Road Trip | Great Escape collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout created using the awesome Great Escape collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio! I can not get enough of this collection! I think this is my 6th layout using this awesome collection and I still have heaps of ideas flowing! Talk about value for money!  I pulled out a super cute photo of my youngest son from when he was about 3 going for a ride in the car, I just love the thumbs up gesture- so cute!

I chose to work with a darker background paper choosing the 'Journey' patterned paper for this layout. I knew I was going to be adding the white cut file title and I really wanted that to pop off the page. The cut file I chose is from CUT to YOU, I cut out the title in white and cut out the road in black and backed it with some white cardstock to make it resemble a road as close as possible! For the large open letters in the cut file I took the A5 paper stack and choose various papers to add in the open holes. Once the cut file was all backed, I adhered the road down first using regular adhesive and then for the title, I added craft foam and then adhered it down in the centre of the page, I love adding craft foam so that it creates some dimension on my layout, this also allows me to tuck in bits and pieces where I want to if I feel some places need extra detail.

I added my photo on the right side, tucking it in behind the 'D' in Road I would normally layer a paper or a die-cut underneath my photo but this time I left it free of these. Once I was happy with the photo placement and the title it was time for my favourite part and that is embellishing! Below the photo I added a chipboard piece and I also added the flag chipboard piece overlapping the road and coming out of the 'A' in Road. The So Much Fun chipboard piece I added on top of the cut file and also added some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet to help tell my story. 

I took a few die-cuts from the ephemera pack and also added these around my page too, I love finding the perfect piece that is the perfect shape or perfect colour to fit in spots! One of the many things I love to do when I create! I like to balance my pages and describe my style is very clean but colourful too! 

Some of the smaller embellishments like the puffy shapes were some of the last things I added to my page, along with stamping the date stamp which is one of my go to things on every page! Do you have something you like to include on every project? Kind of like a signature? Lastly I trimmed down the 'Journey' patterned paper to roughly 11' x 11' and matted the entire layout on white cardstock. I then machine-stitched a border using black thread around the entire edge of the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you are inspired to use your Great Escape collection and create some adventure layouts!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Recovery | Happy Healing collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

Do you have a loved one who has just had surgery or a hospital visit? The Happy Healing collection by Doodlebug Design Inc is perfect if you want to document these memories, sometimes these aren't always happy memories but sometimes they are! In my case, my Dad has just had a hip operation and visiting him in hospital was good for him. He is recovering so well from his operation which is awesome!  

I decided on a grid/tic tac toe design for my layout today! Using black thread, I machine stitched a plus sign in the centre of a sheet of white cardstock to create 4 sections on my layout and added different coloured water colours in each quadrant. I trimmed down the white cardstock and adhered it to the Cross My Heart patterned paper.

I placed my 2 photos in the centre of the layout with some vellum placed underneath. I did use foam tape underneath to pop these up from the page, I tucked some of the larger die-cuts under the photos with just a hint of them visible. 

It was really fun to pick out colour co-ordinating embellishments for each quadrant on my layout! I added them tone on tone, choosing stickers from the This and That sticker sheet, die-cuts from the Odds and Ends pack and Bits and Pieces pack. My 'Recovery' title is from the Chit Chat pack and I added a small heart sprinkle to the stethoscope from the Get Well Soon pack.

Some of the smaller embellishments I added were the Sprinkles, Puffy Icons and cardstock stickers. I added a heart in each quadrant to help with the visual aspect of the page, having common shapes in a design, helps to draw the eye around the page.

I love how my layout turned out and hope you get to create using the Happy Healing collection too! Can't wait to see what you create!

Happy creating!

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Explore | Great Escape collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the awesome Great Escape collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio.

Last year I was lucky enough to go to Ayers Rock for work, this collection is absolutely perfect for my photo, the colours match so well!

Lately I have been creating layouts that mainly just use embellishments, with very little patterned paper added to my layout, this layout is one of these where I chose just 3 different papers however 2 of them were just small strips, 1 strip from the Adventurer paper and 1 from the Wild Life paper. My background paper is the Happy Camper paper. I created my layout on plain white cardstock and trimmed the plain cardstock down to measure 11' x 11', once trimmed, I adhered it to the Happy Camper paper. Next, I machine-stitched a border around the outside. 

Next, I added my photo with a frame die-cut layered underneath, adhering it with some craft foam to add some dimension. On the left-hand side of the photo, I tucked in the tag from the Accessory sticker sheet and also another piece of paper from the Wild Life paper. I then added both of the strips of patterned papers to the bottom, placing them horizontally. At the top, I added some chipboard and another die-cut. I layered the banner sticker in the top right-hand corner of the photo too. On the right of the photo, I placed another of the stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet.

My title is one of the puffy title stickers, I placed this at the bottom of my photo. I placed some more chipboard pieces including the arrow on the left hand side and the road sign on the bottom left corner of the photo and the Let's Go banner also from the chipboard pack. I also placed some of the puffy stars from the title pack around the layout. Lastly I added some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet to help tell the story, stamped the date stamp and sprinkled some black mist.  

Thanks 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

You & Me | Frosty and Friends collection | Pretty Little Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout featuring the gorgeous Frosty and Friends collection by Pretty Little Studio! 

Even though this collection has a lot of winter and snow references, I was still able to create a layout featuring a photo of myself and my son on the beach!

I chose the 'Winter' '12 x 12' patterned paper for my background, I really like the ledger look of this paper. I then began to create a focal point in the centre of the layout adding my photo here and layering some tags from the Fuzzy Socks die-cut pack and some cardstock frames from the Snow Angel frames pack. At the base of the photo I also added one of the scalloped die-cuts from the Snow Cream die-cut pack.

On the right of the photo, I also added one of the gorgeous flair buttons, this one is from the Let It Snow pack. I also placed some hearts here and a stitching clear sticker too. My title 'You and Me' is the only item on my layout that is not from the Frosty and Friends collection - its actually from the Glitter and Ice collection and can be found in pack from here.

I created a cluster both above and below the main focal point of my layout to add some detail and interest to the page. I also added some details down the sides by placing Fruitcake stitches stickers on either side of the layout. Lastly I added some of the Marshmallow Wordfetti stickers to help tell the story of my layout. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

You Are Awesome | Boys Rule collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout inspired by the new April challenge by Cocoa Vanilla Studio to include a big rainbow as the main element on your layout. I decided to go with a non-traditional rainbow and created my own using various papers from the Boys Rule collection.

The new monthly challenge for April is to include a BIG rainbow as the main design element on your layout.

To help create the arches of the rainbow, I used various sized dinner plates and traced around the tops of them on the different patterned papers I chose from the Boys Rule collection.  I chose these following papers from the Boys Rule collection: 'Fun and Games', 'Straight and Narrow', 'Entitled', 'Expressionist' and 'Star Fall'. I then arranged them on a plain white cardstock background and adhered them down. I trimmed the white cardstock down to measure roughly 11' x 11' and adhered it to the 'Boys Stuff' patterned paper. I then machine-stitched each individual colour in the rainbow with matching thread.

At the base of the rainbow, I adhered a strip of the 'Straight and Narrow' paper horizontally to add another layer to my layout. I added craft foam underneath my photo and placed it over on the right side of my page, I layered the frame and journal spot from the ephemera pack tucked in on the left hand side of the photo, on top of the photo I added one of the banner stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet. My title is from the chipboard pack, I love these words! I added the 'You' and  'Are' words at the top of the rainbow and the 'Awesome' word under the photo. Either side of the 'Awesome' word, I added the scalloped border sticker from the Clear Sticker sheet. Above the photo, I added one of the banner stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet. I punched out some stars from the 'Happy Go Lucky' paper and then layered some of the star stickers over the top. I placed a few of these around my page.

Once I was happy with how the larger elements were placed on my layout, I started adding some smaller embellishments including more clear stickers, more accessory stickers and some more ephemera also. One of my signature features on my layouts is to stamp the date of when the photo was taken and this layout is no exception, I stamped the date stamp using some black ink.

I don't often journal on my pages so I love the phrase and word stickers from the accessory sticker sheet. I add them to all of my Cocoa Vanilla layouts, where I can, to help tell the story. Boy layouts are one of my favourite projects to create and this one was so much fun to create! I really love how it turned out too. Make sure you create a layout and add a big rainbow element as your main design feature and share it with us by uploading it to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Facebook 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!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Snow Globe | Snow Much Fun collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

What is not to love about the new Doodlebug Design Inc shakers?! I mean there are so many possibilities to use these! You have seen the Doodle Shaker Pops right? Well now you can create your very own shaker pops or cards or whatever you want! I decided to create a snow globe using the new DIY Snow Globe kit, the Snow Much Fun collection and of course the new shakers!

Firstly I created a scene on the back piece of the globe by adding a sheet of patterned paper from the 6' x 6' paper pad and then layered the Let It Snow acetate over the top. To create the scene I took pieces from the Odds and Ends ephemera pack and added the Snow Cute Doodle Pop also. I also added some small puffy stickers and some clouds too. On the white parts of the ephemera, I added some Kindyglitz for some extra sparkle. Once the backing was done, I tested how it looked and then added a lot of the Lily White shaker balls inside the globe. 

For the outside, I added the Winter Wonderland paper to the top of the globe and also one of the scalloped border stickers from the This and That sticker sheet. At the base of the globe, I covered the black in the striped paper from the 6' x 6' paper pad. I took one of the phrase banner ephemera pieces from the Chit Chat pack and added this over the top. I then took one of the Frosty Fun Little Charmers and tucked it under the banner title. At the very bottom I added the tiny puffy hearts along the edge.   

Around the outer front edge, I took all of the snowflake puffy stickers and arranged them to fill the space. I did think about painting this part first however I decided not to and I am glad I just added the stickers. Once it was all dry, it was time to give a test and shake it up! It worked great and I love how it turned out.

Close up of the bottom section of the globe.

This was such a fun project to make! I hope you will give the shakers a go and create some cool projects with them! Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

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Easter Baskets | Bunny Hop collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

Are you ready for the Easter Bunny? In case you aren't I have a cute Easter basket project you can make for the littlies! These are just so super cute and so easy to make too! You can download the free file here. I highly recommend printing these out, tracing the design onto some baking or tracing paper. You can then transfer the design onto whatever paper you like. Please note that the light blue lines are fold/score lines. Use a scoring tool for these parts for ease of folding them into shape. 

  I am lucky enough to own a Silhouette Cameo machine and was able to convert the file from PNG to SVG and then add it in my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition. I was then able to change the solid light blue lines to dash/dotted lines to create a perforated line so that these parts may be folded. My Cameo machine then cut these out exactly as I needed them too!

Choose some of the gorgeous papers in the Bunny Hop collection to cut out your baskets with. 

Once you have all of your baskets cut out you can begin to assemble them. Simply fold the perforated parts and glue the scallop pieces behind the middle piece. I used a small peg until the glue was dry to help secure these. I love how you can see the detail in the folds once they are glued together!

Once both sides are done, you can go ahead and attach the long handle in the same way. I did attach the handle on the outside though as I knew I would be covering up the joins.    

Once you have constructed your baskets, start decorating your baskets using some of the gorgeous embellishments from the Bunny Hop collection! I used the border stickers from This and That stickers around the tops of the baskets. I also added some Doodle Pops and Shaker Pops to each one - aren't Doodle Pops the best?! I love them so much! On top of the handles, I also added a word/phrase sticker and some small stickers. On the rabbit one, I also added some of the grass puffy stickers underneath.

OMG the cuteness is too much! I just love how these turned out! I hope you will give these a try using the Bunny Hop collection! You will not be disappointed! 

I filled each basket with some thin wood shavings and of course some Easter Eggs too! These will make great little gifts for my work colleagues!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you get to create some fun and cute Easter projects using the gorgeous Bunny Hop collection!

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Thin wood shavings

Easter Basket template

Silhouette Cameo machine

Easter Eggs

Our Best Adventure Yet | Great Escape collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am here to share a new scrapbook layout featuring the awesome Cocoa Vanilla Studio Great Escape collection! I don't know about you but I love travelling and I love documenting those travels too! Recently my partner and I took a trip to gorgeous Tasmania, it was wonderful, these photos are from beautiful Cradle Mountain and this collection has been perfect to document our travels.

I started by cutting out a cut file from CUT to YOU from white cardstock and then backed the different words and frames with papers from the Great Escape A5 paper stack.

I added 2 photos in the frames of the cut file as well and I had to be strategic with what photo I added in the top frame due to the frame below covering up part of the photo. I chose the 'Direction' patterned paper as my background, I then cut the navy blue strip from the 'Wild Life' patterned paper and adhered it to the left hand side of the paper. Once the cut file was all backed, I adhered it to the same background paper. Usually I adhere my cut files using craft foam to pop them up, however for this layout I knew I wanted to pop up the mountains and other die-cut embellishments in the middle. I added the mountains, the Fun Times sign, the wood piece and the Adventure word all from the ephemera pack.

I also placed the compass die-cut to the middle of the 'O' of the word 'Our' in the cut file, I used craft foam for this piece also to pop it up off the page. Down next to the 'Yet' word, I placed the super cute camper die-cut and layered some phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet on top from the ephemera pack. Once the larger elements were added to my page, I then added a few smaller embellishments including puffy enamel shapes and some more stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet, including the arrow sticker and the journal spot above the word 'Our'. I love how the puffy enamel shapes add a touch of colour and dimension and I love how the phrase stickers help to tell the story if you don't feel like journaling!

Lastly I stamped the date stamp and journaled where the photos were taken. I love how this cut file helped to make the design and placement decisions on my layout and the Great Escape collection really does make it so easy to create great memories!

 

Thanks 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! Make sure you get your hands on the awesome Great Escape collection!

Happy crafting!

Tarrah x

Easter Bunny | Bunny Hop collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends! 

Easter is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate than with a cutesy layout featuring the gorgeous new Bunny Hop collection. This collection is just so EGGS-ellent and adorable! My 2 sons meeting the Easter Bunny are the subject of the photo, they are a little older than this now lol!  

I decided on a grid-style design for my layout and cut out some large scalloped circle die-cuts and some smaller ones from various colors in the Bunny Hop textured cardstock pack. I also took the 6' x 6' paper pad and cut some regular circles die-cuts out and layered those on top of the scallops. I layered the smaller scalloped circles on top of the regular ones and love how they turned out! 

I arranged them all on a piece of white cardstock and trimmed the cardstock down to measure 11' x 11' I then adhered this to the Easter Basket patterned paper. I adhered the title of the page to the centre circle using craft foam, taking the title from the Chit Chat pack. 

I added sticker and die-cut embellishments from the Bits and Pieces pack, Odds and Ends pack and the This and That sticker sheet to all of the circles, pretending these were like small little layouts. I also added Hello Spring sprinkles and puffy sticker icons to decorate some of the die-cuts and to add texture too.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! 

Happy creating!

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Black ink

Cuttlebug die-cut machine

Scalloped circle dies

Circle dies

Adventure Awaits | Great Escape collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you today to share another scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous new Great Escape collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio! I have documented another photo from my recent trip to Tasmania, this time a photo taken at pretty Horseshoe Falls. The Great Escape collection is absolutely perfect for outdoor adventures, nature photos and road trips!

I decided to start with a cut file found on the internet and cut this from white cardstock. I then took the A5 paper stack and backed the spaces in the cut file with a variety of different papers. Once the cut file was backed, I adhered it using craft foam to the Horizon 12' x 12' patterned paper. I cut a small strip of the 'B' side of the Wild Life patterned paper and tucked it in under the cut file t the bottom.

I placed my photo on the right-hand side of the page overlapping the cut file and allowing one of the clouds in the cut file to overhang onto the photo. I used craft foam to adhere the photo too. Above the photo, I placed a banner sticker, and on the left of the photo I placed a tab sticker all from the Accessory Sticker sheet. Below the photo, I placed the die-cut title 'Explore' from the ephemera pack and also added a puffy shape.

Also from the Wild Life patterned paper, I cut out the 3' x 4' card that says 'Adventure Awaits' and placed this right under the stars on the cut file again using craft foam to adhere it. I added another tab sticker to the left of the photo and also added the round sticker at the top of the mountain peak, both from the Accessory sticker sheet. I absolutely LOVE the chipboard elements in this collection! I added 2 of the stars, the flag popping out of the clouds, the log piece between the mountains and also the hexagon shape overlapping the mountains at the bottom. 

Once the larger elements were placed and I was happy with them, I went ahead and placed some smaller finishing touches like some more puffy shapes and some extra die-cuts from the ephemera pack, I also stamped the date of when my photo was taken.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have purchased the Great Escape collection or have plans to purchase it really soon so you can get busy creating with it!  

Happy creating!

Tarrah x