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Spell On You | Ashley Neu

Hello friends! This week, we have been using the brand new Spell On You collection and it's got me amped for Halloween! How about you?! I am going back to past Halloweens and making sure I have them all scrapped. Here's a couple of cute photos of my 2 daughters in their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costumes. We have Leonardo and Michelangelo in the house today! 

 

 

Because I had two smaller photos that I wanted to scrap, I decided on this awesome Cut-Out from the October Cut-Out pack. I used thin foam adhesive strips to back the letters with the following patterned papers- Bootiful Night, Carving Pumpkins, All Tricks No Treats, Spell Caster and Hocus Pocus. I love the variety of patterns and colors that these papers give to the layout! So much dimension!

 

 

To create the background, I grabbed a piece of white cardstock as well as the Spooky Skulls patterned paper. I adhered the patterned paper at a slight angle on the white cardstock and trimmed off the excess. I cut two slits on the patterned paper and bent the pieces down, creating a "v". I also distressed the edge of that paper with my scissors- giving so much texture! I grabbed a black felt pen and drew some lines on the edges of that patterned paper. 

 

 

After adhering the Cut-Out, I created some stitching lines with that same black felt pen. This really helped that Cut-Out stand out from the background! My photos were adhered next and then came the fun part- embellishing!  I used some Ciao Chip stickers, Epoxy stickers, Puffy stickers and Ephemera Icons to create 2 embellishment clusters. The lower left cluster is of 2 clouds, a hanging spider and 2 cute owls. The upper right cluster is of 2 clouds, an adorable ghost and another owl. To both clusters, I added some of the epoxy stars! I also added a few embellishments across the Cut-Out to create more interest across the page!

 

 

And that's the finished layout! I hope you have enjoyed reading the process. Thank you for stopping by the blog and have a wonderful day!

 

Supplies Used: Spell On You- 12x12 Patterned Papers, Epoxy Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Ciao Chip, Ephemera Icons; October Cut-Out Pack; White Cardstock; Black Felt Pen

Spell On You | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today and I'm so excited to share my new layout with y'all!  This is my first layout using the new Spell On You collection and I had so much fun creating it!  This collection has so many fabulous elements to it and I can't wait to be able to use it again soon.  Here's my layout: 

To start, I trimmed four 4"x4" inch squares using the Candy Dots, Broomsticks and All Tricks No Treats 12x12 patterned papers.  They are the cutest patterns and I really wanted to highlight them. I adhered them to a piece of white cardstock that I trimmed down to 11x11 and backed with the Wee Witches 12x12 patterned paper.  I love how the stars really pop on that black.  

I started to decorate my first square by using a few Doohickey Cardstock Border Stickers and layered the really cute Witching Hour Bella Pop right on top.  I also adhered a few Ephemera Words and a few of the Fright Night Puffy Stickers. How adorable is that little witch??!

I created a fun little scene on the next square by using a haunted house and witch piece from the Ephemera Icons pack.  

On the next square, I added my title using an Ephemera Word and the Aria Alphas in Plum.  I added a few Puffy Stickers and these really cute witch shoes from the Ephemera Pieces.  

My last square held my photo that I matted with a tag and frame from the Ephemera Words pack.  I added a few phrase stickers from the Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and popped the entire thing up on foam tape.  The photo is of me and my best friend at a Halloween party.  I was Peach from Mario Kart and she was Sarah Sanderson from Hocus Pocus.  Such a perfect photo for this collection!

Here's one last shot of this fun grid layout: 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Do you like to make grid layouts?  They're so fun to make, especially when you make your pieces quite large.  They're like their own separate little layouts!  See you next time friends!

xo Brianna

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Spell On You Collection: 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Fright Night Puffy Stickers, Witching Hour Bella Pop, Epoxy Stickers and Doohickey Cardstock Stickers.  Bella Besties: Aria Alphas in Plum.  

School is Cool Week, Day 5 | Inessa

School is cool and so are my boys on their first day back! Inessa here sharing a fresh layout using the School is Cool collection with lots of fun elements.

For this layout, I went with color blocking a sheet of 12x12 white cardstock and adding lots of embellishment clusters. I started with the "ready for school" 4x6 cut a part from Daily Details and used the 4" height as my guide for the rest of the rectangles. My photos are both 3x4 as well.

For the rest of the patterned papers, I used the following: Supply List, Coloring, School Uniform and Paperclips

The embellishments can be found in the following: Ciao Chip, Doohickey sticker sheet, Ready to Learn Epoxy, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons and the adorable Color Me Happy bella-pop.

I hope to have inspired you today!

All the best,

Inessa

 

 

School is Cool Week, Day 4 | Karlla Dauer

Hello Bella Blvd Friends.

Karlla here and I'm so happy to share a new layout with you. My nephew takes beautiful pictures of the student's day in Brazil. I knew i had an amazing collection for these pictures. "School is Cool Collection" makes everything so cheerful.

I'm in love with the prints in this collection, and I'm always undecided which one to use. To be able to join them, I decided to make a background with several tags of different size and dimensions.

I love grouping embellishments and that's what I did with the tag mix. I added some "Ephemeras and Cardstock Stickers". For the background of the project, I chose to use the paper "Heart and Ombre Grey".

Mix Bella's alphabets are amazing. I used the "Chipboard Stickers, Florence Alphabet Black and McIntosh".

Finally, I used the "Borders" paper at the ends of the layout. I loved how this sketch looked.

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today and I hope you enjoyed it.

See you soon,

Xx Karlla.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Heart and Ombre Grey

School Is Cool Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Kit, Ephemeras, Chipboard Stickers.

Florence Alphabet Black and McIntosh

 

 

School Is Cool | Ashley

Hi friends! Ashley Neu here to share another Bella Blvd Creative Team project! Today, I am sharing a layout I have created using the School Is Cool collection. I have documented a photo collage of my 3 daughters on their first day of school from this year.

 

 

I wanted to create a layout on a slant and wanted to use one of the Cut-Outs from the Smarty Pants Cut-Outs. I grabbed the 'School Is Cool' Cut-Out and backed it with the following patterned papers- No. 2 Pencils, Wise One, Paperclips, and School Uniform. These papers were perfect to spread some color across the large black with white polka dot paper that I cut at a slant. This paper is the Daily Details patterned paper.

 

 

 

I grabbed some black embroidery floss and stitched a zig-zag stitch along the top and bottom of that slanted paper. This gives so much texture to a very flat background. I adhered the Cut-Out and photo also at a slant using foam adhesive. 

 

 

To embellish the layout, I added an apple and a cute nerdy worm to a letter 'O', a 'School Days' board next to my photo and a cute backpack with an epoxy sticker on top. I also added the year to the layout using the Florence Alpha in black on top of a cardstock tab from the Ephemera Icons. On the left-hand side of the layout, I added a 'You Are Smart' green pencil and colorful sun. To some of the embellishment clusters, I added some Epoxy Stars.

 

 

That's all for me today! Creating a layout on a slant is a fun way to give a different look to your scrapbook layouts! I hope you give it a try. Thank you and have a wonderful day!

 

Supplies Used: School Is Cool Collection- 12x12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Puffy Stickers, Epoxy Icons, Epoxy Stars; Smarty Pants Cut-Outs; Florence Alpha in Black; Black Embroidery Thread

 

School is Cool | Emilie

Hello friends! Emilie here for another week of School is cool! The kids are finally back at school after what seems to have been a lifetime and I was so ready for it. It also means that I have a fresh batch of "back to school" photos to scrapbook which is great especially when I have on my desk this fantastic new collection by Bella BLVD.

I wanted to play with a notebook look that would have been dumped on a desk full of tools. I punched the edge of the blue gris patterned paper and layered it at an angle on top of a patterned paper which was covered with lots of scissors, paint and other school accessories.

 

I continued the notebook look by adding a ruler as well as making it all look like a place lots of ideas would have been jotted down.

 

 

I loved playing with the wash tapes to add a little bit of structure to my design which would have been way to chaotic otherwise.

 

The large A+ cut file from the cut-outs was a perfect way to create a title. It literally look like a teacher graded my notebook entry!

I am so in love with this super sweet owl! I want to have it everywhere!

A few puffy flowers as a finishing touch as well as some super large nuvo drops to create a fake ink splatter and I was happy with this layout.

I hope that you got a few ideas on how to use the School is cool collection and that you will check it out at your local scrapbooking stores!

Lots of love,

 

Emilie

 

Products used:

School is cool patterned papers

School is cool chipboards

School is cool cut-outs

School is cool puffy stickers

School is cool Wise owl Bella pops stickers

School is cool Epoxy stickers

Washi tapes

School Is Cool - Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! I'm back with another School Is Cool layout. I mentioned before how much I loved the pennant flags that come in the Ephemera Icons pack. There are ones for each grade Kindergarten - 6th! So I thought it would be fun to go back and reprint "First Day" photos for my Carter and create a layout that had all of them on one page using those pennants. Can't believe how fast the years are flying by! Here's what I came up with:

 

 

I started with a white 12" x 12" cardstock background and used my Distress Oxide pad in Fossilized Amber to create a yellow background. While it was drying, I worked on the Smarty Pants Cut Out set that comes with this collection. It has several great titles, but I chose to go with "the Best Day ever" cut out. I actually removed the word "the" and backed the rest with the Supply List patterned paper. Each Cut Out set comes with a pattern that you can use on your paper of choice to get just the correct size for backing the cutouts. They are so easy to use. Once my background was dry, I added the cutout to the bottom of the layout with foam tape. 

 

 

Next, I took each of my photos and layered them with white cardstock, Bella Blvd Besties paper in McIntosh Graph, and also the 12" x 12" School Supplies patterned paper. Once the papers were secured, I went ahead and added them to the layout with foam tape as well. 

 

 

Now it was time to add the embellishments and those cute pennants. I wanted to be intentional about which embellishments I used for each grade. I wanted them to be grade appropriate. I love how there are a variety of choices in both the Ephemera Icons and the Ephemera Words packs. The math flash cards are a perfect example of that. There is a piece with a basic combination (9+7) and one for older grades as well (23+5). So many to choose from.

 

 

I finished the layout by stamping a little including the dates for each of the photos, and then added a few black hearts from the Florence Alpha sticker sheet. This is such a fun and special layout. I hope you like it. Here's a list of everything I used:

• 12" x 12" White Cardstock
• Distress Oxide Pad: Fossilized Amber
• Cut Outs: Smarty Pants
• 12" x 12" Supply List Pattern Paper
• 12" x 12" School Supplies Pattern Paper
• Bella Blvd Besties Graph & Dot in McIntosh
• School Is Cool Ephemera Icons
• Bella Blvd Florence hearts in black.

 

Ready for School + Chipboard Week, Day 5 | Conny Craig

Hi Crafty Friends, 

It's Conny here with you today with chipboard pieces and a 12x12 Layout using the School is Cool Collection. This year is extra special for us, Savanna starts school and I'm excited to see all the changes and how much she learns. The collection captures everything-Bus pick up's- the first day of school, and so much more.

Let's get started!

I started by using the 12X12 paper School supplies- the side with all the different color stars, with the No.2 pencil paper I adhere slated triangle to the page. After I tore/distressed a strip of paperclips paper, the grid side, that was the base for my photo, and the beginning of my title using the chipboard pieces.

The SCHOOL, in different colors, pulls from the background papers with all the starts. Under that, I added stocked books, a blackboard, and the cute owl in-between.

Around I added the cut-apart Learn from the daily details paper. I added a name tag with Hello, I did a little bit of journaling of what I think she is going to say. well, a version of it! hehe!

Added stars from the chipboard pieces and a few of the epoxy stickers
To complete the layout I trimmed half of an inch from both sides and matted the layout on the A is for apple, the reverse side has a green-on-green gingham pattern.

We can't wait to see how you document your favorite days using the school is Cool collection -tag us on Instagram and use those chipboard pieces to add layers to your layout!

Xoxo Conny!

 

Supplies

Bella Blvd - School Is Cool Collection - Chipboard Stick
Bella Blvd - School Is Cool Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Supply Listers - Icons
Bella Blvd - School Is Cool Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - No. 2 Pencil
Bella Blvd - School Is Cool Collection - Puffy Stickers - Ready For School
Bella Blvd - School Is Cool Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Daily Details
Bella Blvd - School Is Cool Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - A Is For Apple
Bella Blvd - School Is Cool Collection - Ephemera - Icon

 

School is Cool + Chipboard Week, Day 4 | Sarah

Hi, everyone! It's me Sarah (@redoaklines) hosting today's blog post, and I'm excited to be back on the Bella Blvd blog to share one of my latest layouts using the School is Cool collection with a focus on the coordinating Ciao Chips.

Here's what I created:

I'm now just getting around to scrapbooking my kids' school photos from last year, ha! Anyway, I knew that this School is Cool collection was going to be perfect for these photos.

I started off by backing the photos with patterned papers. Using some Ciao Chips, I started working on my title using.

I wanted it to be the main focus of my layout, so I cut out strips of patterned paper and rolled them. I tucked the rolled strips underneath the ruler Ciao Chip piece. Lastly, I added the "SCHOOL" Ciao Chips on top of the rainbow colored papers. I felt like the rainbow gave the title dimension.

Around my title, I added more star chipboard pieces, as well as various ephermera icons. 

Also, how adorable is that chipboard apple?! I couldn't resist; I had to add to my layout!

Off to the side of my left photo, I added more Ciao Chip pieces and stars from the ephemera icons pack. Sometimes adding an embellishment cluster to a photo will do just the trick!

So, what do you think of the School is Cool collection?! I'm so into the coordinating Ciao Chips in this collection. I love that words/titles are built into the pieces, but there are also other pieces to embellish your scrap projects.

As always, thanks for letting me share my work with you today, and thanks for following along. Use #bellablvd or #bellablvdllc to tag us on social media if you use Bella products. We'd all love to see it.

Until next time,

Sarah.

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

School Is Cool: Patterned Papers, Ciao Chips, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words; Besties Collection: Hearts & Ombre Rainbow Collection Kit

School is Cool + Chipboard Week, Day 3 | Virginia

Wishing everyone a great start to a wonderful school year. The School is Cool collection has some fabulous elements to record those special 'back to school' memories. In our household 'back to school' really is 'pack to school'. Sometimes I feel like my house front door is a big turnstile for moving in and moving out my university bound DD. The last few years the doors have really been revolving with the online year, the hybrid-online and finally in-person learning! It was spurts of move out, move-in, move-out, you get the idea! I have learned that the amount of 'stuff' returning is always greater than the original amount of 'stuff' that left. Oh another critical lesson for me is to ask 'which bin has the food', lol!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies:

School is Cool- patterned paper, chipboard, stickers, ephemera