12 x 12 scrapbooking layout

Lovely you | Storyteller | Josefine van der Hoeven

 

Hello Paperlovers,

Welcome to the scrapbook blog of Cocoa Vanilla Studio. It’s great to see you here looking for some new scrapbook inspiration. It’s May, and this month it’s all about flowers. Have you seen the new challenge yet, the Flower Frenzy Challenge? For this challenge, we invite you to use flowers as the main design element of your layout.

 

 

 

I found this challenge really exciting, so I dived into it using the beautiful “Storyteller” collection. I started by fussy cutting flowers from the patterned paper. I combined these flowers with the die-cut floral ephemera. Then, I trimmed some blue patterned paper to size and placed it behind the photo of my daughter. This photo was a perfect fit for the theme. She was posing by a small restaurant in Mexico, hidden behind a stunning sea of flowers.

 

 

 

Placing the photo roughly in the center of the white cardstock, I began creating a gigantic cluster of flowers above it. I was pleasantly surprised by how it turned out. On either side of the photo, I added a few small flowers and leaves in a playful manner. For the title, I used the word “Lovely” in black foam, and for the word “you,” I used a green alpha from my own stash. I thought the red puffy heart was a lovely finishing touch for the title.

 

 

Finally, I added some circle puffy stickers around the flower cluster. I had so much fun with the Cocoa Vanilla Studio May challenge, and I’m really pleased with how this floral layout turned out. I hope I’ve inspired you with this layout, and I’m looking forward to seeing your beautiful flower layouts too! Wishing you a creative and wonderful day.

XoXo, Jo

 

Shine | Love Always Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again and I’m dipping into an OLD collection from 2016! After organizing my craft space, I found this collection and just had to dive in! It’s such a stunning mix of pastels and gray tones that were perfect for these first snow pictures. The title ephemera is from Midnight, but the rest is all from Love Always.

I started with this beautiful mixed media-style background paper, a strip of teal, then used ephemera pieces to create a border in between. The Nuvo drops and ephemera hearts along the right side gave this layout a fun pop of interest that it needed.

I cut out two tags from the patterned paper and layered them behind my photos, then built up two clusters that run diagonally through the photos. The cluster on the top leans to the right and the one on the bottom leans to the left. This guides the eye through the layout, and added to the butterflies, creates a sense of movement on the page.

If you’d like to see how “Shine” came together, be sure to check out the process video below!

https://youtu.be/huuE0ZR8kwU

Road Trip | Great Escape collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout created using the awesome Great Escape collection! I can not get enough of this collection! I think this is my 6th layout using this awesome collection and I still have heaps of ideas flowing! Talk about value for money!  I pulled out a super cute photo of my youngest son from when he was about 3 going for a ride in the car, I just love the thumbs up gesture- so cute!

I chose to work with a darker background paper choosing the ‘Journey’ patterned paper for this layout. I knew I was going to be adding the white cut file title and I really wanted that to pop off the page. The cut file I chose is from CUT to YOU, I cut out the title in white and cut out the road in black and backed it with some white cardstock to make it resemble a road as close as possible! For the large open letters in the cut file I took the A5 paper stack and choose various papers to add in the open holes. Once the cut file was all backed, I adhered the road down first using regular adhesive and then for the title, I added craft foam and then adhered it down in the centre of the page, I love adding craft foam so that it creates some dimension on my layout, this also allows me to tuck in bits and pieces where I want to if I feel some places need extra detail.

I added my photo on the right side, tucking it in behind the ‘D’ in Road I would normally layer a paper or a die-cut underneath my photo but this time I left it free of these. Once I was happy with the photo placement and the title it was time for my favourite part and that is embellishing! Below the photo I added a chipboard piece and I also added the flag chipboard piece overlapping the road and coming out of the ‘A’ in Road. The So Much Fun chipboard piece I added on top of the cut file and also added some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet to help tell my story.

I took a few die-cuts from the ephemera pack and also added these around my page too, I love finding the perfect piece that is the perfect shape or perfect colour to fit in spots! One of the many things I love to do when I create! I like to balance my pages and describe my style is very clean but colourful too!

Some of the smaller embellishments like the puffy shapes were some of the last things I added to my page, along with stamping the date stamp which is one of my go to things on every page! Do you have something you like to include on every project? Kind of like a signature? Lastly I trimmed down the ‘Journey’ patterned paper to roughly 11′ x 11′ and matted the entire layout on white cardstock. I then machine-stitched a border using black thread around the entire edge of the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you are inspired to use your Great Escape collection and create some adventure layouts!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Life is Good | Sunkissed collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

 

It’s Sophie with you today and I am thrilled to share my layout inspired by the May challenge!

 

 

The challenge this month is called “Flower Frenzy”: Using flowers as the main design element of a layout… The more the better…!

 

I used the Sunkissed collection for this colorful page and went with big floral clusters all around my black and white photo.

 

I drew a few flowers on three A5 patterned papers, cut them out and hand stitched on each petal. They served as a background for the flowers and leaves that are from the Sunkissed floral ephemera pack.  It adds texture and depth to the clusters, and even though it’s very bold and colorful, it doesn’t compete with the black and white photo, that still stays the star of the page.

 

 

I teared a big chunk of the “Feelin’ Fine” paper and placed it on the upper part of the layout. I fussy cut a few clouds out of the “Just Chillin’” paper and used some Clear Stickers for my title.

 

 

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s a very simple page with only beautiful florals as embellishments, and I love it!!

 

I hope you do too!!

 

You have the whole month of May to participate in this floral challenge. You can use any Cocoa Vanilla Studio collection, as they all have a huge amount of gorgeous flowers that can be used.

 

Happy crafting !!

 

Sophie xx

Fun times | The great escape Layout | Anna Komenda

Welcome everyone. It’s Anna here with another page made with newest Cocoa Vanilla collection called “The great escape”. To be honest, I am more beach girl and trails, tents and campfires are not my first choice when it comes to spending free time. I do not have many photos from the wild to scrapbook with this line but it doesn’t stop me! Having fun has many shades. This time I picked two photos taken during one of the rides in theme park. Colors on them match “The great escape” perfectly.

For this page I created a little scene with a guidepost. I was inspired by one of the ephemera pieces to make one. I started with splashing white cardstock with light blue mist. Next step was to create a ground for my sighpost using two papers with green patterns: “Journey” and “Direction“.

Wooden pattern on the sighpost is from the older “No limits” collection. Yellow one is a piece of “Horizon” paper and orange one is “Happy camper” paper. Words on the sigh are made with alpha die and “Starry night” pattern. White “sky” felt very empty so I added few whimsical clouds hand cut from “Adventurer” paper.

It was time to add photos. I backed each of them with a piece of blue pattern paper from A5 Paper Stack. As usual, I embelished the area around the photos using bits and pieces from Ephemera Pack, elements cut out from “Wild life” paper and stickers from Accessory Stickers sheet.

As always I finished my pages adding tiny Puffy Stickers. They are my favourite final accent.

How do you like my idea for a simple, handmade scene? You can change things up by adding more words to the pole, changing theme from landscape to beach or a city. It’s a really versatile type of design.

That is all for today. Thank you so much for spending your time with mee and see you in May!

XO

Anna

Road trip to LA | Hap[py Days | Josefine ven der Hoeven

 

Hello Paperlovers,

Welcome to Cocoa Vanilla Studio’s blog, and how wonderful that you’re looking for new scrapbook inspiration. Today, I’ve created a new scrapbook layout using the amazing and colorful “Happy Days” collection designed by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. These vibrant colors really give your layout that summery feel. I love to use this photo of my daughter on the Beverly Hills boulevard and chose to use a cut file from the Cricut store, I absolutely love this Destination Icon. I thought it was quite fitting the theme.

 

I cut the file from the beautiful yellow patterned paper of the “Happy Days” collection and placed the photo in the open center. I stitched the edges with white thread, using my sewing machine. I positioned the Destination Icon in the center of the 12×12 white cardstock sheet, which I’m using as my base.

 

I created flower clusters on the bottom left and top right corners. I used the die-cut flower shapes but also fussy-cut some flowers from the matching patterned paper of the “Happy Days” collection. I also cut out some butterflies and placed them around the flower clusters. I selected some fun die-cut shapes like the flag and the camera and giving them a place among the flowers.

 

For the title, I used the elegant puffy titles from the “Great Escape” collection. The title I’ve chosen for this scrapbook layout is “Road trip to LA. I added some splatters with white gesso, which I mixed with water, and also splattered some of my yellow distress ink “Fossilized Amber.” around the flower clusters.

 

I hope I’ve been able to inspire you with this layout and look forward to seeing you again on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog next time. Have a wonderful and creative day.

XoXo, Jo

 

Our Family | Heart & Home Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here with a diagonal design using the stunning Heart & Home collection. I adored these frames and was excited to use them for my Thanksgiving photos with extended family. I started with a Bazzill navy cardstock and cut this lovely text patterned paper from corner to corner to layer on top.

Along the seam of the two papers, I stair-stepped my framed photos with the title ephemera in between to connect them. To fill the open corners, I added a combination of vellum and card stock ephemera flowers. Tiny, fussy cut flowers are sprinkled around the edges, along with Nuvo drops.

I added in a few bits from the cut-apart sheet and finished the layout off with these adorable puffy heart stickers and a sketchy border all the way around.

To see how “Our Family” came together, be sure to check out the process video below:

https://youtu.be/yvJUp_Gqyvw

 

 

Happy Times ! | Happy Days collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie on the blog today with a new layout to share! This time I used the beautiful Happy Days collection!

 

I focused on the aqua, blue and purple tones of the collection and selected my three favorite patterned papers from the A5 paper pack. I drew and cut three scalloped borders, uneven, out of those papers, and aligned them horizontal on a 12×12 white cardstock.

I placed my photo on the right side of the layout, and used two beautiful frames from the ephemera pack, the rectangular one for my journaling and the oval one for a beautiful piece of rainbow that matched my color scheme.

I used the Chipboard Titles for my title and added a little touch of blue on each letter with watercolor paint.

 

I created a floral cluster on the right lower part of my photo and fussy cut a few butterflies that I scattered on the page.

I attached some twine on the first scalloped border as the finishing touch!

 

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

How I love that page, and the Happy Days collection!!

I hope this was inspiring for you,

Thank you for passing by!

Sophie xx

Fun Times | Great Escape | Kel Moore

Hey CVS fans, it’s Kel back today sharing another layout using the new ‘The Great Escape’ collection. Im documenting some photos from a holiday in Fiji when I went parasailing with my family…lots of fun! Here is my page..

I started my design with layering up papers on the horizontal…papers I used were Horizon, Direction and Happy Camper. I wanted to then add a vertical element to my page so I cut one of the strips from the Wild Life paper along with the scallop design.. I love this fun piece!

I placed my photos along the horizontal, using a frame from the Ephemera die cuts to highlight my middle photo.

To the right of my photos I added some of the stars cut from the Star Gazing paper, along with some of the Chipboard Stickers. I also cut some of the word pieces and flag from the Wild Life paper.

I decided I wanted some more colour on my white cardstock so I used some ink to add some clouds. For my title I used the Puffy Title Stickers then cut some of the word strips from the Wild Life paper.

I added some of the stars from the collection around my title…

I hope you enjoyed my page and you are getting lots of inspiration from the DT using this new collection.

See you Soon

Kel

 

 

 

Let’s Explore | Great Escape | Josefine van der Hoeven

Hello Paperlovers,

Welcome to Cocoa Vanilla Studio’s blog, and I’m thrilled to have you here for some new scrapbook inspiration featuring the amazing “Great Escape” collection.

In a few weeks, we’ll be jetting off to New York City! Yay… I can hardly wait to create beautiful family memories together in this iconic city. My canvas for today is a 12×12 white cardstock. I’ve used blue distress ink to create watercolor circles. Using a breakfast plate, I inked the edges with the blue distress ink and water. Then, flipping the plate over, I made various prints on the 12×12 white cardstock. The shade of blue distress ink I used is “faded jeans”.

Now, it’s time for some fussy cutting. I’ve selected a patterned paper with stars and cut out several stars from it. I layer three stars on top of each other and sew them together using a sewing machine, then individually place them in a circle on my layout. In the center of the stars, I place a puffy sticker.

The photo capturing the breathtaking view of New York City is placed in the center and embellished with a cardstock circle die-cut and a word sticker. For the title, I’ve used the beautiful black ornate word titles and created the title “Let’s Explore”, which is exactly what we’ll be doing in New York!

 

I add some blue splatters with the distress ink and also create white splatters using white gesso, applying them with a watercolor brush. I scatter a few small stars in different places among the larger stars for a playful effect.

I hope I’ve inspired you with this Scrapbook Layout and look forward to seeing you next time. Have a wonderful and creative day today!

Xoxo, Jo

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