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Fussy Cut Week

Good morning everyone!  Kat popping in today to share a layout for our Fussy Cut week.  All this week on the blog and on social media, the Bella Blvd team will be sharing fun ways that they use fussy cut paper on their projects.

I've been itching for Fall to get here, and it looks like it has finally arrived.  When I saw pumpkins for sale, I immediately bought some and snapped some photos of my girl with them sitting by the front door.  I decided to use the Sweet & Spooky collection and the IF Gratitude Documented collection to highlight my fall page.

I  fussy cut flowers from the "Night Garden" paper from the Sweet and Spooky Line and I fussy cut leaves from the "Season of Gratitude" paper from the Gratitude Documented Line.  I also smattered in some pieces from the new Plaids & Dotty collection...because seriously, that collection is perfect!

Here's the final project:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Sweet & Spooky: Night Garden; Plaids & Dotty: Orange, Gulf; Gratitude Documented: Season of Gratitude, Ephemera; Acrylic Words: Adorable

 

My Happy Place Layout using Plaids & Dotty

 

Hey there, friends!  I hope fall is finally catching up to you wherever you are!  I don't know about you guys, but I've been longing for some colder temperatures.  As we experienced a lot of rain for what seemed like a week straight, I was able to get a lot of creating done.  I had a bunch of photos that had been sitting patiently waiting for me to document; This little Bible stack was one of them!  I really loved the way this photo turned out, and I wanted to use the purple in the layout somehow.  We rarely see purple in the scrapbooking world, and I knew just the paper to oblige!

I pulled out the amazing lilac plaid sheet, which is the bonus pattern from the Plaids & Dotty Collection! I'm pretty sure I've said it before, but this paper got me from the moment I opened the new release package!

I wanted to make this page all about that sweet Bible stack photo and that lilac pattern, so I left the rest pretty clean.

I helped my photo standout amongst the paper layers with a splash of black watercolor.  I don't often work with black, but I've been really loving the contrast recently.

I finished off my layout by adding a little embellishment cluster in the right bottom corner.  I wanted to use that tip-in shape from the Fruit of the Spirit collection because I loved the colors and the phrase.  It matched perfectly with a few hexies and sentiments from the word salad book.

 

 

 

I'm so glad you visited today to take a look at my layout! The plaids and dotty collection has fulfilled my basics dreams, and it's a must for every stash! xo Lydia

 
Plaids & Dotty Collection, Fruit of the Spirit Tip-In Shapes & Ephemera, IF Watercolors, IF Hexies, Wonky Puffy Alphas, Acrylic "Happy & Smile" Words, Word Salad Book, Wish Big Girl Sticky Mix

 

Love You More | Plaids & Dotty

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard is here and I just have to say I LOVE Plaids & Dotty.  Like love it so much it inspired me to create a Love You More page for my beautiful daughter.

 

The great thing about this is no special tools were required and aside from the drying time for the paint, it's a quick and easy 30 minute scrapbooking page. I'd even go so far as to say 30 minutes with the painting and drying in front of a small fan.  Let me walk you through how this came together.

The first thing I did was choose the patterned papers.  That's right, I didn't even have photos but that's okay because I knew I had tons of photos of this girl to choose from. So I selected 3 colors (Punch, Bell Pepper and Ice plus Gulf so 4 I guess but Ice and Gulf are very similar). I also chose a mix of plaid widths.  Then, I assumed I could cut letters approximately 2 1/2 to 3" in width and about 4" high, knowing I'd overlap some letter to make it fit. Then I hand cut each letter. You can see them in the photo above and a sneak below. They're not perfect but I'm all about the perfectly imperfect!

Then I mixed paint, mists and water to create complimentary background paint colors. I didn't want it too matchy matchy so close enough was good for me. I used leftover paint to splatter color on the page. As that was drying with a small fan I have in my craft room, I went off to select and print photos. By the time I did that, the paint was dry.

I applied a bit of tape runner adhesive to the letter to secure them to the page. I also added my photos and once I got the placement just right I stitched over each letter with my sewing machine. 

I added puffy star and puffy heart embellishments in the same tone over the letters. I also added a cute little clip with bow over this photo since the other photo has a puffy heart.

Lastly, I added the word MORE to the bottom so that I can document this game we play of who love who more. I'm sure you know that game all too well. I also plan to add the journaling to the left of the word, More, right below the photo.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a great rest of your day!

 xoxo,

Heather

Plaid & Dotty patterned paper, Baby Girl Cute Clips, Ice Mix Puffy Stars, Ice Mix Puffy Hearts, Ice Mix Puffy Stars, Punch Mix Puffy Stars, Punch Mix Puffy Hearts, Milk Mix Puffy Stars, Orange Mix Puffy Stars, Orange Mix Puffy Stars, Punch Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers

 

National Day of Relaxation

Hello there, lovely friends!  I'm so glad you've stopped to visit today!  Did you know that today is National Relaxation Day?!  As it's hump day I could certainly use a little reminder of what it truly means to rest.  I couldn't think of a more appropriate project than to do a study on rest in my Bible.

When the new releases arrived at my house, I was completely smitten with this bonus lilac plaid paper from the Plaids and Dotty collection.  We rarely see purples in the scrapbooking community, but I was absolutely certain that paper was going on a page for me!

I created these little strips to align near the edge of my Bible page with all the new collections; I then stitched each one on, so I could ruffle up the edges for a dimensional look.

 

A few Wonky Alphas, a tab, a cute clip, and Word Salad stickers later --there you have it!

I topped off my page with a couple of the new Heart Hugs!

For this particular page, the sentiments didn't suit my needs, so I simply peeled them off and saved them for another project.  Now I had some blank Heart Hugs in my color palette; I tucked them right in!

 

 

Thanks so much for joining me today! I'm in love with the new releases, and I'm always so giddy to get them in my Bible! Only a few more weeks till they are available for all of you! xo Lydia

 

Plaids & Dotty Collection, Sweet & Spooky (Night Garden), Wish Big Girl (Borders, Cake & Crowns), Heart Hugs, Wonky Alphas, Cute Clips. Tabbies, Word Salad Booklet

Collection Reveal: Plaids and Dotty

Patterned Papers:

Cardstock Sticker Booklet: 

Collection Kit including a backside bonus paper:

1. Visit our Instagram page here
2. Post any photos from this collection
3. Be sure to use the #bb_plaidsanddotty
4. Winners will be announced here and on IG Friday, June 20th