Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with the new Great Escape collection! These photos of my youngest son at the Delta State Fair were the perfect mix of colors for this collection, even though it steps well outside the nature/camping theme of Great Escape. The versatility of Cocoa Vanilla collections is one of the reasons it’s my favorite!
I started with a 10 inch circle using a chipboard template I made from a large bowl in my house. Using that as a guide, I stacked up tons of fussy cut stars around the circle. This gives the layout a celebratory feel that I think fits the State Fair!
I grouped my photos into two small clusters at the top left and bottom right, then built a larger focal image in the middle. For my 3×4 inch photo in the center, I built up a shelf using scraps and manufacturing strips. This gives visual support to my focal image.
If you would like to see how “Play” came together, check out the process video below:
It’s Tarrah back with you today to share another scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous new Great Escape collection! I have documented another photo from my recent trip to Tasmania, this time a photo taken at pretty Horseshoe Falls. The Great Escape collection is absolutely perfect for outdoor adventures, nature photos and road trips!
I decided to start with a cut file found on the internet and cut this from white cardstock. I then took the A5 paper stack and backed the spaces in the cut file with a variety of different papers. Once the cut file was backed, I adhered it using craft foam to the Horizon 12′ x 12′ patterned paper. I cut a small strip of the ‘B’ side of the Wild Life patterned paper and tucked it in under the cut file t the bottom.
I placed my photo on the right-hand side of the page overlapping the cut file and allowing one of the clouds in the cut file to overhang onto the photo. I used craft foam to adhere the photo too. Above the photo, I placed a banner sticker, and on the left of the photo I placed a tab sticker all from the Accessory Sticker sheet. Below the photo, I placed the die-cut title ‘Explore’ from the ephemera pack and also added a puffy shape.
Also from the Wild Life patterned paper, I cut out the 3′ x 4′ card that says ‘Adventure Awaits’ and placed this right under the stars on the cut file again using craft foam to adhere it. I added another tab sticker to the left of the photo and also added the round sticker at the top of the mountain peak, both from the Accessory sticker sheet. I absolutely LOVE the chipboard elements in this collection! I added 2 of the stars, the flag popping out of the clouds, the log piece between the mountains and also the hexagon shape overlapping the mountains at the bottom.
Once the larger elements were placed and I was happy with them, I went ahead and placed some smaller finishing touches like some more puffy shapes and some extra die-cuts from the ephemera pack, I also stamped the date of when my photo was taken.
Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! I hope you have purchased the Great Escape collection or have plans to purchase it really soon so you can get busy creating with it!
It’s Sophie with you on the blog sharing this new page created with the Great Escape collection!
I had this photo from a recent hike and thought it was perfect to match a Paige Evans cut file that I love and wanted to use.
I backed the cut file with several different patterned papers from the A5 Paper Stack, and added a few phrases in matching color to each of the signs.
I put the cut file and photo on the Horizon paper. I added a few die cuts from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and phrase stickers from the die cut sticker sheet. I also fussy cut cute clouds from the Starry Night paper and added the date.
Here are more close-ups:
I am very happy with the result and hope you like it too!! Did you get your hands on this collection??
Hello Friends! It’s Anna Komenda here with my first ever project made with brand new “Great escape” collection! I was going to start bold with travel album but I run out of time so layout it is :) But do not worry – I will make this album too and will share it later with you. I decided to scrapbook our adventure on rail bike from last summer. They are becoming more popular in Europe, where restoration of old tracks turns them into fun biking adventure for the whole family. This particular one we took in France and it took us two hours of pedaling, going through little tunnels, old bridges and country landscape. It was really a fun, family time.
I started with white cardstock as a base and four strips of pattern papers: “Journey”, “Adventurer”, “Direction” and “Horizon”. I arranged them on the left side, adding some decorative edge with edge puncher.
Next step was to add pictures in a vertical row and decorate area around them. I started with a bag of Ephemera Die Cuts and picked the ones that match my theme, like compas, map, trees and fun banners.
With all of them in place, I could add the title. I decided to combine words “good times” taken from Chipboard Stickers sheet with smaller words created with Mini Puffy Alphabet from older “Heart & Home” collection. Their colors matches this new line perfectly!
With all of those in place, I added some finishing touches with super cute tiny Puffy Stickers and some orange splatters. Making this page took me less that half an hour which is sort of time record for me. It usually takes me much, much longer but this time elements just clicked into the right spots. Magic of well designed collection!
That is all for today. Thank you so much for spending your time with me and I will be back with more projects made with this line!
welcome to today’s scrapbook blog by Cocoa Vanilla Studio! It’s great to see you here seeking for new scrapbook inspiration. Today, I’m excited to share with you a fresh scrapbook layout featuring the fantastic new collection “Great Escape.” For this project, I’ve choose for a grid design as my inspiration. I cut various strips of paper to size and arranged them in a grid pattern on my white cardstock background.
To start, I selected some shape die-cuts and added them to the strips of paper, stitching them with green thread. I love the texture and effect that stitching adds to my scrapbook projects. On the right side, I created clusters with some beautiful and fun shape die-cuts. I also stitched green thread onto word strips and banners, giving them a nice placement on my layout.
The photo of my daughter high in the mountains of Austria complements the theme perfectly. The lovely swirl puffy titles from the collection fit wonderfully, so I placed them at the bottom left to create the title “The Great Outdoors,” stitching it with green thread as well. Placing the photo above the title, I added a few word strips as extra accents.
I’m really pleased with how the layout turned out, and I hope I’ve inspired you with this grid design. Wishing you all a wonderful day, and until next time on the blog. XoXo, Jo
Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with another Great Escape layout, but this time it’s a birthday page. Four photos and a shower of stars is the recipe for creating a layout bursting with celebratory vibes! The colors were too perfect not to step outside the theme of this collection for a fun spin a column design.
I started with a strip of the stunning plaid on the Star Gazing patterned paper, layered it with thin strips of the navy, then attached it to the beautiful gray woodgrain of the Starry Night to build my background. I lined up my three smaller photos and a few cut aparts from the Wild Life paper to fill in my column.
On the right side, I scattered fussy cut stars from the Star Gazing patterned paper to create a second column, then added my 3×4 focal image and a journaling spot on top! The chipboard stickers were perfect to embellish both columns and add a title with a 3D pop!
I hope this layout inspires you to try stepping outside the theme! If you’d like to see how this layout came together, check out the process video below:
It’s Sophie with you today and I am excited to share my very first layout with the new Great Escape collection!
As soon as I saw it, I knew exactly which photo to document with it!!
I started with a white background and the Starry Night paper to place my photo and embellishments.
I mounted the photo on tissue paper, adhesive foam and a few layers of patterned papers from the A5 Paper Stack.
I placed the photo on the right side of the page, and added white gesso on the left side where I was about to build a little scenery.
I selected a few embellishments from the Die Cut Ephemera pack like the trees, signage and tent to support the theme of the layout, and scattered numerous stars around the photo and title (Foam Title Stickers).
I completed the page with a few stickers from the Accessory Stickers sheet, and handwrote my journaling directly on the white background.
Here are more close-ups:
Oh how I LOVE this collection!! It’s just perfect for outdoors memories!!!
Hey y’all! Laura Alberts here again with another Great Escape layout featuring a ton of camping photos from our trip to Cumberland Falls! The waterfalls at this campground were stunning, so I wanted to squeeze as many photos on this layout as possible. In the end, there are two 3×4 inch photos and four 2×3 inch photos documenting the sights and my kids exploring the area.
I started with a few paper strips, two from the cut-apart Wild Life patterned paper and the others are off-cuts from Starry Night and Journey. In addition, I fussy cut a ton of stars from Star Gazing and the feathers from Direction. I love the patterned papers that have designs perfect for fussy cutting!
In addition to the vertical and horizontal strips that I used as a base for my design, I added an little shelf in the center to hold my main focal images. The fussy cut stars added a nice detail to the rainbows along the vertical strip, while the rainbow stripe reflected the same color scheme along the bottom and on the shelf, creating continuity between the three clusters of photos.
I hope this layout inspires you to expand your use of paper strips to think outside of the box! If you’d like to see “Explore” come together, check out this process video below:
It’s Tarrah here with you today to share my first layout using the awesome Great Escape collection!
I decided to create a layout featuring a large A4 photo taken from the bridge over the amazing Cataract Gorge in Tasmania from our recent trip visiting Tassie. The Great Escape collection was the perfect collection to focus mainly on the photo for this layout and layering lots of the elements straight on top of my photo.
I started out with a plain sheet of white cardstock and placed my large photo in the very centre of the cardstock. I left the edges free of adhesive so that I could place the papers down the sides. I then cut some paper strips from the ‘B’ side of the ‘Happy Camper’ patterned paperand the ‘B’ side of the ‘Direction’ patterned paper, placing these vertically, the ‘Direction’ paper was placed at the outer edge and the ‘Happy Camper’ paper closer to the photo. I then fussy cut the scallops from the ‘Wild Life’ patterned paper and tucked this piece in on the left-hand side and bent the edges up to add some dimension.
My title is the ‘Adventure’ title from the chipboard pack, I placed it down the bottom of the page, in the centre of photo and also placed one of the circle die-cuts from the ephemera pack just above the chipboard title. I took 2 of the stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet and placed these below the chipboard title. I journaled the location and the date on the smaller sticker.
On the right-hand side I placed 2 more of the chipboard pieces to help balance the scallops from the left-hand hand side. I placed one of the phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet layered over the top of these pieces. I also placed one of the enamel dots from the enamel shapes pack here.
At the top of the photo, I placed the ‘Wild by Nature’ die-cut using foam tape to add dimension to the page. I also placed another of the enamel dots over the top of the arrows on this die-cut. This collection is perfect for your travel and outdoor adventures such as camping, road trips, hiking, fishing, walking, running or even documenting the boys in your life! I hope you get a chance to purchase this awesome collection to create some projects of your own!
Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you are inspired by my layout and enjoyed reading about how I created it. Make sure you visit the blog to see all the other gorgeous inspiration from the Cocoa Vanilla design team!
It’s Sophie with you today and a new layout to share!
I used an old favorite collection: More than Words!
I framed a 11×11 thick white cardstock by scoring the four edges and placed it on a beautiful black dot patterned paper from the collection.
I centered a sweet photo of my two dogs on the page, adding tissue paper and a few layers of patterned papers behind it.
I went for a big title with the black chipboard words from the collection, and decorated the page with fussy cut flowers, a beautiful fussy cut wreath and numerous butterflies from another patterned paper.
I added a few chipboard stickers as the finishing touch.
No journaling on this one, which is very rare for me!!
Here are more close-ups:
It’s crazy how just a few embellishments and a big dimensional title can easily create a delicate and beautiful page!
I hope that I could inspire you with this layout today, to maybe use up your older collections…even if you have just a little bit of them left!