Hello lovelies,
Sarah here, sharing another layout featuring another fab cut file by Paige Evans, Haunted House (available pre cut in Black, White or Cream cardstock)
I’m a big fan of Halloween and had a few photos my daughter that I took last Halloween with the spooky filters on Snapchat!
I had the background paper in my stash and must admit to hoarding it for a few years so decided I would use it for this layout! I backed the cut file with orange cardstock and mounted it on foam pads to give it some dimension on my page. I am still using up the lovely Vintage Halloween by Simple Stories collection, it seems to be going on and on!
I layered my photo on a sheet of the patterned paper and raised two of them on foam pads and overlapped them over the middle photo and added some of the die cut pieces each side of my photo cluster and instead of adding a title, went for the die cut piece that says The Boo Crew. I then added some white ink splatters and some black enamel stars. I wanted to add a few elements to the houses, so I tucked a couple of die cut pieces behind the fence! I then finished it off with a couple of Bramble Fox Perspective bats.
Hope you like it 🙂
Love,
Sarah
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Hi All,
Sarah here with you to show you a page I made using the very dreamy Star Swoosh cut file (also available as a pre-cut file here).
I thought it would work really well with the beautiful background I chose from Shimelle’s Sparkle City collection. I backed the cut file with more of the patterned papers from Sparkle City and raised on foam pads. I layered my photo on two of the patterned papers I had used on the cut file and tucked it under the largest star.
Once the photo and cut file were in place I then added a few of the holographic stars and title from the Sparkle City stickers and Thickers and embellished with a puffy sticker, cloud ephemera and tiny word stickers, again from Sparkle City (yes, I’m a little obsessed by the collection!?)
Hope you like it! See you soon xx
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Hi, Terri here with a scrapbook page with the main element being the ‘lined border’ cut file (the pre-cut option is here). I reduced the file in size slightly to give a border of patterned paper peeking through.
Adding a cut file like this creates a focal point for the layout meaning that there doesn’t need to be a massive amount of embellishment. I have only used one sheet of patterned paper for this layout. I gutted the middle of the paper and used it to back the photo.
Finally I just a few added dies cut pieces from the Cocoa Vanilla ‘Happiness’ ephemera pack.
I’m loving using a mix of different alphabets to create my title at the moment. The mix of different styles, font and sizes makes for a really interesting title.
Don’t forget to tag us in any creations using Pretty My Page Cut files.
Happy Scrapping!
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Hey there scrappy friends! As you know, we recently celebrated National Scrapbooking Day at the beginning of May, however the Facebook group “For the love of pretty paper” unfortunately had to postpone their celebrations due to illness. They have been holding theirs this weekend instead and challenges are open until midnight on Sunday 9th June. There is also a free paintbrush cut file for you, designed by me, if you visit the group you can grab a coupon for it.
I was invited to sponsor one of the challenges (which of course I did) and asked to produce an example layout using a sketch and “bright colours”. Challenge accepted!
The sketch was not my usual style at all so it was a real push to use it but I absolutely love how it turned out in the end. I’m still trying to complete my Lanzarote album (before we go on holiday again…) so I tried to find suitable photos / topic in this project because the colours were already bright.
I knew I definitely wanted to pick out the blue of the water and there isn’t a lot of blue left in my papers so I started with the mixed media background. I using the smooshing technique with some Dylusions ink sprays and then when that was dry I used texture paste through a stencil with lots of circles on to represent the water droplets and bubbles in the pools.
I knew I wanted to use my “scribbled circles” cut file for the circular elements and I knew I wanted to squeeze another couple of photos in too. Once I’d worked out how many I’d need, I resized the circles into 2 much smaller sizes, chose a few bright colours from the Simple Stories summer themed collections I’m using and set my Silhouette to work on the scraps.
The tricky part then was adhering the photos inside the scribbled circles because they are quite narrow when they are shrunk down! I shifted the circles around a fair bit so that they looked right with the direction of the flow in the photographs and then started embellishing.
You know I like a border so I had pre-chosen a paper that incorporated all the colours in the other papers and the blue of the mixed media. It really helps to ground a layout when you use a white background.
I brought in some like from the papers with these glittery Thickers and then used a couple of asterisks as embellishments around the page. Does anyone ever use those as part of a title I wonder?
A few stickers and enamel dots and I was ready to journal. But of course I had to journal over the the texture paste which didn’t go well! Never mind, I love it apart from that and it’s another layout in the album and more stash used up.
With love and lots of bright colour xx
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Laura here with my third project for May. I’ve used the Wildflower Wreath to make a thank you card…
I cut the wreath on white card stock just shy of 4” wide. I used some Dylusions ink sprays to add colour to the different sections of the wreath. The leaves are Mushy Peas, the flowers Periwinkle Blue and Laidback Lilac with Vanilla Custard in the centres, all added slightly diluted with water and applied with a paintbrush. I also painted some scrap paper with the Vanilla Custard ink and used it to back the open areas in the middle of the blue flowers.
On a lime card base I added a large loop of cotton to sit behind the wreath. I love the subtle texture that the cotton adds. I could have left it there but decided to add a sentiment. I needed a thank you card so I looked through my Skull And Cross Buns clear stamps for the right stamp. I didn’t want to add black to the card as I thought it would be too harsh. I used a grey ink which had just the right amount of saturation for me.
And you know me by now, I finished up with a sprinkle of sequins. These ones are confetti dots so don’t have a hole in the middle. I rather like these as they are easier to stick down – no glue oozes through the hole!
You can find the process video here.
See you again next month
Laura
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I’m over on the UK Scrap Addicts blog today with my take on the monthly theme, which this month is fussy cutting.
I actually really like fussy cutting because it allows me to be creative in very short bursts. Or just when I feel like chatting rather than thinking too much about page design! I have a couple of bags next to where I sit in the evenings and one has a long term paper stitching project and the other has some papers and project life style cards that I want to cut into. I can also grab these bags when one of my many lunatic family and friends ends up needing a hospital visit…
I used a Page Maps sketch for this layout that I did at one of our weekend retreats. I started the background layer with the packaging technique using some Dylusions ink and then went over it with some texture paste using a lovely script stencil which might just be one of my faves. Then I started layering up the lovely papers from Pebbles Girl Squad collection.
There were some flowers in the set but I wanted a few more for the section at the top where they are all poking out so I grabbed a cuppa and started snipping away. I layered them up, popped up some on foam, added some dots in, and basically fiddled around for ages with the placement. But I love how it turned out.
The cut apart sheet included this “Gratitude” quote which was perfect for this very odd photo of some Reece’s chocolate, a cup of tea and a lap top all on a tray. I’d just got home from hospital after my second ankle op last June and my lovely hubby arranged me on the sofa with the 3 things I needed most at that time plus a pillow for my poorly leg. It really is all about the little things…
With love and colour
x
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Hi Lovelies,
Sarah here today to share with you a layout I created using the lovely mandala cut file (available to buy as a download from the shop or as a pre-cut element). I decided to use the cut file as a stencil for this one and used the lovely Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (also available in the shop!) I chose colours that would compliment the paper collection I was going to use, which was Hustle and Heart by Amy Tangerine.
Using a blending tool, I created a rainbow effect with the distress oxides, blending colours as I went. I then flicked some water all over the page to get the distressed look. I trimmed the white cardstock and distressed the edges and mounted it onto a gutted piece of patterned paper. I mounted my photo on a contrasting piece of patterned paper and raised it up on foam pads. Once I had my photo in place I used some of the ephemera to decorate – perfect photo for using that pesky tiger I never thought I’d get to use!! I added some detail at the top of the page using a couple of the manufacturing strips and a puffy heart. I added my title using some Thickers and then embellished the page with a large puffy heart and some enamel dots.
Why don’t you give using a cut file as a stencil a go?!
Until next time…
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Terri here with a blog post a little different to the usual scrapbook layouts. As soon as I saw the new ‘Cracked Glass’ cut file (digital or pre-cut) in the shop I knew it would be perfect for a doodle page in my black journal. I did a doodle class with Dyan Reaveley earlier in the year and I loved it! It is so relaxing and once you’ve prepped pages it can be done anywhere, only a white pen needed.
I cut the ‘Cracked Glass’ cut file in leftover cardstock and used as a stencil by drawing round the shapes with a white paint pen. To add some interest to the page I cut out different sections. These can be seen in the next photo as I added a piece of patterned paper to show them for photography purposes.
Once I had cut out a few pieces I then doodled in all the others. These doodles are not neat and tidy. The idea is that the process is meant to be relaxing and not stressful, so a few wobbly lines doesn’t matter.
To finish off the journal page I added a couple of stamped images from Dylusions and one of Dyan’s quotes. I love her quirky and sarcastic quotes, they always make me smile.
Thanks for joining us on the blog to see all the different uses of Pretty My Page’s fantastic cut files. Don’t forget to tag us on Facebook and Instagram in photos of any creations using the cut files.
Happy Crafting!
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