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Grateful Heart | These Days Collection | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 21/08/2021

Hello CVS friends! Today I am sharing my second layout using the oh so beautiful These Days collection. I love this photo of my eldest and youngest and this inspired my layout.

I cut a diagonal strip from the Take Flight paper (butterfly side) and added this over the Family Ties paper (green side). I chose two of the 3×4 inch pocket cards, both black so they would contrast against the colours, one to mat my photo and the other to create a page feature.

I next added florals from the Floral Ephemera Pack starting at the edge and working my way in. Some I added with foam tape and ensured they were positioned in a interesting way across the diagonal (do not to a straight row or it will look flat and uninteresting).

I used die cuts from the Ephemera Pack to embellish my pocket card. I added this gorgeous title with foam tape, I added the little boy from another die cut by fussy cutting and adding him to the mother and daughter die cut, this kept the theme of my photo.

I added extra butterflies from the Puffy Stickers sheet. I had to use the stunning black Foam Title Stickers which really stands out against the muted green and tomes down the multi coloured butterfly paper. I curved my chosen words for visual interest and finished off with a Gold Puffy Heart.

I always leave my layout overnight so I can look again with fresh eyes before I photograph it, this is when I usually add small details like adding the Wooden Epoxy Buttons, more leaves to the florals and so on.

I really enjoyed creating this layout and documenting this moment in time. I am loving seeing all your layouts on social media using These Days, it’s just one of those collections that is so easy to create with!

Thanks for stopping by, have a safe and creative week!

Rachel X

Together | These Days collection | Tarrah McLean

Tarrah McLean 08/08/2021

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you today to share a new layout featuring the stunning new These Days collection!

I am documenting a sweet photo of my sister and her family and this week we are focusing on the gorgeous puffy alphabet stickers and the black foam title stickers from the collection.

I decided to go with a circular design to showcase the gorgeous puffy alphabet stickers, I traced a circle using a dinner plate and pencil, I then spelt out some family/together themed words placing these around the circle. I then took the stunning gold puffy hearts and adhered these between each word. I rubbed out the pencil marks with an eraser.

I layered some of the 3′ x 4′ cards under my photo and adhered these slightly to the right and the top of the circle design. On the right of the photo I created a small cluster of embellishments including some floral ephemera pieces, puffy stickers, an epoxy wood bead and a clear sticker. To showcase the foam title stickers I chose the word ‘Together’ for my title and adhered this word below my photo, overlapping the photo slightly. I took a few of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet and placed these under my photo to help tell the story.

On the left of my photo I created a slightly larger cluster here as there was a little more room for placement. I tucked in quite a few floral ephemera pieces and the super cute typewriter die-cut. To add some more of the foam title stickers I added a few of the small leaf foam pieces tucking them into various places, I really like the pop of black this adds to my page.

Above my photo I added the sticker that says, ‘Together is the Best Place To Be’ as it was perfect for the theme of my page and it also fitted perfectly above my photo.

Lastly I stamped the date stamp and finished off by adding a few last small heart puffy stickers.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Sweet Memories | These Days Collection | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 07/08/2021

Hi CVS friends! I am having so much fun creating with the new These Days collection. I love the black foam title stickers and puffy alphas and these are the focus of my layout today.

I have documented my families love of Lemon Meringue pie which my husband makes. I found this gorgeous cooking apron cut file in the Silhouette Design store. I used the Daybreak paper as my background paper, it’s a great choice when using a white background paper would be too stark. I used Pretty Posies and Wall of Fame papers to create my apron. I added it with foam tape to create a 3D effect.

Embellishing the apron was such fun! On the oven kit I add one of the gold glitter puffy hearts and created my title using ‘sweet’ word from the black foam title stickers and ‘memories’ word from the puffy stickers. I love how the black contrasts against the colours of the apron. I finished off adding a floral wood epoxy button. I also added machine stitching on the border of my apron and used some ribbon from my stash.

Once I added my photo slightly under my apron I used the puffy alphas to create a sub title, I used various colours for visual interest. I used a phrase sentiment from the accessory stickers which I placed on my actual photo which also added some contrast against the yellow of my photo.

I love the CVS clear stickers and I always run out of these first! On this layout I used two paint brush strokes, they really add a mixed media feel (without the mess of course). At the end of creating a layout I always leave it overnight and then the next day go back with fresh eyes and add finishing touches, here I added some puffy sticker butterflies, flowers from the floral ephemera pack.

I really love how this turned out and that I have documented another family moment to one day look back on. Thank you for popping in today and I hope you have a wonderful and crafty week ahead.

Rachel X

These Days | Little Moments of Joy | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 21/07/2021

I know I say this every time a new CVS collection is released but…..the These Days collection is my new fav! I wanted to create a ‘family’ themed layout which this collection is perfect for!

I firstly tore a strip for the Neighbourhood paper which creates the theme of ‘family’. I tore two more strips using the Family Ties and The Good Life papers. I am a little obsessed with paper tearing currently, I love the texture it creates and enables you to layer multiple papers no matter what the colours or patterns.

I created an embellishment cluster at the top left of the paper strips, as you can see from my photo I tucked some of the elements under the paper strips. I created a visual scene that coordinated with the Neighbourhood paper. The die cut ephemera has so many gorgeous designs! I added some gold thread under the die butterfly to soften.

After adding my 6×4 inch landscape photo I used one of the Pocket Cards, cutting it down to a square. I added this with foam tape placed slightly over my photo. I just adored this die cut of a mother and child and had to add it to my layout. I finished this embellishment cluster off with a wood epoxy button and butterfly.

To connect my photo to each of the embellishment clusters I added butterflies (with foam tape) in a way that they appear to be flying across my page. I tucked some flowers from the floral die cut ephemra pack and added a word sentiment from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

This collection certainly makes it easy to create wonderful layouts, the colour palette has my heart! I didn’t feel the need to add a cut files as the many embellishments of this collection are many and so varied.

Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing all your layouts created with These Days.

Rachel X

These Days epoxy wooden buttons

Grateful Heart | These Days Collection | Rachel Lowe

Together | These Days collection | Tarrah McLean

Sweet Memories | These Days Collection | Rachel Lowe

These Days | Little Moments of Joy | Rachel Lowe

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