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The North Pole | Laura Alberts

Hello friends! This is my last layout using The North Pole collection for the blog and I've enjoyed experimenting with the myriad of ways to use it. To begin this page, I layered an off-cut of the Peep Hearts and Ombre paper with a few scraps from The North Pole collection onto white card stock to create a fun layered background.

Along the right side, I added a border sticker from the Doohickey sticker sheet, then dotted gold Nuvo drops in the center of each scallop for a little extra detailing. I had three 3x4 photos to scrap, so I backed each of them with the stunning Snowstorm Clear Cuts acetate, then puzzled them together in the center of the page. Using a landscape and two portrait photos can be tricky, but I used frames from the words ephemera pack, backed with cut-aparts from the Daily Details patterned paper to fill in the gaps.

At the apex of the photos, I added a large title from the ephemera word pack and added "eve" from the Doohickey alpha stickers. Two clusters at the top right and bottom center gave those awkward overlapping spaces a little bit of whimsy. I especially liked mixing the traditional presents and florals with stars and word phrases for this page!

For a fun border on the bottom of the page, I lined up the trees and presents that I trimmed from the ephemera packs into a scene! Really love the interest this scene adds to the page. My photos from Christmas Eve really standout with the bold pinks and blues in this collection!

The North Pole Collection Kit

The North Pole Words Ephemera

The North Pole Icon Ephemera

Snowstorm Clear Cuts

The North Pole | Erica Thompson

Hello friends! Erica here with you today to share a winter layout using Bella Blvd's The North Pole collection.

I started with my photos and then pulled out products in The North Pole collection with all the blues and just a little bit of red! 

I wanted and easy design that I could use multiple photos with so I went with a horizontal design right in the center of the layout! This is a go to for me when I use 4 or more photos and I always love the results! 

I matted 2 of the photos with pattern paper from the collection and the other two photos I used the beautiful Clear Cut from The North Pole collection. 

For the title I used two of the ephemera words and placed them under the photos in the center. I trimmed my white cardstock base and then matted it onto two of the pattern papers in The North Pole collection. 

Next I created embellishment clusters to the left and right of the photos. I mixed in puffy stickers with ephemera icons and love the texture the puffy stickers add. I always love to add things to the top of my photos so I tucked in a tag, a piece of one of the border stickers and some die cuts! I also pulled in an epoxy flair from Scappin Happy Studio. 

To finish off the layout I added some red epoxy hearts and my journaling! Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blog you can check out my process video HERE on YouTube! 

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The North Pole | Conny Craig

For this week's project, I created a 12X12 Layout Using The North Pole Collection focusing on Winter/Christmas Cut Outs. It's time for us to scrap/document all the photos we took over the Holidays.

Let's get started!

The first thing I did was to back up the Christmas Cut file with papers from The North Pole Collection. I chose snowflake Paper for the background- in the middle of that, I placed ombre red paper, and on top the acetate sheet brings the snowflakes forward.

Added double-sided foam adhesive behind the Cut out, printed a black and white photo - also layered a few pages from the background BEHIND the photo.

I used die cuts, ephemera pieces, puffy stickers, and Chipboard. The most wonderful time of the year was captured with a smile.

Wishing you all the best year yet!

The North Pole | Virginia

Hello! hope you are enjoying the wonder and magic of Winter. There is nothing more wonderful than a fresh snowfall accompanied by the laugher of kids (big and little) having some Winter fun! My page was inspired by the label tag 'flurry of fun' and I wanted to make a Winter page with snowflakes sprinkled randomly across the entire page.

I die cut some snowflakes out of the same cardstock as my page base for some subtle texture and also added pops of colour by die cutting a few snowflakes out of patterned paper. I love the unconventional plaid snowflakes!

The North Pole collection has both festive Christmas and cozy Winter icons and images, so perfect for scrapbooking beyond the holiday season!

Hope you are inspired to add some warm and cozy to your scrapbook projects with The North Pole collection, have a wonderful day!

Supplies:         Bella Blvd The North Pole patterned papers, die cuts, bella-pop, chipboard.

                      Thin cut dies by Scrapbook(dot)com

 

                        

The North Pole Collection- Double Page Layout | Ashley Neu

Hello friends! It's Ashley Neu back for the Bella Blvd Creative Team to share my next project. This week, we are continue to use the North Pole collection. Double page layouts are one of my favorite ways to document several photos. For my layout, I was inspired by a sketch from Scrapbook Generation. I've used 8 photos across the 2 pages spread and the photos I am documenting are of my girls after we got a bit of snow and they managed to make a snowman, nevertheless. 

 

To begin the layout, I adhered 2- 12x9.5 pattered papers across both white cardstock backgrounds. I used the Rudolph paper to create this nice foundation. Next, I cut strips out of the patterned papers You Warm My Heart, The Perfect Tree, Tree Farm, Snow Day and Jammies and notched out a banner on either ends of those strips. These banner strips were adhered to the left layout. I adhered my photos across both layouts- using 5- 4x4s and 1- 4x6. I also used the December 25 patterned paper to adhere strips across the top and bottom of my photos. This gives a nice border between all of the patterns!

 

 

To create a title, I used the Ephemera Words pack to create "Snow Fun" just under my photos. I also added 2- 2x2 photos next to the title. I wanted to add some stitching on the banner pieces so I grabbed some embroidery floss and used tone-on-tone colors to stitch down 7 of the banner strips.

 

 

To embellish, I used the Ciao Chip, Ephemera Icons and a snowflake punch in my stash to create 3 clusters across the double page layout. I added a vertical 'family' piece next to the 2- 2x2 photos as well as a small chipboard snowflake. On the right layout, it needed to create 2 clusters as it was pretty bare with only patterned papers. I created one cluster below the photos using a 'Oh What Fun' ephemera piece, a large snowflake chipboard piece and a punched snowflake. The cluster on top of the photos consisted of a snowman snow globe ephemera piece, a chipboard cloud and snowflakes.

 

 

Have you ever created a double page layout? They are super fun and addicting! They give so much room to document many photos as well as the embellishments! Give it a try! Hope you have a wonderful day and I'll catch you next time.

 

 

The North Pole | Erica Thompson

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a 12x2 layout featuring The North Pole collection! This collection is one of my favorite collections since it is perfect for winter and holiday projects!

Today's layout came together so quick and I love how clean and simple it is! Still a lot of color and pattern but with the white background I love! I started by backing the cut file I found in my stash with papers from The North Pole collection!

I adhered the backed cut file to a piece of white cardstock that I trimmed down and matted onto the You Warm My Heart 12x12 pattern paper!

My photos are 2.75x2.75 and I popped them up right above the cut file. The photos are of Liam and I last winter all bundled up outside! He was playing in the snow so I grabbed him real quick and snapped some photos!

I went through all the die cuts and embellishments and picked out some reds, yellow, blue and green pieces and tried to match them up in the cut file. I love how it turned out! 

This layout is clean simple but I just love how it turned out! I love the little details and you can still see a lot of color and pattern from the collection! You can check out the process video HERE on my YouTube channel! 

Thanks so much for stopping by the Bella Blog today! I hope you all have a great day!

 

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The North Pole + Bella Besties | Rachel O'Neal

Hello Bella Blvd friends! It's Rachel on the blog today and I've got the cutest sweater wreath to show you. My boys have a few Christmas sweaters and in the month of December they wear them as much as possible. When I saw all the sweaters in The North Pole collection, I knew I needed to make a layout with as many of them as possible. I actually think I may have managed to use them all. 

I started by creating my wreath with the Bella Besties Heart paper in Pickle Juice. I used this free cut file Holiday Berry Wreath from the Paper Issues shop. Click on the link to download. I cut it out twice to give an extra layer of fullness. I stamped some black lines on the branches of the wreath to give it some dimension. Then I adhered them both to a piece of white 12" x 12" cardstock.

 

Now it was time to start embellishing the wreath. I got out all the sweaters, mittens, and knitted hats from the Ephemera Icons and added them around the wreath with some foam tape. I also added some red flowers from the Ciao Chip, Puffy Stickers, and Epoxy Stickers.

Before adding my photo to the wreath, I backed it with some patterned paper layers from the Jammies paper as well as the Daily Details paper. In the middle of the wreath, I added my title using the Bella Besties Florence Alphas in Black. These are my all-time favorite alphas in the whole world! Underneath the title I stamped some stiches along with the date. 

To finish the layout, I stamped a few more little bits scattered around the wreath and added some tiny stickers from the epoxy sheet. These little details make it look complete! 

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I've inspired you to document your winter weather photos - especially if it's a crazy Christmas sweater. Here's the product that I used:

• 12" x 12" white cardstock
• Bella Blvd Besties Heart paper in Pickle Juice (2)
• The North Pole Jammies paper
• The North Pole Daily Details paper
• The North Pole Ephemera Icons
• The North Pole Ciao Chip
• The North Pole Puffy Stickers
• The North Pole Epoxy Stickers
• Florence Alphas in Black

North Pole + Bella Besties | Sarah

Hello to all Bella friends! It's me, Sarah, hosting today's blog post, and I'm excited to be back today with a my latest 12x12 layout inspired by the North Pole collection.

I felt inspired to create a wintery layout. Here's what I created:

I wanted to make it a photo-centric layout, so I kept my design clean and simple. I used three photos and embellished around it with Ephemera Icons and Bella Besties alphabet cardstock stickers.

How adorable is that snowman though?! I love that every Ephemera Icons pack is loaded with cute graphics. In the North Pole collection, there's snowmen, Santas, reindeers, presents, just to name a few. I also appreciate that there's embellishments catered to create just a wintery/snow play date project without it being Christmas-themed.

I scattered various snowflake die cuts from the Ephemera Icons on my layout. I jazzed up my project with puffy stickers. 

Also, did you happen to notice how I dated my layout?! I remembered that Bella Besties work well with every Bella paper collection. I used some of the coordinating Florence alphabet stickers to fill in some of the white space on this layout. When in doubt, use Bella Bestie stickers and papers to finish off your projects!

I also love that Bella Blvd has an Ephemera Words embellishment pack that is loaded with various titles and phrases that can be used on all types of projects. I found "Winter" and "Wonderland" in the Ephemera Words die-cuts and layered them to create a title.

And that's it for now! I hope you enjoyed this wintery 12x12 layout using the North Pole collection. Hopefully, I've inspired you to create something coooooool *pun totally intended, haha*. Anyway, thanks for joining me, and thanks for letting me share my work!

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

North Pole: Patterned Papers, Doohickey Sticker Sheet, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Legacy: Florence Alphabet Stickers

 

 

The North Pole + Bella Besties Week | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella Friends. Karlla here and I'm so happy to share a new layout with you. I love how a paper in size 12x12" can be so much fun. For this layout I added the monochromatic in each part. And I liked it!

I created a paper overpost, and I added a seam between them. This patchwork effect has all my heart. This combination of tones from the papers "Bella Besties Collection" (White, McIntosch and Blue) was perfect with the photo and "The North Pole".

I grouped the embellishments in each background color, leaving the photo in a corner of the layout. I love this style of sketch. To add more elements to this project, I used the beautiful "Puffy Stickers" (McIntosh, White and Ice and Gulf).

Thank you so much for stopping by today I loved creating this layout and I hope that I've inspired you in some way! 

See you Soon. 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties - White, McIntosch and Blue

Puffy Stickers -  McIntosh, White and Ice and Gulf

The North Pole - Ephemera Words and Icons, Chipboard Stickers, Puffy Stickers - Cheerful, Bella Pops - Skating, Cardstock Stickers - Doohickey.

 

 

The North Pole + Bella Besties | Inessa Persekian

Hi friends,

I'm back on the blog to share my latest layout using this fun collection! I love the mix of colors and the Bella Besties papers mix & match perfectly. 

For this layout, I drew inspiration from the backdrop of my photos which were taken this week at my hubby's work party. The backdrop looks like streamers so paper fringe was what popped out at me. I used the following Bella Besties Graph & Dot papers: Gulf, Ice, Blueberry, Peep, Candy, McIntosh. I also mixed in Borders, Jammies, and You Warm My Heart from the North Pole collection. All strips were cut to 1.5" and then I used my fringe scissors to cut along one side of each strip. 

The photo collage is matted on the December 25 paper for the larger photo and then all are matted on the Dots side of the Ice Bella Besties paper. The entire layout is bordered with the Beary Christmas paper using the blue polka dot side. 

The rest is really building out the layers of ephemera that I picked from the Ephemera Words pack, stickers from the Doohickey sheet, Epoxy snowflake and a few stars from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in blueberry. I used adhesive roll tape and foam tape to adhere everything to give the layout even more texture and dimension. 

Hope this gives you some ideas, especially when you have scraps of papers left that you love! Be sure to check out my YouTube video to see how this came together. 

Have a great day friends, see you soon!

Inessa