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Cyber Monday Celebration Sale!

 

Good morning Bella friends, and happy Cyber Monday!

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed lots of time with family and friends, not to mention all the good food and SHOPPING!!!! Well, the fun isn't over yet! That's right, today is CYBER MONDAY!

To celebrate the festivities online, we are bringing our Black Friday sale back for one final day. This is your last chance of the year to snag some great deals on Bella's Consumer Shop... 50% off of everything in the retail shop, and 25% off of all page kits! You heard us right, 50% off! Think of all the Bella goodness that you could save on!  

We'll just leave this little link right here for your shopping pleasure, but warning...savings may bring on immense happiness;) Click here to get your shop on! 

 

Thanksgiving Feast Layout by Corri

Hi everyone! Corri here today sharing a layout documenting one of my daughter's favorite traditions.  Every year at her elementary school, they celebrate Thanksgiving with a big feast. The students enjoy dressing up in either Pilgrim or Native American costumes.  This photo was taken last year and was Gabriele's last year at her beloved little school so I wanted to make a page to remember this fun tradition.

I used paper from the Gratitude Documented Collection and my Silhouette Cameo to create my layout.    I cut a variety of fall leaves and then added dimension to the leaves by folding them in half.  I also inked the edges of the leaves with distress ink. 

I cut the "Thanksgiving" part of the title with my Cameo using the Darling Font from Lori Whitlock.  The white border was made with the offset feature in the Silhouette Studio software. I added the "feast" with Florence Alphas.

I added a few pieces of ephemera, some stickers and hearts to finish off my layout. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Gratitude Documented Pattern Papers, Ephemra and Stickers

 

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving, from our color loving family to yours!

 

Gratitude Documented Digital Layout by Tya Smith

 Hello there, Tya here!  I really love this time of year, I love the chance we get to focus on all of the things we are thankful for. While I do try to find time to be grateful for all I have throughout the rest of the year, I feel especially thankful during the holidays. 

This week we got the chance to focus our projects on Thanksgiving and well, I could not think of a better subject to focus my layout on than on my family. We are such a tight-knit family and I truly adore each and every one of them and am thankful for them all individually in many different ways.  

Here is my digital layout I'd like to share with you. Isn't the Gratitude Documented collection so lovely? I love the color scheme and the hand-drawn elements of this collection. I loved using it with my photo. Aren't those leaves gorgeous? 

 

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to create a layout focusing on all the things you are thankful for this week. I know I will treasure these special photos and memories for many years to come! Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Crafting friends! 

Gratitude Documented Collection Bundle

 

 

 

Happy, Thankful, Blessed Thanksgiving Mini Album

Hi everyone.  Heather Leopard here and I'm getting ready to host Thanksgiving here in the US. I thought it would be neat to create a mini album that has space to feature everyone we celebrated with. Let's take a look at what I put together and how I plan to complete it, or rather let the guests complete it while they're here for a few days.

 

I created the background leaf template using the Bella Blvd 'leaves' cut file.  I just supersized it to a size that would work for what I needed then cut. I cut 10 of these leaves out of coordinating patterned paper from the Bella Besties collection.

I plan to feature one side with a photo and then ask each guest to write a note or a collection of words/sentiments that tell us what they are thankful for this year. I went ahead and added a photo frame to each leaf. This measures 2.25" x 3.5". I'll snap a photo and print them out either using my Sprocket or my mini Epson printer. Quick and instant!

This is where I will relinquish my control and let each guest decorate around their photo however they'd like.  I thought this little twist on things would be something fun for them to do, and would show their individual personalities. 

They can also choose to decorate the leaf opposite their photo or leave it blank but I will ask them to note something about them...anything they want as long as it's in their handwriting.

Once everyone has had a chance to complete their pages, we'll have a fun mini album to commemorate this special year together. I think it would be fun to pull this out again every Thanksgiving (and any others we make in the coming years).

Bella Besties Freehand Graph & Dot collection; Squeeze the Day Chipboard Icons, Matte Enamels, Doohickey Stickers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons, Florence Alphabet - McIntosh, Orange, Bell Pepper, Pickle Juice, Ice, Blueberry, Pony, White; Acrylic Words - Happy; Heart Hugs - Sunshine

 

Two Page Thankful Layout and Video Tutorial

Don't you just love this time of year? A time to reflect on all our blessings, gatherings with friends and family, and of course yummy food!  Christine joining you today with a layout that showcases my biggest earthly blessing, my family!  I decided to go with a two-page layout and share a lot of my favorite pictures from a recent fall adventure.  Let's take a look:

Not only are two page layouts great for getting lots of pictures on but also there's so much room to embellish and add some fun journaling.  

One of my favorite things about Bella Blvd is how seamlessly you can marry all the products - even mixing and matching collections.  This layout includes pieces from all of these collections Squeeze the Day, Bella Besties, Home Sweet Home, and Let's Go on An Adventure. 

By mixing and matching papers from several collections I was able to achieve that fall color scheme I was going for.

I punched out several big leaves and then folded them to add dimension. Puffy hearts in coordinating colors also made great accents.

Mixing and matching products to create a unique title is so much fun!  To make this one I combined a Florence Alphabet with two different Acrylic Words.  To give you a better idea of how this layout came together, I created a process video.  Here it is:

 

Thanks so much for joining me today!  Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving week next week!

Patterned Papers from Bella Besties and Squeeze the Day, Puffy Heart Stickers, Acrylic Words, Florence Alphabet, Ephemera from Squeeze the Day, Let's Go on an Adventure, and Home Sweet Home

 

 

Grateful for you: Digital Layout from Allie

One of the best parts of being a digi scrapbooker is that you don't have to "hoard" your supplies (although, let's be honest, I still "collect" a ton of them!) -- you can use as many pieces parts as you want, and they never disappear! 

This page is great for using a ton of papers-- but also great for "stash busting" if you have a bunch of paper scraps!  Using a single collection like this collection called Gratitude Documented from Bella Blvd and Illustrated Faith, keeps the design cohesive, even with all of the patterns and colors. 

I made this layout to feature one of my favorite photos of my husband and I from this fall-- on a trip to NYC!  He's the best travel partner, and I'm so grateful for that!

What are you grateful for today?!? 

Gratitude Documented from Bella Blvd and Illustrated Faith

 

 

Together | Erica Thompson

This week we are sharing something or someone we are thankful for! There are so many people I am thankful for but I really wanted to document my husband Mike! He is my everything and I am so thankful and blessed to have him in our lives! 

I dug into my stash of Bella Blvd products and pulled some papers that matched this small piece of borders paper I had left. I love the colors in this paper and I knew I wanted to use them all. I used some small leaf dies from my stash and cut out a bunch with the papers I pulled.

I cut apart all of the borders and added some to the top and bottom of my white 12x12 cardstock. I distressed the edges a little to give them a bit of texture. I also found this white with black polka dot paper in my stash and cut a few strips to add to the layout. 

The photo of Mike and I was taken at the White Sox game over the summer. I printed it out in black and white and added a few layers of patterned paper behind it. I placed it towards the bottom right corner of my page. I added the die cut leaves from the bottom right corner of the page going up to the top left of the page. I also added some puffy heart stickers, here is a look at my completed layout.

Make sure to keep coming back this week for even more design team inspiration! Have a great day!

 

Home Sweet Home Doohickey | Illustrated Faith You Are Loved | Secrets of the Sea | Mind Your Manners | Oh My Stars | Wish Big | She Loves Color Exclusive | Matte Enamel Dots | Puffy Heart Stickers