Cocoa Vanilla Studio Sunkissed - The Beach Life

I have another layout using Cocoa Vanilla Studio's Sunkissed collection on the Papermaze blog today. My previous layout picked out the colours in the Feeling Fine paper - pink, orange, yellow and a tiny bit of blue. Today's layout is based on the blue/green Good Vibrations Ombre paper and other blue elements in the collection. Although my layout isn't a 'boy' layout I hope it shows that the collection could be used for feminine or masculine layouts.

I trimmed 1/8 inch off of each edge of a sheet of the Good Vibrations paper and mounted it on a 12 x 12 sheet of white Bazzill cardstock. Using white thread I machine stitched round all the edges of the paper and also round the edges of five of the blue/green pocket cards and an extra card I made from a piece of the Sunny Days paper.

The pockets cards were placed on the left half of the layout cascading from top to bottom. Some were raised slightly with 3D foam beneath them and I also added some bakers twine to one of the cards to add some extra texture to the layout.

Die cuts from the die cut ephemera pack were scattered among the pockets cards as well as the words 'Love This' which were cut from the Fun in the Sun cut apart sheet. My photo was matted on white cardstock and attached to the top right of the layout.

Using my Silhouette I cut the word 'Beach' five times from smooth white cardstock and using a wet glue I glued the pieces on top of each other to create a thick chipboard-like title. The title was placed near the bottom of the layout and was completed with the addition of more die cut letters and some blue puffy alphas from my stash.

A die cut of a pair of sunglasses was added to the title as well as a little pennant to the photo.

My DT kit contained some Puffy Dots from Doodlebug, These are like enamel dots except they are soft and squishy and have a matt finish. I dotted a few of the dots around the pocket cards.

The layout was completed with the addition of the date and place using some blue alpha stickers from my stash and some blue iridescent sequins. 

Cocoa Vanilla Studio Sunkissed

Today on the Papermaze blog I'm sharing a layout using the new Sunkissed collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. If you like bright sunny collections, this is right up your street! The collection celebrates all things Summer and is full of bright juicy colours and is perfect for documenting past and future summer memories. 

My layout today is of Lara on the beach and uses all the zesty colours in the collection.

Inspiration for my layout came from a sketch on Lets Get Sketchy although I didn't stick too closely to the sketch.

I started with a sheet of the Feeling Fine paper which after trimming a quarter of an inch from each edge I mounted on a 12 x 12 sheet of white Bazzill cardstock and then using a black gel pen drew round the edge. 

I used a hexagonal die to cut several hexagons from papers from the collection as well as from some of the pockets cards, doodled round the edges of these and stuck them on the layout to the left of where my photo was to be placed.

My photo was double matted on white and black cardstock and then placed on the layout with 3D foam underneath.

From the Fun in the Sun cut apart sheet I cut a strip of rainbow stripey paper and placed this next to the photo.  I attached a strip of white cardstock next to this that I punched with a border punch and on top I attached a thin strip of the B side of the Feeling Fine paper. To add some texture I added some cross stitches to the paper strip using white embroidery thread.

One of the pocket cards was added to the layout with 3D foam underneath.

The Growing Wild paper is perfect for fussy cutting and I cut some of the florals from the paper to use as embellishments.

The word Sunkissed was cut from the packaging containing the pocket cards and was placed on top of the fussy cut flowers. 

In the top left corner of the layout I created a cluster with some of the die cut ephemera pieces. 

To complete the layout I used some tiny letter stickers from my stash to add the date and place and dotted some gold sequins around the layout.

Echo Park Coffee & Friends - Cards from Scraps

Recently I've posted scrapbook layouts I've created using the Coffee and Friends collection from Echo Park. After creating three layouts with my DT kit I was left with a few random sized scraps of patterned paper and some of the die cut Ephemera Frames and Tags.

None of the scraps were bigger than about 6" square so rather than try and make another scrapbook layout I decided to challenge myself to make as many cards from the scraps as I could. On YouTube I follow American cardmaker Kristie Marcotte. Kristie has a series of videos where she takes a 6x6 paper pad and turns the entire paper pad (plus cardstock and minimal embelishments) into a set of cards. I love Kristie's style which uses a lot of black cardstock and took inspiration for my cards from her. By coincidence, Kristie has recently used the 6x6 Coffee & Friends paper pad to make cards. Unlike Kristie I didn't have a full 6x6 paper pad so didn't have as many papers or patterns to choose from but double sided papers help.

I managed to make 9 cards.

Four of the cards were just under 6" square and five were 4.5" square.

I used a lot of black cardstock to mat the patterned papers and die cuts. This made the colours pop.

The die cuts were mounted on 3D foam to add some dimension to the cards.

I used some cardstock in colours picked out from the patterned papers and die cuts on some of the cards.

Embelishments were minimal - sequins, ribbon and card candy.

Because I didn't have much patterned paper left I had to be creative on some of the cards. Some of the papers were joined and the join hidden behind another element.

For this card I was able to add blue cardstock to emphasis the blue cups on this paper and the die cut.

Some of the sentiments were printed onto white cardstock.

Echo Park Coffee & Friends - The Cats Whiskers

My third layout using the fabulous Coffee & Friends collection from Echo Park is of Tux. This collection has subtle shades of pink, green and blue, but also a lot of black and white. I've used the pale colours and white backgrounds in my previous layouts but today's layout uses lots of black and white ......with a pop of pink! 

I started by trimming roughly a quarter of an inch from each side of a sheet of the Frothy Flowers paper and placed this in the middle of a sheet of white cardstock. I then layered pieces of the 3x4 journalling cards (B side), Journalling Cards (B side) and Letterboard in the centre of the layout. and machine stitched with white thread round all the edges of the papers. My photo was then added on top.

I punched a strip of the Mocha Mugs paper using a border punch  and added this near the bottom of the layout.

White cotton lace was placed beneath the photo.

At the top of the layout I tucked a white paper tag behind the papers and a very, very old sticker with the word 'beautiful' on it, was stuck underneath the tag.

The words for the title were die cut on the Silhouette from smooth white cardstock and attached to the layout.

I created a cluster on the bottom left corner of the photo with one of the journalling cards, a label from the Ephemera Frames & Tags pack and a wood veneer cat that I painted with some black acrylic paint.

Finally I added Tux' name to the layout using tiny pink foam Thickers and scattered some clear dew drops here and there.

Echo Park Coffee & Friends - Dream Big

I'm back today on the Papermaze blog with another layout using Echo Park's Coffee & Friends collection and today I've scrapbooked some photos of Lara with a giant cup of tea.

I started by cutting a huge tea cup cut file from some smooth white cardstock and backed this with papers from the collection (B side of the Coffee Shop Wall and B side of the 3x4 Journaling Cards papers) and also some olive green cardstock scraps. I also used a piece of kraft cardstock for the 'tea' in the cup.

A piece of white cotton lace was glued to the cut file too for some extra texture.

I then worked out where I was going to place the cut file and my photos on my layout and lightly drew round the outside of these using a pencil on a sheet of 12x12 white Bazzill cardstock.

Using a brickwork stencil and some Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink, I stencilled around the area where the cut file and photos would be placed. The Tattered Rose ink was the perfect colour to match the Coffee & Friends collection and created a subtle background.

The pencil marks were then rubbed out and the cut file and photos were stuck to the layout with some 3D foam underneath.

A 'tea bag on a tag' was created using one of the Journalling Cards from the cut apart sheet on one end of a piece of bakers twine and a die cut from the Ephemera pack  on the other end. The tea bag was glued on top of the tea cup and the tag in the top left corner. I used a wet glue to secure the bakers twine in place.

The words printed on the die cut weren't suitable for this layout so I glued a flower fussy cut from the Coffee Shop Wall paper on top to hide this. Two heart pins were added behind the flower.

Tiny pink foam alphabet stickers were used to add a quote at the bottom of the layout.

In my stash I found a label sticker in coordinating colours and tucked this behind one of the photos.

The layout was completed with a scattering of sequins and a doodled border.

Echo Park Coffee & Friends - Coffee and Sunshine

This month I'm using the new Coffee and Friends collection from Echo Park on the Papermaze blog. I don't know about you, but I've had enough of the cold, wet, dark, winter weather and I can't wait for the warmer days of spring to arrive. But with snow forecast this weekend in my part of the country, I may have to wait a while yet. The Coffee & Friends collection from Echo Park is a coffee themed collection but the colours are very fresh with subtle shades of pink and green so as well as being perfect for scrapbooking about your coffee moments, this collection will also be perfect for springtime layouts.

For my first layout I decided to scrapbook a photo taken a couple of years ago in a quirky little cafe/pancake/ice cream parlour in Wales. This collection could have been created just for that photo as the colours matched perfectly!

I started by layering strips of  the Mocha Mugs, 3x4 Journalling cards (B Side) and Letterboard (B Side) paper onto a sheet of green cardstock which I then matted with a piece of black cardstock. Using white thread I machine stitched along all the edged.

My 4x6 photo and one of the jounalling cards were both matted with green and black cardstock and then placed at an angle in the centre of my layout, overlapping the edges slightly. 3D foam was added underneath for dimension. 

Some tucked white paper doilies were tucked behind the photo and journalling card. Whilst the doilies aren't that obvious in the finished layout, they do add some subtle texture.

I fussy cut flowers from the Coffee Shop Wall paper and used these as embellishments.

I found a black word strip in my stash to add on top of the fussy cut flowers and a few green sequins for sparkle.

One of the Ephemera die cuts was used as my title on top of the photo.

More die cuts and some natural twine were used to create bunting at the top of the layout.

The bunting included a  die cut which I had made into a shaker pocket. I cut out the centre of the die cut and filled the hole with a  pocket made from some plastic packaging and sequins from my stash.

The date was added to the layout using tiny foam Thickers.

Journalling on word strips fixed to the bottom left corner of the layout finished the layout.