November 2021

Ho Ho Ho | Joyful Collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello everyone. It’s Kylie back with you today to share a brand new layout I have created. I am a little bit excited as it is the first layout I have made with the new ‘Joyful’ collection. My children and I have always loved watching Christmas movies with ‘Elf’ being one of our favourites. So today’s layout features a cute pair of Elf legs in tribute to our favourite tradition and movie.

Creating my Elf legs was easy and you can give it a try too! I cut two pieces of ‘HOLLY DAYS’ paper to measure 5″x 2″. For the feet I cut two pieces of ‘MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT’ paper to measure 3.5″x 2″. Finally, I cut some little cuffs from the ‘TIS THE SEASON’ paper to measure 2″ wide, and I fussy cut along one of the zig zag lines. All that was left to do then was shape the feet. I used a corner punch to round them out and trimmed out a piece from the top to make the look more authentically ‘Elf’.To finish I added one of the gold stars to the toes.

Both the ‘Advent’ and ‘Feeling Festive’ papers were used for the background paper, with a border strip added from ‘Tis The Season’ and ‘Deck The Halls’ papers. My Elf was adhered to the top of the page and I used some foam adhesive squares to add the cuffs to give it more dimension.

My photos were trimmed to a smaller 3″x 4″ size to be adhered across the lower side of my layout. I used some of the cute die cuts and chipboard stickers  to add balance to their position and add more colour.

I so love the inclusion of the puffy gold title stickers in the ‘Joyful’ collection. I used them to create a large title to suit my page and adhered them next to my Elf legs in the upper portion of my layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you give my little ‘Elf’ theme a try for yourself.

Until next time,

Kylie.

 

 

My Joy | These Days Collection | Rachel Lowe

Happy November CVS friends! Yes December is fast approaching, I can’t wait to start creating with the new Joyful collection but in the meantime I am still happily creating with TheseDays Collection.

I love creating baby layouts and here I have used two baby themed cut files, the baby romper and bunny wreath, both from the silhouette design store. I used the baby romper as the mat for my photo, but to keep it a feature I cut it twice and used foam tape to layer it. I also added a border with machine stitching.

I embellished on and around my photo, adding gold glitter hearts and epoxy flairs from the collection to further frame it! I also add butterflies from the clear stickers.

I had to add flowers to this baby girl layout and used a combination of die cuts and puffy stickers to create my bloom at the bottom of my bunny wreath. I used foam tape on some to create a layered effect.

I finished my layout off adding more butterflies around my page and create my title using the mini puffy alphas and used the accessory sticker sheet to create some journalling.

I love how this turned out, These Days collection colour hues are just so soft and beautiful. If you wanted to create a baby boy page you could add more of the green and blues in the collection and less of the apricot.

As always thank you for stopping by today!

Rachel X

Cherish These Days | These Days collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie on the blog with you and I am sharing a very colorful layout today created with the “These Days” collection !

 

The “Daybreak” patterned paper from the collection was my starting point and it couldn’t more perfect for this Fall photo of Sabrina in the woods!

I teared a chunk of it and placed it on the base of a thick white cardstock to ground my layout.

I used 3 beautiful Pocket Cards that I arranged in a horizontal line on each side of my photo. I added stitching and adhesive foam on some of them for a little extra dimension and interest. On the rainbow pocket card, I added a few inspiring words taken from the Accessory Stickers sheet that I mounted on adhesive foam.

 

 

 

I added beautiful flowers and leaves from the Floral Ephemera pack and the Die Cut Ephemera pack on the bottom left of the photo and teared the “Daybreak” paper to tuck some flowers under there too.

 

I fussy cut numerous butterflies out of the “Take Flight” patterned paper and scattered them as if the were flying away from the woods in the photo. I also created a few clouds with white cardstock and the “Home Grown” patterned paper.

 

Finally, I created strips of typed journaling and added a beautiful Wood Button to my floral cluster.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the bright colors yet the autumnal feel to the page !

3 Pocket cards, a teared patterned paper, fussy cutting and a few Die cuts is all it takes to create a beautiful page !

I hope this was inspiring for you today.

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Sophie xx

SUMMER LOVE | SUNKISSED | GWEN WRUCK

Hi Creative friends,

Gwen on the blog today bringing you some fun Summer themed inspiration.  My layout today features the beautiful bright ‘Sunkissed’ collection and I’m documenting a photo of my daughter on the beach at a recent family holiday.  I was really keen to use the deep blue of the ‘Bright Side‘ pattern paper as my background for this one to draw out the blue in the ocean in my photo.  I’ve teamed it with some of the pretty florals in the collection for a super fun bright and happy page.

To begin the layout, I’ve created a frame for my background using the ‘Sunny Days‘ pattern paper to layer onto of the ‘Bright Side‘ paper.  I’ve also added a stitched border for extra detail.

Next, I’ve backed a cut file from CUT to YOU using the two ombre style pattern papers in the collection ‘Summer Lights‘ and ‘Good Vibrations’.  I’ve used the floral ‘Growing Wild‘ paper in the rainbow section of the cut file as well as the pink exclusive pattern paper that is in the A5 paper stack.  I’ve gone with the more subtle prints here because my background has stripes and I’m teaming it with the florals.

I’ve also used the ‘Good Vibrations’ pattern paper to create a photo mat and then raised my photo on foam for dimension.  I’ve centred the back cut file on the page and now it’s time to add the pretty embellishments.

Starting with some fussy cut florals from the ‘Growing Wild‘ pattern paper, I’ve layered these both under and on top of the cut file.  I’ve mixed these with die cut florals from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera Pack‘ for added layers and to build out the embellishment clusters.  I also pulled out the fun thongs die cut to add to my page.

Next up, I’ve added in some elements from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet‘ including the round element at the top of the page that says ‘Fun in the Sun’.  I’ve also included in my floral clusters some of the ‘Wooden Epoxy Buttons‘ and a cute pair of sunglasses from the ‘Puffy Sticker Sheet‘.

The tile for my page has come from the ‘Glitter Foam Title Stickers‘  I’ve combined the word ‘Summer’ and ‘Love’.  As I’ve applied them to my page, I have bent them slightly to allow them to follow along the line of the rainbow.  I’ve also added a couple of the sweet heart elements from this sheet to my clusters for an added little pop of sparkle.  These were really easy to position and I love the dimension this adds to the page.

I finished up the page by adding in a few small fussy cut florals from the ‘Growing Wild’ pattern paper.

I’ve also made a YouTube process video for today’s page which you can watch here.

Until next time,

Gwen

xo

Chill Out | Sunkissed Collection | Raquel Bowman

Hey everyone, it’s Raquel here and today I am sharing my latest layout with you. For this Throwback Thursday I was inspired by a previous layout I created and also the ‘Sunkissed’ collection. A throwback in two ways, how fun!

Here is the layout that I created:

The subject of this layout are my two kiddies taken in the last couple of months following a release of a lockdown here in regional Victoria. We took advantage of having a day where we could travel a short distance and went to a coastal town about an hour or so from home. Of course the kids were wanting to sample the local ice cream shop! Yum!

I was really inspired by the fringe layers that I created on a layout a couple of years ago and wanted to have a go featuring them on a layout again.

The fringe look can be created using simple fine tip scissors or you can use herb scissors like I have to create a nice even fringe.

To embellish the page I have used a combination of the mainly the ephemera pieces, floral ephemera pieces, puffy stickers and the accessory stickers.

I wish I had a gazillion packs of these florals. Aren’t they totally stunning! So bright and perfect for this summer themed layout. I love to adhere these in a variety of dimensions by using different foam adhesives.

I was excited to have the perfect use for the ice cream ephemera piece!

For the title of the page wanted something that would stand out enough against the fringe layers on the page which as quite dominating. The gold glitter sticker titles are so gorgeous and I decided these would work on this layout.

Of course I had to frame my layout on a patterned paper. I love how it provides a finished look to a page.

Thanks so much for stopping by the CVS Blog today. I hope this layout inspired you.

Raquel x

Mothers Day 2021 | These Days | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share a new layout featuring the lovely new These Days collection. I’m loving the combination of pretty colours and florals in this collection, and I knew that it would be perfect for documenting a photo of my Mum & kids taken on Mothers Day this year.

I started this layout off with the beautiful green Family Ties paper for the background. I cut an 8 3/4 inch circle out of the middle of the page and adhered white cardstock behind it. I then matted the entire page on the Pretty Posies paper, and I added some machine stitching around the edge of the layout.

Next I added some paper layers behind my photo using papers from the A5 paper Stack, and then I tucked the photo into the bottom left hand section of the circle. I embellished around the left hand side of the photo using flowers that I fussy cut out of the Home Grown patterned paper, and leaves from the Floral Ephemera pack. I also added a lovely little Wood Epoxy Button to the centre of one the flowers to give the cluster some additional texture and dimension.

To the right of the photo I added a 3″x4″ card, as well as a sweet Mother & daughter die cut, which was perfect for using on a Mothers Day themed layout.

On the top right hand edge of the circle, I created another floral cluster to balance out the photo and embellishments in the bottom left. This gives the layout a diagonal flow, drawing the viewer’s eye from the bottom left to the top right. In this cluster I again used a combination of fussy cut and die cut florals and leaves, as well as another cute Wood Epoxy Button.

For my title I used the Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers, which I positioned around the inside edge of the circle. These alpha stickers are super cute! I love the beautiful font!

To finish the layout off I added a couple of phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet, as well as some little butterflies that I fussy cut out of one the papers in the A5 Paper Stack.

Thank you so much for joining me here on the blog today! I hope that you’ve been inspired! I’ll be back later in the month with another project to share.

Mandy x

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