Cut File Backgrounds

Happy Sunday everyone! It's Madeline here and today I'm sharing two scrapbook pages which use 12 x 12 (or 8.5 x 11) cut files as a background. On my first page, the All Heart cut file creates a subtle, neutral background on which I build a colorful page that celebrates the birthday of a special someone, and his twin!

Supplies: Patterned paper, journal cards, chipboard stickers, buttons, flair and tag-Fancy Pants, mist-Mr. Huey's, cardstock-Bazzill, Alphabet-Jillibean Soup, enamel dots.

As you can see, I only cut the outer two rows of hearts for my page. Before beginning the cut, I opened up the file in my digital cutting program and eliminated the inner rows which were not going to be visible anyway. Here is the original All Heart cut file:

My second page pairs the Any Which Way cut file with a favorite photo from a recent high school swim meet. The arrows are central to the theme of my page, as my youngest child is a swimmer, and he swims a LOT. Laps during practice. Laps for warm-up. Laps at swim meets. Back and forth, back and forth!

This super fun file had me pulling out ALL of my blue and aqua scraps:

I love how this cut file resonates with the theme of my page. Back and forth, back and forth. ;)

Thanks for stopping by The Cut Shoppe blog today! 

Fly Everyday

Good morning, everyone!  Kat here today to show you how I used one of my favorite new cut files.

When I saw the "Any Which Way" background, my mind instantly began thinking about ways I could use it, what directions to place my arrows in, how to fill in the arrows, etc.  It's just such a fun file with unlimited possibilities.  Ultimately, I decided to use the arrows going up and down.  I took the 8.5 x 11 file and only traced 5 rows of the arrows.  I eventually decided to place the arrows to one side instead of in the middle.  I really thought this was the perfect cut file to highlight the photo of my nieces flying a kite on the beach:

I went with a softer color palette than I'm used to, but I think it complements the photo and theme well.  It's hard to tell here, but I also sprayed the cut file with some Calico shine, so it looks really pretty in person.

The cut file I used on this layout:

Any Which Way

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Have a happy weekend!

Our Happy Fun Exciting & Crazy Busy July

It's Cara here today! How is your summer going so far? Phew, July has been a crazy month for us and it's only half over!

I wanted to create a layout that reflected this feeling of a crazy-busy month so I went with the Any Which Way background cutfile.  Arrows are a perfect way to show busy-ness and backing it onto this colourful patterned paper really reinforces that feeling!

I also used the arrows from the Doodle Dandy cutfile to add more movement.  I cut them pretty small and scattered them around the page.  I love how they look with the white background arrows.

Ok, I'm going back to our busy July!

Hope that you are enjoying a fantastic summer! Happy scrapping :D

Sight Seeing

Whether you're traveling far and wide this Summer or staying close to home, we've got lots of great travel cut files available in The Cut Shoppe!  Today, I wanted to work with the new Any Which Way background cut file.  This cut file is great for all of your travel layouts, but can definitely be used for a wide variety of layouts.

  
I wanted to try something a little bit different with this cut file, so I decided to back it with Vellum and layer it over a patterned paper background.  You could definitely back each of the arrows with different patterned papers, use it as a stencil or paint it with watercolors or spray mist.  I love having lots of different options when I'm using a cut file.  I added just a bit of adhesive to a few spots on the back of the cut file, and then I machine stitched around the arrows on every other row.  I love having the added texture in the background.

Once the arrows were stitched, I added four photos and mixed in several different Thickers to add travel phrases next to each photo.  It's not often, that you will see four photos on one of my layouts, but I thought this was a great way to include photos that were taken, while we were sight seeing in Downtown Cleveland.

So how about a little traveling right now, right from where you are!  You can head over to The Cut Shoppe and check out the Any Which Way background cut file, that's available in 8.5x11 and 12x12 size.  You'll also find two other new sets while you're there!

Have fun shopping!

Supplies:  Any Which Way cut file:  The Cut Shoppe; Patterned Paper, Cork Phrase, Stickers & Thickers:  Crate Paper; Patterned Paper:  Pink Paislee; Thickers & Date Stamp: American Crafts; Flair Buttons:  A Flair for Buttons; Wood Veneers:  Evalicious & Studio Calico; Phrase Stickers:  Tim Holtz; Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette Cameo