Paige Evans + Silhouette / Guest Designer

 

Hello, crafty friends!  I am super excited and honored to be guest designing for Paige this month! You can find me on Instagram, Facebook, Blog and Pinterest. 

Here are the projects I created using Paige's beautiful cut files, and her gorgeous collections. 

For my first project, I had these awesome photos of my son trying to skateboard and decided to use the Skateboard cut file and the beautiful Go The Scenic Route Collection to document this fun moment. 

  I resized the Skateboard cut file on my Silhouette to about 4 inches and cut it multiple times using paper 21. Next, I selected some of the beautiful border strips from paper 23 as well as the Skateboard cut files and arranged them diagonally onto a piece of 12x12 white cardstock. To create a bit more texture on my page, I simply distressed the edges of the border strips and then added some machine stitching. I couldn't help myself, I just had to add a cluster of fussy cut flowers from paper 18 to the bottom left corner of my photos and then used the Everyday Fun Cardstock Sticker as a title and place it in the center of the floral cluster. To finish, a smallest cluster was added to the top of the photos using a Cardstock Sticker, a Journal card  and a fussy cut butterfly.  

         Since my son is a big Lego fan, the Building Bricks cut file were perfect for my next page. I started by cutting the Building Bricks cut file from white cardstock and then selected several papers from Paige's Bloom Street collection; paper 10, paper 2, paper 22, paper 24 and paper 6  to back it. Machine stitching was added first to each of the cut files and then adhered to my background paper...paper 13 from Go the Scenic Route collection with foam tape.

With the awesome Building bricks cut file as the main focal point of my design, I decided to add my photo on the left side and slightly tucked it underneath the cut files.  A few small clusters of Bloom Street Stickers and die cuts was added around the page to create a wonderful overall balance.           

 

My next project is featuring the gorgeous Flowers cut file and Paige's Go the Scenic Route collection. The Flowers cut file was cut from white cardstock and backed with paper 13, which was then adhered to the right side of my page using foam tape. With the beautiful paper 2 as my background paper, I decided to create a bit of a vertical interest with some machine stitching and the colorful puffy word stickers. Once, I had my photo exactly where I wanted it, I started to embellish by using a combination of cardstock and chipboard stickers. I also added a paper clip from Paige's Take Me Away collection in the upper left corner of the photo, as well as a couple of stapled die-cut tags.          

    

    

For my fourth page, I wanted to create a beautiful winter layout, so I chose Paige's Holly Wreath cut file and her gorgeous Go the Scenic Route collection to document our very first holiday photo as a family. I started by cutting the Holly Wreath cut file from white cardstock and backed it with paper 10 and paper 6. I selected paper 4 as my background page and then, I decided to add a piece of vellum in the middle of the wreath, which soften the dark blue background paper.  The wreath cut file was then adhered to the center of my page using some foam tape. My title was added down the right side of my photo, using both the Go the Scenic Route colorful alpha thickers as well as a phrase sticker. To add a bit of holiday sparkle, the beautiful glitter Enamel stickers was added to the bow area. I then, fussy cut some of the smallest flowers from paper 18 and place them around the wreath.  I finished the layout off, with a few stitched, pieces of sentiments cut from paper 13 from the Bloom Street collection.   

For my last project, I decided to create a couple of feel good cards! Everyone loves receiving a feel good card, sometimes it's just to cheer them up or simply to let them know that they're doing a great job!

  For my first card, I decided to use a couple of Paige's cut files; the Folk Art Flower Frame, and the Awesome cut files. Both were cut from white cardstock. Next, I backed the Awesome cut file with paper 13 from the Go The Scenic Route collection. I used Paper 24 to create a background, which was then adhered onto my card base. Add the cut files, that cute bird sticker, a few pieces of bling and this card is finish!    

      

For my second card I used the Stars cut file and the Go the Scenic Route collection. Resized the Stars cut file in my Silhouette Cameo and then cut it from white cardstock. Backed the cut file with paper 6 and used paper 17 as my card background.  A chipboard sticker from the Whimsical collection were perfect to used as a sentiment.   

Thank you so much for stopping by today! It was a pleasure working with Paige's beautiful cut files and her gorgeous collections. I hope you like them!!!  

Supplies: Bloom Street Collection, Go The Scenic Route Collection Cut Files: Skateboard, Building Bricks, Flowers, Holly Wreath, Stars, Awesome, and Folk Art Flower Frame by Paige Evans,  Machine: Silhouette Cameo    

Hi, My Creative Scrapbook fans!  Today I have a Quilt - Inspired layout to share with you. Here's the layout I created....

I choose a Quilt image I found on Pinterest, as my inspiration, and used it to create a string art background for this layout.         

Pinterest image:

Step 1:  I started by using a large plate as a template to draw a circle. 

Step 2:  Fussy cut the small triangles from patterned paper 24.     

 Step 3:  Using the circle as a guide, I glued the triangles in place by slightly overlapping each one, until the circle was completed.     

Step 4:  Punched the holes using a paper piercer, one in the center of the circle and the others, along the inside area of the triangles were I have the arrows indicate in the photo above. Starting from the center for the circle with your floss/thread and then over to the opposite side. Continuing with this process until the entire inside of the circle is covered.     

Step 5:  Create a second circle of fussy cut triangles, and repeat the same process from step 4.  Once this was finish I felt like something was missing, so I decided to add some back stitching around the perimeter before adhered it to the larger circle.     

Step 6:  At this point I added my photo and title.  

Once my title and photo were in place, I created a couple clusters of layered embellishments using the beautiful floral die cuts, as well as a few fussy cut pieces. Some of the embellishments were added with foam tape to create extra dimension.   

  

A couple of close-ups.....

I hope you like this page and it has inspired you to create your own!

Thanks for stopping by :) xx 

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MY Creative Scrapbook-October Projects

Hi My Creative Scrapbook fans! 

Here's this months projects, using the October Main Kit!

 A quick summary of the products found in this month's main kit.....patterned paper from Pink Paislee 'Truly Grateful' collection...this collection is absolutely stunning, with such a beautiful range of colors and designs (great for fussy cutting) it's sure to be a favorite!  Also included in the main kit, 'Truly Grateful' cardstock stickers with matte copper foil accents, both the floral and matted copper foil accents ephemera packs, the puffy phrase and accent stickers and a stencil. 

Here's my projects and a few close-ups...

PE-Leaf-heart-cut file...

I used white cardstock to cut the Leaf Heart cut file three times and then glued them together, I love the added dimension and shadow this create on my page. I used the patterned paper 8 with it's beautiful rainbow of colors to back the leaves. The beautiful pink brushstroke pattern paper 15 were perfect to use as my background, also some hand stitching was added to create the other half of the heart.

Add a couple layers of patterned paper and a tag behind the photo. 

     
Fussy cut leaves and butterflies were added to the floral die cuts to create two clusters.  I also used foam tape to add some dimension and bent and folder the edges a bit.        

One of the puffy sticker and a die cut was used to create a title for my page.

Autumn...

Autumn cut file...

  I used the Autumn cut file to create a large title of my page. Cut it from some white cardstock and back it with paper 19.

To the bottom half of my layout, I added the colorful plaid pattern paper 2 and cut it on an angle. 

Place my photos overlapping each other with a few layers of patterned paper from the Truly Grateful collection and then I began adding my embellishments. 

Sunshine...

I started by using the stencil from this months main kit and some charcoal ink to create my background.

 The beautiful paper 8 were cut into four triangles, added some machine stitching down the middle and the edges were them distressed.

I layered a few different pieces of distress patterned papers from the Truly Grateful collection, going both horizontally and vertically and then I adhered my photo in place with some foam tape.       

Next, using the beautiful 'Truly Grateful' die cuts and stickers found in the main kit to create a couple of clusters on my page.   

Yes.....

For this page, the beautiful 'Truly Grateful' pattern papers, die cuts and stickers were used to add layers...both behind and on the sides of my photos.         

Ink splatters added to some white cardstock to match the colors from the leaves in paper 23.

Puffy phrase thicker for my title.

I hope you felt inspired today and if you're not a subscriber yet, give it a try. The kits are all so beautiful and you will not regret it!!!!

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

Enjoy Always | My Creative Scrapbook -July Tutorial

Hello, My Creative Scrapbook friends!  Today I am sharing a layout that incorporates two of my favorites....fussy cutting and using cut files.

 

I started by fussy cutting the beautiful flowers found on patterned paper 05. I drew an outline in pencil around the floral cluster, which made it easier for me to follow while fussy cutting.      

  

Next, I cut the cut file from some white cardstock, and since my idea was to arrange the fussy cut flowers and my photo in the middle of my page, I simply deleted the cutlines in the word summer.   

I added a few die-cut branches in with the fussy cutting and used both liquid glue and foam dots to adhere everything down. 

Apart from the floral clusters, I really didn't need to add too much embellishments to this layout. I used the word 'Always' found in the Indigo & Ivy titles as well as a die-cut piece as my title and added a few more ephemera pieces to finish off this layout. 

   Here's a couple of close-ups....

I hope you like this page and it has inspired you to create your own!

Thanks for stopping by :) xx