October 2020

Happy Birthday | Daydream Collection | Danni Visser

Hi there creative friends! Today I want to share a layout with you featuring the gorgeous Daydream collection and a photo of my little man at his 5th birthday party. I have been having a lot of fun scrapping girly photos with this collection, so I wanted to share the love and create some more masculine pages too. There are plenty of more boyish colours and patterns in this collection, so this page came together easily.

I started with the woodgrain side of Over the Rainbow 12×12 patterned paper because I just love a good wood pattern and I find it a very neutral pattern to work with. I added a border of Sun Shower 12×12 patterned paper to bring in some of the yellow that is in my photo.

To add some detail to my background I added some splatters with white ink, varying the size from delicate sprinkles to some larger drops. I also added a lighter sprinkling of lovely shiny gold mist for that metallic effect.

Next I found a geometric circles panel cutfile from Neat n Crafty Cutz that I had cut a while ago from white cardstock but had not managed to use – I love when I can get supplies that are just lying around to good use! I simply backed the entire cutfile with vellum, adding that lovely translucent quality while still being able to see the pattern of the paper behind.

I matted my photo with navy and blush pink papers from the 6×8 paper stack then layered it over the cutfile. I dug through the die cut titles to find the word “Happy” as the main part of my “Happy Birthday” title, using some small gold foam alphas from my stash to finish it off.

With the bones of my layout down, I added lots of pretty embellishments from the die cut ephemera and accessory stickers, building three clusters of embellishments in a triangle around my layout with my photo as the focus. I made sure to include a rainbow element and  a more dimensional element in each cluster; I used a flair button, puffy heart and a foam-backed fussy-cut rainbow for those dimensional pieces.

As finishing touches, I added a handful of tiny word stickers from the accessory stickers, a sprinkling of the gorgeous sparkly sequins around each embellishment cluster and a hand-drawn border in white gel pen around outside edge of the woodgrain paper.

I really love how this turned out. I’m definitely a fan of flowers and rainbows on a boy page, and I think the masculine tones of woodgrain, yellow and navy really help to balance it all out. What do you think?There is a process video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel linked below if you would like to watch this layout come together. Thanks so much for joining me today. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

Sweet | Daydream Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here today to share a darling 9×12 layout with you today that will truly pull at your heartstrings. My little girl doesn’t fall asleep in my arms anymore, but I surely cherish the many times that she did! This layout features a color and black and white version of this photo to really emphasize the moment. The soft colors of the Daydream collection were perfect for this layout! I used the Sun Shower patterned paper as a background and then used the leftover pieces to make an arrow behind each of the photos. This detail draws your eye from left to right, then right to left through the photos.

On either side of my photos I layered clusters of fussy cut florals, puffy hearts, rosettes, and rainbows. By using a variety of embellishment sizes, the clusters are dynamic and the layers create depth. Also, I add tiny details around each clusters with small hearts, Nuvo Drops, and gold ink splatter to finish them off. I loved the idea of these pillow-like puffy hearts on such a sweet, sleepy layout.

I love these titles included in the Daydream collection, they make it so easy to add a title! This tiny cluster in front of the title helped to tie it in with the other two clusters. I even used the collection title from the manufacturing strip and tucked it into one of the clusters because it perfectly matched these photos.

I hope the varied clusters on this layout inspires you to look at your embellishments a little differently! It’s fun to see how you can change things up. If you’d like to see the Sweet layout come together, I have the entire process in the video below!

Happy day | Daydream Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello Cocoa Vanilla Studio maniacs. It’s Anna here with my brand new layout made with beautiful “Daydream” collection. I know that this line already won hearts of many of you but who can blame it? All the amazing flowers, very versatile feel and the rainbows are the ingredients of the perfect collection. Colors in “Daydream” are a little bit worn out and muted, with a pinch of wooden patterns so I thought they will match perfectly to the craft cardstock. I used it as a background for my page documenting our little, family trip fo the zoo from few weeks back.

I combined pretty floral pattern called “Garden variety” with raw color of craft cardstock adding some tearing in between to make the transition more smooth. My compostion runs from one corner to another diagonally with photo on one end and title on the second one. I framed the picture with one of the polarid frames from Ephemera pack. I also added some flowers, butterflies and tags to embellish it.

Little fabric heart from Puffy hearts pack is such a cute detail and adds great texture to the whole project. Sequins can be a perfect replacement for all the enamel dots and can be used as a finishing touch to every project. I used the ones from Sequins and flowers pack from “Daydream” collection so I was sure they will match the papers perfectly.

When it comes to my title I could use the ready words from Title die cuts but I wanted to have something lighter and more colorful. I chose the Happy days phrase from Emphemera pack and cut it into the single letters. I arranged the title once again skipping “s” in the word “days”. Thanks to that the title got less solid and more airy. I added pretty flair button as a finishing touch here.

This kind of page can be finished within half an hour, without complicated and sometimes scarry mixed media and big die cuts from electronic die cutting machines. Just simple, old fashioned layering. That is all for today my sweet Friends. Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in November.

XO

Anna

My Sunshine | Daydream Collection | Melissa Vining

Hello everyone its Melissa here and I’m so happy to be back with you again, this time sharing a new layout with the gorgeous Daydream collection!! For this layout I really wanted to attempt creating a layout with the B side of ‘STEPPING STONES’ as I’d had an idea for machine stitching in matching colours.  I needed a happy fun photo, and this recent photo of Brielle was perfect!

I tore a piece of the patterned paper, and made sure that the top edge was torn as well.  Then I went to town with uneven stitching in matching colours, back and forth on each stipe until I got the effect I wanted.  Did you know I’ve only recently started machine stitching in coloured threads?

I also did lots of fussy cutting.  I cut one of the floral clusters from ‘GARDEN VARIETY’ a placed it at the bottom of my photo.  I used a couple of papers from the ‘6 x 8 PAPER STACK’ to back my photo, and tucked one of the beautiful ‘PUFFY HEARTS’ to the right of my floral cluster.

I also fussy cut lots of moths and butterflies from ‘ALL AFLUTTER’ to use as embellishments.  I adhered them in positions that colour matched the thread and stripes. 

For my title two of the ‘DIE CUT TITLES’ were perfect, and I placed elements on and around the ‘Sunshine’.  I used a floral cluster sticker from the ‘ACCESSORY STICKERS’.

I finished with my journaling, splatters and some sequins from the ‘SEQUINS & FLOWERS’ pack.

I made a video of my process which you can watch below.

Thanks so much

Melissa xx

 

 

Cousins & best friends | Daydream Collection | Anna Blades

Hi CVS friends! Anna here with you today, sharing a new layout with the gorgeous ‘Daydream’ collection. For this page, I chose to document a photo of my daughters with my sweet niece from this summer. These three girls always have a great time when they’re together. You just have to see their faces.

I started fussy cutting this beautiful floral wreath from the Daisy Days paper.  I have to say that I’m not a fussy cutting lover, but I wanted to give this wreath some dimension, so I raised it with foam and placed it on top of the B side of the Sweet Serenity paper. (I’m a B side lover)

As my title and focal point of my layout, I used this cut file from Cut to You. It’s just perfect for my photo. I backed it with papers from the 6×8 Paper Stack because they have a smaller scale and work better for this. All the colors match perfectly. I put it a little crooked on the left side of the page, so this way, I had the spot for my picture on the right side.

Instead of backing the hearts of the cut file too, I decided to place three of the puffy hearts on top of them. I love their texture. They are the cutest. I also raised them with foam dots. I’ve said it many times, but I think dimension is so important in layouts.

I layered my photo with some pieces of the 6×8 Paper Stack, attached a label from the Accessory stickers on it, and another one in the lower part that says “oh happy day”.

Around the wreath, I added some die cuts from the Die Cut Ephemera pack: flowers, butterflies, hearts, and a cute rainbow. This gives more dynamism to the page. I could use these flowers on every layout because they are just perfect for embellishing anything.

Finally, I feel that it needed something more, so I trimmed half an inch of two sides and framed the page with the B side of the Stepping Stones paper. This adds a touch of color and helps to enhance the page.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I love how it turned out, and I hope you do too. See you soon with more inspiration!

Anna xx

Family Days | Daydream Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hello Hello! It’s Michelle back here today with another layout share using the wonderful Daydream Collection. I’ve been itching to use the awesome rainbow paper – Over the Rainbow – since it was shared with us on release day. It’s a paper that’s been used and shared over and over again because its just so darn sweet! Here’s a closer look at what I made..

 

I started by hand stitching every second heart on the outer arch of the rainbow, one of which was different to the others but I ended up covering most of it with the floral cluster. I cut each individual arch off the original pattern paper, lightly distressed the edges, bent the sides up slightly and adhered each piece to a sheet of white cardstock.

 

 

Next I added the photo of my sweet little family using the woodgrain frame from the Ephemera kit. I added some foam tape to the edges of the back of the frame before adhering to the photo so it wasn’t sitting flat on top then adhered the whole piece to the layout using more foam for a little dimension.

 

 

I worked on the floral cluster after that using a fussy cut piece from the Garden Variety paper along with some extra florals found in the Ephemera pack and some sweet tiny butterflies from the 6×8 version of All Aflutter

 

 

I used cardstock title pieces plus a sticker to create the title, adding a puffy heart to the right

 

 

Then finished off the layout by creating a mini cluster of florals, hearts and butterflies with a banner and sequins in the bottom left corner. A little ‘pot of gold’ if you can call it that.

 

And here’s a final look at the full layout..

 

Well that’s all from me today, Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my take on this well loved pattern paper – Over the Rainbow. Be sure to share your creations using it too by tagging us on Instagram or sharing within the CVS Facebook group.

Until Next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle xx

Sunshine Days layout | Daydream | Kylie Kingham.

Hello happy scrappie friends! It’s Kylie back with you today with another layout featuring the ‘Daydream’ collection. I wanted to create yet another soft and feminine layout for my daughter with a focus on…You guessed it- flowers! I’ve also incorporated a ‘lacey’ Butterfly cut file which was designed by Paige Evans.

I’ve used the ‘GARDEN VARIETY’ paper as my background, which isn’t the first time I’ve used this paper, I just can’t help it! It’s my most favourite shade of blue! I’ve added a 1.5″ torn strip of the reverse side of this paper to the lower edge and distressed the edges a little more. I then cut into the top edge 1.5″ down and folded it back, securing it with some small staples. A piece of the ‘SUN STRIP’  paper was added in behind for contrast.

Once the cut file design had been cut out I chose to back it with a solid piece of the ‘STEPPING STONES’ paper. The soft and delicate ‘washed’ effect of this paper design stood out really nicely on the darker background. The Butterfly was then adhered to my background on an angle and with using foam tape, so that it sat up off the background page.

My photo was printed to smaller scale so that it fitted neatly over the Butterfly. Once it was in place I began layering some of the lovely floral die cuts surrounding it.

Using some of the die cut titles, I create a large title for my page. It was added to the opposite side of my photo with more layered, floral die cuts for balance.To complete my page I added some of the typed phrase stickers below my photo.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope my page has given you a little inspiration for your own creating.

Take care!

Kylie.

Let Me Take a Selfie | Daydream collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi everyone!

Welcome back to the Cocoa Vanilla blog! It’s Tarrah here with you to share a new design team layout for a ‘1 paper, 3 ways’ feature focusing on the beautiful ‘Sweet Serenity’ paper from the stunning new Daydream collection as the background.

I chose a pretty cut file design from CUT to YOU, cut it out from white cardstock and then backed all the spaces behind the cut file using a mix of the gorgeous patterned papers from the 6′ x 8′ paper stack. For the circle space in the camera design, I added my photo which is a selfie taken in my car some time ago! The large circle die-cut piece in the ephemera pack fitted perfectly around the photo here. Once the spaces were all backed, I added craft foam underneath the cut file and adhered it to the ‘Sweet Serenity’ paper. As the page is all about cameras and selfies, I decided to trim 2 small strips from the ‘Stepping Stones’ paper and adhered them vertically to both outer edges of the ‘Sweet Serenity’ paper to replicate a filmstrip look.

You can see the shadows in the detail photos that are created by adhering the cut file up on foam tape onto the page, I love how this looks. On the left of the cut file, you can see I created a small cluster of embellishments with a few die-cuts and a flair button. This helps to balance the large camera feature in the top right corner a little. I also added more florals and a few other die-cuts around the page to decorate.

Design tip: If you look closely at the design of my layout, you will see that I have incorporated the all important visual triangle on my layout. I knew that I wanted to back the small circle on the camera with the darker blue paper and I also included the same paper in the ‘Me’ of the cut file title. As that was just 2 places, I needed to add a third piece of the darker blue somewhere, the dark blue moth sticker from the Accessory sticker sheet was the perfect addition placed just above the ‘e’ in ‘Selfie’. Having a visual triangle on your layout draws the readers/viewers eyes around the page.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today, I hope you enjoyed my layout today and that you were inspired in some way. The Daydream collection should be in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio online store really soon, so keep an eye for it!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

This Sweet Life | Day Dream | Rachel Lowe

Hi CVS friends Rachel here and I have a pretty layout to share using the beautiful new Day Dream collection.

Not being a mixed media girl I love papers that have done all the work for you! I love how beautiful the SWEET SERENITY paper and it gives you that water colour mixed effect to your layout.

I am scrapping a photo of my DD and have used a fab new cut file by Paige Evans available in the Silhouette Design store. Who doesn’t love an embroidery hoop!

I used DAISY DAYS and SUN SHOWER papers to paper piece the embroidery hoop cut file. I then used foam tape to adhere my photo.

I hand stitched the thread of the cut file to add texture and so it made the embroidery hoop appear more authentic.

I just had to add one of the PUFFY HEARTS because I love them!!! I decided on my title taking the SWEET and LIFE words from the DIE CUT TITLES.

Using the DIE CUT EPHEMERA pack I created two embellishment clusters, one to the right of my photo overlapping the embroidery hoop and the second at the top of the hoop. I layered die cut florals, phrase sentiments and moths, foam tapping some to add dimension.

I tucked a die cut rainbow behind the LIFE word and finished off adding some NUVO clear crystal jewel drops to create shadows on flower petals and leaves, and moths wings.

I really don’t think this layout would have so much visual interest if I used a white background and I certainly enjoyed working with a background paper that didn’t need a thing doing to it!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful and safe week where ever you are in the world.

Rachel X

Together | Daydream collection | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone,
It’s Sue Plumb here to share my latest design team project with you. Today we are kicking off a new theme here on the blog simply called “1 paper, 3 ways”. Over the next few days three of our team members (myself included) will each share a layout that uses the same patterned paper as our page background. The purpose of this theme is to showcase different ways to use the same paper, and hopefully give you some inspiration to create a page of your own. The paper we were all tasked to use was the gorgeous mixed media style Sweet Serenity from the new ‘Daydream’ collection.
Here’s the layout I created, entitled “Together”…
For this page, I chose to document a recent photo of my daughter and I that was taken during a day at the beach. (And yes, it’s a selfie! I often find that if I don’t stop and take a selfie with my kids, I am rarely in any photos with them.)
So my layout began with the stunning Sweet Serenity paper, which I decided to add a little more subtle detail and texture to. I first used a criss-cross patterned stamp along with some grey ink to add some stamping; then used a scattered hearts stencil with modelling paste to add some small white hearts.
I then set it aside to dry while I began work on the papery portion of my page. First, I gathered some pieces of patterned paper to create a layered mat under my photo. The papers I used were All Aflutter; Up in the Clouds; and Happy Place and I used both vertical and horizontal pieces to help ground the photo to the page. I also added a grey paper doily from my stash.
Now it was time for some pretty embellishments! I have to admit, I am totally obsessed with the floral print Garden Variety paper from this collection. I love it so much I just want to fussy cut the flowers from it and stick them on every page I create. I cut a few pieces from it and tucked them in around my photo to help frame it.
My next goal was to extend out my embellishment clusters from the focal point to reach the two main mixed media areas on the page, as I didn’t want them to appear to be “floating” out on their own. I did this by using some cardstock leaves I had cut on my Silhouette with a cut file from Cut To You. This enabled me to ensure that all the stencilled areas on the page were connected to the focal point.
For my page title, I chose to use the word together from the Die Cut Titles pack, which I adhered along the bottom edge of my photo using some foam tape to pop it up a bit. On the top right corner of my photo I added the small happy days with you banner sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet. To the right of my photo I added a sweet die cut rainbow from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, and then scattered a few hearts from the same pack.
I finished off my layout by adding a doodled pencil border, some soft grey ink splatters and a few stamped phrases.
Thanks so much for joining me today so I could share this with you. Stay tuned over the next couple of days to see what else the team has in store to inspire you using the Sweet Serenity paper.
Until next time, happy scrapping!

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