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Let's Get Lost Mini Album using Time to Travel Collection by Conny Craig

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's Conny here today sharing a waterfall mini album using the Time to Travel Collection. I love this collection so much, I love the Bella Pop's -they give so much with layering, smooth glossy finish. The chipboard stickers and ephemera packs are loaded with phrases and icons for you to document/express the moment in your projects and so much more.

Let's get started

The first thing you will need, is three (3) chipboard pieces measuring, 4x6, 4x2.5, and 4x1 inches. Then, add double-sided tape to the chipboard pieces and cover the chipboard with Bella Blvd - Bella Besties Collection Blueberry Graph and Dot paper, I chose the side that has the graph it reminds me of a map, which is perfect for the travel mini album.



At the spine of the mini-album, I used the on-the-go paper with tiny images, super CUTE! Always remember to leave 1/8 space in between for your album to bend/close with ease! On-the-go paper is shown at the front and the back of the album, I knew I wanted to keep the cover simple by adding a few images that stood out to me from the spine of the mini-album with the Bella Pop Jet Set, and the chipboard sticker, Let's get Lost!








Next, to hold the pages inside the album I used standard eyelets, and an elastic string and tied them, sliding the pages in after. I scored papers making sure to layer them to the end of the album, I wanted the embellishment to show with a peek-a-boo effect when the album is closed.
Look here you can see all the ephemera pieces, Bella Pop's and chipboard stickers. 


I can't wait to see what you create using the Time to Travel Collection. Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you! I'll see you in my next post crafty friends!

Bella Blvd Supplies used: 

Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Stickers - Bella Pops - Jet Set
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Stickers - Bella Pops - Sunny
Bella Blvd - Bella Besties Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Blueberry Graph and Dot
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Stickers - Bella Pops - Postage
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Epoxy Stickers - Getaway
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Puffy Stickers - Scenic Route
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Chipboard Stickers - Icons
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - Ephemera - Words
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - On The Go
Bella Blvd - Time To Travel Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Kit

The North Pole | Conny Craig

Hi crafty friends!

Wishing you all the hope, wonder and joy that the season can bring, Happy Holidays!  Today I am sharing this December mini album using The North Pole Collection. The North Pole Collection is full of wonderful, assorted pieces to help you document this holiday season. 
My mini album was created for me to document 12 days of Christmas, I started by covering two chipboard pieces for the cover pages. For the inside of the album, you will need twelve pages - I choose patterned paper from the collection, Bella's Besties paper or white pages for fillers to create mini layouts or add journaling of my days. 

The cover is covered with a Bella's Besties paper and snowflakes acetate. That cute polar bear skating is from the Bella Pop's, the title December is from the Chipboard stickers. The pages are held together with a Metal hinge binding and added string but definitely don't have to do that. I like it both ways with or without the ribbon.
For the inside pages I used different embellishment and different layers to complete the album.

Let us know how you plan on using the collection, we can't wait to see what you create with it!

 

Love to Play Mini Album with Tots 2.0 Collection | Conny Craig

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's Conny here today I am sharing a 4x5 chipboard mini album using Tots 2.0 Collection. It goes perfectly with the photos I took of my daughter at the Pirate Park, she was using her imagination, running around and exploring! 

Let's get started!

Firstly you will need (2) chipboard pieces measuring 5x4 inches and for the spine (1) 5x2 inches, with a 12x7 cardstock in the color of your choice, I did it with an ombre white and gray, wrap the album- make sure to leave 1/8 spacing between the spine and the covers. You need to leave the space between to avoid it from cracking or creasing. 

Hinge -  

(1) 4.5 by 9 paper, Score at two(2) and then every half until you reach seven and a half (7.5) inches. Fold hinges up like hills leaving one flat in-between. Add glue of your choice to keep the hills together. Adhere the hinge to the spine, try to center it, and then use your score tool to mark the spine. 

Inside Pages- 

You need four (4) Pages measuring 11x4.5. or 4.5x8 (if you don't want to add the flaps with magnets) Score at (1/2), (4 1/4), and (8). 

Adhering leaving the centers hollow to add tags in between- tags are 3x5. 

 The cute bugs bella pops are one of my favorites, love the layers. 
The rest of the album came together with cardstock stickers, puffy stickers, ephemera, and epoxy stickers.

I added ribbon different colors to the tags also to keep the album closed.

 

I decorated the cover with chipboard stickers and puffy stickers. The acetate was screaming for me to add it to the spine!
Love all the colors, they match the playful letters from the title and the scallop strip.

Let me know what you think about it and tag Bella Blvd when you create using Tots 2.0 collection, 
It's adorable, colorful, and fun! 
I LOVE COLOR! 

Items used on this mini Album! 

Off the Page Week- Day 1 | Sarah K

Hello, Bella friends! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) back on the blog, and I'm so excited to be back here today with a new Christmas project. And guess what?! It's not a layout! Can you believe it?! I decided to make a tag mini album using the Let Us Adore Him collection.

I had a ton of photos from a trip me and my family took a few years back to New York City for the holidays, and I thought it would be cool for the kids to see it in a little album (especially since we are in full swing Christmas season mode around here). 

Here's what I created:

 

I started off by cutting out a handful of tags using different patterned papers from the Let Us Adore Him collection. All of the patterns in this collection will work for the front and backs of the tags.

I kept the front cover of my album pretty simple. I layered some die cut trees and a tree puffy sticker, added the "Christmas Joy" die cut, and ta-da!

Once I had all my tags cut out, I added photos to most of my tags and embellished them with various pieces from the Let Us Adore Him embellishments.

I especially loved using the Ephemera Icons and Words packs. It made decorating each tag super easy.

You can also used stickers from the Doohickey sticker sheet or puffy stickers to help embellishment your photos. See some examples below:

To bind everything together, I just used a simple binder ring and added some fun ribbon.

And that's all I have for now! Hopefully, I have inspired you to get those holiday photos printed and into some projects! I'm so glad I did. My kids have looked over this album a few times already, and I'm glad they can relive these holiday memories through a mini album I created.

Thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Let Us Adore Him: Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Puffy Stickers, Ciao Chips

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Zoom! Mini Album | Niki Rowland | To the Moon Collection

 

Hi everyone! I have a new mini album and process video to share today for Bella Blvd using the To the Moon Collection. I adore this collection, it’s super cute and so perfect for my little boy who loves rockets and all things space.

I have a number of photos of him with his favorite rockets, so I decided to make a mini album using one of the Bella Blvd cut files from Silhouette Design Store as the base of the pages. It is simply called Rocket and is a layered cut file which makes it super easy to achieve a multicolored effect.

I cut all the pieces of the cut file using the To the Moon Bella Besties coordinating paper pack. I cut five bases, three from Blueberry and two from Pickle Juice. I then cut the other pieces in different colors and I mixed and matched the sides so I had a variety of patterns.

For three of the pages I wanted to create opening pages so I stitched the main body of the rocket onto the base but only down the left side. This created a door that could open and close. I added machine stitching around the outside edges of the rocket too.

Inside the opening pages I created fold out tri folds to hold more photos and journaling too. I added closures to the opening pages so they wouldn’t fall open. I did this with a punched shape, a brad and some twine secured under the photo.

Some of the pages hold photos, whilst the others are purely decorative. I fussy cut planets from one of the To the Moon papers and used loads of ephemera. I also used chipboard stickers and stickers from the 12x12 sticker sheet. I added an adorable Bella Pop robot too.

I secured the pages together on a book ring. Punching a hole in the top of each page meant that the opening pages wouldn’t open (!) so I cut a notch in the opening part so they would still open.  

Thank you so very much for joining me today for this cute little album, I hope you like it! I have created a process video for this album and there is a flip through of the finished album at the end - enjoy!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Products used: To the Moon collection 12x12 papers, To the Moon Bella Besties, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera, Enamel Shapes, Bella Pops, Stickers.

Cut File: Rocket 

 

To The Moon Week Day 2 | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today for some more To The Moon inspiration! 

Today instead of a 12x12 layout I created a super cute mini album using the To The Moon collection and the We R Memory Keepers Mini Cinch. I started by cutting down some of the 12x12 To The Moon papers to different sizes. I also cut down a piece of the Bella Blvd Clear cuts for a pop of fun in my mini album. 

Once I had all my pages cut I used the We R Memory Keepers Mini Cinch to punch holes in all the papers. This Mini Cinch is the perfect size binding tool to keep at your desk or to take to crops! It is easy to punch the holes in the papers and once I got the hang of this machine it was easy to get the coil cinched to bind it all together! 

I layered up some pattern papers on the pages and then matted some photos! I added die cuts and stickers from the To The Moon collection to embellish around each page. 

I also created pockets for some of the pages for even more places to tuck photos and journaling! 

Adding flip outs and shaped pages are one of my favorites in my mini albums. The are interactive and add some fun to the mini album. I like to layer up the pattern paper for even more pops of color! 

The To The Moon collection is perfect to document all the little dudes in your life! The colors are fun and bright and the images are out of this world! 

I hope you enjoyed this chunky little album filled with special memories and the cutest colors and patterns! It was super simple to put together and I just love the coil binding! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

To The Moon Collection | Bella Clear Cuts Hearts Orange | Blueberry Trinkets

Other Products Used

We R Memory Keepers Cinch

 

Cut Files Week Day 3 | Traci

Happy Wednesday everyone!  We're in the middle of cut-file week over at Bella Blvd and I wanted to share my fun little shaped mini with all of you!  I used two of Bella's cut files, the adorable fish bowl and sweet orange cat from the Chloe collection.  I welded them together in my Silhouette software so that the mischievous kitty appeared to be peeking over the fish bowl....

I used lots of hearts and ombre paper throughout this album, and popped in a few die cuts from the Chloe collection (one of my all-time favorite Bella lines!).  

 

For the fish bowl, I used different shades of ombre ice for the water, and some orange dot besties for the little fish.  That seaweed is actually epoxy hearts, and a die cut from the Santa Squad ephemera!

 

I cut all of my pages out of white card stock and then created an internal offset with my Cameo software for layers of pattern paper.  

 

Like the phrase says ... "I can't with the cute" ... that little kitty with the glasses and pink bow just makes me smile!

 

Shaped albums are so much fun to create.  I hope I've given you some ideas for using cut files for mini albums like mine!  You could almost have a mini shaped like anything!  Add a few bella besties, some epoxy hearts, and a couple cute ephemera pieces and you'll have a perfect little gift or keepsake in no time!  Here are some of the products I used for this project....

 

Bella Besties Ombre Ice & Cotton Candy

Bella Besties Orange, Punch, and Ice Graph & Dot

Epoxy hearts

Bella Blvd Fish Bowl Cutting File

Bella Blvd Orange Cat Cutting File

Chloe collection

Fall & Winter Themed Week Day 6 | Nathalie

Hi there Bella Blvd Friends!

Nathalie with you today with one last bit of Fall inspiration before we head into the jolliest season of the year.  I keep a very visual journal of our days; so, today i want to share with you two of the newest entries created with the new Bella Besties Ombre/Heart collection.

 

I started my projects by cutting the leaves from the Bell Pepper, McKintosh, Orange, Punch and Pony Bella Besties Ombre/Heart Papers using the Fall Leaves cut file (#332735 Silhouette Store).  

For my first entry, I chose to create a pocket page.   I cut the Guacamole Ombre/Heart paper for the base of the picture. Once, I set it in place, I added a few of the leaves as if flying/falling at the bottom of the page.   I used some of the negative of the picture to add my title using the Florence Alphabet in black.  A few of the matte enamel dots complete the page.

 To create the pocket cards, I first trimmed one of the 4x6 cut apart cards from the Spooky and Sweet collection, then added a piece of the Guacamole Ombre/heart paper to cover the writing, and then just added a few more leaves.    For my filler card, I used the lighter side of the Guacamole Ombre paper -cut  to size-  them added a tag from the Legacy collection and top it of with one of the leaves. I carried over the phrase stickers and enamel dots to create a well balanced spread.

For my next spread, I wanted to use all the leaves and color to bring Fall Splendor to my pages.   So, I started with a bit of ink blending to the white cardstock background.

I used a gel pen to draw the small vein line on the leaves, then used a bit of foam adhesive to attach them to the background.  I used a combination of the Wonky puffy alpha and Florence Sticker alpha to complete my title.

For the other side of the page, I cut a piece of the Guacamole Ombre/Hearts paper to size.  I backed the picture with a piece of Bell Pepper Ombre Heart paper then just added it to the page.  Just a few embellishments ( Let's Go on Adventure, Freshly Squeezed and Chloe collections) bring the focus to the picture.

I hope these have inspired you to document those last days of Fall, and now we are ready to get our Christmas spirits up!

XO

Materials Used:

BELLA BESTIES OMBRE/HEARTS collection: Bell Pepper, McKintosh, Orange, Pony, Guacamole, Punch

LET'S GO ON AN ADVENTURE  Collection: Cut  apart paper, Doohickey stickers

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection:  Ephemera Words, Matte Enamel Dots - Fruity Mix-

LEGACY Collection: Word Salad, Tags

CHLOE Collection - Enamel Hearts

CUT FILE - Fall Leaves - 332735

WONKY PUFFY ALPHA : Orange

FLORENCE ALPHA STICKERS: Black, Orange

MOM  LIFE Collection: Doohickey Stickers

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection:  Doohickey Stickers

 

Fall & Winter Themed Week Day 2 | Dorymar

Hello Bella fans, it is Dorymar today with a cute Christmas project. December is here and it is the craftiest season of the year. I love to create many projects to document my memories, decorate my home, and make gifts for my friends and family.  For my project, I used the new FALALA Collection mixed with the gorgeous Hearts and Ombré papers.

The new Falala collection has many beautiful elements and I want to use all of them for my project. I selected a red 6x8 flipbook from my stash and decorated the cover with the fantastic elements of the collection.

As the title of my project, I used a combination of acrylic word and cut-outs from Bella BLVD.  I backed all the letters of my cut-outs with the gorgeous patterned paper from the collection. The next step was creating a fun cluster on top of my title mixing the die cuts and the fantastic “Twinkle Lights” Bella-Pop.  I adhered all of this onto the beautiful Hearts & Ombré Punch paper that I adjusted to the size of my album.

The flipbooks include a series of pocket pages, including the 6x8 size ones, I focused on creating beautiful layouts for these pockets, for this, I used the beautiful double patterned papers from the collection and embellished them with the spectacular die cuts, chipboards, and stickers from the collection. Above you can see them in detail!

I love the “Christmas” chipboard letters and the cutest trucks that the collection includes, for the right layout I filled the truck with a cute penguin and a cute little gift, I love how they look together!

I fill up my 6x4 pocket pages with a flip-out created with papers of the collection and decorated it with chipboards, die cuts, and stickers, but also with the beautiful washi and the red cute clip.  Bella has fun beautiful elements that you can match with many collections these two are part of them. I love them!

One of the things I like the most about 6x8 pages is the opportunity to incorporate big pictures in my albums, but I can also create a page with many pictures and have enough space to fill it up with the fantastic elements of the collection.

.I love to fill my pocket pages with the cards that the collection includes mixed with space for my photos.

I hope you love this project and inspires you to use the Fantastic Falala Collection from Bella Blvd.

Thanks for stopping by!

Falala Collection Kit, Falala Ephemera, Falala Ciao Chip,

Merry Acrylic Word, Twinkle Lights Bella-Pops, Festive Cute Clips, 

Hearts & Ombré Punch Paper, Hearts & Ombré Picket Juice, 

Christmas Cut-Outs

Thanksgiving Week Day 6 | Traci

Happy Saturday everyone!  I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving!  November is always one of my favorite months of the year ... the fall season in Georgia is so pretty, I love the cooler temperatures, and the Thanksgiving holiday always reminds me to be grateful.

So for my project, I used some colorful Bella Besties papers and Trinkets puffy stickers to create a gratitude journal.

For the album base, I used the Essential Mini Album die (661094) that was designed by Lori Whitlock for Sizzix.  I cut the base of the album pages out of white card stock, and the inset papers out of Bella Besties and lined journaling paper.

 

The pattern papers and cute flower die cuts are from the Chloe collection, and the "thankful" title is a die from Echo Park Paper Co.  (Links to all products can be found on my Artsy Albums blog).

I kept my album pretty simple because I plan to put 3x4 photos on the left side of every layout, and then journal about the things I'm thankful for on the right.

 

I added clusters of Trinkets puffy stickers on each journaling page.  I love how there are flowers, hearts and arrows so that I can mix it up.  So simple but so cute!

 

I love small little albums dedicated to journaling.  This would also be a fun project for kids to write what they are thankful for, or you could change up the papers to mcintosch and guacamole for a Christmas traditions journal.  

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.  Again, if you need any links to products you can find them over on my blog at Artsy Albums.  I hope I've given you a few fun ideas for using Bella Besties and those adorable puffy stickers!

 

Bella Blvd Products Used

Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre Papers -- Gulf, Ice, Bell Pepper, Punch

Trinkets Puffy Stickers

Chloe pattern papers and ephemera

 

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