Hello, friends! It’s Jana Eubank here with my latest layout using the beautiful Carta Bella Paper Here, There & Everywhere collection, a collection that was featured in the 10 Most Wanted column of the Summer 2023 issue. I love the color palette of this collection! I’ve been drawn to the color navy lately, and it looks beautiful here paired with coral, blush, sage, and blue.

Supplies | Carta Bella Paper: cardstock, patterned paper, chipboard, stickers, die-cuts, decorative brads; journal block: Studio Calico; other: sewing machine and white thread, white acrylic paint, white cardstock

For the background of this layout, I cut several vertical strips in yellow gingham, coral, and sage floral. I then tore a few blue quilt-patterned paper strips to tuck in between the strips for more texture. The torn strips also anchor my embellishment clusters in the top-right corner and left side of the photo.

There was a distraction printed on the top-left edge of my photo. To fix this problem, I simply covered it with an embellishment cluster. I layered together die-cuts, fussy-cut florals, chipboard, and adhesive brads for lots of texture and dimension.

I printed my journaling on an old Studio Calico journal card I found in my stash. I angled it slightly to break up the page’s straight lines and connect with the directional flow of my daughter’s gaze in the photo (lower-left corner to the upper-right corner of the page). A few banner stickers under the bottom edge, and one cut & torn into the shape of a washi strip, accent the journal block.

Create a huge impact with your title by embellishing it. I matted the title stickers with white cardstock, popped the title words up with foam tape, then decorated each end with fussy-cut florals, butterflies, and bee stickers. 

I finished off the layout by sprinkling white acrylic paint around each embellishment cluster.

I love the way this page turned out and look forward to creating with the Carta Bella Here, There & Everywhere collection again. It’s no wonder this collection made it to the 10 Most Wanted column of the Summer 2023 issue. You can find this collection at your favorite retailer TODAY!

Wishing you a creative day!

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