October

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle here today with a new layout to share with you all using the Storyteller Collection. This layout was inspired by our current Monthly Challenge board and I have to admit, of all the layouts I’ve ever made in the past, this would have to be the most random subject I’ve documented lol

Inspired by the pumpkins on the board, I went down a soup making rabbit hole and came up with this creation using a pumpkin design cut file from CUT to YOU.

There are so many different ideas that come from this board, it was quick tricky to figure out what would work for me and the random photos we take as a family each year.

The piles of pumpkins had me, and I got to work in silhouette studio resizing the CUT to YOU pumpkin file to create 1 large pumpkin to sit in the background of the layout and a second smaller pumpkin to act as the base for the title I was adding to the layout.

I used the Oh My Heart paper to cut out the pumpkins and backed the larger size with some vellum and the smaller with a pink paper from the A5 paper stack. Both pumpkins were adhered to the layout over the torn woodgrain strip (Cross if Off) using both double sided foam tape and thicker foam sheeting to add a slight hint of dimension.

I used multiple photos of my soup and sanga making time, printed out in a 3.7inch grid then cut into strips to overlay each other. I used the cute little rainbow hearts paper from the A5 paper stack for layering underneath then embellished with an accessory word sticker and label from the Story Time cut apart paper.

Next up I added the title using my beloved white alphas adding machine stitching to hold them in place, whilst adding a little pop of texture to the layout.

On both pumpkins I created a cluster on top of the leaf area, using multiple fussy cut florals in all sizes from the A5 paper stack version of Spring Fling. Slowly but surely I am making my way through all those tiny sweet flowers

I also strung a tag from the ephemera pack to the top of the larger pumpkin and adhered it to the cardstock using foam tape

Here’s a closer look at the florals cluster on the smaller pumpkin, using a mix of adhesives for varying layers of dimension. Tacky glue, glue dots and foam tape would have to be the most used items in my stash.

1 final cluster added to create the visual triangle of embellishments on the layout, then the usual splattering of gold ink to finish it all off..

Super quick and easy layout to recreate if the need be, other than all the fussy cutting of florals that is.

Here’s one final look at the end result..

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing where my inspiration of our current Monthly Challenge board took me, I certainly enjoyed creating it.

Please be sure to check out the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Group on Facebook to see all the other entries, and enter your own for a chance to win. We really to love to see what you all create, and where your inspiration takes you each month.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle