These Days pocket cards

Grow with Love | These Days Collection | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 07/04/2023

Hello CVS friends! Today I have a layout created using the beautiful These Days collection.

My envelope with hearts cut file is from the Silhouette Design Store, this cut file provides a novel way to include your photo and a journal block.

I created a water colour wash on my background page, mixing up a peach/apricot colour. A great technique to use when you have chosen a patterned background photo. I also tore three edges of my base paper and then backed with a blue paper from the A5 paper pad. I next added my cut file cut in white cardstock.

I used the small floral paper for the actual envelope and then a mix of the two peach coloured papers from the A5 pad. I added these papers with foam tape to create dimension. I also cut a few extra hearts to double layer several of them.

I next added my 3×4 inch portrait photo. I fussy cut the journal block from one of the Pocket Cards and used the word stickers from the Accessory Sticker Sheet.

I created a floral cluster to the right side of the envelope, slightly tucking under the envelope.

I created an embellishment cluster below the floral cluster, adding the books die cut and cup from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, fishing off with another cup from the Clear Sticker Sheet.

I added a smaller embellishment cluster to the left of the envelope cut file, layering and using the Wood Epoxy Buttons to add dimension. I finished off my layout adding a small floral cluster to the top of my photo and a butterfly because I just can’t do a layout without a butterfly somewhere on it!

This layout is quite busy for me but I really wanted to challenge myself by using a patterned background paper instead of my standard white.

Thank you for stopping by and later in the month I have another layout using These Days collection, sadly using the last of what I have.

Rachel X

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

Tarrah McLean 23/03/2023

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

So Grateful for You | Daydream | Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe 07/05/2022

Happy Mother’s Day to you all! Today I am sharing a layout created to celebrate my wonderful mother. I have used These Days collection.

I have used the wonderful ready made mixed media background paper Daybreak paper. I cut my title first so I could position it and see where I would add my butterflies that I intended to add. This title cut file is available from the Silhouette design store. I cut varying sizes of butterflies using Pretty Posies paper and added with foam tape to add dimension.

I matted my photo using a paper from the A5 paper pad, yellow plaid. My photo is 3.5×3.5 inch photo and added with foam tape.

Then it was time to add embellishments! You can see I used a Pocket Card next to my photo. I used die cuts, puffy stickers and wood epoxy buttons to embellish. To lift my title I added the small puffy stickers. I tucked the mother/daughter die cut in-between the pocket card and photo. I used foam tape on many of the embellishments to add more dimension.

I used a black and white photo of my mother and I so it would add a stark contrast against the wonder colours of These Days papers.

Thank you for stopping by today!

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 pocket cards

Grow with Love | These Days Collection | Rachel Lowe

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

So Grateful for You | Daydream | Rachel Lowe

These Days | Little Moments of Joy | Rachel Lowe

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