Carta Bella By The Sea - Portland Bill

Today on the Papermaze blog I have a second scrapbook layout using the By The Sea collection from Carta Bella. This collection is perfect for scrapbooking all those memories of days spent by the sea and on the beach. I decided to scrapbook a memory of a visit we made to Portland Bill lighthouse a couple of years ago.

For the base of my layout I used a sheet of white 12 x 12 Bazzill cardstock. Onto the cardstock I smooshed some watered down pale blue acrylic paint and then when it was dry I splattered some white acrylic paint on top. Much of the paint was eventually hidden, but what is visible gives some subtle added texture.

I layered pieces of the Beach Woodgrain and Coastal Words papers onto the layout and after matting my photo on red cardstock I attached this too, with some foam underneath to add some dimension.

A frame from the Ephemera and Frames pack was cut in half and one half  was tucked underneath the bottom edge the woodgrain paper. Three lighthouses were fussy cut from one of the journalling cards and attached to the corner of the photo, again with foam underneath.

The words 'By The Sea' were cut from the branding strip of one of the papers and stuck beneath the  lighthouses and I tied a knot in a piece of natural twine (left over from my previous layout) and stuck this on too. I used some tacky glue to stick down the twine. I find tacky glue is excellent for sticking twine, ribbon, etc.

The remaining part of the frame which I had previously cut in half, was placed at the top left of the layout as well as an image cut from the Sea & Sand paper.  

I recoloured some Simple Stories Sn@p letter stickers with a red marker pen and used these for my title.

I printed my journaling strips onto white cardstock using the computer and placed these at the bottom of the layout. I outlined the journaling strips with a black fine liner pen and also doodled round the edge of the layout and the edges of the papers.

I finished off the layout with a few blue sequins and the date was added with some tiny letter stickers.

Carta Bella By The Sea - Crab Fishing

This is my first project using the fabulous Carta Bella's By The Sea collection. The papers in this collection have images of anchors, lighthouses, stripes, plaids and crabs in shades of red, white, blue, navy and with some wood grain also thrown in. The collection is obviously perfect for sea-side photos but many of the papers (particularly the B sides) are versatile enough for many others themes.

For my first project I decided to create a scrapbook layout using some photos taken last summer whist crab fishing on Beaumaris Pier. 

I started with the Beach Woodgrain paper. I love any woodgrain papers (and ledger papers too!) and with photos taken on the deck of a wooden pier it was an obvious choice. On the left side of the paper I stuck a 1" wide strip of white Bazzill cardstock and glued a knotted piece of natural twine where the two papers met.

A 5" strip of the Sailor Stripe (B Side) red crab paper was then stuck to the layout and a very narrow strip of navy cardstock was added to the right edge. My four photos which each measure just under 4"x3" were matted onto some white cardstock and then placed on top of the red paper strip. Using white thread I machine stitched along the edges of some of the papers.

On the lower right side of the layout I placed a journalling card which I printed my journalling onto. On top of the card I layered lots of bits and pieces. I added a clothing tag from a recent purchase, a 'crab shack' image printed from the internet, 'By the Sea' word strip from the Ephemera, Frames and Tags pack,  'Collect Beautiful Moments' Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chip, a navy blue button, photo corner and a wood veneer crab. I found several wooden crabs in my stash and have no idea where or when I bought them, but if ever they were going to appear on a layout, this was the one!

Underneath the journalling card I tucked some red netting which I rescued from a pack of mini cheese portions. I thought the net resembled fishing net and gave some extra texture.

At the top of the layout I layered more of the pieces from the Ephemera, Frames and Tags pack some more net, another button and another wooden crab. Machine stitching was added to some of the paper pieces.

I used some Simple Stories Sn@p letter stickers for my title. The stickers were originally white but I coloured them with a marker pen to match the other blue elements on my layout.

The layout was completed with the addition of another one of those wooden crabs, a button and more Tim Holtz Quote Chips.

I'm really please how this layout turned out, The collection was perfect for the subject and with it I think I managed to capture the nautical/marine feel I was hoping to achieve. I'm really looking forward to creating more with this collection and will be back later in the month to share with you what I make.