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Sweet Beautiful Mama Love by Kim Watson

Competing with a Mama's love has no rival right? Well neither does the BB Heart Hugs when creating a page about love.

Hello friends, Kim Watson here with my first blog post for Bella Blvd for 2019! I am so excited to be here & look forward to playing with their fabulous products! Today I am thrilled to share a page perfect for the month of love. It tells the story of the deep, unbreakable love between my BFF & her delightful daughter.

Sweet Beautiful Mama Love by Kim Watson

This design was totally inspired by the rainbow colors of the corrugated card, BB Heart Hugs. The idea was so create a ombre effect using different colors. 

Using a hand drawn heart shape as a guide, I filled it with different colors & sizes, being sure to maintain the heart shape. I used Heart Hugs from many different collections, so there were times when the sentiments weren't appropriate; I just removed them. Initially I was hesitant to use so many but do you know what, I justified it as a great 'Stash Busting' technique to justify buying more hahaha!

And the effect is awesome don't you think?

A cluster of tiny felt bows to reinforce the rainbow-ombre effect, also doubles as a photo corner. Using layers of patterned papers & stickers, help balance colors. 

The rest of the heart was completed using hand stitching & a scattering of white hearts for interest & texture. Notice how great the color coordinated stickers look layered over the hearts & photo? 

The title is the word 'Sweet', from the BB Acrylic word range, mixed with stickers & alphas, the effect is really three dimensional and eye catching. This page turned out so well, I am beyond excited to gift it to my BFF for Valentines day. 

So, thank you for joining me today! I have loved sharing with you. Be sure to go shopping for BB Heart Hugs, you can never have too many :D 

Plaids & Dotty: Orange; Heart Hugs: ALL colors :) ; Word Salad: Cardstock Sticker Booklet; Wish Big (Girl): Paper; Mom Life: Paper & Sticky Mix; Oh My Stars: Fundamentals; Cute Clips: Baby Girl; Acrylic words: Sweet. 

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day Bella Blvd Fans! How would you describe your relationship with your Valentine? How does that translate to a scrapbook layout? Christine joining you today to show how I captured my marriage in a Scrapbook Layout!

For lots of people they want a legacy to leave behind.  In our house part of our legacy, is caring for each other in a loving marriage through the good and bad! So what better products to use to showcase that legacy than our Legacy products? Within our Legacy products you can find - lots of color, lots of words, and lots of versatile products!

To kick things off I picked an non-traditional piece of patterned paper for my layout - I used the front page from the Plaids & Dotty Collection. You know, the one that comes in the paper pack and has the exclusive patterned paper on the back. I cut off all the branding details and just used the plaids and dots! I loved that it had all the colors included in it and was all lined up. It made a really nice backdrop for my colorful picture!

My title was a little trickier to come up with - so many great choices available! In the end I opted for combining the acrylic "Sweet" with letter stickers from Illustrated Faith.

Seeing as I couldn't resist pulling in all the colors of the rainbow for my patterned paper, I had to follow that up with Heart Hugs in all the colors of the rainbow (and more)! I used the Heart Hugs from a variety of packages, incorporating different sizes, to create a border between my plaids and dots!

Finally I couldn't resist the chance to really dig into the Word Salad Stickers! The phrases and words within it provide so many options for ready made journaling and can work for just about any topic you can come up with! I pulled different phrases from as many colors as I could to tell our story!

I created a process video for you so that you can take a closer-up look at how I pulled together this clean & simple layout!

Thanks so much for joining me today - hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Plaids & Dotty Patterned Paper, Heart Hugs - Sentiments, Christmas, Black and White, Sunshine, Rainy Day, Pretty in Pink, Halloween

Word Salad Stickers, Wish Big - Birthday Girl Borders, Acrylic Words - Sweet & New

 

Quick & Easy Gift Card Holders

Good morning everyone! Kat popping in today to share some quick & easy Valentine's ideas with you. My daughter is in daycare and we love to show her teachers a little appreciation every chance we get. They have a tough job and they keep my girl happy and healthy, so in my book, they are amazing! For Valentine's Day this year, we've gotten them all gift cards to Starbucks. I found a cute gift card holder cut file in the Silhouette Store and went to town using up some of my Bella scraps.

I used papers from a bunch of different collections, including the older Valentina line. 

After I glued all my papers down, I embellished with heart hugs, word salad stickers and puffy stars. These came together so quickly and easily...and we hope that her teachers feel the love!

Thanks for stopping by!

Patterned Papers: Plaids & Dotty: Cotton Candy; You are Loved: Hearts & Kisses; Make your Mark: Impossible; Oh My Stars: Cotton Candy; Valentina: Love, Daily Details; Puffy Stars: Punch Mix, Cotton Candy; Heart Hugs: Pretty in Pink, Christmas, Earth, Wild Berry, Black & White; Word Salad Stickers

Cutie pie honey bunch

Good morning everyone!! Sarah back this morning to share a simple layout of a few of my littles with you. This week at Bella we are using the Heart Hugs and I love these!!

They add dimension, texture and not to mention they are so cute!!

 

I had a small picture of three of my littles cuddling on the couch one day, being sweet and not bugging each other, so I had to get this pic, lol!! I wanted something simple, but to be able to add a lot of color. I chose a few papers from the Plaids and Dotty collection, I cut the grey dot down and placed a 4 inch piece on the side of my white cardstock, so this left me a focal point in the center of my layout.

 

I started with the layers behind my photo. I love layers, but this also helped me when it came to time to put my Heart Hugs down, keeping me to certain colors.

 

I added little bits and pieces from different collection in my layers, Oh my Stars, Alex and Plaids and Dotty. And then I pulled out all the pretty packages of these hearts!!

  Some of the Heart hugs have words on them and little bitty rhinestones, I love them, but I decided to remove some of the little sayings and words and just add the cute little textured hearts. I didn't add them in any particular order, I just put them down where I thought they looked good. I added a boarder sticker in black and white dots coming from the top and bottom of the layout just for a little more focus and that finished it for me.

 

 

Heart Hugs: Pretty in Pink, Rainy Day, Black and White, Sunshine, Earth, Halloween

Mini Heart Hugs: Sentiments, Thank you

Plaids and Dotty Collection: Scallop, Ice

Oh my star collection: 4x6's, Fundamentals, Tabbies

Alex Collection: Tabbies

 

 

Happy National Frozen Yogurt Day!

Did you know it's National Frozen Yogurt Day? And what better way to celebrate it, well besides eating it, than to capture your own fro yo memories? Christine joining you today with a scrapbook layout that captures a little bit of MY story!

Two years ago I started a journey to get healthier. I was on a mission to lose weight and shift my eating habits back into a healthier direction.  But as a die hard ice cream fan, I needed a substitute. Enter, frozen yogurt! I discovered several varieties that I loved and used that as a healthier substitute as I worked my weight down 50 pounds. Stories like these are important to capture. It's important for our families (and us) to know who we were in different moments in time! So now that I've shared a little background on what this layout means to me, let's take a look at how I created it!

The layout is made up of papers from the Wish Big collection, mostly the girl side but a little from the boy side too! I used a cut file to create a giant, fun focal point and then backed it with a variety of bright Bella Blvd colors!  I also worked in lots of Heart Hugs - they are just the best embellishment!  

I decided to make my own DIY embellishments - combining a cut file with a triangle punch to create lots of Frozen Yogurt cones! All those cute patterned papers made this so much fun!  

Let's take a look up close at the whole process in this process video:

 

Thank you so much for joining me today - I hope you are able to get yourself a little treat today!

Wish Big Collection - Birthday Girl & Birthday Boy, Heart Hugs - Black & White, Rainy Day, Plaids & Dotty - Cotton Candy

 

 

Love You to the Max layout with Tegan

Hi everyone! Tegan here today and I am excited to share my newest layout with you. My favorite layouts are usually ones that have a rainbow design and this one is no exception! I love the fact that the Bella Blvd Heart Hugs corrugated cardboard stickers come in so many different colors. I was able to easily add a rainbow of them to my project! I also love that all of the Bella Blvd collections easily coordinate with one another. I pulled pieces from the Wish Big Boy, Wish Big Girl, Plaids and Dotty, and Island Escape collections for this project! 

 

I started this design by using my Silhouette die cut machine to cut out the main design piece using the Love Meter cut file from the Silhouette Design Store. I then cut that into sections and hand traced and cut out those individual sections onto patterned papers of different colors. I then added the Heart Hugs in coordinating colors above the meter. I enjoy using different textures on my projects, so I love that the Heart Hugs are corrugated cardboard and they add fun dimension! The cool thing about the Heart Hug packs is that they also contain matching enamel dots, which I also embellished my meter design with. The chipboard frog is from the Wish Big Boy collection and the light pink florals are from the Island Escape collection. The multicolor phrase stickers are from the Word Salad Sticker Book. Super fun, right?

 

I can't get enough of the Plaids and Dotty patterned papers. They make great backgrounds without being overwhelming. I embellished my photo with a Bella Blvd felt bow and, of course, another Heart Hug! 

 

I created my title section by starting with a square of dark blue patterned paper from the Wish Big Boy collection. I embellished that with Punch colored Puffy Alphabet Stickers and Orange and Pickle Juice colored Puffy Star Stickers. And what did I finish it off with but another adorable Heart Hug! 

 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to make a fun design using Heart Hugs on your next project! 

Heart Hugs: Christmas, Halloween, Rainy Day, Sunshine, Pretty in Pink, Wild Berry

Puffy Stickers: Wonky Alphabet in Punch, Orange Stars, Pickle Juice Stars

Wish Big Boy collection: Chipboard, Happy Birthday Patterned Paper, Make a Wish Patterned Paper

Plaids and Dotty collection: Gulf Patterned Paper

Island Escape collection: Chipboard, Ephemera

Wish Big Girl collection: Let's Celebrate Patterned Paper

World Salad Sticker Book, Green Bella Bow

 

 

 

Heart Hug Puppies with Kelly

Hello! It's Kelly here today sharing a layout using Heart Hugs:

I once came across a puppy card on Pinterest made entirely out of hearts. With all of the amazing heart embellishments from Bella...I was sure I could recreate a mini version to make a super cute background.

I used a mix of Heart Hugs, Puffy Hearts, and Enamel Hearts to make my mini puppy faces.

The Puppies' faces are made using upside down hearts. One of the puffy hearts cut in half works perfect for the ears. Enamel Hearts are used for the nose and tongue.

I just used little jewels that I had on hand for the eyes, although some of the enamel dots from the Heart Hugs would probably work fine, too.

I alternated the Happy Birthday Mini Heart Hugs with the little puppy faces to complete my background.

This was such a fun project...How are you using Heart Hugs?

Thanks for stopping by today!

Heart Hugs: Happy Birthdays, Give Thanks, Black&White; Puffy Heart Stickers: Milk White, Oreo Black; Enamel Hearts: Apple of My Eye, Black Eyed Pea, Bless Her Heart Mix; Acrylic Words: Love&Promise; Cute Clips: Rainy Day; Wonky Alphas: McIntosh; Plaids & Dotty: McIntosh, Scallop; Oh My Stars: Cotton Candy Stars, Fundamentals, Gift Tags, Tabbies; Word Salad Cardstock Sticker Booklet

 

Brotherly Love

Sibling interaction is just the best. Don't you agree? Or maybe not sometimes.... Hey Bella Blvd Friends! It's Leanne here today sharing a layout where I've documented the finer details that goes into a brotherly relationship! With my four children, I find that their sibling status can change at an hourly rate!

 

In general, my children do tend to adore each other. But why document all the good stuff if you don't document the flip side. Even in the photo above my two "middle children" automatically posed like this when I asked them to step in front of the camera. Liam (15) and Ethan (12) both have a very cheeky but loveable outlook on life. And while the photo is posed, it is a great example to scrap when they pretend they don't like each other. Because really, if they didn't, there would be no amount of pleading or begging on my behalf, for them to be in the same photo together.

 

 

Plaids and Dotty is the perfect collection to document my sons. To color match my photo I simply laid it directly on top of the patterned papers until I was happy with the color combination. The hardest part for me was to then decide which side of the paper to use!

 

Because of the story behind the photo, I knew I wanted my layout to have immediate impact. To draw the viewer's eye towards the main area of my page, I chose to create an interesting background for the photo to be mounted on. The basket weave was ideal to highlight the gorgeous paper and subtly indicate a more complex relationship between my boys, than what is first suggested.

 

 

I also love how the edges of the photo and patterned papers lift from the cardstock background, giving a sense of dimension to the page.

 

The next step was to build layers of embellishment clusters around the photo. This includes a machine stitched border around the photo and the cute new Heart Hugs overlapping each other.

 

 

To create the title I went straight to my selection of Wonky Alphabets. By adding a sticker phrase from the Word Salad sticker booklet, the title is connected to the rest of the layout by color and helps ground it to the rest of the page.

 

 

To complete my layout, I have added long journaling strips below the title. Each strip has been machine stitched to the page for a little bit of extra texture.

 

 

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today. I hope this layout has encouraged you to document the quirks that make your family unique. Especially all those awesome details that celebrate what being siblings is all about.

 

Plaids & Dotty: Scallop, Blueberry, Ice, Bell Pepper; Heart Hugs: Earth; Word Salad: Cardstock Sticker Booklet; Wonky Alphabet: Oreo Black, Ice; Puffy Heart Stickers: Oreo Black; Puffy Stars Stickers: Blueberry Mix; Wish Big (Boy): Sticky Mix.

 

Valentine's Day Cards - Plaids and Dotty

Hi everyone! Valentine's Day is right around the corner so I paired the Plaids and Dotty Collection with some pieces from the Valentina Collection to make some cute cards. The Cotton Candy and Punch plaid papers are perfect for the heart themed projects. 

For the flamingo card, I used the Punch plaid paper and added a strip of Love paper from the Valentina Collection along with a card from the Daily Details sheet and a sticker from the Treasures sheet. I added a white heart and some black enamel dots from the Heart Hugs collection.

 

For my Everything card, I used Cotton Candy Plaid paper to create the background. I added a trio of hearts by combining two hearts from the Heart Hugs collection and a heart cut with my Silhouette Cameo from the dotty side of the same paper. I finished my card with a sentiment from the Valentina Collection and some enamel dots. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

 

Plaids & Rainbows with Christine

Plaids and Dotty is the perfect collection either as a stand-alone collection or as a complement to other collections. With simple designs and all the fabulous Bella Blvd colors, it's a tremendous addition to your crafting supplies. I have already used it in conjunction with other collections but today I wanted to showcase it on it's own, focusing specifically on the plaid side of things! I was immediately drawn to going down a rainbow path, so I decided to run with that! Christine joining you today to share what I created!

One thing that may jump out to you immediately, and makes this collection different, is the different scale on the Plaids. They aren't all the same, so although they coordinate, you aren't getting all the exact same pattern with just different colors. This led me to design a little differently as I created this. I initially thought I'd put everything on straight and have a "quilted" look. BUT as I was just haphazardly placing the triangles on, I noticed that the different scales lended itself nicely to a little bit of a messier (for lack of a better word) look. So I took a chance and am so happy I did!

I also used a cut file to create a big title focal point!

Backing the cut file with black really made it pop and allowed me to bring in more black throughout the layout - even going with a black cardstock base.

You can also see I brought in lots of enamel dots that coordinated from the Heart Hugs sets and just placed a few in each color area.

Finally I brought in lots of black hearts from various Heart Hugs sets.  As I was debating how to embellish and pulled these out, I just knew a row of the black ones would be a great contrast and help to bring in one final touch of black. 

Want to see how this whole thing came together? You can check it out in the video below:

 

Thanks so much for joining me today!  Have a colorful day!

Heart Hugs: Halloween, Sentiments, and Black & White; Plaids & Dotty: Bell Pepper, Blueberry, Gulf, Pickle Juice, Orange, Punch, & Mcintosh