Cocoa Vanilla Studio "Made of Awesome" & Kaisercraft "Time Machine" - By Linda Eggleton

Hello everyone & welcome to another Friday post.

I am still playing with the amazing "Made of Awesome" collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studios, and have my 3rd layout with this collection to share.  This time I've used some older photos ......

"Front Yard Cricket"

My layout is based on Stuck Sketches mid month sketch.

I have used the grey side of the Directions paper for the background...which as this really cool, subtle pattern all over it.  I've also used a small piece of the orange side of the Lucky Star paper at the top of the page.

Here I've clustered up a few embellishments - Pieces from the Ephemera pack, tickets, stickers, vellum stars & one of the fab flairs.

The little skull & crossbone piece was cut from the Mixed Up paper, and you can also see one of the tickets that I've cut in half lengthways poking out from under one of the 

border pieces in the Ephemera pack.

I've used another of the 2Crafty smiley faces...they are so cute!

I have coated it in gesso & then painted it with Kaisercraft Orange MIST.

There's also some more Ephemera pieces here across the top of the paper layers...and the other half of the ticket mentioned earlier :)

Photos are my brother & cousin from around 1970/71 playing cricket in the front yard....a great find recently going through my mums old photos.

The title is using the Made of Awesome alpha stickers.

Next I have a layout using another amazing collection - Kaisercraft's Time Machine.

This collection is just WOW...so many fantastic patterns & colours which are well suited to vintage style pages.....

"Time is a Great Storyteller"

I have used the reverse side of both the Steam Engine & Gadget papers for the background...joining them with one of the border stickers from the sticker sheet & the 

cut off strip from the bottom of the Gadget paper.  The photo has been layered up on a 2 pieces of both sides of the Coggler paper....with the edges being inked & distressed.

I've used a variety of flowers & collectables pieces for my cluster, as well as some 

2Crafty gears & Flutterby flair.

The flourish scroll is Maggie's Swirls & has been inked straight onto the raw chipboard.

I've added a few small Petaloo blooms on & around the swirl.

The larger rectangle piece is a lovely verse from the Collectables pack & the smaller pieces are from the sticker sheet.

I've added quite a few of the clock & cog collectables pieces around my photo area...cutting the ones that are only partially showing in half & using elsewhere on the page.

The 2Crafty gear has been inked with distress ink, and there's a small flower cluster 

of Green Tara & Petaloo blooms.

Another of the 2Crafty Gears with a Kaisercraft Mini paper bloom on top....and some more beautiful pieces from the Collectables pack.

Here's a close up of the main area of the page.

I've used one of the Collectables pieces, "Time is a Great Storyteller" as my title.

The photo is of my Granny & her first 3 children - taken in 1931 <3

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by & see my work...I do hope you have been inspired by both of these wonderful collections :) xx

Products used "Front Yard Cricket"

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Directions paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Boys Rule paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Rock Star paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Lucky Star paper
Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Mixed Up paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Diecut Ephemera

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Accessory Stickers

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Vellum Stars

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Tickets

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Flair Buttons

Cocoa Vanilla Studios - Made of Awesome - Alphabet Stickers

2Crafty Chipboard - Smiley Faces

Kaisercraft - KaiserMIST - Orange

Gesso

Foam Tape


"Time is a Great Storyteller"

Kaisercraft - Time Machine - Steam Engine paper

Kaisercraft - Time Machine - Gadget paper

Kaisercraft - Time Machine - Coggler paper

Kaisercraft - Time Machine - Sticker Sheet

Kaisercraft - Time Machine - Collectables

2Crafty Chipboard - Gears

2Crafty Chipboard - Maggies Swirls

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms - Light/Dark Brown

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms - Cream

Green Tara - Apple Blossoms - White/Turquoise

Petaloo - Burlap Pointsettia's - Ivory

Petaloo - Burlap Pointsettia's - Natural

Petaloo - Darjeeling Mini Paper Blossoms - Turquoise

Kaisercraft - Mini Paper Blooms - Honey

Flutterby Designs - Flair - Design 181

Tim Holtz - Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs

Twine

Gesso

Kaisercraft A Touch of Gold by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone   This week I am playing with one of the new Kaisercraft releases - A Touch of Gold. Love the black, gold and white colour combo, it is so striking.   My layout today is: A Moment Captured  

  Managed to catch this shot while taking a few photos of our pup Harry earlier this year. It was taken in the evening so I have a nice black background which takes up a lot of the photo space.   To continue the black, white and gold theme, I have created my background using gelatos and some masking, before adding a selection of papers from the Touch of Gold range.     I have used 2Craftys A Moment Captured title and their new Aidans Arrows as features on my layout. The title has been coloured with a gold gelato and the Arrows with black ink, then some white gesso before finishing off with some of the gold gelato.    

  A close-up of my stickers and banner  that adorn the bottom corner of my photo - the words are from the Touch of Gold Collectibles pack and the stars sticker from Bella Boulevard.  

    A final close-up, more detail of the masking and gelato misted background, another of the Aidans arrows, Harry's name in a Collectibles piece with a little paw print to finish off.  

  Thanks for stopping by Till next week Fiona x Products Used:   Kaisercraft A Touch of Gold paper - Classy Kaisercraft A Touch of Gold paper - Razzle Kaisercraft A Touch of Gold paper - Glitz Kaisercraft A Touch of Gold Collectables 2Crafty A Moment Captured Title 2Crafty Aidans Arrows Simple Stories Dog Snap Stickers Bella Boulevard Trinket Stickers White Cardstock Gelatos 6 x 6 Crafters Workshop Mask  

Cocoa Vanilla Studio "Made of Awesome" by Linda Eggleton

Hi everyone & welcome.

I am back to share another layout created with Cocoa Vanilla Studio's Made of Awesome collection.

This time I've created a bit of a travel/holiday layout of my son & his girlfriend.

"Go See Do"

I have used the Awesome paper for the background, and have left it with no background work as I really love the design of the paper :)  I've used one of the pieces cut from the Mixed Up paper for the title .... Go - See - Do

I've added a cluster of Green Tara flowers, Made of Awesome flair & vellum stars, and a few diecut leaves using the grey side of the Directions paper.  There's also a few stickers here & there as well.

Lots more stickers used here

The cute little sun is one of the 2Crafty Dancing suns that I've coloured orange with my big brush pens, and I've also added a few stars - both from the Vellum stars pack & the diecut Ephemera pack.

I have cut a few of the frame pieces in half from the Ephemera pack, and placed them at opposite sides of the photo area...purposely staggering them so that everything wasn't so uniform.

I've made a couple of little tags using patterned papers & an old tag in my stash as a template 

& then added some adhesive ring eyelets.  I also included a few coloured paper clips & one of the 2Crafty geotags - again coloured orange with my big brush pens. 

I've also used more of the fabulous tickets from this collection - they come in a pack with 5 different coloured tickets & 5 different designs....they are awesome!

That is all from me for another week.

I hope you have been inspired by this AMAZING collection :)

Thanks for dropping by....xx

Products Used

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Awesome paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Mixed Up paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Boys Rule paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Rock Star paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Directions paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Lucky Star paper

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Diecut Ephemera

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Accessory Sticker sheet

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Flair Buttons

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Tickets

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Vellum Stars

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome - Alphabet Stickers

2Crafty Chipboard - Dancing Suns

2Crafty Chipboard - Geotags

Green Tara - Azalea - White

Green Tara - Apple Blossom - Ivory

Green Tara - Cherry Blossom - Blue

Kaisercraft - KaiserMIST - Orange

Creative Expressions - Leaf die

Faber-Castell - Big Brush Pens 

Mont Marte - Gesso

Paper Clips

Self Adhesive Ring Eyelets

Simple Stories So Rad - Silly Faces by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone   Back again today with another layout created using the super cool Simple Stories So Rad collection. Todays layout is Silly Faces:  

   I snapped these pics of Zane when I asked for a quick photo. He decided instead to be a little silly and pull a bunch of faces and flip his head from side to side.   For this page, I have layered a few rows of patterned papers onto a neutral kraft background. I've added some stars and enamel dots both from the So Rad collection, before adding some mixed embellishments.   A couple of close ups:  

  I've dug into my stash to find these multi coloured alphabet stickers from October Afternoons Midway collection that worked well with my papers and I think suited the title!  

 

This Flutterby designs flair button "Just be You" works perfectly top convey the message with the photos and is teamed up with an arrow from the sticker sheet and a little wood veneer heart.

 My little subtitle - Hey There Smile, using a sticker from the So Rad collection and a Studio Calico Wood Veneer word.   Thanks for stopping by Till next week   Fiona x Simple Stories So Rad Paper - Epic Simple Stories So Rad Paper - Honeycomb/Code Simple Stories So Rad Paper - Rad Simple Stories So Rad Paper - Authentic Simple Stories So Rad Enamel Dots Simple Stories So Rad Cardstock Fundamental Stickers Studio Calico Wood Veneer words Studio Calico Wood Veneer heart Flutterby Designs Flair #169 October Afternoon Midway Alphabet Stickers Kraft Cardstock  

Cocoa Vanilla "Made of Awesome" - by Linda Eggleton

Hi everyone

Welcome to August!

A new month means new goodies to play with & this month I will be working with the amazing

Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome collection

Cocoa Vanilla Studio is a brand new Aussie designed & owned scrapbook company - by Zoe Pearn

Although I've only created one layout with the collection so far, I think it's going to be one of those collections that can be used for little boys, big boys & all those in between,

and perhaps even non male layouts?  We shall see what the coming weeks will produce :)

"Totally Awesome"

Based on sketch #144 at Sketchabilities

I have used the orange side of the Lucky Star paper for the background & added some random stencil work & stamping, with some mists splashed around as well.  I added all the background work after I had completed the layout - which is the opposite of how I normally add this to my backgrounds....usually I add it first.

There are SO many fabulous embellishments with this collection....you definitely will not be stuck for choice that's for sure!  I have used a variety of the embellies as shown below in some close ups....

Here I've used a variety of pieces from the Diecut Ephemera...all the circle pieces & the Awesome diecut that I've used as part of my title, plus the solid stars.  The other stars are vellum from the Vellum Stars pack - which come in a variety of patterns & colours :)

There's also one of the really cool flair buttons....and I've used some of the alpha stickers for the rest of my title.  The alpha sheet comes with these black alphas plus some 

smaller woodgrain patterned square alphas.

Tickets....who doesn't love some good tickets?!?  I know I do :)

I've used a couple here tucked into the sides of the photos....the Blue one was cut in half & the other side used on the opposite side of the photos.

And there's also some more vellum stars & one of the stars from the diecut Ephemera pack.

The arrows are also from the Diecut Ephemera....and I've put the small singular arrow up on foam tape.

The smiley (or not so smiley...lol) face is from the 2Crafty Smiley Faces pack...I've coated it in gesso & then coloured with some watered down KaiserMIST - Turquoise.

And a close up of the main area of the page.

Photos are of my boy at one of his motocross races....photos were not taken by me, but by one of the professional photographers who were there on the day.

I hope you have been inspired by this fabulous collection....it really is one of those MUST HAVES!!

Until next time....happy scrapping!  xx

Products Used
Cocoa Vanilla - Made of Awesome - Lucky Star paper Cocoa Vanilla - Made of Awesome - Directions paper Cocoa Vanilla - Made of Awesome - Boys Rule paper Cocoa Vanilla - Made of Awesome - Diecut Ephemera Cocoa Vanilla - Made of Awesome - Alphabet Stickers Cocoa Vanilla - Made of Awesome - Flair Buttons Cocoa Vanilla - Made of Awesome - Tickets Cocoa Vanilla - Made of Awesome - Vellum Stars 2Crafty Chipboard - Smiley Faces Teresa Collins - Basically Essential Stencil - Remember & Thanks (Chevron Arrow stencil from above pack of 3) Kaisercraft - Stamp - Grid Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stain - Tumbled Glass Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stain - Weathered Wood Kaisercraft - KaiserMIST - Orange Kaisercraft - KaiserMIST - Turquoise Faber-Castell - Big Brush Pens Modelling Paste Gesso

Simple Stories - So Rad "Play Hard" by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone   A new month already! The good news is, that it's the last month of winter, so hopefully we can see some warmer weather coming up. In the meantime, it is great weather for staying indoors and scrapping!   This month I have the super cool boy range, So Rad by Simple Stories to create with.   Todays layout: Play Hard  

    My boy is a little obsessed with electronic devices, so a page devoted to his gaming was essential. This range has lots of cute game related embellishments, perfect for these types of pages.   The other embellishments in this collection that I thought were pretty cool are these frames, lots of ways to use them and you get a very large variety in the packet. For todays layout I have used them to frame my photos and also create little framed pictures of the gaming embellishments.  

    A close up of two of the frames - I love the Space Invader sticker inside the Cool frame. On the larger polaroid style frame I have added the star, the word chillin' and an enamel dot.  

    My other polaroid is as is, however the final one I have framed the game controller and used the game on sticker. To finish off my layout I used a spattering of enamel dots and some funky cork alphas for my title.  

    Be sure to pop on over to the shop and check out this new collection, it's So Rad!   Till next week Fiona x Product List   Simple Stories So Rad paper - Honeycomb/Code Orange Simple Stories So Rad paper -  Houndstooth/Code Navy Simple Stories So Rad paper - Rad Simple Stories So Rad paper - Epic Simple Stories So Rad paper - X-treme Simple Stories So Rad paper - Authentic Simple Stories So Rad Fundamental Cardstock Stickers Simple Stories So Rad Simple Chipboard Frames Simple Stories So Rad Enamel Dots American Crafts Thickers

Last 2 layouts with Crate Paper Journey - By Linda Eggleton

Good morning everyone :)

I have 2 final layouts to share today using the fabulous Crate Paper Journey collection 

They are both using photos from our recent holiday.

"Travel Bug"

I have used the map side of the Navigate paper for this layout....adding some colour to it by dabbing on some coordinating coloured mists.  I sprayed the mist onto some scrunched up cling-wrap, and then dabbed it randomly over the page.  I've then layered up a variety of papers & embellishments.

Most of the smaller pieces you can see in amongst the layers of paper, are pieces that have been cut in half, with the other half being utilised elsewhere on the page, or on previous pages already created....no point having such fabulous pieces hidden in under the layers, I say!

The cluster is made up of some Green Tara flowers, Flutterby flair & the gorgeous row of feathers is from the Cardstock & Vellum Ephemera pack....and it is g.o.r.g.e.o.u.s!

After layering & clustering, I have then added a variety of stickers & ephemera pieces over the page.

Here you can see some of the cork arrows, stickers & vellum ephemera.

The piece with the saying "Not all who wander are lost" is from the "Let's Go" paper....and it just had to be used, as this is so me! :)  The mustard coloured paper with the arrows is also from the Let's Go paper, and it's been cut in half, using each piece on either side of the layering under the photo.

The cute little camera is also from the Ephemera pack - there are truly so many 

fabulous pieces in this pack!

I have used one of the cork phrases as part of the title....and also some more of the cork arrows at the side of the photo.

The cute little travel tags are cut from the Let's Go paper also...and the pink one is from the Ephemera pack.  At the top of the page I've used some of the triangular stickers along with another ephemera piece to create a bit of a banner, with one of the cut off strips running across the top of the page as well.

I have some journaling on the back of the page about me & my travel bug :D

"Hello Stanley"

This time I've used a much plainer piece for the background - Itinerary,

and I've added a small amount of colour to it by flicking on a few different coloured mists.

For my cluster, I've used some Green Tara flowers again, as well as a couple of pieces from the Ephemera pack, and then I've added some 2Crafty Indian Feathers that I've coated in Gesso & then painted with Tim Holtz Tattered Rose distress spray stain....and finished them off by adding some of the puffy feather stickers on top.

I cut the "Hello" out from one of the Gold Foil Tags to form part of the title, and also some of the alpha stickers that are part of the sticker sheet for the rest of the title.

I used one of the smaller 2Crafty polaroid frames to highlight Stanley (a big metal emu made from VB bonnets, doors etc) on one of the photos....and again I've cut some of those fabulous travel tags from both the Let's Go & Voyage papers.

Making good use of ALL the different embellies with this collection - there really is such a vast amount of them!  More cut tags, ephemera & sticker pieces.

And more of the above....with the addition of a cork heart & a small piece cut from one of the Gold Foil tags at the top of the layers there.

And here's a close up of the main area of the page.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my creations with this lovely collection over the past 5 weeks :)

Next week is a new month, so I will be playing with a new collection...I wonder what it could be?!

Until then...happy scrapping :)

xx

Products used

Travel Bug

Crate Paper - Journey - Journey paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Happy Camper paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Wander paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Route paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Let's Go paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Cardstock stickers

Crate Paper - Journey - Cardstock & Vellum Ephemera

Crate Paper - Journey - Phrases & Arrows Cork stickers

Green Tara - Gardenias - Pale Pink

Green Tara - Apple Blossoms - Ivory

Flutterby Designs - Flair 

Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stain - Tattered Rose

Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stain - Scattered Straw

Kaisercraft - KaiserMIST - Turquoise

Hello Stanley

Crate Paper - Journey - Itinerary paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Free Spirit paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Route paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Teepee paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Navigate paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Let's Go paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Voyage paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Quest paper

Crate Paper - Journey - Cardstock stickers

Crate Paper - Journey - Cardstock & Vellum Ephemera

Crate Paper - Journey - Phrases & Arrows Cork stickers

Crate Paper - Journey - Gold Foil tags

Crate Paper - Journey - Puffy Icon stickers

2Crafty Chipboard - Assorted Polaroid Frames

2Crafty Chipboard - Indian Feathers

Green Tara - Gardenias - Ivory

Green Tara - Apple Blossoms - Turquoise/White

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms - Brown

Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stain - Tattered Rose

Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stain - Scattered Straw

Kaisercraft - KaiserMIST - Turquoise

Mont Marte - Gesso