Cut Files | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

I created a new layout and also recorded a new process video! BUT my main camera suddenly stopped working today so I relied on an older camera and WOW! The quality of the recording from my previous camera was terrible, I tried to save it in multiple formats, but it just was not acceptable to share! So I’m going to walk you through my process…

A recent YouTube video from Missy Whidden inspired me to use the Basic Grey- Saturday Morning die cut pack. There are a lot of random die cuts and I just knew I wouldn’t have a use for them. So just as Missy did, I laid all of those pieces onto a sheet of white cardstock and then covered them with white gesso. I then added mixed media using the packaging technique with a couple Shimmerz Paints products (Lemon Drop Dazzlers & Magenta Paint) & a green gelato from my stash.

Once the mixed media work was dry I cut the cardstock using The Zig-Zagged Cut File from The Cut Shoppe to create the chevron pieces. I then adhered those chevrons onto a new clean piece of CTMH White Daisy Cardstock. I trimmed off ¼” from the top and side of the white cardstock and adhered it to a pink pattern paper from Basic Grey. I added stitching through each of the chevrons & along the edge of the white cardstock.

I then moved on to my photo cluster. Using multiple Project Life cards from Hip Kit Club along with a couple layers of vellum. The embellishments include flowers & enamel dots from Basic Grey, and silver foam stickers & puffy sequin stickers from Pink Fresh Studio. The cork pieces all come from Basic Grey. I also added in an Amy Tangerine Sticker from her Better Together Collection. Actually all of the embellishments for this layout were included in previous Hip Kits.

I wanted to add a little something to the blank spaces in between the chevrons so I cut a few images from The Pretty Paper Please Cut File that I had previously purchased from The Cut Shoppe. I then used them as a stencil to sponge on Sunkiss Yellow Ink from CTMH. I added my journaling, date stamp, and splatters from Black Color Shine.

My layout was inspired by the Hip Kit Club April Mood Board. I loved the colors, the florals, the cork, and the chevrons so I incorporated them all onto this layout!

I’m also linking this layout to The Cut Shoppe ‘Cut It Out’ April Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

Scrapbooking truly is my first papercrafting love and I have another layout to share with you today! I also have another YouTube video to share!

This layout has a white cardstock base and I’m unsure of the manufacturer…I think it’s Basic Grey but it’s been in my stash A LONG TIME! I added a layer of white gesso and then Crazy Daisy & Green with Envy Aqua Huez Paints from Shimmerz. Next I grabbed the bold striped pattern paper from MME, a Project Life card from Hip Kit Club, and vellum to mat under my photo.

Once I had the photo cluster down I started embellishing. I added a lot of Pink Fresh Studio including the swirly embellishments beside the photo, the washi tape, the puffy word sticker, the wood veneer asterisk & the paper heart. There is also quite a bit of Basic Grey; including the flowers, the ruler piece along the top of the photo cluster, and the enamel dots. All of the Basic Grey & Pink Fresh Studio embellishments came from the March Kit from Hip Kit Club.

I also added some tangled thread, stitching in the corners of the photo cluster, and a vellum butterfly (from a Hip Kit Club cut file) that was left over from a previous project.

The title, Make Everyday Awesome, is from The Say Anything Cut File from The Cut Shoppe and is sprayed with Heidi Swapp Butter Color Shine. The Butter color matches the Shimmerz paints beautifully! I am linking this layout to The Cut Shoppe Blog ‘Cut It Out’ April Challenge.