12 x 12 scrapbooking layout

You’re Awesome | No Limits | Lina Monaco

Hello Friends,
Lina here today on the blog with a Throwback Thursday layout for you. I used the latest boy themed collection, No Limits, for my layout and I have no doubts that I made the correct decision with this one. It’s full of bright colours with fun accents and decor pieces such as lightning bolts, arrows and stars. I mean, it was an obvious choice for me!


For my layout, I decided I wanted to incorporate a grid of some sort. I wasn’t sure how I’d accomplish this right off the hop but after looking at my photos and noticing that I had printed off duplicates of this photo of my darling nephew, one in black and white and one in colour, I thought using the photos and pocket cards was the way to go. The background paper I used is called Stardust and it’s the most perfect aqua tone with splatters and distressing.
I matted my photos and two Pockets Cards with papers from the collection including Latitude, Nebula, and Big Bang. The pops of colours make my rainbow heart happy ☺️


For a pop of darker blue, I used two additional Pocket Cards to matte the original cards. I just adore how the inky blues subtly pop out from behind the cards, it just makes them leap off the page. I arranged both my photos and my Pocket Cards in a grid style and went to work on embellishing my layout.


I used the Die Cut Ephemera, Accessory Stickers, along with the Chipboard Stickers to add pops of embellishments around the page. I also used the Chipboard Stickers for my title, pulling “You’re Awesome” from the sheet. I adhered it down using hot glue on the edges and securing it down. I enjoy the loose and playful placement of the title as it adds a bit of whimsy in my opinion.


I continued to embellish the page with Puffy Stickers, tucking them in and around the layout. I felt the layout needed a bit more expression and sentiment and so I used some of the small phrases from the Accessory Sheet to add some much needed micro titles. This is how I personally convey sentiment on layouts as I almost never journal on them. If I want to document something specific, I do so on the back of the layout.


Lastly, as per my style, I finished off my layout with a good splattering of gold paint spray. I feel like it just pulls everything together and rounds out the layout nicely.
I hope you enjoyed my layout and wish you the best day!

xoLina

Happy | Storyteller Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with another t-ball layout featuring my daughter and my husband. The colors in her uniform were just perfect for the Storyteller collection and I loved the idea of taking a very different spin on my last layout. In this one, I still used a small section of that Paige Taylor Evans star wreath cut file, but this time layered it in the background at the top of the page. Backing it with papers from the A5 paper stack for a splash of fun colors, this cut file really pops!

To give the appearance of dimension, I layered icon ephemera buttons on top and larger circle pieces underneath of the the cut file. These darling little flowers that I fussy cut from the Fly Away patterned paper are the perfect details to add around my clusters. With epoxy wood buttons for a decidedly non-paper addition, the clusters have texture too!

Adding in a cut apart piece and word phrases to match those details on the first half of this spread, I squeezed in so many words that truly capture the feeling of this moment. I kept my title small on this one, using the foam word “Happy” to keep it simple. Finishing it off with a frame to house my journaling and a camera from the icon ephemera, this layout is complete!

I hope this layout inspires you to scrap a wide variety of photos with this beautiful collection! If you’d like to see how “Happy” came together, check out the process video below.

Sweet Heart | Storyteller Collection | Melissa Vining

Hi everyone, Melissa here and today I have another layout that I created with the gorgeous new Storyteller collection!!  For this layout I really felt like hand stitching so I selected several of the Pocket Cards to stitch over the printed design.  My photos are from Brielle’s 8th birthday in April of this year.

Whenever I use several of the pocket cards I go with a grid design to feature as many cards as possible.  For this layout I chose two cards that were patterned paper to house the photos, and the other four cards feature beautiful design elements that could be further embellished. I used Little Love for my background because I love the beautiful yellow and subtle pattern – perfect for featuring all of the cards. The “Love This” card was calling out for me to hand stitch around it.  I pierced holes around the edge of the words, and then stitched with the full 6 threads of the skein. Simple yet effective.

For the card with lots of adorable hearts, I stitched around the edge of each heart with 3 threads of the skein.  This resulted in a thinner stitches (due to less thread), and I think was more appropriate to the smaller design.

For the card housing my journaling I stitched around the speech bubble in navy blue thread to match the colour on the card.  I love how the stitching looks, and I embellished with a Die Cut Ephemera phrase and a butterfly.

For my title I used two of the Foam Title Stickers and for my embellishment I used several Chipboard Sticker buttons, Die Cut Ephemera Butterflies, and Puffy Heart Stickers.  I love how this finished my layout and I even surprised myself by not adding any mixed media, not even splatters!!

I hope I’ve encouraged you to use the pocket cards and embellish them with stitching!

Thanks for looking

Melissa xx

Precious Moments | Storyteller Collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans! It’s Kylie back with you today with another layout to share! My assignment for today was to create a layout using this months mood board as inspiration. In case you haven’t seen the mood board as yet, here is a little sneak peep-

I love that it has a ‘Boho’ vibe and I was instantly drawn to the floral elements and the lace doilies. The new ‘Storyteller’ collection was the perfect colour palette and these were all the elements that I based my layout around today.

(Don’t forget you can create a layout using the mood board as your inspiration and upload it to the monthly album in the Cocoa Vanilla Community FB group for a chance to win a $25 online CVS store voucher!) 

Recently I fell down the rabbit hole of searching for ‘layered flowers’ in the Silhouette Design Store. I found some lovely blooms in my search that I wanted to add to todays layout. I made sure to resize some of them to make them a smaller finished flower and used my A5 paper pack to select each of the 5 layers that feature in each bloom. Once cut, I turned the edges up a little on each layer before adhering them together. I used a foam square to add the centre to each flower. I had a lovely leaf punch in my craft stash that I used to punch some foliage.

The ‘LITTLE LOVE’ paper was selected as my main background to which I added a 10″x 11.5″ piece of white cardstock that I had used a decorative blade to cut the top and bottom edge. Once these two layers were adhered together I added a third, using a 11″x 9″ piece of ‘Oh My Heart’ paper. To finish my background I added two 1/2″x 12″ wide strips of the ‘BRIGHTER DAYS’ paper to the top and bottom. I made sure to cut into the red strip of this paper to really add a colourful punch to my page.

I used a 4″x 6″ sized photo for my layout and backed it with a 4.25″x 6.25″ photo mat cut from one of the A5 papers. Once it was in place I added a paper doily from my craft stash and begun layering my flowers in place. By using different sized flowers helps to create a more balanced result.

For balance and to break the open space of my background, I added a second embellishment cluster to the top right corner of the page. I also used another small paper doily to back everything.

Using the FOAM TITLE STICKERS, I was able to create a large title to suit my page. I placed this to the right side of my photo and finished off my page with some extra ephemera from the die cut packs.

Thanks so much for checking out my layout today. I hope you have a go creating a page using the mood board for inspiration too!

Until next time,

Kylie.

 

 

So Happy | Storyteller collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout featuring the stunning NEW Storyteller collection!

For this week I was given the brief of focusing on the wood epoxy buttons in the Storyteller collection! How can you go past these cute embellishments? These are great little additions to any project, providing beautiful dimension and texture!

I recently went away on a little weekend getaway and there was a lovely fireplace inside the cabin we stayed in, I took a couple of selfies in front of the fire as it was so cozy!

I chose the ‘B’ side of the beautiful Spring Fling paper for my background, trimming it down slightly and adhering it a piece of plain white cardstock, I printed my photo in black and white and distressed the edges of the photo, I then pulled out one of the pocket cards and layered it under my photo. I popped the photo up from the pocket card using craft foam, I love the dimension this creates on my layout. On the photo, I stapled a banner sticker from the accessory sticker sheet and to the right of the photo I also adhered a tab from the ephemera pack. 

For my main design element I decided on a circle design, and since the gorgeous wood epoxy buttons are the feature, it allowed me to add lots to the centres of the circles!

I took my circle punches and the A5 paper stack and punched out a few circles from the papers in different sizes, I then layered them together to create 5 layered circles……I distressed the edges of all of the circles and added craft foam in between each layer to add dimension and texture.

I then took a wood epoxy button and added one to the centre of each of the layered circles I created. Once the layered circles were completed, I arranged them on my page how I liked them. I adhered them down, leaving some space at the bottom at the bottom to add a title and some more embellishments. I adhered the gorgeous rainbow banner from the ephemera pack below my photo and popped up the circle die-cut on the right of the photo. On the left of the photo, I just had to add the circle sticker from the accessory sticker sheet that says. ‘But First, Let Me Take a Selfie. I added pop dots to the left edge of this piece and placed it overlapping the photo slightly.

I chose the title ‘So Happy’ from the awesome foam title stickers from the collection and placed the title below my photo and also took some phrase stickers from the accessory stickers and added these below the title and above my photo too. To balance out the other side of the page, I adhered the shorter rainbow banner die-cut from the ephemera pack. I also adhered the camera chipboard piece using craft foam to add dimension and adhered another of the wood epoxy buttons in the centre of the camera.

To help fill in some of the spaces between the circles, I bought in some of the smaller embellishments. I added some of the button die-cuts, some puffy stickers, accessory stickers, foam black hearts and even more wood epoxy buttons too. I added two of the black foam hearts to create the all important visual triangle on my page, strategically placing the hearts in places to draw your eye around the layout. Lastly I sprinkled some white mist and stamped the date stamp.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I had so much fun creating this layout and focusing on the super cute wood epoxy buttons! I hope you enjoyed reading how I created it. Make sure to ask your retail store for the gorgeous Storyteller collection…you absolutely NEED this in your life!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

So Sweet | Storyteller | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS friends here is my second layout using the beautiful Storyteller collection. The star of my layout is my rescue cat who brings so much love and joy to our home!

The circle heart cut file can be found in the Silhouette Design Store. As I cut it in white it blends perfectly into the white base paper. I used papers from the A5 Storyteller paper pad to cut the hearts and I used five different colours/patterns. I cut some extra ones so I could layer up some of the heart to create dimension, I have not used any of my 12×12 inch papers here.

I cut my photo to fill the circle centre, a 6×4 inch landscape photo fits perfectly. I next added my title using the foam title stickers, slightly curving it to the circle shape. When you have a page that has a significant amount of white, using black is a wonderful contrast and makes your title pop!

I next set about creating a floral cluster under my photo using the floral ephemera pack. So your floral bunch doesn’t end up looking ‘flat’, layer them and some add foam tape and then go back and tuck in leaves and sprigs. Again I followed the shape the photo centre circle.

 

I created a smaller embellishment cluster using the die cut ephemera pack, wood epoxy buttons and chipboard. Again layer your embellishments, here I added the camera with foam tape, tucked under a chipboard butterfly and layered over a chipboard sentiment, finished off with a wood epoxy button.

Lastly I went back and added some more butterflies, wood epoxy button and a phrase sentiment die cut. The colours of Storyteller go perfectly with the colours of my photo. I love how this turned out and after the loss of two cats in the last year I am focusing on taking more photos of my pets.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a fab week with time to create too!

Rachel X

 

Cool Catch | Legendary collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

 

It’s Sophie on the blog today for Throwback Thursday!

 

 

I used the Legendary collection for this page!

 

I wanted to document a little fishing trip that my son had a few weeks ago. I had the idea to use cute fish cut files from Just Nick Studio to help me with my theme.

 

I started with a thick white 8,5×11” cardstock and used many mixed media products to create beautiful shades of blue to mimic the sea. I backed the fish cut files with different patterned papers from the Legendary collection, mounted them on foam adhesive and placed them on my blue mixed media background.

 

 

I machine stitched around the edges of the 8,5×11 cardstock and backed it with a green cardstock before adhering it to the beautiful “Wild One” rainbow paper.

 

I added a few layers of papers and tissue paper behind my photo and placed it on the right side of the layout.

 

My title comes from the Legendary Die Cut Titles, mixed with some letters stamped with an alphabet stamp from my stash.

 

 

I decorated the page with a few embellishments from the Legendary Die Cut Ephemera pack, a flair button, plenty of white acrylic splatters and some sequins from my stash.

 

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I adore this masculine yet very colorful page! I hope you do too!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Until next time,

 

Sophie xx

Petal Princess | Bohemian Dream | Lina Monaco

Hello crafty friends,
Lina here today on the blog and I am sharing my latest layout. This creation features the ever beautiful, Bohemian Dream with it’s rich hues of purples, blues and pinks. One of my all time favourite collections to work with because of all it’s whimsical additions such as butterflies, feathers and florals.


This layout all began with first choosing the photo and in this case I used this sweet photo of my eldest daughter holding a bouquet of wild daisies she picked herself. In this photo, she is wearing a light purple shirt and I wanted to play off of that. Bohemian Dream was the obvious choice for me. Then after knowing what photo I was going to use, I opened up my Silhouette Studio and created this cut file with some simple fonts from my computer. I welded the two fonts and then outlined them. The lining is plain white cardstock and I used the paper Dreamer, a glorious purple ombre, to cut the internal title for layering. I popped the title up on dimensional foam.


Next, I used two photos, one in black and white and one in colour, layering the colour on top. I matted both photos and tucked some patterned papers in and behind both photos using the 6×6 paper pad. Both the photos and the cut file are layered on the wonderful background paper called Abstract. It’s another purple ombre with a cool mandala-ish pattern.


For the embellishing, I used florals from the Die Cut Ephemera package and created a visual triangle, making three separate clusters. I also used a woodgrain chipboard frame from the Chipboard Stickers and tucked it in behind the florals and on top of the photos. I just love the look of the negative space of the frame. I also used some small type phrases from the Accessory Stickers to add some additional sentiments.


Lastly, I added pieces from the Vellum Accents package, both some foliage and butterflies. For the butterflies, I used the black and white ones and added a drop of glue to only the centers and folded up the wings so that they looked like they were in flight. This layout came together pretty quickly for me thanks to the use of a large cut file and double photos.

I hope you enjoyed this layout today and will join me back again soon. Have a great day!

xoLina

Make Me Smile | Storyteller Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a fun baseball layout using the gorgeous new Storyteller collection. This beautiful Spring Fling patterned paper with a mixed media vibe was perfect for these sweet photos of my youngest at her t-ball game. Using a star wreath cut file from Paige Taylor Evans, I backed it with paper from the A5 paper stack. The title in the center of the wreath is from the Foam Title Stickers.

These word phrases are fussy cut from the cut apart sheet in the A5 paper stack. Loved layering these up on my photos in place of journaling! The sweet little buttons are from the icon ephemera pack and the expoxy wood buttons layered over them perfectly! Loved all the layering with this layout.

One of my favourite details on this layout are the tiny little flowers that I fussy cut from the gorgeous Fly Away patterned paper. These little details add such a lovely touch of whimsy to the layout and softens the overall effect of a largely geometric design. Finishing it off with black Nuvo drops and gold ink spray splatter.

I hope this layout inspires you to try layering your embellishments over the edges of your photos. It’s such a fun technique! To see how ‘Make Me Smile’ came together, check out the process video below:

Together | Storyteller Collection | Danni Visser

Hi Cocoa Vanilla Studio fans! Danni here with another layout using the gorgeous new Storyteller collection. Are you enjoying this beautiful new stack of goodies as much as I am? This collection is so easy to work with and so versatile, I am having so much fun with it!

I was rummaging around in my craft room this week (trying to clean but actually making more mess, who can relate?) and found a cutfile in drawer that I had cut ages ago but never gotten around to using. It is meant to be a Christmas cutfile I think, but it immediately made me think of a recent hike my family took in the mountains. I found some photos and decided the tree theme would work perfectly for a layout.

I started with the woodgrain side of Cross It Off 12×12 patterned paper as a background. I love a woodgrain paper at the best of times, and this light toned wood texture is perfect for a hiking layout. I added the cutfile on top of the patterned paper, deciding not to back it with papers because I like the clean look of the white on the woodgrain. I used small dots of glue at the trunk of each tree to ensure the tops and edges lifted up from the page to add dimension.

Next I matted my two 3x4inch photos with the double sided 3×4 cards. I love the patterns on these so much, and they are the perfect size to mat photos with. I also cut the ‘Love this life’ heart shape from one of the journal cards before using it as a mat, saving waste.  I then added a strip of yellow to the photo mat using the A5 paper stack patterned papers. Once my photo mat was done I started to think about a title. I have been so excited to use the stunning foam title stickers so I chose ‘together’ and added it just below my photos. The script font of these is absolutely beautiful! I also took the heart shaped piece I cut from the double sided 3×4 cards earlier, and tucked it behind my photos at the top.

Next came the embellishments! I took two of the hearts from the chipboard stickers and added them around the larger heart, followed by a chipboard banner at the bottom of the photos. I like how this bridges the gap between my photos and main title. I stamped the date on a label from the accessory stickers and tucked it into the side of my photo mat. I also took an accessory sticker tiny word phrase and added it to the opposite side for balance.

I reached for the die cut ephemera next and was absolutely spoiled for choice! I chose two of the large flower clusters and added them to either side of my photo mat. I also chose two of the sweet little pink butterflies and added them to the flowers, bending the wings up for dimension. I wanted to bring in a couple more pops of the beautiful red colour, so I added a few puffy sticker hearts around the florals as well.

Finally, I added lots of splatters around my layout using a white acrylic ink and a gold shimmer mist. I love how white and gold look against woodgrain; very neutral colours but they added such a pretty detail. I hope you enjoyed joining me for this layout, I had so much fun making it. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

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