Campervan Adventures! | Elsie Robinson

Hey friends, it's Elsie here! I have a really fun layout to share with you today using one of the new cut files available in the store: Wheels on the Bus.

Paper-piecing is my favourite scrappy technique and so I was really excited to use this cut file. But this cut file is especially great to use if you're a paper-piecing beginner!

Once you've download the cut file, you'll see that all of the individual elements you'll need to piece together the campervan image are already seperated. This means that all you have to do is choose the patterned papers you want, send them to your cutting machine and glue them together! It's so easy and the cut file takes all of the annoying guess work and measuring out of doing a paper-piecing technique!

However, if you don't have a cut file machine you can also recreate this campervan image. You could print out the individual pieces of the camper, trace around them and cut them from patterned paper with some scissors. It will obviously take a little longer, but you will get very similar results.

And to add more detail I hand-stitched around the camper to add some cute and whimsical detail.

I also sized the cut file quite large, so it would be the main design element on this page. This meant that all of the embellishing was very quick and simple, as I didn't need to add much to finish off this page!

I hope you also give this cute paper-pieced campervan cut file a try on your next project!

New Cut Files | WKND Vibes

It's always fun to come up with new designs and ideas for cut files!  This week, we have some awesome travel and summer themed cut files available in the Shop.  There's also a new style of cut file...paper piecing!  The Wheels on the Bus cut file has all of the pieces separated for you, and ready to cut each part from your favorite patterned papers.  It also includes a solid base to build your cut file on, once you have all of the pieces cut...and I just had to use it for the layout I'm sharing today!

Isn't it the cutest??!!  I used the Crate Paper Here & There collection, and I love the way all of the different patterned papers work on the cut file.  I cut the base from White card stock and once I had all of the pieces put together, I also added some hand stitching.  The embroidery floss adds just the right little extra touch to the cut file.

I did bring in a patterned paper from the Crate Paper Wild Heart collection for my background.  It's one of my favorites and it coordinated perfectly with the Here & There collection.  I placed the cut file in the center of the layout, and then decided to work all of my embellishments and photo around it.

The photo is from this past weekend, when my hubby and I visited Laurel, MS, for our 19th anniversary trip.  It is such a cute town and I snapped tons of photos.  The photo on the layout, is outside of the Laurel Mercantile Co., and I knew it would fit right in with the Wheels on the Bus cut file.  I placed it at the bottom of the layout and then added the title to the top of the layout, to create balance.  Then I used a mix of embellishments from the Here & There collection to complete the look.

There are some other awesome cut files available this week, and I can't wait to use them on upcoming projects.  You can find them in The Cut Shoppe Etsy store, so head over and "check" (as in, adding them to your shopping cart!!) them out!!  :)