Carta Bella - Wine - Vintage Dad

Hello Karen here.  I'm back today with one final layout featuring Carta Bella’s gorgeous Wine collection. I recently came across some old photos of my dad as a young man, and one picture in particular was just shouting to be paired with this collection.

I started my layout by slightly trimming a sheet of white cardstock and then matting it onto a sheet of black cardstock, leaving a narrow border around the edges.

Next, I layered several rectangular pieces of patterned paper from the collection, making sure the colours played nicely together. I also added in a large square frame that I cut from the B-side of the Journaling Cards paper. To tie it all together, I used my sewing machine and some black thread to add a straight stitch to each piece of paper.

After printing my photo with a white border, I added it to the layout.

I embellished the layout with flowers fussy cut from the Vinyard Blooms paper ......

...and a die cut from the Ephemera pack. I also dug into my stash and found a really old brad that happened to be the absolute perfect colour for the layout, so I added that right above the die cut.

To complete the layout, I cut a title from black cardstock using my Silhouette and placed it at the bottom of the page.

Thanks for dropping by today! I'll be back soon with another project and I hope you get to have some fun playing with your craft supplies too!

Take Care

Karen x x