Be Merry Be Bright | Mistletoe Kisses - Simple Stories | Tarrah McLean

Hi everyone!
It's Tarrah McLean back with you again today. Sadly this will be my last share with you as November and my guest designer position here at Sassy Scrappers has almost come to an end :(
I can however show you my newest layout that I created using the amazing Mistletoe Kisses collection from Simple Stories!! 

I started out with a plain white cardstock background and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a large Christmas Tree cut file available now in The Cut Shoppe! 

I then backed the white tree cut out with the pretty stripe patterned paper from the Mistletoe Kisses collection. I love how the colours look behind the cut file! 

I used all the different embellishments from the collection to embellish my layout including the ephemera pack, the decorative clips and the stickers too. The wood veneer pieces are from a different collection! I also used one of The Cut Shoppe's cut files for my title, cutting it out, adhering it and then machine stitching through it for a little bit of texture!  

Thank you so much for stopping by the Sassy blog and for looking at my projects this last month!
Happy creating!
Tarrah x
Products used and found in the Sassy Scrappers store:

                     

                        

 Cut Files I used and found in The Cut Shoppe Etsy store:

            

Snow Day | Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses | Tarrah McLean

Hi Sassy fans! It's Tarrah McLean back with you sharing another scrapbook layout I have created for our current team up with The Cut Shoppe! I am currently guest designing here at Sassy Scrappers and have used the gorgeous Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses collection! 

I used a white gel pen in my Silhouette Cameo to draw The Cut Shoppe Snow Day cut file design instead of cutting it out. I then coloured them all in by hand using the same white gel pen!  

The Mistletoe Kisses collection has lots of snow related items included! Even though we don't do snow at this time of year, I still wanted to make use of some of those cute items so I pulled out a photo of my eldest son from a snow visit 2 years.  

I cut the Snow Day title from one of the papers and then used foam tape to add dimension...this allowed me to be to tuck things underneath and also creates some shadow too.

There is still a little bit of time to save 25% off your entire order at The Cut Shoppe with the discount code below!

Thank you so much for joining me on the Sassy Scrappers blog! I hope I have inspired you to get creating?! Check out the Sassy Scrappers store to find everything you need to get crafty!

Tarrah x

Cut Files used from The Cut Shoppe:

Products used in the Sassy store:

Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Decorative Clips
Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses 4' x 6' stickers 8pk
Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Chipboard Stickers
Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Bits and Pieces/Ephemera
Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Holly Jolly Paper

 

Tarrah - Christmas Cheer Layout | Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses | The Cut Shoppe

Hi everyone! It's Tarrah McLean joining you again and today I am sharing another layout with you as part of my guest designer spot here at Sassy Scrappers for November!

I played with the very cute and versatile Mistletoe Kisses collection by Simple Stories again, this time creating a grid design, making use of some of the 3x4 and the 4x6 pieces of patterned paper included in the collection!

The Sassy designers are very lucky to be working with some of Ashley Horton's amazing Christmas cut files in her shop called The Cut Shoppe! Make sure you check out Ashley's store, there are some amazing designs to buy and cut using a Silhouette Cameo or Cricut machine! They really help to enhance any layout!

Here is a close up of the title for my layout...I used one of the horizontal 4 x 6 cards that had the word Cheer printed on and I cut the Christmas word from one of Ashley's cut files in The Cut Shoppe using the green spotty paper!

Products that I used in the Sassy store: Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses 4 x 6 Horizontal Journal Foil Paper Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses 3 x 4 Journal Foil Paper  Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Ho Ho Ho Paper Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Oh What Fun Paper Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Christmas Magic Paper Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Stickers 4 x 6 Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Decorative Clips Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Chipboard Stickers Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Bits and Pieces Die-cuts

Cut files used from The Cut Shoppe:

 

Thank you so much for joining me once again on the Sassy Scrappers blog! Happy creating!
Tarrah x 

Nae | 12x12 Layout - Crate Paper Gather

Hey Lovelies, its Nae here, jumping in for my very very first happy blog post for the Sassy Scrapper blog. Can I just say just how super excited I am to be working with Olga and the beautiful team at Sassy Scrapper and I cant wait to show you all the amazingly beautiful things I create this month using all the deliciousness that is in the Sassy store. 
Today I am experimenting with the beautiful Gather Collection by Crate Paper and the amazingly awesome cut files from The Cut Shoppe. 

So something you probably don't know about me, I am a lover of Christmas. Christmas is the one holiday a year I actually really get into creatively, decorating the tree, wrapping presents, baking, and then there is all the family time... Its just the best thing ever. Unfortunately, that is where the celebrations stop. Don't get me wrong, I do document Christmas in my albums, but I don't tend to select Christmas themed papers when scrapping these moments. 

So, I decided to take the challenge of scrapping a "Christmas" themed layout a little further and decided to use a holiday themed specific paper collection for a different holiday. The Crate Paper Gather collection by Maggie Holmes is predominately a thanksgiving, autumn themed collection and being in Australia this time of year, we are not in autumn and we don't celebrate thanksgiving. The collection has a heap of mint greens, oranges and coral pinks. I felt it was the perfect combination for this adorable Christmas layout. 

We were also really lucky this month to play with some amazing The Cut Shoppe cut files and a super cute exclusive cut file made especially for Sassy Shoppers! How exciting is that!! I decided to go with one of the beautiful Christmas tress from the Deck the Halls cut file collection. The cut file has three beautifully different Christmas trees, giving you plenty of options when it comes to your creative projects. 

Once I had cut out the beautiful tree, that looks a little bit like an advent calendar with all those cute little doors, I backed it with a variety of different papers from the collection. When I had finished, I felt the tree just looked a little bare and definitely needed some decorations. I pulled out my sewing machine and stitched gold threaded tinsel in a zig zag across my entire tree. On every point, I added either a gold sequin, gold star, or silver bling from my stash to add a little bauble bling to may page. 

I layered a lot of ephemera and white pieces from my stash to build up the layers behind my photo. I love how these autumn like leaves now feel very Chrismassy, almost like the sunburnt leaves we have on our trees in the heat of summer, or the large mistletoe leaves on a Christmas tree.  The one thing I really wanted to take away from this little challenge I made for myself was to not be limited by the theme set within a collection. Ephemera and other themed products are always open to interpretation.

With all the action happening in the bottom right hand side of the page, I needed to add a little something to the top left corner to even things out a little. I used some offcuts of more leaves from the ephemera pack along with a word sticker and some enamel dots just to add a little interest. 

I hope you enjoyed this little layout and learnt a few little tips on how to use not only your cut files, but theme specific papers within a different theme. I would love it if you also could jump down and check out my process video for the layout where you can watch me create this entire layout from start to finish. 

Thank you so much for all the love Lovelies! I will be back soon with another fun project for you all. Love always, Nae xoxo

Products from the Sassy store... Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes - Gather - Blush Paper Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes - Gather - So Sweet Paper
Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes - Gather - Sunshine Paper Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes - Gather - Ephemera Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes - Gather - Accent Stickers American Crafts - Dear Lizzy - Fine and Dandy - Thickers Products from The Cut Shoppe... Deck the Halls - Cut file

Tarrah McLean | Mistletoe Kisses by Simple Stories | The Cut Shoppe Cut Files

Hi everyone!
It's Tarrah McLean here with you and I am super excited to be guest designing in November for Olga and the Sassy Scrapper girls! 
I chose to work with the super cute Mistletoe Kisses collection by Simple Stories. I created a layout about my very own life size Elf! 

We are super lucky to be able to work with some of Ashley's cut files from The Cut Shoppe! I have used 2 different cut files that match my theme perfectly on this layout!

My photo has mainly red and green colours so I chose lots of the red and green pieces from the Mistletoe Kisses collection to co-ordinate it all! 

Here is a process video showing how I created my layout!

If you have ever watched the movie 'Buddy The Elf' you will understand and relate to all the phrases by him included in this collection! They go perfectly with this layout! The triangle cut file I have used actually says 'Buddy The Elf' but I hid the 'Buddy' part by adding a die cut over the top using some foam tape to adhere it.

Thank you so much for joining me on the Sassy blog today!  Stay tuned for more projects created by me coming up soon!
Happy creating! 
Tarrah x Products used from the Sassy Store: Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Die-Cut Bits and Pieces Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Chipboard Stickers  Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Decorative Clips Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Stickers '4 x'6   Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses Ho Ho Ho paper Simple Stories Mistletoe Kisses 3 x 4 Journal Foiled Paper  Products in The Cut Shoppe: Buddy The Elf Bits and Baubles