Hi friends! Valerie Bisson here today and I’m so happy to share a new layout with you featuring Paige’s new Happy Haven collection and her Congrats Grad Cut File.
I chose a graduation photo of my daughter that I hadn’t scrapbooked yet and printed it at 8x 0” but ended up trimming it down to 5.25x10” - it fit my design better at this size. To document this photo I selected the Congrats Grad cut file. I started with white cardstock for the main outline of the cut file, followed by 3 of the floral papers: Paper 5, Paper 8, and Paper 9, a yellow cardstock, and a black cardstock, for a dynamic looking backed cut file. Next I took the cut file, placed it on the left side of the page, and lightly traced around it on the background to give me a guide so that I could add stamped flowers with the Happy Haven Acrylic Stamps in black ink. I stamped the seed pack image 3 times on different papers, fussy cut parts of the image, and layered them together on the bottom right. I also watered down the ink for some tiny sprinkles mixed in with the stamping. Before adhering the cut file to my page I added hand stitching using a back stitch in white thread outlining the star and the 2022 of the cut file. To me the stitching adds a wonderful textural element. Next I punched 2 border strips from Paper 9 with my favorite edge punch and added it to the top and bottom edges of the page. For a little embellishment I added pieces from the Floral Die Cuts, Journaling Die Cuts, Cardstock Stickers, and gold glittery stars from my stash. Lastly a little sprinkle of Distress Spritz in Fossilized Amber adds the perfect gold shimmer. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you’re inspired to create with Happy Haven and Paige’s Cut Files.
SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, die cuts, stickers, embellishments: HAPPY HAVEN; white cardstock; Cut file: Congrats Grad by Paige Evans
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