Summer is Coming | Iris Fox

Hello scrappy friends, Iris here to share 9x12 layout using the recently released "Summer is Coming" cut file.

I'm not usually a summer fan, so how perfect for me is this cut file that riffs off of the Game of Thrones warning?!  I decided I could use it to make a summer bucket list of some of the things I'm actually looking forward to this summer!

I started off by sizing the cut file to 5 inches wide and cutting my photos into circles. The smaller ones that are images of show posters I cut at 1.5 inches and 2 inches. The 2 family photos are 3 inches. After deciding where they would go, I lightly marked their place with pencil, then used liquid watercolors by Avery Elle to draw colorful circles around the perimeters. On top of those I added coordinating sentiments by curving the stamps on the acrylic block and stamping them all around the circles.

I embellished with circular die-cuts and puffy stickers.

For the title, I backed it with a printed acetate piece from Pretty Little Studio. Originally my thought was to have some mixed media under the acetate, but when I backed it, I liked the clean look. Under the title I did more stamping and added this year in tile stickers.

I printed a list of each activity and added the corresponding number to each photo.  For more color, I added patterned paper borders at the top and bottom, and stapled more embellishment at the seams to tie them together.

I'm so glad I was inspired to document things I'm looking forward to this summer as a form of gratitude thanks to The Cut Shoppe's "Summer is Coming" cut file!

You can find the process video here on my Youtube Channel.  Thanks for stopping by!

Love you this much

Hello everyone, Julie back with you today & because we’re in the month of February I couldn’t resist doing a love related layout using the fab new cut file Feel the Love;

There are 3 designs in this file & I chose to go with the pie chart one but instead of cutting it out I used my sketch pens to draw it on the page, I love that you can do this with any cut file, giving the page a whole different look. I did this page on the new layout size of 9x12 so took the sketch slightly off the page. I then cut out a variety of papers to fit into the pie chart, embossed each one & sewed them down. I added some pink cardstock to the right hand side & bottom & sewed that in place also, then all that was needed to finish the page was some paper layers under my photo, some chipboard & a few sprinkles of mist.

Thanks for stopping by today & I’ll see you later in the month xoxo