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Fun + Sun | Sunkissed collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new Summer themed layout featuring the gorgeous Sunkissed collection.

Who doesn’t love a cute kid in an even cuter swimming costume right? This photo is of my youngest niece and I just love it! The Sunkissed collection was the perfect collection to document this photo.

I decided on the ‘B’ side of the Bright Side paper for my background, trimmed it down and adhered it to a plain sheet of white cardstock. I then chose a title cut file from CUT to YOU, cut that out from white cardstock and then backed it with the Summer Lights patterned paper. Once the cut file title was backed, I added craft foam to the underside and and then adhered it to the top of the page, I did leave the S and U in the word sun with adhesive though as I knew I wanted to tuck in the sun behind the letters. To do this, I fussy cut out the sun from the Fun in the Sun patterned paper, I tucked it behind the letters and then bent up the edges to add some texture to my page.

On top of the title, I took some of the pretty florals from the Floral Ephemera Pack and adhered them in their corresponding colours, so the pink one is layered on top of the pink section in the patterned paper and the yellow flower is on the yellow paper. I cut out another of the journal cards from the Fun in the Sun patterned paper tucking it in behind the photo. I love how this journal card added some colour against the dark background and bought out the colours in the photo a little more. I adhered the photo on top using craft foam to add some dimension nd create some depth and shadows on my page. I also cut out the phrase from the same paper that says ‘Love This’ and layered it over the journal card. I also took one of the gorgeous gold glitter foam titles and placed it above the ‘Love This’ phrase.

On the right hand side of the photo, I took that super cute swimsuit die-cut, added craft foam underneath and adhered it right next to the photo. I took some floral and leaf pieces from the floral ephemera pack and tucked a few in here and there to add some extra interest to the page. I also took some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet and placed these around the page to help tell the story. I added a few of the gorgeous puffy hearts and lastly stamped the date stamp and sprinkled some drops of white mist around.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Just Chillin | Sunkissed collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I have a new layout to share featuring the gorgeous Sunkissed collection! This collection is so bright and happy! There are lots of cute ice cream icons in this collection and I knew I had the perfect photos to scrap of my eldest son when he was 5 years old eating an enormous ice cream!

My layout was definitely inspired by those ice cream icons, I knew I wanted to use the pocket card as part of the design. I began by taking a piece of the orange ombre paper from the A5 paper stack and building most of the design on top of this paper. As I used a white cardstock background, I needed a bright colour to help give all the elements a lift. I also added some strips of the Sunny Days 12′ x 12′ paper to the top and bottom of the layout.

As my photos are small, I was able to add 3 to the page, I used craft foam underneath the photos to pop them up off the page. I just love the expressions on his face eating the ice cream! To add some interest, I took some more of the papers from the A5 paper stack and punched the edges with a scallop border punch, I then tucked these into the top and bottom and the left edge of the orange ombre A5 paper. I pulled lots of pieces from the die-cut ephemera pack including the banner, the large ice cream die-cut, a rainbow, a couple of pennant banners and some hearts. I added these around my photos and to help with the design of the layout.

I also had to add a foam gold glitter title and some hearts in the same too. I love how the gold gives the layout some extra oomph! To embellish further, I created some small clusters of embellishments around the page adding some clear stickers, a wood epoxy button, puffy stickers and accessory stickers too! I pretty much added one of everything to the page lol! I typed some journalling onto some scrap pieces of cardstock and then cut them into strips. I am really liking journalling strips right now!

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?!

Make sure you check out the Cocoa Vanilla online store to get this amazing Sunkissed collection! Or you can ask a local stockist to get it in for you!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Summer Love | Sunkissed | Rachel Lowe

Hey crafty friends, it maybe cold and gloomy outside but it is summer in my craft room! I love the colours of Sunkissed collection so much and so before These Days arrived (which I can’t wait for) I am happily creating away remembering summer!

The folded heart (rosette heart) is a cut file from the Silhouette Design store. I oversized mine as I wanted it to be the feature on my layout. I used the Growing Wild paper to create the hear. I used the left over paper strip (using the floral side) of the Growing Wild paper, tearing at the top and bottom of the strip. Before adhering my white cardstock I tore another paper strip from the Summer Lights paper using the pink part of the ombre paper and tucking it under my floral strip. Finally to soften I add a 7x 5 inch strip of Vellum paper tearing at the bottom only.

I next added my folded heart, I used a wet glue to ensure it wasn’t going to move or lift. I have used a 4×4 inch square photo which I matted onto a square of Feelin Fine  paper. 

I have created embellishment clusters in a triangle configuration with my photo at the centre. This is important to do when you are using ‘busy’ patterns and ‘bright’ colours. I added a small cluster of flowers (using the Floral Ephemera pack), adding some gold thread and finishing off with one of the gorgeous Wood Epoxy Buttons.

Under this embellishment cluster I added another, using the fruits from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and finishing off again using another, but smaller wood epoxy button.

I created a large and cascading cluster of the gorgeous tropical flowers from the photo flowing onto the vellum and white cardstock. Again I added gold thread under the outer flowers. To create dimension some were added over others with foam tape. I also added clear NUVO jewel drops on some of the centres and leaves. I added two phrase sentiments from the die cut ephemera pack.

I used one of the words from the Glitter Foam Titles and curved it gently around the top of the heart.

And there you have it one super fun summer layout and of course you could use a larger photo and add two smaller ones over the heart. Thank you for stopping by and happy creating!

Rachel X

 

Feelin’ Fine Together | Sunkissed Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle back here today with a new rainbow inspired layout share. I’ve been itching to make something with all the patterns and colours from the Sunkissed collection since it arrived, and even though theres similar layouts out there I just couldn’t myself. The papers practically stuck themselves down haha

I started by cutting and tearing pieces of almost all the patterns within the A5 paper stack, plus a couple from the 12×12 papers. Enough to create a bunch of strips in different sizes to layer together down the side of the page. I originally had them overlapping the edge of the right hand side from top to bottom, but then changed direction after I created the background on cardstock.

I made the Rainbow background using shimmer inks and plastic packing technique to create a watercolour effect, and then ended up covering most of it with the paper strips. Its always a shame to cover up something so pretty.

The photo I’ve documented is a family snap from a couple years back that I realise now as Im typing this I’ve already scrapped. Haha Does this happen to anyone else? You can see in the close up above that Ive sewn through a majority of the paper strips to add a little extra detail to the layout. I’ve also adhered some of the strips using foam tape to give them a little dimension. This made adding the photo a little tricky as it needed different depths of foam adhesive to fit over all the layers.

I backed the photo with the pretty rainbow splatter pattern paper that you can find in the A5 paper stack.

I created the title with the ‘Feelin’ Fine’ piece from the 12×12 cut apart paper – Fun in the Sun, plus one of the last remaining gold glitter title words I have left. I might have to add more of these packs to my collection as I just love them! Both title pieces worked perfectly in rainbow order, right where I needed them to be.

At the top left of the paper strips I created a pink cluster, in line with all the pink coloured strips. I’ve used a mix of florals, stickers, puffy stickers and bits from the cut apart papers

And then I replicated the cluster at the bottom within the blue hue section also. The florals I’ve used are from the Floral Ephemera pack, something I’ve not even touched as I was so floral fussy cutting crazy on previous layouts.

Heres a closer look below at all the layers created with all the pretty paper strips.

 

Well friends thats all from me today. Thank you so much for stopping by to see my latest rainbow inspired layout using the Sunkissed Collection. I’m sure I’ll be back again soon with yet another rainbow creation, as I just cant help myself. This collection is just so perfect for that kind of scrapping.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x

Getaway Memories | Monthly Challenge | Sunkissed Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle here with a new layout share inspired by the May Monthly Challenge Board. This board for May – Slice of Summer – designed by Gwen, is full of bright rainbow colours with a fruity kick. I could have gone in so many directions for this layout, but in the end this is where I ended up….

Inspired by the rainbow paint, circular fruit bowl and the bright rainbow colours of the glassware from one amazing Mood Board! I’ve used the awesome Sunkissed Collection for its bright colours and summery floral patterns.

 

I started with the Summer Sun cut file from CUT to YOU (designed by Gwen) and cut only the outer piece of the design on white cardstock. I added vellum to the rays as I new I would be layering the cut file piece over some form of ink splatters.

Using the inner circle as a rough guide in the middle of a fresh piece of white cardstock, I added splatters of bright inks in rainbow circular order using the plastic packaging technique and sprinkled splatters using the straw out of the spray bottle. This was so fun to create, and a shame that I covered so much of it up with all those florals!

Once the background was dry and the cut file was stuck down I added the photo. A black and white snap from the last Cocoa Vanilla Studio Creative Escape Retreat in 2019 when all was right in the world and we could travel carefree. I layered the photo with pieces of pattern paper from the A5 paper stack ( Feelin’ FIne and the blue version of that awesome Leopard print pattern from Growing Wild). I tucked in a tag from the Fun in the Sun paper and sticker from the Accessory Stickers sheet.

To the left of the photo I created one massive floral cluster using my beloved fussy cut florals from the Growing Wild paper and a banner from the Fun in the Sun paper. I layered these with different forms of adhesive tapes to give the flowers dimension. I also added a wood button and puffy heart to finish of the mix

Above the photo I created a second cluster using similar florals and items to the other cluster. I do this on all my layouts to give them a cohesive look

Lastly I added a title using the awesome GOLD Glitter words and a sticker from the accessory sheet and then finished it off with spatters of gold ink.

Well friends, that’s all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to get your entries into the album in our CVS Community Facebook Group. We love seeing how you all interpret the boards each month and the Sunkissed collection is perfect for this board!

Until Next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle xx

Schools Out | Sunkissed Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle back here today with a new layout share featuring the sweet Sunkissed Collection. I am absolutely obsessed with the colours of this collection, and as usual I’ve used more of those beautiful florals. The entire layout came together pretty quickly as I was chasing daylight to get it done, so theres no messy mixed media on this creation.

I went back in time to the end of last year with some last day of school photo documenting. Leila was so very happy to be done with last year, but more because of the endless amounts of screen time she thought would be happening HAHA.

I’ve used the Pocket Cards pack in place of pattern paper across the top of the layout. The 3x4inch size is not only perfect for pocket pages but for backing photos and using for title pieces on larger layouts too.

I printed my photos out as 3×4 size then cut the edges down slightly before distressing them with an old nail file to give them a white edge. I added ephemera bits to both photos before ‘stringing’ them across the page with the other cards.

I added white alpha stickers to the card on the right to spell out most of the title and finished it off with a gold glitter foam word, my most favourite embellishment within this collection. I sewed through the letter stickers to ensure they stayed put in years to come. Theres a sticker tag, ephemera bits and some florals tucked into the top to fill in some white space.

Under the title I created my main floral cluster using fussy cut flowers from the Growing Wild paper, layered with different forms of adhesive for dimension and finished with a wood button.

Along the bottom of the layout I added a strip of pretty hearts from the Feelin Fine paper then machine stitched through it. I created another mini cluster using more florals, wood button, ephemera pieces and a label from the Fun in the Sun cut apart paper. Lastly I added my usual sprinkling of gold colour shine, which I might cry about when its all gone..

Well friends thats all from me today. Thanks so very much for stopping by to see my newest creation. I’m really enjoying creating with the Sunkissed collection and loving everything your all sharing with us across social media.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x

Schools Out | Sunkissed Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle back here today with a new layout share featuring the sweet Sunkissed Collection. I am absolutely obsessed with the colours of this collection, and as usual I’ve used more of those beautiful florals. The entire layout came together pretty quickly as I was chasing daylight to get it done, so theres no messy mixed media on this creation.

I went back in time to the end of last year with some last day of school photo documenting. Leila was so very happy to be done with last year, but more because of the endless amounts of screen time she thought would be happening HAHA.

I’ve used the Pocket Cards pack in place of pattern paper across the top of the layout. The 3x4inch size is not only perfect for pocket pages but for backing photos and using for title pieces on larger layouts too.

I printed my photos out as 3×4 size then cut the edges down slightly before distressing them with an old nail file to give them a white edge. I added ephemera bits to both photos before ‘stringing’ them across the page with the other cards.

I added white alpha stickers to the card on the right to spell out most of the title and finished it off with a gold glitter foam word, my most favourite embellishment within this collection. I sewed through the letter stickers to ensure they stayed put in years to come. Theres a sticker tag, ephemera bits and some florals tucked into the top to fill in some white space.

Under the title I created my main floral cluster using fussy cut flowers from the Growing Wild paper, layered with different forms of adhesive for dimension and finished with a wood button.

Along the bottom of the layout I added a strip of pretty hearts from the Feelin Fine paper then machine stitched through it. I created another mini cluster using more florals, wood button, ephemera pieces and a label from the Fun in the Sun cut apart paper. Lastly I added my usual sprinkling of gold colour shine, which I might cry about when its all gone..

Well friends thats all from me today. Thanks so very much for stopping by to see my newest creation. I’m really enjoying creating with the Sunkissed collection and loving everything your all sharing with us across social media.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x

Fun in the Sun | Sunkissed Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle back here on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog with a new layout featuring our sweet NEW Sunkissed Collection. I’m still loving the bright fun colours of this collection, and yep those florals make another appearance

I created another mixed media background using some green and teal inks, smooshed together using my go to piece of bubble wrap plus a few extra splatters. I created vertically across the layout within the top 2/3. I used some of the cute heart paper ‘Feelin’ Fine’ as the main pattern paper, with hints of the blue version of ‘Fun in the Sun’ florals from the A5 paper stack. Both sections of pattern paper have machine stitching around the edges for a little extra detail.

The photo I’ve documented from 2019 is a cute moment when we visited the local rock pools. This was a time when Mario and Luigi came everywhere with Leila, but she didn’t have enough hands to carry everything while discovering creatures, so had left them safely sitting on a dry area on the rocks. I layered the photo backed with some papers from the A5 paper stack on top of the larger section of pink heart paper, then created a large floral cluster to the left using fussy cut florals from the ‘Growing Wild’ paper and floral ephemera pieces 

Love a good floral cluster, as most of you would guess from almost all of my layouts. OOH and how cute are the new puffy stickers that Zoe has added to this collection!!

And excitement PLUS that the Wood Buttons have made a comeback! I think I shared my excitement for them in a previous post too

I used the awesome new Gold Glitter words for the title, so many cool phrases to use within the pack too.

Over on the right I created a cluster of more florals, made a tag using the cute rainbow spot paper from the A5 paper stack and the matching journal card from the ephemera pack. I added the flip flops from the ephemera pack as we were at the beach and another of the cool puffy stickers. All pieces within both clusters either side of the layout were adhered using foam tape and glue dots for different heights of dimension.

Here’s another look at the final layout. I’m really impressed with myself for creating yet another layout with a mixed media background, even if it was just the simple plastic packaging technique.

 

Well friends thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you have enjoyed seeing my newest creation as much as I enjoyed creating to share it with you. Be sure to share your latest creations using the sweet Sunkissed Collection with us in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Group on Facebook. We all love seeing what you come up with!

Thanks all from me for now. Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle xx

Together | Sunkissed collection | Tarrah McLean

  Hi crafty friends!

           It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am very excited to be sharing my first scrapbook layout featuring the AMAZING, brand              new Sunkissed collection! Wow this collection has everything you could imagine when you think of Summer. It is stunning                  and is perfect for not only Summer projects but everyday projects too!

I decided to cut the gorgeous Good Vibrations paper using a Sunburst design cut file by CUT to YOU. I love how this turned out! I adhered the entire cut file lightly to a plain white cardstock background, I then pulled up the positive piece so that it left the large pieces of the sunburst design. I can use the skinny positive piece of the cut file on another project another time. I added some craft foam underneath the bursts also to give the layout some dimension. I also curled the edges of the paper using my fingertips to add some extra texture.

The photo I am documenting is one of myself and some scrappy friends dressed up for the Hawaiian themed dress up night at the 2018 Cocoa Vanilla retreat held in Coffs Harbour. It was so much fun and we looked the part with our grass skirts and headbands! It also helped that we picked the cute bridge to pose on! Under my photo I layered one of the 3′ x 4′ cards, an accessory sticker and a frame from the die-cut ephemera pack. I used lots of goodies from the die-cut ephemera pack on this layout! It was one of those cases where I did not know when to stop!

I am so excited to have puffy stickers and the wood epoxy beads back in this collection! I added 3 of the wood beads amongst some of the die-cuts and near to my photo to help draw the eye towards the photo. Below my photo I added one of the glitter foam titles, this was the perfect title for my page. I also added 2 small glitter foam hearts in strategic spots to create a triangle design on my page. This is an important design element when creating a layout and I like to try and accomplish this each time I create a layout. The phrase/word stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet are the perfect last minute addition. I added a few of these to help tell the story and enhance my design. Lastly I stamped the date stamp to document the date the photo was taken.

 

I hope you enjoyed my first layout created with the amazing Sunkissed collection! Make sure you check out your local store or your favourite online store for this collection! You absolutely NEED this in your life! Its stunning! Also keep an eye out for BEAUTIFUL projects coming up by my fellow design team members!  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

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