It’s Sophie on the blog today with a new page to share!
This time I used the beautiful Daydream collection.
I wanted to use the wreath paper named “Daisy Days” for so long now. I fussy cut the outer side of the wreath and put most of it completely to the left of the “Garden Variety” patterned paper.
Then, I added some handstitched details to the leaves and flowers of the wreath, for a delicate extra touch.
I placed my photo in the center of the wreath and used the Daydream Die Cut Words for my title. I also placed a beautiful Puffy Heart next to the photo, and some fussy cut butterflies here and there around the page.
You can see more close-ups here:
This page came together in no time at all. It is very simple, but  sometimes all you need is beautiful patterned papers and a few embellishments to make your layout stand out.
Hey Crafty friends, its Michelle here today with a look back at my favourite layouts created for Cocoa Vanilla Studio this past year. I think in total I’ve made 30+ creations using the wonderful collections of CVS this year, so it was a little tricky to narrow it down to just a few favourites, but here we go..
Lets begin with this magical village creation from March using TheseDaysCollection
I loved creating the rows of houses to build a village. All fussy cut from the Neighbourhood paper. SO much fun!
Next up was this beauty, created back in February using the SunkissedCollection and inspired by that months Mood Board Challenge. The bright colours of this collection are still by far my most favourite of all time.
Another rainbow assortment of patterns and colour created in June using the HappyDaysCollection. Love me some colour blocking (if thats what you call it) on a layout. Love how this all came together in one magical colour explosion
Lastly one of my more recent layouts in November using the Heart & HomeCollection and our sweet fur babies. Another rainbow assortment of patterns and colour, but a little less in your face. The perfect mix of pattern and florals with a mixed font title to finish it off.
Well friends thats all from me today. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my favourites from the past year, let me know in the comments which one was your fave from the many I’ve shared with you all.
Until next time, Have a safe and fun end to the festive season, and Best Wishes to you for an even happier New Year. Thanks for all the love throughout the years, can’t wait to see what collections we get to play with next year!
It’s Sophie on the blog today with a new page to share!
I went for another Holiday layout as we seriously approach Christmas Day!!
I used the Merry & Bright collection and a white cardstock as my background.
I backed the photo with a beautiful diagonal stiped paper and placed a Pocket Card right next to it that serves both as my title and journaling.
I created a cluster of die cut Christmas trees all around it, with fussy cut flowers, a few ephemeras and a beautiful Flair Button from the collection.
I also added three Christmas ornaments and a label to stamp the date.
Here are more close-ups:
I love the result, and hope you do too!
Enjoy your Christmas holiday, I will see you again with a new layout in 2024 !!
Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a fun family layout using the new Heart & Home collection. I love this sweet photo collage style and squeezed five 2×3 inch photos on this page. Heart & Home perfectly matched these photos, and they perfectly capture my family and their love of food!
I created three columns in the center puzzling together photos, cut-aparts, and icons from the ephemera pack, fussy cut from patterned papers, and the puffy stickers. Along both of the sides, I spread out vellum florals, fussy cut florals, and dotted Nuvo drops.
I added word phrases from the cut-apart sheet and the 6×12 sticker sheet to add interest on top of and around my photos. Love adding these little messages to my pages! The gold foil titles add a stunning elegance to this layout and ties it all together.
The journaling for this layout focuses on the big milestone of this event, the first in my new home! Love family-focused collections and I had a blast playing with this one!
I hope you enjoyed this fun layout and it inspires you to try collaging your photos together!
Hello Hello, Michelle here with you today to share a super quick layout featuring the Heart& Home Collection. This Christmas creation came together using elements from the Collection that are just the right shades and patterns to pass as a Christmas Collection.
I’ve documented a photo of our House Elf Twinkle as I am running low on festive photos. I generally live in the moment at Christmas time and forget to pick up the camera.
I kept the background super simple and just layered some pattern paper strips together to create a base for the photo, with the addition of some string wrapped around them to hang a cluster of embellishments from. As there were no pattern/ colour clashes with the photo and collection used I was able to print it in colour at roughly 3.5×4.5 size. I adhered it straight to the paper stack using foam for slight dimension.
I added cut apart pieces to the photo and the large cluster to the left of photo, then created bunches of floral pieces in 3 separate clusters around the top half of the photo/ paper layer stack.
The florals and leaf stems are perfect colours for Christmas Scrapping, without using the traditional style of christmas products. These colours together represent a soft Christmas themed palette compared to the brighter more traditional colours.
Once I added the tag to the twine I tied it up in a bow and added tiny glue spots to keep the strings in formation
I created the title using some of my beloved white alpha stickers from years ago, altering them with some glitter glue for a touch of sparkle, plus some mini alpha stickers and handwriting for a more personal touch
Lastly I splattered the entire layout with gold ink and called it done. Heres a final look at the entire layout…
Well friends thats all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by.
I hope you all have a magical festive season with your loved ones, and that you can squeeze in a little crafty time here and there.
Hello crafty Friends! Can you believe it’s December already and we are only 10 days till Christmas? It’s a very last call to make and send christmas cards so I have few ideas to share with you today. I am a great procrastinator and I keep pushing things from my “to do” list to the very last possible day it can be done. Making my cards is no different. That’s why I need to be efficient and fast in making them. Today I have a set of four cards to show you, all made with super cute “Joyful” collection from past years. But worry not – my tips can be used for any other collections too!
Let’s start with card bases. I never have enough of premade card bases as I simply do not make that many cards, so it’s pointless for me to keep bulks of them. Instead, I came up with this quick fix – I am using paper sheets from A5 Paper Stack! This way my card base is colorful and pretty on the outside, and white in the inside. I simply fold the paper in half and card base is done! Just remember to pick patterns that look good both horizontally and vertically so, let’s say your christmas trees, won’t be tilted to the side on the folded base. I picked four different papers for all of my cards.
For each card base I later picked another pattern paper from A5 Paper Stack for the card front. In case of this card, it was papers with cute, little trees. They inspired me to create my own, bigger tree! I simply cut strips of another, darker green pattern. I then trimmed each piece to be slightly shorter then the previous one and glued them to the front of the card. You can create christmas trees in many colors! It doesn’t have to be green. Final step was to add presents under the tree using cute Puffy Stickers and some stars on the tree that look like a ornaments. I mixed Chipboard Stickers and Golden Puffy Stickers from the same collection.
Second card features some christmas greenery cut out from one of the 12*12 patterns. I just arranged them on candy cane pattern paper vertically and finished the card using Golden Puffy Titles stickers as a sentiment. Few golden stars here and there added even more festive look. This technique is perfect if you are running low on embellishments but still have plenty of papers left. Especially the ones that can be used for fussy cutting!
This card has more fresh color palette and I once again reached for fussy cutting to get more embellishments. I found this “falalalala” word in my Ephemera Pieces and I knew I wanted to use it at the center on the card. To fill the empty space around it, I added some stars that I fussy cut from one of the papers from A5 Paper Stack. I finished the composition by adding even more, smaller stars from Chipboard Stickers and Golden Puffy Titles Stickers.
Last card I made features sentiment strips from 6*12 Stikecrs Sheet. I used up most of the sheet but I still gor left those gold foiled words. So I decided to add a lot of them on one card. They look like a speach bubbles coming out from the mouth of a christmas bear. I also added some presents at the bottom of the card. Another quick and easy composition!
How do you like my tips and ideas for christmas cards? I hope they will help you create your own handmade cards. Thank you so much for spending your time with me. See you soon!
It’s Kel back with you today, sharing a Christmas page with the Joyful collection.
A few weeks ago we celebrated an early Christmas with some of our family and I captured these super cute pictures of my youngest son…. so fun! Here is my page..
I started my page with creating 2 large circles…one smaller than the other and stuck them down to the page. I added some stitching to the smaller circle before sticking it down.
I decided to go with a diagonal design, using one of the cut apart papers for my title which says ‘Oh what Fun’..
The animals in this collection are so cute! From the chipboard pieces I used a deer and a squirrel and a fox from the ephemera pack.
To my top photo I used a diecut from the ephemera pack and a sticker from the Accessory Sticker Sheet.
To the bottom photo I added a diecut to the top of my photo, a frame from the ephemera pack, then to the left I added two presents…one chipboard and one from the ephemera pack.
To finish my page I added some stars cut from a patterned paper and some tiny stars cut from gold glitter paper down to the diagonal of the page….love this finishing touch!
I hope you enjoyed my page and you are starting to get in the Xmas spirit!
Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here with a fun and funky grid layout using the cut-apart sheet from the No Limits collection to scrap FIVE photos on one page! Absolutely love this mix of patterns, it was perfect for these pictures from out trip to the hands-on museum. This is a busy layout, but one of the ways I made this layout a little more cohesive was to mirror the top left corner with the bottom right.
Another fun idea was to use cut-apart cards from the second cut-apart sheet in the collection to layer on top of the first! The “You Rock My World” and Always Be Your Awesome Self” came from that second patterned paper and helped me to limit the color scheme of this page. The clusters on the open rectangles are a mix of chipboard, ephemera, and puffy stickers with fussy cut stars on the edges. The trio of tickets in the middle was a fun detail for a museum trip!
This bottom left side of the grid holds the title because the two photos that I loved the most ended up on the bottom row. Added to the die-cut title “Awesome” are borders of fussy cut stars from the Nebula patterned paper. Love all the elements that made it onto this page, especially the chipboard planets!
I especially liked this part of the grid with a rocket ship bursting from the “Out of this world” chipboard piece. It was a fun way to incorporate a science themed icon in this museum layout. The photos I’ve spread out throughout the grid are all so energetic and bold that I just had to use this equally bold collection.
I hope this layout inspires you to give your cut-aparts a second look and find new ways to use them! If you’d like to see how “Awesome” came together, check out the process video below:
Welcome to today’s Cocoa Vanilla Blog! Once again, I’ve drawn inspiration from the beautiful Heart and Home collection by Cocoa Vanilla. This collection has delightful and fresh colors that inspired me. Today, I wanted to shine a spotlight on the gorgeous and elegant gold word die-cuts. By arranging the words in a stacked manner with a bit of overlap, I created a playful and eye-catching title.
To begin, I cut three circles from white cardstock and chose a vibrant yellow patterned paper to fill them in. The middle circle may be a bit elusive because I ultimately decided to place the lovely photo of my daughter and me in the center. On the left side, I crafted a cluster of flowers and butterflies. I choose die-cut flowers and some hand-cut blooms from the beautiful patterned paper, I added a touch of whimsy with strategically placed cut-out butterflies.
For the title, I incorporated the playful arrangement of gold word die-cuts, complementing it with a word strip and adorable puffy alphas. Additionally, I placed some puffy hearts throughout the layout. I love incorporating various elements and materials into my layouts to add depth and interest. To finish it off, I added distress splatters in the lovely Speckled Egg color. I find this shade to be a perfect match for the light blue-gray tones present in this collection.
Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope this layout has sparked some inspiration for you. Looking forward to seeing you next time with fresh ideas! Have fun, and until next time.
Hello Hello, Its Michelle back here today with a new layout share featuring our Beautiful Heart & Home Collection. For todays layout I thought I’d create something with our furry family members Daisy & Sonny, so a mixed pattern/colour combination it was.
I began by cutting into the magical A5 Paper stack that just keeps on giving to create squares in 2.5, 3 & 3.5 inch sizes to create a mixed “grid” effect on the background. I distressed the edges and adhered to the cardstock using foam for a little dimension and texture. As someone who doesn’t use much mixed media, I use other techniques to give layouts character as I just can’t handle the flatness without it.
I printed the photos of our sweet furry family members in colour and adhered them to some of the woodgrain pattern paper from the A5 paper stack. I added a little more texture by tearing along the bottom edge. These sweet little pups are so very loved in this house, but that sticker bottom right sums them up well. They’re both completely nuts lol
Before I added any of the embellishments I created the title using a word from the Gold Foil Title pack, handwriting and a mini cut apart piece from the A5 version of the Gather paper.
And then created a fussy cut florals cluster using the A5 version of the BOUNTIFUL paper. I layered the different pieces with my usual adhesives – double sided foam tape and tacky glue. I created mini clusters all over the page using similar elements in each as seen in the next couple of close ups…
Once I felt all the clusters were complete I added in tiny florals, mini puffy hearts, gold ink platters and dots
Here’s a final look at the whole layout
Well Scrappy friends, thats all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by.
