NOTE: I am moving Scrapbook Live to Wednesdays starting on Wednesday, May 6th to better align with my summer schedule. This will continue through the end of July.
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Make cool waves with the Custom Cutting System Border Cutting Tools
Things are starting to heat up in Phoenix as we head into summer and that has me dreaming of cool water waves – when it’s 100+ degrees out, I am not picky if those waves are from the ocean, a recreational lake or even those in my own backyard pool! Just give me some water! Creative Memories released the Beach Scenes mini-collection last year and with it came the Beach Wave Page Recipe Template. I will admit – It retired before I could get my hands on it, but never fear – we are going to make our own version of it this week on Scrapbook Live!
Here’s the plan: we are going to use two Creative Memories tools together to recreate that gorgeous Beach Waves look using whatever papers you already have in your stash (it doesn’t even have to be beach/summer related!) The Border Cutting Tools create the flowing wave edges that give this layout its signature look. Then the Jumbo Circle CCS Pattern comes in to cut a half circle element that does double duty — it gives you a solid, clean space for your page design AND neatens up one edge of the layout beautifully.
Those two tools working together make for one stunning page.
Handout
This is one of those sessions where we are going to WING IT a little, so there is no handout this week, but our goal remains the same – explore our tools and have some fun!
Supplies:
- Jumbo Circle CCS Pattern
- Border Cutting Tools – I will be using the zig zag edge (You can also use the 12-inch Decorative Trimmer if you have it)
- 13×13 Cutting Mat
- CCS Blades (Red, Green, Blue)
- Cardstock (I used 3 pieces of the same color because of the way my sample came togheter, but we will see if we can improve upon that during class)
- Designer Paper
A few things to know before you join me:
Before you start cutting into your good designer paper — grab some scratch paper first! Seriously, this is one of those techniques where practicing your cuts before committing to your good stuff is going to save you a lot of heartache. We’ll work through it together and figure out what works best before we go all in. If you don’t have the border cutting tools, you can use the retired 12-inch Decorative Trimmer OR just use a straight trimmer.
SCHEDULE NOTE: Starting this week, Scrapbook Live is moving to Wednesdays at noon PT / 3pm ET for the rest of May, all of June, and all of July! Same great show — new day and time! Update your calendars and set those reminders!
Come ready to experiment and have fun — join me LIVE on Wednesday, May 6th at 3pm ET / 12pm PT on my Facebook page!
