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Cut files Week Day 5 | Nathalie

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to share a bit more of inspiration for our Bella Besties and Cut files week.  If there is something, I learned from 2020 was to be be grateful for all the little things.  In year's past, I have created gratitude journals around Thanksgiving.  This year, however, I am extending my journal to a year long project.  I have chosen a larger format style Traveler's Notebook for this ( Heidi Swapp Chapters album).  I love the size and all the notes and stories I can document in them.  So, I took advantage of this week to document one of my most favorite ( and one of the things I am mostly grateful for), COFFEE...

 

As soon as I saw the, "Have A Latte",  #329125 cut file, the idea formed in my head for this page.  So, I used Bella Besties Ombre/Hearts and Bella Besties Dot/Graph to cut the  pieces of the cup.

 

I wanted to give the image some dimension.  For this, I added stitching to the coffee cup sleeve and lid of the cup.  The small handstitched lines make the image pop from the  page.   Since my idea was to focus the page on the cup, I am using a piece of the Bella Besties Black Ombre & Hearts as the background for the page. I even hand stitched the small plumes of smoke that come in the cut file design straight onto the background.

 

 

I wanted to bring the look of  my cup of  coffee to the title page; so, I used cut file # 290364 , "PERFECT", to cut the word three times from the Bella Besties Pony Ombre & Heart paper.  I glued this as an offset layer, so that the three colors will show as in the coffee layers of the cup.  I brought matte enamel dots from the Cat Mix and Christmas Mix to the page.  Then finished the cup with a cardstock sticker from the FA LA LA collection.

 

 

For my journal page, I am using a piece of the patterned paper from the POP QUIZ collection.   I used vellum to print my story, and placed it on the left of the page.  The picture was backed with a piece of Bella Besties Pony Ombre & Heart paper. Here, I mixed a variety of collections to add just a few more embellishments to the page ( ephemera - Squeeze the Day collection, Alphas - Monsters and Friends collection,  Bella Besties Trinkets in Ice, Bubble Gum, Florence Alpha in Oyster,  Word Salad - sticker tablet).

 

 

I love how this turned out, and how easy it was to combine the collections and cutfiles in one single spread.   
'Til next time,

 

 

SUPPLIES:

BELLA BESTIES:

Graph/Dot collection - Ice

Ombre/Hearts collection - Pony, Black, Oyster

Trinkets - Ice, Bubble Gum

FLORENCE ALPHABET - Oyster

FA LA LA  Collection: Doohickey stickers, Matte Enamel Shapes

MONSTERS and FRIENDS  Collection:  Doohickey Stickers, matte Enamel shapes

CHLOE collection:  Matte Enamel Shapes

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection: Ephemera

MIND YOUR MANNERS Collection:  Ephemera

CUT FILES:

Have A Latte - 329125

Perfect - 290364

 

 

You've Got This School Layout by Traci

Hello sweet friends!  I'm happy to be back to share an easy 12x12 layout with you.  You know how sometimes you just love how a page design comes together, so you decide to scraplift your own design on another project?  We've all done it ... we're having a less than creative day so we pull out an album, pick a page, and re-create the design with new papers and themes.  Well, I was having that kind of day yesterday. I wanted to create a page for one of Rylee's school days so I went to one of my albums for some inspiration.  

 

Can you tell I had fun with color on this one?  I started with a NEW blueberry Hearts Bestie pattern for the base.  Then I layered some pattern paper from Pop Quiz ... I love how it gives the center a border of color.  The white card stock is a 10" square, and each of the cute heart pattern squares are 2x2".  

 

I love a color block design ... I guess it appeals to my need for organization and symmetry ;). You're probably familiar with the adorable acrylic stars, but how cute are those NEW tiny stars from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers?!  If you haven't checked these out, you'll be blown away with how many fun shaped trinkets are in a package!

See those cute arrows and the heart that's in place of the O?  Yep ... from the trinkets!  Oh, and that adorable alphabet?  Those are Florence alpha stickers (which I have to have in every color).  

I hope I've given you a little inspiration for a new layout today.  Want to see my original inspiration piece?  It's on my blog here at Artsy Albums.  Otherwise, I hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to be crafty!! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Bella Blvd Products Used

Hearts Bella Besties 12x12 paper - Blueberry, Ice, McIntocsh, Bell Pepper, and Pickle Juice

Pop Quiz 12x12 pattern paper Get to Class, Study Hall, Sticky Mix

Florence Blueberry Alpha stickers

Trinkets Puffy Stickers - Blueberry, McIntosch, Ice&Gulf, Pickle Juice & Guacamole, Bell Pepper

Cooper Doohickey Border sticker

2x2 square - Wish Big Daily Details 

 

School Time | Erica Thompson

Hey friends! Erica here with you today to share a new layout using the Pop Quiz collection and a newer cut file Bella Blvd available in the Silhouette Design Store. 

I pulled out the Goofing Off pattern paper from the collection to use as my background. I added some clear gesso from Finnabair to the pattern paper because I knew I was going to be using some color and water to create a watercolor background. 

Once my gesso was dry I took some Speckled Egg Distress Oxide and ran it across the center of the Goofing Off pattern paper a few times. Next I used my water bottle to mist some water on the ink so that the color would run together create a big puddle of color. I took the paper and moved it around so the color would move around on the page until I got the look I wanted. I used my heat tool to help speed up the drying time. Once it was dry I went back in and added some ink splatters using the same Speckled Egg color ink. 

I backed the cut file with different pattern papers from the collection making sure that I used some red because my photos have red in them. I really wanted the red to stand out and I think I was able to accomplish that with my layout. I popped up the cut file using some foam adhesive and tucked in my photo strips. 

I used the Pop Quiz ephemera and 6x12 Sticker Mix to embellish around my page. I used foam adhesive to pop up some of the die cuts and stickers. The last think I did was use my We R Memory Keepers typewriter to type up my journaling. I used some wet adhesive to stick it down to my page. Here is a look at my completed layout. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to use some new Bella cut files and get your memories documented!

Pop Quiz collection | Sticky Mix | Ephemera

School Time Layout with Traci

Hi Bella friends!  For many families, school doesn't look like it did prior to 2020, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't still be documenting the memories!  Whether your child, or grandchild, is distance learning at home, or attending school wearing a mask, you probably have pictures that need to be printed.  Here's a fun idea for a simple multi-photo layout using Bella Besties and some cute Bella cutting files.

For the base of the layout, I layered Blueberry and Plum dot/graph besties with white card stock. I added a piece of Goofing Off paper from the Pop Quiz collection at the top, along with strips of  Pickle Juice and Gulf bestie card stock.  I love the color combination which I drew from the photos of my sweet granddaughter.

 

The border strip stickers added some fun movement across the top and bottom of the page.  They are both from the Wish Big Sticky Mix.

Other than the cute photos, the highlight of this page is definitely this adorable owl.  You can find the cutting file for him in Lori Whitlock's SVG shop here: Star Student Owl I added the cute hat and glasses from the Pop Quiz Ciao Chip stickers.  

I was going to back the School Time title (which you can find here: School Time Title) with colored card stock, but I decided I like the contrast with the solid Blueberry and white. You actually get two titles out of this file ... the negative space, and the letters that are removed from the negative space so be sure to save those for a future project!

 

Here's to all the students out there who are adapting to this new school year ... and to all the parents and grandparents who are also navigating all of this change.  I hope you find some crafty time this week and that this layout inspires you!   

Bella Blvd Products Used

Dot/Graph Bella Besties: Blueberry, Plum, Pickle Juice and Gulf

 Pop Quiz Goofing Off paper 

Wish Big Sticky Mix

Pop Quiz Ciao Chip

Star Student Owl Cutting file

School Time Cutting File

 

School Time | Dorymar

Hello Bella Fans! It is Dorymar here today! Classes started a few days ago and it has been something different than usual, but it is essential to document it. In my case, my two girls are taking online classes and they are not wearing their uniforms or using backpacks but in some way or another I have to document it, and what better way to do it than with a beautiful mini album. Today I share with you a project to document the back to School of 2020.

The album is made from scratch and to do it, I used the beautiful Pop Quiz collection, chipboard, and black cardstock. To make the title of the cover, I used the Bella Blvd digital file "School Time" (id # 326431).

I used different patterned papers from the Pop Quiz collection to fill in the letters of the digital file and also incorporated the glasses file from Bella's Silhouette Store (id#326427) and filled it with one of the cards included in the “Daily Details paper”. To decorate the background, I used several die cuts included in the chipboards and in the ephemera pack. The top of the album looks great!

I combined the Pop Quiz Collection with “Graph and Dot Black” paper and used it to cover the base of the album.  I wanted to create a fun book spine and for that, I used a piece of cardstock that measures 1.5x4.75 and covered it with “Goofing Off” paper, then I added some eyelets and put twine with a beautiful button, this gives it a special a fun look.

The album has a total of 6 pages, plus the front and back cover this is plenty of space for photos, memories, decoration, and fun. The Pop Quiz collection is full of beautiful and colorful designs that are perfect for documenting our children's wonderful school days whether it’s at home or at school.

In the album I made flaps and some pockets to add more space and fun, all the pages were covered with the patterned papers from the collection and I also incorporated yellow and red Bella Besties papers. Each of the pages is dedicated to different subjects and others are dedicated to different activities. All are perfect for the occasion.

On every page, I layered several papers, die cuts, stickers, and chipboard to add beautiful dimensions.

As a personal touch, I added some index cards in my pocket for journaling and used various tabs included in the ephemera pack. I loved the result!

I hope you enjoyed this project and it inspires you to create one of your own using the fantastic Pop Quiz Collection, thanks for stopping by! Happy Crafting!

Pop Quiz Collection Kit, Pop Quiz Sticky Mix, Pop Quiz Ciao Chip Chipboard Icons, 

Pop Quiz Ephemera, Black and White Heart Hugs, Bella Besties Freehand Graph and Dot,

School Time Digital File id # 326431, Glasses Digital File id # 326427

 

September Mood Board Inspired Layout | Maryam

Hey there Bella friends! This is Maryám and I'm so excited to be back here at the Bella BLVD blog today with a new project inspired by the September 2020 Mood Board.

First of all, let's start by taking a look at this month's mood board.

For today's layout, I decided to work with different elements from the mood board that inspired me. For example, the beautiful color palette from the flowers on the bottom left corner, the pencils which reminded me of school, the little bird, the circles (which I ended up changing to hexagons), etc. So I combined them together and created my own back-to-school layout inspired in this fun fall-ish mood board using the super fun Pop-Quiz Collection and some Bella Besties, of course.

To begin my layout, I started cutting hexagons out of different pattern papers from the Bella Besties 6 x 6 Paper Pack using one of the hexagons from the Pop-Quiz Ephemera Set as a template. Once I had all the hexagons I needed, I adhered them to my layout creating some sort of a pattern.

Next, I added some actual elements from the periodic table that I fussy cut from one of the papers from the Pop-Quiz Collection around the page. I also added some cardstock stickers from the same line as well as some die-cut pieces.

Last but not least, I added my photo, title, and journaling. For my title, I used the phrase "You've Got This" from the cardstock stickers.

Now, let's take a look at the finished layout!

That's it for today! I hope you enjoyed this post and inspired you to create something new. If you have any questions just leave a comment below, and I’ll be happy to help you.

 

Have a wonderful day!

Mood Board inspired |Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a new page inspired on this month's mood board.   The colors, shapes and designs in this month's board were a great starting point for my page.  Let me show you the moodboard we are using as inspiration.

How can i not love all the vibrant colors and shapes in the board.  Those were a large part of the inspiration for my page:

The first thing that pop into my eyes was the diagonal stripe and triangular shape on the first two squares.   In addition, i just love all the teal color pop, and then there are the circles/pie shapes.  So, i decided to mix them up on this page.

I started with the background work.   For this, I chose the Goofing Off paper from the Pop Quiz collection, and added a bit of ink blending using some teal, pink, orange and mustard yellow colors - these are the most prominent colors in the board-. While the ink settle, i worked on creating the circles for the layout - i wanted a formation of circles as the one in the board for the background).

 

I used washi tape and attached it to white cardstock  to form the black and white strip square from the board.   Then used papers from the Bella Besties and Squeeze The Day collection to create the pie forms  so that they have the same formation as the first square in the board.  I cut all the circles with the same die, and also used some of the same patterned papers to cut full circles. I added a bit of detail to the circles with a white pen, and attached them to the background with dimensional adhesive.

I placed the picture on the top right side of the circle rows and added a few embellishments. I then decided to color block embellishments on the full circles  using die cuts and stickers from the Squeeze the Day, Chloe and Mom Life collection.  I finished the page by creating a title using the new Aria Puffy stickers in White.

 

I love how this page turned out  using the mood board as inspiration.   Now it is your turn to use the amazing Bella Blvd products to create a page of your own!  Remember to share with us your projects, as we love to be inspired by your work!

XO

BELLA BLVD.Supplies:

POP QUIZ collection:  Goofing Off paper

MOM LIFE Collection:  Cardstock stickers, Die cuts

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection:  6x6 paper pad, die cuts, Bella pops

BELLA BESTIES Collection: 6x6 paper pad

LET's GO ON  AN ADVENTURE collection:  Dotty Washi tape

CHLOE collection: Blossoms Bella Pops

LEGACY collection: Word Salad - cardstock stickers

ARIA Puffy Stickers: white

Back to School layout - Lisa Fonseca

Hey scrappy friends, 

it's Lisa on the blog today and I'm sharing a new layout I created with the monthly mood board as an inspiration.

I love the colors on the mood board and I knew right away that I wanted to use bright pink, orange and teal. I also thought the bird was really cute and since school is starting on Sept 15th in Luxembourg, I was also in the mood to create a back to school layout.

To start, I went through all of my Bella papers and chose the colors that were matching the colors of the mood board. I then started by tracing an apple, cutting it out and adhering it to white paper. I love having white borders on my creations. I think it makes them stand out of the page more. 

Then I drew the cute bird from the mood board and chose a lot of different patterned papers to paper-piece him together. I really love how he turned out. 

For my background, I chose a patterned paper from the Pop Quiz collection. I added some pink and orange to the page, using a wet baby wipe and my gelatos. I already had my apple and my bird but I also wanted to add pencils. I found three of them in the Pop Quiz collection and then I created three by myself, using pink and orange papers. 

I started placing all of my elements on the page, trying out different options until I found the perfect one. 

The photo that I chose was one we took at the beginning of last school year. I matted it with a lot of different scraps of paper and also added chipboard and ephemera pieces from the Pop Quiz collection.

For my title, I used the new Aria puffy alphas, the Florence alphas and also chipboard letters saying 'SCHOOL'. The letters were white, so to make them stand out more from the (almost) white background, I added some pink to the borders. I LOVE how that looks!! 

To finish the layout, I added some enamel hearts and some splatters. 

I hope you are inspired by the mood board too, it's really cute!!

Thank you so much for stopping by,

see you soon,

Reach for the Stars | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends! Brianna Lepper here sharing a new layout using the new Aria Puffy Alphabet stickers along with the Pop Quiz collection. Since my boys are starting school next week, I thought it would be fun to create a back to school themed layout using their first day photos from last year. Here's what I created:

When I went through the Pop Quiz 12x12 patterned papers, I was completely inspired by the Get To Class paper with hexagons all over it.  I thought I could cut into it and use a large portion of it for my photos to sit on.  I fussy cut around some of the hexagons to give it some interest and love how it turned out.  

Next, I wanted to create a mixed media background so I prepped a piece of thick white cardstock with clear gesso and sprayed on some Shimmerz Paints sprays in blue, green, yellow and red. I wanted to match the colors in the collection. I sprayed some water onto the page and let the colors run and blend.  I added a few splatters of color to give it a watercolor look as well.

Once my mixed media was finished drying, I added a piece of the Goofing Off paper to the top of the page and then added the hexagon paper right on top of that, making sure to pop it up on foam adhesive to give my page more dimension.  I added a few stickers from the Word Salad booklet keeping in line with the tone on tone colors from the mixed media colors.  I also added a few splatters of color to the top of the page as well!

Next, I added some paper layers to my photos using the cut aparts from the Daily Details paper. I embellished around them using the Ciao Chips, Cardstock Stickers and Ephemera Icons from the collection.  I love tucking things in and adding foam dots to my clusters.  

Here's another look at one of the other clusters: 

For my title, I used the new Aria Puffy Alphas in Ice, Guacamole, Bell Pepper and McIntosh.  I added the words in going with the tone on tone look and then ran them through my sewing machine to give them some interest and texture.  I also added some stars using the Puffy Star stickers as well as the Acrylic Shapes. 

I didn't have yellow Puffy Stars so I improvised and took my tiny star punch and punched out stars using the 6x6 Bella Besties paper pad.  

Lastly, I typed and printed out some journaling on my computer and trimmed and adhered it all down.  That completed my layout!

This school year is definitely starting out way different than expected but we are going in with positive attitudes and we will handle anything thrown our way!  I had so much fun creating this layout and was happy that I was finally able to document this past school years photos.  I hope y'all are staying safe and if your kiddos are starting school this month, whether it's virtual learning, in person or both (like us), I wish y'all the best!  Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you in my next post!

Bella Blvd Supplies Needed:

Pop Quiz:  12×12 Patterned Papers, Ephemera Icons, Cardstock Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Aria Puffy Alphas: Ice, Guacamole, Bell Pepper and McIntosh; Bella Besties: 6×6 paper pad, Word Salad Booklet; Puffy Star Stickers, Acrylic Shapes.  

 

 

 

 

Senior 2020 | Dorymar

Hello Bella fans, it is Dorymar here today. I am sharing a layout using the fun Pop Quiz collection.  I wanted to showcase the papers from this kit and of course the assortment of colors.  This photo is of my daughter, this year is supposed to be an incredibly fun year because she graduates from high school, but for the world, the situation is quite different. I want to show off the pictures that she selected for the yearbook of her class.

I used a patterned paper for my background instead of a piece of white cardstock. I selected one of the Silhouette Store digital cut files as a title and backed it with papers from the collection. I added foam adhesive between the patterned papers and the cut file to add layers, then I adhered it to the background.

I added chipboard pieces as well as die cuts on dimensional adhesive surrounding the photos and the title. Adding several layers using sentiments, note cards, pencils, and fun stuff! This gives it a fun touch allowing me to add other fun goodies from the collection.

I had to document all activities during this historic year and not let the situation limit us to enjoy such important moments in our lives. I invite you to create with the beautiful school collection "Pop Quiz" whatever your situation is, graduations, homeschooling, good grades, etc.

Thanks for stopping by!

Pop Quiz Collection, Pop Quiz Sticky Mix, Pop Quiz Ephemera, Pop Quiz Chipboard Icons