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You Layout - Tegan Skwiat

I absolutely love how colorful and fun the Squeeze the Day collection is! And how cool is it that this collection includes the color BLACK?! I already loved making rainbow designs on my layouts, but I think creating this effect on a black background makes the colors pop even more! 

I used the black graph Squeeze the Day Daily Details Patterned Paper for my background. I embellished the top of the page with an Ephemera rainbow die cut, Word Salad Stickers, Puffy Star Stickers, and a couple enamel dots. So simple, but oh so colorful and pretty! 

I used the heart shape from the Bella Blvd You're So Sweet Cut File to make my background. I just resized the heart to almost an inch tall in my design software and then copied and pasted the hearts to make a diagonal design. After the design was cut, I backed it with some of my favorite patterned papers from the Bella Besties and Squeeze the Day Collections.  

This colorful picture of my sister from last spring's Flower and Garden Festival in Epcot was definitely inspiration for the entire layout. I embellished the photo with an Ephemera die cut word and tags, an acrylic strawberry piece, and Puffy Star Stickers. I used the Bella Blvd Halloween Flowers Cut File and the Plum Graph & Dot Patterned Paper to cut out the large flower. 

I almost talked myself out of trying the black background, but I am so glad I didn't! I was afraid the black would be too dark for a spring layout, but I really love how all of the colors pop against it! I hope you love it as much as I do! 

Thank you for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of the Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties collections for your next layout! 

Squeeze the Day Collection: Daily Details Patterned Paper, Bananas For You Patterned Paper, Fruity Hearts Patterned Paper, Lemon Fresh Patterned Paper, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Stickers, Acrylic Berries

Bella Besties Patterned Papers: Plum Graph and Dot, Orange Plaids and Dotty, Punch Plaids and Dotty

Word Salad Stickers, Puffy Star Stickers 

Cut Files: You're So Sweet, Halloween Flowers

Fun with the March Mood Board!

I had so much fun using the amazing March Mood Board for inspiration! Isn't it just beautiful?

I was instantly inspired by this mood board's clean, fresh, and flowery vibes! I decided to start with white cardstock as my base and added a large piece of Plaids and Dotty patterned paper in Bell Pepper. This paper choice was definitely inspired by the plaid shirts and all of the yellow in the board! 

I then used the Bella Blvd Halloween Flowers cut file to cut out lots of patterned paper flowers. I used the Bella Besties Graph/Dot 6x6 Paper Pad, the Squeeze the Day So Berry Sweet Patterned Paper, and the Wish Big Boy Borders Patterned Paper. I mixed in a Squeeze the Day rainbow ephemera piece to the flower clusters for fun. I love how these colors pop against the white and yellow plaid!

The 'Hello" in my title was inspired by the board as well! I thought 'Hello' worked perfectly in my title here because it was our first time seeing the flowers at the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival! And of course I used my favorite Florence Alphabet Stickers to complete the title. I then added a couple fluttering butterflies from the Home Sweet Home collection to the page. The adorable heart stickers on the butterflies came from the Florence Alphabet sheet as well.

I used the Halloween Flowers Cut File and the Squeeze the Day Zesty Patterned Paper to cut out all the greenery accent pieces. I again mixed in ephemera pieces and word phrase stickers to my floral clusters. I then sprinkled some fun orange Puffy Stars and Fruity Mix Matte Enamel Shapes around the page. 

I hope you decide to play along with the March Mood Board! I think you will really enjoy it as much as I did. Mood Boards are also great if you are in a scrappy rut and need a little inspiration!

Thank you for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to use the March Mood Board on your next papercrafting project! 

Squeeze the Day collection: So Berry Sweet Patterned Paper, Zesty Patterned Paper, Bananas For You Patterned Paper, Ephemera, Chipboard, 12x12 Cardstock Stickers, Fruity Mix Matte Enamel Stickers

Bella Besties: Plaids and Dotty Patterned Paper in Bell Pepper, Graph & Dot 6x6 Paper Pad

Home Sweet Home collection: Ephemera

Wish Big Boy collection: Borders Patterned Paper

Florence Alphabet Stickers in Gulf, Florence Alphabet Stickers in Punch, Orange Puffy Star Stickers

Bella Blvd Halloween Flowers Cut File

Other: Embroidery Floss in a Sky Blue color 

 

The one with my favorite TV show | Friends

Hi everyone.  Heather here with one of my favorite things...FRIENDS!  Everyone around me knows I'm a Friends fanatic and this past year, I finally let my teenager watch it with me.  Let's just say the rest is history and now we have even more to relate to and talk about.  I love it.  

When I found out Lego had a special edition Friends set, my girl put it on her Christmas wish list.  We had a blast building it together and re-enacting our favorite scenes. Of course this was the first thing I wanted to document when I was assigned Favorite Things week - my daughter and Friends!

To create this layout, I knew I needed to recreate the famous yellow peep hole frame. Then I realized a page full of frames would be super cool. 

I pulled in various cut files from Bella Blvd and others and designed the page. To make sure everything would fit, I sized everything in my Silhouette Studio software first.

Once all the files were cut, I glued some down and stitched the others with my sewing machine. Next, I added the title.  Every episode of Friends is named with "The one with..." so I only thought it'd be appropriate to to my page title the same.

I have three photos in three yellow frames on this page. Two are from the building of the set and the third is of my daughter's completed set that now sits on her shelf in her bedroom.  We get it down occasionally and to "play" with.

I left three frames empty so I can add journaling to them.  I just need to find the right words. The great news is that when I do, I can use the inside cut-outs to make sure everything I want to say will fit in the available space.

Squeeze the Day 6x6 paper pad, Doohickey stickers, Caio Chip, ephemera icons, ephemera words, matte enamels; Heart Hugs, Bella Bows, Designer washi - red stripe, dotty, black white stripe, red hearts; Bella Besties Graph & Dot Bell Pepper


 

Fun with the February Mood Board!

I had so much fun using the February Mood Board as inspiration for today's layout! Isn't the board just gorgeous?! 

I decided to use the 9 square design as my main page design. I then used the heart from the Bella Blvd Tree Hearts Cut File to cut out hearts from different red, pink, white, and black patterned papers. All of the different hearts allowed me to play with all of the ideas I had from the mood board! 

I pulled a lot of the products, like this Acrylic Strawberry piece, from the yummy Squeeze the Day collection. For the bottom heart, I used the pink heart Sweetness Washi tape over a Bella Besties patterned paper to create my own pink and dark pink striped look like in the mood board. A red Heart Hug adds dimension.

The 'Love' ephemera piece and the hearts I fussy cut out of patterned paper are both from the Squeeze the Day collection too. I only adhered down the middle of the hearts so I could bend the sides upwards. Again, this look was inspired by the mood board!

The X's and O's were in the mood board too and I surely couldn't leave those out! I used the adorable Florence alphabet in Cotton Candy! The Puffy Star Stickers and Word Salad Stickers make great little embellishment pieces!

I also pulled the ombre inspiration from the mood board. When I came across these Squeeze the Day chipboard  flower stickers, I knew I had to include them as well! So simple, but so cool! 

I was very much inspired by the painted X's and O's look in the mood board, but I wasn't sure if I could paint the letters small enough on a heart this small. Here I used a Sharpie pen to hand write on this plain cardstock heart and I love how it turned out! I embellished it with a cherry Squeeze the Day ephemera piece.

I love each and every one of these little hearts and I can't decide which one is my favorite! I can't wait to use a mood board for a project again!

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to use the February Mood Board for your next project!

Squeeze the Day collection: 6x6 Paper Pad, So Berry Patterned Paper, Fruity Hearts Patterned Paper, Doohickey Stickers, Chipboard, Sweetness Washi, Ephemera Words, Acrylic Berries

Bella Besties: Peep Graph Patterned Paper, Cotton Candy Patterned Paper, Graph & Dot Rainbow 6x6 Paper Pad

Extras: Word Salad Stickers, Wild Berry Mini Heart Hugs, Cotton Candy Florence Alphabet, Punch Puffy Starts, McIntosh Puffy Stars, Plaids & Dotty Patterned Paper Pack, Oh my Stars Ephemera, 6x6 Merry Christmas Paper Pad, Dad Style 12x12 Patterned Paper Pack

Bella Blvd Tree Hearts Cut File

 

Santa Squad Layout | Stephanie Buice

Hi everyone! Stephanie here today, sharing my very first layout using the new Santa Squad collection with you. I love Christmas, so it was no surprise to me that I was immediately drawn to all the Santa goodness that this one has to offer. 

My son's elf Zip is such a big part of our holiday traditions, he really is part of Santa's squad in our family, Santa's biggest helper in fact! So my layout title is 100% inspired by the collection name -Santa Squad. 

I chose two of my favorite photos of Zip from over the years and showcased them on this layout, I added in some of the Ephemera Words and Icons, a mix of patterned papers, and Designer Washi tapes as my main embellishments. I grouped a few of the Icons together to make up Santa's cute little squad, and some Florence Alphabet Stickers to finish off my title.

I wanted my journaling to also be a very important part of this layout, telling some of the adventures the Elf has done to date, of my Son's love for the Elf and how much happiness he brings to our Christmas Season. I also wanted to be sure to include some of my feelings about Brady getting older and being faced with the fact that one day soon Santa and his Squad will be only memories of his Childhood. (Insert a giant sigh here, I am so not ready for that yet.)

Have you picked up the Santa Squad collection yet? If not, I think you should!

I hope you've enjoyed my layout and thanks for stopping by!

-xoxo Steph

Supplies Used: Florence Alphabet Stickers: Oreo Black; Enamels: Guacamole; Plaids and Dotty: Oreo Black; All others from Santa Squad Collection.

Cards Galore: cards for every day

Hi everyone, Heather Leopard is here sharing a few of my cards that I designed for everyday use. The theme I was going for was FUN and these are great for 'just thinking of you' cards. 

Let’s take a look at how the three cards came together.

For the first card, I used a Bella Blvd cut file to create an intricate cut file called tile background. I cut it from the same white cardstock as the card so it would add a pretty background but not distract from the sentiment.

Then I cut the top pieces from another Bella Blvd cut file, squeeze the day, assembled it together and done!

For this second card I kept this simple.

I used cut files for this card too, from the strip of hearts that I backed with different patterned papers to the ‘love’, to the butterflies that I also backed with patterned paper.  

I saved my favorite card for last and guess what? It uses another cut file, or two or three.  

I cut the rainbow and applied it to the top of the card. I then layered clouds covering the bottom of the rainbow all the way down to the bottom of the card. I topped it off with a sentiment.  

So that’s it for me for now. Do you have plans for World Card Making Day this weekend?

Squeeze The Day Collection Kit and 6x6 Paper Pad, Ephemera Words, Matte Enamels, Epoxy Hearts, Plaids & Dotty 6x6 Paper Pad; Silhouette Cut Files: butterflies, sun & clouds, love word, squeeze the day, rainbow, rainbow heart border, tile background

 

 

Fun in the Sun Summer Scrapbooking Layout

Hi everyone! Heather Leopard is here with a fun in the sun summer scrapbooking layout that is an outcome of a happy accident.

So here's the layout featuring my youngest and one of her besties at the water park. Any guess what my happy accident was? I wanted to use an acrylic sentiment on the page and while I was looking for the perfect word, I noticed the pennants that are part of the Splash Zone collection. I struggle with using the pennants so I decided to face my fear head on and feature them in my design along with my acrylic word. "play" (love is chipboard).  

To create this layout, I measured the pennants and then drew some in my Silhouette design software. I sized them down and created 3 different sizes. I thought about laying them out across the page, making several rows of them but then I decided to put them in a large circle.

To create the perfect circle, I measured the length of the pennant and then cut a circle from the middle of the page so that the pennants would fit horizontally and vertically on the page.  Then, I started placing the felt and paper pennants around the perimeter of the circle.

Once the pennants were in place, I started thinking about what background I may want to use. I tried clouds, waves and plaids. It wasn't until I placed the large yellow plaid behind the circle that it dawned on me that I had created the perfect sun! Commence the happy accident dance!

I stitched the background and pennants to the page using my sewing machine and then I also stitched additional rays between the pennants because it felt like it was still missing something.

I then added the photo with layers of papers and embellishments in the lower left and then decided to extend the story up into the sun, finishing it off with some chipboard splashed at the top. And the finishing touch was the acrylic word, "play" on the layout.

I just love this happy accidental design and hope you do too.  

Splash Zone collection, Plaids & Dotty, Acrylic Word: Explore & Play, So In Love Chipboard, Pennants: Summer, Today; Bella Bows; DooDad Enamel Dots: Milk

Let's Go On an Adventure...at the park!

Good morning everyone! Kat popping in today to share my newest layout with the Let's Go On an Adventure collection!

This collection has a lot of campout and woodsy items, so I was a little unsure about how I would use it at first because we live in the middle of the desert and I'm not brave enough to take my almost-two-year-old camping just yet (haha)...but as I was looking at the collection, I realized that the elements actually complemented my playground photos really well!

And because I always have to incorporate as many patterns as possible, I cut up a bunch of different sized squares and went crazy matting my photos with them...I was able to get in a ton of the fun patterns and still keep my photos the focus:

Thanks so much for popping in!  Have a lovely day!

Patterned Papers: Plaids & Dotty: Guacamole; Let's Go On an Adventure: No Wifi Script, In the Woods, Shy Foxes, Morning Meadow, Fairy Garden; Florence Alphas: Blueberry; Ephemera Words: Let's Go On an Adventure; Ephemera Icons: Let's Go On an Adventure; Acrylic Word: Play, Word Salad Stickers

Celebrate Seven | Kim Watson

Do you ever scrap-lift yourself?

I am happy to admit that occasionally I do. I love the process of taking something old and making it new.

Celebrate Seven by Kim Watson

This page was based on a page I created for a well known kit club in 2015. With the focus of this week being 'Wish Big & Birthdays' and me coming to the end of my Wish Big products, it meant I had to be creative for today's assignment. My choice to scrap lift this particular page was inspired by the diagonal paper pieces, which I could translate into a creative way to use up paper strips I had left over from Wish Big, Borders.

 

Laying them side by side with a little space in between helps reduce the busy-ness of the patterns. Don't you love the subtle texture machine stitching adds to the strips? I think this is by far my most fave signature technique on my pages :D

 

Placing two different titles either side of the photo cluster along the diagonal, helps balance color, as well as keeping the cohesion of the design in tact. The diagonals are instrumental in drawing the readers eye towards the photographs which is the focal point of the page, so my thoughts are to have the titles blend seamlessly into the layout instead of 'disrupting' the flow. 

 

Dimension is imperative for this type of page; I achieved that by layering the photos onto a vellum and tissue paper mat. Being opaque means they add height & interest without being distracting. Further height and pops of color are created by raising multiple chipboard pieces under the photo cluster. A fussy cut banner, puffy stars adhered to paper clips and enamel dots add tactile bits and the circle sticker with it's red 7, add to the story telling. Each little piece playing a role in the design. 

 

Now, because I am all for a good chunk of journaling on my pages...I used the bottom edge to do so. It allowed me space without jeopardizing the balance of the layout and including a visual anchor, means your eye automatically travels there after looking at the photos. 

The result is a fun page that screams birthday, a perfect addition to my son's birthday album. It was great going back and capturing past photos...injecting fresh product and design among-st my older pages. Thank you Bella Blvd for your fabulous products. If you are keen to purchase some for yourself, follow the links below.

 

Wish Big Boy Collection kit, Puffy Stars, Wish Big Boy Embellishment Bundle, Plaid & Dotty Collection Kit, Florence Alphabet Bundle, 

 

 

 

Awesome || Fireworks & Freedom

Good morning everyone! Kat here with you today and I am so excited to be sharing my Fireworks & Freedom layout with you. Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays, so this collection definitely holds a special place in my heart.

Unfortunately, I didn't actually have an Independence Day photo to scrap...but I did have this fun photo from Memorial Day weekend...and I though it complemented the collection perfectly.

I decided to keep this layout fairly simple so that the photo could really shine. I grouped almost everything to one side of the page and embellished with a variety of products, including Heart Hugs and an acrylic word title. Here is the full layout:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Papers: Plaids and Dotty collection: McIntosh, Fireworks & Freedom collection: Patriotic, Daily Details, Love the USA; Doohickey Stickers: Fireworks & Freedom; Ephemera Icons: Fireworks & Freedom; Florence Alphabet Stickers: Oyster; Heart Hugs: Wild Berry, Rainy Day; Acrylic Word: Awesome