Epic School Photo | Throwback Thursday | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle here today with a new layout share for “Throwback Thursday“, our regular fortnightly throwback to beloved Cocoa Vanilla Studio collections from the past. This week I’m sharing a super fun layout using the awesome Boys Rule collection which is perfect for documenting all kinds of moments, especially ones that don’t necessarily need all the pretty florals that some of the more feminine collections contain.

This collection was perfect for Leilas School photos from last year. Usually her photos are taken in bright red polo shirts, however last years were much later in the year thanks to Covid, so that meant jumpers on and an easier combination of colours to coordinate.

Inspired by the last creation I made using the strips of pattern paper in rainbow order, but switched up slightly to create a different look. I’ve layered strips randomly in blue, green white & gray with the occasional pop of wood grain along both sides of the layout. I covered most of the left side with the strips, and only a tiny sliver on the right. Both sides are sewn through using machine stitching. Strips come from both 12×12 and 6×8 papers.

Loving this photo of our sweet girl with her wild crazy hair inherited from her mumma. I backed the photo using a gray concrete pattern paper ‘Good Times’ and the star journaling card plus crown on her head from the ‘Boy Stuff’ cut apart paper.

I made one massive title using older white alphas (fingers crossed they make a comeback one day) plus stickers from the accessory sticker sheet, #epic word and camera from the ‘Boy Stuff’ cut apart paper and a banner from the ephemera pack.

Blues and greens are by far my most favourite colours to create with, they have such a calming vibe

As the layout was already quite colour heavy I scattered a few chipboard star/cross embellishments above the photo rather than creating one large cluster. I wanted the photo to stand out more than an overpowering cluster like I normally create.

I also added the same elements at the bottom of the layout too, plus a bunch of Ink splatters.

Well friends that’s all from me today. Short and sweet feature of the super awesome Boys Rule collection for this fine ‘Throwback’ Thursday.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Until next time, Happy Scrapping

Michelle x