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Home Is My Favorite | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here today and this week is all about family!  I'm excited to share my new layout using the Home Sweet Home collection and I hope you like it!

 

 

To start, I went through all of the patterned papers in the collection and chose a few that had pinks, blues and yellows.  I even grabbed the Clear Cuts acetate in Hearts White.  Here are the patterned papers I ended up using:  Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic Tile.  I trimmed a 3" inch strip of each one and traced on a scallop border on each piece.  Then, I cut out the scalloped shape on all of the strips, even on the acetate sheet.  I layered them on the page to have them cascading down from the top.

 

 

For the foundation of my layout, I chose the B side of the Daily Details patterned paper.  Since it's white with blue graph lines, the heart acetate sheet wasn't really showing up that well.  So I created a scallop border mask and blended on 3 Distress Oxide Inks from my stash.  It kept in line with the rest of the scalloped edges on my layout and you could see the pretty white hearts on the acetate.  I also love how the blended ink colors look!

 

 

Look at all of the fun layers and the simple mixed media element!  Have you given ink blending a try?  I love the process as well as the end result!

 

 

I then matted my photo using more papers from the collection and then got work on the embellishing portion of my page.  I added a few bits and pieces from the ephemera icons and words packs and made sure to add some foam tape under a few of the floral pieces.  I love when there's layers of dimension on my layouts!

 

 

Next, I added a few cute houses from the chipboard sticker set and added some of the epoxy stickers into my embellishment clusters.  

 

 

 

For my title, I used an acrylic word from the collection and added onto it using the new Aria Puffy Alphas in Plum, Peep and Cotton Candy.  

 

 

I absolutely love how this layout turned out! Check out my process video below and stay tuned this week for more family themed layouts from the creative team.  I hope I've inspired you today!  Have you created a simple scalloped border or do you like to ink blend on your projects?  Make sure to tag me in your social media posts, I'd love to see them!  Thank you so much for stopping by today and I'll see you in my next one!

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Home Sweet Home:  Patterned Papers, Clear Cuts, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Epoxy Stickers, Ciao Chip Stickers and Acrylic Word. Bella Besties: Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Aria Puffy Alphas in Peep, Cotton Candy and Plum.

 

 

 

 

Home is... layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hi friends,

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a family themed layout I created using the Home Sweet Home collection. 

To start, I went through all of the patterned papers to see what I was going to use as my background and which colors I wanted to go with. I chose a patterned paper with a very fine, light blue grid design.

The collection has a paper with a yellow tile design and I thought it would be cool to cut out circles and use them on the layout. So I punched out a few circles and painted them in colors that were matching the collection. Then I also used the patterned paper with the flowers and fussy-cut out a few flowers. 

I did some mixed media on the background paper that I chose, using gelatos and a wet baby wipe. I love that technique when I don't want the whole thing to get too messy. Then I tried out a few designs, deciding how I was going to use my circles and flowers. I decided to cut a slit into the circles and to glue them in a way that would create this sort of bottomless cone. I put an enamel dot in the middle, to turn them into abstract flowers.

Before glueing everything down, I placed all the elements on my page to see how I wanted my design to be. I used tangled thread behind each cone flower and popped some of my fussy-cut flowers up with foam dots.

I used a piece of acetate with white hearts, on the left side of the layout and adhered my photo on top, after matting it with some scraps of paper.

To embellish a bit more, I chose a pink chipboard house and placed it on the left side of the photo. Then I created a little cluster of flowers around it. I also used some acrylic hearts in some spots to make it even more fun. For my title, I used ephemera letters, spelling HOME and added some Florence and some Aria alphas to complete the title.

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to create some abstract little flowers... :)

Thank you for stopping by,

Mood Board inspired |Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a new page inspired on this month's mood board.   The colors, shapes and designs in this month's board were a great starting point for my page.  Let me show you the moodboard we are using as inspiration.

How can i not love all the vibrant colors and shapes in the board.  Those were a large part of the inspiration for my page:

The first thing that pop into my eyes was the diagonal stripe and triangular shape on the first two squares.   In addition, i just love all the teal color pop, and then there are the circles/pie shapes.  So, i decided to mix them up on this page.

I started with the background work.   For this, I chose the Goofing Off paper from the Pop Quiz collection, and added a bit of ink blending using some teal, pink, orange and mustard yellow colors - these are the most prominent colors in the board-. While the ink settle, i worked on creating the circles for the layout - i wanted a formation of circles as the one in the board for the background).

 

I used washi tape and attached it to white cardstock  to form the black and white strip square from the board.   Then used papers from the Bella Besties and Squeeze The Day collection to create the pie forms  so that they have the same formation as the first square in the board.  I cut all the circles with the same die, and also used some of the same patterned papers to cut full circles. I added a bit of detail to the circles with a white pen, and attached them to the background with dimensional adhesive.

I placed the picture on the top right side of the circle rows and added a few embellishments. I then decided to color block embellishments on the full circles  using die cuts and stickers from the Squeeze the Day, Chloe and Mom Life collection.  I finished the page by creating a title using the new Aria Puffy stickers in White.

 

I love how this page turned out  using the mood board as inspiration.   Now it is your turn to use the amazing Bella Blvd products to create a page of your own!  Remember to share with us your projects, as we love to be inspired by your work!

XO

BELLA BLVD.Supplies:

POP QUIZ collection:  Goofing Off paper

MOM LIFE Collection:  Cardstock stickers, Die cuts

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection:  6x6 paper pad, die cuts, Bella pops

BELLA BESTIES Collection: 6x6 paper pad

LET's GO ON  AN ADVENTURE collection:  Dotty Washi tape

CHLOE collection: Blossoms Bella Pops

LEGACY collection: Word Salad - cardstock stickers

ARIA Puffy Stickers: white

Back to School layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey scrappy friends, 

it's Lisa on the blog today and I'm sharing a new layout I created with the monthly mood board as an inspiration.

I love the colors on the mood board and I knew right away that I wanted to use bright pink, orange and teal. I also thought the bird was really cute and since school is starting on Sept 15th in Luxembourg, I was also in the mood to create a back to school layout.

To start, I went through all of my Bella papers and chose the colors that were matching the colors of the mood board. I then started by tracing an apple, cutting it out and adhering it to white paper. I love having white borders on my creations. I think it makes them stand out of the page more. 

Then I drew the cute bird from the mood board and chose a lot of different patterned papers to paper-piece him together. I really love how he turned out. 

For my background, I chose a patterned paper from the Pop Quiz collection. I added some pink and orange to the page, using a wet baby wipe and my gelatos. I already had my apple and my bird but I also wanted to add pencils. I found three of them in the Pop Quiz collection and then I created three by myself, using pink and orange papers. 

I started placing all of my elements on the page, trying out different options until I found the perfect one. 

The photo that I chose was one we took at the beginning of last school year. I matted it with a lot of different scraps of paper and also added chipboard and ephemera pieces from the Pop Quiz collection.

For my title, I used the new Aria puffy alphas, the Florence alphas and also chipboard letters saying 'SCHOOL'. The letters were white, so to make them stand out more from the (almost) white background, I added some pink to the borders. I LOVE how that looks!! 

To finish the layout, I added some enamel hearts and some splatters. 

I hope you are inspired by the mood board too, it's really cute!!

Thank you so much for stopping by,

see you soon,

September 2020 Mood Board | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout I created using the gorgeous September 2020 Mood Board as inspiration. I was totally inspired by the top 3 squares and used those as my color scheme for my layout.  Look at how awesome this mood board is!

Here's my layout, I used both the Wish Big Girl and Cooper collections to create it.  

 

To start, I pulled the Birthday Song patterned paper from Wish Big Girl to pull in the black and white element.  To achieve the diagonal stripes from the top center square, I took the colors from the first square and painted those on in a diagonal direction.  I love how bright and colorful the stripes are and I also like how they pop off of the busy background!  

Once my background was dry, I got to work on the rest of my layout.  I took one of the Cut Outs from Cooper and added a few thin foam adhesive strips to the back of it to give it some dimension.  I didn't back or color the Cut Out since I wanted to keep it pretty simple and use it mainly as a layering piece.

Next, I added an acrylic word right on top of the Cut Out as somewhat of a subtitle.  Then I took a few pieces of the Bella Besties Graph and Dot paper in Gulf and Punch and backed my photo with them.  I also pulled the Border patterned paper from Wish Big Girl and used the yellow and white polka dot side to add some yellow to my photo layers.  

I started adding some embellishment clusters around my photo using an adorable Bella Pop, some Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip stickers.  I made sure to tuck and layer and add foam adhesive to some of the pieces.  

I also added a few Fruity Mix Matte Enamels and tangled thread around my page.

For my title, I used a mixture of the new Aria Puffy Alphas in Peep, White and Cotton Candy.  I can't get enough of these alphas!!

Here's one more close up of the awesome Cut Outs from Cooper.  If you don't have a die cutting machine or need a cut file in a pinch, these are so perfect!! Already cut and ready for you to use!

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today!!  I hope you'll find some inspiration from the mood board this month and look forward to seeing your projects!  See you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Cooper:  Cut Outs, Ephemera Icons and Bella Pops; Wish Big Girl: 12x12 patterned papers: Birthday Song and Borders, Ephemera Icons, Acrylic Word, Ciao Chip Icons, ; Squeeze The Day: Matte Enamels; Bella Besties: 12x12 Graph and Dot in Gulf and Punch; Aria Puffy Alphas in White, Cotton Candy and Peep. Cute Clips: Baby Girl.  

 

Summer nights layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hi scrappy people, 

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing my first project using the new Aria puffy alpha stickers!!

We've all been impatiently waited for the new Aria Alphas to arrive and I was so glad when I got them in the mail last week. The colors are, as always, amazing and you can surely find the one you're looking for, for each and every layout. I really love them! :)

So my idea was to create a layout using A LOT of them... but it didn't quite turn out how I first imagined it...haha!!

I wanted to start with a cutfile... so I went through the Bella Blvd cutfiles and found this new one that I LOVED. It's a tree with big flowers, it's so cute! I cut out the trunk, leaves and flowers from different Bella patterned papers. I used several collections, like Bug Explorer, Let's go on an Adventure or Wish Big. I also cut it out once more, on white paper, to have a guide on where to put the different pieces. 

While the Silhouette machine was doing it's job, I created a mixed media background, using blue, purple and pink watercolors. I let it dry and splattered white and gold paint on it. Then, I let it dry again. 

To adhere my tree pieces, I placed the paper guide onto the layout and "puzzled" all the pieces into it. Then I removed the guide and I had my finished tree. I was so happy, it looked so cool on the background. 

The plan was to then choose a super cool, long quote from Pinterest and use my new alphas to write it on the layout, starting from the tree and going towards the right. I did that using different colors but the result wasn't satisfying.

I made a pause and came back to the layout the next day. I took off all the alphas and decided not to use as many as I has planned, but to only do a normal-sized title for this one. I went back to the tree guide, traced some more leaves and flowers, cut them out and created a part of another tree on the upper right side of the page. 

I used gesso and watercolors to create texture and dimension on the trees and then also added stars and hearts.

I saw a cool scalloped green stripe on the Let's go on an Adventure sticker sheet and thought it would be amazing to put on the bottom, representing the grass. I also added some ephemera trees, a chipboard bear, an ephemera owl and some clouds, all from the same collection.

To finish, I finally used my alphas and wrote a very simple title: "Summer nights". 

Like I said, you should really get some of the Aria Alphas, if possible in each and every color!! :) They are so cute and the colors are so bright and fun. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, see you soon,

ARIA ALPHA Inspiration with Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie here to share a bit of inspiration using the new and super beautiful Aria Alpha puffy stickers.  These alphas come in a rainbow of colors/ Bella Blvd palette, and are the perfect size to embellish your layouts.   Today, i am pairing these alphas with the fun Cooper collection in this colorful page...

 

As you can see my baby boy has a love for our bed! I set a few of the pictures in a film strip and decided to surround them by the story of the day.   

I drew two circles on a piece of heavy cardstock, and added a bit of mixed media to the background.  I chose a color that will bring some of the morning colors and make the pictures stand out. Once the background dried, i used the drawn lines to handstitch the circles on the page.

I used papers from the Cooper, Chloe and Bella Besties to back the pictures.  I created a small cluster of embellishments at the top left corner of the pictures, and then set in place on top of the watercolor background.

I used the stitched circles as a guide for my title work.  Here i used a few of the new Aria Alphas in different colors.  I added a few embellishments from the Cooper and Chloe collection to help me complete the circle.

To finish the page, i added a large of cluster of embellishments at the bottom of the page. I tried to follow the curvature of the title, but instead ended with a large horizontal line of embellishments.  

All that was left were a few lines of journal and matte enamel dots around the page.  I love how this turned out.  The new alpha stickers are just so perfect to create all sorts of titles and embellishments, be sure to check them out!

XO

 

BELLA BLVD. SUPPLIES:

ARIA  PUFFY ALPHAS: Bell Pepper, Guacamole, Pony, Ice, Blueberry

COOPER collection: Collection kit, 6x6 paper pad, chipboard stickers, ephemera words, ephemera icons, Cardstock sticker, Epoxy Stickers, Matte Enamel stickers

CHLOE collection : Patterned paper, Bella Pops - Cat House

BELLA BESTIES : Dot/Freehand grid in ICE

BELLA CLIPS: Cute Boy mix

 

Reach for the Stars | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here sharing a new layout using the new Aria Puffy Alphabet stickers along with the Pop Quiz collection. Since my boys are starting school next week, I thought it would be fun to create a back to school themed layout using their first day photos from last year. Here's what I created:

When I went through the Pop Quiz 12x12 patterned papers, I was completely inspired by the Get To Class paper with hexagons all over it.  I thought I could cut into it and use a large portion of it for my photos to sit on.  I fussy cut around some of the hexagons to give it some interest and love how it turned out.  

Next, I wanted to create a mixed media background so I prepped a piece of thick white cardstock with clear gesso and sprayed on some Shimmerz Paints sprays in blue, green, yellow and red. I wanted to match the colors in the collection. I sprayed some water onto the page and let the colors run and blend.  I added a few splatters of color to give it a watercolor look as well.

Once my mixed media was finished drying, I added a piece of the Goofing Off paper to the top of the page and then added the hexagon paper right on top of that, making sure to pop it up on foam adhesive to give my page more dimension.  I added a few stickers from the Word Salad booklet keeping in line with the tone on tone colors from the mixed media colors.  I also added a few splatters of color to the top of the page as well!

Next, I added some paper layers to my photos using the cut aparts from the Daily Details paper. I embellished around them using the Ciao Chips, Cardstock Stickers and Ephemera Icons from the collection.  I love tucking things in and adding foam dots to my clusters.  

Here's another look at one of the other clusters: 

For my title, I used the new Aria Puffy Alphas in Ice, Guacamole, Bell Pepper and McIntosh.  I added the words in going with the tone on tone look and then ran them through my sewing machine to give them some interest and texture.  I also added some stars using the Puffy Star stickers as well as the Acrylic Shapes. 

I didn't have yellow Puffy Stars so I improvised and took my tiny star punch and punched out stars using the 6x6 Bella Besties paper pad.  

Lastly, I typed and printed out some journaling on my computer and trimmed and adhered it all down.  That completed my layout!

This school year is definitely starting out way different than expected but we are going in with positive attitudes and we will handle anything thrown our way!  I had so much fun creating this layout and was happy that I was finally able to document this past school years photos.  I hope y'all are staying safe and if your kiddos are starting school this month, whether it's virtual learning, in person or both (like us), I wish y'all the best!  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Pop Quiz:  12×12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Cardstock Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Aria Puffy Alphas: Ice, Guacamole, Bell Pepper and McIntosh; Bella Besties: 6×6 paper pad, Word Salad Booklet; Puffy Star Stickers, Acrylic Shapes.  

 

 

 

 

Everything is fine layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey friends, 

it's Lisa back on the blog today and I'm sharing a new summer project inspired by this month's mood board...

I love bright and colorful summer mood boards... they're so easy for me to find a good idea for my layouts... In this one, I got inspired by the colorful stripes, the quote and the parrots. 

I started by using acrylic paints to paint my stripes on the lower left and upper right sides. I also created splashes of blue, pink and yellow color in the middle part of the paper and softened the edges around the stripes. When the mixed media was dry, I added some cold stripes on top and let them dry too.

While everything was drying, I took a white sheet of paper and drew my parrots, referring myself to the pictures on the mood board. I cut the different pieces out, traced them on different patterned papers, cut them out and pieced the birds together, adhering them to white paper. 

I then pierced holes around almost every piece and then hand-stitched around them, using matching thread. When I was done, I cut them out, leaving a white border. I like leaving white borders, to make my pieces stand out from the background. Especially on this layout, with the super colorful mixed media, the white border helped the parrots stand out. 

Then I chose my photo and matted it on orange and white paper. 

For the title, I took the quote from the mood board, inserted it into my Silhouette programme and created a cutfile from it. I cut it out of bold pink patterned paper and then I created an offset that I cut out of white paper. I adhered the pink on top of the white and had my finished title. 

I placed my birds and photo on the layout and adhered them to the background using foam tape. Then I also adhered my title, using mini foam squares. To finish the layout and make it even more fun, I went through my Bella embellishments and chose leaves, flowers and a sun to arrange around what I already had. I added some enamel dots and gold splatters, and I was done! :)

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to create something fun inspired by the mood board and using you pretty Bella Blvd collections. 

See you soon,

 

August Mood Board | Traveler's Notebook | Patricia Roebuck

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  It is super hot here in Louisiana and the new August Mood Board captures the heat of Summer with playful bright colors and lots of yummy textures.  Today, I'm sharing a Traveler's Notebook project and how the Mood Board inspired me.

That top middle photo really kept catching my eye.  So I grabbed my watercolors in pink, yellow, and aqua, along with my paint in sky blue, my black paint with a fine tip applicator and started my background on white textured cardstock.  After creating random quick-stroke brushes/lines of color across my page, I scribbled the black paint with the fine tip applicator, then trimmed small strips of Squeeze the Day pattern papers, added black machine stitching and adhered to my background.

I kept this look at the bottom 3/4" of both of my pages.  Inspired by those painted rocks, I freehand cut more Squeeze the Day pattern paper, added more black machine stitching, and then added Splash Zone Ephemera Words and Acrylic Shapes Stars Mix.  I cropped my photos to 2" or less in height, and 4" wide to go along with the long horizontal design I created, again inspired by the Mood Board.

To continue the pops of black and mixed media look throughout this colorful spread, I used a black Sharpie pen to create a messy border around all of my photos.  I added two photos to the right side, with plenty of room to create a colorful and mixed font title using the new Aria Puffy Stickers, the Florence Stickers, and the Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers.  I can't wait for you to start playing with the new Aria stickers!

To finish my colorful spread and tie in my Summer/Beach theme, I added more Splash Zone Ephemera, acrylic Stars, and chipboard.

I will miss Summer, but this Mood Board has so many possibilities to start documenting those past and/or current memories!  Happy Creating!!!