Kellie Moore

You make me smile | Storyteller | Kellie Moore

Welcome back to the blog CVS friends!

Today I have another layout made with the gorgeous ‘Storyteller’ collection.

For my layout today I wanted to incorporate alot of the patterned papers as a base for my background.

I started with the ‘Oh my Heart’ paper as a base for my page. While this paper is gorgeous, I needed to add something with it to tone down the busyness that would then allow my pictures shine. I decided the subtle yellow paper ‘Little Love’ would be a great addition so decided to add it on an angle …this really add an interesting format to my page.

i have used two pictures of my hubby and I today, both set at a slight angle. I used a small strip of the navy patterned paper from the ‘A5 paper stack’ to ground my photos to the page.

I decided i wanted my title to sit directly under my photo on the left and I used some of the black ‘Foam title stickers’ for this…..LOVE!

I really want to make a focus of the florals on my page so I used a mixture of the florals from the ‘Floral Ephemera’ pack and some fussy cut ones from the ‘Spring Fling’ paper. I put these to the top left and bottom right of my photos and had a few flowing down around my title.

To finish of the bottom of my page I added some of the ‘chipboard pieces’ ….butterflies and hearts for the win! Not to mention some of the ‘puffy stickers’…these hearts are perfect, I could add them to anything! To add some interest above my photos, I used a few of the stickers from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet’….perfect sentiments!

I hope you enjoyed todays share and you are enjoying the new Storyteller collection as much as I am!

Till next time!

Kel.

So Sweet | Storyteller | Kellie Moore

Welcome back to the blog Cocoa Vanilla fans!

Today I am sharing my second page using the new ‘Storyteller’ collection and these colours are my jam! I find them so easy to use and the whole collection can be used to cover so many different subjects…the choices are endless!

For my page today I started with wanting to make a statement background that featured many of the patterned papers, so out came the A5 paper stack. I chose a few different patterns and decided that I really wanted to bring in more of the red so I pulled a piece of red cardstock from my stash to add into the mix and went crazy cutting out 1 inch squares.

I decided to make a big star with the squares so I used a piece of cardstock to cut a star then stuck down all of the squares onto the star, trimming off all of the excess paper. I then decided to add some more texture to my page by adding some hand stitching to some of the squares…love me some texture!

Next I wanted to add some paper layers behind my photo so I HAD to use the woodgrain paper that matches so well with the hat my little boy is wearing in the photo….and I also added a paper doily to give some separation between my star and my photo.

Now that the base of my page was done, it was time to get some embellishments down, and of course I needed some of the gorgeous florals, so I used a mix of the florals from the floral ephemera pack and some that I had cut out from the ‘Spring Fling’ paper. I positioned them to the top left and bottom right of my page to draw the eye down through my photo.

Next, to complete these clusters, I added some of the butterflies from the ephemera pack and some of the gorgeous ‘wooden buttons’ ….LOVE!

Now, I just need to add my title so the words ‘So Sweet’ from the foam title stickers were just too perfect not to use… so I placed it below my picture and my page was complete!

I hope I bought you some inspiration today, and you are having as much fun with Storyteller as I am.

I will be back next month to share more with you.

Happy Scrapping!

Kel.

 

 

Love Our Story | Storyteller | Kellie Moore

Hey friends and welcome back to the Cocoa Vanilla blog.

Today I am back to share my second page using the new Storyteller collection…. here it is….

When I sat down to create, I was really drawn to the script chipboard words “Love Our Story” so I decided that was what I was going to use for the title of my page. I substituted the ‘our’ word for some smaller alphas from my stash as they fit better with my design.

The photo I am scrapbooking is the our first photo as a family of 5….and I really do love our story….. Ollie was the icing on our cake.

Once again I have been loving hand stitching on my pages…. so I diecut some hearts from the A5 paper stack in three different sizes and layered them up, adding the stitching which brings so much texture to my page.

 

I always love the woodgrain papers in CVS collections, so today I used the ‘Cross it Off’ paper as my main piece… neutral but effective in popping off all the colours I was using…to add more detail I used a scalloped border punch to add strips down the sides from the navy paper found in the A5 paper stack.

To finish off my page I added some butterflies from the ‘Fly Away’ patterned paper, a camera cut from one of the ‘Pocket Cards’ and some word phrases from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet.’ I thought the bottom of the page was a bit empty so I cut out the hearts from the border strip found on the ‘Story Time’ paper and made a strip along the bottom of the page combining them with the ‘Puffy Stickers’.

 

 

That’s it from me today, I hope you enjoyed this page and it has inspired you to get creating with this GORGEOUS Storyteller collection.

Thanks for popping in!

Kel x

 

 

 

You are Awesome | Storyteller collection | Kellie Moore

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Cocoa Vanilla blog.

Today I’m sharing my first page using the new ‘Storyteller’ collection and it was so fun and overwhelming to jump into a brand new collection with so many things to choose from ….does anyone else have trouble making decisions when faced with ALL the choices?!

First, I decided on the ‘Cross it off ‘ paper to use as my base…I love a subtle grid for a background.

I decided to use a cutfile for my title so pulled out the A5 paper stack to back the letters….no having to cut into the 12×12 papers!! To help make the white of the cutfile stand out I added another  piece of the ‘Cross it Off’ paper behind it.

To give some dimension, I added foam tape behind my title.

I loved these pics of my son from several years ago being a ham in front of the camera and his clothes were a perfect match for this collection. As they were action shots I decided to cut my photos into silhouettes so they added a fun element to my page. Next I chose a frame the Diecut ephemera pack to add under my sons pic to ground his photo to the page, and stop it look like he was floating.

I love the cameras in this collection and added one between my photos. To add some texture to my camera I added the inside of a ‘Wooden Button’ to the lens… I like the pop of yellow! I also added a sticker from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet.’

Give me all the puffy stickers in a collection, and the hearts and dots in this range wont disappoint you….so fun! I added some either side of my two photos.

I hope you enjoyed my page today and are looking forward to getting this collection in you hands…it’s not too far away now!

Happy Scrapping!

Kel x

 

 

 

My World | These Days collection | Kellie Moore

Good morning everyone and welcome back to the CVS blog.

For today’s layout I thought I would pull out the ‘These Days’ collection from my stash and create a more feminine page to share with you.

I had an idea of wanting to create a design with multiple photos on my page and I managed to squeeze 18 photos on….. I have never done this before and am really happy with the result.

I decided to print off a bunch of photos of my husband with myself and all of the kids. To keep the page from getting too busy I decided to print my pictures in black and white.

I wanted to create a focal point for my title to sit on so I cut out a globe cut file and used papers from the A5 paper stack to back it.

To fill out the globe I cut out a heap of the florals from the ‘Homegrown’ paper and some of the houses from the ‘Neighbourhood’ paper. For the florals, instead of sticking them flat to the page, I simply used my hands to bend the petals slightly then glued the centres down. I finished the clusters off with some of the hearts from the ‘Clear Stickers’ and some of the word phrases from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet.’

I finished the clusters off with some of the hearts from the ‘Clear Stickers’ and some of the word phrases from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet.’

 

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you have been inspired…maybe you could try getting 18 photos on a page?!

Happy Scrapping!

Kellie

Rad Times | No Limits | Kellie Moore

Hello CVS fans and welcome back to the blog!

I am so excited to announce that I am now a full time design team member of the Cocoa Vanilla Studio design time and I am so blessed with this opportunity.

For today’s layout I am again playing with ‘No Limits’….I seriously can not get enough of this collection.

I am documenting a story of my son being in isolation recently when he was unwell. I wanted to highlight his headphones so I used a cut file to tell that part of the story and backed them with a bunch of the different patterned papers, both from the 12 x12 papers and the A5 paper stack.

I love the hand icon in the No Limits range so I cut this one from one of the Pocket Cards and added my title using the Die Cut Titles.

I loved cutting apart the ‘Nebula’ paper so I could use ALL.THE.STARS on my pages. I added these around my page to draw the attention to my photo.

I also used some of the Wood Epoxy Stickers and Puffy Stickers…..who doesn’t love these?!

I have been trying to get better at adding journalling to all of my pages….this time I cut down a pocket card to add next to my photo. These cards are so versatile and can be used in so many different ways…don’t be afraid to cut them up!

I hope you have been inspired by my page today. Keep creating and documenting those memories.

Happy Creating!

Kellie

Total Legend | No Limits collection | Guest designer – Kellie Moore

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to my last post as Guest Designer for Cocoa Vanilla Studio. For today’s layout I decided to showcase lots of the patterned papers from the ‘No Limits’ collection to create a pie chart effect. I love to do this type of design when I want to use lots of different patterns.

When designing a page like this, I like to stick to more of the “B” sides to make sure the patterns aren’t competing with each other and making the page too busy. I added in the Nebula paper to break up the solid papers I have used. This adds a nice contrast. I also added some black stamping to the outer edges of the pie pieces to help them pop off the page. I also added some foam adhesive to some of the pie pieces… I love dimension!

Before gluing my papers down I distressed the edges of the papers and added some distress oxide to the outside of the pie chart in matching colours. This adds some nice pops of colour to my white cardstock.

To embellish the page I think I used a little bit of everything from the ephemera pack, the wood epoxy buttons, the puffy stickers, the accessory stickers and the chipboard. Again, I used the Nebula paper to fussy cut out some stars to add around the page.

Lastly I cut my page down to 11.5″ square and backed it onto the Spark paper…. I think a patterned paper border really finishes off a page made on white cardstock.

That’s it for me creative peeps, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here as guest designer and I hope I have inspired you in some way. I also want to thank Zoe and Sue for having me, I have loved every minute.

Happy Creating!
Kel

You Are Awesome | No Limits collection | Guest designer – Kellie Moore

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Cocoa Vanilla blog.
For today’s page I decided I wanted to create my own background using some Distress Oxides so I chose the colours Evergreen Bough, Chipped Sapphire and Fossilized Amber which match with the ‘No Limits collection’. To add them to my white cardstock I simply added the oxide to some plastic packaging, spritzed them with some water then pushed the plastic down on to my page. I placed the colour more to the right hand side of the page where I wanted to place my photo.
To balance the page I added a strip of the ‘Latitude’ paper to the left hand side of the page with a slight strip of black cardstock showing through. This also balances my black and white photo.
For my photo I added some different papers from the ‘A5 paper stack’ and popped my photo up on dimensional foam.
I decided to cut some hearts from the papers and added some hand stitching around them to create some texture. I placed the hearts and the top left and bottom right of my photo.
Next, to finish off the embellishing around my photo, I added pieces from the Chipboard Sheet, Ephemera pack and some of the Wood Epoxy Stickers.
For my title, I used the ‘Awesome’  from the ‘Chipboard Sheet’ and I decided I wanted it darker so I simply used a Sharpie to colour it black.
The page felt very right heavy so I decided the top left needed something so I used a tag from the ‘Ephemera’ pack, another stitched heart and ‘You rock my world’ from an A5 paper.

I hope you enjoyed today’s share and you are inspired to create !
I will be back soon with my last page as Guest Designer.

Happy Creating,
Kellie

To the Moon | No Limits collection | Guest designer – Kellie Moore

Hello CVS fans and welcome back to the blog today to see my 2nd creation using the new ‘No Limits’ collection.

For this layout I decided I wanted to make a big rocket for the main focus of my page. I took one of the rockets from the ephemera pack and recreated it using different papers from the collection.

Now, I am a BIG fan of hand stitching on my layouts. I love the texture it adds and I actually find it relaxing… I know this is not everyones cup of tea as it is time consuming. You can see I have stitched in co-ordinating threads on my rocket and it really helps to make the rocket pop from the page. To finish the rockets off I also added some of the wood epoxy stickers and puffy stickers …so fun!

To add to the ‘space’ theme I created some clouds to the top of my layout. I just used white cardstock and free hand cut them out…again you will see I stitched my clouds. I then cut a moon out of the ‘Orbit’ paper and then added a bunch of stars to the top of my page both from the chipboard sheet and some of the puffy stickers.

For my title I used ‘Love You’ from the Die Cut Titles then for ‘Moon’ I just cut apart some of the other words to make it work!

I backed my photo with a piece of the ‘Latitude’ paper….yellow is one of my favourite colours in scrapbooking…it helps to make the photo stand out on my page.

Lastly I added a few stickers from the ‘Accessory Stickers’ under my photo and thats it!

I love how this page turned out and I hope you do too!

See you in a few weeks for more ‘No Limits’ inspiration.

Happy Creating!
Kel

So Funny | No Limits collection | Guest designer – Kellie Moore

Hi everyone, please welcome guest designer Kellie Moore to our blog today…

Hello CVS fans!
My name is Kellie Moore and I am very excited and honoured to be a guest designer for Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I have been scrapbooking for around 15 years and it is my therapy and relaxation from the crazy times we are living in! I live on the gorgeous Tweed Coast with my husband and 3 boys, so when I was given the ‘No Limits’ collection to play with I was beyond excited and I have had so much fun with it. I will be sharing 4 projects with you over the coming month. I’m not sure how I would describe my style, I love layers and texture and every now and then having a small play with mixed media … I could live without paint but COULD NOT live without patterned paper! I hope you enjoy my creations and I inspire you to get crafty.
When I started on my first layout I loved the the subtle grey paper called ‘Universal’ so I decided to use that for my background. I cut this paper down to a 11.5 inch square and then created a mat around it with the ‘Latitude’ paper to bring a nice pop to the page… I really love how bright and fun those stripes are.
I decided for this page I wanted to scrap these 2 photos of my son being a goofball… my photos are slightly smaller than 6×4. I added a small white border around each photo then used red cardstock around one photo to help pull out the red in my sons shirt then used a piece of the yellow ‘Latitude’ paper to mat my other photo, Both pictures are popped up on some foam adhesive.
When I first opened the ephemera pack I immediately fell in love with the large stars and decided to make some sequin shakers with them. I pulled out some co-ordinating colours of sequins and added the stars diagonally … one to the top left and one to the bottom right of my photos to help create balance on the page, then added a smaller star to the bottom left to create a visual triangle.
Underneath my photos I wanted to add more pattern so I cut some strips of different papers and layered them to help fill the space.
For my title I pulled out the die cut titles and decided ‘So Funny’ was perfect for these photos . Again I popped the title up on foam to help it stand out on the page.
Now that the base of the page was done I added a few more pieces from the ephemera pack, chipboard pieces, puffy stickers and wood epoxy stickers to help finish off the page.
Lastly I added some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet that summed up my crazy boy.
I hope you enjoyed my first page for CVS and I will be back soon with my next creation.
Stay scrappy!
Kel

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