It’s Sophie on the blog today with a new layout to share!
I used the Happy Days collection for this page. I had a photo of my daughter on the lake and had the idea to cut a few wave shaped borders out of patterned papers and arranged them at the bottom of a 11×11 inches white frame to create movement and fun waves.
I placed the frame on a 12×12 white cardstock.
I mounted my photo on tissue paper and adhesive foam, and embellished around it with beautiful flowers from the Happy Days Floral Ephemera pack.
I used the Happy Days Chipboard Titles for my title and added a subtitle cut out of a patterned paper.
I handwrote my journaling directly on the white cardstock, added a few embellishments at the top of the photo and stamped the date.
Here are more close-ups:
It’s very simple and different. I really like the result! I hope you like it too!
Thank you for stopping by, you will find a Reel of my process on the @cocoavanillastudio Instagram account and on mine @so_scrappy
Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here with a fun large photo layout! I love scrapping large photos like this 6×12 layout that I had printed of my second oldest on a camping trip. Love the way I can incorporate the gorgeous rainbow design on this patterned paper from the Happy Days collection. Using a tone on tone embellishing style helped this layout feel fun without overwhelming or overshadowing the photo.
On each stripe of the rainbow, I added a coordinating word phrase from the 12×12 cut-apart patterned paper and a few fussy cut elements that were close matches. I particularly loved all of the stitching details on this paper and tried not to cover them up! The trail of butterflies on the right side was a great way to add movement and whimsy to the page.
With a simple chipboard title at the bottom and journaling added in the center of the rainbow, this layout came together fairly quickly, but turned out beautiful! All of the little details make it such a memory beautifully preserved. My favorite part is the tiny, fussy cut florals on each stripe of the rainbow.
I hope this layout inspires you to try larger photos or tone on tone embellishing in your next design! If you’d like to see how this layout came together, check out the process video below:
Hello everyone! Summer is in full swing in Europe and we are having a lot of sun and warmth. Sometimes even too much for my liking. However, it’s still better than being constantly cold, right? We have a perfect theme for this week over CVS blog and it’s FUN IN THE SUN. And you know I love all the colorful, summer collections and projects! I reached for an older “Sunkissed” collection as it seemed perfect for this job. I still have plenty of papers and some embellishments and I need to squeeze it as much as possible. I think I will have to make a “leftover album” too to finish it of.
I picked a navy paper called “Bright side” and cut a decorative circle with words using my digital die cutting machine. It says “summer fun” all around! I was looking for a perfect background paper but all the ones I got left didn’t match so I took a white cardstock and two Distress Oxide inks: Picked raspberry and Salty ocean and created ombre, circlular effect. My inspiration for the colors came from a swimsuit of my daughter. I didn’t place the circle direclty in the middle, setting it off to one of the corners.
I scrapbooked joyful photos of my daughters riding a waterslide during one of our summer holidays. They were running up and down to slide as many times as possible. They even held a competition who will slide faster. And I was there with the camera as good mamarazzi! My Ephemera Pack is already half empty but I still managed to find two swimsuits in matching colors! Lucky me! I also searched for flowers in pink and blue in my Floral Ephemera Pack.
I also have few Puffy Stickers left so I added them around the photos. The same with Wood Epoxy Button!
This collection also includes beautiful Clear Stickers and I used few of them to embellish the background. You need to be careful with using them of colorful backgrounds as they may change the color, influenced by the one dehind them.
I had so much fun making this page and I love this navy, pink and blue color palette! I must reach for it more often.
That is all for today. I hope you will find some inspiration in my page for all your “fun in the sun” projects!. Thank you so much for sticking out with me and see you in August!
It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am here to share a new scrapbook layout featuring the older but still GORGEOUS Happiness collection! The Happiness collection would have to be one of my absolute favourites by Cocoa Vanilla Studio! I love it sooo much!
The Happiness collection was the perfect collection to document a photo of my son, my Mum and I out exploring recently. We love getting outside and exploring my parents farm together!
I cut out a large cut file from CUT to YOU using white cardstock, I then chose lots of different papers from the A5 paper stack and backed all of the words with a different paper. This does take some time to get everything all backed however I love the end result and all that time it takes is worth it. I adhered the cut file to another sheet of plain white cardstock using regular adhesive, I often use craft foam underneath cut files but this time I didn’t. I trimmed down the cardstock to about 11′ x 11′ and adhered it to the Little Things 12′ x 12′ paper. I then machine stitched a border around the outside edge to create some texture.
Tip: If you only have a small amount of a collection left (mainly papers) and you want to use it up, cutting out a large cut file is a great way to use up some excess papers, you don’t need too many embellishments by doing this either.
I placed my photo over on the right hand side of the layout, I did have to cover up some of the cut file but I knew that and I am ok with that. I layered a paper underneath the photo and one of the round die-cuts from the ephemera pack and also tucked in some of the gorgeous florals in the top right and bottom left corners. The florals in this collection are stunning don’t you agree?!
To help draw the eye towards the photo some more, I added a die-cut heart in the bottom right corner of the photo, a banner sticker to the top right corner and a tab on the left of the photo. On the right hand side, I tucked in one of the circle stickers, above the photo, I placed some phrase stickers and stamped the date stamp. Creating layers gives the layout depth and lots of interest and really draws the eye into the subject of the layout.
To help the readers eye travel around the layout, I added more phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet reading from the top of the page to the bottom of the page. These phrase stickers help to tell the story of the photo and are great to use instead of journalling. I don’t like my handwriting at all so these stickers are perfect for me to use for this purpose. I took some of the gorgeous butterfly die-cuts from the Ephemera pack and placed them tone on tone on the layout. I bent up their wings to add dimension and texture.
Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it!
It’s Sophie on the blog today for Throwback Thursday and I am bringing back the stunning « Legendary » collection !
I thought this collection was absolutely perfect to document a recent visit to our new cottage in the woods !
I teared a few patterned papers from the collection and placed them in a horizontal line on a thick white cardstock.
I mounted my photo on tissue paper, adhesive foam and a few layers of patterned papers and placed it on the right side of the layout. I cut a piece of the Epic Tales paper to write down my journaling and added my title (I used the Die Cut Titles pack) just above it.
I cut a few leaves with metal dies from my stash and created two leaf clusters to decorate the page. I also added many die cuts in different shapes , labels and stickers from the Legendary Sticker sheet, as well as a few enamel dots to complete the page.
Here are more close-ups:
I love the color scheme of this page, exactly what I envisioned for my photo.
Do you still have elements from this beautiful and unique collection ??
Thank you for stopping by, I wish you a wonderful day !
Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a fun column design using the new Happy Days collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio! Using the manufacturing strips to create these fun, super slim columns allowed me to add four 3×4 inch photos on this page.
On each of the columns, I added a ton of cut-apart pieces from both the 12×12 and A5 paper stack versions. Plus, a couple of cute gold foiled accents from the specialty paper. Finishing it off with hearts, florals, and butterflies that are fussy cut from the patterned papers in Happy Days for whimsy and fun!
The little dots of Nuvo and puffy stickers that I added on at the end really help this layout pop! I love how much the tiny details can make such a bit difference. These butterfly trails give the columns a softer look overall.
I hope this layout inspires you to dive into your cut-apart sheets and have a play with the column design! If you’d like to see how this layout came together, check out the process video below:
Hello again everyone! This is Niki (@nikiclairecreates) and I’m so excited to be back sharing my third layout as a Guest Designer today using Happy Days!
For this layout I wanted to feature the Specialty paper which consists of beautiful foiled gold frames on white card. Inside all the frames are also gold foiled icons – all TOTALLY perfect for fussy cutting! I cut out a few of the frames and cut the middles out too. I then added two of the tiny journaling cards from the A5 Paper Stack inside the frames. They were the perfect size. They needed mounting onto a piece of scrap card first so that the frame had something to stick to (as they were exactly perfect for the apertures). I raised he frames on foam pads. The two cards I chose were the two rainbow ones – these look gorgeous inside the gold foiled frames.
I chose to use the yellow check side of the Feel Good paper for my background. I trimmed this down a bit, distressed the edges and added it to a sheet of white card. I then arranged my frames and my photo onto the yellow background.
I embellished the frames with Floral Ephemera and with the gold foiled icons fussy cut from within the frames – these are amazing as extra embellishments! I added some other little bits of Die Cut Ephemera to my clusters and added some small Puffy Heart Stickers too.
I added a title using ‘my sunshine’ from the Chipboard Title Stickers – I love this font! And the white letters stood out beautifully against my yellow background.
I finished off by handwriting my journaling and splattering my embellishment clusters with white paint! Here is the link to the process video I made for this layout: https://youtu.be/sb-V5KniUa8
I hope you have enjoyed seeing this layout, I loved making it!
It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous Happy Days collection!
For this assignment I was tasked with creating a project inspired by the July 2023 mood board.
July 2023 Mood Board
I was inspired by the colours in the mood board, the postage stamps and the windmill. I chose to add the pinwheel from the Happy Days collection to replicate the windmill from the mood board and also the postage stamps that look similar to the small pictures in the bottom centre photo in the mood board. I chose the ‘B’ side of the Juicy Fruit paperas the background paper to work on.
I picked 3 photos from a recent trip to Ayers Rock and printed them in a filmstrip style, I was inspired to this from the Japanese temple photo in the top left corner of the mood board. I adhered the photos using craft foam to create some dimension, I layered some of the papers from the A5 paper stack under the photo to add some interest and colour.
On the left of the photo strip, I placed the Amazing prize winner die-cutand on the right hand side I adhered the postage stamp die-cuts. Above the postage stamps I adhered the pinwheel die-cut and placed a puffy enamel dot in the centre of the pinwheel. I added a few phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet around the photo to help tell the story of the photos. On the left of the photos I placed a yellow puffy heart and some more enamel shapes.
My title was made up of the chipboard alphabet words, I placed one word above the photos and the other one below the photos. I added a few more small embellishments like die-cut hearts, enamel shapes and accessory stickers to finish the layout and lastly I stamped the date stamp using black ink.
It’s Sophie on the blog today with a brand new page created with the Happy Days collection!
I wanted to use the HAPPY DAYS RAINBOW BRIGHT paper for a long time…! I cut the rainbow to remove the yellow, orange and pink rays. I placed the rainbow on a thick white cardstock and added a little bit of watercolour paint on its bottom, extending the same color for each ray. I also hand stitched and machine stitched on each ray of the rainbow with matching thread.
I framed my black and white photo in a die cut from the Ephemera pack, and used another frame for my journaling.
I used the HAPPY DAYS CHIPBOARD TITLE STICKERS for my title, on which I added a subtile touch of color on each letter.
I decorated around the framed photo with beautiful flowers from the HAPPY DAYS FLORAL EPHEMERA pack, in a color block manner. I placed a few other die cuts, 3 clouds, some stickers from the HAPPY DAYS STICKER SHEET and stamped the date.
Here are more close-ups:
I ADORE that color scheme !! This Happy Days collection is so versatile !
I hope you found some inspiration with my page and this lovely collection today!
Hey y’all! Laura here with a fun graduation layout! When I finished my degree last month, it was a proud accomplishment and I couldn’t wait to scrap it! With a dark and mostly neutral color scheme, this photo needed the bright, celebratory colors of Happy Days to make this it pop. I started by fussy cutting out the frames from the specialty paper and backing them with patterned paper from the A5 paper stack.
I then matted my photo on the gorgeous Sunshine Lollipops patterned paper to help it stand out and tie together the main colors I chose from Happy Days to incorporate into my layout. Then, the fun part! I added clusters of fussy cut icons and ephemera pieces to create clusters in and around my frames. Puffy stickers and Nuvo drops added the detailing to finish them off.
For my journaling, I used a journaling stencil to create this lovely scroll design to hold a large block of journaling that imitates the feel of a diploma with it’s elaborate design. Such a fun addition and a great way to include a large block of journaling in a way that doesn’t detract from the photo!
I hope this layout inspires you to have a play with your frames from the Happy Days collection as well as to try some creative journaling techniques! To see how “Happy Moments Together” was created, check out the process video below:
I hope this layout inspires you to have a play with your frames from the Happy Days collection as well as to try some creative journaling techniques! To see how “Happy Moments Together” was created, check out the process video below: