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BE YOU | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a bit of inspiration using the Florence Alphabet stickers to create an impactful layout.  I love large titles, as they are easy to put together, and help to embellish the layout at the same time as conveying the feeling of the page.   The Florence Alphas are the perfect size to create a large colorful title in minutes just like the one in today's page:

 

I started by adding white acrylic paint to the White Grid side of the Bella Besties paper.  Once it dried, i used Vicki Boutin Watercolor markers to create a rainbow on the page ( the stripes of watercolor create a soft diagonal design in the background of the page).    

 

While the background dried, i started to work on putting parts of the page together.  My idea was to keep the rainbow of the page throughout the entire page, that meant that i had to try at best to color block papers, alphas and embellishments.  I started by using the Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties collections 6x6 paper pads to back and picture and add layers behind it.  I added a piece of the Wreath cut out to help form the corner design at the top left side of the page.   In addition, i added a piece of the Squeeze the Day Ciao Chips and ephemera,  a cute clip, ephemera from the Sweet & Spooky collection,and a mini heart embellishment  to bring more of the colors present at the top of the page.

Once i placed the picture at the top of the page, i chose the Be You Acrylic word to anchor the title to the page.  Since i added my watercolor in sections along the diagonal of the page, i wanted to play with the colors of the Florence Alpha to complete the title.  

 

I used Florence Alpha stickers in Orange, McIntosh, Punch, Peep, Cotton Candy and Plum to add the title on the page.  I tried at best to match the color of the background with the alphabet stickers, and chose to finish the sentence with the Punch Wonky Alpha puffy sticker.

 

To balance the page, i chose to add a piece of ephemera from the Squeeze the Day collection, along with an Epoxy Heart and a sentiment from the Sweet & Spooky collection.  Since the title already tells so much of the story, just a few lines of journal were added at the very bottom right corner of the page.

 

 

I hope this inspires you to pull your Florence Alpha stickers and create  a fun colorful project with lots of words and sentiments on it.   Remember to share with us what you create!  

'Til next time!

 

BELLA BLVD Supplies:

BELLA BESTIES Collection - Freehand Grid  & Dot - White paper, 6x6 paper pad

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection - 6x6 paper pad, Epoxy Hearts, Ciao Chips, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons.

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection -  Ephemera words

CUT OUT - Wreath

CUTE CLIPS Collection - Pretty Boy

PUFFY STARS collection - Cotton Candy, Punch

HEART HUGS Collection -  Mini Sentiments

WONKY ALPHA - Punch

That's me layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey scrappy people, 

it's me Lisa, back on the blog and today I'm sharing a new fun rainbow layout. 

The assignment for this week, was to use as many Florence Alpha stickers as possible. :) I really thought a loooong time about this and couldn't really come up with something I liked... haha! :) But then I finally had an idea that I thought could work... I wanted to list all the things I liked and use as many colors of the rainbow as I could.

So to start, I wanted to have a rainbow background. I used watercolors with a lot of water and put down color after color, letting it flow in different directions and letting the next color mix and blend with the previous one. After I had all the colors, I dried them with my heat gun. Then I went back and did some platters of the same colors on top. I dried it again and topped it with white splatters.

I used my stitching machine to create a messy white line and give me a base to put my words on. I used a lot of the Florence Alpha stickers and wrote down a few of the things I love the most. 

Then I chose my photo and backed it with some white paper, some vellum and some patterned papers that matched with the colors on the background. I adhered it with foam tape. Then I went through my embellishments and chose some chipboard and ephemera flowers. I placed them on my layout, trying to find the best placement. 

Before adhering my flowers, I wanted to create my title. I wanted to write "That's me" but after placing the "me" down, I couldn't find the right way to incorporate the words "that's"...! I tried writing it on pink paper and cutting it out, I tried some Florence stickers, I tried some bold hand-cut letters... but nothing seemed to work. So I just decided to leave it that way... :) 

I adhered the title using foam squares and then adhered all the flowers, some flat to the paper and some using foam to create dimension. I also used some tangled thread behind the red flowers and put enamel dots in their centers.

Then I added some white chipboard hearts and used some watercolor to paint the title and hearts. I LOVE the look that gives. :)

To finish, I wanted to have more abstract leaves around the flowers. So I took some vellum and traced some strands with leaves with a black pen and a pencil. I cut them out and added them around the flowers. Some more splatters and I was done! :)

I hope you are inspired to create a rainbow layout with the Florence Alpha stickers. You really need to have them in EVERY color, they are so pretty and easy to use! :)

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

Squeeze the Day Layout by Tegan Skwiat

I am having so much fun using the Bella Blvd Mood Boards for inspiration! The May board is so full of springtime colors and fun elements...come take a look!

Right away I knew I wanted to incorporate the circular design from the middle mood board square in to my project. And right away I pulled out the fun Squeeze the Day collection because it has a similar color scheme to the colors in the board. The layout ended up being different than my initial vision, but that's part of the fun when working with mood boards! 

I originally wanted to take the large title idea from the board and make a large title on the page with each letter in one of the circles. But once I started moving my circles around the page and layering them with adorable Squeeze the Day embellishments, I decided to use the chipboard 'Squeeze the Day' phrase for my title instead. I filled in the extra space between the letters with enamel dots from the Heart Hugs Earth pack for a fun design. 

I made the circle designs by creating 2.75" circles in the software for my electronic die cut machine. I used the dot design from the Bella Blvd Sweet Sweet Spring Eggs Cut File over my circle to create a cool polka dot pattern. Once cut out, I then backed the circle with coordinating patterned papers. I hope you think the circles turned out as neat as I do! I created these circles with Squeeze the Day, Home Sweet Home, and Bellas Besties Patterned Papers. My decision to add a couple floral pieces from the Wish Big Girl collection was also inspired by the mood board!

My travel photo was also inspired by the mood board! The fun and fruity Squeeze the Day collection was perfect for documenting a Pineapple Dole Whip stop during our trip to the Magic Kingdom last year! 

I love all of the polka dot circle designs! I can't pick a favorite one, can you?  And the Word Salad phrase stickers were perfect for adding little embellishments of color around the page.

Thank you for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the Squeeze the Day collection and use the May Mood Board for inspiration on your next layout!

Squeeze the Day Collection: 6x6 Paper Pad, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons

Bella Besties Collection: Pickle Juice Graph & Dot Patterned Paper, Ice Graph & Dot Patterned Paper

Home Sweet Home Collection: Mosaic Tile Patterned Paper

Wish Big Girl Collection: Party Animal Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers

Wish Big Boy Collection: Dinotastic Patterned Paper

Word Salad Stickers, Heart Hugs Earth Pack, Puffy Star Stickers Ice Mix, Puffy Star Stickers Orange, Puffy Heart Stickers Bell Pepper Mix

Bella Blvd Sweet Sweet Spring Easter Eggs Cut File 

 

 

May Mood Board Challenge - Digital Layout by Tya Smith

Hi there everyone! Tya here today! I am so excited to be able to share with you my latest digital scrapbooking layout! This was my first time participating in our Mood Board Challenge and what cute and inspiring board we have to work with! 

So my layout is below and I used the cute pink, teal, yellow, black, and white color scheme. I also was inspired by the doughnuts in the top, left corner so I created this layout featuring my cute and spunky daughter snapping some cute pics with some doughnuts. The fun papers and icons are from the Addison digital collection. 

 Thanks for stopping by today! I loved participating in the Mood Board challenge this month and hope that you can get some great ideas from my layout and the mood board too! Happy Crafting friends! 

Addison Collection Bundle

 

May Mood Board Inspired Layout | Maryam

Hey, Crafty Friends! This is Maryám and I'm so excited to be back here at the Bella BLVD Studio Blog today with a new project inspired by the sweet May Mood Board.

First of all, let's start by taking a look at this month's mood board.

Once I saw the mood board I was immediately inspired by it. The colors, the textures, and shapes caught my attention and inspired the entire theme of my layout.

To create my layout, I started out by opening 294889 Flower Jar Cut File on the Silhouette software and then ungroup all the elements of the jar. I separated all the pieces and cut them from different pattern papers. Once the machine finished doing its job, it was my turn to assemble all the pieces. For the flowers, I used foam dots to adhere them to the page and I added enamel dots in the center of each one them. For the jar, I used foam dots too and also added hand stitching around it with coordinating embroidery thread.

Continuing with the process, I added a piece of Talk to the Head Pattern Paper from the Sweet & Spooky- which surprisingly coordinated perfectly with the rest of the elements- on the left side of my page to balance out the design a little bit. This was inspired by the image of the black and white stripes at the bottom right corner of the mood board. 

To embellish my page a little bit more, I added some words die-cuts from the Ephemera Words Set and also some epoxy hearts, both from the Squeeze the Day Collection.

For the title, I used the word "You" from the Squeeze the Day collection Ephemera Words Set and added a"xoxo" tab as an extra.

Here is a look at the completed layout!

 

That's it for today! I hope you enjoyed this post and inspired you to create something new. If you have any questions just leave a comment below, and I’ll be happy to help you.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Squeeze the Day: 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Zesty Pattern Paper, Squeeze the Day Daily Details Pattern Paper, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Chipboard Icons, Hearts Epoxy Icons | Sweet & Spooky: Talk to the Head Pattern Paper | Bella Besties: 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Graph & Dot Rainbow Cotton Candy Pattern Paper, Graph & Dot Rainbow Guacamole Pattern Paper | Bella BLVD Cut Files: 294889 Flower Jar.

You make me happy layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey friends, 

it's Lisa back on the blog and today I'm sharing a layout that is inspired by the May mood board :)

I really love this month's mood board, here it is...

What I reeeaaallly love on this mood board, is the middle square on the bottom. I'm just in love with the colors, the brush strokes, the way the colors mix and the little details in white and gold. So I really wanted to make a fun, artsy background for my page and I also wanted to include some flowers.

I started with my background. I chose my colors, trying to recreate the color scheme from the mood board. There's no rule to making such a background. I just used my colors, one after the other, painting some strokes of each color and making them blend in some places. At the end, I added the white parts and also some white and black splatters.

I let my background dry and chose a Bella Blvd cutfile in the Silhouette store. I chose this cute cat and cut it out from a gray patterned paper, since my cat is gray. :) 

Then I also created three flowers by hand-cutting flower shapes from 3 different patterned papers. I adhered them together, starting with the bigger flower and going smaller. For the center of the flower, I created some wonky-shaped circles in black. I used black to balance the black in the photo and the black splatters. The picture I used, is one of my cat. I printed it in black and white, since I had already enough color going on in the background. I matted it on two different patterned papers.

I laid down all my elements to see how I wanted everything to look like and then I went into my embellishments and chose some pieces that matched. I used some ephemera circles in different colors and I used some puffy stars in two shades of pink. Then I adhered everything on my background, glueing some things directly to the paper and using some foam squares to adhere other pieces. 

To finish, I created my title. I chose the word "Happy" from a cardstock sticker sheet. The letters were pink but I wanted something that really popped off the page and I also wanted to come back with more black. So I painted the letters with black ink. To complete the title, I used some black Florence Alpha stickers. 

I had so much fun creating this layout and I really like how it turned out. :)

I hope you are inspired to create an artsy background. Just choose a color scheme and brush on some paint. It's very easy and it looks so cool. Also... have you checked out the new Bella Blvd cutfiles?? Soooo cute!!! :)

Thank you for stopping by and see you very soon!

Awesome | Digital Mood Board Page

Hi Bella friends! Allie here from AllieScraps to share a digital page inspired by this month's amazing mood board! 

For this mood board, I was inspired by the paint swooshes, the circles, and the pinks! 

I wanted to keep the background simple, so I chose a kraft paper that wouldn't take away from the cut out circles in the middle of the page (so easy to do with digital -- just use the eraser on the background right where you want something to peak through!) that were backed with the fun, painty paper from the You Are Loved collection! I added in some fun elements (also from the "You Are Loved" collection) and layered in some more "messy" paint. Simple, but I love how it turned out! 

What inspired YOU from the mood board? 

You Are Loved Digital Collection • "Awesome" tag from the Addison Digital Collection 

 

 

 

My Beautiful Calico | Patricia

Hello Bella Blvd Friends!  This is Patricia to share how the May Mood Board inspired my Traveler's Notebook project today!  The first thing I noticed was the texture, then the colors, and the black and white.  The black and white inspired me to use a stencil with black ink to create a similar affect from the Mood Board.  I created this on a separate piece of cardstock to insert into my very full Traveler's Notebook.

I also worked from the inspiration of the brand new Chloe Cut Files!  I created the napping cat and the flowers from Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties pattern paper.  I clustered those together at the bottom, and layered more pattern papers under my photo to help it pop more.  I could have made this photo black and white, but I really wanted to show that my cat is a calico and the girly blankets from my daughter's bed really went well with the Bella Blvd papers.

For the top, I layered an Oh My Stars Gift Tags in black under the top of my photo and a purple one at the top of the Squeeze the Day Ephemera Words.  Then layered a Pretty Boy Cute Clips to it.  The blue from the bow and the purple help to create a triangle from the colors on both sides of my notebook.  All of this is adding to the wonderful colors found in the Mood Board.

With my right side having a lot of texture and color, I used a light pink Bella Besties polka dot paper trimmed with another Oh My Stars Gift Tags layered on top.  I picked the tag because of the black and white and the lines, drawing inspiration from the Mood Board.  I used a Squeeze the Day Ephemera Word along with the Wonky Alpha and Florence Stickers to build my title pulling colors from the right side.  I finished this with an epoxy heart and washi tape.

Aren't the new Chloe Cut Files adorable!!!  The cut files are available now.  So hope the May Mood Board and the cut files inspire your next project!

We Make The “Pearfect” Pair Layout | Lauren Seals

Hi Everyone! Lauren Seals here with a sweet layout created using one of my favorite collections Squeeze The Day. My main focus of this layout is tags, tags, and more tags! I love using tags on all paper crafting projects to add dimension and texture with the ribbon. They are great and fun in all different sizes and shapes. I focused on using quite a few from the Ephemera pieces in this collection while also creating a few tags of my own with the paper.

Here is my layout:

 To begin creating the layout I first laid out the papers and chose background papers that were light and would contrasts nicely with the elements in this line. I wanted the little icons and word pieces to stand out nicely from the patterned base piece. 
Then begins the layering! I love ALL the layers when it comes to paper crafting. I love dimension and how much depth you can create in a project by simply layering your background pieces as well as your embellishments. 




Once I decided on the Bella Besties colors that I wanted to coordinate with my base pattern paper, I then went through the ephemera to choose the icons and words I thought would best stand out with the pictures chosen for the page. This line is perfect with all the little sayings and sentiments. Sweet for all occasions and perfect showing some love with pictures of you and your person! 
I chose a few of my favorite tags in this line that would stand out nicely with their colors and “pear nicely” with the sentiments I chose. 



When it comes to layering I love little clusters. I love the way these Ephemera Words layer so nicely with the littler tags and Ephemera Icons. 
when layering I began with putting my mats down flat and then alternate putting foam tape or foam squares on the next layer that follows. Creating dimension without making it too thick for your page protectors. 

Tags don’t  have to be used in a standard way. Simply to give some added shape and dimension. The little black tag from the ephemera pack I even cut in half so I could just have something fun sticking out between my other two tags for some added color and to break up the patterns a bit. Then lastly I went through the layout and added some ribbon and enamel dots to give it some fun little details to finish it off. 
I hope you all enjoy this layout as much as I enjoyed creating it! I can’t wait to share more projects with you in the future! Thank you. 


 Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

•Bella Besties•Squeeze the Day patterned paper•Squeeze the Day Ephemera Words•Squeeze the Day Ephemera Icons•Squeeeze the Day Enamel Dots•

Mother's Day | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica with you today sharing a layout using the Let's Go On An Adventure collection for a Mother's Day layout. I love the colors and florals in this collection so much I really wanted to use it with some photos I took of our kids on Mother's Day. This collection is the perfect collection for all your outdoor adventures but for today I am going to show you that you can use it in a different way. One thing I love about Bella Blvd is that one side of the paper might be for a certain theme but then you turn it over and it is perfect for anything! You can also mix and match collections because all the colors just go together.

I used the Geometric Heart cut file form Rulana's Cut Files and cut it out on some white textured cardstock. I backed it with papers from the Let's Go On An Adventure collection. I used some pinks, blues, and black with some pops of red for the colors on my layout. I printed my photos out in black and white so they would pop on the page. I wanted a little color behind the heart so I used some Party Dress ink from Catherine Pooler. To get the watercolor look I applied some ink to an acrylic block, sprayed some water and picked it up with a piece of plastic packaging. I then took the packaging and smooshed it to my cardstock where the heart would be so that the color was peeking out around the heart. 

Once my background was dry I trimmed it down and matted it to the In The Woods paper. Next it was time to start embellishing my layout. The 12x12 Let's Go On an Adventure chipboard has some great florals so I tucked them in around my photos. I also fussy cut some florals and the super cute fox. 

I also used some of the stickers from the Doo Hickey cardstock stickers. I tucked in an epoxy heart from Scrappin Happy Studio and used the Florence Alpha for my title. Here is a look at my completed layout

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed my layout and found some inspiration. Make sure to head on over to the Bella Blvd Instagram and Facebook page for even more inspiration. 

Let's Go On An Adventure Collection | Florence Alpha