Carta Bella - Life is a Journey

Hello, Carta Bella Paper fans!
I'm up on the Carta Bella Blog today with a two greeting cards using the new Travel Stories Collection!

Life is a Journey Card

The Carta Bella Travel Stories Collection is awesome...perfect for summer and travel projects, both masculine and feminine-themed!

Designer Tip:  Mixing Patterns

The thing I mostly LOVE about Carta Bella collections is the patterns of the paper!  The patterns ALL work great together, but I do follow a couple of simple rules when I put patterns together on a card.

1. Choose a subtle and muted pattern for the background.
2.  Choose a contrasting next layer.  Here it is a deep blue with a larger scale pattern.  
3.  The green arrow pattern serves as a header, of sorts, and in a "pop" of color, green.

Keep in mind, for patterns to compliment, they almost need to have contrasting color and varied scale patterns

Here is the supply list that I used to create the  greeting cards!

Carta Bella Travel Stories Collection
Carta Bella Natural White Linen Card Stock

Paper Trimmer
Scoring Tool

Tape Adhesive
Foam Adhesive
Liquid Glue
Baker's Twine

Directions:

1.  Cut apart Carta Bella Natural White Linen Card Stock to 4.25" by 11" and score at at 5", fold and score to create the card base.

2.  Cut Travel Stories Collection patterned paper to desired sizes for layering on your card front.  My background piece is 4" by 5.25", and the main focal panel is 3" by 4.25".

3.  Adhere the layers together to accentuate the contrasting patterns of paper that were selected.

4.  Next, include some of your favorite Travel Stories Collection stickers, and add a bit of twine for texture and movement.

I hope you are inspired to mix some patterns and create a fun card today using your Carta Bella collections!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!