Inspiration

Good Times | Daydream collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi everyone!

It’s Tarrah back with you today to share a new layout featuring the amazing Cocoa Vanilla Studio Daydream collection! I just love all the florals in this collection so I decided to cut out a large floral and leaf cut file design from my favourite cut file shop, CUT to YOU.

Once I had the cut file design cut out, I took the awesome Daydream 6′ x 8′ paper stack and backed all the florals and leaves in the design with the different papers. The cut file design has 2 rectangles in the centre, I backed both these spaces with patterned papers also and I knew that I wanted to place the sweet photo of my nieces in the top rectangle, I then added my title to the bottom rectangle. My title is the Good Times piece cut from the cut apart sheet.

Once I had the cut file backed, I added craft foam underneath it and then adhered it to the B side of the Garden Variety patterned paper. You can see in the close up photos the shadow this creates on the page. As the cut file is mostly the focal point of my layout, I kept the embellishing fairly simple.

I added some of the gorgeous floral diecuts, tucked into the side of the cut file as well as layered on top near my photo. I tucked in a tab diecut on the left of my photo and added phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet.

The heart flair button is super cute, I added this just above my title, I love the moths and butterflies from the All Aflutter patterned paper, I fussy cut some of those out but only ended up using 1 to fill the space in the bottom right corner of the cut file.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout and that you were inspired in some way.

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

This Happy Place | Day Dream collection | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS friends! I finally used the Over the Rainbow paper (because I can’t keep it in my stash just to look at it because it is so pretty lol). Of course it is the perfect paper to scrap the photo of my new craft room mural which is Zoe’s rainbow design.

 

Before adding anything to my page I added some machine stitching and white Nuvo crystal drops. I didn’t want to make it too busy but wanted to add a little texture.

I have used a pretty bird cut file from the Silhouette Design store, I wanted to height add create the illusion of a moving element on my page so it didn’t look ‘flat’. I used the 6×8 inch paper pad to paper piece the bird (which is a great way to save your 12×12 papers for a larger project). I used Happy Place, All a Flutter and Stepping Stones papers.

To tie the bird in I used a larger floral die cut adding with foam tape (this way it doesn’t look like you have added an element for no good reason). I added some clear Nuvo crystal drops to the flower petals for texture.

I next added the photo of my craft room mural using a die cut frame and adding with foam tape. I added a sweet flair from the collection to draw your eye to the photo (and because it is so cute!)

I created my title by using a word from the Die Cut Titles and a phrase from the Accessory Sticker sheet, because yes this indeed is my happy place.

I finished off adding a fussy cut butterfly/moth and some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet. I love how it turned it, but everything in this collection makes it easy to create super beautiful layouts!

Thank you for stopping by and I will see you later in the month with another layout created using Day Dream.

Rachel X

Family Time | Daydream collection | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone, it’s Sue Plumb here to share my latest design team project using the amazing ‘Daydream’ collection. If you haven’t had a chance to create with this range yet, then do yourself a favour and make sure you check with your favourite retailer to see if they have it in stock – it is so gorgeous!

For this page, I decided to document a photo that I took a few months ago when some of my family got together to celebrate my boys 8th birthday. I began with a sheet of white cardstock and used inks to add  some subtle layered watercolour detail to the background.

Next, I layered some pieces of the Sun Shower; All Aflutter; Stepping Stones; and Up in the Clouds papers to form the mat for my photo. I then added some frayed gauze for texture and some scrap cardboard under my photo to pop it up from the page.

Once I had the photo in place it was time for some embellishments. I had the gorgeous floral print Garden Variety paper and my scissors at the ready to get cutting. I fussy cut several larger floral pieces and a few loose flowers, then tucked them in amongst the different paper layers around my photo. To give the flowers extra dimension, I bent up some of the petals and leaves, and used foam tape under some of the pieces.

To the left of my photo I added the flair button which read the good life from the Flair Button pack and a small blue heart from the Die Cut Ephemera pack directly onto the edge of my photo.
I couldn’t resist adding one of the adorable Puffy Hearts to my page, so I tucked a green one in amongst the flowers above my photo, which coordinated perfectly with where the green ink was on the background.

I created a small cluster in the top right corner of my photo using a few small stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet, then added a butterfly from the Die Cut Ephemera pack nearby.

I chose the words family time from the Die Cut Titles pack for my page title and completed my title cluster with a die cut rainbow and heart.

As a finishing touch I scattered a few sequins around the page from the Sequins and Flowers pack and a little handwritten journalling.

I will be back again with another share in two weeks time. Until then, happy scrapping!

MY SUNSHINE | DAYDREAM COLLECTION | SOPHIE DELORME

Hey friends !

 

It’s Sophie with you today and I am sharing a beautiful and simple layout created with the Daydream collection !

 

 

I cut a 9×10 rectangle out of the gorgeous “Sweet Serenity” patterned paper and backed it with a light brown cardstock.

I felt like doing some hand stitching on my page, so did a little chain stitch with white embroidery floss on the edges of my rectangle. Then, I added adhesive foam on the back of the whole rectangle before adhering it to a 12×12 white cardstock.

 

I chose a photo of my sweet Sabrina, smiling while she was watching our dog play outside.

I added tissue paper, adhesive foam and a piece of the “All Flutter” patterned paper behind the photo, and placed it on the left lower side of the layout. I added 3 frames; 2 square ones and one circle that are from the Daydream Die Cut Ephemera pack, that I arranged around the photo in a diagonal line.

 

Of course I had to add a bunch of flowers, as I think this collection has just the most stunning floral embellishments I have ever seen !!! So I created a beautiful floral cluster on the left lower corner of the page, that are from the Daydream Die Cut Ephemera pack, as well fussy cut out of the “Garden Variety” patterned paper.

 

I also created a little cluster on the upper side of the page with a sun, rainbow, and a few other flowers.

 

 

My title is from the Daydream Die Cut Titles that are so versatile and easy to use !

Finally, I handwrote my journaling, following the circle pattern of the floral frame, and added the date.

This is a very simple design but I truly love the end-result ! This little hand stitched border gives extra dimension to the layout and ties everything together !

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you felt inspired by this beautiful collection today, thank you so much for stopping by, and happy scrapping !!!

Sophie xx

 

 

Happy Times | Happiness Collection + Monthly Challenge | Raquel Bowman

Hey everyone, its Raquel here with you today sharing some inspiration for this months Monthly Challenge that can be found in our Facebook ‘Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community’ – the winner randomly drawn will be able to score a $25 voucher to spend in the CVS store. 

Here is the layout that I created inspired by the mood board – 
 
I chose to draw inspiration from the colours, the nature and plant elements, adding butterflies to my page and also from the painted striped image at the bottom of the inspiration board. 
 
Here is the process video for this layout:

The subject of my layout is my home town of Geelong. This photo was taken pre-covid when the waterfront was very much hustle bustle even on a weekday. I think this pandemic has brought me to reflect on the good times and things that I have in my life, our little town is one of those things. 
 
The Happiness collection has soo many gorgeous floral elements and embellishments. As you can see from my process video the embellishing of this page came together so nicely and just worked. The cut file I have used on this page is another one from the Cut to You store, however this one was one of the Newsletter freebie files. I backed the file with vellum as I really wanted to showcase the beautiful florals on this layout. 
 
Can you see something different for me on this page? Yep I had a little play with some distress inks and water to create that rainbow wash background. I fully committed to the design, though I must admit, I thought I would not like the result and would end up putting the background in the bin. Much to my surprise, that wasn’t the case and I like how it turned out. 
 
The title Happy Times was found in the ephemera pack. I had played with the die cut titles pack in the collection, and really love the way the one titled ‘beautiful’ looked on the page, however, I ended up choosing the less bold and smaller in size ‘Happy Times’. 
 
To frame my photo I used the light pink cross paper from the 6×8 paper pad. This pink shade has to be one of my favourite papers in the collection.I have used it multiple times and I was surprised that I had some left to mat my photo. 
I created embellishment clusters to the left and right of the photo and also a small cluster to the bottom left of the page to balance out the heaviness on that top right side, this small cluster also served as a good place to pop my journaling. I have used mainly the florals in the ephemera pack to embellish this layout, though I did also use some of the Accessory stickers (words, hearts) and some fussy cut butterflies.
The journaling on this page, as always is typewritten and reflects my love of our town. 
I love the opportunities that layering various elements gives, allowing me to add dimension, detail and depth by using foam adhesives to varying parts of the clusters. This image below gives you the chance to see some of the layering and detail that is on this page. 
 
I hope that you have been inspired by my layout today. If you are not a member of our Facebook community be sure to join and take part in this challenge. I would love to see what you create. 

Thanks so much for popping by, Have a great week.

Raquel xxx

 

 

STAY COLOURFUL | HAPPINESS | GWEN WRUCK

Hi Creative friends, Gwen back on the blog today with some more scrapbook inspiration for you. For this page, I was super inspired to work with some bright and fun colours so I’ve gone to the ‘Happiness‘ collection. It’s one of my favourites; I just love how saturated the colours are, so so bright and happy. I’ve used a collage of selfie photos taken of my daughter and I from a couple of years back printed in black and white to balance out all of the other colours in the collection.

To create the background of my page, I’ve used the ‘Little Things‘ pattern paper B side with the fun green spots. Over the top of that, I’ve layered a cut file from CUT to YOU which I’ve cut out using the ‘Meadow‘ paper.

Next up, I’ve mounted my photos with a double mount. The first is the ‘Expressive‘ pattern paper, the second is the ‘Botanical Bliss‘ pattern paper. I did not glue the entire cut file to the background, I like how some of the leaves are slightly raised, it adds a really nice texture and feel to the background.

I’ve then gone about building my paper layers using elements from the collection. I’ve used floral die cuts and pretty banners from the ‘Ephemera Pack‘ as well as stickers from the ‘Accessory Stickers Sheet‘. The butterflies have been fussy cut out of the ‘Bright and Beautiful‘ pattern paper.

I’ve also added in a flair button from the ‘Flair pack‘ as well as some ‘Sparklers’ from the Wild at Heart collection. I love adding different textures into my clusters and will mix paper elements including stickers, chipboard and die cuts with bulkier things like flair buttons to add interest.

I’ve also added in some sweet little leaves to fill out the floral clusters, these are also from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera‘ pack. There are 58 pieces in this pack and all of them are gorgeous!

I’ve finished the layout by adding in my title, this one from the ‘Die Cut Titles‘ pack. This pack has so many elements in it and I just love that the titles are a mix of sizes and lengths. I’ve layered it up on foam for dimension. You can also see below more elements from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera’ pack which I’ve layered up to build my cluster.

If you’d like to see more details of how I created this page, I have made a YouTube video which you can watch below, I hope it inspires you!

Until next time,

Gwen

xo

 

My Sweet | Day Dream | Anita Bownds

 Hi there crafty friends, Anita here with you today sharing a cute heart layout created with the beautiful Day Dream Collection . My layout today is all about our cheeky bird nubby who loves digging holes and playing plastic lids.

Using white card stock and my cameo I cut out a heart using a cut file from @neatncraftycutz  I then back it with sweet serenity pattern paper popping it up on double sided foam tape then I trimmed he white card stock down and back it with stepping stones pattern paper.

 

Now it’s time to decorate, I matted my photo with stepping stones pattern paper and added it to the right hand side ,I then pulled out all the flowers from the ephemera and started adding clusters of flowers around the edges of the heart A few bits of ephemera around my photo.

 

Then I add my title using the cardstock titles and I finished off the layout with the a few mini fussy cut flowers , enamel dots and pearls.
Pop on over and check out my process video

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration today.

happy crafting ..xx

Beautiful Moments | Throwback Thursday Midnight Collection | Danni Visser

Hi there! Danni here with today’s Throwback Thursday inspiration featuring the gorgeous Midnight collection. I adored this collection so much that I have been hoarding a lot of it, so it felt great to put it to good use.

The Sunset Strip 12×12 patterned paper has always reminded me of a sunset, so it was perfect for a background of this landscape sunset photo I took in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. I had cut the floral circle cutfile for another layout, and the negative interior pieces looked so pretty on the cutting mat that I could not bear to bin them, so I carefully glued them to the background paper. It looked so lovely with the patterned paper peeking through!

Next, I used some inks and mists to add some purple, pink and gold splatters to the background. This helps tone down the stark white of the cutfile and adds some interest to the background. I used the Shine Bright 12×12 pink gradient patterned paper to back my photo and built some horizontal layers behind it with plain vellum and the woodgrain side of Shine Bright 12×12 paper to give my photo a natural ‘resting place’.

I made sure to line up the horizon in my photo with the colour change gradient in the background paper – this makes the page look cohesive and really enhances that sunset illusion.The Beautiful Moments title from the chipboard pieces fit perfectly around my photo and was the perfect sentiment for this layout. I used a tab from the die cut ephemera and some tiny words from the accessory stickers to supplement my main title.

Even though I want to hoard them forever, I placed some of the gorgeous die cut ephemera floral peonies and leaves in clusters either side of my photo, then added a pretty butterfly from the accessory stickers on the centre of one of the cutfile flowers, making sure to pop the wings up on dimensional foam – one of my absolute favourite techniques.

Finally, I added a few enamel dots from my stash in matching colours to finish off the layout. This whole layout was very quick to come together, even though it looks very full with plenty of detail – making an interesting background meant I could keep my embellishments minimal while still having a very impactful layout.

I hope you enjoyed joining me today! Please check out the video below on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel if you would like to see the entire process. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

Oh Happy Day | Daydream Collection | Melissa Vining

Hello friends!! Its Melissa here and I’m back to share a grid layout that I created with the gorgeous ‘DAYDREAM’ Collection!  I really can’t get enough of it at the moment, and I was so excited to create a layout for our theme this week of sequins, hearts and flowers!  My oldest daughter recently turned 11, and I was really keen to get her birthday party cake photos scrapped. I went with a bold background for a change and used ‘UP IN THE CLOUDS’ which has beautiful small feathers and leaves on it.

As well as scattering sequins from the ‘SEQUINS AND FLOWERS’ from the collection I also wanted to use them in a creative way, so I hand stitched two rows of them onto one of the rainbows from the ‘DIE CUT EPHEMERA’. I used embroidery threads in matching colours, and also chain stitched on the two rows of the rainbow that I didn’t add sequins to.  It ended up so cute and I love how it looks!

I didn’t add anymore patterned paper to my layout, but instead used two three of the frames from the ‘DIE CUT EPHEMERA’. I used white gesso around the frames to soften the visual transition to the bold background paper. It also enabled me to paint and splatter some shimmery mist for a subtle mixed media effect.   I embellished the frames with ephemera flowers, and I also used three of the paper flowers from the ‘SEQUINS AND FLOWERS’.  Of course I had to add one of the “PUFFY HEARTS’ and Azaria chose the yellow one.

I made my title with one of the ‘DIE CUT TITLES’ and the “Happy Day” is from the ‘DIE CUT EPHEMERA’, but I cut the ‘s’ of the end of the word ‘Days”.  I really wanted to play on the birthday theme of my page.

I added two rows of machine stitching to my third frame and popped up an ephemera flower cluster.  I also added a sticker from the ‘ACCESSORY STICKERS’.  I also added some of the gold leaf sequins to my flowers for extra interest.

You can watch my layout come together in the process video below.

Have an awesome rest of your weekend!!  I hope I’ve inspired you to use your sequins, puffy hearts and flowers.

Melissa xx

 

Sweet moments | Daydream Collection | Anna Blades

Hi everyone!!

It’s Anna here with you today, with a new layout featuring the gorgeous Daydream collection. This week it’s all about sequins, flowers, and hearts. And that’s because this collection includes a lot of flowers (a must on CVS collections), a pack of beautiful sequins, and some adorable puffy fabric hearts. I don’t usually use sequins (we are not good friends), but for today’s project, I decided to create a shaker title as the focus of my page.

I started cutting out the word “moments” on the B side of the Garden Variety paper. I did it with a basic font that I already have on my computer. Then, I cut the same word on a piece of white foam, which I glued (the negative, not the letters) onto the B side of the Happy Place paper. I filled in all the letters with the sequins and covered the word with acetate.

The last step was to put the Garden Variety paper which I had previously cut on top of the acetate, fitting well all the letters. I used liquid glue. To make the word stand out a little more, I followed the outline of the letters with a white gel pen.  I completed my title with the word “sweet”, from the Die Cut Titles (I raised it with foam dots), and the word “happy” from the Accessory Stickers.

I used two photos in this layout. I framed one of them with one of the die cuts and attached a little tab, and backed the other one with a piece of patterned paper from the 6×8 Paper Pad. Between them, I created a little flower cluster. To balance the design, I made two big clusters with the die cut flowers. I placed one next to the word “sweet”, at the left of the title, and the other one on the right side, below the title. I stacked some flowers with foam dots to add more dimension. The flowers in this collection are so gorgeous! I could make tons of pages using them!

As the final touch, I took the white pen gel and made a frame all around the page, with some faux stitching at the corners. I think it’s subtle but nice. I hope it gives you some inspiration for different ways to build your titles. I did it with my cameo, but you can easily do that with metal die cuts or by hand!

Thank you so much for stopping by today by the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog. We’re so happy to share new ideas with you every day!

Have a great day!

Anna xx

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