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Happy Fall Days | Josefine vd Hoeven | Daydream and These Days collection

Hey hello lovely Paperlovers,

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!
XoXo, Jo

Bloom & Grow | Unforgettable collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a sweet Spring themed layout featuring the gorgeous Unforgettable collection!

We are focusing on our current seasons this week on the Cocoa Vanilla blog with our projects! Currently we are enjoying some Spring weather here in Australia so my layout today is all about the florals and my title is pretty fitting as well! I am documenting a photo of my niece in front of a beautiful rose bush, the Unforgettable collection compliments my photo perfectly.

I chose the gorgeous teal coloured paper from the Unforgettable collection as my background. I did trim this piece down and adhered it to a sheet of plain white cardstock, I then bent the edges up to create some texture.

I chose a beautiful floral cut file from CUT to YOU that I cut up slightly and then backed it all with some of the gorgeous papers from the A5 paper stack from the Unforgettable collection.

Once the cut file was all backed, I added craft foam to the underneath and adhered it to the background paper. By using the craft foam, it creates shadows and dimension on my page which I love. Because I cut up the cut file, I was able to strategically place my photo between the 2x floral clusters, I added a small banner die-cut to the top right corner of the photo.

Next it was time to embellish and add the title. I decided to use a die-cut title from the Midnight collection – called Bloom & Grow. I added the word ‘Bloom’ to the left of the photo overlapping the small journal sticker that is tucked in to the side of the photo. I also added the ‘&’ and the ‘Grow’ at the bottom of the cut file. On the right of the photo, I added one of the super cute flair buttons from the Unforgettable collection and below the photo, I added a phrase die-cut and a word accessory sticker. I took out some of the larger florals from the ephemera pack and adhered some with craft foam and some with regular adhesive.

Some of the smaller flowers I adhered with craft foam to help them pop up and give the page some more dimension. Next I tucked in some of the pretty feathers from the ephemera pack and bent the edges up slightly on them to make them look more realistic. I just love the enamel dots in this collection and quite a few made it onto this page, I placed 2 in each cluster. I created 3 clusters of the enamel dots.

Lastly to finish my page, I stamped the date stamp and sprinkled some white mist around the page. Do you have any of the Unforgettable collection that you’re hoarding?!

Get it out and use it for some gorgeous projects!

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!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Paris in Spring | Storyteller Collection | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS crafty friends! I have another spring themed layout to share this month. This time it is all about Paris in Spring featuring a photo of my daughter strolling in Paris. I have use the beautiful Storyteller collection.

I found a pretty floral frame cut file from the Silhouette Design store. I cut the floral piece using Little Love paper and paper backed them using Ditsy Daisy paper. I next added a bright blue water colour wash to my white card stock base. I then added the floral frame. I added some floral sprigs and leaves from the Floral die cut ephemera pack.

I next added my title. I used a mix of the Foam Title stickers and Accessory Sticker sheet. I then added a die cut camera and die cut butterflies, which I added with foam tape.

I added my 6×4 inch landscape photo which I matted on a blue paper piece from the A5 paper pad. I love the quote ‘the story behind the photo’ and the size perfect to fit under my photo with foam tape. I added one of the phrase sentiment die cuts to the top of my photo ‘love this’.

I went back and added centres to the floral die cut, some I cut from paper and others I added Wood Epoxy Buttons which adds dimension.

I love the mix of blue and yellow and with small pops of other colours and use of a small floral print  finished of with a black title, so eye catching. Definitely Spring vibes here!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you all have a wonderful week with lots of time to create!

Rachel X

 

 

You Make Me Smile | Storyteller collection | Sophie Delorme

Hey Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie here and I have a new layout to share! I used the Storyteller collection for this autumnal page of my children and doggies going to the pumpkin patch!

 

I used a thick white cardstock for my background and teared a few different patterned papers to ground my photo. I printed the photo in black and white, mounted it on tissue paper and foam adhesive, and centered it on my page.

My title is from the beautiful Foam Title Stickers.

 

I created a little pumpkin with a few papers from the A5 paper stack and machine stitched on it for more texture.

 

I handwrote my journaling, embellished around the photo with fussy cut flowers and die cuts from the Floral Ephemera pack, placed a few stickers from the Accessory Stickers and added white Nuvo Drops as the finishing touch.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you like what you see!

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Have a great crafty day!

Sophie xx

Spring Days and Icecream | Daydream | Kellie Moore

Welcome back to the CVS blog friends…hope you are doing well!

It’s Kellie here, and today I’m sharing a page with this months prompt of ‘Spring.’ For my page, I have used a lot of the ‘Daydream’ collection with a bit of ‘Storyteller’ thrown in…. here it is!

To start my page, I used the paper from ‘Daydream’ that is a white with a black dot….this is a great paper to use as a background as it’s not too busy. Next I decided to look through my cutfiles to see what I had that would help represent spring…and this one from Confessions of a Paper Addict with the suns, rainbows and clouds was perfect! To back the cutfile I used a bunch of the papers from both Daydream and Storyteller and added in some plain vellum for the clouds as they give a nice, soft effect. For the centre of the suns, I made some shaker pockets with some yellow/gold sequins.

To add some more colour to my page I used some distress oxides behind different spots of my cutfile to enhance the design.

For my title I used some yellow alphas from my stash and the word ‘Days’ is from the Daydream ephemera. I love using different fonts in my titles!

I love the florals in the Daydream collection so I used these next to my title and on the right hand side of my picture. I also added some butterflies around my page….

I hope you enjoyed my ‘Spring’ inspired page today and you are having fun with your Cocoa Vanilla products.

See you next time!

Kellie

 

 

Love From the Heart | Storyteller Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with baseball photos! Today’s prompt was spring or fall and I chose spring! Here in the United States spring is devoted to baseball, particularly spring training. I decided to up the ante with some floral hexagons to push that ‘spring’ feel even further. I have included some backed hexagon cut files from Liz Longest Designs and added some punched hexagons using the A5 paper stack. By puzzling them together, I created hexagon florals that trailed up my layout.

Each of my photos is show-cased inside of the these florals, which gives them an opportunity to shine! My photos are 3×2 inches and fit perfectly inside of these shapes. I love every chance to break out my punches and I find them to be the most versatile tool in my scraproom! Added to these hexagons are small embellishments like fussy cut cameras, wood buttons, and ephemera icons.

 

For my title, I tucked in a phrase from the foam titles set and added some of the little black foam hearts to the end of my title, as well as to each of the photos. This helps spread that darker color around the page, so that the title doesn’t stand out quite as much. I always prefer to have most of the focus on my photos. To finish this layout off, I added butterfly trails with gold Nuvo drops and then splattered around my cluster with gold ink spray.

 

I hope this layout inspires you to break out your punches and experiment with puzzling together the shapes into something new! If you’d like to see how ‘Love From the Heart’ came together, check out the process video below!

Best Ever | Storyteller collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share another layout featuring the gorgeous Storyteller collection! For this layout, I decided to scrapbook a couple of photos from a day that Isaac and I spent at the zoo a couple of years ago. It was such a great day, and I wanted to document how much I enjoyed spending the day with him. The Storyteller collection was perfect for this page, and I love the way that I was able to focus on more of the blues & greens in the collection for this layout. And I don’t mind using a floral cluster or two on a boy layout either!

To start the layout off, I trimmed a sheet of white cardstock down to 11 inches square and matted it on the blue Ditsy Daisy paper.

Next I chose a selection of papers from the A5 Paper Stack and cut them down to 1 inch x 4 inches and arranged them across the bottom of the white cardstock. As I mentioned, I tried to stick mostly to the blues, greens and woodgrain as I thought these would complement the photos nicely. I then added a piece of the yellow Little Love paper along the top edge of the strips, along with a border that I punched from white cardstock. This added some nice detail and also provided a ‘ledge’ for the photos to sit on.

I printed two 3 x 4″ photos and matted them on the woodgrain paper from the A5 Paper Stack. I also chose a 3 x 4″ card and positioned it between the two photos. This also became the title for my layout. I adhered the photos and card with craft foam to give them all some extra dimension.

Once my background was done and my photos were in place I was ready to embellish! Of course I couldn’t resist fussy cutting one of the gorgeous floral clusters out of the Spring Fling paper! I adhered this below the photos on the left hand side of the page. I also added one of the Wood Epoxy Buttons to the floral cluster to give some more texture to the page.

To balance out this floral cluster, I added another embellishment cluster in the top right hand corner of the layout. This gives the page a diagonal flow, drawing the viewers eye from the larger cluster, up through the photos, to the one at the top of the page. In this cluster I included some items from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, including a banner, a floral cluster and a butterfly. I also added another Wood Epoxy Button as I like to repeat similar elements in each of my clusters.

I finished the layout off with some typed journaling and a sprinkling of Puffy Stickers.

Thank you so much for joining me here on the blog today. I hope that you’ve found some inspiration!

Mandy x

Tower Bridge selfie | Mix of masculine collections | Anna Komenda

Hello, hello! It’s Anna here again and today I have fun, travel themed inspiration for you. Good news – it has zero dogs involved :) This time I wanted to scrapbook a selfie photo of my family we took visiting London few years back (I can’t belive it was so long ago as it seems like yesterday). Photo was already printed and wandering around my desk for a while so I though it’s time to scrapbook it finally. As CVS doesn’t have any specific travel themed collection, I reached for the lines that have colors that would match the picture. It’s quite muted with a lot of earth tones so I focused on masculine lines. No pink this time!

I started with the newest one called “No limits” picking pattern papers for the background – wooden “Big bang” and grey “Universal“. With the second one I cut out the map background using digita die cutting machine. It reminded me of a busy city London is. Sfter all three basic layers were combined, it was time to add photo. It has white frame so I needed some contrastic colors under it to make the picture pop.

That’s why I added yellow and blue using A5 Paper stack. This is such a great product – it hold some extra patterns for even more fun with collection and you can use them for mini albums and cards too. You get 30 sheets in total – 2 of each designs and they are loose so there is no glue attaches to the one side, which is sometimes hard to remove. After the photo was glued down, I started building composition around it. It’s the moment I reached for some older CVS collections and my leftovers stash. You can find ephemera pieces and stickers from “Legendary”, “You rock” and “Boys rule”. This is the beauty of Cocoa Vanilla lines – you can easily mix and match them!

My title was also created with an old set of alpha stickers. they are not being added to the collections anymore but I still have my own stash and I love reaching out to it. Alpha stickers came in two different sizes – with bigger letters and some with smaller letters. I mixed two of them here. I also dug up my stash of wooden elements, that were a part of older collections. I loved them so much and I was saving them for the future (as many of us does with favorite items). It’s finally time to let them go. But worry not – I still have a little basket of them :) They will last me till the end of time.

This kind of layout is my favorite – where I can combine new and old, giving older stash a new life. If also helps me spread the collection even if I am running out of embellishemnts. Last step in making this page was adding some flair buttons (also from my dearly saved stash) and splashing everything with yellow and orange mists.

That is all for today my Friends! Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in two weeks.

XO Anna

Happy Beautiful Days | Daydream Collection | Melissa Vining

Hi everyone, it’s Melissa here and in my part of the world its Spring!! This month the Design Team is creating projects that are either Spring or Autumn themed.  I was really keen to scrapbook spring photos from last year, and I decided to use beautiful Daydream.  This time last year we were renting a house on a farm and the spring blooms and growth were stunning.

I used a floral cut file from Just Nick Studio.  I coloured it with watercolours and backed it with papers from the collection.  I’m not normally a scrapbooker who matches photos with embellishments, but because only one of my photos is a close up of blossoms it works.

I used Sweet Serenity for my background paper, and then applied ink with the packaging technique.  Its a very subtle effect behind my photos. I used a torn piece of Daisy Days for my photo matt, and then layered the cut file flowers and Die Cut Ephemera in several places around the photos.

I used three of the Die Cut Title words for my title, and I love how it looks above and below my photos. I also used one of the gorgeous Puffy Hearts and a Flair Button.

Thanks so much for looking.

Melissa xx

 

We look beautiful together on vacation | Josefine vd Hoeven | Sunkissed collection

Hey creative Paperlovers,

Welcome and so happy to see you again on the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! It’s Josefine here and I’m sharing a new layout with you. For this girls pink layout I choose to work with the beautiful collection “Sunkissed. I really love the pink vibe on this happy page from me and my daughter.

I took a 12×12 watercolor paper and choose three pink colors of distress oxide to work with. The colors I used are, picked raspberry, kitch flamingo and spun sugar. I placed an ink pad on my white background and make a horizontal line. I do this with all the three different ink pads. Then I take a medium watercolor brush and blend the colors with each other by using a little bit of water. I splash some more with the colors by using my watercolor brush and then let the background dry by air. By splashing with water on your distress oxide and dabbing it dry with a piece of kitchen paper you create a super cool watercolor effect.

I used a cutfile by Paige Evans called “Beautiful” as part of my title. The title I choose for this layout calls “We look beautiful together on vacation” I really love the moments that I spend with my teenage daughter. These moments are very special and precious to me. I cut the cutfile with my Cricut Maker and backed it with yellow colored design paper. I color the alphas with the distress oxide “mustard seed” and then I stitch the alpha’s with light yellow sewing thread on my cutfile. The stitching details give my alpha’s more detail and dimensions.
I cut different  pattern papers to size and placed it behind the photo from me and my daughter. I made a cluster on the right side of the photo with the gorgeous Die-cuts elements, stickers and figures from the Sunkissed collection. I select some more embellishments for extra decoration between the alpha’s.

I punched out a few butterflies from the lovely Sunkissed design papers and placed them in different places on my layout. Also I give my layout some white splatter with white gesso for a festive look.
I hope I was able to inspire you with this happy pink girls layout with the fresh and colorful Sunkissed collection and give you a creative idea for an easy mixed media background. Of course, I hope to see you next time on the blog with a new project! Can’t wait to see your beautiful projects on the Cocoa Vanilla FB groep! I wish you a very happy and crafty day friends!
XoXo, Jo

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