Hey y’all! Laura here with a super sweet and silly 9×12 layout of my darling daughter when she was a toddler, playing happily in her water table. These photos were so bright and fun, I knew they would work beautifully with the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Sunkissedcollection! Using some punched and cut circles to create a vertical background design, I set my photos in a stair-step pattern so that I could fit all four of them on this smaller sized layout!
Around each of the photos, I added a cluster of embellishments. On the top photo, I used fussy cut florals, citrus fruits, and a “sweet memories” banner from the ephemera pack. On the second photo, I added a small scene with two palm trees and the sun, love this cluster around the title the most! It’s perfect for these sun-filled summer photos! In any awkward spaces, I added tiny florals to fill them in.
On the bottom two photos, I kept the embellishing minimal because I’d added a circle-cut journaling spot out of the pocket cards and tucked it in on top of a bold blue circle from the background. So, some tiny florals were all it needed to feel finished. As always, I dotted gold Nuvo drops around the page and then splattered with gold inks spray for the finishing touch! Loved playing with circles for this one!
I hope this layout inspires you to try a bright, summer color palette for your next layout! To see how “Love This” came together, check out the process video below!
Mandy here with you today to share a new layout using the gorgeous Sunkissed collection! This week on the blog our design team are creating projects featuring either circles or squares. I have to admit that usually I would be more comfortable creating with squares, so that’s what I initially planned to use for my project. But I decided to challenge myself to use circles instead, and I’m so glad I did because it was a lot of fun!
I documented a cute photo of my youngest daughter Eleanor at the pool when we were on holidays in January.
I started my layout off by trimming my white cardstock background down to 10 inches, and matting it on the Just Chillin patterned paper. I also added some machine stitching around the edge of the white cardstock to give the page some additional texture. I then went ahead cutting various size circles out of the Sunny Days, Feelin Fine, and Bright Side patterned papers. There are so many gorgeous colours in this collection, but for this layout I decided to keep my colour palette to the teal, pink and blue. For this reason, I chose to use the more subtle b-sides of the papers to allow me to feature those three particular colours. Once I’d cut out my circles, I arranged them on the page so that they flowed from the top to the bottom, with some overlapping.
To continue with the circle theme I decided to cut my photo into a circle as well (I don’t remember the last time I did this!). I matted it with the Feelin Fine patterned paper and added some craft foam underneath it to help it to really pop off the page! I embellished around the photo with some flowers from the Floral Ephemera pack, and then added my title around the top of the photo using one of the gorgeous Glitter Foam Title Stickers.
I adhered my typed journaling to the pink circle at the top of the page. I also added another Floral Ephemera piece to this cluster, as well as one of the fun Wood Epoxy Buttons. I love that the wood buttons add another circular element to the layout!
I created another point of interest on my layout to the right of my photo. I embellished these circles with a beautiful die cut rainbow, a label from the Accessory Sticker sheet, and another Wood Epoxy Button.
The final little cluster of embellishments is at the bottom of the page on the teal circle. Here I chose to add a blue flower from the Floral Ephemera pack, as well as a little die cut banner. You’ll notice that I kept my embellishing to the same colour combination that I chose for my patterned papers, focusing on the pinks, blues and teals in the collection.
Around my photo, I added three little flowers that I fussy cut out of the Growing Wild patterned paper. The visual triangle that this creates helps to direct the viewers eye towards the photo. To finish the layout off, I added a few little phrase stickers from the Accessory Stickers, and lastly I sprinkled around some Unforgettable enamel dots.
Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! Make sure you pop by each day this week to check out what our other design team members are creating for the circles and squares theme!
Hi Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here sharing an A4 double page layout using the gorgeous Sunkissed collection. This week we are playing with a ‘circles or squares’ theme, so I chose to document some photos of my husband and I out to dinner during our tropical holiday using circles.
I have been wanting to experiment with rolled paper for a while since I noticed this trend is making a comeback. I thought this could be a fun way to explore the shapes theme and do something a little fun! I used a mix of colours from the 12×12 patterned papers and the A5 paper stack to make a pile of little paper rolls.
I wanted to use circles on both pages, so I used my electronic die cutting machine to cut circles from Feelin’ Fine 12×12 patterned paper in various sizes, to use as a background. I backed this with white cardstock and added a sketchy outline to all the circles. For a little extra detail I splattered white acrylic ink randomly over the patterned paper background.
I used three of the cut out circle die cuts to mount my paper rolls, gluing them directly down with tacky glue. I varied the colours to give a pretty rainbow effect. I then used my scissors and a craft knife to trim the paper rolls and tidy the edges into neat circles.
I adhered the remaining die cut circles and the rolled paper circles over a white background, bordered with Fun in the Sun 12×12 patterned paper. This page got the same ink splatter treatment, this time using gold, yellow and pink distress oxide sprays.
I cut all my photos into circle shapes as well, layering them with the other circles on the pages. To continue with the theme, I added some epoxy wood buttons and the circular stickers from the accessory stickers to both layouts.
For embellishments I used a few of my remaining clear stickers on the white background, where they really pop. I added some cocktail die cut ephemera around the photo of my delicious margarita, then some floral ephemera clusters around the photos on the opposite page. Finally, I added a large title from the glitter foam titles and also used some of the glittery love hearts to sprinkle over the opposite page.
Sometimes I find a prompt like this so helpful to provide inspiration and ideas to experiment with when I am feeling uninspired. I love how this turned out! I hope you enjoyed reading about it, and you can also watch the video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel below. Happy scrapping!
Hello everyone. Summer is my favorite season and I am always waiting impatiently for it to arrive. This year we have some delay in warm and sunny days but it’s almost here. Time to pull out hats, sun glasses and shorts. I was looking for all those hidden items and I found my daughter’s cute hat. We had a little fun trying it one by one and (of course) I snapped few photos. I scrapbooked them with amazing “Sunkissed” collection, full of colors and summer motiffs. My design is a perfect way to use up all the smaller paper scraps, tabs and tags.
I started with white 12*12 cardstock as a base and I used my ruler and pencil to mark a big square in the center. This will be the area filled with paper scraps. I wanted to add them looking like a roof tiles with upper ones overlapping the bottom row. I checked my papers for smaller leftover scraps and cut them in small rectangles. I was using mostly the ones from A5 paper stack. I also cut apart paper called “Fun in the sun” and picked some smaller elements for my composition.
I only applied glue on the top side of my rectangles, bending the bottom edge a little bit. I added pieces of foam tape under some of them for more dimensional look. My three photos are also added in the same way.
Title was created with word “summer” from golden foam title stickers and “ready” with alpha from my stash. I also added bits and pieces from ephemera pack like drink, orange slice or ice cream. I also included few stickers to the colorful mix. I wanted to use as manny patterns as possible so I even went through pocket cards and picked the ones with solid background.
As always, I added the smallest elements at the very end including few puffy stickers (I just used up my first sheet, send a new box!) and wooden buttons. They are so cute and they add amazing texture to the design. Few yellow splatters were the final step of making this project. It all went really fast and I finished the page in an hour.
Do you like my idea of using up smaller paper scraps? You can also make similar page with horizontal allignment of the “roof tiles”. That is all for today but I will be back once again in two weeks with another “Sunkissed” page.
Hello everyone!! It’s Melissa here and I’m so happy to be back sharing my latest layout created with the gorgeous Sunkissed Collection. And yes it’s another beach holiday layout for my Riverton album! I was inspired by the patterned paper called Good Vibrations, specially the B side that has all of the paint stripes in rainbow colours. I knew that I wanted to cut the stripes apart, and then paper piece them back together. I ended up unintentionally creating a sunburst!
The photo is myself with Ava in the background. I edited it to back and white so it wouldn’t compete with the business of my layout. To start with I cut all of the stripes off the white background, and then cut them evenly apart. I placed all of the stripes together in each of the respective colours, and then created a circle in the centre of my page. The way in which I placed the stripes is difficult to explain, but you can see my process in my video linked at the end of my post. I machine stitched the central circle in white thread, going around messily three times, but unfortunately I covered all of this with embellishments!
I curled the edges of each of the paper stripes, and then used small pop dots to provide dimension. At this point I wasn’t sure what to make of my layout, but the addition of ink splatters in matching colours definitely helped!
I placed my photo on craft foam to pop it up, and then added the Summer Days Accessory Sticker which became my title. I embellished around my photo and the sticker with Die Cut Ephemera, Floral Ephemera and two Wood Epoxy Buttons.
I ended up loving how this layout turned out!! The ink splatters and embellishments definitely helped to tie everything together!
I made a process video which you can watch below.
I hope I inspired you to use your patterned paper in a creative and different way!
Hello creative Paperlovers,
Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog with a new share!
It’s Josefine here and show you a new scrapbook layout that I made for Cocoa Vanilla Studio with the beautiful summer collection “SunKissed” I love these beautiful designs. Your layouts will look so summery.
I start with a white sheet of cardstock and grab two colors of Lindys flat powders. The colors I use are “t-bird turquoise” and “Summer lovin’Sun”
I mix the powders with water on my craft sheet and apply the colors with the packings technique and use a piece of plastic from packing material.
When I’m done with this technique I splashed some more with the powders on my mixed media background.
I cut some design paper to size and put it behind the photo. I placed the photo in the center of my layout. I cut out some flowers from the beautiful designer paper and slid them between and behind the photo with my cricut maker I cut flip flops from the design paper and place them between the flowers on me layout.
I grab the different summer die-cuts and make a selection of which ones I wanted to use on my layout. I carefully slide the die-cuts between the photo and the flowers.
Now It’s time to splatter some more with white acrylic paint . I stitch the edges of my layout with golden thread using my sewing machine. I am so happy how my layout turned out!
I hope I was able to give you some great ideas and wish you a lot of fun creating beautiful projects with this great collection! I want to thank you for stopping by on the blog today!
Wish you a lovely and creative day!
XoXo,
Jo
Hello CVS friends, it may be winter here in Australia but in my craft room it is summer! I am still using my sun kissed collection and loving it!
I was set the challenge to scrap lift Tarrah, it took me ages to decide on a layout as she has created so many gorgeous layouts. Finally I settled on this one.
And here is my take on her sketch (I may have taken a little creative license!).
I used a palm leaf cut file from the Silhouette design store. So I could lift it somewhat (so it didn’t appear ‘flat’, I cut one in white and then another (using the off set function) using the Sunny Days paper. As in Tarrah’s layout I used a project life card from the collection, I just repositioned mine.
Once I had added my photo I created an embellishment cluster tucking die cuts under my photo, adding wooden epoxy button and finishing off adding a clear sticker paint brush stroke.
I next created a tropical floral cluster, the larger one being a cut file and the others from the floral ephemera pack adding some of the flowers and leaves from the Puffy Stickers pack.
To finish off I added some puffy stickers on my photo, added a die cut ticket and then lightly splashed my layout with some white paint. If you like multiple photos you could replace the project life card and add another photo! Isn’t it mazing how different a sketch can look just by changing the collection!
Thank you for stopping by today and see you again soon!
I started by creating a mixed media background. I used thick white cardstock, added a lot of water and sprayed a few different Shimmerz paints (mostly Mustard Seed and Sweet Heart Vibez). I let the colors run and blend on the cardstock and also added a few splatters with a brush. I let it dry completely.
Gwen back on the blog today with a new share featuring the ‘Sunkissed‘ collection. For this layout, I asked everyone in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community on Facebook if I should add in some Mixed Media to my page… and the resounding answer was YES, so I’m adding it Gwen style which is a ‘clean mixed media’ look. I’ve gone with a bright pink colour as it really works well for this bright and happy collection. This layout documents this fun photo of my daughter and I on a recent family vacation.
To begin the page, I mapped out a plan for the layout design getting a clear idea of where my title and photo would go. From there, I added some mist through a 6×6 star-bust design stencil from my stash to my background. While my mist was drying, I backed my cut file (from CUT to YOU) using papers from the A5 paper stack and backed with 3D foam for dimension.
Next, I’ve used my sewing machine to add stitching to my background and photo and then positioned my cut file title and photo onto my layout base.
For the embellishments, I’m working with the larger pieces first such as the cute palm tree and clouds. The are from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera pack‘ and then I’m moving to the smaller embellishments like the ‘Puffy Stickers‘ and ‘Wood Epoxy Buttons‘. I’m working on three main embellishment clusters for this page, one above the right top corner of my photo, the second on the right hand side of my photo and the third one towards the bottom left hand side of my photo.
You can also see above my mixed media sun-burst from the stencil. I love how it’s a small detail but it adds a really fun element to the page. The Sun icon you see in the picture below is from the ‘Puffy Sticker pack’ and works so well with the clouds, the sun burst and palm tree on my page.
To finish up the page, I’ve added some typed sentiments from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet‘ which I have mounted onto foam tape for dimension as well as some small die cut hearts from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera Pack‘.
I’ve also made a YouTube video which you can watch here:
I hope you enjoyed seeing my creative process for this layout and it inspires you to pull out your supplies of the ‘Sunkissed’ collection and document a fun Summer holiday photo or two! If you are not already part of the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community on Facebook, I encourage you to pop over and join us.
It’s Mandy Melville, and I’m so thrilled to be back here on the CVS blog for the first time in over a year to share some inspiration with you all! Unfortunately I had to take a break from my design team commitments over the past little while due to increased work commitments, but when I was invited to re-join the amazing CVS Design Team recently, of course I couldn’t say no! I love being able to share these gorgeous products with you all!
For my first layout share, I chose to use the absolutely stunning Daydream collection! If I had to pick a favourite scrapbook collection of all-time, it wouldn’t be an easy choice, but I think this collection might just be it! The gorgeous colours and the beautiful florals make it such an enjoyable and easy collection to create with! It was so perfect for documenting this lovely photo that I took of my eldest daughter Abi recently.
I’ve been hoarding the lovely Daisy Dayspatterned paper since I first got this collection, but I decided that it was time to finally use it! If you’re familiar with my scrapbooking style, you’ll know that I LOVE fussy cutting, especially floral elements! So of course I couldn’t resist fussy cutting that beautiful floral wreath to use as the main element on my layout.
I started my layout layout off with a sheet of American Crafts white textured cardstock as my background, which you can now purchase from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio store! I then cut a 10 inch square out of the heart print All Aflutter patterned paper, and I cut a circle out of the middle of the paper about 8 3/4 inches in diameter. I adhered this patterned paper to my white cardstock, and added some machine stitching around the outside of it to give the page some additional texture. I also smudged some white gesso onto it to fade out the colour just a little bit, as well as a few white splatters. I then layered the fussy cut wreath on top, just adding glue randomly to allow some of the leaves and flowers to lift freely off the page.
For my title, I combined some alphabet stickers from my stash with the word ‘beautiful’ from the Die Cut Titlespack. I love these beautiful scripty die cut words, and they make adding a title to your layouts so easy! I adhered it using foam tape for extra dimension, (which you might know is another thing that I love to add on my pages!)
I double matted my photo using one of the papers from the A5 Paper Stack, as well as the woodgrain polaroid frame from the Die Cut Ephemera pack. I also included a doily from my stash in my photo layers which adds some extra detail and texture. Under the right hand side of the photo I tucked a tab from the Accessory Sticker Sheet.
Next I added a couple of little butterflies that I fussy cut out of the All Aflutter paper from the A5 Paper Stack, as well as some tiny flowers that I cut out of the Garden Variety paper. I finished the layout off with a few little phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet, which added the perfect sentiments to my layout about my beautiful girl.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout, and that you’ve found some inspiration. I look forward to sharing with you again here later in month. Until then, happy scrapping!
