Wonderful | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi friends!

Today I have a new layout to share with you, featuring the beautiful Cocoa Vanilla Studio More than Words collection! On this layout I documented a super cute photo of my son and my niece having a cuddle together. I'm so glad that I had my phone handy so that I could capture this sweet moment on camera! The lovely soft colours in the More than Words collection made it perfect for scrapbooking this photo!

I started with a sheet of white cardstock for my background, and then I added a strip of the reverse side of the Noteworthy patterned paper down the left hand side of the page. Next, I got busy fussy cutting some of the beautiful floral clusters out of the Sketchbook patterned paper. I can never resist fussy cutting floral patterned papers, and I always love how pretty they look as embellishments on my layouts! I arranged the flowers down the page so that they covered the join between the pink patterned paper and the white cardstock. 

I matted my photo with the reverse side of the Precious patterned paper, and adhered it with foam tape to give it some extra dimension. I also created a little cluster of embellishments on the bottom right hand corner of the photo that includes a few die cuts, a tag from the sticker sheet, and a flair button. To add some interest to the cluster, I tucked some of the embellishments under the edge of the photo, and others I added on top.

To the right of the photo, I added a cute little chipboard banner, and underneath it I added my typed journaling strips.

For my title I used the chipboard sticker that says 'wonderful', and I added it across the top of the photo.

To finish the layout off, I added a couple of chipboard butterflies, a few little hearts from the Chipboard Titles sheet, and lastly a sprinkling of cute enamel hearts. 

I hope that you've been inspired by my layout! I really enjoyed creating with this collection again!

Mandy x

Merry & Bright | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Happy New Year friends!

Today I have a Christmas themed layout to share with you using the awesome Cocoa Vanilla Boys Rule collection! With all of the stars in this collection, and the pops of bright green, it was perfect for creating a Christmas layout! I couldn't wait to documented this photo that I took of Isaac on Christmas Day. He looked so handsome, and I just love his genuine happy smile!

I started my layout off by fussy cutting lots of the stars out of the background sheet from the die cut & backing kit! I'll use the die cut piece on another layout, so this way I'm getting two layouts out of the one kit! I also freehand cut a few stars of various sizes out of patterned papers, and I used some of the die cut and chipboard stars as well. I scattered them all across the middle of the layout.

I added a couple of layers behind my photo using frames from the die cut ephemera pack, as well as the miscellany one. I then adhered my photo using foam tape to give it some extra dimension.

For my title, I used a die cut title from the Midnight collection, combined with a wood veneer word from my stash. I added a few lines of journaling underneath the title.

You can see here how I adhered some of the stars with foam tape, so that they would have varying heights. I love the dimension that this adds!

I finished the layout off by adding a few thin strips of patterened paper across the top and bottom edges of the layout, and I also added a few little word stickers around the page.

Thanks so much for joining me here today! I'll be back later in the month with another project to share with you!

Mandy x