I used the Storyteller collection to document this lovely photo of my dog Fiona waiting for her very best friend to arrive!
This month’s theme is “Tell a story”, and that was my focus on this page as I highlighted my cute little story by printing it on a Pocket Card and framing it with one of the frames included in the Storyteller Ephemera pack. Have you notice that it seems like Fiona is looking at the frame? That’s why I placed the journaling frame on the upper left side of the page.
I used my favourite paper of the collection “Brighter Days”, cut it into a big scalloped border and placed it on the right side of the page, adding a zig zag stitch in matching thread between each stripe.
I stamped the letters for my title with an alphabet stamp from my stash for the words “The Wait” and added the “Story” Chipboard sticker to complete my title.
Then, I embellished the page with beautiful floral die cuts and butterflies. I added two Wood Epoxy Buttons and a few Nuvo Drop dots as the finishing touch.
Here are more close-ups:
As you see, focussing on a story doesn’t necessarily have to occupy a lot of space on a layout. Presenting it as a focus point, or even like an embellishment, will guide the eye easily towards it and make it stand out beautifully!
I hope this was inspiring for you, thank you for passing by.
It’s Sophie on the blog today for Throwback Thursday!
I used the Legendary collection for this page!
I wanted to document a little fishing trip that my son had a few weeks ago. I had the idea to use cute fish cut files from Just Nick Studio to help me with my theme.
I started with a thick white 8,5×11” cardstock and used many mixed media products to create beautiful shades of blue to mimic the sea. I backed the fish cut files with different patterned papers from the Legendary collection, mounted them on foam adhesive and placed them on my blue mixed media background.
I machine stitched around the edges of the 8,5×11 cardstock and backed it with a green cardstock before adhering it to the beautiful “Wild One” rainbow paper.
I added a few layers of papers and tissue paper behind my photo and placed it on the right side of the layout.
My title comes from the Legendary Die Cut Titles, mixed with some letters stamped with an alphabet stamp from my stash.
I decorated the page with a few embellishments from the Legendary Die Cut Ephemera pack, a flair button, plenty of white acrylic splatters and some sequins from my stash.
Here are more close-ups:
I adore this masculine yet very colorful page! I hope you do too!
Happy Wednesday my friends,
We’re half way through the week and I am more than happy to share with you a layout I created with the Daydream collection. It was just perfect to document the photo of my husband and myself. If you’re looking for the YouTube process video, you can fine it HERE on the Cocoa Vanilla channel.
I jumped right in and used quite a few pieces of cardstock from the collection kit including: Sunshower (both sides), Up in the Clouds, and Over the Rainbow. I also layered in a white piece of cardstock for some contrast and to break up all the patterns. My photo is matted with papers from the A5 Paper stack and then mounted on some dimensional foam for height and depth.
I wanted to create a visual divide of floral between the vertical papers and my background paper. I used the Die Cut Ephemera and layered tons of pretty florals to create this effect. Then, using the Die Cut Titles, I selected the words “Life is Good” and layered those right between the papers and florals. This is a different placement for me with the title but I am liking the play of placement.
I then added a few clusters of embellishments around my photo. I also tucked in some metallic gold thread behind my photo as well as created a nest of thread for the Flair Button to sit in. Using the type stickers from the Accessory Stickers, I picked out a few and added them onto my Polaroid frame to give me a sub-title.
Lastly, and to finish off my layout, I added some sequins from the Sequins & Florals packet and some metallic gold paint splatters and called this layout done! I hope you enjoyed today’s layout and if you’d like to see a more in-depth process, you can click the link above and watch it on YouTube ☺️
Hi Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here with a fun layered layout using the incredible new No Limits collection.
I am absolutely loving how perfect this collection is for all those bright and colourful photos of my kids! I had a couple of photos to document of my son winning a school award last year, so I started with Spark 12×12 patterned paper as a background. I love the mixed media effect around the border of this patterned paper.
I was very drawn to the cut apart side of Eclipse 12×12 patterned paper so I cut out several of the brightly coloured 3×4 inch pieces to begin creating some layers of patterned paper as a base for my photos and embellishments. I also chose one of the double sided 3×4 cards for this, then distressed all the edges of my 3×4 rectangles before placing them in an overlapping pattern.
I placed my photos on top of my patterned paper base and began to think about embellishments. I started by laying down some of the circular elements from the accessory stickers and the die cut ephemera in three places around the layout to start my embellishment clusters. I then built up the clusters with more die cuts, adding in some of the beautiful star shapes in the collection.
I finished off the embellishment clusters with a scattering of puffy stickers and a trio of wood epoxy buttons to add some extra textures and dimensions. I added some of the adorable tiny word phrases from the accessory stickers to each of the embellishment clusters.
Finally, I used some of the large letters from the chipboard stickers as a title, placing them above and below the main design to draw the eye through the centre of the page. I’m so happy with how this layout turned out! I hope you enjoyed joining me today and have a wonderful day. Happy scrapping!
Hi Cocoa Vanilla Studio fans! Danni here with another layout featuring the fabulous new No Limits collection.
This time I chose to use the A5 paper stack and my hexagon punch to play with some geometric patterns. I punched out a handful of hexagons from my favourite papers.
I started with white card stock as a base and added some clear gesso to prep the paper for some wet mixed media painting. Once that dried, I added some colour with some hybrid inks, watercolours and white acrylic ink.
Next, I took my punched hexagons and added some extra detail with fineliner pens and some hand-stitched chain stitch around the edges. I arranged them at the top and bottom of the page. I printed my photo in a hexagon as well using photoshop. The photo went right in the centre of the page, popped up on dimensional foam.
For my title I took the ‘Epic’ piece from the chipboard stickers, then finished it off by fussy cutting the word ‘Fun’ from one of the pocket cards. I love adapting these little cards for fun titles!
To embellish I took a handful of the die cut ephemera and sprinkled them around on top of the hexagons. I followed this with details from the wood buttons and the tiny puffy stickers, plus some tiny words from the accessory stickers.
I love how fun and colourful this one turned out to be! There is a process video linked below on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel if you would like to watch the layout come together. Happy scrapping!
I used the beautiful DayDream collection for this sweet page of my dog Fiona sleeping like an angel!
I had the idea of creating mini envelopes with my Cutting Machine in different patterned papers from the 6×8 Paper Stack. I adhered small Velcro pieces to the second and third envelope so that they could open and close easily. I let the top one open and placed a tag with my journaling in it. I added a Puffy Heart on the other two.
My background paper is the gorgeous Over The Rainbow patterned paper.
I teared a big chunk of thick white cardstock for the center of the page and two strips of the Happy Place paper beneath it.
I mounted my photo on foam adhesive and created a beautiful floral cluster on the bottom of the photo and envelopes. The flowers are from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, and cut out of the Garden Variety paper.
I added a Flair Button and fussy cut butterflies from the All Aflutter paper.
I am sharing a layout created with the colorful Happiness collection !
I played with some Lindy’s Stamp Gang magical powders and shakers and a lot of water on a thick white cardstock for a colorful mixed media background. I let it dry completely.
I went for a vertical design today, and my starting point was the little pink frame that comes in the Die Cut Ephemera pack.
I created several frames and squares that I placed together under and around my photo. I machine stitched on a few of them.
I printed my photo in color as it is quite neutral. I added tissue paper and adhesive foam behind it.
I printed my journaling directly on a rectangle cut out of a paper from the 6×8 Paper Pad.
I used the Happiness Die Cut Titles for my title and subtitles.
Finally, I embellished the page with a few beautiful Die Cuts. I fussy cut the blue butterfly out of the “Little Things” patterned paper. I added a Flair Button, a few Clear Sticker hearts and some sequins from my stash.
Here are more close-ups:
I love the end-result and hope you do too !
Thank you for stopping by, and I will see you again soon !
I centered them in a horizontal line on a white cardstock and added a gold machine stitch on the Advent paper. I distressed and curled up the edges of each paper.
I used a black and white photo of our sweet dog Fiona in front of our Christmas tree. I mounted it on adhesive foam and added tissue paper behind it.
I used two pocket cards from the Joyful collection Pocket Cards pack on each side of the photo, printed my journaling on velum and added it to the right card.
My title comes from the Joyful Chipboard stickers. I stamped the word “my” with an alphabet stamp set from my stash.
I created two big floral clusters that are from the Joyful Die Cut Ephemera pack and some fussy cut out of the gorgeous Tis The Season patterned paper. I also created leaves with a leaf punch from my stash.
I added a gold ribbon bow and a few white leaves that are from a JustNick Studio cut file.
Finally, I added a few Joyful Puffy Stars, a Wood Button from the same collection and numerous gold crystals from my stash.
Here are more close-ups:
Although Joyful is a Christmas collection, It is so versatile and easy to use for other kind of projects !
I hope this was inspiring for you ! Thank you for stopping by, and happy crafting !
Hi Cocoa Vanilla Studio fans! Danni here with another layout using the incredible new Joyful collection to document a treasured holiday memory. I love how the soft colours in this collection highlight the bright reds in my photo without competing with it as the main focus of the layout.
I started by using some of the smaller patterned papers in the A5 paper stack to back the candy cane cutfile by COAPA Cutfiles. I chose pink and white for the candy cane, red and green for the holly and that gorgeous mustard for the bow. I cut the cutfile in black cardstock to help it pop against the soft pastel colours. I also went ahead and matted my photo using the A5 paper stack papers.
I chose the gorgeous soft pink plaid pattern of the Advent 12×12 patterned paper as my background. I love how the subtle pattern adds interest while the soft colour prevents the background from being too busy. I added some additional details to the background with delicate green, pink and mustard ink splatters.
Once I had my photo and cutfile positioned on the page, I could go ahead and incorporate all the smaller elements. I couldn’t resist using the ‘Hey Santa’ title from the puffy gold title stickers for this photo – it was simply perfect! I added a couple of the small phrases from the accessory stickers below my title in place of journaling.
I created three small embellishment clusters around my layout to draw the eye around the page. I started with pieces from the chipboard stickers to begin building my clusters because I wanted to include a chipboard candy cane in two of the clusters to mirror my cutfile. I built up my clusters using a combination of presents, leaves and little animals from the die cut ephemera as well as the puffy stickers. To finish my clusters I added a wood button and some coiled gold thread to each one.
To tie in the black of the cutfile to the rest of the layout, I used a black pen to outline some of the die cut ephemera pieces and to add a sketchy border around the outside of the layout. As a finishing touch I added a sprinkling of shiny gold stars from the puffy gold title stickers randomly around each of my embellishment clusters.
I hope you enjoyed joining me today! I absolutely adore how this layout turned out. There is a process video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel linked below if you would like to watch the layout come together. Thank you so much for reading and happy scrapping!
Hello Friends. it’s Anna here and it’s time for another Throwback Thursday. I recently dug up some older masculine collections from CVS and I decided I need to use them up finally. You know I usually am a bigger fun of flowers and pink so I still had plenty of papers and embellishments to play with. I went bold with this project, cutting into dozen of papers, using up to the last bit 5!!! sheets of 6*12 stickers and 3 sheets of transparent stickers! I am so proud of myself for putting those old goodies in good use. Ladies and gentlemen – I present you a big boy album with a mix of many CVS collections:
Can you name all of the lines I used here? I think I managed to squeeze in every single masculine collection that was ever released at Cocoa Vanilla. You can finds bits and pieces from: “Flying high”, “You rock”, “Boys rule”, Totally rad”, “Legendary” and “Made of awesome”. Most of them are no longer available in the store but “Flying hight”, “Made of awesome” and “Totally rad” were released as digital versions too! So you can print yourself as many papers and elements as you wish.
My album is sized 21*21 cm and it holds 5 pages inside. Each page has some flaps or pockets to hold many photos at 10*15 and 13*18 cm size. There is also plenty of room for a journaling and other keepsakes. I made everything from scratch starting from the cover. I used false leather with a wooden print to make album more durable. I mixed it with kraft cardstock that seemed to work better with all those patterns and colors.
Colorful papers are so joyful and fun – perfect for a little boy album. Even though they are from different collections, they still look good and cohesive together. I am not going to lie – I used so many 12*12 sheets here but I also managed to squeeze in many smaller paper scraps. However I was holding those papers for years and they totally deserved to shine and bring joy to someone.
I embellished my pages with a lot of various embellishments like ephemera pieces, 6*12 stickers, transparent stickers, chipboard stickers, washi strips, flair buttons, wooden elements and resin stars. All of them comes from the collections I listed previously. To be honest, many of them were stored in one bag together as a “boy stuff” that I can no longer tell which collection they belong to. It doesn’t matter though. I am just happy I managed to use up as many of them. It always feels so good to throw away used up sheet of stickers. Does it feel this way for you too?
Some of the pages are more “fancy” with shakers filled with sequins or transparent foil piece. They serve mostly decorative purposed but I can imagine it will be more fun for kids to browse through this kind of album. Hidden spots, pockets, magnets make the album more interactive.
Making this album took me few days for sure (much more hours than I planned) but it was such a great experience. It’s not filled with photos as it will be a gift for my friend and her little boy. I even added his name on the back of the cover.
I hope it will bring her joy and adding photos will be a great dive into memory lane. This is the essence of scrapbooking for me! Now it’s time for a girl version, don’t you think? I still have some of the boy collection left so I will be able to make few mini albums too. There is a chance you will see them here :)
Photos will not give justice to this album so I recorded a flip through video for you. You will be able to see all the flaps and pockets this way.
Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in November.
