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So Happy | These Days | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

Sophie here!

Today I am sharing a new layout created with the “These Days” collection !

 

I decided to highlight a sweet selfie of me and my dog on a big hike from a few weeks ago !

I started by using the beautiful “Neighbourhood” patterned paper as my base. I cut a white cardstock to make it an 11 inch square and centered it on my background paper.

Then, I folded the four corners of the cardstock and attached each corner with a brad from my stash. It adds a lovely dimension to the page and let the soft patterned paper show a little bit more.

 

I did a zigzag stitch on each non folded side on the cardstock.

I created an inner square with both the “Home Grown” and “Take Flight” patterned papers and stitched them in place.

I mounted my black and white photo on tissue paper and adhesive foam before placing it on the left side on the inner square.

I used the black Foam Title Stickers for my title. I created two clusters around my photo. One, on the right, with beautiful Die Cut Trees from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, the other on the left lower corner of the photo, with the Floral Ephemera pack.

 

 

I also added a few beautiful butterflies and other Die Cuts here and there around the page.

Finally, I created journaling strips and stamped the date.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I adore the soft look of the this collection ! It is so versatile !

I hope this layout could inspire you in some way !

Thank you so much, and happy crafting !

Sophie xx

My Sister My Friend | These Days Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura back again with a layout inspired by the gorgeous October Mood Board. The color scheme was perfect for the These Days collection and these sweet florals and greenery reminded me of this cut file from Liz Longest Designs. It’s a very simple wreath that looks divine when dressed up with these floral ephemera pieces! I backed each of the leaves with a green floral paper from the A5 paper stack.

I separated out the colors of the flowers in the floral ephemera pack and stuck to the smaller ones for the wreath, balancing out the mix of colors around the page. Each of the flowers has a drop of Nuvo in the center to give it a little extra texture and sparkle! I used the small puffy alphas for my title, spelling out ‘My Sister My Friend’ right next to my top photo. These photos are of my twins and catching a rare moment of them being sweet to each other was definitely a scrapworthy moment!

I created four clusters on this layout around my photos. The top cluster has a fussy cut frame as a base, with a bit of fussy cut florals and floral ephemera laid on top. The sparkly gold cloth hearts are squeezed in too along with a puffy word phrase and heart. These details really make a tremendous difference to my clusters, giving them the finishing touches they needed.

Similarly, this cluster to the left of the bottom photo contains the same elements. This helps all of the clusters feel cohesive on the page. In addition to the Nuvo drops, I also splattered with gold ink spray around the floral clusters and the perimeter of the wreath for a whimsical look.

I hope this inspires you to look at your cut files a little differently and incorporate them in a big way on your projects too! To see how “My Sister My Friend” came together, check out the process video below!

 

Look on the Bright Side | Sunkissed Collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here and today I’m sharing a new layout featuring the gorgeous Sunkissed collection! My assignment for this project was to feature cut apart papers. I love that the Cocoa Vanilla Studio collections always include papers that can be cut apart to use for pocket page scrapbooking and/or as embellishments on a layout. It’s a great way to get more bang for your buck when you purchase a collection!

I decided on documenting a beautiful, happy photo of my youngest daughter Ella, and I knew that the bright and vibrant colours in the Sunkissed collection would be perfect for this photo! It was fun to incorporate lots of pieces from the Sunkissed cut apart papers onto my layout!

I started this layout off by using a template to create a beautiful sunburst design on the background. I used the following patterned papers from the collection to create the sunburst… Sunny Days (reverse side), Just Chillin (reverse side), Summer Lights, Fun in the Sun (reverse side), Feelin Fine (reverse side), and Bright Side (reverse side). I LOVE how bright and colourful it looks with all those gorgeous patterned papers! Once I’d finished adhering all of the pieces into place, I added machine stitching along the edge of each one to give it some more texture.

I wanted to add a mat underneath my photo to help it to stand out from the busy background and to provide a clean area to add some embellishing. I used one of the papers from the A5 Paper Stack for this, which I cut down to a 5 3/4 inch square. I adhered the square mat using craft foam to again help the photo area to really pop. Next I matted my photo with the Just Chillin woodgrain paper, and adhered it to the middle of the square.

I started my embellishing by creating a cluster on the bottom left hand corner of the photo. I fussy cut a rainbow out of the A5 cut apart paper, as well as some flowers from the Growing Wild patterned paper. I finished the cluster off with a die cut banner from the Ephemera pack, as well as a cute Wood Epoxy Button.

Next I added my title and another embellishment cluster on the top right hand corner of the photo. Again I used lots of fussy cut embellishments. For my title I used the ‘Look on the Bright Side’ piece from the A5 Cut Apart paper. I also fussy cut another flower from the Growing Wild patterned paper, as well as a little banner piece from the Fun in the Sun cut apart paper. Like with the first cluster, I finished this one off with another Wood Epoxy Button.

I created a third and final cluster in the top right hand corner of the page. You’ll notice that all of my embellishments are positioned along the diagonal line from the bottom left hand corner of the page to the top right. This helps to draw the viewers eye to the photo and then through the other elements on the layout. This last cluster includes two more pieces that I cut out of the Fun in the Sun cut apart paper, and another fussy cut flower. I also tucked a Die Cut sun into the cluster to finish it off.

As the final finishing touches on the layout, I added a few gold glitter hearts from the Glitter Foam Title Stickers pack, as well as a couple of die cut clouds.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today. I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at how I incorporated cut apart papers as embellishments on my layout!

Mandy x

Autumn Days | These Days Collection | Josefine vd Hoeven

Hello crafty Paperlovers,
It’s Josefine here today with a new layout that I created with the beautiful collection “These Days”
I love the fall colors and this collection is a perfect match.

I choose different design papers from the “These Days” collection and punch out different leaves from the papers. In the center of the leaves, I stitch a border with gold thread and used my sewing machine for this.

I wrapped embroidery thread around my layout several times. I placed my picture on top on the embroidery thread and made a large cluster with the leaves. I chose different die-cuts, stickers and flowers and decorate my layout with these gorgeous embellishments.

I decorated my layout with more beautiful elements from this wonderful collection. The wooden buttons, butterflies and the cute golden hearts. I love all these beautiful layers I have created with the leaves. I used a wax seal next to my photo that I made with wax and a seal stamp and decorated it with gold flakes.

I used two different alpha sets for the title “Autumn Days” I like the nice and playful effect of using different alpha sets. I cut branches from water color paper and colored them with two different colors of Distress Oxide. The colors are “rusty hinge” and “walnut stain” I placed the branches in different places between the leaves.You can also see that I made splatters with white acrylic paint and gold ink. I like how my layout turned out.

Well that’s it for today paper friends and I’m grateful you stopped by on the blog to see what I created with this beautiful collection. I hope I was able to inspire you with this Autumn layout.
Wishing you all a very happy and creative day!
XoXo, Jo

 

SPOOK-TACULAR | Legendary | Kylie Kingham.

Hello friends! It’s Kylie with you today and I have a fun new layout I have created to share. Even though we don’t really recognise Halloween here at home, I had some photos of some Halloween fun at school I wanted to scrapbook. The main focus of my page is a cute cut file which has been designed by Paige Evans. The “LEGENDARY’ collection was my choice for this page as the colour scheme was perfect for what I had in mind.

The ‘OUTDOORS TYPE’ paper was chosen for my background. I love the depth of colour and the woodgrain look it has. Once I had cut out my cut file, I began the process of backing each section piece by piece. Rose Gold and Black glitter cardstock from my stash were used on the facial features.For dimension I adhered the cut file to my page using foam adhesive squares.

For a little added texture on my background I tore into the top of my page and added some of the ‘EPIC TALES’ paper in behind.

My photo was trimmed to 5.75″x 3.75″ and backed with a 6″x 4″ piece of paper. It too was adhered with foam adhesive squares. This also allowed me to tuck some of the star die cuts in underneath both the photo and the cut file. I created a title to correspond with the pages theme from the large title die cut pack and also added some of the typed phrase stickers below.

I really hope you have enjoyed seeing my ‘SPOOK-TACULAR’ themed page today on the blog.I have also filmed a short process video for you to watch.

Perhaps it gives you inspiration for your own scrapbooking layouts. Until next time,

Kylie .

 

 

Summer Fun | Endless Summer collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you today to share a Summer themed scrapbook layout using one of the older Cocoa Vanilla Studio collections called Endless Summer. I chose this collection because of the gorgeous teal colour of the water in my photo, a selfie of myself kayaking earlier this year. The teal in the Endless Summer collection was a perfect match! Don’t you love it when that happens?!

I chose my background patterned paper first – opting for the pretty tropical floral outline paper. I did trim it down so that I could add a double mat of cardstock behind the patterned paper. I pulled out a pink and a teal cardstock to mat the page with. I added the wood grain die-cut frame from the Ephemera pack over my photo and stapled an arrow die-cut to the top right of the frame, I then adhered it using craft foam in the centre of my page. I like the look of various layers of dimension on my layouts so I added foam tapes and regular tape under the floral die-cuts and tucked these into both sides of my photo. I also added some leaves here and bent the edges up on both the florals and the leaves.

On the right of the photo I included the super cute flamingo die-cut and the Summer Holiday ticket from the ephemera pack. I also tucked one of the flair buttons and adhered a wood veneer arrow. Below my photo I adhered the Memories Are Made of This die-cut piece on top of the frame, I also tucked in the banner die-cut underneath the photo. My title is made up of the letters that spelt ‘Summer’ and the ‘Fun’ word in the ephemera pack. I also added the cute anchor wood veneer piece to the bottom left corner of the photo. Near the anchor I placed a wood epoxy bead and also placed another wood veneer piece across the Summer title.   

To the left of my photo I added the round ‘Smile’ die-cut piece and a heart die-cut. Above the photo I added some cloud die-cuts with craft foam and layered the ‘Summer Days’ banner die-cut across the clouds. I also scattered some of the gorgeous enamel shapes in the hearts around the page. Lastly I stamped the date stamp and checked that everything was adhered down sufficiently.

Do you still have the Endless Summer collection in your stash? Why not pull it out and get creating with it? You can use my layout here as inspiration. If you don’t have the physical collection you can now purchase the Endless Summer digital collection and print your own papers and embellishments as many times as you like!

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it?!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Happy School Days | These Days Collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

Sophie here!

Today I am sharing a school themed layout with the gorgeous These Days collection!

 

I used a cut file from Paige Evans named “Open Book” and I thought this was a beautiful starting point for my page.

I used a thick white cardstock for my background, on which I added a little bit of watercolor paint starting from the open book and up, adding also lots of little splatters of paint.

I let it dry completely, and in the meantime, backed my cut file with different patterned papers from the collection.

I applied white gesso on some parts of the book to fade away the colors a little bit for a very soft look.

 

I mounted the open book on adhesive foam before adhering it to the page.

I used a photo of my sweet daughter on her first day of school a few weeks ago. I couldn’t be happier that she still wants to collaborate for that!

I added tissue paper and adhesive foam behind it and placed it a little bit crooked on the right side of the open book.

I fussy cut 3 frames out of one of the A5 patterned papers, scattered them around and added a few embellishments on them.

 

My title is a mix of Die Cut Ephemera, Clear Sticker and letters created with a die from my stash.

 

Finally, I created a floral cluster with the Floral Ephemera pack, I added two butterflies and stamped the date on a label from the Accessory Stickers Pack.

 

Here are more close-ups.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am so happy with the result!

I hope you can find inspiration with my page today in using this beautiful collection in a versatile way!

Thank you for stopping by, have a great crafty day !

Sophie xx

Happy Days | Daydream Collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share a new layout featuring the amazing Daydream collection! This is still one of my absolute favourite collections to work with! The colours are so pretty, the florals are stunning, and everything just works together so beautifully. It’s one of those collections that’s so easy to work with, and I’m always so happy with the projects that I create with it.

The layout that I’m sharing today features the beautiful Over the Rainbow patterned paper, and a sweet photo of my son Isaac and youngest daughter, Eleanor.

To start this layout off, I decided to fussy cut that beautiful rainbow out of the Over the Rainbow patterned paper. I wanted to add some craft foam behind it so that I could raise it up and give it some nice dimension. I had originally intended to use a sheet of white cardstock for my background, but when I laid the rainbow over the woodgrain patterned paper (which is the reverse side of the Over the Rainbow paper), I immediately fell in love with how that looked. The hoarder in me was a little sad to use up two sheets of this gorgeous patterned paper on the one layout, but it looked so pretty that I couldn’t resist!

I matted my photo with two papers from the A5 Paper Stack and then adhered it over the top right hand side of the rainbow. I embellished around the photo using lots of the beautiful floral die cuts from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, as well as a cute little house. I added a large floral cluster above the photo, and created another smaller embellishment cluster on the bottom right hand corner of the photo.

In order to complete the visual triangle, and to balance out the photo and embellishments in the top right, I created another embellishment cluster in the bottom left hand corner of the page. This one includes more floral die cuts, as well as a banner that says ‘The Good Life’, and a little word sticker from the Accessory Sticker Sheet. I also added a Puffy Gold Glitter Heart from the These Days collection to each of the embellishment clusters. I love the sparkle and texture that this adds!

For my title, I decided on using the ‘Happy Days’ die cuts from the Die Cut Ephemera pack. I wanted to curve the title around the rainbow, so rather than using each word as a single die cut, I fussy cut each letter so that I could adhere the letters individually and curve the words around. I was really happy with how that turned out!

To add some extra detail to the page, I fussy cut a few little butterflies out of the All Aflutter paper in the A5 Paper Stack, and adhered them on top of the rainbow. I also added some white ink splatters around the embellishment clusters, and I doodled a white border around the top and right hand edges of the layout. To finish the page off, I added my typed journaling strips underneath the photo.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope that you’ve been inspired by my layout!

Mandy x

Together | These Days Collection | Danni Visser

Hi Cocoa Vanilla Studio fans! Danni here with a sweet baby layout featuring the adorable These Days collection. My inspiration for this one came from the stripes on Family Ties 12×12 patterned paper. I wanted to play with some textured paper layers, and I had a large cardstock heart left over from a cutfile, so that decided the direction of my page today.

I started by cutting Family Ties 12×12 patterned paper into strips, then distressing the bottom edge of each strip with a paper distressing tool and rolling the edge up a little more with my fingers. I then took my cardstock heart and glued the layers on top, starting from the bottom and working my way up to the top, overlapping each strip. I used the cutfile out of pure convenience, but you can easily do this just by hand-cutting a large heart shape.

Once I had all the strips glued, I trimmed off the excess with scissors by flipping the heart over and using the back of the cardstock heart as a guide. I chose a white cardstock background because I really wanted the gorgeous colours on the heart to stand out. I added some ink splatters to the background in shades of soft blue, pink and yellow to match the beautiful These Days collection colours.

I added two black and white photos of myself and my son when he was a baby. I love the way he is looking up at me in these photos! I backed the one where you can see his face more with paper from the A5 paper stack and popped it up on dimensional foam.

Next, I created three clusters using the floral ephemera around the heart and my photos. I added two of the tiny wood epoxy buttons to the centre of a flower in two of the clusters, then a large wood epoxy button to the middle floral cluster. Right in the middle of the heart I added a framed sentiment piece from the die cut ephemera. This phrase perfectly summed up how I felt about my sweet baby boy in this moment.

For a title I added ‘Together’ from the foam title stickers across the bottom of the heart, overlapping my photo and the bottom floral cluster. Finally, I added some adorable floral puffy stickers to the clusters and some teeny tiny puffy sticker hearts at the top and bottom of the page. A few sentiment stickers from the accessory stickers finished off the layout perfectly.

I love how sweet and light this layout turned out. I hope you enjoyed joining me for this project today. See you next time and happy scrapping!

Danni x

Sweet Summer Days | Hello Sunshine | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here with a blast from the past! This layout features Hello Sunshine and a bit of Endless Summer, some of the oldest Cocoa Vanilla collections in my stash!  To start this layout, I backed the stunning denim style patterned paper with this Happy Days pattern paper to give it a bright, cheerful border. Then, I used Vicki Boutin’s Iridescent Glaze to add some lovely hearts around the perimeter of my photo clusters. These little hearts help to define the shape of the center clusters.

In the top left corner, I layered an ephemera frame and florals from Endless Summer with a sticker banner from Hello Sunshine. I love the way some pieces are tucked underneath, while others are on top. The mix of the two makes this area of the layout feel more dimensional even though it’s quite flat.

On the top right side of the layout, I repeated that process, layering Endless Summer florals underneath of the photo and stickers from Hello Sunshine on top. To give these hearts a bit more interest, I added Endless Summer enamel shaped hearts and tiny punched gold foil hearts into the background. I love the mix of colors and textures in these clusters as a result!

The photos featured in this layout are of my husband and I’s favorite treat restaurant for date nights. It’s a special place for the two of us and makes special occasions feel even more special! Adding the ‘Just Perfect’ banner underneath the restaurant’s sign seemed fitting!

This title is actually a cut apart, but it blends in really well with the background, giving it the appearance of a stamp! After I finished the embellishing, I added gold Nuvo drops and splatter around the clusters for a bit of sparkle. My journaling is written around the entire perimeter of the layout, giving it a handwritten border, and talking about how much we enjoy this restaurant and why we we love it!

I hope this layout inspires you to reach deep into your stash and pull out some old Cocoa Vanilla Studio favourites! I love finding new ways to use older product!    

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