XOXO ❤ | Shannon Morgan

Happy Tuesday everyone, Shannon here sharing a sweet layout featuring my crazy dogs, Rock and Lucy. I seem to have a lot more pictures of Rock and Lucy than Paddy and Mack. Paddy and Mack are pretty busy lately. Rock and Lucy have forced me outside many more times than I would like this summer.

I am happy to document their contentedness of all things summer and outside because they are so cute. I used two files for this layout, Heart Shaped Box & Crazy Love (This may be the second time in ten days that I've used Heart Shaped Box because I love it so much, but don't tell anyone!)

Here's a look at the files close up, look at how fun those hearts are. 

Here's the links to those files once again:

Crazy Love

Heart Shaped Box

Have you checked out our Facebook group The Cut Shoppe Scrap Spot? It's full of great inspiration, challenges, and the latest design releases! (Pssst! There's Fri-yay Freebies too!)

Thanks for letting me share with you today!!

I Heart You | Elsie Robinson

Hey TCS fans, it's Elsie here and I'm so happy to be back on the Cut Shoppe DT for another term. I've made a 12x12 layout for today's post because as soon as I saw The Heart Shaped Box cut file, I knew I had to make a layout with it! 

My original plan for this cut file was to back each heart with a different patterned paper, as well as the the border of hearts. But I quickly realised that all of those patterns would be too busy for my liking.

Instead I decided to back each heart with a different patterned paper, but use a neutral pattern to back the grid with.

Incase you were wondering I used Crate Paper papers (from several collections) to back the hearts. I love all the variety of patterns and shades of pink in the hearts, it's so fun and whimsical! And I used a plain black and white text patterned paper to back the grid with, which is from the Maggie Holmes Gather collection.

And of course I couldn't resist stitching around the cut file! I used some plain white thread for this which creates a very subtle look, but adds lots of cute texture!

And to make the cut file pop off my page even more, I strayed away from my beloved white cardstock background *gasp*! 

Instead I used a light woodgrain paper, and because it's quite a neutral colour and pattern, it doesn't clash with all of the pink hearts and embellishments!

I hope you're inspired to use the gorgeous Heart Shaped Box cut file on your next project!

Love You layout by Jill

Hello!  Have you seen the new Heart Shaped Box cut file in the TCS Etsy Shop?  I had a ton of ideas running through my head when I saw this file, read on to see how I used it on layout.

I was really in the mood to do some mixed media on this layout, so I started by using spray inks and smooshing them onto my gesso covered white cardstock.  Once I reached the desired effect I cut the Heart Shaped Box file almost as large as I could with my Silhouette software.

I cut the file twice, once from solid white cardstock and again from a pale pink patterned paper.  I cut off the box lines from the pale pink paper, as they weren't necessary to my design.

I used tons of stickers and die cuts to highlight the four photos I used on this page.  The photos are sized at 2x2 inches and fit perfectly in the box cuts of the cut file!

I added in a few more stickers on the photo area... and this page was complete!

Thanks for checking out my layout for The Cut Shoppe!

New Cut Files | Awesome Smile

Hi there, everyone!  It's Thursday, and time for some fun new cut file sets!  We've got a great mix of designs for you today, and I decided to combine two of the sets on my layout.  I used the Heart Shaped Box background cut file and the Main Squeeze cut file.  It's always fun to layer different cut files, to help add interest to your projects!

This layout has A LOT of color!  I used the Good Vibes collection from Crate Paper.  I tried a couple of patterned papers for my background, but couldn't decide what to do at first.  Then I tried adhering the Heart Shaped Box cut file to a White card stock background, but I wasn't loving it.  So I trimmed away all of the card stock and settled on the background paper you see above!  Sometimes you just have to try a few different things, before landing on the right thing!

I love a cut file that includes a grid pattern.  The boxes inside the heart wreath are perfect for adding your favorite patterned papers.  Once I had all of the open spots filled in, I added my photo.  I used one of the cute frames from the Good Vibes collection to make the photo stand out.  Then I cut the word "Love" from the Main Squeeze cut file from a contrasting patterned paper and placed it above the photo.

And grid spots aren't just perfect for patterned papers...they're also perfect for adding embellishments.  I went through the different embellishments in the Good Vibes collection, and chose a mix of stickers, chipboard and ephemera to go in each of the grid squares.  It's definitely a busy layout, but I love the way the colors and embellishments all came together!

You can find these cut files in The Cut Shoppe Etsy store along with our other two new designs!  Head over and check them out!!