These Days Floral die cuts

Live Each Day With a Grateful Heart | These Days collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a sweet layout created with the gorgeous These Days collection!

I am documenting a lovely photo of my sister and our Mum together from a few years ago.

I started my layout by choosing a cut file from CUT to YOU and cut it out from the Good Life patterned paper, I was careful to have the heart placed in the centre of the paper so that it would leave the 12′ x 12′ paper in tact but just with a big heart cut out of it! I trimmed down a sheet of plain white cardstock and adhered this to the heart paper, being sure not to place adhesive here the heart was cut out.

I chose a variety of the patterned papers from the A5 paper stack and backed all the spaces in the heart with all of the different papers. I used up lots of this paper pack for this layout! I love how the heart looks with all of the papers backed in the spaces. Once the heart was all backed, I added craft foam underneath the cut file and then adhered it to the white cardstock background. Next I added one of the super cute gold puffy hearts to the centre of the heart cut out in the cut file.

I placed my photo over to the right and on top of the cut file, layering one of the 3′ x 4′ pocket cards under the photo to help enhance the photo and make it stand out from all the gorgeous colours in the various papers. My title is the small card to the left of my photo, I cut this out from the A5 paper stack. I also added the Hello banner sticker above the title as well. I just had to add some of the gorgeous florals from the floral ephemera pack, I tucked these in both on the left and on the right of the photo. I added more die-cuts here too and some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet too.

Above the photo, I adhered the Happy die-cut title and at the bottom I tucked in one of the tab stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet. I stamped the date stamp on this tab. Around the outside edge of the heart, I added some of the gorgeous puffy hearts from the Puffy Stickers, I love how these look scattered around the large heart. A few more die-cuts like the butterflies and the tea cup finished off the embellishing of my layout and one of the last things added was one of the Wood Epoxy buttons.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading how I created my layout and that you inspired to create using your These Days collection!

If you don’t have the These Days collection, be sure to grab some while its on sale here in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio store

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Love Grows Here | These Days collection | Sophie Delorme

Hey Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Sophie here and I am so exciting to share this new layout with you!

 

 

 

This week’s theme is all about florals! Heaven!!! It clearly is my all-time favorite embellishment!

I used the beautiful These Days collection for my page.

I decided to do three cascades of flowers around my black and white photo.

I fixed three white embroidery threads of different lengths with a brad on a thick white cardstock. I punched tiny holes on each flower that I planned to use. They come from the Floral Ephemera pack and some are also fussy cut out of the “Home Grown” patterned paper.

I strung the flowers on the threads in descending order to create the cascades and fixed each of them with adhesive to make sure that they stay in place.

 

I added many tiny flowers and leaves scattered around the cascades as well.

I used a simple title cut out of “The Good Life” paper.

 

I placed a strip of the “Pretty Posies” paper and a scalloped strip of white cardstock at the base of the layout to ground everything, and handwrote my journaling.

 

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This was fun to make!! And although it might look sophisticated, it was a very simple way to highlight the beauty of these pretty florals!

I hope this was inspiring for you today,

Thank you for stopping by!

Sophie xx

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

Grateful Heart | These Days Collection | Rachel Lowe

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

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

These Days | Little Moments of Joy | Rachel Lowe

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

 

 

 

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