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Wish Big | Cut Files from Bella

Hi Bella Blvd friends, Wendy here today with another page using the new cut files from Bella Blvd. Today I decided to share some tips and tricks I have discovered while creating with cut files. I have also created a video to share the details of my process.

Here is the page I created today, I've used the Wish Big Girl collection mainly for my page. This page documents a dream come true for me as I was invited to record with some amazing musicians this past January. I wanted my page to tell the story of how this was a dream/wish, how my heart was so happy, and how this was success realized; each piece I chose furthered these ideas. I actually designed my page on my Silhouette before ever putting the physical products on the page! You can see the details of how I did this on the video above.

My title and the pink color was the first piece I chose for my page, you can see the multiple layers on my title.

Tip:  4+ cuts when glued together for a nice chipboard style embellishment.

I chose to fussy cut my balloons from a 3x4 card, but you could have also used the cut file available; the balloons further the celebration feel.

Check out my video to see how I put together this intricate flower piece. Doesn't the little cute clip look fun holding the balloon bunch?

A few more details, did you notice those white stars on the background?

Tip:  Save your leftover cut pieces, you never know when they will work perfectly on your pages.

Tip:  Always add in your date somewhere on the page because you will forget as the weeks, months, years go by.

Thanks so much for joining me today, I hope some of these tips will help you document your story in the easiest manner possible!

Wish Big Girl:  Birthday Song, Party Animal, Borders, Ciao Chip Icons, Cardstock Stickers, Ephemera Words

Wish Big Boy:  Cake Time

Cute Clips:  Pretty Posh; IF Epoxy Stickers:  Bananas for you Mix Mini Hexies; Tiny Text:  Wild Berries

Birthday Scrapbooking Layout | Wish Big Cut File

Hi everyone. Heather Leopard is here sharing a "sweet" birthday scrapbooking layout using the new Bella Blvd Wish Big cut files available in the Silhouette store or from Lori Whitlock. Let's take a look at how this layout came together. 

I love to go big so I was excited to see the stacked birthday cake offered as a cut file. It's called "cake" by Bella Blvd. To create this layout, I started with the colors in the photo...yellow, blue, pink and then I sifted through the Wish Big papers and found practically perfect matches. When deciding on the background, I wanted something "festive" but not overwhelming since I knew I would have a lot going on with the cake.  The dotty paper in light pink was perfect. It just needed a few confetti splatters in the colors I was using for the cake!

What I love about it the cake design is that all the layers are wonky. It's just so fun! When thinking about the layers I first started out with two busy patterns and one subdued pattern but quickly realized that would detract from the photo so I subbed in more tone on tone type patterns and only chose to use patterned paper for the middle layer. I then machine stitched the layers to the background cake cut file, which you can just barely see peeking through in a few places. 

Next up was the photo.  I printed this as a 3" x 4" photo and kept the layering around it relatively simple (for me). I added a piece of patterned paper under the bottom and then layered chipboard presents and a die cut sentiment.  Easy peasy.

So the large open space of the bottom layer of the cake was perfect for the title. It also allowed me room to bring on some of the dark blue I have scattered around, since that's the color of the actual cake in the photo. Then I was staring at the rest of the cake, which was not decorated yet and it dawned on me that layered cakes usually have some sort of decor, usually flowers so I pulled out the floral chipboard and anchored them in each corner.  I just love how they work so well for this page.

Bella Blvd Wish Big Collection, Wish Big Ciao Chip, Wish Big Ephemera Words, Wish Big Ephemera

Plaids and Dotty: Cotton Candy

Bella Blvd Cake cut file, Silhouette cutting machine

Cut File Birthday Cards with Corri

Hi everyone! Corri here today sharing a couple of fun birthday cards that I made with the new Wish Big cut files available in the Silhouette Store and in Lori Whitlock's shop. 

For both of these cards, I used the offset feature in the Silhouette Studio software to create the white outline around the cut files.

To create the frog shape card, I created the offset, the duplicated and flipped the shape before welding the shapes together to create my card base. I chose some papers for the layers from the Wish Big - Boy Collection and added a sticker sentiment and few enamel dots from the Heart Hugs. This quick shape card has a big impact even though it's easy to put together. You can find this cute cut file here ---> (Silhouette, Lori Whitlock). 

For the Happy Birthday card, I aligned the "Happy" and "Birthday" cut files so that they overlapped slightly and then created the offset. I selected some paper from the Wish Big - Girl Collection and cut out the layers.  My background was created by trimming one of the cards from the Daily Details sheet and layering it with a piece of the borders paper.  I added a sentiment from the Ephemera - Words pack to finish off my card. 

 

That is how quickly you can make some cards and have them look fabulous! Make sure you check out the rest of the Bella Blvd cut files in the links above. Have a great day friends!!

Cutting Machine, Wish Big Boy: Borders, Wish Big Boy: Cake Time, Wish Big Boy: Sticky Mix, Heart Hugs, White and Black Cardstock, Wish Big Girl: Borders, Wish Big Girl: Let's Celebrate, Wish Big Girl: Cake & Crowns, Wish Big Girl: Daily Details, Wish Big Girl: Ephemera Words

 

Birthday Wishes | Erica Thompson

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Bella Blvd blog! Erica here with you today to share a fun birthday layout using the new and super awesome Bella cut files. I also pulled out the Wish Big collection and a couple packs of the Bella Puffy Stars. I cut out the file 3 times on my Silhouette cameo with some American Crafts smooth white cardstock. This is my favorite cardstock to use with cut files and for my background. I wanted to add some fun sprinkles of color to my white background so I pulled out some Catherine Pooler inks in the colors, Suede Shoes, Lime Rickey, Tiki Torch, Tiara and Mardi Gras. These colors were meant to go with this collection I swear! 

I applied some ink to a large acrylic block and used a small paint brush and some water to splatter ink all over the center of my page. For the Wish Big cut file I cut it out first with some pattern paper from the Wish Big collection. I then created an offset and cut that out on some white cardstock. The final piece was more just for added dimension and a piece that I could adhere the two other pieces to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I added some foam tape behind the cutfile for even more dimension and stuck it down to the center of my paper. I embellishment my layout with die cuts and stickers from the Wish Big collection and also some of the Bella Puffy Stars in Blueberry & Pickle Juice.

The smile epoxy flair from Scrappin Happy Studio was fun piece from my stash that went great with this layout. Here is a look at my final layout.

You can see all the fabulous cut files HERE in the Silhouette Design Store. Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed my layout! You can see my process video HERE on my YouTube channel!

Bella Blvd Wish Big Collection, Wish Big 6x12 Sticker Sheet, Wish Big Ephemera Words, Wish Big Ephemera, Bella Blvd Puffy Star Stickers Pickle Juice, Bella Blvd Puffy Stars Blueberry, Bella Blvd Wish Big cut file

Creating with Wish Big Cut Files

Hey Bella Blvd Friends! It's Leanne here today and I am sharing my latest project using the awesome new Bella Blvd cut files! They are so easy to create and can be found over at the Silhouette Design Store. As you can see, I chose to use the flamingo and flower cut file. How cute are they???

Normally I use cut files as titles or even just go with a basic shape. But today I wanted to have layers on my page and lots of fun colours!

 

Celebrate Noosa by Leanne Allinson

Here's how I created the flamingo.

step 1. Open the Flamingo cut file in your silhouette program and resize by clicking and dragging on one of the corners of the highlighted file. Ungroup the file and reposition the pieces on the mat template. Cut out the file using the desired coloured cardstock and patterned paper.

step 2. Using the Party Animals patterned paper from Wish Big Girl as a reference, I reassembled the flamingo with wet adhesive. 

step 3. Line up the pieces with the layer below.

step 4. Continue to build the layers until the cut file is complete.

step 5. Finally add your cut file embellishment to your project.

 

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Here's a closer look at how I put the rest of my page together.

First I cut my white cardstock to size (8.5x11) and flicked droplets of Illustrated Faith watercolour paint onto the background.

My next step was to machine stitch layers of patterned paper across the top of the cardstock. Then position the photo and add the cut file embellishments. Add more detail with punched circles and sticker borders.

To recreate the title, I used Wonky Alphabets in a variety of coordinating colours. However, to create even more dimension, I put down two layers. The first layer of alphas in the title, are Milky White Wonky Alphabets. The second layer adheres easily to the first, making the original layer near invisible.

Thank you for visiting the blog today. I hope I have inspired you to have some fun using the new cut files.

 

Wish Big Girl: Daily Details, Borders, Birthday Song, Party Animal, Words, Sticky Mix; Wonky Alphabet: Punch, Pickle Juice, Bell Pepper, Ice, Milk White; Puffy Hearts: Punch Mix; Bella Blvd Silhouette Cut Files: Red Flower, Flamingo, Wish Big Pink Flower. Illustrated Faith: Watercolour Aquarelle.

 

 

 

 

Using the New Cut Files || Memories

Good morning everyone! Kat here today to share my newest layout made with the new cut files!

I chose to use just one file - the red flower - and repeat it multiple times. I re-sized it a few times and cut out a bunch of them that I sprinkled all up and down my page. I then added in coordinating Word Salad Stickers on top of them, added in a few pickle juice-colored enamel hearts and my acrylic title. This page came together so fast since my main element was the pretty cuts.

Here is the full project:

Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Patterned Paper: Mom Life: My Tribe, Wish Big Girl: Borders, Party Animal, Cake and Crowns, Plaids and Dotty: Pickle Juice, Oh My Stars: Plum Stars; Enamel Hearts: Pickle Juice; Word Salad Stickers; Acrylic Word: Memories

20 minute layout-Quarterback

Good morning everyone!! 

I'm excited this morning with the assignment I have today. My assignment was to make a layout in no more then 20 minutes and I did that. I gathered everything I wanted to use, sat down and set my timer. I have to say that I love challenges of all kinds so I set myself another one to go along with this challenge; stick with a color scheme. I guess knowing I only had 20 minutes, setting specific colors also made it easier for me, lol.

I started my layout with white cardstock, I had picked my picture already, so I mated it, added a few layers. I got stuck a bit at this point, I wanted to sew some circles on the background, but that would take to much time, so instead I drew circles in black and grey on the background. Then I had a place for all my embellishments to go.

I pulled stickers from the football collection and placed them around the circles, pulled out the cute little puffy start stickers and placed them here and there. I played with everything, moving stickers around, until I was happy with where everything was. Popped some of them up on 3D adhesive and left the rest flat.

I added my title, coming off the left hand side of the photo, tucked a few pieces of ephemera under layers, then decided that I wanted something else for the white cardstock to sit on, so I trimmed it down, matted it on a pieces of patterned paper from the Football collection, ruffed up the edges and was done in 18 minutes and 24 seconds.

I hope you like this layout and maybe even play along and see what you can do in just 20 minutes too!!

Football Collection: Boarders&Details, Fundamentals, Ephemera

Oh my stars Collection: Fundamentals

Puffy Star Stickers: Pickle Juice mix, Oreo Black, Milk White, McIntosh Mix

Word Salad cardstock stickers

Mixed media layout in 20 minutes by Kim Watson

I love design challenges and this week we have a super challenge on the go:

Design a page in 20 minutes.

I decided to take the challenge one step further and attempted a simple mixed media page with a die cut title in 20 minutes. And guess what? I was able to do it. Even though a simple design, the effects are fabulous!

This is the result.

To play along, these are the Bella products you will be needing.

Hip Hip Hooray by Kim Watson

Other supplies:

• Heavy cardstock
• Gesso
• Spray inks
• Silhouette cutting machine
• Cutting file from the Bella Blvd shop at The Silhouette Design Store

 

The background might look complicated, but it isn't at all.

• Cut the large title from the cardstock base, & cover the top half of the page with a thin layer of gesso using your fingers to blend. 
• Gesso dries almost immediately, now spray a thin layer of pink ink over the gesso'd area. 
• Splatter a selection of inks around the page to add 'confetti'.
• Cut the x2 pink patterns into strips big enough to fill the cut out area.
• Using foam adhesive, adhere the die cut word directly over the cut out title, creating a lovely dimensional effect. 

• Machine stitch the black dotted paper behind the white cardstock.
• Take the Sheet of Daily Details & cut from it the pieces you'll be needing. e.g. patterned circles, torn sprinkles paper, cake etc.
• Layer photo with patterned squares.
• Attach sentiment & puffy stickers.
• Adhere paper circles to the page & decorate with white enamel dots.
• Attach felt bows & thread.
• Write journaling. 

Oh My Stars: Black dot

Wish Big Girl: Daily Details, Sticky Mix

Paids & Dotty: Cotton Candy

Puffy Stars: Ice

Felt bows: Boy

Extra: Puffy Flowers

20 Minute 12x12

Hello, Bella Blvd. friends! Tessa Buys here with a layout that was a serious challenge to do! I've been thinking for awhile now that I spend more time putting layouts together than I really need to. I do too much thinking and I'm afraid to commit. So, when challenged to make something in 20 minutes, I took on a 12x12 page and am pretty happy with the results!

If you'd like to see my process, I filmed the entire 20 minutes - complete with on-screen timer. See the video here.

If you're willing to give a 20 minute, 12x12 layout a go, here are my tips for you.

One, try a grid design. Squares are simple, basic, and quick. Plus, a grid design is classic, appealing to the eye, and a great way to streamline your process.

Two, don't be afraid of paint, but try a "dry" technique like scraping thin layers of paint across your background. Quick drying times mean you can layer sooner rather than later.

Three, use one photo. Quickly construct the focal point of your layout with a single photo and layers of patterned paper, cardstock and small embellishments. This cluster will draw the eye and be the anchor of your page.

Four, hand write or type your journaling. For me, computer-generated journaling is slow. I have to turn on my laptop and make sure there's paper in the printer. Grabbing a pen or slipping some scrap paper into my typewriter is much faster. I almost missed the 20 minute mark because I was still fussing with my journaling strips, but at least it was a dramatic finish!

Can you create a layout in 20 minutes or less? Absolutely! I think it was very freeing to be "done" because my timer said so. I could fidget with it more, but I'm going to leave it as is and love it just the same. Happy, speedy creating to you, too!

Addison patterned paper, Illustrated Faith acrylic paints, Addison tabs, Addison cardstock stickers

20 Min Layout || Love

Good morning everyone! Kat here today to share my 20-minute layout with you. I've always been a fairly fast scrapper. I have a simple style, combined with the fact that I don't have a lot of free time right now. :)

For my page today, I just grabbed the scraps that were left on my desk from my last Bella project. The scraps included some pretty papers from the Mom Life collection, so I decided to just hand-cute some letters from the papers to make my background. I added an acrylic word on top, splattered some mist and stickers and called it a day.

Here is the full layout:

Thanks so much for stopping by. Don't forget to share your 20-minute projects with us using the hashtag #bellablvd!

Patterned Papers: Mom Life: Jammies all Day, Houseplants, Love You; Cardstock Stickers; Mom Life; Word Salad Stickers; Acrylic Word: Family; Enamel Hearts: Melon; Puffy Stars: Ice