These Days collection

Lovely Day | These Days | Rachel Lowe

Hello scrappy friends today I am sharing a 8.5×11 inch layout documenting my beautiful children when they were younger! I have used the beautiful These Days collection.

I like to mix things up and so I decided to create a 8.5×11 inch layout instead of the traditional 12×12 ice layout. The great benefit of this is that I have used the 6×8 paper pad instead of cutting into my 12×12 inch papers. I used the same three papers at the top and bottom of my layout but changed the order for visual interest. When I adhere torn paper strips I never glue the top part so I can go back and add elements.

I added black machine stitching to these paper strips to add a stark contrast and texture. I created a floral cluster to the top paper strips, layering them over each other, tucking in extra leaf die cuts, puff sticker florals finished off with a wooden epoxy flair.

Again I embellished the bottom paper strips, adding die cuts and puffy stickers finishing off with a Accessory sticker phrase sentiment. Layering your embellishments in the different paper strips creates a beautiful cluster that your eye is drawn too.

Before adding my photo I added some texture paste using a dot stencil. I usually buy white texture paste and then add acrylic paint with the colour I want, it certainly is a way to save money buying lots of different coloured pastes. I matted my. photo again from papers in the 6×8 inch paper pad, when you background is white a contrast is needed. I added two of the gorgeous gold glitter puffy hearts to contrast against the dot stencil.

I used both the foam word titles and puffy alphas, again I wanted to create a stark contrast against the white and using two different types of alphas creates dimension. I added a tiny phrase sentiment from the puffy stickers and added directly under my photo. Lastly I added some butterflies around my page, some from the clear sticker sheet and the other from the die cut pack.

I enjoyed creating this layout, simple but pretty! As always thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful and creative week!

Rachel X

Captured | These Days | Michelle Stokes

Hey Hey! It’s Michelle here today with a new layout share featuring the These Days Collection, and boy was it a fun one to create! I had the joy this week of Scrap-lifting one of my fellow DT Members Kylie, and yes a challenge it was. I had the hardest time deciding which beautiful layout of hers to recreate as they’re all so stunning! I chose something wonderful that was created a couple of years back, heres my version…

Fussy cut florals eat your heart out! If you cant tell by what I’ve created, I chose the absolutely stunning layout Kylie created with the Unforgettable collection and all those beautiful hand made flowers. Now my layout doesn’t stack up to the amazing creation below, but I’m still pretty happy with the outcome.

To create my version of Kylies layout I turned the orientation of the layout around in a couple of different ways. I used the design of the layout as a sketch and both rotated and mirror flipped it to create the design of my own layout. I used similar elements and pattern ideas that Kylie has used, just in a slightly different way.

I started with a pattern paper background using a mix of dotted paper, wood grain paper and a multicolour pattern to peek out between the 2.  (Family Ties & Pretty Posies paper)

I scrapped a cute photo of Leila from many many moons ago, almost 10 years ago to be exact. I printed the photo in black and white as I knew I’d be adding A LOT of colour within the clusters of florals and didn’t want them to clash. I added a couple of layers of A5 papers behind and adhered it over the background using foam for a hint of dimension amongst all the other layers.

I added the title to the photo using a foam word title from the Unforgettable collection along with 2 cut apart pieces from the Good Life paper that I adhered with a little foam tape.

Next up was the fun part of creating clusters of florals in a diagonal line across the layout. I had pre-cut tonnes of flowers from the Home Grown paper in both 12×12 and A5 sizes while sitting on the couch one night a few weeks back so there was plenty to play with. I layered the florals using both foam tape and glue dots and added a touch of silver thread for added texture. The cute gold glitter heart adds another form of texture and dimension to the cluster along with the cute mini puffy hearts

I used more of the same elements in the top cluster too. Just love these colours together

On the right side of the photo I’ve added more florals in a mini cluster along with a frame from the Wall of Frame paper, cut apart pieces from the Good Life paper, more puffy stickers and thread

I really enjoyed creating this layout, especially making floral clusters with all those gorgeous flowers and I certainly never grow tired of creating with them.

Well friends that’s all from me today. Thank you so much for stopping by!
Until next time, Happy Scrapping

Michelle x

Picture Perfect Moments | These Days | Sophie Delorme

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie here and I am sharing another layout created with the stunning “These Days” collection!

 

I wanted to play with the gorgeous striped patterned paper “Family Ties” as my main focus on the page.

So, I started with a thick white cardstock for my background and painted a light horizontal line with watercolor paint in shades of green and blue to ground my photo.

On the top of the layout, I teared a big chunk of the striped patterned paper, cut along the stripes and curled each of them in different lengths. I adhered them to another teared piece of the same paper so that each color matched the one under it.

 

I added tissue paper and adhesive foam under my black and white photo and placed it at an angle on the middle left side of the page.

I clustered a few beautiful flower bouquets (Die Cut Ephemera pack) around the photo, as well as fussy cut flowers from the “Home Grown” patterned paper and floral ephemeras.

 

I adhered the center of three butterflies (Die Cut Ephemera pack) around the photo, curled up the wings and hand stitched their movement on the page with white embroidery floss.

 

Finally, I used this beautiful Die Cut Ephemera Banner for my title, and hand wrote my journaling.

Here are more close-ups:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How I LOVE the result!

I will never have enough of this collection!

I hope you like my page, thanks for passing by !

 

I will see you again soon!

Sophie xx

Lovely | These Days Collection | Mandy Melville

Hey everyone!

Mandy here today to share a new layout using the beautiful These Days collection. You may have noticed that our theme here on the blog this week is ‘Borders and Frames’, and I’m sure that you’ve been enjoying the amazing inspiration from the design team so far. Today I’m sharing my layout for this theme, and for this, I couldn’t go past using the Wall of Fame patterned paper from the These Days collection, as well as the 3×4″ cards, which also feature some gorgeous frames. My favourite way to use frames on a layout is to add them as layers behind the photo, and that’s just what I did on this page. It was the perfect way to frame this sweet photo of me with my youngest daughter.

I decided on using the lovely Daybreak patterned paper as my background for this layout. I started by arranging four of the 3×4″ cards on the background and then I fussy cut a few frames out of the Wall of Fame patterned paper to tuck around them. I matted my photo with the woodgrain Pretty Posies patterned paper, and then adhered it over the top of the frames using craft foam for extra dimension. Using frames in this way is a great way of adding lots of lovely layers and interest around the photo for a little amount of effort.

I created a floral cluster on the bottom right hand corner of the photo using flowers and leaves from the Floral Ephemera pack. I layered one of the flowers on top of the photo, and tucked the others underneath to create some depth within the cluster. I also added one of the beautiful Wood Epoxy Buttons to the cluster. I love these sweet little buttons!

Under the left hand side of the photo I tucked some more florals, as well as a tab from the die cut ephemera pack.

The Foam Title Stickers in this collection are so gorgeous, and they make adding a title to your layouts super easy! I love the beautiful scripty font! I decided on using the word ‘Lovely’ as the title for this layout, and I added it across the top of the photo.

For the final finishing touches on my layout, I added some beautiful butterflies, including one from the Puffy Sticker pack, and a few that I fussy cut out of one of the papers from the A5 Paper Stack. I also added one of the pretty Puffy Gold Glitter Hearts, and a little die cut banner to the right of the photo. Lastly, I finished the page off with my typed journaling strips.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout, and that maybe you’ve been inspired to use frames on your next layout! I’ll see you back here on the blog next month with some more inspiration.

Mandy 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

Lovely Little Moments of Joy | These Days Collection | MIchelle Stokes

Hi Scrappy Friends, it’s Michelle back today with a new layout share featuring the sweet These Days Collection. I was seriously lacking in scrappy mojo this week so I took a walk down memory lane and chose a layout I made a few years back to scraplift. I added a few cute squishy cheek photos of a soon to be 11 year old and came up with this…

I love everything about this collection, and have had a hard time using all the pretty papers as they’re just all so beautiful. The rainbow ombré paper Daybreak was one that I was saving for a rainy day, and I reckon this was the best way for me to use it.

I added pieces of the smaller pattern papers from the A5 paper stack to some white cardstock and sewed them down into a grid design, leaving space for a few stinkin cute photos. These photos were taken so long ago, but I still remember how squishable those cheeks were.

I added a gold heart to the edge of this photo along with a cluster of florals from the A5 version of Home Grown paper, plus a couple cute puffy heart stickers.

I backed this sweet photo with the A5 wood grain paper Pretty Posies to help it pop off the layout a little more, with the addition of an accessory sticker tab.

Up on the top right I’ve used a mix of florals from both the 12×12 and A5 size of Home Grown paper, adhered with different adhesives for a range of layered dimension.

I added the title to the bottom right using a Foam Title sticker and a banner that I’ve fussy cut from an Pocket Page card.

Above the title I added another cluster, because there’s no such thing as too many floral clusters right? And when the florals are this damn pretty how can you stop?

Here’s one more….

Well that’s the last of the floral clusters for now. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my latest creation. Feel free to share in the comments about how you fix your lost scrappy mojo. Do you go back and scraplift yourself?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping
Michelle x

 

PICTURE PERFECT | THESE DAYS | GWEN WRUCK

Hi Creative Friends,

Gwen with you on the blog today sharing a new layout using the ‘These Days’ collection.  For this layout, I’m documenting a fun photo of my daughter recently taken on a Farm Stay mini holiday.  This collection is super sweet and so fun to use for wonderful little moments like this one.  I’m feeling a little bit country-vibes for this layout.

To begin my page, I have chosen a cut file from CUT to YOU, and then used the ‘A5 Paper Stack’ to back it.  I’ve started with the banner piece of the cut file. The design was a little longer than A5 so I’ve added paper behind the left and right sides of the banner leaving a gap in the centre, this works out fine as this is where my photo will be placed.  I’ve then used the pretty peach exclusive pattern to back my flowers and a pretty green leaf print for the leaves.  I used this same green pattern paper to back my photo.

**TIP – The prints in the A5 paper stack are perfect for backing cut files and creating thin photo mats as the prints are smaller than those on the 12 x 12 pattern papers. This smaller print allows you to see the design even when using them in small pieces.

To create my background I’ve used the ‘Pretty Posies’ pattern paper for my layout edge and the ‘Neighbourhood’ pattern paper for my background.  The black and white print was a little busy for underneath my cut file, so I’ve added a layer of vellum from my stash to soften it.  I love the look of vellum, it’s such a soft element to add to a page.  I love too how the print of the pattern paper still shows through; very dreamy.

It’s now time to embellish.  I’ve gone with a large cluster (including my title) to the left of the photo and then two supporting clusters, one on the top left of my photo and the other on the bottom right of my photo.  I’ve used pieces from the ‘Die Cut Floral Ephemera’ as well as the ‘Die Cut Ephemera’ pieces to create the layers in my clusters and title.  The die cut piece that says ‘Picture Perfect Moments’ was perfect for my page.

For dimension and texture, I’ve added in elements from the ‘Puffy Stickers’ and three ‘Wood Buttons’.  I’ve finished off the page with several of the sentiment stickers from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet’ added with 3D foam adhesive.

I’ve also made a YouTube video of my process which you can watch here:

Thanks for popping by today.  I hope my page has inspired you in some way and you enjoyed my scrapbooking process.

Until next time,

Gwen

xo

 

 

Remote Learning Fun | These Days Collection | Melissa Vining

Hi everyone, it’s Melissa here and today I’m sharing a layout that I created with the stunning ‘These Days’ collection. My assignment brief was to focus on puffy hearts and puffy stickers.  As we’re currently in lockdown again here in New Zealand I decided to scrapbook some photos from our lockdown in 2020 showing three of the kids doing their online remote learning.

I knew that I wanted to use some of the frames from ‘Wall of Fame’ and I fussy cut three of them.  I cut out the centres of them and put my photos inside.

I was very keen to use the beautiful woodgrain of ‘Pretty Posies’ and tore pieces of ‘Home Grown’ and ‘Take Flight’.  Normally I would use Take Flight for fussy cutting, but I love having a large piece of it on my page.   I hand stitched in matching embroidery thread from my stash.

 

I used the ‘Mini Puffy Alphas’ for my title and the ‘Puffy Stickers’ for embellishing the frames, either side of my title and on the strings holding the frames.  The puffy stickers are so adorable!!

I used the ‘Puffy Hearts’ as feature embellishments on the strings holding frames, and I love how they add a touch of bling.

I added tails onto each frame with beautiful black and white leaves from the ‘Foral Ephemera’.  They were the perfect finishing touch.

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my layout.  I don’t have a video this time as things have been very hectic in lockdown trying to balance work and parenting.

 

Take care

Melissa xx

 

 

 

 

You are Magical | These Days | Michelle Stokes

Hey hey! It’s Michelle here today to share a new layout with you all using our newest collection These Days. Our focus over the next couple of days is to share creations featuring the sweet Puffy Stickers and Gold Glitter hearts, I’ve used both to sprinkle through all those pretty florals.

I just can’t help myself when it comes to all those florals, fussy cutting happens without even thinking about it. The Home Grown paper is certainly becoming my most used paper within this collection so far, along with the cut apart sheet in both sizes. The florals were what started this creation off by stretching from top to bottom on the left side of the layout.

I used a mix of adhesives to create layers of dimension. SO many pretty flowers

This massive floral cluster has tiny pockets of space to add cute tiny puffy hearts, sweet butterflies, a few word stickers from the Puffy Sticker sheet and a couple of the super sweet gold glitter hearts

I chose a couple of crazy fun photos of Leila from a couple years back, on a family outing to a local crepe cafe. This was the first time Leila was able to enjoy an entire adult sized crepe all to herself, although she didn’t quite finish it all. I backed the photos in patterns from the A5 paper stack and tucked in some extra bits from the cut apart paper (The Good Life paper) in both sizes.

Under the photo I added the title using a mix of foam title stickers, mini puffy alphabet and a touch of handwriting. I like the special touch the handwriting gives to a layout when I don’t add any journaling.

Over on the right side of the layout I added a strip of woodgrain (Pretty Posies paper) and a cluster of florals and puffy stickers to finish the layout off.

Lastly the finishing touch, a splattering of gold ink, all over the place.

Here’s a final look at the full layout…

Well friends that’s all from me today, thank you so much for stopping by to check out my newest creation using the These Days Collection. Be sure to check back in over the next couple days to see what the other DT members create using out feature products – Puffy Gold Glitter Hearts and Puffy Stickers.

Until Next time, Happy Scrapping

Michelle x

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