It’s Sophie with you today with a new layout to share!
I use the beautiful Unforgettable collection this time. I wanted to highlight a yummy dessert that my sweet Sabrina baked and was so proud of!
I started with a thick white cardstock and used three colors from @Shimmerzpaints to create a little mixed media background.
I cut two pieces of the Sprightly paper and placed them horizontally on the top and bottom of the page. I did a zigzag stitch at their edge.
I centered my photo and mounted it on tissue paper and foam adhesive. I decorated in little clusters of embellishments around my photo and used the Foam Title Stickers – my favorites amongst all! – to create my title.
I scattered a few butterflies, handwrote my journaling directly on my background and stamped the date.
Here are more close-ups:
I am so happy with the result! I only had a few elements from that amazing collection left and tended to hoard them…! I am glad that I used them on this project!
Hi Cocoa Vanilla fans and welcome back to the blog.
It’s Kel here today to share a recent creation …for this page today, I decided to dig out an older collection I have in my stash…Legendary.
I had these photos of my youngest son at his first year of playing soccer and I thought Legendarywould be perfect for this page.
Here is a look at my page…
I had this cut file in my stash of supplies for some time (can’t remember where from sorry!) and I thought it would be perfect for this page. I used a bunch of the papers from the 6×8 paper stackto back the letters in my title.
I also used these papers to back my three photos. I went with a loose grid design… using my title and journaling to fill in the bottom space.
You will see I have designed a visual triangle of embellishments around my photos….top right, over to the bottom right then back over to the bottom left of my photos… this encourages your eyes to move around the page and highlight your photos.
For my embellishing, I have used a mix of products.
Ephemera diecuts… pieces from the cut apart sheet.. and the accessory sticker sheet.
And I just love the painted look these clear stickersgive…. mixed media without the mess. I also used some of the clear stars…I love stars on my boy pages.
I hope you enjoyed seeing my page today and I have inspired you in some way…pull out those older collections if you have them in your stash…dont ‘save’ them… get them into your albums!
Today we say goodbye to another beloved member from our design team – Danni Visser. Danni has been an integral part of our team for a numbers of years now; ever since she first agreed to be a guest designer back in October 2019 and we convinced her stay on permanently. Today truly is a bittersweet goodbye though, because although we are sad to see Danni leave us, we are equally excited and proud of her as she begins her journey through medical school.
So today we thought we would look back at some of our favourite projects Danni has created for us, starting off with one of her guest designer projects from 2019 featuring our ‘Unforgettable’ collection and a beautiful wedding photo…
Danni loves using cut files and has created many projects for us using them, but one of our faves has to be this layout, featuring Danni’s darling daughter, muddy puddles, and our ‘Storyteller’ collection…
Another signature element of Danni’s work over the years has been her amazing hand stitching ability. She has showcased this numerous times, but no layout quite showed it off as spectacularly as this one using our ‘Sunkissed’ collection…
To finish things off, we couldn’t resist sharing a layout Danni created using one of our boy collections, ‘Legendary’. This page featured a nod to the Australian bush and some mixed media work – another element that Danni has often included in her projects over the years…
Danni – thank you for everything! It’s definitely not easy to say goodbye to you and your creations, but we are absolutely thrilled for your new opportunity and what the future holds for you. Lots of love and the best of luck – we can’t wait to be able to call you Doctor Danni!
Hi everyone, its Melissa here and today I’m sharing a layout where I mixed a new collection with an older collection. I used Storyteller for the new collection and Unforgettable for the older collection. I used a cut file from Just Nick Studio featuring lots of leaves in a frame which was perfect for my photo of three of my kids dressed in camo and playing a game in our garden.
I used lots of the A5 Paper Stacks for backing the leaves of the cut file. These two collections worked really well together and I chose patterns that were either solid or with small repeating designs. My background woodgrain patterned paper is from Storyteller.
I used one of the Foam Titles from Unforgettable for my title. I love how the black foam really pops! I added an Accessory Sticker from Unforgettable underneath the title.
Next to my photo I placed a cut apart from Unforgettable. I distressed the edges and tucked it under my photo. I added a Wood Button on top of it. I embellished my photo with a cute heart Accessory Sticker.
I didn’t have too much journaling for this page, I used an Accessory Sticker from Storyteller to detail what was happening in my photo.
I hope I inspired you to mix newer and older collections!
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!
Hey y’all! Laura Alberts back again with an Easter layout using the gorgeous Unforgettable collection! These sweet pictures of my daughters opening their Easter baskets were just perfect for this colour scheme. I split my photos into two clusters along the horizontal line of my background. I used a the frame from the ephemera pack and backed it with paper from the A5 paper stack, then tucked it behind one of the photos. Adding florals and a camera to finish off this cluster, then a few butterflies for movement.
On the right side, I added a cut-apart piece and clustered floral and ephemera circle behind that photo. Along the side, I added a tab, camera, and butterfly, as well as clear stickers to create a base layer under the other pieces. I love the mixed media style clear stickers for just this kind of accent.
I love these foam titles and just had to use ‘Bloom & Grow’ for this layout. It was the perfect sentiment for my darling girls who are growing like weeds! Layering the clear stickers gives the appearance of depth behind the title and photos.
I hope this layout inspires you to play with clear stickers in your layering, they can provide excellent bases for clusters! If you’d like to see how Bloom & Grow came together, check out the process video below:
Hello, its Melissa here and I’m so happy to be back for another Throwback Thursday layout!! I love Throwback Thursday because it enables me to dive into my stash and work with some older Cocoa Vanilla products. I decided to go into my stash and work with the first older collection (as in not from 2021) that I came across – hence the beautiful Unforgettable Collection! The photo is the offical school photo of my 7 year old daughter for this year.
I find school photos challenging to scrapbook because of the size of the photo, and often the colour tones that I can’t alter because the photos come printed. I decided to use “Natural Beauty” for my background, and I also layered up “Forget Me Not” and “Lacewing”. I used my scallop edge punch for extra texture. For my photo I fussy cut out the floral edges on one of the cut apart cards on “Story Teller”. I also used embellishments from the “Die Cut Ephemera”, Accessory Stickers and “Flair Buttons”.
I decided to use several of the “Clear Stickers” and I layered them in two positions next to my photo to provide a minimal mixed media look. I love how they look!
I created my title with one of the phrases from the Foam Title Stickers. I finished my layout with some black ink splatters.
I hope I’ve inspired you to create layouts and projects with Unforgettable.
Hello crafty friends, today is throwback Thursday! I knew I wanted to use this gorgeous paint brush cut file from Confessions of a Paper Addict and my layout flowed from there. I dug deep into my CVS stash and realised that although I do not have much of collections left I had enough using a large cut file.
I used a wood grain paper to cut the handles of the brushes and to add visual interest I used a rose gold glitter paper which contrasted wonderfully against the black. Instead of using the cut file paint brush strokes I used the clear stickers paint strokes from various older collections. I love how they turned out!
I then embellished each paint brush by adding floral clusters tucked behind the wood part of the paint brush. I added butterfly flairs, and clear stickers in a way they look like they are flying into and away on my page.
I next added my photo with foam tape which is a 3.5 x 3.5 inches.I added it off centre to the middle paintbrush. To frame may photo I found two large die cut butterflies at tucked under my photo each side. I found some black phrase sentiments and chose a relevant one to my theme and added directly under my photo.
I found a die cut title and added with foam tape, just above it a added another phrase die cut as my sub title and to finish off I added a clear sticker camera.
Since I had every clear sticker sheet out that I owned I went back and added some more clear stickers, the mixed media strokes. I found another flair with Life is Good which was in a orange tone so blended perfectly with the colours of my layout.
I do love how this turned out and enjoyed the challenge of using my stash and older CVS collections/embellishments. Clear stickers have always been a favourite embellishment for me and they really added beautiful colour and texture to my layout.
Thank you for stopping by today and have a wonderful week!
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 !
Gwen back on the Cocoa Vanilla blog today with a new project to share. For this one, I’m using this months mood-board as my inspiration to scrapbook a sweet picture of our pet cat. I was really draw to the circular elements in the mood board for this layout especially as my photo has a large circular element in it. For more details on how you can play along be sure to visit the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Facebook group.
Here is the mood-board, as I mentioned above, I was inspired by the circular elements in the top left hand corner photo. I was also inspired by the top middle photo with the water colour paint in it, such pretty colour. I do hope you can see how the mood-board inspired me and how it helped me pull my page together.
To begin the layout, I pulled out this large circular cut file from CUT to YOU and backed just the centre pieces. I’ve used a combination of papers from the collection for this, it was super quick to do and is a great option if you are new to working with cut file designs. I’ve then created a frame for my layout background using the ‘Sprightly’ pattern paper, I’ve made sure to also use this pattern within my cut file to help pull the page together. I love this particular pattern paper for this mood board because of it’s water-colour feel. It also includes all of the colours I plan to use on my page so it will help to give the page a cohesive look.
I’ve then backed my photo in a pretty mint green pattern paper and stitched around the edge for added detail. I don’t often work with circles, but I felt the circular elements in my photo were the perfect fit for the mood board and when I teamed them with the cut file and other circular pieces of the ephemera pack, they all work together to help tell the story of my photo.
There are a bunch of elements in the ‘Ephemera Packs’ in this collection, I’ve mixed and matched elements in size and shape, paying particular attention to include some of the circular elements. I even had a couple of the wreath style elements (from several left over packs) so added them as background layers.
Here you can see the ‘Flair Button’ from the collection and my main embellishment cluster. I’ve also included some fussy cut out butterflies from the ‘Pretty Bits’ pattern paper. These butterflies are a little larger than some of the other butterflies in the collection so they are perfect to mix and match.
To finish the layout, I’ve included some of the sentiment stickers from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet’ as well as some of the ‘Enamel Dots’.
I’ve also made a You Tube video for this share which you can watch here, I hope it inspires you.
