Make the Days Count

Hello friends! Enza here and today I am sharing my last layout for The Cut Shoppe. I can't even begin to say how much I enjoyed being on the Design Team. What a wonderful year! Thank you so much, Ashley, for giving me this fantastic opportunity. I have loved creating with your cut files and will keep using them on my projects.      

Today's layout features the Piece of My Heart cut file. 

I started by adding some stitching to a few areas of the cut file. Some string art here, some backstitch there. I used colors that matched the ones in the Dear Lizzy Lovely Day collection.

To make the cut file stand out more, I offset the image and cut it out of white cardstock. Foam tape was used to adhere it down, just to give it more dimension.

I did not have any embellishments for this collection, so I just fussy cut as many images as I could out of several patterned papers. Lots of rose gold flowers and leaves, as well as some colorful cameras and a few sentiments.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a beautiful day!

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Hi guys,

Zsoka back today with a new layout!

I've picked the All Heart Remix cut file which is one of my favourites ever from The Cut Shoppe and I've used it many times too. In fact I've used it in this form as well, cropped into two semi-circles, but I do like this design so I don't mind doing it more than once. The end result is always different since I use different collections, decorate differently and so on.

I've chosen the stunning Wild at Heart collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio - now that CVS is finally available in Germany (at Scrapbook Werkstatt) I can't stay away :).

I very often go with white card stock for my cut file because I generally don't have a plan in my head when I start a layout. And with a white cut file one can go in many directions!

I backed the bigger semi-circle with different patterned papers from the collection and glued it down on the right top side of my page. I didn't glue down the biggest hearts so they add a bit of dimension.

I layered some tissue paper and a couple of the frame ephemera pieces behind my photo and placed these on the big semi-circle. I added some phrase stickers, chipboards, ephemera, fussy cut butterfly and a flair button to embellish this side. I wrote my journaling here too.

Don't ask about the title...I just had this song on my mind when I was working on the layout :).

As for the smaller semi-circle. I cut this from the same white card stock and glued it down completely so it is flush against the background. I hand stitched a few of the hearts and did some string art.

I filled some hearts with those fabulous glitter enamel dots, some wood veneer hearts and I added a couple more fussy cut butterflies.

I splattered some blue paint across my page to finish it off. I hope I could inspire today in some small way!

Thank you for stopping by X

Love Lives Here

Hey friends! I'm back with a new 12x12 scrapbook layout using the On The Road Cut File.

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I started in Cricut Design Space by slicing out the United States image that has the "heart to travel". I duplicated the image and then used the contour feature to remove all of the letters and the heart to create a solid United States image. On the second image I used the contour feature to remove all of the icons but the heart. I then resized the heart and placed it onto the solid United States image in the approximate area of where I live. I then sliced the heart image through the solid US image. I resized the cut file to 11.5" and changed the setting from "cut" to "write". I then drew the image onto a piece of white cardstock using one of my Cricut pens. Then I cut the same image on a piece of patterned paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Dream On Collection. You can find step by step instruction for this Cricut process in my video at the bottom of the post.

Once the image was drawn onto the white cardstock I used my piercing tool and created string art using embroidery floss that coordinates with the Pinkfresh Studio Dream On Collection. After the string art was complete I adhered the patterned paper on top of the white cardstock. I hand stitched a border using the same embroidery floss around the edge of the United States image.

I then printed a photo twice using my Instax Share Printer and positioned the photos over the string art. I used multiple die cuts and stickers from the Pinkfresh Studio Dream On Collection. For final touches I added a few splatters of Black Heidi Swapp Color Shine.

Now you can take a look at my process video that includes a Cricut Design Space 3.0 Beta tutorial.

Thanks so much for joining me today and remember to head over to The Cut Shoppe Etsy Store to check out all of the cut files and digital collections.

I heart Rome

Hi there! It's Flóra here today. I am sharing a 12" layout made with the awesome Strings Attached cut file set from The Cut Shoppe. I enlarged the one with heart in the middle and cut out from white textured cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo. I made gold machine stitching around the heart to give extra sparkling.

For the layout I used the lovely Pink Paislee - Paige Evans Take Me Away collection. I documented a six years memory when we were in Rome with my parents. The Fontana di Trevi was an unforgettable experience. 

I used a vivid pink base for the page so the white cut file pops out very nice. After placing the cut file and the photo I just decorated the page with different embellishments from the collection.

It was so fun to bring back this travel memory. I was even thinking to collect all my journeys in a 12" album. :P We will see!

I hope you like my new layout. Don't forget to visit The Cut Shoppe and get the Strings Attached cut file.

Have a nice crafty weekend!

Flóra

Netflix & Chill

Hi Everyone! Michelle here today with my one and only share on The Cut Shoppe blog for this month. I have 2 other Design Team projects shared on my personal blog this month. If you've not already stopped by to check them out you can find them HERE and HERE.

Back to todays post.. I've really been inspired by the string art craze of late. There's so many amazing creations out there to be inspired by, and some perfect Cut files in The Cut Shoppe Etsy store to create with. I've also been binge watching a lot of things on Netflix lately, so there was one cut file I had in mind that was perfect for documenting this story

For this layout I've used the House design from the I Heart String Art set. I cut the design out on white cardstock, then went crazy with some yellow twine to add to the string art effect. Once complete I stapled the house to some vellum and adhered it to the pattern paper background using foam tape. 

Here's some close ups..

All pattern papers and embellishments are from the July kits from the Hip Kit Club

Thanks so much for stopping by today

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!

Michelle x

Put a Little Love in Your Heart

Do you ever work on a layout, that you put a lot of love into?  The one I'm sharing today, definitely took a lot of love because of all of the hand stitching!!  I wanted to create a string art look in the background, using our new The Thin Line Alpha cut file.  It did take a lot of work, but I had fun doing it and really loved that it turned out the way I wanted it to.

Here's a look at how I used the cut file to create the string art design.  First, I opened The Thin Line Alpha and went to Object then down to Trace.  With the Trace window open, I clicked Select Trace Area and then used my mouse to highlight the whole alpha.  Next, I unchecked the High Pass Filter box and clicked Trace under Apply Trace Method.  This gives me the cut lines for the alpha set.  To separate the alphas, I clicked Release Compound Path under Object.  This gives me the ability to choose just the letters that I want to use.  So I highlighted over the L, O, V and E individually and moved each one aside.

Since I didn't need the rest of the alphabet, I just deleted the other traced letters.  Then I moved the word Love to the center of the mat in Silhouette Studio and enlarged it.  Once I had it at the size I wanted, I clicked the Cut Settings tool on the right hand side of the tool bar of Silhouette Studio.  Then I selected each letters outline and clicked No Cut.  I only wanted to cut the inside lines of each letter on the Cameo.

 

After the inside lines finished cutting, I went back to the Cut Settings tool and changed the outside lines back to cut.  Then I just deleted the inside lines in each letter.

The last step, was drawing a box around the mat in Silhouette Studio, using the box tool on the left hand side.  Instead of cutting this time, I placed a sketch pen in the Cameo and drew the lines as a template for my stitching.

I really love using this technique with the sketch pens to create stitching templates and mix it with cutting on the Cameo.  It creates a fun and unique look on your layouts!

And if you would like to pick up the new The Thin Line Alpha, as well as our other new sets that are now available, make sure stop by The Cut Shoppe Etsy store.  You can still shop with the Discount Code MERRY31 through December 31st to save 31% off of your purchase!!

Supplies:  The Thin Line Alpha cut file:  The Cut Shoppe; Patterned Paper, Wood Veneers, Bits & Pieces, Cork Embellishments & Stickers:  Elle's Studio; Thickers:  American Crafts; Enamel Dots:  My Mind's Eye; Tiny Attacher:  Tim Holtz; Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette Cameo

13.1

Good morning, everyone!  Kat here, today.  HAPPY FRIDAY!  Before the weekend kicks off, I wanted to pop in and share a new layout with you.

I've had these photos of my friend and I laying around for awhile, but was having a hard time figuring out how to scrap them.  The pictures are from a half marathon that we ran last year and when I saw the "Running the Race" cut files, I knew I had finally found what I needed to scrap these photos!  I also combined the files with the new "This & That" files and some stars from the "I Heart String Art" file.  Here is the end result:

The stars from the "I Heart String Art" file are quickly becoming one of my favorite things to put on a layout - they are so versatile!  For this layout, I misted them with some gold Heidi Swapp color shine and topped them with some glittery gold chipboard stickers.

And here are the files I used:

I Heart String Art

This & That

Running the Race

Thanks for stopping in - enjoy the weekend!!!