Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Altering, Embellishing, and Dissecting Your Cuts

As a member of The Scrappy Shack's design team, I've enjoyed playing with the different cuts and lace papers. I believe in "using what you've got," but sometimes, I may not have the cut I want to use in the exact color or size that I want. That's when I get busy altering, embellishing, and dissecting my cut! Here are a few examples of what I mean:


On this first layout, I used the Circles lace paper in red. What - you don't see red? That's because I inked it with brown distress ink and then sprayed it with gold Glimmer Mist. I also added the gold Glimmer Mist to the black Large Flourish Frame. Altering these cuts helped them match my layout. I also embellished the frame with some rhinestone bling to make it sparkle even more. Here's a closeup of the cuts:


These next projects show how I dissected a cut - the Flower Lace Paper. I got three projects out of just one sheet of this paper, with some left over to spare. Here are two of the projects: a card and a wall hanging that is displayed in my new craft room.


I simply cut around the flowers to give them a finished "edge."


Finally, this Halloween layout shows how I embellished a cut to give it my own personality. The background is the Halloween Lace Paper, to which I added some spooky googly eyes. I used one of the Halloween Die Cut Frames to frame my photo, which creates its own embellisment in the lower corner.


I hope this tips give you more ideas on how to use your cuts, and inspire to try out some of The Scrappy Shack's newest cuts!

Happy crafting!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You have a great way of using your lace papers in a variety of projects! Great job!

~Julz

Anonymous said...

I always just use the cuts as they are, and have accumulated a few in my stash because I don't know how else to used them. I really like the ideas you are giving us, my fav is the card and the Halloween lo.
Thanks for the Inspiration.
=D

Anonymous said...

Great ideas for the lace usage, I too liked the Halloween project the best.Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas!

Kaz