Thursday, September 11, 2025

Family Home Explosion Box Scrapbook with Bella Blvd

Hi friends! It's time for my next Bella Blvd Design Team Project and today, I have a really fun explosion box filled with fun pages and cute little pockets. I created it with Bella's beautiful Love Grows Here Collection that has colorful little houses, pretty flowers, hearts, and bright happy colors. Visit my Instagram to see a video!

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box with layered pages, pockets, and cute embellishments

For those of you not familiar with explosion boxes, they're a creative way to save photos and memorabilia, or give a small gift. It consists of a box and a lid made of cardstock. This one measure 4x4 inches and when you lift the lid, the 4 sides unfold to display fun layered pages that are perfect for pictures and journaling.

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box with flowers, a pink house, hearts, and a colorful plaid paper

To make it, I cut the base out of white cardstock and covered the outside with the pretty 12x12 Our Love Grows paper. I cut the row of hearts from the 12x12 Borders paper and adhered it around the bottom. For the edge of the lid, I layered the pink and the green scalloped border stickers from the Doohickey sheet, and an aqua scalloped ribbon from Mayarts. 

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box with a pink house, flowers, hearts, and a colorful plaid paper

On the top, I layered the blue polka dot side of the Love Grows Here paper, a 4x4 card, and the cute pink Bella-pops house called Built on Love. Then, I added some pretty details with the Doohickey corner stickers and a few Love Grows epoxy flowers.

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box with layered pages, pockets, and cute embellishments

Now for the inside! All of the pages were made with a colorful mix of 12x12 pattern papers. In the center, I added the scalloped circle sticker from the Doohickey. I just love the saying and its tiny blue house. 

Each of the individual sides (or sections) has 4 layered pages. On the 1st page, I added a different house from the Ephemera Icons. Looks like a little neighborhood!

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box Page with a pocket, hearts, flowers, and cute houses

When you flip down that first page, there's a 2x2 inch card from the Daily Details on the back side. 

The 2nd page is a pocket. I made two with the pink heart paper called Meals and Memories (above) and two with the pretty floral called Grow With the Flow (seen below). 

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box Pages with flowers, houses, stripes, and a pocket

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box Page with a pocket, colorful flowers, and a cute house

I tucked white mats inside each one that could be used for photos, memorabilia, or journaling. But ... I had to zhuzh them up a bit with a cute epoxy 🩷 sticker. 

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box Page with flowers, hearts, stripes, and a pocket

On the front of the pockets, I added die cuts from the Ephemera Icons and more epoxy stickers. Above, I used the potted plant and added teeny tiny dots to the center of its flowers.

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box Pages with a key, hearts, flowers, houses, and a pocket

I love the epoxy stickers. They just add a bit of color and shine to everything. Above, I added a sweet little Ciao Chip wreath with a pink bow and another epoxy dot. Can you tell I'm having fun with this collection? 😉

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box Pages with colorful stripes, flowers, and houses

The 3rd page is a simple mat for pictures so I didn't add embellishments. The cute house paper called Memories Live Here and the aqua polka dot print called Grow Together are perfect as is.

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box Pages with colorful stripes, flowers, houses, and a cute pink door

The 4th page of each section is unique!  First, I added pretty papers and embellishments. Above, I used a colorful stripe and added the fabulous pink door die cut. So cute! I want a pink door in my home! And then ...

Family Scrapbook Explosion Box Page with colorful stripes, a cute pink door, polka dots, and a folding element

... I made it a fold out page with space inside for two photos! How fun is that?!

Bella's adorable Love Grows Here Collection made this explosion box so special. I love how bright and happy the colors are, and ... it has sooooo many cute patterns and embellishments. I hope this project inspires you! 

Thanks for visiting the blog and have a great day!

 
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM

    Hi Tracy, This is adorable! How did you make the actual box itself? Is it a cut file?

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    1. Traci PenrodSeptember 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM

      Thank you! I usually use a cut file but I just winged it on this one, adding flippies for more photos. If you're looking for one, Lori Whitlock has a bunch!❤️

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM

      Thank you.

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