January Papermaze Kit - Part 1

A new Year! and a new kit for January 2023! A mix of subtle and some brighter colours. the kit contains patterned papers, Bazzill cardstock and embellishments there is even a clear stamp included too. Here are my first two layouts.

Patterned Papers:
Simple Stories - The Simple Life collection - Tags & Gather, Eat, Laugh
Pinkfresh Studios - Simply the Best collection - Worth the Hype
Mintay Papers - Blissful Time collection - #09
American Crafts - Paige Evans - Garden Shoppe collection - #08
American Crafts - Vicki Boutin - Print Shoppe collection - Floral Display
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Capers & Fig Swirl

Reverse side of papers

Embellishments:
Woodware clear stamp, strip heart pearls, Dusty Attic chipboard trim, Floral Bits & Pieces, Twine, Prima Flower, Type print phrases, 49 & Market Vintage Bits Essentials - Sage

Extra Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Aqua, Stonehenge, Quartz & Pear


Lady in Red - My daughter at a friend's wedding a few years ago.

Using the Pear Bazzill as a base, I stencilled the centre of the page with some texture paste and a Vicki Boutin Stencil from the Fernwood collection. 

While the texture paste was drying, I tore two strips from the Garden Shoppe paper and applied these to the top and bottom of the page. Then I cut hearts using my Cricut. I took a basic heart shape (approx. 9cm wide and 8cm tall) and duplicated it so I had two the same, then I cut a smaller heart from the centre of one, to give me a heart shaped frame. I cut five solid hearts and four heart frames. I used more of the Flower Shoppe paper (both sides), plain white card, Caper Bazzill and some acetate.

I placed the frames over the top of the solid hearts for three of these pairs. For the fourth heart I created a shaker box with white card as the base, the frame was backed with the acetate and the two sandwiched together with foam pads. I popped beads and sequins inside before sealing up the edges completely.

I placed the photo in the centre of the layout and arranged the hearts around it. Then set about adding clusters of daisies. With the Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits, die set - Funky Foliage, I cut flowers and leaves from cardstock scraps to represent those in the Flower Shoppe paper.

Finally, I added my title using Rosie's Studio - Hearth & Home - Puffy Alphabet Mini Stickers.

New Home - This layout records our house before we purchased it, using the photos taken for the Estate Agent, which I changed to black and white to work better with the photos. I think I will make a second layout with photos taken in the same rooms five years later, to show how much the place has changed.

I started off with the Stonehenge Bazzill, and three 2.5cm x 28cm strips of the 'Gather, Eat, Laugh' paper. I stitched the strips to the Bazzill using the sewing machine and black sewing thread, to create pockets to hold the tags later.

My title was placed just under the second strip of paper. I used some chipboard alpha stickers with a glitter finish.

I cut all 15 of the tags apart from 'Tags' paper, and inked the edges with Forest Moss Distress Ink. I wanted to use some of the images as they were, others I added mini photos to. I used the blank or lined sides of the tags to write my journalling and add the date.

Holes were punched in the top of each tag and eyelets attached. I used the twine from the kit, plus more from my stash to thread through the eyelets to make ties.

I placed all the tags into the pockets, and then fussy cut some of the tiny butterflies from the 'Gather, Eat, Laugh' paper and arranged these onto the layout.

That's all for today, I'll be back with two more layouts soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x