July 2021

Lovely Days | These Days Collection | Danni Visser

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here with another layout from the gorgeous new These Days collection. Are you enjoying this one as much as I am? I may have a new favourite collection!

I am documenting a couple of photos of myself and my friends, taken last year when we were beginning to be able to get together again after lots of isolation. You can see how happy we all are to see each other! I have recently purchased a new hexagon punch, so I really wanted to play with using lots of punched out shapes on the page.

I punched out a bunch of hexagons from several of the papers from the 12×12 patterned papers and the A5 paper stack, varying between subtle and busy patterns.  I decided on a white cardstock background to really show up the patterns in the papers.

My idea was to use the hexagons almost as a border around the outside edge of the page. To create some extra interest on the plain background I splattered some soft blue, yellow and pink inks around the outer edge of the layout as well. Then I went ahead and laid out my hexagons, varying the placement to create visual interest.

With the hexagons already making a big statement on the layout, I kept the rest quite simple. I matted my photos with the black and white patterned paper from the A5 paper stack and layered them together in the centre. Then I added a lovely large foam title below – these are such a pretty script font!

I used floral ephemera and puffy stickers to create two floral clusters either side of my photos. I included some of the coffee cup die cut ephemera – very appropriate for a café catch up. I used some accessory stickers to tuck in little words and tabs around the edges.

Three of the butterfly die cut ephemera and the beautiful sparkly puffy hearts sprinkled around the page made the perfect finishing touches on this layout. Everything in this collection is so stunning it makes layouts come together so easily and beautifully! I hope you enjoyed joining me today. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

These Memories | These Days Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura here again with a stunning floral filled, multiple photo layout featuring the stunning new These Days collection. Focusing on the A5 paper stack, I used two of the bright happy papers to mat my photos and fussy cut the entire A5 floral paper as well. Layering all of these fussy cut florals around the outside edge of the Daybreak patterned paper allowed the mixed media background to peek through. This photo strip of four 2×3 inch photos was a great way to squeeze in additional memories while still capturing the moment of my daughter and her friend leaning on each other. I love how beautifully the two papers under the photo compliment each other, one a painted stripe and the other an ombre sunset.

In addition to the florals framing the entire layout, I also tucked in two clusters of florals at the top and bottom of the larger photo to fill in the gaps left by the photo strip. This really helps to remove any sharp angles that may draw too much attention to themselves in those corners as well as tying in beautifully with the fussy cut frame I added to the repeated photo. By framing the smaller version, I emphasized the importance of that shot and the relationship it represents.

I especially love the details of the tiny fussy cut florals scattered around as well as the puffy hearts and butterflies that bring a little movement and whimsy to the finished page. I used Nuvo drops in gold to create the small accents and butterfly trails, then a bit of gold ink splatter for fun! The title is a statement all to itself, loving the versatility of the foam words and how many ways they can be used to create a plethora of titles. The little word phrase underneath was just the finishing touch it needed.

 I hope this inspires you to look at your A5 papers a little differently and incorporate them in a big way on your projects too! To see how “These Days” came together, check out the process video below!

Making new friends | These Days Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello CVS fans. It’s Anna here with my first ever project made with brand new and totally amazing “These days” collection. It arrived to my doorstep just few days ago and I felt in love with all the papers and embellishments. As always when it comes to cracking new line, I had decission making issues of what I should use first. Luckily, this week we have a product focus over the Pocket Cards or A5 Paper Stacks so it narrowed the choices a little bit. I knew I didn’t want to create any pocket spread as I am not making this kind of albums of regular basis, so I just went through the cards and I chose few with bigger frames. I love using pocket cards as a small samples of pattern papers, perfect for small punches and dies, and as a source of elements for fussy cutting. This time was no exception!

I cut out four whisical frames first and then I started to think of what photos I want to scrapbook with them. Inspired by the butterfly paper I picked three photos of fun bugs we met during our vacation. My girls are a big fans of insects and they are not scared of touching them at all. They even think thes are all “soooo cuuuute” (not me :) ). So I framed three photos in frames and fourth one stayed empty as a perfect spot for the title.

I fussy cut some butterflies from “Take flight” paper and arranged them around the frames on top of my chosen background paper called “Daybreak”. This paper has an artsy frame around it and empty, white inner part – perfect for showcasing my frames. After I placed my butterflies, I marked the little trails with a pencil, move all the elements away and made some simple stitching with colorful thread. It took my a while and it was for sure the longest part of making this page but it was totally worth it.

After the stitching was done, I glued down all the main elements. My title is made with brand new and super fun Mini Puffy Alphabet stickers. They come in a variety of colors and I just love this whimsical font. Just a perfect accent for any layout!

I finished my page adding few bits and pieces from Ephemera pack here and there, three wooden buttons and few puffy stickers. It was a really fast to make page (not counting the stitching) and I totally love the final result. Whimsical frames and furry bugs come perfect together.

And how about you? How do you use your Pocket Cards? Maybe you have some other great tricks for this products to share? That is all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in two weeks!

XO

Anna

Cherish These Days | These Days Collection | Melissa Vining

Hello!! It’s Melissa here and I’m super excited to be here with you today sharing my first layout with the beautiful new ‘These Days’ collection.  My assignment was to use the ‘A5 Paper Stack’ and the ‘Pocket Cards’, and of course I just had to use These Days!!  I decided to scrapbook three cute photos of Ava that I took outside the bigger girls school.

I just had to use the gorgeous ‘Daybreak’ patterned paper as my background, and I selected the B side.  This paper is so stunning you’ll want to get serval of it!! I added some light mixed media with gel crayons, but then of course I covered most of it up!! I chose three of the ‘Pocket Cards’, and honestly it was difficult to choose, especially as they are double sided.

I distressed the edges of two of the cards, and popped them up on foam for dimension.  The title card was perfect for my title.  For the third card, I cut it in half and then fussy cut around the painted stripes and used it as embellishment above and below my photos.  I love how it looks!!

I used two torn pieces of paper from the ‘A5 Paper Stack’ to provide extra layers behind the cards and to provide texture.

For my embellishment I used butterflies and floral clusters from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera’, ‘Clear Stickers’, a ‘Puffy Heart’, and a couple of ‘Puffy Stickers’.  I didn’t need much else because I felt that the background paper, torn paper strips and pocket cards did most of the work for me!

I finished off my page with some splatters in black and dark gold.  I hope you enjoyed seeing my first layout with These Days!

Have a lovely week

Melissa

 

Lazy summer Days | Josefine vd Hoeven | Sunkissed collection

Hello Paperlovers,

Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! So happy to see you It’s Josefine here sharing a new mixed media scrapbook layout with you that I made using the absolutely gorgeous summer collection “Sunkissed” just cant’t get enough of this collection.

For this summer layout I used the pocket page cards the 6×8 paper pad some die-cuts, a wooden button and stickers.The cut file I used is from Cut to you calls ” Lazy summer days” I started with a white sheet of cardstock and start mixing my pink colored distress oxide with a little bit of water and created a big stain in the center of this layout and at the end I splatter with the same color (Kitsch Flamingo)

 

 

I used a 6×8 star design paper sheet and cut it to size in a banner shape. I choose several patterns of pocket page cards and cut them to size and sew them on top of the star design paper using my sewing machine. I placed the two banners in the center of my layout and cut several 6×8 design papers to size and layer them behind the photo. I cut the title “Lazy summer day’s” with my Cricut and colored it with the color “peacock feathers” Distress Oxide and used a blending tool for the ombre effect.

 

I grab several die-cuts, stickers and word strips for decoration. Some die-cuts I sew with gold sewing thread and make clusters on both sides of the banners. At the top of the banners, I use white cotton thread for extra decoration. I sew gold thread through the center of this cutfile and place it under the photo. Finally, I make some white splatters with white acrylic paint for a festive look!

 

I had a lot of fun creating this layout for Cocoa Vanilla Studio! So I hope I was able to inspire you with this layout using these beautiful summery papers, die-cuts and stickers! Wish you all a great and crafty day!  Xo, Jo

 

Always Sweet | These Days Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle here today with a brand new layout share using our wonderful NEW collection These Days. I’m also excited to kickstart our product feature for the next few days on Pocket Page cards and the A5 paper stack from this awesome collection. I don’t know about you, but I cant wait to see what the other DT chicks create.

Here’s a look at what I got up to with thePocket Page cards…

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Pocket Page cards. They’re a super versatile 3x4inch card that can be used for more than just pocket page scrapping. They make a great base for simple layout designs, are perfect to layer together in photo stacks, use them whole or cut them up to recreate strips of papers. The selection of designs within the These Days Collection pack are all kinds of magical and even feature a few sweet frame designs. I used these as the main focus of my layout by cutting the Inside of the frame out and adhering photos behind.

I strung the photos across the layout using different adhesives for slightly different heights of dimension. These photos are quite old now, its hard to believe Leila was this little once, especially in this new stage of life, the Pre Teen years.

She had so much sass this day and was really hamming it up for the camera. She knew she was cute haha

I used 3 other pocket page cards to create strips down the edge of the layout, cutting 2 of them into 6 strips (length ways) and laying one above the other down each edge. I sewed through each on my machine using a straight stitch and zigzag. The other card I cut wider strips from and only used half for this layout.

Next up was the banner strung between the photos. I used a mix of stickers and cut apart pieces that I adhered to some cardstock to keep them in place so I could sew through the tops.

I added the title under this using a mix of foam title pieces, mini puffy alphabet stickers and a cut apart label from the A5 paper stack.

You all know what comes next… floral clusters of goodness YES! All the pretty florals were cut from the A5 Home Grown paper and the sweet butterfly from the A5 Take Flight paper. There’s also a hint of black from the title stickers pack, a cute little gold glitter heart and a phrase sticker from the accessory sticker pack.

I created a smaller cluster on the other side of the layout using the same elements as the first with the addition to a tag from the accessory sticker sheet.

Final touches included adding tiny fussy cut flowers around the clusters and then a big splattering of gold ink to finish it off.

Well friends that’s all from me today, thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to check back in tomorrow to see what the next DT Member has to share with you for our Pocket Page Cards and A5 Paper stack feature.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x

Picture Perfect Moments | These Days | Kylie Kingham.

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans! It’s Kylie here with you today and I am super excited to share my very first layout to be created with the new ‘These Days’ collection. This new range has a really pretty ‘Cottage core’  or ‘Homely’ vibe to it with a stunning pastel colour palette. I didn’t have a plan so to speak before starting my page of how I wanted my completed layout to look. All I knew is I wanted to have a really soft and florally theme to it.

Next to florals, I have a huge thing for gingham prints so I immediately went to the ‘Home Grown’ paper to work into my background. I trimmed a square of it down to 9″x9″ and adhered it to the lower right corner of the ‘Wall Of Fame’ paper. Using a lace edged craft punch from my supply stash, I added two strips of decorative edges surrounding the gingham square, using white cardstock. For contrast I added two 1″ strips of ‘Pretty Posies’ in an upside down ‘L’ shape.

I cut down both of my photos to 3.75″x3.75″ and backed them with 4″x 4″ pieces of the woodgrain side of the ‘Pretty Posies’ paper. Once in place I was able to begin layering various embellishments under and around both of them. The ‘Picture Perfect Moments’ die cut was adhered over both photos using foam adhesive squares, to give some added height and dimension.

Using the floral die cut pack, I added two clusters of blooms at opposite corners of my layout, Again using foam adhesive squares for the dimension. I really loved the fabric heart embellishments in this range…..Hello gold and sparkly cuteness! To finish my page I couldn’t resist adding three hearts surrounding my photos.

‘These Days’ is yet another beautiful collection by Zoe. I’m sure you will all love it as much as I do! Thanks for stopping by the blog today and seeing my layout. Until next time,

Kylie.

Picture Perfect Moments | These Days collection | Tarrah McLean

 

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am very excited to be sharing my first layout created using the stunning These Days collection! As soon as I saw the paper with all of the gorgeous frames, I knew I wanted to fussy cut some out and rearrange them on a background paper.

I fussy cut the frames and then took out my exacto knife and cut out the centres of the frames. I then took the A5 paper stack and backed each of the frames with a patterned paper from the paper stack. For the photo of my niece, I took the frame from the ephemera pack and added my photo behind it. Once the frames were all backed, I arranged them all on to the yellow gingham/plaid paper. I adhered the frames flat to the paper but the one with the photo, I added craft foam underneath and adhered it in the centre of all the frames. On the photo frame, I added one of the gorgeous gold glitter hearts and a phrase die-cut.

I trimmed down the yellow gingham/plaid paper and adhered the entire background onto the woodgrain paper, I like how this added some depth to the back of the page. On the left of my photo, I took the beautiful die-cut piece that says ‘Picture Perfect Moments’ I adhered this also with foam tape underneath as I wanted this to be the title for my page and I wanted to draw the viewers eye towards it. When I create a layout, I generally add the larger things to my page first like my photo and the title (creating the overall design) and work my way down to the smaller embellishments to finish off with, this page is no exception. I added the frames, the photo and the title first. I then took both the floral ephemera pack and regular ephemera pack and pulled out things to help tell my story and to enhance my design.

You can see I have added a few florals and some butterflies all from the ephemera packs. I created a visual triangle with the butterflies by placing 3 of them around my page so as to draw the viewers eye around the page. One of my favourite embellishments from this collection is the wood epoxy beads, I added 2 of these to my page, 1 larger one that says ‘So Sweet’ to the top left corner above my photo and a smaller with a heart under my photo. I also added quite a few of the gorgeous puffy stickers, these are sooo cute! I love how they are tiny, perfect for adding some little cute details.

Some of the last details I added were some of the gorgeous clear stickers and some of the accessory stickers. I also stamped the date stamp in the circle frame at the bottom below the beautiful puffy sticker. What a stunning collection to work with, it is sooooo pretty for girly projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it?!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

These Days | Little Moments of Joy | Rachel Lowe

I know I say this every time a new CVS collection is released but…..the  These Days collection is my new fav! I wanted to create a ‘family’ themed layout which this collection is perfect for!

I firstly tore a strip for the Neighbourhood paper which creates the theme of ‘family’. I tore two more strips using the Family Ties and The Good Life papers. I am a little obsessed with paper tearing currently, I love the texture it creates and enables you to layer multiple papers no matter what the colours or patterns.

I created an embellishment cluster at the top left of the paper strips, as you can see from my photo I tucked some of the elements under the paper strips. I created a visual scene that coordinated with the Neighbourhood paper. The die cut ephemera has so many gorgeous designs! I added some gold thread under the die butterfly to soften.

After adding my 6×4 inch landscape photo I used one of the Pocket Cards, cutting it down to a square. I added this with foam tape placed slightly over my photo. I just adored this die cut of a mother and child and had to add it to my layout. I finished this embellishment cluster off with a wood epoxy button and butterfly.

To connect my photo to each of the embellishment clusters I added butterflies (with foam tape) in a way that they appear to be flying across my page. I tucked some flowers from the floral die cut ephemra pack and added a word sentiment from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

This collection certainly makes it easy to create wonderful layouts, the colour palette has my heart! I didn’t feel the need to add a cut files as the many embellishments of this collection are many and so varied.

Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing all your layouts created with These Days.

Rachel X

 

 

 

Sweet Slumber | These Days collection | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone! I am so excited to be here today to share my very first layout using the brand new ‘These Days’ collection with you. I have been crushing on this collection since Zoe revealed it, but I think I fell in love with it even more once the box was actually in my hands and I could touch everything. And believe me, there is SO much to love in this collection with more embellishments than we have ever had before!

I have to admit, whenever I get a new collection to play with I am always overwhelmed to start with because there is just so much to choose from, so it takes me a little bit of time to cut into it. It was for this reason that I decided to keep things simple for my first layout to document a sweet photo of my daughter and one of my sons taking a nap together on the couch.

I started my page with a sheet of white cardstock as the base and I chose two patterned papers to use for my background. The first was the beautiful watercolour striped Family Ties paper, which reminded me of the t-shirt my daughter was wearing in the photo. The second was the Wall of Fame paper, which features adorable hand drawn frames. I cut a couple of wide strips from each paper, distressed the edges a bit, and then adhered them to the cardstock in an alternating pattern, leaving a small space between each one.

I then matted my photo using the smaller scale version of the black and white floral print of the Neighbourhood paper from the A5 Paper Stack. I also added a white paper lace doily from my stash and some frayed gauze for soft texture.

Once my photo was in place I set about adding my embellishments around it. My plan was to create a cluster in the bottom left corner, the top right corner, and the bottom right corner. I used pieces from the Floral Ephemera pack to create my layered cluster in the bottom left corner, adding foam tape under some of the flowers for dimension. I also added a sweet little Wood Button in one of the flower centres.

In the top right corner of my photo I again used pieces from the Floral Ephemera pack as the basis of my layered cluster. This was where I also chose to place my title, overlapping the top edge of my photo. I used the word sweet from the Foam Title Stickers and paired it with the new Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers to form the word slumber. (I am in loooove with these alphas!) I also added a small blue butterfly from the Puffy Stickers nearby.

In the bottom right corner of my photo I used a few pieces from the Die Cut Ephemera pack – the sweet little house, the picture perfect moments banner and a small heart. I also added the little blue home flag from the Puffy Stickers set. I finished off with some of the tiny little black leaves from the Foam Title Stickers, my handwritten journaling inside one of the frames on the background paper, and some splatters of black ink.

If you would like to watch my process to see how it all came together, check out my video here:

Until next time, happy scrapping!

 

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