Card Inspirations - DT project for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hey there,

I'm stopping by to share couple of cards I've created for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team!

Now, I'm rarely in the mood to do mixed media but I felt like that's the only thing I didn't do on cards on this DT! So I thought I'd do something different now!

I chose two cut files to work with, the Butterfly Background (Design ID: 254134) and the Cross Stitch Heart (Design ID: 242188). 

I created two 5x5" squares in Silhouette Studio so I knew how big my designs should be. Then I cut both of them from white card stock.

Now if I'm honest, it would have been simpler to use a pencil and the sketch function of the Cameo, but I have no idea where my pencil holder is...so I went this way. I used the white card stock cut out as a stencil and simply drew in the butterflies with a pencil. Next, I painted the butterflies with the gorgeous new Pinkfresh Studio liquid water colors. I tried to match the colors to the Turn the Page collection.

Once done, I added a light grey water color wash around the butterflies for contrast as well as some black dots. I created a 5.25x5.25" top folding card base, attached a pink patterned paper in the same size, then glued my water color panel on top. 

To finish off this card, I added a few butterflies I fussy cut from one of the patterned papers in the collection and a sentiment I cut out from a die cut piece.

Oh, there was another reason why I decided to go with mixed media! I just remembered now ha! I bought some storage for my wall and rearranged my RASKOG, which had most of my paints and mixed media supplies in it. While reorganising everything I started feeling guilty for having sooo much stuff I don't use...Hence, mixed media projects ha! 

For my second card I chose Shimmerz Dazzlerz to use with my stencil. I love this color and I had the same in Texturez which I had to throw away because it completely dried out. I was happy this one was still OK! I found a patterned paper in the Turn the Page collection that was pretty much the same color, so I decided to go for a tone on tone look.

Again, I made a 5.25x5.25" top folding card base, adhered a slightly smaller light pink patterned paper on top, then added my mint panel. 

I created two clusters of flowers for which I used some die cut pieces as well as some I fussy cut from one of the floral patterned papers. I glued them down in layers, adding foam adhesive here and there to create dimension. For my sentiment I took apart one of the paper clips...And used the sentiment from that.

That's it! I hope I could inspire you to not shy away from mixed media on cards!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a wonderful day!

X

SUPPLIES: 

Turn the Page collection: Paper 1, Paper 8, Paper 15, Paper 16, Pennant Paper Clips, Ephemera pack

Wild Fun - DT layout for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hey there lovelies,

I'm sharing a new layout today that I've created for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team.

I wanted to do something a bit different from what I normally go for and boy did I struggle with this layout! I had to bring in an extra set of eyes just to be able to finish it haha! I do like how it turned out though! So thank you friend (you know who you are!) for all the help!

I chose the Grid of Flowers cut file (design ID: 246559) and modified it a little. First I repeated the cut file 4 times, then mixed up the inner squares a little so they are more random, then I welded the 4 big squares (one consists of 9 small squares).

I cut it out from a patterned paper from the Pick-Me-Up collection, then backed a few of the squares with various patterned papers from the same collection. I adhered it to my background paper and started decorating. 

I randomly placed my photos, then went through all embellishments from Pick-Me-Up and pulled out the ones that fit the color scheme. My son is eating homemade berries and yogurt popsicle in these photos and I thought the berry tones in this collection would be a perfect match!

I used stickers, puffy stickers, chipboards, die cuts, sequins and buttons and placed them wherever I liked them, no rhyme or reason.

The title gave me headaches because I really wanted to use the gorgeous alpha thickers from Pick-Me-Up, tone on tone. However they just got lost in the background. So I went through all of Paige's collections and settled on the gold foam phrase thickers from the Take Me Away collection - I love this font!

To finish off my layout, I added the date and wrote my journaling. 

I hope you like how this page turned out!

Thank you for stopping by!

X

SUPPLIES: 

Pink Paislee - Pick-Me-Up collection: Paper 10, Paper 11, Paper 17, Paper 20, Paper 24, chipboard stickers, ephemera die cuts,  stickers, haberdashery multi-pack, puffy stickers

Pink Paislee - Take Me Away collection: foam phrase thickers

Everyday - DT layout for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hi there crafty friends,

I'm back today with a new layout I created for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team.

I chose the "Flower 12 Petals" cut file (ID #216690) and the Turn the Page collection for this one.

I went with a very simple design and blew up my cut file, something I do very often. Then I cut the flower from white textured card stock. I was a little bit stuck at this point because I had no idea how to back this file! I didn't know if I should back every single little piece with different patterned papers or do something else.

In the end I decided to use only 3 different papers and back the biggest petals. Now this was a bit tricky because after a while the petals should be tucked under the previously attached ones. Not sure if there's an easier way, but probably ha! I generally over complicate things!

Once done, I adhered the cut file to the background paper with the help of foam adhesive. I like dimension on my layouts! I glued down my photo and added some embellishments around it: fussy cut and wood veneer flowers and some pieces from the ephemera pack. I created my title using a die cut and a sticker from the sticker sheet.

I wrote my journaling on one of the journaling spots and attached it to the left bottom side of my page. As a final step I added some blue ink spatters.

I hope you like how this turned out!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Until next time,

X

SUPPLY LIST: Pink Paislee/Paige Evans Turn the Page collection: patterned papers, ephemera pack, wood veneers, stickers, journaling spots

Keep it Real - DT layout for Paige Evans + Silhouette

Hi there,

I'm back with a new layout I created for the Paige Evans + Silhouette DT. 

I chose the Flower Background cut file for this. I also used a heart from Hearts in Heart.

I like to manipulate cut files so that I can use them different ways. I made a video showing how I created this particular file. I'm sure there's easier ways to do this, but I'm no pro by any means and this is how I know how to do it. I hope it helps. 

I cut my file from textured white card stock, then backed the flowers with different patterned papers. I chose as many as I had flowers then went from white(ish) through pinks, yellows, mints and blues, if that makes sense. Then I added foam adhesive to the heart so that it pops off the page.

I also cut some flowers in a smaller size and did not back these. I just wanted to add a few on top of the background flowers to create some dimension and an airy feel.

I went through my huge stash of enamel dots and matched them to my papers. I added one to each flower to create centers.

Then I searched for a ready made title because whatever title I came up with related to my photo just didn't look right. I do prefer creating my own titles but since I prefer short, one word titles, it gets boring pretty fast :). I found this white foam phrase in the Take Me Away collection that said Keepin' it Real. Eventually I had to shorten it because I had no space. I love the shiny pearl finish on these phrases!

I often add a strip of paper somewhere along the edges, bottom, top or side. I just like a pop of color or some contrast to the rest of the layout. I actually wanted to go with the grey patterned paper from the Turn the Page collection for background but to my horror I did not have any left. So I had to resort to a light grey card stock and this didn't give me the pattern mix I always go for. Hence the paper scraps at the bottom.

To finish off my layout I added a little tab with my date, tucked a tag behind my photo and wrote up my journaling. That's all folks! :)

I hope you like my layout and are inspired to get crafty!

Thanks for stopping by!

X

Zsoka

SUPPLIES: Turn the Page collection: various papers from the 2x2 and 6x6 pads and also different 12x12 papers; journaling spots. Take me Away collection: Foam phrases

Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team - wooohooo

Hey guys,

One can tell I have no Instagram account, I have too much time on my hands! Well, the whole story managed to ruin a perfectly happy day yesterday and left me without any mojo - so blogpost it is :D.

If you follow me on Instagram (or Paige), you probably saw that she is now designing cut files which you can get your hands on in the Silhouette Design Store. 

I'm so honored and excited to have been invited to her Design Team! You know that I'm obsessed with cut files, I love Paige's collections, so I feel like this is a great fit for me!

We all created a layout for yesterday, here's mine. I used the Half Flower cut file and Paige's wonderful new collection, Turn the Page.

I cut out the file from white textured card stock, 2 bigger and 2 smaller ones. I then started backing the bigger ones with patterned paper. I was actually planning to have a colorful layout but while I was backing the files I changed my mind. It happens a lot!

Once I was done, I also backed the smaller ones, but these only with one paper. Then I arranged my flowers the way I wanted them and adhered them to the background. I used some foam adhesive to attach the smaller ones to add a bit of dimension and interest.

I fussy cut a few butterflies in different sizes as well as flowers and combined these with a few other embellies: die cuts, puffy stickers and wood veneer and glued these on my half flowers.

I tucked my photo behind one of the flowers and added my title for which I used the chipboard alphas. 

I wrote my journaling, added the date, and I was pretty much done. Oh, and black splatters of course! 

Hope you like my layout! I'll be back with a new one next week! 

Thanks for stopping by,

X

Zsoka