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Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  -  14!  -

Hello there!

It is time for my tutorial blog post on Scrapbook Nerd.  Today's post is all about working a single cut file in different ways.  You can head onto  their blog to read all about it.  

I used the new free cut file from Scrapbook and Cards today to create the cut out in this page.  Once again, I chose to not cut the outside of the ring, and instead mirror the image to create a completer flower ring.

I used the 6x6 paper pad from Dear Lizzy's Lovely Day collection to back the cut out, then backed the entire ring with a large piece of vellum, and a pale green paper from an old Authentique collection.   Using a paper piercer, I created a stitching guide that adds texture to the page and secures all the layers together.

Small pieces of foam adhesive were added between the flowers and the vellum layer, this adds dimension to the piece.   I placed the picture of my daughter in the bottom junction of the two flower clusters, and chose to add embellishments from the collection along the center line of the ring.   The perimeter of the ring was the perfect place to add the journal lines.  Here is the final layout:

It is so easy to work a cut file in many different ways.  That is the beauty of cut files you can make it your own with just a few adjustments,

Don't forger to visit the Scrapbook Nerd to see the details on how the cut file was manipulated to create the layouts.  Remember I am a comment away if you want more details on how the pages came together.


Thanks for stopping by!



Materials Used:
Cut file - Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine blog - May 2017

Patterned paper 6x6 pad, chipboard, card stock, and layered stickers, puffy stickers, ephemera, button  embellishments - Dear Lizzy - Lovely Day collection
Dear Lizzy - Saturday collection - 12x12 paper pad, clear stickers, cardstock stickers
Simple Stories - Faith collection - washi tape

You Are My Bright Side

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  -  YOU ARE MY BRIGHT SIDE  -

Hello there!

I hope you all had a great weekend!   If you are a scrapbooker, then you know it was a busy one  for all of us, as we celebrated NSD.

It is my reveal week for Scrapbook Nerd, and the saying, "April Showers bring May Flowers" is what my projects are inspired by this month.  That's right, it is all about flowers for this week , which happens to be Mother's Day, too.   So let  me show you what I have been up to.

I was lucky to serve as the guest designer for this month's free SCT cut file, and I played with different designs for the  blog, here is one of the choices.   I started by cutting just the inside of the flower ring from white card stock.   The cuts were then  backed with different papers from the Oh My Heart collection from Paige Evans.

The picture of my niece in a field of dandelions was blown up to letter size, so that the image fit inside the ring.  I used thin fun foam to glue the cut  out to the picture, which had been glued to a piece of cardstock.

I created a cluster of fussy cut  flowers, ephemera and stickers to balance the flowers from the ring.   The title of  the page comes from one of the ephemera pieces.   To complete this page, I wrote the journal lines on the picture with a super fine marker, so that they are hidden.  Here is the final page:

I love this page,  the colors, the flowers, and the large picture are perfectly balanced.     You can find the cut file at the Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine blog, and all the materials used in this page come from the Scrapbook Nerd store   ( I love these ladies!!)

As always let me know if you have any questions on how this came together.



See you all tomorrow!



Materials Used:
Cut file - SCT magazine blog - May 2017

Patterned paper collection, ephemera, stickers, chipboard stickers, washi tape - Oh My Heart - Paige Evans - Pink Paislee
Foam stickers -Take Me Away collection - Paige Evans - Pink Paislee

Hello Hello Today

Scrapbook Layout created for The Cut Shoppe  - HELLO HELLO TODAY  -

Hello there!

I am up on the Cut Shoppe blog with this new layout that combines the beautiful Ain't Life Grand collection from Pretty Little Studio with a few images from the Get Around cut file.

I chose to cut a few different size wheel images from the cut file.  I left the heart image in just two of them, and hand stitched the perimeter after the wheels were backed with papers from the collection.

Using die cuts from this collection, and the Tinsel Town die cuts, I created  the clusters on the centers of the wheels.  A bit of foam adhesive helps to add dimension to the cuts.

I chose to enlarge the image with the HELLO HELLO script on it, and backed the piece with two different papers from the collection.  I used the scripted letters as part of the title, and completed it by adding a die cut piece from the collection.

To tie in the elements on this page, I used a smaller one of the wheel cut outs as a layer behind the picture, and as part of  the cluster that frames the picture.  After the journal lines and some ink splatters, here is final layout:

I really love the end result, and i hope you draw a bit of inspiration from it.   Remember to visit the Cut Shoppe Etsy store to check this cut file.

Remember I am a comment away, if you have questions on how this came together.

Take care!



Materials Used:
Cut file -  The Cut Shoppe

Patterned paper collection - Ain't Life Grand - Ashley Horton - Pretty Little Studio