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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

 

Stay at Home Mini Album | Dorymar

It is National Scrapbook Day and I am super excited to share with you a fun project, but also to see a thousand ideas of many scrapbookers over the world. Today I am sharing a mini album with the Home Sweet Home collection inspired by the world situation and the new normal, "Stay at Home".

To make the base of the album I used Happy House (ID-293597) digital file from Bella Blvd at the Silhouette store and cut several pages, I use cardstock for the front and back page to give the strongest. I used a ring to put it together because this gives me more opportunity to continue adding as many pages as I can.

I covered the inside pages with the Home Sweet Home patterned paper mixed with the Bella Besties, I also add some free printables I found during the quarantine on Traci Reed page.

The process that we are going through is one for history and as a scrapbooker, I must document every experience lived during this difficult process. Creating this album gave me the opportunity to have fun and turn these bad times into very colorful ones for me and my family.  Inside it, you can find flaps, inserts, pockets, and cutest items from the collection. Below you can see all the pages!

I hope you have a happy National Scrapbook Day and my project inspires you to document each experience during the “Stay at Home” season.

Home Sweet Home Collection, Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons,

Home Sweet Home Stickers, Home Sweet Home Epoxy Icons,

Home Sweet Home Chipboard Icons, Home Sweet Home Ephemera Words,

Heart Mix Acrylic Shapes, Happy House Digital File (ID 293597)

 Alpha Puffy Stickers,  Fruity Mix Matte Enamel

 

Egg Hunt Mini Album | Tegan Skwiat

I am having so much fun playing along with the monthly Bella Blvd Mood Boards! I love that April's board is filled with pretty spring colors and lots of Easter accents! Come take a look! 

And I had so much fun incorporating some brand new Bella Blvd Spring and Easter cut files in to my project. For starters, I thought the Sweet Sweet Spring Easter Egg Cut File would make an 'egg-cellent' (pun intended) mini album! All of the eggs in the Mood Board inspired me to make a mini album. And I was inspired by the layers in the cake to make my album cover a layer of pink, aqua, and yellow. I used the Graph and Dot Patterned Papers in Ice, Bell Pepper, and Punch. The awesome mini polka dot background on the egg is part of the cut file! I then used a flower from the Bella Blvd Halloween Flowers cut file to anchor my title. 

I used the new Bella Blvd Carrots Cut File to create the journaling page at the beginning of the album. I had so much fun putting these sweet little carrots together. Aren't they the cutest?!

I used mostly the Squeeze the Day collection, but I pulled from other collections as well. Here I used a floral chipboard sticker from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. All of the Bella Blvd collections mix and match so well! 

I really enjoyed creating this egg shaped album for a change. It was fun working with the shaped pages and the circular photos I ended up using. 

On this page, I mixed and matched the Squeeze the Day and Wish Big Girl collections. I then finished off the page with fun Puffy Star Stickers. Did you notice all of the rainbows I used? Those were inspired by the mood board as well! And how appropriate since Easter eggs come in a rainbow of colors! 

And of course I had to include a bunny, especially since there was some on the mood board! The new Bunny Side Cut File makes the sweetest little page accent, don't you think?! And the Word Salad phrase stickers are great for embellishing pages with pops of color. 

Even though the Squeeze the Day collection isn't Easter themed, I had no problem creating this Easter mini album! The collection is super fun and with the cut files I was able to easily add in some Easter accents!  

Thank you for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to use the April Mood Board, the Squeeze the Day collection, and the new Bella Blvd Cut Files on your next Easter project! 

Squeeze the Day Collection: Borders Patterned Paper, Bananas For You Patterned Paper, Fruity Hearts Patterned Paper, Lemon Fresh Patterned Paper, Sweet Skies Patterned Paper, Fruit Salad Patterned Paper, Fruity Mix Enamel Dot Stickers, Chipboard, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, 12x12 Cardstock Stickers, Epoxy Icons Stickers

Bella Besties Graph and Dot Patterned Papers: Bell Pepper, Ice, Punch, Guacamole, Orange

Wish Big Girl Collection: Let's Celebrate Patterned Paper, Daily Details Patterned Paper, Chipboard, Ephemera Words, Cardstock Stickers

Let's Go On An Adventure Collection: Chipboard

Florence Alphabet Stickers: Black

Puffy Stars: Orange Mix, Pickle Juice Mix

Cut Files: Sweet Sweet Spring Easter Eggs, Carrots, Halloween Flowers, Bunny Side

 

 

Sweet Family Folio | Traci

Happy Spring everyone!  Despite the uncertain world we are living in these days, I'm hoping most of you are able to see/talk with family, and able to get outside in the fresh air, even for just a little bit.  The pollen on my car is always my sign to beware of itchy eyes and stuffy allergies, but I love the sunshine and being outside with my family.  If you are unable to be with those you love, or the weather is still a bit gloomy where you are, I hope my bright, cheerful project cheers you up a bit today!

 

This cute little 'family folio' is full of adorable Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties product.  Am I the only one who is SO excited that Bella created Besties??  I always have these adorable solids on hand because they go with every Bella collection ... #makesmylifeeasier !  Love them!

 

 

I LOVE pink! Pinks and reds have always been my favorite colors (my poor bridesmaids had to wear bright "cranberry" in my wedding).  So that Punch paper above, and that adorable little strawberry make me so happy!

 

For this page, I decided to leave the pocket white so you could really see the cute little fruit die cuts.  

And for this page, adding a layered tag into the pocket really draws your eye to the cute chipboard scallop border.  Anyone determined to make lemonade out of lemons these days??  Me !!!!

 

How pretty are all of these Bella colors!!?  This is why I love mini albums .... so much color, interaction, and adorable product :). See those precious "Pearfect" Bella Pops?  Yep, I'm hoarding those.

 

So this little folio had lots of pockets and pull-outs and fun stuff that was hard to show in a few photos.  If I get some time (LOL) in the next couple days, I'd like to post a video flip-through over on my You Tube channel at Artsy Albums.   Until then Bella friends, stay healthy and try to get out in the sunshine! 

Squeeze the Day Collection: 12x12 papers, Ciao Chip, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons

Bella Besties:  Punch, Gulf, and Bell Pepper

Other: PhotoPlay Folio

 

Sweet Photo Crate for National Let's Laugh Day | Traci

Hi everyone! Traci here, and I'm SO excited to be sharing my first creative team project with all of you!  Did you know that today is National Let's Laugh Day?  How fun!  So when I was thinking about my project I knew I had to include lots of pictures of my granddaughter.  She's three years old now, and makes me laugh every single day!  In addition to being funny, she's also very sweet, so I used Squeeze the Day to create a photo crate full of fun pictures of her.

 

 

I found a black crate in my craft stash and covered the front with Ciao Chip pieces and ephemera words and icons. (This is a 7 Gypsies photo crate, but a box would work for this too)!

 

For the inside "pages" I used cutting files from the Squeeze the Day collection (which you can find here) to cut out fruit shapes.  I created offsets for each piece to create the white mats, and then added the photos and fun embellishments.

 

I also made some 4x6 file folders.  I love how the cute bow clips hold the folders closed while they're stored in the crate.

 

 

When opened, the folders reveal a few more silly photos.

 

The Follow the Rainbow Bella Pop was perfect for the inside of this folder.  Ha ha ... seems like yesterday that the guy in the photo above was 3 years old! 

 

I hope you all find opportunities to laugh today!  and hopefully I've inspired you to think outside the box (or crate) to create fun new projects with Squeeze the Day! 

 

Squeeze The Day collection; Bella Besties; Cute Clips; Cutting Files

 

Other:

Doodlebug Chunky Twine; 7 Gypsies Photo Crate

 

Slice of Life Flip Book | Dorymar

Hello everyone, thanks for stopping by the Bella Blvd blog today! My name is Dorymar Perez and today I am sharing with you my first project as a 2020 Creative Team Member.  I’m so happy to be invited to be part of this wonderful team for another term. Today I present a Flip Box, this project is a mix between a box and a flipbook, to create it I used one of my favorite Bella Blvd Collection, Squeeze the Day.

For the cover, I created a slide closure for the box and decorated it with my own embellishment piece created with a mix of goodies from the collection. To cover the outside of the box, I selected the beautiful Sweet Berry Paper. 

By sliding the closure, you will find several flaps, all full of beautiful designs and wonderful pieces from the collection. I love incorporating all the pieces from the collection into my designs, but one of the pieces that I like the most is the Bella Pops, these beautiful pieces full of color and dimension are fantastic and they look beautiful wherever you put them.

You can see that this beautiful surprise box is full of pockets and flaps that open on the side and up and down. All with space for photos and journaling.

In my projects I love to incorporate threads and ribbons, I think they give a special touch to the project.

Here I used a 3x4 card to create a flap and made a closure with one of the tags included in the ephemera pack, I loved how all the elements look perfectly coordinated.

The album is very easy to create! the ephemeral packs have a ton of beautiful pieces, which are perfect to decorate every interactive surface of the mini-album.

See more details below!

I hope you have enjoyed my project and it will inspire you to create your own with this wonderful collection. I Love all the flowers, fruits, and lovely sentiments included in every piece. I was so excited to get playing and creating! I love how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Crafting! 

Squeeze the Day Collection, Squeeze the Day Besties, Squeeze the Day Ephemera Icons, 

Squeeze the Day Words, I Pick You Bella Pop, Dotty Washi Tape, 

Fruity Mix Matte Enamels, Epoxy Icons