Scrapbooking with Steph - Paige Taylor Evans - Diagonal Stripes background

Hello all and welcome to this weeks blog post!

So I found this lovely background cutfile searching under Paige Evans in the Silhouette Store https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/designs/219450?search=diagonol+stripes+background&sortby=relevance&submitted_search=true and cut it out of textured card on the textured card stock setting passing through twice and then trimmed it down to 11.5 x 11.5 inches.  I flipped it over and covered the back with foam risers before backing the whole piece with another piece of textured card stock (this time a pink piece!)

I found a sheet of colour block card in my stash which I gutted to create a 1" boarder and attached my backed cutfile onto this.

I put that to one side whilst I fussy cut lots of circles from a Maggie Holmes paper and again placed this on foam risers before sticking them to the cutfile.  I had some chipboard frames, one which I put my photo inside and the other I popped under it to give the layout more depth.

I attached a few more chipboard accents. With the buttons I added floss bows before sticking them down and lastly I added my two titles "Embrace Life",a pink plastic perspective saying "Fierce" and some enamel hearts to complete the layout!

Thank you very much for reading! Please if you scraplift we would love to see your work :) please tag us on our Instagram page silhouette_uk!

Until next time....happy scrapping!!

Steph xoxo

Scrapbooking with Steph - Be Brave - Paige Evans cutfile

Hello Scrapbookers and welcome to this weeks layout!

So I started with this lovely photo of my wonderful parents on my Mum's 60th birthday. My Mum is the bravest person I know...she has been living with cancer for the last seven years and is fighting it every day so when I came across this lovely cutfile from Paige Evans https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/designs/279010?search=brave&sortby=relevance&submitted_search=true and along with the photo it was a page asking to be made!

I cut the file out on my favourite diamond Bazzill cardstock on the Cardstock Textured Heavy setting and passed through twice to ensure every line was cut perfectly!!

I backed the file with a piece of gold embossed card but left out the star "A" shape and popped my photo behind this instead.

I gutted a piece of mustard yellow paper leaving an one inch border. I used white mixed media paste and a blossom stencil and pasted all over the pink and white gingham sheet of card. Once dry I trimmed it down to an 11 inch square and then stuck them together and machine sewed round the edge in gold thread.  I placed the cutfile down to the bottom area of the page and then fussy cut some pink roses out and slid them under the cutfile.

I added a small embellishment cluster to the top right hand corner with the words "Be Fearless" and some sequins.  I then added some thickers so the layout would read "Be fearless, be brave, be you" and then a few more sequins, some hearts and lastly a wooden button!

Well I hope you have enjoyed this weeks layout...if you decide to scrap lift I'd love to see what you make....please tag me on the silhouette UK Instagram page or on my personal page stephanielouise123.

Wishing you a lovely week and happy scrapping...

Steph xo

Sunday's with Steph - Paige Taylor Evans Butterfly Cutfile

Hello Crafters Steph here and welcome to this weeks blog post!

So today I used the following cutfile featuring a beautiful butterfly cutfile by Paige Taylor Evans https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/designs/267051?search=paige+evans+butterfly&sortby=relevance&submitted_search=true I loaded my mat with Bazzill basics diamond card and cut it out using the material setting of cardstock, textured heavy 80g and on two passes as I usually do.

I used the rest of the card I hadn't used to smooch some paint onto the card in peach, pink, lemon and flicked it with gold. Once dried I backed the cutfile with the painted card and then painted some cut off pieces of card solid gold before backing the body of the butterfly with this and popping it to one side.

I used another piece of Bazzill basics textured diamond card and cut it down to 11 x 11 inches.  I gutted some orange patterned paper I had and attached them together so I was back to a 12 x 12 inch square.

I attached my photo to a coordinating piece of paper and put it down towards the bottom of my page in the centre ensuring that there was enough room for the butterfly to fit onto the righthand side of my layout which I attached using foam risers.

I then attached lots of lovely sayings along the central column of my layout along with some enamel dots and love hearts.

Finally I added a small embellishment cluster to the top left hand side to complete my layout.

Thank you so much for reading my blog today.....until next week, happy crafting!

Steph xo

Design of the Week - 26th January 2019 - Fresh Start Font

Hello, hello and happy Wednesday to you - hope you are enjoying the unseasonable sunshine that we are lucky enough to be experiencing.

Today's Design of the Week is a font - Fresh Start.

I really liked this font and decided to pair it with a Page Evans cut file that was released yesterday - Flower Heart. 

As anyone who is a regular reader of my blog posts knows, I like to mix things up a bit and so decided to use the font with a sketch pen rather than cut it out - this meant that I was able to easily journal around the edge of my page.

Also, I didn't want the heart design detached from my page - I only wanted the centre cut from my white 12 x 12 card.

• Reduce the size of the heart to 10ins wide and add to the page, slightly off centre.

• Release the compound path (this ungroups all of the parts of the design).

• Select the outside line of the design and changed it's colour to blue (I am going to use a sketch pen on this line rather than a blade).

• Select all of the elements in the design and group together.
• Draw an 11 inch square and centre on the page.
• Select the font Fresh Start.

• Type the first word of your journaling. You will see a green box around your word with a cross inside a circle.  Drag the circle to the top left of your 11 inch square - you will now be able to journal around the square.  I changed my font size to 30. 

• You are now ready to cut the red lines and sketch the blue ones. 

Once cut/sketched I  backfilled my flowers, added my photo and a few chipboard embellishments.

PRODUCTS USED:

Haunting Night | Halloween using Adhesive Corrugated Paper by Niki Rowland

Happy Halloween!  Niki here today with this fun Halloween layout!

I've used two cut files from the Store: Haunting Night by Paige Evans and Pumpkin Trio, also by Paige Evans

I cut the background word file from black cardstock. I then back filled it by hand - this was a mistake becuase it took AGES!  I should have cut the patterned papers on my Silhouette too but I hadn't saved the sized background so therefore couldn't match it up without re-cutting so I had to do it manually.

I also cut the Pumpkin Trio cut file from the adhesive Corrugated paper - these cute little pumpkins were the perfect embellishments and the corrugated texture was great!

This layout was great fun to make, even though it did take me a long time!

What Halloween projects will you make?

Happy scrapping xx 

DESIGNS USED:
Haunting Night by Paige Evans
Pumpkin Trio by Paige Evans

PRODUCTS USED:
Silhouette Adhesive Corrugated Paper

Hello | Cutting and Altering Chipboard by Niki Rowland

Hey there, Niki here today sharing a layout I made using Silhouette Chipboard. The chipboard available from Silhouette comes in a chipboard colour (so kraft coloured) and is quite thin. It therefore cuts really easily on the Silhouette and you can then either leave it as its original colour or alter it in some way.

I cut the large Hello circle which is a design by Paige Evans available in the Design Store, and then heat embossed it with black glittery embossing powder. 

The embossing ink and then powder took really well to the chipboard. Becuase of the glitter it was tough to tell if I had heated enough with the heat tool and therefore some patches I'd missed had to be done again but the effect once finished is awesome!

I now have this totally awesome embellishment to use on my layout! Becuase it is chipboard it gives a chunkier look than if I had simply used cardstock. I raised it on foam pads for added dimension and then built the rest of the layout around it.

I've used a number of papers and embellishments from the Boys Rule collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio to document a story about my little boy.

I hope you've enjoyed my layout today and will give cutting chipboard on the Silhouette a try. 

Happy scrapping xx 

DESIGNS USED:

Hello Circle Frame by Paige Evans

PRODUCTS USED: