No Limits

Awesome | No Limits | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here again with a fun multi-photo layout featuring the gorgeous new No Limits collection. This layout has a combination grid and column design, with two photos gridded into the Latitude pattern paper on the left and one photo showcased on the right. I loved including pocket cards on this layout too! One I used for a journaling spot, one behind to the photo on the right side and one in the center of the grid on the left. Such a great way to add a little extra detailing!

My clusters on the grid are pretty simple, so that the photos still remain the focus. A simple arrow with a circle, star, and word phrase on the top photo. An arrow with a hand sign and star on the bottom photo. In addition, a chipboard word phrase across the center of the pocket card made for a fun detail. Something a little unexpected.

The center of the layout is certainly the ‘star’! This photo was taken in the middle of my son’s explanation of what he was holding (the dipstick). I wanted to showcase the skills he’s learned over the years in his personal albums and this seemed like a perfect series of photos to include. My journaling is hand-written, a detail that I personally love to see on layouts! To finish off my center section, I tucked ephemera stars behind the photo and sprinkled puffy stickers and ephemera stars around the edges. A bit of nuvo and gold ink splatter as a final touch.

I hope this layout inspires you to take a new look at your multi-photo layouts! Thanks for stopping by!

Totally epic | No limits Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello Friends. We all love Cocoa Vanilla for their masculine collections, right? Zoe is a master of designing them and she never disappoints with each new line. They are very versatile and can be used not only for boys or men photos and I am a proof of that. I am a mom of two girls and a beagle boy and I use those lines to scrapbook my puppy photos mostly. But, from time to time, I put my girls on the display too. They are way less cute than a puppy but I need to be fair with dividing my scrappy attention :) I framed their photo using new “No limits” collection and it turned out great.

I was inspired by the pack of title die cuts that comes with this collection and wanted to use as many as possible on one page.  That’s why I printed by photo big and square to be frames by the words. I also changed it’s colors to black and white and it will better fit the vibe of “No limits”.

My layout base is made out of “Spark” paper. It has very light and calm pattern in the middle and fun, mixed media like frame on the edges. I also fussy cut some stars from “Nebula” paper. I love patterns like this – with elements big enough to be cut. It helps to stretch your collection way further than a pack of ephemera pieces.

With a photo glued flat in the middle of the page, I started arranging the words around it. It was tricky to find right combinations – they needed to fit on the side of the square and make some sense as a phrase. Each word is glued down with a layer of foam tape for more dimension. I also added some fussy cut starts in the composition.

If you have some empty spaces left – don’t worry. You can fill them with stickers, ephemera pieces or other elements. I reached for cardboard stickers mostly, as they add great texture to every project. You can also spot few wooden buttons (my big love!). Big words look great accompanied by small phrases in different font so I added few word strips from stickers sheet. I finished my project by adding few super cute puffy stars here and there as a stronger color accents.

That is all for today. I hope I inspired you to use those die cut titles. You can arrange longer title with them, use single words and I even fussy cut single letters to make totally new words with them! Sky is the limit here.

Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in June! Let’s hope I will have some project made with brand new line to share with you.

XO Anna

This Kid | No Limits Collection | Melissa Vining

Hi everyone, its Melissa here and I’m so thrilled to be back with you sharing another layout that I created with the amazing No Limits collection.  I don’t know about you, but I am loving creating layouts for my girls with No Limits!  Our youngest daughter Ava was born with a kidney condition that was discovered when she was only 4 months old. She’s doing really well with it now that she is older, but she is monitored with scans.  This layout is about the first scan she had since we moved towns.

For this layout I wanted to use a floral cut file with the gorgeous Eclipse paper.  The cut file is by Paige Evans, and was perfect to feature papers from the A5 Paper Stack.  I didn’t intend to create a monochromatic flower, but the papers worked together so well, and I love how it looks contrasted with the dark tones of the Eclipse paper.

I embellished with Chipboard Stickers, an Accessory Sticker, and Wood Epoxy Buttons.  I also splattered with white mist.

For my title I used two of the Die Cut Titles that were perfect for my story about Ava!! She had asked the Radiographer for a lolly and was given a lollipop and a small tube of lollies.

I created a process video which you can watch below:

Thanks so much for joining me today.

Melissa xx

You’re The Best | No Limits collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you today to share a new scrapbook layout created using the awesome No Limits collection.

I am documenting a photo of my eldest son taken at one of his birthdays a few years ago. It’s great to look back on older photos to see how much they have grown!! 

I decided on the ‘B’ side of the Orbit paper for my background, trimming it down slightly and adhering it on some plain white cardstock. At this point I can never decide if I want to add machine stitching to the outside, so I usually carry on creating the layout and leave that decision to last! As you can see I did opt to machine stitch around the edge, I do like the texture this brings to the layout.

I cut out a cool star cut file by CUT to YOU from white cardstock and backed some of the larger stars with an orange paper from the A5 paper stack. Once backed I adhered the cut file on a slight angle to the background paper. At this point the decision was made on what colour scheme I was going to go with for my layout. I decided to go with orange, black and white. I tried to be careful that it did not look too Halloween themed!

I took some of the 3′ x 4′ pocket cards and layered them under my photo, I placed one vertically and one horizontally. I then added craft foam to the underneath and adhered this to the centre of the layout also on a slight angle, following the same angle that I adhered the cut file. I love the shadows and dimension that are created on my layout by adding craft foam underneath some elements. On top of my photo I adhered the banner die-cut piece that says You’re The Best, this also became the title of my layout. I pulled out lots of the orange and black elements from each of the packs of embellishments. I also cut some pieces from the Universal 12′ x 12′ paper that suited both the theme and colours of my page.

Another reason that I decided on the orange, black and white colour scheme was the colours in the photo of my son. By pulling colours from the photo, it helps to continue on from the photo and helps the photo to blend nicely on the page. I added some contrasting black ephemera stars to the large orange ones using craft foam. I also added the To the Moon and Back round ephemera piece to one of the stars also.

I absolutely love layering on my pages, I love the texture, dimension and interest it brings to a page. If there were no layers and different elements it would rather flat and boring. I once again embellished my page with the larger embellishments first like chipboard and ephemera. I then finish off embellishing with smaller things like accessory stickers, wood epoxy buttons and puffy stickers. Lastly I finished off with some sprinkles of white mist and stamped the date stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it?!

Make sure you check out the Cocoa Vanilla store as the new and very awesome No Limits collection is now in the online store to purchase.

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Total Legend | No Limits | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS friends, today I am sharing another boy layout using the fab No Limits collection! This boy here is my middle child and yes he is a typical middle child lol!

I have used Stardust Stardust paper as my base paper. I then cut down Big Bang paper to 10×10 inches. This when I added machine stitching along the blue/grey off shoots to add texture and definition. You don’t have to be good at machine stitching, just following the pattern on the paper. I then attached this piece to my base paper Stardust.

I found this geometric cut file from the Silhouette design store and being circular I knew it would be perfect against the Big Bang paper piece. I used the A5 paper stack to paper piece my cut file, the patterns being smaller in the paper pad are great for smaller paper piecing. I chose stars and strips, bolder colours to add a contrast.

You will see I created an embellishment cluster around my photo (which I added with foam tape to create a 3D effect). I used several different embellishments from the collection to add more texture, die cut ephemera, chipboard stickers and wood epoxy buttons.

To keep the flow of this layout I added my title using the die cut titles around my photo and embellishment cluster following the off shoots of the starburst pattern. I added these with foam tape. I finished my title off by adding some of the chipboard planets and puffy stickers.

This layout is simple yet eye catching and a little fun! Thank you so much for stopping by today and see you again soon!

Rachel X

To the Moon and Back | No Limits | Danni Visser

Hi Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here with a fun, bright layout featuring my two favourite little people and the incredible No Limits collection. This week the team were challenged to make a layout with multiple photos or shaped photos, so I decided to do both. I am really happy with how this one turned out, I hope you like it too!

One of the easiest ways to use shaped photos is to use a cutfile. I have had this star patterned one sitting in my stash for ages, so now was the perfect time to use it. It’s a combination cutfile/stitching template which gives an extra layer of detail and interest, but that’s completely optional.

I used the A5 paper stack, Eclipse 12×12 patterned paper and a couple of double-sided 3×4 cards to back all but two of the star shapes in the cutfile, which I saved for my photos. Just make sure to print the photos large enough so they will fit in the stars, then adhere the photos to the back of the cutfile and trim off the excess. My two littles were having a lovely time at the park this day, even though the weather was a bit gloomy!

Once my cutfile was backed I added some adhesive foam to the back of the stars to add dimension. For the stitching, I used the stitching template part of the cutfile to cut the stitching holes into The Big Bang 12×12 patterned paper, before stitching with embroidery thread using a chain-stitching technique. This can be quite time consuming, but I love all the extra texture this provides.

Once I had finished the stitching, I added some tiny delicate splatters of gold mist and white acrylic ink all around the outside of my stitched pattern. Then I adhered the cutfile down within the stitched pattern. Make sure to use a good amount of adhesive if you do something like this, as the backed cutfile is quite heavy.

For the title I decided to use the gorgeous ‘To the Moon and Back’ piece from the chipboard stickers and adhere it right in the centre of the largest star. I then did the same with two of the larger epoxy wood buttons and two of the other stars to add some more circular elements. To embellish, I added some more of the smaller chipboard pieces and layered them over the cutfile.

For finishing touches, I added lots of chipboard sticker and puffy sticker stars all around the outside of the layout, followed by three tiny word phrases from the accessory stickers. I love the contrast of the bright colours of this layout against the neutral woodgrain background. I hope you enjoyed joining me for this layout today. Take care and happy scrapping!

Danni x

Jura 2021 | No limits Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello crafty Friends. It’s Anna here with a page containing multiply photos. This is the assignment we were given this week and I was so happy to join. It was the perfect opportunity to make “all in one” type of scrapbook page, with a lot of small photos from one of our family trips. It’s something I love to do after each vacation. I pick about 10 photos I like the most and arrange them over the page. I, of course, make more pages with single photos to go more into details of each adventure and make a travel album, but this page is just a super fun reminder of all the great fun we had.

This time I scrapbooked our last year one week vacation in french Jura. It was kind of an accident we ended up there but we felt in love with the landscape, food and people and we are coming back this year too!

I used colorful “No limits” collection to make my page. It was inspired by the paper called “Eclipse”, that is also my page base. I decided to place each photo in different 3*4 square. Before I did that, I wanted to  “get rid” of some rectangles that were too colorful or in a wrong color. I reached for Pocket Cards and picked few in the colors I wanted to add to my page. I used them to cover all the 3*4 rectangles I wanted to hide. Pocket Cards are not only for project lifers! They can be a super cute base for mini album, used as dividers in bigger albums or as a journaling spots on layouts. Very versatile product!

After my grid was finished, It was time to place my photos. They are all in the same size and have white frame. However, some rectangles we also white-ish and my pictures tend to blend with them. That’s why I backed some of them with pieces of orange “Spark” and yellow “Latitude” papers.

Each photo is backed with a one layer of cardboard to add more dimension to the page. This is my go to technique for every single page. I just can’t make anything flat :) With all the photos glued down it was time for embellishing the page. I tried to find as many stickers and ephemera pieces as possible, that would match travel theme of my layout. There is a great globe in Chipboard Stickers sheet, that I placed on one of the cards. I also picked few more thick stickers to add to my page.

Stars, small phrases and arrows come from Ephemera Pack – the most versatile product ever! With so many elements to choose from, you can make many, many projects with just one pack. I also used YEAH word from Die Cut Titles becasue I needed something to fill the empty space above the photo. Not all elements have to have a deeper meaning, right? I also used a word strips from Accesory Stickers sheet and three super cute wooden buttons.

I managed to use all the embellishments from “No limits” collection but one! I love the story this layout carries and love every single photo, even if it doesn’t look like taken by proffesional artist. There are so many great feelings poured into this page and this is always the most important part of scrapbooking for me.

I hope I inspired you to make a multiply photo layout, because I know it may be hard to arrange so many pictures. Grid is always a great idea in this case.

Thank you so much for staying with me and see you in two weeks.

XO Anna

Epic Adventure | No Limits Collection | Melissa Vining

Hi everyone, I’m so happy to be back sharing another layout created with the amazing No Limits collection.  My assignment today was to create a layout with either multiple or shaped photos. I decided to create with multiple photos so that I could feature three of the nested frames from the Chipboard Stickers.  My photos are from last weekend when my 8 year old daughter played her first netball game.

I used the Big Bang paper because I love the large star with all its rays.  I handstitched the outline of both stars in corresponding thread to make it stand out, and to add interest.

All of the three fames are chipboard, and I selected my photos intentionally to feature action photos in the smallest frames that were taken at a distance, and then printed small to fit the frames.  All three frames fit nested within each other.   This one is the largest and is polaroid style. I embellished on top of it with Accessory Stickers.

The next frame isn’t probably meant to be used as its more a separator between the two other frames.  But I though it was perfect, and I don’t like to waste product!  I embellished with a Chipboard banner.  This photo also shows my title which I easily created with two words from the Die Cut Titles, which I popped up on dimensional adhesive.

The smallest frame is also the thickest, and once again was perfect for an action photo. The “Be Yourself” is cut apart phrase from

.

I embellished with lots of chipboard stars, Wood Epoxy Buttons, Accessory Stickers and Puffy Stickers.  I love how all these elements look scattered amongst the frames, and radiating out from the star.

I created a process video which you can watch below.

I hope I’ve inspired you to scrapbook multiple photos, and use No Limits to documents sports.

Take care

Melissa xx

Boys will be Boys | No Limits | Josefine vd Hoeven

Hey Hello Paperlovers, Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! It’s Josefine here with new scrapbook Inspiration for you. I certainly can’t get enough of this amazing collection “No Limits” The colors in this collection inspire me. This layout is quite simple and easy to make and I am happy with the result. I choose a sweet photo of my son when he was a little younger. I cut out the photo in a circle. I used my circle cutter from We R Memory keepers. I cut out two more circles from the beautiful patterned paper. I stitch the edges with brown sewing thread by using my sewing machine.

I draw a circle in the center of the layout and with Distress Oxide I created a mixed media background. I used a background stamp that looks like a splatter and stamp several times with the distress oxide in a circle on the background.I mixed the ink with water to create a watercolor look. With a thin round brush I splatter with the ink on the mixed media background. I really love the effect of splatters on my layout. The colors I used are “faded Jeans” and “Stormy sky”

I placed the patterns design paper circles in the center of the mixed media background and the photo on top. I used 3D tape so I can easily slide the stars between the paper layers.

 I fussy cut several stars from the pattern paper “Nebula” from the No Limits collection. I attached the stars with 3D tape. I like the way the stars. stand out a little from the background. I mix the white gesso with water and with a thin brush I make white gesso splatters on my layout. The little puffy stars are adorable and great to combine on this layout.

I wanted some extra ink splatter on my layout and used both colors “faded jeans” and “Stormy sky” distress oxides. For the title “Boys will be Boys” I used leftovers from different alpha sets from my own stash. I kind of kept the colors in the title that are also reflected in the stars. I love the playful effect.

I hope I was able to inspire you with this Boys will be Boys layout and I want to thank you for visiting the blog today and hope to see you again next time with a new project with the beautiful collections designed by Cocoa Vanilla Studio!
Wishing you a crafty day friends!
XoXo, Jo

 

Rad Times | No Limits Collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans! It’s Kylie with you again with another layout I created to share with you all. This pandemic has been difficult for everyone and especially for families who have been unable to travel to see each other. My layout today documents a happy reunion and I knew the ‘No Limits’ collection would be perfect to use. I wanted lots of colour on my page, so I used a backed ‘Colour-wheel’ cut file from CUT TO YOU as a focal point. This allowed me to use a wide variety of papers.

I’m not going to lie. The orange side of the SPARKS paper is probably my most favourite. I seemed to of used it in every layout I have created so far! It’s just the most perfect shade! To begin this layout I trimmed it to 11.5″x 11.5″ and adhered it centred over the top of the BIG BANG paper. It was then sat aside whilst I cut out my cut file. Originally the cut file design was a full circle. I decided to cut away a pie section to allow for a small ‘nook’ if you like, to position my photos in. I did this very carefully with my scissors, before using the A5 paper pack to back the remaining piece.

With the cut file backed, I then added some adhesive foam squares to the back of it and adhered it centred on my page. I’ve used two different photos that I printed to 3″x 4″ in size. Each were backed with a pocket card for a burst of extra colour. These were adhered into place and I added a cluster of the die cuts to support the photos and to provide a nice overall balance.

It was at this point I felt the background needed something extra so I decided to add a small scattering of stars from the die cut pack, chipboard stickers and puffy stickers. To complete my page I chose a title phrase using the title die cuts, which was adhered in place above my photos.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today,

Until next time,

Kylie.

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