12×12 layout

Cherish These Days | These Days collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie on the blog with you and I am sharing a very colorful layout today created with the “These Days” collection !

 

The “Daybreak” patterned paper from the collection was my starting point and it couldn’t more perfect for this Fall photo of Sabrina in the woods!

I teared a chunk of it and placed it on the base of a thick white cardstock to ground my layout.

I used 3 beautiful Pocket Cards that I arranged in a horizontal line on each side of my photo. I added stitching and adhesive foam on some of them for a little extra dimension and interest. On the rainbow pocket card, I added a few inspiring words taken from the Accessory Stickers sheet that I mounted on adhesive foam.

 

 

 

I added beautiful flowers and leaves from the Floral Ephemera pack and the Die Cut Ephemera pack on the bottom left of the photo and teared the “Daybreak” paper to tuck some flowers under there too.

 

I fussy cut numerous butterflies out of the “Take Flight” patterned paper and scattered them as if the were flying away from the woods in the photo. I also created a few clouds with white cardstock and the “Home Grown” patterned paper.

 

Finally, I created strips of typed journaling and added a beautiful Wood Button to my floral cluster.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the bright colors yet the autumnal feel to the page !

3 Pocket cards, a teared patterned paper, fussy cutting and a few Die cuts is all it takes to create a beautiful page !

I hope this was inspiring for you today.

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Sophie xx

So Sweet | These Days Collection | Danni Visser

Hello lovely Cocoa Vanilla Studio fans! Danni here with an embroidery-inspired layout using a fun cutfile. I have not been doing much hand stitching recently and I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. I have chosen to document an adorable photo of my daughter ready for kindy one morning.

I started with a cutfile by COAPA Cutfiles featuring a cute embroidery hoop and stitching holes for these overlapping hearts. I chose some embroidery threads in colours to complement the These Days collection and stitched them in a chain-link stitch. I cut the outside hoop of the cutfile in the woodgrain from Pretty Posies 12×12 patterned paper and adhered the two pieces together.

I popped the whole hoop up on dimensional foam and positioned it in the centre of Home Grown 12×12 patterned paper as my background. I punched a hole through the top of the hoop and threaded a pink ribbon through, to create the illusion that the hoop is hanging from the top of the page.

I matted my photo with the pink spotted paper from the A5 paper stack and positioned it to overlap the embroidery hoop. I love this photo of my daughter and the colours she was wearing matched the layout nicely, but the background was very cluttered and had lots of different colours. By removing the saturation from the background of the photo I was able to make sure the background didn’t clash with the layout without having to turn the whole photo black and white.

For embellishment I created a classic three clusters of florals around my photo and the outside of the cutfile. I used a combination of floral ephemera and the little flowers from the clear stickers to create these. I also tucked in some of the tiny black foam leaves from the foam title stickers. I also used to foam title stickers to create my title “So Sweet” curving around the edge of the cutfile. I positioned it diagonally across the page from my photo to create balance on the layout.

To continue with the hearts theme, I added three of the puffy gold glitter hearts that added a lovely touch of sparkle. I also included a sprinkling of the teeny tiny hearts from the puffy stickers around each of my embellishment clusters. As a final touch I added some splatters of white and yellow ink to finish off the layout.

I love how soft and pretty this ended up looking. I hope you enjoyed joining me. There is a process video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel if you would like to watch the layout come together, linked below. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

 

Little Moments of Joy | These Days Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura back again with a really sweet layout using what I call a ‘picture in picture’ design using the new These Days collection. This design features a smaller layout inside of a larger one and gives the impression of a frame or shadow box. The inside layout is 8 1/2 x 10 inches with a paper pieced wood grain border to frame it, then attached to the gorgeous heart background of The Good Life patterned paper. I also added one of the super cute wood buttons from this collection at the top to give the impression that it’s push-pinned on a wall.

I switched things up for myself with this one, moving the photos to the bottom of the page and the journaling to the top, which is quite opposite of my normal style. Along the beautiful green polka dot border, I added fussy cut houses from the cut apart side of The Good Life paper. Some of these little houses are raised on pop dots and others flat, for an impression of dimension. On the top right of my photos is a corner cluster that wraps around with a large and medium floral, plus a tab.

Each of my photos has a white border and a vellum photo mat to soften the layers.The title is actually fussy cut from one of the journaling cards included in the These Days collection and it fits perfectly between my two photos. By layering two of the ephemera floral clusters underneath of it, the title appears to burst out from the page. I’ve also fussy cut several of the tiny flowers from the pattern papers to use as scattering bits around my clusters.

  

I really love the way this rainbow stripe peeks out from the side of my photos and adds a bit more color to the overall layout. This bottom left photo features a horizontal cluster with more fussy cut florals from the stunning Home Grown patterned paper. As a finishing touch, I added gold Nuvo drops in the centers of some of my flowers and dotted around the outside of my clusters.

I hope this inspires you to look at your patterned papers and journaling cards a little differently and incorporate them in a big way on your projects too! To see how “Little Moments of Joy” came together, check out the process video below!

These are Happy Days | These Days collection | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS friends! Let’s talk about journalling and memory keeping. I dislike my writing so if I do write I usually add it to the back of my layout. I tend to journal by adding phrase sentiments. My book cut file on todays layout is a fab way to add journalling in a creative way.

I have used the beautiful These Days collection. The book cut file is from the Silhouette Design store. I firstly cut two of the pages, one slightly smaller than the other. I stitched down the centre to create pages I could turn as this is where I have added my creative journalling.

Once I added my 3×3 inch photo with foam tape I added phrase sentiments using the Accessory Stickers. On the opposite page I used a 3×4 pocket card from the collection, tearing a strip off the bottom for visual interest. Also from the pocket cards I tore two of the printed phrases and added over the black and white cheque pocket card. I then set about making this an embellishment cluster adding floral die cuts, wood epoxy button and more die cuts to tie in with my theme. I also added a brush stroke clear sticker over the bottom phrase.

I used the second pages of the book to add two forms of journalling, a large title using the foam sticker titles and a pocket card to add handwriting.

I added a small floral bunch to the left page, using foam tape so that when the pages were closed it didn’t close flat and so it had dimension/height. The right hand page I added a lined pockets card and added two of the glitter hearts. Again so the page did not close flat I added some butterflies with foam tape, positioned so they look like they are flying out of the book.

In focusing on journalling for this layout there is lots, something I need to do more of! Thank you for stopping by today and if you have any questions please leave in comments.

Rachel X

 

 

 

Always Lovely | These days Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello crafty Friends. It’s Anna here and I have another page to share with you with beautiful “These days” collection. To be honest, I am in the process of making masculine album as an inspiration for you, but I underestimated the time needed to finish it. So layout it is this week and I will finish the album and share it as my next inspiration. This full of flowers page needed a serious date with my scissors :)

It started as a white sheet of paper, blue ink and a stencil. I applied really soft layer in the area I knew my flowers will end up. Next step was to add yellow splatters and wait until they are dry. In the meantime I was fussy cutting like crazy. All the flowers come from “Home grown” paper sheet. You may wonder why I didn’t use Flower pack instead. First, I wanted my flowers without the white outline. Second – I was being cheap here :) I would have to use at least one pack of them and it seemed like too much for one page. And they are in the category “too pretty to use”.

I also cut out some butterflies from “Take flight” paper to add to my composition. After all the flowers were ready, it all went pretty fast. I used foam squares to glue down the elements of my composition because you know I love dimension. I made my photo a party of the square frame and embellished it here and there with Ephemera pieces and Puffy stickers.

I wasn’t feeling creative for some unique title so I chose words from Title foam stickers. The font is so lovely and the quality is excellent. Black letters really pop from the background. As you can see, this page didn’t need much more than some flowers and butterflies and my embellishing was quite fast and easy here after all the flowers took their place.

My last step was to splash everything with blush mist and the page was done. I love squeezing out as much as I can from a simple paper sheet and this page is a perfect example. With a little bit of patience set of pattern papers can help you create fantastic projects. That’s why I always buy doubles for papers that can be fussy cut, like a flower or butterfly sheet. This way I use one as a simple pattern and second for cutting out pieces and I am not stuck with the dilemma – which side to use :)

That is all for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and fingers crossed I will finish my boy album in next two weeks :)

XO Anna

So Happy | These Days | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

Sophie here!

Today I am sharing a new layout created with the “These Days” collection !

 

I decided to highlight a sweet selfie of me and my dog on a big hike from a few weeks ago !

I started by using the beautiful “Neighbourhood” patterned paper as my base. I cut a white cardstock to make it an 11 inch square and centered it on my background paper.

Then, I folded the four corners of the cardstock and attached each corner with a brad from my stash. It adds a lovely dimension to the page and let the soft patterned paper show a little bit more.

 

I did a zigzag stitch on each non folded side on the cardstock.

I created an inner square with both the “Home Grown” and “Take Flight” patterned papers and stitched them in place.

I mounted my black and white photo on tissue paper and adhesive foam before placing it on the left side on the inner square.

I used the black Foam Title Stickers for my title. I created two clusters around my photo. One, on the right, with beautiful Die Cut Trees from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, the other on the left lower corner of the photo, with the Floral Ephemera pack.

 

 

I also added a few beautiful butterflies and other Die Cuts here and there around the page.

Finally, I created journaling strips and stamped the date.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I adore the soft look of the this collection ! It is so versatile !

I hope this layout could inspire you in some way !

Thank you so much, and happy crafting !

Sophie xx

My Sister My Friend | These Days Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura back again with a layout inspired by the gorgeous October Mood Board. The color scheme was perfect for the These Days collection and these sweet florals and greenery reminded me of this cut file from Liz Longest Designs. It’s a very simple wreath that looks divine when dressed up with these floral ephemera pieces! I backed each of the leaves with a green floral paper from the A5 paper stack.

I separated out the colors of the flowers in the floral ephemera pack and stuck to the smaller ones for the wreath, balancing out the mix of colors around the page. Each of the flowers has a drop of Nuvo in the center to give it a little extra texture and sparkle! I used the small puffy alphas for my title, spelling out ‘My Sister My Friend’ right next to my top photo. These photos are of my twins and catching a rare moment of them being sweet to each other was definitely a scrapworthy moment!

I created four clusters on this layout around my photos. The top cluster has a fussy cut frame as a base, with a bit of fussy cut florals and floral ephemera laid on top. The sparkly gold cloth hearts are squeezed in too along with a puffy word phrase and heart. These details really make a tremendous difference to my clusters, giving them the finishing touches they needed.

Similarly, this cluster to the left of the bottom photo contains the same elements. This helps all of the clusters feel cohesive on the page. In addition to the Nuvo drops, I also splattered with gold ink spray around the floral clusters and the perimeter of the wreath for a whimsical look.

I hope this inspires you to look at your cut files a little differently and incorporate them in a big way on your projects too! To see how “My Sister My Friend” came together, check out the process video below!

 

BEAUTIFUL LIFE | DAYDREAM | GWEN WRUCK

Hi Creative friends,

Gwen on the blog today excited to be here with a new share.  My layout features the Daydream collection which I’ve used to document a sweet photo of my daughter on her 13th Birthday.   I’m working with a black and white photo for this page so the soft colours in this collection (especially the greys and blues) were really inspiring to me.

For the background of my layout, I decided on the ‘Garden Variety‘ pattern paper.  I love working with a pattern paper background and wanted something a little darker for my background on this page.  I’ve decided to work with a large background style cut file and a dark pattern paper for the background will really help it pop!  I’ve backed this one from CUT to YOU with the ‘Daisy Days‘ paper, I love the sweet little flowers on this paper.

I’ve centred the cut file onto the background of my page and then added some machine stitching.  For the embellishment clusters, I’m going with 3 clusters for this page.  The main one will feature my title and will run along the left hand side, and my photo will balance that out and run along the right hand side.

Here you can see I’ve mounted my photo on foam for dimension and also added some stitching around the edge.  I’ve also added stitching to the cut file design.  I love adding stitching, it’s a fun little detail that gives a really sweet look to the page.  You can also see here my title and largest embellishment cluster.  I’ve used die cut pieces from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera‘ pack as well as stickers from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet’ and a sweet ‘puffy heart‘ in each cluster.

My other two embellishment clusters will be smaller and they will form a visual triangle (with my photo in the middle).  They will also include elements from the Accessory Sticker Sheet and Die Cut Ephemera packs.  I’ve also added in a coordinating flair from the collection.

Next, I’ve added are some fussy cut butterflies from the ‘All A Flutter‘ pattern paper.  I’ve raised these on foam for dimension, they look as though they are about to fly right off the page.  Lastly I’ve added a few of the typed sentiments from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet’ as a final touch on the page.

I’ve also made a YouTube video which you can watch here:

Thanks for popping by today, I hope you have enjoyed seeing the scrapbook process for this layout.

Until next time,

Gwen

xo

 

Home Sweet Home | These Days Collection | Danni Visser

Hi Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here with a fun layout featuring the Good Life 12×12 patterned paper cut-apart sheet from the gorgeous These Days collection. Cut apart sheets are a fantastic place to start when you’re feeling low on inspiration, as there are so many pieces to draw inspiration from. My favourite way to use them is to cluster several of the pieces around a central photo as I have done here.

To begin with I took a plain sheet of white cardstock and jazzed it up with some mixed media in colours to complement the These Days collection. I used yellow, duck egg blue and soft pink distress oxide inks and used a combination of brushing, spraying and splattering to create a messy background.

I cut up the Good Life 12×12 patterned paper and arranged the pieces I liked best around my photo. To vary the sizes of the pieces, I have also used one of the cut-apart sheets from the A5 paper stack. The pieces are similar to the 12×12 paper except scaled down, which means I can create interest with a variety of shapes and sizes.

To create even more interest and texture, I have taken three of the pieces and added some hand stitching. This is a nice way to add stitching if you don’t have the time or patience for lots of stitching. This was nice and quick, but still looks very cute. I decided to use the ‘Home Sweet Home’ piece as my title, then stitched over the word ‘Sweet’ with a whipped backstitch and over the leaf sprigs with a modified chain stitch. I also stitched around the little house piece and over the word ‘Sweet’ at the bottom of the page.

Once I had my main cluster placed, I added a small cluster to the top and bottom of the page. These pieces were also cut from the cut-apart tags and banners on the Good Life 12×12 patterned paper. There are so many bits and pieces on these cut-apart sheets! Once the main elements were placed it was easy to add a few embellishments to finish off the layout.

I added some of the floral ephemera in the empty spaces around my main cluster, using the smaller florals so as not to overwhelm the page. I used the clear stickers to add some leaf sprigs to my clusters, as well as the cross-hatch details for some extra interest. I also popped one of the puffy gold glitter hearts on one of my floral clusters, then added a little puffy sticker butterfly and a couple of hearts.

As the finishing touch I added some mini puffy alpha stickers at the bottom of my photo to spell the word ‘yum’. I love using embellishments to spruce up dead spaces in my photos like this, and these puffy alphas are the perfect size.

I just love how this one turned out! I hope you enjoyed joining me today. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

Autumn Days | These Days Collection | Josefine vd Hoeven

Hello crafty Paperlovers,
It’s Josefine here today with a new layout that I created with the beautiful collection “These Days”
I love the fall colors and this collection is a perfect match.

I choose different design papers from the “These Days” collection and punch out different leaves from the papers. In the center of the leaves, I stitch a border with gold thread and used my sewing machine for this.

I wrapped embroidery thread around my layout several times. I placed my picture on top on the embroidery thread and made a large cluster with the leaves. I chose different die-cuts, stickers and flowers and decorate my layout with these gorgeous embellishments.

I decorated my layout with more beautiful elements from this wonderful collection. The wooden buttons, butterflies and the cute golden hearts. I love all these beautiful layers I have created with the leaves. I used a wax seal next to my photo that I made with wax and a seal stamp and decorated it with gold flakes.

I used two different alpha sets for the title “Autumn Days” I like the nice and playful effect of using different alpha sets. I cut branches from water color paper and colored them with two different colors of Distress Oxide. The colors are “rusty hinge” and “walnut stain” I placed the branches in different places between the leaves.You can also see that I made splatters with white acrylic paint and gold ink. I like how my layout turned out.

Well that’s it for today paper friends and I’m grateful you stopped by on the blog to see what I created with this beautiful collection. I hope I was able to inspire you with this Autumn layout.
Wishing you all a very happy and creative day!
XoXo, Jo

 

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