Smile | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi friends!

Today I'm sharing a new layout for Cocoa Vanilla Studio featuring the gorgeous Happiness collection, and the beautiful coordinating cut files designed by our talented design team member Gwen. I documented a recent photo of my three kids that I took on Easter morning, and I love how the photo looks framed by those cut files!

Here's a look at the beautiful cut files that are available to download for FREE from our website...

I started by enlarging one of the smaller solid hearts, and then offsetting it in my Silhouette Studio so that it would just cut the outline of the heart. I cut it on white cardstock, and at the same time I also cut both of the floral clusters. Once my Cameo had cut them all out, I then painted the heart with a light pink watercolour just to give it some subtle colour. I also backed the flowers in the cut file using patterned papers from the 6x8 paper pad, and the leaves with the reverse side of the Frame of Mind patterned paper.

Once I had finished backing the floral cut files, I adhered them on the right hand side of the large heart, using foam tape for added dimension. I then matted my 3x4 photo with the woodgrain patterned paper from the 6x8 paper pad, and positioned it overlapping the flowers. I also tucked a few extra floral die cuts in around the photo and the cut file. I finished off the photo cluster with a die cut butterfly to the right of the photo and a little banner sticker across the bottom.

To balance out the elements over on the right hand side of the page, I created a smaller cluster in the top left. I layered together some more of those gorgeous floral die cuts, and I positioned my title over the top, using one of the words from the cardstock titles pack. Once again I used foam to adhere some elements within the cluster to give it some extra interest. Underneath the title, I tucked a little word sticker and a die cut banner.

Also on the left hand side of the page, I added two of the tassel die cuts. I punched a little hole in the top of both of them and threaded some white embroidery floss through them to make it look like they're dangling from the floral cluster. I finished the page off with some typed journaling, and a couple more butterflies which I fussy cut out of one of the 6x8 patterned papers.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! I'll be back later in the month with some more inspiration to share with you.

Mandy x