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My Favorites Digital Layout by Tya Smith

Hey, Bella Blvd fans! Tya here, and all this week on the blog we are scrapbooking our favorite things. I haven't done one of these types of layouts for a while so it's was super fun recording the things that are my favorite in my life right now. 

Black with pops of color is one of my favorite color combos to work with so I chose papers and embellishments from the digital Addison collection and the digital Illustrated Faith Bright and Brave collection. Those colors and icons were a blast to work with. 

 

 

 

Have you created a layout about your favorites recently? What are you waiting for? It is so much fun! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope I have inspired you to create a layout like mine! Happy Crafting!

 

Plaids and Dotty Designer Patterns

Addison Collection Bundle

Illustrated Faith Bright and Brave Collection Bundle

My Favorite Room in the House Layout

This week is all about our favorite things, so I thought it would be cool to document my love of crafting! I started with the adorable Home Sweet Home collection but I had fun mixing and matching in a couple other collections too. I love that the Bella Blvd collections easily work together so well! 

I used the light pink side of the Wish Big Girl Party Animal patterned paper as my background because I wanted my houses to really stand out. I used the background image of the Bella Blvd Happy House cut file and my electronic die cut machine to cut out the houses in different fun colors. (I did widen the house in my design software to accommodate all of the words in my title.) And I love the whimsical feel that the Florence Alphabet stickers give to the page!

My goal was to make the houses as colorful as I could! I used more simple patterns for the front of the houses so the alpha stickers could be easily read. I used the more involved patterned papers as a background to each house to add more color. I adorned the houses with ephemera pieces and chipboard stickers from the Home Sweet Home collection and some Puffy Stars stickers.

Since the Florence Alphabet Stickers come in so many awesome colors, I was able to create a very colorful title! And the Word Salad Stickers are prefect for adding little phrases and pops of color around a page. 

I used the tree image from the Bella Blvd Family Frenzy House 1 Cut File and the green Splash Zone Summer Scramble patterned paper to make a couple of greenery pieces. I tucked these behind the yellow house and my photo. Isn't that little ephemera butterfly fluttering around outside the houses just the cutest?!

Thank you for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab your favorite Bella Blvd collections and document your crafty space! 

Home Sweet Home Collection: Mosaic Tile Patterned Paper, Welcome Home Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Stikcers

Splash Zone Collection: Summer Scramble Patterned Paper, Sunny Days Patterned Paper

Wish Big Girl Collection: Party Animal Patterned Paper

Wish Big Boy Collection: Borders Patterned Paper

Squeeze the Day Collection: Borders Patterned Paper, So Berry Sweet Patterned Paper, Ephemera Words

Let's Go On An Adventure Collection: Borders Patterned Paper, Wildflowers Patterned Paper

Florence Alphabet Stickers: Ice, Bell Pepper, McIntosh, Blueberry, Cotton Candy

Orange Mix Puffy Stars Stickers, Pickle Juice Mix Puffy Star Stickers, Word Salad Stickers

Bella Blvd Cut Files: Happy House, Family Frenzy House 1

 

The one with my favorite TV show | Friends

Hi everyone.  Heather here with one of my favorite things...FRIENDS!  Everyone around me knows I'm a Friends fanatic and this past year, I finally let my teenager watch it with me.  Let's just say the rest is history and now we have even more to relate to and talk about.  I love it.  

When I found out Lego had a special edition Friends set, my girl put it on her Christmas wish list.  We had a blast building it together and re-enacting our favorite scenes. Of course this was the first thing I wanted to document when I was assigned Favorite Things week - my daughter and Friends!

To create this layout, I knew I needed to recreate the famous yellow peep hole frame. Then I realized a page full of frames would be super cool. 

I pulled in various cut files from Bella Blvd and others and designed the page. To make sure everything would fit, I sized everything in my Silhouette Studio software first.

Once all the files were cut, I glued some down and stitched the others with my sewing machine. Next, I added the title.  Every episode of Friends is named with "The one with..." so I only thought it'd be appropriate to to my page title the same.

I have three photos in three yellow frames on this page. Two are from the building of the set and the third is of my daughter's completed set that now sits on her shelf in her bedroom.  We get it down occasionally and to "play" with.

I left three frames empty so I can add journaling to them.  I just need to find the right words. The great news is that when I do, I can use the inside cut-outs to make sure everything I want to say will fit in the available space.

Squeeze the Day 6x6 paper pad, Doohickey stickers, Caio Chip, ephemera icons, ephemera words, matte enamels; Heart Hugs, Bella Bows, Designer washi - red stripe, dotty, black white stripe, red hearts; Bella Besties Graph & Dot Bell Pepper


 

DIY Pocket Traveler's Notebook (with video!) with Allie

Hey friends! Allie here with a really fun project-- especially if you love using the really small, passport/pocket sized traveler's notebooks like I do! 

I have several leather/fake leather Traveler's Notebook "covers" or cases, and I love them, but I'm always wanting to switch things out to match specific projects or seasons-- and there's just not enough matching covers in the world... or the budget to buy them all ;) 

 

So I thought I would DIY one of my own! And then it quickly turned into creating.... way more than one! I thought I would share two of my favorites with you today-- one is using the really fun Santa Squad collection to make a December/more wintery cover, and the other is using my FAVORITE Bella Blvd Collection, You Are Loved to make a cover for anytime!

I also did a video showing you how I put it all together! Check that out below! 

 

What do you think? Are you going to make your own Traveler's Notebook covers? They are so fun and easy to put together (and then use! And decorate!) and they go so quickly!

Use your favorite Bella Digital collection and make your own! 

Santa Squad papers • You Are Loved digital papers • any of your favorite die cuts or stickers to use to decorate the outside! 

 

Happy Valentine's Day! | Christine

Happy Valentine's Day Bella Blvd Fans!  Christine joining you today with a layout about love.  I strayed from traditional Valentine colors though and just went with colors that I love ;)  Let's take a look at my layout.

I don't have gobs of photos of my hubby and me, but every once in a while we grab a good one!  This one was from a recent vacation and the shades of green and blue in the photo were really jumping out at me.  Thus I opted for this color scheme instead of a more traditional Valentine's Day one!  Most of the pieces in this layout come from the Squeeze the Day Collection and Bella Besties

Do you have a favorite embellishment?  I am often drawn to chipboard, making the Ciao Chip pieces a go to piece!  I used both flowers and a border piece to help add dimension to my layout!

I also used some of the Wonky Alphabet for my title, some epoxy hearts, and Cut-Outs pieces.  The Cut-Outs a hearts from one of the Christmas Cut-Out Sets.  I just opted to cut it apart instead of keeping it together.  This allowed me to use it in my embellishment clusters.

I made use of the Freehand Graph & Dots papers to create my dimensional border.  Each stripe is 1 inch wide, distressed, and layered to create a colorful and unique border!  Let's take a look at how this whole layout came together in my process video:

 

Thanks for joining us today!  

Freehand Graph & Dots, Wonky Alphabet, Squeeze the Day Ciao Chip, Squeeze the Day Patterned Paper, Epoxy Heart Stickers

 

 

"Wholeheartedly" Hybrid Bible Journaling Page

Hi friends! Allie here to bring you a fun hybrid Bible journaling page! 

One of my favorite ways to decorate my Bible is to use a fun digital patterned paper printed on clear sticker paper for a really fun and graphic background. For this page, I wanted something that had a lot of hearts and bright colors to mirror and highlight the verse.. and this patterned paper from the "Mom Life" collection fit the bill perfectly! 

After I printed, cut, and stuck down the patterned paper, I embellished with some stamps from Illustrated Faith and stickers, Homespun alphas, and enamel hearts from Bella Blvd to finish off the page that highlights Psalm 119! 

 

How about you? Do you use digital or hybrid elements in your Bible journaling or scrapbooking?

Digital paper from the "Mom Life" collection • Black alphas • enamel hearts 

My Heart | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share a Valentine layout using one of my favorite collections from Bella Blvd Valentina! Fingers crossed Bella Blvd. comes out with a new Valentine collection next year! I had bits and pieces of this collection and it was time to use it up! 

Since I had smaller scraps left I went for a layered up design which I haven't done in a long time! I really enjoyed creating this layout and using up what I had left of this collection.

I pulled out some of the Bella Blvd. Heart Hugs and scattered them around my page.

I found the sweetest acrylic title that matches my layout perfectly! I added a few word stickers from the Valentine sticker sheet and added some black splatter.

I tucked in this cut epoxy flair from Scrappin Happy Studio for another pop of black! Here is a look at my completed layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my layout today and I hope you come back tomorrow for more Valentines inspiration. 

Valentina Collection | Heart Hugs | My Heart Acrylic Word | Enamel Hearts

This is Us - Valentine's Day Digital Layout | Tya

Hello, Bella fans! Isn't this time of year so romantic? I love that I get to cuddle up with my favorite person and celebrate our relationship this time of year! (Although - I will admit - he does a pretty good job of making sure I know he loves me year-round - he's a keeper!) 

 

I thought it would be fun to do a layout from the photos we have taken together over the past couple of years. It's fun to document our growth as a couple, and how he still loves me even with my grey hair and smile lines that seem to stick around a lot longer now! LOL!  I used the gorgeous "You are Loved" Illustrated Faith collection to create this digital layout. I love collections that have the papers already paint-splattered and all distressed for me already! Makes for a quick, easy not to mention mess-free creative process! 

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to take a minute and reflect on your special someone this time of year and create a layout all about the two of you! Happy Crafting! 

"You are Loved" Collection Bundle

 

 

 

LOVE Cards | Dorymar

Hello Friends!!! It’s Dorymar here today sharing three beautiful Love Cards. It's February and we're celebrating the month of love! It’s a special month to express how much we care about our loved ones.

To create these cards, I used elements from various collections. In this card, I used the beautiful hearts of the Christmas cut-outs and filled with papers from the Squeeze the Day and Home Sweet Home collection. Then I added die cuts from the ephemera words pack to create the message.

I think Bella Blvd collections have great value! All the elements are coordinated in colors and you can use them as many times as you want.

Here you can see how I used several elements of the Squeeze the Day collection to create this colorful card to offer to my favorite sweet person!

Isn't it fantastic?

One of the things I enjoy the most when working with Bella Blvd papers is to be able to search among so many beautiful goodies and be able to mix and match everything.

For this card, I used the chipboard stickers, the rainbow of the pop-pops and the feeling of the ephemera words.

They’re quick and fun to embellish and the possibilities are endless!

There is so much to love with Bella Blvd collections! The colors, the designs, the feelings, that you can create beautiful projects that will make you express your love with cards and designs as cute as this. They will make you smile and fill your loved ones with love.

Thanks for stopping by! Get Inspired!

Squeeze the Day Collection, Squeeze the Day Ephemera Words, Squeeze the Day Ephemera Icons, 

Follow the Rainbow-Bella Pops, Cut-Outs (Wreath), Santa Squad Blizzard Paper, Halloween Heart and Hugs

February Mood Board || Kelly

Hello everyone! It's Kelly here today sharing a layout inspired by this month's mood board:

I drew so much inspiration from this beautiful board, but the most obvious way would be how the middle left squared inspired my background.

The top left square inspired the scattered x's and o's across my photos, and the enamel dots were inspired by the top middle square.

The strip of red patterned paper grounding my layout came from the bottom right square, and the pattern on the hearts at the bottom was similar to the bottom left square.

Finally, the flowers in the middle right square are similar to the pattern on my daughter's dress.

Whew! That's a lot of inspiration! I love working with mood boards...it's always fun to see what everyone comes up with.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Bella Besties: Graph&Dot McIntosh, Graph&Dot Punch, Graph&Dot Peep, Graph&Dot White; Fireworks&Freedom: Daily Details; Wonky Alphas: McIntosh, Punch, Cotton Candy, Milk White; Ciao Chip: So in Love; Squeeze the Day: Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Designer Washi Tape: Break Rules; Matte Enamels: Fruity Mix; Word Salad