Scrapbooking layout

Happy Beautiful Days | Daydream Collection | Melissa Vining

Hi everyone, it’s Melissa here and in my part of the world its Spring!! This month the Design Team is creating projects that are either Spring or Autumn themed.  I was really keen to scrapbook spring photos from last year, and I decided to use beautiful Daydream.  This time last year we were renting a house on a farm and the spring blooms and growth were stunning.

I used a floral cut file from Just Nick Studio.  I coloured it with watercolours and backed it with papers from the collection.  I’m not normally a scrapbooker who matches photos with embellishments, but because only one of my photos is a close up of blossoms it works.

I used Sweet Serenity for my background paper, and then applied ink with the packaging technique.  Its a very subtle effect behind my photos. I used a torn piece of Daisy Days for my photo matt, and then layered the cut file flowers and Die Cut Ephemera in several places around the photos.

I used three of the Die Cut Title words for my title, and I love how it looks above and below my photos. I also used one of the gorgeous Puffy Hearts and a Flair Button.

Thanks so much for looking.

Melissa xx

 

Together | Storyteller collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah McLean back here on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout featuring the stunning Storyteller collection.

I think this is now my 8th layout created using this gorgeous collection! Do you have this collection yet?

I am documenting 2x photos of myself with some of my fun girlfriends, choosing to create a grid style design.

I first pulled out all the horizontal pocket cards that would suit the way I wanted my photos placed, I mixed them up and layered some underneath others and also layered some of them under my photos too, Once I was happy with how they looked, I took a piece of plain white cardstock and adhered them all down staying with that grid style. I was so happy that the pocket card that reads ‘It’s A Good Day to Have a Good Day’ was a horizontal style one as I wanted to use the ‘Together’ word from the foam title stickers, it was perfect to place on that pocket card!

I could not leave the pocket cards blank so I added some embellishments to them all. On the title card, I added a chipboard heart from the Chipboard stickers, a puffy heart sticker from the puffy stickers and a journal sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet, I stamped the date on the small journal sticker. The pocket card to the right of the title one I added a chipboard piece, 2x banner die-cuts and a puffy heart sticker to the banner piece, I also stapled the banner die-cuts using my tiny attacher.

On the pocket card below the title I added an accessory sticker and adhered a camera ephemera piece over the top using craft foam. I also tucked in a floral die-cut here from the floral ephemera pack. On top of the camera, I adhered one of the super cute wood epoxy buttons. The pocket card above the title I added a chipboard banner piece and a chipboard heart and created a small cluster of flowers and leaves from the floral ephemera pack, I popped up some of the flowers using craft foam and left some without, I like the different heights and dimension this gives my page.

It’s fun to treat each pocket card almost like its only little scrapbook layout! On the top photo one, I stapled a banner sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet in the top right corner, using my tiny attacher. Doing this is a great way to disguise something you make not like in your photo, treat it as an embellishment opportunity and cover it up as I have in the corner of my photo! In the bottom photo, I added a phrase sticker from the Accessory Sticker sheet to the top of the photo and created another cluster of flowers using florals from the floral ephemera pack, this helps to balance with the cluster I created in top left corner.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I love how my layout turned out and I hope you enjoyed reading how I created it!

Make sure to keep an eye on the Cocoa Vanilla online store as the Storyteller collection should be in store really soon!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Oh Lovely Times | Daydream collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends !
It’s Sophie with you on the blog today with this cute layout to share !
For this Throwback Thursday page, I used  the beautiful Daydream collection
I selected 4 of my favorite patterned papers: Sun Shower, Daisy Days,Happy Place and Garden Variety. I applied Distress Oxide inks directly on my white background watercolor cardstock in four vertical lines. I added water and colored splatters as well, and let everything dry.
I cut four strips of my selected papers that are of different lenghts and about 2 inches wide.  I curled the top and bottom of each paper and aligned them in a horizontal line. I inserted a grey ribbon inside the curled top of each strip and tied a bow on the right and left side of the four aligned papers.
I printed my photo in black and white. It adds a little retro feel to the page…!
I used the Daydream Die Cut Title words for my title, and added beautiful fussy cut and die cut flowers to embellish around my photo.
I cut a rectangle out of white cardstock to write down my journalign and placed it on the Sun Shower strip, on the left side of the photo.
Finally, I added a few Accessory Stickers, two die cut butterflies and a few scattered sequins as the finishing touch.
Here are some close-ups:
I will never get tired of using this gorgeous collection ! My design is very easy to scraplift, and it is a simple way to use many different patterned papers on a page.
Will you give it a try ?
Thank you for stopping by,
Happy crafting !
Sophie xx

Hey There Pumpkin | Sunkissed | Lina Monaco

Good Day Friends,
Lina here on the blog today with an Autumnal layout I created using the fun Sunkissed collection and a photo of my eldest daughter, from this past weekend. I know Sunkissed is a summer themed collection, but I couldn’t resist it’s rich tones of yellow, orange, and pink. I think by looking at my layout, you’d never guess that the collection was geared towards summer. And, that’s the beauty of CVS collections, they’re just so full of fun and colour and that makes them versatile.


I began with a white piece of 12×12 cardstock and created a blended ink background in yellow, coral, and pink. I used water to then add droplets which then I dabbed off to create a reverse splatter as the water removes the ink where it’s placed.
I created the cutfile in Silhouette Studio using two different fonts, layering them and then cutting the background from white cardstock and the rest from papers from the A5 Paper Stack. The Paper stack is perfect for smaller tasks such as cut files or even matting of a photo. I popped up the cut file with dimensional foam and then placed it on my now dry background.


The photo is printed in colour and I feel like the shades and tones in the photo play nicely with the colour scheme I’ve used and do not “get lost” amongst all the colour I have already laid down. I matted my photo with papers form the A5 Paper Stack adding in the same pink, yellow and green.


Time for my favourite part…. the embellishing of the layout. I created a few clusters, one main, large one within the cutfile, a second cluster, mid sized to the left of the photo and lastly a smaller third one, to the right of the photo. I used florals from the Floral Ephemera and a few banners from the Die Cut Ephemera packages. Because I wanted this layout to have more of an autumnal vibe to it, I stayed away from the teal and blue that is included in this collection using soley the shades of orange, yellow, and pink with a pop of green. I also used some gold thread to create a nest for a small Wood Button to sit within. In doing this, I feel like I give the button a home. :P


Lastly, I used some gold ink spray and splattered paint in and around my layout. As always, this finishes off my layout and ties it all together. in my eyes, it similar to adding sprinkles on a cupcake… it’s just that little bit extra that completes your layout.
Thank you for joining me today on the blog and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!
xoLina

Love This | Storyteller Collection | Laura Alberts

 

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a fun art sculpture inspired layout! Back in April, my son and I visited a beautiful sculpture garden in Twin Lakes, Minnesota, USA. It was such a fun, quirky place to explore art and experience sculpture in a new way. I decided to channel the quirky feel of the garden with this layout using the Storyteller collection! Using the Cross It Off patterned paper for my background, I built a diagonal layout with a really fun collage look. Loved squeezing four 3×4 inch photos on this one!

For my title, I used the Love This from the Chipboard stickers and then layered a journaling spot and hearts from the icon ephemera underneath. For the photos themselves, I kept the embellishing very simple, so that it didn’t become too busy! I set two photos in each of the cross-filled corners and layered them up with word phrases, a banner, and a label.

I really enjoyed playing with white space on this layout, leaving large areas to allow the eye to rest on the opposite corners and keeping a fairly tight cluster of embellishments in between my pairs of photos. This adds a lot of balance to the page and made for a clever place to add splatters as well!

I hope this layout inspires you to find ideas in the least likely of places! It’s such a fun design and captures the mood and feel of the garden really well! To see how ‘Love This’ came together, check out the process video below!

Needy baby | No limits Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans. It’s Anna here with my newest page. I decided to put the new “Storyteller” collection away for a short while to use up my stash of older lines. They looked so sad and lonely in the box :) First, I need to add a disclosure and explain myself a bit. We got a new puppy over a year ago, and as my daughters are quite big and independent, I poured all my parental feelings into my poor dog. 99% of my phone photos are of my furry boy… Crazy pupparazzi – I know! So most of my pages are with my dog’s photos recently as those are almost the only pictures I get. Last time I shared with you his sleepy version mixed with “Storyteller” and today will be his needy version with a bit older “No limits” line. Masculine collection for a good boy!

Let me start with a back story of the photos. As I work from home, I have this big privilage to work from the cosy couch covered with soft blanket. My dog is always somewhere near as he is very social and coodependent (my fault…). He likes to be a star of the show, so when the attention is not on him, he is not the one who waits patiently. When my computer took his place, he decided it’s time to try to sneak into my laps. I snapped few photos of him checking which side would be the best to approach. He is very needy when it comes to attention hence the title of the page.

I had a little bit of trouble figuring out how I should scrapbook those photos. I didn’t want to repeat my usual patterns so insted of straight lines, I decided to add some funky waves. I picked three pattern papers: “Latitude“, “Spark” and “Nebula” and nested them together sketching a simple wave pattern, that would be wider on the one side and making thinner on the other. I started with the orange paper and drew and cut the wave. Then I glued it over the yellow paper, marked the lines with pencil and cut everything again. I repeat the same with the greenish one. My original idea was to put everything on “Stardust” paper as a background buy it was just too busy. I switched to white cardstock instead adding some mixed media layers.

I first marked when my paper layer will be, and then gently added some yellow ink using a brush, on the top and on the bottom. Then I used star stencil and lime green ink to add a layer of stars and finished everything with orange splatters. When everything was dry, I glued my wave on top and started embellishing. I picked some tickets and stars from ephemera pack and tucked them behind the photos and my wave. You can spot some stickers from 6*12 sheet too. Next step was to add a title using some Thickers from my stash, following the curve of the wave. Who said your titles have to be straight? Actually, I love keeping them messy and uneven!

Tiny enamel dots and stars were a perfect finishing touch along with wood epoxy button. I think this is the embellishment piece I use up the fastest in each CVS line. I just love them. The final result has a bit retro vibe I would say. Do you have similar feelings about it? I think I need to reach for wavy, handcut lines more often as they create very unique result.

That’s it for today! I really enjoyed making this layout and scrapbooking another photos of my puppy / son. He is my youngest baby, and you know how tempting it is to scrapbook baby photos, right? I can not promise my next page will be with people either…

Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in two weeks!

XO Anna

So Happy | Storyteller Collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello everyone, it’s Kylie back with you all! Over the past few weeks on the blog the design team has been creating layouts following a sketch. A scrapbooking sketch provides a guide for the placement of photos, a title, journaling and embellishments for your layout. But it doesn’t mean that it’s set in stone. Based on your photos and scrapbook supplies, you may alter the sketch to fit your needs. There are lots of websites that can provide some wonderful sketches, however for my layout today I have created my own sketch for you. Whenever I find a sketch I want to create from, I usually like to print it out and place in a binder folder. That way I can create and recreate using the same sketch as many times as I like.

Sketches don’t necessarily provide measurements, however for my design I did provide the size I trimmed my photo. Sometimes that’s all you need to be able to bring all the other elements together into place. As I mentioned previously creating with a sketch plan doesn’t have to be followed ‘exactly’ – but in this case I did with my own layout. I thought the new ‘Storyteller’ collection would be perfect since I have a strong feature on blooms!

When scrapbooking, I like to co-ordinate the colours in my photo memories with the papers etc that I use. In this case I knew I wanted to include some lovely blue and yellow tones. I chose the reverse side of the SPRING FLING paper. It has a lovely watercolour effect to it in the most perfect shade of blue. From there I followed my sketch and layered several contrasting papers to include the fun LITTLE LOVE paper. For once I did not adhere any of the papers or my photo with foam squares. I kept everything flush except for the floral die cuts. These were layered with foam adhesive squares to really ‘pop’ and stand out from the page.For texture and pure cuteness I also added some of the wooden flairs.

What would a layout be without a big title?? This was secured snuggly next to my photo using the foam title stickers. My photo was trimmed down to a 5″ x 4″ size- mostly because I had a lot of open negative spacing I felt I could trim away. Once completed I also think this sketch would allow journal space too if you like.

I hope you will have some fun too creating with my sketch!

Kylie.

 

Beautiful | Storyteller collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout featuring the STUNNING Storyteller collection. For this project, I had free choice to create whatever I wanted with no theme or anything. I chose to scrap lift one of my friend and fellow design team member Mandy Melville’s gorgeous layouts.

This is the layout I created using the gorgeous Storyteller collection, documenting a pretty photo of a beautiful rose from my Mum’s garden.

This is Mandy’s stunning layout below that she created using the beautiful More Than Words collection.

I decided on the Ditsy Daisy 12′ x 12′ patterned paper as my background paper and took a piece of plain white cardstock and trimmed this piece down to around 8′ x 10′, I then chose the ‘B’ side of the Spring Fling paper to mat under the white cardstock. Like Mandy did on her layout, I decided to machine stitch the white cardstock and the Spring Fling paper together and then I adhered it to the Ditsy Daisy paper. I love the look that machine stitching adds to a layout, I love the texture it gives the page and the extra detail it adds as well.

For the main element where my photo was placed, I created some paper layers underneath the photo using various papers from the A5 paper stack and also tucked in a pocket card for some extra colour and another layer. I did distress some of the papers here to add some texture and I adhered some down using craft foam for some dimension also. Here in the bottom right corner of the photo cluster I tucked in some of the beautiful flowers from the floral ephemera pack, added a banner sticker to the photo from the accessory sticker sheet and also placed a phrase die-cut from the ephemera pack.

On the left of the photo, I created a small floral cluster using some of the florals from the floral ephemera pack and I added a wood epoxy button here to the centre of one of the flowers. In the top right corner of the page. I added the cute banner die-cut piece from the ephemera pack using pop dot adhesive. I love the shadows and dimension this adds to my page. I also took the small frame with hearts die-cut from the ephemera pack and tucked this piece into the top of the photo layers. I like how this peeks out from the top.

I decided to place my title in a similar position to where Mandy had placed hers and also created another small embellishment cluster in the bottom left corner. My title is one of the gorgeous foam title sticker words and I also took a phrase sticker from the accessory sticker sheet and placed it the bottom of the title. You can see in my floral cluster in the bottom left corner that I have adhered some of the florals flat to the page and then I have adhered the red one with some dimensional adhesive, again I love the shadow this creates and the extra interest it brings to my page. I also like to bend the edges of the flowers and leaves to make them look a little more realistic. Some of the smaller details and final things I added to my page were the gorgeous heart puffy stickers and another cute wood epoxy button. The last thing was to stamp my date stamp which is something I always add to my layouts.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I love how my scrap lift layout of Mandy’s page turned out and I hope you enjoyed reading how I created it!

Make sure to keep an eye on the Cocoa Vanilla online store as the Storyteller collection should be in store really soon!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

 

Storyteller | Our Story | Rachel Lowe

Hello crafty friends, today I have another layout based on a sketch. I have used a Page Maps sketch and agin I have gone with a 8.5×11 inch layout. I have gone bright and bold using the new gorgeous Storyteller collection.

 

I chose a strong background for this layout and I must admit usually I avoid stripes but the Brighter Days paper is wonderful with its large brushstroke strips broken with a little white. I need to use a white based paper next to provide a contrast, I have used the Oh My Heart paper. Before adhering this I added the smaller paper strips at the top and bottom. To be honest I just used some left over paper strips from the A5 paper pad.

Instead of creating a large title as the sketch shows, I chose one of the Pocket Cards, which still is my title but it adds another pretty paper layer. I added some of the heart puffy stickers over the printed hearts to add some definition and dimension to the pocket card.

 

 

I used two of the floral pocket cards to mat my photos, one larger floral print and one smaller. I added my photos with foam tape for dimension. I have used the same photo of my daughter and I, the colour one I cropped so our faces were more the focus and the other I converted to black and white.

Next was to add some embellishment clusters. Where the sketch has banners I added a floral bunch using the Floral Die Cut Ephemera, adding the circle puffy stickers to the centres of the flowers.

To the lower right of the layout I created a pretty embellishment cluster using the Die Cut Ephemera pack. Lastly I went back and added some tabs above and under my photos and a Wood Epoxy Button.

And there you have it, I love this sketch and next time I will try a 12×12 layout.

When your mojo is just not working always go to a sketch to kick things off, Often when I am having one of those days I often scrap lift my own layouts or use a sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful and crafty week.

Rachel X

Happy Heart | Storyteller | Lina Monaco

Happy day friends, Lina, here today on the blog to share this layout I created with the ever so versatile, Storyteller collection. I documented a photo of my happy girl from this summer in a field of glorious yellow flowers. I just thought the background of the photo played so nicely with the yellow in this collection and so I played on that idea.

I began with a white piece of cardstock; I use a 120 lbs cardstock but you can use whatever you have on hand. I used a Distress Ink in yellow and a blending tool to add some colour to the top right hand corner and then a larger patch on the bottom left since that’s where my photo is going and I wanted to be able to still see yellow ink peaking through. I then matted the white cardstock onto the lovely background paper you see with all the hearts entitled, “Oh my Heart”.

Next, I matted my photo with pieces of card from the A5 Paper Stack with some papers that matched nicely. I popped my photo up with some dimensional foam for height. Following that, I added pieces from both the Die Cut Ephemera and the Floral Ephemera packets. I created a larger cluster of beautiful florals on the right side of my photo and created a nesting spot for my title.


My title is created with the Foam Title Stickers and reads “Happy Heart”, which perfectly describes my lovely girl. The black colour of the foam was perfect to anchor down my layout. On the left side of my photo, I added some gold thread purposely made to look messy. My photo is also adorned with a phrase from the Accessory Stickers sheet that reads, “Got the Shot”. The phrase works wonderfully with the photo and her peace sign holding pose. :)


In the top right hand corner of my layout where I had originally added yellow ink with the blending tool, I created an additional smaller cluster of embellishments to drawn the eye upwards and lighten up the heavy, bottom positioning of my layout. I added a cut label, and a lovely blue floral piece. I also took that opportunity to add a nest of gold thread and adhere a Wood Button that features a cute little yellow butterfly.
Lastly, I added some Puffy Stickers and some gold ink spray to finish of my layout and add that last bit of my style. This layout came together super easily, mainly because you just can’t create something hideous with the collection. It’s just such a lovely and happy collection and I see myself using every last piece of it.

Thanks for joining me today! Enjoy your day!
xoLina

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