Hi everyone, its Melissa here and I’m back today sharing a new layout I created with the gorgeous Sunkissed Collection. I used one of the two free exclusive cut files that were available during International Scrapbooking Day called ‘Floral Wreath’. You can find this cut file in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Group on Facebook. My photo is of my youngest daughter Ava (aged 4) in the bush at the beach house we stayed at in January on our summer holiday.
I created my layout using the B side of ‘Brightside’ for my background. Its a beautiful shade of blue and during my Facebook Live scrapbooking session during the weekend of International Scrapbooking Day I nearly used this paper. I told everyone watching that I would use this paper for another background, hence this layout!! I added splatters of watered down white acrylic paint before I adhered my cut file.
I predominantly used papers from the A5 Paper Stack to back my cut file, and I focused on solid patterns or small repeating patterns. I embellished around my photo by adding Floral Ephemera and Puffy Stickers.
I also fussy cut a floral cluster from Growing Wild and used it to embellish the top of the wreath. I even got two of the Wood Epoxy Buttons onto my layout!
I used a phrase from the Die Cut Ephemera pack for my title. It was perfect against the blue background, and I popped it and lots of the flowers up on dimensional adhesive. I wrote my journaling with a silver pen.
I am so excited to reveal our next collection today… this one has been a long time in the making, and I’m just so happy to be able to finally share it with you! Every collection gets bigger and better, and this one is our biggest collection to date, with lots of fun new stuff to add to your scrappy stash!!!
These days are different to any time we’ve experienced in our lifetimes… While there’s no doubt that life is different to how it “used to be”, and we adjust to our “new normal”, whatever that may be… one of the things that I think most of us can appreciate is how important and rewarding our home lives can be, and that the little things in life are worth celebrating and enjoying. As our world continues to change, we are finding our lives revolving more and more around our homes and family, and I believe that is definitely a silver lining to this cloud we have called COVID-19. Getting back to basics and what is really important in our lives is something that we can all take from this experience.
So, I created this collection with that in mind, and the These Days collection celebrates home, family and the joy that can be found in everyday moments… I had so much fun illustrating for this collection, and it is full of fun and whimsical designs. With a gorgeous, soft and warm colour palette, it’s perfect for any season and any reason, and I hope it brings a smile to your heart :)
We have our usual line-up of products, which you all know and love, as well as some new additions that I am just so excited about… including MINI PUFFY ALPHA STICKERS (YAY!!!), Foam Titles, and the most gorgeous little Glitter Puffy Hearts! We have also brought back some of the popular items from our last collection, including Puffy Stickers, Wood Epoxy Buttons, Clear Stickers… and everyone’s favourite Floral Ephemera!
This collection will start shipping to our wonderful retailers late June 2021
There’s a chance for you to WIN the full collection, so read on to find out how!
Hi everyone, its Melissa here and I’m back today sharing a new layout I created with the gorgeous Sunkissed Collection. I used one of the two free exclusive cut files that were available during International Scrapbooking Day called ‘Floral Wreath’. You can find this cut file in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Group on Facebook. My photo is of my youngest daughter Ava (aged 4) in the bush at the beach house we stayed at in January on our summer holiday.
I created my layout using the B side of ‘Brightside’ for my background. Its a beautiful shade of blue and during my Facebook Live scrapbooking session during the weekend of International Scrapbooking Day I nearly used this paper. I told everyone watching that I would use this paper for another background, hence this layout!! I added splatters of watered down white acrylic paint before I adhered my cut file.
I predominantly used papers from the A5 Paper Stack to back my cut file, and I focused on solid patterns or small repeating patterns. I embellished around my photo by adding Floral Ephemera and Puffy Stickers.
I also fussy cut a floral cluster from Growing Wild and used it to embellish the top of the wreath. I even got two of the Wood Epoxy Buttons onto my layout!
I used a phrase from the Die Cut Ephemera pack for my title. It was perfect against the blue background, and I popped it and lots of the flowers up on dimensional adhesive. I wrote my journaling with a silver pen.
I am so excited to reveal our next collection today… this one has been a long time in the making, and I’m just so happy to be able to finally share it with you! Every collection gets bigger and better, and this one is our biggest collection to date, with lots of fun new stuff to add to your scrappy stash!!!
These days are different to any time we’ve experienced in our lifetimes… While there’s no doubt that life is different to how it “used to be”, and we adjust to our “new normal”, whatever that may be… one of the things that I think most of us can appreciate is how important and rewarding our home lives can be, and that the little things in life are worth celebrating and enjoying. As our world continues to change, we are finding our lives revolving more and more around our homes and family, and I believe that is definitely a silver lining to this cloud we have called COVID-19. Getting back to basics and what is really important in our lives is something that we can all take from this experience.
So, I created this collection with that in mind, and the These Days collection celebrates home, family and the joy that can be found in everyday moments… I had so much fun illustrating for this collection, and it is full of fun and whimsical designs. With a gorgeous, soft and warm colour palette, it’s perfect for any season and any reason, and I hope it brings a smile to your heart :)
We have our usual line-up of products, which you all know and love, as well as some new additions that I am just so excited about… including MINI PUFFY ALPHA STICKERS (YAY!!!), Foam Titles, and the most gorgeous little Glitter Puffy Hearts! We have also brought back some of the popular items from our last collection, including Puffy Stickers, Wood Epoxy Buttons, Clear Stickers… and everyone’s favourite Floral Ephemera!
This collection will start shipping to our wonderful retailers late June 2021
There’s a chance for you to WIN the full collection, so read on to find out how!
Hello everyone! It’s Melissa here and I’m thrilled to be back with a layout I created for Throwback Thursday! I always love when its my turn to use an older collection, and today I decided to go back to 2019 when life was what we considered normal! I created my layout with the beautiful Unforgettable collection, and I specifically wanted to challenge myself to use a cut apart patterned paper as a full sheet. The paper I chose to use is ‘Pretty Bits’ and ordinarily I would cut this paper up to use as layers, or use it to back a cut file. The photos are of my youngest daughter Ava with a friend who my little girls consider to be their older sister!
I used black embroidery thread to stitch between the lines of the different papers and I love how it created a pocket page look, but without the pockets.
I decided to place my two photos on two patterns that were small and repeating. I used papers from the ‘6×8 Inch Paper Stack’ and distressed the edges. I also cut out some of the smaller cut aparts from the paper stack because the smaller size was perfect to use as embellishments for my page.
The top left hand part of the paper had a very subtle black floral on white which was perfect for my title. I used several of the ‘Clear Stickers’ and even layered them to create a mixed media look. I created my title from two of the ‘Foam Title Stickers’ and placed them directly on top of the clear stickers. I love how this turned out, and I added a fussy cut butterfly.
For my journalling I used a circular frame from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera’ pack and I glued it onto the striped side of ‘Sprightly’ so that I could use the lines for my hand writing. I embellished with a ticket from the Die Cut Ephemera, a ‘Flair Button’ and another fussy cut butterfly.
The bottom left had side part of the paper had 4 larger butterflies printed on it. I fussy cut the same butterflies from another piece of the same paper, and then adhered them by glueing the centres and lifting up the wings and adding dimension. I also added lots of subtle shimmer to the butteries, and several other features on the layout.
I made a video of my process which you can watch below.
I hope I’ve inspired you to use a cut apart as a whole entire sheet.
Hello everyone! It’s Melissa here and I’m thrilled to be back with a layout I created for Throwback Thursday! I always love when its my turn to use an older collection, and today I decided to go back to 2019 when life was what we considered normal! I created my layout with the beautiful Unforgettable collection, and I specifically wanted to challenge myself to use a cut apart patterned paper as a full sheet. The paper I chose to use is ‘Pretty Bits’ and ordinarily I would cut this paper up to use as layers, or use it to back a cut file. The photos are of my youngest daughter Ava with a friend who my little girls consider to be their older sister!
I used black embroidery thread to stitch between the lines of the different papers and I love how it created a pocket page look, but without the pockets.
I decided to place my two photos on two patterns that were small and repeating. I used papers from the ‘6×8 Inch Paper Stack’ and distressed the edges. I also cut out some of the smaller cut aparts from the paper stack because the smaller size was perfect to use as embellishments for my page.
The top left hand part of the paper had a very subtle black floral on white which was perfect for my title. I used several of the ‘Clear Stickers’ and even layered them to create a mixed media look. I created my title from two of the ‘Foam Title Stickers’ and placed them directly on top of the clear stickers. I love how this turned out, and I added a fussy cut butterfly.
For my journalling I used a circular frame from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera’ pack and I glued it onto the striped side of ‘Sprightly’ so that I could use the lines for my hand writing. I embellished with a ticket from the Die Cut Ephemera, a ‘Flair Button’ and another fussy cut butterfly.
The bottom left had side part of the paper had 4 larger butterflies printed on it. I fussy cut the same butterflies from another piece of the same paper, and then adhered them by glueing the centres and lifting up the wings and adding dimension. I also added lots of subtle shimmer to the butteries, and several other features on the layout.
I made a video of my process which you can watch below.
I hope I’ve inspired you to use a cut apart as a whole entire sheet.
Hi everyone, its Melissa here and I’m so happy to be back with you sharing another layout!! I put up a poll on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Facebook page asking whether I should use the Daydream collection or the Sunkissed collection. Daydream won, and I was happy to use it as I had an idea for the Stepping Stones paper. I decided to scrapbook a photo of my kids on Sam’s 14th birthday in March of this year.
When I saw Stepping Stones I always had a plan to cut it into strips and recreate an organic rainbow shape with it. I’d been waiting for the perfect photo, and it turned out way better than I ever imagined!! I cut the strips roughly so they weren’t perfect, and then used a side plate to line up my first row of strips. I alternated the colours to include all of the strips from the paper. I machine stitched my last row to secure them.
I only adhered the centres of the strips with liquid glue to enable movement, and I lifted the edges up for dimension. I embellished around my photo with bits and pieces from the Die Cut Ephemera. I also used one of the ‘Puffy Hearts’ and a Flair Button.
I created another area of embellishment that would also contain my title. I don’t always think titles have to be big and overpowering, and for this layout I really wanted the rainbow (and photo of course) to be the star. I also used some of the “Accessory Stickers”.
You can read my journalling in the photo below. My final touch was to add some metallic gold drops, and I love how they finish off my layout.
I made a process video that you can watch below.
I hope I inspired you to look at your patterned paper supplies in a different way!!
Hey everyone, it’s Raquel here today sharing a new layout with you using the latest and gorgeous Sunkissed collection. Today’s layout is a layout I created for fun featuring some holiday memories using this bright and fun summer themed collection.
Here is the layout that I created to share with you today:
This layout is documenting a moment with our family when we have been away over summer. This layout is a flashback to 2018, I cannot believe how time flies and how quick our kids grow up!
You can see by these pictures that Mumma scrapbooker was trying to get those picture perfect photos – this is a foreign thing to these kiddies. I think they have been accustomed to posing for photos that on this specific day – this Mumma just gets what she gets, even if it wasn’t the perfectly posed photo . I printed three 3×4 photos for this layout and quickly realised that they would be too large for this layout. So I used a circular die I had in my stash to cut the three photos into circles.
The base of this layout was inspired by a Daffodil cut file from Cut to You. I used various patterned papers in the paper pad to back the cut file.
The title of this layout ‘Fun in the Sun’ was created from the Glitter foam titles pack. To help balance the gold in the title I used some of the hearts amongst the layout also.
To build more detail to the cut files I added extra floral ephemera pieces, in particular I used leaves and the bud stems. To the top right of the page I added some short typewritten journaling that simple documented the when and where of the layout.
I was able to embellish in three main clusters on the page allowing the layout to still have balance. For the smaller details I used the puffy stickers and small ephemera hearts.
The white card stock base of the layout was framed with the blue clouds and machine stitched. I was able to add depth and dimension using foam adhesive to the cut files, florals and photos.
I hope this layout has inspired you today. Thanks for stopping by the blog to check it out.
Raquel
Hey everyone – it’s Raquel here today I am sharing a layout with you that features ‘My Signature Style’. We have been invited to create a layout that encompasses our ‘signature style’.
Here is the layout that I created to share with you today:
My signature style and the elements I love to include on my layout are the following:
white card stock background
cut files
layered embellishment clusters
doilies
machine stitched border
typewritten journaling
a black and white photo.
These would certainly be my go to things that I include on my layout and I was able to incorporate most of these on my share with you today.
The subject of my layout was my handsome hubby and kids. This photo was taken this past summer on our yearly vacation and I just adore the love that eludes from this pic. I knew that I wanted to turn this photo black and white as the colours within the photo would not have worked on this layout or coordinated with the gorgeous Sunkissed collection.
Printing a photo black and white allows you to mix up the layout colours without fear that the colours included may clash. I print my photos at home on a portable photo printer and add a white border. This allows me to add detailed patterned papers as layers if I choose.
The cut file I used on today’s layout is one from the Cut to You store that reads ‘Love you more’- the perfect sentiment for sure. I used a variety of the paper pad papers to back the cut file hearts. The small print allow for you to see the detail in the pattern.
I embellished the page with the cut hearts and tags in the ephemera pack. I also used the cute puffy sticker hearts as that final finishing touch when embellishing.
I fell in love with the design of this cut file straight away. As with any use of cut files, the process of backing the cut files is one that most time takes a length of times. I always love the end result.
In terms of embellishments on this page I used a combination of ephemera, wooden buttons and puffy stickers.
I hope that you have been inspired by my layout today.
Thank you for stopping my the cvs blog and seeing my signature style layout.
Hello everyone, its Melissa here and I’m so happy to be back sharing with you, this time a Valentines Layout for our Love theme. Valentines Day isn’t a huge celebration or holiday here in New Zealand, but it is an opportunity to reflect on the love that I have for my husband. Its also the perfect excuse to scrapbook us instead of the kids!! I created this layout with the gorgeous Daydream Collection and a cut file by Confessions of a Paper Addict.
I stated by applying gesso to my white cardstock to prepare for mixed media. I chose some soft and pretty water soluble crayons in colours that would match the colours in Daydream and applied them with the packaging (smooshing, kissing etc) technique. I used my heat gun to dry off each layer. Once all my layers were complete I added some splatters of water activated splatters. I love the soft and pretty effect all my layers create!
I backed the cut file with predominantly papers from the 6 x 8 Paper Stack. I love the smaller scale of these patterns, and selected smaller repeating designs for the little envelopes and florals. I embellished the envelopes with fussy cut flowers, stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet, and even included Flair Button! The photo is of my husband and I (featuring our daughter photo-bombing!) on a day that we went boating at our largest local lake during January.
I used the 6 x 8 version of Stepping Stones to back the letter part of the cut file. This was perfect to contain my journalling! I embellished the letter with a Puffy Heart.
The word “Love” from the Die Cut Titles was perfect for my title, I needed a title that didn’t take up too much space, so that it would be of the right scale to not dominate the layout. My final step was to back the layout onto Happy Place.
I love how soft and pretty this layout turned out, a little different for me and perfect for my family scrapbook album!