Choose Happy with Jennifer

Hello everyone,

Jennifer here with a new layout for The Cut Shoppe!

Star and galaxy obsessed as I am I just had to use the gorgeous new Shooting Star cutfile for this project.

I don't know why but this layout really didn't photograph well so I apologize for the quality.

I used white cardstock for this cutfile because I planned on using a softly colored patterned paper as my background. I thought about backing the star silhouettes with darker patterned paper but I decided to use spray mists on the cut outs instead.

I used a platinum shimmer mist, a flat pink and a flat purple spray on the stars and I really like how they turned out. They worked really well with the collection I used.

I used a slightly older photo from when a friend and I used one of those retro photo booths when I visited her. Because it's pretty dark it stands out well from the layout despite me using quite a few colorful embellishments and papers.

I popped both the cutfile and my backed photo with fun foam, sometimes even in several layers. So this layout has quite a bit of dimension.

This is my last project for The Cut Shoppe Design Team and I am quite sad to leave this great team. But I am sure we will keep seeing each other in the WWW and social media channels.

Have a great weekend!

xoxo

Cutains Up with Jennifer

Hello everybody,

Jennifer here with a new layout for The Cut Shoppe.

For this project I used the Bull's Eye cutfile.

Confession time: I find full sized background cutfiles really hard to use if they are really intricate. I always feel like my layouts turn out too cluttered and full. And sometimes full is exactly what I'm going for - as I demonstrated with my last layout that I shared here - but most of the time I really need some white space on my layouts. So, most of the time I just cut them apart to fit my scrappy needs.

The Bull's Eye cutfile was a bit of a impulse purchase I made recently via the etsy shop. I was in a shopping mood and just threw everything into the shopping cart I found even mildly interesting. So, there I was with my busy background cutfile and - honestly - no idea how to use it. But then we watched The Greatest Showman (twice because we absolutely loved it) and afterwards we were in a bit of a playful mood. When my friend threw open the cinema doors like she was in a musical of her own we just had to have a bit of photoshoot. (It all felt very Germany's Next Topmodel.)

But the picture really worked well with the cutfile because from the beginning it reminded me of those old velvety theatre curtains. So, I cut of about half the cutfile to give it a "curtains being drawn up" kind of feel and I really like how it turned out.

I didn't glue down the entire cutfile just some points here and there. All those little half circles tend to curl up and I think it gives the layout a nice bit of dimension without being bulky.

For my paper layers and embellishments I turned to an older collection that I had barely touched since I got it. I'm really in the mood for stash busting these days. And I was really proud of myself for using this big sofa die cut as a backdrop for my title.

And it's really not as random as it seems. Our english cinema is very retro with a thick plush carpet and golden wallpaper. So it kind of fit.

That's it from me for today. Thank you for stopping by and have a great week!


xoxo

Coffee Makes Everything Better with Jennifer

Hi Everybody,

Jennifer here with a new layout for The Cut Shoppe!

For this layout I used the Outburst cutfile. I cut it from white cardstock and backed it with a single sheet of patterned paper. I added fun foam between cardstock and patterned paper for added dimension.

I am a bit of a hoarder - my stash is so much bigger than it needs to be because I always think "No, let's keep this embellishment/die cut/etc. for a later layout". And then I never get around to using it. You peepz probably know exactly what I'm talking about. 

So when I made this layout I decided to do some stash busting and went a bit over the top with the embellishing. And it was so much fun! I really need to do this more often. 

I really pulled out every kind of embellishment - die cuts, stickers, wooden epoxy stickers, enamel dots and sequins. Every flat piece got the fun foam treatment so it wouldn't just disappear into the background. 

I kept adding pieces until my cutfile was filled in nicely. It was really hard to stop because I just wanted to keep adding stuff to the background. But I think I stopped myself at the right time. 

That's it from me for today. Have a great week!

xoxo

Ohana Means Family with Jennifer

Hello, 

this is Jennifer with a new layout for The Cut Shoppe Design Team! This time I created a really colorful and fun layout with Mixed Media elements. 

For this layout I used the super cute flowers from the Folk Art cutfile and cut them from white cardstock. 

I then used a few of my shimmer mists and a piece of plastic packaging to bring some colors to those flowers. A few sprinkles here and there added a finishing touch. Because I didn't use a lot of water the cardstock didn't warp much. I curled the leaves of the flowers up myself for a bit of dimension.

I added a bit more color to my background by using a flowery stencil and some mint colored acrylic paint. The stencil matched the flowers from the cutfile perfectly so I was pretty happy with the end result. 

I used a black and white picture from an outing with friends und added lots and lots of colorful layers, that super fun pompom frame and few chipboard stickers. My title I pieced together from several different alpha and phrase sticker sets. 

That's it for today - thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

xoxo

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Love Love Love You with Jennifer

Hello everybody,

this is Jennifer with a new project for The Cut Shoppe!

For this layout I went a bit overboard with the cutfiles but I just had to use all of them!

I used:
Sassy Circles

Love Struck

Open Letter Alphas

Love Ya

My current scrappy motto seems to be "Use all the things!". It does help with stash busting so I'm not complaining. But that also means there's a lot going on on this layout.

I used the Sassy Circle cutfile as a background element but I only cut three rows of the circles. I backed them with a black-and-white and a pinkish red patterned papers as a contrast to my mint striped background paper.

For my title I combined the Love Struck cutfile with the Open Letter Alpha. I cut the Love Love Love from ombre cardstock that matched my striped background. My cutting machine was acting up so it didn't cut all the little circles from the Love Love Love. So I just rolled with the punches and poked out a few of the holes to kind of simulate the ombre effect of the paper. The open letters I backed with the same paper as the Sassy Circles.

I didn't want to leave the background as is and decided to add a few of the XOXOs from the Love Ya cutfile in white cardstock. It looks very soft but gives the background a certain something that I really liked.

For a few added spots of bling I added gold thread to the Sassy Circles and the Love Love Love.
I also added lots of dimension with foam dots behind the Sassy Circles, my photo and the title.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

xoxo

Under The Stars with Jennifer

Hello everybody,

this is Jennifer with a new layout for The Cut Shoppe!

For this project I used three different cutfiles. First: The Arrowheads 12x12 cutfile for my background:

For my title I used the Camp Out cutfile:

And last but not least, the Happy Clouds cutfile:

In December I took this amazing photo of the sunset over Hamburg and I've wanted to scrap it in it's wonderfully colorful awesomeness for weeks now but I lacked inspiration. I love all the colors but I didn't really know how to combine it with patterned papers or embellishments. But when I went through my stash I found a summer collection from last year that matched the colors in my photo perfectly. It was pretty much a match made in heaven.

I felt like a full 12x12 background using Arrowheads would be a bit much so I only traced half of it with my cutting software. Which turned out to be a really good idea because I didn't have a lot left of the ombre paper I used to back the cutfile.

Because I wanted to keep the focus on my picture and title I cut the cloud from Happy Clouds out of white cardstock for a white-on-white effect. I love how soft the background looks and how my picture just pops right of the page.

I cut my title from a scrap of starry night patterned paper I had laying around. For a bit of a layering effect I glued down some clouds first and added the words on top of it. A few sprinkles of gold shimmer mist to round everything out and my layout was done.

That's it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week.

xoxo,

Pawsome with Jennifer

Hello everyone,

this is Jennifer with a new project for The Cut Shoppe.

I used the Happy Kitty cutfile for my title

and Full Circle for the big element in the background.

I backed both the title and the cirle cutfile with patterned paper. Because the title didn't work as is in my chosen size I cut it apart and stacked the parts on top of each other. As a throwback to the heart between the paw and some in the original file I added in a golden chipboard star to go with the rest of my embellishments.

I cut the circle in half and backed it with foam to give it dimension.

I tried to create a bit of a colorful "scene" around my photo using chipboard stickers, die cuts and normal stickers.

I backed my photo with patterned paper and phome to raise it up like the circle element. On top I added a chipboard phrame because I really liked how that looked and how it draws the eye to my picture.

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

xoxo