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Halloween Mini Album - Tegan Skwiat

Hi there Bella friends! Who else is excited that Halloween is almost here!? I couldn't wait to dive in to the adorable Monsters & Friends collection again to document a past trip my family took to Disney World at Halloween time. Of course I am in love with all of the graphics - especially the fun little monster guys and gals! 

I first started by painting this chipboard album I had in my stash with acrylic paints. You could also make your own chipboard album out of scrap pieces of chipboard or maybe even thin cardboard. I then added a patterned paper base to each page. Here I embellished the cover with Doohickey Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, and a little bat I fussy cut from patterned paper. Isn't he the cutest?!

I love the mix of green, aqua, and purple in addition to the usual black and orange in this collection! I had so much fun decorating each mini album page with chipboard stickers and Doohickey Stickers. And those Halloween Mix Epoxy Star Stickers are so very cool!

I can not get enough of all of the adorable monsters in this collection. I am super glad that the Die Cut Ephemera Pack includes so many of them! ;)  Here I gave this little orange monster a little purple heart sticker from the Doohickey Sticker sheet. 

I absolutely can not decide which monster is my favorite because they are all so cute! Here I added a couple of the Halloween Star Mix Epoxy star stickers to the antennas on the pink monster for a little added dimension. (I don't know- maybe this monster is my favorite?!) I then used the alphabet stickers from the Doohickey Sticker sheet to spell out October. 

Thanks for joining us today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the adorable Monsters & Friends collection for your next project! Have a great day everyone! 

Monsters & Friends Collection: Monster Party Patterned Paper, Hey Boo Patterned Paper, Scary Cute Patterned Paper, Party Time Patterned Paper, Pumpkin Contest Patterned Paper, Batty Patterned Paper, Daily Details Patterned Paper, Candy Monster Patterned Paper, Whistling Winds Patterned Paper, Ephemera Icons, Stars Halloween Mix Epoxy Stickers, 12 x 12 Chipboard Icons, Doohickey Stickers

Other: Chipboard Mini Album, Acrylic Paints, Ribbon

Cutest Monster Mini Album with Traci

Hello Bella friends!!  I have a new mini to share with you today and I hope this one reminds you of all the cute little "monsters" in your life.  

I just can't get enough of this one-eyed guy!  Of all the monsters in the Monsters & Friends collection, he is my favorite!  Maybe it's the tooth ... or his little hands on his hips (does he even have hips?) ... LOL.  I used his cut file that you can find in Lori Whitlock's SVG shop HERE, or in the Silhouette Online store, HERE, and made him center stage on my 5"x9" cover.

 

All of his not-so-spooky little friends show up throughout the rest of the chipboard album.

 

The word embellishments are part of the ephemera package also, and with 112 pieces,  you will surely find lots of cute pieces for your crafty projects.  And this collection will work for more than just Halloween ... think birthdays, general kid pictures, pet pictures ... !

In addition to the Monsters & Friends collection, I used the new Hearts and Ombre print papers.  I used gulf and pickle juice ombre sides to cut out my monster's head and horns, and the plum heart side for his body.  Then I added these new prints throughout the album for some bright page backgrounds.  

 

 

I'll be back in November to share some new albums with you, but until then have fun with these collections and happy crafting!

 

Monsters & Friends Collection

Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre -- Pickle Juice, Plum, Gulf and White

School Time | Dorymar

Hello Bella Fans! It is Dorymar here today! Classes started a few days ago and it has been something different than usual, but it is essential to document it. In my case, my two girls are taking online classes and they are not wearing their uniforms or using backpacks but in some way or another I have to document it, and what better way to do it than with a beautiful mini album. Today I share with you a project to document the back to School of 2020.

The album is made from scratch and to do it, I used the beautiful Pop Quiz collection, chipboard, and black cardstock. To make the title of the cover, I used the Bella Blvd digital file "School Time" (id # 326431).

I used different patterned papers from the Pop Quiz collection to fill in the letters of the digital file and also incorporated the glasses file from Bella's Silhouette Store (id#326427) and filled it with one of the cards included in the “Daily Details paper”. To decorate the background, I used several die cuts included in the chipboards and in the ephemera pack. The top of the album looks great!

I combined the Pop Quiz Collection with “Graph and Dot Black” paper and used it to cover the base of the album.  I wanted to create a fun book spine and for that, I used a piece of cardstock that measures 1.5x4.75 and covered it with “Goofing Off” paper, then I added some eyelets and put twine with a beautiful button, this gives it a special a fun look.

The album has a total of 6 pages, plus the front and back cover this is plenty of space for photos, memories, decoration, and fun. The Pop Quiz collection is full of beautiful and colorful designs that are perfect for documenting our children's wonderful school days whether it’s at home or at school.

In the album I made flaps and some pockets to add more space and fun, all the pages were covered with the patterned papers from the collection and I also incorporated yellow and red Bella Besties papers. Each of the pages is dedicated to different subjects and others are dedicated to different activities. All are perfect for the occasion.

On every page, I layered several papers, die cuts, stickers, and chipboard to add beautiful dimensions.

As a personal touch, I added some index cards in my pocket for journaling and used various tabs included in the ephemera pack. I loved the result!

I hope you enjoyed this project and it inspires you to create one of your own using the fantastic Pop Quiz Collection, thanks for stopping by! Happy Crafting!

Pop Quiz Collection Kit, Pop Quiz Sticky Mix, Pop Quiz Ciao Chip Chipboard Icons, 

Pop Quiz Ephemera, Black and White Heart Hugs, Bella Besties Freehand Graph and Dot,

School Time Digital File id # 326431, Glasses Digital File id # 326427

 

Outdoor Summer Mini Album

It's still summer for a few more weeks and I'm sure there are lots of you who are enjoying the outdoors these days.  With this in mind, I decided to create an 8x8 album that will hopefully inspire you to save some of those fun summer memories.

I started with a chipboard album by Prima, and pulled out some colorful Bella Besties to use with my Wreath Cut-Out.  Even though you might think the wreath design is for the holidays, I love how using just half of the design worked for my outdoorsy cover.  

I created my base pages with white card stock.  I love how the bright colors of the Let's Go on An Adventure collection really pop off the white background.

 

I layered several ephemera pieces with some ribbon and twine to give this page some dimension and texture.  That bear is so cute!

For the page above, I created a little hinge out of card stock, attached a piece of Bear Tracks Clear Cuts, and layered the edge with some super cute washi tape.  The clear page lifts up to reveal some more photo mats underneath.  

 

Before this post goes live, I'll try to create a video flip-through and post it over on my blog at Artsy Albums so you can see how the pages interact.  Until then, I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer!  Happy crafting!

 

Bella Blvd Products Used

Let's Go On An Adventure collection

Wreath Cut-Out

Bella Besties - Blueberry, Guacamole, Bell Pepper, McIntosh, Orange

Acrylic Word - At the Lake

 

Thinking Outside the Box with Traci

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to challenge you to think outside the box when it comes to your themed paper collections.  And what better way for me to illustrate my idea, than with a fun little "box" project. I used adorable paper and embellishments from the Chloe collection ... even though my project has nothing to do with kitty cats.

 

The box is by Graphic 45 and has a small album tucked inside.  I started the project by covering the box with white card stock.  I like how pattern papers pop off a background of white so you'll see most of my albums and pages start with a white base.

 

 

I covered the sides of the box with the super cute floral pattern (Chloe: Smitten) and then layered the top with white card stock and a yellow and orange dot (Chloe: Borders).  Then the fun part ... embellishing the top of the box!

  

I started with the largest piece first.  I adhered the house die cut and then randomly added large die cut flowers.  I love how the Bella Pop flowers add dimension, and the epoxy hearts add a little shine! Then I used the new matte enamel dots (Cat Mix and Dog Mix) to fill in the smaller spaces.

 

I kept the album inside super simple by layering 3x4 white card stock with pattern paper, slipping the small pages into ten 3x4 Simple Stories page protectors, and adding binding rings.  My granddaughter's pictures are going to look so cute on those little pages!    

As you can see, my project really has nothing to do with kitty cats, even though I did the whole thing with the Chloe collection! I hope I've inspired you to think outside the box and find fun ways to use your papers and embellies for everyday projects.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Chloe Collection, Blossoms Bella-Pops, Matte Enamels Cat Mix, Matte Enamels Dog Mix, 

Epoxy Hearts Cat Mix

 

 

 

 

It's summer and I'm so happy about the sunshine and warm, relaxing days! When I saw June's mood board, I knew I had the perfect papers to go with the summer, water, and rainbow themes.

I love the blues, yellows and reds on this inspiration piece.  My eye was drawn to the yellow square over the blue stripes.  It felt like sunshine over water to me, so I went with that on my cover.

 

Since the mood board had a rainbow design, I wanted to add several rainbow patterns in my album. I fell in love with the heart die cut from the Splash Zone ephemera words and used that on my first page.                                    

 

I added another rainbow pattern down the side of this page, and kept the water theme going with the cute splash paper.

The rainbow on the mood board isn't curved, so I wanted the colored patterns on the page below to have a more rectangular, edgy feel.  The cute little word stickers added a fun finishing touch.

The page below might be my favorite because I was inspired by the round ice cream scoops.  I found these colorful die cut circles in the Wish Big ephemera, and used them to surround a 2 1/4" circular photo mat.  

 

How are you inspired by this month's mood board?  Please share your projects and be sure to tag @BellaBlvd so we can see your fun creations! 

 

Bella Blvd Products Used

Splash Zone 12x12 pattern paper

Splash Zone Ephemera

Wish Big Ephemera

Bella Besties:  Punch, Gulf, and Bell Pepper

 

Dad Toolbox of Love | Dorymar

Hello, Bella fans, Dorymar here today sharing a beautiful project for our handsome, hardworking, and loving fathers!  For this project, I used the Dad Style Collection this collection is so gorgeous, one of the things I liked the most about this collection is the earth colors mixed with blue.

Every father, friend, brother or husband has a toolbox at home, well,  I decided to create a toolbox and I did it using a digital file that I found in the Silhouette store and cut it using the paper "Hustle & heart". This paper, in addition to having the right color for my project, has some splashes that look like corrosion, perfect for recreating a toolbox.

Inside my toolbox, I created a fun 4x6 mini album, perfect to document the lovely moments with our favorite guy.  This is a fun idea to create a personalized gift for Father’s Day!

To decorate my cover, I used “Granpas’s pocketwatch” paper as a background, then I decorated it with fun die cuts included in the ephemera pack. 

Inside my album I made about 7 pages, using a ring as a biding. I covered each of the pages with the beautiful patterned papers from the collection. The die-cut includes shoes and manly watches, perfect for making the project look as handsome as our beloved parents.

This collection has the most beautiful men's shoes I have ever seen!

In addition to beautiful patterns, the collection includes beautiful cards with beautiful messages. In my project I used them to make pockets and flaps, this allowed me to have more space for photos, journals, and more fun.

I hope you’ve got some inspiration from this idea and use the Fantastic Dad Style Collection to create a beautiful gift for next Father’s Day!

Dad Style Collection Kit, Dad Style Ephemera, Dad Style Cardstock Stickers,

Heat Hugs (Give Thanks), Puffy Hearts (yellow)

Summer Time Mini Album with Traci

Hi Bella friends!  It's Traci, back with a new mini album to share with you! For this one, I used a combination of several fun, and oh so colorful, collections ... Splash Zone, Bella Besties, and Squeeze the Day.  

 

I started with a white chipboard album by 49 & Market and I drew inspiration for the cover from the chipboard leaves, flowers, and the colorful stem of the pineapple.  The striped paper from Squeeze the Day added the perfect "splash" of color to compliment these pieces.

 

One of my favorite things about Bella is that everything coordinates.  On the page below, I used three different collections to create a fun pocket page ... the background is Bella Besties, the top of the pocket is a Plaid/Dotty print, and the bottom is from Splash Zone. (Gulf is my favorite Bella color!  What's yours?)

 

Actually I lied. I have two favorite Bella colors, Gulf and Punch :)

 

There's that stripe again ... I need to get some more sheets of that paper!  I absolutely love it, and doesn't it look great with all the fun embellies?

 

 

I always add pockets in my albums ... partly because I like extra space for tucking in photos and journaling, but also because it gives me an opportunity to use several patterns together.  Hearts, and dots, and stripes, oh my!  So much fun color :) !

 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope I've inspired you to mix and match collections on your next project.  Until next time, happy scrapping! 

Bella Besties, Splash Zone 12x12, Splash Zone Ciao Chip, Splash Zone Ephemera Icons,

Squeeze the Day 12x12 Paper, Plaids/Dotty 12x12 Gulf, Acrylic Words

 

Memorial Day Acrylic Mini Album | Traci

It's Memorial Day!  A very important holiday here in America, when we remember and honor the men and women who've given the ultimate sacrifice for their country, while serving in the US Military.  Many of us observe this holiday by visiting memorials, spending time with family, attending parades and going to picnics.  In honor of the holiday, I created an acrylic mini album for saving memories from this day, showing off all the red, white, and blue of the Fireworks and Freedom collection!

For this mini, I used an acrylic album from Clear Scraps, and added paper and embellishments so that each page appeared to be layered on the next. 

That cute blue star in the corner is an acrylic shape from the Patriotic Stars set, and I love how the Doohickey stickers from the collection fit perfectly on the page tabs.

 

Since some of the layered details are hard to see, I created a quick flip through video for you!

I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day holiday, and if you get some time for crafting I hope I've inspired you to create with a little red white and blue today!  

Bella Blvd Products Used:

Fireworks & Freedom collection, Patriotic Stars Acrylic Shapes

Dog House Mini Album | Traci

Happy Friday everyone!  I'm sure by now you've seen the amazingly cute Cooper and Chloe collections, and I can't tell you how much fun I had playing with them this week!  I designed 6x8 album kits for Artsy Albums with both lines, but I needed a smaller version to give as a gift to a friend who just got a new puppy.  

The dog house shape was easy to create with some black chipboard, and the overall album covers and pages are a bit larger than 4"x6".

The 6x6 Cooper paper pad was perfect for the smaller prints in this cute little mini.

And the Ephemera Icons have so many cute pieces!  Won't a puppy paw picture look adorable on the little round mat next to all of those cute circles?!

The colors are fun too!  Bright Bella colors with a mix of brown and a touch of black ... I love it!

Thanks so much for visiting the blog today!  We would love to see your Cooper and Chloe creations so be sure to tag @bellablvd in all of your posts!  Stop by again on Monday when I'll be back with another mini for Memorial Day! 

Bella Blvd Products Used: Cooper 6x6 Paper Pad and Ephemera Icons