Joyful

Simple christmas cards | Joyful Collection | Anna Komenda

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!

XO Anna

Joyful | Joyful collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new Christmas layout featuring the gorgeous Joyful collection!

I have documented another gorgeous photo of my niece from a Christmas photo shoot when she was younger, I just love this photo so much! The Joyful collection was perfect for this photo with the super cute animal icons, I was able to add the adorable reindeer, bird, squirrel and rabbit.

I chose the ‘B’ side of the Deck the Halls patterned paper for my background, I love the teal and stars on this paper! I trimmed it down and adhered it to a plain sheet of white cardstock and then added machine stitched border around the edges.  At the top of the page, I placed one of the blank rectangle stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet and layered some puffy stickers over the top. I wanted to make a large cluster in the centre of my page and decided to first choose a Cambridge doily to lay down first, I love the softness and texture that this brings to the layout. I then layered some of the 3′ x 4′ journal cards under the photo and adhered these down on top of the doily using craft foam to add dimension. At the top of the journal cards, I added my Joyful title from the gold puffy titles. These are sooo gorgeous! I love the different word choices and that you can mix it up if you want to! I placed one of the glitter gold stars and one of the banner puffy stickers!

 From the Very Merry patterned paper, I cut out the Magical Moments phrase and adhered it below the photo and I placed one of the word stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet above the photo.  On the right of the photo, I added some embellishments including the round journal spot from the Accessory Sticker Sheet, a stocking from the chipboard set, some candy canes in die-cuts and puffy stickers, the super cute bunny puffy sticker and one of the lovely epoxy wood buttons.

 On the left of the photo, I placed the gorgeous reindeer chipboard piece and layered both a star and a bird puffy sticker. I love to layer embellishments on top of other embellishments! I also tucked in behind the reindeer, another candy cane die-cut and placed one of the glitter gold fabric stars too.  Did you spot the pretty sprinkles of gold and white over the page? That was done using gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine and some white mist is by Dylusions. I just unscrewed the cap off the top and lightly shook the nozzle to add the sprinkles.

Under the photo, I tucked in one of the tags from the Accessory sticker sheet and tied a bow with some twine through the hole. I also placed more phrase and word stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet and also the cute squirrel sticker too. I also placed some of the small puffy stickers here as well. Such small details can really make a big impact on a page, although sometimes small embellishments are subtle, they really can make a difference to a page.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you are inspired to get crafting with your Cocoa Vanilla Christmas collections!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Wonderful Memories | Joyful | Josefine vd Hoeven

Hello Paperlovers, welcome to today’s scrapbook blog from Cocoa Vanilla Studio! I’m so thrilled to have you here. I’ve got another round of scrapbook layout inspiration for you, and this time it’s all about the Christmas spirit. For this layout, I’ve designed using the incredibly beautiful and adorable Christmas collection, “Joyful,” from Cocoa Vanilla Studio.

 

 

To start off, I cut a circle from the white cardstock sheet, which will serve as my base. I choose for a mint green patterned paper as the background for this Christmas ornament. I added a stitched border around the circle using white thread and my sewing machine. Placing the Christmas photo of my hubby and me in the center of the circle, I used red patterned paper as a backdrop.

 

 

I selected lovely embellishments such as puffy stickers, wooden buttons, cut-out flowers, and leaves for the clusters. I created a cluster beneath the photo and on the upper left side. Then, I made a bow from a soft light salmon-colored ribbon and attached it at the top of the circle. I also created a loop with the same ribbon to give it more of a Christmas ornament appearance. I positioned the die-cut “Oh what fun” between the bow and the loop, creating a delightful effect that draws more attention to the bow.

For the title “Wonderful Memories,” I used the golden words from the “Joyful” collection, complemented by a second gold alphabet from my own stash. I added a few small puffy stars here and there, followed by some festive splatters created with white gesso and Distress Oxide in the color “festive berries.”

 

 

I’m delighted with how my Christmas ornament turned out, and this fantastic Christmas collection adds that extra bit of sparkle to my December memories. I hope I’ve inspired you with this layout and wish you an wonderful Christmas with your loved ones. Cherish each other and create beautiful December memories.

XoXo, Jo

 

Oh What Fun | Joyful Collection | Kellie Moore

Hi CVS fans, welcome back to the blog.

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!

Happy Creating!

Kel x

Ho Ho Ho | Joyful Collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share a new layout using the ever-beautiful Joyful collection. This is my all-time-favourite Christmas collection! I absolutely love the colours, and the embellishments are so sweet – especially those cute little woodland creatures! I documented a couple of photos from last Christmas of my youngest daughter and my Mum.

I started my layout off with the Deck the Halls patterned paper as my background. I then cut a 6 inch circle out of the same paper, this time using the reverse side, and adhered the circle to the centre of my page. This provided a focal point on the page for me to build my layers on top of. I printed my photos at 3×4 inches and matted them with a paper from the A5 Paper Stack. I positioned the photos, along with a Pocket Card across the middle of the page, adhering them at an angle to give them a fun and whimsical look.

I created two embellishment clusters on the layout, positioned diagonally from one another in order to keep the layout feeling balanced, and to draw the viewer’s eye through the photos. The first was positioned below the photo on the left, and it includes a fussy cut floral cluster, as well as a cute deer, a present and a banner, all from the Die Cut Ephemera pack. I adhered the deer with foam tape to help it to pop off the page, and to give the cluster some extra dimension and interest.

For the second embellishment cluster, I used another fussy cut floral, as well as a Die Cut bird and a Chipboard banner. As in the first cluster, I also added a Wood Epoxy Button to the centre of the flower. Here you can also see the Die Cut phrase – Ho Ho Ho – that I used as the title for my layout.

To finish the layout off, I added a few Gold Puffy Stars around the page.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout featuring the Joyful collection!

Mandy

December | Joyful collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

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

I know, I know its still November but who said we couldn’t document Christmas all year round right? I know some people would not agree lol! I don’t know about you, but Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year to document memories, this photo is of our big Christmas tree from last year. I love this photo as it reminds me of beautiful times spent with my family.

I started by choosing the ‘B’ side of the Feeling Festive patterned paper to use for my background, I trimmed this piece down and adhered it to a plain white sheet of white cardstock and machine stitched a border around the outside to add some texture. I then cut out a cut file from CUT to YOU also using plain white cardstock. The A5 paper stack was then used, choosing several of the papers from it to back each letter in the cut file. Once the cut file was all backed, I adhered it slightly to the left on the ‘B’ side of the Feeling Festive paper. I cut strips out of the Holly Days paper and the Very Merry paper and adhered these vertically to the left of the cut file. I like how this helps to ground the cut file. Usually I adhere my cut files using craft foam however this time I knew I wanted to use craft foam on lots of the elements on top of the cut file.

I adhered my photo on the right of the cut file using craft foam and layered some of the Journaling Cards underneath,  I then added some die-cut pieces from the Ephemera pack and some Accessory Stickers and Puffy Stickers here too. I like to add embellishments near my photo to help draw the eye to the photo. You can see in the image above the shadows that using the craft foam creates under the photo, I love how this looks! It also allows for lots of tucking of embellishments as well. Above my photo, I placed some of the word and phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet, I love how these help with journaling and telling the story.

To balance out the heavy right side where my photo is placed, I decided to add the gorgeous die-cut Christmas Tree from the ephemera pack to the left hand side using craft foam, I added one of the gold puffy stars to the top of the tree and also layered more of the word and phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet, on top of the tree. I added some more gifts under the tree using puffy shapes and die-cuts. In the centre, I placed the FaLaLaLa die-cut, a banner sticker and another phrase sticker. I also pulled out some of the chipboard and added some of the pretty gold stars and I also added the Santa Hat to the top of ‘D’ in the December cut file.

In the centre of the ‘D’ in the December cut file, I took one of the circle stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet and added one of the gorgeous wood epoxy buttons to the centre of the circle. Once all the bigger elements were added to my page and I was happy with all of the placement, I took a look at my layout to see if I was happy with it and if I thought it was finished. I can very easily overdo it sometimes and never know when to stop but I added just a few smaller embellishments like more gold chipboard stars and some Accessory stickers to finish. I also stamped the date stamp which is what I do on all of my layouts, its one of my signatures that I always like to do!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope I have inspired you to pull out your Cocoa Vanilla Christmas collections and start creating some of your past Christmas memories!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Ho Ho Ho | Joyful collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share a new layout featuring the ever-so-sweet Joyful collection. I’m still documenting our Christmas memories and for this page I chose to scrapbook a few family pics from our annual tree decorating day. Of course I couldn’t go past using the lovely Joyful collection with it’s fresh colours and super cute woodland creatures.

My favourite patterned paper in this collection is the gorgeous Holly Days paper. I’ve already created two other layouts featuring the beautiful wreath from this paper, but I love it so much that I wanted to use it again for this layout! I started with this paper as my background and used the wreath design to frame my three square photos. Each of the photos were matted with a different patterned paper from the A5 Paper Stack to help them pop off the page, and one of the photos was adhered with craft foam for extra dimension.

I fussy cut some additional flowers from the beautiful Tis the Season paper to add around the wreath. This again helped give the layout some additional movement and dimension. I embellished around the photos with various die cuts including the cute little squirrel and a banner with the phrase ‘The most wonderful time’.

In the centre of a couple of the flowers I added a Gold Glitter Puffy Star. I love the extra sparkle and pizzazz that this adds to the page! Perfect for a Christmas themed layout! For my title I chose the ‘Ho Ho Ho’ chipboard sticker.

I created a little embellishment cluster at the bottom of the wreath that includes a sweet reindeer die cut and a couple of gifts. To add the date to my layout I used a label from the Accessory Sticker sheet. A sprinkling of die cut, puffy and gold stars were the final finishing touches to the page.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! I’ll be back later in the month with another project to share!

Mandy x

Yummy! | Joyful collection | Sophie Delorme

Hey Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie on the blog today with a new layout to share!

I used the beautiful Christmas collection “Joyful” for my page.

I wanted to use this cute cut file from Nic Squirrell that I bought on the Silhouette Studio store a while ago. I cut it on white cardstock and backed it with several patterned papers from the collection.

Before adhering it to my background cardstock, I created a mixed media background with pinks and gold from different inks from my stash. I also added white splatters. I let everything dry completely and added my cut file and black and white photo, both mounted on adhesive foam, on top of it.

I grounded everything with two pieces of teared patterned papers that I stitched down with gold thread.

I printed my title with alphabet stamps from my stash, and decorated around my photo and food mixer cut file with fussy cut stars and floral die cuts, all from the same collection.

Here are more close-ups:

I hope that this was inspiring to you!

Thank you so much for stopping by, and happy crafting!

Sophie

Home | Joyful Collection | Danni Visser

Hello Cocoa Vanilla studio fans! Danni here with a fun take on one of my previous Cocoa Vanilla layouts – that’s right, I am scraplifting myself today! The layout I chose to scraplift is one of my favourites and was quite a fave among the Cocoa Vanilla Studio community as well. I made that layout using the incredible These Days collection which is still one of my absolute favourite collections to date. Here is the layout I scraplifted:

I stuck pretty close to the original layout, using a white background and textured paper hearts using patterned paper. I used the Joyful collection because the colours matched my photos beautifully, and I wanted to use the gorgeous stripes in the Holly Days 12×12 patterned paper. I started by cutting that paper into strips and distressing the edges. Next I cut two large heart shapes from plain cardstock by folding it in half and drawing a half-heart shape on one side, then cutting it out. You could also use an electronic or manual die-cutting machine if you wanted. Once I had my hearts, I layered my paper strips onto them working from the bottom up, adhering them as I went.

Once I had both hearts covered in strips and allowed them to dry, I flipped them over and used the back side of the shape to trim off the excess paper. I used my fingers to fold and roll the edges of the paper strips a bit more, as they had flattened a little in the glusing process and I wanted lots of texture! I jazzed up my background a little by adding lots of ink splatters in different shades of pink and green, plus some metallic gold (I may have gone slightly overboard on the splatters!).

Once the ink was dry I adhered my hearts down and added my photos on top. I added some dimensional foam to the back of my photos, particularly where they hung over the edges of the hearts, because the hearts are quite dimensional with all those paper layers.

Now I could decorate, the best part. I took ‘Tis the Season 12×12 patterned paper and fussy cut a bunch of the gorgeous florals. I made sure to get some large bunches as well as some smaller flowers and leaves, plus some teeny tiny blossoms and buds to sprinkle. I created three clusters of florals – one below my photos, one on the opposite side of the layout and one between the two heart layers. I tucked all the tiny leaves and sprigs between the blossoms.

I stamped the date onto a label from the accessory stickers in charcoal ink and layered it under my photo slightly. I also added a pretty gold-foiled tab sticker beside it for good measure. You can never have too much gold! From the same stickers I selected three tiny word phrases that were not Christmas-specific (even though Joyful is a holiday collection, this photo was taken in June and it works perfectly for non-holiday layouts). I sprinkled these among my flroal clusters and below my photos.

Finally I used the puffy gold title stickers to add a few tiny gold stars to each of my embellishment clusters, and the title ‘Home’ on top of the smaller heart. I hope you enjoyed this scraplift as much as I enjoyed making it! There is a process video linked below on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel if you would like to watch it all come together. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

Christmas Morning | Joyful Collection | Danni Visser

Hello Cocoa Vanilla Studio friends! Danni here with my final Christmas layout for the year (until the festive season rolls around again of course!) and naturally I had to use the amazing Joyful collection to round out my festive scrapping.

I still had a bunch of the gorgeous Christmas trees from this collection left, both die cut ephemera and chipboard stickers, so I decided to make a little tree scene using these along with some patterned papers. I started with Deck the Halls 12×12 patterned paper as a base for my layout, because I knew all those tiny trees would be a great backdrop for my embellishment trees. I laid down a layer of white acrylic paint in the centre of the page to soften the pattern and allow my elements to stand out better.

To finish off the background I added a bunch of ink splatters in forest green, a soft red and lots of bright metallic gold. While my paint and ink mediums were drying, I went ahead and hand-cut three tree shapes from the A5 paper stack papers in different shades of green. I did this by folding rectangles of paper in half lengthways, drawing a tree outline on the outside fold in pencil, then cutting out the shape. Super easy!

Next I arranged my trees on the background where I liked them, then sewed a line of machine stitching straight down the middle of each, along the fold line, to anchor them to the page securely and add some texture. I tucked my die cut ephemera and chipboard sticker trees in amongst the paper trees, then arranged my three 3×2’ photos of Christmas morning along the bottom of the cluster with dimensional foam to lift them up.

For my title I took the beautiful gold foiled ‘Christmas’ title piece from the chipboard stickers and added it along the bottom of my photos. I finished it off with some kraft stickers from my stash and a tiny word phrase from the accessory stickers. I also added two more tiny words from the accessory stickers around my photos.

I wanted to decorate my little trees, so I took the puffy stickers and added some tiny gifts beneath the ephemera trees, some candy canes and leaves to the paper trees and added some gold stars from the puffy gold title stickers. Finally, I topped my trees with a gold chipboard sticker star and some tiny wood epoxy buttons.

I hope you like this layout today – I am thrilled to bits with how it turned out. There is a process video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel linked below if you would like to watch it come together. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

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