Last minute Halloween decor idea - DT project for Paige Evans

Hello crafty friends,

Happy Halloween to all of you who celebrate it! It's funny, I seem to have a blog post scheduled every year on Halloween! I don't mind though, I love working on Halloween projects even if we don't actually celebrate it. 

Some months ago I bought a few different gold hoops at my favorite store here in Germany, thinking I could create wreaths for all kinds of occasions. Well, this is the first haha! 

Paige has soooo many awesome Halloween themed cut files, it was really hard to choose. I was looking for a spider web in the shape of a heart I remembered seeing but didn't find it, so I went with an older cut file, Spiderweb (Design ID: 216765) - once I cut it, I found the other one I was looking for hahaha: Spiderweb Heart with Spider (Design ID: 304677), plus a second one, Spiderweb Heart (Design ID: 278648)!

My ring is just a bit smaller than 12" so I cut the spiderweb as big as I could from a 12" black card stock so that it has some overhang. Not all ends are long enough but there's a few I could attach to the ring.

I die cut some bats too in various sizes from the same card stock - for these I used the Bat Background (Design ID: 221100) cut file. 

I then went through Paige's collections to find some purple, orange and green papers for my flowers.  There's actually quite a few of these, and, in retrospect, I probably should have used more to add different hues of these 3 colors. :( I also regret using my Oh My Heart orange paper when I only had one while I have several orange papers from other collections. Ugh!

Now, I don't quite remember which cut files I used exactly but I'll try to be as precise as possible! Honestly, you can use any of Paige's layered and rolled flower cut files, they are all amazing!

• Rolled Flower (Design ID: 242203)
• Rolled Flower (Design ID: 241018)
• Rolled Flower (Design ID: 239848)
• Rolled Flower (Design ID: 238507)
• Rolled Flower (Design ID: 237217)
• Rolled Flower (Design ID: 267969)
• Rolled Flower (Design ID: 267510)
• Layered Flower (Design ID: 268549)
• Layered Flower (Design ID: 271166)
• Layered Flower (Design ID: 271165)

I used my hot glue gun to assemble all the flowers. I then covered about half of the ring with a lime green elastic band I bought for my traveler's notebooks years ago. You could use ribbon too, whatever you have in your stash!

Oh, one more thing I die cut, the BOO sentiment - I just used the Impact font for these.

Once everything was die cut and assembled, I could start putting my wreath together! I attached parts of the spider web to the elastic band, others to the ring, using hot glue. I arranged my flowers and glued them in place. The big letters followed, finally the bats. I added a few enamel dots to the middle of the layered flowers. Last but not least I attached some ribbon in coordinating colors, so I could hang the wreath on our door.

That's pretty much it! I already forgot how much I love working on rolled flowers!

I hope you'll give this idea a try!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fang-tastic day!

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SUPPLY LIST:
Truly Grateful collection: 12x12 Paper Pad, Paper 3, Paper 10
Whimsical collection: Paper 8, Paper 22
Oh My Heart collection: Paper 20

Card inspirations - DT project for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hi guys,

Today I'm sharing a bunch of cards I've created for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team.

If you know my work, you know that I'm not into white space on my layouts. Normally I avoid it on cards too, because I love patterned papers too much but on cards I do love the white on white look!  Since I haven't made such cards for this DT yet, I thought I'd go ahead and create a few!

Here they are :

For this month's projects I went with the beautiful Oh My Heart collection. It's hard to pick a fave from Paige's collections because they are all gorgeous, but this one is definitely close to my heart!

I picked out a few background cut files as well as some that I could add as a focal point on my cards, mainly flowers, of course :).

I made four A2 size top folding card bases out of heavy weight white card stock and adhered another white card stock in the same size on top. I do this because the card stock I use for the card base is a greyish white which I don't like, but the white card stock I use for the front panel is not sturdy enough for a card base. 

I cut the Constellation Background (Design ID: #264080) from white card stock. Paige now has many of her cut files available in 8.5x11 format which comes in pretty handy for cards. No need to crop or manipulate 12x12 cut files! Anyhow, I glued this down on my card front. 

Then I also cut the Flower Half cut file (Design ID: #216735) from the same white card stock. I backed it with different patterned papers then adhered it to my card base using foaming adhesive. To finish off this card I added a chipboard bird and a sentiment sticker as well as a few enamel dots.

For my next card I chose the Faux Flower Background cut file (Design ID: 233761). Since this one is a square cut file, I had to manipulate it - but this is very easy, you just need to erase some cut lines! Once cut, I attached this panel to my card base. 

I cut the Flower Group cut file next (Design ID: #264090) and as before, I just backed it with patterned papers. Using foam tape I glued it down on the card base. I added a sentiment sticker and some enamel dots. 

On my third card I used the Chevron Background and the Large Flower cut files. All steps as before! The sentiment is a chipboard piece.

I picked the lovely Flower Background (Design ID: 259817) cut file for my last card. Instead of another cut file, this time I just added a chipboard piece in the middle as well as a bunch of fussy cut flowers and leaves in two clusters around the sentiment. Some enamel dots and done! 

I hope you like how these turned out! Thanks for stopping by today! Have an awesome day!

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SUPPLIES:  Oh My Heart collection: Paper 03, Paper 05, Paper 10, Paper 12, Paper 13, Paper 15, Paper 19, Paper 20, Paper 22, Paper 24, Chipboard stickers, ephemera die cuts

Adventure - DT layout for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hey there,

I'm back with a layout today that I've created for the Paige Evans + Silhouette design team.
 

Unless you've been hiding under a rock I'm sure by now you know that Paige has a Facebook group called Happy Scrappy Place! She posts a free cut file in this group every week, and on today's page I've used one of these. I can always use big titles!

I thought the big letters have enough space for photos, so I've added two behind the D and U. But first things first! I duplicated the cut file and from one I removed most of the inner pieces, only leaving the outline and a couple of other pieces that create the outline of certain letters, if that makes sense. (For instance the triangular shape between the D, V and T? You need to keep that cut line.)

I then cut this piece from textured white card stock. Now for the other cut file. I wanted to cut each letter from different patterned papers. This takes a bit of time and workaround. Since the letters are welded, theres no way to separate them properly. What I do in these cases (first of all create a lot of copies of the cut file I am working with, to make sure I have the same size letters), I erase everything around the shape, but keeping whatever I can that makes up the form, even if it's not a continuous line. It will still help me determine where I should cut with my scissors. So for instance, I would not have all the cut lines for the bottom and the right side of the A. I cut whatever is left of the A and remove the paper from the mat. Then I draw in the lines and cut them with scissors or a craft knife. It's not as complicated as it sounds I promise! Anyway, this is what I did with each letter. I've used the beautiful Oh My Heart collection for this layout by the way :).

Once I had all the letters, I added foam adhesive behind them and attached them to the white background piece. After I glued down the photos that is. I glued the whole title on my background paper. I love this paper and I don't think I've used it yet!

While this layout is about my boys, I felt the need to add flowers. They don't mind! They don't even look at my pages, so...I do what I want ha! Plus they are outdoors right?!

So I fussy cut out some flowers from a couple of patterned papers and created several clusters around the letters. I've tucked some behind the letters, and placed some on the letters, using different kinds of adhesives, to create interest and dimension.

A couple more embellies, chipboard, phrase stickers, Take Me Away clip, journaling, date and done!

I hope you like how this turned out!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day!

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SUPPLIES: Oh My Heart collection: thickers, Paper 05, Paper 12, Paper 13, Paper 17, Paper 22

The Good Life - DT layout for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hey there friends,

Today I have not one, but two posts for you! In this one I'm sharing a layout I've created for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team.

I didn't really have a plan for this one, I only knew I wanted to use the gorgeous Large Flower cut file (Design ID: 262729) and the Oh My Heart collection. I still love this collection so much, I actually ended up using it for all my May projects!

I didn't want to go with the obvious and blow up the cut file, I do this too often! So I went with the second most obvious haha! This design I do very often too but I can't get tired of it. I guess we all have our favorites! I usually do this with circles - but these flowers are pretty much that, too, right? So I cut a few of them in different sizes from textured white card stock, then partially backed them with patterned papers. 

I was going to go with a rainbow of colors but I changed my mind half way and went with yellows and greens. I wish I checked my supplies before taking decisions like these because I almost always end up struggling with embellishments. I don't have much left from Oh My Heart, especially not in these colors, so I had to go through all collections. I added chipboards, stickers, charms, die cuts, puffy stickers from Turn the Page; a button and the puffy sticker title from Fancy Free and a chipboard bow from Take Me Away. 

I played around with the flowers and the photo until I liked the arrangement, then adhered them down. For a couple of them I used foam adhesive for additional dimension. I also layered some tissue paper behind my photo as well as a journaling spot. 

This clear sentiment sticker was the perfect color and length for my photo, so I added this too. Those heart charms are still my favorite embellishments of all time! 

I stitched on 3 buttons - the big yellow-green is from Fancy Free (I've been hoarding it because this is one of my favorite colors), the other 2 are from my stash.

Last but not least, date (which I now realize is a year off, since it should be 2018 haha!), enamel dots and a puffy sticker title finish off my layout!

I hope you like this layout as much as I do! Those flowers are just so pretty, they make me happy!

Thank you for stopping by today! I will be back soon with another Oh My Heart layout! I hope you'll join me then too!

Have a wonderful day!

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SUPPLIES: 

Fancy Free collection: puffy stickers, button 

Take Me Away collection: chipboard sticker 

Oh My Heart collection: Paper 01, Paper 10, Paper 22, charms

Turn the Page collection: chipboard stickers, puffy stickers, sticker book, ephemera die cuts

Keepin' it real - DT layout for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hey there crafty friends,

I'm back today with a new layout I've created for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team. I've picked the Diamond Background cut file (Design ID: 219435) and a mixture of Paige's five collections: Pick-Me-Up, Take Me Away, Fancy Free, Turn the Page and Oh My Heart.

First I modified the cut file in Silhouette Studio, I made it smaller, duplicated it and welded the two together to get this vertical design. I cut the cut file out of white textured card stock which I then adhered to the patterned paper I chose for my background. 

I went through Paige's different collections and searched for yellow, green and blue patterned papers to create an ombre look. Well, technically not ombre because it's several colors, but you know what I mean. 

My laziness got the best of me and instead of cutting the small diamond shapes with my Cameo, I hand cut them. I figured it would be quicker because I had many different papers and it's always so time consuming to place several scarps in the right spot on the Silhouette mat. But if that's easier for you, by all means, do it that way!

I used foam adhesive to pop up each small diamond to create dimension. Then I added a bunch of things behind my photo: tags, die cuts, journaling spots - just to add some color. I kept to the color scheme though, and went from yellow to blue from top to bottom. I glued down this cluster and started adding embellishments.

I attached some chipboard, puffy and card stock stickers to the photo plus a cute little clip. I then pulled out small embellies that matched in color and glued them down in various spots on the diamonds. 

I scattered coordinating color enamel dots around the page. For title I used a thicker phrase from the Take Me Away collection. I really love the pearl finish on it as well as the font - Paige, do you want to add more of these in future collections?! Pretty please? 

To finish off my page, I added some navy shimmer spray and wrote up my journaling. Done!

I hope you like this page and I could inspire you in one way or the other!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have an awesome day!

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SUPPLIES: 

• Fancy Free collection: Chipboard stickers, Buttons
• Take Me Away collection: Foam phrase thickers
• Oh My Heart collection: Paper 22, Paper 23, 
• Turn the Page collection: Pennant paper clips, Chipboard stickers, 
• Pick-Me-Up collection: Ephemera die cuts, Puffy stickers, Stickers, Chipboard stickers, Journaling spots, Paper 01, Paper 03, Paper 04, Paper 07, Paper 14, Paper 15, Paper 18, Paper 22

Surprise - DT layout for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hey there lovelies,

I'm back today with a new layout for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team! For this page I chose to work with the Polaroid Frame Banner Hearts (ID: #241012) cut file. It's Valentine's Day soon, so I wanted to use something with hearts of course!

I started out by blowing up the cut file and cropping the sides, because I wanted my banner to be larger. I then cut it from white textured card stock. I had the Oh My Heart collection on my desk because I made some cards with it earlier, so I just went with it for this project too. I still love this collection very much!

I backed each heart cut out and the clothespins with different patterned papers, then I hand stitched around the hearts as well to make them stand out more and to add a bit of interest and texture. I felt like the cut file was lost on the background paper I chose, so I outlined the frames with a rose gold gelly pen.

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I popped up the frames with the help of 3D foam sheets, the rest I adhered down with liquid glue. Then the fun part, embellishing! I went through all my embellies and decided to add some die cut flowers, chipboards, puffy stickers as well as a few gorgeous heart charms! 

I hung my photos on the clothesline with mini clothespins in different colors - these are from my stash. I believe I've found them at Michael's.

I added my title, for which I used the alpha thickers from the Turn the Page collection.

To finish off my page I wrote a short journaling - I'll have more pages from this event, so I didn't need to write a whole lot this time. I also stamped my date using a roller date stamp.

That's it for today friends! I hope you like this page!

I'll be back with another layout for this design team soon - oh wait, on Valentine's Day to be exact, ha!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

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Cards - DT project for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hi there friends,

Today I'm back with a couple of cards I've made for Paige Evans + Silhouette! Since it's Valentine's Day soon, I thought I'd make something with LOVE theme. Not specifically for Valentine's Day because I myself don't celebrate it, but any occasion really where love is involved!

I went with the beautiful Oh My Heart collection this time because I haven't used it in awhile! For the first card I've used the Hearts Wreath cut file (ID: #241003). I scaled it down to fit on an A2 card front and cut it twice in slightly different sizes from white textured card stock. One of them I backed with different patterned papers, the other one I just kept all white without any backing.

I made an A2 top folding card base from heavy weight white card stock and glued an A2 size (4.25x5.50") piece of patterned paper on it.

I adhered the larger wreath to a piece of minty green patterned paper and fussy cut around it, to have a solid panel that I then popped up with foam adhesive. I then glued the smaller wreath on top of this too.  

I  picked out a die cut from the ephemera pack and adhered it to my wreath panel with 3d foam adhesive. I had a couple of fussy cut flowers left from a previous project, I tucked these behind the die cut and glued them down. To finish off my card I added a rose gold ampersand chipboard. A bit random I know, but I like the way it looks :). 

I also made a coordinating envelope from patterned paper. I've used the envelope cut file from the Envelope Gift Mini Album (ID: #240883) cut file set for this, I just sized it to a little larger than my A2 card. 

For my second card I chose the Pie Chart Heart cut file (ID: #219822). I backed the openings with several different pink patterned papers, then I cut off the right side of the heart. Again, I made an A2 top folding card base and adhered the same size of patterned paper panel on it. I love this paper and I haven't used it on any layout yet if you can believe it!

I used some 3D foam adhesive to adhere the heart to my card base, then I tucked some die cut flowers from the ephemera pack, as well as some fussy cut flowers, under the heart. I found this Hey Sugar heart die cut in the ephemera pack too and I thought it would be perfect for a sentiment. I popped this up with 3D foam adhesive too. 

I wanted to add a little something to finish off my card and decided that the super adorable heart charms will do the trick! I've been obsessed with eyelets again lately, so I added one to the die cut and hung the little charms from that hole. 

I created a coordinating envelope using the above mentioned cut file for this card too. This I had to scale up quite a bit because the Hey Sugar piece hangs off the card base.

This is it for today, I hope I could inspire you in some little way!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'll be back with a layout shortly!

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Love - DT layout for Just Nick

Hi there friends,

 

I'm back with you today with a new layout for Just Nick.

 

You probably don't know this about me because I mostly do boy pages, but I've been in love with flowers ever since I was a little girl. They make me happy. I love to touch them, smell them and yes, even talk to them. A while ago I decided I will not deny myself the joy of using floral patterns and flowers on my layouts just because I don't scrap girls. They cheer me up. And Nicole does the prettiest floral cut files, doesn't she?!

 

So today again I chose a floral cut file which is quite new still. I think this is my absolute favourite one right now!

Isn't it just fabulous?!

 

I decided to blow it up a little and turn it around so it's at the top of my page. I picked the gorgeous Oh My Heart collection from Paige Evans. I love the purples in this collection! I chose a purple paper for my background, then backed the flowers with different patterned papers from this collection. I hand cut some leaf shapes from different purple papers, which I then layered on the cut file for a bit of extra dimension. I glued some foam adhesive under the cut file so I can tuck my picture under it.

At this point I had no idea what photo I want to use. It happens very often that I do the background and then I find a photo. Mostly one that is already printed so I don't feel like I'm wasting anything ha! But then I realized I actually have a color photo in which I'm wearing some purple floral leggings! So I went ahead and printed out that one. I think it fits perfectly.

 

For my title I picked the cute wood veneer word LOVE which I believe is from Ashley Horton's first collection, Oakley Avenue. I glued this on top of a circle scallop wood veneer from the Paige Evans Take Me Away collection.

Other than this I only added a suede bow, a chipboard, a puffy sticker, a few buttons and some enamel dots. Generally I add more embellishments but I felt like the page was finished at this point. I didn't even add paint splatters which I do on most of my layouts!

I hope I could inspire you in one way or another! Thank you for stopping by today!
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