Carta Bella - Paris - J'taime Paris

Hello

Claire here today with my second layout using the beautiful Paris collection from Carta Bella. You can check it out in the shop here. 

For this layout, I've decided to make a feature of the element stickers. This collection has so many fabulous Paris icons, particularly the major landmarks, and I wanted them to shine. 

So, I started with a piece of Premium White Cardstock and applied Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide with a brayer. To do this, I smushed the ink pad down on some plastic, spritzed with water, rolled my brayer through the ink and then applied to the page. I love the extra control the brayer gives and it also helps keeps any mess to a minimum.

I repeated this very lightly with Black Soot Distress Oxide, but less really is more here. 

There was no need to gesso the page as the brayer helps minimise pools of water so the paper doesn't warp. 

Next, I cut a circle from the Eiffel Tower paper to act as an anchor for my photos. I chose two of the same photo, one printed half an inch larger than the other and layered them up creating dimension and interest. 

Once these were adhered to the page it was time for the fun bit. The Element Stickers! 

These were so much fun to play with. I offset each one, layering some on top of the other with foam to create depth. 

I also pulled out the moped and tag sticker to go on the left of my photo to elongate the design. 

To build extra depth behind the landmark stickers, I fussy cut some buildings from the Paris Map paper and layered these behind the stickers. 

Finally, I die cut 6 stars from the Explore Paris and Paris Map paper using these to add an extra pop of colour. 

This was so fun to make! Hope it inspires you to get creative with stickers! 

See you next month. Until then, happy scrapping! 

Claire x

@scrappysoulmate 

Paris - Carta Bella - I'll Meet You in Paris

Hi there

Claire here today sharing my first layout with the Paris collection by Carta Bella. 

I have a few photos from trips to Paris and have never really documented them so was excited to get stuck into this collection and it didn't disappoint! 

To start, I cut out a large circle from my white cardstock and added foam to the back before adhering a piece of Explore Paris paper to the back, letting the pretty blue B side pop through the aperture.

Next, I cut a large Eiffle Tower on my cricut, using a file from the Cricut library. I inked the file whilst still on the mat, adding depth and shade with three different Distress Oxides and some blending brushes.

To mount my photos, I cut up and layered some of the 3x4 Journalling cards paper picking different colours to frame my photos.

I used a selection of the Element Stickers around my photos to bring the page to life.

I also used these for my title, creating a small cluster at the top of my circular design. 

As a final touch, and to bring an extra pop of red, I framed the aperture with nuvo drops. 

This has been a fun collection to use and a great prompt to get those older holiday snaps documented! 

I'll be back later this month with a second project to share. 

Until then, happy scrapping! 

Claire x

@scrappysoulmate