SCT Magazine 10 Most Wanted: Carta Bella Paper Here, There & Everywhere Collection

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 ~ Jana Eubank ~ Leave a comment

Hi, friends! Today I am up on the Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine Blog with a new layout featuring the beautiful Carta Bella Here, There & Everywhere collection. I love the color palette of this collection so much! I’ve been really drawn to the color navy lately. It looks beautiful here paired with coral, blush, sage, and blue.

I created a scrapbook process video for this layout for your viewing pleasure! Click the image below to watch, or feel free to scroll down to the still shots if you’d like.

HELLO DREAMER

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 frame the embellishment clusters in the top-right corner and left side of the photo.

The butterflies and bees in this collection make me so happy. I made sure to add them to all three embellishment clusters framed with lots of fussy-cut flowers!

My youngest daughter was peeking her head into this photo with a goofy expression on her face along the top-left edge of my photo. To make this layout focused on my older daughter, I simply covered her younger sister with an embellishment cluster (Sorry, Camryn! LOL!). I layered together die-cuts, fussy-cut florals, chipboard pieces, 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 to soften and connect all of the beautiful patterns together and to add a dreamy feel to the page.

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 Scrapbook & Cards Today issue.

Wishing you a creative day!

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Battle the Winter Blues by BUSTING Some Stash!

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 ~ Jana Eubank ~ 2 Comments

The beginning of 2023 was a bit rocky for me and for the first time in a long time, I felt myself sinking into the January BLAHS! Yuck! As I wondered to myself why this was happening, I realized that it had been several weeks since I had been in my craft room … I needed to get back to CREATING!

Playing with paper is my therapy! Instead of allowing the winter blues to take me over, I decided I would fight back. I printed some snowy photos, grabbed an older snow-themed collection from my stash, and got to work! I felt happier almost immediately! Yay!

SNOW FUN Layout

I used the 2016 Carta Bella Snow Fun collection for this layout of my son having lunch at a ski resort. My son and my husband often go snowboarding together in the wintertime. It’s their time to bond and I love that they have these special one-on-one memories together.

SUPPLIES USED: Cardstock (Carta Bella Paper) Patterned Paper, Stickers, Brads (‘Snow Fun’ collection by Carta Bella Paper), Letter Stickers (‘Buckaroo’ Thickers by American Crafts)

So, if you’ve been battling the winter blues … do yourself a favor and do something that brings you joy. Even if it’s a couple of hours of interrupted creative time in your craft room. I promise you will feel better afterwards.

See you again soon!

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My NEW Class at Scrapbook.com

August 12, 2019 ~ Jana Eubank ~ 1 Comment

I’m so excited to finally share what I have been working on!

My NEW class “Papercrafting Projects for All Seasons” is now available for FREE at Scrapbook.com!

This class combines all of my favorite things; scrapbooking, papercrafting, gift ideas, parties, holidays, and seasons! I poured my heart and soul into this project with the hope that it will inspire YOU to get creative, too!

Come check it out! I’d love to see you there!

Echo Park Paper: Lost in Neverland Card Set

April 15, 2019April 9, 2019 ~ Jana Eubank ~ 2 Comments

Faith, trust, and pixie dust! Set out on a card making adventure with the Lost In Neverland collection! I sat at my desk to play with this collection and couldn’t stop. I have six “Darling” cards to share with you today.

Tinkerbell, herself, is here to take you on your magical journey! I cut her out using the Tinkerbell die set with shimmer cardstocks by Carta Bella Paper. I doubled up her vellum wings to allow her to flutter about.

The Peter Pan Ephemera tag is captain of the Jolly Roger on this card. Just use your imagination and think happy thoughts and you will be on your way to dreamland!

For this card I created a waterfall of circles with a scene. I love how you can almost follow the story line as you follow each picture from top to bottom.

I anchored the Lost Boy sticker, along with the teepee, on a series of concentric punched circles for a simple, yet striking design. A sprinkling of enamel dots adds dimension and shine.

I used the Hello Baby Boy Shining Stars embossing folder to emboss a night sky on Navy Shimmer cardstock for the background of this card. I love how the Darling children are holding hands as they experience pixie dust for the first time. A tiny, chipboard Tinkerbell provides a never-ending supply of fun.