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Just Because Pocket Mini Album!

Hi everyone! Tara here with Secretbees Studio and I am sharing another fabulous mini album that I created with the bright and beautiful Just Because collection! This adorable mini has lots of pockets, a fold out page and even a photo flip and everything is adorned with the cute stickers, chipboard and ephemera of this collection!

 

Just look at all of the gorgeous layers of this mini album! There are so many pretty floral patterned papers in this collection and they all look so beautiful stacked together! Each different pattern represents a page or pocket of the album- so cute! The cover of the album is embellished with layers of ephemera, chipboard and shiny stickers and it has a little hidden pocket that is holding this pretty film strip! The colorful tab adorned with a puffy heart lets you know something is in there!

 

The first section of the album has a small corner pocket holding a group of tags and journal cards and the larger floral pocket holds a 4x6 card that was fussy cut and trimmed to fit! Pieces of the word ephemera pack decorate this pocket front and pullout with along with colorful floral stickers!

The pocket on this page does double duty with this sweet band that holds more decorative cards and inside, there is a fold out booklet just waiting for photos! I added another small tab to the booklet as well!

The last page opens up to reveal a large photo spot and a fabulous photo flip! I used more of the 3x4 cards for the fronts of the flip and the backs are embellished with epoxy flower stickers and word ephemera! Plus there is an adorable Bella pops birdhouse too!

Thanks for visiting the blog! I have a tutorial of this amazing mini album on my YouTube channel so that you can make one for yourself! Visit today and see how I used the gorgeous floral papers of this collection to make this mini!

Just Because Collection

12 x 12 paper

Ephemera words and Icons

Flourish Epoxy Stickers

You Are Loved Puffy Stickers

Bella Pops

Ciao Chip

Doohickey Sticker page

Trinkets Puffy Stickers

 

 

Designer’s Choice Week | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout! To make this layout I used the Squeeze The Day collection and the Over The Rainbow Cut-Out.

I start my layout by backing the Cut-Out. For this I used the Borders, Fruity Hearts, Fruit Salad, I Pick You, So Berry Sweet and Zesty papers from the collection.

I wanted a sky for my rainbow, so I cut some clouds and glued them to a white cardstock with double sided tape. Then, I painted over them with the Vicki Boutin Art Crayons. Once I finished painting, I carefully took the clouds out.

Now it’s time to build my layout! I glued the rainbow with adhesive foam to give it dimension. Next, I glued my photo on top. For my title I used the acrylic words be you. Then, I cut some clouds and glued them with adhesive foam. To finish my layout I added Ephemera, Doohickey, Bella-Pops, Epoxy, Acrylic Shapes and Matte Enamels.

I love how this layout turned out! Hope you all like it and get inspired to create beautiful things! You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/YoYMQlhS7NA

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Squeeze The Day Collection: Borders, Fruity Hearts, Fruit Salad, I Pick You, So Berry Sweet and Zesty papers.

Cut-Outs: Over The Rainbow.

Doohickey: Squeeze The Day.

Ephemera Words: Squeeze The Day.

Bella-Pops: Follow The Rainbow.

Epoxy: Hearts and Icons.

Matte Enamels: Fruity Mix.

Acrylic Shapes: Rainbows.

Off The Page Projects | Christmas Cards | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Yarelys he to share with you a new project! This time I made three Christmas cards using the Let Us Adore Him collection.

To start my cards, I cut three pieces of white cardstock and folded it in half. Then, I went through the papers of the collection and picked the Humble, Oh Holy Night and Rebirth, and cut a piece of each paper.

Now it’s time to build my cards! For the Joy card, I glued a piece of the Humble paper. Then, I cut a piece of white cardstock, hand stitched around it and glued it. Then, I glued the word Joy with adhesive foam to give it dimension.

For the Holy card, I glued a piece of the Oh Holy Night paper and a piece of white cardstock on top. Then, I glued ephemera and the Holy, Holy, Holy die cut.

And for the Merry Christmas card, I glued two pieces of the Rebirth paper. Then, I glued some of the Christmas trees from the ephemera and the Merry Christmas die cut.

To finish my cards, I added Puffy Stickers, Enamels and Epoxy.

I like how these cards turned out! Hope you all like them and get inspired to create beautiful things! You can find the link for the process video below. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/6VrI6QBK6nQ

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Let Us Adore Him Collection: Humble, Oh Holy Night and Rebirth papers.

Ephemera: Let Us Adore Him.

Puffy Stickers: Joy.

Epoxy: Nativity.

Enamels: Christmas Mix.

Cut Outs & Let Us Adore Him Week Day 3 | Yarelys Rodriguez

Hey there Bella Friends! Hope you are having an amazing day! Yarelys here to share with you a new layout! To make this layout I used the gorgeous new collection, Let Us Adore Him, and a Bella Cut-Out.

To start my layout, I drew the shape of the cut-out and painted around it. While my background dried, I went through the papers of the collection and picked the Grace, Humble, Oh Holy Night and Prince Of Peace.

Once my background dried, I glued the cut-out and filled it with the papers of the collection I had picked. For this I used adhesive foam to create dimension. Then glued my photo and added flowers from the Ephemera.

For my title I used the word love from the Ciao Chip. To finish my layout I added more Ephemera, Ciao Chip, Doohickey and Enamels.

I love how this layout tuned out. Hope you all like it and get inspired to create beautiful things. You can find the link for the process video of this layout below. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Yarelys xx

@dreamsandpapers

https://youtu.be/SNItPjV5M9Q

Bella Blvd Supplies Used:

Let Us Adore Him Collection: Grace, Humble, Oh Holy Night and Prince Of Peace papers.

Doohickey: Let Us Adore Him.

Ciao Chip: Let Us Adore Him.

Ephemera: Let Us Adore Him.

Enamels: Christmas Mix.

Cut-Outs: The Reason.

Puffies Week Day 5 | Brianna Lepper

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper here today sharing another layout with y'all today.  This week, the Creative Team is focusing on the Trinkets Puffy Stickers and we could either use the To The Moon or My Candy Girl collections.  I went with the To The Moon collection since the photo I chose for this layout is of my two boys sitting on a toy plane at a local park we used to live next to.  I sure miss these ages, they were so fun!!

 

 

To start, I took the 12x12 patterned papers from the collection and backed the super cute Love You To The Moon Cut Out  with them.  If you're not familiar with the Bella Cut Outs, they are cut files that come to you pre-cut with instructions as well as templates.  They really make backing these Cut Outs so simple!  They're perfect to have on hand if you don't own a cutting machine or even if you do and you don't want to fuss with it or if you want to craft while on the road, they really are so handy to have!  

 

 

I only backed the "Love" and "Moon" portions of the Cut Out with the patterned papers and opted to leave the "You" portion open.  I thought it would be fun to back it using the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in different colors.  I took the templates from the Cut Out package and traced and cut the letters out.  I then took the stars from the Trinkets Puffy Stickers in A Boy's World, White, Blueberry, Black and Pickle Juice & Guacamole and placed them around each letter, alternating between colors.  

 

 

Here's another up close shot of the backed Cut Out with the puffy stickers: 

 

 

I popped the entire Cut Out on foam tape and adhered it to the ombre side of the Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre paper in White.  I matted my photo using some scraps of patterned papers from the collection and distressed the edges.  I got to work on embellishing and pulled out the A Boy's World Trinkets and created little clusters using the moon and star stickers.  I also pulled in some of the Ciao Chip and Doohickey Cardstock Stickers.  

 

 

Next, I pulled out the Ephemera pack and added these adorable astronauts that reminded me of my boys.  I also added in some tangled thread to a few clusters to give the page some extra texture and interest.  

 

 

To finish this super fun layout off, I added in some of the matte enamels to my clusters and added a phrase sticker from the Bella Besties Word Salad Booklet.  

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that I've inspired you in some way and I hope that you'll give backing a Cut Out or a cut file with some puffy stickers a try!  To see how this layout came together, I'd love it if you checked out my process video below.  See you next time friends!

 

 

 

 

Bella Blvd Supplies Used: 

To The Moon Collection: 12×12 Patterned Papers, Ciao Chip Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Doohickey Cardstock Stickers, Matte Enamels, A Boy's World Trinket Puffy Stickers, Love You To The Moon Cut Out; Bella Besties: Trinkets Puffy Stickers in White, Black, Pickle Juice & Guacamole; Puffy Stars in Orange; Word Salad Booklet; Hearts & Ombre Paper in White.

 

Spring & Easter Week Day 1 | Nathalie

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue bringing you more Spring inspiration using the beautiful Bella Blvd. products.   Finally the weather is starting to change here in Canada, and soon,  we will be able to go for long walks at the park.   We love visiting the park at the height of Cherry Blossom season, everything is just too beautiful.  So, I pulled a few of those pictures to create this page...

 

 

I love the clean and flowery feel of the page, and it was so easy to put together.   Starting with a bit of mixed media on the background.

 

 

I pulled a paper from the Home Sweet Home collection, and trimmed to 11.5"x11.5".  I then, used a small ink blending brush to messily add some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide to the background in a diagonal line.   Then finished the application with a few splatters of the diluted ink.

 

 

While the ink dried, I used papers from the Chloe collection 6x6 paper pad, and also from the Bella Besties collection to back the flowers from the Live Love Meow Cut Outs pack.   All the pops of color with the white outline is just like little pops of color for the page.

 

 

I printed the two pictures, and backed them  and the background page with papers from the Home Sweet Home collection.   The fresh colors of the papers are perfect for the clean look of the page.  I used embellishments from the same collection to add extra sentiment to the cut out and around the pictures.

 

For the page title, I used the "Day at The Park" cut file (design # 346832).  I cut it three times from white cardstock, stacked them together, and then backed it with Bella Besties in Gulf, and attach it to the bottom of the layout.  Then used embellishments from the Home Sweet Home collection on the page, then added Matte Enamel dots from Cooper collection to complete the page.

 

 

I just love the clean look of the page!  Remember to pull your Bella Blvd goodies to document your Spring memories, and share with us your finished projects.  We love to be inspired by you, too!

XO

 

SUPPLIES:  

Digital Cut file: DAY AT THE PARK - Design # 346832

BELLA BESTIES - Dot/Graph collection

HOME SWEET HOME Collection:  Paper, Doohickey sticker sheet, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera

CHLOE Collection: 6x6 paper pad

COOPER Collection: Matte Enamel Dots

Holiday Cards & Gifting Week Day 6 | Patricia

Merry Christmas from Scrapbook.com Friends!  I am joining many talented designers as we come together with Scrapbook.com sharing videos of Holiday Inspiration.  My project will be a holiday favorite to continue to build on, and it uses the Blush Heidi Swapp Rolodex and the wonderful new Bella Blvd FaLaLa Collection using old family photos.The reason I chose this project is because both sets of our parents are gone, and I realize how important it is to help my daughter to remember her grandparents.

Sharing all the photos here and the video on the Scrapbook.com YouTube Channel here with more inspiration from guests for Scrapbook.com here.

Merry Christmas and happy creating!!!

Flower Jar Card Tutorial | Traci

Happy Thursday friends!  Today seemed like a fun day for a tutorial, so I wanted to share how I used a pretty Bella cutting file to create a really fun card.

First, you can find this cutting file in Lori Whitlock's SVG shop here: Fireworks & Freedom Flower Jar or in the Silhouette Design Store. 

 

Steps for creating this card in Silhouette Studio:

 

1.  Create an offset of the design and then highlight and right click to release compound path. This will separate all of those tiny little cuts in the middle of the offset so that you can delete them.

2.  Next, create an offset of the jar portion of the design and overlap the two offsets slightly so that you can weld them together.

3. Once you've welded the shapes together, cut the piece out of white card stock for the base of your card.

 

4. Cut out the layering stems, jar, and flowers.  I used Bella Besties and patterns from the Fireworks and Freedom collection.  To adhere the thin green stems, I used a Zig Squeeze and Roll glue pen to apply tiny dots of adhesive.

I also used tweezers to help adhere the stems in place. 

5. Once I had each of the pieces adhered to the front, I had some fun with embellishments.  I used matte enamel dots from the Chloe collection, an enamel heart from the Cooper collection, an adorable bow clip (minus the clip) and two white flowers from the Doghouse BellaPop.

Although it's hard to see in the photo, I also covered the jar portion of the card front with glossy accents to give it the look of glass!

I plan to stamp a birthday sentiment inside and give it to a friend in an A10 size envelope :). I think she'll love it!  If you have any questions about how I created this card, please leave a comment or visit my blog at Artsy Albums to message me. Thanks for joining me today! 

Flower Jar Cutting file, Bella Besties (Guacamole & Pickle juice)

Freedom and Fireworks 12x12 pattern paper, Chloe Matte dots, Cooper Enamel Hearts,

Cute Bow Clips, Doghouse Bella Pop

Scraplifting a Favorite Layout | Christine

I tend to do a lot of scraplifting from myself, but it's usually just elements of a layout.  In today's case I full blown scrapflited everything, right down to the subject!  My son LOVES popsicles.  A couple years ago I created a layout using Bella Blvd to tell his story of popsicle love.  It ended being one of my favorite layouts that I created that year.  So I decided to recreate it with new popsicle pictures, kind of a sequel if you will!  Let's take a look!

First up is the original!

As you can see the original used a variety of collections and papers with a rainbow theme to it!  Here's the process video for that one:

 

Now on to the newest one!

As you can see it's VERY similar.  I did go for a different color scheme though!  No rainbows just a whole lot of vibrant colors. I also opted for a blue background instead of white!

I updated the hearts of the popsicles from Puffy Hearts to Heart Hugs.

I also updated my title using both a cut file and Wonky Letters for the title.

On both layouts, I dug into my stash of Bella Blvd patterned papers.  For the newest one, I pulled papers from the Bella Besties, Squeeze the Day, Santa Squad, and Let's Go on An Adventure.  

Here's the video for the newest layout:

 

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Wonky Alphabet, Freehand Graph & Dots Patterned Paper, Let's Go On An Adventure Patterned Paper, Squeeze the Day Patterned Paper, Home Sweet Home Patterned Paper, Heart Hugs

 

 

 

Scrap Lifting Yourself | Leanne

Hey Bella Blvd Friends! It's Leanne sharing today. This week is all about taking inspiration from where you've been before! That's right.. scrap lifting layouts you've already created! And what is a better way to find a little mojo, than to copy a layout from your personal creations, ones that you already love? If you have a tried and true formula or a particular style, you probably find that you already do this self consciously any way. Let's have a look into my archives!

In June, 2017 I created a layout for Bella Blvd using the gorgeous Make Your Mark collection. As you may guess from the title of my layout, "The Dab" was all the rage with my boys! *grin*

The main feature on the layout however, is the layered fringe heart. These layers were trimmed from the clear cuts Gold Foil 6x8 pad.

Fast forward to February 2020..

The layered fringe heart makes a come back!

It's a simple concept but it certainly makes a statement on your page. I love how the gradients of orange and navy bring this boy layout together. Even though it has a tonne of fussy cut flowers on the page too!

My scrap lift layout has essentially all the same features of the original page and in the same positions. The difference being that there's more color bouncing around on the new layout.

Extra bits and pieces have been included as storytelling elements on my Happy Trails layout. The Word Salad sticker booklet is an ideal embellishment pack to help out in this situation. The sticker phrases inject dot points into the journaling.

Keeping my process true to the original, allowed my new page to come together very quickly. Perhaps the next time you need some inspiration, try looking towards yourself. You might never know what previous creation will spark new ideas. Thanks for visiting the blog today..x

Let's Go On An Adventure: No Wifi, Shy Foxes, Wildflowers, Doohickey 12x12 Stickers; Mind Your Manners: Be A Good Guest, Be Kind To Animals, Borders; Freehand Graph & Dot: Orange Graph & Dot; Heart hugs: Halloween; Florence Alphabet Stickers: Orange Florence; Word Salad: Cardstock Sticker Booklet.