No Limits pocket cards

You’re The Best | No Limits collection | Tarrah McLean

Tarrah McLean 23/05/2022

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you today to share a new scrapbook layout created using the awesome No Limits collection.

I am documenting a photo of my eldest son taken at one of his birthdays a few years ago. It’s great to look back on older photos to see how much they have grown!!

I decided on the ‘B’ side of the Orbit paper for my background, trimming it down slightly and adhering it on some plain white cardstock. At this point I can never decide if I want to add machine stitching to the outside, so I usually carry on creating the layout and leave that decision to last! As you can see I did opt to machine stitch around the edge, I do like the texture this brings to the layout.

I cut out a cool star cut file by CUT to YOU from white cardstock and backed some of the larger stars with an orange paper from the A5 paper stack. Once backed I adhered the cut file on a slight angle to the background paper. At this point the decision was made on what colour scheme I was going to go with for my layout. I decided to go with orange, black and white. I tried to be careful that it did not look too Halloween themed!

I took some of the 3′ x 4′ pocket cards and layered them under my photo, I placed one vertically and one horizontally. I then added craft foam to the underneath and adhered this to the centre of the layout also on a slight angle, following the same angle that I adhered the cut file. I love the shadows and dimension that are created on my layout by adding craft foam underneath some elements. On top of my photo I adhered the banner die-cut piece that says You’re The Best, this also became the title of my layout. I pulled out lots of the orange and black elements from each of the packs of embellishments. I also cut some pieces from the Universal 12′ x 12′ paper that suited both the theme and colours of my page.

Another reason that I decided on the orange, black and white colour scheme was the colours in the photo of my son. By pulling colours from the photo, it helps to continue on from the photo and helps the photo to blend nicely on the page. I added some contrasting black ephemera stars to the large orange ones using craft foam. I also added the To the Moon and Back round ephemera piece to one of the stars also.

I absolutely love layering on my pages, I love the texture, dimension and interest it brings to a page. If there were no layers and different elements it would rather flat and boring. I once again embellished my page with the larger embellishments first like chipboard and ephemera. I then finish off embellishing with smaller things like accessory stickers, wood epoxy buttons and puffy stickers. Lastly I finished off with some sprinkles of white mist and stamped the date stamp.

Thanks 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 store as the new and very awesome No Limits collection is now in the online store to purchase.

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

The Best Kid | Album | No Limits | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 21/04/2022

Hello CVS crafty friends! I have another album to share using the fab new No Limits. This album is larger than the one I created earlier in the month and this album can fit up tp 12 photos of varying sizes. I

I have used the following papers: Stardust, Latitude, Nebula, Orbit and Spark. This banner album is from the Silhouette design store. I added black machine stitching to add definition and texture.

I chose my title from the Die Cut Titles and added with foam tape on every second page. I have used the smaller banners so dates can be added. I found two blue O rings from my stash which go wonderfully with the colours of this collection.

I added frames from the No Limits chipboard for two smaller photos. I made use of the pocket cards as photo mats. I added more black machine stitching through the album. By adding another die cut title word here I have created another title.

I have used the pocket cards to add spaces to document and the accessory stickers to journal.

Here I created some flap pages to be able to add even more pages. These are simple to make, simply score a 1/4 inch at the top and use wet glue to attach on top of each other.

Of course the fun part is adding the embellishments! I used many of the wood epoxy stickers to add dimension. I used lots of phrase sentiments from the chipboard, die cuts and accessory stickers. Once I had added the embellishments I went back and added puffy stickers on most pages.

This album is ready to be filled with awesome boy photos! If you would like an opportunity to win this album please check out my post on the CVS community FB page!

Rachel X

Boys Will Be Boys | Mini Album | No Limits | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 07/04/2022

Hello CVS friends, as promised I have created a mini album focusing on the Pocket Cards from the No Limits collection. Apart from using one 12×12 paper, Big Bang for the cover I used papers from the A5 paper pad.

This mini album is super easy to make and no cutting machine required! Here are the cutting instructions:

Cut a 11 x 5 inch strip.
Score 5 inches in from the left and then right. This will leave you a 1 inch spine.
Cut another paper strip 3 x 5 inches.
Score at 1 inch from the left and then right. This will leave you a 1 inch spine again. This binding piece will fit perfectly onto your album cover.
Machine stitch binding paper strip and wet glue to your cover.
Use a corner punch on front and back cover

You will see inside I have created a pocket which again is simple to do.

1.Cut a 4 x 3 inch strip.

2 Score a 1/4 inch at each side and fold under.

3. Scallop punch top of pocket.

4. wet glue each fold and a thin amount to bottom to close up.

I have added some tags to my pocket. I decorated my pocket with embellishments from the chipboard and finished off with an epoxy wooden button.

On the other side I punched a hole and added an eyelet (ensuring it would be big enough for my O ring) and threaded through an O ring I found in my stash. This is where you will add your pocket cards and photos.

I added machine stitching to all my pocket cards to add texture and left some thread on for a rustic feel. I chose the larger stars from the die cut ephemera pack which hang from the O ring.

I have added traditional photos measuring 3×4 inches and added them between the pocket cards which allows you to journal. You can also add photos to the pocket cards also. I also cut the silhouette of my son and added to a pocket card which looks super adorable and mixes things up.

I used the accessory sticker sheet phrase sentiments and added directly onto my photo.

I used the puffy stickers to also add some sparkle to the cards! The trick is to add lots of different textures to your mini album so it is not flat but has lots of dimension.

My title Boys will be Boys is a cut file from the Silhouette design store. To add dimension some letters I have added with foam tape others flat. I added a mix of chipboard stars, die cut stars and puffy sticker stars.

The wonderful thing about this album is that it is not a huge consumer of paper, saving those 12×12 papers! I do not do PL and therefore this is a fab way to use pockets cards where you can photos, mementos and add lots of journalling.

I hope the extra photos help if you choose to make your own take.

Thank you for stopping by and happy scrapping always!

Rachel X

No Limits pocket cards

You’re The Best | No Limits collection | Tarrah McLean

The Best Kid | Album | No Limits | Rachel Lowe

Boys Will Be Boys | Mini Album | No Limits | Rachel Lowe

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