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Happy Days ! | Happy Days collection | SOPHIE DELORME

Sophie Delorme 06/05/2023

Hey Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie with you today and I am SO excited to share my very first layout with the AMAZING Happy Days collection!

I had an assignment to focus on florals for this page…My favorite assignment EVER!!

I decided to go with a rainbow themed layout with this beautiful “Sunshine Lollipops” that caught my eye instantly!

I cut along each colored strip at different lengths and rolled up the edges. I placed the rolled piece of paper on thick white cardstock and added a zigzag stitch with matching thread in the center of each colored strip.

I also placed a smaller piece of that rainbow paper on the left side of the layout and linked both piece of paper together with a very soft watercolor paint.

Then, I embellished the page with numerous flowers and leaves from the Floral Ephemera pack. I scattered them around the page in a tone-on-tone manner.

I fussy cut the title “Happy Days” from a packaging and mounted the words on foam adhesive before placing them on the top left corner of my photo.

Finally, I handwrote my journaling on a fussy cut label and added a few puffy stickers as the finishing touch.

Here are more close-ups:

This colorful page came together in no time, with only one sheet of patterned paper!

Hope this was inspiring for you! This whole Happy Days collection is a must have!!

Happy crafting!

Sophie xx

Together | Happy Days | Kellie Moore

Kellie Moore 05/05/2023

Welcome back CVS fans, I hope you are all well.

Today I am back sharing my second layout with the new ‘Happy Days’ collection. For my page today I was tasked with the assignment of focusing on the floral ephemera…so easy when the florals are always so gorgeous in all Cocoa Vanilla collections right?! Here is a look at my page..

To start, I chose a cutfile from my stash (sorry it’s an older one so Im not sure where I got it.) I backed the large section of the heart in the yellow plaid which is called ‘Feel Good’..then I backed the flower with two papers from the A5 paper stack. To give the page more interest, I hand stitched around the flower and the heart.

For the design of my page I decided to go with a diagonal…this always looks good, and I used this opportunity to use the florals from the floral ephemera pack to flow down my page, placing them above my photos, under my title then down to the bottom right of my page.

When adhering my florals i like to give them dimension in several ways… adding foam adhesive, pinching the petals together and not sticking the flowers straight down onto the background. This allows them to ‘pop’ up off the page ..

Next to my photos on the right side, I used one of the cut cards from the A5 paper stack.. it suits my pics perfectly!

For my title I used the word ‘Together’ from the Chipboard Title Stickers, I love the the playful font on these.

Under my photos I used some of the word phrases from the cut apart sheet called ‘Feel Good’ as well as from the A5 paper stack..

To finish my page I added some yellow oxide ink around my heart to create depth and dimension… super easy way to add mixed media followed by a sprinkle of the puffy stickers.

Thats it for today, I hope you enjoyed my page and you are starting to get to play with this fun new collection.

Til next time!

Kel

Together | Happy Days collection | Mandy Melville

Mandy Melville 02/05/2023

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share another layout featuring the super GORGEOUS Happy Days collection! One thing I love about this collection is how versatile it is! For my layout today I decided to scrapbook photos of my hubby and I taken when we enjoyed a date night dinner cruise. Our kids gave us a voucher for the cruise as a gift for Christmas last year, and we had such a fun night out! The Happy Days collection was perfect for documenting this special memory.

I started this layout off by cutting a 6 inch square out of the B-side of both the Definitive and the Flutterby papers. I then cut these papers in half diagonally and adhered them to the corners of a white sheet of cardstock. I chose these two papers because they matched the colours in the photos perfectly. I love the way this design frames the page and creates a diamond shape in the middle of the layout where I could add my photos and embellishing.

Of course I couldn’t resist fussy cutting some of the beautiful floral clusters out of the Lush Blooms paper. I tucked one under the left hand side of the bottom photo, along with a die cut frame. I love the touch of prettiness that this adds to the page!

For my title, I used the word ‘Together’ from the lovely Chipboard Titles. There are so many perfect words and phrases in this pack and it makes it super easy to add a title to your layout! Plus how sweet is that font!

To balance out the floral cluster in the bottom left, I added some more fussy cut florals to the right of the top photo. This gives the layout a diagonal flow and helps to draw the viewers eye through the photos. I finished the page off with a few die cut and fussy cut butterflies and a couple of the Puffy Stickers.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout featuring the beautiful Happy Days collection!

Mandy x

Awesome | Happy Days Collection | Laura Alberts

Laura Alberts 29/04/2023

Hey y’all! Laura back again with a new layout featuring the stunning new collection Happy Days! These sweet photos from our trip to Michigan over Thanksgiving were perfect for this color scheme and I just had to give them a big bold purple mat to let them pop off the page!

One of my favorite pieces in this collection are these puffy fabric hearts! They are so soft and add a sweet, whimsical feel to the page. I used them to embellish the cut-apart labels that I wrote out my journaling on.

To give my design a little extra flair, I layered some floral and icon ephemera with this “Awesome” cut-apart piece to create a dramatic title that helps focus the attention on my photos as well as accent the shape of this simple, linear design.

I hope this layout inspires you to pull out your puffy embellishments from Happy Days or any of the past collections and give them some love! To see how “Awesome” came together, check out the process video below.

Happy times | Happy Days Layout | Anna Komenda

Anna Komenda 28/04/2023

Hello, hello! It’s Anna here and I have a brand new layout to share with you. I just got brand new “Happy days” collection and I couldn’t wait to start creating with it. As always, first project is somehow hard as there are so many options and decission making process is complicated. So many patterns and colors to choose from! I like to focus on limited color combo at first or even make a monochromatic page to help me narrow the choices. This time I decided to use pink – yellow – plum colors with a bit of green added.

I started with white cardstock and green ink applied with a soft brush. Next I added some texture using white chalk paste and floral stencil and left it to dry. In the meantime, waiting for the background to dry, I started fussy cutting flowers from LUSH BLOOMS PAPER. I like having a lot of florals on hand even though I have three full packs of FLORAL EPHEMERA. You can never have too many of them!

After my background was dry, it was time to add some pretty papers and embellishments. My idea for this page was to create banners on the string using different patter papers. The biggest one is made with yellow FEEL GOOD PAPER. Second one is cut out from LUSH BLOOMS PAPER (the same one I cut out flowers too!). Smallest banner in plum color is cut out with cute FLUTTERBY PAPER. I added some holes for the string to each one and glued them down to my base.

With all my main elements in place, I was ready to add my photo on the biggest banner. I decorated it with previously fussy cut flowers, some EPHEMERA pieces and butterflies cut out from FLUTTERBY PAPER. I also reached for pretty PUFFY HEARTS pack to add them here and there.

My title is a combination of word “happy” taken from EPHEMERA PACK with word “times” taken from CHIPBOARD TITLES. They look fantastic together. I love this font so much! Here I also added some flowers.

The smallest banner is decorated similar way as the other ones – with flowers and butterflies. You can also spot some cute, puffy stickers in heart shapes as a finishing touch. After finishing my composition I decided I needed to add something on the top and in the bottom of the layout as it seemed too white so I cut off strips of the papers I used for banner and glued them down! Now my page was done!

That is all for today! I hope you like my page! I already have an idea for few other projects with this line. Sending you a lot of hugs.

XO Anna

The best of times | Happy Days | Josefine Van der Hoeven

Josefine van der Hoeven 26/04/2023

Hello Paperlover,

Cocoa Vanilla Studio has just released a new collection called Happy Days, and I’m absolutely in love with the beautiful embellishments, colors and designs! This collection is perfect for creating scrapbook layouts that are filled with fun, bright colors and playful patterns.

One of my favorite layouts to create using the Happy Days collection is a page that highlights the good things in life. Start by selecting a colorful patterned paper to fussy cut and create a round and colorful background on a white piece of cardstock with all these cute little peaches and lemons. Then, choose several coordinating patterned papers to layer underneath your photo.

Next, it’s time to add some embellishments to your page. The Happy Days collection includes a variety of stickers, die cuts, and chipboard accents that are perfect for adding pops of color and dimension to your layout. Choose a few of your favorite embellishments and scatter them around your page, being sure to balance out the colors and textures. For the title of this page I used a little banner with the quote “The best of Times”

I placed a view little puffy hearts randomly on the page and cut a gold foil butterfly from the special gold foil paper. I cut more butterflies from the pattern paper and placed them on the page as well. Between the peaches and lemon I put some green sewing thread. I love how that looks. Finally, I splatter some with white gesso and gold acrylic paint.

Overall, I highly recommend trying out this fun and beautiful scrapbook collection designed by Cocoa Vanilla Studio calls “Happy Days” With its bright colors and cheerful patterns, this collection is sure to bring a smile to your face and help you create memories that will last a lifetime!I would love if I was able to inspire you with this fun and happy layout and can’t wait to make more scrapbook projects with this awesome collection.
I hope to see you next time on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog with a new Scrapbook layout. Wish you a lovely and crafty day friends.
XoXo, Jo

Precious Snapshots | Happy Days Collection | Michelle Stokes

Michelle Stokes 24/04/2023

Hello Hello, it’s Michelle here today and gosh am I excited to share my first layout using this amazing new collection Happy Days. I was so happy when the box full of goodies arrived on my doorstep that I dove straight in and made 2 layouts super fast. This first layout was inspired by the absolutely beautiful B side patterns of the Flutterby, Feel Good and Little Blossom papers

I created a created a grid style background using 4×4 inch squares of these pretty papers, machine stitching around the edges of them all for a little added detail. I turned them all on point (I’ve been watching too many quilting videos of late) to give the layout a different feel to a standard grid design, then added fussy cut florals diagonally across from each other in large clusters.

I stepped back in time to 2015 with this photo. When Leila was half the size she is now and loved to play dress ups and dance on the deck at my parents house. She was forever checking herself out in the reflection of the doors and it was just so sweet.

The rainbow colours on her sweet fairy dress were perfect to match up with this rainbow assortment of patterns and colours collection.

I fussy cut the words Precious and Snapshots from the Definitive paper to use as the title for the layout. I’ve adhered the pieces down with some glue dots that I folded in half to hide behind the skinny letters. There’s so many letters on this paper that you could really create any words you like without having to stick to the ones already formed, but there is definitely plenty to choose from as it is.

The florals in this collection are absolute stunning, and if you know me well, you know that it didn’t take me long to chop into the Lush Blooms paper for all those pretty flowers perfect for grouping in clusters like this one.

I kept both clusters pretty similar in size, with the addition of a sweet rainbow in this group and a scattering of enamel shapes, ephemera pieces, stickers and a splattering of gold ink to finish it all off

Here’s another look at the entire layout, kinda wish these pattern papers came in fabric so I could get crafty in more ways than scrapbooking. This Collection has become my newest fave!

Well friends, thats all from me today. Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my first creation using the amazing Happy Days Collection. I can’t wait until you all get your hands on all the goodness to get creating with it, we love seeing what you make!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping

Michelle x

Happy Easter | Happy Days collection | Tarrah McLean

Tarrah McLean 23/04/2023

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you today, I am very excited to be sharing my first layout featuring the gorgeous new Happy Days collection!

I was tasked with using the gorgeous April mood board as my inspiration for my project this week, the Happy Days collection has so many elements in it that match perfectly with the mood board!

I am documenting 2 photos of my nieces from Easter last year, I love their sweet faces so much!

As the mood board is mostly Easter themed, I chose an Easter title cut file from CUT to YOU and backed it with one of the large 12′ x 12′ papers. I love the yellow plaid patterned paper!

You can see from the mood board image below that I was inspired by many things from the mood board! The Happy Days ephemera pack has the gorgeous tassel banner included in it, I knew I was definitely going to add that to this layout! It is perfect!

I absolutely love this mood board! There are so many things you can inspired from this board!

I placed a large white paper doily down on the heart background patterned paper and then adhered the cut file down using craft foam, leaving some room for my photos above the title. I did trim down the heart patterned paper and adhered it to the pink/purple spotted paper. I then machine stitched a zig zag border down the edges where the papers meet. I love the texture that the machine stitching adds to a layout!

I layered one of the papers from the A5 paper stack underneath my photos to help lift them a little bit. I added craft foam underneath the photos as well and also added craft foam under the tassel banner and adhered this at the bottom of the title. Now that I am happy with the placement of the largest elements on my layout, its time to embellish and tell some of the story!

Do you ever look at embellishments and think about how you can use them for something they aren’t originally intended for?

I do this a lot! When I saw the fabric puffy hearts in the Happy Days collection, I just knew I had to add them to this page to mimic bunny ears! Really hoping that you picked out the bunny ears before I pointed them out to you hehe! Aren’t they the cutest?! I added 4 of these in the end, tucking them in enough so that they peek out of the tops of what they are adhered behind.

By using craft foam underneath some of the larger elements on my page, it creates some shadows and dimension to my page which I love! You can see in the photo above the shadows created under the tassel banner. I didn’t add too many embellishments to this layout as sometimes less is more when it comes to embellishing. I did add a few die-cuts from the ephemera pack like the Yay banner, the small flower to the right of my photos and the round journal spot above the photos. I also added the phrase across the cut file, to help break up all that yellow! I also added the cute Love This tab to the left of my photos as well.

Lastly I helped tell the story of my layout by adding the small phrase and word stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet. One of my signature things I do on almost all of my layouts is to stamp the date stamp, the date is of when the photo was taken. Another thing I like to do is, and you don’t see this but I like to sign the back of my layouts and I write the date that I created it as well. I have doing this for years now! Do you have something you like to include on all of your projects? Please share with us!

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

Make sure you get your hands on the gorgeous NEW Happy Days collection from your local scrapbook store or favourite online store!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

My Heart is Full | These Days collection | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 22/04/2023

Today I have a layout to share using the beautiful These Days collection. I am a little sad as this is the last of it but on a positive note I have the new Happy Days collection to start creating with (happy dance).

As I only had the butterfly 12×12 paper left I decided to use it as my base paper but adding a white scalloped square to the middle with a blue colour wash to add contrast. Using a cut file I cut 5 butterflies to layer them for dimension. I used my sewing machine to add stitching down the centre.

I next added my 3×4 inch photo of me hanging out in Paris as you do lol! Which I matted and used foam tape to add. My photo is where I added a larger embellishment cluster. I cafe die cut reminded me of Paris so it had to be added to my cluster, I added a tree die cut behind it and then used phrase sentiments from the accessory sticker sheet to journal.

On the opposite side I created a floral cluster and finished off my adding a die cut tab at the top of my photo and a puffy heart sticker on the tree.

I added of the wood epoxy buttons on the butterfly wing. I then used the puffy stickers alphas to add Paris to the other butterfly wing. This layout is simple and quick to put together but the butterfly paper, mixed media background and layered butterfly cut file give it lots of visual impact.

There are some These Days product left in the CVS shop.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to sharing my first layout using Happy Days!

Rachel X

I Adore You | These Days collection | Sophie Delorme

Sophie Delorme 20/04/2023

Hey Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie here with a new layout to share!

I used the beautiful These Days collection and created a very simple and soft page!

I cut two strips of the “Take Flight” polka dot paper and placed them on the top and bottom part of a 12×12 thick white cardstock. I added some stitching with yellow thread and white embroidery floss.

I used a precious photo of me and my son Gabriel. I mounted it on tissue paper and foam adhesive, and centered it on the page.

I fussy cut three frames out of the “Wall of Fame” paper that I placed around the photo, and decorated them with Die Cut Ephemeras, stickers and fussy cut flowers.