Hey everyone, it's Lauren here. I'm popping in today to share a 9x12 inch format layout. This is going to form part of my 2020 project life album and I thought I'd try something a little bit different here today and use my Silhouette software like I've not used it before. Now the collection I'm using for the 99% of this layout is from the is a Felicity Jane digital collection and it's the Sarah collection. So the way I use digital kits is I open up my Silhouette software and I drag the elements into the software and then I usually use the print and cut feature and cut out all my embellishments that you see sitting around the page. But it's time I thought I'd do something a little bit different and I would drag those elements in and set up a bunting, the bunting that you see there and then I thought something different I'll print it out as you see it there all set up like bunting and then I would reprint the sheet again with the elements individually and then adhere them on top of the same elements on the bunting. So I'm sort of getting a shadow and effect and yeah I wasn't sure if this was going to work but when you look at my layout holding it up and different angles you can see that shadow of the replica that's underneath it and it's just it just gave a little bit of an extra detail there and it was really fun for me to play in the software. I am not tech savvy at all so this was exciting that I was kind of creating some digital layout but I simply was using my Silhouette software and just dragging those elements in and then I just used the pieces I then did the print and cut feature and cut out each of those elements the exact same size and then using my sewing machine I'm going to stitch them along and I've used some foam under them so the little the ends of them pop up and when I stitch along the top of them it sort of forces their bottoms up so they look like they're they're dimensional and sort of like hanging and and tassling on the on the page. I hope that makes sense it's really it's really tricky to describe something well I've not described using anything digital before but there you go if you've got any questions leave them in the comments below and I'll do my best to answer them but I thought this was a fun way I was also inspired by the challenge that's going on this month in the Felicity Jane group and it's a beautiful little little layout which had bunting all down the center of it and when I saw that layout I thought oh my goodness that just looks so pretty and I wanted to have a go at it so there you have it there's my bunting all happy and sitting there and I'm just going to add some little details on there just to sort of bring it to life. Yeah scrapbooking with digital kits has not ever been something that I have grabbed hold of but with international shipping tending to be a bit of a killer I thought I would give it a bit of a shot and using my silhouette software it sort of made and the print and cut feature so it just cuts out all the ephemera has been a really a real little blessing for me that I've been able to work that out and I feel really kind of proud of myself that that's happened. Yeah and you can also the benefits of having using a digital kit is that you can custom the size of your embellishments so that tag that you see there well all those tags I that when they get popped into the software and I just drag and drop it because I've got an apple and I just drag and drop everything I can then just grab it and resize it so I made that tag extra large and then that yellow piece there that you're going to see me back it on that is a normal three by four inch card if I didn't change the size but I knew I wanted it to be a border on my photo so I just made it a little bit bigger and there I had that perfect size just to mount my photo. So I'm adding some layers behind my photo because I really want it to jump off the page and I'm using my edge to stress her and that's an old one that I've had for yonki donks and it's a premium marketing one and I just sort of rough up the edges just to give a bit of texture. I'm also using this little card here that I've cut down and that's just one of the journaling cards that came in the digital kit and I've just snipped that little bit of a bunting so my photo gets inserted in under there and it just really ties that back to front going on there. I printed off a couple of extra little bunting flags just to tie that banner in with my photo cluster and sort of try and create a bit of continuity there and add those little bunting flags on the top of my photo there. This photo is of my gorgeous girl and her puppy L Zoren we were walking along the riverbank and she had a bit of fun we had a little bit of a photo shoot there and we snapped this delightful photo of them. Yeah I love I love having I love photos I love capturing a great little shot and know that's going to make a perfect title page for a layout in my project life album. So these florals florals are just gorgeous and also the digital kit is also full of these little label tags and these are really perfect for adding layers but it's also really perfect if you're doing pocket style scrapbooking project lifestyle scrapbooking because you're going to add those little tags on to your photos in those little pockets add that little bit of journaling or who what wear when and they look really cute. So what having a digital kit I could print off a whole page of those you support and cut features send it through my silhouette and I would have a whole little pile of absolutely delightful little tags and it's been really cost effective. I print my ephemera on 300 gsm white paper that I just pick up at my local office supply place and I find that the 300 gsm is that perfect balance it's not too thick that it really takes it out of my silhouette but it is robust enough just a bean embellishment and if I wanted to rough it up a bit or add some dimension with some foam tape I know it would sort of hold strong. So here I am just wanting to I added the title true story which was a out of one of the kits that I did get sent from Felicity Jane it super super cute and I just wanted to tie that black and white scripty font there so I've used a great paper sticker sheet there and just put love you there adding some gorgeous little tiny puffy hearts just to finish it off and add that little bit of detail and then I'm going to come in with you know me I'm always looking for a little bit of mixed media somewhere I'm going to come in with a little little spritz of the yellow shimmers spray that I've got and that's in the color of mustard there adding a little tag at the top there just so I can put where it was in the date but I add that off screen because I just I just didn't feel like journaling at the moment I don't know sometimes I just leave those things and come back later and add them but yeah so just pulling in that shimmer spray now and my layout will be complete so I to morrow I've got the corresponding page coming up on my channel it's the pocket style page so if you want to tune back in and it's using the serra kit there as well you'll be able to see how I've made kind of a double page spread with this layout and a pocket style one next to it thank you so much for stopping by take care guys happy scrapping bye