Curl up with a Good Book | Mandy Melville

Hey friends!

Mandy here with you today to share a layout that I created using the Good Book cut file from The Cut Shoppe. My eldest daughter Abi is an avid reader, so this was the perfect cut file to use to document a photo I snapped of her recently while she was reading.

The Good Book cut file:

I started by cutting the cut file out of white cardstock, and then backing it with patterned papers from the Felicity Jane Shay collection. I don't often use coloured patterned papers for my background, but I decided to use one this time, to help the cut file to really stand out against the background, and I like the subtle tone-on-tone stripes on this patterned paper. I backed the cut with craft foam before adhering it to the background to give it some extra dimension.

I added a couple of layers behind my photo using a 3x4 journaling card and a tag, and then adhered it over on the right hand side of the page. I fussy cut some pretty florals to embellish around the photo, and I also added a sub-title across the bottom of the photo using a die cut word from the Shay collection, and a little puffy word sticker.

To balance out the photo cluster over on the right hand side of the layout, I created a second cluster to the left of the cut file. I repeated elements in this cluster that I'd used in the main one including another fussy cut floral cluster and another little puffy word sticker. I also added a label here to record the book that my daughter was currently reading when I took the photo.

I finished the layout off with some typed journaling and a couple of chipboard asterisks.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout.

Hello October with Joanna

Hello friends, Joanna here, I'm starting off October with a bang and I am sharing 3 layouts with you today! Yep that's right, 3! What can I say, the weather has been very fallish around my part of the world and when the weather cools down I like to do lots of scrapping. I used 3 different cut file from The Cut Shoppe

For my 1st layout I thought it was fitting to use the World of Octobers cut file. This is one of my favorite quotes and now that it is October theres no better time to cut it out. I backed my cut file with some fall themed papers I got from Hobby Lobby. I made a cluster of fussy cut critters and die cuts from Pink Paislee Truly Grateful. I also tucked a floral frame behind my photo.

For my 2nd page I used the Good Book cut file.  I had taken this photo of my daughter quite awhile ago and was holding on to it for the perfect cut file and this one was it! I used the Along the Way collection my Jen Hadfield. I used a little bit of gesso to soften the background that way the cut file would stand out a little more. I created a few cluster around the page, and finished off with some butterfly wood veneer pieces.

For my final layout I used the Hocus Pocus cut file. It wouldn't be October without a fun Halloween page! I am still scrapping tons of Halloween pictures from last year. I dug out lots of things from my stash and had fun backing this cut file. I added little spiders, stars and lots of black splatters. Also added one big holographic spider in the corner.  

I love the way all these pages turned out. I hope you got plenty of inspiration for your October.