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Hello Cocoa Vanilla studio fans! Danni here with a fun take on one of my previous Cocoa Vanilla layouts – that’s right, I am scraplifting myself today! The layout I chose to scraplift is one of my favourites and was quite a fave among the Cocoa Vanilla Studio community as well. I made that layout using the incredible These Days collection which is still one of my absolute favourite collections to date. Here is the layout I scraplifted:
I stuck pretty close to the original layout, using a white background and textured paper hearts using patterned paper. I used the Joyful collection because the colours matched my photos beautifully, and I wanted to use the gorgeous stripes in the Holly Days 12×12 patterned paper. I started by cutting that paper into strips and distressing the edges. Next I cut two large heart shapes from plain cardstock by folding it in half and drawing a half-heart shape on one side, then cutting it out. You could also use an electronic or manual die-cutting machine if you wanted. Once I had my hearts, I layered my paper strips onto them working from the bottom up, adhering them as I went.
Once I had both hearts covered in strips and allowed them to dry, I flipped them over and used the back side of the shape to trim off the excess paper. I used my fingers to fold and roll the edges of the paper strips a bit more, as they had flattened a little in the glusing process and I wanted lots of texture! I jazzed up my background a little by adding lots of ink splatters in different shades of pink and green, plus some metallic gold (I may have gone slightly overboard on the splatters!).
Once the ink was dry I adhered my hearts down and added my photos on top. I added some dimensional foam to the back of my photos, particularly where they hung over the edges of the hearts, because the hearts are quite dimensional with all those paper layers.
Now I could decorate, the best part. I took ‘Tis the Season 12×12 patterned paper and fussy cut a bunch of the gorgeous florals. I made sure to get some large bunches as well as some smaller flowers and leaves, plus some teeny tiny blossoms and buds to sprinkle. I created three clusters of florals – one below my photos, one on the opposite side of the layout and one between the two heart layers. I tucked all the tiny leaves and sprigs between the blossoms.
I stamped the date onto a label from the accessory stickers in charcoal ink and layered it under my photo slightly. I also added a pretty gold-foiled tab sticker beside it for good measure. You can never have too much gold! From the same stickers I selected three tiny word phrases that were not Christmas-specific (even though Joyful is a holiday collection, this photo was taken in June and it works perfectly for non-holiday layouts). I sprinkled these among my flroal clusters and below my photos.
Finally I used the puffy gold title stickers to add a few tiny gold stars to each of my embellishment clusters, and the title ‘Home’ on top of the smaller heart. I hope you enjoyed this scraplift as much as I enjoyed making it! There is a process video linked below on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel if you would like to watch it all come together. Happy scrapping!
Danni x