Hello Crafty Friends! I'm back today with a new layout share for Cocoa Vanilla Studio featuring the brand new and OH SO Beautiful Midnight collection. Definitely a new favourite with all the hand drawn florals and mix of sweet soft pastels, Navy and bright pink
I had an idea in mind a few days ago that involved a grid style layout and multiple photos, then I remembered these HILARIOUs ones we took in a Photo Booth at Timezone last month. One glorious family shot mixed with many ridiculously hideous ones HAHA. To start the layout I chopped up pieces of the MIXED BLESSING and ALL THE THINGS and laid them out on some white card stock along with the photos that I had scanned, edited to black and white then printed in a 2x3inch size. I raised 2 of the photos up with some foam for slight dimension, and the other 2 were adhered straight to the paper.
Next up I created this mixed title using hand drawn letters on a piece of the B side of ALL THE THINGS paper. I also used a word from the CARDSTOCK TITLEs pack and some white alpha stickers from the Colour Me Happy collection. I sewed through the stickers to keep them adhered to the layout then raised the other 2 words top and bottom using some sticky dots on top of tiny bits of vellum
Heres a close up of the hand drawn and cut letters, and the tiny 'detail' I added to the edge of the card stock after adhering to a strip of the INKY DEPTHS paper.
only created a couple of clusters on this layout, both include pieces from the EPHEMERA pack, with some pieces raised using glue dots or adhered using my tiny attacher. You can also see here a close up of the detail I added to the pattern paper using machine stitching.
Lastly a couple of stickers added to the photos. Top right I added a clear sticker and then a chipboard piece
and then the bottom left I added a tab sticker with more machine stitching. Oh and a super pleasant photo of Moi HAHA
Well, thats all from me today. I hope you're falling in love with this collection just as much as we all are!
Until Next time, happy Scrapping!!
Michelle xx
Hello Hello, I'm back with a new layout to share with you for Cocoa Vanilla Studio as part of our 'Throwback Thursday' feature. As you are probably aware our Throwback Thursday posts usually feature collections from our past or a particular product that we've not shared for quite some time. For todays post I have used my favourite and most used collection - Make a Wish, and made a feature of the Wood Veneers from the collection.
The Make a Wish collection is PERFECT for documenting ALL the special birthday moments and so many other sweet memories. As I've used plenty of it for Leila I thought it was time I found a 'new' subject to scrap, and what better timing than my sweet little niece's first birthday. SO CUTE!
To start the layout I've used the 12x12 piece of PARTY MIX paper as the background and layered the photos off centre before going a little crazy with layering ephemera and veneer pieces to create one massive 'cluster' of sorts.
This sweet girl is such a little sweetheart, and that toothy grin is THE BEST!
Now we all know I'm not one to go too crazy with mixed media so I chose to keep all the wood veneer raw. I also felt that if I changed the colour of it, they would become lost within the mix of embellishments and then they'd no longer be much of a feature. I did add a little hint of glitter to each piece using a glitter brush but unfortunately it only shows up in person.
I tucked most of the veneer pieces in under the die cut ephemera , but a few were added it straight onto the photos to give more dimension and texture
Seriously that little face is pure perfection!!!
And I have I mentioned how much I am still LOVING the floral pieces from this collection.. Layered with dimensional dots and folded slightly to add even more dimension.
Lastly I finished the layout with a small cluster of more ephemera, an accessory sticker and one last veneer piece to give balance to the layout.
I really enjoyed creating this layout and dipping into some older stash.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Until next time, Happy ScrappingMichelle x
