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.

My Happy Place | Tarrah McLean

Hi Cut Shoppe friends!

It's Tarrah McLean back with you and today I am sharing a new layout using the awesome Geometric Frames cut file. 

Geometric Frames

I cut the design from white cardstock and then adhered straight onto another sheet of white cardstock. I really like how the white on white looks. I didn't use any patterned paper on this layout, instead I chose to use just cardstock and embellishments.

I placed my photo in the very centre frame and placed a die-cut frame over the photo,  I love this butterfliy so much. I then picked out 2 round frame die-cuts to go on either side of the photo. I placed another die-cut inside to frame on the left and also layered a flair button over the top. On the right side, I placed an ampersand die-cut, a wood veneer heart and an enamel dot inside the frame. 

I added at least one die-cut to each of the other frames also, sometimes even adding more than one. I mixed things up a little by adding some wood veneer pieces, some enamel dots and some phrase stickers to embellish. My title is the blue 'My Happy Place' die-cut, it was the perfect title for my page about my nieces being in one of their happy places, which is outside! 

To finish my page I added the date stamp and one of the metal clips just below my photo. Make sure to check out this very versatile cut file in the store, there are so many fantastic ways you could use this design, it would look great with different papers or photos behind each frame, you could fill each one entirely with embellishments too!

Happy creating!

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!

all at once | orange gearle

Hi! Orange Gearle here with a new layout in my traveler's notebook! I am using one of the new cut files specifically designed to fit a traveler's notebook -- Falling for You. Here is a look at what I came up with:

And here is a look at the file:

I have a couple of favorite fall quotes, and The Cut Shoppe has them both covered (my other favorite can be found here).  For this layout, I thought I would go with some fall colors. But then I saw the photo with these bright papers from Vicki Boutin's Field Notes, and there was no going back!  

I backed the leaves, stem, and pumpkin with papers from the collection as well.  I also fussy cut some circles out of patterned papers to add more circles to the page. Here are a couple close ups.

This was a super fun file to work with and it makes me wonder how it might look on a 12x12 project! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! XO o.g.

sweet kisses | orange gearle

Hi! Orange Gearle here with a layout using the Flower Arrangement cut file that is new to The Cut Shoppe last week.   Here is my layout:

I used the flower on the top left in the image below. I backed parts of the flower with papers from the 6x6 paper pad in the Pinkfresh Studio Simple & Sweet collection.

I used a brayer and a couple yellow art crayons made by Vicki Boutin to paint my background before adding my photo and embellishments Here are a few close ups.

I added a bunch of stitching around my page and through my title to finish it off. I made a video of my process if that's something that suits your fancy.

Thank you so much for stopping by! XO o.g.