Cocoa Vanilla Studio ~ Merry and Bright #3

Happy New Year everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog! It’s Anna back with you sharing my third project with Cocoa Vanilla Studio’s Merry and Bright collection. You can find the collection in the shop here. 

I have made a Christmas Day scrapbook layout to share with you today...

I began with a sheet of 12x12 bazzill as my base. I used this star wreath cut file from paper issues and backed all of the stars with patterned paper from the collection as well as some cardstock from the matchmaker pack and some glittered cardstock. I really wanted to incorporate the star bright patterned paper, so I cut out a large circle and adhered it behind my cut file.

I added a few elements from the accessory stickers and cut out ‘Merry and Bright’ from the cut apart patterned paper sheet 'oh what fun'. I used the tag sticker from the accessory stickers too and layered it alongside a kraft tag along with some of the word phrases, which were also on the accessory stickers sheet.

I also used some of these sequin stars by Pink Paislee as well as some old pretty little studio Christmas words.

I used some of the leftover stars from the cut file and edged the outside with different coloured Nuvo drops and well as some random drops around the layout. 

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Thanks so much for looking! See you later in the month!

Anna

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Cocoa Vanillia Studio ~ Merry & Bright #1

Hello and Happy December to you! It's Anna back with you today kicking off a month of festive scrappy cheer for you to enjoy. There is so much to look forward to this month to get you into the festive spirit and inspire your Christmas crafting.

This month I'm working with Cocoa Vanilla Studio's Merry & Bright collection - take a look at it in the shop here. For my first project I have made a DIY advent calendar.

With the help of this beautiful collection, I solved a last minute dilemma of not being able to find many advent calendars - the Thomas the Tank ones didn't quite make it to the trolley... instead I grabbed some mini Cadbury treats and set about coming up with my own version.

I used a hanging wooden tree to make the advent calendar, which 'd love to say I made myself, however I brought this one from B&M. It comes painted white and glittery, along with some LED lights.

I used small envelopes for my treats to go in and decorated each one. I cut out the numbers from the 'Countdown' patterned paper and adhered them to each envelope along with some coordinating cardstock with some of the numbers and patterned papers - 'Jingle all the Way' and 'Oh Christmas Tree' with other numbers.

On some of the envelopes I used a stencil along with some Glimmer Paste to create a starry pattern.

I used some of the 'Accessory Stickers' to add embellishment, as well as Nuvo drops, enamel dots and some hand drawn stitching.

I finished by punching holes in the tops of the envelopes, adding the chocolate treats and tying them to the tree branches with twine. And there we have it, a DIY advent calendar to enjoy for the next few weeks. I hope to save the envelopes and recreate a similar calendar in years to come.

Thank you so much for reading, take care and I'll be back soon with a scrapbook layout using this collection.

x Anna x