Hey y’all, Laura Alberts back again with a fun spin on a grid layout. For these four 3×4 inch photos from a camping trip, I puzzled the pictures together with ephemera and cut apart pieces to create a collage in the center of my page. The border around the outside gives the collage a little bit of structure and helps it feel cohesive.
In blank spots that were a little too narrow for additional embellishments, I added a row of chain-stitching with ombre embroidery floss that coordinated with the Heart & Home collection. These sweet puffy heart stickers were the perfect accent for this banner piece!
The floral ephemera pack is always one of my favorite parts of a new collection and these darling flowers had to make an appearance on my layout too! The hand-stitched elements work beautifully with the cross-stitch designs on the cut aparts that I used for titles.
I hope this layout inspires you to try a new design with multiple photos! If you’d like to see how “Family” came together, check out the process video below.
Hello everyone. It’s Anna here with my newest layout, made with brand new “Heart & Home” collection. I am a big fan of fall projects and this line is just perfect for making one (or two :) ). Autumn is just starting to appear this year and leaves are still green but I had a perfect picture from my last year walk in the forest. Sun was low and it was shining through the leaves and tree trunks creating beautiful halo and rays. It looked so magical, like straight from the fairy tale. I snapped few photos enjoying this little wonder of nature.
I knew I wanted to use many pattern papers in this project making die cut leaves. I chose nine different patterns in brown, red-ish, orange, yello and green colors. Some of them are 12*12 papers like “Bountiful”, “Leaf litter”, “Fall beauty” and “Gather” and some are from A5 Paper Stack.
After cutting leaves I added some Distress Oxide inks on the white backgroud creating strips of color, that blend together. It’s a sort of fall halfrainbow. With the background done, I could add leaves using color on color technique. I only applied glue in the middle, and run through the rows with sewing machine and white thread. This way I was sure my leaves will stay in place.
My title is a mix of Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers and letters from word “family”, you can find in Ephemera Pack. I used original F, A and L letters and created second L using first one as a stencil.
At this point my layout was already colorful and full of texture so I only added few embellishments. I searched through Ephemera Pack to fing all the fall related elements and placed them color on color, highlighting the stripes. I found mugs, some leaves and few inscriptions. I also reached for 6*12 Accesory Stickers to embellish area around the photo.
Final step was adding tiny, cute Puffy Stickers, also using color on color technique. Creating this page was so much fun and a perfect combination of mixed media products and paper embellishments. My favourite kind of layout.
That is all for today! Thank you so much for spending your precious time with me. See you in October!
It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous Heart & Home collection! I don’t know about you but I have loads of special family photos that I have to document. The Heart & Home collection is so perfect to use to document family photos. I have added 3 photos to this layout and although they are small, they get the memories documented. These photos are of my 2 sons with their 2 younger girl cousins who they ADORE.
I absolutely love the ‘B’ side of the Golden Fields paper with the typewriter looking phrases and I knew I wanted to use that piece as the background for my layout. I trimmed this piece down to approximately 11′ x 11′ and then adhered it to the ‘B’ side of the Leaf Litter paper. I then cut out the blue 3′ x 4′ card in the top right corner of the Gather paper. I got out my craft knife and cut out the centre of the frame so I could place a photo behind it. I also took the die-cut frame with the 2 spaces from the ephemera pack and placed small photos behind them.
I took several more pieces out of the ephemera pack that I thought would suit my photos including the tag, the ‘Our Story’ journal card, the floral wreath and the Family title. I started to arrange these on the page, deciding on a rounded horizontal look. For elements that I wanted to stand out and make a statement on the page I adhered using craft foam to add shadows and dimension. I will admit I had some ‘help’ in deciding what to add in the centre – I walked away from my page for a little while, when I came back, my man had been adding bits and pieces to it for me! What a gem! He added the small family die-cut and the wreath in the centre for me. I loved it that much so I just went with it! How do you think he did? Once I had the horizontal design arranged and glued down how I liked it, I started to add other smaller embellishments.
For my title I took one of the gorgeous Gold Foiled die-cut titles for the title pack and adhered this at the top using craft foam. I then took the individual letters that spell ‘Family’ from the ephemera pack and adhered these at the bottom of the design also using craft foam. I also layered a phrase sticker from the Accessory Sticker Sheet over the top of these letters. Under the letters I added an arrow die-cut as well. With the tag, I added some twine and tied it in a bow through the hole in the top, I love adding some sort of texture to my layouts, usually it is ribbon or twine or something like that. I absolutely HAD to add some gorgeous florals from the floral ephemera pack, I mostly tucked these into the top corners at each end of the tag and journal card.
Some of the final touches to my layout are the puffy heart stickers (love these!) some more phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet and a few smaller die-cuts from the ephemera pack. I cut out a small piece from the Gather paper and adhered this piece above the Beautiful title. I love tucking things in here and there – as you can probably see! Lastly I stamped the date stamp of when the photos were taken as I always do.
Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blogtoday! I hope I have inspired you to get creating with your Heart & Home collection! If you haven’t already got this gorgeous collection, you REALLY NEED IT! It’s sooo pretty!
I have a new layout to share today created with the lovely Heart & Home collection !
I based my design on a black and white photo of my daughter Sabrina walking on a bridge this summer. I “continued” the road with white Cardstock and added a yellow border with the “Gather” patterned paper. I hand stitched on the papers with matching thread, and placed everything on the beautiful “Leaf Litter” green paper.
I cut the page into a 11 inches square and mounted it with adhesive foam on a 12×12 white cardstock on which I scored a few lines, as shown in a close-up here:
I decorated around the photo along the road with Die Cuts from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and fussy cut flowers and leaves out of patterned papers.
My title is a little banner from the Die Cut Ephemera pack. I drew, cut and stitched little clouds around the photo as the finishing touch, and handwrote my journaling with a brown pen.
Here are more close-ups:
This is a very different design for me but I am so happy of how it turned out !
I hope you like what you see and are being inspired by this gorgeous collection !
Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with a sweet shelf design to scrap these photos of a curious little squirrel that I saw fairly often while wandering the campus in college last year. It was a mascot of sorts for one of the English buildings and I looked for him every time I walked past. For this layout, I used the stunning new Heart & Home collection and went wild with fussy cutting!
Using the diagonal stripe from the cut apart sheet as a base and adding a branding strip on top, I created two shelves for my photos and title to sit on. Starting from this base, I built up clusters of fussy cut florals from both the patterned paper and vellum, as well as sticker sheet and ephemera icons. I even fussy cut the tiny little flowers to use as scattering bits around my clusters.
On the right side, I added a label for journaling and an adorable little house. On the bottom, I used the line for a large title from the gold foiled titles pack. The falling florals and leaves seemed fitting for photos from autumn here in the United States. I adore these sweet little moments with nature!
I hope this layout inspires you to take photos of unexpected moments or animals that you encounter and record those too! You never know what these memories will mean to you in the future. To see how “Good Life” came together, check out the process video below:
Hello, hello! It’s Anna here with my first ever project made with brand new “Heart & Home” collection. Fall is slowly coming to the northern hemisphere and this line will be just perfect for all of my pictures taken in September and October. However, before trees will hange their colors and I will decorate my home with pumpkins, I decided to scrapbook photo of my beautiful daughter, taken during our summer travels. This collection is versatile enough to be able to scrapbook with it almost any theme.
I just love the new floral Specialty Printed Vellum and I knew I need to use it right away! As it’s a semi transparent material, it looks best on light or white background. Pattern papers may alter colors of the print, creating new and unwanted shades on your project. I grabbed my small scissors and spend some time fussy cutting flowers and leaves out of it.
I chose white 12*12 paper sheet and applied a little bit of color using brick stencil and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink. I wanted to create very subtle background in the area where my composition will be. After it was done, I was ready to start adding flowers.
I combined them with another amazing product – Titles With Gold Foil! They are so pretty so I turned them into the part of my composition, picking the ones that match the photo. They all describe my daughter. Each one is glued with a layer of foam adhesive to add more dimension to my project. In between the words, I added my vellum flowers. You need to remember to use a proper adhesive to mount them as wet glue will make vellum curl and it will not look good. I used a glue dots.
I didn’t use any pattern paper while making this page. Titles and vellum florals are the main decoration here. I also reached for some Die Cut Ephemeras to add more defined splashes of colors. Everything is finished with cute and tiny Puffy Stickers.
First layout of new collection is always a “test project” for me and I need to discover my favorite patterns and elements. I already have few more ideas for “Heart & Home” collection and I can’t wait to share them with you! It’s all for today. Thank you so much for spending your precious time with me and see you in two weeks!
Hello Paperlovers, Welcome to today’s Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog for some fresh Scrapbook inspiration! I’ve chosen the latest collection called “Heart and Home.” What a delightful collection, perfect for cozy autumn moments and family nature adventures. I wanted to document this photo of my daughter and me high up in the mountains in Austria, and the “Heart and Home” collection is a perfect fit. When we’re in the mountains, it truly feels like coming home. Every year, we climb to the eternal snow. We had so much fun. It’s essential to me to capture these unique moments like this one.
I’m starting with a white cardstock paper as the base of my layout. I’m using a dark blue distress oxide called “faded jeans.” I apply the ink with a damp sponge, dabbing it onto the white cardstock paper until I’m happy with the mixed media background. I also splatter some extra blue ink with a brush for a playful effect. I choose two sheets of design paper, cut them to size, and place them behind the photo. I try to match the colors of the design paper with the photo, opting for a blue and brown shade and I position the photo in the center of the layout.
Now it’s time to create clusters, and I carefully select various flower die-cuts for the clusters. I use 3D foam for the clusters to make the flowers stand out beautifully on the blue mixed media background. For the title, “Beautiful Place,” I use gold foil word die-cuts. These match perfectly with the stunning colors in the collection. I place the title partially over the photo and between the two flower clusters. I complement the title with a lovely word die-cut, “with you I am home,” and playfully position two fallen leaves. I embellish my layout with adorable blue puffy hearts. I fussy cut a few butterflies from the patterned paper and give them a place between the flowers. From the vellum, I cut out some additional flowers and place them between the flower clusters. I’m already a fan of these beautiful vellum flowers!
I splatter a bit of white gesso, and my layout is ready. I hope I’ve been able to inspire you with this mixed media layout and look forward to seeing you next time on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog. Wishing you a creative and wonderful day!
It’s Tarrah back with you to share a new scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous new Heart & Home collection! This collection is so gorgeous and perfect for documenting outdoor themed projects as well as thankful, home and Autumn/Fall themed projects! Heck its suitable for any type of project really!
I am documenting a recent photo taken on an adventure with my love. I take photos of us every chance I get!
I started by choosing an Autumn Leaf cut file from CUT to YOU and cut this out from plain white cardstock. I did resize it down slightly and then cut it out. I then adhered the cut file to the yellow/mustard coloured paper from the A5 paper stack. I fussy cut around the edges and then placed it to the side while I created the rest of the layout. I took a plain sheet of white cardstock, as I mostly start with, I took the ‘Flurry paper’ ( I love this paper!!) and tore it in half horizontally. I then adhered this to the top half of the white cardstock, I did leave the adhesive off the bottom in case I decided to tuck anything at the bottom, which I did decide to do. I cut the bottom strip of rainbow diagonal stripes off the bottom of the ‘Gather paper’ and adhered this piece down.
Once the strip was adhered, you can see in the close up photo above that I rolled the edges of the tear part of the ‘Flurry paper’ to add some texture to my page and to reveal the paper on the other side, I love how this paper blends in with the diagonal stripes perfectly. I took the cut file that I finished earlier and using craft foam underneath for dimension, I adhered it overlapping the papers on the page and slightly over to the right hand side to leave some room on the left side for a title and some embellishments. I then placed my photo right on top of the cut file, I love how this adds an extra layer between the background and the photo. On top of the photo I adhered a phrase die-cut piece from the Ephemera pack and tucked in at the top the heart speech bubble die-cut. I cut some of the banner pieces from the ‘Gather paper’ and adhered one on the right hand side, tucked in behind the cut file and the other on the left hand side, underneath the sticker that says, ‘Another Perfect Moment Captured’ from the Accessory Sticker Sheet.
I also adhered the Simple Joys circle die-cut from the Ephemera Pack using craft foam on the right hand side and took a small phrase sticker and placed this above the circle die-cut. My title is one of the gorgeous gold foiled cardstock titles, I chose the word ‘Happy’ and adhered this to the left of my photo using craft foam to add some more dimension. I also added a few more of the small black and white word and phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet around my page. I love to add these to my layouts as I do not journal all that much on my pages, adding these helps to tell the story of the photo and capture the moment a bit more. Next I took some of the leaves from the Floral Ephemera pack and tucked in a few of these around the cut file to extend on the cut file and bring the Autumn leaves from the paper above down to the bottom of the layout. I love how these look tucked in all around the cut file.
The Puffy Stickers are just SOOO beautiful so they definitely had to be added to my layout too! I placed most of these down amongst the Autumn Leaf die-cuts, placing some of the circle ones tucked under leaves and the heart ones out for all to see! Lastly stamped the date stamp as I always do and then I added some sprinkles of Gold Heidi Swapp Colour Shine.
I love the detail, the design, the dimension and the collection! It is SO easy to work with and you too can create pretty projects!
Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! Make sure to get your hands on the gorgeous Heart & Home collection!
Sophie here and I am so excited to share my very first page created with the brand new Heart & Home collection !
OMG where to start ?! I guess you know the feeling when you have a new collection that you absolutely LOVE ? You want to use all the things…and hoard them at the same time ..?!!?
The first paper that caught my attention was the «Gather» paper. I cut out the little labels on it and aligned them vertically on the right side of a thick white cardstock.
I went for a beautiful black and white photo of my daughter Sabrina that I backed with tissue paper, adhesive foam and the «Fall Beauty» paper. I placed it on the left side of the layout, as she is looking towards the right, at the labels.
I used words from the «Titles with Gold Foil» pack for my title. I embellished the layout with a big floral cluster that is a mix of the Floral Ephemera pack, and flowers fussy cut out of the Floral A5 Paper Stack paper and the «Bountiful» patterned paper.
The date on one of the labels was done with the mini puffy alpha stickers.
Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today. It’s Josefine here, bringing you fresh inspiration. I’m absolutely love the incredible new collection “Heart and Home.” The beautiful warm and soft colors are perfect for capturing autumn memories, family moments, and, lovely summer memories.
My first layout with this collection is a sweet summer memory that perfectly matches the title “Good Life Captured.” I chose for a black and white photo and a white background to make the colors in this collection shine even brighter.
I started by creating a mixed media background on the white cardstock using one of my many oxide ink pads. The color I’m using is “Speckled Egg,” which isn’t too overpowering and complements the colors of the “Heart and Home” collection beautifully. I use a small sponge, load it with ink, and then dab it onto the white cardstock. I repeat this process several times until the mixed media background is large enough. After letting the ink dry, I move on to fussy cutting and select the patterned paper with the lovely large flowers.
Once the ink is dry, I cut the photo into a circle. I also choose two more patterned papers and cut circles from them as well. I add a stitched border to the circle with the photo, using light blue thread that matches the mixed media background. I position the circles behind the photo and then place it in the center of my layout. Now it’s time to decorate the layout with the beautiful embellishments from this collection, such as floral ephemera, die-cut leaves, mini alphabet, puffy stickers, and the gold word title ephemera.
I carefully select the die-cuts I want to use and create clusters of flowers on both sides of my photo. Next, I position the title below the photo. To finish, I playfully arrange the flowers and leaves around the photo. I use 3D foam for this step to make the flowers and leaves pop from the mixed media background. I add some splatters of white gesso to the layout and let it dry. I’m so happy with the result and can’t wait to create more layouts with this fantastic collection!
I want to thank you for visiting the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today. I hope to inspire you again with a new layout next time. Wishing you a wonderful and creative day.
