This is Us | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here with you today, and I'm so excited to be back on The Cut Shoppe design team, and creating with Ashley's awesome cut files! I've had my eye on the This is Us cut file since it was first released, and so I knew that I wanted to use that on my first project as part of the new design team. I scrapbooked a recent family photo that my sister-in-law took of us when we visited the Hunter Valley Gardens with them. We don't often get photos of the five of us together, unless its a selfie, so I was keen to get this photo documented!

I started by cutting the cut file out of white cardstock and backing the words with patterned papers from the Vicki Boutin All the Good Things and Field Notes collections. I then positioned the cut file over a text background paper from Felicity Jane, and adhered it using foam tape for added dimension.

I matted my photo with a red patterned paper to help it to really stand out and also to bring out the red in the photo. I added it on the right hand side of the page overlapping the cut file, and once again I used foam tape to adhere it. I then embellished around the photo using die cuts and stickers from the Field Notes collection.

To balance out the photo cluster on the right, I created another floral cluster over on the left hand side of the page using fussy cut florals and a die cut phrase. There was a good space next to the word 'is' in the cut file where I could add elements without covering up the title too much.

Across the top and bottom of the page I added a strip of black scallop washi tape, which provides some nice contrast to the layout, and helps to frame the page. I also added a little banner die cut to the top left hand corner of the page.

To finish the layout off I added three red heart stickers around the page to create a visual triangle.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! I'll be back to share another project later in the month.

This Is Us | Erica Thompson

This summer my husband and I attended a White Sox game...not just any White Sox game but the cross town classic. We had so much fun I knew I wanted to document this photo I took of us in our seats. Which by the way were fantastic! Sox lost the game but we had an awesome time. I printed the photo in black and white because I knew I would have a lot of color going on in my layout! I used a past Clique Kit that featured Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope and the This is Us cut file!

I pulled out a lot of ink pads from Catherine Pooler and began to create my background. I took the ink pads and applied some ink to an acrylic block. I added a couple sprays of water and used a paint brush to pick up some color. I make splatters across the page in all the pretty colors! I took some old packaging and smooshed it into some of the splatters to get a watercolor look. I love how it turned out.

Once the background was dry I added foam adhesive behind my cut file that I backed with papers from Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope! I adhered down to my layout and began to embellish with different pieces of ephemera and stickers. I created two different flower clusters. One on the right side and one on the left.

Here is a look at my completed layout using the This Is Us cutfile! I just love how it turned out. I hope you will grab this fabulous file from The Cut Shoppe and create something great! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

This Is Us | Tarrah McLean

Hi everyone!

It's Tarrah McLean back with you and today I am sharing a bright new layout using the awesome NEW This Is Us cut file!

This Is Us cut file

As soon as I saw this cut file, I knew that I was going to make the title stand out with a darker colour paper and have the background a little softer. I love the contrast of the 2 different looks I have created here. I used the Happiness collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio.

I cut the cut file design from white cardstock and then also used a plain white cardstock as my background. I really like how the neutral white allows for the colours that I backed the cut file with to really pop! The rainbow paper from the Happiness collection was perfect for the backing of the hearts.  

I embellished with a tone on tone effect, adding darker embellishments where the dark blue of the rainbow paper was and so on. I added some of the clear and accessory stickers plus a few pieces of ephemera from the ephemera pack to help tell the story.

Make sure you check out all the new designs now in The Cut Shoppe store plus all of your favourite ones too! 

Happy creating!

NEW CUT FILES | This Is Us

New Cut Files are in The Cut Shoppe store and there are lots of awesome designs to choose from!  I decided to use the This Is Us cut file for my layout.  We took a selfie on Easter, that I've wanted to use on a layout, and this seemed to be the perfect cut file to go along with it.

I cut the design from White card stock (one of my go-to looks) and backed the words of the cut file with papers from the Pink Paislee Indigo & Ivy collection.  I love how the colors in the collection coordinated with the photo.  After backing the letters, I decided to leave the heart shapes unbacked.  I liked the contrast of the White hearts on the wood grain background.

Since the cut file covered a lot of the background, I created three clusters to make a visual triangle on the layout.  I started with my photo and adhered it with dimensional foam to pop it off the page.  Then I placed some embellishments from the Indigo & Ivy collection around the photo.

I finished the layout with two other embellishment clusters at the top and bottom of the page.  And I added a few wood veneer hearts from the collection to the center of some of the die cut hearts.  Lastly, I brought in some of the beautiful rub-ons that are included in the Indigo & Ivy collection.

I hope you'll take some time today to visit The Cut Shoppe store to check out all of the fun,  new designs!