Mel's Me Time

Hey there Everyone! I am back to share with you today the first of my projects for this month for the CUT to YOU Design Team. This project was definitely a labour of love, but boy did I love creating it and am so happy with the result. I decided to use two cut files to create this layout, cut files that maybe haven’t had a lot of exposure previously or haven’t been seen on our blog for a little while.   This photo of all the cousins from my side of the family (my nieces and nephews) was taken at my son’s 18th birthday earlier this year. It is not often that we are able to get together so it is always nice to get an updated photo of the cousins all together. They grow up oh so quickly, so these photos are very special. The first cut file I used was the Sew Loved Too cut file. I decided to cut this nearly 12x12 size so that I was able to use it as a background for the layout. This cut file, when cut, has a few parts ~ the centre of the heart (which I have used), the thin outline of t...

Hey there Everyone! It is Mel here to share with you today my latest project for the CUT to YOU Design Team. I decided that given it was May (and it was Mother’s Day last week) I would dedicate my project and post to an inspirational woman in my life, my Godmother. Have you got someone that you could dedicate a post or project to this month as well? I have used the absolutely stunning  Floral Garland 02  cut file from CUT to YOU. This cut file comes as part of a KIT to YOU file. Now I don’t know about you, but when I first started using cut files I LOVED this option for all of the extra tips and ideas you get as part of the kit. It is also awesome for those days when the old mojo is not performing quite so well.  I really wanted to highlight all of the gold tones in this photo. So keeping to my love of mixed media I used my brayer to add some Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Tarnished Brass and black gesso in the background. But most importantly, I wanted my cut...