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THANKGIVING week | Nathalie

Hello there!

Nathalie with you today to kick off Thanksgiving week here, in the Bella Blvd Blog.   I have to say that my favorite project of the year is my Gratitude Journal, it totally has made me focus on all the small blessings. So, i pulled one of my entries from the journal to crate this page using a few goodies from Bella Blvd.

 

I started this page with the photo  and  a few Aria Puffy stickers.  I just put the picture on the layout (Bella Besties), and used a ruler to add my large title using a rainbow of colors.

 

I wanted the title to be one of  the highlights of the page, so I pulled Aria puffy stickers, and glued them on the page in rainbow-colors order.   I made sure that   there was plenty of space available for the photo.

 

 

I chose the YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE collection to complete the page.  I created two tags from the papers and layered them behind the photo.  

 

 

In order to frame the title, I used a few papers from the YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE collection to create the paper strips and  glued them at an angle at the corners of the page.   I made sure that the paper strips meet at specific spots on the layout, so that I can add interest to the page.

 

 

To finish the page, I changed the last word to an acrylic piece.  This brings texture to the page, and breaks the monotony of the puffy stickers.   I added a few butterflies to add movement to the page, and make the viewer eye move through the page.

 

 

I love how this turned out, and I hope this inspires you to create a project that documents your gratitude using Bella Blvd. products

 

XO

 

 

Bella BLVD Supplies

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE COLLECTION:  patterned papers, chipboard stickers, trinkets, ephemera, Doohickey stickers

HOME SWEET HOME collection:  Doohickey Stickers

BELLA BESTIES (dot/grid)  White

ARIA PUFFY STICKERS:  Bell Pepper, Orange, Punch, Plum, Ice, Gulf

TRINKETS - White

ACRYLIC WORDS - Love

 

 

Monsters & Friends Week Day 4 | Sarah Millerhouse

I am excited to be back with you today to share another Halloween layout made with the Monsters & Friends collection! I love the bright colors and beautiful patterned papers in the collection. 

For this layout, I started with the chunky striped patterned paper going down the page, offset to the left. I cut the stripes apart and distressed the edges. Before I glued them down, I added several layers of distress inks coordinating with the color that would sit on top of it. I added splatters in the same colors. 

Once the inks dried, I added splatters of white acrylic paint with just a touch of water added. By adding a little water, it helps to lift a little of the distress ink  pigment into the paint and add to the layered look. 

I then added the Bella Blvd Spider Web cut file, cut to 8.5 inches, to accentuate the spider carving featured in my photos. I used the contour tool in the Cricut software to fill the layers of the web with coordinating patterned papers from the collection. At the center of the web, I added an ephemera piece from the collection that features a spider. 

I added my sweet photos and embellished above and below them with several stickers from the Doohickey sheet from the collection. I added my title below the photos using the Aria Alphabets in black, orange, and plum, a Ciao Chip piece from the Sweet & Spooky collection, and an acrylic word piece. I embellished around it with arrows from the orange and plum Trinkets, matte enamels, washi tape, and a sticker from the DooHickey sheet popped up on foam. 

I added a few more Ciao Chip pieces from the Sweet & Spooky collection above the web, added several clusters of matte enamels around the page, and finished by adding glitter here and there around the layout! 

I hope this layout inspires you in some way and gets you in a spooky mood!!

Products Used:

Monsters & Friends: Patterned Paper, Ephemera, Matte Enamels, Doohickey

Sweet & Spooky: Ciao Chip

Aria Puffy Alphas: Plum, Black, & Orange 

Trinkets: Orange and Plum

Acrylic Word: Perfect

HALLOWEEN - Sketch Week + Monsters & Friends Week - Nathalie

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to continue sharing more inspiration featuring this month's sketch and the super cute Monsters & Friends collection.   This month's sketch is a fun one, and I think you are going to love its versatility and possibilities.  Here is the sketch, Nikki created, we are using as inspiration:

 

 

I pulled a few pictures of my daughter almost 15 years ago to create this page:

 

 

I am using the Fun Facts paper as the base for my layout.   All the small script create a neutral background for the page, since I am going to add saturated colored papers on top of it.

 

 

I decided to keep the square format of the photos (as per the sketch), and backed them with pieces from the Monster Party paper.   Once the pictures were ready, I trimmed a piece of Bella Besties to create the paper layer in the sketch.  Here is where I added my personal touch by adding a second layer of paper behind it, and adding the scalloped edge to the right of the layers.

 

 

Once the papers and photos were attached, I started to embellish following the sketch.  I used a die to cut two webs from black  cardstock, and placed as a background to the clusters of ephemera. Since the pictures are all about my daughter's kindergarden dance, I used the flower ephemera to  create the clusters around the photo.

 

 

I decided to change the location of the journal lines, and the direction of the title.  I used chipboard stickers from Monsters & Friends and Spooky & Sweet  as well as Doohickey alpha stickers to complete the title work.  

 

 

I decided to move my journal lines to the bottom of the paper strip, and then capped the corner of the paper with a chipboard sticker from Spooky & Sweet and stickers and  enamel shapes from the Monster & Friends collection.

 

 

I love how easily this page came together by following the sketch.  Remember to share any projects you create inspired by our sketch.  Cannot wait to see what you create with it!

 

XO

 

Bella Blvd. Supplies:

MONSTERS & FRIENDS Collection:  Patterned paper, ephemera, doohickey stickers, enamel dots, chipboard stickers

SPOOKY & SWEET COllection:  Chipboard Sticker

BELLA BESTIES Collection:  Ombre/Hearts in Grape

 

 

Fall & Winter Themed Week Day 6 | Nathalie

Hi there Bella Blvd Friends!

Nathalie with you today with one last bit of Fall inspiration before we head into the jolliest season of the year.  I keep a very visual journal of our days; so, today i want to share with you two of the newest entries created with the new Bella Besties Ombre/Heart collection.

 

I started my projects by cutting the leaves from the Bell Pepper, McKintosh, Orange, Punch and Pony Bella Besties Ombre/Heart Papers using the Fall Leaves cut file (#332735 Silhouette Store).  

For my first entry, I chose to create a pocket page.   I cut the Guacamole Ombre/Heart paper for the base of the picture. Once, I set it in place, I added a few of the leaves as if flying/falling at the bottom of the page.   I used some of the negative of the picture to add my title using the Florence Alphabet in black.  A few of the matte enamel dots complete the page.

 To create the pocket cards, I first trimmed one of the 4x6 cut apart cards from the Spooky and Sweet collection, then added a piece of the Guacamole Ombre/heart paper to cover the writing, and then just added a few more leaves.    For my filler card, I used the lighter side of the Guacamole Ombre paper -cut  to size-  them added a tag from the Legacy collection and top it of with one of the leaves. I carried over the phrase stickers and enamel dots to create a well balanced spread.

For my next spread, I wanted to use all the leaves and color to bring Fall Splendor to my pages.   So, I started with a bit of ink blending to the white cardstock background.

I used a gel pen to draw the small vein line on the leaves, then used a bit of foam adhesive to attach them to the background.  I used a combination of the Wonky puffy alpha and Florence Sticker alpha to complete my title.

For the other side of the page, I cut a piece of the Guacamole Ombre/Hearts paper to size.  I backed the picture with a piece of Bell Pepper Ombre Heart paper then just added it to the page.  Just a few embellishments ( Let's Go on Adventure, Freshly Squeezed and Chloe collections) bring the focus to the picture.

I hope these have inspired you to document those last days of Fall, and now we are ready to get our Christmas spirits up!

XO

Materials Used:

BELLA BESTIES OMBRE/HEARTS collection: Bell Pepper, McKintosh, Orange, Pony, Guacamole, Punch

LET'S GO ON AN ADVENTURE  Collection: Cut  apart paper, Doohickey stickers

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection:  Ephemera Words, Matte Enamel Dots - Fruity Mix-

LEGACY Collection: Word Salad, Tags

CHLOE Collection - Enamel Hearts

CUT FILE - Fall Leaves - 332735

WONKY PUFFY ALPHA : Orange

FLORENCE ALPHA STICKERS: Black, Orange

MOM  LIFE Collection: Doohickey Stickers

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection:  Doohickey Stickers

 

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

 

 

Autumn | Nathalie DeSousa

Hey there Bella Blvd. friends!

Nathalie with you today with a new project all about the most beautiful season, Fall.    I keep very detailed daily family albums ( TN sized), and during this time of the year, I tend to take lots of pictures of our outdoor walks.  I decided to create a new insert for my album (hoping to fill it with more memories as the season goes on).

 

I started this section with a few pictures of my daughter on one of our recent walks.  I blew up the image of my daughter walking along the river path, and added a few embellishments from the Let's Go on an Adventure collection.

Since my idea is adding more images of our walks, I created a pocket insert from the Clear Cuts Chevron in black to create the pocket for my album. All I needed was a scoring board to go ahead and construct the pocket to fit in the album.

 

 

For the front of the pocket, I used the Autumn cut file ( design # 332732) to cut two of the titles from white cardstock, and backed the space with the Ombre/Hearts Bella Besties paper in Orange.  I set it on the front of the pocket and added a few embellishments from the Sweet and Spooky collection and stickers from the Let's Go on an Adventure collection.

 

I created two large tags to hold a picture and story.  This time, I used papers from the same collections, and made sure they stacked nicely in the pocket; this helps with easy access to the tags.

 

 

I repeated some of the same embellishments that I used in the photo and front of the pocket when it came to embellishing the tags.  I made sure that they both complemented the colors of the large picture.

I hope this inspires you to create an interactive element for your next project!   Remember to contact me if you have questions about the project.  I annot wait to see your Bella Blvd. creations!

XO

 

SUPPLIES:

Digital Cutfile - Autumn ( design # 332732)

Bella Besties - OMBRE/HEARTS - Orange, Ice

Let's Go On An Adventure - Doohickey stickers, 12x12 papers, Ephemera- words

Sweet & Spooky collection: Ephemera-icons

Legacy Collection - Word Salad sticker tablet

Clear Cuts - Chevron in Black

 

BE YOU | Nathalie DeSousa

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to share a bit of inspiration using the Florence Alphabet stickers to create an impactful layout.  I love large titles, as they are easy to put together, and help to embellish the layout at the same time as conveying the feeling of the page.   The Florence Alphas are the perfect size to create a large colorful title in minutes just like the one in today's page:

 

I started by adding white acrylic paint to the White Grid side of the Bella Besties paper.  Once it dried, i used Vicki Boutin Watercolor markers to create a rainbow on the page ( the stripes of watercolor create a soft diagonal design in the background of the page).    

 

While the background dried, i started to work on putting parts of the page together.  My idea was to keep the rainbow of the page throughout the entire page, that meant that i had to try at best to color block papers, alphas and embellishments.  I started by using the Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties collections 6x6 paper pads to back and picture and add layers behind it.  I added a piece of the Wreath cut out to help form the corner design at the top left side of the page.   In addition, i added a piece of the Squeeze the Day Ciao Chips and ephemera,  a cute clip, ephemera from the Sweet & Spooky collection,and a mini heart embellishment  to bring more of the colors present at the top of the page.

Once i placed the picture at the top of the page, i chose the Be You Acrylic word to anchor the title to the page.  Since i added my watercolor in sections along the diagonal of the page, i wanted to play with the colors of the Florence Alpha to complete the title.  

 

I used Florence Alpha stickers in Orange, McIntosh, Punch, Peep, Cotton Candy and Plum to add the title on the page.  I tried at best to match the color of the background with the alphabet stickers, and chose to finish the sentence with the Punch Wonky Alpha puffy sticker.

 

To balance the page, i chose to add a piece of ephemera from the Squeeze the Day collection, along with an Epoxy Heart and a sentiment from the Sweet & Spooky collection.  Since the title already tells so much of the story, just a few lines of journal were added at the very bottom right corner of the page.

 

 

I hope this inspires you to pull your Florence Alpha stickers and create  a fun colorful project with lots of words and sentiments on it.   Remember to share with us what you create!  

'Til next time!

 

BELLA BLVD Supplies:

BELLA BESTIES Collection - Freehand Grid  & Dot - White paper, 6x6 paper pad

SQUEEZE THE DAY Collection - 6x6 paper pad, Epoxy Hearts, Ciao Chips, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons.

SWEET & SPOOKY Collection -  Ephemera words

CUT OUT - Wreath

CUTE CLIPS Collection - Pretty Boy

PUFFY STARS collection - Cotton Candy, Punch

HEART HUGS Collection -  Mini Sentiments

WONKY ALPHA - Punch

May Mood Board Inspired Layout | Maryam

Hey, Crafty Friends! This is Maryám and I'm so excited to be back here at the Bella BLVD Studio Blog today with a new project inspired by the sweet May Mood Board.

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

Once I saw the mood board I was immediately inspired by it. The colors, the textures, and shapes caught my attention and inspired the entire theme of my layout.

To create my layout, I started out by opening 294889 Flower Jar Cut File on the Silhouette software and then ungroup all the elements of the jar. I separated all the pieces and cut them from different pattern papers. Once the machine finished doing its job, it was my turn to assemble all the pieces. For the flowers, I used foam dots to adhere them to the page and I added enamel dots in the center of each one them. For the jar, I used foam dots too and also added hand stitching around it with coordinating embroidery thread.

Continuing with the process, I added a piece of Talk to the Head Pattern Paper from the Sweet & Spooky- which surprisingly coordinated perfectly with the rest of the elements- on the left side of my page to balance out the design a little bit. This was inspired by the image of the black and white stripes at the bottom right corner of the mood board. 

To embellish my page a little bit more, I added some words die-cuts from the Ephemera Words Set and also some epoxy hearts, both from the Squeeze the Day Collection.

For the title, I used the word "You" from the Squeeze the Day collection Ephemera Words Set and added a"xoxo" tab as an extra.

Here is a look at the completed 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.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Squeeze the Day: 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Zesty Pattern Paper, Squeeze the Day Daily Details Pattern Paper, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Chipboard Icons, Hearts Epoxy Icons | Sweet & Spooky: Talk to the Head Pattern Paper | Bella Besties: 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Graph & Dot Rainbow Cotton Candy Pattern Paper, Graph & Dot Rainbow Guacamole Pattern Paper | Bella BLVD Cut Files: 294889 Flower Jar.

Sweet and Spooky Digital Scrapbooking Layout

Hi there Bella Fans! Happy Halloween! It's Tya Smith, and I am so thrilled to be here with you on the blog today sharing my latest digital scrapbook layout. I LOVE the "Sweet and Spooky" line SOOO much! I have had this recent obsession with the color purple lately and was so happy this line had some lovely purple papers and icons! This was a fun line to create this layout of my oldest daughter a few years back having fun on Halloween Night with her friend :)

 

 One of my favorite design techniques is to make clusters of the same shapes. I did this here on this layout with the hearts to the left of the photos. In digital scrapbooking, it is so easy so resize same-sized icons and make them different sized to create interest and height. I did this by changing the drop shadows ever so slightly on each shape to make them appear more higher on the page, kind of like you would with foam tape or dots in traditional scrapbooking. Give it a try on your next page - it's fun to create different looks! 

Thank you for stopping by today! Enjoy your Halloween and don't forget to snap some photos of your Sweet and Spooky little ones today and make a fun scrapbook page documenting this hauntingly fun and festive day! Happy Crafting!

 

 

 

Sweet and Spooky Digital Collection Bundle

 

 

 

Sweet & Spooky

Did you know that you can purchase Bella Blvd. digital products? I do not do digital projects but I love that I can print the papers and embellishments from home and cut them out. If you have an electronic cutting machine you can print and cut over and over again! If you do not have a cutting machine the images can easily be fussy cut like I did with my layout today! 

I found the spider web image in the digital embellishment pack and uploaded it into my Silhouette Cameo. I traced it in the software and cut it out as a cut file! 

I had this Spooky cut file I had cut a few weeks ago on my desk and decided to use this on my layout as well. I backed it with papers from the 6x8 Spooktauclar collection and added my photo to one of the O's.

I printed out some of the cute digital embellishments with my Canon printer on some white cardstock and fussy cut them to embellish my layout. 

Here is a look at my completed layout! I love that I was able to create a fun Halloween layout mixing digital Bella Blvd products with products I had in my stash! I hope you give the digital products in the shop a try I know you will just love them! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet & Spooky Digital Products | Spooktacular 6x8 Paper Pad