Sunshine | Sunkissed Collection | Danni Visser
Hi Cocoa Vanilla Studio fans! Danni here with a combination Throwback Thursday and Sketch layout. I was challenged to use a sketch and an older Cocoa Vanilla collection, so I settled on the stunning Sunkissed Collection and this adorable sketch from Lottie Loves Paper.
I love how a sketch can help guide you in a direction that you may not have thought of spontaneously. The rainbow in the sketch reminded me of the Sunny Days 12×12 patterned paper so I used that to make a border around my page. I also added a layer of the pink Growing Wild 12×12 patterned paper behind a piece of white watercolour cardstock, ready for some paint!
Continuing with my inspiration from Sunny Days 12×12 patterned paper, I matched the colours from the rainbows in the pattern by mixing up some acrylic paint, then painted a rainbow on the watercolour paper following the placement in the sketch. Next, I added some pink and gold ink splatters around where my photos would go.
The sketch called for three square photos, so I chose these pics from a day trip and picnic with my family last summer. I decided to trim my smaller photos a little, so they were more rectangular than square, just because they fit a little better on the page that way. I matted my photos using the A5 paper stack and backed them with 3D foam before adhering them down.
I chose a beautiful glittery title from the Foam title stickers and placed it following the sketch, curving it along the top of my hand painted rainbow. It fit just perfectly between my two photo clusters.
Next, I chose a collection of clear stickers, puffy stickers, accessory stickers, floral ephemera, die cut ephemera and wood buttons to create small embellishment clusters around my photos. I placed them roughly in the areas shown in the sketch, but I was pretty flexible in the placement of these.
Finally, I printed my journalling using a typewriter font and cut it into strips, before adhering it down at the base of my rainbow. I had a bit more journalling than the sketch had, so I just brought it up a little higher on the page. There was plenty of extra room, so I was happy with the final placement. And that’s the layout finished! I hope you enjoyed joining me today and happy scrapping!
Danni x