May Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Lynn here today, with my second pair of layouts made using the May Papermaze Kit - A pretty mix of soft colours with a variety of themes. Available from Vanessa both in the store or online.

 
Before details of how to make the layouts, here is a look at what is in the kit, but for full details please see Part 1.

Happy Birthday - Catherine's 30th birthday in March and a trip to Greenwich to celebrate with the family. 

I started by gutting and measuring papers to make the double frame for this layout. For this I used both the 'No Limits' papers - I cut the 'Nebula' paper (dark green side up), to 27.5cm x 27.5 cm and gutted it to make a frame of 2.5cm deep. I placed this over the 'Latitude' paper at an angle and marked with pencil through the gutted frame. I removed the frame and gutted the centre of the striped paper, to take away the area which will be covered by the Bazzill later. This gave me plenty of both papers to use later.

I trimmed the White Bazzill to measure 23cm x 23cm, and decorated it with some stars. I used an Echo Park Birthday Stars Stencil and a selection of colours of Distress Inks to match the papers, and a stencil brush.

I printed my photo in a large format and mounted it onto some 'Latitude' paper (Mustard side up).

I cut stars in various sizes from the scraps of 'Nebula' paper, inked the edges and arranged them down the left side of the photo, with a few at the top right of the layout and a large star to the bottom right of the photo. Some of these were glued straight down, others were raised with 3D foam pads.

I wrote my journalling beneath the photo. 

The title was made with a Tim Holtz Sizzix BIGZ XL alphabet die 'Handmade', cutting each letter twice - once in the stripe scraps and again in the dark green scraps. These were offset to create a shadow, and placed to the right of the photo.

Finally I added embellishment with the wooden star buttons and Sparkletz star gems from the kit. I added a touch of sparkle to the stars with Nuvo Glitter Drops in Silver Moondust. 

Family Reunion - Our first family get together in 2020 after the second lockdown, little did we know we wouldn't be able to all be together again that year!

I used a sheet of smooth White Bazzill for the base of this layout and set about creating a background with some multi-media this time.

First I used a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil (Dot Fade THS006) and Distress Oxide Inks (Iced Spruce and Dried Marigold). With more Distress Oxide inks (Broken China and Spiced Marmalade), each mixed on the craft mat with a little water and flicked over the page.

Once the page was dry I used some Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz stamps from my collection and a Black Tuxedo Memento Ink Pad, to stamp the film strip and numbers top left of the layout.

I created lots of layers behind my photo and fanning out across the page. The edges of the papers were distressed.  I used Mushroom Forest cutting two pieces - 15cm x 15cm (mushroom side), and 13cm x 13cm (stripe side).  I cut a piece from 'Snailed It!' using the plaid side cut to 11.5cm x 9cm. Then I cut a smaller strip from this paper (snail side up) to add to the mix.

I cut two small tags using Tim Holtz Tag collection die set using scraps of 'Latitude' and 'Simply Spring' papers. I finished these off with some jute twine, tucking them among the papers and adding some journalling.

I used Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlit die - Simple Plaid to cut the orange side of the 'Simply Spring' paper and placed the die cut piece to the top left of the arrangement.

I created the word 'family' for the title with Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Alphanumeric Tiny Type Upper and some black cardstock. The Word 'reunion' was stamped with Tim Holtz Cling Foam Alpha Stamps. With the little banner stamp from the kit and the Memento ink I stamped the shape in three places, writing the date in place later.

With Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Funky Foliage die set, I created mushrooms and leaf fronds tucking these all around the photo.  I cut another star from the 'Nebular' paper, and placed this near the top of the arrangement. I used the washi tape from the kit above and below the papers. 

I further embellished the layout with more items from the kit - the exclusive acrylic leaf shapes, the strip of pearls and the puffy gold sentiment stickers (which includes the hearts).

That's all from the May kit, I will be back soon with a new kit for the month of June.
Thanks for looking

Lynn x