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Happy spring layout for THE CUT SHOPPE

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Hey friends, 

it's Lisa on the blog and today I'm sharing my last layout for TheCutShoppe.


The cutfile I'm using is called Happy spring, you can find it by clicking on this link. :)

For this layout, I wanted to use very bright spring colors, so I chose pink, yellow and mint. I went through my paper scrap stash and chose all the ones that I thought would look good together, then I traced all the letters on the mint and pink papers and cut them out. 


For my background, I created three stripes of color, using acylics, on a white cardstock sheet. Then I adhered my letters to the mint and pink sections. I wasn't careful with the placement of the letters, I wanted them to be a bit crooked, so that when I placed the cutfile on top, they would't match perfectly. If you have been following me for a while, I'm sure you know that I like doing this. I like when the letters peek out from the sides.


The yellow section was still empty at this point. I wanted to place my photo there but I also needed something else to fill up more space. So I went back to my cutfiles and used one of the flowers from the Spring Flowers cutfile. I backed it, as well as my photo, with a yellow patterned paper. I thought it would be cool if the flower had a stem going down to the green section. So I cretated a stem with leaves and a cute little knot. 


I went through my stash and chose a lot of cute little details to add. Stickers, ephemera pieces... I added them all to the corresponding section. To finish I splattered some paint. 
I hope you like how it turned out. 


I want to thank Ashley Horton again for giving me the chance to work with her great cutfiles.

Don't forget that you can still purchase cutfiles on the CutShoppe website!!! :) 


Lisa
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Pretty in flowers layout for PINK PAISLEE

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Hi lovelies,
I'm back on the blog sharing this fun layout with you.
There is no better way to create an amazing layout, than to use the speciality paper from the #whimsical collection by @paigetaylorevans @pinkpaislee and put tons of colors behind those beautiful cut-out flowers. @lisafonseca fussy-cut all the flowers from the paper and created her own bouquet in this fun and bright layout.
When we got all the products from the Whimsical collection, this speciality paper immediately caught my eye. I love that it was included in the collection, since it was very different from what we usually get and since it was so interesting to try to figure out how to use it.
Of course, you can use it as is and there are a lot of people who did this and the layouts turned out beautifully, but in my head, I already had the idea to cut up the flowers and try to create my own bouquet.
There is no better way to create an amazing layout, than to use the speciality paper from the #whimsical collection by @paigetaylorevans @pinkpaislee and put tons of colors behind those beautiful cut-out flowers. @lisafonseca fussy-cut all the flowers from the paper and created her own bouquet in this fun and bright layout.
So to start, I chose a colorful paper from the collection that I would use to back the speciality sheet. With that paper, all the parts would have different colors without me having to chose different papers and backing every piece on its own. When everything was adhered, I cut out all the pieces leaving a thick border.
There is no better way to create an amazing layout, than to use the speciality paper from the #whimsical collection by @paigetaylorevans @pinkpaislee and put tons of colors behind those beautiful cut-out flowers. @lisafonseca fussy-cut all the flowers from the paper and created her own bouquet in this fun and bright layout.
When I had all my pieces, I wanted to add some details. So I went into my stash of thread and stitched through the middle of the leaves and did a bunch of little french knots in the middle of the flowers. I think that this turned out so cute and it added so much to those flowers and leaves.
As a background, I chose this suuuuper adorable mini heart paper. This was my favorite paper from the beginning and I absolutely wanted to use it as a background, it's so pretty!!
There is no better way to create an amazing layout, than to use the speciality paper from the #whimsical collection by @paigetaylorevans @pinkpaislee and put tons of colors behind those beautiful cut-out flowers. @lisafonseca fussy-cut all the flowers from the paper and created her own bouquet in this fun and bright layout.
I chose a picture I took in vacation last June, matted it with some scraps of patterned paper and placed it on the layout. Then I gathered all the flowers and leaves between the bottom right side of the page and the picture.
There is no better way to create an amazing layout, than to use the speciality paper from the #whimsical collection by @paigetaylorevans @pinkpaislee and put tons of colors behind those beautiful cut-out flowers. @lisafonseca fussy-cut all the flowers from the paper and created her own bouquet in this fun and bright layout.
As a title, I used an ephemera piece and the thickers from the collection. Then I splattered some gold color shine and I was done! :)
Thank you so much for stopping by :)
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Christmas projects featuring DCWV products

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Hi scrappy friends,

today I'm sharing a super cute Christmas project and a Christmas layout I made using some wonderful DCWV products. I had the chance to have been sent the Magical Holiday 12x12 Paper stack and the Very Merry project trees from DCWV which you can get at Joann stores :)





Using the pastel paper stack, I created a fun and wintery layout. 


I started with two cutfiles, this cute bear from 2Cute Ink and this snowflake cutfile by Paige Evans (Design: 238513). To back the bear cutfile, I used a bunch of papers from the paper stack. Those cute, bright and pastel colors make for a fresh and wintery look and I love to use non-traditional colors for my Christmas projects. :)

I did a bit of mixed media on my white 12x12 paper sheet and then placed the snowflake cutfile and my finished bear, which I had  hand-stitched with white thread, on my layout. 

I embellished a bit more with some stickers included in the paper stack and some enamel dots, sequins and thickers from my stash. 

For my second project, I used the Very Merry Trees pack. It includes 15 sheets of green metallic paper with which you can build christmas trees. Depending on how many layers you use, you trees get bigger or smaller.

I built 2 big trees and 3 smaller ones. 


When I was finished building them, I spray-painted them pink and mint. 
I used a long vase I had bought a few years ago, placed a piece of styrofoam in it, then stuck my trees in it. 
I used mini pompoms, sequins, gold glitter star stickers and little puffy stars to decorate them.


Then I used some cotton wool to place around the trees to make it look like snow and hide the styrofoam beneath them. 

I used thickers to write Merry Christmas on the vase (and yes... I wrote Merry Cristmas.... grrrr... but I was too lazy to stage everything again and take new pictures... ;) 


I also put mini LED lights into the cotton, it's just very difficult/impossible to see on the pictures. To finish my little arrangement, I sprinkled some stars and glitter on the "snow".


I hope you like it and are inspired to make your own Christmas projects with DCWV products :)

Have a beautiful week, see you soon :)

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Fall Day layout by Lisa

Friday, November 30, 2018

Hey lovelies,
I'm back with another cute fall layout using the Whimsical collection. 
As you can probably tell, I haven't been able to not use the collection this month... :)
@lisafonseca1985 is loving using two cutfiles in one layout lately. Looking for the perfect combination is so much fun, especially with so many @paigetaylorevans cutfiles to chose from. See how she used them in this fun fall layout with the #brandnew Paige Evans #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
When Paige posted this free cutfile in the Facebook group a few weeks ago, I was totally in love and knew I wanted to use it. I wanted it to be on part of the page and then I wanted a cute critter in the other corner. So I chose this hedgehog cutfile and when I had all the pieces put together, I stitched around it. I also backed the flower cutfile with a lot of different patterned papers. 
@lisafonseca1985 is loving using two cutfiles in one layout lately. Looking for the perfect combination is so much fun, especially with so many @paigetaylorevans cutfiles to chose from. See how she used them in this fun fall layout with the #brandnew Paige Evans #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
As a background, I chose this very light pink paper and I adhered the cutfiles using foam squares.
@lisafonseca1985 is loving using two cutfiles in one layout lately. Looking for the perfect combination is so much fun, especially with so many @paigetaylorevans cutfiles to chose from. See how she used them in this fun fall layout with the #brandnew Paige Evans #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
I used a picture I had taken a few days before, when I went to the woods with my kindergarten class. Never forget to also take pictures of yourself when you're in a pretty place... ;)
@lisafonseca1985 is loving using two cutfiles in one layout lately. Looking for the perfect combination is so much fun, especially with so many @paigetaylorevans cutfiles to chose from. See how she used them in this fun fall layout with the #brandnew Paige Evans #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
I matted the picture on some scraps of patterned paper and placed it on my layout. 
For the title, I used thickers from the Pick-me-up collection.
Then I embellished, using some flower stickers and ephemera, as well as some paper strips from the sticker book.
@lisafonseca1985 is loving using two cutfiles in one layout lately. Looking for the perfect combination is so much fun, especially with so many @paigetaylorevans cutfiles to chose from. See how she used them in this fun fall layout with the #brandnew Paige Evans #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee. 
@lisafonseca1985 is loving using two cutfiles in one layout lately. Looking for the perfect combination is so much fun, especially with so many @paigetaylorevans cutfiles to chose from. See how she used them in this fun fall layout with the #brandnew Paige Evans #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
To finish, I used some enamel dots and splattered some gold mist on the page.
@lisafonseca1985 is loving using two cutfiles in one layout lately. Looking for the perfect combination is so much fun, especially with so many @paigetaylorevans cutfiles to chose from. See how she used them in this fun fall layout with the #brandnew Paige Evans #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
This layout came together pretty fast, as soon as I had my cutfile backed and my hedgehog stitched. I REALLY love how it turned out, it makes me really happy! :)
I hope you like it too, thanks for being here and see you soon! :)
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Pumpkin cutfile mini album for PINK PAISLEE

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Hey friends,
welcome back to the blog. I'm very excited to share my newest mini album with you. I think it turned out very cool and special :)
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
I had this idea that I wanted to use a cutfile as a base for my album. I didn't want to make rectangular pages as I often do, I wanted to have something more... whimsical and "fallish" :)
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
So to start, I chose a cutfile. It was a pretty long process, because I couldn't decide on a cutfile and if I wanted to use different ones or only one and the same for every page... but eventually I decided on this pumpkin cutfile that I really love and have already used in my previous layout.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
I let my silhouette cut out 16 pumpkins without the stem and 2 whole pumpkins. I backed all  the stemless pumpkins (except 2) with four different patterned papers from the Whimsical collection. I chose papers that were pretty plain, that had only one color and didn't have a complicated pattern. I figured that it would be better to have neutral bases to put the pictures and embellishments on. Then I stitched around the backed cutfiles with gold and pink metallic thread. It didn't turn out perfect, because I'm really not that good at machine-stitching, but that's part of the whole whimsical style, I think :) Then I adhered two pumpkins, back on back, not putting tape on one side, so that they would create a little pocket to put some more pictures in. I hope you understand what I mean... ;)
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
For the cover, I backed one of the cutfiles that had the stem, but I didn't only use one paper, I used several patterned papers, to make the cover really colorful. Then I adhered the last cutfile to the back. I hand-stitched a bit of every part of the pumpkin using matching colors.
To finish the cover, I used some fabric flowers and gold thickers from the Auburn Lane collection.
I put a rose gold eyelet on every pumpkin page and then used a ring to create the album.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
After the whole thing was put together, it was time to embellish the pages.
I knew I wanted to use pictures from our day in Disneyland Paris, so I thought of taking a lot of fun pictures that day and I think they turned out really cool and happy.
I repeated the same process to decorate every page. Matting the pictures on a patterned paper, adhering them with foam tape, embellishing with a few stickers, puffy stickers, ephemera pieces and enamel dots, adding some punched-out stars and finally writing one or a few words with the mini tickers from the collection. I also splattered some gold mist on every page.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.

Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Like I said, every pumpkin is sort of a pocket, so I was able to put some photos in there that I didn't have the space to put on the pages.
I adhered them on these little frames that I cut out from one of the patterned papers or on some other piece of paper and attached them with a glittered brad. I also adhered a little flag to them, so it was easier to see where they were and to pull them out.
Here all all of the pages... enjoy! :)
Pumpkin mini album 17
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
This page, is a shaker pocket. I created it with a plastic sheet and my fuse tool, filling it with sequins from the Auburn Lane collection.
Pumpkin mini album 13
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Here, I laminated a cutfile and stitched the word "Disneyland", using different threads and a chain-link-stitch.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.

Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
Creating #minialbums is soooo much fun, @lisafonseca1985 thinks. She created her new mini album starting with a pumpkin cutfile, patterned papers and thread. See how she put the whole album together, using @paigetaylorevans new #whimsical collection by @pinkpaislee.
To finish the album and give it one last cute touch, I created this little tassel with paper pearls and a paper tassel. I love making those, they are the cutest :)
I hope you like the album and had fun reading through this.
Thank you

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