Spread your wings | Sasha Biyanova

Hello, everyone!

It's Sasha here today! And this is my last project for The Cut Shoppe! I was so happy to be a part of the team and that was a great time! Thank you everyone for your support!

I used two cut files for this layout: Social Butterfly and Open Letter Alpha.

I've created background with the Social Butterfly Cut File.

And beautiful title with the Open Letter Cut File.

Hope you were ispired!

I wish you happy crafting and more new inspiration from the new team!!!

Thank you for stopping by!

Dreamer by Jill

Hey everyone, I am back with a new layout using two awesome files from The Cut Shoppe Etsy store!

I love the mix of files in the Girl Power release, and was really drawn to the file that looks like stems to me.  I've had this SnapChat pic of me laying around forever, and decided to come up with some that worked with the photo and the cut file I like so much.

I sized the stems to approximately 3.25 x 11.6, then cut three of them from kraft cardstock.  I found three patterns in my stash and back the open areas of the file, adding the patterns at random.

Next I used the knife tool in my Silhouette software and detached one of the beautiful butterflies from the Social Butterfly background file.  I like things in 3's, so I made one larger butterfly and two smaller.  I cut the butterflies once from a coordinating patterned paper, then removed all the interior cut lines and cut them again.

I used a tiny bit of adhesive to attach the butterflies together, then ran them through my sewing machine.  I also adhered the stems and stitched those to my background kraft paper.

I wanted lots of dimension on my page, so I lifted the edges of all the cut files off the paper once everything was stitched into place.

I used some layers behind the photo then added a sticker and enamel dots and triangles for the butterfly trails.  

Thanks for checking out my newest layout for The Cut Shoppe!

Butterfly Love | Elsie Robinson

Hey friends, it's Elsie here! Butterflies are one of my favourite embellishments to use on my scrapbook pages, so the Social Butterfly cut file is one of my all time TCS faves! So I decided to make it the focus of this scrapbook page...

Even though this cut file would make an awesome background for one of your pages, it's really easy to use the butterflies individually.

To do this I used the knife tool in my Silhouette software to separate one of the butterflies from the rest background. 

The edges will look really messy once you've done this, but it's easy enough to edit the points (do this by double clicking on the butterfly) and neaten up the edges. And voila, you have a single butterfly to use as an embellishment!

I cut the butterfly multiple times in different sizes from white cardstock, as I knew I wanted to have a trail of butterflies going from big to little.

I also cut the outlines of the butterflies from patterned paper to back the white butterfly with. 

To create some dimension, I only glued and stitched on the body of the butterflies. This meant that the butterfly wings curled up and created a cute and dimensional look.

These butterfly embellishments were so easy to create and use on one of my pages. I'm really pleased with the results, so I hope you try this out on one of your next projects!

Have a great day everyone!

"Butterflies" with Kira

Hello crafty friends!  Kira here with another scrapbook layout.  I have been obsessively visiting The Cut Shoppe to find the ~perfect~ cut file...but with so many choices, it's kind of hard to decide.  But I had visions of butterflies with this one.

I used the Social Butterfly cut file, but deleted all but one butterfly when importing into my design software.  Then I upload the single butterfly a second time to create a template to back the butterfly.  I used white textured cardstock to cut out the outlined butterflies and then a variety of papers in shades of orange, greens, and teals to cut out the backings.

I wanted the butterflies to be layered on top of each other so I cut twice as many "backings" as I did outlines.  And I wanted a variety of sizes so I cut them between 1.5" and 2.2". Once I had everything cut out, I started placing the layers together.

Then I machine stitched down the centers of all the butterflies with white thread on some and aqua thread on others.  I left the excess thread on the butterflies and tangled it on top of their bodies for a little added texture.  Then I folded the wings to give them a little dimension.

I decided to scrapbook this picture of my husband with our youngest son as they sat on a park bench together.  Seriously, how adorable are these two?  The title came easy, because, no joke, these two give me butterflies.

I can never get enough of a wood grain background and I like the "outdoorsy" neutral it provides.  But I craved a little pop of color, so I placed it on this navy blue floral paper.  To give it a little more texture, I distressed the edges and tore to spots on the side.  I tucked some thread beneath one of the tears and a butterfly beneath the other.  I stapled down the flaps to give it another added bit of texture.

I finished off the page by stitching over the foam thickers with some aqua thread.  And added the date stamp and called my page done!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Oh Boy

Hello, its Melissa and I'm so excited to be back with you again.  Today I have a layout to share, and I set myself a challenge to scrap an older photo of my son as a baby with a relatively girly cut file.  I adore this photo, I've had it printed off for years, but I've never been inspired to scrap it.  As soon as I saw the Social Butterfly cut file I knew I had to use it for this photo.

I used the 8.5 x 11 version of this cut file with Cocoa Vanilla Studio's "Make A Wish" collection.
In order to carry on with the boy theme, I limited myself to a predominately monochromatic colour scheme of blue and white.

I wrote my journaling on a tag and hung it off one of the butterflies wings.

I love that the butterflies don't cover the entire background.  For me its a challenge to leave a cut file plain white and not backed with patterned paper, but I love how it looks!

And here is the cut file.

Thanks so much for looking

Spring!

Hi everyone, it's Monique here sharing a colorful Spring layout. Last Saturday I visited the "Keukenhof" for the very first time in my life. For those of you who've never heard of the Keukenhof: The Keukenhof can be found in The Netherlands and is the best day out among flowers! There are more than 7 million bulbs in bloom this Spring and there are about 800 different kinds of tulips! For my layout I definitely needed a Spring cut file and was so happy I could finally use the cut file I've been eyeing for ages: the Social Butterfly!

Using Doodlebug's "Spring Things" collection I created this page:

and this is the "Social Butterfly" cut file from The Cut Shoppe Etsy Store I used:

Here are a few close-ups of my layout: I cut the Social Butterfly cut file from a very colorful Doodlebug paper as I wanted to place it on a white background: 

I placed a lot of fun die-cuts over the butterflies in a way you can still sees part of the butterflies;

After sewing here and there on my page I was done! Really love the result! Hope you do too. 

For lots of other Spring cut files make sure to visit The Cut Shoppe Etsy Store! Thank you so much for stopping by our blog today! Wishing you a wonderful day!

xoxo

Monique

Guest Designer | Maryam Perez

Happy May!  It's time to meet our Guest Designer for this month!  Please welcome the very talented Maryam Perez!  I always love seeing Maryam's work on social media!  She always creates gorgeous projects.  Before we see her layout for today, let's get to know a bit more about her.

My name is Maryám and I'm 15 years old. I'm a Chilean girl who lives in Osorno city. I love photography and scrapbooking. When did you start Scrapbooking? I don't know the exact year, but I think I've been crafting since ever. What I most love to do is create layouts and mini albums, and the best of scrapbooking, is that at the same time I can save my memories in a creative way.

I love that Maryam is starting out as a scrapbooker at such a young age!  Wait until you see what she created, and you won't believe she's only 15 years old!

Hello TCS friends!

I'm super excited to here. Today I'm sharing a layout made using the beautiful Oasis collection mixed with papers from Chasing Dreams collection. I used the beautiful "Social Butterfly" cut file and the word "life" from the "Full Bloom" set. As you can see my layout is super simple, I just cut the cut file with my Silhouette Cameo and then started backing it up with some papers. After that I put some embellishments, and that is it! 

I hope you liked my project and special thanks to Ashley for having me as a guest designer.

Thank you so much for sharing your awesome work with us Maryam!!  Your layout is gorgeous!!  You can find more of Maryam's work on her Blog, Maryam Perez Design, along with links to her other social media channels. 

Loved

Hello friends! I'm sharing a layout today using the Social Butterfly cut file! This cut file is super gorgeous, and probably one of my favorites ever.

I wanted the butterflies as a background, but not covering the entire page. I enlarged and cut out just part of the file, and then backed the butterflies with a 6"x6" paper pad. Once I had my butterflies backed, I did some mixed media on the page using gelatos and the packging technique. I glued the butterflies down, and then added my photos and embellishments in the white space. I tried to cover as little of the butterflies as possible!

I love the butterflies and how this layout turned out. Thank you for joining me today!

You Sparkle

Hello crafty friends!

Happy Spring everyone!  Today marks the beginning of a new season (hopefully the weather starts to change, too), soon everything will start to bloom, and with it comes a lot of color and cheerfulness.  With that in mind, I decided to celebrate the season with a new project using the beautiful Social Butterfly and 'Tis the Season cut files.

For this project, i wanted to use the beautiful butterfly image of the Social Butterfly cut file.  So i simply isolated just one of the images, and cut individual different size images on white card stock.   In addition, I used the outer edge of the image to cut the images  on papers from the Maggie Holmes' Chasing Dreams and some vellum.  

I glued the two pieces together just along the center line. Next I glued just the body part of the butterflies to the Bazzill Egg's Robin ombre card stock.  Using a paper piercer, i poked some holes, so that a bit of hand stitching can be added, ending on two french knots to form the butterflies's antennae.

The raised wings of the cut file bring so much dimension to the page, and creates a sense of movement to the layout.

To form the title,  I used the word "SPARKLE" from the 'Tis the Season cut file (as my niece is posing in front of the golden backdrop) to create a stitched title for this page.  A little bit of shimmer watercolor just complements the colors of the page.

I love how the colors, and the cut file work so beautiful to create a sense of dimension and movement on the page.  I hope this inspires you a bit today.  Remember to link any project that uses products from the store, and use the hashtag #TCSCUTITOUT to enter this month's challenge.

Til next time,

Keep on crafting!