Announcing My New Cut File Design Team

Let's give a big "hi, hey, and hello" to my new Cut File Design Team! Over the next six months you will see so much inspiration from them using my cut files. Scroll through to find a bit more about each of them as well as a few of their favorite projects and I'll start sharing their design team creations here beginning mid-July!

Location: Australia / Blog: Neat-N-Crafty / Instagram: @anitabownds / Facebook: Anita Bownds / YouTube: Anita B / Pinterest: Anita Bownds

 5 fun facts about Anita:

1. I absolutely love photography. I love walking around the garden and taking photos of nature and trying to get that awesome shot.

2. I totally love playing with my Silhouette Cameo, I get a little excited cutting out a new design to use.

3. I love creating scrapbook layouts, decor, tags, and cards. I really love the creative process.

4. I’m a little quirky and laugh at my own jokes. My hubby just laughs at me and thinks I’m silly. 

5. I love to watch a good crime series while scrapping.

How did you get started scrapbooking? I first started scrapbooking way back in 2001 after being invited to a crop and just can't get enough of paper crafting. It's my favourite thing to do.

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? I’ve had my Cameo for about five years and just recently got a Cameo 3 in pink and I love love love it!

What is your favorite kind of cut file? I love a good background. My fave at the moment is Paige's Heart Confetti Background - totally love it!

Please share three of your favorite projects created with my cut files:

Location: Louisiana, USA / Blog: I Love Paper Blog / Instagram: @briannalepper / Facebook: Brianna Nichole / YouTube: Brianna Lepper / Pinterest: Brianna Lepper

 5 fun facts about Brianna:

1. I have two boys, Noah and Elijah. They're the best kids anyone could ask for!

2. We have two dogs that are so sweet! Luna is a Corgi and Pippa is a Min Pin/Chihuahua mix.

3. I love to drink coffee and probably drink way too much of it!

4. My favorite season is summer. Sunshine makes me happy!

5. When I'm not reading, you can find me in my craft room creating.

How did you get started scrapbooking? I started scrapbooking when I had my first son. I've always loved photography and to me that goes right along with memory keeping and being able to do both at the same time has been so much fun! I love to capture and savor life's special moments.  

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? I've had my Cameo for about four years now and it's been the best addition to my craft room.

What is your favorite kind of cut file? I love anything floral, hearts, or butterfly shaped cut files. Basically anything that I can add mixed media on or back with pretty patterned papers.

Please share three of your favorite projects created with my cut files:

Location: England / Blog: Hey Elsie / Instagram: @heyelsie_ / Facebook: Elsie Robinson / YouTube: Elsieeee / Pinterest: heyelsie

 5 fun facts about Elsie:

1. I have a rescue puppy called Betty who is equal parts adorable and crazy!

2. I love baking and my raspberry chocolate brownies are always a crowd pleaser!

3. I can swim two lengths of a swimming pool underwater.

4. I can play the flute and oboe.

5. I probably own enough nail polishes to open my own beauty salon.

How did you get started scrapbooking? I started scrapbooking a few years back after I stumbled across a few YouTube videos about Project Life. This then lead me to the wonderful world of 12x12 layouts, and I haven’t stopped creating them since!

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? I got a Silhouette Cameo 3 for my birthday a couple of years ago (best gift ever!). It’s my absolute favourite crafty tool; I don’t know what I would do without it!

What is your favorite kind of cut file? I love backing cut files with patterned papers, so I always enjoy using super detailed and intricate cut files. But I also love hand-stitching, so any cut file I can stitch on is always a winner in my book!

Please share three of your favorite projects created with my cut files:

Location: Colorado, USA / Blog: Jamie Pate Designs / Instagram: @jamiepate / YouTube: Jamie Pate / Pinterest: @jamiepate / Facebook: Jamie Pate Designs

 5 fun facts about Jamie:

1. This year I will have been married 30 years.
2. We have 5 children ranging from the ages of 23 to 8.
3. I love love love to trek the many trails here on the Front Range in Colorado.
4. Have an avid need to read all the time.
5. Favorite movie is the 1939 Philadelphia Story. It's a must see.

How did you get started scrapbooking? My venture into scrapbooking started many years ago. Someone gave me a pre-made Creative Memories 12x12 page. You know the kind with the photo mats in place to just pop your picture on? Yep. And while I already knew that was not quite my vibe, I was hooked. I slapped a couple of my then oldest 2 year old's picture on those mats, and the rest is a history of a library of albums full of photos and stories and the moments that have made up our lives. 

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? I have had my Cameo for many many machine updates. I think this one is at least 5 years old.

What is your favorite kind of cut file? I love the butterfly cut files. Especially the ones
 with the open design on the wings. And anything that I can translate into some kind of background. Either by way of paper cuts or to use as a stencil. And branches and leaves. I love layers of paper cuts adding dimension and texture to my paper projects. Oh...and there are lots of Paige's mini albums in my cut file inventory too. I like them all!!!

Please share three of your favorite projects created with my cut files:

 Location: Edmonton, Canada / Blog: Kelly Made It / Instagram: @kellymadeit / Facebook: Petals Daye / Pinterest: Kelly Made It

 5 fun facts about Kelly:

1. I 'm learning to play a Ukulele I bought in Maui this year.

2. My best friend Alys lives in California, we met on our blogs and now we travel together.

3. My first pet Dillion was named after actor Matt Dillion, who I was crushing on at the time, ha!

4. I'm a pretty good waterskier and lived at a lake for 25 years.

5. I tend to be rather clumsy and have scars to prove it.

How did you get started scrapbooking? I went to a home party for Creative Memories at a neighbour's house 20 years ago.

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? Five years ago, my then boss Lori Nelson at Urban Scrapbook, bought me it for Christmas (I cried).

What is your favorite kind of cut file? Oh gee, that's a hard decision. I like to think about how I'll add a photo because I never want to cover up the pretty stuff I just did. I love flowers, wreaths and big backgrounds too.

Please share three of your favorite projects created with my cut files:

Location: New Jersey, USA / Instagram: @craftingwithliller / Facebook: Crafting with Liller / YouTube: Crafting with Liller / Pinterest: Crafting with Liller

 5 fun facts about Lilly:

1. I love collecting cups/mugs/ tumblers.

2. I love the cutesy girly style.

3. I can eat watermelon everyday.

4. I love interior decorating.

5. I can't live without my ME time!

How did you get started scrapbooking? I got into crafting because I fell in love with all the fun things in the crafty community from watching a pocket letter video. 

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? I received my Cricut machine for Christmas and plan to get the Cameo real soon.

What is your favorite kind of cut file? Anything layered, especially flowers.

Please share three of your favorite projects created with cut files:

Location: Finland / Blog: Mai Makings / Instagram: @maimakings / YouTube: Mai Makings / Pinterest: Mai Loves

 5 fun facts about Maija:

1. My dear hobby and passion is cheerleading. I cheered in my teens and got back into the hobby at 35 in a cheer team for adults.

2. I’m a game freak. I love all sorts of games: board games, video games (especially old school Super Mario), and mobile games too!

3. I love throwing parties! The planning is super fun and I love making party decorations.

4. I like to have many things in pairs or even numbers; almost anything I eat, times I do something etc. Children too! But just one hubby, haha!

5. I am a midwife at the labour and delivery ward and I am super privileged to witness the beginning of new life.

How did you get started scrapbooking? I have been doing paper crafts forever but like so many others I really got into scrapbooking after our daughter was born in 2010. I love how I can make pretty things and preserve memories at the same time!

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? I got my Cameo in 2012, I still have the same trusted machine. It has served me faithfully and has certainly been worth the investment.

What is your favorite kind of cut file? My favorite kind of cut files are mini albums. I LOVE making them in all shapes and sizes. Close second is any cut file that I can back with patterned papers.

Please share three of your favorite projects created with my cut files:

Location: Bolivia / Instagram: @papermiks / Facebook: mik.godinho.papermiks 

5 fun facts about Mik:

1. I have never lived more than 5 years in the same country. I’m always moving.

2. I love banana pizza.

3. I study astrology.

4. I love yoga.

5. I’m a master reiki.

How did you get started scrapbooking? I’ve always loved to plan and organize my days. Making memory planners was the closest I had ever come to scrapbooking until 2016. One day I watched a video of Paige's on YouTube and I thought that I could make a beautiful dashboard using scrapbooking techniques. So I started watching Paige's channel to learn more about scrapbooking which made me sure that a Silhouette would be a great idea. In 2017 I got my Cameo 3 and I fell in love with it. How could I have ever lived so much time without my Cameo? I don't know. By that time I had started using my Silhouette to make my first cuts. I was experimenting with a couple of techniques, falling deeper in love with it. Since then, whenever I can, I use scraps plus my Cameo to make my dashboards and decorate my planners.

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? Since 2017.

What is your favorite kind of cut file? Regular cuts and 3D crafts.

Please share three of your favorite projects created with my cut files:

Location: Spain / Blog: Scrapamundi / Instagram: @scrapamundi / Facebook: Scrapamundi / YouTube: Scrapamundi / Pinterest: Scrapamundi

 5 fun facts about Nidia:

1. I'm very bad telling jokes, although I love them.

2. I'm addicted to Mexican food.

3. One of my favorite plans is Netflix, blanket, and popcorn.

4. When I was a child I had two hamsters named Canela (Cinnamon) and Oscuro (Dark). You can guess their color :)

5. People always think that I am younger than I am. Sometimes even more than ten years younger!

How did you get started scrapbooking? I discovered scrapbooking 15 years ago, but I truly started practicing 5 years ago when I created my blog and I started learning a lot of techniques and styles, sharing my projects, knowing about other scrapbookers... And I resolved to bring joy to people through my creations using plenty of color. I'm a positive scrapbooker! 

 How long have you had your Cameo or other die cutting machine? I've had my Silhouette Curio for 3 or 4 years and it's my favorite toy :)

What is your favorite kind of cut file? I  really like floral and typographic cut files, but what can I say! I just can't choose only one!

Please share three of your favorite projects created with my cut files:

So excited for the chance to work with this new and fabulously talented team!