Monday 18 March 2024

Simple Stories ~ Noteworthy #2 🖊️

Hi all! It’s Anna here, I’m back on the Papermaze blog this month sharing what I have been working on using Noteworthy by Simple Stories.

You can find it in the shop here.

This is my second layout using this collection. You can find my first layout here.


I wanted to create a title page for my 2024 album. So I went in search of a 2024 cutfile and I found this one by Paige Evans - ‘Happy New Year 2024’. 


I backed it using various patterned paper from the collection along with bazzill cardstock from the matchmaker pack. 


I trimmed the reverse side of ‘November’ in half and then in half again to create two equal strips. I made the edges a bit distressed by tearing and carefully rolling back the paper, I then adhered these to either side of the page. 


I mounted my photograph onto some coordinating cardstock from the matchmaker pack and adhered it along with the cutfile to a sheet of cream 12x12 bazzill. 

I used various stickers from the cardstock stickers as well as the journal bits and pieces to embellish my page. 


Thank you so much for looking! 
See you again next month! How is it nearly April!? 

Anna 
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Friday 15 March 2024

March Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Lynn here with my first two layouts made with the March Papermaze Kit. With lovely pastel spring colours making it ideal for birthday and Easter themed layouts.

Here are the details of what you will find in the kit:

Patterned Papers:
Celes Gonzalo - Rainbow Avenue collection - Rainbow Avenue and My Memories
Photo Play - Fresh Picked 2 collection - Country Flowers
Simple Stories - Fresh Air collection - Bright + Beautiful
Simple Stories - True Colours collection - Take the Photo
Simple Stories - Hoppy Easter collection - Hello Peeps

Embellishments: Selection of Rosie's Studio puffy stickers, 2  Rosie's Studio chipboard frames, 2 wax seals, selection of P13 stickers, 4 Simple Stories journal ephemera, 5 Prima flowers, 12" twine, and a strip of dew drops


Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Aqua, Coconut Swirl (included in kit), Blossom, Coastal, Purple Palisades and Pollen can be found in the extra pack.


Happy First Birthday Poppy - The cardstock in this kit is ideal for these photos of my niece's birthday.


For this layout I used the sheet of Coconut Swirl Bazzill as a background. I matched Distress Inks to the Coastal, Pollen, Blossom and Purple Palisades card. Then with a Tim Holtz Layering (Brush Arch THS168) stencil, I created a rainbow style background for my layout.

I cut a rainbow, complete with clouds and hearts using a Peartree Cutfile and a sheet of glittery silver cardstock from my stash. I backed the rainbow and the hearts with the Bazzill. I turned one cloud into a shaker box, using a scrap of acetate, some white card and a pinch of Rosie's Studio Simply Charming Sprinkles.

I backed the second cloud with white card and used this for my title. The letters used for this are Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup in Silver


The finished cutfile and two photos were arranged on the layout and glued in place. I used some of the hearts left over from the cut file to place under the photos.


I added a few of the phrase stickers from the kit.


With more letter stickers I added Poppy's name and the date of the party.

Egg Hunt - My three children together with their cousins at my parents' house. My sister and I set up an egg hunt in the garden.

With a sheet of smooth white Bazzill for the background, I matched Distress Oxide inks to the sheet of 'Rainbow Avenue' paper. I flicked a little of each ink, diluted with water over the page. It was important to work with one colour at a time and allow it to dry before adding the next colour, to avoid them running together.



I tore a piece from the Rainbow Avenue 12" by about 4" and applied this to the top of the page. Then I trimmed a strip 12" x 1" and trimmed it with a border punch, the was placed across the bottom of the page.



I created four 3" eggs using my Cricut and all the coloured Bazzill from the kit. I inked the edges of the pieces. These were arranged across the layout, where the paper reaches the white Bazzill.


I printed a selection of small photos in black and white, several of these were used to back the film frames from the kit. Then all the framed and unframed photos were arranged in a cluster in the centre of the layout.



I added a title with Dear Lizzy - Treasures Thickers (glitter, chipboard letter stickers). Other details of the event were included using Rosie's Studio - Simply Charming puffy alphabet stickers. I also added the flower and heart stickers from the kit.

That's all for today, back with more from this kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Mintay Papers - Playtime

Hello, Karen here. This month I am playing with the new Playtime collection from Mintay Papers. This brightly coloured collection is inspired by carnivals and funfairs and includes images of lots of cute critters and play things. It is perfect for creating layouts about toddlers and pre-schoolers or funfair trips. Some of the papers have large designs on them but today I chose to use the muted B side of paper #3 and images cut from the Elements Paper. I also used a 12x12 foundations page from 49 & Market's Spectrum Sherbet collection as my background. The colours in the foundation paper co-ordinated perfectly with the colours in the Playtime collection.

I started my layout by matting the 12x12 foundations page onto a sheet of Aqua Bazzill Cardstock leaving a 1 cm frame round the outside.

Using my fingernails I roughed up the edges of the foundation paper and then with a fine liner pen I doodled scribbly lines round the inside edge.

From a scrap piece of green/grey paper found in my stash I cut a scribbled circle cut file on my Silhouette Cameo and also cut the centre area from the B side of paper #3. Both pieces were placed onto the layout slightly right of centre.

I added my square photo and beneath it and glued a piece of white pom-pom trim.


Either side of the photo I layered images cut from the Elements Paper - balloons, building blocks, balls, a rocket ship and cute animals. I thought they echoed the pile of toys in my photo.


I layered the images with 3D foam underneath, so that some were flat on the layout and others were in front of the photo. 


Above the photo the die cut word 'Playtime' was positioned which was cut from the same paper as the scribbled circle.


In the top left corner another image from the Elements Sheet was glued, raising it on more 3D foam.


At the bottom of the layout I added details with die cut letters.


Finally I finished off the layout with a scattering of silver sequins and paper punched stars.

I enjoyed creating this layout using the Playtime collection and will be back again soon with another fun layout using the collection.

Take Care
Karen x x



Friday 8 March 2024

Adventure - Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Great Escape

Hi everyone!

It's Rebecca with you today sharing my first layout for March. It feels like forever since I created a proper 'boyish' layout, so this month I've chosen to work with the new Great Escape collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. You can always count on CVS to release a cracking 'boy' collection! You can find it in the shop here.


As soon as I saw the grey woodgrain paper (the B side of 'Starry Night'), I was in love! It's a really lovely paper, and it's not too busy so it's perfect for a background! I cut small sections out of two of the edges and after distressing them, backed them with patterned papers from the collection.

Next, I die cut 2 large stars from the same 2 patterned papers (Happy Camper and Journey) and placed them central on the page. On top of these, I added my circular photo. I knew I wanted this layout to be quite minimalistic, so I kept everything clustered tightly in the centre of the page. 

Underneath the photo, I added 2 strips of patterned papers with fishtails cut into each end. I offset these slightly so that they weren't too 'blocky' and on top of these I added one of the Puffy Title Stickers.


Either side of my photo I added elements from the Die-Cut Ephemera. My photo is of my little boy playing in the village park on holiday, and so I've used the 'Fun Times' signpost, a compass and the words 'wild' and 'roam'. 


Underneath my title, I placed one of the Chipboard Stickers. I love this piece because the shape matches the banners I've created under my photo.

Wanting to extend the design down slightly, I've staggered some phrase stickers.


To finish off the layout, I've arranged lots of the star Puffy Stickers around the central cluster, trying to get an even spread of colours, and doodled a black border around the edge of the background.


Thanks for reading! I hope my layout inspires you to create with this fabulous collection.

Take care,

Rebecca x

@preciouspagespapercraft


Wednesday 6 March 2024

Pinkfresh Studio - Making the Best of It - The Good Life

Hi everyone!

Claire here and this month I am back sharing a Spring layout, created with the new Making the Best of It collection from Pinkfresh Studio.

It's been a minute since I've created with Pinkfresh Studio collections and I've really missed it. This new collection definitely doesn't disappoint. It has a beautiful colour palette, and is filled with gorgeous florals and a mixture of materials with vellum floral embellishments, cardstock stickers, puffy stickers and more! You can check the collection out in full here.


For a change, I steered away from my usual crisp white cardstock background, opting for the Be the Sunshine paper which has this fun multicoloured grid pattern.

To create my layered design, I started with a large envelope and red scalloped card from the Journaling Bits, and used this as an anchor to build from.


I backed my photo with a piece of the Live for the Hope of It paper as the pink tones echo the pink of the envelope and the journaling card. To create depth, I raised the photo on foam before adhering it to the envelope.

The photograph was taken last year in my garden, and just behind the fence is a small river running through a wooded area, so I wanted to try and depict this in the layout. 

I fussy cut the blue scalloped border from the No Risk, No Magic paper, slotting this under the envelope to mimic the stream.


Next, the embellishing - and there are so many options to choose from!

I was immediately drawn to the Vellum Die Cut Ephemera. The florals and leaves are beautifully designed, and the vellum provides great movement and texture for clusters. They even have gold foiling which adds that little something special!


I mixed the vellum florals with a circular sticker from the Chipboard Stickers and added some Die Cut Ephemera and Puffy Stickers amongst the other clusters to add that extra interest created by mixing materials. For example, I also fussy cut some leaves from the Good Feelings paper, echoing the blue tones and adding movement.


To create my title, I opted for one of the Puffy Title Stickers, adding a butterfly from the Puffy Stickers just underneath.


I made a smaller subtitle to sit along the bottom of the photo, using a banner from the Journaling Bits and another Puffy Sticker.  To create extra dimension, I rolled the banner between my fingers to curl the edges.


At this point, I liked the design but it didn't feel finished. I felt like it needed more green to really reflect the photograph, but I liked the central design all clustered together, 

I decided to offset the page, mounting it on a piece of the Beautiful Story paper and it immediately brought the layout to life! I love how this green reflects the envelope and the outdoorsy feel of the photograph.


 

I hope you've enjoyed this blog post, and I hope you'll check out this lovely new collection. It's honestly been a joy to create with,

I'll pop back later this month with another layout using this collection and hope to see you then.

Happy Scrapping!

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate.

Monday 4 March 2024

Simple Stories ~ Noteworthy #1 🗒️

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog! 

March is here and this month I’m working with Noteworthy by Simple Stories. It’s a gorgeous collection which features a sheet of patterned paper for each month of the year, with cut apart pieces. The reverse side is a patterned paper. So it makes the papers really versatile! I love to use the monthly cut apart pieces in my year albums. 

You can find the whole collection in the shop here


At the end of the year I like to create a year in review page, so for 2023’s page I have created a layout using lots of grid photos and a cutfile by Paige Evans. 

I backed the cutfile using the b sides of the various months of the year patterned papers. 


I used the b side of ‘February’ as my base.


I used an app on my phone to create grids of photographs from throughout 2023 and arranged them all together on my page. 


I then used the journal bits and pieces and cardstock stickers to embellish my layout. 


These style pages are a great way to reflect on the year and give opportunities for adding lots of photos that you might not of scrapbooked. 
Why not give it a try?



Thanks so much for looking. See you later on this month with a second layout using this collection. 

Anna
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