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Sweet You | These Days collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share a new layout with you! This week on the blog, the design team have been tasked with scraplifting themselves. This was a fun assignment, and I have to say, I really enjoyed looking back at past projects that I’ve created using the beautiful Cocoa Vanilla Studio collections. I decided to recreate a layout I made back in 2018 using the gorgeous Bohemian Dream collection…

For my new project, I chose to use the lovely These Days collection to document a recent photo of my eldest daughter…

When creating my new layout I stuck very close to the design of my original layout, making use of the 3×4 inch Pocket Cards to create a grid. As with my original layout, I added multiple layers behind each section of the grid and adhered them at a slight angle to give the layout lots of interest and depth. I decided on using the beautiful Daybreak paper as my background and I love the soft mixed media look that this adds to the page.

Using my original layout as a guide again, I added my photo to the top right section of the grid. I layered a Pocket Card, as well as a paper from the A5 Paper Stack behind the photo, and then adhered it using craft foam for added dimension. As on the the original layout, I added some embellishing to the right of the photo, including some Die Cuts as well as a beautiful Gold Glitter Puffy Heart. I also added a couple of little flowers that I fussy cut out of one of the A5 papers. In choosing the embellishments for this page, I really wanted to include some icons and images that had relevance to my daughter. I therefore decided to include the mug, to signify her love of tea, and the typewriter, because she’s an amazingly talented creative writer. I like to include little things like that on my pages, that are significant to the person I’m creating the layout about.

For my title I decided on using the phrase ‘Sweet you’ from the beautiful Foam Title Stickers. I added this underneath my photo, in the same place where I’d included the wood veneer word on the original layout. I adore the lovely scripty font, and the dark title helps to balance out the darkness in the background of the photo.

I added another embellishment cluster to the pocket card in the bottom left section of the grid, creating a diagonal flow from the cluster in the top right. Again I used my original page as a guide, which made the whole process very easy! In this cluster I included some more Die Cuts and Floral Ephemera, as well as another Gold Glitter Puffy Heart. Of course I had to include that cute stack of books to signify my daughter’s love of reading. I also used the sweet Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers as part of my journaling on this Pocket Card.

To finish the layout off, I added a couple of butterflies, which were fussy cut from an A5 Paper, and a sprinkling of enamel dots from the Legendary collection.

Have you tried scraplifting yourself? I really enjoyed recreating a layout that I’d previously made, and recommend giving it a go next time you’re looking for some inspiration!

Mandy

THE GOOD LIFE HAPPY TIMES | JOSEFINE VD HOEVEN | DAYDREAM COLLECTION

Hello creative Paperlovers, Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! So happy to see you with this new share. It’s Josefine here with a new mixed media scrapbook layout using the beautiful “Daydream” collection.

The challenge for this week is, scrap lifting myself. I couldn’t wait to make the “Pool Party” layout again. I wanted to challenge myself to use a different collection though and chose the beautiful “Daydream” collection.

I used a white sheet of cardstock. I cut a kitchen sponge into quarters and one of them I’m going to use to stamp with. I moisten the sponge and with a brush I apply the Distress Oxide to the sponge. Then I start stamping on the background. I continue doing this until the stain is big enough.The color I’m using is “broken china” When I’m done stamping with my sponge I make splatters with the distress oxide.

I cut the title “Happy Times” with my Cricut Maker and backfilled it with the beautiful design papers from the Daydream collection. This happy cut file is from Cut To You. I cut some more different design papers to size and placed them behind the photo.

I cut the title loose and placed the photo in between. I placed the cut file and photo in the center of my mixed media background.  I picked different die-cuts, butterflies and flowers to made a cluster on the left side of the photo.

 

I colored the alphas from the cut file with distress oxide. The color I used for the alphas is “fossiled amber” I used my blending tool for blending. I attached the alphas with gold sewing thread. I created splatters with white gesso and used my brush for it. The cute little button “choose joy” is a great addition to this layout.

I hope I was able to give you some great crafty ideas! I had a lot of fun creating this layout with the amazing “Daydream” collection. I want to thank you for stopping by on the blog today. Wishing you a beautiful and creative day. XoXo, Jo

 

Best Adventure | Legendary collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you today to share a new scrapbook layout featuring the awesome Legendary collection. I have documented a rare photo of myself and my family from a day out together last year.

This week I had the task of scrap lifting myself, I chose my original 8.5′ x 11′ size layout below to ‘lift’ and chose the same collection to work with however I changed the size from the 8.5′ x 11′ into a 12′ x 12′ size.

You can see I added lots of the same elements in the same positions on my new page, including the large banner piece on the left as the main focus and a smaller cluster in the bottom right corner also. I cut the large banner piece from the ‘B’ side of the Explorer paper and popped it up using foam tape. The back ground paper is no longer available in the Cocoa store however the orange paper that the layout is matted on is the ‘B’ side of the One Way paper.

I placed my photo slightly to the right of the banner piece and placed the wood frame over the top to draw some attention to the photo. I tucked in one of the large stars from the ephemera pack under the top left of the photo. Two more stars were added to the lower part on the right of the banner to continue the stars across the page. I also took the round piece that says authentic and tucked that piece into the left of the photo also. On top of the frame I added the Sweet As sticker from the Accessory sticker pack and adhered one of the arrows from the ephemera pack to the bottom of the frame also. 

My title is made up of the Die Cut titles and I also added one of the words from the Clear Sticker pack. I added a few more of the word and phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker pack, some enamel dots and a few more of the smaller stars from the ephemera pack popped up on pop dots. Lastly I bent the edges of the background paper to add a little texture to my page and I stamped the date stamp.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today. I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it?! Have you ever scrap lifted yourself? You should give it a go if you are stuck for an idea when creating a page. It’s lots of fun!! 

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Home | These Days collection | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone, it’s Sue Plumb here today to share my latest design team project with you.

This week we are doing a scraplift theme with a twist, as the team have been tasked with scraplifting ourselves! I have to admit, it was a great excuse to look back over some of my Cocoa Vanilla projects from years gone by, but the task of choosing one was a bit like choosing a favourite child. In the end I decided on a layout from back in November 2018. It was created for the “Throwback Thursday” feature and I used the ‘Life is Beautiful’ collection, which was actually released back in Cocoa Vanilla’s first year back in 2015. This collection remains one of my all-time faves, and I still have some of it lovingly hoarded in my stash.

Here is my original layout…

For once, I actually scraplifted a layout and stuck pretty much to the original design. This was partly because I wanted to see if it would hold up to the test of time, but it was also because I was sick with COVID and was lacking in mojo and energy. So this scraplift couldn’t have come at a better time for me.

Here is my new layout using the gorgeous ‘These Days’ collection…

As you can see, I stuck very closely to my original design. I chose to document a photo of myself and my family in front of our new house that we recently purchased, and I knew this collection would be perfect for it. In particular, it was the Neighbourhood paper with all the sweet little houses that I had in mind. I combined this with the spotty print of the Take Flight paper and some strips of the pretty orange leafy pattern of the Wall of Fame paper as the base of my design. To add texture, I lightly distressed the outer edges of my papers.

With papers in place, it was time to start working on the other components. I decided to add two elements that I include on most of my current layouts that were missing from the original page – frayed gauze and a paper doily. I opted for a dark charcoal doily to tie in with the black of my photo, and I layered them on the background before sticking my photo on top.

Alongside my photo, I added the no place like home 3×4″ card from the Pocket Cards pack; whilst the oh happy day quote along the bottom edge of the photo was from the cut apart The Good Life paper.

I used pieces from the Floral Ephemera pack as the basis for my embellishment and title clusters. I added foam tape behind some of the flowers as I layered them, and I also bent the petals up away from the page to add dimension. In the cluster around the bottom left corner of my photo I added one of the Wood Epoxy Buttons to mimic the flair button from the original layout.

For the title cluster above my photo, I used the word home from the Foam Title Stickers, flowers from the Floral Ephemera pack and the small sweet flag from the Die Cut Ephemera pack. Being the butterfly lover I am, and also as a nod to all the butterflies on my original page, I couldn’t resist adding one of the butterflies (also from the ephemera pack).

A few finishing touches included a label from the Accessory Sticker sheet for my journalling and the date; small hearts from the Puffy Stickers pack added to my photo; and some small splatters of black ink around the page.

If you would like to see exactly how this page came together, you can watch my process video here:

I would highly recommend scraplifting one of your own layouts if you are ever stuck for inspiration – just pick one you love and go for it! Stay tuned over the coming days for more scraplift inspiration from the team.

Until next time, happy scrapping!

MY BEAUTIFUL | DAYDREAM COLLECTION | SOPHIE DELORME

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie on the blog today and I am sharing a soft wintery layout created with the lovely DayDream collection. It’s my favorite collection for Winter pages!

 

I used the Sweet Serenity paper for my background.

I created two little mountains out of white cardstock, distressed the edges and added a simple backstitch on them with white embroidery floss.

 

 

I had this beautiful photo of Sabrina playing outside with our dog. Since she is looking to the right, I placed the photo, with tissue paper behind it, on the left side of the page.

I selected numerous beautiful floral embellishments from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, and also fussy cut a few from the Garden Variety patterned paper, and tuck most of them behind each mountain. They match the background patterned paper beautifully!

 

My title comes from the Die Cut Titles pack. I added foam adhesive behind it.

 

I created a little cluster on the top of the page with a piece of teared paper, die cuts and a few stickers from the Accessory Stickers sheet (first sticked to velum paper, fussy cut and mounted on foam dots).

 

Finally, I added a few crystal gems from my stash, printed my journaling in light blue on white cardstock, created paper strips with it and stamped the date.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This page has come together in no time at all. I am so happy with the result! The beautiful floral die cuts helped quite a lot!

I hope that I could inspire you with this page today! If you have snow in your country, try to use this beautiful collection with your winter photos. I am sure that you will love the result!

Thank you, and have a great crafty day!

Sophie xx

Always Happy | These Days Collection | Mandy Melville

Hi friends!

Mandy here today to share a new layout featuring the beautiful These Days collection. I love the soft colours and the pretty florals in this collection and I knew that it would perfectly complement these recent photos of Eleanor playing on the swings.

I started my layout off with The Good Life patterned paper as the base for the page. I then adhered a 9 1/2 inch square of the Pretty Posies paper to the centre of the layout, and I added 1/2 inch wide strips of the woodgrain paper (the reverse side of the Pretty Posies paper) around that piece. I love the way that the woodgrain strips help to frame the page and keep the focus on the photos. Next I added a banner, made from the light green Family Ties paper, to provide a base for my photos to sit on. I matted the middle photo with a paper from the A5 Paper Stack, and then I staggered my three 3×4″ photos across the banner, adhering them with craft foam for added dimension.

For my title I used the lovely Foam Title Stickers, and I positioned it underneath the middle photo. I chose the phrase ‘Always Happy’, which perfectly sums up my beautiful girl’s personality! I love how the black scripty font really pops on the page!

Once my photos and title were in place, I then created three embellishments clusters around the layout to create a visual triangle. The first one, in the top left, includes various floral die cuts and leaves from both the Floral Ephemera pack as well as the Die Cut Ephemera pack.

I then created another embellishment cluster underneath the photo on the right. Again I used florals from both the Floral Ephemera pack and the Die Cut Ephemera pack. You can see how I layered some over the photo, and tucked others underneath, using foam tape to give the cluster lots of nice dimension.

The final cluster is in the bottom left hand corner of the page, and once again I’ve repeated the same elements and colours that I used in the first two clusters. I also added a sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet, as well as a butterfly that I fussy cut out of one of the A5 papers.

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

Mandy x

Christmas Morning | Joyful Collection | Danni Visser

Hello Cocoa Vanilla Studio friends! Danni here with my final Christmas layout for the year (until the festive season rolls around again of course!) and naturally I had to use the amazing Joyful collection to round out my festive scrapping.

I still had a bunch of the gorgeous Christmas trees from this collection left, both die cut ephemera and chipboard stickers, so I decided to make a little tree scene using these along with some patterned papers. I started with Deck the Halls 12×12 patterned paper as a base for my layout, because I knew all those tiny trees would be a great backdrop for my embellishment trees. I laid down a layer of white acrylic paint in the centre of the page to soften the pattern and allow my elements to stand out better.

To finish off the background I added a bunch of ink splatters in forest green, a soft red and lots of bright metallic gold. While my paint and ink mediums were drying, I went ahead and hand-cut three tree shapes from the A5 paper stack papers in different shades of green. I did this by folding rectangles of paper in half lengthways, drawing a tree outline on the outside fold in pencil, then cutting out the shape. Super easy!

Next I arranged my trees on the background where I liked them, then sewed a line of machine stitching straight down the middle of each, along the fold line, to anchor them to the page securely and add some texture. I tucked my die cut ephemera and chipboard sticker trees in amongst the paper trees, then arranged my three 3×2’ photos of Christmas morning along the bottom of the cluster with dimensional foam to lift them up.

For my title I took the beautiful gold foiled ‘Christmas’ title piece from the chipboard stickers and added it along the bottom of my photos. I finished it off with some kraft stickers from my stash and a tiny word phrase from the accessory stickers. I also added two more tiny words from the accessory stickers around my photos.

I wanted to decorate my little trees, so I took the puffy stickers and added some tiny gifts beneath the ephemera trees, some candy canes and leaves to the paper trees and added some gold stars from the puffy gold title stickers. Finally, I topped my trees with a gold chipboard sticker star and some tiny wood epoxy buttons.

I hope you like this layout today – I am thrilled to bits with how it turned out. There is a process video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel linked below if you would like to watch it come together. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

Jolly | Joyful Collection | Laura Alberts

Hi y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a Christmas layout with the gorgeous new Joyful collection. This layout features a large 5×7 inch photo of my youngest daughter, so I opted for a simple L-shaped design to keep the focus on that lovely smile of hers! I cut two large strips of the Holly Days patterned paper and then two smaller strips of the Feeling Festive paper. Running these strips both vertically and horizontally creates a perfect place to tuck my photo where they meet.

I fussy cut an entire 12×12 of Tis the Season patterned paper for these stunning florals, even the florals that run off the edge. I use these half pieces for layouts just like this one to tuck behind the photo! This helps me get the most from my fussy cut florals without having to hide half of a floral behind the photo. On two of the florals, I added wood buttons for added texture and dimension on the page. I filled in most of the large florals’ centers with gold Nuvo Drops for a little extra shine!

For my title, I layered the ephemera ‘Jolly’ over my largest floral cluster. Underneath of the floral, I tucked a ephemera frame for added detailing. My favorite part was adding these tiny little stars from the gold puffy word phrases. They gave the perfect scattering detail to the clusters!

If you want to see how ‘Jolly’ came together, be sure to check out the process video below! I hope this layout inspires you to try scrapping a large photo too!

 

December Daily Days 10-12 | Joyful Collection | Melissa Vining

Hi everyone, Its Melissa here and I’m back with you today with three days in my December Daily Traveler’s Notebook.  I’m creating my entire 25 Days of December with the beautiful Joyful collection, and keeping it simple is helping me get through the month.

My first day is Day 10, and for this one I had two photos and associated stories to document.  This part of my homemade notebook has a piece of patterned paper sewn in and plain white paper.  I focused on using one of the “Pocket Cards“.

As always I am distressing all of the edges, and outlining with a journaling pen to provide extra details without dimension.

For this page I embellished with a partial fussy cut floral that I cut from one of the papers in the A5 Paper Stack and I added an Accessory Sticker.

Day 11 only had one photo, so I created a large tag using Feeling Festive and some white cardstock to hold my journaling. I embellished with cute Puffy Stickers.

I love all the cute details on the Advent cut aparts! So perfect for numbering my days.

The big tag was a fun addition to a page that needed to be filled in, and I was inspired by a scrappy friend who recently posted a photo of a TN page with a large tag.  I don’t plan the taking of my photos each day, I just try to capture moments.  Sometimes I forget to take more than one.

Day 12 just happened to be last page of my notebook (I’ll be creating volume 2 next) and had Tis’ the Season as the back cover and white cardstock.  I’ve loved using full page photos, and I size and print them at home. I used an App called Print to Size on my phone, and I print them directly to my printer. I mistakenly purchased matt photo paper and was concerned I wouldn’t like it, but I actually love how it looks.

I loved writing directly onto my photo for this page!  The holly is from the Die Cut Ephemera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square shaped photos are another of my favourites, and for this one of Brielle with our Christmas Countdown I just had to use the corresponding sticker!  Since the photo shows how many days until the big day I used the space in the sticker to journal.

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing three of my pages, I also made a video showing me creating them and it includes a walk through of the previous days!

 

Thanks for looking

Melissa xx

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE | JOSEFINE VD HOEVEN | LEGENDARY COLLECTION

Hello Paperlovers,

Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla blog! It’s Josefine here today with a new scrapbook layout for you. I absolutely love the new No Limits collection! and can’t wait to play with it. I was so inspired by the colors that I wanted to create a cool boys layout for this blog. So I took Legendary out of my stash to create a mixed media layout with a winter touch.

I draw a circle in the center of the layout and with Distress Oxide I created a mixed media background. I used a background stamp that looks like a splatter and stamp several times with the distress oxide in a circle on the background.I mixed the ink with water to create a watercolor look. With a. thin round brush I splatter with the ink on the mixed media background. I really love the effect of splatters on my layout. The color I used is “faded Jeans”

I used two cut files on this layout. The deer in the background I cut out twice and glued half on top of each other. The cut file is from the Cricut design studio. The “Outdoor Adventure” title is a cut file from Cut to You. I cut a circle from the design paper and stitch the edges with brown sewing thread. I place the circle in the center of the mixed media background. I placed the deer on top and cut some design paper to size and glued it behind my son’s photo. I placed the design papers with the photo on top of the cutfile. I use 3D foam to create more dimension.

I make a cluster of die-cuts and word strips on both sides of the photo. I stitched the words “So Epic” in the middle. I colored the cutfile title with a green Distress Oxide color. The color I used for that is “Peeled paint” I cut out several stars from the design paper and placed them in different places on my layout.

 

I attached the stars with 3D tape. I like the way the stars. stand out a little from the background. I mix the white gesso with water and with a thin brush I make white gesso splatters on my layout. I like the effect. I think Legendary is a great collection with pretty cool colors. I am so happy that No Limits will be the next wonderful boys collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio!

I hope I was able to inspire you with this boys layout and am curious if you are also looking forward to the new collection “No Limits” I want to thank you for visiting for the blog today and hope to see you again next time with a new project.
Wishing you a crafty day friends!
XoXo, Jo

 

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