SCT Jan freebie

Happy New Year! I am way behind on blogging this week but didn't want to forget to post about this month's cut file freebie over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog!

Here is the January freebie:

I simply chose to use the 2017 for my title along with the "right now" and a few stars to my page. A cut file is simply a good starting point, and doesn't always need to fill in a complete page right!

I used the Dear Lizzy Saturday collection for this page. I love the pretty yellow, navy and green colors in the collection!

Here is a close up of the cut file portions on the page:

That's it for me today! Here is a link to grab this download for FREE link

I have a few more projects to share, so I will be back later this week :)

SCT June freebie time!



Every month, I create a freebie cut file for the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. This month's cut file is pretty simple and could be used in so many ways!

Check it out:

Just think of how many ways you could diecut those flowers and use them! On cards, a DIY project or even on a scrapbook page like I did here:

Quite simply, I diecut a whole bunch of those flowers and layered them together, adding some vellum and stitching along the way too.

I tucked some under my photo and popped some of the layers with foam adhesive to make them more dimensional. The title is a diecut shape from the Silhouette store.

It is a really great way to use up bits of paper and combine different patterns quite easily too! Next time I use this one, I will weld a bunch of flowers together to create a background instead!

To download this one for FREE, head over to the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog HERE. You can always find all our past and present FREE downloads on the Magazine tab on the website and scroll down until you see FREE DOWNLOADS ! It is that easy :)

Hope you enjoy this one!

SCT 10th birthday celebration - March 21-30 + a freebie!!

Good morning!! Did you know that Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine is 10 years old! It is truly a wonderful accomplishment in the industry right now, and I am proud to be a small part of it.

We are celebrating with a birthday themed celebration of sorts and I have created this fun and easy party banner as some inspiration for you.

I diecut the whole thing on my digital die cut machine and embellished with more items diecut also on the same machine. I love the rosettes and the layered look it gets on the banner pieces.

You can easily personalize it with a word(s) or numbers like I did, or even keep it neutral with just some simple icons like hearts or stars.

and here is the fun part! JustNick is offering THIS cut file for FREE over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine blog.

use the code SCT10 to get this for FREE during the period of March 21-30, 2016 only, over at JustNick.myshopify.com

Scrapbook and Cards Today FREEBIE cut file day!

Hello Hello! I am excited to be sharing another FREE cut file on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. This one is one of my new favorites! I love some good phrase/titles so anytime they are fun too, I enjoy using them!

Here is this month's FREEBIE:

Obviously, I used this freebie as my title for my page. Quite simply, I cut the sentiment out twice - once with the orange/red patterned paper and a second time with the pink/orange/red patterned paper and layered just the HAPPY to the bottom edge. I trimmed off the "choose" with my scissors before hand. Use a couple pop dots and BAM! Easy peasy title.

Here is how it looks on my completed project, using lots of Amy Tangerine papers and embellishments:

Now, do you want to snag this one for FREE? Just click HERE and it is all yours :)

I am always interested in hearing what sort of freebies that people are interested in.. so if you have an idea or suggestion, please leave me a comment.. and who knows it could show up on either the JustNick blog  (my cut file store) or SCT blog soon for FREE!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Scrapbook and Cards Today cut file FREEBIE time!

Yep, it's that time of the month where I offer up another FREE cut file over on the SCT blog!

Since it is the month of love, I created a quick and fun heart background for today's freebie:

I actually created two pages for this month's freebie. Here is the first page:

You can see that I backed the heart cut file with different Crate Papers and then adding some bits of hand stitching to a few of the hearts for fun :)

For the second page,I used the cut file quite simply for my page, cutting it from white cardstock and layering it over some scraps of patterned papers by PinkFresh.

 I added in some stamping (also PinkFresh) to some of the empty heart areas I left open.

I kept the rest of the page quite simple, adding my title along a strip along the top of the page and a small cluster of embellishments to the bottom right corner to balance it out a little.

You don't have to get super fancy with a cut file and sometimes that is O.K! I hope you like this one!

To download it for FREE, just click HERE and go to the February 2016 freebie. (there are also a TON of others I have designed up there for free too!

SCT freebie time!

I had another FREE cut file hit the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog last week and ALMOST forgot to share it with you!

Here is this month's freebie:

Here is the page I created with it:

I love the simple blocks layered together. The die cut shape is so simple and perfect for layers

Now, get outta here and grab this freebie on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog HERE

JustNick - 14 days of holidays = FREE cut file!

Good morning! It is my turn on the JustNick blog for our 14 days of holidays celebration! Each day of the 14 weekdays from Dec 1-18, we are giving away a FREE design.

This is today's free design:

FUN right?? I enlarged the Merry Merry background so that it cut properly on my old mat :) and then filled in most of the letters with different patterned papers (Seven Paper, Basic Grey)

I also cut the Holly Berries cut file from the store and the Santa from the Holiday Words cut file (both available in the store)

I really love how the holly and berries turned out. It is such a fun shape!

So, if you want this design for FREE - just head over to JustNick and use the coupon code: MERRYFREE at checkout and it's all yours :) No other purchase necessary!

Make sure you check our blog each WEEKDAY from Dec 1-18 for ALL the free designs we are offering !!

SCT Cut File FREEBIE time!

Hello hello! It is that time of the year again - time for another fun cut file FREEBIE over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine blog!

Here is the last freebie of 2015:

Lots of fun holiday ideas in your head yet? I was alone on the blog this month and created both a layout and a few cards using some of the items in this month's freebie.

I broke out my new Fancy Pants Designs Wish Season collection to create this fun page, with an assortment of the cut files - tree, swirls and even the title are all from the freebie.

I wanted to use some of the other icons to make a few cards to incorporate into my stash. I kept the cards quite simple, and the die cutting made them so quick to make!

That is it for me! To check out this freebie, head over to the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog and grab it for FREE right now!

Don't forget to stop by JustNick today to snag the FREE cut file of the day over there too!

JustNick 14 days of holidays = FREE FILES

Hey everyone! Just popping in to share something SUPER fun that I have going on over at my digital cut file store - JustNick!

Yep, starting TODAY through December 18, 2015 - each WEEK DAY, we are giving away a free design for your digital die cut machine!

Today, we are kicking it off with this free design:

To snag this for FREE - yes FREE - just head over to Justnick.myshopify.com and use the code:

JOYFREE 

at checkout and it is all yours for FREE!

(no purchase necessary)

Now, act quickly as that code is only good until midnight CST on December 1, 2015! 

The free shapes will ONLY be available until midnight CST on the day they are posted so act quickly and don't miss out on any!

Jillibean Soup - Advent Calendar! Box Style + freebie cut file

Hello hello! December is right around the corner and I am excited to share this fun little Advent Calendar that I made for Jillibean Soup!

Who doesn't love little pretty packages all tied up with string.. these are a few of my favorite things... HA! I am a Sound of Music nerd :)

Anyway, the concept is quite simple really. Lots of pretty little boxes in different shapes and designs perfect to hide little toys/gifts/treats in! I simply cut each of the boxes on my digital cutting machine, varying the sizes and changing up the dimensions for fun. I added lots of great Jillibean Soup embellishments and that made them all come together fairly simply.

To check out the tutorial, head over to the Jillibean Soup blog ! To download the FREE cut file I used for these boxes, just click HERE

If you make these boxes, I would love to see! Just tag me on Instagram (@nicolenowosad) or on Facebook too :)

Scrapbook and Cards Today FREEBIE TIME!

It's time for another cut file freebie over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine blog.


Here is what this month's freebie look like:

This month, I asked my friend and fellow designer and Canadian Lee-Anne Thornton to guest on the blog! Lee-Anne is also part of my DT for my website JustNick!


We both used the cut file, here is what I did with it:





It is a pretty simple design, but one that you could use over and over in different ways. I also added in some leaves and vines from cut files from JustNick (Leaves, Sweater Weather) behind my photo. The leaves are part of a freebie coming up this month at JustNick (stop by the website on Nov 13 to grab yours)

I hope you like this freebie!


To grab your FREE design, stop over at the Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine blog HERE ! Enjoy!

SCT April cut file FREEBIE!

It's FREEBIE time!! Yep, time for a new cut file freebie - this month is a background of sorts, that you can split up, resize, duplicate, or whatever your little hearts desire!

Here is the freebie this month:

This month, I have asked Jaclyn Rench to join me on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog to use this cut file. She did a great job using the file - please make sure to stop by the SCT blog and check out her page!

I decided to use just the polka dot pattern from the cut file to create this page:

I lined the back of most of the circles with some punched circles from a We R Memory Keepers 6x6 paper pad.

This allowed me to add in lots of different patterns without it looking too busy, which I love. I kept the photo larger for the same reason. I am not a fan of small, tiny photos in different shapes that you can't see easily when looking at a scrapbook page. Just my two cents :)

If you want to download this FREE file, just click :

Here for .studio: https://app.box.com/s/gey2ykj35bxfzh4ern8ik0m8m4g4as3p
Here for SVG: https://app.box.com/s/f4ocfhnn2zik9qkzueo21qqeqinmvf19
Here for DXF: https://app.box.com/s/05jn6ndll1ldtm8co2pavhvpyhbg5ksv

ENJOY!!!

Scrapbook and Cards cut file freebie!

Hello! It's that time of the month again, where I release a new cut file freebie over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog!

Here is what this month's freebie looks like:

I used a mixture of Fancy Pants collections - Everyday Circus, True Friend and foil from the Oh Deer! collection to create this page.

I used the title and the hearts from the cut file on this page, layering bit of papers from the Fancy Pants collections over the woodgrain from the Everyday Circus collection.

I love how that foil looks tucked behind some simple white cardstock. So pretty and not too flashy either.

Starting this month, I have asked some GDT to join me on the blog using the same cut file to see what they can come up with! I am choosing talented crafters from the readers gallery in the magazine! This month, I am joined by my friend and super star scrapper Patricia Roebuck. You have to see what she did with this same cut file over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. I admit that her page is WAY better than mine!

To download the freebie - click HERE

Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine - freebie time!

It's the first Tuesday of the month!!!

If you are a regular blog reader here, you will know that this means it is time for another FREE .studio cut file that I created for the Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine blog!

Since December is a special month, so I went a little overboard with my freebie this month and jam packed it full of holiday elements!

Here is what this month's freebie looks like:

Here is the page I created with it:

As you can see, there are some fun options for this month's freebie :) Not necessarily "Christmas", but good for winter or seasonal pages too.

to download the file for FREE - check out the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog HERE!!

I hope you like it :)

Also, this Friday is the reveal of the Winter issue of the magazine too - plus the 2015 PageMaps planner will be released also!! A very exciting day all around.

Make sure you stop by the Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine website to subscribe for your paper issue - or download it for FREE on Friday!

And don't forget, that there is a HUGE giveaway going on at the Jillibean Soup blog all week!!

Stop by the Jillibean Soup blog to see what the prize is and then start hunting to see which designer is hosting the giveaway for that day!!

I was up on Monday Dec 1,2014 with the WOOD PLANK giveaway... you can still leave some love HERE to get your chance to win. Winners will be chosen on Saturday Dec.6, 2014, so dont' hestitate!

Silhouette Free Shape!

Good morning!! It's Free Shape day on the Silhouette Blog and I am up with a project using that shape(s).

There are actually a few free shapes in today's bundle - and I used several of them to create my page. I started off my page by cutting some of the arrows (one of the free shapes), with a rectagle box around them out of Silhouette Washi sheets! I love this stuff - the patterns are great and they come in three different patterned sheets in one package. FYI they are SUPER sticky, so be careful how you peel of the backing, I recommend a little at a time, I messed up some of my letters and learned the hard way :) I cut some of the tickets out of Silhouette vellum and stamped on them with Staz On ink and then added some stitching too.

I cut the title out of self-adhesive cardstock and used some gray watercolor paint on it. When it was dry, I adhered it to my page and then stitched through with some gold metallic thread.


Here is my finished page. You can head on over to the Silhouette blog for today's FREE shape of the week! It's a good one!.

To get the free shape go here - Silhouette Blog