Hello scrappy friends! It's Zinia here sharing a layout I create with some of the most recent designs from The Cut Shoppe store.
The cut files are used are Instant Camera and Quirky Quotes. I wanted to make a grid using the lovely frame designs but I cut my paper pieces a bit too small and I failed aligning them properly in my Silhouette mat. So I had to re-think the whole design and find a creative way to use my pieces cause I didn't want to waste that pretty paper.
I ended up layering the frames on the side of the page creating a big cluster of photos and embellishments. I used different little pieces to hide the badly cut sides so that nobody could tell there was a mistake behind these lovely layers.
I used a mix of the American Crafts Hazelwood collection and some of my favorite Maggie Holmes lines. They worked out really well with the pastel colors and the pops of bold details.
So that's it. I really hope you enjoyed this layout and the little tricks I used to cover my "failed" cuts. I will see you again soon with another project. Till then, happy scrapping!
I have so many collections I
haven’t used before (surely you guys are familiar with this issue?!) and lately
I’ve been so frustrated by this. So I decided to use something new on every
layout where I don’t have any specific requirements as to what I can use. I mean,
cut files are not a problem ;P. I have a few papers from the Gather collection
from Maggie Holmes and some chipboards. I did not buy the whole collection as
an exception, as I generally can’t use so much pink. But sometimes I, too, need
a bit of pink and flowers in my life! So I grabbed these papers and the heart cut file from the Over the Moon cut file set and got to work!
I knew I wanted to use this soft pink paper as my
background, the cobalt blue paper for pops of a contrasting color and I knew I
finally wanted to fussy cut out those beautiful mint flowers! I wasn’t quite
sure if all these would work well together but I was determined to try ha!
I backed my cut file as usual, with different patterned
papers. Then I machine stitched over the cut file with cobalt blue thread to
add some texture. And because I like sewing! This did not take long but to
clean up the mess on the back…thread tangling up everywhere…I’m not going to
lie, it must have taken close to an hour to do this! But I like the look so it
was worth it.
I put my heart on 3d foam adhesive to add some dimension to
my layout and tucked in my fussy cut flowers under it in two clusters. I added
a third cluster of flowers next to my photo for a balanced look. I don’t always
follow the visual triangle rule because I don’t think every design needs it,
but this one did. To me, anyway!
I pulled out some chipboard pieces (the ones in this
collection are so awesome!) and added them around the page. For my title I
could have chosen something more meaningful, but I really loved the font, the
color and the texture of this sentiment so I went with this. Again some machine
stitching at the bottom to ground my title. At the top I also added some
chipboard pieces for interest. I added my date and journaling to finish off my layout. I used some labels in matching colors for these.
I hope you like how it turned out! Thank you for stopping by today X
