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Happy Vibes layout | Happiness collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello dear friends! Thanks for stopping by the blog today. It’s Kylie back with you to share a new layout I have completed with the super gorgeous ‘Happiness’ collection. I had taken some recent photos of my girl and wanted to create something fun and florally. I’ve used a sweet birdhouse cut file designed by Paige Evans.

I trimmed 1cm off each edge from some of the MEADOW paper before adhering it over the top of a piece of the BLISS paper to create a framed effect. I then trimmed 1.5cm off each edge of a piece of white card stock and adhered it centred to my page. Using a wide paint brush and some aqua watercolour I added some stripes and random splatters to my background. I felt no need to add Gesso to the background first as I wasn’t going to go crazy with mixed media.Once dry I added a fine hand drawn border with a black marker pen.

Once my cut files were backed I adhered them to my page with some foam squares. This makes them sit up from the background, enabling me to create more dimension within my page.

There are so many lovely floral elements in the ‘Happiness’ die cut pack. I added several to the base of my page to support my photo. I used more foam tape on some, again for dimension. I printed my photo to 3″x 4″and in black and white.With so much colour going on in my page this helps to still draw the eyes attention to the photo, rather than having it lost or blend in amongst it.To finish my page I have added some of the typed phrase stickers from the sticker sheet. There are so many phrase options you can create with these!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my latest layout today and you can enjoy some scrapping time of your own soon.

Until next time,

Kylie.

Happy Cake Day | Make a Wish collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi everyone!

It’s Tarrah McLean back with you today to share a new ‘Throwback Thursday’ layout featuring the gorgeous Make A Wish collection!

The Make A Wish collection is one of my all time favourite collections by Cocoa Vanilla so when I got a ‘Throwback Thursday’ assignment, I knew this collection was the one I wanted to use to document a cute photo of my niece from her recent 3rd birthday.

I have again chosen to create a page in the smaller format of 8.5′ x 11′. The gorgeous Happy Day cut file title and the candles cut file are all by CUT to YOU. I have had those for a while, I was so happy to be able to use them on this layout! I backed the title with the ‘B’ side of the Hip Hooray paper and the candles with the Party Dots paper from Make A Wish. Once backed, I popped them all up using adhesive craft foam. I love the shadows and dimension this creates.

In the detail photo above, you can see I decided to add the word ‘Cake’ to the title of my layout. Happy Cake Day is the title of my layout. I used the alphabet stickers from the Make A Wish collection to spell Cake.

The background paper I chose is the Daydream paper from the collection, I then chose the wood grain paper and adhered it on top and machine stitched around the edge. I love the texture and softness this creates. I bent up the edhes of the paper slightly also.

The super cute photo had to be the main focus so I decided to adhere it to the centre of the page with one of the chipboard frames ‘framing’ it. Above the photo, I adhered the heart border strip from the ephemera pack and fussy cut out a small journal spot from one of the papers to tuck in. I also layered the ‘Fun’ banner to the top right of my photo. I adddd the wood veneer cake to the right of the photo and added some of the stars from the ephemera packs and accessory sticker sheet. Lastly I added some of the phrase and word stickers also from the Accessory sticker sheet and dated the date stamp.

Thank you so much for joining me on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog, it’s always fun to revisit some of the past collections for Throwback Thursday!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Unforgettable You | Mixed collections| Rachel Lowe

Hey CVS friends Rachel here. Last week I decided it was time for a sort out of my CVS collections, as often when I am creating I get messy and end up throwing my product back in its pizza box and close the lid to hide my laziness! Well it took me far too long but it was worth doing as I discovered I had more than I thought (of course) and I also realised how many papers from different CVS collection go together beautifully. This is what inspired this layout and it is a CVS all sorts!Firstly I chose this super sweet rainbow with cloud cut file (Silhouette Design store). I kept to the rule of thirds choosing three papers that coordinated. I used Navy flower vellum paper and Grow wild paper from Wild at Heart collection, the third paper is from the Midnight collection Moonlight. I added the rainbow with foam tape knowing I would tuck elements under it (and it creates a 3D effect). I used a polka dot embossing folder on my cloud which added texture and design (this stops it looking flat), I added the cloud with double sided tape.

I added a flair from Happiness collection, I chose the hot pink ‘good vibes’ one as it contrasted against the white.

I then used a mix of embellishments from various collections to pretty up this page. As always I added a paint/watercolour clear sticker behind my cloud and adding a die cut butterfly over it, both these elements being from the Unforgettable collection.

On the opposite side I added a floral cluster using die cuts again from Unforgettable, finishing this cluster off with a phrase sentiment and enamel dots.

I found a chipboard polaroid frame for my photo in a pretty polka dot peach and used a grey min bow to finish off. I added a die cut camera under the rainbow, added an enamel dot to the lens centre and lastly added another phrase sentiment.

I created my title using a mix of chipboard word (using a paint brush stroke clear sticker behind it) and accessory sticker phrase sentiment and a clear sticker butterfly. To create a visual break between the cloud and title I added a peach scallop die cut.

All thats it from me today! Thanks for taking the time to stop by and I hope you have a wonderful week.

 

 

 

Rachel X

 

 

Living the Dream | Unforgettable collection | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone! It’s Sue here to share my latest design team project with you. Today I am sharing a 12×12″ layout I created featuring the beautiful ‘Unforgettable’ collection and some recent photos of my daughter at the beach. As my daughter gets older (she’s now 12), I am finding it increasingly difficult to get photos of her, as she doesn’t enjoy posing for me as much as she used to. (Unless she is dressed up in a costume, but that’s a whole other story!) So you can imagine my delight when I managed to capture these photos of her, and I couldn’t wait to scrap them.

I chose to use the ‘Unforgettable’ collection because I just can’t pass up the chance to create something gorgeous and girly whenever I have the chance. I began my page with one of my favourite papers from the collection – the fabulous aqua diagonal stripe print on the reverse of the Sprightly paper. Instead of keeping the sheet as a whole, I decided to add some extra interest by cutting off a strip along the left edge and flipping it over to reveal the abstract watercolour pattern on the other side. Before re-joining the two, I also added a narrow strip of the Unscripted paper between them. I also distressed the edges of the joins slightly to add some extra texture.

With my page base constructed, it was then time to create a focal area for my layout. I layered several smaller pieces of paper (Sprightly; Garland; and Pretty Bits) to form a mat for my photos, adding some cardboard behind the left photo to lift it up a little higher than the other. Then it was time to play with some pretties!

I decided on three main embellishment clusters placed in the bottom left, top right and bottom right corners of my photo mat. Beginning with the top right cluster, I used a die cut circular frame and a large floral piece from the Die Cut Ephemera pack as the anchors for the cluster. It was at this point that I realised I really needed to draw in the stunning blue colour of the water in my photos. Unfortunately, this colour didn’t feature in the collection so I had to come up with another solution. I found a small floral cut file called Flower Bunch (designed by Paige Evans) that I had cut previously, and coloured it using watercolour paints.

Once dry, I cut it into three pieces so that I could use a portion of it in each cluster. I tucked the largest of the three pieces in underneath the die cuts I had started my first cluster with. I then added two smaller die cut flowers; and a small tab and phrase from the Accessory Sticker sheet. I then finished the cluster with a beautiful die cut butterfly.

For my second cluster in the bottom left corner, I again used a large die cut floral piece from the ephemera pack combined with another section of the painted cut file. In behind the floral piece I tucked a pretty little tag (also from the ephemera pack), which I tied with a little twine. I then added the little moments labelled arrow, which I popped up with little foam tape to give it some dimension.

My third and final cluster was to be my title cluster. I had already picked out the living the dream die cut from the ephemera pack for my title piece (it was an easy choice – just look at that beach on a perfect Queensland winter day). I added another die cut flower and leafy branch, as well as the remainder of the painted cut file. I used foam tape under the title, which allowed me enough room to add a watercolour style Clear Sticker under the edge.

I finished off with a small die cut heart alongside my title cluster and then some tiny splatters of blue ink scattered around my page.

Thanks so much for stopping by today so I could share this with you. I hope I have inspired you to get some supplies out and create something pretty too. (Besides, we all need to make room for the new ‘Daydream’ collection coming soon, right?!)

Until next time, happy scrapping!

You Rock | Legendary Collection | Raquel Bowman

Hey everyone, I’m here today capping off the Stars and Stripes theme this week on the CVS blog. Of course, I chose to use the amazing Legendary collection which compliments this theme beautifully.

Here is the layout that I created:

This layout is documenting a photo of my little man taken at the start of March – pre-covid restrictions here in Australia. We had taken a family drive to a small town about an hour from our house to visit the market and township. Jack decided to pose on the townships post office doorstep. I adore this photo but it does project such an innocence in this little man. Jack has such a beautiful and sensitive little heart, but certainly as I have documented many times keeps us on our toes. I chose to feature a stripe through the diagonal stripe ‘Explorer’ pattern paper that has backed my photo. If there is one paper that I would love multiples of in this collection it is this lime stripe paper (or the Woodgrain, who can pass up a nice woodgrain). Instead of using my own typewritten journaling I used the tiny word stickers in the accessory sticker sheet. I was able to make a little phrase by adapting some of the stickers available.

The main design element of this photo was a cut file tag which is called Geometric Tags and is available in the Cut To You online store. In my cutting machine software I manipulated the tag so it was bigger and wider – so I could have a giant tag on my layout. The tag features stars – which I was able to highlight by backing the cut file with different patterned papers. I used the yellow in the Wild One paper and the orange in the One Way paper.

The title of the page ‘you rock’ was created using the clear stickers. I adhere the stickers onto a white card and fussy cut around them creating my own die cut titles. I love how these turned out! I also added a flair featuring a star to this title area.

I created an embellishment cluster in the bottom left corner of the page featuring ephemera and fussy cut stars. I used the stars from the All Star paper to trace onto the woodgrain paper. This helped balance the darker elements of woodgrain in the embellishments.

To finish the page I scattered multiple fussy cut stars. These make a nice design element but also can be used to help balance out any colours that are featured on the layout. The entire layout was then bordered on a patterned paper featuring stars called Offbeat.

Thanks so much for stopping by the CVS blog today. I hope my layout has given you some stars and stripe inspiration!

Even Superheroes | Legendary Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here again with a fun way to use up those scraps at the end of a project! I find cut files are brilliant for finishing off those little scraps you might otherwise throw away and with a giant title like this one from COAPA, those scraps can really shine! I have really enjoyed scrapping tons of photos with the new Legendary collection, but this mixed media style background paper has to be my absolute favorite in the entire collection. It’s called “Offbeat” and I think it framed this cut file beautifully!

I kept the embellishing pretty simple on this layout, so as not to compete with the photo or title design, but I did squeeze in a few stars (and stripes!) anyway. Stars are a great shape for boy layouts and one that has become my go-to for masculine pages. Clustering them is super simple, they tuck into each other at the corner of a label or word phrase sticker (or both!) as well as peeking out from behind larger design elements.

The best part of any layout for me is always those tiny details that finish it off. In this case, I used a combination of enamel dots and Nuvo drops to add a bit of interest to my clusters and then added to the splattered background with even more splatters in gold! I hope you find inspiration to use your scraps too, whether it’s backing a cut file or layering behind your photo. To see this layout come together, check out the process video below!

Living The Dream | Unforgettable Collection | Melissa Vining

Hello everyone, it’s Melissa here and I’m so happy to be back to share another layout!!  Our creative theme at the moment is to scrap lift one of the layouts that our community made during International Scrapbooking Day.  I decided to scrap lift a gorgeous layout by the very talented Rosslyn Coutts, which she created for our moodboard challenge.  I chose Rossyln’s layout because I love that she used multiple photos, featured large pieces of beautiful patterned paper (my favourite supply), used a cut apart and she played with watercolours. All of the things I love to do! Rosslyn used the beautiful Happiness collection.

In order to start I had to find three photos that told a story, and the very recent photos I’d taken of Brielle (age 6) with mermaid hair (from French Plaits) were perfect.  I made my layout with the stunning Unforgettable collection, which was perfect with its butterflies and florals. I decided to be bold and instead of using a white card stock background, I used the most beautiful script patterned paper called Unscripted.  I think I could have 50 sheets of this and still find uses for it!! One of my favourite things to do is add a hint of mixed media to this type of paper, and I used water colours with the packaging technique followed by ink splatters – all in complimentary colours to the papers I used, and lifting Rosslyn.

The patterned papers that I used in featured blocks are Unscripted, Forget Me Not and Garland.  I love how beautiful they look layered and distressed!  The cut apart that I chose to use is from Story Teller, and I love the pop of woodgrain that it adds!  My journalling is also on a cut apart label from Story Teller.

I knew that this lift would be the perfect excuse to use the cut files that Anita Bonds designed for iNSD, especially as Rosslyn had used butterflies and florals.  I backed the cut files with papers from the 6 x 8 Paper Stack.

Other embellishments that I added are hearts from the Foam Title Stickers, Enamel Dots, and stickers from the Accessory Stickers which I stapled on to add texture.

Rossyln added a chipboard banner piece to the top right hand corner of her patterned paper, and I just had to add this sweet touch to my layout too!  I stapled on a small banner piece from the Die Cut Ephemera pack.  I love the whimsy that it adds!

I loved lifting Rosslyn’s layout, and you can watch my creative process in my video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel here.

Thanks so much joining me today!

Melissa xx

 

Happy Layout | Legendary | Rachel Lowe

Hey CVS friends today I have a fab boy layout to share using my fav paper from the Legendary collection, Wild One !

I have used a cut file from the Silhouette Design Store (Happy Rainbow). Once I had cut the rainbow I them added machine stitching to each rainbow piece (you could hand stitch this too), I loving adding texture to my layouts and sewing on your layout is a great way to do that.

I then used the reverse of the Wild One paper (yellow and left over after cutting the rainbow) and cut the Happy off set. I cut the actual letters in white cardstock. This is added under the rainbow which I attached with foam tape to create dimension.

I added phrase sentiments from the Accessory Sticker sheet that tied in with my theme and photo. I also added these with foam tape to add even more dimension. I LOVE the Clear Stickers especially the mixed media elements (It saves so much time and mess lol) and I have added a contrasting green and orange paint brush stroke clear sticker under the yellow title.

I next added my photo matting it on Off Beat paper (blue star side) and added with foam tape. I then tucked under Die Cut Ephemera elements. How cute is the geometric bear! I added some more clear stickers and Enamel Dots.

I finished off with a light splatter of black paint on the white cardstock. I love how this turned out and such a sweet photo of my boy and his pup documented!

Thank you for stopping by, if you have any questions about this layout please leave them in the comments and I will get back to you. Have a wonderful week!

Rachel X

Summer | Happiness Layout | Raquel Bowman

Hey everyone! It’s Raquel here sharing a new layout I have created featuring the absolutely stunning Happiness collection. The Happiness collection has to be hands down one of my fave CVS collections. I love the brightness of the collection and the florals … oh boy, the florals are just everything aren’t they?!

Here is the layout that I created:

This layout features a photo of my amazing hubby and my beautiful girl taken on our last family holiday over the summer period. I knew the moment that I snapped this photo it would become one of my faves of these two. I just melt at the love this dad has for his princess. Such a special bond, I hope Charlotte will grow up to know how lucky she is to have such an terrific father figure and role model in her life.  I backed the photo in the same patterned paper that I bordered the whole layout with, Bright and Beautiful paper. I feel like this really helps the photo to become the main feature even though the background of the layout is busy and more detailed.

 

The cut files I have used on this layout are from both Paige Evans (the summer title) and Cut to You (the clouds). I rarely combine two cut files on the one layout however I felt that the photo allowed for it. to back the letter sections Of the cut file I used the 6×8 paper stack. These are a fave never addition to the CVS collections for me, I love that I can use the smaller versions of the patterns within cut files, but also as paper layers to add more detail and dimension to a page.

To the top left of the photo I have a small area of the layout which I embellished. This area contains a combination of accessory stickers and clear stickers. I love the sentiments on the accessory stickers within the tiny word stickers – I always manage to find the perfect wording.

The bottom left of the layout and for cut title featured another cluster and layering of embellishments . These were mainly from the ephemera pack. I am honestly surprised at how far I have stretched the ephemera packs florals. I love them so much! The butterfly is fussy cut from the Bright and Beautiful paper. I love adding a dimensional butterfly to a page and by fussy cutting them from a paper design gives you so many to play with.

As well as clusters of embellishments to either side of the layout, I also layered ephemera behind the photo and on top of the bottom section of the photo. The ‘my happiness’ sentiment was the perfect finishing touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by the CVS blog today. I hope this layout has inspired you to get creating.

Stay safe,

Raquel

INSD Challenge Inspiration | Anna K, Raquel, Melissa, Tarrah, Laura and Sue

Hi everyone! Today we are once more turning the spotlight on some of the layouts our design team created during our International Scrapbook Day celebration a few weeks ago.

The first layout we are sharing belongs to Anna, who created a fabulous sketch challenge for us, and this stunning sample layout using our ‘Happiness’ collection to go along with it…

If you would like to see how Anna put this beauty together, she has a process video available on our YouTube channel. You can watch it here:

Anna’s sketch challenge proved to be very popular, with many gorgeous layouts being shared as a result, including from our own team members. Raquel decided to play along using Anna’s sketch to create this layout of her and her son using our ‘Unforgettable’ collection which we absolutely love!

Raquel also created a process video for this layout, and you can watch it on our YouTube channel here:

The final layout we have to share using Anna’s sketch was from Melissa, who created this one LIVE in our INSD group from her home in New Zealand. She used our ‘Legendary’ collection and we are crushing on that big yellow heart and those die cut patterned paper leaves.

The next challenge we had on offer was Tarrah’s multi photo and mixed font challenge. Tarrah used our ‘Wild at Heart’ collection and was inspired by the work of fellow DT member Raquel to create an 8.5×11″ layout.

The next layout we have to share was also created for Tarrah’s challenge, but this time from Laura using our ‘More Than Words’ collection. She went all-out on the multi photo criteria, and managed to add FIVE photos on her page whilst still maintaining a clean, uncluttered look.

The final layout we have to share today comes from Sue, who created this mixed media layout during her LIVE scrap stream in the INSD group. She used our ‘Legendary’ collection which was a perfect match for the fun photos of her kids.

That’s all for today, but stay tuned because we have another serve of inspirational layouts from our team to come tomorrow. Until then, happy scrapping!

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