Cricut | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

Hey friends! Halloween is by far my favorite holiday to scrapbook and I’ve given myself permission to continue scrapbooking this holiday all the way through November! Today I’m going to share one of the layouts I created last month for The Cut Shoppe using the Wicked Good Cut File.

12x12 Halloween layout for The Cut Shoppe Design Team using the Wicked Good Cut File.

I cut the circles from the Wicked Good Cut File on a very old Teresa Collins patterned paper that I had saved in my stash after a mixed media ~~disaster~~ fail. There’s a layer of orange acrylic paint and white gesso smeared on the patterned paper. I love how you can see the text pattern peeking out from under the paint on the circles.

12x12 Halloween layout for The Cut Shoppe Design Team using the Wicked Good Cut File.

Once I had the circles cut, I added messy orange stitching around each circle. I love the added texture that stitching adds to a layout! Going around the paper multiple times helps hide the fact that I can’t stitch a circle to save my life! HA! It gives the appearance that I was trying to be messy! I left the threads long for added embellishing.

12x12 Halloween layout for The Cut Shoppe Design Team using the Wicked Good Cut File.

I then added all of the circles, including my circle photos, in a diagonal design on a piece of purple Halloween patterned paper from Close To My Heart. I then went onto embellish the layout. I grabbed a lot of older product including: Simple Stories Frankie & Friends, Bella Blvd Spooktacular and other odds and ends from my stash.

12x12 Halloween layout for The Cut Shoppe Design Team using the Wicked Good Cut File.

I had planned on using the open circle with the bat as my journaling spot, but I didn’t want to add white strips of paper since I didn’t have any white anywhere else on the layout. So instead I grabbed word phrase stickers, from Maggie Holmes & Heidi Swapp, that give context to what is happening in the photos. I then added orange & black enamel dots around the layout.

12x12 Halloween layout for The Cut Shoppe Design Team using the Wicked Good Cut File.

I love all of the cut files from The Cut Shoppe; especially the Halloween cut files! Be sure to give the Etsy Store a visit to check out everything that is available!

Hey there, friends! I’m back today with a recent layout I created for The Cut Shoppe using the Thin Line Alpha Cut File.

12x12 scrapbook layout for The Cut Shoppe using the Thin Line Alpha.

You may remember another layout I created for The Cut Shoppe when we attended a MJ Live Concert. I had a couple photos of Aidan dressed as Michael Jackson & wanted to document those as well. I grabbed a handful of Project Life Cards, to use as layers, from older Hip Kit Club kits along with color coordinating embellishments from past kits.

12x12 scrapbook layout for The Cut Shoppe using the Thin Line Alpha.

A grid design is always a go-to design for me, so I used a Cricut Explore & a black Cricut pen to draw the grid lines on a piece of green patterned paper from My Mind’s Eye. I’ve found using my Cricut to draw the lines is the easiest way to get the lines centered & straight. I used black embroidery floss to hand stitch along the drawn grid lines. I then positioned my photos & Project Life Cards in the upper right and lower left quadrants. I cut the letters “M” & “J” using the Thin Line Alpha Cut File & black cardstock. I positioned the letters in the opposing quadrants.

12x12 scrapbook layout for The Cut Shoppe using the Thin Line Alpha.

Then came the fun…the embellishing! I used puffy stickers & die cuts from HKC, Puffy Stars & Black Puffy Alphas from Pinkfresh Studio & the stamp set from the Crate Paper – Good Vibes Collection to embellish the page. I layered the embellishments all around the page…including on top of the photo & tucked underneath the photo. I didn’t think I needed any journaling on this page because I have so much journaling on the opposing page that will be in my album.

12x12 scrapbook layout for The Cut Shoppe using the Thin Line Alpha.

I do have a YouTube Process Video for this layout, but it needs a voice over recorded. I hope to have it published on my YouTube Channel soon. In the meantime be sure to visit The Cut Shoppe Etsy Store to check out all of the cut files & digital collections!