scrapbooking

Mothers Day | These Days Collection | Danni Visser

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here with a Mother’s Day layout featuring the gorgeous These Days collection. This week we are taking inspiration from borders and frames, and I was instantly drawn to the Wall of Fame 12×12 patterned paper with the idea of making a gallery wall-style layout.

I carefully fussy cut all the little frames from the paper, then printed out a bunch of photos in a tiny format (roughly 2×3 inch). I decided which frames I was going to use to frame my photos, using an extra sheet of the Wall of Fame paper as a guide for where the frames would be positioned on the final layout.

I carefully cut out the inside of the photo frames using a craft knife, then framed my photos with them using tape adhesive, trimming away any excess from the photos. The remaining frames I left intact so I could decorate the insides later. I popped all the frames up on dimensional foam so they would stand out on the page.

For my background I chose the Good Life 12×12 patterned paper because I love the bright pink and the subtle heart pattern. Using my spare sheet of the Wall of Fame paper as a guide, I carefully positioned all the frames back into their original positions and adhered them down onto my background paper.

For my title I used the mini puffy alphabet stickers to spell out Mothers Day inside one of the empty frames. I had a little space left inside the frame, which was perfect to add the date using a roller date stamp and dark grey ink.

I wanted to decorate some of the empty frames, so I chose some clear stickers because they show up beautifully on the white paper. I sprinkled some trees, butterflies and hearts throughout the empty frames. I also added some of the tiny phrases from the accessory stickers.

Lastly, I added the floral watering can from the die cut ephemera, snipping it in half so I could add it to two different frames. I decided to leave the remaining frames blank because the layout was already looking quite busy. I love how this one turned out!

If you would like to watch this layout come together, you can watch the process video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel below. Thanks for joining me today. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

 

Together | These days Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello Friends. We are having themed week and we are focusing on frames and borders. When I saw it in the schedule, I started thinking of where I can find those. We have some frames in ephemera packs and as a pattern papers. Borders are printed on paper with bunch of other elements to cut out. As I am a bigger fan of frames, I decided to focus on them this time. One of the papers from brand new “These days” collection, called “Wall of fame”, has plenty of doodly frames on one side, so I cut out some of them. And then… I started to wonder how can I incorporate them into layout. I decided it’s time for some fall project! I am not a fan of gloomy and grey days and rainy weather but I totally love first few weeks of autumn with all of their fantastic colors and “These days” collection has a lot of them added.

I took set of leaf dies and I cut out a lot of leaves from beautiful “Daybreak” paper. Ombre pattern with green, yellow, orange and red was made for this kind of projects! Next step was to create a matching, mixed media background with my beloved watercolors. I picked five colors and made few vertical strokes with each of them. Nothing fancy and complicated. When the background was dry, I splashed each color with a matching mist to add some color drops in more vivid shades.

I printed four pictures in small size and filled four frames with them. Rest of the frames became part of the background. I glued them directly to the base I prepared earlier and added photos. Next step was to arrange leaves, color on color, all around the background.

I went through ephemera pack and picked few trees to add them to by composition. I also cut out few colorful butterflies from “Take flight” paper. Color on color technique always gives fantastic results and helps you orginize the page easily. You don’t have to think much on where to place the embellishments – it kind of happens  naturally.

Thanks to my light background I could use some clear stickers included into “These days” collection. Brush strokes matches the messy charakter of my page perfectly. I also added more trees here and there. Puffy stickers and wooden buttons are perfect finishing touches. And there is nothing better for the title than beautiful foam word stickers! Black color stands out great from the backgrund.

I had so much fun making this page and it all came together very easy. I think it’s because of this fantastic color palette. Frames are great for smaller photos and make the shapes of them less common and obvious.

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

XO Anna

Lovely Memories | Josefine vd Hoeven | These days collection

Hello Paperlovers, It’s Josefine here back with you today I made a new 12×12 layout with the gorgeous collection “These Days” by Coco Vanilla.This collection is great for documenting fall related photos but also offers the opportunity to capture everyday life such as summer, family, parties or romantic getaways. I love these beautiful pastel shades and give my layouts a warm feeling.

For this layout, I wanted to capture a photo of me and my husband. We were invited to the king’s ball. The beautiful collection ” These Days” fits perfectly with the beautiful romantic pastel shades. First, I used black thread to sew a circle on the white cardstock background.Then I used a circle confetti punch from “EK Success” to punch out several circles from the pretty pink dots design paper and taped them into the circle. I used 3d tape for this.

I trim three strips of designer paper to size and stitch them through the middle with black thread. Then I placed these strips right through the circle. I mounted the picture with different design papers and placed it in the center of the layout. I cut some flowers from the design paper and choose different flower die-cuts for decoration of the layout. On the left side of the picture I make a big cluster of flowers, butterflies, wooden buttons and die-cuts.

I used 3d tape to create more dimension in my clusters.I really like the different layers. For the title I used the elegant word ” Lovely” and for the word “memories” I used an alpha set from my own stash.When I’m done decorating I make watercolor splashes on my layout for just a little extra color. The pastel colors of Prima marketing match perfectly with the beautiful collection ” These Days”.

I can’t wait to see what you create with this fabulous collection from Cocoa Vanilla. I hope I was able to inspire you with this layout and thank you for stopping by. Wishing you a very happy and creative day!  XoXo, Jo

Summer Sun and Fun | Sunkissed collection | Kylie Kingham.

Hello Cocoa Vanilla fans! It’s Kylie back with you all today with a new layout to share. It’s recently turned Spring here in Australia which has me daydreaming about warm sunshine, flowers and believe it or not Summer! My layout today has been inspired by all of these things as well as me wanting to create with cut files. I have always loved a big title and the cut file I am using for this page is just that. It has been designed by Paige Evans and it became the centre focal point of my page. I couldn’t think of a more perfect collection to use other than the ‘SUNKISSED’ collection with is bright Summery vibe.

Once my cut file was cut out I backed the letters with paper from the A5 paper pack and for the sun I used the ‘SUMMER LIGHTS’ paper which gave a beautiful shaded effect. The ‘BRIGHT SIDE’ paper was used as my background page and I adhered some of the ‘JUST CHILLIN’ paper over the top. A border strip from the ‘FUN IN THE SUN’ paper was added across the lower edge of the ‘JUST CHILLIN’ paper too. My cut file was adhered using foam adhesive squares so that it sat up from the background. Once in place I used a white marker pen to draw a freehand border around the outer edge of the page.

My photo was backed with some white tissue paper for a softer edge. It was adhered to the base of the cut file before I started to create some die cut clusters.

Both floral, die cut clusters have been placed opposite to each other on my page design, which helps give a nice balance to the overall page. I was able to build and create layers amongst each floral die cut by using foam adhesive squares on some. To finish my page I added some of the phrase stickers to the lower right side of my page.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope my Summery layout has given you a little inspiration for your own scrapbooking layouts.

Kylie.

Beautiful You | Wild At Heart collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I have a new layout for our regular Throwback Thursday feature using the gorgeous Wild At Heart collection!

I chose the gorgeous pink and orange ombre paper as my background paper and decided to cut out a floral cut file from CUT to YOU from white cardstock. I then took the dark floral paper from the Wild At Heart collection and backed the flowers in the cut file. I chose one of the teal journaling cards to back the leaves with, I love how this turned out!

Once I finished backing the cut file, I added craft foam underneath and adhered it in the centre of the ombre background paper. I love the shadows and dimension this gives my layout. I adhered the photo of my darling niece right above the floral cut file overlapping it a little. Next is the fun part of embellishing! On the right of the photo I adhered the Hello flair button and the small purple floral die-cut piece. I also tucked in under the cut file a larger floral on the right too.

Below the photo I adhered a phrase die-cut, a pink phrase chipboard piece, the bow die-cut and an accessory word sticker. On the left there is a wood veneer heart, a die-cut heart, a tag and another larger floral tucked in under the cut file. At the top of the photo I added some more accessory stickers. Lastly I adhered a few of the die-cut butterflies around the page.

I so love how my layout turned out using the Wild At Heart collection…I hope you are inspired to get your Wild At Heart collection out and create with it?!

Thanks for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Paperclip Mini Album | These Days Collection | Danni Visser

Hi Cocoa Vanilla fans! Danni here with a little paperclip mini album using the 3×4 pocket cards from These Days collection. This was super easy to make and looks so cute! I have been struggling with documenting lockdown memories, so I decided to focus on all the positive moments from the first half of last year. The cozy, homey elements from These Days were absolutely perfect for this project.

I have had this large paperclip for quite some time, so I was pleased to find it was the perfect size for this album. I chose a handful of my favourite 3×4 pocket cards, then cut some long thin strips of patterned paper for the hinges. I made these into loops with glue and staples before threading them onto the paperclip. You can see the full process in video on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio YouTube channel.

I printed a handful of my favourite ‘staying home’ memories and printed them to 2×3 inches. This is the perfect size for a tiny 3×4 album. I decided to decorate the pages first and add them to the hinges at the end. This made the decorating process much easier.

I decorated the cover with a puffy heart and some fussy cut butterflies. On the inside of the cover I included a fold out with a timeline of events. I secured this with a paperclip and a soft pink velvet ribbon. I love tactile elements like this in mini albums!

The inside pages were decorated with all the tiny elements from These Days collection. I used a bunch of the tiny clear stickers and puffy stickers, especially the hearts. I also used several fussy cut butterflies throughout as well as a bunch of fussy cut florals from the A5 paper stack.

I left plenty of space for journaling to be added in later. Where I had more than one photo per page, I added a hinged paper flip. The fantastic thing about this album is the pocket cards are already so beautifully decorated, I only needed to add small details to enhance them.

I just love how this album turned out, and it was so simple and quick to make. I will definitely be making more of these in the future! You can see a flip through of the finished album and a tutorial of making the hinges in the video linked below. Happy scrapping!

Danni x

Hello Sunshine | Hello Sunshine Collection | Laura Alberts

Hey y’all! Laura here again with a deep dive into my Cocoa Vanilla Studio stash for the oldest collection I own, Hello Sunshine! For this silly layout featuring selfies of my darling son and I being exceptionally silly, I decided to create a split-level layout design, with a simple photo display on the right and a grid layout on the left. By creating this split, I can use plenty of embellishments without overwhelming my photos.

Each of these 2×2 inch squares has a large embellishment, small embellishment and a dot of Nuvo in gold for accent. I then took my navy pen and outlined each of them in a messy faux-stitching style to reflect the stitched design on the denim-styled Chill Out pattern paper under my photos. The mix of patterns on the left side really add a pop to the overall layout and give those puffy stickers the time to shine!

By layering stickers and ephemera pieces together into clusters onto these squares, each piece of the grid feels unique, but the coordination of the colors helps them feel cohesive. The outline of each square really gives the appearance of depth on the left side of the layout, giving each a shadow that helps them pop off the page!

I was so excited by how this layout turned out, that I created a sketch based on it to share with all of you! I hope you enjoy using this sketch to inspire you to try a split-level layout too!

I hope this inspires you to look at your older Cocoa Vanilla Studio stash a little differently and incorporate them in a big way on your projects too! To see how “Hello Sunshine” came together, check out the process video below!

This life | These days Layout | Anna Komenda

Hello, hello. How are doing, everyone? I hope you are ready for another dose of “These days” inspiration! This week we are focusing on puffy stickers and puffy hearts to show you how you can incorporate them in your projects. I must tell you I struggles a while for what I should do. I didn’t have any photo on my mind, or specific design so I came back ot basics by using tried and true grid design. To make things a little bit different than usual, I used heart dies and created my grid using them.

I went even further and used the die to cut the photos too. You can’t do this with every photo as you loose a lot of background. I managed to find few pictures with my daughter standing a little far, so I only lost part of her hands but you can still see what was the main focus of the photo. All my hearts are cut out from “Good life” paper, with lovely and cute pattern. They look great on warm wooden texture from “Pretty posies” paper.

After I glued down all the hearts and photos, it was time to decorate everything. I reached for ephemera and flower packs. This such a fun and quick to use product. I love fussy cutting but it takes a precious time and with pre cut elements you can create much faster. I glued down flowers and other elements using 3D foam, adding dimension to my page. Each heart got it’s own mini composition.

When it comes to puffy stickers and hearts – I added one golden heart on each element on the grid. They add a little bit of blink and sparkle to my layout. I love using puffy stickers as they are great tiny accent and perfect for finishing touches. I especially love those mini hearts – I could have a whole sheet of them only in all colors of the rainbow.

Last step in making this page was to add a title. I wasn’t vey inventive here and I used Foam titles, that are part of “These days” collection. I needed someting short so I chose THIS LIFE phrase. It’s very generic and in this case it tell about idyllic childhood of my kids. They get a chance to spend time in the countryside, run bare foot, play in the big pile of sand, spend time with the farm animals, bath in puddles and be as dirty as they want.

That is all for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and see you in September. It will be time for some fall page, right?

XO Anna

You and Me together | Josefine van der Hoeven | These Days collection

Hello creative paperlovers,
Welcome and so happy to see you at the Cocoa Vanilla blog today. It’s Josefine here and share with you a new layout that I made with this amazing collection ” These Days”

I really wanted to work with these super cute puffy stickers and the shimmering gold hearts. I thought it would be fun to make a wreath and used the golden hearts in the center of these paper flowers.

I first draw a circle with a pencil on my white cardstock background. Then I stamped several times with the Distress Oxide color “evergreen bough”
I use a background clear stamp and print several times. Until I have a green circle in the middle. I mix the Distress Oxide with water and with a water brush I splash several times.

It’s time to make a wreath and I used the flowers and leaves from the “Floral ephemera” set
I put everything in a circle and used the punch floral set from We R keeping memories to punch out the five flowers from the design paper. In the center of these paper flowers I paste a gold heart. These flowers look so cute.

I punch out some more leaves from the green colored designer paper and slide them between the homemade paper flowers. I decorate my wreath with butterflies, wooden buttons and of course the puffy stickers. I place several puffy stickers between the leaves. Everything together gives such a festive effect. Really I love it. I cut out the photo in a circle and also cut out design paper in the shape of a circle. I use my sewing machine and stitch the edges. Then I place the photo in the center of the wreath. Finally I splash some white acrylic paint and gold acrylic ink on my page. So happy how this layout turned out.

I had so much fun with this amazing new collection “These Days” by Cocoa vanilla Studio. I hope I was able to inspire you to use the golden hearts and puffy stickers on your layout. Thank you for visiting my blog post today. Have a great time with the beautiful collections by Cocoa Vanilla Studio and wish you a beautiful and crafty day! XoXo, Jo

 

Family Together | These Days | Kylie Kingham

Hello friends! It’s Kylie back with you all today with a layout I created recently featuring the new ‘These Days’ collection. I wanted to use a cut file background for my page and one that would almost fill the page. I selected this gorgeous Rainbow cut file which was designed by Paige Evans. I really love all the pastel tones in this collection and chose the ‘THE GOOD LIFE’ paper as my main background.

When backing the cut file, I worked with the A5 PAPER PACK. The size of the papers are great for this as you aren’t cutting into the larger 12 x 12 sheets and it saves the wastage. I cheated with backing the actual rainbow, as the pastel striped paper, ‘FAMILY TIES’, was perfect for adding in a solid piece rather than adding individual sections. For the clouds I also combined some white and gold glitter card stock from my crafty stash.

My photo was printed to a smaller 3″x 4″ size and adhered over the fully backed cut file. With so much colour to the background I really didn’t need to over embellish and have just added an appropriate title from the die cut pack.

To complete my page, I added a small cluster of flowers and a cute phrase from the die cut collections. Some of the flowers were adhered with foam tape so that they added some extra dimension to my page.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have enjoyed seeing my latest page and it gives a little inspiration for your own scrapbooking. Take care!

Kylie.

 

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