Hi friends! I'm back with another layout using the Time to Travel collection from Bella Blvd. This time the assignment was to use Bella Besties paper along with the collection. I instantly grabbed for the Graph & Dot pack of 12" x 12" patterned paper. Who doesn't love a pack of paper in all the fabulous Bella colors? I know I do! I set out to use the graph side of the paper in four colors - Bell Pepper, Guacamole, Ice, and McIntosh. These colors coordinate perfectly with Time to Travel. I used my Cricut machine and cut out a 2.5 inch hexagon with a smaller hexagon inside it. I also cut out my two pictures from the same larger hexagon so they would be the same size as the Bella Besties hexagons.
I then arranged the hexagons (including the photos) along the white cardstock. I let some of them lay off the edge of the paper. Once I got a pattern I liked, I adhered them to the cardstock with tape runner and trimmed off the excess hexagons that were hanging over the edge of the cardstock. Next, I took my favorite mini ruler and black pen and drew lines in the blank edges between each hexagon. I love to add doodling to almost all my layouts to tie in the black and contrast the bright colors.
Now it was time to start digging through the packs of ephemera and chipboard. I knew I wanted to align the ephemera to match up with the colors of each hexagon. There are plenty to choose from! These photos are from a road trip my husband and I took through San Antonio, Austin, and Waco, Texas in December. Time to Travel is perfect for road tripping. Besides the Time to Travel Ephemera and Ciao Chip, I also added some matching Trinkets Puffy hearts in McIntosh, Bell Pepper, and Guacamole.
I finished the layout with probably my most beloved Bella accessory - the Florence Alpha! I used them in black for my title. If you don't have these yet you definitely need them in your life - in all the colors, of course. Thank you so much for stopping by today to check out my layout. I hope you love it! Here's a list of all the items I used!
Items Used:
Bella Besties Graph & Dot pack (Bell Pepper, Guacamole, Ice, and McIntosh)
Time to Travel Ciao Chip
Time to Travel Ephemera Words & Tags
Time to Travel Ephemera Icons
Trinkets Puffy Stickers (McIntosh, Bell Pepper, and Guacamole)
Florence Alphas (Black)