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Winter Week Day 2 | Lisa

Hi friends, 

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a winter layout, I created using the Falala collection and Bella Besties. 

To start, I went through the Fa La La collection and gathered EVERYTHING that could be used in a winter layout. So everything blue and pink and all the elements that had nothing green or Christmas-like. I had some aqua, pink, blue and peach trees, hearts, snowflakes and some cute penguins and snowmen. I really love this color-combo... it's so bright and fresh.

For my background, I absolutely wanted to use the patterned papers from the collection and some matching Bella Besties papers. I chose the ones that I wanted, creating this ombre kinda look. So I went from light pink to dark pink and then from aqua to dark blue and light blue. I ripped an irregular strip from all of the papers, paying attention to have this white border. Then I placed all of the strips on my white cardstock to see how it would look. I loved it.

I then attached all of the papers, overlapping them and I machine-stitched every strip before attaching the next one. Then I bent up the edges of each strip.

I put some gesso on my layout, concentrating on the middle and then I used my acrylic inks to put some matching paint underneath each strip, to create some texture and different tones of color. 

See the layers and texture on this...? IN LOVE! :)

The picture that I used, is one I took the day before. We had the first snow on that day and I used the occasion to quickly go out and take some shots with the snow in the background and on my hair.

I matted it with white paper and then some layers of vellum.

Then came the fun part... placing all of the cute embellishments on the layout. I placed everything in a fun, but organized way, creating this kind of wavy shape, to keep the whole thing balanced and leaving some space for the title.

For the title, I used the puffy Aria alphas and didn't come up with something better than "Catching snowflakes"... I'm really not very creative when it comes to titles... LOL! :)

I really really like how this layout turned out and I hope you like it too. You know, you don't need to have a scrapbooking collection for every occasion or every season. You just need to find the right papers and colors to match your theme :)

See you soon, thank you for stopping by,

Cut Outs Week Day 3 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout for Cut Outs week!  Have you had a chance to create with these yet?  They are awesome.  If you don't own a die cutting machine or if you do and are simply short on time or don't want to fuss with the process, these Cut Outs are perfect!  They come to you precut and ready for any project.  They now even come with instructions and templates which makes creating with them even easier.  There are quite a few different designs that you can find here.  I'll have a process video that is at the end of this post so please make sure and check it out!  Here's my layout: 

 

 

For this layout, I chose the Wonderland Cut Outs because they were perfect for the photos that I wanted to document.  We ended up getting a pool put in and it happened to be completed (electrical and heating need to still be hooked up) the day before Christmas.  After the boys opened up their presents on Christmas Day, they had a wild idea of jumping in the pool even thought it was freezing.  It was the best moment and it was something I wanted to document for sure.  We have worked so hard to get the pool and have saved and planned for 2 years so this was very exciting and cold of course lol.  

I used the Fa La La collection and backed the Cut Outs using the patterned papers in blues, pinks and reds.  I popped them up on foam tape and created somewhat of a square design by having the snowflake sections frame everything.  Before adhering the pieces down, I did some mixed media on a piece of white cardstock using some Shimmerz Paints from my stash.  

 

After my background was dry, I went ahead and adhered everything down including my photos.  I matted them using a piece of the Blueberry Freehand Graph and Dot 6x6 patterned paper.  I love the pop of the darker blue.  I also added a pink scalloped border sticker from the Cardstock Sticker sheet and a white Festive Cute Clip to the top photo.  

 

 

Next, I went through the Ephemera Icons and layered up a few pieces around my page.  I also pulled the adorable Snowmen Bella Pops and thought they were perfect since it was a cold, wintery day!

 

 

Then, I added a few bits of tangled thread using the same color scheme around the page and also pulled in some of the matte enamel stickers as well.  They really look like candy buttons!

 

 

Next, I got out the Ciao Chip chipboard stickers and adhered the snowflakes around my page.  

 

 

I added onto the title using the White Aria Alpha stickers and also used the Florence Alphas in Blueberry to add the date.  Lastly, I took a few white Epoxy hearts and added some into my embellishment clusters.  For my journaling, I used a skinny Posca paint pen and didn't realize that the ink would still be pretty thick.  I think I'll stick with my normal journaling pens next time!

 

 

One last shot of the layout: 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I had so much fun with this layout and I hope that I've inspired you to create or even go and purchase some Cut Outs! They really are super convenient and so nice to have on hand. The possibilities are endless and you get multiple Cut Outs in each package, so you'd be able to create a few projects with just one.  Thanks again and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Process Video: 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Fa La La: 12×12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ciao Chip Stickers, Epoxy Hearts, Cute Clips, Matte Enamels and Bella Pops. Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot 6x6 paper in Blueberry and Punch; Aria Alphas: White; Florence Alphas: Blueberry; Cut-Outs: Wonderland  

 

 

Bella Besties & Chloe Week Day 6 - Lisa Fonseca

Hey friends,

today I'm back with a new layout using the Chloe collection. 

When I thought about what I would create for this layout, an idea popped into my head, where I would make cat heads and use thread all around to stitch and add little embellishments, like beads and sequins.

I thought about the best way that I could do that and I decided to cut out white cat heads, in different sizes, adhere them to patterned papers in rainbow colors, cut them out, leaving a border and then stitch on that same border, adding the embellishments.

That's exactly how I did it and I think it turned out amazing!

For the background, I put gesso all over my white cardstock and then I used acrylic inks to create this mixed media rainbow design. I just put some drops of acrylic ink on the paper, smooshed it around with a brush, spritzed some water and let it spread on the page by turning the paper up and down. I repeated that with seven colors, until the rainbow was complete. I dried it with my heating tool and then added white splatters for more detail.

With all those cute sparkly cat heads, I didn't really need a lot more. I placed them on my paper the way that I liked and chose a photo of my cat, Kätti. I matted it on white paper and adhered it next to my self-made embellishments. Then I used two tags from the die-cuts pack to place behind the photo. 

I then went through the die-cuts and chipboard stickers and grabbed all the pieces that I thought I could use. I placed them on my layout and then I also added some enamel hearts.

For my title, I used chipboard words. The "cat" one was gray. To make it stand out more, I painted it black using my black ink from Liquitex. 

Then I adhered my title above and on the photo.

I really like how it turned out, especially the beads and sequins on the cat heads. :)

I hope you're inspired to create a cute cat layout using this super pretty collection,

see you very soon,

Bella Besties & Chloe Week Day 1 | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a new project all about our cat-nephew Chico!  I am sure many of you have a furry friend in the family.  We love our little Boston Terrier, Poochie, but my niece adores her little one, a cat named Chico!  Unfortunately, most of us are not cat-people, but this little one has made a dent in our heart.   So, I pulled the Bella Besties Ombre/Hearts and Chloe collection to create this layout:

He is quite cute, in his feline way, and I used two of the latest pictures to create this page that will go in my niece's album.  For this, I started by adding a bit of white paint to the b side of the Cat Crazy paper from the Chloe collection.  This creates a sort of ghosting effect on the page, think of it as a way to softly cover the background.

While the background dried, I used a font from the Silhouette shop to cut the letters of Chico's name using papers from the Chloe and Bella Besties Ombre/Heart collections.  I glued these to white cardstock, and then handstitched the edges.  I simply fussy cut the letters and attached them to the background with a bit of foam adhesive.

I used the left over pieces from the letter cuts to create layers behind the pictures.  I pulled embellishments from the Chloe collection ( stickers, chipboard, ephemera) and created clusters around the page.  I added my lines of journal at the bottom of the page, right below the title work.

 

 

I hope this inspires you to document your furry friends !  Remember to share with us your finished projects; we love seeing what you create, too!

Until next time,

 

 

Bella Blvd.  SUPPLIES

CHLOE COLLECTION:  12x12 kit, 6x6 paper pad, Bella pops, Ephemera icons, Ephemera Phrases, Chipboard stickers, Doohickey Stickers

BELLA BESTIES Ombre/Heart: Orange, Guacamole, Bell Pepper, Gulf

BELLA BOWS: Little Boy

LEGACY COLLECTION:  Word Salad Sticker Tablet

 

Fa La La & Cut Outs Week Day 3 | Lisa

Hey friends,

it's Lisa back on blog and today I'm sharing another cute layout, using the wonderful Fa La La collection.

The assignment for this week, was to use the Christmas collection, combined with one of the Bella Cut-Outs. I chose this CHRISTMAS one, which I really, really like. In that same package, you get two cute mistletoe cut files. I also used those and I think they turned out so cute!

To start, I went through the patterned papers and chose some that I wanted to use to back my Cut Outs. I really like the color combo in this collection, adding pink and light blue to the traditional red and green. 

For my background, I used a plain white cardstock sheet and, using a baby wipe, I created a whole bunch of different sized circles with gelatos. Then, I splattered white paint on top. 

I backed my photo using different scraps of patterned paper and added red photo corners from the sticker sheet.

I adhered my Cut Out to the background, using foam squares and then added the photo next to it. I also added the mistletoe pieces. I used a piece of a scalloped border sticker behind the right side of the photo. I LOOOVE scalloped borders! :)

The Cut Out is already a title by itself, but I wanted to add to it. So I used the amazing Aria Puffy Alphas in Punch, and Cotton Candy, to write the word "preparations" on top of the photo.

Then, to finish the layout and add some more cute details, I used some ephemera pieces, enamel stars and tangled thread. 

This layout came together so easy and turned out so cute. I really recommend using the Cut Outs and the new Fa La La collection. It makes the whole process so easy and you can't go wrong with the cool color combo and sweet embellishments in the collection. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS (or whatever you're celebrating :) and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!!! :)

Thx for reading, see you next year...

 

Fa La La & Cut Outs Week Day 1 | Erica Thompson

Have you tried the new Bella Blvd Cut-Outs yet? I was super excited to see new designs released from Bella Blvd and one of my favorites is the Pie Charts Cut-Outs. This background cut out can be used for so many different layouts and I want to show you how I used it for a holiday layout. 

The pie chart reminded me of holiday candies and I thought it would be cute to back the file using some of the bella besties paper. For my background I used one of the new Hearts & Ombre besties and splashed some white acrylic paint before adhering my backed cut out. 

Adding white splatters helps to add some interest in the background so things do not look so flat. It also reminds me of snow which is perfect for a holiday layout. For my photos I punched them out using a 2 inch circle punch and popped them up around the page. I really love using circle photos and this cut file gave me the perfect spots to add my photos around the page. 

I added a few Fa La La embellishments to the center of the circles and any spots left open I used the beautiful matte enamel dots from Bella Blvd. These dots remind me of the candy dots and thought they would be perfect centers for the pie charts! 

This layout came together so easy using the Bella Blvd cut outs! I love all the colors I was able to get onto the page and the fun circle photos! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make sure to check out all the new cut outs from Bella Blvd and we can't wait to see what you create!

Bella Blvd Products Used

Santa Squad Bella Besties

Pie Chart Cut-Outs

Fa La La Collection

Matte Enamel Dots

 

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 4 | Lisa Fonseca

Hi friends,

it's Lisa back on the blog and I'm really excited to share my first layout using the new Falala collection. :)

The assignment this week was to use the Falala collection combined with the Hearts&Ombré Bella Besties. As I already said in previous posts, I LOVE the new Besties. I need hearts on every layout and the ombre papers are AMAZING to use as backgrounds!!! 

So to start, I went through the papers from the Falala collection. The striped one immediately caught my eye, I just love papers like that. I had a hard time though, deciding if I wanted to use it as a background or to create my reindeer with... :) The collection has this cute little reindeer and I was inspired to recreate it on a larger scale. I finally went with using the paper for the reindeer and I think it turned out really cool. 

I drew my deer onto the paper, cut it out and adhered it to white paper to create that white border around, that I like so much. Since I wasn't really in the mood for hand-stitching, I used a dauber and my Distress Oxides to add a faded border around my dear and then traced a black scribbly line all around the different parts. 

To add more interest to my reindeer, I added chipboard flowers from the Ciao Chip sticker sheet on its head and added some tangled thread in matching colors behind each flower. I also placed an enamel dot in each of the centers. The enamel dots were also great to create the illusion of twinkly lights on the deer's antlers. :)

Before adhering my deer to the background, I chose one of the green and pink Bella Besties papers. I cut them in the middle with an angle and attached them to one another. Then I did some mixed media. Using my finger, I painted white circles in different sizes, going from the center to the sides of the paper. Then I did the same with pink and green paint. To finish, I splattered white paint all around... as always... :) I think the background looks very cool. I enjoy creating these bokeh kind of backgrounds very much lately!! 

When the background was dry, I attached my deer and also the photo that I matted with some scraps of patterned paper, to it. The photo is one I took six years ago, when we spent Christmas in Honolulu. :)

For my title, I used four different fonts and alphas. "Merry" is an enamel sticker, "Christmas" is from the Ciao Chip sticker sheet, "in" is from the collections's cardstock sticker sheet and "Hawaii", I wrote using the Aria puffy alphas. I really like how it turned out.:)

To finish, I added some enamel stars, a Christmas tree Bella-Pop, a Cute Clips bow and some stickers. 

I hope you like that layout and are inspired to create something super cute to document your Christmas days or just some amazing Winter or family days. 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

see you soon,

Cut Outs Week Day 4 | Lisa Fonseca

Hey scrappy friends, its' Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a layout I created using the Bella Blvd Cut-Outs. :)

The Cut-Outs are an amazing opportunity for you to use cut files on your projects without having to have a cutting machine. They are ready for you to use and there are a ton of different ones for any theme you might want to scrap. :)

This one says "Love you Lots". I thought I'd use that one, since the assignment was to scrap a fall or family layout. I had this old photo of my sis, my dad and I, on my phone and I thought it'd be the perfect picture to use with the Cut-Out. 

To start, I chose papers from both, the Chloe and Cooper collections. I wanted to use happy and bright colors. I really like that color combo. Some of the papers have decent patterns, while a few of them have more intricate and colorful patterns. It's really important, when you back a cut file like this, that you don't only use complicated patterns... it will look too overloaded and your eyes won't have a place to rest. 

The same rule applies to the background, when you're using a lot of different colors and patterns. The background needs to be plain. I used one of the new Belly Besties Ombre papers, which look wonderful as a background. I sprinkled some white and gold splatters all around and let them dry.

While the background was drying, I cut out the letters. Instead of backing my Cut-Out traditionally, I adhered it to my background and I used foam squares to attach the letters, to make them stand out and give the layout a bit of dimension.

I matted my photo with different scraps of paper and adhered it next to the Cut-Out. Then I used some scalloped borders, from the sticker sheet, to decorate a bit more around the photo. 

I didn't really know how to proceed at that point, I didn't know what else to use to decorate even more. But I didn't want to leave it like that because it didn't look "done" to me :)

So I took a floral patterned paper from the Chloe collection and started to fussy cut a ton of small and tiny flowers. 

Then I created three clusters of flowers around the letters. I used a lot of enamel dots in the centers to give them more interest and dimension. I also added a few enamel dots around the clusters. At the end, I really liked how it turned out. :)

I used to make frames for my layouts a lot, but since it's difficult to take good pictures of layouts with frames that are a bit warped from mixed media, I don't do it very often anymore. On this layout though, I thought it would be a great addition. So I created a frame using a teal patterned paper and then I machine-stitched a border in pink. 

To finish, I added a subtitle, using the Florence Alphas.

Et voilà :)

I hope you enjoyed the layout and hope to see you soon,

November Mood Board Day 4 | Brianna Lepper

Hey crafty friends! Brianna Lepper here with a new mood board inspired layout. I absolutely love this months mood board with its beautiful colors, textures and patterns.  I mean who doesn't love Fall themed mood boards?

 

 

I knew right away that I would have leaves on my layout and really liked the composition of the leaves in the bottom left square of the board.  The gold dipped leaves in the top middle square also gave me an idea to heat emboss on some of my leaves.  Here's what I came up with!

 

 

For my leaves, I used the Fall Leaves cut file in Silhouette Design Store.  In my Silhouette Software, I arranged them in a variety of sizes and cut them using the Ombre sides of the new Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre papers.  I made sure to cut them on the lighter areas of the paper to keep with the some the softness of the mood board.  I used the colors in Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Peep, Pony and Guacamole.  Once they were all cut, I gently pressed them onto my Versamark Ink pad and sprinkled gold glittery embossing powder on them.  I then hit each leaf with my heat gun to melt the powder.  Each leaf is so sparkly and pretty!!

 

 

Once I was finished embossing the leaves, I arranged them in the same design as the bottom left square and adhered them down to a piece of the Scallop Plaids and Dotty patterned paper that also matches the mood board!

 

 

For my title, I used an acrylic word from the Embrace Today pack and added to it using the Florence Alphas in Oyster.  I had taken this photo of my son while we were at California Adventure and he was just in awe of everything around him.  Then I pulled some of the Epoxy Hearts from the Chloe collection and created a few clusters with them.  I also added a few of the White Trinkets Puffy Stickers around the page.  Next, I layered a few scraps from the Hearts and Ombre papers under my photo and added a white Cute Clip in the right corner.  I felt like it needed more embellishing so I used a few clouds from the Home Sweet Home Ciao Chip stickers. I also added a cute Ciao Chip Cat from the Chloe collection.  It looks like Noah is looking at him and who doesn't want a cute kitty on their page!?

 

 

To give the leaves on my page even more interest, I adhered a few of the Give Thanks Heart Hugs and added a sticker from the Word Salad Booklet.  I also rubbed a bit of Gold Heidi Shine to the hearts to make them sparkle.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way and I can't wait to see what you create using the mood board.  Please make sure to tag me in your socials @briannalepper, I would love to see them all!  I hope you have a great day and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Chloe:  Ciao Chip Stickers and Epoxy Hearts; Home Sweet Home: Ciao Chip Stickers and Ephemera Icons; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Papers in Guacamole, Pony, Bell Pepper, Peep and Blueberry; Florence Alphas in Oyster; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Word Salad Booklet; Acrylic Words, Heart Hugs and Cute Clips; Cut File: Fall Leaves