Cut Files

Wild & Free | Great Escape | Rachel Lowe

Today I am sharing another layout using the fab! Great Escape collection! This layout has been created using only the A5 Paper Pad.

The only thing you have to remember is that anything you cut must be 6×8 inches. This is a great way to either save your 12×12 inch papers or when your supply of the 12×12 inches papers is running low. I cut 10 scallop strips using different colours and patterns to create my background. So they stood out I added some black machine stitching to each strip.

I next cut my title Wild & Free using a cut file from the Silhouette design store which I then offset using a darker colour to add contrast so my title really popped on the white background paper.

Using another cut file from the Silhouette Design store, polaroid Frames, which I back filled with the journal cards also from the A5 paper pad. I added my two photos and set about embellishing this with Puffy Stickers, Accessory stickers and ephemera die cuts.

I used chipboard pieces to add over my scallop paper strips to add dimension. I layered the stars and used foam tape to add dimension.

This layout was super easy to put together and you could do a 8 1/2 x 11 inch version. You could also add larger photos or more photos. I love the colours of this collection and the A5 paper pad has some colours/designs that are not in the 12×12 collection pack.

As always thank you for stopping by and I hope I have inspired you to get out your A5 paper pad and think of ways you can use it to create a layout.

Rachel X

 

 

 

 

Road trip to LA | Hap[py Days | Josefine ven der Hoeven

 

Hello Paperlovers,

Welcome to Cocoa Vanilla Studio’s blog, and how wonderful that you’re looking for new scrapbook inspiration. Today, I’ve created a new scrapbook layout using the amazing and colorful “Happy Days” collection designed by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. These vibrant colors really give your layout that summery feel. I love to use this photo of my daughter on the Beverly Hills boulevard and chose to use a cut file from the Cricut store, I absolutely love this Destination Icon. I thought it was quite fitting the theme.

 

I cut the file from the beautiful yellow patterned paper of the “Happy Days” collection and placed the photo in the open center. I stitched the edges with white thread, using my sewing machine. I positioned the Destination Icon in the center of the 12×12 white cardstock sheet, which I’m using as my base.

 

I created flower clusters on the bottom left and top right corners. I used the die-cut flower shapes but also fussy-cut some flowers from the matching patterned paper of the “Happy Days” collection. I also cut out some butterflies and placed them around the flower clusters. I selected some fun die-cut shapes like the flag and the camera and giving them a place among the flowers.

 

For the title, I used the elegant puffy titles from the “Great Escape” collection. The title I’ve chosen for this scrapbook layout is “Road trip to LA. I added some splatters with white gesso, which I mixed with water, and also splattered some of my yellow distress ink “Fossilized Amber.” around the flower clusters.

 

I hope I’ve been able to inspire you with this layout and look forward to seeing you again on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog next time. Have a wonderful and creative day.

XoXo, Jo

 

Adventure Awaits | Great Escape | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS crafty friends Rachel here! Today I am sharing another layout created using the fab Great Escape collection scrapping an older photo of my youngest.

Boys and stars just go together! Firstly I cut the  Star Gazing paper at 5×12 inches. I used the banner paper strip from the Wild Life paper and added to the bottom of the star paper piece. I used a note book border cut file from the Silhouette Design store and cut this using the blue part of the Horizon paper and added to the top of the star paper piece.

I chose a dark blue to ensure I had contrast against the busy star paper. I next cut two stars using both sides of the Starry Night paper, 5 1/2 and 5 inches. I layered these off centre to the left.

I next added my 3×5 inch photo, matting it on the yellow side of the Horizon paper and then adding a strip of the Journey paper, green side. I added my photo with foam tape to create dimension. I love the Chipboard pieces and created an embellishment cluster to the left side of my photo finishing of it with a phrase sentiment die cut.

I used the Adventure Awaits journal strip from the Wild Life paper and added under my photo, this being my title of my layout. I added the compass die cut with foam tape so this element didn’t look ‘flat’.

I always use the Accessory Sticker Sheet to add sub journalling and these phrase sentiments suite my boy so much!

To balance my layout I added a embellishment to the top left of my page, using the tag and ‘play’ banner from the Accessory Sticker sheet, adding the Puffy Star stickers and then some twine.

You could add a larger photo on this layout or even two smaller landscape photos. I did go back and add some Chipboard Stickers and Puffy Star Stickers over some of the stars of the Starry Night paper to add more dimension.

And there you have it another boy layout that is fun and fabulous!

Thank you for stopping by and see you again soon!

Rachel X

Wild Adventure | Great Escape | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here again with a fun camp-out layout using the stunning new Great Escape collection. It’s such a fun mix of nature and camping themes! I love the navy and gray tones mixed with brighter tones.

For this outdoorsy photo, I thought this fantastic background was perfect! I added some lovely curly cloud cut files from the Silhouette shop to the Horizon patterned paper. Using a piece of A5 wood grain paper as a base, I built up a window frame for the photo.

The journaling spot is from the cut-apart sheet in this collection, as are the word phrases that are layered over the fussy cut clouds. A chipboard title along with die cut icons brings all of the colors together and draws the eye directly into the 4×6 photo of my son. I love how this layout captures the excitement as well as the setting of this picture.

To see how “Wild Adventure” came together, check out the process video below:

Wild Thing | Great Escape Collection | Rachel lowe

Hey crafty friends Rachel here! Today I have another layout created with the fabulous Great Escape collection. I have used a photo of my oldest boy who is now in the Air Force and has made this mum very proud.

I used this awesome geometric cut file from the Silhouette Design store and cut it in black for impact, I chose the Happy Camper orange side paper to back the cut file as it contrast so well. I used white cardstock as my base paper and added a grey/blue paint wash and splatters and added the Adventurer paper as a border.

I again used the Adventurer paper and cut a strip 4×9 inches and placed to the left of the circle cut file. I used the dark blue strip from the Wild Life paper over this trip. I next added my 6×4 portrait photo with foam tape so I could add elements under.

I used  chipboard pieces to add dimension to my layout and to emphasise the patterns of the paper. to ensure my photo did not get ‘lost’ amongst the patterns and colours I added clusters of embellishments around it. Layering over and under elements greats great visual interest.

I love the Puffy Title stickers and as you can see you on my layout I manipulated them to curve following the shape of the circle cut file. I added some Puffy Star stickers in amongst my colour wash to create the illusion of a sky.

I did try a coloured version of my photo but as there are many colours and patterns in this layout it just didn’t work but a black & white version really popped off the page!

Thank you for stopping by today and happy scrapping!

Rachel X

 

Memories around the world | Happy Days | Josefine van der Hoeven

Welcome, Paperlovers,

And welcome on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! It’s fantastic to have you join us today. This time, I’ve been inspired by the Great Escape Challenge at Cocoa Vanilla Studio.

The challenge: scrap about your adventures, big or small, near or far… I chose to create a scrapbook layout filled with memories around the world. I’ve traveled to many places in Europe, America, Central America, and Africa. For this layout, I could only choose four, so I selected different countries across the globe where I’ve made fantastic memories such as Egypt, Jamaica, Austria, and Switzerland.

For this layout, I use for a white cardstock background and used a cut file from the Cricut Store. I cut out a globe and backed it with a blue-green patterned paper. The edge of the globe is adorned with a green stitched border.

Next, I selected some gold photo frames and matched them with various patterned papers and photos. I arranged the frames with the photos playfully around the globe. On the right side, I created a cluster of flower die-cuts, butterflies, and leaves. This cluster adds a little extra holiday vibe to my layout.

For the title, I used the lovely colored mini puffy alphas along with the black and white cardboard words. The title of this layout is “Memories around the world.” I’m a fan of the small mini sticker hearts from this collection, so I used them in clusters of three between the photo frames.

I also cut out a few butterflies and scattered them randomly across the layout. I added some splatters with white gesso and green watercolor. I love the playful effect of the splatters.

I hope I’ve inspired you with this layout and can’t wait to admire your beautiful creations on social media. Have lots of fun, and until next time!

XoXo, Jo

 

Fun Times | Great Escape | Rachel Lowe

Welcome to my my second layout created using the new fab Great Escape collection. I have scrapped a photo of son number two (I have three!!!) sitting in front of a rusting old car.

I chose this fab star cut file from the Silhouette design store and cut it in black to create a contrast. I chose the colourful striped Journey paper for the centre star and the green Direction paper for the outer smaller stars. I added foam tape to some of the smaller stars to create dimension.

I added my 3×5 inch photo which I matted on a paper from the A5 paper stack and added black machine stitching to create a border. I added two stickers to the top of my photo from the Accessory Sticker sheet. I went back and added several of the larger Die Cut Ephemera stars and then Puffy Stickers to the centres.

I then created an embellishments to each side of my photo, how cute is the car with luggage and map, perfect for my photo!

Next I used the Chipboard stickers to create my title, adding FUN to the bottom of my photo and TIMES under the photo, don’t be afraid to mix it up by making your title interesting in placement.

I used Wild Life paper as my background paper but felt it needed a darker contrast so add torn notebook edge (cut file from the Silhouette Design store) using Starry Night paper and finished off by adding black sitting to these.

This is a ‘busy’ layout for me but I love how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by today and see you agin soon.

Rachel

Great Outdoors | Great Escape Collection | Rachel Lowe

Hello and welcome to my first layout created with the fabulous new collection Great Escape!

I love this photo of my eldest boy and his puppy (which of course when he moved out we ended having lol!!!) and knew it would fit perfectly with this collection.

I found this great cut file in the Silhouette design store and went from there. I used the Starry Night paper as the background piece to create the illusion of the sky and then Journey paper for the trees. I added the tree paper piece with foam tape to add dimension. Before adding this to my white cardstock which is cut at 10×10 inches I added a paint wash background.

And now for the fun part, embellishing! I added my photo which is a 6×4 inch landscape photo. I did my title at this point using the Foam Title Stickers. I then set about creating three embellishment clusters around my photo.

I added black stars from the Foam Title Stickers sheet, ephemera die cut pack and puffy sticker sheet. This adds varying textures to your layout and prevents it from look ‘flat’.

I layered die cuts both under and over the green tree cut file. Here you can see I added a phrase sentiment over the combi van and how I added the Out and About flag behind the tree cut file.

Don’t be afraid to add elements on your photo, it is a great way to tie everything together and as you can see here it does not distract from my actual photo.

Lastly I covered my photo with a scrap piece of paper to protect it and splattered the blue paint wash over my layout. I used another phrase sentiment as my sub journalling from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

I love how this turned out. The colours of this collection are perfect for any outdoor themed layout you want to create!

Thank you for stopping by and happy creating with Great Escape, you are going to love it!

Rachel

Write your own Story | Heart & Home collection | Rachel Lowe

Happy New Year crafty friends!

My layout, using the beautiful Heart & Home collection is about documenting some goals for 2024 (I will add some handwriting to the journal card).

I found this book cut file in the Silhouette Design store and cut it in black for impact. I cut the white cardstock down to 9 inches square and added to the beautiful Bountiful Paper. I added black machine stitching to add definition between the floral and white papers. I next added splatters of black paint to the white cardstock to break up the white.

I used the puffy alpha stickers to create my title which I added to the book pages. I used Golden Fields paper to create my layered butterflies. I used foam tape to layer them and used the puffy stickers to add hearts to them. I arranged them so they appear to be flying off the page.

I created a small embellishment cluster at the top left of my page using the die cut ephemera.

I matted my photo on a paper piece from the A5 paper pad and machine stitched a border in black. I added to my page with foam tape and before securing I tucked to the left the journal card ‘the story’ from the die cut ephemera pack. Lastly I added a floral bunch using the flowers from the floral die cut ephemera at the top of my photo and journal card. My photo size is 3×4 inches but you could certainly add a larger photo. I used thee puffy sticker dots for the centre of these flowers.

I created another small embellishment cluster to the bottom right of my photo to balance my layout.

You could add more photos and more journalling using the puffy alpha stickers. You could also paper piece the book if you wanted to add another colour to the layout.

As always thank you for stopping by and happy 2024 to you all!

Rachel X

 

Year in Review 2023 | Favourite Layouts | Rachel Lowe

Firstly I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a New Year. This year went in a blink of an eye!

I went back through the layouts I have made and have chosen four of my favs I created using all things Cocoa Vanilla Studio!

Heart and Home collection to me was all about Autumn days and family. This layout features my fav photos of my youngest boy and I. As you know I love adding cut files to my layouts and here I used two so add texture and layers.

These Days collection is such a pretty collection and can be used for so many themes. It’s not often that I do mixed media but as here I used several patterned papers I needed to add white and so it wasn’t so stark I add a blue paint wish to it.

Happy Days collection is bright and beautiful. I loved the many colours of the collection. This is a very ‘busy’ layout for me but I love how it came together and everything about this layout says ‘HAPPY’.

This was a throw back Thursday layout I created this year and having three sons I just can’t go by a fab boy collection and No Limits is that. How awesome is this pie graph cut file! I cut two at different sizes and then layered, love the effect of the light against the dark paper.

Thank you for all your love on social media and also sharing your wonderful layouts!

See you in 2024!

Rachel X

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