XOXO With Love | Amanda Baldwin

Hi TCS Friends! 

Welcome back for digital cut file inspiration!
Amanda here, & today I'm sharing a Happy Heart Day themed layout featuring the awesome With Love file!

"XOXO"

Sigh!!!! 

All.the.heart.eyes for these two darlings! 

Absolutely gorgeous!!! 

And the best part? 

The With Love file is a FREE one! Yessss! 

Love me a freebie!

Here's a closer look at the file.....

Download your Freebie FriYAY With Love cut file HERE. 

Let's take a closer look at all this Valentine's sweetness......

I cut the With Love file in a pretty watermelon red cardstock, then back it with pattern papers from Crate Paper's Main Squeeze collection. Using my Fine Liner, I glue the back of the cut file - but only along the outline of the large heart. I attach it to my big photograph, and once dry, I fold all the connecting smaller hearts (a bit like butterfly wings) & then fussy cut the excess photo away. 

The result is simply stunning!!! 

The large black and white photo is so striking against all that pink & red! 

& I just love the texture and dimension the folded hearts create!

For added interest, I create a light layer of mixed media to mount the With Love file & photograph onto. I've used Shimmerz Paints Vibez in Sweetheart & Razzeldazzel Berry around the edge of where the heart  will be positioned. So many pretty splatters and droplets! 

I use the glossy black Main Squeeze 6 x 12 Puffy Phrase Stickers for my title, & subtitles. The remainder of my layout is lots of embellishing with an assortment of puffy hearts, heart stickers, glitter hearts and even sequins! 

Simple, sweet & a perfect cut file for any of your Heart Day projects!

I hope I've inspired you today! 

Grab the With Love file from The Cut Shoppe store HERE! 

Thanks so much for visiting, 

Hope you all have a very Happy Heart Day on the 14th! 

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo 

My lifetime valentine with Anna Komenda

Hello everyone. Christmas is over, time to pull out all those hearts and pinks because it's time to celebrate Valentine's Day. I really like this day. I know it may be overloaded with all that glitter and sweetness but still - you can never have to many ties to celebrate love. I found my soulmate 12 years ago ans I stick to him since then.

The Cut Shoppe is a real gold mine of Valentine's days inspirations with so many cute cut files. I decided to use one from the new release called "Love Ya".

I used a picture of me and my hubby from our wedding day. It was really a touching moment and I want to remember it forever. 

I cut the word "Valentine" in a big size and backed it with pattern papers. I love this technique. You can finally use up all the scraps and you get pretty and big element to embellish your page.

Pink and cute hears are always a good idea :) And this is a cut file I used:

Thank you for stopping by and see you in February.

Anna

"Happy" with Kira

Hello friends!  It's Kira and I am back with another 12x12 layout.  I hope everyone had an amazing holiday season.  I know I did.  I got a new sewing machine on Christmas and couldn't wait to set it up and get back to stitching on my layouts!

 I used the Happy Now cut file from The Cut Shoppe to create the background of my layout.  I used the heart circles and sized them to about 3.5" x 9" and duplicated it three times.  I wanted to scrapbook this photo of my husband and I on our anniversary.  And he was thoughtful enough to buy me the Paige Evans AC sticker book so I wanted to use that as well. 

I started by taking some of the planner stickers from the sticker book and backing some of the hearts with them.  They were the perfect size for the hearts!  I kept some open too so it didn't make my layout too busy. 

Once I had the hearts backed to my liking, I adhered them lightly to my page.  Then I took out my new sewing machine (thank you greatest mother in law ever!) and stitched down each column of hearts.  Then I did a reverse stitch back up the hearts. 

I embellished the page using the sticker book as well.  Actually, the entire page was made without a single piece of pattern paper!  I tucked some stickers under the cut files, and some I popped up with craft foam to give them some dimension.  I added a few alpha stickers around the cut files spelling "Happy" and "Love" in some really tiny alphas. 

I finished off my page with a roller date stamp and called it done!  Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time,