Extra Ordinary | Kylie Kingham.

Hi friends! It's Kylie back with you all today to share a new layout for The Cut Shoppe I have been working on. I fell in love with the 'Extra Ordinary' cut file from the store and couldn't resist using it for a male themed layout. I have worked with the Kaisercraft 'Workshop' collection which was a perfect match for my theme.

I decided to work on a white background for my layout but did add a lovely navy toned border. Using my sewing machine I added a stitched border which gave a lovely texture to the edge. With a stamp from my craft stash I have also added some 'paint stripes' to my background with a denim blue ink.

Once I had cut out my cut file, I used several papers to back it. I chose a dark steel grey paper to back the title so that it really stood out from my background.

Once I completed backing my cut file I added some foam adhesive to the back of it before adhering in place.This was so it sits up from the background of my layout for height and dimension.With my photos in place I also added a few die cuts from the 'Workshop' collection.

To finish I also added a small sub title phrase to the lower right hand side.This also gave a nice finishing balance to my layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you have enjoyed seeing my latest design.

THE CUT SHOPPE DESIGN TEAM October 2019-March 2020

It's time to introduce you to our Design Team for the October 2019-March 2020 term!  We are so excited to have these talented ladies bringing you inspiration for the next 6 months!  Make sure you are following each one of them to see how they will be using all of the products from The Cut Shoppe store!!

Welcome The Cut Shoppe Design Team!

We are so excited to introduce you to our NEW Design Team for the October -March term!  These talented Ladies will be sharing tons of inspiration with you!  Make sure you check each one of them out on social media, so you can follow them and see all of their amazing projects!

They will start sharing their projects in October and we can't wait for you to see what they are creating!

As we welcome the New Design Team, they are some Designers that have been with us, that we have to say good-bye too.  We have loved having them as a part of the team and love all of the gorgeous work they've done.  Make sure you are continuing to follow them on social media!

CAROLI SCHULZ

DONNA ESPIRITU

ELSIE ROBINSON

HELEN GULLETT

JILL KELLER

NEFTALI ZAMBRANO

SHANNON MORGAN 

We always appreciate all of our Designers and the hard work they do, each month!

 

The Cut Shoppe DESIGN TEAM!

Hi there!  TCS is back with a talented new Design Team!  Please say "hello" to our new Designers, that will bring you amazing inspiration from October 2017-March 2018!

You can follow their personal Blogs for more inspiration and to find all of their other social media links.

ANNA KOMENDA

CHRISTIN GRONNSLETT

ELSIE ROBINSON

ENZA GUDOR

JENNIFER ALBRECHT

JILL KELLER

KELLY JANES

KIRA NESS 

Watch this space for some gorgeous projects and NEW Cut Files, beginning in October!!

  

Hello Summer

Hello Crafty Friends!


Nathalie here, today, I am back with a new layout showcasing the Cloud Nine,  April Showers, Let's Talk Summer cut files, and the super cute Ain't Life Grand collection, by Ashley Horton.

I have had this picture of my little  in the scrap folder for a while, once the Cloud Nine cut file was available, I knew it would be perfect for what i had in mind.

For this layout, I picked the 8.5x11 format of the Cloud Nine cut file. The empty cloud cut outs were backed with papers from the new collection, "Ain't Life Grand" by Ashley Horton for Pretty Little Studio, and some white polka dot vellum paper.

A bit of  dimensional adhesive was perfect to create that lovely shadow on the page.  The background paper was created using distress ink and a blending sponge. I simply worked from the center to the outside, just a bit wider than the cut out.

Aren't the patterns of the papers just beautiful!.   I tried to find all the papers that had some pink in them, so that they did not blend with the background.

Finally the title was created by using the Hello cloud image from the April Showers cut file, and the Summer word from the Let's Talk Summer cut file.   Once again, I used a combination of the papers used to back the clouds to tie in the title to the layout.  A few drops of white and black acrylic ink complete the page.

This layout took no time to come together, and  i love how it looks.   The cut files combined with the colorful "Ain't Life Grand" collection was just perfect to document this picture.

Don't forget to check all the cut files used in The Cut Shoppe Etsy store, there are so many designs available !!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hey Love

Hello friends! Today I have a new layout to share with you using the Heart to Heart cut file. It was just perfect to do some hand stitching!

To create this layout, I used the sketch pen option in my Silhouette Cameo. Once I had the design drawn out, I added stitching holes. I tried to estimate about where my photos would be so I wouldn't have to stitch underneath them. Stitching takes long enough without having to do an area that will be covered up! I was inspired by the Pink Paislee Take Me Away collection, and used threads that coordinated with the colors in the patterned papers. I alternated the colors, making sure to space them out when possible. 

Once I had it stitched, I added watercolor. I found that the stitching helped me stay in the lines. With the lighter colors (yellow specifically), I found it better to paint first, and then stitch. The paint was darker than the thread and showed when I tried to do thread first.

After I had my flowers finished, I added my frames and photo. I kept the embellishing minimal to focus on the beautiful flowers. I forgot how much I love to sew cut files! Thank you for joining me today, I hope you feel inspired to do some stitching!

Captain

Hello there scrappy friends,

It's Zsoka here with you today to share my latest layout for The Cut Shoppe! 

For today's layout I chose the Prickly Pineapples cut file because I've wanted to use it forever but still have not gotten around to do so. About a month or so ago I finally received my huge stack of supplies I had been building up at my friend's place in the US since last November and part of these items was one of my most favourite line ever, Citrus Bliss from Pink Paislee. Here in Germany it is not available anymore and when I found it on sale in the US, I had to have it! I just love citrus colors, I can never get enough of them! So obviously it was the line I had to work with first ha! And since this collection has pineapple designs in it, I thought I'd finally use this cute cut file!

There actually are two files in this set and I've used both. I just cut them in different sizes from white card stock, then did what most people do, backed them with various patterned papers from the Citrus Bliss collection. Some I put on pop dots to give the layout a bit of dimension. Then just placed them the way I liked them and layered my photos over them. I've added some wood veneer pieces, puffy stickers, chipboards, frames from the same collection together with some enamel dots and phrase stickers from the Simple Stories Sunshine&Happiness line. The clear stickers with black text might be Simple Stories Carpe Diem, but I am not quite certain, I don't have their packaging anymore...

For my title I chose Captain because in the second photo my son looked exactly like that ha! With his finger pointing to the sky, giving orders and all :). You can't really tell from these photos but the sun is kind of wrapped around his little finger like a halo, it's really cool! I've used some Dear Lizzy thickers for the title.

To finish it all off I've added some black splatters, like I almost always do!

Here, some more close-ups: 

 Hope you like! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! X

Hello Awesome Baby

Hello all!

I am beyond excited to have my first layout for The Cut Shoppe!   I have been a fan of Ashley's designs since the day i purchase the Let's Cut Class (to learn how to use my Cameo);  from then to now being in the design team (with all these amazing ladies) has been a blessing.  Thank you Ashley!

For this first layout, I wanted to document this little angel (I am lucky to babysit him once in a while!);  so I chose to use two cutfiles to create my background,  Around & Around  and Boys Rule.  I welded some of the pieces together, and added pocket shakers on the empty spaces of the scribbled circles  (this is my interpretation of the rattles this sweet baby loves so much).  

The welded background

Next,  I chose the teal background paper from the new Sunny Side Up Digital Collection (I had the entire collection printed to fit a 11x17 in format at Staples -the largest size cardstock they had at hand-).   A large border of Crate Paper's Bloom Collection (Delighted) was machine stitched to frame the layout.  Next I added the picture, and  formed clusters around it with some cut-outs from the Sunny Side Up collection, MAMBI's Soft Spoken series chipboard stickers, and Heidi Swapp's MInc Icon collection.

The Sunny Side Up collection was perfect to document this day

The title was created using the Open Letter Alpha cut file (a personal favorite).  I used foiled vellum (Hello Love from Crate Paper's Hello Love collection, and paper 02 from MME's Necessities collection) to back the words, as they matched the color of the sequin in the shaker pockets.

Here is the final layout after a few more details were added...

I am super excited to have shared this layout with you.  Leave me a comment if you have any questions about the layout.  

Don't forget to check the store THE CUT SHOPPE to find all these cut files, and many more (they are truly beautiful designs)

Till next time,  Happy Craftin'!

Saying Goodbye

It's never easy to say goodbye, especially to a very talented group of ladies that you've loved working with!  We are beginning our new Design Team term on July 1st and today is the last day for our current Design Team members.  I wanted to share one of my favorite layouts from each of the ladies that will be leaving us, and I'm also including their Blog link, so I hope you will continue to follow their amazing work!

Aimee Maddern:  Aimee's Armoire

Jennifer Haggerty:  Live the Moment

 
Julie Taylor:  Facebook

Katrina Hunt:  Paper, Scissors, and Glue

Laura Mooney:  Happiness = Creation 

 
Madeline Fox:  Paper Gumbo

Michelle Wedertz:  Paper & Print

  
Missy Whidden:  Little Nugget Creations

Sandra Przybylska:  Dreams are for Chasing 

Thank you so much ladies for sharing your amazing talent with us over this past year!  We hate to see you go, but we look forward to your upcoming projects and opportunities!