Guest Designer | Valerie Bisson

Hi there, my name is Valerie Bisson and I’m from Winnipeg, Canada. I am super excited to be a guest designer with Paige’s cut files today. You can find me on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. I have three layouts to share with you using a mix of Paige’s Pink Paislee collections. For my first layout I used four cut files including the Flower Picture Frame and Layered Flowers and Leaves.

After having my Cricut cut out all the flowers and leaves in varying sizes from white cardstock I watercolored them in a rainbow of colors. After the flowers were dry I layered them up and shaped them to give them dimension. I used Paper 07 from Horizon for my background and added paint splatters on it. Then I added the flowers to the background with adhesive dots. I backed the flower picture frame with papers from the Truly Grateful 6x8 Paper Pad, some vellum, my photo, and adhesive foam for dimension, and adhered it to the background. Then I added a title with Thickers, a piece of ephemera from Pick-Me-Up, and a clear sticker from Paige’s 30-page #StickerBook. To finish off the layout I tucked in the leaves here and there and added my journaling around the photo.


My second layout features the Sisters cut file, making it nice and big to stretch across the page.

 I used textured white cardstock for the cut file and the backing which I painted using my Kuretake watercolors, wetting the paper with a bit of water then adding the paint. After it was dry I cut it out with my Cricut then adhered it to the back of the cut file. I also added adhesive foam for dimension. Then I applied my photos and cut file on a bit of an angle for added interest to the background which is Paper 24 from Horizon, on which I also added paint splatters. I added the word "forever" using the Happy Life Thickers from Whimsical. For extra texture I added some hand stitching using a backstitch on two corners. I embellished by fussy cutting a butterfly from the Turn the Page swatch books and using Paige’s 30-page #StickerBook. I also added some adhesive pearls to the butterflies. I wrote out a poem I found on Pinterest, aptly titled “Sisters Forever,” with a white gelly roll pen. I typed on a label with the date and the location and added it to the top and bottom of the photos.


For my third layout I used the Peacock cut file. I layered the cut file with blue and green cardstock and some gold foil paper. For added detail I hand stitched the peacock using a backstitch, then adhered sequins for some sparkle.

 The background paper is from Fancy Free, Paper 10. I had used this paper previously to cut a scalloped heart shape out of it for another project and used the remainder of the paper to my advantage using the existing cut out as part of the design. To make it stand out a bit more I inked the scalloped edges in distress oxide ink. Then I layered up all my elements onto the background including a tag from the Pick-Me-Up Ephemera Die Cuts and added the journaling with my Typecast Typewriter on a paper from the 6x6 Paper Pad. I also added a piece of ribbon and thread in a bow to complete the tag. The flowers and butterflies are from Paige’s 30-page #StickerBook, some of them I put directly on the layout and some I put on cardstock and then cut out so I could lift them off the page a bit. To finish off the layout I added a title using the Happy Life Thickers from Whimsical.

It was such a pleasure being a guest here! I hope I’ve inspired you to use Paige’s cut files on your scrapbook pages and projects. If you’d like to see more from me, please stop by my Instagram, Facebook, and/or Pinterest! Have a great day!

SUPPLIES: Cut files: Flower Picture Frame, Layered Flowers and Leaves, Sisters and Peacock by Paige Evans; Scrapbook collections: TRULY GRATEFUL, HORIZON, WHIMSICAL, PICK-ME-UP, and TURN THE PAGE; 30-page Paige Evans #StickerBook; white cardstock; Typecast Typewriter; watercolors