Boys Rule

You Are Awesome | Boys Rule collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout inspired by the new April challenge to include a big rainbow as the main element on your layout. I decided to go with a non-traditional rainbow and created my own using various papers from the Boys Rule collection.

The new monthly challenge for April is to include a BIG rainbow as the main design element on your layout.

To help create the arches of the rainbow, I used various sized dinner plates and traced around the tops of them on the different patterned papers I chose from the Boys Rule collection.  I chose these following papers from the Boys Rule collection: ‘Fun and Games’, ‘Straight and Narrow’, ‘Entitled’, ‘Expressionist’ and ‘Star Fall’. I then arranged them on a plain white cardstock background and adhered them down. I trimmed the white cardstock down to measure roughly 11′ x 11′ and adhered it to the ‘Boys Stuff’ patterned paper. I then machine-stitched each individual colour in the rainbow with matching thread.

At the base of the rainbow, I adhered a strip of the ‘Straight and Narrow’ paper horizontally to add another layer to my layout. I added craft foam underneath my photo and placed it over on the right side of my page, I layered the frame and journal spot from the ephemera pack tucked in on the left hand side of the photo, on top of the photo I added one of the banner stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet. My title is from the chipboard pack, I love these words! I added the ‘You’ and  ‘Are’ words at the top of the rainbow and the ‘Awesome’ word under the photo. Either side of the ‘Awesome’ word, I added the scalloped border sticker from the Clear Sticker sheet. Above the photo, I added one of the banner stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet. I punched out some stars from the ‘Happy Go Lucky’ paper and then layered some of the star stickers over the top. I placed a few of these around my page.

Once I was happy with how the larger elements were placed on my layout, I started adding some smaller embellishments including more clear stickers, more accessory stickers and some more ephemera also. One of my signature features on my layouts is to stamp the date of when the photo was taken and this layout is no exception, I stamped the date stamp using some black ink.

I don’t often journal on my pages so I love the phrase and word stickers from the accessory sticker sheet. I add them to all of my Cocoa Vanilla layouts, where I can, to help tell the story. Boy layouts are one of my favourite projects to create and this one was so much fun to create! I really love how it turned out too. Make sure you create a layout and add a big rainbow element as your main design feature and share it with us by uploading it to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Facebook page.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Go Fly! | Boys Rule Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here again with a fun boy layout using a Throwback Thursday collection…Boys Rule! I adore this collection and the mix of colors and patterns that make it so versatile to use! Scrapping these photos of my oldest getting his driver’s license was so much fun! I paired a Paige Evans’ cut file called ‘Travel Words’ with the bright bold colors in the A5 paper pad.

To give the cut file a bit of pop, I layered it on top of the gorgeous gray background in this collection. I added a word phrase in front of each of the O’s in the long title. My photos on the other hand are the star of the show! I made sure to layer a few frames around the perimeter of my layout. Love this look!

I kept my embellishing fairly simple on this one because the large title doesn’t need it! A few small clusters around my photos that utilize ephemera pieces.

I hope this layout inspires you to give cut files a go, if you haven’t already, and then break out your paper frames! Be sure to check out the video below to see how Go Fly came together!

You Rock | Legendary Collection | Raquel Bowman

Hey everyone, it’s Raquel here with you today sharing my latest layout that I have created for Cocoa Vanilla. This layout features mainly the Legendary collection with a small touch of Boys Rule. The layout is featuring my boy who is now seven and looking more and more grown up each day.

Here is the layout that I created;

As I mentioned about. This layout features our little man and a gift that hubby and I recently brought him. He has expressed a love of music and singing for a while now and more recently shared that he would like to learn guitar. We were able to find one online and boy, his year has been made. The smiles and excitement was just infectious.

I used a Triangle cut file from the Cut to You store and backed it with patterned papers in the Legendary collection. I love that I can find a cut file to for every layout topic/purpose. When documenting layouts of my son I tend to choose shape style cut files like stars!

I adhered both the cut file and my two wallet size black and white photos to the layout with a thin foam adhesive tape. This gives a subtle pop of dimension.

To embellish the page I have used mainly stars from the ephemera pack. I also added a few accessory stickers and enamel dots. Such a perfect finishing touch.

The ‘you rock’ title is created from the clear sticker sheet. I simply adhered the stickers to white card stock and then fussy cut around them. This gave me my own ephemera piece that I could use on the layout. The sentiment was perfect for these photos.

The final step before I finished the layout was machine stitching around the edge. I love the finished look this gives to a layout.

I hope this layout has inspired you today. Thanks so much for stopping by the cvs blog.

Raquel

100 Awesome Days | Boys Rule Collection | Danni Visser

Hi Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here with a Throwback Thursday layout featuring some messy mixed media and the Boys Rule collection, plus a little You Rock and Totally Rad mixed in. These boyish collections all work so well together that I keep them together in the same plastic sleeve and use them as one big kit – so versatile!

I knew I wanted to do some mixed media today so I chose a lightly patterned background paper from Boys Rule called Good Times 12×12 patterned paper. Once I had decided where my photo would go I used a waffle stencil with white modeling paste to create texture in the space surrounding my photo. I added some colour with a distress oxide ink pad in navy blue and used a paintbrush and some water to soften and blend it. I also used a midtone blue ink spray to add variation in tone and lots of ink splatters.

I layered up my photo with a variety of patterned paper scraps in varying shades of grey, blue and yellow. In my photo my son is wearing a bright yellow bow tie, so I really wanted to add pops of that bright colour around the entire layout. With this in mind, I chose some wood veneer stars from the You Rock collection and coloured them with yellow ink. I also decided to use the “Awesome” wood veneer piece as part of my title, so I inked that in a bright teal.

I build two large embellishment clusters around my photo and a smaller one around my title. I mainly used the accessory stickers from all three collections to do this, plus the inked wood veneer stars. I chose a variety of shapes including arrows, tabs, flags and stars, mostly using blues but also making sure to add some pops of bright yellow and orange to brighten up the layout.

As a final touch I added three tiny word stickers from the Boys Rule accessory stickers, some aqua dimensional drops and some bold ink splatters in black for an extra dramatic touch. This is definitely a ‘messy’ layout, and I feel that the black splatters really help to bring it all together.

I adore how this fun layout turned out! I hope you enjoyed joining me today. You can watch the process video below on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel to see how I struggled with the mixed media initially, and how I managed to make it work for me in the end. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

 

Epic School Photo | Throwback Thursday | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle here today with a new layout share for “Throwback Thursday“, our regular fortnightly throwback to beloved Cocoa Vanilla Studio collections from the past. This week I’m sharing a super fun layout using the awesome Boys Rule collection which is perfect for documenting all kinds of moments, especially ones that don’t necessarily need all the pretty florals that some of the more feminine collections contain.

This collection was perfect for Leilas School photos from last year. Usually her photos are taken in bright red polo shirts, however last years were much later in the year thanks to Covid, so that meant jumpers on and an easier combination of colours to coordinate.

Inspired by the last creation I made using the strips of pattern paper in rainbow order, but switched up slightly to create a different look. I’ve layered strips randomly in blue, green white & gray with the occasional pop of wood grain along both sides of the layout. I covered most of the left side with the strips, and only a tiny sliver on the right. Both sides are sewn through using machine stitching. Strips come from both 12×12 and 6×8 papers.

Loving this photo of our sweet girl with her wild crazy hair inherited from her mumma. I backed the photo using a gray concrete pattern paper ‘Good Times’ and the star journaling card plus crown on her head from the ‘Boy Stuff’ cut apart paper.

I made one massive title using older white alphas (fingers crossed they make a comeback one day) plus stickers from the accessory sticker sheet, #epic word and camera from the ‘Boy Stuff’ cut apart paper and a banner from the ephemera pack.

Blues and greens are by far my most favourite colours to create with, they have such a calming vibe


As the layout was already quite colour heavy I scattered a few chipboard star/cross embellishments above the photo rather than creating one large cluster. I wanted the photo to stand out more than an overpowering cluster like I normally create.


I also added the same elements at the bottom of the layout too, plus a bunch of Ink splatters.

Well friends that’s all from me today. Short and sweet feature of the super awesome Boys Rule collection for this fine ‘Throwback’ Thursday.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Until next time, Happy Scrapping

Michelle x

Australia Day | Boys Rule collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi crafty friends!

Its Tarrah back with you on the Cocoa Vanilla blog today sharing a new layout created for our Australia Day ‘Green and Gold’ feature for this week!

I chose to document a photo of my youngest son from an Australia Day a few years back when our flag was almost as big as him lol! I decided to stick with mainly green from the awesome Boys Rule collection. I cut out the CUT to YOU Australia Day title cut file design from white cardstock and backed the open spaces of the ‘Australia’ word with the green ombre spot paper from the 6′ x 8′ paper pad in Boys Rule, I made sure to have the lighter spots starting at the top and then cascading to the darker spots at the bottom.

Once it was all backed, I added craft foam underneath and adhered the whole thing to my chosen background paper. I did make sure to leave the right side without too much adhesive so that my photo and layers could be tucked in here. I backed my photo with the star paper in the 6′ x 8′ paper pad and also tucked in a frame and a tab. At the top, I tucked in a tag and added some star die-cuts.

I love the look of embellishments on top of cut files, I made sure to include a few star die-cuts and some accessory stickers on the cut file to draw interest here. I just had to add the chipboard piece that says ‘Fun and Games’ as our Australia Days are exactly that! Fun and Games! Lastly I added some phrase stickers and a few more die-cuts to further tell the story of my photo. I also stamped the date stamp of the date the photo was taken.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed seeing my layout and that you were inspired in some way?

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

You Are My Sun, My Moon and All of My Stars | Boys Rule collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi everyone!

It’s Tarrah back with you on the Cocoa Vanilla blog and today I am sharing a new layout for an ‘Add Something Black’ feature this week!

I decided to add a black cut file design from CUT to YOU for my black feature and I dug into my big Boys Rule collection!!

I cut the design out from black cardstock and then backed all the different words in the cut file with the papers from the Boys Rule 6′ x 8′ paper pad. I then added foam adhesive underneath the entire cut file and adhered it to gorgeous blue background paper. I trimmed down this paper and matted the entire layout with black cardstock also.

I adhered the photo of my eldest son in the top right corner of the page, lifting up the cut file slightly to have the file sitting over the photo. I layered a tag, a tab and some paper under the photo and added one of the awesome chipboard stars over the top of the photo. Some of the other chipboard elements I added were the pennant that says, ‘The Best’ at the top, the arrow on the left of the page and the lightning bolt at the bottom.

Some star die-cuts were also added to help fill in other spaces, you can never go wrong with stars on a boy page right?! I also added the piece that says, ‘100% Boy’ under the word moon.

Some phrase stickers from the accessory sticker sheet were added as a final touch and I also stamped the date stamp of when the photo was taken. I really enjoyed working with a black cut file instead of my go to white for this layout. I love how the black makes the colours in the Boys Rule collection really pop!

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout and that you were inspired in some way!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

 

You are Awesome | Boys Rule | Raquel Bowman

Hey everyone, it’s Raquel Bowman here today and I am here sharing a “Throwback Thursday” layout. For today’s throwback I am delving into one of my fave boy collections from CVS called Boys Rule.

Here is the layout that I created to share with you today:  

I came across the featured photos on this layout while looking through a photo box I had in my craft room. I just wanted to document them immediately. These pics are of my little man when he was only a couple of years old. His little cheeky personality sure shines through with these photos and the Boys Rule collection was perfect to document them with. I also teamed my photos with a cut file from Cut to You – my fave place to buy cut files for my crafty pages. 

I used the 6×8” paper pad to back the clip board cut file binder clips. I also backed the clip boards in a combination of patterned papers and ephemera pieces to add layers and detail. 

As well as the clipboards framing the photos – stars were another repeating element to this page. I used the stars to embellish the page but also to support your eyes to go from the photos down to the title. The title of the page was fussy cut from the cut apart patterned paper. I added machine stitching through the title to allow it to stand out even more and add extra texture. 
I love that pop of aqua blue that the title brings to the page – I am so added some fussy cut stars and the banner ‘eat sleep and be rad’ – another cute element that compliments the rest of the layout design. 

The whole layout was matted in that black chalkboard style paper – to work well with the office theme of the page. To finish the layout and add texture to the page I used machine stitching. 

Thanks so much for stopping by the CVS blog today, I hope you found this Throwback Thursday post inspirational. 

Best | Boys Rule collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi everyone! It’s Tarrah McLean back with you today to share a layout I created inspired by one of our fellow Cocoa Vanilla fans layouts!

All this week the design team are choosing a fellow Cocoa Vanilla fan’s layout to scraplift from the International Scrapbooking Day challenges. I chose Gayle Selman’s awesome layout from Anna’s monochromatic challenge below…

To replicate Gayle’s layout, I started out by adding some blue distress oxide ink to white cardstock. I then added some black splatters of mist. Once dry, I then got a few stamps with some black ink and stamped them just like Gayle did. I don’t do mixed media all that often so when I get the opportunity to add a little bit!

I then added some paper strips from the Boys Rule 6′ x 8′ paper pad and also punched some stars with a few star punches. Underneath my photo, I layered one of the chipboard frames and used craft foam to pop up my photo. My photo is of my boys goofing around for the camera!

I added a small cluster of embellishments in the top right corner including a chipboard phrase, a rubber charm, and some stars. My title is one of the chipboard titles, I added one of the flairs above the title and lastly I added some phrase and clear stickers.

I love how my layout turned out and I hope you think it does Gayle’s layout justice!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Bedtime rituals | Mixed collections | Anna Komenda

Hello friends. It’s Anna here with my newest page made with CVS goodies. You all have seen the brand new line that will be appearing in the stores any time called “Legendary”. It’s another amazing, boy themed line, that came out from Zoe’s wonderful mind. I am still waiting for it, so I decided to dive into older collections. This time my creative process started with a picture, that I printed long ago but didn’t have mojo on how to scrapbook it. The important thing for this page is mentioning that my printer was dead for few days so I had to use photos that I already had on hand, so I was kind of “forced” to use this one. Don’t get me wrong – the picture is so cute and darling to me but the colors were hard to scrapbook as I always prefer more pastel shades and this one was edited with weird filter. it was a perfect opportunity to challenge myslef. I knew I am going to use some CVS collections, so I went through my stash and picked papers that may work for those colors and “baby bedtime” theme.

“Endless summer” line turned out to be just perfect when it comes to colors, especially the paper with cute clouds. It’s no longer available in the shop but you can purchase the digtal version of it and print your own paper. Stary paper “Star fall” from “Boys rule” collection was just perfect for a bedtime themed page. Thta it how thw whole idea came out.

After I fussy cut some clouds, I placed them around the background and added photo. I knew, I didn’t want to add too much to make a picture a main star of the project. I have a little box filled with elements from older CVS collections, all mixed up so I searched through it looking for matching elements. I didn’t care the line, I just wanted them to fit the theme. I picked many wooden stars from various collections including the very first boy themed line “Flying high”. I also added a cardboard frame and rubber tag that were a part of “Wild at heart” collection. My title was made with leftover alpha stickers.

It’s a very simple page and because the photo carries so many good memories, i wanted to add journaling too. however, I hate seeing my hadwriting on the pages, so I hid it. I cut out two tags in the same size from paper scraps and tided them with a string. The bottom tag has a little journaling on it, but it’s cover by the second one. This way I still get my memories recorded and a clean page :)

That is all for today. CVS collections are perfect used separatelly and together and working with them is a pure joy. I am a member of this team for 5!!! years and I still can’t get enough of them. thank you for stopping by and see you in two weeks.

Happy Valentine’s Day, if you celebrate it.

XO Anna

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