September 2020

BE A RAINBOW | DAYDREAM | GWEN WRUCK

Hi Creative friends, Gwen back on the blog today with a new layout share.  This week the design team are all sharing projects inspired by Rainbows, how fun right! If you are a fan of Rainbows (and who isn’t) you’ll want to be sure to check out all of the projects if you haven’t already, they are all stunners! I’m also using the new ‘Daydream’ collection which is so perfect for this theme.

Seeing our theme this week is ‘Rainbows’ I was super eager to use this fun Rainbow cut file, (CUT to YOU). I’ve gone ahead and backed it with the ‘Sweet Serenity’ pattern paper. I’ve used both the A and B sides for this and then finished off my Rainbow cut file with some stitching in a pretty pink thread. I’ve then added foam tape to the back and positioned onto my background.

The background for the page is the ‘Sun Shower’ pattern paper, I adore the sweet little raindrop print on this one, the print is so fun for using as a background on your page.

Next, I wanted to position my photo… I do this early as I like to work from the largest elements to the smallest. I’ve chosen to place it on the left so that my daughter (in the picture) is looking in toward the centre of the layout.

Now I can get onto adding some pretty details. I’ve fussy cut out a stack of florals from the ‘Garden Variety’ pattern paper as well as some title elements from the ‘Happy Place’ Cut Apart sheet. I’ve added foam tape to some of these for dimension.

You can see below here that I’ve also added in a flair from the ‘flair pack’ and that cute heart from the ‘Puffy Hearts pack’, the hearts are so sweet and have an added gold detail.

Next, I’ve added in some typed sentiment stickers from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet’ and finished the page off with some fussy cut out moths from the ‘All A Flutter’ pattern paper. **TIP – Fussy cut out elements from pattern papers in advance, then you have a sweet stash to add to your page as you are creating.

Thanks for popping by today creative friends, I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I pulled my page together… I also have a YouTube process video up on my channel for this one which you can watch here. If it has inspired you in any way, please let me know by giving it a thumbs up :) xox



Until next time,

Gwen

xo

Play | Bohemian Dream | Laura Alberts

Hi y’all! Laura back again with a burst of color in this joyful layout of my darling girls playing together. I just adore their sweet friendship and have to celebrate it at every opportunity! Today’s theme is Throwback Thursday, so I reached into my stash for the very first Cocoa Vanilla collection I ever purchased, the stunning Bohemian Dream! This bold mix of pink, purple, and navy captured my heart from the very first time I saw it.

To start this layout, I backed a cut file from Redefined Kreative with the Abstract patterned paper, then layered it onto the Wild & Free Paper to make a big, bold patterned paper background. Building up from there, I used the remaining purple B-side of Abstract to mat my photos and then added lots of beautiful florals and word phrases around them.

To finish it off, I added some enamel shapes, gold Nuvo drops, gold ink splatter, and sequins from Spiegelmom Scraps that coordinated perfectly! These little details make such a huge difference on a layout and can take a simple page to superb in a flash! I had plenty to share about these two peas in a pod, so I wrote my journaling all around the outside of the mandala. This gave it a bit of an outline as well to distinguish the cut file from the background.

 

I hope this pattern paper filled layout inspires you to look at your papers a little differently! It’s fun to see how you can use up every little scrap. If you’d like to see the Play layout come together, I have the entire process in the video below!

Sweet Dream | Day Dream | Anita Bownds

 Hi there crafty friends, Anita with you today sharing a layout with the
rainbow theme for this week how super cute is the rainbow paper from the new
Day Dream collection ,I know the design team girls have fallen in love
with it and the floral pattern paper just absolutely beautiful when I sat down
to start my layout looking at the rainbow just sparked a image in my head a
hot air balloon floating in the sky with little clouds over a rainbow and I’m
really happy how it turned out…

I started by fussy cutting out the rainbow from the over the rainbow
pattern paper and then added machine stitching to each and adhered it down on
white card stock for my background then I cut out the hot air balloon and
clouds using cut files from @neatncraftycutz and backed the hot air balloon
with papers from the 6×8 paper pad. I then machine stitched around each
cloud to add a bit of texture.

 

Then next I fussy cut out the flowers from garden variety pattern paper
and starting adding them around the layout on the balloon and clouds , I even
fussy cut the smallest flowers to add a sprinkle of flowers around the floral
clusters. I matted my photo on papers from the 6×8 and tucked a few bit
of ephemera and accessory stickers around to add more
layers and colour

 

I added a title from the die cut titles then some ephemera around the
background, on the clouds and hot air balloon to finish it off.

 

check out my
process video

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration today

Happy crafting..xx

This Sweet Love | Daydream Collection | Danni Visser

Hi there friends! Danni here with my take on the Rainbow Love theme for this week. I was incredibly inspired by all the fussy cut-able elements in the 12×12 patterned papers in the new Daydream collection, so I decided to have some fun with the little rainbows in Up in the Clouds patterned paper.

I used my craft knife to carefully cut all the little rainbows out of the Up in the Clouds paper, being careful to keep the rest of paper intact as I was planning on using it later. Once I had done all my cutting (very therapeutic by the way!) I adhered a piece of plain navy cardstock to the back of the 12×12 sheet, so it peeked through all the little rainbow-shaped windows.

I went ahead and took some time to pop all the rainbows up on dimensional foam, which I then adhered over the top of the patterned paper/cardstock background. I made sure to offset each rainbow slightly to allow the cardstock to peek through, which gives depth and shadow.

I chose a sweet photo of my little girl and added some simple paper mats of navy and pink from the 6×8 paper stack, distressing the edges lightly for some texture. I build “This Sweet Love” title from die cut titles pack to right of the photo, creating a left-right downward diagonal to follow my daughter’s eyeline in the photo; this helps create a natural flow to the page.

I built a floral cluster at opposite corners of photo following the same diagonal line, using die cut ephemera flowers and some moths from accessory stickers. I also included a tiny word sticker above my photo and cluster of them as a subtitle below my main title. I love using the tiny word stickers for this, and the sentiments are always perfect.

For a little shimmer I added some gold ink splatters delicately around the page, then tucked in three of the tiny paper flowers from the sequins & flowers pack within my embellishment clusters. I added some further detail to my floral clusters by tucking in some of the gold leaf sequins from the sequins & flowers.

To add the finishing touch, I chose an assortment of sequins to add sparkle around my page, adding them in three clusters like I would enamel dots. The background of this page looked so impactful that I did not need to add much embellishment to have an incredible layout, which made this page come together so easily!

I really hope you enjoyed this page and maybe got a little inspiration! I have a process video linked below if you would like to watch it all come together. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

6’th grade | Mixed collections Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello Cocoa Vanilla maniacs. I have a pleasure to open a RAINBOW LOVE week over the CVS blog. I bet you can imagine my excitement when I saw this theme. I am hudge rainbow fan and I love mixing and matching many collections in one project. I ended up with very energetic page documenting first day of a brand new school year of my older daughter. She is already a sixth grader so it means only two more years before she will finish elementary school and move to high school. I am totally not ready for that moment.

I started making this page with a white watercolor paper sheet. I picked six Distress Oxide ink colors and made a rainbow rays with them, starting in the middle of the page. It’s a really easy and simple process. You can easily replace Oxides with any other inks. They just need to blend easily. After I applied the colors, I sprinkled everything with clean water to create few splatters. Ink reacted with water fading away which added some great texture to the background.

Next step was picking six papers in corresponding colors to layer them over mixed media background. I went through my CVS stash and picked orange and yellow papers from “Legendary”, green and blue from “Boys rule”, pink from “Happiness” and purple from “Bohemian dream”. I run them through my Silhouette Cameo and cut simple arrows in different sizes in each color.

I glued them over the backgroun color on color. Last step was to place the photo with some embellishments around it. This time I gathered 6*12 sticker sheet from many older and newer collections and picked few labels and tabs to add them under the photo. I didn’t want to cover too much of my background.

I went through my collection of enamel dots, also from the previous collections, and placed few of them between the arrows, also color on color.

It was such an easy and fun page to make. I can never say “no” to all those juicy colors. If you want to learn how it was done, you can watch a process video I recorded for you.

I hope you will join in this colorful madness and create your own rainbow. Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in two weeks. I will finally be able to share with you a project made with brand new “Daydream” collection. It just arrived to my doorstep and I am over the moon excited.

XO Anna

Lovely Times | Daydream Collection | Melissa Vining

Hello it’s Melissa here and I’m back to share another layout that I made with the gorgeous ‘DAYDREAM’ collection!! Have I mentioned how beautiful the colours are in this collection?!  I decided to feature several of the patterned papers in the ‘6×8 PAPER STACK’, and one of my favourite ways to do this is to use a background cut file.  I went with one with lots of hearts so that I could scrap this darling photo of my two oldest girls with the layouts they created with the amazing International Scrapbooking Day digital kit that Zoe created.

I fussy cut one of the floral clusters from ‘GARDEN VARIETY’  and featured it at the bottom of my photo.  The doily is from my stash and adds a soft and pretty layer between the photo and the cut file.

I made my background with some watercolour splatters in coordinating colours, I love that it changes my background from plain white, but isn’t overpowering. I used two different sized brushes to get larger and smaller splatters.  I’m also thrilled to get one of the ‘FLAIR BUTTONS’ onto my page!!  I thought the ‘Choose Joy’ sentiment was perfect.

I made my title from the ‘DIE CUT TITLES’ which I love using because sometimes coming up with a title when you scrap as much as I do is challenging to say the least! I added a sticker from the ‘ACCESSORY STICKERS’ which was a perfect subtitle.  I was also so happy to put one of the ‘PUFFY HEARTS’ hearts on my layout!! They are super adorable, and the corduroy texture and slight shimmer is beautiful!

I wrote my journalling on one of the smaller cut apart sheets from the 6×6 version of ‘HAPPY PLACE’.

You can watch my process in the video below, and I also include a detailed look at fussy cutting the floral cluster.

Thanks so much

Melissa xx

 

 

 

 

Oh little you | Daydream Collection | Anna Blades

Hello CVS friends! It’s Anna here with you. I’m so happy to be back on the blog, sharing my first layout using the amazing new Daydream collection. I love the soft color scheme of this collection, all the flowers, and the cute rainbows. Zoe has nailed it!

For this baby themed page, I went for a vertical design. I cut a 6 inches wide strip of the Sun Shower paper and glued it onto white cardstock. Using the B side of the same paper I add two strips on each side. Also, with a doily lace border punch, I made two more strips from the B side of the Garden Variety paper. I love how it looks!

I place the picture in the middle of the page, and I created two clusters in opposite corners of it. On the upper left corner, I stacked some flowers from the Die cut ephemera pack, some raised with foam dots. From the ephemera too, I glued this rainbow circle die cut, and a blue butterfly (or whatever that insect is called).

The first part of my title is also in this cluster. I took some words from the Die cut titles to build the title ” Oh, little you”. For the second cluster, I did the same, to give symmetry to the design. But this time, I added a flair button and a fabric puffy heart. These fabric hearts are so lovely and I love the texture that they add to the page. I backed my photo with the Happy Place paper from the 6×8 paper stack and tissue paper.

It was so fun to play with this collection. It’s so versatile, and it could be used for any occasion. And, as always, floral designs are really amazing. I can’t wait to share with you more projects using Daydream! You can find more inspiration here on the blog every day, and in our Facebook community group HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a great week!

 

Anna xx

Sweet Beautiful You | Daydream Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hello Hello its Michelle here today with a new layout to share with you all. I’ve used the NEW Daydream Collection and went a little crazy with some fussy cut flowers, lots of flowers.

The main focus of this layout is definitely the beautiful floral paper ‘Garden Variety‘ that I’ve fussy cut to frame the corners. I used a few different forms of adhesive to add layers and dimension to the outer edge of the layout, making the clusters pop off the white background.

So many sweet florals and colours in this collection, I had a hard time not adding more to these corners.

I kept the photo stack pretty simple by backing each photo with some pink paper from the 6×8 paper stack. This is the same design as the ‘Stepping Stones‘ paper but in a smaller scale. I added a little foam to the back of each and adhered them to the newest CVS woodgrain paper ‘Over the Rainbow’. Zoe’s woodgrain paper designs have captured the hearts of many people, that they could definitely be added together to form their own special edition collection. If only!

I added a couple of stickers from the accessory sticker sheet and part of a cut apart tag from the 6×8 paper stack into the layers of the photo stack just for a little extra ’embellishing’

I added some foam adhesive tape to the Cardstock title pieces  and added an accessory sticker to create the title , then some handwritten journalling underneath to fill in some of the blank space below.

Here’s a closer look at my favourite of the floral clusters. These are super easy to create with this paper as the clusters are already designed, you just need to cut them out and adhere to the layout, or layer with a couple of individual florals for extra dimension.

I scattered a few sequins around all the florals and splattered the layout with some gold colour shine to finish it all off.

Heres another final look at the full layout..

Well friends thats all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this creation as much as I enjoyed creating it to share with you. Please be sure to share your creations with us in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community group on facebook, especially with this new collection if you’ve been lucky enough to add it to your stash. It truly is a beautiful feminine collection.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!

Michelle xx

Wild and Free layout | Daydream collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hey Cocoa Vanilla fans! It’s Kylie back with you all on the blog today with another layout featuring the gorgeous new “Daydream” collection. My layout today was inspired by Spring and I wanted to create something soft and feminine with lots of pretty flowers!

To begin my layout I trimmed 1 cm from each side of a piece of the ‘GARDEN VARIETY’ paper. Each side was distressed a little for texture, before being adhered to a piece of the ‘OVER THE RAINBOW’ paper. Next I cut a sweet phrase cut file, (designed by Paige Evans,) and backed it using various papers from the 6″x 8″ paper stack. Once complete, I adhered it centred to my page with some foam tape.

I printed 2 coloured photos for my page to around 2.5″ x 3.5″ each and added them on opposite corners of my cut file.Foam tape adhesive was once again used so they would sit raised from my background page, allowing me to tuck embellishments underneath.

The floral elements from the die cut pack are simple gorgeous and I can never get enough of them. I built several layers supporting my photos, with some being adhered flat to my background page and others using foam adhesive so it would create a dimensional effect.

Once I was happy with the balance of my page I completed it by adding some of the phrases from the sticker sheet to create a sub title below my cut file. Since I am not a fan of my handwriting, I love creating sentences with these stickers rather than to add a handwritten journal strip.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for taking a look at my latest project.Until next time,

Kylie.

Sweet Life | Daydream collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you to share another scrapbook layout featuring the amazing new Daydream collection! This collection is absolutely stunning, if you haven’t got your hands on it yet, trust me, you NEED it!

The photo I am documenting today is of my beautiful nieces on a recent little outdoor adventure to see some waterfalls.

The Daydream collection was perfect to document this cute outing as I was able to include the butterflies, moths, florals and rainbows to help tell the story of the outdoors in the photo. I placed foam adhesive underneath my matted photo and then placed this slightly to the right of the page to allow enough room for my title that I placed to the left of the photo. I also used foam adhesive to lift the title up off the page.

A little tip for when you are adhering butterflies and want some dimension – place adhesive in the very centre of the butterfly body only, let the glue dry and then lift up the wings. You can see in the photo above the shadows that are created by doing this!

Above the photo and title, I placed some more phrases and created a sequin cluster. I also placed a banner sticker right on the photo. I also tucked in some floral pieces either side of the photo and I added a word sticker to the fabric puffy heart!

I cut the pink heart strip from the ‘Happy Place’ paper and adhered it to the top of the layout. I absolutely love the rainbow stripe ‘Stepping Stones’ paper, I used this piece as a starting point to create my layout, I cut it and turned it so the stripes ran vertically. By doing this, it directs the eye towards the top of the page and allows you to take in all the elements and photo.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you liked my layout today and that I have inspired you in some way! See you next time!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

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