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Crazy divers | Sunkissed Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello Friends! Welcome on Throwback Thursday kind of a post. This time I get a pleasure to rediscover one of the older Cocoa Vanilla collections. You know I love them all and I love coming back to them, combining bits and pieces and pattern papers. This time however I focused on one line only and I pulled out “Sunkissed”. It was hidden for the period of winter but it’s time for the big comeback of vivid colors and summer motifs! I pulled out two most expensive photos in my mamarazzi career and scrapbook them with little mixed media vibe. If you wonder why they are the most expensive, let me only tell you that I was convinced my new smartphone is waterproof… It wasn’t. At least I got those photos, right? :D

I started with sheet of watercolor paper as my background. I knew I wanted to use water so I had to be sure to use the proper base paper. Next step was to apply some clear gel medium through stencil with circles in different sizes. They are going to mimic the air bubbles in water. Gel medium is transparent and shiny when it’s dry and it’s also color resistant. Just make sure you dried it well before moving to next step.

I picked three Distress Oxide inks in “Mermaid lagoon”, “Broken china” and “Peacock feathers” colors and tap them all over the background and sprayed everything with clear water. Colors mixed with water well and started floating on the surface. I dried the background with the heat gun removing excess of water with paper towel. When everything was dry, I took a blending brush and applied some ink through the stencil in random spots. The background was done!

I was ready to start building my composition. My pictures didn’t have any white outline so I back them with some pattern papers to make them pop from the background. I used “Bright side” and “Sunny days” for this purpose. Idea for this page was to create an underwater scene so I kept it very monochromatic, in all shades of blue. I also cut out circles in various sizes using the same pattern papers adding few scraps from A5 Paper Stack.

Few bits and pieces from Ephemera Pack serve as an embellishments scattered around the photos. I also added my beloved Wooden Buttons and Puffy Stickers here and there. They are the best finishing elements. I was almost done with my page, when I noticed I also got some transparent stickers left so I added few of them in the background using mostly blue ones. They work best on light backgrounds, like the one I have in my page.

And that’s it! Simple, right? My favorite type of layout. That is all for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and I we will see each other in two weeks! I already created fun page with “No limits” collection for you!

XO Anna

Love You | No Limits Collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello there CV fans! It’s Kylie with you again today with a very colourful layout to share featuring the new ‘No Limits’ collection. I am always experimenting with ways to incorporate lots of different papers into my page designs. (Perhaps that comes from my inability to choose just one favourite paper!) I decided to create a background feature with ‘panel’ strips of paper for the layout I am sharing with you today.

I chose the ‘NEBULA’ paper as my background and I cut down a white sheet of cardstock to measure 10″x 9.5″. Next I trimmed several strips of various papers to measure 1.5″x 9″. I then laid every strip across the white panel, making sure to adjust the position of each so that they were all evenly space. I wanted to have a nice even edge of white showing around each piece. When I was happy with how it looked I adhered everything down with double sided tape. Once complete I adhere the whole piece to the background paper, lined up neatly next to the right side edge.

As some of you may know from my previous paper adventures, I love working with BIG titles. I wanted to include two big titles in my page design so first created a mat for my photo. Since my photo was 6″x 4″ I trimmed my photo mat to measure 6.25″x 4.25″ which gave a lovely neat border. I adhered the photo to my page with foam adhesives squares and adhered my first title over my photo from the ephemera pack. To create layers and dimension I tucked some more of the ephemera pieces behind the photo and added a few with more foam adhesive squares. (I think the rocket ships in this collection are some of my favourite decorative pieces!)

To keep my page balanced I added the second title to the base of the photo using the title die cut pack. I also added some of the typed phrases from the sticker sheet below it. To finish my page I added just a few more stars from the ephemera pack.

Thanks friends for stopping by the blog today. I hope my layout has given you a little inspiration to perhaps try something new with your own scrapbooking.

Take care,

Kylie.

You’re The Best | No Limits collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you to share a new layout featuring the No Limits A5 paper stack and the No Limits 3′ x 4′ pocket cards! These products are such a great part of the No Limits collection! They are perfect for layering, punching shapes from and backing cut files too. This collection is so versatile and its perfect for not only boy projects but travel and even girly projects too!

I decided on a monochromatic colour scheme for this layout as so many of the elements in the No Limits collection went perfectly with the photo of my son having fun in the pool. I chose the Universal paper as the background paper as it reminded me of bubbles and was perfect to go with the photo of my son in the pool. I trimmed this paper down slightly and backed it onto the ‘B’ side of the Stardust paper. I took my black journal pen and freehand drew a border around the outside. I cut out some different sized strips from the A5 paper stack and layered them in a vertical manner to the left, I also took 5 of the 3′ x 4′ journal cards layering them under the paper strips, I added the ‘You’re The Best’ one to the right hand side of the layout, this card became the title of the layout.

I adhered my photo on the left using foam tape to add some dimension to the layout and took some of the chipboard frames and also layered these under the photo. I cut out 2 phrases and adhered these to the photo. I also layered one of the thin chipboard frames under the title card on the right. When I create layouts I always start with the larger elements on my page first like the papers, title and photo. I then add smaller layers and embellishments and finish with the smallest things at the end. Once the chipboard was placed, I then took some ephemera and accessory stickers also in the monochromatic colour scheme and added these as layers under the photo and paper layers.

As my photo and most of the detail is on the left of the layout, I wanted to balance the layout by adding similar elements on the right of the layout. I was able to replicate the photo by adding the 3′ x 4′ journal card and I tucked in some layers just the same as I did on the right. I didn’t tuck any papers on this side so that it did not look too overdone. I tucked in mainly ephemera and accessory stickers.

Some of the smallest embellishments I added last were the chipboard arrows, by placing these opposite to each other, they give a sense of movement on the layout. I also took some of the super cute puffy stickers, choosing some of the blue and grey ones and added some around my layout. I like how these also help replicate bubbles and go perfectly with the theme of my layout. Lastly I stamped the date stamp and sprinkled a little bit of black mist on my page.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it?! Make sure you keep an eye out for the awesome No Limits collection in your local scrapbook store and it should also be hitting the Cocoa Vanilla online store soon as well.

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

My Heart is Full | No Limits collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

Sophie here with a new layout to share!

 

I used the No Limits collection. I decided to do a little bit of mixed media on the gorgeous “Stardust” paper that I used for my background.

I cut a cut file from Just Nick Studio and used it as a stencil to apply white acrylic paint on the center of the page. I also added white splatters.

I mounted a beautiful black and white photo of my son studying with our dog on tissue paper, foam adhesive and a few layers of patterned papers chosen from the A5 Paper Stack.

 

I used another Just Nick Studio cut file for my title. I used the yellow A5 paper to create the inner parts of the letters, machine stitched on them and popped them up with foam dots instead of backing the cut file with them.  It creates a more dynamic title and I love the result!

 

I embellished around the photo with elements from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, the Puffy Stickers, the Chipboard Stickers and two Wood Buttons.

I handwrote my journaling on a die cut and placed it next to the photo.

 

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love this masculine page, and hope you do too!

Thank you for stopping by, and happy crafting!

Sophie

Love this cute face | These Days collection | Josefine vd Hoeven

Hello creative Paperlovers,

Welcome to the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! It’s Josefine here showing you a new scrapbook layout. My assignment for this layout is, use an older Cocoa Vanilla collection. I chose the “These Days” collection. The beautiful soft colors match perfectly with the spring weather that is coming.This photo of my son has been a while. But his dreamy look he still has. I enjoy seeing these moments reflected in photos. They are beautiful and happy memories that I like to use for my scrapbook projects.Today I’m going to tell you how I made this layout.

I grab a 12×12 white cardstock paper and choose the colors of Distress Oxide I want to use. The colors I chose are, antique linen, fossilized amber, worn lipstick and spiced marmalade. I start by blending the Distress Oxides and use my blending tools. I start with the color antique linen. Then fossilized amber, spiced marmalade and lastly worn lipstick. I gently blend the colors together and the soft tones in my background come more and more to life. I splash some more with the different colors of distress oxides. Now it’s time to decorate my layout with the awesome collection “These Days” and the cute picture of my son.

I cut three hexagons from the pattern paper and stitched the edges with gold sewing thread. I also cut the photo into the shape of a hexagon. I placed the hexagons in the center of my mixed media background and begin making clusters around the hexagons.

I used different metal dies sets for the leaves and twigs. Some leaves I stitch with gold and white sewing thread. I like lots of little different details in my layouts. I select several die-cuts and along with the leaves and twigs I make clusters on both sides of the hexagons. I use the cute wooden buttons as additional decoration.

I combine the title for this layout with the black foam words and the colored mini alpha set. I find it fun and playful to make titles with different alpha sets. The title for this layout is “Love this cute face”. It is now time for my signature and splash some white splatters around with white gesso that I mixed with a little water. I love the festive effect the white splatters give.

I also splash some water droplets on my mixed media background. I let them soak in the Distress Oxide ink for a while and then I dab the drops with a piece of kitchen roll. I love the effect of water splashes on the oxide background!

I hope I was able to inspire you with this mixed media layout today. I had a lot of fun creating the mixed media background. The “These Days” collection is a fantastic collection and can be used for many different themes. I wish you a very happy and creative day and until next time on the blog! Thank you so much for stopping by.
XoXo, Jo

Hair-Mazing | No Limits Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with another layout using the stunning new No Limits collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio! I absolutely love the versatility of this collection. I’ve used it for boy layouts, this is a teen layout, and I have plans for a baby layout! One of the many reasons I love Cocoa Vanilla designs is that they are so easy to use. This star explosion design was a lot of fun and uses the Big Bang patterned paper as a background with the Orbit patterned paper as a border. Loving this space theme!

Bursting out from behind my photo of my teenagers are a plethora of stars fussy cut from the 12×12 and A5 paper stack versions of the Nebula patterned paper. Having both sizes gives me a wide variety of stars to use as I scattered them out from the photos. Largely, I followed the lines on the Big Bang paper, but for some of the small stars, I just placed them randomly. To get a little pop of red on the page, I punched some tiny stars from the multi-colored stripe paper and added a word phrase from the cut-apart sheet.

For an extra pop, I used alpha dies on the A5 bright green patterned paper, then matted my photo with the same paper. Loved going a bit silly with this title as I point out the distinctly different styles my two oldest kids have. One has gone for super short with a shaved undercut and the other is growing super long hair! Love that! This title is an homage to their amazingly unique senses of style. To finish off this layout, like I always do, I added gold Nuvo and splattered with gold ink spray.

I hope this layout inspires you to give an explosion layout style a go! To see how the ‘Hair-mazing’ layout came together, check out the process video below:

Funny Kid | No Limits Collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans! It’s Kylie back with you all and today I am sharing another layout I created with the new ‘NO LIMITS’ collection. I really love working with background cut files. They are a great way of adding lots of colour to a layout…..And you all know how much I LOVE colour! A star background cut file designed by ‘Confessions Of A Paper Addict’ was used as a centrepiece in my background, kind of giving the illusion of it being framed.

My most favourite paper in this collection is the SPARK paper. I love the tone of orange and the gentle splashes of paint that feature in each corner. I used this as my main background page, cutting away the centre so to conserve paper. I trimmed a sheet of the ORBIT paper to measure 10″x 10″ and adhered it centred on the SPARK paper. To cut out my cut file, I first resized it to 9.5″x 9.5″ square, that way it would allow a nice even border of ORBIT paper showing. I used the A5 paper stack to back my cut file, and once all the stars were filled in I backed the entire cut file with the UNIVERSAL paper.

My photo was printed to a smaller size, so that I didn’t cover over too much of the star background. Rather than mat my photo I used two of the 3″x 4″ journal cards to stack/layer behind. It was then adhered to my background using foam adhesive squares. I layered a few of the die cut elements as well.

To complete my page I created a suitable title for my photo from the title die cut pack. There are always so many options in these packs! I decided to go with ‘FUNNY KID’ which just suited the theme of this page so well. I also added a few of the typed sub-title phrase stickers from the sticker sheet, layered over the top of my photo.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today, I hope you have enjoyed seeing my layout and it gives you a little inspiration for your own scrapbooking.

Until next time,

Kylie.

You Got This | No Limits collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am excited to share a new scrapbook layout featuring the awesome No Limits collection!

I am documenting a photo of my eldest son from his first day of starting work at KFC as a casual. He was very confident and we knew he would be fine. 2 years on he still loves his job and everyone he works with also. There were so many cool elements in the No Limits collection to help tell the story and document the occasion!

I decided on a horizontal design for this layout, taking the A5 paper stack and cutting some strips from some of the patterned papers in the A5 paper stack.

I arranged them in different positions on the page and then added some machine stitching to the centres of each strip. I also bent up the edges of the papers just with my fingers, I love how the machine stitching and the bent up edges add some extra texture and interest to my page. I placed my photo slightly to the left of the page using craft foam and I layered 2 of the cards from the 3′ x 4′ Journal Cards pack under my photo here. I also stapled one of the banner stickers from the Accessory Sticker pack to the photo and layered another small rainbow sticker under the 3′ x 4′ journal cards.

To the right of my photo I placed my title that is made up of the die-cut titles from the No Limits collection. I used foam tape under the title also to give some dimension and to help it stand out. I also added the cool banner die-cut from the Die-cut Ephemera pack that says ‘Go For It’ and those super cool hand gesture die-cuts had to be added too, these are so fitting for boy layouts!

On the bottom green paper strip I added a small cluster of embellishments including an arrow from the Chipboard pack, another phrase sticker from the Accessory sticker pack and a phrase die-cut too. These phrases all help to tell the story and are suited to the message I am trying to portray to my son in my layout.  I also added a few of the die-cut stars around as well, you can never go wrong with stars on a boy layout!

On the left of my photo I added another cluster of embellishments including the wood/epoxy button, the hand die-cut and another of the stars. When I create my clusters I always try to include similar colours from clusters I have previously created. This helps draw the eye around the layout, helps with visual design and makes the page aesthetically pleasing to look at. You can see on my layout that in each cluster I have added the red/orange colour, this is a great colour to use as it pops against most other colours. Another great colour to use for this is yellow.

Lastly I sprinkled some black mist and stamped the date stamp also. I hope you enjoyed my layout today?

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog! Make sure you get your hands on the awesome No Limits collection from your local scrapbook shop or wait until it becomes available in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio store!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

You Rock My World | No Limits collection | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

 

Sophie here and I am so excited to share my very first layout with the brand-new No Limits collection!

 

 

I had to use that beautiful “Spark” patterned paper for my background!

 

There are a few cute frames in the Die Cut Ephemera pack, and they were my starting point to build my design. I centered a black and white photo of my daughter, mounted on foam adhesive, on my page. I cut several different patterned papers from the A5 Paper Stack to use in the frames, mounted each frame on foam adhesive as well and placed them around my photo.

 

 

My title is a Die Cut Ephemera. I also used a few beautiful Chipboard Stickers as subtitles.

 

I handwrote my journaling on one of the Pocket Cards. These might in fact be my favorites of the whole collection!

 

 

I embellished the page with Chipboard Stickers, Puffy stickers and Wood Buttons, all from the No Limits collection.

 

I created simple flowers with a flower punch from my stash to add a little bit of softness around the photo.

 

 

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am so happy with the result! Who says “Boys” collections were just for boys??!

 

I hope this layout was inspiring for you!

 

Until next time,

 

Sophie

Totally Epic Prank!! | You Rock Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back with a brilliant star-filled layout finished off the last of the You Rock collection in my stash! Absolutely adored this boy collection and it was perfect to showcase these photos of my oldest son being epically pranked by his little brother. Inspired by this month’s mood board, I started this one with grey ink stenciling in the background and then silver watercolor splatters. This created the base for my layout and allowed me to follow that path when adding these fussy cut stars.

The title is from the new No Limits cardstock titles and I paired it with this “Like a Boss” ephemera piece. The larger star behind my photos was one star that I cut in half and tucked behind two sides of the photos. This pieces was in the cut-apart paper from You Rock and I’d been hoarding it throughout the whole collection! So satisfying to see that piece make it onto a layout!

 

To finish this layout off, I added black Nuvo drops in the centers of the largest inked stars as well as in random places around my stars. This detail really brings that black from the ‘Like a Boss’ into the rest of the layout. The tiny stars are all punched from scraps or fussy cut from the cut-apart. One of the best things about Cocoa Vanilla Studio collections is how versatile the papers are. Even at the end, I can use every last little scrap to keep making pages! I love that!

If you’d like to see how ‘Totally Epic Prank’ came together, check out the process video below! I hope this layout inspires you to dig out your inks and try a bit of stenciling on your next layout.

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