Simple Stories ~ Say Cheese Magic #2 ✨

Hi all, it’s Anna back with you on this sunny Monday! Hope you’re all having a great summer. 

I have one final layout to share using Say Cheese Magic by Simple Stories. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

To create this layout, I began with a sheet of white bazzill cardstock, I then wanted to use ‘See Ya Soon!’, but I also had a cutfile that I wanted to use. So I was aiming to cover up the wording on the paper, but still showing some of the clouds and flags. 

So I trimmed the paper down leaving a gap of white in the middle and moving the bottom part of paper to the top.

I backed the ‘magic moments’ cutfile using coordinating cardstock from the collection and adhered the cutfile to the top of my page. 

I added a boarder strip from the cardstock stickers and on the bottom half of my page I added my photos, each backed with a boarder of coordinating cardstock. 

I finished my layout by adding a final few cardstock stickers in small clusters around my photographs. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you next month, where I’ll be working with one of Echo Park’s latest collections - Sunny days ahead. 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

American Crafts Paige Evans - Adventurous - Smile, it looks good on you

Hello, Karen here. Today I have another layout to share using the gorgeous Adventurous collection by Paige Evans for American Crafts.

For this layout I started by cutting a 10" square from the centre of paper #14. The B side of this paper has an all over cloud design and was the perfect background for a layout using a photo of my daughter and I taken on a sunny summers day. The 10" paper square was matted on pink 'Fussy' Bazzill cardstock, placed onto an 11.5" square of white cardstock and then placed back on top of the sheet of paper #14 which I had cut the original square from.

With white thread I machine stitched a straight stitch around the edge of the square.

Using an old Paige Evans sunburst stencil and some white gesso and yellow watercolour paint, I added a sunburst to the top left corner of the layout. 

I printed my photo in black and white and matted it on white card and then onto a piece of paper #19. I fussy cut a whole bunch of labels & tickets from paper #21 and these, together with some pieces from the pack of Journalling Ephemera and the photo were strung onto some black and white bakers twine across the layout. 

I added one of the cut aparts from paper #1 amongst the labels, played around with the order of the labels, etc until I was happy with the placement and distribution of the colours and then stuck them to the layout with 3D foam underneath.

Beaneath the photo I added the title using stickers from the Phrase Stickers Sheet and an older sheet of Vicki Boutin Phrase Stickers. 

Vellum flowers from the pack of Icon Ephemera were tucked under the top and bottom of the photo.

Journaling was added to one of the tickets and the layout was completed with splatters of gold ink and a scattering of gold sequins.

Thank you for dropping by today. I hope you like this layout. 

Take Care

Karen x x

July Crop

 It's time to crop again!  This Saturday, the 27th, we are at Otley Village Hall between 10am and 4pm, spending the day scrapping :)  Our beautiful crop kit , with its unusual paper folding technique, has been designed for us by Lynn and uses the Simple Vintage Linen Market collection from Simple Stories.

If you would like to come along, you'd be very welcome - tea and coffee is on tap, and there are delicious homemade cakes, punches and dies to use, and of course, a discount on anything you buy!

July Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Lynn here today, and summer is here at last! The July Papermaze kit is ready to purchase and is full of summery, colourful papers, card and embellishments. As always there is an additional pack of carefully matched Bazzill cardstock available to purchase. Here are the first two of four layouts created with this lovely kit.

The kit contents are displayed in the photo below, and is available online and from the store.

Patterned Papers:
49 & Market - Kaleidoscope - Treasured Teal & Animated Travelers
Graphic 45 - Flight of Fancy - Hello Beautiful
Photoplay - Cocoa Paradise - Paradise Found & Tropical Floral
Simple Stories - Essential Colour Palate - Teal Collage
The photo below shows both sides of the six papers

Embellishments:
Vintage Spring Garden Frame, 49 & Market Kaleidoscope chipboard words, Rosie's Studio Born to Bloom gemstones, Rosie's Studio Belleview Postcards, Prima Magnolia Flower, 49 & Market Grove Acetate Delicate Leaves, Carta Bella Here Comes Spring Fresh Market Flowers Washi tape, length green twine.

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Bazzill White, Piglet (supplied in kit), Jelly Fish, Parakeet, Fussy and Whirlpool (in extra Bazzill pack).

Back to Nature - I have admired this old door at the farm where the Papermaze shop is situated. I especially love the beautiful colours the wood and paint have become as they have aged and weathered. The photos were perfect for this 49 and Market paper.

I started with 49 & Market - Kaleidoscope - Treasured Teal paper, and after working out where my photos would sit, I used a craft knife to trim around the flowers and butterflies I wanted to bring to the front of the photos rather than hiding them underneath. The photos were stuck into place then the flowers were raised with some small 3D foam pads.

I arranged three postcards (from the kit) so they pop out from behind the photo.

I found an image for ivy leaves on the Cricut and cut it several times with some scrap white cardstock. Then I coloured the leaves using Distress Inks (Crushed Olive, Forest Moss & Evergreen Bough). These were arranged around the layout, saving one for the title.

To make my title I found some old chipboard letters in my stash. I used Distress Paints and Crackle Medium, to create a distressed paint effect to match the door on the photos. The I cut some letters using dies and some wood print paper.

Majestic Birds - These beautiful peacocks lived in the grounds of the hotel we stayed in a few months ago, while travelling in the Lake District.

The background for this layout is the Tropical Floral paper. I cut a 7" circle from Whirlpool Bazzill, and placed it into the centre of the layout, I inked an area around the circle before sticking it down. I used Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron and Evergreen Bough.

I mounted all my photos for this layout onto some scrap white cardstock, and arranged them on the page, Before sticking them down I made and applied the feathers.

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The feathers were cut from Paradise Found paper, using a Peartree Cutfile, they were inked with more Distress Inks. I applied some large gems in the eyes of the feathers.

My title was made with some old puffy letter stickers from my stash - Pinkfresh Studio - The Best Day. I finished off by handwriting my journalling.

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

Beautiful - Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Meadow Flowers Collection

Hi everyone, it's Rebecca with you today sharing my second layout created with the gorgeous Simple Vintage Meadow Flowers collection from Simple Stories. I always adore the Simple Vintage collections, and this one is no exception. You can find the full collection in the shop here. 

To start, I cut a section of the Dream on, Dreamer patterned paper, tore the bottom and distressed all the edges to add some texture. To the centre of this, I added my photo, raised up on foam and with a large frame behind it which I'd selected from the Ephemera packet.

Either side of my photo I adhered some ticket stubbs, some from the Ephemera pack, and one from the Sticker Book. I raised the tops of these up with foam to introduce some dimension to the page. To build on these clusters, I added a sprig of lavender from the Chipboard Stickers and a floral die cut from the Floral Bits & Pieces. To help extend the right hand cluster higher, I layered in some florals from the Sentiment Bits & Pieces.

For my title, I wanted something bold and dramatic, so I selected the word 'beautiful' from the Chipboard Stickers, and positioned it just under my photo.

Flicking through the Sticker Book, I noticed a horizontal branch of dangling purple flowers and the colours matched my layout so perfectly that I just had to use it! I added it above my photo extending to the left just like my title.

Underneath my title I had an empty area of patterned paper that was really bugging me and so I positioned two stickers from the Cardstock Stickers on foam pads there to fill the gap.

To finish off the layout, I added a couple of butterfly die cuts from the Floral Bits & Pieces and some Glitter Enamel Dots. 

Thanks so much for reading, I hope you've enjoyed this layout. 

Take care

Rebecca x

@preciouspagespapercraft

49 & Market - Summer Porch - Snapahots

Hello, and welcome back to the Papermaze blog! 

Claire here today, and I have another beachy layout to share with you today, but this one has a beautiful nautical theme, made with the new Summer Porch collection from 49 and Market. 

I began with a piece of Premium White Cardstock and cut a circle, roughly 9" using the cream/buff coloured cardstock from the Solids Collection Pack. I distressed the edges and stuck it flat to the page. 

On top of that, I lay two vertical strips of patterned paper - Daydream (red) and Take Flight (a blue paper with a fabulous seagull pattern). 

To create extra texture, I spritzed each piece with water to make it more pliable, softening the fibres to ruffle the paper slightly more than usual. I love how tactile this makes the page and the extra depth it creates. 

I positioned my photos down the centre, with each one mounted on tissue paper to give that extra bit of separation. 

Using the By the Sea Laser Cut Elements, I trimmed some net and tucked it on either side of the papers, saving the large middle section of the net for another layout. 

The rowing boat and lighthouse form the basis of a large cluster, complemented by two circular ephemera pieces from the Ephemera Bits, finished with a laser cut bow and seagull. 

Across the centre of the layout, I added a laser cut rope - the detail and shading on this is really lovely, and it adds real interest to the page. 

I used the rope to anchor my 'Snapshots' title, adding a red subtitle both from the Chipboard Word Set, along with a small anchor and seagull from the By the Sea Laser Cuts.

Under each cluster I added some Essential Rub-on Transfers and some red starfish from the Chipboard Word Set.

As a finishing touch, I added a few sentiments to the photos (one top left and the other bottom right) from the Laser Cuts and Ephemera Bits.

Love how this layout came together, and look forward to sharing more with you next month. 

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate.

Coming Back After A Creative Break

 

Helloooo!!

Today I'm talking about coming back after a creative break.

I really struggle after taking creative breaks. It just doesn't flow so quickly and easily.

I have to plan and think more and it just takes so much longer.

But sometimes it doesn't even happen at all. I can sit there and I just don't feel it.

So that's what I wanted to share with you today.

I do have a video creating this page and talking about it here.

I was in this situation a few weeks ago.

I was trying to create after a busy few family weeks.

But thankfully I'd ordered these packs.

Sentiments here.

And this Ephemera Pack

I love these pieces so much, They are so so easy to use.

I opened them on my crafty desk and pulled out the ones that really spoke to me.

I love how easy you can create pretty titles.

And I also created this little pocket.

I slid these postcards in behind my photos.

here.

I stuck them back to back. 

Adding photos on one side and journaled the other side.

I added bits and pieces from the packs around my photos to decorate too.

Then over on the other side I used a larger photo and added ephemera again.

And to finish I added some puffy stickers to match here .

This journal spread really helped ease me back in to creating again.

All these piece made it so easy and stress free and very fast.

I hope you've enjoyed this and feel inspired.

Thanks so much.

Lisa xx