Cut Files | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

I’m back again with another scrapbook layout featuring a cut file from The Cut Shoppe! This layout features multiple scrap papers that have been in my stash for A LONG, LONG, LONG time! I’m determined to use up some of the old product I have and I think everything on this layout would fall into that category! I wanted the papers to have somewhat of an outdoorsy theme (woodgrain, clouds, along with some neutrals) since the photo I am using was taken on a walk home from school. The sun was positioned perfectly where a few of the rays were shining around my sweet kiddo’s face so I wanted the layout to have the appearance of being outside.

After I had my paper cluster the way I wanted, I added the How’s The Weather Cut File. I backed the “shine” area with a blueish/greenish cardstock and vellum to help it stand out from the cloud paper. I adhered my photo onto the same color cardstock and a folded piece of vellum. Once I had my photo and title piece down I started adding bits & pieces. Including stickers from Amy Tan, a CTMH chipboard frame, a flair button and other odds & ends that have been lurking in my stash for years! That piece of vellum over the cut file was a happy accident….a piece had gotten stuck to my sleeve and landed there. I loved how it looked like a cloud over the sunshine!

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

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

I’m going to let you in on one of my little blogging and OCD secrets. Even though my biweekly design team posts for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge are not due until Wednesday, it’s my goal to have my post up on Mondays but I have this weird OCD tendency that I can’t move on to another project when I have a unfinished one on my desk! I’ve been working on a layout and realized towards the end of the layout that I “need” gold glitter embossing powder to finish it. I found out last night that it’s not scheduled to arrive until Thursday, so I forced myself to clear that project from my desk today to create my card for Sketch #144.

For my card I used a white cardstock base and then cut a panel for the front of the card using the same cardstock. My floral image is a little larger than shown on the sketch and I shifted it to the left side of the card. The flower image is a cut file from The Cut Shoppe on watercolor paper. Before I removed the paper from my Cricut® cutting mat I used watercolor paints to color the floral image and leaves. I set it aside to let it dry and grabbed the white cardstock panel to run the lower half of the cardstock panel through my Big Shot using a Lifestyle Crafts dry embossing folder. I planned on using patterned paper to back the die cuts but couldn’t find anything in my stash I liked. So I grabbed my watercolor paper and created a backdrop for my flowers. I wanted to add a little bit of black to help the floral image pop so I added a couple strips of black cardstock along the white cardstock panel and also a strip of Black Shimmer Trim under the die cut. I also wanted another pop of color so I added in a few CTMH Pink Flamingo Dots. I’ll add a sentiment to the inside of the card when the occasion arises to send it out!
I’m linking this card to The Cut Shoppe Blog ‘Cut It Out’ Challenge.