Hello friends!
Today I have a layout about my favorite time of
year – back to school! The smell of freshly sharpened pencils and college-ruled
paper is in the air along with the excitement of new classes and fun memories
to be made. Perhaps spending my days with high school students has made me
slightly dramatic, but I love the fall and the beginning of school. I can’t
wait for football games and Homecoming and pep assemblies – must be why I chose
to be a teacher!
One of my go-to favorites when creating layouts is cut
files. I love the August digital files and want to share with you how I altered
the 2019 – August Apple cut file to fit my project. First, let’s take a look at
what I created.
This 8 ½ x 11 layout uses several papers from my Elle’s
Studio stash along with elements from the August Kit and add-ons. However, the main
points of interest are the apples down either side of the page, and these were
created using a simple welding technique with my Silhouette CAMEO.
To get this effect, the first step is to open the cut file
and adjust the size of the object to fit your design as I did below.
Once I had the apple just right, I duplicated it twice, and moved
each piece so they overlapped one another in a straight row. With the apples
were overlapping, I simply selected all three and used the Weld function on the
Silhouette to create a border. I was able to cut all six of them at the same
time by duplicating the apple border object six times. Next, I moved them within
the 12” x 12” design space, which allowed me to cut six 3” x 6” pieces of
patterned paper simultaneously. It’s almost like magic and having the ability
to cut each of the borders at one time is a definite time saver.
If you ever find yourself struggling with digital files or are
overwhelmed with the functions on your die cut machine, YouTube is a great
resource. I have had my Silhouette for several years but still need a tutorial
from time to time and always find what I need online.
Now that I’ve shown you how to alter the cut file, let me
walk you through the project. Originally, I planned on having the rows of
apples cascading down the center of the page. However, I began experimenting
with the placement and found I loved the idea of having the apples on either
side of my photo. So, after machine stitching down the center of each of the borders,
I adhered them along the left edge of the cardstock and cut off the excess.
On the right side of the cardstock I placed the selvage from
each of the previous cuts. I really loved adding unexpected elements to
projects and decided to insert die cuts from the August Kit behind the apples
in coordinating colors. Doing this did make the layout bigger, but I’ll just
pop it into a larger page protector.
My photo was tucked in behind the edges of the apples, which
I think looks super cute. I used the Back to School wood veneer as the title
and have it popped off the page with foam.
I completed the project with journaling strips typed on my
manual typewriter, which I placed above and below the photo. You’ll also notice
the pencils popped off the page with foam dots, which I fussy cut from a journaling
tag in the August Kit. Last, I added Back to School, Puffy Heart, and Puffy
Shapes and Dots Stickers on the apples to give a bit more texture.
This layout has me all kinds of excited for school to start
next week. I’m looking forward to being back in the classroom doing what I love
. . . besides scrapbooking that is.
Thanks for stopping by today! Please be sure to use
#EllesStudio on social media so we can see what you’re creating with the August
Kit and add-ons.
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