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Door Hanging | Heart & Home | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a slightly different project to my normal layouts! I created a heart-shaped door hanging that doubles as a place to add notes and letters using the gorgeous Heart & Home collection. Great idea right?!

I started by having my Silhouette Cameo cut out a heart shape for me from plain white cardstock. I then traced out the shape of various sections of the heart with a variety of the 12′ x 12′ papers including the ‘B’ side of the Framed paper, the ‘B’ side of the Flurry paper and the ‘B’ side of the Harvest paper. Once I had them out all cut out, I machine stitched a border around the outside edge of the entire heart. I did stitch across the 2 pouches horizontally, adding strips of the ‘B’ side of the Gather paper and a strip of vellum. I did only place adhesive on the bottom and the very edges of the pouches to create the openings.

Once the heart and the pouches were constructed, I added a ribbon to the back of the heart and also included a bow at the top. To embellish the door hanging, starting from the top, I added the banner sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet to the top left corner, adhering it with a staple. I then cut part of the heart strip from the Gather paper and adhered it horizontally, tucking in a tag, I added some twine to the top of the tag, and adhered a phrase banner die-cut with some craft foam. I also placed a heart puffy sticker on the tag.

For the middle section, I added lots of ephemera pieces, including the house which I adhered using craft foam and added a puffy sticker to the house to act as a door handle and a phrase die-cut across the centre of the house. I also added a round die-cut and added a mini paper clip and I placed another die-cut on the left. I also placed another banner sticker and stapled it to adhere it. On the bottom I placed another house die-cut and the title here which is made up the gold cardstock words. I also did the same to this house as I did to the one above, adding a puffy sticker and phrase die-cut. I adhered all of these using craft foam also.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! Not all projects have to be layouts! Sometimes it’s good to think outside the box! I hope I have inspired you to pull out your Heart & Home collection and get creative with it!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Winner Announcement – ‘Happy Days’ Giveaway

Hi everyone,

Just taking a quick break from packing orders of our new ‘Happy Days’ collection to announce the winners of our recent giveaway. As you already know, this collection is dedicated to my dear sister Kellie, who passed away shortly after Christmas. Thank you to everyone for your messages of condolence that you included in your comments about the collection. Please know that I read every single one of them and I could certainly feel the love from you all – thank you!

Now let’s announce some winners!

Our first lucky winner who will receive the ENTIRE ‘Happy Days’ collection is…

Congratulations Jenny Dutton!

 

And our runner-up, who will receive a collection kit is…

Congratulations Shelby Teeter!

Congratulations to both ladies, we hope you enjoy your ‘Happy Days’ goodies! (Keep an eye on your email Inbox – Sue will be in touch to organise your prizes shortly.)

To everyone who entered – thank you so much for your support for this collection. ‘Happy Days’ is already shipping to our amazing retailers all over the world, so please keep a look out for it at your favourite scrappy store.

Zoe XX

Winner Announcement – ‘Storyteller’ Giveaway

Hi everyone!

It’s been such a whirlwind of activity here at Cocoa Vanilla Studio recently that we haven’t had a chance to announce the winner of our new ‘Storyteller’ collection giveaway… until now! I would like to start by saying how appreciative I am for all the beautiful messages and positive feedback I have received about this collection. As you know, I collaborated with my long time friend Traci Reed on this one, and I am thrilled with how it turned out. It really does warm my heart to hear that you love it and I am sure Traci is delighted to hear it too.

Now let’s get to those winners!

Our first lucky winner who will receive the ENTIRE ‘Storyteller’ collection is…

Congratulations Belinda Ryken!

 

And our runner-up, who will receive a collection kit is…

Congratulations Anne Farrar!

Congratulations to both ladies, we hope you enjoy! (Keep an eye on your email Inbox – Sue will be in touch to organise your prizes shortly.)

To all who entered – thank you so much for your support for this collection. ‘Storyteller’ is currently shipping to our valued retailers around the world, so please look out for it at your favourite scrappy store.

Zoe XX

Easter Gift Boxes and Card | Daydream | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS friends, today I want to share some quick and easy gift boxes and a card I have created using Daydream Collection. With Easter not far away (and I love easter creating way more than Christmas) Daydream was perfect with  its beautiful muted colours to create Easter paper crafts.

You can find the milk carton cut file in the Silhouette Design Store. I cut the base of the milk cartons using Stepping Stones paper. I used papers from the 6×8 inch paper stack to cut the tops, using Garden Variety, Up in the Clouds and Sweet Serenity designs.

Next I cut three bunnies again using the 6×8 inch paper stack papers, I embossed the bunnies cut from plain paper but left the floral bunny as it was patterned. I added a small pom pom for the tails. Next I added word sentiments from the Accessory sticker sheet.

I cut three rosettes to attach my bunnies to, this really adds a wow factor. I then added some die cut ephemera to embellish. These will be filled with sweet treats and given as gifts.

I made this super cute Easter card which is so easy to put together and time friendly. I cut a 5×5 inch paper strip using the Garden Variety paper again. I then added Happy Place paper to back the circle wreath die cut piece. Before adding this to the centre of my card I added some sparkley ribbon. I cut another bunny (different style) resized it to fit my card and added off centre in the wreath. I added a pom pom tail and a phrase sentiment from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

 

I had so much fun making these Easter projects and who needs an Easter collection when you have Daydream collection. Thank you for stopping by today and I will be back soon with a layout using the new Sunkissed collection!

Rachel X

Happy Days | Daydream collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!

It’s Tarrah back with you today to share a new project featuring the stunning Daydream collection. I decided to create something a little different for my project today. I have created a round canvas wall hanging for my craft room!

I chose a 12′ size round canvas and chose the gorgeous Over the Rainbow paper for the background. I traced the canvas onto the paper and free hand cut it out. I used a strong glue to adhere the paper to the canvas, making sure there weren’t too many bubbles. On the left, the paper didn’t quite reach to cover up the canvas so I improvised and covered it with lots of gorgeous florals from the ephemera pack. I used glue and craft foam here for different heights of dimension.

On the right of the canvas I created another cluster of florals to balance with the cluster on the left. I used both glue and foam tape here again for dimension. Once the florals were all dry I bent up the edges of the flowers and leaves for even more dimension.

On the left side of the canvas I just had to include the journal card that reads, ‘These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” from the Happy Place paper. It is the perfect phrase to suit my craft room! At the top of the rainbow, I chose a few of the heart die-cuts in various colours and added these using craft foam for dimension. In the centre of the canvas I added craft foam underneath my title – ‘Happy Days’ – after all every day is a happy day in my craft room! I added 3 butterflies and moths here also along with, ‘The Good Life’ phrase from the ephemera pack. One of the super cute puffy hearts made it on and also some more heart die-cuts.

Once I was happy with the front, I felt the outside was too bare so I trialed a few different trims from my stash finally settling on some lace that I felt matched the prettiness and girly feel of the canvas.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed my project today and that you are inspired in some way. Make sure to get yourself the beautiful Daydream collection from the online store now if you don’t already have it!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Advent Frame | Merry & Bright | Melissa Vining

Hi everyone!! It’s Melissa here and today I have a Christmas home decor project to share with you that I created with the stunning new MERRY & BRIGHT collection!! Every year our kids have chocolate advent calendars, but this year I decided to make something for advent with more meaning.  When I first saw the ‘COUNTDOWN‘ patterned paper I knew exactly what I’d make.

Christmas has a special meaning to our family, and I decided to create an advent calendar with 25 biblical scriptures for kids.  I had some second hand cloth that I picked up in our local thrift shop, and it was perfect to create little bags which I sewed together on my sewing machine.  I just cut out 50 rectangles of fabric one night in front of the tv. I sewed each number on top and then sewed them into bags.  I decorated them very simply with glimmer paste and crystal drops, and I added a ‘PUFFY GOLD STAR’ onto the 25th.

For each of the scriptures I stamped a clipboard and numbered them 1 to 25 with circular number stamps.  I wrote the scripture reference only to encourage my older two kids to look up the scripture.  This also gave me extra room to embellish with ‘DIE CUT EPHEMERA‘ and ‘ACCESSORY STICKERS’.  I also added more glimmer paste and gold crystal drops.

Here is a close up of some of my stamped clipboards. I had a lot of fun adding texture and shine to the ephemera pieces and stickers!

I purchased the frame from Kmart and painted the back white.  I adhered the bags on craft foam with my hot glue gun.  I added a flower on the top right of the frame.

And I added an adorable house on the bottom left of the frame.

I used some really old letter stickers from my stash to spell out ADVENT, and added more glimmer paste.

This home decor piece turned out far better than I ever imagined, and I’m looking forward to using it every December from now on!  I love that its interactive, textural and beautifully embellished with this gorgeous collection!! Theres nothing wrong with chocolate advent calendars, but I love that this one is homemade and has a lot of meaning to our family.  I think the 25th might just be my favourite!!

I hope I inspired you to use this gorgeous collection off the page.

Enjoy your Christmas crafting during this wonderful time of year!

Melissa xx

2019 Favourites | Rachel Lowe

Hi CVS friends! Well I still can’t quite believe that 2019 is almost over and Christmas is upon us! Today I am sharing my fav CVS 2019 layouts. My fav layouts are all about pretty, which  Happiness and Unforgettable  collections certainly are!

My first share is a layout created using Unforgettable and a fab heart cut file.I adore the clear stickers, especially the paint brush strokes, an easy way to create a mixed media look to your layout.

 

My second fav layout was created using Happiness collection documenting my love of coffee! This quote is right on point I think!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lastly a summer layout created using Happiness (again) and a stunning pineapple cut file as the feature piece. How stunning are the die cut florals layered on the pineapple!

 

 

 

And I had to include this sweet gift bag I created using Unforgettable, this colour combo is so beautiful and the tassel from the collection, love!

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today for my last blog post of 2019. I have loved sharing my projects with you and being a part of the CVS tribe. I wish you all a safe and blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year, roll on 2020!

Rachel X

 

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