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All About Circles & Clear Cuts | Rachel O'Neal

Hi friends! It has been such a joy to create with the Our Love Song collection and I love that I get to share another layout with you this month. I hope you have had a chance to get your hands on this collection. This week we are using the collection with a focus on circles and the Bella Blvd Clear Cuts. Clear Cuts are a Bella Blvd specialty - printed transparency paper. The one in this collection is called Love Squad and has the cutest little pink and red hearts printed on it. Here's what I created: 

 

 

So I started by cutting out a large heart stencil with my Cricut so that I could have a template when stamping the stitched circles inside the heart. Once I had the template, I placed it on top of a piece of white 12" x 12" cardstock and stamped the circles inside the heart. Then I removed the template because I no longer needed it. I used my Cricut again to cut out circles to go inside the stamped circles. These circles are about 1.15" in diameter. I used several patterned papers from the collection including - XOXO, Volume Up, Crazy For You, as well as the Bella Besties Graph & Dot in Cotton Candy. This is also where I used the Clear Cuts. I was able to cut through it with my Cricut; I just needed to run it through the machine a couple times to get it to cut all the way through the transparency paper. Next, I added all the circles to the layout using tape runner.

 

In between all the circles there were some gaps so I added more stamping and some small black sticker hearts and dots from the Florence Alphas sheets. Next, I backed my photo with white cardstock and then added layers of paper behind it. I used the Clear Cuts again - this time I added some black and white grid paper behind it. You can also find that paper in the Our Love Song collection. It's called Soundtrack.

 

I got the title from the Ephemera Words set. I really kept the rest of the layout fairly simple, because of all the patterns and colors I chose for the circles. I added a few hearts around the title and then finished the layout with some journaling around the heart.

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my work. I hope you feel inspired to create a circle themed layout and even throw some Clear Cuts in there as well. Here's a list of the supplies I used:

• 12" x 12" White Cardstock
• Our Love Song 12" x 12" Patterned Papers - Sound Track, XOXO, Volume Up, Crazy For You
• Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre in Black
• Bella Besties Graph & Dot in Cotton Candy
• Florence Alphas in Black (heart and dot stickers)
• Our Love Song Clear Cuts - Love Song
• Our Love Song Ephemera Words
• Our Love Song Ephemera Icons (hearts)

School is Cool | Laura Alberts

Hello Friends! Laura Alberts here again with the brand new School is Cool collection! Super excited to dive into this one with a photo of my boys during homeschool and virtual schooling. This layout has such a fun and eclectic mix of embellishments on my punched triangles, giving the fairly simple design a whimsical feel.

At the corners of the Scalloped Plaid & Dotty patterned paper I used as a background, I added the large photo corners from the Doohickey sticker sheet from the School is Cool collection. Love how these pops of red in the four corners give the whole layout a framed look.

I punched out these diamonds using a Fiskars diamond punch and then lined them up in a grid from top to bottom in the center of my background. After outlining the diamonds with a black gel pen, I layered embellishments from the Ready for School Puffy Stickers and the Ready to Learn Epoxies on top.

The chipboard title is from the School is Cool Ciao Chips and I've layered the banner from the word ephemera pack underneath of it. To finish off this layout, I added a little bit of gold Nuvo for accent around each of my clusters and on top of the banner. A lovely detail, I think!

I hope this layout inspires you to explore a mix of embellishments in your clusters! It's such a fun technique for adding interest and whimsy to your layouts!

School is Cool Collection Kit

School is Cool Ciao Chip

School is Cool Word Icons

Ready to Learn Epoxy

Ready for School Puffy Stickers

Scalloped Plaid & Dotty Patterned paper

Cut Files & Time to Travel Week, Day 4 | Inessa

Hi friends,

Inessa on the blog today sharing a layout using Bella's cut files, paired with Time To Travel. I'm continuing to document my family Florida vacay and enjoying remembering the fun moments we had. I mean let's be real, I've forgotten what we did last week already!

I got all of the files from the silhouette design store (linked at the bottom) and cut using my cricut machine. The title was cut from white textured cardstock and I had originally intended to back it with patterned papers. The flowers and monstera leaves were cut from various patterned papers from Bella besties and Time to Travel.

To build the base, I matted the Freeway paper (blue airplane side) on white textured cardstock. Then I matted it again on the Road Trip paper (black and white stripe side). Once matted, I stitched a boarder around the entire page in a rose gold thread using my sewing machine. 

The papers I used to cut the flowers out of are listed here: Let's Get Lost, Daily Details, Back Roads, Bella Besties in Punch and Guacamole. I then hand rolles the edges and popped the centers and layers on foam dots. The flowers cutfile is so easy to use, all the pieces are color coded for you!

 

As I built my page, I decided to leave the title as is as it looks great against the navy. I adhered my photo to the heart, trimmed and then adhered the entire piece to the background. I added the flowers around the page, mixing between flat and popped up pieces. Stickers and ephemera from the collection finished off each cluster.

The top left of the page looked too plain so I added a tag cluster, using pieces from the ephemera pack, a word sticker from the Doohickey sheet and a puffy flower. I also added some thread and sequin from SpiegelMom Scraps (Scrappin Happy Mix).

 

 

Hope I've inspired you to give these cut files a try! Follow me for more on my Instagram page @paperandbling and look out for a reel on the process. 

Thanks,

Inessa

 

Link to Cutfiles Design IDs: 408548, 406498, 327625

Links to products:

Time To Travel

Spiegelmom Scraps use my code INESSA15 to save 15% off your order

 

 

 

Tiny Tots 2.0 + Cut Outs Week, Day 2 | Inessa Persekian

Hi friends, Inessa here to share my layout for Tiny Tots 2.0 and Cut Outs Week!

I pulled a photo of my daughter from the archive and went to town with all of the pink shades, florals, hearts and baby animals. 

I started with a base using the Play Date paper and used the graphic paper side. For the cut-out, I backed it with several papers including: Sidekick (floral side), 123s, Borders (backside), Love You A Ton, Grey Scallop from Plaids and Dotty, Bella Besties Graph & Dots in Cotton Candy. I used my foam tape to pop up the title diagonally on the page.

I then fussy cut the zebra and piggie from the Border strips paper and popped them up so they look like they are coming out of the letter 'e' and behind the 's'. I added a banner just below it from the Ephemera Icons pack.

I matted my photo on white textured cardstock as well as the Bella Besties Graph & Dots in the darker shade of pink, called Peeps. 

To build out the floral clusters, I pulled most of the pink flowers, yellows and blue from the Ephemera Icons pack, Doohickey sticker sheet, Ciao Chip and Puffy Stickers. I also used the notepad, frame, rainbow and rectangle title from the ephemera pack. From my stash, I used some precut pink shimmer flowers as a base for the floral clusters. 

The layout was finished off with hearts and dots epoxy stickers and some spools of pink thread. 

I love playing with layers and textures and adore this layout. Hope I've inspired you to create! See you back on the blog soon!

Inessa

 

Tiny Tots 2.0 Supplies Used:

Ciao Chip, Cut- Outs, Doohickey, Bella-Pops Cute Bugs, Epoxy, Ephemera Icons, Puffy Stickers, Papers: Love You A Ton, Borders, 123s, Play Date, Sidekick

Tiny Tots 2.0 Collection + Bella Besties Week, Day 6| Brianna Lepper

Hey y'all!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing a new layout using the super adorable Tiny Tots 2.0 collection.  I'm currently obsessed with triangles and thought it would be fun to create large ones as main elements on my page.  

To start, I traced and cut out triangles using the Plaids and Dotty paper in Bell Pepper as well as the Graph & Dot paper in Ice.  I ran each one through my sewing machine using the opposite color of thread for my stitching.  So for the Bell Pepper papers, I used blue thread and for the Ice papers, I used yellow thread.  I popped them all up on foam tape and adhered them to a piece of white cardstock that I trimmed down to 11x11.  I adhered that piece to the top of the Be Brave 12x12 patterned paper and ran that through my sewing machine.  

I used the four triangles as placements for my title, photo and embellishments.  I made my title using the Aria Alphas in White and the Wonky Alphas in Bell Pepper.  My photo is of my oldest son Noah, while he was taking a bath in his old blow up rubber ducky bathtub.  It was the cutest thing and this photo was perfect to use with this collection.  He was almost two in this photo and I can't believe how quickly time flies by!  He's going to be sixteen in August!

I matted my photo using a few other patterned papers and adhered it down to the triangle on the far right.  I added the cute rubber ducky Trinket Puffy sticker as well as some Ephemera icons that look like bubbles. 

A yellow Cute Clip was the perfect addition to my photo and added that nice pop of color.

I had so much fun embellishing using more Ephemera Icons and Words and Ciao Chip Chipboard stickers.

Here's one last photo of my page: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  Have you incorporated triangles into your pages?  They're fun to create with and make great spots for your embellishments and photos.  See you in my next post friends!

Brianna

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

Tiny Tots 2.0: 12x12 Patterned Paper, Ephemera Icons and Words, Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers and Trinkets Puffy Stickers.  Bella Besties: Plaid & Dotty 12x12 Paper in Bell Pepper; Graph & Dot in Ice; Aria Alphas in White; Wonky Alphas in Bell Pepper; Word Salad Sticker Book and Cute Clips.  

 

 

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