Valentine Mini

Hey friends! Kelly here with you today to share a new Valentine's Day themed mini album.

I'm not usually into Valentine's Day but this year I was about all things pink and heart shaped. So I thought it would be fun to create a mini album dedicated to all those things! I used my deep cut Cricut blade, a scrap piece of cardboard (the packaging that is included in orders from scrapbook.com), and the XOXO Cut File to create the cover. I used the Melody Ross Chip Art Stamps and acrylic paint to alter the cardboard to give the cover more of a Valentine look.

This mini album was the perfect excuse to use up scraps & embellishments from my stash that I've been hoarding. I also used other cut file images from the XOXO Cut File, A Banner Day Cut File and The All the Things Cut File inside the album. I didn't embellish the album until after I already had it bound, so the challenge was making it fun without making it so thick it wouldn't close. Using the cut files really helped me keep the album from getting too bulky...

...because backing cut files is a great way to add texture without making the album too chunky...

...and there isn't a need to add a lot of embellishing to the pages that have cut files, because they add a lot of visual interest all on their own.

Now you can take a look at my mini album flip through video so you can see the entire album cover to cover.

Remember to head to The Cut Shoppe Etsy Store to check out all the cut files and be sure to tag The Cut Shoppe when posting on social media!

Simple Stories & The Cut Shoppe Product Swap Day 6!

Hello and welcome to day six of the Simple Stories and The Cut Shoppe team up! I'm excited to share three projects with you today, all using the beautiful We Are Family collection from Simple Stories and some fun cut files from The Cut Shoppe!

For this first layout, I used the Word Art and A Banner Day cut files. I love all the words that come with "Word Art"! I added lots of fun layers using stickers and the Bits & Pieces from the We Are Family collection, and then I experimented with some yellow paint splatters to complete the look.

Next, I cut out a giant heart from the Pie Hearts cut file. I backed each piece of the pie heart with a different patterned paper. I left one piece open to place my photo in.  After it was all filled in, I adhered the heart onto a paper splattered with coordinating mist. I kept the rest of the layout pretty simple, just using stickers to title and embellish it. 

My third layout uses the Sweet Hearts and Picture Perfect cut files. I loved the string hearts in the patterns of the paper, and loved that the Sweet Hearts string art heart matched them! Once I had my photo and string hearts placed, I built the layout around it. I tried to fit as many hearts as I could onto the page!

Thank you for letting me share my layouts with you! I've hope you have enjoyed this wonderful week of inspiration on the Simple Stories and The Cut Shoppe blogs! In honor of our collaboration, The Cut Shoppe is having a 30% off sale through September 15th. Be sure to check it out!

And there is also a giveaway!! One random winner will be chosen from the comments on The Cut Shoppe blog to win a Pumpkin Spice collection pack from Simple Stories. Simple Stories is giving a way a $25 gift card to The Cut Shoppe on their blog! The winners will be announced on September 15th. Thanks for joining us!

LOVE 24/7

Today I'm sharing with you the layout I created using the "A Banner Day" cut file from The Cut Shoppe on Etsy! I cut the banner file out of a sheet of printed paper from my stash. I had lots of chipboard elements and enamel dots that I added around the photo.

Yes, I did make a full page layout about my love affair with frozen confections. 

Ice cream, gelato, fro yo, it really doesn't matter. I love it all. 

Be sure and check out all the inspiration on the blog while you are here! 

The design team has been creating some pretty amazing work!

Thanks for stopping!

Fancy Pants Designs/The Cut Shoppe Team Up: Ashley Horton

Welcome to day 4 of our week of inspiration, with the Fancy Pants Design Team.  All week long, the Fancy Pants Design Team will share inspiration on their Blog using FP collections with cut files from The Cut Shoppe, and our Design Team will share here on our Blog!  We'll also be giving away some Fancy Pants products to one lucky winner at the end of the week!  And you can win a $20 Gift Certificate to The Cut Shoppe, by commenting on the Fancy Pants Blog!  So make sure you read all the way through for the giveaway information and a Coupon Code to save on Cut Files in The Cut Shop!

I created two layouts, using the Flutter and Office Suite collections from Fancy Pants, mixed with several cut files from The Cut Shoppe.

Love You Just the Way You Are:

How awesome are the colors in the Flutter collection??!!  Love them!  I decided to use the Right on Target cut file and cut it in half once I backed it with different patterned papers.  I adhered the two half circles to the top and bottom of the layout, and used the circle design to add the alphas for my title.  And I wanted to incorporate one of our new cut files for this week, so I cut the Love banner from the A Banner Day cut file set, and used it for part of my title.

A Dog's Life: 

 
If you haven't noticed yet, I kind of have a thing for the All Heart cut file!  :)  I think this is probably the 5th layout I've used it on so far.  I wanted to cut it from the Black & White diagonal striped patterned paper in the Fancy Pants Office Suite collection and back it with the Light Blue patterned paper.  Then I layered my photo, title and embellishments over the background.  I also used one of the cut files from thew new Wild Cards cut file set, to layer next to my photo.

We've also got three new cut file sets in The Cut Shoppe today!  These sets are perfect for coordinating with the Office Suite and Flutter collections.

 
In addition to all of the inspiration you'll be seeing this week, we'll also have some great giveaways and discounts!

We are giving away some FP Goodies to one lucky winner!  All you need to do, is comment on each post this week.  We'll be choosing a random winner from all of the comments on The Cut Shoppe Blog this week.  Commenting will be open until Sunday, May 3rd, and a winner will be announced on Monday, May 4th!

And last, but not least, you can SAVE 30% during our week long team up!  Just use the Code TCSFP30 at checkout, to save 30% off of your purchase.  This discount is valid from April 27th-May 4th!

Make sure you head over to visit the Fancy Pants Blog, to see what they created today, and visit us again tomorrow to see what Heather created!