Hoppin With The Cut Shoppe!!

Hiya Bloggers and Welcome to The Cut Shoppe Blog Hop! 

 Today the Design Team is sharing layouts created, with several new Cut File sets that are now available in the Shop.  We are kicking off the Hop at The Cut Shoppe Blog, so make sure you start out there, and visit each of the Design Team Member's Blogs.  And what would a Hop be without some fun giveaways!!  Each designer is giving away one cut file on their Blog, to a lucky commenter and one winner will be chosen from The Cut Shoppe Blog to receive a $15 Shopping Spree to the Shop!  The Hop will close at midnight on Sunday, August 17th, and winners will be announced on Thursday, August 21st.  Have fun hopping!

 For this layout I used The Cut Shoppe's sketch too! Did you know they have a sketch challenge going on for the month of August?! Well now you do! lol!

I used a lot of different cut files for this layout. I love that The Cut Shoppe's files are so diverse they can be used with a bunch of different files, but they also stand alone very well too! I really can't get enough of these files!

I am seriously in love with the "It's a Snap" set! Those camera shutters with the hearts in the middle are just so stinkin cute I almost can't even stand it! I cut them out in black, but I also ungrouped the file in the Silhouette Studio and just cut out the teeny hearts to scatter around my page in pops of pink. I kinda love it! :)

The polaroid frame is also part of that set, and if you can imagine, there's even more on that file that I didn't even use! Awesome right?!

So if you've been reading my post, you probably have guessed that I'm totally loving the It's a Snap cut file...well, I love it so much that I'm going to give it away to one lucky follower! Just leave a comment here letting me know you follow my blog and I will be posting the winner here on Thursday August 21st!!

There's also giveaways on every one of these fabulously talented ladies' blogs too, so you really do need to stop by them all and leave them some love if you haven't already!! 

The Cut Shoppe - http://thecutshoppe.blogspot.com/

Allie Stewart -  http://www.magicalmesses.com/

Amy Coose - http://www.amycoose.blogspot.com/

Annelie Maddock - http://swewi.wordpress.com/

Cari Orellana - http://cariilup.blogspot.com/

Danielle de Konink - http://picsandcheesecake.blogspot.nl/

Lee-Anne Thornton - http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com/

Michelle Whorwood -  http://harbourgal.wordpress.com/

Michelle Gallant - http://scrapsandpixels.blogspot.ca/

Gina Lideros - http://canoncreativegirl.blogspot.com/

Sarah Moore - http://sarahmoore4.blogspot.com/

Here are the other cut files I used on this layout:

I really hope you've enjoyed the hop!!

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Yesterday I saw that CSI had their new case file up, and when I went to check it out I fell in love with the colours!!  I knew I wanted to make a layout and play along!

I've also been really wanting to get messy and break out my gelatos! I love working with gelatos with double thick white cardstock because it can really stand up to a lot of water. To make this background I used 4 different colours, and just scribbled them in a line all the way down my paper, then I sprayed my paper with a lot of water and used my fingers to blend it so it looks like watercolour. I really love the look that gives my paper. Once I was happy with the colour, I dried it with my heat gun then applied modeling paste to the frames mask then let that dry before I added the rest of my goodies.

 I added some pink lace from Webster's Pages to the back layer with Mod Podge, then added the rest of the layers over top of it once it dried. I used my hot glue gun to attach the layers because between the glassine bag and the mod podged lace, it just didn't want to stick any other way...and I was too lazy to make my stapler reach that far!! lol

I just won this flair badge from the Paper Bakery last month and I've been dying to use it! I just LOVE this set!

I used another Rhonda Palazari mask for the blue mist too, but I mixed the navy Color Shine with Mod Podge and dabbed it onto my stencil rather than spraying it. I find I have more control that way, plus it gives it a whole different look too!

Well, I'm off to hopefully take down the Christmas tree! Yikes!! Wish me luck!!

Oh, and don't forget to stop by Scrapbook Nerd this month! We're hosting an online crop at the end of January, and there's going to be plenty of inspiration and prizes to be won!! It's going to be awwweesomme!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by my little corner of the web!! 

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