It’s Sophie on the blog today with a new page to share!
This time I used the beautiful Daydream collection.
I wanted to use the wreath paper named “Daisy Days” for so long now. I fussy cut the outer side of the wreath and put most of it completely to the left of the “Garden Variety” patterned paper.
Then, I added some handstitched details to the leaves and flowers of the wreath, for a delicate extra touch.
I placed my photo in the center of the wreath and used the Daydream Die Cut Words for my title. I also placed a beautiful Puffy Heart next to the photo, and some fussy cut butterflies here and there around the page.
You can see more close-ups here:
This page came together in no time at all. It is very simple, but sometimes all you need is beautiful patterned papers and a few embellishments to make your layout stand out.
Hello CVS crafty friends, if its Thursday then its a throwback layout today! I have used Daydream to create my layout and just couldn’t go past the rainbow paper no matter how hard I tried lol!
I fussy cut the rainbow strips and machine stitched each one. I dug deep to find the cloud paper from the Sugar and Spice collection (now that is going back a long way!!!), how perfect does the rainbow go on this paper. I punched some hearts in a coordinating colour for the two large rainbow strips and then added them with foam tape to create a 3D effect.
I tucked a sun die cut behind the rainbow and finished this off with a die cut heart. I next added a journal blog and prettied it up with lots of florals. I will go back later and add some journalling.
I used two frames from the die cuts to highlight my photos. I used the same photo twice but cropped the second photo focusing on our faces. I love using the phrase sentiment tabs from the accessory sticker sheet on my photos to stop them looking too plain but not overly distracting from the actual photo. I added two phrase sentiment stickers under my photo.
Lastly I added my title using the die cut titles, Happy days which I added with foam tape to create more dimension and finished off by adding some die cut butterflies also added with foam tape.
I love how this turned out! I think it is always good to revisit older collections as you tend to see and use them differently second time around. Thank you for stopping by and see you again soon!
Hi everyone, Its Melissa here and I’m back with a new layout. Its Thursday which means Throwback time! Yay!! What I love the most about Throwback Thursday is going through my stash of gorgeous Cocoa Vanilla Studio and deciding which collection to create with! For this layout I decided to use the beautiful Daydream collection to document a family photo from Mother’s Day 2021.
This collection has gorgeous florals, and for this layout I decided to feature ‘Daisy Days’. A great way to feature a patterned paper is to tear it, and place it on a white background. This enables breathing space against a busy paper, and the use of mixed media helps integrate the two paper and cardstock. I used a distress oxide ink and the packaging technique to create some interest.
I used lots of ‘Die Cut Ephemera’ florals for my embellishing, some ‘Accessory Stickers’ and also a couple of fussy cut moths from ‘All Aflutter’. I bent up the edges of the flowers for interest and dimension. I was also very happy to get one of the ‘Flair Buttons’ onto the page!
For my titles I used one of the ‘Die Cut Ephemera’, and a word from the ‘Die Cut Titles’. I love that combining the two made for a very easy title!!
I hope you enjoyed seeing a layout created with Daydream, and I hope I’ve inspired you to dig into your Cocoa Vanilla Studio stash. If you’re like me you may want to hoard pretty supplies, but there is nothing like using up products and documenting memories!
There are Easter eggs and hot cross buns in the shop which means Easter is coming! I love creating for Easter, the colours, cute animals and an opportunity to gift your creations to others.
Today I am sharing a super cute Easter themed layout featuring my girl! Daydream collection is perfect for Easter themed paper creations don’t you think!
I firstly added a mixed media background choosing the blue/grey to add a contrast to my chosen papers. I next found a super cute bunny rabbit cut file from the Silhouette Design store. Instead of adding a pom pom to create the tail I decided to create a rosette to add extra dimension and visual interest. I also added some glitter to the rosettes for effect.
I cut a half rainbow from the journal cards paper which I tucked behind the smaller bunny and then added my photo over it. I matted my photo which is 3.5×3.5 inches, my photo is added with foam tape and finished off my adding a phrase sentiment tab from the Accessory Sticker sheet.
I found the perfect title for my layout from the Silhouette Design store, I did work out the placement before gluing anything down!
I fussy cut some butterflies from the 12×12 inch paper and added with foam tape except the yellow one which I tucked to the right of my photo.
Lastly I created a flower cluster under my larger bunny which add another contrast against the blue bunny, and to be honest every pretty layout needs flowers!
And there you have it, my first Easter project of 2023! This layout is a great way to use up smaller paper pieces and still create a fab layout.
As always, thank you for stopping by and see you later in the month where I will be sharing a BOY layout just to mix things up a bit!
Hello Paperlovers, And welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla blog. Today I have some new scrapbook. inspiration for you with the amazing collections “Daydream” and “These Days” These are the collections that make me love Cocoa Vanilla Studio so much! So beautiful, delicate and sweet.
I started with a piece of white cardstock. I cut the large black and white photo of my daughter into a circle. I choose a patterned paper from the “Daydream” collection and cut it into a slightly larger circle and place it behind the photo. Then I stitch the round border with light blue sewing thread.
For the butterflies, I used an older cutting template from Provocraft. Of course, you can use any butterfly cutting template you have in your stash. You can also use your electronic cutting machine to cut out a view butterflies. I choose different pattern papers from the “Daydream” and the “These Days” collection for the butterflies. (A small detail, I stitch the butterflies in the center with light blue sewing thread.)
I fussy cut several flowers from the patterned paper. Along with the butterflies, I create a two large clusters on each side. I use adhesive tape and 3D foam to create more dimension.Have you spotted the beautiful green fabric heart yet?
I cut a few extra butterflies from the pattern paper from the ” These Days” collection. I placed these cute little butterflies around the punched out butterflies.For the title, I used the mini puffy alphabet (These Days) and the die-cut Ephemera title (Daydream) I place the title between the two clusters below the photo. For an extra touch, I make splatters with white gesso and distress oxide (Saltwater taffy). I mix the white gesso with water and used a water color brush to apply the splatters to my layout.
I want to thank you for visiting the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today and I hope I have inspired you with this scrapbook layout. Hope to see you next time and have fun with the beautiful Cocoa Vanilla Studio collections.
XoXo, Jo
Hello CVS friends! Today I am sharing a layout created using the gorgeous Daydream collection. My stash is running low and that makes me sad because it is one of my fav collections. On the bright side I am scrapping the cutest puppy ever!
As most of you know I am a huge fan of rainbows and I fell in love with this cut file one available from the Silhouette Design store. As the colours of Daydream are muted I decided to cut the file in black to provide a stark contrast. I cut my white cardstock down to 10×10 inches, splashed with black paint and then machine stitched onto the base paper cresting a larger border.
I added the rainbow strips using a large and small floral, then a block colour piece. I added the heart paper pieces using the lightest colour to balance out the colours and patterns.
I next added my photo and used a wood grain photo frame die cut. I fussy cut some smaller flowers and added to the bottom of the frame. I added the sun sticker from the accessory sticker sheet tucking it under my frame and finished off adding a phrase sentiment tab and butterfly die cut. All of this draws your eye to the photo.
I next created my title using a die cut title word and also words from the accessory sticker sheet. I added the title die cut with foam tape to add dimension and added over the hearts at the bottom of the rainbow die cut.
I created a journalling block fussy cutting out of one of the pocket cards from the collection. I cut it straight and attached under the white cardstock as I forgot to add before I added the black machine stitching! I had to add a fabric Puffy Heart just because I love them.
Lastly I added a floral cluster to the right top side of the rainbow, slightly tucking them under and then finished off with another butterfly added with foam tape. I am so glad I went with the black accents as I think it really gives this layout a bit of a wow factor.
As always thank you for stopping by today and I hope this layout has inspired you to get out your Daydream collection and get creating with it again. See you again soon!
It’s Sophie with you on the blog today with this beautiful wintery page to share !
I used the Daydream collection for this layout.
I started with a thick white cardstock for my background and added blue and pink inks from my stash to create a mixed media background that matched my colour scheme.
I centered a lovely photo of Fiona playing in the snow, added tissue paper behind it and foam adhesive. Then, I went crazy with beautiful floral embellishments, both from the floral ephemera pack and some cut out of patterned paper, and created a huge floral cluster at the bottom of the photo. I layered many of them with foam dots to add dimension. I also cut a few leaves out of white textured cardstock with a punch from my stash that I tucked in between the numerous flowers.
I placed a house die cut on the right of the photo with a cute phrase sticker right next to it.
My title comes from the Daydream Die Cut Titles pack. I placed a Flair Button next to it and a few die cut hearts.
Finally, I cut a piece of patterned paper that I put on the top of the page with a label to write down the date.
Here are some close-ups.
I love the result. This Daydream collection is so versatile ! You can use it for every season !!
I hope this was inspiring, thank you for stopping by !
It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the gorgeous Daydream collection! The Daydream collection would have to be one of my all time favourite collections by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. Which collection would be your favourite?
The photos I am documenting on this layout are of my niece when she was posing with a cute hat on her head! The florals and the lovely words in this collection are perfect to go with my photo.
I decided to start out my layout with a plain white piece of cardstock, which I often do, I then cut strips of different patterned papers from the Daydream collection in 1 inch sizes. I strategically then arranged these strips into a triangular pattern so that no 2 patterns were together on the page. I matted the photos with some of the papers from the A5 paper pack and arranged the photos slightly overlapping each other.
The floral die-cuts in the Daydream collection (or any of the collection for that matter) are just so beautiful! They look absolutely gorgeous when they are added to a project! I tucked in lots of different sizes and colours at each side of the photos and I also tucked some in to the top of the photos as well. I added different heights of foam adhesive and regular adhesive to get the shadow and dimension on my page. Once they were all stuck down, I bent up the edges of the petals and the leaves to make them look more realistic as well!
My title is made up of the gorgeous cardstock title words and I also added one of the banner die-cuts below the title too. I adhered it slightly overlapping the bottom of the photos and added foam tape to the bottom of the title to adhere it with the same level as the photos. Some of the smaller embellishments that I added include accessory stickers, moth and heart die-cuts and also some of the super cute sequins. You can see I added some of the sequins to the centres of the flowers, I love how the sequins look in the centres of the flowers. I should add sequins to my projects a lot more often!
Above the photo on the right, I also added one of the tab stickers from the accessory sticker sheet and also added one of the super cute fabric puffy hearts here too. Lastly I stamped my date stamp and called my layout finished. I love how it turned out. I love the pattern that the papers make on the page and how the florals look even against the busy patterned paper background.
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.
It’s Tarrah McLean back with you today to share a new layout created for the Throwback Thursday feature this week.
I chose to pull out the STUNNING Daydream collection as I had the perfect photo to document using this gorgeous collection! The photo is of myself with my crafty friends from a recent macrame workshop where we made rainbows. Just love how my rainbow turned out!
I chose a rainbow style background cut file from Paper Issues and cut it out from white cardstock, I then adhered the cut file to a sheet of the peachy coloured paper in the Daydream collection. I really love the effect of the cut file against the background paper. I backed my photo with one of the papers from the A5 paper stack and distressed the edges with my edge distresser tool. I like the texture this gives to the edges. I adhered the photo to the centre of my page and layered some papers and embellishments underneath.
My title is made up of a word from the awesome die-cut titles and an ephemera piece from the ephemera pack. I popped up both pieces with some pop dots and placed the title slightly on the left at the bottom of my photo. I tucked in one of the gorgeous fabric puffy hearts behind the Favourite ephemera piece and also chose some of the gorgeous rainbow die-cutsto adhere here as well. I used different size adhesive so that there were layers to my layout, I like how this creates shadows on my page.
On the right of my photo, I pulled out more rainbow pieces in both accessory stickers and ephemera pieces too and adhered them the same as the other side with different levels of adhesive for a layered effect and to create shadows. Another gorgeous puffy heart was also tucked in and I adhered some gorgeous, small floral ephemera pieces too. When I create my layouts, I will always place and adhere the larger things on my page first like the photo, a cut file and a title. From there my next step is to add the smaller embellishments like die-cuts, frames, chipboard etc and work down to even smaller embellishments again like enamel dots, sequins and small stickers.
I like to audition things before I completely commit to them staying on the layout so I will choose something I want to add and then I try it in a few different places before I am happy with how it looks, I take into consideration the colour, the size and if it balances with other things also on the page, I try to achieve the visual triangle on my pages so that my layouts are pleasing to the viewers eye. The last thing I did on this layout was added a few sequins and sprinkled some gold mist around my page.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I love how my layout turned out and I hope you enjoyed reading how I created it!
It’s Jo here on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today sharing a new scrapbook layout with you. For this layout, I was inspired by two seasons. I chose to create a fall layout in spring colors. I had some leftovers from the Daydream and These Days collections and chose to combine them both for this layout.
I grab a 12×12 white watercolor paper and choose one of my fave color distress oxide called “saltwater taffy” I create three stains on the white background by using a kitchen sponge. I make a stamping motion on the watercolor paper with the sponge and the Distress oxide color. Don’t forget to wet the sponge a little bit so the ink flows out nicely on your paper. I take a watercolor brush and splash some ink. I love the effect of ink splatters on my layouts. These splatters give my mixed media background more demension and a festive look.
I use a beautiful cutfile designed by Cut to You called “Autumn leaf” I cut out the cutfile twice by using my Cricut Maker and backed it with yellow and pink colored design paper from the gorgeous Daydream collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio.
I placed both cutfiles on top of my light coral pink mixed media background.
I fussy cut a few flowers from the pattern papers and placed these under my Happy Autumn selfie picture. I made a cluster on both sides of the photo with the gorgeous Die-cuts elements, stickers and figures from the Daydream and the These days collection.
I placed a few extra embellishments like butterflies, sequins, labels and stickers to decorate my Autumn layout with spring vibes. Some of the embellishments I added white sewing thread with my sewing machine. Finally I give my layout some extra white gesso splatters.
I hope I’ve given you some fun ideas for combining different collections and themes like spring and fall with each other. I love to see you next time on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog and social with a new crafty scrapbook project! Can’t wait to see your gorgeous inspiration on the Cocoa Vanilla FB groep! Happy creating and I wish you a fun and crafty day friends!
