamps

Puffy Star Stickers; Orange mix, Blueberry Mix, Milk white

Lazy, Hazy, Crazy days of Summer

Hello everyone!! Summer is here and I have been having so much fun with my kiddos! We've been outside so much! And you'll see a bit of that fun in this layout.

This week my focus was on the Wonky Alpha stickers, so I decided to make a large title using different colors of them and I love how it turned out! This layout needed a big title and these alphas were perfect for it!!

I started my layout with a white cardstock background, my picture had one of my younger daughters sitting in a doughnut floaty and smiling so big in the water. So I went threw my beautiful stash of Bella goodies and grabbed out one of the newer collections, Island Escape and then an older collection, Addison. I went through and pulled papers and embellishments that complemented eachother and started on my layout. 

I cut a few large rectangles out of pretty patterned papers and placed them to the left side of my layout and placed my photo of my goofy girl the the right of those over lapping some. I added a few paper layers behind my picture on the right and then moved on to adding my title. I grabbed two different colors of the Wonky Alphas and placed my title on the larger rectangle papers.

Once I had the title done, I knew I could start embellishing where I wanted. So I did! lol I grabbed some of the embellishments from the Addison collection, the cute doughnuts and a heart, I thought they looked great since she was sitting on a big ol' doughnut lol. I added some paper strips to the bottom of the layout and one to the top and then started tucking pretty flowers in here and there, paper ones and chipboard. I finished my title off with the word summer from the Chipboard sheet from the Island Escape collection and I was done with this goofy little layout.

Island Escape Collection; Moonlit Kiss paper, Peace&Quiet paper, Pennants, Ephemera pack, Ciao Chips

Addison Collection; Daily Details paper, Borders paper

Wonky Puffy Alpha stickers; Ice, Punch

Mountain Mover

Good morning everyone! 

Im here to share a new layout with you that I made using the beautiful All People All Nations collection. I love the color combo in this collection! The bright pinks, teals and yellows and then the navy add in, its just all so beautiful!

I had these two goofy pictures of one of my daughters, she loves to pose and is so quirky, but on top of all of that she is just a bright soul! She is interested in so many things and wants to constantly learn more and more. 

I love the paper that says Hope on it, the florals and colors are amazing so I wanted to use it for the majority of my background and I started knowing that, so I placed it on 3/4 of the layout.

After I got that down, I started with deciding how I wanted my pictures placed and then adding in the layers that I wanted to use. I grabbed the Boarders and 3x4's paper and started to cut it up for layers. I started placing the papers here and there behind my photos and added some of the tip-ins in with the layers. I grabbed a little white envelope from my stash and added it in to the layers too and then grabbed some of the florals from the ephemera pack and popped them in between some of the layers.

Finishing off my layout, I added my title, the beautiful Brushed words and then grabbed the words cardstock sticker booklet and added some of the little sayings around my layout. When I got to this point, I decided that I wanted a little more of a contrast between my background and white cardstock, so from the boarders and 3x4's paper I cut a strip of the navy diagonal strip and added it along the edge if the patterned paper and was done.

All People All Nations Collection: Hope patterned paper, Boarders&3x4's, Shapes Tip-ins, Ephemera Die-Cuts

Basics:Brushed Words Clear Sticker Booklet, Words Cardstock Sticker Booklet