January 2023

Best Buddies | Legendary Collection | Laura Alberts

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Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here again with a birthday layout using the lovely Legendary collection! I adore the masculine collections for my sons’ layouts and Legendary has a special place in my heart thanks to all of the stunning reds and blues! This layout focuses on using up scraps.

To create these journaling spots on either side of my photos, I used the inside of the woodgrain frame in the ephemera pack and cut it in half. Each side outlines an area that was perfect for a little bit of writing! Added to the fussy cut and punched stars I sprinkled all around the ephemera stars, it gives this layout a whimsical feel.

With word phrases from the accessories sticker sheet and enamel dots scattered around my clusters, this layout has a fun, light-hearted feel that fits my sons’ personalities perfectly.

I hope this layout inspires you to use up the scraps from your older collections! If you’d like to see how “Best Buddies” came together, check out the process video below:

New glasses | No limits Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello everyone. It’s Anna here with another layout. This time it won’t be anything christmas related (I already put “Joyful” collection away). I reached for “No limits” collection to scrapbook fresh photo of my hubby, who recently got glasses. It’s a semi new look for him as he didn’t wear ones for years. And as a good family paparazzi, I snapped photo of him. Now it’s time to scrapbook it!

As I mentioned, I reached for a masculine “No limits” collection. This line is full of pretty patterns in many saturated colors and fun textures. I started with choosing quite solid, teal blue background paper. Next step was to cut the big glasses and part of the title – word “trending” – using my digital die cutting machine. Glasses are made with black cardstock and big word is cut with orange pattern paper called “Spark”.

After adding photo, I embellished the area around it with some ephemera pieces from Ephemera Pack and some stickers from 12*6 Sticker Sheet.

This line doesn’t come with seperate alpha stickers, but I reached for the Word Phrases Pack and hand cut separate letters. This is a fun trick to use up as many elements from the pack as possible. I was never able to finish the whole pack with so many phrases to choose from.

Last step was to add some smaller elements here and there, including small “planets” from Chipboard Stickers pack and some Wood Epoxy Buttons. I also splashed everything with black ink almost ruining the finished page. My bottle of ink is almost empty so I tilted it to the side to reach the bottom easier. I overdid it, spilling a big blob of ink onto my orange title. After a moment of panic, I figured out that I can cut only letter R from the same orange paper and glue it down on top of the blob. You can still see some ink under the letter but it doesn’t catch the eye so much. Layout saved!

That is all for today my Friends. Thank you so much for stopping by and see you soon!

XO Anna

Life’s a climb but the view is great | No Limits | Josefine vd Hoeven

 

Hello Paperlovers, Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! Great to see you again on the blog where I explain more about my layout that I created with the amazing collection “No Limits“I love creating a background with ink. You can use almost any stamp ink for this technique. I often use Distress Oxide for mixed media background. For this mixed media background I used three different colors. I took a kitchen sponge and moisten the sponge. Then I applied the ink with a stamping motion to the white cardstock. I repeat this technique just as many times until I am happy with the mixed media background. For some extra demension, I applied a few splatters and used a water color brush.

 

 

I have used a cutfile by Paige Evans. I really love this gorgeous wreath so much. With my sewing machine I stitch the cutfile on top of the mixed media background circle.

 

I decorate the wreath cutfile with die-cuts, wooden buttons, word die-cuts and stars. I find decorating my layout to be one of the most fun things to do. I add a light blue stitch border to the large word die-cuts. I love stitching details in my projects and use my sewing machine quite a lot.

 

I cut the picture of the beautiful glaciers we went to last summer into a circle. I also choose orange patterned paper cut it into a circle and place it behind the photo. Then I add a stitch border to the circle edge.

 

For the title I chose different alphabet sets and created a title around the photo. When I make long titles I usually choose a circle so you have all the space you need.

I hope I was able to give you some great ideas and wish you lots of fun creating beautiful projects with this beautiful and colorful collection! I want to thank you for stopping by on the blog today!
Happy crafting and have fun!
XoXo,
Jo

 

 

Holly Jolly Christmas | Merry & Bright Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hello Hello! It’s Michelle here today with a new layout share for you all. I’ve continued on with my Christmas crafting in January using the Merry & Bright Collection and a bunch of fun and oh so flattering photos from Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning.

I based this layout off one that I made a few years back that grouped photos together over a chunk of pattern paper with a big floral cluster underneath. This was a fun layout to recreate, even with the cringeworthy photos I chose.

All papers used are from the Merry & Bright Collection with a mix of both 12×12 and A5 papers used. Jingle all the Way was the paper of choice to use behind all the photos, combined with a strip of Happy Holidays to use as a base for the title.

I added a massive cluster of florals under the title banner using the wreath design from the Happy Holidays paper along with a mix of ephemera and fussy cut florals from the A5 version of Joy to the World.

Different forms of adhesive used for this cluster to achieve dimension of all kinds.

I used my all time favourite white alphas for the title, with a pop of machine stitching to keep them in place for years to come.

I added more fussy cut florals around the page and tucked in ephemera pieces, accessory stickers and even layered in a couple of old school doilies within the photo groups. Also, please excuse the hot mess shown above, we were having a little too much fun with the photo booth set up haha

Even the sweet doggo’s made an appearance in this layout.

The papers used to back the photos all came from scraps I had left from past projects, with the addition of some vellum behind a couple.

Here’s a final look at the entire layout, splattered with gold ink to finish it off.

Well thats all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x

Beautiful | Daydream collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the gorgeous Daydream collection! The Daydream collection would have to be one of my all time favourite collections by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. Which collection would be your favourite?

The photos I am documenting on this layout are of my niece when she was posing with a cute hat on her head! The florals and the lovely words in this collection are perfect to go with my photo.

I decided to start out my layout with a plain white piece of cardstock, which I often do, I then cut strips of different patterned papers from the Daydream collection in 1 inch sizes. I strategically then arranged these strips into a triangular pattern so that no 2 patterns were together on the page. I matted the photos with some of the papers from the A5 paper pack and arranged the photos slightly overlapping each other.

The floral die-cuts in the Daydream collection (or any of the collection for that matter) are just so beautiful! They look absolutely gorgeous when they are added to a project! I tucked in lots of different sizes and colours at each side of the photos and I also tucked some in to the top of the photos as well. I added different heights of foam adhesive and regular adhesive to get the shadow and dimension on my page. Once they were all stuck down, I bent up the edges of the petals and the leaves to make them look more realistic as well!

My title is made up of the gorgeous cardstock title words and I also added one of the banner die-cuts below the title too. I adhered it slightly overlapping the bottom of the photos and added foam tape to the bottom of the title to adhere it with the same level as the photos. Some of the smaller embellishments that I added include accessory stickers, moth and heart die-cuts and also some of the super cute sequins. You can see I added some of the sequins to the centres of the flowers, I love how the sequins look in the centres of the flowers. I should add sequins to my projects a lot more often!

Above the photo on the right, I also added one of the tab stickers from the accessory sticker sheet and also added one of the super cute fabric puffy hearts here too. Lastly I stamped my date stamp and called my layout finished. I love how it turned out. I love the pattern that the papers make on the page and how the florals look even against the busy patterned paper background.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it.

See you next time!

Tarrah x

Love this Story | Storyteller Collection | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS friends. I am still crushing on the beautiful Storyteller collection! I love its versatility and that it works with most scrapbooking themes. Today I am sharing a layout of my middle boy and I.

I have used a free cut file by Paige Evans, love this heart so much. The striped paper is perfect to fill these hearts as you get the multi coloured effect. Once I had paper pieced the heart cut file I placed my photo so I could my way from there.

I used the heart paper from the A5 paper stack and added with foam tape. Next I used a chipboard floral bunch from the chipboard sticker sheet and tucked under the left side of my photo. I chose a sentiment phrase die cut from the die cut ephemera pack and directly under my photo with foam tape. To finish off I added a camera die cut and added a die cut button to the lens.

I used the chipboard title and added to the right of my photo slightly over the hearts cut file. To keep to the rule of three I added a butterfly wood epoxy button and two black foam hearts from the foam title stickers.

To add visual interest I added a chipboard banner and tucked a small floral die cut under it and then added a die cut button with foam tape.

This layout is simple but colourful! With these colours it makes it super easy to add coloured photos.

As always thanks for stopping by and see you again soon! Happy scrapping.

Rachel X

Baked With Love | Joyful Collection | Sophie Delorme

Hey Cocoa Vanilla friends!

 

It’s Sophie here!! Wow! It’s been a long time!

 

I am so happy to be here today with a brand new layout to share with you!

 

I used the Joyful collection for this page, paired with two cut files that I bought on the Silhouette Studio store. The cake stand is from Paige Evans and the title is from Jenny Highsmith.

 

I hand draw an uneven scalloped border on white cardstock and cut it with scissors. I centered the cardstock on the Advent patterned paper and stitched some French knots on it.

 

 

I backed the cake stand with different patterned papers from the Joyful collection, and used velum paper for the glass bell.

 

I printed my photo in black and white as the cake that I backed didn’t match de colors of the collection at all! It’s a good way to use whatever photo you want for a page, and softens the overall look.

 

I fussy cut plenty of beautiful florals out of the ‘Tis The Season paper, added Wood Buttons, a few labels and beautiful gold stars to finish it up!

 

Here are some close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the result! This collection is one of my favorites from Cocoa Vanilla! It’s a Christmas collection, but as you can see here, you sure can use it for any other occasion!

 

I hope that this was inspiring to you!

 

Thank you for stopping by, and have a great crafty day!

 

Sophie xx

Elf on the Shelf | Merry and Bright | Kellie Moore

Hello CVS fans and welcome to my first post for 2023!

Over the past few weeks I did a little Christmas scrapping and pulled out the ‘Merry and Bright’ collection which I still have a decent amount of in my stash. I love the pop of pink in this collection which doesn’t make it so ‘traditional.’ Here is a look at my page..

To start my page, I used this cut file from Paige Evans, and backed it with a bunch of the patterned papers, also using some gold glitter paper…..to me, gold screams Christmas and I love it! I think this cutfile was perfect for this photo of my twins and their elf.

Around my photo, I used some Ephemera pieces and tucked some florals in my cutfile… layers make my heart happy.

To add some separation between the cutfile and the star background paper, I added some distress oxide… I like the glow this provides to my page. I then added some of the word phrases from the Accessory sticker sheet under my photo.

I hope if you have this collection in your stash that you have been inspired to pull it out…or even the Joyful collection…another gorgeous collection.

Hope your 2023 is off to a good start..thanks for stopping by

Kel x

The Best Story | Storyteller Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a fun layout of my son’s university tour! I thought the colors in these photos were perfect for Storyteller and they worked really well together. I chose a column design because I had two landscape 3×4 photos and 1 portrait 3×4 photo. I find splitting up the two formats a little easier to scrap. The left-hand column has 4 journaling cards stacked one right after another, 2 to back my photos and 2 for journaling spots.

A multi-layered strip down the center gives the two columns defined areas and gives me a place for a little extra embellishing in the middle. I especially love these wood buttons with the epoxy in the middle! Such a fun way to add more dimension and texture to the page. On top and bottom of that button are round puffy stickers, then a few Nuvo drops for interest. At the bottom of this page, I collaged stickers and ephemera to make an embellishment cluster.

On the right side of the page, I combined this fun journaling card and my portrait photo for a mini-layout within a layout! This half of a frame tucked behind my photo reminded me of some of the architecture at the university and also created a landing place to build my cluster of embellishments on top of too. All in all, I used five journaling cards on this layout.

I hope this layout gives you inspiration for using your journaling cards on a layout to create a grid or just to add a little extra color! Be sure to check out the process video below to see how “The Best Story” came together!

Christmas album | Joyful Collection | Anna Komenda

Hello, hello! Welcome in New Year everyone! We are already half way through January but I am still playing with super cute “Joyful” line. It’s a christmas collection from 2021 but it stole my heart completely and when I pulled it out to make few projects for December, it seems I can’t say “goodbye” to it. But I promise, my today’s project is the last one I am going to share with you made with this collection (for few months at least :) ). I had so many pretty photos from the last Christmas Eve (this is the most celebrated day in Polish tradition), that making a single layout wasn’t enough for me. That’s why I decided to make a whole album for this event only and I made it from scratch.

I used a false golden leather for the cover, mixed with pattern paper called “Feeling festive“. I also stitched in few colorful buttons imitating ornaments. Everything is wrapped with a piece of red string, that keeps the cover from opening by itself. The front is decorated with few paper stars fussy cut from one of the papers from A5 Paper Stack, few elements from Ephemera Pack and a super cute deer from Chipboard Stickers set.

Inside the album there are five pages, made with kraft cardstock. I think this natural paper fits the “Joyful” collection really well adding a bit rustic feel to the project. My first page has a flat that closes with magnets. The front of it is decorated with shaker and pictures are hidden inside.

I chose the size of the album to acommodate vertical 4*6 photo so it’s about 13*18 cm big and 5 cm thick. This is why I love making my own album bases – they fit your needs perfectly! After adding photos to the page, I decorated them with ephemera pieces, chipboard stickers, puffy stickers and Accessory Stickers. This is my favorite part of making an album process!

Some pages of my album are just a simple layout with photos and embellishments and some have extra flaps to acommodate more photos. My usual way of making album is picking the photos I want to add to particular page and then thinking how I should do it. Knowing I need to find space for 4 photos, I add flaps or pockets taylored for the exact number and size of pictures. I find it the fastest and most convinient way of creating album pages.

I do not mind when my photos overlap. I just have to be sure there nothing important hidden in this process (like face of a person or detail that matters). It helps you squeeze in bigger photos on the smaller space!

You can also be creative not only in adding flaps and pockets but also with the way they open or with the shape they have! Last page in my album has a flap that immitates the side of the christmas tree! To make sure it won’t open by itself while browsing through the album I use strong magnets hidden under the paper.

That is all for today! Thank you so much for spending this time with me and scrolling all the way down through all those pictures. I hope you like my album and it inspires you to make your own handmade albums! YouTube is full of great tutorials on how to do it!

See you in two weeks!

XO

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