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Let's Go On An Adventure Cards | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share some cards using the Let's Go On An Adventure collection! 

I wanted to create colorful layered cards with die cuts, chipboard and some of the Bella Bestie Puffy Stickers.

Each card features pattern papers from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. I love the pops of black in this collection and all the gorgeous florals! 

These cards will be perfect for any occasion and I love the adorable critters on each card! It was super easy to create dimensional cards using just embellishments from the collection and some puffy stickers! 

Creating cards is also a great way to use up smaller scraps and embellishments left over from a collection! Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blog today! I hope you are inspired to create some cards using Bella products in your stash! 

Let's Go On An Adventure Collection | Bella Besties Trinket Puffy Stickers

Designer's Choice Week | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! I'm here with my last layout for Bella Blvd. What a wonderful year it has been designing for them. Thank you to all of you who have come by the blog to check out my creations each month. This week the Creative Team is having a free for all again and I went all out with some of my favorite Bella Blvd products - Bella Besties, Florence Alphas, and heart stickers. Here it is:

This truly was a fun and easy layout to put together. I started with a piece of 12" x 12" white cardstock. I cut out a large heart and used it to trace an outline of that heart on the white cardstock. This helped me place my circles in the right place. Next, I took five pieces of the Bella Besties Heart & Ombre paper in the following colors: Peep, Cotton Candy, Orange, Bell Pepper, and Blueberry. I used a 1" circle punch and cut out several circles in all the colors. To create my heart, I added the circles all the way around the outline with tape runner. Then I folded the rest of the circles in half and added them on top of the circles with tape runner. Once they are secure you can kind of bend them and play with them so that they stand up better. I love the added dimension they give to the layout.

I added my photo and patterned paper (Balloon Ride) to the middle of the heart with some foam tape. Now I decided to fill in the heart with some stamping and the Puffy Stickers from the Trinkets sets. The colors match perfectly to the Bella Besties papers. I did my best to fill in all the gaps - the more the merrier, right?

The only thing left to do was to add my titles using the Florence Alphas in black. I can't even count how many sheets of these alphas I've bought over the last few years. They are truly my favorite. I curved the title around the top and on the right side of the heart. They are the perfect ending to any layout.

Thanks for stopping by today! Here's a list of supplies I used:

• Bella Besties Heart & Ombre paper in Peep, Cotton Candy, Orange, Bell Pepper and Blueberry
• Balloon Ride Patterned Paper from Let's Go On An Adventure
• Trinkets Puffy Stickers
• Florence Alphas in Black

Spring + Cut Outs | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! It's Rachel here on the blog today! One of the products I have enjoyed using the most this last year are the Bella Blvd Cut Outs. I'm back again today with another layout focusing on spring and Cut Outs. I used a variety of collections and everything mixed and matched perfectly! Here's my layout:

 

I started first by using the You & Me Cut Out set. This giant title really has all the wow factor. I used the template included and cut out each letter using this beautiful floral paper called Welcome Home. Next, I set out to get my background in place. I knew I wanted to use the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre paper in the colors that matched the floral paper. I cut 1" strips of paper on the heart side in the following colors: Cotton Candy, Peep, Punch, Orange, Bell Pepper, Ice, Gulf, and Pickle Juice. I added the strips to the white cardstock to create a beautiful rainbow background. I also drew some lines and stamped some xxx's onto the strips. Then I secured the You & Me on top using foam tape.

For my photos, I chose three 2" photos, backed them with white cardstock, and then layered a fun stripe paper called Balloon Ride. You can find this one in the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. The chipboard flowers I used also came from this collection.

To my great delight, I had an entire pack of Sugar Coating puffy stickers that I had never used. This sheet is filled with flowers, leaves, hearts, and dots. I placed them all over the strips of paper and color coordinated them accordingly. I finished the layout with some smaller titles using the black Florence Alphas down the sides of each end. 

And that is how my layout came together! I love how all the bright colors and floral patterned paper scream "spring!". Thanks for stopping by today. Here's a list of all the items I used:

• Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre Paper in: Cotton Candy, Peep, Punch, Orange, Bell Pepper, Ice, Gulf, and Pickle Juice.
• You & Me Cut Out
• Welcome Home Patterned Paper
• Balloon Ride Patterned Paper
• Sugar Coating Puffy Stickers
• Let's Go On An Adventure Ciao Chip
• Florence Alphas in Black

Thankful + Bella Besties Week | Rachel O'Neal

Happy November Bella friends! This month is often a time of remembrance and gratitude. This week the Bella Blvd Creative Team has created layouts with a focus on thankfulness. We are using any of the Bella Blvd collections + Bella Besties products. Here's the layout I created:

 

Hands down my favorite Bella Besties product is always the Freehand Graph & Dot papers. I started by picking out six papers. Starting from the outside of the circle and working in the colors are: Punch, Peep, Orange, Pickle Juice, Ice, and Blueberry. I used the Circle Pile free cut file to create the circle layers. You can find it here. After cutting out the circles, I added them to a piece of white cardstock. I decided not to use the whole circle so I trimmed off the excess down the left side of the page.

I added my title next because I wanted to make sure it would fit around the edge of the circle before I started adding any embellishments. The black Florence alphas are a must. "My Greatest Blessings Call Me Mom." I couldn't be more thankful for the two boys God has given me, and being their mom is one of my greatest joys.

I backed my  3" x 4" photo with white cardstock and then added two more papers from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. The striped paper is called Balloon Ride and the floral paper is called Morning Meadow. I added the photos to the Circle Pile with some foam tape. I like to use foam tape to get that layer some dimension and make it easy to tuck pieces of ephemera around it.

Next, I used a stitch stamp to add some black details around the circles. For the embellishing, I used a mix of pieces of Ephemera Icons from the Let's Go An Adventure and the Home Sweet Home collections. Many of the pieces coordinate perfectly. I also placed some Matte Enamels that matched with the Bella Besties papers around the circles. 

 

I finished the layout with a little journaling and a date stamp. I hope our layouts encourage you to document the things you have in your life which cause you to be thankful. Thanks you for stopping by the blog today. Here's a list of all the items I used to create this layout:

• Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot paper (Punch, Peep, Orange, Guacamole, Ice and Blueberry)
• Balloon Ride 12" x 12" pattern paper (Let's Go On An Adventure)
• Morning Meadow 12" x 12" pattern paper (Let's Go On An Adventure)
• Ephemera Icons Let's Go On An Adventure
• Ephemera Icons Home Sweet Home
• Florence Alphas (Black)
• Matte Enamels (Fruity Mix)

Designer's Choice Week Day 4 | Karlla Dauer

Hella Bella Friends,

Karlla here and I'm so happy to share a new project with you.

I'm obsessed with the beautiful "Let's go on an Adventure" collection.

This inspires me a lot. I love the mix of colors and prints.

I like to make this ripped and overlapping prints. To make all the elements of this layout stand out, I chose to use a neutral background paper. "White Hearts and Ombre" was a perfect choice.

I wanted to create a sketch with the main center of the work vertical. I love this style.

I made a combination of overlapping elements. Those trees are incredible. I have a passion for foam tapes. I'm not afraid to leave my layouts high.

I'm allowing myself to write by hand in my layouts. I'm loving this practice. But I confess that the Bella Blvd Alphabets have my heart.

They're so fun. I chose to use "Florence Alphabet - Blueberry" for this project.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

I hope I have inspired you.

See you soon,

Xx Karlla.

Bella Blvd Supplies:

Let's Go On An Adventure Collection 12 x 12 Kit, Chipboard Stickers Icons, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Florence Alphabet - Blueberry, White Hearts and Ombre.

 

Designer's Choice Day 1 | Melissa Mann

Good Morning, friends!

It's Melissa here with you today and I was excited about creating this project for this week's Designer's Choice! I really wanted to use the Let's Go On An Adventure collection and I have a ton of pictures from my trip to Colorado from last October that I need to get documented. I printed up six small photos from my trip and used a BIG title for my project!

To start my layout, I backed a piece of white card stock with some pretty floral pattern paper from the Let's Go On An Adventure paper pack. I flicked some watercolor paints on the white card stock and while that was drying, I cut out a big title from the Bella Blvd Silhouette Shop. I cut out the GO, SEE, DO title on green cardstock; I backed the word "SEE" with three different pattern papers from the collection.

The title was centered in the middle of the layout. I stitched down lines with white thread to sort of act as an "anchor" for my photos. I placed a strip of stickers from the Doohickey sticker sheet by the stitched line and then placed my three photos on each strip. Once my photos were adhered, I added some more sentiment stickers on top of the photos and placed some chipboard flowers around them. 

To finish the project off, I typed up my journaling on white card stock and glued that down and placed a few of the small acrylic trees by the photos. I really loved how this layout ended up working out!

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

1. Go See Do Digital Cut File
2. Let's Go On An Adventure Paper Collection
3. Let's Go On An Adventure Doohickey Stickers
4. Let's Go On An Adventure Ciao Chip
5. Acrylic Tree Mix

Fall Themed Mood Board Week | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout using the gorgeous September Mood Board!  There are so many things that inspired me on this board and I had a lot of fun creating this page.  Here's my layout: 

 

Here's the beautiful mood board: 

 

 

I was so inspired by color palette on this mood board as well as the plaid in the center and the circles in the right square, middle row. So, that's where I started!  I pulled out my Bella Plaids & Dotty Papers as well as my circle punches and punched a few circles out of the Bell Pepper, Ice, Orange and Cotton Candy papers.  I also pulled in the "Let's Go On An Adventure" collection and a punched several more circles from the "No Wifi Script" patterned paper.  I set those aside and created an ink blended background using a few ink pads from my stash.  I really loved the colors in the mood board, so I made sure to pull some inks that matched it.  

 

 

After I finished my background, I arranged my circles in three different clusters.  I had one at the top and the bottom and then put one right in the center where I would eventually add my photo to.  I distressed the edges of my circles and popped a few up on some foam tape.  I fussy cut some floral pieces from the Wild Flowers 12x12 patterned papers and layered them in all three clusters making sure to pop some up on foam tape for more interest.  

 

 

Next, I added in a few fussy cut foxes from the Shy Foxes patterned paper and also pulled in a couple of Ephemera Icons to add to each cluster.  I layered some of the floral Trinket Puffy stickers and then tucked in a few bundles of tangled thread.  

 

 

I matted my photo using both sides of the Morning Meadow patterned paper and used the Oyster Aria Alphas to create my title.  Since it's a Fall themed week, I thought this photo of my son in his baseball uniform (with my pumpkins in the background), would be perfect!  

 

 

Here's another look at the inked up background and all of the pretty layers:  

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today!  Have you started scrapbooking your favorite Fall photos?  You should definitely use this pretty mood board as some inspiration, it's so fun!  Make sure to tag me in your social media posts so that I can see what you create using this months board!  See you next time friends!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Let's Go An Adventure Collection:  12x12 patterned papers, ephemera icons, ephemera words; Bella Besties: Plaid & Dotty papers in Orange, Bell Pepper, Cotton Candy and Gulf; Aria Alphas in Oyster and Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Bell Pepper

Sketch Week Day 5 | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Welcome back to the Bella Blog and another day of sketch inspiration! Erica here with you and I am excited to share my layout using this months sketch for inspiration. 

This months sketch is lovely and I had so much fun creating with it and my Bella Blvd stash of products.

I have been wanting to use the Zoo Crew cut file that is available in the Silhouette Design Store to document one of our summer zoo trips! I knew it would be the perfect title piece for my layout and I placed it towards the bottom of my page. The sketch does now show a cut file but it does have a large title so this works perfectly! 

I started with the Fairy Garden 12x12 paper from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection as my starting point for what colors I wanted to use. This is my favorite paper from this collection and I love to use it! I fussy cut some of the florals on this page because I knew I wanted to add them around the layout. 

I pulled papers to match the Fairy Garden paper from Squeeze the Day, Bug Explorer and the Chloe collection. I backed the cut file and also die cut some stitched hearts to layer up next to my photo,

I mixed up the sketch a bit but it was great to use as my inspiration piece to get my layout started and I love how it turned out! To finish it off I added my journaling and some matte enamel dots from the Cooper collection. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we can't wait to see what you create with this months sketch!

Zoo Crew Cut File | Let's Go On An Adventure collection | Chloe Collection | Dog Mix Enamel Dots | Squeeze the Day Collection

Fun With Acrylics Week Day 5 | Yarelys

Hey Bella friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout featuring the Acrylic Words and Shapes. To make this layout I used the Let’s Go On An Adventure collection, I also used one of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I start my layout by painting my background, nothing crazy, just a little light blue watercolor. While my background dried, I went through the papers of the collection and picked the No Wifi Script, Daily Details, Morning Meadow, Mountain Peaks, Balloon Ride, Borders, Park Map and Shy Foxes and cut hearts from them. I used the XO Heart cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. I cut the hearts in different sizes and layered them to give them dimension.

Once my background dried, I glued my photo and the hearts, and added hearts and phrases from the Let’s Go On An Adventure Ephemera Words and Sticker Sheet.

For my title I used the Happy and Memories Acrylic Words. To finish my layout, I added some of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Pickle Juice and Guacamole, Ice and Gulf, Blueberry, McIntosh, and Bell Pepper.

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 sopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

Happy Memories Layout Process Video

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Let’s Go On An Adventure: No Wifi Script, Daily Details, Morning Meadow, Mountain Peaks, Balloon Ride, Borders, Park Map and Shy Foxes papers.

Acrylic Words: Happy and Memories.

Let’s Go On An Adventure: Ephemera Words and Sticker Sheet.

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Pickle Juice and Guacamole, Ice and Gulf, Blueberry, McIntosh, and Bell Pepper.

Fun With Acrylics Week Day 3 | Niki Rowland

Hi everyone, this is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) and I have a fun new layout to share today using the Let’s Go on an Adventure collection and my assignment today was to use acrylic words and shapes. I have prepared a process video for this layout which can be viewed below.

I picked out the set of Acrylic Words ‘Explore & Play’ and choose to use Explore as my main title for this layout. I loved the paper from the Let’s Go on an Adventure collection that is like a forest: a deep green background covered in trees. I wanted that to feature heavily on my layout so added it to the top of a white background and the folded back the corner into a large triangle shape. The reverse side of that paper is black and the white word Explore showed up so well against that black so it was definitely the best place to put my title.

I mounted my photos and tucked the under the fold. I added ephemera from the Ephemera Icons and the Ephemera Words packs. I also added lots of the cute chipboard pieces.

On the large fold I added ephemera trees in different designs and I also pulled out several hearts in coordinating colors. I also reached for the Heart Hugs pack in Rainy Day blues and added one of those to the fold which says ‘fun’.

I added acrylic shapes too, both from the Trees Mix and from the Patriotic Stars. The red stars didn’t work with my color scheme today but the blue ones did! I love the different texture and dimension acrylics add to my layouts so these were fun to use.

I added some machine stitching around the outside of my patterned paper and on the fold itself and finished off with some splatters of blue and green paints either side of my photo clusters.

I absolutely love how this layout turned out, it’s just so fun and perfect for my dinosaur hunting boys. Here's another look at the finished layout:

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used:

Let's Go on an Adventure Collection: 12x12 Papers, Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words

Acrylic Words and Shapes: Explore & Play, Tree Mix, Patriotic Stars

Heart Hugs: Rainy Day