Summer Memories | Mandy Melville

Hey friends!

Mandy here today to share a new layout featuring the Beach Life cut file from The Cut Shoppe! Here in Australia, we're just starting to head into the warmer weather, and I was in the mood to scrapbook a summer photo! I decided to document a photo that I took of my son and youngest daughter when we spent a day at the beach last summer, and I knew that Beach Life cut file would be perfect for that!

I cut the cut file out of white cardstock and backed each of the images with some bright and summery patterned papers. I used a combination of Felicity Jane, Cocoa Vanilla and Heidi Swapp papers and embellishments on this layout. Once I'd backed each of the sections in the cut file, I adhered it to my background using craft foam to give it lots of nice dimension.

I matted my photo and then adhered it overlapping the right hand side of the cut file. I then created a cluster of cute summery embellishments on the bottom right hand corner of the photo. I also added my title 'Summer Memories' here using a die cut piece combined with a rubber charm.

To balance out the photo and embellishments on the right hand side of the page, I clustered some floral die cuts and a shell chipboard piece around the thongs on the left hand side of the cut file.

To complete the visual triangle, and to help draw the viewer's eye around the page, I created a third embellishment cluster up in the top left hand corner of the layout.

I finished it off with some cute puffy stickers, epoxy dots, clear word stickers, and lastly some black ink splatters.

Thanks for joining me here on the blog today! I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my summery page! Don't forget to head on over to the shop to grab this fun cut file to use on your own beachy projects!

Splashing the Day Away with Joanna

Hello friends! Joanna here today sharing a fun summer page. I used the Beach Life cut file that I cut out big enough to fill my page.

Beach Life

I had fun backing this cut file with all the bright summer patterns from the Echo Park Let's be Mermaids collection. I used stickers from the collection to make little clusters next to my photos.

I wanted the cut file to stand out so I picked the purple background for lots of contrast. And finished off my page with some white paint splatters.

Have a great day!

NEW CUT FILES | OBA Day

Since we're so close to the beach, we try to go often during the summer.  A few years ago, we decided to buy a boat and that makes it even more fun.  We went out last weekend, and I snapped some photos of our beach day.  The NEW Beach Life Cut File was perfect for the photo I wanted to use for my layout.

I have to admit, that this layout got off to a rocky start!  The pink polka dot patterned paper is not what I originally started out with.  I initially had another background paper from the Crate Paper Sunny Days collection, but after I had the entire layout finished, I decided I didn't like it.  HA!  Sometimes projects just don't go the way we want them to.  Thankfully, I was able to trim out my entire design from the first background paper and place it on the new one.

I already had my cut file, photo and embellishments in place, so I just adhered it all to the new background paper.  Then I decided I wanted some texture on the beach umbrella.  I used White embroidery floss to hand-stitch along all of the lines on the umbrella.  I love the tone on tone look of the White cardstock and White embroidery floss.

Once I finished the stitching, I felt like I needed something else above the beach umbrella.  The layout is bottom heavy, since my photo and embellishments are at the bottom of the page.  I decided to add the Sun + Shine Thickers above the umbrella and I included two hearts from the Sunny Days Chipboard sticker sheet.

You can find Beach Life in The Cut Shoppe store, along with three other NEW Cut Files!!  Make sure you stop by the store to check them out!!