travel layout

Road Trip | Great Escape collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout created using the awesome Great Escape collection! I can not get enough of this collection! I think this is my 6th layout using this awesome collection and I still have heaps of ideas flowing! Talk about value for money!  I pulled out a super cute photo of my youngest son from when he was about 3 going for a ride in the car, I just love the thumbs up gesture- so cute!

I chose to work with a darker background paper choosing the ‘Journey’ patterned paper for this layout. I knew I was going to be adding the white cut file title and I really wanted that to pop off the page. The cut file I chose is from CUT to YOU, I cut out the title in white and cut out the road in black and backed it with some white cardstock to make it resemble a road as close as possible! For the large open letters in the cut file I took the A5 paper stack and choose various papers to add in the open holes. Once the cut file was all backed, I adhered the road down first using regular adhesive and then for the title, I added craft foam and then adhered it down in the centre of the page, I love adding craft foam so that it creates some dimension on my layout, this also allows me to tuck in bits and pieces where I want to if I feel some places need extra detail.

I added my photo on the right side, tucking it in behind the ‘D’ in Road I would normally layer a paper or a die-cut underneath my photo but this time I left it free of these. Once I was happy with the photo placement and the title it was time for my favourite part and that is embellishing! Below the photo I added a chipboard piece and I also added the flag chipboard piece overlapping the road and coming out of the ‘A’ in Road. The So Much Fun chipboard piece I added on top of the cut file and also added some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet to help tell my story.

I took a few die-cuts from the ephemera pack and also added these around my page too, I love finding the perfect piece that is the perfect shape or perfect colour to fit in spots! One of the many things I love to do when I create! I like to balance my pages and describe my style is very clean but colourful too!

Some of the smaller embellishments like the puffy shapes were some of the last things I added to my page, along with stamping the date stamp which is one of my go to things on every page! Do you have something you like to include on every project? Kind of like a signature? Lastly I trimmed down the ‘Journey’ patterned paper to roughly 11′ x 11′ and matted the entire layout on white cardstock. I then machine-stitched a border using black thread around the entire edge of the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you are inspired to use your Great Escape collection and create some adventure layouts!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Explore | Great Escape collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the awesome Great Escape collection.

Last year I was lucky enough to go to Ayers Rock for work, this collection is absolutely perfect for my photo, the colours match so well!

Lately I have been creating layouts that mainly just use embellishments, with very little patterned paper added to my layout, this layout is one of these where I chose just 3 different papers however 2 of them were just small strips, 1 strip from the Adventurer paper and 1 from the Wild Life paper. My background paper is the Happy Camper paper. I created my layout on plain white cardstock and trimmed the plain cardstock down to measure 11′ x 11′, once trimmed, I adhered it to the Happy Camper paper. Next, I machine-stitched a border around the outside.

Next, I added my photo with a frame die-cut layered underneath, adhering it with some craft foam to add some dimension. On the left-hand side of the photo, I tucked in the tag from the Accessory sticker sheet and also another piece of paper from the Wild Life paper. I then added both of the strips of patterned papers to the bottom, placing them horizontally. At the top, I added some chipboard and another die-cut. I layered the banner sticker in the top right-hand corner of the photo too. On the right of the photo, I placed another of the stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet.

My title is one of the puffy title stickers, I placed this at the bottom of my photo. I placed some more chipboard pieces including the arrow on the left hand side and the road sign on the bottom left corner of the photo and the Let’s Go banner also from the chipboard pack. I also placed some of the puffy stars from the title pack around the layout. Lastly I added some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet to help tell the story, stamped the date stamp and sprinkled some black mist.

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

Happy creating,

Tarrah x

Adventure | Great Escape collection | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone, it’s Sue Plumb here to share my latest design team project with you. Today I am sharing another layout using the fabulous ‘Great Escape’ collection that documents a photo of Zoe and I on our trip to the USA back in 2019. This pic was taken the day we went to the Grand Canyon, and it definitely rates as one of my favourite days EVER – I am so happy we got to share it together.

I started this page with a sheet of white cardstock and added some ‘Naples Yellow’ acrylic paint to it using a brayer. I chose this colour because of it was a lovely earthy yellow, and I knew it would work well with the other colours of the collection. I then chose a selection of patterned papers for my papery layers, including the green compass print from the Direction paper; the mustard yellow crosses from the A5 Paper Stack; and the orange chevron pattern from the Happy Camper paper. I distressed the edges of the green one to add some texture, before layering the other two on top.

Once the papers were in place I then added some frayed gauze before placing my photo on top of the layers. You can see how I cut the orange chevron print into an arrow shape to run behind my photo from left to right, which helps draw the viewer’s eye in and across the panoramic photo.

For my embellishments, I started by adding three main pieces around my photo – the compass on the left edge from the Die Cut Ephemera pack; the get outside and roam badge (also from the same pack) at the top; and the group of trees from the Chipboard Sticker sheet in the bottom right corner. These three pieces created my visual triangle around my photo and gave me anchor points to work from for the remainder of my embellishments. The other reason I started with these embellishments is because they were all larger pieces and it is always easier to get the biggest things on a page first.

The next piece I added was the ADVENTURE title from the Chipboard Sticker sheet. I knew I wanted to run this piece along the bottom edge of the photo because it is quite a long title and it mirrored the shape of my photo. With all those large elements in place it was then easy to go back and add a few extra embellishments to finish it off. I used the so much fun banner piece and a few stars from the Chipboard Sticker sheet, along with some tiny words and a label from the Accessory Sticker sheet.

I was determined not to over-embellish this page and detract from the photo, so I finished it off with only a few tiny black ink splatters and my handwritten journalling on the label.

I am loving creating with this collection so much, and I have another project with it in the works at the moment that I can’t wait to share! I’ll be back in two weeks with some more inspiration for you.

Until then, happy scrapping!

Our Best Adventure Yet | Great Escape collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am here to share a new scrapbook layout featuring the awesome Great Escape collection! I don’t know about you but I love travelling and I love documenting those travels too! Recently my partner and I took a trip to gorgeous Tasmania, it was wonderful, these photos are from beautiful Cradle Mountain and this collection has been perfect to document our travels.

I started by cutting out a cut file from CUT to YOU from white cardstock and then backed the different words and frames with papers from the Great Escape A5 paper stack.

I added 2 photos in the frames of the cut file as well and I had to be strategic with what photo I added in the top frame due to the frame below covering up part of the photo. I chose the ‘Direction’ patterned paper as my background, I then cut the navy blue strip from the ‘Wild Life’ patterned paper and adhered it to the left hand side of the paper. Once the cut file was all backed, I adhered it to the same background paper. Usually I adhere my cut files using craft foam to pop them up, however for this layout I knew I wanted to pop up the mountains and other die-cut embellishments in the middle. I added the mountains, the Fun Times sign, the wood piece and the Adventure word all from the ephemera pack.

I also placed the compass die-cut to the middle of the ‘O’ of the word ‘Our’ in the cut file, I used craft foam for this piece also to pop it up off the page. Down next to the ‘Yet’ word, I placed the super cute camper die-cut and layered some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet on top from the ephemera pack. Once the larger elements were added to my page, I then added a few smaller embellishments including puffy enamel shapes and some more stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet, including the arrow sticker and the journal spot above the word ‘Our’. I love how the puffy enamel shapes add a touch of colour and dimension and I love how the phrase stickers help to tell the story if you don’t feel like journaling!

Lastly I stamped the date stamp and journaled where the photos were taken. I love how this cut file helped to make the design and placement decisions on my layout and the Great Escape collection really does make it so easy to create great memories!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it! Make sure you get your hands on the awesome Great Escape collection!

Happy crafting!

Tarrah x

Tasmania | Great Escape collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new travel layout featuring the new Great Escape collection. I decided to document our recent trip to Tasmania, printing a total of 6 favourite photos all in a small format to create a vertical filmstrip look.

 

I chose 3 patterned papers to use for the background of my layout. I turned the Direction patterned paper over to show the green side, the Happy Camper patterned paper was left with the flags showing and I also turned the Horizon patterned paper to reveal the yellow suns. Once the papers were arranged and adhered, I placed the photo strip over to the right side of the layout.

For my title, I decided to spell the word Tasmania using the ‘Fun Times Ahead’ chipboard title. As I was spelling the word Tasmania in my head, I thought all of the letters were there in the 1 packet of chipboard except Tasmania has 3 A’s so I did have to open a new packet of the chipboard elements and steal one of the A’s from that pack! I placed the title along the top line of the Horizons paper and I also added one of the puffy titles under the chipboard title too.

Just above the Tasmania title, I placed one of the round die-cuts and also placed one of the banner stickers from the Accessory stickers through the centre of the photo strip. On the right of the photos at the top, I added the Let’s Go flag die-cut and bent up the edges slightly to add some texture. To the direct right of the photos at the bottom, I added the tree chipboard and layered one of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet over the top. I also added more of the phrase stickers above the Tasmania title.

Once the larger elements were added to my page, I added some of the smaller elements including one of the banner chipboard pieces below the Let’s Go title and I created a cluster of embellishments at the very top of the page using stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet and a puffy sticker too. I added a couple more puffy stickers and finished by freehand drawing a border around the outside using my journal pen, stamping the date stamp and sprinkling some black mist to finish.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you are inspired by my layout and got some ideas for your next project!

Make sure to keep checking back here on the blog for all the other gorgeous creative projects from our design team!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Adventure | Great Escape collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi creative friends,

It’s Tarrah here with you today to share my first layout using the awesome Great Escape collection!

I decided to create a layout featuring a large A4 photo taken from the bridge over the amazing Cataract Gorge in Tasmania from our recent trip visiting Tassie. The Great Escape collection was the perfect collection to focus mainly on the photo for this layout and layering lots of the elements straight on top of my photo.

I started out with a plain sheet of white cardstock and placed my large photo in the very centre of the cardstock. I left the edges free of adhesive so that I could place the papers down the sides. I then cut some paper strips from the ‘B’ side of the ‘Happy Camper’ patterned paper and the ‘B’ side of the ‘Direction’ patterned paper, placing these vertically, the ‘Direction’ paper was placed at the outer edge and the ‘Happy Camper’ paper closer to the photo. I then fussy cut the scallops from the ‘Wild Life’ patterned paper and tucked this piece in on the left-hand side and bent the edges up to add some dimension.

My title is the ‘Adventure’ title from the chipboard pack, I placed it down the bottom of the page, in the centre of photo and also placed one of the circle die-cuts from the ephemera pack just above the chipboard title. I took 2 of the stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet and placed these below the chipboard title. I journaled the location and the date on the smaller sticker.

On the right-hand side I placed 2 more of the chipboard pieces to help balance the scallops from the left-hand hand side. I placed one of the phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet layered over the top of these pieces. I also placed one of the enamel dots from the enamel shapes pack here.

At the top of the photo, I placed the ‘Wild by Nature’ die-cut using foam tape to add dimension to the page. I also placed another of the enamel dots over the top of the arrows on this die-cut.  This collection is perfect for your travel and outdoor adventures such as camping, road trips, hiking, fishing, walking, running or even documenting the boys in your life! I hope you get a chance to purchase this awesome collection to create some projects of your own!

Thanks so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you are inspired by my layout and enjoyed reading about how I created it. Make sure you visit the blog to see all the other gorgeous inspiration from the Cocoa Vanilla design team!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Summer Fun | Happy Days collection | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS friends! Today I have a fun summer themed layout to share. I chose a 8.5 x 11 inch layout as this is the size I always use for my travel layouts. I have of course used the gorgeous Happy Days collection.

I found this summer fun cut file in the Silhouette Design store and cut it to fit my 8.5 x 11 inch layout. I used a turquoise card stock. I used the Feel Good paper, yellow cheque side cutting at 8.5 inches and tearing at 1.5 inches. Before adhering to the top of my page a added a tiny strip of Lush Blooms paper to add a contrast. I next added two die cut ephemera butterflies with foam tape to add dimension and finished off adding a die cut sun which I added two blush pink puffy stickers for the cheeks.

 

I adhered the cut file with a small amount of wet glue. I used the A5 paper stack to create my layered photo frame. My photo is 3.5×3.5 inches.  I set about making this my focal point. To the right I created a floral cluster using the floral ephemera. At the top of my photo I created another embellishment cluster adding die cut strawberries, tab and word sentiment.

To the left of my photo I added a die cut camera with foam tape tucking it slightly under my photo. Tucking elements under and over photos prevents your layout from appearing ‘flat’. I added journalling using the accessory sticker sheet, phrase sentiments on my photo and under it.

 

 

I used some yellow paint and made random splatters over my page (protecting my photo of course!) I added a journalling block to the bottom right of my page and will add details of photo later.

This design could be used for so many different themed layouts! I hope my layout has inspired you in some way and if you have only ever tried a 12×12 inch layout I encourage you to try a different size.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Rachel X

 

 

 

Happy Days Collection | Time to Travel | Rachel Lowe

Hello CVS crafty friends, tomorrow I leave for Europe and I am just a little excited. After Australia being locked down for over two years due to COVID this will be out first overseas trip! This inspired my layout, Time to Travel, and Italy is one of our countries we will be visiting. I have used the new and beautiful Happy Days collection.

I chose a 8.5×11 inch layout, as this is the size I always use for my travel layouts. I used Rainbow Bright (reverse side) as my base paper, the coloured tiny hearts perfect as a background paper. I next added two 1 inch strips of Feel Good paper, the yellow plaid adding a bright contrast.

I used a cut file from the Silhouette Design store which is perfect! I cut the title in a pink dot paper from the A5 Paper Pad. I used Definitive paper for the map marker icon. I used Sunshine Lollipops paper to cut the airplanes so they had varying colours showing which stops them looking flat.

I created two floral and embellishment clusters, one next to my photo and the other on the opposite side, I added foam tape to some of the elements to add dimension. I added puffy stickers to some of the flower centres and then hearts around the clusters.

You can see here I used the mini puffy alphabet stickers to add my destination Italy. Here I added floral die cuts over my photos which is a great way to make no people photos a little more eye catching.

I lastly created an embellishment cluster at the bottom right of my page using the fab camera from the die cut ephemera pack and finished off with some phrase sentiments from the accessory sticker sheet and a few more puffy stickers.

So there you have page 1 of 2023 Europe adventure scrapped! You certainly do not need a specific travel themed collection to create travel layouts.

Rachel X

Happy Days | Monthly Challenge | Rachel Lowe

Have you seen this months monthly challenge? So beautiful and it instantly reminded me of my trip to Italy and namely Capri. Here is my layout and November challenge.

I chose a lemon cut file as Capri was all about lemons and Lemonchello! This gorgeous cut file is from Cut to You (created by Gwen). I used my CVS stash to created this layout and found a check yellow paper piece and a script paper piece. I decided to add my paper pieces with foam tape to add dimension, which when creating a 8.5×11 inch layout is important.

Before adhereing to my white cardstock I add some yellow watercolour and when dry added some script stamp and embossed with white power. This adds not only visual interest but also adds texture again important on a smaller layout size.

To add some pops of colour to contrast against the yellow and white I chose a turquoise and blues. I added my photo (me in Capri admiring the view) on a mat of turquoise with foam tape. I embellished around my photo, adding some fussy cut turquoise flowers, a journal spot and camera die cut.

I used alpha stickers to create my title and used accessory sticker sentiment phrases as sub journalling. I finished off adding some fussy cut butterflies and foam taped them around my page.

These papers and embellishments from my stash created a perfect travel themed layout. I love how scrapbook challenges inspire you and get your mojo going, this being a perfect challenge to document a beautiful time in a beautiful country!

Thank you for stopping by.

Rachel X

Happy Days | Daydream | Rachel Lowe

Hi there CVS friends, today I am sharing a layout created with Daydream. I have been wanting to scrap this photo of my daughter out side the Notre-Dame Cathedral since it was almost completely destroyed in a fire. I of course I had to use Daydream and incorporate the rainbow paper!

I am loving that paper tearing and torn strips are back in and now I no longer a novice in scrapbooking I love tearing paper!!!!! I think the up in the clouds is perfect to use as my happy sky in this layout. I next used the  sun shine paper on the bottom of my page and lastly used all aflutter paper. Once I had adhered my torn strips I rolled some of the edges back to expose the colour.

I added a floral bunch cascading onto the white base paper, using several flower and leaves from the die cut ephemera pack. I also added a phrase sticker from the accessory sticker sheet.

Paper strips are a great way to tuck elements under as I have here, a butterfly which looks like it is ‘flying out of the paper piece and my place and date journalling.

I matted my photo (which is 4 x 4 inches) on a 4.1 x4.1 inches of stepping stones paper. I added my photo with foam tape to add dimension. I used some phrase sentiment die cut banners to draw your eye to the photo.

Lastly I added my title and used Happy Days from the die cut ephemera pack. I used foam tape to add these, again to create a 3d effect on my page.

Remember tearing paper is not an exact science and you can only roughly measure by eye the paper strip sizes you want, the rest is up to the universe!!!!!!!! Just tear away!

Thank you for stopping by today and I have loved seeing all your Daydream layouts on FB and IG, all amazing.

Rachel X

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