Live Each Day With a Grateful Heart | These Days collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a sweet layout created for Cocoa Vanilla Studio using their gorgeous These Days collection!

I am documenting a lovely photo of my sister and our Mum together from a few years ago.

I started my layout by choosing a cut file from CUT to YOU and cut it out from the Good Life patterned paper, I was careful to have the heart placed in the centre of the paper so that it would leave the 12' x 12' paper in tact but just with a big heart cut out of it! I trimmed down a sheet of plain white cardstock and adhered this to the heart paper, being sure not to place adhesive here the heart was cut out.

I chose a variety of the patterned papers from the A5 paper stack and backed all the spaces in the heart with all of the different papers. I used up lots of this paper pack for this layout! I love how the heart looks with all of the papers backed in the spaces. Once the heart was all backed, I added craft foam underneath the cut file and then adhered it to the white cardstock background. Next I added one of the super cute gold puffy hearts to the centre of the heart cut out in the cut file.

I placed my photo over to the right and on top of the cut file, layering one of the 3' x 4' pocket cards under the photo to help enhance the photo and make it stand out from all the gorgeous colours in the various papers. My title is the small card to the left of my photo, I cut this out from the A5 paper stack. I also added the Hello banner sticker above the title as well. I just had to add some of the gorgeous florals from the floral ephemera pack, I tucked these in both on the left and on the right of the photo. I added more die-cuts here too and some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet too.

Above the photo, I adhered the Happy die-cut title and at the bottom I tucked in one of the tab stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet. I stamped the date stamp on this tab. Around the outside edge of the heart, I added some of the gorgeous puffy hearts from the Puffy Stickers, I love how these look scattered around the large heart. A few more die-cuts like the butterflies and the tea cup finished off the embellishing of my layout and one of the last things added was one of the Wood Epoxy buttons.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading how I created my layout and that you inspired to create using your These Days collection!

If you don't have the These Days collection, be sure to grab some while its on sale here in the Cocoa Vanilla Studio store

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Spring | Over the Rainbow collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

Today I am sharing a Spring themed layout created for Doodlebug Design Inc using their AMAZING Over the Rainbow collection!  

This collection is so fun, cute and vibrant! 

I chose a triangular design for my layout today and made good use of the 6' x 6' paper pad. I chose a variety of the gorgeous papers from the 6' x 6' paper pad, measured and cut them 4 of them to one size and then cut 4 more to a slightly smaller size. I then arranged and adhered them to a plain white cardstock background, adhering the larger ones first and then slightly offsetting the smaller ones over the top. 

Once I was happy with how the papers looked, I trimmed down the white cardstock to measure 11' x 11' and adhered this to the Over the Rainbow striped paper. I also drew some faux stitching with a black journal pen through the centre of the triangle papers. In the top right corner I adhered my photo and layered one of the small note cards from the Bits and Pieces pack underneath. I popped up my photo using craft foam and added some Icon stickers, Sprinkles and Die-Cuts. 

In the top left corner, I adhered the adorable sun again using craft foam to pop him up from the page, I also added a cloud die-cut here. The bottom right I added my title which is the Spring word from the Odds and Ends pack, I popped the title up using craft foam again and adhered another phrase banner piece, a heart sticker and a small flower die-cut. 

The bottom left corner I adhered the gorgeous rainbow using craft foam and layered the phrase banner over the top. I love the Doodle Pops so much and just had to add that super cute mushroom to this area. I also adhered another small mushroom die-cut here and one of the cute butterfly stickers too. Lastly I stamped the date stamp and that finished my layout. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you are inspired to create using your Over the Rainbow collection too!

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Over the Rainbow collection

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White Cardstock

Date stamp

Black ink

Journal pen

Fun Fun Fun | No Limits collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout created for Cocoa Vanilla Studio using the awesome No Limits collection!

I haven't created a boy layout for a while and I have lots of the awesome No Limits collection! I grabbed a sweet black and white photo of my youngest son and got to work creating!

I chose the awesome Spark paper for my main background, trimmed this piece down to measure 11' x 11' inches and then adhered it to the 'B' side of the Latitude paper

I then bent the edges up to create some texture and shadows on my page. I decided on a round design for this layout and took a dinner plate and pencil and lightly traced a circle with the dinner plate. I knew I wanted to add lots of the ephemera around the outside edge. This is a great way to use up lots of leftovers or little bits and pieces you may have laying around and don't really know what to do with!

Before adding all of the ephemera and embellishments around the circle I wanted to get my photo in its place, as it is a large element and the main focal point of my page, this is important to me to get this part right. I layered one of the 3' x 4' pocket cards under the photo and adhered it to the right hand side of the page using craft foam. I did also cut in half one of the round frame die-cuts and tucked a piece in the top and bottom of my photo. For my title, I adhered another of the cool pocket cards with the words Fun Fun Fun! I also layered one of the phrase stickers from the accessory sticker sheet on top.

My favourite part when I create a layout is the embellishing! What's yours?

Once my photo and title were added it was time to add all the embellishments around the drawn circle. I used a mixture of ephemera, chipboard, wood epoxy buttons, puffy stickers and accessory stickers. I adhered them all down around the circle using different types of adhesives. The chipboard I used a wet glue (even though these have their own adhesive, I like to add more as extra), the ephemera I used double sided tape and foam tape to give different dimension heights. I was careful to place similar colour elements away from each other, this helps creating a visual triangle on my page.

It was so fun to arrange all the elements around the circle, I placed larger embellishments first and then added smaller ones in between. To the right of my photo I stamped the date stamp using black ink and my date stamp. Lastly I sprinkled some black mist to finish my layout.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

Do you love creating boy layouts? If that is a yes then the No Limits collection is an amazing collection to create some awesome boy pages!

I love how my layout turned out and hope you enjoyed reading about how I created it!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Our Little Lady | Over the Rainbow collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

Can you believe it's March?! The gorgeous Over the Rainbow collection from Doodlebug Design Inc is the perfect collection to document your memories from March and Spring! 

I am sharing a 12' x 12' layout today created with the Over the Rainbow collection. What is not to love?! I mean the gorgeous colours, the cute icons and elements are all just sooooo super cute! This collection has been a dream to work with, especially to document a cute baby photo of my niece!

I began by choosing a plain white cardstock background for my layout today. I trimmed the cardstock down to measure roughly 11' x 11' and then adhered it to the 'B' side of the 'Spring Garden' patterned paper. 

I measured roughly 1.5 inches in from each edge of the white cardstock and ruled some lines to create a square using a ruler and pencil. 

I then took the 'Just For You' patterned paper and cut out the tops of the tags only from the paper. I then strategically adhered the tag tops around the square and I LOVE how this turned out. It was a bit fiddly to get this right however I just kept at it until I was happy with the way they were arranged on my page. 

All of that colour is gorgeous against the white don't you agree?! I added the photo of baby niece to the bottom right corner, choosing 2 of the papers from the 6' x 6' paper pad to layer under the photo. My title is the banner die-cut that says 'Our Little Lady' it was perfect to compliment this photo! I also added the Happy die-cut above, to fill in a little space. I made sure to leave lots of white space on this page so that you don't get too overwhelmed with so much going on! 

I wanted to layer lots of embellishments on top of the tag tops and also in between the spaces between the tags as well. I used a mixture of hearts and small flowers for the spaces in between. I took hearts from the Odds and Ends pack, Cardstock Stickers and Puffy Shapes, the flowers are mainly from the Odds and Ends pack.

In the top left corner I added the super cute Hello Sunshine Doodle-Pop, I LOVE the Doodle-Pops soooo much! They are gorgeous! I added the cute little blue bird from the same pack just near my photo on the right hand side. In the bottom left corner I added some of the flowers from the Garden Gnome Doodle-Pop pack. I just love the dimension and interest these add to a page! 

I continued to add small embellishments around the page, some to fill in gaps and some just because I felt like it needed something lol! It is SO hard to know when to stop sometimes isn't it? I find that a lot! Trust me, you are not alone! I added some This and That cardstock stickers, more puffy stickers, more die-cuts and more cardstock stickers! Lastly I stamped the date stamp of when the photo was taken (this is one of my signature details on a page).

I absolutely LOVED working with the Over the Rainbow collection, thanks so much for taking a peek at my layout today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout. See you next time!

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Over the Rainbow collection

OTHER

White Cardstock

Date stamp

Black ink

Fun + Sun | Sunkissed collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new Summer themed layout ceated for Cocoa Vanilla Studio featuring the gorgeous Sunkissed collection.

Who doesn't love a cute kid in an even cuter swimming costume right? This photo is of my youngest niece and I just love it! The Sunkissed collection was the perfect collection to document this photo.

I decided on the 'B' side of the Bright Side paper for my background, trimmed it down and adhered it to a plain sheet of white cardstock. I then chose a title cut file from CUT to YOU, cut that out from white cardstock and then backed it with the Summer Lights patterned paper. Once the cut file title was backed, I added craft foam to the underside and and then adhered it to the top of the page, I did leave the S and U in the word sun with adhesive though as I knew I wanted to tuck in the sun behind the letters. To do this, I fussy cut out the sun from the Fun in the Sun patterned paper, I tucked it behind the letters and then bent up the edges to add some texture to my page.

On top of the title, I took some of the pretty florals from the Floral Ephemera Pack and adhered them in their corresponding colours, so the pink one is layered on top of the pink section in the patterned paper and the yellow flower is on the yellow paper. I cut out another of the journal cards from the Fun in the Sun patterned paper tucking it in behind the photo. I love how this journal card added some colour against the dark background and bought out the colours in the photo a little more. I adhered the photo on top using craft foam to add some dimension nd create some depth and shadows on my page. I also cut out the phrase from the same paper that says 'Love This' and layered it over the journal card. I also took one of the gorgeous gold glitter foam titles and placed it above the 'Love This' phrase.

On the right hand side of the photo, I took that super cute swimsuit die-cut, added craft foam underneath and adhered it right next to the photo. I took some floral and leaf pieces from the floral ephemera pack and tucked a few in here and there to add some extra interest to the page. I also took some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet and placed these around the page to help tell the story. I added a few of the gorgeous puffy hearts and lastly stamped the date stamp and sprinkled some drops of white mist around.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Lil Love Bug | Lots of Love collection | Doodlebug Designs

 Happy Love month everyone! Today I am sharing a 12' x 12' scrapbook layout created using the gorgeous Doodlebug Design Lots of Love collection! 

The Lots of Love collection is absolutely GORGEOUS and is so perfect for all kinds of projects! I am documenting a sweet photo of my niece dressed in a cute dress that matches the collection perfectly!

I decided on the beautiful blue 12' x 12' paper with the X's and O's from the Lots of Love collection as my background paper, I trimmed this piece down to frame it with the 12' x 12' Happy Mail paper. I LOVE the pops of red against the pretty blue colour. 

I took a piece of red plaid paper from the Lots of Love 6'x 6' paper pad and tore the bottom edge to create some texture, I layered this piece under my photo in the centre of the layout. I used craft foam both under the photo and under the red plaid paper to create some dimension and shadows on my page. I added a super cute mini paperclip to the top right corner of the photo. 

I tucked in two of the die-cuts from the Lots of Love Bits and Pieces pack on the right of my photo, I tied some of the Lily White Twine through the hole in the top of the small tag and layered one of the super gorgeous ladybug Doodle Pops on the top of the small tag. Here I added some small embellishments from the Lots of Love collection including a heart Doodle Pop, die-cuts and the This and That cardstock stickers.

For my title, I included the gorgeous Love word die-cut from the Lots of Love Chit Chat pack and also used some of the Alphabet Soup stickers in Ladybug to complete my title. Above the photo, I tucked in some of the tags from the Lots of Love Bits and Pieces pack and added the Lily White Twine through the holes in the top of the tags.

Some of the final embellishments I added to my layout were the heart Sprinkles, more die-cuts, This and That cardstock stickers and some of the Icon stickers all from the Lots of Love collection to finish my page. I also stamped the date stamp with black ink and sprinkled some white mist also.

I absolutely LOVED working with the Lots of Love collection, thanks so much for taking a peek at my layout today! See you next time!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Lots of Love Collection

Alphabet Soup Alphabet Stickers - Ladybug

Doodle Twine - Lily White

Mini Paperclip - Ladybug

OTHER

White Mist

Date stamp

Black ink  

Sweet | Love Always collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a sweet layout created for Cocoa Vanilla Studio featuring the gorgeous Love Always collection!

My assignment for today was to create a project for the Throwback Thursday feature that we sometimes run, I just had to use the Love Always collection for love month!

Documenting a sweet photo of myself and my eldest niece together when she was last visiting. She is always up for a selfie with her Aunty! Love her gorgeous face!

The Love Always collection has such pretty floral ephemera and I knew that I wanted to include a lot of them on this layout. I decided to build some layers of florals below the photo which I made the focus of the page by placing it in the centre of the page. I included both vellum florals and ephemera florals for some different textures on my layout.

Under the photo, I layered a piece of the grey paper with the small white hearts and I tucked in the scalloped border die-cut on the right hand side as well. On top of the photo, I placed one of the cute puffy stickers and a sticker from the accessory sticker sheet.

Also on the right of the photo, I tucked in the die-cut tag and added some twine through the hole in the top of the tag. I stamped the date stamp using black ink on the tag also. On the left I continued the floral layers including some wood veneers this time. Here I also added one of the gorgeous butterfly die-cuts.

For my title, I could not go past the gorgeous wood veneer word, deciding on the word 'Sweet' from the wood veneer pack. I did however add the cute puffy banner sticker that says 'Smile' too. I added another of the butterfly die-cuts here at the top and also a cute small one down the bottom below the wood veneer leaves.

I trimmed down the patterned paper background that I chose for my layout and matted it to a sheet of plain white cardstock. I then machine stitched around the edge of the entire page to create a border. Some of the last things to finish off my page were to add some more of the phrase and word stickers from the accessory sticker sheet, a few more die-cuts and I also sprinkled some white mist on my page.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it!

See you next time!

Tarrah x

Beautiful | Daydream collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the gorgeous Daydream collection! The Daydream collection would have to be one of my all time favourite collections by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. Which collection would be your favourite?

The photos I am documenting on this layout are of my niece when she was posing with a cute hat on her head! The florals and the lovely words in this collection are perfect to go with my photo. 

I decided to start out my layout with a plain white piece of cardstock, which I often do, I then cut strips of different patterned papers from the Daydream collection in 1 inch sizes. I strategically then arranged these strips into a triangular pattern so that no 2 patterns were together on the page. I matted the photos with some of the papers from the A5 paper pack and arranged the photos slightly overlapping each other.   

The floral die-cuts in the Daydream collection (or any of the collection for that matter) are just so beautiful! They look absolutely gorgeous when they are added to a project! I tucked in lots of different sizes and colours at each side of the photos and I also tucked some in to the top of the photos as well. I added different heights of foam adhesive and regular adhesive to get the shadow and dimension on my page. Once they were all stuck down, I bent up the edges of the petals and the leaves to make them look more realistic as well!

My title is made up of the gorgeous cardstock title words and I also added one of the banner die-cuts below the title too. I adhered it slightly overlapping the bottom of the photos and added foam tape to the bottom of the title to adhere it with the same level as the photos. Some of the smaller embellishments that I added include accessory stickers, moth and heart die-cuts and also some of the super cute sequins. You can see I added some of the sequins to the centres of the flowers, I love how the sequins look in the centres of the flowers. I should add sequins to my projects a lot more often!

Above the photo on the right, I also added one of the tab stickers from the accessory sticker sheet and also added one of the super cute fabric puffy hearts here too. Lastly I stamped my date stamp and called my layout finished. I love how it turned out. I love the pattern that the papers make on the page and how the florals look even against the busy patterned paper background.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it.

See you next time!

Tarrah x

Christmas Morning Joy | Merry & Bright collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends and Happy New Year!

It's Tarrah back today to share a new scrapbook layout created for Cocoa Vanilla Studio featuring the gorgeous Merry and Bright collection! 

I just love creating Christmas layouts, what about you? I still have lots of the Merry and Bright collection and I also love to stash bust so I really enjoyed creating this layout!

I started by choosing my background paper - opting for the Star Bright paper. I then cut out a cut file from white cardstock. The cut file is from CUT to YOU and is called Stars Squared. Once the cut file was cut out, I struggled with the placement and design of my page so I cut up the cut file into separate pieces so I could place pieces of it where I wanted to. Do you ever do this? I do this a lot if I am struggling to like how a cut file looks on my page. There are no rules to say you have to use a cut file the way it was intended!

I backed all the stars of the cut file with papers from the Merry and Bright A5 paper stack, once it was all backed, I then placed foam adhesive to the underside of the cut file and adhered the cut file to the 'Star Bright' paper. 

The photo I am documenting today was taken just this last Christmas of my 2 sons and my 2 beautiful nieces! My nieces were able to be here from England for this Christmas! It was wonderful to have them and it was the first Christmas we have had together with them! A very special memory to document. I layered one of the pocket cards and a cardstock frame from the ephemera pack under the photo and adhered it overlapping the cut file, in the centre of my layout. I also stapled a banner sticker from the accessory sticker sheet to the top left corner of the photo. My title is made up of a phrase sticker from the accessory sticker sheet overlapping the word 'Joy' fussy cut out from the Season's Greeting paper.  It certainly was Christmas Morning Joy in our household!

To the left of the photo I also placed the Ho Ho Ho die-cut from the ephemera pack, a gorgeous flair button, a phrase sticker and a gold puffy star. In the top left I also placed that super cute Santa face die-cut from the ephemera pack and to balance that with the bottom right corner, I placed the sleigh, also from the ephemera pack. 

To finish my layout, I added a few smaller embellishments like small die-cuts, stickers, another gold puffy star and completely finished the page with stamping the date stamp and sprinkling some gold Heidi shine. Once I had finished my layout, I then auditioned some papers to go behind the Star Bright one to act as a 'frame'. I decided on the 'B' side of the 'Joy to the World' paper. I trimmed down the 'Star Bright' paper and adhered it to the 'Joy to the World' paper.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Do you have the Merry & Bright collection? I encourage you to pull it out and create some pretty things with it!

Tarrah x