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Celebrate Layout with Layered Hearts | Heart & Home |Niki Rowland

Hi everyone, this is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) here today with a new layout and video. Do you like layers on your scrapbook layouts?  On this layout I have used lots of different patterns from the Heart & Home A5 Paper stack to cut lots of hearts in different sizes. I love doing this as it means I get to use lots of patterns on one page!

I started off by cutting multiple hearts – I did this using metal nesting dies and my Big Shot. I then spent some time layering the hearts together, I also distressed the edges of each one before sticking them together. I arranged the hearts down the right side of my layout, on the edge of a large square of the Fall Beauty patterned paper, pink heart side. Once I was happy with the positioning of the hearts, I stuck them to the pink square and then trimmed around them. I added the pink square and layered hearts to a white piece of card for my background. I then added some machine stitching: through the middle of all the hearts and around the edge of the pink square.

I then added my photo, which I framed using a piece of Die Cut Ephemera and I also added a title using one of the Gold Titles ‘celebrate’ because in the photo we were out for my daughter’s birthday.

I kept the rest of the layout embellishments fairly simple as I didn’t want to overpower the stacked design so I just added a few pieces of Floral Ephemera, a few phrases from the Die Cut Ephemera and a few Puffy Hearts. I finished off with a few splatters of gold paint.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing this layout, have a happy scrappy day! My process video is below if you would like to watch how it came together!

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

Beautiful Family | Heart & Home collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous Heart & Home collection! I don’t know about you but I have loads of special family photos that I have to document. The Heart & Home collection is so perfect to use to document family photos. I have added 3 photos to this layout and although they are small, they get the memories documented. These photos are of my 2 sons with their 2 younger girl cousins who they ADORE.

I absolutely love the ‘B’ side of the Golden Fields paper with the typewriter looking phrases and I knew I wanted to use that piece as the background for my layout. I trimmed this piece down to approximately 11′ x 11′ and then adhered it to the ‘B’ side of the Leaf Litter paper. I then cut out the blue 3′ x 4′ card in the top right corner of the Gather paper. I got out my craft knife and cut out the centre of the frame so I could place a photo behind it. I also took the die-cut frame with the 2 spaces from the ephemera pack and placed small photos behind them.

I took several more pieces out of the ephemera pack that I thought would suit my photos including the tag, the ‘Our Story’ journal card, the floral wreath and the Family title. I started to arrange these on the page, deciding on a rounded horizontal look. For elements that I wanted to stand out and make a statement on the page I adhered using craft foam to add shadows and dimension. I will admit I had some ‘help’ in deciding what to add in the centre – I walked away from my page for a little while, when I came back, my man had been adding bits and pieces to it for me! What a gem! He added the small family die-cut and the wreath in the centre for me. I loved it that much so I just went with it! How do you think he did? Once I had the horizontal design arranged and glued down how I liked it, I started to add other smaller embellishments.

For my title I took one of the gorgeous Gold Foiled die-cut titles for the title pack and adhered this at the top using craft foam. I then took the individual letters that spell ‘Family’ from the ephemera pack and adhered these at the bottom of the design also using craft foam. I also layered a phrase sticker from the Accessory Sticker Sheet over the top of these letters. Under the letters I added an arrow die-cut as well. With the tag, I added some twine and tied it in a bow through the hole in the top, I love adding some sort of texture to my layouts, usually it is ribbon or twine or something like that. I absolutely HAD to add some gorgeous florals from the floral ephemera pack, I mostly tucked these into the top corners at each end of the tag and journal card.

Some of the final touches to my layout are the puffy heart stickers (love these!) some more phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet and a few smaller die-cuts from the ephemera pack. I cut out a small piece from the Gather paper and adhered this piece above the Beautiful title. I love tucking things in here and there – as you can probably see! Lastly I stamped the date stamp of when the photos were taken as I always do.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope I have inspired you to get creating with your Heart & Home collection! If you haven’t already got this gorgeous collection, you REALLY NEED IT! It’s sooo pretty!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

These Days | Heart and Home | Rachel Lowe

Hello Rachel here and today I sharing another Fall themed layout featuring my daughter using the beautiful Heart and Home collection.

I have used several cut files from the Silhouette Design store, butterflies and a fall wreath. You can see the I have covered the flowers and most of the leaves so I could add the Floral Ephemera and add my own layering where needed.

Once I had adhered the wreath cut file I then added the ‘flying butterflies’. I used the A5 paper pad to cut the butterflies and the larger ones I cut two so I could layer them up with foam tape. I added the heart Puffy Stickers to create the butterfly body.

I used a 6×4 inch landscape photo, I sadly had to convert it to black and white as my daughters top was purple! I added a thin mat and tucked it under some of the wreath so it looked a part of it.  I next added two floral clusters using a mix of the Floral Ephemera and Die Cut pack.  I added a sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet tucking it slightly under the flowers and leaves.

I used larger blooms to cover the cut file flowers at the top of the wreath and layering the flowers, leaves and sprigs with foam tape. I used phrase sentiments to create sub journalling.

You can find this journal block in the die cut ephemera pack, I will go back and add some handwriting later. I finished this off by adding the super cute pumpkin with flowers die cut and another phrase sentiment sticker. The only 12×12 inch papers I used for this layout was Gather and Leaf Litter.

I really wish my daughter had worn a different colour top so I could have added a colour photo, showing the beauty of autumn leaves and colours which I think would give this layout another layer of colour, warmer I think. Anyway next time I will do better with clothing choices and colours!!!!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today.

Rachel X

WITH YOU I AM HOME | HEART & HOME COLLECTION | SOPHIE DELORME

Hello friends !

 

I have a new layout to share today created with the lovely Heart & Home collection !

 

 

I based my design on a black and white photo of my daughter Sabrina walking on a bridge this summer. I “continued” the road with white Cardstock and added a yellow border with the “Gather” patterned paper. I hand stitched on the papers with matching thread, and placed everything on the beautiful “Leaf Litter” green paper.

 

 

I cut the page into a 11 inches square and mounted it with adhesive foam on a 12×12 white cardstock on which I scored a few lines, as shown in a close-up here:

 

 

I decorated around the photo along the road with Die Cuts from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and fussy cut flowers and leaves out of patterned papers.

My title is a little banner from the Die Cut Ephemera pack. I drew, cut and stitched little clouds around the photo as the finishing touch, and handwrote my journaling with a brown pen.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a very different design for me but I am so happy of how it turned out !

 

I hope you like what you see and are being inspired by this gorgeous collection !

 

Have a great crafty day !

 

Sophie xx

Families Are Like Fudge | Heart and Home | Kellie Moore

Hello and welcome back everyone. It’s Kellie here today sharing another page using the new Heart and Home collection.

Today I am documenting some silly family pics …here is my page…

I recently saw a cut file from Kelly Made It on her blog which reminded me of some of the stitched icons found in this collection and I thought it would work perfectly with this range so I chose matching embroidery threads and made them a feature on my page… love how this worked out.

I used the paper called ‘Harvest’ with the stripes to add to the top of my page and another smaller strip to the bottom… I love how this brings in all the colours of this collection. I then bought in a strip of the woodgrain paper called ‘Framed‘ to separate the stripes from the stitching.

I placed my 3 photos vertically down the right side of my page and popped them on the ‘Gather’ paper, distressing the edges to give some dimension. I also added some of the cut aparts also from the ‘Gather’ paper to add to my photos.

Next I worked on my title. I cut out a frame from the ‘Framed’ paper and used the ‘Mini Puffy Alphabet Stickers’ to add my title. I popped the frame up on foam pads to add dimension then added some florals which were cut from the ‘Bountiful’ paper to tuck in behind the frame.

I hope you found some inspiration today and pop back regularly to see what the Design Team has been working on.

Stay Creative!

Kel x

Good Life | Heart & Home Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a sweet shelf design to scrap these photos of a curious little squirrel that I saw fairly often while wandering the campus in college last year. It was a mascot of sorts for one of the English buildings and I looked for him every time I walked past. For this layout, I used the stunning new Heart & Home collection and went wild with fussy cutting!

Using the diagonal stripe from the cut apart sheet as a base and adding a branding strip on top, I created two shelves for my photos and title to sit on. Starting from this base, I built up clusters of fussy cut florals from both the patterned paper and vellum, as well as sticker sheet and ephemera icons. I even fussy cut the tiny little flowers to use as scattering bits around my clusters.

On the right side, I added a label for journaling and an adorable little house. On the bottom, I used the line for a large title from the gold foiled titles pack. The falling florals and leaves seemed fitting for photos from autumn here in the United States. I adore these sweet little moments with nature!

 

I hope this layout inspires you to take photos of unexpected moments or animals that you encounter and record those too! You never know what these memories will mean to you in the future. To see how “Good Life” came together, check out the process video below:

Together | Heart and Home | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here with you today and I’m so excited to be sharing my first layout using the stunning new Heart and Home collection! I absolutely adore the soft muted colours and lovely ‘homely’ feel of this collection. For my first layout, I decided to document a recent photo of my hubby and kids taken on Fathers Day.

As this layout is focused on my hubby on Fathers Day, I decided to give it a bit more of a masculine feel by narrowing the colour palette down to the blues, greens and browns in the collection. I chose four of the patterned papers – Harvest, Golden Fields, Leaf Litter and Fall Beauty – and cut each into a large triangle before piecing them together to create my background. I matted my photo with the woodgrain patterned paper from the A5 Paper Stack and adhered it in the middle of the page using craft foam to help it ‘pop’ off the page.

To embellish the layout I created three floral clusters which create a visual triangle and help to draw the viewer’s eye to the photo. The first cluster underneath the photo includes some flowers and sprigs from the Floral Ephemera pack, as well as a label sticker that I added the date to, and a die cut phrase. I also fussy cut an acorn and leaf from the Leaf Litter paper to add to the cluster. Underneath the photo I added a sub-title using the sweet Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers.

Next I created a cluster to the left of the photo. Again I used Floral and Die Cut Ephemera, and the same colours that I used in the first cluster. To create some dimension in the cluster, I tucked some elements underneath the photo and adhered some overlapping the edge of the photo.

I created a third and final cluster at the top of the page using similar pieces that I’d used in the first two clusters. By repeating colours and elements throughout each of the embellishment clusters it helps to make the layout feel cohesive and balanced. I also finished off each cluster with a Puffy heart Sticker. Above the photo I added my title using one of the stunning words from the Gold Titles pack and underneath the title I added a final finishing touch with a tiny word sticker that says ‘family is everything’.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today. I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout featuring the beautiful new Heart and Home collection!

Mandy x

 

You are beautiful | Heart & Home Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello, hello! It’s Anna here with my first ever project made with brand new “Heart & Home” collection. Fall is slowly coming to the northern hemisphere and this line will be just perfect for all of my pictures taken in September and October. However, before trees will hange their colors and I will decorate my home with pumpkins, I decided to scrapbook photo of my beautiful daughter, taken during our summer travels. This collection is versatile enough to be able to scrapbook with it almost any theme.

I just love the new floral Specialty Printed Vellum and I knew I need to use it right away! As it’s a semi transparent material, it looks best on light or white background. Pattern papers may alter colors of the print, creating new and unwanted shades on your project. I grabbed my small scissors and spend some time fussy cutting flowers and leaves out of it.

I chose white 12*12 paper sheet and applied a little bit of color using brick stencil and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink. I wanted to create very subtle background in the area where my composition will be. After it was done, I was ready to start adding flowers.

I combined them with another amazing product – Titles With Gold Foil! They are so pretty so I turned them into the part of my composition, picking the ones that match the photo. They all describe my daughter. Each one is glued with a layer of foam adhesive to add more dimension to my project. In between the words, I added my vellum flowers. You need to remember to use a proper adhesive to mount them as wet glue will make vellum curl and it will not look good. I used a glue dots.

I didn’t use any pattern paper while making this page. Titles and vellum florals are the main decoration here. I also reached for some Die Cut Ephemeras to add more defined splashes of colors. Everything is finished with cute and tiny Puffy Stickers.

First layout of new collection is always a “test project” for me and I need to discover my favorite patterns and elements. I already have few more ideas  for “Heart & Home” collection and I can’t wait to share them with you! It’s all for today. Thank you so much for spending your precious time with me and see you in two weeks!

XO

Anna

Beautiful place | Heart and Home | Josefine Van der Hoeven

 

Hello Paperlovers, Welcome to today’s Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog for some fresh Scrapbook inspiration! I’ve chosen the latest collection called “Heart and Home.” What a delightful collection, perfect for cozy autumn moments and family nature adventures. I wanted to document this photo of my daughter and me high up in the mountains in Austria, and the “Heart and Home” collection is a perfect fit. When we’re in the mountains, it truly feels like coming home. Every year, we climb to the eternal snow. We had so much fun. It’s essential to me to capture these unique moments like this one.

 

 

I’m starting with a white cardstock paper as the base of my layout. I’m using a dark blue distress oxide called “faded jeans.” I apply the ink with a damp sponge, dabbing it onto the white cardstock paper until I’m happy with the mixed media background. I also splatter some extra blue ink with a brush for a playful effect. I choose two sheets of design paper, cut them to size, and place them behind the photo. I try to match the colors of the design paper with the photo, opting for a blue and brown shade and I position the photo in the center of the layout.

 

 

Now it’s time to create clusters, and I carefully select various flower die-cuts for the clusters. I use 3D foam for the clusters to make the flowers stand out beautifully on the blue mixed media background. For the title, “Beautiful Place,” I use gold foil word die-cuts. These match perfectly with the stunning colors in the collection. I place the title partially over the photo and between the two flower clusters. I complement the title with a lovely word die-cut, “with you I am home,” and playfully position two fallen leaves. I embellish my layout with adorable blue puffy hearts. I fussy cut a few butterflies from the patterned paper and give them a place between the flowers. From the vellum, I cut out some additional flowers and place them between the flower clusters. I’m already a fan of these beautiful vellum flowers!

 

 

I splatter a bit of white gesso, and my layout is ready. I hope I’ve been able to inspire you with this mixed media layout and look forward to seeing you next time on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog. Wishing you a creative and wonderful day!

XoXo, Jo

 

 

 

Gather Together Layout | Heart & Home | Niki Rowland

Hi everyone, this is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) and on this scrapbook layout I have used the new beautiful Heart & Home collection to create a design with circles, stencilling and a cute little sequin shaker pocket out of a piece of ephemera. There is a process video for this layout which can be found lower down.

I started with the beautiful Flurry paper which is dark blue with multicoloured leaves on one side, and has a multicoloured check on the other side. Of course I loved both sides! I cut some circles and positioned these onto a white background together with some patterned paper stripes too.

I made a sequin shaker pocket out of the wreath from the Die Cut Ephemera. I cut a piece of white card to back the wreath with, and cut a piece of acetate the same size. I then machine stitched the two pieces together trapping some sequins inside. I then added the wreath ephemera on top of the sequin pocket – it looks so cute!

I embellished the layout with Floral Ephemera and also added a small amount of stencilling around my circles and photos using a sun beam style stencil.

For my title I used one of the gorgeous Gold Titles ‘gather’ and then added the word ‘together’ using the Mini Puffy Alphabet Stickers.

I finished off with puffy heart stickers and splatters of white paint!

Thank you so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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