Bella Blvd Studio Blog

Fall Themed Mood Board Week | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout using the gorgeous September Mood Board!  There are so many things that inspired me on this board and I had a lot of fun creating this page.  Here's my layout: 

 

Here's the beautiful mood board: 

 

 

I was so inspired by color palette on this mood board as well as the plaid in the center and the circles in the right square, middle row. So, that's where I started!  I pulled out my Bella Plaids & Dotty Papers as well as my circle punches and punched a few circles out of the Bell Pepper, Ice, Orange and Cotton Candy papers.  I also pulled in the "Let's Go On An Adventure" collection and a punched several more circles from the "No Wifi Script" patterned paper.  I set those aside and created an ink blended background using a few ink pads from my stash.  I really loved the colors in the mood board, so I made sure to pull some inks that matched it.  

 

 

After I finished my background, I arranged my circles in three different clusters.  I had one at the top and the bottom and then put one right in the center where I would eventually add my photo to.  I distressed the edges of my circles and popped a few up on some foam tape.  I fussy cut some floral pieces from the Wild Flowers 12x12 patterned papers and layered them in all three clusters making sure to pop some up on foam tape for more interest.  

 

 

Next, I added in a few fussy cut foxes from the Shy Foxes patterned paper and also pulled in a couple of Ephemera Icons to add to each cluster.  I layered some of the floral Trinket Puffy stickers and then tucked in a few bundles of tangled thread.  

 

 

I matted my photo using both sides of the Morning Meadow patterned paper and used the Oyster Aria Alphas to create my title.  Since it's a Fall themed week, I thought this photo of my son in his baseball uniform (with my pumpkins in the background), would be perfect!  

 

 

Here's another look at the inked up background and all of the pretty layers:  

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today!  Have you started scrapbooking your favorite Fall photos?  You should definitely use this pretty mood board as some inspiration, it's so fun!  Make sure to tag me in your social media posts so that I can see what you create using this months board!  See you next time friends!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Let's Go An Adventure Collection:  12x12 patterned papers, ephemera icons, ephemera words; Bella Besties: Plaid & Dotty papers in Orange, Bell Pepper, Cotton Candy and Gulf; Aria Alphas in Oyster and Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Bell Pepper

Stars & Stripes Week Day 6 - Tegan

Hi Bella friends! It has been an amazing week of stars & stripes hasn't it?! For my project,  I immediately reached for the Bella Besties patterned papers when I decided that I wanted to create a rainbow striped background to document a day at the pool. Come take a look! 

I first created my background by adhering 1 1/2" strips of the Bella Besties Plaids & Dotty Patterned Papers.  I used Gulf, McIntosh, Orange, the purple bonus paper from the collection kit, and Pickle Juice. I then cut out a star using the Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper in Punch. I used elements from the Home Sweet Home and Splash Zone collections to embellish the star. 

I then cut out a star using the Blueberry Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper. I embellished it with die cuts from the Splash Zone collection and cute little Puffy Stickers in McIntosh. I love all of the color that can created using Bella collections!

For the last star, I used the Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Paper in Bell Pepper. I embellished it with a chipboard cloud and an adorable die cut camera piece. A green corrugated Heart Hug sticker adds some texture. And who else has some of these adorable Bella Blvd felt paper clips left in their stash? 

Did you notice the adorable cut out waves at the bottom of the page? I used the Bella Blvd Waves cut file and the Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Papers in Gulf and Blueberry to create them. I think they are so cool and I love the 'motion' they create on the page. I had a blast mixing and matching the Bella Besties Patterned Papers with the Home Sweet Home and Splash Zone collections! 

Thanks for joining us this week! I hope we have inspired you to use stars and stripes on your next project! Have a great weekend everyone!

Bella Blvd Products Used: 

Freehand Graph & Dot Patterned Papers: Punch, Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Gulf

Plaids & Dotty Patterned Papers: Gulf, McIntosh, Orange, Purple from Collection Kit, Pickle Juice

Home Sweet Home Collection: Ephemera, Chipboard Stickers

Splash Zone Collection: Ephemera Die Cuts

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: McIntosh, Blueberry

Bella Blvd Cut File: Waves

Bella Besties Week Day 5 | Tegan Skwiat

Who else is IN LOVE with all of the Bella Besties products?! I certainly am and I can't get enough of them! I love using a rainbow of colors on my layouts and the Bella Besties patterned papers and embellishments make it so easy! On today's layout I documented a photo that I absolutely love. It was taken while my family was at Hollywood Studios (which I love!) and we were drinking Starbucks iced coffees (another love!). It had rained that day, but that wasn't going to hamper our fun!

I started by using the Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper in Ice for the background because it easily makes a super cool page base. I used the Bella Blvd Dreamy Clouds Cut File to create a background design on the left side of my page. I then backed it with a rainbow of Hearts & Ombre Patterned Papers to add lots of color to my page. I then used an assortment of Heart Hugs corrugated cardboard stickers and Trinkets Puffy Stickers to embellish the cloud design. 

I then used layers of different colors of the Plaids & Dotty Patterned Papers to anchor my photo. I love the texture and color all of the various colors of Heart Hugs Stickers add!  

I used the super cool Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers in McIntosh for the title. 

All of the Bella Besties products make it possible to add color, color, and even more color! Heart Hugs, Puffy Stickers, Patterned Papers - which product is your favorite!?! I love them all - I can't pick a favorite one!!  

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the Bella Besties to document a photo that you LOVE! 

Hearts & Ombre Patterned Paper: Ice, Peep, Plum, Blueberry, Guacamole, Bell Pepper

Plaids & Dotty Patterned Paper: Bell Pepper, Plum, Cotton Candy, Gulf, Guacamole

Heart Hugs: Rainy Day, Sunshine, Halloween, Black & White, Pretty In Pink

Trinkets Puffy Stickers: Ice & Gulf, Blueberry, Plum, Bell Pepper, Punch Peep & Cotton Candy

Aria Puffy Alphabet Stickers: McIntosh

Bella Blvd Dreamy Clouds Cut File

 

 

Bella Besties Week Day 1 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout for Bella Besties Week!  Along with using lots of Bella Besties products both old and new, I also pulled in two newly released cut files:  Crazy In Love and Spring Florals.  We are still celebrating the month of love so I thought it would be fun to create a page about a place that holds a special place in my heart.  Hawaii.  Make sure to check out my process video at the end of this post!  Here's my layout: 

 

To start, I cut the Crazy In Love cut file out on textured white cardstock.  While I was still in Silhouette Software, I went ahead and prepped and cut the backing pieces to the cut file.  I used the Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre patterned papers in the colors: Punch, Plum, Cotton Candy, Gulf and Ice.  

 

 

Next, I cut the Spring Florals cut file out on the Freehand Graph & Dot patterned papers in Plum, White and Cotton Candy.  I also cut a few more floral pieces on the Plaids and Dotty papers in Punch and Gulf.  I made sure to cut different sizes of each floral since I planned on layering the floral pieces on top of each other.  For the floral centers, I used the heart stickers from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in Plum, White, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy. 

 

 

I set the florals aside and decided to create a shaker element in the heart portion of the Crazy In Love cut file.  I had leftover heart pieces from my last Bella layout and I added them into the shaker.  So cute!

 

 

Next, I started on my mixed media background.  I got out a few different Distress Oxide inks that matched with the colors I had chosen for this layout.  I stamped each ink pad directly onto my thick cardstock, sprayed a bit of water on and blended and painted the colors around.  I wanted my background to be soft and pretty.  

 

 

I used the cut file as the title for my layout and added onto it using the Florence Alphas in White and the Aria Alphas in Ice.  We were stationed in Hawaii for almost 3 years and you can see how beautiful it is in my photo.  I can still feel the warm sun on my face while typing this!  We miss it so much!

 

 

Next, I adhered two Bella Pop stickers from the Squeeze the Day collection.  I also sprinkled in some heart hugs, matte enamel dots and epoxy heart stickers.  

 

 

I had so much fun creating this layout.  I enjoyed going through my Bella stash and pulling out a lot of heart elements.  I love the shaker and all of the dimension on this page.  I hope you like it too!

 

 

Process Video: 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Bella Besties are absolutely perfect to mix and match with your favorite Bella Blvd collections.  Make sure to tag me in your social media posts, I would love to see what you create.  I'll see you in my next post!

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Bella Besties: Hearts and Ombre Patterned Papers in Punch, Cotton Candy, Gulf, Ice and Plum; Freehand Graph and Dot Patterned Papers:  White, Plum and Cotton Candy; Word Salad Sticker Booklet, Epoxy Hearts, Heart Hugs and Matte Enamels; Florence Alphas: White; Aria Alphas: Ice; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White, Plum, Punch, Peep & Cotton Candy.  Squeeze The Day: Bella Pop; Cut Files:  Crazy In Love and Spring Florals. 

 

November Mood Board Day 4 | Brianna Lepper

Hey crafty friends! Brianna Lepper here with a new mood board inspired layout. I absolutely love this months mood board with its beautiful colors, textures and patterns.  I mean who doesn't love Fall themed mood boards?

 

 

I knew right away that I would have leaves on my layout and really liked the composition of the leaves in the bottom left square of the board.  The gold dipped leaves in the top middle square also gave me an idea to heat emboss on some of my leaves.  Here's what I came up with!

 

 

For my leaves, I used the Fall Leaves cut file in Silhouette Design Store.  In my Silhouette Software, I arranged them in a variety of sizes and cut them using the Ombre sides of the new Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre papers.  I made sure to cut them on the lighter areas of the paper to keep with the some the softness of the mood board.  I used the colors in Blueberry, Bell Pepper, Peep, Pony and Guacamole.  Once they were all cut, I gently pressed them onto my Versamark Ink pad and sprinkled gold glittery embossing powder on them.  I then hit each leaf with my heat gun to melt the powder.  Each leaf is so sparkly and pretty!!

 

 

Once I was finished embossing the leaves, I arranged them in the same design as the bottom left square and adhered them down to a piece of the Scallop Plaids and Dotty patterned paper that also matches the mood board!

 

 

For my title, I used an acrylic word from the Embrace Today pack and added to it using the Florence Alphas in Oyster.  I had taken this photo of my son while we were at California Adventure and he was just in awe of everything around him.  Then I pulled some of the Epoxy Hearts from the Chloe collection and created a few clusters with them.  I also added a few of the White Trinkets Puffy Stickers around the page.  Next, I layered a few scraps from the Hearts and Ombre papers under my photo and added a white Cute Clip in the right corner.  I felt like it needed more embellishing so I used a few clouds from the Home Sweet Home Ciao Chip stickers. I also added a cute Ciao Chip Cat from the Chloe collection.  It looks like Noah is looking at him and who doesn't want a cute kitty on their page!?

 

 

To give the leaves on my page even more interest, I adhered a few of the Give Thanks Heart Hugs and added a sticker from the Word Salad Booklet.  I also rubbed a bit of Gold Heidi Shine to the hearts to make them sparkle.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way and I can't wait to see what you create using the mood board.  Please make sure to tag me in your socials @briannalepper, I would love to see them all!  I hope you have a great day and I'll see you in my next post!

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Chloe:  Ciao Chip Stickers and Epoxy Hearts; Home Sweet Home: Ciao Chip Stickers and Ephemera Icons; Bella Besties: Hearts & Ombre Papers in Guacamole, Pony, Bell Pepper, Peep and Blueberry; Florence Alphas in Oyster; Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White; Word Salad Booklet; Acrylic Words, Heart Hugs and Cute Clips; Cut File: Fall Leaves

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

WISH BIGGER | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today with a new Scrapbook layout that is all about celebrating birthdays.  Can you believe Bella Blvd. is turning 12?  I know!  This entire month we are celebrating another milestone ( and we are having giveaways along the way, too!).  So, it was only fitting that i share a festive layout today!

 

The idea for this page was a tiered cake, but just like my daughter's taste for something a bit different, i chose to replace the yummy layers with a large stitched title.   

 

 

I used an alphabet cut file from the Silhouette store to cut the letters from patterned paper - Wish Big collection-.  I also link all the letters together, and created an offset of the word, then cut the offset from white cardstock.   Here is where, i pop my headphones on, played the Hamilton Soundtrack, and hand stitched each letter to the white offset using matching embroidery floss.

 

I cut a piece of blush cardstock to 10x10in and backed it with the Grey Plaid patterned paper.  A few cross stitches hold the pages together.   Here i adhered the title with strong glue and added embellishments at the  corners of each of the words following a zig zag pattern.  There are so many cute embellishments in the Wish Big collection that it was easy to create small embellishment clusters.

 

 

I used all the leftover paper from the letter cuts to create layers behind the picture, and attached it to the top of the page (just   like a cake topper).  I created two more embellishments clusters at the corner of the picture and then added a few lines of journal to complete the page.

 

To celebrate their 12th Anniversary, Bella Blvd is giving away the  Birthday Themed acrylics and Birthday themed mini Heart Hugs pack!  In addition, they are having a 25% off sale in their Retail and Digital shops, be sure to check it out!

Happy  Birthday Bella Blvd.!

 

 

SUPPLIES:

PLAIDS and DOTTY collection : Scallop Paper

WISH BIG - Girl collection:  Patterned paper, Ciao Chips, Cardstock Stickers, ephemera

WISH BIG - Boy collection: Cardstock Stickers

 

 

 

Soak up the Sunshine | Dorymar

Hello, Bella fans! Summer is here and we need to document our fun summer memories! It is Dorymar here today with a cute Summer Layout with a Splash Zone collection, Bella Plaids and Dotty papers.

One of the things I like the most on my scrapbook is layering, for this project I layered together Sunny Days and Bell Pepper papers to create my background.  Then I selected a beautiful Bella Blvd sun digital file to create the central focus of my layout. I selected the Yellow graph and dots yellow paper to cut the sun.

To highlight the sun, I added distress ink on the border and adhered yellow sequins on the center for a beautiful texture.

For the title, I selected the “Soak up the Sunshine” digital file from Bella Blvd Silhouette Store and backed all the letters with different patterned papers from Splash Zone Collection. This collection has many beautiful patterns and a ton of gorgeous icons perfect to use on any summer project.

Closer to my picture and the title, I created fun clusters using the beautiful chipboard and die cuts icons to decorate my project.

I love how this layout came together, and I hope this project inspires you to create one with the fantastic Splash Zone Collection.

Plaids and Dotty-Bell Pepper Paper, Splash Zone Collection Kit,

Splash Zone Ciao Chip Chipboards, Splash Zone Ephemera Icons,

Soak up the Sunshine Digital file-id 323247, Sun Digital file-id 291773

JULY MOOD BOARD Inspiration with Nathalie

Hello there!

Nathalie with you today with one more project inspired by this month's Mood Board.   July is here, and the colors and feel of the squares in the board are just so Summery that it was so easy to put a project together.  Let me show you the Inspirational board:

All the water feel, the stripes, the waves and the bright colors were the inspiration for this page all about one of my Goddaughters love for water:

 

Don't you just love all the colors and texture on the page.  This layout came together rather easily using a combination of papers from various Bella Blvd collections.

I started with a piece of left over Truck Parade paper (NSD layout) from the Fireworks and Freedom collection over white cardstock as the base for the page.  This already brings the watercolor to the page, and follows the tile design in the pictures.   I love the stripes in the bottom square of the board, so i cut strips of papers from Bella Besties, Splash Zone and Plaids & Dotty collections to bring some of the colors to the page.  I glued them to the top of the background, and then hand stitched the wave pattern on each stripe.

 

 

I pulled the pictures of my Goddaughter and backed them with papers from the Splash Zone collection.  A bit of foam adhesive help to make them pop from teh page.   I pulled embellishments from the Splash Zone collection to create the clusters at the corners of the pictures.

 

To create the title, i used the large chipboard waves (Splash Zone collection) to bring the wave element from the board to the page, then used the Florence Alphabet stickers to complete the title work.  A few drops of shimmer  and white  ink, and a few lines of journal under the pictures complete the page.

 

 

I love how this page came together rather easily by using a few of the images of the Mood Board as inspiration. Cannot wait to see what you create using this moodboard.  Remember to share with us what you create, we love being inspired by you all!

XO,

BELLA BLVD. Supplies Used:

FIREWORKS and FREEDOM collection :  Truck Parade paper

BELLA BESTIES collection: Blueberry, Bell Pepper, and Gulf

SPLASH ZONE Collection: Swim Like a Fish, Border, Daily Details Papers; Chipboard Icons, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words

LEGACY collection: Florence Alphabet in Ice, Blueberry and Bell Pepper; Word Salad cardstock stickers; Plaids & Dotty paper in  Gulf

SANTA SQUAD:  Epoxy Heart stickers

 

Summer Time Mini Album with Traci

Hi Bella friends!  It's Traci, back with a new mini album to share with you! For this one, I used a combination of several fun, and oh so colorful, collections ... Splash Zone, Bella Besties, and Squeeze the Day.  

 

I started with a white chipboard album by 49 & Market and I drew inspiration for the cover from the chipboard leaves, flowers, and the colorful stem of the pineapple.  The striped paper from Squeeze the Day added the perfect "splash" of color to compliment these pieces.

 

One of my favorite things about Bella is that everything coordinates.  On the page below, I used three different collections to create a fun pocket page ... the background is Bella Besties, the top of the pocket is a Plaid/Dotty print, and the bottom is from Splash Zone. (Gulf is my favorite Bella color!  What's yours?)

 

Actually I lied. I have two favorite Bella colors, Gulf and Punch :)

 

There's that stripe again ... I need to get some more sheets of that paper!  I absolutely love it, and doesn't it look great with all the fun embellies?

 

 

I always add pockets in my albums ... partly because I like extra space for tucking in photos and journaling, but also because it gives me an opportunity to use several patterns together.  Hearts, and dots, and stripes, oh my!  So much fun color :) !

 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope I've inspired you to mix and match collections on your next project.  Until next time, happy scrapping! 

Bella Besties, Splash Zone 12x12, Splash Zone Ciao Chip, Splash Zone Ephemera Icons,

Squeeze the Day 12x12 Paper, Plaids/Dotty 12x12 Gulf, Acrylic Words