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Cut Outs Week Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today for Cut Outs Week!  I absolutely LOVE working with Cut Outs, they're so convenient and perfect for when I don't want to fuss with my die cutting machine.  I love having them on hand and when I go to a crop later this year, I'm totally taking a stack with me!  This week, we were able to use a collection of our choice so I went with Splash Zone.  It's so fun and vibrant and was perfect to use with a pool photo.  Here's what I came up with!  Make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post to see how this layout came together.  

 

 

To start, I used the template that is provided in the Cut Outs packages.  I fussy cut one of the hearts out and used that to trace on a few different patterned papers from the collection.  This was so helpful because it is sized perfectly!  I ended up choosing patterns with blues, pinks and yellows.  I thought they would compliment my photo best.  When it came to backing the Cut Out, I only backed a few of the hearts.  I wanted to leave the rest open and more of a layering piece.  

 

I gessoed up a piece of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre paper in White.  Once that was dry, I added some mixed media to it by spraying a few Shimmerz Paints from my stash right on top of it.  I kept it pretty subtle since I only wanted a little of it to peek out from under my photo.  Then I popped up the Cut Out on some foam tape and adhered it down.  Next, I got to work on embellishing my page.  For my title, I used the "Splish Splash" acrylic word and added some tangled thread underneath it.  I thought it helped make it pop a bit.  

 

 

I added a few of the Ephemera Icons and Ephemera Words around my page.  

 

 

I love layering these pieces around my photo making sure to pop them up on foam to give them even more interest. 

 

 

I fussy cut a few icons from one of the patterned papers and added them into my embellishment clusters.  They're so little and cute!  

 

 

Lastly, I pulled out the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Ice and Gulf and Punch, Peep and Cotton Candy.  I pulled a few hearts from each sheet and added them around my page as a finishing touch.  

 

 

This was such a fun layout to make and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  Have you had a chance to add some Cut Outs to your stash?  I highly recommend them, they're so versatile and easy to use.  I love that in most of the packages, you get more than one Cut Out so you can make several projects with just one set.  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!  

 

Process Video: 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Splash Zone Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Acrylic Words, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words;  Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers in: White; Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Bell Pepper, Blueberry, Ice & Gulf and Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy; Cut Outs: Heart Attack

 

Spring Week Day 2 | Yarelys

Hey Bella friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout featuring the Home sweet Home collection as well as one of the Bella Blvd cut files.

I used the Spring Florals cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. I went through the papers of the collection and picked the Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic to cut the flowers. I also picked the Hearts & Ombre Guacamole paper to cut the leaves. I cut the flowers in different sizes and layered them to give them dimension. Oh, love these flowers!

Back to the layout! I painted my background with the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons. Then I glued my photo and the flowers, and added flowers and butterflies from the Home Sweet Home Ephemera Icons.

For my title I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers in Peep. To finish my layout, I added some of the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Orange and Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy.

I love how this layout turned out. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thank so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/63Ukr2GFLs8

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Home Sweet Home: Home Sweet Home, Welcome Home and Mosaic papers

Hearts & Ombre: Guacamole

Aria Alphabet: Peep

Home Sweet Home: Ephemera Icons

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy, and Orange

Spring & Easter Week Day 1 | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue bringing you more Spring inspiration using the beautiful Bella Blvd. products.   Finally the weather is starting to change here in Canada, and soon,  we will be able to go for long walks at the park.   We love visiting the park at the height of Cherry Blossom season, everything is just too beautiful.  So, I pulled a few of those pictures to create this page...

 

 

I love the clean and flowery feel of the page, and it was so easy to put together.   Starting with a bit of mixed media on the background.

 

 

I pulled a paper from the Home Sweet Home collection, and trimmed to 11.5"x11.5".  I then, used a small ink blending brush to messily add some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide to the background in a diagonal line.   Then finished the application with a few splatters of the diluted ink.

 

 

While the ink dried, I used papers from the Chloe collection 6x6 paper pad, and also from the Bella Besties collection to back the flowers from the Live Love Meow Cut Outs pack.   All the pops of color with the white outline is just like little pops of color for the page.

 

 

I printed the two pictures, and backed them  and the background page with papers from the Home Sweet Home collection.   The fresh colors of the papers are perfect for the clean look of the page.  I used embellishments from the same collection to add extra sentiment to the cut out and around the pictures.

 

For the page title, I used the "Day at The Park" cut file (design # 346832).  I cut it three times from white cardstock, stacked them together, and then backed it with Bella Besties in Gulf, and attach it to the bottom of the layout.  Then used embellishments from the Home Sweet Home collection on the page, then added Matte Enamel dots from Cooper collection to complete the page.

 

 

I just love the clean look of the page!  Remember to pull your Bella Blvd goodies to document your Spring memories, and share with us your finished projects.  We love to be inspired by you, too!

XO

 

SUPPLIES:  

Digital Cut file: DAY AT THE PARK - Design # 346832

BELLA BESTIES - Dot/Graph collection

HOME SWEET HOME Collection:  Paper, Doohickey sticker sheet, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera

CHLOE Collection: 6x6 paper pad

COOPER Collection: Matte Enamel Dots

Alphabets Layout | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here and I'm so excited to be back with Bella Blvd for another term!  I absolutely LOVE being a part of this team/family and being able to design with beautiful and amazing products makes me so happy!  This layout's main focus is  Alphas, including both the Aria and Florence Alphabet stickers!  Here's my layout, I had so much fun with it!  

 

To start, I went to the Bella Blvd cut files section in the Silhouette Design Store and chose the Hip Skull cut file.  I had the perfect photo for it and I wanted to create a boy themed layout using some Bella Besties.  So, I cut the cut file out on a piece of 12x12 white cardstock and popped the entire page up on foam tape.  I wanted to add alphas to the positive pieces of the cut file, but wanted it to stand out more so I created a little depth with the foam.  I was still somewhat backing my cut file using the alphas, I was just adding a bit more interest to it.  

The photo I chose for my layout is of my youngest son, Elijah, playing Xbox on his bed.  I thought it would be fun to add some usual phrases he says while he's playing.  "Ahh!", "Bro!" and "Let's Go" are just a few of the words he usually yells into his mic.. It makes me crack up just typing it!  Do you have any gamers in your household? Quite entertaining I must say!  So anywho.. I pulled my Florence Alphas in Oyster, Black, Ice and Blueberry and adhered them down on the positive pieces of my cut file.  So fun!!

I also added in a few of the hearts from each sticker sheet to help fill in any gaps/holes.  I just love how it turned out!  Next, I took my original 12x12 negative piece and applied a few splatters using some Shimmerz Paints in similar colors. 

Next, I took another piece of 12x12 white cardstock and carefully adhered the popped up cut file to it.  This gave me a place to adhere in the positive pieces with the alphas on them.  To help the skull pop out even more, I added some faux stitching using a black paint pen.

I matted my photo using the Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot patterned papers in the same colors, Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry.  

I used the Aria Alphas in Oyster and Ice to create my title and also added in a few phrase stickers from the Bella Besties Word Salad Booklet. 

I felt like my page needed a bit more, so I pulled out several of my star shaped paper punches and punched a bunch of stars using the same patterned papers that I matted my photo with.  I added faux stitching to all of them using my white gel pen.  This really made the stars stand out!

To finish off my page, I sprinkled in a few Matte Enamels and a few of the black enamel stickers from a Heart Hugs pack.  I also add in a few stars from the Trinkets Puffy stickers in Black.

I had so much fun with this boy layout and I hope that I've inspired you in some way today!  Do you have the Florence or Aria Alphas in your stash?  You should totally back a cut file using some of them or create a layout using lots of them!  Our team has created and shared some great layouts this week, so there's tons of inspiration.  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties: Freehand Graph & Dot Pattern Papers in Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Florence Alphas: Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Aria Alphas: Black, Oyster, Ice and Blueberry; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Black; Word Salad Booklet, Heart Hugs and Matte Enamels;  Cut File: Hip Skull

 

Rainbow of Love | Yarelys

Hey friends! Yarelys here sharing my first layout for the Bella Blvd Creative Team! OMG, I’m so happy and excited to be here! I’ve been asked to do a free for all project. I love rainbows, so I instantly though to make one.

I started by painting my background. I wanted it to look like a sky, so I created a cloud border to use as a stencil. Then I took the different shades of blue included in the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons and painted the clouds. Ohhh! Love how this “sky” turned out!

Now it’s time to make my rainbow! For this I cut a strip from the Graph & Dot papers in Plum, Ice, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep and McIntosh, and glued them to the background. Then I glued my photo at the end of the rainbow and cut clouds from the Hearts & Ombre White paper. I used the Cloudy cut file from the Silhouette Design Store by Bella Blvd. I cut only one of the clouds in different sizes and layered them using adhesive foam to give them dimension.

For my title I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers in Bell Pepper. To finish my layout, I added some of the Home Sweet Home Stickers, Ciao Chip, Acrylic Shapes and Epoxy Icons.

I love how this layout turned out and had a lot of fun creating it. Hope you all like it and get the inspiration to create beautiful things. Thanks for stopping by! You can find the process video for this layout below.

 

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/UrUrt3XP6yM

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Bella Besties – Graph & Dot in Plum, Ice, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper, Orange, Peep and McIntosh. Hearts & Ombre White.

Aria Alphabet – Bell Pepper

Home Sweet Home – Stickers, Ciao Chip

Acrylic Shapes – Heart Mix

Epoxy - Icons

Cut Outs & Cooper Week Day 5 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today for Cut Outs Week!  In addition to using Cut Outs, we were also prompted to use Bella Besties along with the adorable Cooper collection.  I chose to document this sweet photo of our dog Lil Bit.  He passed away last month so I thought a beautiful rainbow layout would be a great way to honor his sweet memory.  Here's my layout!

 

 

I had SO much fun creating this layout!  I ended up choosing the Hearts Cut Out from the Love You Lots set.  If you haven't had a chance to work with Cut Outs, they are cut files that come to you already precut and they even include instructions and templates.  A lot of the sets come with multiple Cut Outs so you can create several projects with one pack.  If you already own a die cutting machine, these are still awesome to have on hand especially if you're short on time or don't want to fuss with your machine!

Let's get to my layout!  I backed mine using several patterned papers from the collection as well as the Hearts and Ombre papers in Orange, Guacamole, Gulf, Blueberry and Ice.  I set it aside and prepped my mixed media background.  I chose several different Distress Oxide colors that matched the colors in the collection and painted them on in rainbow order.  For the gold color, I used a Nuvo Drop from my stash.  Check out the bright and cheery colors!

 

 

Once my background was finished drying, I popped the entire Cut Out on foam and adhered it down to the page.  I then started embellishing tone on tone, pulling smaller elements that I could tuck into the hearts of the Cut Out.  

 

 

I pulled in some Heart Hugs, Ephemera Icons and Words, Cute Clips and also the hearts from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in McIntosh, Orange, Bell Pepper, Guacamole, Blueberry and Ice & Gulf.  The hearts were perfect additions to layer in!

 

 

Next, I matted my photo using papers from Cooper and started working on my title.  I started with the "Cutest" Ciao Chip word sticker and built the rest of my title off of it.  I pulled in the Aria Alphas in Orange and Blueberry and the Florence Alphas in Blueberry.  When I was choosing the alpha colors, I kept in mind the placement of each one based on the mixed media background.  Have you tried embellishing tone on tone?  I enjoy this method so much!

 

 

Here's another close up of the rest of the title.

 

 

Lil Bit was truly "The Cutest and Bestest Friend" in the entire world.  He was so sweet and loving and we will miss him greatly!  Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way.  If you haven't had a chance to pick up some Cut Outs or were maybe on the fence to grab some, they really are so easy to work with.  I only backed half of it and left the rest open so it shows y'all that you can leave parts of it unbacked and add embellishments into those empty spaces.  So fun and easy!  Thank you again and I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties: Hearts and Ombre Patterned Papers in Orange, Guacamole, Gulf and Blueberry; Florence Alphas: Blueberry; Aria Alphas: Orange and Blueberry; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in McIntosh, Orange, Bell Pepper, Guacamole, Gulf, Blueberry, Ice & Gulf; Heart Hugs and Cute Clips; Cooper: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Ciao Chip Stickers;  Cut Outs; Love You Lots

Breathing fresh air layout - Lisa

Hey friends,

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a new layout featuring the Cooper collection, the Bella Besties and the Cut-Outs :)

I went through the Cut-Outs first and chose this one, it's called Pie Charts. I wanted to show you a picture, because I totally cut it apart but it also looks amazing as it is :)

So as I needed to use the Cooper collection, which is a dog collection, and I don't have a dog, I wanted to use it without the dog parts. I went through the entire collection and took everything out that wasn't dog related. I used a red patterned paper with white hearts, a light blue paper with little blue bows and a light blue paper with clouds. Then I also chose some papers from the new Bella Besties. I chose the pink, white and dark blue ones.

I started to cut out a ton of little pie pieces that I wanted to use to back the cutfile pieces. The cutfile itself, I cut apart as to have 10 "pies". I backed each one with 4 different pieces of patterned paper and really love how it turned out. If you look closely, you can see that I didn't adhere the pieces exactly fitting the holes of the cutfile. I placed them slightly crooked, so that they would peak out from the sides. I really like that effect.

One of the Bella Pops had these adorable teeny tiny daisy-like flowers, white with a yellow center. I was inspired by those to create my own flowers and add them to each circle. I created them using white cardstock and for the centers, I used the matte enamel dots. Then I used a thin grey pen to trace a scribbly line around the borders. I attached them to the circles, using foam squares, after placing some matching tangled thread on the circle.

When I had all my pieces, I did some mixed media on a white sheet of cardstock. I used my gelatos because I wasn't in the mood for water, heating tool and warped paper... ;) but the effect is amazing too. Then I fussy-cut out a few clouds from the patterned paper. I started placing everything on my page, trying to create a cool and balanced look, placing some clouds behind and some in front of the circles. 

Then I adhered everything using liquid glue and foam squares to create dimension.

For my picture, I used one I had done in January, when I was taking a walk in the snow. I thought the colors matched pretty well. I matted it with 6 layers of vellum and placed it next to the circles. The title, I wrote with the Aria puffy Alphas in three different colors.

Then I added final touches with some enamel dots, die-cut flowers and stars and three craft hearts. I also added the tiny  Bella Pops flowers that had inspired this layout. 

I really like how this layout turned out, the colors really pop and look so fresh and pretty. 

Thank you for stopping by, see you soon,

Bella Besties Week Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout for Bella Besties Week!  Along with using lots of Bella Besties products both old and new, I also pulled in two newly released cut files:  Crazy In Love and Spring Florals.  We are still celebrating the month of love so I thought it would be fun to create a page about a place that holds a special place in my heart.  Hawaii.  Make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post!  Here's my layout: 

 

To start, I cut the Crazy In Love cut file out on textured white cardstock.  While I was still in Silhouette Software, I went ahead and prepped and cut the backing pieces to the cut file.  I used the Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre patterned papers in the colors: Punch, Plum, Cotton Candy, Gulf and Ice.  

 

 

Next, I cut the Spring Florals cut file out on the Freehand Graph & Dot patterned papers in Plum, White and Cotton Candy.  I also cut a few more floral pieces on the Plaids and Dotty papers in Punch and Gulf.  I made sure to cut different sizes of each floral since I planned on layering the floral pieces on top of each other.  For the floral centers, I used the heart stickers from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Plum, White, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy. 

 

 

I set the florals aside and decided to create a shaker element in the heart portion of the Crazy In Love cut file.  I had leftover heart pieces from my last Bella layout and I added them into the shaker.  So cute!

 

 

Next, I started on my mixed media background.  I got out a few different Distress Oxide inks that matched with the colors I had chosen for this layout.  I stamped each ink pad directly onto my thick cardstock, sprayed a bit of water on and blended and painted the colors around.  I wanted my background to be soft and pretty.  

 

 

I used the cut file as the title for my layout and added onto it using the Florence Alphas in White and the Aria Alphas in Ice.  We were stationed in Hawaii for almost 3 years and you can see how beautiful it is in my photo.  I can still feel the warm sun on my face while typing this!  We miss it so much!

 

 

Next, I adhered two Bella Pop stickers from the Squeeze the Day collection.  I also sprinkled in some heart hugs, matte enamel dots and epoxy heart stickers.  

 

 

I had so much fun creating this layout.  I enjoyed going through my Bella stash and pulling out a lot of heart elements.  I love the shaker and all of the dimension on this page.  I hope you like it too!

 

 

Process Video: 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Bella Besties are absolutely perfect to mix and match with your favorite Bella Blvd collections.  Make sure to tag me in your social media posts, I would love to see what you create.  I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties: Hearts and Ombre Patterned Papers in Punch, Cotton Candy, Gulf, Ice and Plum; Freehand Graph and Dot Patterned Papers:  White, Plum and Cotton Candy; Word Salad Sticker Booklet, Epoxy Hearts, Heart Hugs and Matte Enamels; Florence Alphas: White; Aria Alphas: Ice; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White, Plum, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy.  Squeeze The Day: Bella Pop; Cut Files:  Crazy In Love and Spring Florals. 

 

Cut Files and Bella Besties week Day 5 | Lisa

Hey friends, 

it's Lisa here today and I'm sharing a "love" layout...

The declaration of love, is not to my boyfriend, my family of friends though... its' to my favorite drink, Coca-Cola... :)

The assignment this week was to use cut files, Bella Besties and a lot of hearts. I went through the cut files and found these older ones. The birds and the coke bottle. I thought that I would save the bottle for a later layout, but then this photo came to my mind, where I'm sitting on a spot at the Grand Canyons and drinking a Coke. I am totally addicted to that drink and so I thought it would be funny to use it on this layout with the hearts. :) I also wanted to add the birds to fill the page, and because they looked so cute. I found a cloud cut file in my Bella Blvd folder of my Silhouette library and used it to cut out two clouds.

So to start, I went through my papers, chose the ones that I liked, in blue, pink and red, cut out the pieces on my Silhouette and then put everything back together and adhered it (except the bottle of Cola) to a white sheet of paper. Then I cut the birds out, leaving a white border.

For my background, I did some mixed media in pink, red and white. While that was drying, I adhered my photo on some pieces of scraps of paper.

When the background was dry, I started adhering my pieces. I used foam tape, foam squares and regular glue to have these layers and dimension.

To give the different parts more dimension and interest, I added gray scribbly lines around the clouds and using gesso and some Magical Powders (pigments), I painted shadows and highlights on the birds and the coke bottle. I think this really gives the layout the amazing touches that makes it look so cool at the end.

For my title, I used the Aria puffy stickers. Since the layout, was supposed to have a lot of hearts, I used a ton of puffy heart stickers that I scattered in three different spots. 

To finish the layout, I splattered some more paint and that was it. I love the end result, the colors are so cool and eye-catching. 

I hope you like it too, thx for stopping by, see you soon,

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,