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Little Moments of Joy | These Days Collection | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here with you today to share a layout featuring the beautiful new These Days collection. I’m absolutely loving creating with the soft colour palettes and pretty florals in this collection! I knew that it would be perfect for documenting this beautiful photo of my eldest daughter Abi, taken when we went out for brekky together on the morning of her Year 10 formal.

I started my layout off by trimming down a sheet of white cardstock to approximately 11.5 inches square and matting it on the reverse side of the Family Ties patterned paper. Next I adhered a 9 inch square piece of the yellow gingham Home Grown paper to the middle of the page. I added machine stitching around both the white cardstock and the patterned paper to give the page some additional texture. I then adhered a 4 inch wide strip of the Pretty Posies patterned paper, slightly off centre, towards the left hand side of the page. I used a border punch along with the orange Wall of Fame paper to create a pretty scalloped border to tuck under each side of the Pretty Posies paper.

I matted my photo with the wood grain side of the Pretty Posies patterned paper and adhered it overlapping the right hand side of the patterned paper strip. I then added the little ‘Hello’ banner from the Accessory Sticker sheet on the top left hand corner of the photo.

There are so many gorgeous embellishments to choose from in this collection! To create the embellishment cluster to the right of the photo, I started with one of the Double Sided 3″ x 4″ cards, and I fussy cut the ‘Little Moments of Joy’ banner piece out of it to use as both an embellishment as well as the title for my layout. I then chose an assortment of flowers and leaves from the Floral Ephemera pack to build on the cluster. I used foam tape to adhere some embellishments to give the cluster lots of dimension and interest. I also added a lovely little Wood Epoxy Button to the centre of one of the flowers.

To balance out the main embellishment cluster on the right hand side of the page, I created a smaller one in the top left hand corner. I repeated similar elements in this cluster that I’d used in the first one to keep it looking nicely balanced and cohesive. Those sweet little butterflies were fussy cut out of one of the papers in the A5 Paper Stack. I also tucked the die cut word ‘Happy’ into this cluster.

I finished my layout off with a few of the lovely Puffy Stickers, as well as some tiny little flowers that I fussy cut out of the Home Grown patterned paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope that you found some inspiration from my layout.

Mandy x

FUN + SUN | SUNKISSED | GWEN WRUCK

Hey Creative Friends, Gwen back on the blog today with another share for Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I’m using more of their new ‘Sunkissed‘ collection to document a sweet photo of Miss C from a few years back.

To start the page, I’ve backed a cut file, this one from CUT to YOU with pattern papers from the A5 Paper Stack. The smaller prints in the A5 papers are ideal for this and I love how there are a couple of exclusive prints in the pack.

I’ve backed my photo with the ‘Sunny Days‘ pattern paper and used it to create a border around the base of my page. For the background of my layout, I’ve used a piece of pale blue card stock from my stash. I’ve also added here my signature stitching, I just love this detail.

Next, I’ve added my backed cut file onto the layout centred and a little towards the bottom of the page. Then, I’ve placed my photo at the centre bottom. I’ve raised on foam for dimension so it’s now time to embellish.

For the embellishments, I’ve gone with three clusters to create a visual triangle on my page. The main cluster features a sweet rainbow from the ‘Die Cut Ephemera‘ pack and a Sunshine element from the ‘Puffy Sticker pack‘ as well as some floral die cuts from the ‘Floral Ephemera pack‘.

For even more interest on my page, I’ve added in some of the ‘Wooden Buttons‘. I love the texture of these. As I build out the clusters, I’m making sure to have at least one of each of these in each one. I find that when I replicate elements in each of my clusters, it really helps pull the page together.

Here you can see the die cut pieces, a wooden button, puffy sticker and a typed sentiment from the ‘Accessory Sticker Sheet‘. I like to add these stickers with foam tape for added dimension. They really are a great way to round out a page and the sentiments really help to tell the story in the photos.

I’ve also made a YouTube process video for this layout which you can watch here:

Thanks for popping by today,

Until next time,

Gwen

xo
 

 

Just Chillin | Sunkissed collection | Tarrah McLean

Hi Cocoa Vanilla friends!

It’s Tarrah back with you and today I have a new layout to share featuring the gorgeous Sunkissed collection! This collection is so bright and happy! There are lots of cute ice cream icons in this collection and I knew I had the perfect photos to scrap of my eldest son when he was 5 years old eating an enormous ice cream!

My layout was definitely inspired by those ice cream icons, I knew I wanted to use the pocket card as part of the design. I began by taking a piece of the orange ombre paper from the A5 paper stack and building most of the design on top of this paper. As I used a white cardstock background, I needed a bright colour to help give all the elements a lift. I also added some strips of the Sunny Days 12′ x 12′ paper to the top and bottom of the layout.

As my photos are small, I was able to add 3 to the page, I used craft foam underneath the photos to pop them up off the page. I just love the expressions on his face eating the ice cream! To add some interest, I took some more of the papers from the A5 paper stack and punched the edges with a scallop border punch, I then tucked these into the top and bottom and the left edge of the orange ombre A5 paper. I pulled lots of pieces from the die-cut ephemera pack including the banner, the large ice cream die-cut, a rainbow, a couple of pennant banners and some hearts. I added these around my photos and to help with the design of the layout.

I also had to add a foam gold glitter title and some hearts in the same too. I love how the gold gives the layout some extra oomph! To embellish further, I created some small clusters of embellishments around the page adding some clear stickers, a wood epoxy button, puffy stickers and accessory stickers too! I pretty much added one of everything to the page lol! I typed some journalling onto some scrap pieces of cardstock and then cut them into strips. I am really liking journalling strips right now!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Cocoa Vanilla blog today! I hope you enjoyed my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it?!

Make sure you check out the Cocoa Vanilla online store to get this amazing Sunkissed collection! Or you can ask a local stockist to get it in for you!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

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