Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with another Great Escape layout, but this time it’s a birthday page. Four photos and a shower of stars is the recipe for creating a layout bursting with celebratory vibes! The colors were too perfect not to step outside the theme of this collection for a fun spin a column design.
I started with a strip of the stunning plaid on the Star Gazing patterned paper, layered it with thin strips of the navy, then attached it to the beautiful gray woodgrain of the Starry Night to build my background. I lined up my three smaller photos and a few cut aparts from the Wild Life paper to fill in my column.
On the right side, I scattered fussy cut stars from the Star Gazing patterned paper to create a second column, then added my 3×4 focal image and a journaling spot on top! The chipboard stickers were perfect to embellish both columns and add a title with a 3D pop!
I hope this layout inspires you to try stepping outside the theme! If you’d like to see how this layout came together, check out the process video below:
Hello and welcome back everyone. It’s Kellie here today sharing another page using the new Heart and Home collection.
Today I am documenting some silly family pics …here is my page…
I recently saw a cut file from Kelly Made It on her blog which reminded me of some of the stitched icons found in this collection and I thought it would work perfectly with this range so I chose matching embroidery threads and made them a feature on my page… love how this worked out.
I used the paper called ‘Harvest’with the stripes to add to the top of my page and another smaller strip to the bottom… I love how this brings in all the colours of this collection. I then bought in a strip of the woodgrain paper called ‘Framed‘ to separate the stripes from the stitching.
I placed my 3 photos vertically down the right side of my page and popped them on the ‘Gather’ paper, distressing the edges to give some dimension. I also added some of the cut aparts also from the ‘Gather’ paper to add to my photos.
Next I worked on my title. I cut out a frame from the ‘Framed’paper and used the ‘Mini Puffy Alphabet Stickers’ to add my title. I popped the frame up on foam pads to add dimension then added some florals which were cut from the ‘Bountiful’ paper to tuck in behind the frame.
I hope you found some inspiration today and pop back regularly to see what the Design Team has been working on.
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!
Hi there Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here, and today I am having some fun with the cut-apart elements in the Happy Place 12×12 patterned paper, which is part of the amazing new Daydream collection xx
Cut-apart sheets are one of my favourite products to work with, and as soon as this collection arrived on my doorstep I set to work with my scissors and cut this whole page up into it’s individual elements, ready for making a layout. I find it is much easier to get inspired when you already have all the pieces cut out and ready to use.
The sweet little woodgrain piece with the oval centre and flowers at the bottom was crying out to become a frame, so I carefully cut the oval from the centre, taking care to keep all the little flowers intact. A craft knife and cutting mat works best for this.
I chose this beautiful photo of my sweet baby girl to put behind the frame I created. The 3×4 inch size of these cut-apart elements makes them perfect to use with 3×4 photos, and this one fit perfectly. I arranged several of the other elements from Happy Place 12×12 patterned paper in a diagonal across my page – this is my favourite layout as it really helps to draw the eye across the page.
For my background I chose white mixed media weight cardstock and added a border using Stepping Stones 12×12 patterned paper for a pop of that beautiful rainbow stripe. I went ahead and added some soft mixed media to the background using some solid watercolour paints, making sure to place the colour where it could be seen peeking out from behind my cut-apart elements. Once this dried I placed all those elements back onto the page and adhered them down.
For embellishments I chose to keep things simple, adding a flair button, a puffy heart, a sunshine sticker from the accessory stickers and a sweet little die cut ephemera tab at the top of my photo. I pulled out a bunch of the teeny tiny heart die cut ephemera and accessory stickers, creating several clusters of these in varying colours around my diagonal design.
For finishing touches I added a few lines of journaling on a label at the bottom of the page, followed by three little clusters of white dimensional drops. This layout is quite simple and minimal, quick to make and looks so soft and pretty. I am so happy with how it turned out. I hope you were inspired to use your cut-apart patterned papers today! They are such a fun and easy way to make a layout that looks amazing.
There is a process video linked below if you would like to watch this layout come together. Thanks for joining me today, happy scrapping!
