12×12 layout

Hello Sunshine | Sunkissed Collection | Sophie Delorme

Sophie Delorme 19/04/2021

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends !

It’s Sophie on the blog today and I am excited to share my very first layout with the gorgeous Sunkissed collection !

I used this jaw dropping “Good Vibrations” ombre paper for my background. I am not used to bold colored background but this paper really jumped out at me !

I added plenty of multicolored watercolor splatters on it.

I cut a wreath cut file from Pinkfresh Studio on white cardstock and hand stitched with yellow, green and blue embroidery floss on the three circles of the wreath. I backed the leaves of the cut file with the same Good Vibration paper but from the A5 Paper Stack.

I used a black and white photo of my sweet girl and I. I added tissue paper, adhesive foam and a teared strip of a beautiful A5 paper floral on the right side of it and adhered it to the page.

My title comes from a Sunkissed Pocket Card.

I embellished the wreath with many beautiful Sunkissed Floral Ephemeras. I also placed two die cut clouds from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, a few stickers and a wood button.

Here are more close-ups.

Cutting into those gorgeous colorful papers was not easy…I just wanted to hoard the whole collection !

I hope that I could inspire you today.

Thank you for passing by !

Until next time,

Sophie xx

Epic | Legendary Collection | Laura Alberts

Laura Alberts 16/04/2021

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a bold and beautiful boy layout featuring the stickers in the Legendary collection. On the right side of the layout, I’ve created a trail of clear arrow stickers to add a border along that side and anchor the layered block to the side of the page. Then, alongside the right side of the bottom photo, I added a column of phrase stickers from the cardstock sticker sheet. The enamel dots give a little pop of dimension next to each phrase.

To the left of the photos, I layered clear star stickers around the die cuts to give a “stamped” effect. Love how clear stickers look on a white background! Then, I layered punched scraps and fussy cut stars all around the large die cut star (which I backed like a cut file with patterned paper). Enamel dots, Nuvo Drops, and ink splatter added the perfect detail finishers to this large star explosion!

The title may be my favorite part of this layout, it’s fussy cut from the Epic Tales cut apart and fit perfectly in that spot at the bottom! I popped each letter up on foam to give it a bit of dimension and put them on a jaunty angle for a bit of fun. Love the way the colors of the letters tie the layout together. I added my journaling around the perimeter of the layout for an extra border.

I hope this layout inspires you to have some fun with the bold colors and patterns in the Legendary collection! To see how the “Epic” layout came together, check out the process video below!

Costa Brava | Sunkissed Layout | Anna Komenda

Anna Komenda 13/04/2021

Hello everyone. It’s Anna here with another batch of jummy colors and fun images. All of that thanks to the amazig “Sunkissed” collection – tha brand new, summer line from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. You all know I can’t get enough of rainbows so I made another page with this theme. I always have some summer photos to scrapbook and this time I picked two taken during our vacation at Costa Brava in Spain.

I started with cloudy paper called “Just chillin” as my background. Next step was to cut out rainbow strips from “Bright side” sheet and glue them over the clouds using strips of foam tape. It’s quite clean and simple page with not so many elaborate layers and so easy to recreate.

I placed my two horizontal photos on the bottom of the rainbow with no extra layers of papers under them. I didn’t want to cover the rainbow and the page was already colorful enough. I only added some smaller tabs from Stickers Sheets. One of the new products, that appeared in “Sunkissed” collection is pack of flowers and leaves. You have so many colors and sizes to choose from and I added some of them over my rainbow, color on color.

Sun and clouds from Ephemera Pack matches my sky scenes perfectly. I glued them down using pieces of foam tape to add more dimension. I finished the layout by adding few enamel dots from some older collections, that I had in my stash. I love making mixed media pages but I am also a big fan of simle and clean layouts, that comes really quickly together and do not require any special skills and supplies. It’s so refreshing to just play with paper.

I decorated area around the photos with two woodies (my fav embellishment!!!) and a puffy sticker. I love combining different textures and materials of one page. And you? Are you a team “just paper” or “mixed media”? Or maybe you are like me, like to jump between those two. I noticed I tend to make plain paper pages when the collection is new to me and then move to mixed media ones when I am already running out of papers or embellishments and I need to be more creative to stretch my stash.

Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in two weeks.

XO Anna

Throwback Thursday | Paint your Dreams | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 07/04/2021

Hi CVS friends, today is all about stash busting, yes its throwback Thursday. I recently invested some time in sorting out my older CVS collections, using three pizza boxes, one for 12×12 papers, one for paper scraps and the last one for embellishments. I have done this because I do not have enough left of a collection to create but adding them all together means I can be creative and mix and match collections.

Here is my throwback Thursday layout featuring a photo of my daughter. I went for an uplifting/inspirational layout for her. As you can see I have used a mix of collections here but they still coordinate so well together. I used two cut files from the Silhouette design store, paint palette and title ‘paint your dreams’.

I used the script writing inspirational paper as my base. I cut a 10×10 inch white cardstock strip and centred this on my base page. I next cut the paint palette and brush as this was the feature of my page. I found a wood grain paper in my CVS 12×12 paper box, once cut I added machine stitching to the edge. I backed it with a marble paper and to add a little something extra I added glitter to the paint blotches. I then added with foam tape off centre onto the white cardstock.

I then added my paint brush and added some small butterfly die cuts under the palette. I found a gorgeous die cut doily and used this to mat my photo. I used some phrase sentiments under my photo and finished off with a camera die cut.I added my title, I used some silver glitter paper for one word to stop it from looking too flat visually. I also added a light splash of black paint to add some contrast.

To finish off my page I added some beautiful die cut flowers and enamel dots. I added some more light splatters of black paint.

Most of these papers and embellishments are no longer in the store but you can recreate this layout with what you have in your CVS stash and don’t forget CVS have digital bundles of older collections too, just print and use.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a fab week!

Rachel X

Sweet Love | More than Words collection | Sophie Delorme

Sophie Delorme 05/04/2021

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends !

It’s Sophie on the blog today sharing an Easter theme layout created with the gorgeous “More than Words” Collection.

This Snapchat selfie of Sabrina and I was perfect for the theme !

I started with a white thick cardstock and added plenty of watercolor splatters in multiple pastel colors.

I cut a cute cut file from Just Nick Studio with my cutting machine in white cardstock and placed my photo centered between the two bunny ears of the cut file.I backed the cut file with different patterned papers from the collection and added adhesive foam before adhering it to my background.

My black and white photo is also backed with tissue paper, adhesive foam and patterned papers.

I cut out a few tiny florals from the “Darling Buds” paper and placed them on the cut file and around my title.

The title is a word (sweet) cut out of the “Treasure” patterned paper and a More than Words Chipboard Title (Love).

I also added a beautiful Banner from the Chipboard Stickers sheet of the same collection.

Finally, I fussy cut 3 butterflies out of the pretty “Gossamer” patterned paper, sticked them around my photo and handwrote my journaling.

Here are more close-ups;

I love the vertical centered design of this page. Very simple and soft. Spring colors are my favorites !!

I hope that this layout was inspiring for you, thank you for passing by, and happy creating !

Sophie xx

Call Me Charlie | Sunkissed Collection | Laura Alberts

Laura Alberts 28/03/2021

Hey y’all! Laura back again with a large photo layout. This 5×7 inch photo of my darling child and her new nickname are an important story to share in her album and I think the Sunkissed collection was perfect to highlight it! I added a border to a piece of white cardstock and then weaved three strips of patterned paper vertically and horizontally to make a corner to place my photo.

I outlined each of the strips to give them a little extra pop and added a title along the right side of the photo with clear stickers to accent each of my clusters as well. A banner on the top left and top right of the layout gives it a fun feel. I even tucked a clear mixed media style sticker behind the journaling strips I cut from a journaling card.

This cluster of florals were fussy cut from the patterned paper and I layered it on top of a die cut rainbow with a word phrase sticker tucked alongside and two more on top! Little puffy hearts are spread all over the layout for my scattering bits! Nuvo drops and gold ink splatter finish off the white spaces!

I hope this layout inspires you to have some fun with the bold colors and patterns in the Sunkissed collection! To see how the “Call Me Charlie” layout came together, check out the process video below!

These sweet days | Sunkissed Layout | Anna Komenda

Anna Komenda 27/03/2021

Hello everyone. It’s Anna here with fresh from the oven layout made with “Sunkissed” collection. I already told you how in love I am with this line – all those juicy colors and fun, summer motiffs is a dream come true to me. Making pages with this collection is so easy and I feel temptated to keep adding things to my design, because there are so many different product to choose from.

I finally broke into the papers (well… sort of) and created full of circles summer page.

I mostly focused on paper stack, that this time has some extra patterns to offer comparing to reguar 12*12 papers, which is amazing and help you spread your options. I used a circle punch and punched 25 circles from various papers, adding few from “Sunny days”, “Fun in the sun”, “Feelin’ fine” and “Bright side” papers. I wanted this page to be as colorful as possible.

I started with white cardstock for my background. I splashed it with yellow mist to add more interest to it. Next step was to glue down the circles. Each has a layer of cardboard underneath for more dimension. I tried to create five even rows but was too lazy to measure everything. My eyeballing is all I could manage (blame my lazyness). Alignment is not perfect but you still can see some order.

I also printed four photos remembering about the circle shape I was going to add to them. I placed them over some of the circles and I was ready for the fun part of layout making – embellishing!

Title is something I always add to my pages and this time I didn’t have to think too much as “Sunkissed” collection comes with set of beautiful, golden glitter foam phrases! I just picked the one that describes my mood when I look at those photos. I divided it into two circles and I was done!

I pull out ephemera pack, puffy stickers, woodies and transparent stickers and I added little something to almost all the circles. I used 3D squares to mount those elements (you know I am a dimension freak). Photos I scrapbooked were taken on the beach during our last year summer vacation so every single element from epehemeras and stickers would be just a perfect match here.

I ended up with colorful, full of joy and possitive memories, page and I love how easy it is with “Sunkissed” line. Simple shapes, like circles, can be really powerful in making pages.

Thank you so much for stopping by and see you all in two weeks <3

XO Anna

HAPPY DAYS WITH YOU | DAYDREAM | GWEN WRUCK

Gwen Wruck 20/03/2021

Hi Creative friends,

Gwen back on the blog today with a new share and all this week on the blog the design team have been creating in our ‘Signature Style’. I love being able to do this, it’s always so fun to just make a layout focusing on the way you love to create. I’ve created this page to document a sweet photo of my daughter taken recently and I thought it might be fun to go through 5 things I love to do on all my scrapbook layouts, things I do all the time when creating – 5 things that make up my signature style.

So, first up, let’s talk about photos. My style would have to be a single photo on my pages. Most of my pages have a single photo which is usually 4×4 size and generally only has one or two people in it, being my daughter and/or husband. I share a lot of photos on Instagram, so that’s why I have a lot of photos in 4×4 format. For this page, I’ve backed my photo using the ‘Stepping Stones‘ print but in the ‘6×8 Paper Stack’ so that the print is smaller.

Secondly, I like to use a lot of Cut Files on my pages. I’ve used one from CUT to YOU for this page. There are some lovely cut files in the Cocoa Vanilla shop as well, which you can see here. I’ve used the B side of the ‘Sweet Serenity‘ pattern paper and the 6×8 Paper Stack to back the cut file for this page and then just placed flat onto my background.

Thirdly, is pattern paper. I just love the stuff. I love using pattern paper in my backgrounds too rather than cardstock. For this page, I’ve used the A side of the ‘Sweet Serenity‘ pattern paper. This is one of my favouites in this collection, you definately need several sheets of this one! xo

Next up is clusters. We simply need to talk about clusters. For me, adding clusters is the most fun part of creating a page, I love mixing and matching elements in a collection to create pretty clusters on my layout. I’ve used elements from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera‘ pack, Accessory Stickers, a ‘Flair button‘ and fussy cut elements from the ‘Garden Variety‘ and ‘All a Flutter‘ pattern papers on my page. I’ve also added some sequins from the ‘Sequins and Flowers pack‘ as a finishing touch to my clusters.

and the last of the 5 things that make up my signature style is stitching. I stich on every page that I make. I just love the added detail it gives to a page, it really makes it special. I tend to sew on most of my photos and around the edge of my layouts, just with my machine, so it’s a sweet detail that doesn’t take very long to add.

I’ve also made a YouTube video which shows you the process for this page and I also talk more about the 5 things that make up my style. You can watch it here:

Until next time,

Gwen

Little Sunshine | Daydream collection | Sophie Delorme

Sophie Delorme 19/03/2021

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends !

It’s Sophie on the blog today sharing a layout created with the gorgeous Daydream Collection.

Today’s theme is “My Signature Style” meaning creating a layout in my “usual” style. Here it is:

I don’t know exactly what is my style to tell you the truth, but I know that I love creating big floral clusters and usually can’t stop layering pieces to create them ! I also nearly always hand write my journaling directly on my background paper. So these are my focus on my page today… Clustering was quite easy to do with the gorgeous floral die cuts from the collection !

I used a thick white cardstock as my base and cut a background cut file made of snowflakes that is a Hip Kit Club cut file. I backed my cardstock with the GORGEOUS (clearly my favorite of the kit !) patterned paper named “Sweet Serinity”.

I took a photo of my little Sabrina playing in the snow (yes, this is my last wintery layout as I just CAN’T WAIT for spring to arrive…!!), backed it with tissue paper, adhesive foam and a few layers of patterned paper and adhered it on the right side of my page.

I used Die Cut words from the same collection for my title and applied a bit of Nuvo Iridescent Glitter Texture Paste on the words for a little extra shine !

I placed die cut houses, hearts and stickers on the left side of my photo and of course, created that big floral cluster next to the photo. I also added glitter paste to the roof of the houses and on some of the flowers. I added a cute Flair Button and, as usual, the last thing I did was to hand write my journaling !

Although this is not a winter collection, the Daydream collection is so versatile that it works perfectly with this winter photo !

Here are more close-ups:

I hope that you like this page and that it could inspire you in some way ! What is your signature style ??

Thanks for passing by, and happy creating !

Sophie xx

Fun in the Sun | Sunkissed Collection | Laura Alberts

Laura Alberts 16/03/2021

Hey y’all! Laura back again with a bright and happy layout featuring the new Sunkissed collection! The rainbow strip on the Good Vibrations patterned paper just called to me for these photos! By framing both sides with this brilliant mix of colors, I could keep the color scheme of the layout open ended and fun! I added a strip of Sunny Days to highlight the green tone in my daughter’s shirt.

I love to fussy cut, so the floral perfection of the Growing Wild paper just called to me! These clusters are stunning and make creating a long floral border super easy! I also added a small cluster from the A5 paper pad version at the beginning and end of the title. The wood buttons are so cute, I had to add one in the center of my photos for a different texture on the page.

I used clear stickers behind a few of the floral clusters and as accents around the title. These glitter foam words are amazing! Love pre-made titles and this one was perfect for my sassy girl’s car trip through the sunny backyard. To fill in some of the white space, I added some gold ink splatter and Nuvo drops.

I also created a sketch based on this layout to show how all of the layers fit together and make it easier for your to recreate the design if you’d like to!

I hope this layout inspires you to have some fun with the bold colors and patterns in the Sunkissed collection! To see how the “Fun in the Sun” layout came together, check out the process video below!

12×12 layout

Hello Sunshine | Sunkissed Collection | Sophie Delorme

Epic | Legendary Collection | Laura Alberts

Costa Brava | Sunkissed Layout | Anna Komenda

Throwback Thursday | Paint your Dreams | Rachel Lowe

Sweet Love | More than Words collection | Sophie Delorme

Call Me Charlie | Sunkissed Collection | Laura Alberts

These sweet days | Sunkissed Layout | Anna Komenda

HAPPY DAYS WITH YOU | DAYDREAM | GWEN WRUCK

Little Sunshine | Daydream collection | Sophie Delorme

Fun in the Sun | Sunkissed Collection | Laura Alberts

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