Good morning SCT friends, Paige Evans here! I have a new layout to share today which includes a free cut file called EAT SLEEP SCRAP REPEAT, which I think many of us can relate to!

Eat Sleep Scrap Repeat Free Cut File by Paige Evans for Scrapbook & Cards Today

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Here is what I created with this cut file…

Eat Sleep Scrap Repeat layout by Paige Evans for Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine

Supplies: Patterned paper, die cuts: Pink Paislee; Scalloped border punch: Fiskars; gesso; white acrylic paint; Watercolors: Pastel Dreams & Tropicals by Prima; white cardstock; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3; Cut file: Eat, Sleep, Scrap, Repeat by Paige Evans

First, I cut the cut file from white cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo 3. To help back the letters quickly, inside Silhouette Studio I ungrouped the shape and deleted everything except the letters, offset the letters slightly, and then trimmed 3″ square patterned papers to fill a sticky mat. I ran it through my machine twice to cut all 19 letters in seconds. You can see a tutorial for this process in THIS YouTube video I created.

Next, I used liquid glue to adhere the patterned paper pieces to the back of the cut file and then turned it over to reveal the magic!

Eat Sleep Scrap Repeat layout by Paige Evans for Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine

On the B-side of Paper 21 (a pretty and subtle periwinkle pattern) from my Horizon collection with Pink Paislee, I did some mixed media work. I started by scraping white gesso across the background and let it dry. Then I splashed watered down white acrylic paint on top. Once that dried I pooled water all across and dropped & splashed Prima – Pastel Dreams & Tropicals watercolors into the water and dried it all up with a hairdryer. Tip: Since this process warped the page a lot, I ran it through a Minc machine about six times to smooth it out.

Eat Sleep Scrap Repeat layout by Paige Evans for Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine

I adhered the backed title onto the layout using dimensional adhesive for shadows and depth. Behind the heart on the top right corner, I placed a 3″ square photo of my daughter Jane scrapping with me. It’s my dream come true to have a scrapping buddy! I treasure these shared moments of crafting together.

Eat Sleep Scrap Repeat layout by Paige Evans for Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine

Then I came in with a new pack of flower die cuts from the Horizon collection and added a bunch of them color-on-color to the letters using foam adhesive again for more dimension. For a bit of texture, I used a scalloped border punch and white cardstock to make two different sized borders and machine stitched them to the top and bottom edges of the title. To finish I wrote journaling with a white pen in the open space at the bottom of the page.

Eat Sleep Scrap Repeat layout by Paige Evans for Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine

I hope this layout inspires you to join my Happy Scrappy Place Facebook group to get free weekly cut files! I’d love for you to join me over there too!

~ Paige Evans

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