Boys Will Be Boys | Tarrah McLean

Hi friends,

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a boy layout using the awesome Boys Will Be Boys cut file! Being the mum of 2 boys and hubby I love it when I can use one of the many awesome boy related cut files in The Cut Shoppe store!

Boys Will Be Boys cut file

I cut the cut file design out from a grey paper and then backed each letter in the title with a different paper. Backing cut files is one of my favourite techniques and these titles are also one of my favourites too. Once it was all backed I adhered the whole piece to the lower half of a piece of white cardstock. 

I adhered the photo of my sons at the top above the cut file design slightly tucked in underneath at the bottom of the photo. The reason I often add my photo to the top of a design like this is so it creates a good balance on the page. To the right of the photo I added a circular die-cut, a star and some phrase stickers.

I love to add embellishments over cut files too and this one was no exception! As you can see in the photo above, I added a flair button to the centre of the 'O' in 'Boys' and an enamel dot in the middle of the rocket that forms the 'I' in 'Will'. I also added a word sticker and an arrow die-cut.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you are inspired by my layout in some way!

Happy creating!

The Best Dad | Mandy Melville

Hello everyone!

Mandy here today to share a layout using the new Geo Frame cut file from The Cut Shoppe. I documented a recent photo of my hubby with my son, and I wanted to make this layout about how I think Andrew is an awesome Dad to our kids!

I started my layout off by trimming down a sheet of white cardstock to about 9 1/2 inches square, and I adhered it to the middle of a patterned paper from the Cocoa Vanilla 'Boys Rule' collection. I hand-drew a border around the white cardstock to help it to stand out a little more. I then cut the cut file out of a sheet of grey patterned paper from the same collection, and positioned it over the white cardstock. This provided a great frame for my photo, as well as adding some more interest to the background.

I added lots of layers under my photo using patterned papers, as well as a chipboard frame to help it to really pop off the page. I then adhered it over on the right hand side of the cut file. On the bottom corner of the photo I added a flair button, as well as a die cut arrow.

For my title I combined some Cocoa Vanilla chipboard words with scripty alphabet stickers from Felicity Jane. I love combining different fonts to create my titles!

I finished the layout off with some little word stickers, a few chipboard crosses, and a couple of wood veneer stars.

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today! Make sure you pop on over to The Cut Shoppe to check out the other new designs that are available!

Extraordinary | Tarrah McLean

Hi Cut Shoppe friends,

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout using the awesome new Extraordinary cut file! 

The Extraordinary cut file 

I cut the design out from white cardstock and then added some craft foam underneath the cut file and stuck it down onto another piece of white cardstock. I also cut out all the insert pieces from the patterned papers with the Cameo so that I could add them back in. 

I just love the depth and shadows the cut file design gives from the dimension from the pop dots, its an effective look with the patterned papers sitting flat on the background too. I added a photo of my littlest man to the biggest star at the bottom. This boy is exactly that too....Extraordinary! He is the dream child, always thinking of others, kind, loving, smart and funny! The Teen Spirit collection by Echo Park paper was perfect to put with this cut file. I love the bright colours against the white of the cut file design.

I kept the embellishing minimal because of the title taking up lots of room and being one of the main focal points. I added a few phrase sticker, die-cuts, enamel dots, cork shapes and wood veneer pieces to enhance the design. Some of the die- cuts I did pop up but others I added just flat to the page.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to create a project using one of the awesome large title cut files in The Cut Shoppe...there are loads to choose from so go and check out the store!

Happy creating!

"Skateboard" with Kira

Hey there!  It's Kira and I am back with another 8.5x11 scrapbook layout using a cut file from The Cut Shoppe.  I've been in a creative funk lately so I really wanted to use a product that excited me.  I realized I hadn't used the Secret Garden cut file yet, so I knew that needed to make it's way onto a layout!

I started by cutting the cut file out on white cardstock (for a really bold design, see how Erica used this cut file in black!).  I pulled out a few patterned papers in some colors I thought worked well together.  Since my photos are pretty neutral, I didn't feel like I was limited by a certain color scheme and just chose what made me happy, which ended up being pink, yellow and a bright lime green.

I sized my cut file at 10" wide, because I knew I wanted part of it to hang off the page.  I backed the entire cut file with foam and then adhered it so the right side was hanging off the page just a bit.

I had a few photos of my son playing at a skate park (he for sure doesn't realize it's a skate park and seems to think it's some sort of slide playground for littles, ha!), so I printed one photo at 3x4 and the others as 2" squares.  I tucked the larger photo under the cut file, and scattered the smaller ones underneath.

I added my title "Who needs a skateboard" with some woodgrain chipboard alphas, and added a few embellishments around the page.  I finished it off with some typed journaling strips.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kira

Dino Roar with Kira

Hey there!  It's Kira and I am back with another 8.5x11 scrapbook layout using some cut files from The Cut Shoppe. 

My youngest son is dinosaur OBSESSED!  He loves dinosaur toys, dinosaur shirts and any television show featuring, you guessed it, dinosaurs.  One of his favorite things to do is line all his dinosaur and animal figures along the table...just so.  The Oh Boy cut file was the perfect cut file for this current obsession. 

 

I started by cutting out three dinosaurs from some Pink Fresh Studio patterned paper.  Then using a back stitch and some mint embroidery floss, I hand stitched around the edge of the dinosaurs. 

The Dino Roar was cut out from white cardstock, and serves as my title for this layout. 

I finished it all off with some simple embellishment clusters around the page. 

Thanks for stopping by!

xo, Kira

You Hold My Heart | Marsha Farris

Hey friends!  Marsha here again today sharing a layout in my ringed traveler's notebook album.  I used the new Hold My Heart cut file that is available at The Cut Shoppe.

I love this photo of my sons taken last year on our farm, and thought it would work perfectly with the cut file.

For this layout, I used mainly the Maggie Holmes Willow Lane collection.  I cut out the Hold My Heart cut file using white cardstock and backed the file with a navy patterned paper.  I chose a wood grain scallop paper from this collection to use as the background for the page.  I fussy cut some hearts from another paper and used my sewing machine to stitch them to the page, folding them down the center for added dimension.

For the other page, I adhered my photo and added several strips of paper from the same collection.  I did some additional machine stitching and added some stamping.  To embellish the page, I added a few puffy stickers, staples and wood veneer pieces.

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you will visit The Cut Shoppe and check out all the awesome cut files that are currently available!

Boys Will Be Boys | Tarrah McLean

Hi there Cut Shoppe friends!

It's Tarrah McLean back with you and today I am sharing a new boy themed layout using the star from the Boy Mom cut file set!

I was scrolling through some of the boy themed cut files in the amazing new store and came across the star in the Boy Mom set, I loved that it had all the pieces in that I could use different papers to back the star with. 

Boy Mom cut file set

I cut the star from a cement coloured paper and then used lots of different patterned papers from a 6 x 6 paper pad to back the star segments. Once the star was all backed, I used foam tape to pop the star up off the background paper. 

As the star makes quite an impact on the page, I left the other embellishing to a minimum. I added just a few chipboard and die-cut stars, some journal spots, clear stickers and also some phrase stickers.

The Boys Will Be Boys card made the perfect title right beside the photo of my sons. I also added a chipboard arrow to the top right corner of the photo. A few splatters of black mist finished off my page.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make sure you check out the brand new Cut Shoppe store for all your digital cut files!