Unforgettable

The Good Life | Sunkissed + Unforgettable collections | Mandy Melville

Mandy Melville 15/11/2022

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today and I’m sharing a layout featuring a couple of older Cocoa Vanilla collections. Our theme this week on the blog is ‘Mixed Collections’ and so I’ve chosen to use both the Sunkissed and Unforgettable collections. With the weather warming up, I was in the mood to create a bright and fun summery layout, and these two collections worked perfectly for this! The photos that I’ve scrapbooked on this page are of my youngest daughter and I when we had a little girls weekend away together recently.

I started my layout off by trimming 1 12 inches off one side of a sheet of white cardstock, and then matting it on the aqua stripe Splightly patterned paper from the Unforgettable collection. I added some machine stitching down the sides of the white cardstock to give the layout some subtle texture. I then adhered a piece of the gorgeous pink Unscripted paper, also from the Unforgettable collection, on the right hand side of the page.

I printed my photos at 3×4 inches and first matted them side-by-side on white cardstock. I then added some layers of patterned paper behind the photos using the beautiful Natural Beauty paper from the Unforgettable collection and the blue Bright Side paper from the Sunkissed collection. I then adhered the photos towards the bottom of the pink patterned paper, sitting slightly off to the left hand side.

Next I pulled out the gorgeous Growing Wild paper from the Sunkissed collection and fussy cut a couple of floral clusters. I tucked one under the top left hand corner of the photo mat. I also added a couple of extra flowers from the Sunkissed Floral Ephemera pack. To finish the cluster off I added a beautiful butterfly die cut from the Unforgettable Ephemera pack and a little banner die cut that says ‘Sweet Memories’ from the Sunkissed Ephemera.

I adhered another smaller fussy cut floral cluster on the bottom right hand corner of the photo mat. You can also see here that I added an Enamel Dot from the Unforgettable collection to the centre of some of the flowers. I like the way that this just adds a little bit more interest to them.

I created one final embellishment cluster to the right of the title, which completes the visual triangle. This cluster includes a Die Cut camera from the Unforgettable collection, a few more flowers and leaves from the Sunkissed Floral Ephemera pack, as well as a die cut banner from the Sunkissed collection. I adhered the banner with craft foam which gives it some nice dimension, and once again I used an enamel dot to add some extra detail to one of the flowers and the camera.

For my title I chose to use one of the phrases from the Unforgettable Foam Title Stickers. ‘The Good Life’ seemed to fit these photos perfectly! I love the way the title contrasts against the bright colours in the papers and embellishments and adds a nice pop to the page!

I finished the layout off by sprinkling around some die cut, foam and puffy hearts.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout, and maybe you’ve been inspired to pull out some of your older CVS stash as well!

Mandy x

Bloom & Grow | Unforgettable collection | Tarrah McLean

Tarrah McLean 22/10/2022

Hi creative friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a sweet Spring themed layout featuring the gorgeous Unforgettable collection!

We are focusing on our current seasons this week on the Cocoa Vanilla blog with our projects! Currently we are enjoying some Spring weather here in Australia so my layout today is all about the florals and my title is pretty fitting as well! I am documenting a photo of my niece in front of a beautiful rose bush, the Unforgettable collection compliments my photo perfectly.

I chose the gorgeous teal coloured paper from the Unforgettable collection as my background. I did trim this piece down and adhered it to a sheet of plain white cardstock, I then bent the edges up to create some texture.

I chose a beautiful floral cut file from CUT to YOU that I cut up slightly and then backed it all with some of the gorgeous papers from the A5 paper stack from the Unforgettable collection.

Once the cut file was all backed, I added craft foam to the underneath and adhered it to the background paper. By using the craft foam, it creates shadows and dimension on my page which I love. Because I cut up the cut file, I was able to strategically place my photo between the 2x floral clusters, I added a small banner die-cut to the top right corner of the photo.

Next it was time to embellish and add the title. I decided to use a die-cut title from the Midnight collection – called Bloom & Grow. I added the word ‘Bloom’ to the left of the photo overlapping the small journal sticker that is tucked in to the side of the photo. I also added the ‘&’ and the ‘Grow’ at the bottom of the cut file. On the right of the photo, I added one of the super cute flair buttons from the Unforgettable collection and below the photo, I added a phrase die-cut and a word accessory sticker. I took out some of the larger florals from the ephemera pack and adhered some with craft foam and some with regular adhesive.

Some of the smaller flowers I adhered with craft foam to help them pop up and give the page some more dimension. Next I tucked in some of the pretty feathers from the ephemera pack and bent the edges up slightly on them to make them look more realistic. I just love the enamel dots in this collection and quite a few made it onto this page, I placed 2 in each cluster. I created 3 clusters of the enamel dots.

Lastly to finish my page, I stamped the date stamp and sprinkled some white mist around the page. Do you have any of the Unforgettable collection that you’re hoarding?!

Get it out and use it for some gorgeous projects!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I love how my layout turned out and I hope you enjoyed reading how I created it!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

The best | Unforgettable collection | Raquel Bowman

Raquel Bowman 18/10/2021

Hey everyone, it’s Raquel here sharing a bit of a flashback to the Unforgettable collection with you today.

Here is the layout that I created:

The subject of my layout today is my ‘baby’ girl – who turned 9 earlier this month. I do not know how this is possible that I have a nine year old in my household. Boy time just flies doesn’t it?

I have not played with this collection in a while and had minimal supplies left. I was excited though to find a whole pack of ephemera so I was able to add and embellish as much as I wanted with no limitations to my floral choices. To frame my photo I used one of my fave script prints in this collection and added tags and circular frames from the ephemera collection. I add a crochet thread to the tags to tie a bow- this thread is subtle and thin and adds a cute touch to the page.

I used a variety of floral pieces to embellish to either side of the photo. Using differing foam adhesive tapes create a dimensional effect – I did this in the clusters to either side.

The title of the page is from foam stickers. What better sentiment than this. I’m sure my Charlotte will agree! I think we counted down to her birthday for an odd 30 days. The level of excitement was high.

To journal as always I have added my typewritten strips to document this moment and milestone.

To finish the page I have framed it on the gorgeous signature floral paper of the collection and machine stitched the edge. I also added those final finishing touches of a scattering of enamel dots.

I can hardly believe I am documenting this moment of my baby girls life!
Thank you so much for stopping by the CVS blog today. I hope you are well and safe in this crazy work we live in currently
Take care, xxx

Lovely Memories | Unforgettable Collection | Sophie Delorme

Sophie Delorme 19/07/2021

Hello Cocoa Vanilla friends !

It’s Sophie with you today and I am sharing a soft and beautiful layout created with the Unforgettable collection.

I started by adding a little bit of aqua watercolor paint on a thick white cardstock where I had planned to put my photo and on the top right side of the page.

I used a rectangle of the “Natural Beauty” patterned paper to ground my photo. I printed this lovely photo of Sabrina in our backyard in black and white to add to the softness of the page. I added tissue paper, adhesive foam and a layer of the “Sprightly” patterned paper behind the photo.

I added a floral cluster on the lower right corner of the photo that comes from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, and created a few watercolor leaves that I fussy cut and included in the cluster. I placed a few Unforgettable Accessory Stickers around it.

I added a tag and a camera on the upper right side of the photo.

My title is a mix of alphabet stamps from my stash and the word “memories” cut out of the “Story Teller” patterned paper.

Finally, I created a little cluster of embellishments on the top right portion of the page, added a beautiful Flair Button next to my photo and a few flying butterflies that I cut out of the gorgeous “Lacewing” patterned paper. Of course, I handwrote my journaling as I do on most of my layouts !

Here are a few other close-ups:

I hope this layout was inspiring for you, thank you so much for stopping by !

I wish you a great crafty day !

Sophie xx

Living the Dream | Unforgettable Collection | Mandy Melville

Mandy Melville 14/07/2021

Hi everyone!

Mandy here with you today for this week’s Throwback Thursday project. I decided to pull out the gorgeous Unforgettable collection to use for the layout that I’m sharing today. This is still one of my favourite CVS collections! I love the combination of the pink, aqua and woodgrain, with touches of peach and purple mixed in as well! The pretty florals and the scripty fonts just top it off beautifully. It was the perfect collection to document a couple of recent photos of a day we spent exploring a local national park. My youngest daughter brought along one of her soft toys (as she usually does), and while we there my son built a little tee pee house for her toy. I thought this was such a sweet thing to do, and I wanted to scrapbook these photos to record the memory.

To start this layout off, I cut some of the papers from the 6×8 inch Paper Stack into 2 inch squares and then adhered them around the outside edge of a sheet of cardstock to create a patchwork style border. Next I trimmed a sheet of white cardstock down to 9 inches square and matted it on the reverse side of the Lacewing patterned paper before adhering it to the centre of the layout. I also added some machine stitching around the edge of the white cardstock to add some extra texture and detail to the page.

I matted one of my photos with the pink side of the Unscripted patterned paper and the other with the beautiful Natural Beauty woodgrain paper. I adhered the photos roughly in the middle of the layout with them slightly overlapping and angled. I used craft foam to adhere the photo on the left to give it some nice shadow and dimension. I also added a couple of stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet on the bottom right hand corner of that photo.

I created two floral clusters on the layout, one to the bottom left of the photos and the other to the top right. I used a combination of florals that were fussy cut from the Glorious patterned paper, along with a couple of leaf sprigs and feathers from the Die Cut Ephemera pack.

For my title I used the ‘Living the Dream’ die cut from Ephemera pack and I added this above the photo on the right. You’ll notice that I’ve created a diagonal flow to the layout with the viewer’s eye being drawn from the large floral cluster in the bottom left, up through the photos to the title and smaller floral cluster in the top right.

I adhered my typed journaling strips below the photos, and to finish the layout off I added some of the cute open hearts from the Clear Sticker pack around the floral clusters and title.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! I hope that you found some inspiration from my layout.

Mandy x

Everyday Stories | Unforgettable collection | Tarrah McLean

Tarrah McLean 08/07/2021

Hi creative friends,

It’s Tarrah back with you today to share a new layout focusing on an ‘Everyday’ theme and featuring the gorgeous Unforgettable collection!

When I think of ‘Everyday’ I think of myself with my immediate family – my husband and our 2 sons. It’s not often we get photos together so I take the opportunity when I can! I took a piece of the teal and white stripe paper and trimmed it to measure 8′ x 12′ I then cut it to measure 4′ x 12′ and then cut this into 3 pieces to measure 3′ x 4′ rectangles.

I bent the edges of each piece and adhered them in the centre of the small text patterned paper. I trimmed the small text paper down so that I could mat a pink piece of 12′ x 12′ paper behind the entire layout. I adhered my photo slightly to the left of the layout and in the centre.

On the right of the photo, I added the Everyday sticker from the accessory sticker sheet popping it up using foam dots for dimension. The sticker formed the first part of my page title, the second part of my title is the word ‘Stories’ from the Foam Title Stickers that I placed under my photo. Also on the right I tucked in some floral ephemera, a foam black heart and a die-cut heart and an enamel dot.

On the left I tucked in more ephemera including the camera, some tickets and some more enamel dots. I also added one of the gorgeous flair buttons here too. Lastly I added a few small things including some phrase stickers, dropped a few sprinkles of mist and stamped the date stamp.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla Studio blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it?! The design of this layout is easy to recreate yourself using any of the amazing Cocoa Vanilla collections!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Love This | Unforgettable Collection | Melissa Vining

Melissa Vining 12/05/2021

Hello everyone! It’s Melissa here and I’m thrilled to be back with a layout I created for Throwback Thursday! I always love when its my turn to use an older collection, and today I decided to go back to 2019 when life was what we considered normal! I created my layout with the beautiful Unforgettable collection, and I specifically wanted to challenge myself to use a cut apart patterned paper as a full sheet. The paper I chose to use is ‘Pretty Bits’ and ordinarily I would cut this paper up to use as layers, or use it to back a cut file. The photos are of my youngest daughter Ava with a friend who my little girls consider to be their older sister!

I used black embroidery thread to stitch between the lines of the different papers and I love how it created a pocket page look, but without the pockets.

I decided to place my two photos on two patterns that were small and repeating. I used papers from the ‘6×8 Inch Paper Stack’ and distressed the edges. I also cut out some of the smaller cut aparts from the paper stack because the smaller size was perfect to use as embellishments for my page.

The top left hand part of the paper had a very subtle black floral on white which was perfect for my title. I used several of the ‘Clear Stickers’ and even layered them to create a mixed media look. I created my title from two of the ‘Foam Title Stickers’ and placed them directly on top of the clear stickers. I love how this turned out, and I added a fussy cut butterfly.

For my journalling I used a circular frame from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera’ pack and I glued it onto the striped side of ‘Sprightly’ so that I could use the lines for my hand writing. I embellished with a ticket from the Die Cut Ephemera, a ‘Flair Button’ and another fussy cut butterfly.

The bottom left had side part of the paper had 4 larger butterflies printed on it. I fussy cut the same butterflies from another piece of the same paper, and then adhered them by glueing the centres and lifting up the wings and adding dimension. I also added lots of subtle shimmer to the butteries, and several other features on the layout.

I made a video of my process which you can watch below.

I hope I’ve inspired you to use a cut apart as a whole entire sheet.

Have a lovely rest of your week!

Melissa xx

Love This | Unforgettable Collection | Melissa Vining

Melissa Vining 12/05/2021

I used black embroidery thread to stitch between the lines of the different papers and I love how it created a pocket page look, but without the pockets.

I made a video of my process which you can watch below.

I hope I’ve inspired you to use a cut apart as a whole entire sheet.

Have a lovely rest of your week!

Melissa xx

Unforgettable You | Unforgettable Collection | Kylie Kingham

Kylie Kingham 09/05/2021

Hello lovely crafty friends! It’s Kylie back with you today with a fun new layout to share. It’s a new month which means there is a new mood board available in the Cocoa Vanilla Community FB group. Designed by DT member Gwen, it has a beautiful bright colour palette and fun Summery vibe. I decided to work with the ‘Unforgettable’ collection as I felt the colour theme suited the mood board perfectly. In case you haven’t seen the mood board as yet, here is a peep-

As a soft focal point of my layout I also used a custom cut file that was designed for the INSD festivities recently, (also found in the Cocoa Vanilla Communtiy Facebook group). There are many ways in which you can use cut files and the method I am sharing today shows how it can be used in the background of a page for texture. I have cut mine out on white cardstock and adhered it over a white background. Once in place I love how it almost looks like lace.

Usually I am not a fan of using coloured stitching as an accent on my white background layouts. I can’t even tell you all why….Just not my thing. But there are times where I feel it belongs, as I did with this layout. It framed the end result nicely and broke up the white background and cut file nicely.Once my cut file had been cut out I adhered it to the background using a spray on tacky glue. I find this a super easy method when adhering large pieces such as the background design. It is best to do this outside however so you don’t get glue overspray on everything including your floor! Some sections didn’t stick down flat and I was ok with that. I felt it was more effective to have some leaves and flowers sitting off the background.

One of the many things I love about Cocoa Vanilla is the die cut packs. Especially all the florals! My photo was printed to 3″x 4″ and added over the background with foam adhesive squares. From there I began adding lots of florals and leaves to form a neat cluster that balanced the photo.

For extra colour, I also added another floral cluster to the opposite corner to my photo. Some die cuts were adhered with foam adhesive squares to give dimension, this also gave a nice even balance to the completed page.