Guest Designer | Jill Keller

We are so excited to introduce our Guest Designer for November!  Welcome Jill Keller!!  Jill creates beautiful layouts, and we love seeing how she uses our cut files!  She has an awesome layout to share with us today, but before we take a look at it, let's get to know a little bit more about Jill.

I'm Jill Keller from beautiful Kansas!  I am a stay home mama to a spunky four-year-old and two very spoiled cats.  I fell in love with scrapbooking 16 years ago after I received a lovely scrapbook for my college graduation.  I didn't make scrapping a "habit" until about 8 years ago and have been hooked ever since.  I currently do design team work for three teams and adore every minute of it.  I didn't start really using my Silhouette for layouts until I found The Cut Shoppe and free files Ashley created for other companies, now I'm hooked on cut files as well!  

 

Thanks for joining us Jill!  Let's take a look at Jill's layout!

 

 

 

I used the Leaf Pile 8.5x11 file and resized it just a bit bigger for a 9x12 layout.  I machine stitched the perimeter of the cut file and through the leaves with gold thread to highlight the beautiful leaves.  I added a few embellishments and mat the photo but wanted to keep embellishments to a minimum to show off the gorgeous background cut file.

 

 

 Amazing layout Jill!  And what a fun size!  Love the 9x12 format!

You can find more of Jill's work on her Blog, Creating Us, and make sure you connect with her on her other social media platforms.

 

Happy Autumn

Hi everyone! It's Monique on the blog today with a Fall themed layout. Last Sunday the sun was shining and my kids and I went for a little walk in the park nearby. Lucky for me my kids were in a good mood and they let me take a photo! As soon as I got home I started on my layout. I chose the "leaf pile" cut file and the Attwell collection from Fancy Pants. 

I already knew that I wanted to use this cut file as I had been eyeing it for a while: 

I love to use background cut files for my pages and this is definitely one of my favorites!! 

And here's a close-up of my page: 

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look at my layout! If you like to use background cut files on your layouts as well, you'll find this one, as well as many other, in The Cut Shoppe Etsy store!

Wishing you a great day!

Hello Fall

Hello friends!  Candace here with you to share a sweet fall layout featuring my favorite fall cut file, Leaf Pile.  This delicate cut file is a perfect background for any of your fall themed projects!  You can check it out in the store here.

To start the layout I cut the file out of white card stock and to create softness layered it over vellum.  To continue with the theme of the layout I used the Autumn Day collection by Photoplay Paper Co. 

A few close ups of the details...

I layered paper from the collection to create a photostack behind a sweet photo of my little men.

To add detail to the layout and to adhere the cut file down with out using adhesive I stitched the file down with my sewing machine.  I love the soft affect of the stitching over the delicate file and vellum.

For the final touches on the layout I added a small cluster of embellishments to the lower right corner of the photo.  I worked along the diagonal and added a fall banner and a wood veneer title.  

Such a fun fall layout!  

Make sure that you stop by the shop to check out this and all the other fall themed cut files!  

Hope you have a beautiful fall day!

Candace

Hello Fall

Hello everyone,

I hope you all are enjoying these first days of fall -my favorite season-.   When Ashley shared the new cut files with us, I knew that i would be using the new Leaf Pile cut file in at least one of my layouts.

I used the 8.5x11 version of the Leaf Pile cut file, and sized to fit into 12x12 in layout.  I modified the original cut file a bit, by deleting all the cut lines from every other leaf.  The background was then cut on cream color card stock.  I used watercolors to color the leaves, and added some stitching to create the vines on the leaves.  I backed all the cut-out leaves with vellum, to soften up the background.

For my title, I used the Oakley Avenue. cut file.  I cut the words, "Hello Fall" from some toner paper that was foiled with gold/rose foil  - i love the color combination of the entire page-.

I added my photo with a few pieces of ephemera from Simple Stories Life in Color collection, and matted everything on some dark wood grain paper (also from Simple Stories).

I really love the look of this page.  I hope that this inspires you to visit the Cut Shoppe etsy store, and take a look at the many cut files, and digital collections that are available.

Thank you for visiting today!