Merry and Bright collection

Christmas Morning Joy | Merry & Bright collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends and Happy New Year!

It’s Tarrah back today to share a new scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous Merry and Bright collection!

I just love creating Christmas layouts, what about you? I still have lots of the Merry and Bright collection and I also love to stash bust so I really enjoyed creating this layout!

I started by choosing my background paper – opting for the Star Bright paper. I then cut out a cut file from white cardstock. The cut file is from CUT to YOU and is called Stars Squared. Once the cut file was cut out, I struggled with the placement and design of my page so I cut up the cut file into separate pieces so I could place pieces of it where I wanted to. Do you ever do this? I do this a lot if I am struggling to like how a cut file looks on my page. There are no rules to say you have to use a cut file the way it was intended!

I backed all the stars of the cut file with papers from the Merry and Bright A5 paper stack, once it was all backed, I then placed foam adhesive to the underside of the cut file and adhered the cut file to the ‘Star Bright’ paper.

The photo I am documenting today was taken just this last Christmas of my 2 sons and my 2 beautiful nieces! My nieces were able to be here from England for this Christmas! It was wonderful to have them and it was the first Christmas we have had together with them! A very special memory to document. I layered one of the pocket cards and a cardstock frame from the ephemera pack under the photo and adhered it overlapping the cut file, in the centre of my layout. I also stapled a banner sticker from the accessory sticker sheet to the top left corner of the photo. My title is made up of a phrase sticker from the accessory sticker sheet overlapping the word ‘Joy’ fussy cut out from the Season’s Greeting paper.  It certainly was Christmas Morning Joy in our household!

To the left of the photo I also placed the Ho Ho Ho die-cut from the ephemera pack, a gorgeous flair button, a phrase sticker and a gold puffy star. In the top left I also placed that super cute Santa face die-cut from the ephemera pack and to balance that with the bottom right corner, I placed the sleigh, also from the ephemera pack.

To finish my layout, I added a few smaller embellishments like small die-cuts, stickers, another gold puffy star and completely finished the page with stamping the date stamp and sprinkling some gold Heidi shine. Once I had finished my layout, I then auditioned some papers to go behind the Star Bright one to act as a ‘frame’. I decided on the ‘B’ side of the ‘Joy to the World’ paper. I trimmed down the ‘Star Bright’ paper and adhered it to the ‘Joy to the World’ paper.

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.

Do you have the Merry & Bright collection? I encourage you to pull it out and create some pretty things with it!

Tarrah x

Merry Christmas | Merry & Bright collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah McLean back with you and today I am sharing a Christmas themed scrapbook layout with you featuring the gorgeous Merry and Bright collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. Do you like scrapbooking Christmas? I absolutely love it and would scrapbook using Christmas collections all year if I could!

I started my layout with a white cardstock base and decided to document a Snapchat photo of myself taken last Christmas Day, it goes perfectly with the Merry & Bright collection. I pulled out one of the frames from the ephemera pack and adhered it to my photo, I then added craft foam to the underneath of the photo. Before I adhered the photo to the white cardstock, I trimmed a piece of the woodgrain paper from the A5 paper stack and layered and adhered it underneath the photo, adhering the photo down on top.

I built my entire layout around the photo in the centre, choosing to leave lots of white space on this page. I tucked in some florals from the ephemera pack on either side of the photo, bending the edges of the leaves and flowers to create some shadows on my page. On top of the floral cluster on the right, I adhered a gorgeous flair button on top and also added a heart from the ephemera pack also. Above the photo, I adhered the ‘Merry’ tab and from the accessory stickers, I placed the banner with the star in the top right of my photo.

At the bottom of my photo, I placed the ‘Merry Christmas’ sticker from the accessory sticker sheet and this became my title for the page also. I also placed the rectangle journal spot sticker under the title sticker. Once I was happy with the centre cluster that is the main focus of my layout, I started to add some details to the top and bottom of the page. I cut out a strip of the pink, red and white stripe paper for both the top and bottom, I also scalloped the edge of a piece of the green check paper and adhered that piece at the top. I added some ephemera pieces, a banner sticker and one of the gorgeous gold stars also.

On the bottom edge, I added some more ephemera pieces and another gorgeous gold star also. Some of the smaller and last details I added were the small phrase stickers, the date stamp and splattered some gold Heidi Shine around my page also. I love how the gold Heidi shine looks against the white and also how some of it has landed on the holly leaves as well.  Once I was happy with my final layout on the white cardstock, I then trimmed down the white cardstock and adhered it to the coral 12′ x 12′ patterned paper from the collection.

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.

Do you have the Merry & Bright collection? I encourage you to pull it out and create some pretty things with it!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe, happy and healthy new year.

Tarrah x

 

Naughty or Nice | Merry & Bright collection | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone, it’s Sue Plumb here today to share some Throwback Thursday inspiration with you. Throwback Thursday is the feature where our design team members take an older collection and create something new with it. For my project I decided to pull out a collection that wasn’t too far back, but it was one that I didn’t get the chance to create a lot of projects with – ‘Merry and Bright’. Now for those who know me, you might be falling over in shock, because I am not known as a big fan of scrapping Christmas layouts, but I had this hilarious photo of my boys with Santa from 2019 that I just had to document.

For this layout, I decided to create a mixed media page, so I started with white cardstock, acrylic paint and some Distress Oxides. I first used a wide paint brush to brush the diluted green Distress Oxide across the page, then used a rubber brayer to apply pink paint to the lower half of the page. Next, I added some stencilling using a star stencil, sponge dauber and a coral coloured oxide; then topped my background off with some stamping using a star background stamp and grey ink.

After the background was complete I mounted it onto the wood grain print of the Season’s Greetings paper, then started building the papery layers on my page. I cut and tore pieces of the Star Bright and Countdown papers, as well as the diagonal pink/red stripe paper from the A5 Paper Stack. I used my fingernail to ruffle up the torn edges to add extra texture.

I layered my paper pieces together, adding a grey doily from my stash and some frayed gauze for even more texture, and then secured the stack together with staples before adding my photo on top.

To embellish my page I focused on creating 3 main clusters. The first was in the top left hand corner of my photo, where I had a spot on the photo that had to be covered up anyway. I did this by using a couple of stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet and just sticking them directly onto the photo. This cluster also featured a pair of sweet little houses and flower from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and one of the Puffy Gold Stars.

The second cluster was along the bottom edge of my photo and I again used die cuts and a gold star, plus some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

The third cluster to the right of my photo was where I included my journalling, which I typed onto one of the coordinating Pocket Cards. I also added a small die cut sprig of holly; another gold star and a handmade arrow embellishment.

I finished my layout off with some gold adhesive pearls and some splatters of gold mist.

If you would like to see how this page came together, you can watch my process video here:

Thanks so much for stopping by today so I could share this with you. I hope I have inspired you to get creative too.

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Love You | Merry and Bright | Kylie Kingham.

Hello, hello Cocoa Vanilla fans. It’s Kylie back with you today on the blog with some scrappy inspiration for you all. My design team assignment for today was to scrap-lift a design from the Cocoa Vanilla Community Facebook group. I actually chose a design by fellow DT member Raquel Bowman to scrap-lift. I was really drawn to her design which you can see below, followed by my scrap-lifted completed works.

As you can see by my page I have adapted the ‘Merry and Bright’ collection for my layout even though it is a Christmas themed range. When I was working with this stunning collection at the end of last year, I was totally obsessed with it and also found many of the paper elements and die cuts could be easily adapted into a non-Christmas themed project! I was really excited to try this and was super happy with the finished result! The centrepiece of this page is a lovely cut file which has been designed by Cut To You! I selected papers featuring neutral themed designs and prints to back each ‘pie’ section before adhering it over my background papers. The ‘Jingle All The Way’ paper was used as the border piece of my page. Even though it featured some holly shaped leaves, you really couldn’t pick those out once I had added the ‘Seasons Greetings’ paper over the top.

The ‘Seasons Greetings’ paper had 1 cm trimmed off each side and a machine stitched border added before adhering it over the top of the floral.

My photo was printed to a smaller scale of 3″x 4″ and adhered over the top of the cut file using foam adhesive squares. From here I was able to add lots of different floral elements from the die cut pack. I made sure to cover any Holly leaves or remove them from the flower first.

To complete my page I added a large title using the foam title stickers from the ‘Unforgettable’ collection which balanced my page nicely. I also added a button flair which featured a sweet double heart print and matched my theme.

So that you can see exactly how my page came together, I have also filmed a short process video-

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you have enjoyed seeing my scrap-lifted layout and that you may even be tempted to try a non Christmas themed project with the Merry & Bright collection too!

Until next time,

Kylie

Hello sweetheart | Merry & Bright and Daydream Collections | Anna Blades

Hi CVS friends!

Happy Australia Day! For today’s layout, my focus is the national colors: green and gold. I use gold very often in my projects, but green is not on my most used list. So, leaves and flowers came to the rescue. And I created this page with a picture of my sister and her son, mixing Daydream and Merry & Bright collections.

I used the Merry & Bright Star Bright Paper for my background and glued a white cardstock crooked on top of it, so you can see part of the Star Bright Paper on the left side. Then, I machine stitched two sides of the white cardstock.

Once I had the base, I made some brush strokes with gold metallic paint in the middle of the white cardstock. You can see it peeking through the elements.

With two of the Merry & Bright Pocket Cards, I framed my photo. I chose two with green tones to match my page. I put some foam behind the photo to rise it a little bit and add more dimension.

I took the Oh Christmas Tree Paper from the A5 Paper Stack and some metal dies and cut a bunch of leaves. I created two clusters with yellow flowers and more leaves from the Daydream Die Cut Ephemera.

For my title, I used one of the black foam titles from the Unforgettable collection. I love who it stands out. I put it on top of the picture, so it seems to be floating. Behind it, I placed one of the words from the Daydream Accessory Stickers that say “sweetheart”. So, the title is “Hello sweetheart”.

In the upper right corner, I glued a green Puffy fabric heart with gold metallic thread underneath it. And finally, I scattered some hearts and sequins to add a shiny touch to the page.

I hope you like this layout, and it gives you some inspiration. I could never get tired of using Cocoa Vanilla flowers!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and I wish you a wonderful Australia Day!!

See you soon!

Anna xx

Just one more Christmas Layout | Merry and Bright | Rachel Lowe

Hey CVS friends, I just had to create one more Christmas layout with the Merry and Bright collection before I finish up with Christmas projects!

I firstly cut a Christmas tree, cut file from the Silhouette design store, I used the off set function to create two different sizes and then layered them. I used the Christmas Tree paper to create my tree. I used Oh What Fun paper as my base paper and splattered gold paint over it.

I found another cute cut file I had to use, reindeer frame which I cut in Seasons Greetings paper and added to my tree with foam tape to add height. I added some holly die cuts and tucked them under the reindeer frames. I added gold thread so the appear to be hanging off the tree like baubles.

I next set about decorating my tree. I tucked some flower die cuts under my tree which I also added with foam tape. I added a flair instead of a Christmas star but added a puffy gold star on the actual tree. I chose two sentiment die cuts and added to the bottom of my tree.

I lastly added another light splatter of gold paint over my whole layout to give it that Christmas sparkle feel!  This collection is so beautiful to work with and the colour combinations just gorgeous, it is refreshing to work with a Christmas collection with a twist.

Thank you for stopping by today and see you again soon!

Rachel X

 

Beautiful You | Day Dream and Merry and Bright | Anita Bownds

 Hi lovely’s  , Anita here with you today sharing a floral layout mixing 2 collections together day dream and merry and bright using a photo of our Luna sleeping on my chair in the craft room and I often find her asleep on my chair she likes the craft room as it’s quiet and a great place to just chill out..

You know me ..white cardstock first then I was thinking with this layout I wanted to add some mixed media
To the background so I used the plastic package technique and kissed light pink paint and peach watercolour to the background across the page and let it dry before adding a stenciled modelling paste across it

 

Then I flicked white watered down paint and did the same with rose gold to add a bit more colours in the background, I kept it light as I didn’t want the background to take away from the foreground I just wanted it to blend

 

Then I matted background on all aflutter and machine stitched around the boarder then I matted my photo on papers from day dream 6×8 and tucked in some stickers from the accessory stickers from day dream in the top of the photo layers and adhered my photo in the center of the layout..

 

Then I started cutting out my flowers using joy to the world pattern paper and for the leaves I used oh Christmas tree , count down and sun shower to make my clusters. Using a white pen I added so detail to the flowers and just bent them up a bit to add dimension and layered them with a enamel dots in the center’s to finish them off

 

And I bent up the leaves just to add more dimension to look more like flowers instead of them being flattened out
And then I clustered them on 2 sides of my photo and finish off the layout with a few ephemera butterflies from the day dream ephemera pack and a few drops of liquid pearls I rose gold.

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my floral inspiration today

happy holidays and happy crafting lovely’s

Xx

NEW REALITY | MERRY & BRIGHT COLLECTION | SOPHIE DELORME

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends !

 

It’s Sophie with you today with a non-christmassy layout created with the lovely Merry & Bright collection.

 

 

My assignment for today was to create a page about something new…

 

Well, the last months haven’t brought anything new for me… aside from a new  -completely different-  way to practice medicine. As a doctor working in the hospital during this Covid era, all I had in mind was all the new protocols and guidelines to which we had to adapt when seeing our patients. Seriously, what a tough year….!

 

So that’s the base for my layout  : New Reality !!

 

I decided to create my own mask with patterned papers from the Merry & Bright collection.

 

I first hand drew it on white paper, and when I was satisfied with the result, I copied it on the beautiful “Star Bright” paper. I machine stitched on it with matching thread and painted with green watercolor the edges to create depth.

 

 

I cut a strip of the “Jingle All The Way” patterned paper for the upper edge of the mask, added two pieces of twine, and dimensional foam before adhering it to my page.

 

My title is a cut out of the “Season’s Greetings” patterned paper (NEW) and an alphabet cut file from JustNick Studio (Reality) that I backed with the beautiful “Oh Christmas Tree” patterned paper. I also added adhesive foam under my title.

 

 

I cut two large strips of the “Jingle All The Way” paper that I put on the two sides of the layout, with a tiny scalloped punched border from the “Star Bright” paper.

 

 

I created a beautiful floral cluster beneath my title and on the top of my photo, that are fussy cut out of paper and from the Die Cut Ephemera pack.

 

 

Finally, I handwrote my journaling on a Pocket Card that I hid behind my photo, documenting my adaptation to this new reality.

 

 

Here are some close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really hope that I could inspire you today. Why not use this gorgeous Merry & Bright collection for non Christmassy layouts ? See how versatile it is ?

 

I wish you all a splendid beginning of 2021 with lots of joyful crafting time !

 

Sophie xx

 

 

Joy | Merry & Bright | Melissa Vining

Hello everyone!! It’s Melissa here, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas wherever you were in the world! I’m still loving documenting Christmas photos, and for my layout I used the stunning Merry & Bright Collection to scrap a very recent selfie of my youngest daughter Ava (age 4) and I as ballerinas in our church Christmas Show this year!!

I used a gorgeous wreath cut file from Anett Gelencser and backed the holly berries from the red flowers in ‘JOY TO THE WORLD‘  and the tree paper from the ‘A5 PAPER STACK‘.

I created my background by painting on gold shimmery mist, and then splattering gold and pink mist, and I love how it looks behind the wreath.  The bow is backed with gold glitter paper from my stash, and the paper in the middle of the wreath is ‘STAR BRIGHT‘.

I embellished in three clusters and used flowers and elements from the ‘DIE CUT EPHEMERA’.  I used glimmer paste on all of the flowers and berries for extra Christmas sparkle!

I added a ‘PUFFY STAR’ onto one of my clusters too, and I have to admit these are hard to use because I want to hoard them!

I used some older Thickers from my stash for my title, added my handwritten journalling, and then added some gold drops.  I thought my layout was complete, but then I realised that I wanted to add a border to help anchor my design.  I trimmed off the edges of the white cardstock, distressed the edges and adhered it onto ‘JINGLE ALL THE WAY‘.  My final touch was to add machine stitching in white stitching around the edge for texture.

You can watch me create this layout in my process video below.

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Ava loves this layout, especially as its just about her and I. I hope I’ve inspired you to continue documenting your Christmas memories with this beautiful collection!

Take care and see you back here next year!

Melissa xx

Happy | Merry & Bright Collection | Anna Blades

Hi CVS friends!

It’s Anna here with you. I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas surrounded by your loved ones. For today’s project, I’ve created a new layout featuring the “Merry & Bright” collection, full of pinks and greens.

I started with a watercolor sheet, making a mixed media background using pigment powders in this peach color matching the collection. Then, I made splatters in two green tones with dye inks and gold mist.

I choose a picture of me and my little daughter (one of my resolutions for the new year is to take more photos of myself because I’m always behind the camera). I framed it with one of the 3×4 double sided cards and a piece of tissue paper.

Cocoa Vanilla floral die cuts are the best. I would never get tired of using them. So, I created a big floral cluster in the lower-left corner of the picture and another in the upper left corner. Also, I added three puffy stars and a couple of Christmas trees.

Between the two clusters, I placed a lovely flair button with two hearts. Finally, I stacked a sticker from the accessory stickers in the upper right corner of the photo.

To create my title, I fussy cut the word “happy” from the Season’s Greetings paper, and placed it below the floral cluster, raising all the letters with foam squares. Below it, I put another sticker from the accessory stickers. For the final touch, I made a little cluster in the upper right corner of the page with some die cuts from the die cut ephemera pack.

I hope you like this sweet page and thank you so much for stopping by today.

Enjoy these days, relax and craft! See you in 2021!

Anna xx

 

 

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