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To the Moon | No Limits collection | Guest designer – Kellie Moore

Hello CVS fans and welcome back to the blog today to see my 2nd creation using the new ‘No Limits’ collection.

For this layout I decided I wanted to make a big rocket for the main focus of my page. I took one of the rockets from the ephemera pack and recreated it using different papers from the collection.

Now, I am a BIG fan of hand stitching on my layouts. I love the texture it adds and I actually find it relaxing… I know this is not everyones cup of tea as it is time consuming. You can see I have stitched in co-ordinating threads on my rocket and it really helps to make the rocket pop from the page. To finish the rockets off I also added some of the wood epoxy stickers and puffy stickers …so fun!

To add to the ‘space’ theme I created some clouds to the top of my layout. I just used white cardstock and free hand cut them out…again you will see I stitched my clouds. I then cut a moon out of the ‘Orbit’ paper and then added a bunch of stars to the top of my page both from the chipboard sheet and some of the puffy stickers.

For my title I used ‘Love You’ from the Die Cut Titles then for ‘Moon’ I just cut apart some of the other words to make it work!

I backed my photo with a piece of the ‘Latitude’ paper….yellow is one of my favourite colours in scrapbooking…it helps to make the photo stand out on my page.

Lastly I added a few stickers from the ‘Accessory Stickers’ under my photo and thats it!

I love how this page turned out and I hope you do too!

See you in a few weeks for more ‘No Limits’ inspiration.

Happy Creating!
Kel

Space cards | No limits Collection | Anna Komenda

Hello everyone. It’s Anna here with my next project made with amazing “No limits” collection. Super talented CVS Team has been playing with this line for a while and girls created all sorts of inspirational and fantastic layouts. Their ideas blow my mind! That’s why I though I will surprise you with something a little bit different this time. I made cards! Yep, not a common thing in my scrappy portfolio but I like to make a card or two from time to time. Especially when the idea comes to my mind for a specific products. That was the case this time. When I saw all those space related items like planets, stars and rockets, I though it would be fun to use them in an interactive design. I made three quite simple and easy to recreate cards.

First card has a slider, that moves the rocket up and down. It was the easiest and fastest to make and didn’t required any special tools. I started with cutting the background from A5 Paper Stack twice, in the same size. Then I took a craft knife and a ruler and cut out the strip of paper from one of the backgrounds. To estimate how wide the strip has to be, check what size of foam dots will you be using and add 1mm of each side. You will also need something small and heavy, like a coin. I used 1 cent, which was just perfect.

Next step was to add pieces of foam tape under the first layer of background leaving the tunnel for the coin to move up and down. Put the coin on the first layer of background, add second layer with the foam and glue them together. You should be able to see the coin under the strip. Next, add a foam dot on top of the coin and place the rocket. I used the one from Die Cuts pack, but I trimmed off the white outline to better fit the dark background. Slider is ready! Now you can finish the card by adding the planet on the bottom and some stars and smaller planets. My “Earth” was fussy cut from “Universal” paper. Stars come from Chipboard Stickers sheet and Puffy Stickers.

Second card also has a slider, but in a round shape. This time I had to reach out for dies and die cutting machine. I used to sizes of circles, one slightly smaller than another, to make a round tunnel for the rocket. Rest of the process was pretty much the same – foam layer, coin, foam dot. Decorating the card was also simple as I wanted the rocket to shine. You also need to remember to let the tunnel open so the slider can work smoothly.

This time my planet was fussy cut from the globe from Die Cuts pack. It was just a perfect size. Title for the card was created by cutting one of the stickers from 6*12 Sticker Sheet into pieces. I wanted it to match the “space” theme. Super cute Puffy Stickers stars are a perfect match for any project.

Last card doesn’t have any movable element. It has a shaker instead. I used one of the stars from Die Cut pack to make it. I actually used two of them (from the secon pack) becasue I wanted my star to hang of the side of the card, thus the other side of it would be visible too. If you are planing to place the shaker in the middle of the card, one star will be enough. I started making my shaker by adding a layer of think double sided tape on the left side of the star. I then added a piece of transparency and cut it into the proper shape. I did it twice, with both stars. Next step was to add a layer of foam tape cut into narrow strips on the edges of the star. It was ready to be filled with sequins and glitter. After that, I sealed the shaker with second star. This way, you can use either side of it.

Decorating the card as simple and easy, as with the previous cards. Rocket and few stars make the whole composition. “Reach for the stars” sticker was a perfect finishing touch.

That is all for today! I hope you liked my ideas for simple yet entertaining cards using amazing “No limits” collection.

Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in two weeks <3

XO Anna

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.

Hey Kid | No Limits collection | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone, it’s Sue Plumb here today to share another project using the awesome new ‘No Limits’ collection. (Loving this collection SO much!) This layout features a photo of my hubby and one of my sons that I took while they were busy doing work in our garden recently. (This boy loves to help his Dad with projects in the yard!) I decided to use the wood grain print from the Big Bang patterned paper as my background for this page, as I thought it would work well for the outdoor theme.

You can see I have added some light mixed media layers to my background paper. I used a combination of acrylic paint, a stencil with ink, stamping, and splatters.

I used a mix of layered patterned papers for the focal area of my page that included Stardust, Orbit and Latitude and I used distressing, tearing and some frayed gauze to add texture. I also tucked in a paint sample card from my stash to help draw in the green on my sons hat, which I thought also worked well with the DIY that was happening on the day.

I used Die Cut Title words for my page title, but then used the always be your awesome self quote card from the Universal cut apart paper below it as a subtitle. Both of these were popped up from the page like my photo to create dimension and help them stand out from the background.

To embellish my layout I used lots of fussy cut stars from the gorgeous Nebula paper, which I combined with pieces from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and Accessory Sticker sheet.

I also added a few pieces from the Chipboard Sticker sheet which also provided some extra dimension.

Of course I couldn’t help but include some of my favourite embellishment from this collection – those stunning Puffy Stickers. (Seriously, I wish I had a million of these things!)

If you would like to see how this layout came together, you can watch my process video here:

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you are feeling inspired to use up those scraps on your desk! Until next time, happy scrapping.

 

 

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

So Funny | No Limits collection | Guest designer – Kellie Moore

Hi everyone, please welcome guest designer Kellie Moore to our blog today…

Hello CVS fans!
My name is Kellie Moore and I am very excited and honoured to be a guest designer for Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I have been scrapbooking for around 15 years and it is my therapy and relaxation from the crazy times we are living in! I live on the gorgeous Tweed Coast with my husband and 3 boys, so when I was given the ‘No Limits’ collection to play with I was beyond excited and I have had so much fun with it. I will be sharing 4 projects with you over the coming month. I’m not sure how I would describe my style, I love layers and texture and every now and then having a small play with mixed media … I could live without paint but COULD NOT live without patterned paper! I hope you enjoy my creations and I inspire you to get crafty.
When I started on my first layout I loved the the subtle grey paper called ‘Universal’ so I decided to use that for my background. I cut this paper down to a 11.5 inch square and then created a mat around it with the ‘Latitude’ paper to bring a nice pop to the page… I really love how bright and fun those stripes are.
I decided for this page I wanted to scrap these 2 photos of my son being a goofball… my photos are slightly smaller than 6×4. I added a small white border around each photo then used red cardstock around one photo to help pull out the red in my sons shirt then used a piece of the yellow ‘Latitude’ paper to mat my other photo, Both pictures are popped up on some foam adhesive.
When I first opened the ephemera pack I immediately fell in love with the large stars and decided to make some sequin shakers with them. I pulled out some co-ordinating colours of sequins and added the stars diagonally … one to the top left and one to the bottom right of my photos to help create balance on the page, then added a smaller star to the bottom left to create a visual triangle.
Underneath my photos I wanted to add more pattern so I cut some strips of different papers and layered them to help fill the space.
For my title I pulled out the die cut titles and decided ‘So Funny’ was perfect for these photos . Again I popped the title up on foam to help it stand out on the page.
Now that the base of the page was done I added a few more pieces from the ephemera pack, chipboard pieces, puffy stickers and wood epoxy stickers to help finish off the page.
Lastly I added some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet that summed up my crazy boy.
I hope you enjoyed my first page for CVS and I will be back soon with my next creation.
Stay scrappy!
Kel

The Best Ever | No Limits Collection | Lina Monaco

Happy Friday friends! Boy, am I happy and relieved it’s the weekend! The sun is out and spring is close!
Today, I have a layout to share using the No Limits collection featuring my husband, a.k.a.. the best ever!

There is a video HERE if you’d like to watch my process.


I had the idea floating around in my head, something that I’ve done for past layouts and that was to slightly skew a layered background. I took a white sheet of cardstock and matted it with Big Bang from the collection, a luscious woodgrain, and then layered both pieces on an angle on top of this regal and inky blue background sheet called, Eclipse. I just adore the overall and unexpected look of it.


For the title, I used a combination of the Chipboard Stickers using Best and paired them with Die Cut Titles. I used the word “adventure” and cut it up to create the word “ever”. I love the versatility of the Die Cut Titles as I was able to create a word I really wanted with the already existing title.


Next, I played around and had fun embellishing my page with pieces from the Chipboard Stickers, Accessory Stickers, Pocket Cards, and the Dir Cut Ephemera. To add the final touches I added the yellow stars from the Puffy Stickers and two of the Wood Buttons. To complete my page, I sprinkled some love with gold ink spray and called it complete.

I hope you enjoyed my layout (and process video) today!
Thanks a bunch for stopping by today!
xoLina

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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