Foam Title Stickers

Sweet Heart | Storyteller collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today, and I’m so excited to be sharing my first layout featuring the gorgeous new Storyteller collection! I absolutely adore the beautiful colour palette, the sweet images, and of course the pretty florals in this collection! It is definitely going to be a fave of mine! For my first layout I decided to document a photo of my eldest daughter from about ten years ago. The reason I haven’t yet scrapped this photo is that I’ve never been able to find a girly collection that matches the reds and blues in the photo… until now! The Storyteller collection was perfect, and I’m so glad to have this sweet photo of my daughter documented!

I always find it hard when I get a new collection to just start cutting straight into the 12×12 papers. So for my first time playing with these beautiful products, I decided to make use of the A5 Paper Stack. I chose four different designs from the A5 papers and cut them to various widths and layered them together down the left and right hand sides of the page. I also matted my photo with one of the A5 papers and adhered it over the layers on the right hand side. I used craft foam to adhere it to make sure that it would stand out from the various patterned papers behind it.

Of course I couldn’t resist fussy cutting some of the florals clusters from the Spring Fling patterned paper to embellish my page. If you don’t enjoy fussy cutting, the good news is that this collection includes a Floral Ephemera pack which is full of lots of beautiful flowers and leaves. I started my embellishing by creating a cluster on the bottom left hand corner of the photo. I included one of the fussy cut florals, as well as a camera from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and a little banner from the Accessory Stickers. For some extra interest and texture, I added a Wood Epoxy Button to the centre of the flower.

I created a second cluster in the top left hand corner of the page, using another fussy cut floral, as well as a Chipboard banner. I again added a Wood Epoxy Button to the centre of the flower. Repeating elements like this in your embellishment clusters helps the layout to feel balanced and cohesive.

To complete the visual triangle, I created one final cluster on the top right hand corner of the photo. I made this one a little smaller and again included a fussy cut floral cluster as well as a Die Cut butterfly. To add interest to this cluster I tucked the flower underneath the edge of the photo and layered the butterfly on top.

For my title I couldn’t go past using the beautiful ‘Sweet Heart’ words from the Foam Title Stickers. I love the way the black title contrasts against the bright colours on the page, and the scripty font is just so pretty! I positioned my title in the white space in the middle of the page. This helps to draw the viewers eye from the cluster in the top left down to the one on the bottom of the photo. Underneath the title I added some typed journaling strips.

To finish the layout off, I added some Die Cut hearts around the clusters on the page. I also added one black foam heart from the Foam Title Stickers to each of the clusters, which again helps to emphasise the visual triangle and draw the viewer’s eye around the page.

Thanks so much for joining me here today. I hope that you found some inspiration. I can’t wait to share some more projects using the Storyteller collection soon!

Mandy x

Chill out | Sunkissed Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello, hello! Welcome everyone. It’s Anna here with a brand new page to share with you. I know that you poor Aussie people are just few days only until winter starts but we, on the top of the world, are just entering summer, which makes me soooo happy. It was time to pull out summer lines, including wonderful “Sunkissed” collection. I must admit, I am running a little low on some elements from it, but I still have plenty to make few more pages! I had a perfect photo in mind to scrapbook – beautiful sunset over the Atlantic Ocean. Colors of the photo are very warm and water doesn’t seem blue anymore, more like grey with a purple tint. I wanted to scrapbook it with a very warm color palette choosing mix of yellow, orange, pink and red. Perfect color combo for any sunset!

I had a perfect paper in mind called “Summer lights”! I cut it into smaller rectangles and turned them into a bunch of tags using corner puncher and tag hole puncher. I wanted to create a frame around the page with them. My initial idea was that a background paper will be white to contrast better with saturated tags, but after I tried it, I decided it’s just too much difference. I reached for tried and true Distress Oxide inks in Mustard seed, Spiced marmalade, Ripe persimmon, Pink Raspberry and Candied apple colors and blended them into the strips of colors creating similar patter to the one I just cut into tags. Weird move, I know, but my mixed media background was still lighter than the printed paper and I could add some water splatters for more texture.

Next step was to glue down the tags on the edges of the paper arranging them in similar color pattern than the background. I only applied glue as a thin strip on the bottom of the tags so I was able to lift the top part, creating extra dimension. I could also tuck ephemera pieces behind them!

After all of the tags were in their designated spots, I trimmed down the excess part, that was peaking behind the edge of the background and I started creating a composition. First, glueing down the photo in the bottom right corner, surrounded with palm trees from Ephemera Pack and some flowers from Flower Pack.

Next I added a title. Thanks to the beautiful Glitter foam titles, I didn’t have to think much about it and I simply chose one of the phrases. Yellow color stands out nicely on red and pink background. I also added two cute glitter hearts that are added to the title stickers. Few flowers, hidden behind the tags and some sun and clouds on the top of the page and my composition was almost done!

Last step was to add few puffy stickers here and there (I had a hard time using them as I just want to hoard them forever) and word strip from 6*12 stickers sheet. Few white splatters were the perfect finishing touches. And voila! Page is done. I love the warm colors of it.

That is all for today! Thank you so much for spending this time with me. I hope you like my project and it inspired you to make your own background. You can choose any theme with this kind of design!

See you in two weeks <3

XO Anna

Welcome to Paradise | Sunkissed Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a fun summer layout using the gorgeous Sunkissed collection! I love multiple photo layouts, so this month’s multiple photo focus was definitely my jam! I think these three 3×4 inch photos that beautifully illustrate my oldest son’s friendship with my brother. Love how the vibrant colors in Sunkissed perfectly capture the playful mood of these photos! Using a rainbow strip from the Fun in the Sun paper, along with some fussy cut flags, I created a fun L-design in the top left corner of this layout, which created a lovely border for my grid of photos.

I particularly love this large cluster on the right where I layered a fussy cut floral cluster from the Growing Wild paper behind a rainbow and ticket from the ephemera pack. It’s such a fun corner cluster that accents the main focal image perfectly. The labels in this collection are so perfect for tucking a little bit of journaling anywhere on the layout too!

As a finishing touch, I dug into the glitter foam titles for this ‘happy’ and then added hearts to my other two clusters to tie in the beautiful gold tone around the page. The little starfish seemed like a lovely accompaniment in front of it! A little bit of splatter and Nuvo around my clusters finished this one off! Such a fun layout.

I hope this layout inspires you to try a multiple photo layout, as well as look at the cut apart papers as opportunities for extra embellishments! If you’d like to see how Welcome to Paradise came together, be sure to watch the process video below.

NEW Storyteller Collection | Reveal & Giveaway!

Hello everyone and happy International Scrapbooking Day!  What better time to reveal a brand new collection??

I collaborated with my long time friend, Traci Reed, on this collection and I just love how it came out! Traci and I have worked with each other since back in 2006, and I just love her style, so I was super excited to work with her on this beautiful collection…  I hope you love it as much as I do!

This hobby that we all love so much is dedicated to telling our stories, and this collection encompasses that beautifully!  With a mix of sweet imagery and gorgeous colours, this collection is full of versatile goodies that will make your pages shine!

This collection will start shipping to our wonderful retailers later this month – May 2022.

There’s a chance for you to WIN the full collection, so read on to find out how!

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For a chance to WIN this gorgeous collection, just leave a comment below telling us what you think of our new Storyteller collection!

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Winners will be announced shortly after this date.

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Thanks so much for joining me today, and I hope you enjoyed seeing our new collection… Enjoy the spoils of iNSD with lots of shopping and have a wonderful weekend!

♥ Zoe

Bloom & Grow | Unforgettable Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with an Easter layout using the gorgeous Unforgettable collection! These sweet pictures of my daughters opening their Easter baskets were just perfect for this colour scheme. I split my photos into two clusters along the horizontal line of my background. I used a the frame from the ephemera pack and backed it with paper from the A5 paper stack, then tucked it behind one of the photos.  Adding florals and a camera to finish off this cluster, then a few butterflies for movement.

On the right side, I added a cut-apart piece and clustered floral and ephemera circle behind that photo. Along the side, I added a tab, camera, and butterfly, as well as clear stickers to create a base layer under the other pieces. I love the mixed media style clear stickers for just this kind of accent.

I love these foam titles and just had to use ‘Bloom & Grow’ for this layout. It was the perfect sentiment for my darling girls who are growing like weeds! Layering the clear stickers gives the appearance of depth behind the title and photos.

I hope this layout inspires you to play with clear stickers in your layering, they can provide excellent bases for clusters! If you’d like to see how Bloom & Grow came together, check out the process video below:

 

Happy Together | These Days | Lina Monaco

Hello Beautiful Friends,
Lina here today on the blog and YouTube channel featuring a layout I created using the These Days collection and the very colourful and inspirational mood board for the month.
You’ll be able to click HERE to be taken to YouTube to watch the process video for this layout.


The mood board this month is filled with lots of brightly coloured and fun Spring and Easter goodness. I drew my inspiration from all the colour and florals. I just could not resist! And using the These Days collection to create was just perfect in my opinion.


I started with a white sheet of cardstock and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a circle in the middle that roughly measured 8×8 inches. Then I adhered my white cardstock to the lovely butter yellow gingham paper called Home Grown. The combination of the yellow gingham and the white cardstock made this background feel so light and airy. I then cut a circle frame with the patterned paper, Family Ties, to anchor the circle and give it more weight.


Next, I went to town and used alllll the florals, foliage, and butterflies. Using the Floral Ephemera, I created a (semi) frame around the circle to create somewhat of a wreath effect.


I (carefully) arranged my florals around my frame being extra generous on both the right and left sides. I finished off the layering with lots of foliage and butterflies that just add extra dimension. I also took this opportunity to add metallic gold thread behind my popped up photograph for a different type of texture.

For my title, I used the Foam Title Stickers and chose the words happy and together… voila`! My title easily came together, easy peasy! I also added some Wood Buttons and adorned the frame with teeny tiny hearts from the Puffy Stickers.


I had lots of fun creating this layout because of how bright and colourful the mood board is. It really out me in the mood for Spring and beautiful weather. I hope you’ll use the inspiration yourself and show us what you create with it.

Thanks for stopping by!
xoLina

Love this cute face | These Days collection | Josefine vd Hoeven

Hello creative Paperlovers,

Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! It’s Josefine here showing you a new scrapbook layout. My assignment for this layout is, use an older Cocoa Vanilla collection. I chose the “These Days” collection. The beautiful soft colors match perfectly with the spring weather that is coming.This photo of my son has been a while. But his dreamy look he still has. I enjoy seeing these moments reflected in photos. They are beautiful and happy memories that I like to use for my scrapbook projects.Today I’m going to tell you how I made this layout.

I grab a 12×12 white cardstock paper and choose the colors of Distress Oxide I want to use. The colors I chose are, antique linen, fossilized amber, worn lipstick and spiced marmalade. I start by blending the Distress Oxides and use my blending tools. I start with the color antique linen. Then fossilized amber, spiced marmalade and lastly worn lipstick. I gently blend the colors together and the soft tones in my background come more and more to life. I splash some more with the different colors of distress oxides. Now it’s time to decorate my layout with the awesome collection “These Days” and the cute picture of my son.

I cut three hexagons from the pattern paper and stitched the edges with gold sewing thread. I also cut the photo into the shape of a hexagon. I placed the hexagons in the center of my mixed media background and begin making clusters around the hexagons.

I used different metal dies sets for the leaves and twigs. Some leaves I stitch with gold and white sewing thread. I like lots of little different details in my layouts. I select several die-cuts and along with the leaves and twigs I make clusters on both sides of the hexagons. I use the cute wooden buttons as additional decoration.

I combine the title for this layout with the black foam words and the colored mini alpha set. I find it fun and playful to make titles with different alpha sets. The title for this layout is “Love this cute face”. It is now time for my signature and splash some white splatters around with white gesso that I mixed with a little water. I love the festive effect the white splatters give.

I also splash some water droplets on my mixed media background. I let them soak in the Distress Oxide ink for a while and then I dab the drops with a piece of kitchen roll. I love the effect of water splashes on the oxide background!

I hope I was able to inspire you with this mixed media layout today. I had a lot of fun creating the mixed media background. The “These Days” collection is a fantastic collection and can be used for many different themes. I wish you a very happy and creative day and until next time on the blog! Thank you so much for stopping by.
XoXo, Jo

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

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!

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

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