Cheers | Sunkissed Collection | Danni Visser

Hi Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here sharing an A4 double page layout using the gorgeous Sunkissed collection. This week we are playing with a ‘circles or squares’ theme, so I chose to document some photos of my husband and I out to dinner during our tropical holiday using circles.

I have been wanting to experiment with rolled paper for a while since I noticed this trend is making a comeback. I thought this could be a fun way to explore the shapes theme and do something a little fun! I used a mix of colours from the 12×12 patterned papers and the A5 paper stack to make a pile of little paper rolls.

I wanted to use circles on both pages, so I used my electronic die cutting machine to cut circles from Feelin’ Fine 12×12 patterned paper in various sizes, to use as a background. I backed this with white cardstock and added a sketchy outline to all the circles. For a little extra detail I splattered white acrylic ink randomly over the patterned paper background.

I used three of the cut out circle die cuts to mount my paper rolls, gluing them directly down with tacky glue. I varied the colours to give a pretty rainbow effect. I then used my scissors and a craft knife to trim the paper rolls and tidy the edges into neat circles.

I adhered the remaining die cut circles and the rolled paper circles over a white background, bordered with Fun in the Sun 12×12 patterned paper. This page got the same ink splatter treatment, this time using gold, yellow and pink distress oxide sprays.

I cut all my photos into circle shapes as well, layering them with the other circles on the pages. To continue with the theme, I added some epoxy wood buttons and the circular stickers from the accessory stickers to both layouts.

For embellishments I used a few of my remaining clear stickers on the white background, where they really pop. I added some cocktail die cut ephemera around the photo of my delicious margarita, then some floral ephemera clusters around the photos on the opposite page. Finally, I added a large title from the glitter foam titles and also used some of the glittery love hearts to sprinkle over the opposite page.

Sometimes I find a prompt like this so helpful to provide inspiration and ideas to experiment with when I am feeling uninspired. I love how this turned out! I hope you enjoyed reading about it, and you can also watch the video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel below. Happy scrapping!

Danni xx