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Love layout | Unforgettable Collection | Anita Bownds

Anita Bownds 03/10/2019

Hi crafty friends,
Anita here with you today and I’m using the very beautiful unforgettable collection and my layout is all about our kitty Luna who loves following me around the garden to take photos I’m sure she’s thinks she’s part dog…..

so with my layout I started off by choosing a beautiful mandala cut file from Paige Evans

And natural beauty pattern paper and adhered it in the middle of my trimmed white cardstock and with the leftover of the natural beauty pattern paper I backed my white cardstock and then machine stitched around the border

I chose papers from the 6×8 paper pad to back and add layers to my photo , then using a pink doily and a few ephemera pieces and sticker from the accessory stickers sheet then I added them to the top of my photo and using pattern paper glorious I fussy cut out some flowers to add around my photo and popped them up with double sided foam tape to add dimension

Using the foam title stickers I added my title in between the fussy cut flowers then I added a few more die cut ephemera bits around the photo and phrase stickers from the accessory sticker sheet and to finish off I add some enamel dots.

check out my process video here

I hope I’ve given you some fun kitty inspiration for World animal day

Happy crafting..xx

The Best | Unforgettable | Mandy Melville

Mandy Melville 30/09/2019

Hi friends!

Mandy here today to share another layout using the GORGEOUS new Unforgettable collection! I’m totally loving the beautiful butterflies and the florals in this collection, and I knew that I wanted to feature them on this page! I documented a photo of my eldest daughter Abigail taken earlier this year, and I used this layout as an opportunity to journal about how proud I am of her.

I started by trimming down my white cardstock background and matting it firstly with the Natural Beauty patterned paper (reverse side), then with the Unscripted paper (reverse side). I also added some machine stitching around the white cardstock to give the layout some texture.

Next I matted my photo with one of the papers from the 6×8 Paper Stack, and then I created a pretty floral cluster to the right of the photo. I used one of the larger floral die cuts as the base for the cluster, and then I tucked some extra leaves and smaller flowers into it. I finished it off with some more leaves which I cut out of white cardstock using the beautiful new Unforgettable Cut Files. These are designed by our very own design team member Gwen Wruck, and they’re available to download for FREE here.

As I said, I knew that I wanted to feature those gorgeous butterflies from the collection on this layout. I cut the larger ones out of the Pretty Bits patterned paper and the smaller ones were from the Lacewing paper. I arranged them so that they look like they’re floating from the bottom right up to the top left, giving the layout a diagonal flow. I adhered them with glue just in the middle, so that their wings would lift off the page, giving them lots of dimension.

I also created another smaller floral cluster in the bottom right hand corner of the page. Once again I used a combination of die cuts, along with leaves from the Unforgettable cut file set.

I’m LOVING the addition of the Foam Title Stickers in this collection! They make it so easy to add a title to your layout, and the scripty font is really pretty! Plus I love the contrast that the black adds against the bright colours!

I finished the layout off by adding some typed journaling strips, a few little word stickers, and a couple of the little hearts included in the Foam Title Stickers pack.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! I hope that you’ve been inspired by my layout! I’ll be back later in the month to share some more inspiration with you!

Mandy x

Love This | Unforgettable | Amanda Baldwin

Amanda-Jayne Baldwin 26/09/2019

Hi Cocoa Vanilla Studio Friends & Fans!

Amanda here, & today I am sharing a super pretty layout with our beautiful new UNFORGETTABLE collection. You’ll spy lots of fussy cutting, butterflies and blooms and discover which pattern paper is my new favorite! But enough chatter, here’s my latest creation with UNFORGETTABLE…..

“Love This”

Sigh! Love this, indeed! Such a beautiful layout of my two darlings!

And as for my new favorite pattern paper? Well, it has to be that divine wreath paper, CV-003 GARLAND – gosh it’s so super pretty!!! You’ll notice that I actually used two sheets of CV-003 GARLAND to create today’s scrapbook page!

I started my layout with GARLAND as the base, but wanted to do a little more to highlight it’s magnificence. I loved the mint arc in the wreath, and decided to ‘fill’ inside the wreath with this very same colour (which happens to be the reverse side of – you guessed it, the GARLAND paper! ). To fill this space, I used a Cut To You cut file called, Flower Circle and backed the flowers and leaves with an assortment of papers from the 6 x 8 PAPER STACK. Next, I backed the entire circle with the reverse side of GARLAND – I just love mint watercolor wash of this pattern! Here’s a closer look….

As I’d already cut into a second sheet of GARLAND, I decided to make the most of it, and fussy cut the floral section of the wreath. I foam mounted both the cut file and fussy cut blooms, and adhered them to the layout. I positioned the Flower Circle in the center of the wreath, and layered the fussy cut GARLAND blooms around the edge of it. By doing this, it revealed the original wreath below, and created the appearance of a thicker & fuller arrangement of blooms. Gor-jus!!!

Aren’t those florals just errrrything?!! LOVE!

I tucked my darling photograph into the top right section of both the cut file & fussy cut wreath, and embellished it with the ‘smile’ FLAIR BUTTON. Next, I fussy cut a large pink butterfly from pattern paper, CV-UF004 PRETTY BITS and tucked it beneath my photo. To enhance this decoration, I added two more butterflies around my photo – a CLEAR STICKER butterfly, and a DIE CUT EPHEMERA piece!

There’s no denying that UNFORGETTABLE is the prettiest release of 2019! So.much.gorgeousness!!!

The new FOAM TITLE STICKERS are all kinds of awesomeness too! I curved my love this title around the outer edge of the wreath arc, and then embellished with a couple more butterflies…

For finishing touches, I added a tiny spot of journaling with the sentiment stickers from the ACCESSORY STICKERS sheet.

Simple, beautiful creating with the new UNFORGETTABLE collection!

I hope my layout has inspired you to get creating with some Cocoa Vanilla Studio lovelies today!

Thanks so much for visiting,

til next time,

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo

So Beautiful | Unforgettable Collection | Michelle Stokes

Michelle Stokes 24/09/2019

Hello Scrappy friends! It’s Michelle back here today with a new layout share featuring the stunning UNFORGETTABLE collection. I’ve stepped back in time with a couple of super cute photos of Leila that I wanted to re-document and reminisce over. That cute little face really loved posing for the camera back then, not so much these days unless bribery is used HAHA

I challenged myself to use only pattern papers from the 6×8 paper stack fore this layout and I think I did well creating a simple stack of layered patterns as the base for the layout. I really love the smaller designs as you can cram more of them onto a page together.

I distressed the edges of the papers, roughly tore the text pattern rather than cutting and adhered them all flat to the page before folding up the edged slightly to add some slight dimension. I also added a piece of foam sheet to the back of the framed photo to raise it slightly higher than all the rest and layered it together with one of my favourite doilies.

I felt like this layout didn’t need a large title to take the focus away from the sweet photos. Instead I’ve created a large ‘cluster’ of florals and ephemera pieces and used a black banner tag for the title name.

To the top right of the photos I’ve added in a smaller cluster using similar items to the larger group. I follow this design technique on most of my layouts to create balance and direct flow of the layout (if thats even a thing as honestly I just go with the flow and slap things here and there HAHA). Lastly I added a few splatters of gold ink and called it done. Super quick and easy this layout was to create, which I love! I hope you enjoy it just as much as I do.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check into the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Facebook Group to share the love of all things CVS.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping
Michelle x

Shine Bright | Unforgettable | Tazhiana

Tazhiana Gordon 22/09/2019

Hello Cocoa Vanilla family, and welcome to my first layout featuring the super lovely Unforgettable collection! Every time Zoe releases something new, I’m convinced this new collection is my favorite one and then she manages to shock and impress me once again. Unforgettable is me in a collection with all the lush florals, pinks, aquas and neutrals. I’m officially obsessed.

For this layout, I decided to scrap a photo of one of my very good friends and I. I started by picking a more neutral paper and this lovely tone on tone pink paper and layered the two together. I love the look of distressed edges so I tore the pink paper to give the ruffled edges and glued it down on top of the white paper. Next, I worked on matting my photo using the 6×8 paper stack – the 6×8 paper pads tend to be my favorite product in a collection besides the ephemera pack because there is so much use you can get out of smaller papers and patterns.

After matting my photo, I worked on creating my embellishment cluster. I knew I wanted that large floral element to shine so I popped it up on foam dots and then used a bunch of other elements from the ephemera pack to embellish my photo, layering them underneath the picture. I propped up the smaller flowers and butterfly on foam dots as well to give some further dimension to the layout so everything wasn’t on the same plane and this is one of my favorite techniques to add height and interest to pages.

After gluing down the massive complex that was my photo and embellishment cluster, I reached for the foam title stickers to create my title. Since the black was so stark against all the soft colors in the background, I added a few of the black foam hearts around my photo to carry the black across the layout. Next, I created the small cluster in the bottom left corner using the accessory stickers and a few elements from the ephemera pack. A few enamel dots across the page finished the layout off and I am so happy with the overall flow and look of the page!

I hope you enjoyed this layout and I hope you give this collection a try! Till next time, keep it crafty friends.

Living the Dream | Unforgettable Collection | Sue Plumb

Sue Plumb 20/09/2019

Hi everyone! It’s Sue Plumb here to share my latest layout featuring the gorgeous ‘Unforgettable’ collection. For this page I wanted to document some sweet photos of my hubby and our cat that were taken when he was just a kitten. (And yes, I think a pop of purple is perfectly acceptable for a masculine page!)

Starting with a white cardstock background, the first paper I was drawn to was the gorgeous wood grain print of the Natural Beauty paper. I am a huge fan of wood grain papers, and I have to say, I think this one is my favourite so far! The tones, the pattern of the grain – it’s just perfect. I cut a large piece and placed it vertically on the left side of my page.

I overlaid the wood grain print with a piece of the minty green watercolour print paper from the 6×8″ Paper Stack (in the 12×12″ papers this is the reverse print of the Garland paper). I used a notebook style paper punch to punch the edge of it for extra interest.

Then it was time to add some horizontal structure to my page. I used an extra piece of the same mint paper again; along with a piece of the black & white leafy print from the reverse side of the Natural Beauty paper; the grey stripe from the reverse of the Glorious paper; and the mint diagonal stripe from the Sprightly paper.

I decided to frame each of my photos using frames from the Die Cut Ephemera pack – one a gorgeous polaroid style wood grain and the other a black and white wreath. I positioned each of them over the patterned papers layers, using some cardboard behind them to pop them up from the page.

Now it was time to add some fun embellishments to bring all the elements of my page together.

I started with the Foam Title Stickers, choosing the word hello and adding it alongside my top photo. I then reached for the Die Cut Ephemera pack again – choosing the Living the Dream phrase piece to go alongside the lower photo. Between the two, I added the purple ticket from the ephemera pack.

I then took another frame from the ephemera pack, this time a sweet circular frame with a doodled heart border. I cut it into two pieces, tucking the larger piece around the corner of my top photo, and the second smaller piece in behind the hello sticker. I also added a label for my journalling that was fussy cut from the Story Teller paper.

After writing my journalling on the label, I added the super cute retro style camera and a small heart (both from the ephemera pack) to create a small cluster. Then, to balance it out, I added a small strip of the reverse side of the Natural Beauty paper at the top of my page, and the true story sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet over the top.

Almost done – time for a few finishing touches! I added two small hearts from the Clear Sticker sheet; the purple butterfly from the Die Cut Ephemera pack; and the Life is Good sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

I then stamped the oh happy life phrase using a stamp from my stash and added a few tiny splatters of berry ink.

That’s all from me today, thanks for stopping by so I could share this with you. The ‘Unforgettable’ collection is now hitting the shelves of retailers around the world. If you have a chance to get your hands on it, just do it! It’s really a stunning collection and I know you will enjoy creating with it as much as I am.

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Bloom | Unforgettable Collection | Tarrah McLean

Tarrah McLean 19/09/2019

Hi Cocoa Vanilla friends,

It’s Tarrah McLean back with you with my second layout using the stunning NEW Unforgettable collection!

The florals in this collection are just amazing and so beautiful…….they were itching to get onto a page! I decided a photo of my beautiful nieces was the perfect photo to document them dressed in pink together!

I decided on a horizontal design both at the top and bottom of the page, I added the gorgeous small floral paper to the top of the page and also layered the teal diagonal stripe paper under the floral paper. At the bottom I added some of the gorgeous die-cut flowers and arranged them in a cluster. I also added the gorgeous ‘Smile’ flair button over the top of the flowers. I added the foam title word just above the floral cluster and also added one of the butterfly die-cuts.

Underneath my photo I added some of the floral die-cuts and also some of the clear stickers too. The butterfly die-cuts are just gorgeous and I added another one to the right of the photo as well as another of the gorgeous flair buttons. I added some of the accessory stickers to both the top of the photo and the bottom of the photo. These phrases are the perfect small addition embellishment.

I absolutely LOVE the addition of the enamel dots again in this collection so I added a few of them around the page in different sizes and colours. Whenever I get a new collection to work with from Cocoa Vanilla, I always try to include at least one of everything on the page!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you will get your hands on some of the gorgeous Unforgettable collection if you haven’t already got some!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

The Good Life | Unforgettable Collection | Guest Designer Danni Visser

Zoe Pearn 16/09/2019

Hi everyone! My name is Danni, and I’m so excited to be here today sharing my first layout as guest designer using the exquisite new Unforgettable collection. For those of you that don’t know me, I have both a son and a daughter that I love to scrap, and while I was immediately drawn to the feminine floral elements, for my first layout I really wanted to highlight the versatility of this collection by creating a layout for my boy.

I’m using a beach photo for this layout, so I began by tearing large sections of the 12×12 papers to create a bit of a beachy scene, using Natural Beauty, Garland and Story Teller for the sky. I tore Garland in small sections to create a ‘wavy’ effect. For some more waves I cut some wavy shapes on my Silhouette, inked the edges with blue ink and machine-stitched them down using some wavy and squiggly lines. I wanted this to feel natural and organic, so I wasn’t trying to make the stitching perfect.

Next, I mixed some coarse texture gel with gold acrylic paint to create a really fun sandy texture and scraped that onto the page in different places along my ‘boardwalk’. I really love the fun texture this provides! To finish off my background I used some turquoise, gold and white liquid inks to splatter all around the page.

I broke into the 6×8 paper stack next, using the black and white type paper and a thin border of the peach floral to add a bit of colour. I popped my photo up on foam to create some dimension, then added my title using the gorgeous foam title stickers.

I went to town with embellishing, using a combination of the embellishment pack, accessory stickers, clear stickers and a flair button, plus a couple of the adorable hearts from the foam titles stickers to create three clusters around my page. I popped a few of the embellishments up on foam to create some visual interest. I wanted another pop of the peach colour, so I hand cut some starfish from the peach paper and added some dots with a white gel pen, then added one to each embellishment cluster.

To finish of the layout, I added my date on a label sticker below the title, journaled below the title with my black gel pen and added a sprinkle of the enamel dots to each embellishment cluster.

I’m in love with this finished page! I really hope you enjoyed joining me today, I can’t wait to create some more beautiful pages using this incredible collection.

Danni x

Captured | Unforgettable | Mandy Melville

Mandy Melville 14/09/2019

Hello everyone!

Mandy here with you today, and I’m super excited to be sharing my first layout using the brand new Unforgettable collection! I’m totally loving everything about this new collection, especially those gorgeous colours and the stunning florals! I decided to scrapbook some candid photos of my youngest daughter Eleanor on this layout. I just love the way they capture her joyful and carefree personality, and I think this collection was perfect for documenting this happy memory.

I started my layout off by trimming about half an inch off the top and bottom edges of my white cardstock background, and I then tucked a strip of the Pretty Bits patterned paper under each of those edges. Next I chose four papers from the 6×8 Paper Stack and I layered them together to create a matt for my photos to sit on. I didn’t add adhesive all the way to the edges of the patterned papers as I wanted to give the layout some more interest by lifting the corners of the papers up a little.

I also used a couple of the patterned papers from the 6×8 Paper Stack to matt my photos with. I adhered the bottom photo using craft foam to give it some extra dimension.

There are so many gorgeous pieces in the die cut ephemera pack, and I used a few of these to create an embellishment cluster to the right of the top photo. How pretty are those florals?! You can also see here that I added a flair button to the cluster as well.

To balance out the first cluster, I created another one to the left of the bottom photo. This gives the layout a diagonal flow, drawing the viewer’s eye from the bottom left to the top right. This second cluster includes some more die cut ephemera pieces as well as a sticker from the accessory sticker sheet.

I LOVE the new Foam Title Stickers in this collection, and I couldn’t resist using one of the foam words as the title for my layout. It’s a quick and easy way to add a gorgeous eye-catching title to a page!

I finished the layout off with a sprinkling of enamel dots as well as a few little word stickers.

I love how this page turned out, and I can’t wait to create some more projects using this stunning collection!

Mandy x

Stories captured | Unforgettable layout | Anna Komenda

Anna Komenda 13/09/2019

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans. It’s Anna here with my first project created with brand new “Unforgettable” collection. Do I have to tell you how much I love this line? Flowers, pink, blue, butterflies and amazing embellishments are a perfect match with my style. And the name??? I knew I have to use pictures from my trip to Australia on this page because it was trully UNFORGETTABLE adventure. I have few photos with girls from CVS team taken during Creative Escape event in Coffs Harbour.

I used white cardstock as a base of my layout and colored it lightly with pink and blue watercolors. Next step was to mat my photos with pieces of pattern papers from 6*8 paper stack. I love that pages in this paper stack are not glued together. You can easily grab one and they don’t have glue on the upper edge.

I placed ephemera pieces under and on the photos creating few layers. New foam title stickers are amazing and so easy to use. I made a title within few seconds.

I felt that the upper side of my page is too empty so I hand cut few triangles and arranged them pointing into the pictures, helping to focus on the bottom part of the layout. Here are few more detailed pictures: