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Mood Board inspired with Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today bringing you a new layout that is all inspired on this month's colorful mood board.  I love working with mood boards as they provide an infinite number of possibilities.   This month's board is filled with some of my favorite things: black and white, a rainbow and Fall.   Here is this month's mood board:

All the color, texture and pumpkins are some of the things that caught my eye. So, I used all this images as inspiration for my page:

I love all the color with a hint of black and white in this page :) .   I just love how the moodboard fit the pictures of our baby's costume for Halloween 2019.  

 

One of the things that caught my eye are all the pumpkin shapes in the moodboard, especially the ones in the top left corner of the moodboard. In addition three of the squares also feature party decorations and feel which made me think of rosettes ( just like a party wall background). 

 

I pulled papers from different collections to create rosettes so that they matched the colors in the board.  I cut strips of paper at 0.5", 0.75",and 1" wide and crimpled them to create the rosettes.  I used my hot glue gun to keep them in place.

I chose the Spooky and Sweet patterned papers for the background of the page, as it had the polka dot look that is in the mood board.  Once all the rosettes were set in place, I used cardstock stickers and enamel dots to cover the center of the rosettes.

 

I trimmed the left side of the background by about a 3/4 of an inch and backed the space with another paper from the Sweet and Spooky collection.   I added a few papers and embellishments from the same collection behind the picture.  Then clustered Ciao Chips at the bottom of the pictures to create the title of my page.

I hope you are also inspire to use images of the mood board to create a project of your own. Remember to tag Bella Blvd, so we can also be inspired by your projects.

XO,

 

SUPPLIES:

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection: Paper, Ciao Chips, Ephemera, Cardstock Stickers

CHLOE COLLECTION: Matte Enamel dots, Enamel hearts, paper

BELLA BESTIES Collection: Grid/dot in Bubble Gum, Ombre/Heart in Ice

BELLA BOWS: Cute Boy

LET's GO ON AN ADVENTURE: Paper

PLAIDS & DOTTY COLLECTION: black

 

 

Lil' Monster | Dorymar

Hey Bella Fans! It's Dorymar, this week I was inspired by the October Mood Board.  I'm excited to share a new layout using the Monsters & Friends collection mixed with the Bella Besties.

Please take a look at the Mood Board.  This Mood Board has many beautiful bright colors and patterns popping out in black and white.

For this layout, I decided to work with the beautiful color palette and the balloons included in the pictures.   First, I decided to use the picture in the center as my page map.

I tried to pick papers from the 6x6 Bella Besties paper pad that matched with the colors of the mood board and with a few sizes of circle punches, I cut many circles to create the top of my layout. I love the dimension and to add it, I created many pieces of origami circles. This brings a fun look and adorable dimension. To finish it I added the beautiful matte enamel dots included in the collection in the center of my circles. They look fantastic!

As the layout is full of bright colors, I decided to use my photos in black and white, this makes them stand out even more and allows me to continue with the pattern of the Mood Board. As a background for my photo, I used the Lil' Pumpkins patterned paper and the Fun Facts patterned paper, then I added a few of the coolest monsters from the collection to create a fun cluster on the right side of my page.

To create my title, I used the Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers (Peep) and I underlined it using the chevron pattern that includes one of the Bella Black Chevies Clear Cuts, this gave the perfect touch to highlight the title.

I love using the mood board as inspiration and the result of this beautiful page.  I hope you enjoyed it and that this inspires you to use it with the fantastic Bella BLVD papers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Monsters & Friends Lil' Pumpkins, Monsters & Friends Scary Cute, Monsters & Friends Batty,

Monsters & Friends Fun Facts, Monsters & Friends Ephemera,

Monsters & Friends Goblins Epoxy, Monsters & Friends Bella-Pops Little Monster,

Aria Alphabet Puffy Stickers (peep), Bella Besties 6x6 Paper Pad, Black Chevies Clear Cut

Newest Pumpkin Coming to the Patch! October Mood Board Digital Page

Hi friends! Allie from AllieScraps here to share a digital layout inspired by the October Mood Board! For the mood board, I was really inspired by the black and white patterns, all of the polka dots, as well as the pumpkin and Halloween themes.  Since my family just announced that we are adding a new "pumpkin" to our patch, I thought those photos and this theme worked perfectly together! My favorite part of it are the 3 little cut out pumpkins, with the pumpkin sticker right on top ;) 

What inspired you about the mood board? 

Monsters & Friends • Spooktacular • Illustrated Faith "You Are Loved" elements 

 

 

thankful: a fall digital layout by Allie

Hey friends! Allie from Allie Scraps here for another DIGITAL layout! 

I'm loving how the leaves are changing right now, because so often that means FAMILY PICTURES! And family pictures means more to scrap! For this page, I used the Illustrated Faith Gratitude Documented digital collection. Because, seriously-- those chipboard leaves and the acorn stickers? To die for. And do you want to know a secret? You can totally use them for projects OUTSIDE of your November gratitude documentation! 

How do you like to document fall? 

Illustrated Faith Gratitude Documented digital collection

 

Fall Love Digital Layout | with Tya

 Hello there! I'm so happy to be here with you today up on the Bella Blvd blog! I hope wherever you are, you are getting the chance to enjoy the new season. I love fall so much- it truly makes my heart so happy - so of course, I had to record the memory in my scrapbook. 

I used the lovely "Gratitude Documented" collection to create my layout. It was the perfect collection to use with my yellow leaf photo. The colors and the feel of the collection matched what I wanted to convey so well. The pops of teal really add a lot to the layout. I did add a few paint splatters and some sewing from my digital embellishment stash to add to the rustic feel of the layout.

 

I hope I have inspired you to get out and snap some photos with nature to celebrate this glorious time of year. Sometimes nature is the best subject to photograph when talking about how you love that certain season. Have a great week and Happy Crafting Friends!

 

Gratitude Documented Collection Bundle

School Time! Digital Layout with Allie

Hey friends! Are you as scared AND excited for back to school as I am? It's so nerve wracking sending my kiddo back to school with all of these new procedures and risks, but man, we both needed some space after 6+ months together! 

I had so much fun putting together this digital layout for back to school--- I used the fun digital collection "Pop Quiz" with a few Addison elements thrown in for good measure. And best of all, I used the "School Time" cut file as my title! Did you know that you can use cut files on your digital layouts as well? They aren't JUST for cutting machines! Be sure to download the SVG files as well, and you can pull them into photoshop and use them just like any digital element! 

Pop Quiz Digital Kit • Addison Digital Kit • "School Time" digital cut file 

 

 

Happy Halloween layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey scrappy friends, 

it's Lisa back on the blog today and I'm sharing a super fun layout, using the new Monsters & Friends collection combined with the AMAZINGLY beautiful new Hearts & Ombré Bella Besties. 

I was so excited to start using the Halloween collection... I love Halloween collections and colors and all the cute little spooky things that come with them. As for the Bella Besties... I already loved the dotted and striped ones... but the new ones are AMAZING!!! :) 

As you can see, I used a purple Bella Bestie as a background. It's so fun and easy to use and it looks like you did mixed media on your background. When I went through all the papers of the collection, I immediately was in love with this cool colorful striped one and knew I wanted to use it somehow. I cut the stripes apart and then I cut each one of them into wonky and irregular shapes. I arranged them on the paper and adhered them with a bit of tape. Then I went to my sewing machine and stitched messy stitches in different styles over each stripe, using matching thread.

I think the stitches match the theme and style of the layout so good and give a lot of dimension.

Then I went through all of the embellishments of the collection and chose all the things that I wanted to use. I went color-coordinated, so I used matching colors over each stripe. The Bella Pops are so cool because they have fun designs and give a pop of dimension right away. I also chose Hello Chips, enamel shapes, die-cuts, a few little strips of washi tape and an acrylic word.

For my photo, I used one I took at Disneyland Paris two years ago. I had a super amazing day and of course I loved taking pictures with the Halloween decoration. I matted it with two different patterned papers and adhered it to the layout using foam tape.

To finish I had to splatter white paint all over, of course... :)

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to use the new collections. It's totally worth to have it all, it's really fun to use the fun and colorful things.

See you soon, 

Trick Or Treat | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!! Brianna Lepper here and I'm so excited to share a new layout using the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre patterned papers along with the adorable Monsters and Friends collection!!  I've been itching to use the Monsters and Friends collection and I knew it would pair so perfectly with the Hearts & Ombre papers!!  Here's what I came up with, I hope you like it!

 

 

When I first saw the Hearts & Ombre paper in black, I was immediately inspired to add some Distress Oxide Ink blending to it to create a spooky night sky.  I pulled my inks out in Wilted Violet, Black Soot and Carved Pumpkin.  I started blending on the Wilted Violet first and then worked on the Carved Pumpkin.  I wanted to keep the original black that was already on the paper but I needed to blend the purple out a bit, so that's when I added in a bit of Black Soot.  This ombre paper would be perfect as is, I just thought adding the purple and orange would help tie in with the colors of the collection and it would make my background a little more spooky!

 

 

Once I was done blending the inks, I added paint splatters in white and trimmed 1" off of the top and side of the paper.  I adhered that piece to the Candy Monster patterned paper and ran it threw my sewing machine using black thread.  To pull in even more of the Hearts & Ombre papers, I took out my circle punches and punched different sizes using Cotton Candy, Bell Pepper, Orange and Plum.  I drew on some faux stitching using one of my black gel pens.  

 

 

I decided to somewhat build a scene on my layout so I grounded my photo and embellishment clusters with some border stickers from the Doohickey Cardstock sticker sheet.  I then added an acrylic word for my title and layered up the Hey Boo and Scary Cute patterned papers under my photo as well.  

 

 

I couldn't wait to use the adorable purple monster Bella Pop so I stuck him down close to my photo.  I also used a few other monsters from the Ciao Chip sticker sheet and the Ephemera pack.  All of the monsters are so cute!!

 

 

Using the punched out circles from earlier, I adhered those down as a base to create more clusters.

 

 

On this cluster, I used a few Doohickey Cardstock stickers and added in a few Matte Enamel Dots to finish it off. 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I just love spooky season!  What about you?  Do you love to decorate and document fun days in October?  

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Monsters and Friends:  Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Stickers, Doohickey Stickers, Matte Enamel Dots, Bella Pops, Acrylic Word; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Papers in Black, Plum, Bell Pepper, Orange and Cotton Candy.  

Eek! Layout - Tegan Skwiat

Eek! Who else is excited that Halloween will be here before we know it?! I am and I could NOT wait to create a project with the super cute new Monsters & Friends Collection! I love all of the fun colors and the little monsters are just beyond adorable. Here I paired the collection with the beautiful new Hearts & Ombre Bella Besties Patterned Papers and I love how my layout turned out! I simply used 3 inch strips of 4 different Ombre papers to create a simple, colorful, and amazing background!

I added a piece of the black chevron Bella Blvd Clear Cuts to the top of the page. I then used the Black Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper to cut out multiple 4 inch webs using the Bella Blvd Spider Web Cut File. I then backed the webs with some of my favorite patterned papers from the collection. Here I used the Party Time Patterned Paper. I then embellished this first web with Monsters & Friends chipboard shapes and die cut ephemera pieces. 

I backed the second web with the Batty Patterned Paper. I then embellished this web with the Door To Door Bella-Pops 3D Sticker and Ephemera Icons pieces. I love that each web gives me a 'blank slate' to embellish and create a little scene. And Isn't the ombre background just so pretty?!

I then used the Party Time, L'il Pumpkins, and Fun Facts Patterned Papers to back the rest of the cut out webs. I used these webs for an anchoring spot for my photo. I then embellished the webs with Ephemera Icons shapes, chipboard shapes, and Stars Mix Halloween Epoxy Stickers. 

I completed the layout with a large ephemera piece of cute monsters at the bottom of the page. Aren't they just adorable?  

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the adorable Monsters & Friends collection and the Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers for your next project. You won't be disappointed! 

Monsters & Friends Collection: Party Time Patterned Paper, L'il Pumpkins Patterned Paper, Batty Patterned Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Stars Halloween Mix Epoxy Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Door To Door Bella-Pops

Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers: Punch, Pickle Juice, Gulf, Orange, Black

Cut File: Spider Web

World Card Making Day | Patricia | Video

Happy World Card Making Day!!  Today I'm creating with the new Bella Blvd Monsters & Friends collection and the Bella Blvd Dotty and Break Rules washi tapes.  I first lined the Break Rules and Dotty washi tapes onto a separate piece of white cardstock, then used a label metal die in the shape of a coffin for my cute ghost to come out of!

I always love the Bella Blvd Halloween collections, they are so colorful and cheery...the perfect scare factor for me LOL.  I had lots of the ends of the washi tape hanging off of my white cardstock, so after die cutting my 'coffin,' I added those pieces to the edge of my top and bottom pattern paper card panel.  This made a great way to layer the 'Oct 31' banner stickers along the top.

I think I might be partial to these cute monsters riding in the bus!  I used the same pattern papers from the first card, but the Lil' Pumpkins, I used with the negative piece I die cut the 'coffin' image from.  That gave me a great base to layer the adorable die cuts!

I added a few pieces of the Dotty washi tape to ground my bus as well as draw attention to it and the sentiment on the die cut.  

Last, I added the epoxy stickers to the die cut cloud.

Super fun, quick and different ways to use the Bella Blvd washi tapes with the new Monsters & Friends collection.  You can watch my video to see how these cards came together.  One card usually inspires me to create another and I hope once you start, you will be inspired as well!  Happy WCMD!