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. :D
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!!!