The Cut Shoppe "Getting To Know You" bloghop / Good Friends

The Cut Shoppe's "Getting to Know You" blog hop

Hello everyone, and welcome to the "Getting To Know You" blog hop!  I am still pinching myself, as it slowly starts to sink in that i am part of the design team for THE CUT SHOPPE,  and i am taking part on this blog hop.   

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For all those who are not familiar with me, my name is Nathalie (a.k.a.  Tachita,  my spanish nickname since birth, and what i am called at home).  I am blessed to be at a stay-at-home wife and mom to two teenagers and a fur baby.  


How many times in a week, do you work on something scrapbook related?

I discovered scrapbooking when my kids were little, once they grew, I started  to take up scrapbooking more seriously, and now I use up all my nights and most of my free time creating visual memories for my family.  Every night you can find me working on projects for my albums, Scrapbook Nerd, and now The Cut Shoppe.

What’s your favorite subject to scrapbook?

My family and friends are my inspiration to capture memories, and create beautiful pages where i can document our life adventures.  My pages are full of my photos especially that of my kids -nieces and nephews included -,  even my fur baby has his own album...


What is your favorite color to use on your layouts/projects? What is your least favorite color?

I have different taste in colors, it all depends on what I am inspired at the moment, however, I tend to gravitate towards teal and pink shades with lots of white space around them... I still get intimidated by orange colors,  i always think pumpkin and halloween -but I am slowly learning to love it -.  

Why do you like using cut files on your layouts/projects?

It wasn't until last Christmas that my family gifted me with a Silhouette Cameo, and  it was love at first cut for me.  I love how a simple cutfile can transform your ideas into a project with such ease and beauty.  I am still amazed on how the same cutfile can be used in many projects and always look brand new,  it makes for  inifinite possibilities.



What are some of your other favorite hobbies? If you were not a scrapbooker, what other hobby do you think would consume most of your time?
Though I love this craft, you can easily find me walking around with my camera in hand (I love photography), reading a book while enjoying some coffee, watching my son play soccer, crocheting, and/or baking treats whenever I need some extra inspiration  ( I am a certified Professional Baker )

Tell us 5 things we don’t know about you!

for all those who are just meeting me-: 
1.    I have a Chemical Engineering Degree (left the profession to become a mom),  
2.   I love dark chocolate (the darker and bitter, the better it tastes), 
3.   I was a competitive swimmer as a child (now i am out of shape),
4.   I own a rather large shoe collection (i love them, even when i don't wear them),
5.   After over 25 years in Canada (speaking English 24/7) I still haven't lost my Spanish accent ;) . 


Today, I am sharing with you a new layout  created using the new digital Sunny Side Up collection by Ashley Horton for the Cut Shoppe,  the Funky Floral cutfile and the Girls Wanna Have Fun cutfile from the Cut Shoppe for Scrapbook Nerd.  The combo of the digital collection and the cut files creates a beautiful frame for the pictures of one of my best friends and I at our 'breakfast date'.

the completed layout

The title was created using the Girls Wanna Have Fun designed by The Cut Shoppe for ScrapbookNerd.com

This layout was creaated using  The Cut Shoppe's Hello Sunshine collection.

The flower was created with the Funky Floral cut file from the Cut Shoppe

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I really hope this served as a brief introduction of my work.  I would love to hear from you, so  remember to leave a comment.  All design members will be giving away a $5 gift certificate to a lucky visitor, so don't forget to leave a comment on each of the blogs -before July 10-.  A list with all the winners will be published on The Cut Shoppe's blog on July 13, so don't forget to  check to see if you are a winner.
As always feel free to contact me,  all my info is on the side panel.

Till next time,   

Happy Crafting!

P.S.  Now you are off to  meet Eunyoung, just follow the link on the blog hop list below:

THE CUT SHOPPE

ALLIE STEWART

ZSOKA MARKO

JENNIFER MCMURTREY

IRIT LANDGRAF

CANDACE PERKINS

MANDY MELVILLE

FLORA FARKAS
NATHALIE DESOUSA --- You are Here

Next --->EUNYOUNG LEE <---Next

MONIQUE LIEDTKE

MICHELLE STOKES

ZINIA AMOIRIDOU

KELLY JANES

ENZA GUDOR

MELISSA VINING

WENDY ANTENUCCI

Hello Awesome Baby

Scrapbook Layout created for The Cut Shoppe  - Hello Awesome Baby -

Hello everyone!

I am so excited, as i added my first post as a designer to The Cut Shoppe blog.  I am still pinching myself at having this great opportunity to work with such an amazing group of ladies, and get to play with the amazing products the store has to offer. 

For my first project, I created  a soft layout to document my day spent babysitting Nicholas (a friend's baby).   Using the Boys Rule, and Round and Round cut files a large background was used to frame baby's picture.

This is the final cut-out before being attached to the layout.

In order to recreate the feeling of a rattle, and to tie the stars in the cut-out,  I created small shaker pockets.   A fuse tool, a small picture sleeve, sequin, and small gold and translucent stars were used  in the shaker pockets.   I hand-stitched the pockets to the cut-out only behind the scribbled circles surrounding the  picture.

A close up to the shaker pockets in construction.

The  cut-out was then glued (with small glue dots) to the teal paper of the new beautiful Sunny Side Up Digital collection from The Cut Shoppe.  I love that i can print the papers at home, or in this case take them to Staples to have them printed into  11x17 in. cardstock.   Once the background was attached, I added the picture and a few embelishment from the cut-apart page of the collection along with some chipboard stickers and foiled elements.

The soft, but vibrant colors of the collection worked nicely in this layout.

For the title, I used the Open Letter Alpha to create the words 'Hello' and 'Baby'.  I welded the letters together making sure they overlapped each other.   Once cut -on white cardstock-, they were backed using vellum papers from different collections.  The words were then attached, to the background with some foam adhesive, so that the title read "Hello Awesome Baby".

The dimension on this title is lovely.

Finally, the journal lines were written in the bottom star of the cut, and the entire mat was machine stitched to a 12x12 in. paper from Crate Paper's Bloom Collection.   Here is  the final layout:

I had so much fun creating this layout.  It came together rather easily.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me, and do go visit THE CUT SHOPPE  and see all the beautiful files and the new paper collections (Ashley has done a great job designing them).

Till next time...

Happy Crafting!!

Materials Used:

Patterned paper - Delighted,  Bloom Collection, Crate Paper

Chipboard Stickers - Mambi

Foiled Star - Icons collection, MInc, Heidi Swapp.

Gold Stars - After Dark collection, Crate Paper

Gold Heart Vellum,  Hello Love collection, Crate Paper

Teal polka-dot vellum,  Necessities collection #2,  My Mind's Eye

I Love you just the way you are (Song Lyrics)

Scrapbook Layout  - I Love You Just The Way You Are (song lyrics)-

A close up of the layout

Hello there!

I have been playing along with Scrapbook Nerd on-line creative Summer Camp,.  I am always inspired when I see a challenge in my way;  this one called to use a song lyrics to create a layout.  Well (it may not be a surprise, I have a large library of pictures),  I had to use one of my favorite pictures of my kids to create this layout.

Using the Silhouette Cameo, I cut in a circular shape, two lines of Billy Joel's song,  I Love You Just The Way You Are.  I pasted the cut-ous on top of Shimelle's Starshine patterned paper, and stitched around them with the sewing machine. 

I love this picture

I created the cut file leaving a gap at the beginning of each line so that my picture will fit in that  spot.  Using Shimelle's collection, I  layered different papers behind the picture, and added cut-outs, stickers and ephemera in  large cluster around the picture.  Finally, a small wooden arrow was placed as a way to guide the viewer's eye to read the lyrics.   Here is the final result...

I hope you also like the layout,  it is different of what I do, but i  love it.

If you want more details on the challenges, visit Scrapbook Nerd website or their Facebook's Friend and Family page.

Till next time,  

Happy Crafting!!

Materials Used:

Patterned Papers,  Starshine collection,  Shimelle

Chipboard Stickers.  Starshine collection, Shimelle

Cut-outs , Starshine collection, Shimelle

Foiled ephemera,  Icon shapes,  MInc Collection, Heidi Swapp

wood pieces, Healthy Hello Collection, Jillibean Soup