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Good Times | Happy Days collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends,

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous Happy Days collection!

For this assignment I was tasked with creating a project inspired by the July 2023 mood board.

July 2023 Mood Board

I was inspired by the colours in the mood board, the postage stamps and the windmill. I chose to add the pinwheel from the Happy Days collection to replicate the windmill from the mood board and also the postage stamps that look similar to the small pictures in the bottom centre photo in the mood board. I chose the ‘B’ side of the Juicy Fruit paper as the background paper to work on.

I picked 3 photos from a recent trip to Ayers Rock and printed them in a filmstrip style, I was inspired to this from the Japanese temple photo in the top left corner of the mood board. I adhered the photos using craft foam to create some dimension, I layered some of the papers from the A5 paper stack under the photo to add some interest and colour.

On the left of the photo strip, I placed the Amazing prize winner die-cut and on the right hand side I adhered the postage stamp die-cuts. Above the postage stamps I adhered the pinwheel die-cut and placed a puffy enamel dot in the centre of the pinwheel. I added a few phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet around the photo to help tell the story of the photos. On the left of the photos I placed a yellow puffy heart and some more enamel shapes.

My title was made up of the chipboard alphabet words, I placed one word above the photos and the other one below the photos. I added a few more small embellishments like die-cut hearts, enamel shapes and accessory stickers to finish the layout and lastly I stamped the date stamp using black ink.

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!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Fun Days | Happy Days collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

 

It’s Sophie on the blog today with a brand new page created with the Happy Days collection!

 

 

I wanted to use the HAPPY DAYS RAINBOW BRIGHT paper for a long time…! I cut the rainbow to remove the yellow, orange and pink rays. I placed the rainbow on a thick white cardstock and added a little bit of watercolour paint on its bottom, extending the same color for each ray. I also hand stitched and machine stitched on each ray of the rainbow with matching thread.

 

 

I framed my black and white photo in a die cut from the Ephemera pack, and used another frame for my journaling.

 

I used the HAPPY DAYS CHIPBOARD TITLE STICKERS for my title, on which I  added a subtile touch of color on each letter. 

 

I decorated around the framed photo with beautiful flowers from the HAPPY DAYS FLORAL EPHEMERA pack, in a color block manner. I placed a few other die cuts, 3 clouds, some stickers from the HAPPY DAYS STICKER SHEET and stamped the date. 

 

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I ADORE that color scheme !! This Happy Days collection is so versatile !

 

I hope you found some inspiration with my page and this lovely collection today!

 

Until next time,

 

Sophie xx

Happy Moments Together | Happy Days Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura here with a fun graduation layout! When I finished my degree last month, it was a proud accomplishment and I couldn’t wait to scrap it! With a dark and mostly neutral color scheme, this photo needed the bright, celebratory colors of Happy Days to make this it pop. I started by fussy cutting out the frames from the specialty paper and backing them with patterned paper from the A5 paper stack.

I then matted my photo on the gorgeous Sunshine Lollipops patterned paper to help it stand out and tie together the main colors I chose from Happy Days to incorporate into my layout. Then, the fun part! I added clusters of fussy cut icons and ephemera pieces to create clusters in and around my frames. Puffy stickers and Nuvo drops added the detailing to finish them off.

For my journaling, I used a journaling stencil to create this lovely scroll design to hold a large block of journaling that imitates the feel of a diploma with it’s elaborate design. Such a fun addition and a great way to include a large block of journaling in a way that doesn’t detract from the photo!

I hope this layout inspires you to have a play with your frames from the Happy Days collection as well as to try some creative journaling techniques! To see how “Happy Moments Together” was created, check out the process video below:

Happy notebook | Happy Days Collection | Anna Komenda

Hello crafty Friends. It’s Anna here with my second June post. This one is related to the first post, where I shared with you four cards for the teachers of my daughter. I also made matching notebook to go with one of the cards, using the same colorful and pretty “Happy days” collection.

As always I made it from scratch, starting with the covers, through all the pages and connected everything with a transparent, plastic spring. My covers are cut from the white cardboard and wrapped with blue cardstock. You can use pattern papers for this purpose too but it would require using up two the same ones from my precious pile and I wasn’t ready to say good bye to them. That’s why I chose blue cardstock.

Covers are decorated with beautiful rainbow pattern called “Lollipops”, both on the front and on the back. I added this fun texture of stitches using jagger. You can but it very cheap in sewing stores or departments. As this notebook will be used frequently, I couldn’t add too many embellishments to the cover. They would fall out easily and it would be hard to write on the left sides of paper. I picked few pieces from Ephemera Pack and few flowers from Floral Ephemera Pack and glued them down.

Inner covers are decorated with filled with words “Definituve” paper. Back cover also got a useful pocket for any loose pieces of paper or keepsakes. Notebook carry 120 sheets of checkered paper and few decorative dividers. Those dividers are made with A5 Paper Stack as they are just a perfect size!

Each one is also decorated with ephemera pieces and stickers from 6*12 Sticker Sheet. I even added stickers to some of the pages to make them prettier. First divider could be a little bit bulkier so I also added “My days” wording with Chipboard Titles.

With all the elements ready, I could use my old but still good Cinch machine to bind everything together. I could use metal wire but I chose plastic spring instead. They are both equally good. I just liked the transparent look better.

I hope my little gift will bring joy to my kid’s favorite teacher. Now it’s time for two months long vacation! Summer is in full swing and we can’t wait to soak up the sun.

Thank you so much for spending your precious time with me. Sending you lot’s of hugs.

Anna

Good Times | Happy Days | Josefine Van der Hoeven

Hello Paperlovers!

Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog. It’s Josefine here with a new scrapbook layout created with the amazing ‘Happy Days’ collection. In this blog post, I wanted to highlight the die-cuts ephemera. I chose a white cardstock background so that my heart die-cut frame gets all the attention it deserves.

 

 

 

First, I used my Cricut electric cutting machine to cut out a large heart in the center of the layout. I enlarged a black and white photo of my husband and me in Paris and adhered it behind the heart using double-sided adhesive tape. Now, let the decorating begin…

 

I love all the ephemera die-cuts and matching them by color, pattern, and theme. First, I select which die-cuts I want to use, and then I arrange them in a heart shape around the photo. Once everything is in place, I use 3D foam to secure the ephemera die-cuts. I’m super happy with the result, and the colored die-cut ephemera stand out beautifully against the black and white photo. It creates a explosion of color around the photo.

 

 

The small puffy hearts are so adorable that I give them a special place around the frame. For the title, I use the gorgeous colored mini alphabet and choose the title ‘Good Times,’ which is fitting because I thoroughly enjoyed our trip together. I also select a few word strips, add a thin black line to the edge using my fineliner, and place them on top of the die-cuts.

 

I hope I’ve inspired you with this layout and look forward to seeing you again on the blog for new inspiration! Have a wonderful and creative day!

XoXo, Jo

Choose Happy | Happy Days collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the gorgeous Happy Days collection!

For this project I was given the assignment of using patterned paper for my background and chose the ‘B’ side of the ‘Feel Good patterned paper’ to document a photo of my Mum and I taken a few years ago.

I chose a title cut file from CUT to YOU to add to my layout, cutting it from white cardstock. I then backed the open letters in the word ‘Happy’ with various papers from the A5 paper stack. I added craft foam to the underneath of the cut file and then adhered it to the background. I love how the white cardstock is a big contrast to the yellow background, this really helps the elements pop off the yellow patterned paper. I made sure to only use a small amount of adhesive so that things could be tucked underneath the cut file.

Above the cut file I tucked in my photo, I first layered one of the papers from the A5 paper stack under the photo, I also tucked in two of the stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet and tucked them in either side of the photo. I cut out some phrases from another sheet of the ‘Feel Good patterned paper’ and adhered one on top of the photo and the other on top of the cut file. I love to layer embellishments on top of cut files to add some more interest.

At the bottom of the cut file, I adhered the long paper strip with the tabs on it to also from the Feel Good patterned paper, I love how that looks like the cut file is sitting on a shelf of sorts. This was a great opportunity to add some of the small phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet to the strip. I cut out the Choose Happy journal card also from the Feel Good paper and adhered it to the right of the photo, I then added some quotes about being happy to it.

Some of the smaller embellishments I added to my page are the Chipboard hearts, the gold foil butterflies cut out of the specialty paper, puffy hearts, ephemera, enamel hearts and some more accessory stickers. I love the dimension that my layout has and I love how it turned out too. Lastly I stamped the date stamp as I always do on my layouts. Don’t be afraid to use a busy patterned paper as your starting point for your page, you can still keep the focus on the photo by using clever techniques to draw your eye to the photo.

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!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Love this beautiful day | Happy Days collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello friends!

It’s Sophie with you today and a beautiful and simple layout to share, created with the Happy Days collection!

 

I went for a grid design and selected a few patterned papers from the A5 paper stack, and used a scalloped circle die from my stash to cut 6 scalloped circles.

I aligned them in two horizontal lines on a white background cardstock.

I cut three photos of my dog Fiona in a circular shape and placed them on three of the circles.

 

I mounted everything on adhesive foam.

My title is a mix of the Accessory Stickers, Mini Puffy Alphabet stickers and an ephemera.

 

I embellished the page in a color block manner with floral die cuts, fussy cut flowers and butterflies, a few accessory stickers and a paper bow.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honestly, this page was very simple and easy to make! I love the result and hope you do too!

Happy crafting!

Sophie xx

Days Like These | Happy Days & Sunkissed | Kellie Moore

Hey everyone and welcome back for another share from me combining the new ‘Happy Days’ collection mixed with the older ‘Sunkissed’ collection. These two lines combine beautifully, so if you have them both, have a go and mxing them together! Here is my page…

My jumping off point was the rainbow paper from Happy Days called ‘Sunshine Lollipops’. I cut two 2 inch strips and adhered them down to each side of my page. To add some interest I also tore some of the ‘Feel Good‘ paper and had it popping out from underneath.

I have 2 photos on my page which I double matted using papers from the A5 paper stack from the Sunkissed collection.

Next, I worked on my title. I used a cutfile from Peartree Cutfiles. Instead of backing it with patterned papers I decided to use my distress oxides in matching colours to create an ombre effect.. I love how this turned out. Backing the cutfile onto some black cardstock really makes the title pop off the page. I also added some blue oxide behind my title.

Once I decided where I wanted my photos to go, the white cardstock needed some colour so I used a stencil to add some yellow suns to my page.

All of my embellishments come from the Sunkissed collection.

Next to the left photo I added a palm tree and flip flops from the ephemera pack and a starfish puffy sticker. On the bottom right there is a pineapple and flower puffy sticker.

Above my photos I have used a cloud, rainbow and word tab from the ephemera pack and a sticker from the Accessory Sticker Sheet.

To finish my page, I have added some heart puffy stickers and some of the word phrases from the Accessory Sticker Sheet.

I hope you have enjoyed my page today, and have found some inspiration!

Till next time

Kel x

Puffy Alpha Cards! | Happy Days Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with some bright and colorful handmade cards featuring the Happy Days collection. I absolutely adore the puffy alphas in this collection and find it super easy to pair them with ephemera pieces for fun mix-and-match designs and sentiments. For the first two cards, I used papers from the A5 paper stack and frames from the ephemera pack as the base for the design, then built up from there.

For this first card, I started with a purple background and added a frame backed with striped patterned paper. The butterflies were fussy cut from the Happy Days specialty paper and one of the patterned papers in the A5 paper stack. My sentiment is simple and makes this card a versatile option for a number of events. The tiny Nuvo drops behind the butterflies creates a whimsical trail.

On the second card, I layered the frame from the ephemera pack directly onto the background and created a wreath of florals around the edge. The ephemera ribbon banner that says “the best” was a great option for my focal image on this card. I used the puffy alphas to add to the sentiment so it says “You are the best.” A clever option for a card that could be used for multiple occasions!

For the last card, I fussy cut out the banner of ribbons from the ephemera pack and layered tiny florals on top. Above the banner, I added an ephemera sentiment “happy” as well as a puffy alphas to create a simple, but effective birthday card! I especially liked dotting tiny fussy cut florals all around the sentiment on this one.

I hope these sweet cards inspire you to have a go with the puffy alphas in the Happy Days collection!

Days Spent with You | Happy Days collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share a new layout showcasing the fabulous new Happy Days collection. This week our design team are sharing projects that feature the Puffy Alpha Stickers. My favourite way to use these sweet little alphas is to combine them with a larger alpha to create a longer title. This is exactly what I did on this page that documents a selfie of my hubby and I.

I started this layout off by trimming down a sheet of white cardstock and matting it on the gorgeous magenta Flutterby paper. I added a doodled border around the white cardstock to add some further definition and interest. Next I cut two triangles, one larger than the other, out of the beautiful yellow Feel Good paper, and adhered these on each side of the page. I matted my photo with a paper from the A5 Paper Stack and adhered that over the larger triangle on the left hand side of the page.

I love all of the different colour combinations that can be used from this one collection, and for this layout I decided to focus on the teal, magenta and yellow. I chose flowers in these three colours from the Floral Ephemera pack to create my floral clusters. To create interest and dimension I love to layer some flowers under the photo and others on top. I added one cluster to the top right hand corner of the photo, and another to the bottom left.

I created a third cluster in the bottom right hand corner of the page, over lapping the smaller yellow triangle. Again I created dimension within the cluster by adhering some elements with foam tape.

As I said, I love to combine the Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers with words from the Chipboard Titles. By using the mini puffy alphas, it enables me to create a longer title that also doubles as my journalling. These sweet little alphas are so fun and colourful and add so much interest to the page!

I finished the layout off with some cute banners in the top right hand corner of the page, a couple of little phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet, and of course a sprinkling of hearts from the Die Cut Ephemera and the Puffy Sticker Pack.

I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout and seeing how I used the Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers on my page. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Mandy x

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