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THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE | HEART & HOME COLLECTION | SOPHIE DELORME

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends !
Sophie here and I am so excited to share my very first page created with the brand new Heart  & Home collection !
OMG where to start ?! I guess you know the feeling when you have a new collection that you absolutely LOVE ? You want to use all the things…and hoard them at the same time ..?!!?
The first paper that caught my attention was the «Gather» paper. I cut out the little labels on it and aligned them vertically on the right side of a thick white cardstock.
I went for a beautiful black and white photo of my daughter Sabrina that I backed with tissue paper, adhesive foam and the «Fall Beauty» paper. I placed it on the left side of the layout, as she is looking towards the right, at the labels.
I used words from the «Titles with Gold Foil» pack for my title. I embellished the layout with a big floral cluster that is a mix of the Floral Ephemera pack, and flowers fussy cut out of the Floral A5 Paper Stack paper and the «Bountiful» patterned paper.
The date on one of the labels was done with the mini puffy alpha stickers.
Here are more close-ups:
Ahhh this collection is just GORGEOUS !!!
I hope you felt inspired by my page today,
Happy crafting !!
Sophie xx

Press Pause On This Moment | Heart and Home | Kellie Moore

Hello Everyone!

Kel here today to share my second page using the brand new ‘Heart and Home’ collection. For this layout I am documenting the moment my twin boys got to meet their brand new baby brother…

To start my page I decided to use this cutfile from Peartree Cutfiles… I thought it was a perfect title to go with these photos. I used 4 different papers to back it….  Framed, Bountiful, Leaf Litter and Harvest.

Next, I decided I wanted to make the title pop more on my page so I used the gorgeous yellow paper called ‘Gather’.. I love how this brightened up my title.

I  had 2 pictures I wanted to use on my page so I placed them along the top of my title and one down on the right hand side.

I had a big space in the top right corner so I used some of the houses found in the collection….one from the ephemera pack and 2 cut from the ‘Gather’ paper. I also used a frame and tab also from the ephemera pack.

I backed my photos with papers from the A5 paper stack and used some pieces from the ephemera pack and Accessory Sticker Sheet..

To finish my page, I added a bunch of florals which I cut from the ‘Bountiful’ paper and added some of the word phrases from the Accessory Sticker Sheet..

That’s my page for today, I hope you are inspired with this beautiful new collection, I can’t wait to see what everyone makes with it!

Happy Creating!

Kel x

 

 

 

Love You | Happy Days collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share a new layout featuring the gorgeous Happy Days collection! This collection just makes me happy, with it’s bright colours and pretty florals I just can’t get enough of it! For the layout that I’m sharing today, I chose to document some photos of my hubby and I celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary this month.

I decided for this layout that I wanted to create a grid design so that I could easily incorporate four photos from the day onto the page. To make it a little more interesting I created a frame around the photos using a template that I traced around to create each piece. For my colour palette I chose to stick mainly to the magenta, pink and the dark blue, and so I used the blue Definitive paper and the magenta coloured Flutterby paper to create the frame. I filled the middle of the frame with the sweet pink Lush Blooms paper and added corners inside the frame using an aqua paper from the A5 Paper Stack. I adhered my photos in the middle of the frame using craft foam for added dimension.

To the right of the photos I created an embellishment cluster using a flower from the Floral Ephemera pack, another flower that I fussy cut out of the Lush Blooms paper, as well as a Die Cut flag banner. I chose embellishments that stayed within my chosen colour palette, and I adhered some overlapping the photos and tucked others underneath to create depth and interest within the cluster.

To balance out the cluster on the right, I created another cluster to the left of the photos. I again used Floral Ephemera as well as fussy cut elements to create the cluster. To finish the clusters off I added a Chipboard heart sticker to each.

Finally, I added some typed journaling above the photos and my title below. I used the beautiful Chipboard Titles and decided on the phrase ‘Love You’ as I thought that suited the photos and theme of the layout perfectly.

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

Mandy x

The good times | Happy days Mini album | Anna Komenda

Hello, hello! It’s Anna here and today I don’t have a layout for you! While I was waiting for the brand new “Heart & home” collection to arrive, I once again decided to make “use as much as you can” type of project with the older line. Those cabins won’t stretch any more further so I need to make some room. Truth to be told – I would probably need to make 100 of albums like this to notice some empty space… However, the result of my internal challenge is cute, colorful mini album made with wonderful “Happy days” collection. I need to warn you that I have many photos to share with you.

I made this mini album from scratch, using three pieces of cardboard for the cover and some colorful cardstock for the page bases. I arranged them in rainbow order inspired by all the rainbows in “Happy days” collection. I also went through all the pattern papers and chose few in matching colors to continue the rainbow trend. I used both 12*12 papers like “Lush blooms”, “Flutterby”, Juicy friut”, “Feel good”, “Little blossoms” , “Sunshine lollipops”  along with A5 Paper Stack.

Album is quite small, measuring only 10*15 cm, but each page has some folded flaps or pockets so it can hold many photos. You can easily expand the album even further by adding even more flaps on the back of each page.

This is how it looks from the side, with cascade of pages, each 1cm smaller than a previous one. There is plenty of room to add more volume with photos and embellishments.

To decorate the pages, I reached for almost all of the embellishments from this collection. I used Accesory stickers, Die cuts ephemera, Floral ephemera, Chipboard titles, Puffy stickers and Puffy hearts. I only added the glue on the edges of the embellishments so you can still tuck the photo behind it!

I also added some embellishments on the back of each page, the way you can look at it without turning the album upside down. As I mentioned each page has some flap or pocket for more room for photos. It was hard to photograph them so you need to believe me they are there.

Here are all the album pages I created:

And that is all! I know it was a lot of photos but it was hard to choose only few pages to showcase. I hope you like this mini album.

That is all for today! We will see each other in September and I will for sure have a project made with brand new CVS baby! Can’t wait to dive in. Thank you so much for spending your precious time with me.

XO Anna

Good life captured | Heart and Home collection | Josefine Van der Hoeven

Hello, Paperlovers!
Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today. It’s Josefine here, bringing you fresh inspiration. I’m absolutely love the incredible new collection “Heart and Home.” The beautiful warm and soft colors are perfect for capturing autumn memories, family moments, and, lovely summer memories.

My first layout with this collection is a sweet summer memory that perfectly matches the title “Good Life Captured.” I chose for a black and white photo and a white background to make the colors in this collection shine even brighter.
I started by creating a mixed media background on the white cardstock using one of my many oxide ink pads. The color I’m using is “Speckled Egg,” which isn’t too overpowering and complements the colors of the “Heart and Home” collection beautifully. I use a small sponge, load it with ink, and then dab it onto the white cardstock. I repeat this process several times until the mixed media background is large enough. After letting the ink dry, I move on to fussy cutting and select the patterned paper with the lovely large flowers.
Once the ink is dry, I cut the photo into a circle. I also choose two more patterned papers and cut circles from them as well. I add a stitched border to the circle with the photo, using light blue thread that matches the mixed media background. I position the circles behind the photo and then place it in the center of my layout. Now it’s time to decorate the layout with the beautiful embellishments from this collection, such as floral ephemera, die-cut leaves, mini alphabet, puffy stickers, and the gold word title ephemera.
I carefully select the die-cuts I want to use and create clusters of flowers on both sides of my photo. Next, I position the title below the photo. To finish, I playfully arrange the flowers and leaves around the photo. I use 3D foam for this step to make the flowers and leaves pop from the mixed media background. I add some splatters of white gesso to the layout and let it dry. I’m so happy with the result and can’t wait to create more layouts with this fantastic collection!
I want to thank you for visiting the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today. I hope to inspire you again with a new layout next time. Wishing you a wonderful and creative day.
XoXo, Jo

Together | Heart and Home collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends,

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am excited to be sharing a layout with you featuring the new GORGEOUS Heart and Home collection! I love the handmade feel to this collection.

I started by choosing a cut file from CUT to YOU, I cut it out from the ‘B’ side of the gorgeous Fall Beauty paper. I was certain to place the cut file in the centre of the paper so I could use the outline as the background for my layout. I adhered the cut file to a plain sheet of white cardstock and trimmed down the cardstock to measure approximately 11′ x 11′ and adhered it the remainder of the Fall Beauty paper. I then machine stitched a border around the outside to add to that handmade feel.

I am documenting a photo of myself with my friends from one of their 50th birthdays a few years ago. Such a fun night celebrating! I placed the photo on the right hand side of the page and layered a piece of vellum and a frame from the die-cut pack underneath. I adhered the photo using craft foam to add a little dimension to my page. On top of the photo, I added a phrase banner from the die-cut pack and also placed a rectangle sticker from the accessory sticker sheet to the left of the photo.

At the bottom of the photo, I placed the paper strip with the cross hearts on it from the ‘Gather’ paper. I also tucked in some florals from the floral die-cut pack and placed a banner die-cut and a round die-cut both from the ephemera pack. To the right side of my photo, I tucked in some more florals here and also placed a word sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet. My title is the ‘Together’ word from the gold title die-cut pack. I just love the gold foil on these! So pretty!

To balance out the heavy right side of the page that features my photo and title, I created a small cluster of embellishments that features mostly florals and a Love die-cut. I used different levels of adhesive here to show different levels of dimension. I also placed some more word and phrase stickers here from the Accessory sticker sheet. Lastly I placed some enamel puffy shapes and I stamped the date stamp to document the date of when the photo was taken.

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

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

HAPPY DAYS | HAPPY DAYS COLLECTION | SOPHIE DELORME

Hello friends!

It’s Sophie with you today and I have a colorful layout to share!

 

I used the Happy Days collection and decided to go bold on colors!!

I used a 11×12 inches thick white cardstock that I placed on the Sunshine Lollipops paper.

I played with three Distress Oxide inks and water to create a mixed media background, in a heart-liked shape.

I centered two sweet photos of my daughter, mounted on tissue paper and foam adhesive and on the Juicy Fruit paper, and placed everything on my colorful background.

 

I decorated around my photo with beautiful florals from the Happy Das floral Ephemera pack in a rainbow manner, starting with the purples on the left, and pinks, oranges and yellows towards the right.

 

I also added a few butterflies and puffy stickers.

My title is a mix of a die cut (word “Happy”) and letters from the Chipboard Titles pack that I painted with the same inks as my background.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

How I like the end-result!! I hope you do too and that it can give you new ideas to try!

Thank you for stopping by!

Sophie xx

Thankful | Heart & Home | Kellie Moore

Hi everyone, I am so happy to be back today sharing my first layout with the brand new ‘Heart and Home’ collection. This range has a very autumnal, warm colour palette and I think is a very versatile collection to document all the things you are grateful for in your life…hence I chose a family photo to scrapbook. Here is my page..

I couldn’t decide which papers I wanted to use so I decided to try and get a variety of them onto my page so I started with cutting some zig zag / chevron shapes in 3 of the different papers, and to use the woodgrain paper for my background…. I LOVE woodgrain papers ..they add such a nice texture to a page.

Next, I double mounted my photo and placed it on top of the text paper with some foam dimension.

I knew I had to use some of the florals on my page so I created a visual triangle around my page… one on the top right of my photo, one to the bottom left and one at the top left of my page. I used florals from the Floral Ephemera Pack and also fussy cut some from the ‘Bountiful’ paper.

In the top right cluster I used some pieces from the Ephemera Pack..

For my title I used one of the Titles with Gold Foil and popped a house from the Ephemera Pack underneath it… then fussy cut some hearts from the ‘Gather’ patterned paper and placed them under my title.

At the top of my page on top of the floral cluster I used a word sentiment from the ‘Gather’ paper to finish it off.. and also used some Puffy Hearts around my page.

My finsishing touch was a little hand stitching…love little details!

I hope you enjoyed seeing my first page with ‘Heart and Home’ and be on the look out for more inspiration from the DT with this new collection.

Happy Scrapping!

Kel x

Special to Me | Storyteller Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a fun grid layout using the Storyteller collection for my graduation photos! If there was ever a set of pictures that had a story to tell, it’s these ones! I love how perfectly the colors in this collection matched my robes and stadium.

For this grid, I used four 4 x 4 1/2 inch bases for my 3×4 inch photos. By pairing journaling cards with the two profile photos and frames or flags with the landscape style photos, I created continuity across the grid that allowed me to go wild with the embellishing! Chipboard butterflies gave these layered squares a 3D effect that really made them pop.

By choosing colors for my bases that either contrast or compliment the photos, I can make specific photos more of a focal point on the page. The yellow squares give two of the photos a little bit more prominence and catch your eye first thing. Using a mix of puffy stickers, chipboard, and ephemera to embellish these squares makes each of them unique and interesting.

But, my favorite detail on this page is the Nuvo drop border between the grids. It’s a small addition that gives this page so much character!

I hope this layout inspires you to freshen up your grid layouts with a variety of embellishments! To see how “Special to Me” came together, check out the process video below:

Cool Kid | No Limits collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new boy-themed layout using the awesome No Limits collection! The No Limits collection is a bit of a throwback to one of the older Cocoa Vanilla collections but I love revisiting older collections! I don’t know about you but if I have heaps of a collection left, I like to challenge myself to use it up!

I started out with a white cardstock background as I mostly always do, trimming it down to measure 11′ x 11′ and adhering it to a sheet of black cardstock. I took the Nebula paper and tore rough edges down each side. I then took some of the Latitude paper and tore a piece vertically, I adhered the Nebula paper down and the yellow side of the Latitude paper on the right side. I trimmed the colourful border strip from the Universal paper and adhered this piece to left of the Nebula paper. I bent the edges of the papers using my fingers to add some texture and to add to the grunge/boy theme feel of the page.  On the right of the papers, I added some black twine also for some added texture.

The photo is of my youngest son just after a haircut, he was loving his haircut and I just loved the look on his face so I snapped a few photos of him! I placed the photo in the centre of the papers, I layered one of the 3′ x 4′ pocket cards under the photo for an extra layer. I added some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet here to help tell the story of my layout. Although Certified Wild and Beast Mode may not be quite true lol! The One of a Kind chipboard certainly is true though and I placed this piece at the very top of the page.

To the right of my photo, I placed my title which is made up of the Die-cut Titles, I used craft foam underneath these to pop them off the page. I don’t know about you but I love the font of these titles! I added some phrases below the title here and then began to add some of the smaller embellishments. I added lots of star embellishments, including die-cuts, chipboard stars and puffy stars. I also added wood epoxy buttons and some tab stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

I love the dimension, detail and texture that all the different papers and embellishments add to a page. The last thing I did was I stamped the date of when my photo was taken, I sprinkled some black mist and freehand drew a black border around the edge using my journal pen. I love how my boy themed layout turned out and hope you enjoyed reading about how I created it.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

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