Guest Designer | Jennifer Orr

Hello everyone! Jennifer Orr here! You can find me on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.

As soon as I saw this Tree cut file by Paige I knew I wanted to play off the idea of the Giving Tree. It is a favorite book around here and in the photo of my son, he is reading the book. Since I wanted the tree to be the focal element I placed the photo of my son underneath. I love rainbows so I used Paper 03 from the Horizon collection along with some papers from the 6x8 Paper Pad for the leaves.

I wanted the tree to have a base so I hand cut some strips of green patterned paper and fringe cut the strips for texture. For the title I used Foam Mini Thickers from the Whimsical collection and I added a few embellishments (sun, birds, mushroom, and mini trees) from Paige's newest collection - Truly Grateful.

For my second layout I knew I wanted to stitch this awesome Pie Chart Heart cut file. I filled the inside pieces with a rainbow of papers from Whimsical and Horizon. For the center I traced the outline of the cut file and used that to cut my photo into a heart shape. I then offset it to create the paper frame around the photo.

I have always loved how Paige mixes and matches her Thickers so I used that technique here to create a title border around the cut file. I used Thickers from Paige's Whimsical, Horizon, Oh My Heart, Turn the Page, and Pick-Me-Up collections. I just love all the colors together.


For my final layout I knew I wanted to do something with Paige's Layered Butterfly cut files. I decided on one Layered Butterfly design and knew I wanted to create a rainbow of layered butterflies.

To create a large focal element I first cut a large butterfly out of my background paper and then layered with strips of paper from Paige's Horizon, Oh My Heart, and Take Me Away collections. I fringed the strips for some texture and then stitched around the edge for dimension. I then cut coordinating papers for the layered butterflies. I had these photos of monarchs at the botanical garden and the colors coordinated perfectly with the papers so I layered the butterflies around my photos as if they were all flying together.

For the title I cut out a sentiment from a Horizon 2x2 Paper Pad and added a butterfly Chipboard Sticker for some color. I really love how all these colors work together and the dimension these layered butterflies give is gorgeous!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to check out Paige's cut files and scrapbook collections!

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Flower Ampersand Layout by Jamie Pate

Hey dear friends. It's Jamie Pate here and today I am excited to share with you a most recent layout for this blog.

You may or may not have noticed a bit of an obsession with yellow lately. I love to go through Paige's collections and pull single colors together. Today's layout was no exception. Except...well, I guess there is one exception... this layout has a big statement with that oh so beautiful Flower Ampersand cut file. Using Whimsical Paper 10, I cut the Flower Ampersand from the yellow ombre paper. Really love how the subtle change in color played out with this paper cut.

After the Flower Ampersand was cut, and still on the mat, I pulled the positive 12x12 paper off the mat. I laid it down on my white cardstock background. Then piece by piece, I adhered the negative pieces back in place, but making sure it was attached to the white background cardstock. This may be an obvious tip. Trust me on this. After removing the 12x12 positive part of the cut, I was then left with the ampersand pattern full of florals and what not on the background page. This took a bit to craft. But I thoroughly enjoyed the creative and therapeutic process. And I most especially love how beautiful this background turned out.

Staying with the yellow vibe, I pulled additional yellow embellishments from Whimsical. I layered the 'playful' Sticker with the yellow 'slide frame' also from that same Sticker set. I cut out the 'whimsical' word from Paper 18 as well as fussy cut flowers from Paper 07 and a heart from Paper 21. When adhering both the ampersand flower pieces as well as the embellishment cluster the attempt was to make these pieces appear like they are floating. I avoid adhering them flat. Using hot glue as well as dimensional pop dots helps create this technique.

Use a large cut file to make a big impact on your page. Embellish with the same colors in and around the photo. Remember to use patterned paper to fussy cut additional custom pieces that fit the vibe. And tell your story beautifully every time.

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper, stickers, embellishments: WHIMSICAL; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3; Cut file: Flower Ampersand by Paige Evans

Location: Colorado, USA / Blog: Jamie Pate Designs / Instagram: @jamiepate
YouTube: Jamie Pate / Pinterest: @jamiepate / Facebook: Jamie Pate Designs

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This is the Good Stuff Layout

I created a new layout featuring my Flower Circle Sketch & Stitch cut file paired with a bit of Truly Grateful!

I started by having my Silhouette Cameo 3 draw the Flower Circle cut file with a pencil in the first tool holder and then it made holes for stitching with a ratchet blade in the second tool holder. All ready to stitch! 

Love these cut files and the versatility!

I used an ombre thread with a few different colors (dark pink, light pink, lime green, and light blue) that I found at Michaels and spent several hours hand stitching the entire design. I think it took about 8-10 hours to stitch. It's my zen though - I thoroughly enjoy hand stitching.

Once finished stitching I set the page aside and actually forgot about it for a few months because it was buried under a different layout! When I found it again I was excited to complete it. I chose a recent photo of Fox & Jane up at Winter Park ski resort this summer. The flowers were in full bloom and oh so pretty. Had to get a picture.

For the background I used the pink ombre striped B-side of Paper 23. I cut out the Flower Circle and glued it in place on the background. I layered the photo over a few Journaling Spots on the right edge of the circle. I added a few Stickers, Puffy Stickers, and Epoxy Stickers for embellishments and then sprinkled on a few Wooden Buttons.

I wrote journaling with a blue pen along the inside curve of the circle to finish.

I hope this layout inspires you to check out my Sketch & Stitch cut files and Truly Grateful collection! Thanks for stopping by!


SUPPLIES: Patterned paper, die cuts, buttons, stickers, embellishments: TRULY GRATEFUL; Cut file: Flower Circle Sketch & Stitch by Paige Evans; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3

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Make Your Own Magic Layout by Elsie Robinson

Hey everyone, it’s Elsie Robinson here, and I’m so excited to be sharing my first layout using the Truly Grateful collection. Whenever I get a new collection, I’m like a kid in a candy store and I just want to use everything! All of the papers in this collection are so pretty that I wanted to use an intricate cut file so I could use as many as possible! I used the gorgeous Flower Scroll cut file.

 As with all of Paige’s collections, there are so many papers with the most amazing patterns and colors that are perfect to use for backing cut files. I grabbed Paper 08, Paper 09, Paper 14, and pPaper 21, as well as the 6x8 Paper Pad to back the cut file. Each flower was backed with a different pattern from those papers and I used the green patterns from Paper 02, Paper 03, and Paper 20 to back the leaves. After auditioning several papers to back the scroll part of the cut file, I settled on Paper 15 because you can never go wrong with a pink ombré pattern! However the curled parts of the scroll didn’t end up standing out as much as I would like, so to fix that I used a dark pink colored pencil and colored over those parts to create a darker shade of pink. I also did some hand-stitching around the edge of the scroll to help it stand out a little more. I had so much fun using this cut file!

I used the gorgeous blue star ombre pattern from Paper 13 as my background because I liked how it contrasted against the pink scroll. To embellish, I fussy-cut lots of leaves from Paper 03 and clustered them behind the cut file for some extra whimsy. I also couldn’t resist using some of the Floral Die Cuts, and the butterfly, bird and toadstool embellishments (from the Ephemera Die Cuts, Stickers, and Puffy Stickers) were too cute not to add!

This cut file is great because it basically dictates your layout design for you, since the scroll is the perfect place to add your photos, title, and journaling. I used the ‘make your own magic’ Epoxy Sticker as my title, typed my journaling onto some vellum, and I created a photo strip of three photos so everything could fit inside the scroll perfectly!

Thanks for stopping by everyone!

SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, stickers, embellishments: TRULY GRATEFUL; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3; Cut file: Flower Scroll by Paige Evans

Location: England / Blog: Hey Elsie / Instagram: @heyelsie_ / Facebook: Elsie Robinson / YouTube: Elsieeee / Pinterest: heyelsie

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Diced Circles Layout by Zsoka Marko

Hello crafty friends, Zsoka Marko here with a new layout for the Paige Evans Design Team! I actually made another boys layout - I hope some of you will be happy about it!

There were some comments in Paige's Facebook group how there is not enough boy layout inspiration out there. When I started scrapbooking I hardly ever used feminine things on my layouts and boy, it was hard! I say, use whatever you want on your layouts, don't limit yourselves by what other people consider to be the "norm" or acceptable! I love Paige's collections because there are literally all the colors of the rainbow in them and as such, you can easily come up with color combos that are great for boys. Truly Grateful, the collection I've used on today's project, has lots of generic embellies too that work on any layout!

The cut file I chose is called Diced Circles - I just added an outline so that I could use the die cut as a separate layer, and it was not just a shape in my background - if that makes any sense! At this point I didn't have ideas as to what to do with it, I just wanted to back it first. I chose various shades of blue and green papers and went from darkest to lightest. And then the unimaginable happened...

What a mess! Glue all over my cut file and patterned paper, ohemgee!!! It happened at night and with my boy asleep, I could not use my Cameo, so I had to come up with something to save whatever I could. I cut out the damaged piece and right away I had an idea! What if I cut it apart and piece it all back together, like a pie chart? I printed a big photo to fill in the empty space - it's kinda awesome how Maxim's t-shirt has similar color stripes as the papers I chose for my cut file! Total accident.

I played with the arrangement for quite a while. I kept cutting the cut file into more pieces. Some of the pie pieces have a white border, some don't, but this seemed like the only way to go and to be honest it doesn't bug me much. I added foam adhesive behind some of them for some dimension and interest. I went through all embellies, picked out whatever matched my chosen colors, and scattered them around the circle. I added my title plus some additional words, just because I liked the colors and they fit the theme of my picture. I stitched these down so they stay put for sure. To finish off my page, I wrote my (barely visible) journaling and added my date. Done!

I hope you like this layout and I could inspire you in some small way! Happy crafting!

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper, stickers, embellishments: Truly Grateful; Cut file: Diced Circles by Paige Evans

Blog: apocketfullofscrap.blogspot.com / Instagram: @zsoka_marko / Facebook: Zsoka Marko / YouTube: Zsoka Marko

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A Day of Magic Layout by Brianna Lepper

Hey y'all! Brianna Lepper here with another scrapbook layout for the Paige Evans + Silhouette Design Team! I'm still completely obsessed with Paige's new Truly Grateful collection and wanted to use it to document a photo of my boys at Disneyland. Since we were about to walk down Main Street right after this photo was taken, I knew that Paige's Cityscape cut file would be perfect for this layout.

I took Paper 06 and cut it in half and placed the A-side face up on one half of my cutting mat and the B-side face up on the other half. Using my Silhouette Cameo 3, I then cut out the Cityscape cut file twice so that I could alternate each pattern. After it was cut out, I backed all of the windows in each building with some vellum from my stash and then used the B-side of Paper 07 to back the doors of each one.

I then decided that the trees from Paper 07 would also be perfect for this layout since I was starting to build a scene. So I fussy cut a few of the trees as well as a bunny and a chicken to save for embellishing later. While I was in the process of fussy cutting, I thought adding small flowers to the buildings would be just another fun detail on this page. So I cut the small florals from Paper 04 and ended up gluing them on the buildings. Cute right?! 

After everything was fussy cut and backed, I grabbed some American Crafts mint cardstock as the base for my page and began adhering everything down using adhesive from my stash. Before I added the rest of my embellishments, I took some white acrylic paint and watered it down a bit and added some splatters to my page. I love the way white paint looks on top of colored cardstock. I then fussy cut some butterflies from Paper 05 and glued those down. Then I added some birds and a few of the small circle stickers from the Epoxy Stickers and sprinkled those around my page. For my title, I used both the Thickers and a word from the Epoxy Stickers. I couldn't resist adding some of the gorgeous floral pieces from the Floral Die Cuts as well as the super duper cute animals and mushrooms from the Puffy Stickers. It all added a nice touch of whimsy to this page and I thought it was super fitting being that we were about to spend an entire day at the most magical place there is - Disneyland!

Thank y'all so much for stopping by! This layout was super quick and easy to make and I hope I've inspired you in some way today. Like I've said before, Paige has truly knocked it out of the park again with this Truly Grateful collection. I can't wait to create another project with it! See y'all in my next post!

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper, stickers, die cuts, embellishments: TRULY GRATEFUL; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3; Cut file: Cityscape by Paige Evans

Location: Louisiana, USA / Blog: I Love Paper Blog / Instagram: @briannalepper / Facebook: Brianna Nichole
YouTube: Brianna Lepper / Pinterest: Brianna Lepper

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You Adore Unicorns Layout

I made a layout just for fun using Truly Grateful and my new Unicorn cut file!

Last weekend I was feeling super unmotivated, no mojo, creativity kaput. Usually when that happens I switch gears to mini albums and I had pulled out everything to start my October 2018 mini album when BAM. Mojo gone. So I did some computer work, wrote blog posts, and knocked other things off my to-do list. Somewhere in between all of that I cut this Unicorn cut file from white cardstock with a Silhouette Cameo 3.

After I cut out the unicorn I asked Jane to go put on some unicorn stuff. She did and I snapped a few photos. Please tell me I'm not the only one who takes pictures of my kids solely to match cut files lol! I had about an hour before I needed to be at the church for an activity and I already had an idea of what I wanted to do with this cut file. So I just sat down at my desk, backed the horn with gold glitter paper and the ears with a couple Truly Grateful papers then plopped on a bunch of the Floral Die Cuts. From there the creative juices started flowing again. That's all it took! Just simply sitting down and starting, pushing around paper and stickers.

I printed off the photo of Jane snapped only hours earlier and tucked it into the flowers. I chose the dark purple B-side of Paper 04 for my background. Before adding the unicorn on top I did some stitching & mixed media. I drew lines connecting to a point behind the unicorn with a white pen and then used a sewing machine to stitch over the lines using gold thread first and then light purple thread. This creates a fun, textured background drawing the eye into the main focal point.

Then I splashed gold paint, watered down white acrylic paint, and Pastel Dreams watercolors on top. In every other section I added sequins from the Mixed Embellishments as well as round Epoxy Stickers and Puffy Stickers for little pops of color that look like candy.

For the title I cut an Epoxy Sticker sentiment in half to get just the "YOU", added gold "ADORE" Puffy Phrase Stickers, and finished with the Thickers to say "UNICORNS". YOU ADORE UNICORNS :) She sure does! To finish I wrote a bit of journaling on a piece of a Journaling Spot and tucked it under the left side of the photo to balance the title.

I hope this layout inspires you in some way! I love creating layouts just for fun and only wish I had filmed the process :) Be sure to check out my cut files and new Truly Grateful collection!

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper, die cuts, stickers, sequins: TRULY GRATEFUL; Cut file: Unicorn by Paige Evans; Sewing machine: Brother; Threads: Coats & Clark; White pen: Uniball Signo; white cardstock; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3; Prima - Pastel Dreams watercolors; white acrylic paint

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Exuma Mini Album by Missy Whidden

Hey, friends! Missy Whidden here with a fun mini album featuring Paige’s new Truly Grateful. I used Paige’s Mini Album Tabbed Edges cut file as an album base and I used all five of Paige’s Stencils to add lots of texture. I just love how it turned out!

I went color crazy since I used lots of photos from a recent trip to Exuma, Bahamas. I wanted it to be thick and chunky with lots of texture and color, and this collection was perfect. This cut file was just what I needed and the tabbed edges make it so unique and interesting.

The main embellishment I used to decorate the album is flowers. I used quite a bit of those from the Floral Die Cuts. The first thing I did after cutting the album base on textured white cardstock was coat it with white gesso. I used modeling paste over different Stencils on each page and let it dry. I pulled out all the bright Shimmerz sprays and colored each page a different color. I fussy cut lots of flowers, butterflies, and leaves from the 6x8 Paper Pad to use also.

I added in a few more pages that I just traced and cut using more papers from the 6x8 Paper Pad. I adore this plaid paper. I decided to leave it as is because it’s just so beautiful on its own.

I wrote journaling on the back side of that paper and added a few Flowers. The next page has more Stencil work, photos, and Flowers.

I used the 12x12 Paper Pad to fussy cut “magical” for this page. I also decided to create a little shaker page. It was simple to do. I used packaging from stickers, cut it down, sewed the edges together, and then added sequins from the Mixed Embellishments. I love the detail and fun pop of texture this adds!

It flips just like a page since I punched holes in it. I like that you can see through it to the next page. I added pink Shimmerz to this page and machine stitched using blue thread. I used a big sun Epoxy Sticker here and added in yellow tangled thread.

This is my favorite page I think! I used white embroidery thread to stitch this heart found in the Ephemera Die Cuts - the holes are already there just waiting to be stitched! Once I stitched it, I used Shimmerz sprays to lightly color the thread. Then I used all the same colors of matching thread and created a big circle to go behind the heart to create a messy rainbow of texture. I focused on “sunshine” (from the Ephemera Die Cuts) on the second page using the Sunburst Rays Stencil, lots of yellows & oranges, and a butterfly from the Stickers. I also used yellow thread to stitch along all the rays.

More of the same for this spread: flowers, fussy cutting, stitching, and stickers.

The final pages center around all the animals we saw in the islands.  I used more fussy cut pieces, a sticker, and colorful Foam Mini Thickers from the Whimsical collection.

I sprayed the back with pink Shimmerz.

Here are a few detailed images. To add detail to the open heart, I wrapped embroidery thread around the outside edge. I also added yellow thread behind the sun.

I can’t get enough of this texture! I absolutely love Paige’s Stencils and the effects they create.

Have you ever made a sequin pocket like this? The stitching turned out a little messy, but I like it that way.

To get the rainbow colors on this originally white thread, I just lightly rubbed the nozzles of the ink sprays over it. I used my finger to smudge it in a little bit more. All the thread on the back side of it helped to pop it off the page a bit.

I love the detail that stitching adds!

Once I added the silver rings, I tied on matching ribbons from my stash. I also tied on a few of the Horizon Charms with embroidery thread. So cute!

I hope this inspires you to use the Truly Grateful collection for a bright and colorful mini album! I loved making this line work with summer photos. Be sure to check out my process video for all the details!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper, stickers, die cuts, embellishments, sequins: TRULY GRATEFUL; Charms: HORIZON; Thickers: WHIMSICAL; white cardstock; white acrylic paint; gesso; inks; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3; Cut file: Mini Album Tabbed Edges by Paige Evans; Stencils by Paige Evans

Blog: littlenuggetcreations.blogspot.com  Instagram: @missywhidden  Pinterest: @missywhidden
Facebook: missy.whidden  YouTube: Missy Whidden

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