Love You | Happiness | Anita Bownds
Hey Creative friends, Gwen back on the blog today sharing AND I’m feeling adventurous! For my page today, I thought I’d ditch the comfort of my white cardstock background and go about using #allthepatternpapers because, why not with so many pretty designs all in one collection. Let’s use all the things! xo
For my page, I started with the ‘Pretty Bits‘ paper. I just love all of the patterns on this one and wanted to use them all, so I cut two strips, one 2 inches wide, the other, 1 inch wide with the plan to run them down the sides of my layout. This is where I would normally then go for a White Cardstock. Instead, I went hunting for a more neutral pattern paper and decided on the B side of ‘Storyteller‘ pattern paper. Of course, I was drawn to the white in this pattern paper, but I do love those sweet dots as well!
Next up, I went about backing my cut file. I wanted to use a bold title for this page so I’ve gone with a title cut file by CUT to YOU. I have then used the ‘6×8 paper stack‘ to back it. I love how the prints in the paper stack are smaller than the 12 x 12 pattern papers they are perfect for backing cut files. I’ve also used these papers to back my photo.
With my main elements sorted, it was time to assemble and lock in the page design. I’ve gone with the two strips down the left and right-hand sides of my page, with the 2 inch one on the right. From there, I’ve used this right edge as an anchor point to add my photo and the title underneath. I have raised these elements up on foam tape for extra interest and dimension and to help separate them from the background.
It was now time for pretty embellishments. I’ve started with the ‘Die Cut Ephemera‘ as this pack has so many stunning pieces in it. I love pulling them all out and just mixing and matching, playing around until I’m happy with everything. I’ve gone with one main floral element and then some pretty smaller florals and the butterflies.
I’ve then pulled the ‘Snapshots’ sticker from the ‘Accessory Stickers Sheet‘ these fun tabs are always the first to go off my sticker sheets, so fun to add to the top of a photo.
Next, some more dimension with a flair from the ‘Flair Buttons‘ pack and a bow from the ‘Tassles and Bows‘ pack. These are really fun elements to add to a page and they finish this one off so nicely.
Thanks for popping by today to see my latest project, I hope it inspires you to grab this collection and get making! As always, be sure to pop into the Cocoa Vanilla Studio and CUT to YOU Facebook groups to share your pages, I love seeing what you make.
Until next time,
Gwen
xo
Hello crafty friends, and thanks for coming back to the blog. With no real assignment today, I got to do a bit of creative play and just make what feels good and I love what I came up with.
I started off with this photo of my niece, Charlie, on an impromptu trip to the zoo over the summer and the Unforgettable collection. To being my page, I applied a thin layer of gesso using a brayer to kind of toughen up the patterned paper since I was going to add a ton of water to this page. After drying the gesso with my heat tool, I grabbed a few Distress Oxides and went to work adding some color and texture to the background using the packaging technique and some water. I love the random splashes of color this technique gives and it is so easy to blend different hues using this technique.
While this was off drying, I went to work backing my cutfile. I cut the insets of this butterfly page using my Silhouette Cameo and then glued them to my cut file using Scotch Quick Dry glue. This is my favorite adhesive to use on layouts and it dried super fast and clear. After attaching all of my butterflies, I glued it down to my page and started working on my photo cluster.
I backed my photo on a few scraps of paper from the 12×12 papers I have already cut into and then arranged a cluster of florals, butterflies and tags using bits and pieces from the ephemera pack. In addition to my main cluster, I created another one diagonally from that main cluster using the same elements to continue the diagonal flow across the page from the butterfly cutfile. Next, I added some more texture using the dimensional embellishment pack and added a few bows around my page.
For my title, I used one of the foam stickers and scattered a few more hearts to mimic the color and texture of the foam stickers. Finally, I added some enamel dots and a flair piece and called this layout done.
I hope you enjoyed this layout and were inspired to add some color to your background in a new way. Till next time friends, keep it crafty and have the best day.
Hi everyone!
Sue Plumb here today to share a pretty page with you featuring the ‘Unforgettable’ collection. This layout was actually created for a class I taught at the December Workshop Wonders event at The Crafty Chain in Brisbane. I had great fun with the ladies in my class, and loved seeing all the different variations of this page as people put their own spin on it.
I used white cardstock as the base for this layout, then layered assorted size pieces of the Pretty Bits and Natural Beauty papers horizontally over the top. I love using these cut apart papers, as they are an easy and cost-effective way of adding a variety of patterns to the page. Some of the pieces were also distressed to add texture and dimension to the page.
Once all the background strips were in place I cut a large circle from the Lacewing paper, topping it with another piece from the Pretty Bits paper, before adding my photo on top. (This snapshot was taken at the Cocoa Vanilla retreat and features Zoe, myself and some of the girls from the team – it’s awesome to be able to be all together in person like this.) I used some scrap cardboard between the layers to add dimension, and also some messy cotton for texture.
To embellish my page I used a variety of pieces from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, sticking with the neutral and warm tones of my chosen palette. (This also meant there were plenty of bits left over in the pack for participants to use in another project – it’s always nice to be able to take home extras from a class kit, don’t you think?)
For my page title, I used the word lovely from the ‘Bohemian Dream’ Chipboard Titles. Again, using only one word from the pack meant everyone had extras to take home – yay! I decided to leave the title plain white so it matched with my background, but I did encourage everyone in class to alter them if they wanted to, so some people chose to ink / stamp / paint theirs to suit their page.
To finish off, I added my handwritten journalling and then splattered a few coloured inks around the page – because I always love a little bit of mess! (Sorry for your table and window after everyone had finished this step Alison & Shelley!)
Thanks so much for stopping by today so I could share this with you. Until next time, happy scrapping!
Hey all Rachel here and today I have this layout to share with using created using a mix of Happiness and Unforgettable collections.
I have used a gorgeous cut file from Cut to You Floral Bouquet.
I firstly measured my cut file to 10×10 inches and adhered to a white cardstock. I created a scallop page at 10.5×10.5 inches using Lacewing paper from Unforgettable collection. I add the 10×10 inch piece with foam tape on the scallop pink piece and then adhered this to a white 12×12 inch white cardstock. Layering like this softens your layout.
I paper pieced the floral cut file using Frame of Mind paper (from Happiness collection) and Class Act Paper (from Love Always collection).
I next added my photo which is 3.5×3.5 inches but before placing down I added a Happiness clear stickers to the top and bottom of photo placement. I then added my title using die cut titles from Happiness collection.
I fussy cut numerous butterflies from the Bright and Beautiful paper (Happiness collection) and added them with foam tape.
Florals and butterflies, a winning combination for a girl themed layout. Thank you for stopping by today and will see you again later in the month.
Rachel X
Hi creative friends!
It’s Tarrah back with you today, as Valentine’s Day is fast approaching I decided to create a Iove themed layout using both the Bohemian Dream collection and the Wild At Heart collection. I love how these two gorgeous collections combine together!
I cut out the XO twice from the Colour Me Happy cut file set using white cardstock. Once cut, I backed it with the ‘B’ side of the Fussy Cuts paper from the Wild at Heart collection. I placed some craft foam under the cut file and adhered it to a 6.5′ x 12′ piece of the ‘B’ side of the Abundant paper from the Bohemian Dream collection. I then adhered the whole piece to the Gypsy Heart paper that I chose for my background, this piece is also from the Bohemian Dream collection.
My photo is a fairly recent one of myself and my hubby chilling out on some deck chairs, its not often that he will get in photos with me so when I can a snap some selfies! Under the photo, I layered a piece from the Beautiful Mess paper and one of the die-cut frames from the Wild At Heart ephemera pack. I then tucked my photo and layers into the left side of the bottom XO and also having the top ‘X’ overlap onto the photo.
On the top ‘O’ I added the round purple sticker from the Bohemian Dream Accessory sticker sheet and also added one of the Wild At Heart flairs to the centre of the sticker. On the other ‘O’ I added one of the die-cuts from the Bohemian Dream ephemera pack. To the right of the top ‘XO’ I added one of the tags and arrows from the Wild at Heart ephemera pack. Lastly, I added some of the wood veneer hearts also from Wild At Heart and some of the white and black phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! I do hope you can take some inspiration from my layout today.
Happy creating!
Tarrah x
Hello lovely friends! It is Kylie with you all today on the blog and I have a brand new layout to share featuring the gorgeous ‘Unforgettable’ collection. Of course, being me, I wanted to feature lots of flowers which are my favourites! I love that the die cut pack comes with so many blooms to use on your creations. I have also included a floral cut file in my layout, which was designed by Paige Evans.
I decided to work with a white background and add some paper borders which I have done so using the ‘GLORIOUS’ paper. On one of the coloured borders I have used a lace border punch from my stash to add a pretty detailed finish. I also had some hot pink, heart ribbon in my stash which I have glued down over the border edges. I had been wanting to use this ribbon for a while and this seemed like the perfect match for it.
Using the 6 x 8 paper stack, I backed my cut file before adhering it to my background with foam tape. By using foam, it helps it to sit up from the background, allowing you to create dimension within your layout. I also added some cute clusters of floral die cuts over the top of the cut file.
From this angle you can really see the height and dimension added to the layout…
My photo was backed with the ‘Forget Me Not’ paper before being added to my background, again with foam tape. To finish, I have added more floral clusters as well as a cute title .
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope my layout has given you a few ideas for your own creating.
Until next time,
Kylie.
Hey Friends its Michelle back here today with my first layout share for the month of LOVE.. I went with a heart theme for my layout using the colourful HAPPINESS Collection and a new cut file from CUT to YOU.
This sweet girl LOVES a selfie here and there, and the perfect time to capture just happens to be night time snuggles. However I’ve just realised upon writing this post that the photo was in fact taken early December, the night before her birthday. The journalling for the photo could have been completely different, but much the same as the direction I took when creating.
OK, lets talk through the process of how this all came together shall we?
I resized the cut file design to around 10 inches and cut it out twice for this layout – once using white cardstock for the outline, then again for the backing piece using the MEADOW paper. I adhered the 2 pieces together where each heart joins the next and left the tops of the hearts open for a little added dimension. Then I stuck the entire piece to the backing paper SPRINKLES
I added the photo to the bottom left of the hearts wreath, layered with some vellum and GOOD VIBES paper and adhered using foam tape to lift it up off the layout. I added a cluster of EPHEMERA pieces to the right of this using different forms of adhesive for varying depth of layers.
Heres a closer look at all that pretty goodness
Top left of the layout I replicated the ephemera cluster and added a title using cardstock words. To the lower right I added my handwritten journalling, a couple of accessory stickers and of course the wrong stamped date HAHA
Well thats all from me today. Thank you so much for stopping by.
Be sure to check in with us in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community group on facebook to discuss ALL things CVS.
Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x
Hello friends. It’s Anna here with my newest page made with CVS goodies. You all have seen the brand new line that will be appearing in the stores any time called “Legendary”. It’s another amazing, boy themed line, that came out from Zoe’s wonderful mind. I am still waiting for it, so I decided to dive into older collections. This time my creative process started with a picture, that I printed long ago but didn’t have mojo on how to scrapbook it. The important thing for this page is mentioning that my printer was dead for few days so I had to use photos that I already had on hand, so I was kind of “forced” to use this one. Don’t get me wrong – the picture is so cute and darling to me but the colors were hard to scrapbook as I always prefer more pastel shades and this one was edited with weird filter. it was a perfect opportunity to challenge myslef. I knew I am going to use some CVS collections, so I went through my stash and picked papers that may work for those colors and “baby bedtime” theme.
“Endless summer” line turned out to be just perfect when it comes to colors, especially the paper with cute clouds. It’s no longer available in the shop but you can purchase the digtal version of it and print your own paper. Stary paper “Star fall” from “Boys rule” collection was just perfect for a bedtime themed page. Thta it how thw whole idea came out.
After I fussy cut some clouds, I placed them around the background and added photo. I knew, I didn’t want to add too much to make a picture a main star of the project. I have a little box filled with elements from older CVS collections, all mixed up so I searched through it looking for matching elements. I didn’t care the line, I just wanted them to fit the theme. I picked many wooden stars from various collections including the very first boy themed line “Flying high”. I also added a cardboard frame and rubber tag that were a part of “Wild at heart” collection. My title was made with leftover alpha stickers.
It’s a very simple page and because the photo carries so many good memories, i wanted to add journaling too. however, I hate seeing my hadwriting on the pages, so I hid it. I cut out two tags in the same size from paper scraps and tided them with a string. The bottom tag has a little journaling on it, but it’s cover by the second one. This way I still get my memories recorded and a clean page 🙂
That is all for today. CVS collections are perfect used separatelly and together and working with them is a pure joy. I am a member of this team for 5!!! years and I still can’t get enough of them. thank you for stopping by and see you in two weeks.
Happy Valentine’s Day, if you celebrate it.
XO Anna