Thank you for joining us for the second hour of our interNational Scrapbook Day event! Didn’t you love Lisa’s star layout last hour? Are you already dreaming of what you’ll make with that PageMaps sketch? We’re excited to see. As a reminder, today’s event schedule looks like this:
9:00 AM: PageMaps sketch challenge & a starry layout from Lisa Dickinson! (click here)
10:00 AM: Join designer Paige Evans with a pretty floral challenge <—-we are here!
12:00 PM: Join designer Virginia Nebel with a travel challenge
2:00 PM: Join designer Meghann Andrew with a birthday challenge
4:00 PM: Join designer Wendy Sue Anderson with a fun Disney challenge
6:00 PM: Join designer Nathalie DeSousa with a Spring colour challenge
7:00 PM: Join our Creative Editor Jen Gallacher as we wrap up the day!
This hour it’s all about the flowers! And who best to host a fun floral challenge but our very own Paige Evans!
“Hello everyone, happy International Scrapbook Day! I’m here with you to share a new layout using one of my favorite techniques: backing a cut file! And I’ve created this cut file for you to use too!
SUPPLIES: Patterned paper, stickers: Pink Paislee; Cut file: Flower Bunch by Paige Evans; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3; Cardstock: American Crafts; white acrylic paint; Prima watercolors
I started by cutting my Flower Bunch cut file from white cardstock using a Silhouette Cameo 3. Since the design is so intricate it took about 20 minutes so I unloaded the dishwasher and watered the flowers while it was cutting. Gotta love multitasking!
Once the machine finished cutting out the image I carefully peeled it off the mat and then set about backing each of the flowers and leaves. I actually had my machine help me with this. I ungrouped the original design in a new document, kept the inner pieces of all the flowers and leaves only, and then offset those pieces to make them slightly larger.
After deleting the original inner pieces and being left with the slightly larger offset pieces, I cut out the pieces in groups from different colors of patterned paper from my Horizon collection with Pink Paislee. All-in-all it still took about two hours to back this entire design, but when I flipped it over after gluing the last piece in place, it was totally worth it!
I flipped through the Horizon Project Pad to find a coordinating color of paper on which to build my page. I chose a bright pink and did some simple mixed media on the background: I splashed watered down white acrylic paint and dark blue watercolors across and let it dry. Then I adhered the backed flower cut file onto the layout using dimensional adhesive so it pops off a bit and creates depth & shadows.
I chose two photos of me and my son Fox because the colors matched perfectly! I printed them at home and trimmed them out leaving a white border which I love doing because it helps the photos stand out more. I tucked the photos into the design on the left and right edges and trimmed any excess.
Embellishing was kept to a minimum and I only used two word stickers, a chipboard sentiment label sticker, and a fussy cut flower/phrase from the 2×2 paper pads. I wrote journaling with a matching blue pen under the right photo.
Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! Be sure to download this cut file too:
download HERE
Happy International Scrapbook Day!
Challenge:
Your challenge, should you choose to accept, is to create a layout where you either create flowers as Paige has done, use a fun floral paper (fussy cut those blooms!) or it could be a layout about your garden! No matter what you do, let’s see those flowers!
Challenge Guidelines:
- Create a layout based on the floral challenge above and send an image of it to us at ideas@scrapbookandcards.com.
- Please put “iNSD floral challenge” in your reference line.
- Please ensure your image is less than 2mb.
- You have until May 15th to send your submission to us. We will share a selection of today’s challenge submissions on May 17th!
GIVEAWAY!
This hour we want to celebrate flowers, Paige Evans and Pink Paislee with a fun prize package from Pink Paislee of course!
To enter our iNSD giveaways:
- Leave a comment below by May 15th;
- For a second entry, leave a comment on the post with this prize on our Instagram page – @sctmagazine;
- For a third entry, leave a comment on the post with this prize on our Facebook page;
- One winner for each prize today will be randomly selected and announced on May 17th.
- You do not have to participate in the challenge for our hourly prizes…but we would love it if you do!
Please join us for our next challenge at 12:00 pm with Virginia Nebel!
Join us again at 12:00 pm!
I love this cut file from Paige Evans! I recently joined her facebook page, and I am excited every day by all of the inspiration (and free cut files)!
An inspirational masterpiece from Paige once again! Oh the talent… and patience! 💕💕💕
You only go for the second challenge and you are already making me want to try to do some! but I do not know if I can. In any case, thanks for the opportunity to win such great prizes !! Happy Scrapbooking Day !!!
I just finished the PageMaps challenge. Loved it! Now I need to go see if I have any photos that will work with flowers!
Lovely page. Seeing pages like that make me want a newer die cutter machine.
Love, love flowers. Thanks for a fun contest and chance to win!
What a fabulous cut file! Your example is spectacular. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
Soooo pretty! I’ve tried backing cut files before but nothing this intricate. I love how it looks.
Paige’s cut files are always beautifully detailed!
Love her page – thanks for the challenge and chance to win!
I love this cut file by Paige Evan’s!!!
Gorgeous cut file and gorgeous layout! Thanks for the chance to win!
Gorgeous page. Love the die cut bouquet of flowers.
The colors really pick up on the colors in the pictures.
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What a gorgeous layout! i love the bright colors! Thank you for the chance!!!
This Horizon paper collection is beautiful. Everything I’ve seen from this collection is gorgeous.
Thanks so much for the free cut file its beautiful and also for a change to win 😊
Paige Evans has the best cut files! This layout is gorgeous!
Gorgeous layout! Love the explosion of flowers and the white border on each element is such a defining element – love it!
I love this cut file and the layout Paige did. The colors are so vivid. I’m not sure I have this kind of patience, but would like to try!
Paige’s pages are always so colourful and fun. This one is beautiful!! Thanks for the chance to win.
Love the flowers placed at an angle like that. Great layout!
I love today! So much awesomeness and inspiration and as always Paige bringing the WOW!
Awesome cut file, thank you!
I love Paige Evans and I am so glad Pink Paislee picked her up for a designer. They make remarkable products together.
What a beautiful floral spray! So many layouts come to mind, wedding, Spring, gardening, decorating, …..
SO beautiful! Love the lacy feel to it and of course Flowers – my favorite!
This is a glorious cut file and it’s been beautifully showcased in this lovely layout.
Sounds like a lot of work, but looks fantastic!
Oh I love those flowers and I love PP…what an awesome combination
Beautiful way to start the month of May! Love your layout!
Beautiful way to start the month of May! Thanks for sharing your technique and wonderful page!
Beautiful page. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love Paige’s layout. The cut file is gorgeous and the colors she used are so beautiful. Thanks for the chance to win this great prize.
Thank you for a chance to win!
Gorgeous cut file! Love this beautiful layout by Paige!
On this rather cool and rainy day, this layout and cut file help me to think of the flowers in my garden, and not the weeding I have to do when the rain stops!
I always love to see Paige’s work, it is so inspiring. I can’t wait to download and use this beautiful cut file, I can see it on many different projects, not jus layouts.
I don’t have a way to cut files, but it sure is pretty and I know lots of people will be using it!
Paige’s layout is just beautiful!
It’s beautiful! Thank you for sharing the gorgeous cut file. I can’t wait to use it. Happy International Scrapbook Day!
So pretty and spring-y!
Gorgeous page! Love all the flowers and cut file!
Gorgeous LO! Loving the cut file. Its so intricate and you have added so many pretty background papers. Thank you so much for sharing this lovely design! 🙂
Wow, what a beautiful and intricate flower design, definitely a labour of love and I would be framing it! Thanks for the ideas and I just love Pink Paislee, so keeping my fingers crossed!
Love the layout, it turned out lovely
Love this challenge, I have so many photos of flowers! Thanks for the chance to win!
Wow! I love everything about this layout; especially the beautiful spring colours. Gorgeous!
Paige Evans and flowers, always gorgeous! Can’t wait to make something floral!
So lovely!
Absolutely delightful layout! Thank you Paige for sharing this with us and for the file to download:)
Beautiful cut file. Thank you Paige. I’m going to give this a try later and see how my Scan n Cut does.
Thanks for the awesome cut file. Happy NSD everyone!
I love how delicate the flowers are. Nice
What a beautiful cut file. Thanks for the amazing inspiration. Always love spending NSD with SCT!!!
no machine but I will see if I can cut some flowers. I don’t have any scrap buddies (except on here) but I am having a nice relaxing day.
The cut file is cool, but I don’t the patience to do all that backing and trimming. Love using flowers on my layouts. Fun challenge!
Paige, love this cut file – thanks so much. I’m thinking it might be a good coloring page as well.
Hoping the cut file will look good with a floral paper backing it, otherwise thats a lot of trimming!!
A beautiful layout. I do not have a cutting machine (yet), but I save images for when I do. I enjoy fussy cutting though. Thank you for this inspiration and give away.
We NEED flowers! Bye winter!
Beautiful cut-file and layout!!
I wish I knew how to use these cut files, such a cute layout! Maybe someday I will have time to figure out how to do this 😊
This is SO gorgeous!!
I was lucky enough to win from Pink Fresh at Christmas, so please skip over me for this give away. But I to express my appreciation for the fabulous. cut file. Hope my cranky Scan n Cut likes it too.
Thank you for sharing once again one of your awesome layouts with us, Paige. I can literally see how much work you put into this piece of art. Wonderful!
Fabulous cut file, thank you! The layout is a breath of Spring!
Sweet layout! I really like it! Happy iNSD Paige Evans andSCT ❤️
Beautiful layout! So colourful!! Thank-you for sharing how you back your cutfile with all those patterned papers, that’s very helpful!
Omg what an amazing cutfile! Thank you! Happy iNSD 💛💜
I love those colors!
Amazing layout I love this cut file and how it brings life to the picture that is already so cute!
What a beautiful page. Thank you so much for the gorgeous cut file.
So beautiful and delicate! My first time using a floral cut file!
Thanks for the prize giveaway Pink Paislee!
Ah, Paige & those flowers. Gotta love her.
Simply stunned. I need to use cut files more.
Lovely layout. Flowers are my favourite,
You can never go wrong with flowers in May and I knew Paige would not disappoint. Great layout!
Great page and fun challenge. Hope I get time to do it
So pretty in Pink and thank you Pink Paislee!
What a pretty cut file! Beautiful layout!
What a wonderful freebie. Gorgeous florals and this layout is beautiful.
Paige Evans always makes me want a die cut machine so bad! Gorgeous!
Wat gorgeous floral layout and it’s a free cut file! I love floral layouts and one of my favorite pages to make! Thank you for the chance to win and Happy interNSD! 🌸🌸
I love celebrating INSD with y’all!
Love all the pretty flowers!!!
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Cute layout, love the pretty flowers.
pretty layout. love the cut file. wish I could use my cricut explore air to ungroup and cut the backing for these cutfiles. Happy NSD everyone!
Beautiful layout. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
This is so gorgeous!!
Oh my gosh – great idea. Beautiful.
I love everything Paige makes!
Such beautiful inspiration from Paige Evans! This layout is so gorgeous! Happy International Scrapbook Day and thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks for the giveaway. : )
I love the cutfile, she did a great job with the backing.
What an intricate cut file and beautiful layout! I don’t think I’d have the patience but I love the result!
Love the die cut will have to try and use my machine more😁
Love this cut file! Beautiful layout
Happy International Scrapbook Day! Beautiful layout. Thanks for the chance to win the Pink Paislee prize package!
Absolutely stunning!
Stunning!
Gorgeous as usual Paige!
Beautiful layout.
Beautiful layout. And thanks for a chance to win .
Wow an absolutely gorgeous layou!
*layout!
Lovely layout! It’s hard to miss with pink and flowers!!
Such a wonderful svg download. Thanks!
Super cute layout! Love the paint splatters
Oh yes flowers. I love a challenge to use flowers. Love the floral cut file.
Love, love, love Pink Paislee – thanks for the chance to win!
That cut file is gorgeous, thanks for the freebie!
Love the layout and the cut file. Thanks for sharing!
Stunning layout…I love the colors.
First of all, thanks for the wonderful cut file and the inspiration. This is a beautiful layout.
Love the cut file! Thank you
Such a beautiful layout! I love the colours!
What a beautiful layout! I love the fun colors and that flower bunch is stunning. Thanks for the inspiration.
Paige always does beautiful work with cut files. Thanks for an amazing days of inspiration and prizes.
Thank you for the chance to win Pink Paislee! The flower cut file looks amazing.
Love the floral use on this layout! Thank you for the beautiful cut file!
This is such a great layout! I love how you backed all the flowers. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this fun cut file!
Wow! This large floral die-cut piece makes a grand impression!
Thanks for the freebie!!! Beautiful layout!!!
How cute and cheery with all of the flowers.
This layout is so beautiful. Thanks for the cut file – can’t wait to try it.
Wow – What an intricate flower page. It is beautiful!
Although i can’t use the cut file as a “cut file,” I’m sure i can find a way to incorporate this super cute floral graphic into a layout!! Thanks for the freebie!
Love this great layout! Looking forward to making a floral page!
Such a beautiful layout. Paige has an instantly recognizable style, one that I love so much! Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win the awesome prize!
What a gorgeous layout with that intricate and spectacular floral cut!!
DELIGHTFUL layout Paige!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your floral cluster!
THANK YOU for sharing and INSPIRING 🙂
I love Paige’s cut files & use them a lot. Thanks Paige for being so generous.
I love everything floral! This is beautiful!
Stunning! Love the cut file.
You can’t go wrong with a good floral! Such a beautiful layout. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
Leaving the country for a couple of weeks so can’t do the challenge, but will try it when I get back. Love it!
Very pretty LO with gorgeous cut file! Love the soft colours!
Such a wonderful cut file! The layout is beautiful!
Love this file and love the layout.
Wow… a lot of work but so pretty!
Thank you for this amazing cut file. I love everything Paige Evan’s, I have the foil quill and only bought the thumb drive with her designs! I am going to love owning the intricate lovely design!
Gorgeous layout!!!
Love this post and all that Paige does! Follow her on social media and have purchased some files but now just need the courage to dare to try one!!! Thank you for all the inspiration!!!
Loving all those flowers.
What a beautiful cut file! Those flowers are gorgeous.
What a beautiful layout! Would be perfect with my daughter’s dance recital pictures from this weekend! Thank you so much for the cut file – I can’t wait to try it! Thank you for another amazing giveaway!
Beautiful page and cut file – such inspiration!
Pink Paisley die cut is so versatile for any project, thank you. and love your layout.
Love Pink Paisley. My friends will love the die cut.
Love this so much! I have a Cricut Explore. Does anyone know how to back these cut files in Cricut Design Space? I have asked across numerous platforms with no help. I have tried figuring it out myself but my knowledge is limited.
What a beautiful cut file! While I don’t have an electronic cutter, if I did this would be one I would use. Thanks for the inspiration!
SUCH a cute layout!!!! Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome prize. Happy National Scrapbook Day!
Love the die cut will use it for Mother’s Day cards.
Love this beautiful layout by Paige!
Your layout is beautiful!!! 🙂 Thank you so much for the cut file!
Oh that cut file is so cool. I recently downloaded several from the site. Thanks so much!
Spring has finally arrived ! Great photo opportunities to be had.
This is stunning! Cant; wait to make a layout for this challenge 🙂
This is really pretty! 🙂
Such a gorgeous page! Thanks for the cut file.
Love the cut file
Love the LO!! I hope to one day have a tool that I can use all the fabulous cut-files you share.
This chick loves flowers! It’s been to cold here so far to plant any annuals, so I’m a little jealous to hear Paige is already watering hers. I still haven’t had 1 tulip bloom, just crocus & daffodils so far! Thanks for the chance to win!
Beautiful colors and layout!
Love me some Paige Evans florals!!
Paige’s cut files are amazing and her layouts always so stunning! I’m such a fangirl. 😀
What fun! Can’t wait to try out the cut file!
Love this Paige! It’s gorgeous!
I’m in love with your cut files! Can’t wait to make more beautiful pages with them!
Loving that cut file and all the papers you used to back it. Gorgeous layout!
Cute cut file – not sure if I have the patience to back it, but will have to try!
This layout is so beautiful! Thanks for the cut file!
Paige, your florals are always stunning! Thank you for the cut file, and for the inspiration!
Beautiful layout- how talented! Thanks for sharing!
I absolutely love the cut file! I really hope to get this one done today. The cut file inspired me! Thank you for all the fun!!!
Beautiful! Love how there are tons of flowers with the mix of papers. Great job multitasking too!
What a gorgeous page, Paige! ☺️ Quite a bit of work but absolutely beautiful results! I really like how you’ve tucked the pics in gently -> 2 more blooms amid the bouquet!! Really lovely …. thanks for the inspiration (&cut file!). 🌷
So pretty! I see beautiful cut files like this & I wish I had a Silhouette…
Paige Evan’s uses fantastic cut files for her layouts!
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