Guest Designer | Katrina Hunt

Today's Guest Designer is one of my very good scrappy friends, and I am so excited to introduce her!  Katrina Hunt is joining us with a super cute layout using the Prickly Pineapple cut file!  Katrina and I have been friends ever since we were on the Scrapbook Generation Design Team together.  She has a knack for mixing patterned papers and creating adorable layouts that include photos of her cute Corgis!  And you will love what she created for us today, but first let's get to know a little bit more about Katrina!

 

Hi!  I'm Katrina and I live in Midwest USA. I am currently owned by four Cardigan Welsh Corgis, who appear in my layouts from time to time (or A LOT of the time)! I’ve discovered as an adult that I love to create and craft.   I was never the artsy type while growing up, unless you count cutting my doll’s hair.  I have been scrapbooking since February 2009, when I decided to make a mini album for a friend. I discovered that I loved it!  Well, let’s just say after that I went nuts with the paper, scissors, and glue.  I love color, the more the better.  To define my style is hard, as I do what makes me happy. I like to scrap everyday life and things, you never know what the subject of my project might be!  

I have been on several design teams, of which currently include Therm O Web Adhesives, CREATE Magazine, {a flair for buttons} and most recently Maya Road.  Here's a little tidbit for you.....Ashley and I were on Sketch Support together and a friendship was made!

Thanks for having me guest design and what a fun, cute cut file!

 

 

 

Seriously!!  A puppy and pineapples! It can't get much cuter than that people!  I love the way Katrina used the negative and positive from the Prickly Pineapple cut file to create the fun, colorful background for her layout!  And what a great idea using an image to reinforce the title of your layout!  Amazing work Katrina!

 

And as an added bonus, Katrina is also sharing a totally adorable card on her Blog today, using the Prickly Pineapple cut file layered over Gelatos.  Make sure you visit her Blog to check it out.

 

 

Thanks so much for guesting with us today, Katrina!  You can see more of Katrina's work and find her on Social Media, by visiting her Blog, Paper Scissors and Glue.

Pineapple Art Print

Hi everyone,

I hope your Friday is off to a great start!  Gina here, and I am excited to share a new project with you using the Prickly Pineapple cut file.

To create my art print I cut out the Prickly Pineapples cut file using my Silhouette Cameo.  Then I used it as a mask.  I painted over it with watercolor paints onto watercolor paper using a water brush. Once it was dry I framed it.  This simple art print will make a sweet addition to any room.

Prickly Pineapples

Supplies: Prickly Pineapples Cut File: The Cut Shoppe; Other: watercolors, watercolor paper

Snowflakes & Pineapples

 You might ask how snowflakes and pineapples can even relate to one another... the answer? 

They don't. Haha. Except when they're in the same blog post, like today.

It's Heather here to share a couple of projects with you! 

I made this layout with the snowflake diecuts from the Winter Weather cut file. I'm pretty sure I could create hundreds of projects with just this one cutfile. I think it is my fave. :) Also that little heart snowflake on the bottom left is a FREE cutfile from a past newsletter. Be sure you're signed up for the newsletter to snag all those free files! 

I wanted this page to be very colorful, so I backed the snowflake diecuts with some bright patterned paper. After backing the diecuts with paper, I sewed over them with some grey/silver thread.

This past weekend, my dad, sister, and I took a little weekend getaway trip to the beach. Of course it was a little chilly, so I thought the snowflakes would give a nice "cold" feel to the page.

And now on to the pineapples! :)

I had this brilliant-not-so-brilliant idea to make a stencil from a piece of paper. My original plan was to make GOLD pineapples. So trendy, right? First I heat embossed them, using the diecut stencil I created from the Prickly Pineapple cutfile. But my gold embossing powder was way too dark. So next I tried gold paint. Nope. Didn't like it. So, I ended up just using some basic yellow watercolor paint and BAM! Loved it. :) And you can see that I got my bit of gold touch in the form of a doily. So not all is lost. 

The pineapples just add a little cute whimsical feel to the card, don't you think? 

So that's it for today, folks! Thanks for joining me!