September 2020

The Good Life | Daydream collection | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS friends Rachel here! Haven’t the DT layouts using the stunning new collection Daydream been just gorgeous! I had to use all my restraint not to use the rainbow paper this time around, but I promise I will end up over using it as it is my absolute fav!

So here is my first layout using Daydream titled The Good Life, which is documenting our sea change to a coastal regional town (which was the best decision ever!)

I chose a camper cut file as my new home is all about the sea and visitors in camper vans all summer long. I used Garden Variety  and Daisy Days papers to create the body of the camper van. I used Sun Showers paper and the wood grain paper from the 6×8 inch paper pad to create chassis and wheel. I then machine stitched each segment. I added the curtain and door with foam tape to create height.  I had to use the gold puffy heart which went perfectly in the centre of the wheel.

I created a floral cluster using the die cut flowers from the Ephemera pack, this was to add a feature that softened the layout. I layered them and used foam tape to adhere some of them. I added some glossy accents to the flowers, cut file leaves in white and finished off with a moth/butterfly.

My photo is of our jetty at sunset which is stunning. I framed it with a die cut frame and added to my layout with foam tape. I tucked the sun die cut under the frame and finished off adding one of the gorgeous flairs. I used a scallop paper strip to form my ‘sky’ and a strip from the Garden Variety paper to create my ‘grass’. This links everything together.

I added journalling under the camper in the form of a phrase sentiment from the die cut pack and some that I typed.

This would make a great travel layout and of course you could add more photos!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful week.
Rachel X

UNIQUE | HAPPINESS | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends ! It’s Sophie here today and I am sharing a bright and colourful layout with you !

 

I created my page with the GORGEOUS Happiness Collection. I only have a few scraps of it left, but you will see with this page that even a little can go a long way !!

 

 

I chose a photo of my little Sabrina playing in the park where we had a picnic a few weeks ago. It was a radiant sunny day, and I wanted to highlight this moment with the bright colors of the Happiness collection.

 

I started with a thick white cardstock as my background. I added some powder inks diluted in water to create a big blue and aqua area on my layout where I planned to put my photo and embellishments. I used the packaging technique and added numerous splatters of ink on the cardstock.

 

I let it dry completely. In the mean time, I cut a beautiful flower cut file from Just Nick Studio on a white cardstock and backed it with different papers of the Happiness collection, mainly the Botanical Bliss paper, the Frame of Mind paper, the Expressive paper and the Good Vibes paper. I put adhesive foam behind the cut file before adhering it to pe page.

 

 

I also backed my photo with tissue paper (as I always do..!) and adhesive foam, and two layers of patterned papers (Good Vibes and Expressive papers).

 

 

I added a few leaves on my flower cut file, a little black wreath and two beautiful butterflies on the left side of my photo. They all come from the Happiness Die Cut Ephemera pack.

 

 

My title is a word from the Die Cut Titles pack. “Unique” couldn’t be a better word to describe my sweet girl who is always full of joy…!

 

I also created a little cluster on the top right of the layout where I added ephemeras and a few stickers from the Happiness Clear Sticker sheets for a pop of color and more dimension. It creates a diagonal design that guides the eye through the page.

 

 

I finally wrote dawn my journaling and added the date.

 

I am so happy of the end-result ! It screams summer to me and it is much needed, as fall is slowly coming and the days get colder and darker quite fast, at least here in Canada !

 

Here are more close-ups.

 

 

 

 

 

I truly hope you like this page and that it inspires you to use this wonderful CVS collection !

Until next time,

 

Sophie xx

Bloom and Grow | Unforgettable Collection | Raquel Bowman

Hey everyone, it’s Raquel here today with you sharing another layout using one of my fave past collections ‘Unforgettable’. For this layout today I am documenting some photos taken of my girl when she turned 7.

Here is the layout that I created:

Almost a year ago now was my girls 7th birthday. We have a wall in our house that I call the photo wall, which we always take some birthday photos in front of. The last few years the photos have been with a large number balloon. It is just crazy how quick time goes when you have kids and how they grow up in what feels like an instant.  The two photos which I have used are printed in black and white and approx. 3×4″ in size.

 

The main design of this page is built around the circular designed wreath in the patterned paper. I fussy cut around the wreath first. Once I had done that and was going to adhere it to my page I realised that I wanted something to ground that left side. So I used the Unscripted paper (both sides) to create a 3″ or so wide edge to lean the wreath into. The wreath patterned paper had a cluster of flowers to one side. So I decided to continue to build on that design and added more floral elements, including some leaves and butterflies from the ephemera pack or fussy cut from the Lacewing paper.

I thought the title in the foam stickers  ‘Bloom and Grow’ was the perfect sentiment for this birthday theme. I love the bold statement these black stickers make against the white card stock background.

To help one photo stand out I used the Pink side in the Unscripted paper as a mat, this really helps distinguish it as the feature photo and draw your attention to it. I added some extra embellishments to the left of the photo also, including larger floral ephemera – a circular sticker saying ‘a moment in time’ from the Accessory sheet and one of the gorgeous tassels in the collection. I finished embellishing that area with a few enamel dots and the ‘you are amazing’ tiny word stickers.

 

I must say, I do love the cut apart papers that come in the Cocoa Vanilla collections. I always find the smaller designed elements perfect for cutting out and using to layer on my pages. I could not go past the larger butterflies in the Pretty Bits paper , which you can see was placed to the top right of my page in the photo below.

 

 

To help the layered elements in my layout stand out I always try and use a variety of adhesives, including liquid adhesive, foam tapes in varying depths, etc. This helps chosen elements to stand out off the page more that others.

 

I hope that you have been inspired by my layout today. It has been a crazy time here in Regional Victoria with the stage three lockdown we are currently in. This means school is now remote for the most part, and as a teacher and a Mumma of school aged children our days have been long, somewhat emotional (to say the least) and tiring. The Bowman household are all a little precious right now, but so thankful for our overall health and wellbeing compared to what many people in our state are going through right now.

 

 

Sending hugs and prayers to anyone who may be going through a tough time right now,

Raquel xxx

Lovely | Daydream Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura here with a bright rainbow filled layout so sweet it will warm your heart, even in the coldest winter! This gorgeous Daydream collection is just stunning and an absolute “dream” to work with, I have to tell you. My favorite part of this collection are the frames and florals, so I decided to showcase both of them on this darling 9×12 layout of my sweet girl on the trampoline. I even created two more frames with scrap paper to mix up the designs.

I backed each of the frames with patterned paper from the 6×8 pad and a couple with cut-aparts from the Happy Place paper. I fussy cut a ton of florals from the 6×8 paper pad and tucked them all around the corners where my photos met the frames, even a few of the itty bitty florals to use as detail pieces! When I added the butterflies, I just had to give them Nuvo trails behind them to create a little movement on the page.

To give this layered layout a little added texture, I popped rosettes into two of the clusters and glued the gold sequins from the embellishment pack alongside my fussy cut florals. I love the energy of this collection, it is just perfect for my happy go-lucky girls and their sweet imaginations!

I hope this frame filled layout inspires you to look at your ephemera a little differently! It’s fun to see how you can use frames in a new way. If you’d like to see the Lovely layout come together, I have the entire process in the video below!

LAZY SUMMER DAYS | ENDLESS SUMMER | GWEN WRUCK

Hi Creative friends, Gwen back on the blog today with a new share and today, I’m playing along with our Throwback Thursday challenge. For this page, I was really inspired to use my stash of ‘Endless Summer‘. This collection is a few years old now but it’s still one of my absolute favourites, I love the warm tones of this line and as you’d expect it’s perfect to use for Summer adventures. This photo was also taken a few years back now on a family cruising holiday.

I started my page by working on the background first layering up the ‘Blue Skies’, ‘Sweet Treats’ and ‘Sunbleached’ pattern papers. To create the Sunshine rays, I’ve used a cut file from CUT to YOU and added stitching for a really sweet detail.

For my title, I’m working with another cut file, this one called ‘Lazy Summer Days’ which I have backed with the ‘Blue Skies’ pattern paper and mounted on some foam for dimension.

I’ve kept things pretty simple with my photo for this one, no photo mat, just some of my signature stitching around the edge. It ties in nicely with the stitching in the sun rays. I’ve made sure to position my photo and large title first working on a design that flows with the rays of the sunshine in my background.

I’ve added lots of pretty embellishments to this page, there were so many wonderful goodies included in the collection, some still available online. I’ve used the ‘Puffy Stickers‘, ‘Accessory Stickers‘, Flair, Wood Veneer and Woodies.

To round out my title, I’ve taken a few elements from the ‘Ephemera Pack’ such as the cute banner pieces that say ‘Capture This’ and ‘Here’s the Story’. They are all in that lovely warm peach tone so fit perfectly. You can also see here the ‘Wood Veneer’ pieces and the enamel ‘Woodies’. I really just kept playing with the position of everything, adding bits and pieces until I was happy with the layout.

I’ve also created a YouTube video of my process which you can see here.

Thanks for popping by the blog today, I’d love to know, do you have some ‘Endless Summer’ collection in your stash? Why not pull it out and have a little stash bust creative time. I hope my layout has inspired you to get creating.

Until next time,

Gwen

xo

Happy Days | Day Dream | Anita Bownds

 Hi crafty friends, Anita here with you today sharing my first layout using the beautiful new DayDream collection it’s so pretty with all the flowers just makes you wanna fussy cut them all out!!…

I started off by fussy cutting out the garden variety pattern paper to add floral’s to my background because who can’t resist that beautiful paper then next I chose 3 patterned papers Sun shower , Sweet Serenity, Happy Place and cut a strip from each to layer them on top of each other . I used decorative scissors to add a scalloped edge to 2 of the strips and some machine stitching.

 

Then I matted my photo on pattern paper from the 6×8 and frame from the ephemera pack and then I tucked a cut apart beside my photo and added a geo heart cut file from @neatncraftycutz i then
embossed with a embossing folder to add texture behind it.

 

Then I added more fussy cut flowers around my photo along with die cuts from the ephemera pack
To finish it off I added my title from the ephemera pack and a flair button.

 

check out my process video here

I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration today and I hope you are having as much fun with this new collection

Happy crafting..

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