May Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Hello, It's Lynn here today with the May Papermaze kit (a little later than usual due to holidays). The kit this month is full of brightly coloured patterned papers and cardstock - great fun! I have used mine to make four layouts of my children's activities back in the 1990's. The photo below shows the first two of these layouts.

Before looking at how the layouts were made, here is what you will find in the kit.

Patterned Papers:
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Artful Moments - Starters Paper #2 & #9
Simple Stories - Colour Me Happy - Okie Dokie & The Details
Simple Stories - Say Cheese Happiest Place - Adventure
Simple Stories - Take Note - My Favourite Things

The image below, shows both sides of the patterned papers.

Embellishments:
Doodlebug doilies - cupcake & mint, Pretty Little Studio - sunkissed word titles, Pebbles - Sun & Fun puffy dots, Jen Hadfield – Reaching Out – Rainbow Clip, P13 chipboard stars, Vicki Bouton – Bold & Bright puffy stickers, Rosie's Studio – Jubilee die cut sentiments, Studio Light Essentials washi tape

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Raven, African Daisy (included in kit), Ocean Oasis, Bazzill White, Berry Sensation & Intense Kiwi (extra pack).

Crazy Cozy Coupe - The children on their 3rd birthday, with the gift of a Little Tikes Cosy Coupe. 

For this layout I chose the Starters Paper #2, and keeping the barcode strip at the bottom of the page, I trimmed the same side strip from the top of the paper instead - so I still have a 12" x 12" piece of paper.

I printed five small photos of the event, and arranged these across the base of the page - leaving room to tuck items under the photos in places. I purchased an extra sheet of paper from the same collection - Starters Paper #8, this one is made up of 24 colourful tags, I cut out nine tags in colours to match the paint strips on the background paper. I inked the edges in Black Soot Distress Ink, and added a Pebbles - Sun & Fun puffy dot to each tag (from the kit).

The tags were arranged across the layout above the photos, in the same colour order as the paper beneath. I added journalling, the Vicki Bouton Bold & Bright puffy stickers, and Rosie's Studio – Jubilee die cut sentiments (both included in the kit). 

With my much loved, Spellbinders Dies Say Cheese Classic Mouse - Classic Mouse Alphabet set, I cut the title and the #3 from Raven Bazzill, and some scraps of glossy photo paper. These were layered up to make shiny letters with black shadows. Finally, I outlined the letters, tags and stickers with a black marker pen. 

Artists at Work - The children playing with paint, paper and easels in the garden.

I built the background of this layout, using Bazzill Basics Cardstock in Raven and Bazzill White. I gutted the white so I had a 1" deep 12"x 12" frame and a piece 10" x 10", I trimmed the black to 11" x 11" and gutted it to make another 1" frame. These were then built up to create the background as seen in the photos. 

I mounted two landscape photos 4.5" x 3.5" onto a piece of white card, trimmed to make a very narrow border. This was then mounted onto the Ocean Oasis Bazzill, and then again onto a piece of  The Details paper. This was placed to the left side of the layout.

I used the Starters Paper #9 in several different ways, first of all I cut eight banners from the rays of colours. These were roughly 3.5" long and as wide as printed. I inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink and arranged them in rainbow colour order to the right side of the photos. 

The other way I used the paper, was to stamp on, to make the colour palates and brushes etc. 
I used Clear Stamps by Eileen Hull Swatch Cards and stamped the images on the white grid part of the paper. I cut these out and then stamped onto the coloured part of the paper to produce the paint colours. These were cut out and placed over the corresponding areas on the swatch cards. I also stamped the brush tips onto the coloured areas, and added them to the brushes. 

I used some of the washi tape from the kit and chose the word ' Creativity' and ran this between the photos and the coloured banners. Then I arranged all the stamped images I made. 

Finally, I used scraps of  Raven Bazzill, and die cut letters and numbers for the date and title. These were positioned over the coloured banners.

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

Papermaze January Kit - Part 2

Lynn back with part 2 of the January Papermaze Kit. I'm really loving working with these beautiful, wintery papers. Here are my second pair of layouts, another snowy page and a heritage layout.

A reminder of what you will find in the kit:
For full details pleas see my earlier post HERE.

St. Joseph's Oratory - this photo was taken on a very cold snowy day in March when we visited Canana. It is St Joseph's Oratory, Mount Royal, Montreal.

 

For this page I used the Bazzill Bling - Blind Date, and gutted it to create a 2.5cm frame. Then with the Stamperia paper I trimmed 1 cm from all four sides. I inked the edges with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

Next I prepared my photo, by layering up on some white glitter foam and more of the Bazzill Bling. I worked out where the photo would sit pencilled round the edges, then gutted some paper from underneath. Then the papers and photo were stuck in place.

I then strung a selection of beads and a snowflake charm across the top of the photo.

From the gutted paper I fussy cut the flowers and leaves, including incomplete images. These were then shaped and inked. before being arranged around the photo and stuck in place with 3D foam tape, tucking the incomplete parts under the photo.

With a Sizzix Thinlits die from the Holiday Greens set, I cut some fir tree branches from pearlescent paper to arrange among the flowers. 

The title is made up of the Simple Stories Sn@p letter stickers from the kit and some Pinkfresh Studio Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers.

Finally I embelliehed with sequins, Diamond Stickles and Nuvo Glitter Drops - Blue Babe.

Lustell Thursa Everista Alouise Banks - This recently acquired family history photo was sent to me via Ancestry recently. Lovely photo of this girl with quite a mouthful of a name!

I chose the beautiful Studio Light paper as the background of for this layout. There is a lot of detail on this paper, so I only wanted to complement it with my embellishments.

The large photo was backed with Ivy Bazzill and the left side was trimmed with some of the lace from the kit.

I selected two doilies from my stash and applied them to the background to partly show above the photo. I cut my title from white glitter foam using the Sizzix Alphanumeric Classic Lower Case die set.

I decided to embellish the three wooden butterflies from the kit together with two chipboard butterflies from my stash. I painted them with some white acrylic paint, then once dry I heat embossed them with Distress Embossing Powder. I used Weathered Wood and Peeled Paint, I love the way this gave a glazed pottery effect to the pieces. To add antenna I threaded some stamen through the holes in the bodies of the wooden butterflies. 

With the roses from the kit and some tiny paper flowers from my stash I created a large flower cluster at the bottom right corner of the photo. With the addition of a decorative pin and some flat-backed pearls to complete the arrangement.

With a few more paper flowers and some ric-rac braid I made a small cluster in the top right corner of the layout, adding a couple of paper flowers among the title.

Thats all for today, but I have a lot of this kit left so plan to make some more layouts to share.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Papermaze June Kit - Part 2

Hello, Lynn back with you today to share the second pair of layouts made using the June kit. This has to be one of my favourite kits, I love all the soft tones, pretty papers and masculine ones too, all in one kit! I have two very different layouts this time.

Before I explain what I did, here is a reminder of the kit:

Patterned Papers: Kaisercraft - Scrap Studio - Worn
Stamperia - Sueno - Azulejo Sueno SBB605
Stamperia - Voyages Fantastiques - Air Balloon SBB599
Studio Light - Industrial 3.0 - SCRAPIN12
Studio Light - Ultimate Scrap Collection - SCRAPUS26
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Traveller - Hello World
Bazzill cardstock - Natural and Lagoon

Reverse of papers

Extra Bazzill cardstock pack - Jetstream, Javelina, Safari and London Fog

Embellishments

Embellishments -
Cocoa Vanilla alpha stickers, Bare Basics frame, pearl brad, strip of Prima Hearts, 1m hemp cord, 18" lace, 12" ribbon, 3 flowers, 8 sequins and 6 dewdrops.

The Hiding Place
We recently gathered some pallets to make compost bins, they were piled up in the garden awaiting our attention. The kitten, Liquorice has take to playing and hiding in among them! 

For this layout I used the sheet of Safari Bazzill as my base.

The with the Studio Light - ultimate Scrap Collection paper I cut a pile of the planks, to reflect the planks of the pallets - but before cutting - I preserved the butterfly from the other-side of the paper as well as one corner with printed stitching intact to use as a photo mount.  I inked the planks and arranged them on the page. I wrapped some of the jute twine from the kit around one of the planks.

The planks have pretty wild flowers printed on them and they remind me of the images in the 'Flower Jar' stamps I have from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous collection. So I used these along with some watercolour paper and my Distress Markers. I stamped the coloured images by applying ink straight onto the stamps. I cut them out using the corresponding Sizzix Thinlits die set. I cut a jar of each size in acetate to layer over the jars of flowers to give the appearance of glass. I also stamped a few flowers in brown around the edges of the wooden planks.

I mounted my photo onto the mat I cut earlier, and arranged my jars and flowers around it. I added lace from the kit above and below the planks. The butterfly was added to the top right of the photo.

The title was made with the Cocoa Vanilla letter stickers from the kit. Finally I added the dew drops also from the kit.

Ernest Charles Holder - my grandfather - this photo of my grandfather as a young man was recently discovered and so I was keen to scrap it. These papers were ideal for the purpose. The charms and acetate I chose to add were significant as he took a camera with him when he served in India during the first world war - the photos he took there are a subject for future scrapbook pages.

The cardstock for the background of this layout is the sheet of Bazzill called 'London Fog'. I gutted this so I could use it for another page later. I dry brushed the edges with white acrylic paint.

I trimmed the Studio Light Industrial paper (green side up) to 11.5" x 11.5" and turned this into a 2" frame by gutting out the centre. This was flipped to the brown side. These papers were distressed and inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I tore the Natural Bazzill to 10" x 10". Then stamped all over this with brown Archival Ink and the script stamp from Stampers Anonymous Entomology set. I inked the card and added a few drips of black ink.

I tore a couple of pieces from a pizza box and did a little more dry brushing. 

I trimmed the manufacturer's strip from the industrial paper and a few pieces from the scraps of paper left over, these were distressed and inked too.

I used Tando Creative chipboard clock and clock hands and painted them with gold acrylic paint. I also tore a few pieces from the Dusty Attic chipboard chicken wire sheet. 
The photo and all the above pieces were arranged on the layout, together with a couple of film strips from Kaisercraft's Keepsake collection, and some charms from my stash. I also used the remains of the jute twine from the kit. 

The title was created with more of the alphabet stickers from the kit and finally I added the sequins.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

June Papermaze Kit

Hello! Lynn here today with the elegantly beautiful Papermaze kit for the month of June. It is available in the shop to purchase. This month's kit is suitable for masculine and feminine layouts.

Here are the first two layouts I made:

Before I explain what I did, here are the details of the kit:

Patterned Papers:
Kaisercraft - Scrap Studio - Worn
Stamperia - Sueno - Azulejo Sueno SBB605
Stamperia - Voyages Fantastiques - Air Balloon SBB599
Studio Light - Industrial 3.0 - SCRAPIN12
Studio Light - Ultimate Scrap Collection - SCRAPUS26
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Traveller - Hello World
Bazzill cardstock - Natural and Lagoon

Reverse of papers

Extra Bazzill cardstock pack - Jetstream, Javelina, Safari and London Fog

Embellishments

Embellishments -
Cocoa Vanilla alpha stickers, Bare Basics frame, pearl brad, strip of Prima Hearts, 1m hemp cord, 18" lace, 12" ribbon, 3 flowers, 8 sequins and 6 dewdrops.

The Wedding Ceremony - This layout has several small images of my daughter and son-in-law exchanging their vows. I really love this sheet of Stamperia paper which is divided into nine patterned tiles on each side. By cutting this up I was able to choose the designs I liked best from either side.

All the papers were distressed and inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

With the sheet of Stamperia called 'Azulejo Sueno', I cut all nine tiles from the sheet and then decided which side of each I wanted to use. I printed out eight small photos and arranged them on the tiles. I trimmed some of the patterns so they would flow over the photos in some places.

I picked the Jetstream Bazzill for this layout, it was very close in colour to the background on the patterned paper. I worked out the placement of the nine tiles and before sticking them down gutted a piece from behind where one of the tiles lay. I cut the large butterfly from one tile, and with the Bazzill square already cut, I trimmed this to lay over gap left by the butterfly and mounted a photo over the top. I also cut two small butterfly images, and used my photos to cover the resulting gaps. 

Once the tiles and photos were arranged and stuck in place I added some flourishes cut from a gold card using the Sizzix Thinlit die set - Adorned. I used the alpha stickers from the kit to create the title on one of the tiles.

I added the butterflies to the tiles with foam pads and made them shimmer with some Nuvo Glitter Drops - Silver Moondust. Then finally I added the 3D heart stickers and the flowers from the kit.

The Festival of Britain This photo was taken by my father at the festival in 1951 on the South Bank, London. A photo I have been meaning to scrapbook for some time, and these papers were perfect for the job

This layout was created by fussy cutting the images and words from the Voyages Fantastiques - Air Balloon paper. I distressed and inked all my papers using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I used a sheet of Lagoon Bazzill for the base, but gutted this first leaving a frame of about 1". I trimmed 0.5" off two adjacent sides of Kaisercraft Scrap Studio - Worn paper, and distressed and folded back all four corners. I mounted this over the Bazzill frame, green side up, with the print side showing at the corners. I used scraps of the Air Balloon paper to fill the corners back in again. 

From the left over bits of Air Balloon, I cut two more pieces about the same size as my photo, I used them to layer behind the photo - one striped side up, the other image side up. I then cut a smaller square as a journalling block.

I arranged all the cutouts and lettering from the Air Balloon paper onto the layout and glued them in place. My title was created with the alpha stickers provided in the kit.

Finally I cut cogs with the Sizzix Thinlits die set - Greahead and some of the Lagoon cardstock, these were coloured in varying degrees with the Distress Ink.

I will be back with more from this kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

February Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Lynn here today, back with more from the Papermaze kit for February - a lovely collection compiled by Vanessa once again. Both my layouts are from two different, family weddings.


Before we start, here is a reminder of what is included in the kit:

 

The February Kit

Patterned Papers:
American Crafts - Vicki Boutin - Field Notes Collection - Take Flight
Studio Light - Ultimate Scrap Collection - SCRAPUS06
Authentique - Sea-Maiden Collection - Sea-Maiden Seven
Bo Bunny - Something Special Collection - Ritzy & Swell
Jillibean Soup - You Make MISO Happy Collection - Dashi

Bazzill cardstock: Peacock & Natural

Reverse side of patterned papers

Extra Bazzill Pack

Extra Bazzill cardstock Pack: African Daisy, Moody Blue, Aqua & Walnut.

Accessories: 3 paper flowers, 18" Prima lace, 12" net, 1 strip gems, 6 buttons, 1 Scrapiniec chipboard piece, 12" Little B washi tape, 1 stamp.

Gracious is my first layout for today, and features my nephew's bride being prepared for the wedding.

Using this kit has challenged me to use some strong coloured cardstock. My initial thought was to use this patterned paper with the Natural cardstock, but then I laid it out on the Peacock and was pleased with the combination.

First I took the Peacock cardstock and used the Tim Holtz Dot Fade Layering Stencil and some Vintage photo Distress Oxide Ink to work randomly across the page, in the areas where the patterned paper finishes. Then I dripped Antiqued Bronze Distress Paint onto the Bazzill too.
Using the sheet of paper from Studio Light - I tore this into several strips. Selecting pleasing areas from the patterns on both sides. The main section is 6" deep, then I tore pieces 1", 0.75"  and 2 at 0.5". This left a piece 3.25" for die cutting.

From the section measuring 3.25" I cut two incomplete doilies, using Sizzix Doily, Jewel Heart Thinlits set. I also cut a heart from this set. The left over scraps were used to punch leaves later on.

I used the stamp from the kit to do a little random stamping over these papers. On the 6" section I used a script stencil and some texture paste mixed with Distress Oxide Inks - Peacock Feathers and Vintage Photo. The stencil is from Crafter's Workshop and is called Art Is.I inked the edges of the papers and die cuts using the Distress Oxide Inks and arranged them on the layout as shown. The heart was raised up with 3D foam pads and I tied a bow through the top with some white organza ribbon. The doilies were tucked between the layers of papers. I inked the Scrapiniec chipboard piece with the Oxides and arranged this over one of the die cut circles formed when cutting the doilies. 

I added a selection of flowers from my stash and created leaves with a Martha Stewart punch using the scraps of patterned paper from this layout and the turquoise side of the Swell paper.

Then I decorated the leaves with some Stickles, and used some stickers from my stash - glittery hearts, word stickers, and a chipboard title. I used some flat-backed gems around the circle and doilies, and a larger gem in the centre of the Scrapiniec chipboard piece. Finally I used some Nuvo Crystal drops scattered around the flowers.

Cherish is my second layout and shows me with my daughter's ready to leave for Emily's wedding.

This time I did use the Natural Bazzill, lots of Distress Oxide ink and stencils. Starting with the Tim Holtz Gothic Layering Stencil I used this like a stamp, I placed a mixture of Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon, Evergreen Bough and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink on my palate. I sprayed a little water onto the ink and ran the stencil through it. Then I stamped the stencil onto the Bazzill. I repeated this three more times, so I had an area of colour top, bottom and both sided of the page. Then using the same colours I inked through the Burlap Layering Stencil. I used the stamp from the kit with some Jet Black Archival Ink to stamp randomly over the coloured areas.

I trimmed the net from the kit and ran it down the centre of the page, then mounted my photo onto a piece of Swell paper. The photo was added to the layout with some 3D foam pads.

I had some scraps of Sea Maiden paper which I inked and tucked under my photo. With more of the Sea Maiden paper I die cut swirls using two different dies from my collection. I arranged these around the photo and added the flowers from the kit together with some of my own. I made a small bow from some aqua organza ribbon and cut a few butterflies from left over Take Flight paper. I added the coloured gems from the kit plus a few clear ones from my stash.

My title was an old rub-on definition Making Memories I found in my stash. 'Cherish - to feel or show great love for someone'.

Thanks for looking, back with the March kit later in the month.
Lynn x

February Papermaze Kit

Lynn here today, with the new Papermaze kit for February - a lovely bright cheerful collection of papers and embellishments to brighten the winter. 

Before we start, this is what you will find in the kit:

 

The February Kit

Patterned Papers:
American Crafts - Vicki Boutin - Field Notes Collection - Take Flight
Studio Light - Ultimate Scrap Collection - SCRAPUS06
Authentique - Sea-Maiden Collection - Sea-Maiden Seven
Bo Bunny - Something Special Collection - Ritzy & Swell
Jillibean Soup - You Make Me So Happy Collection - Dashi

Bazzill cardstock: Peacock & Natural

Reverse side of patterned papers

Extra Bazzill Pack

Extra Bazzill cardstock Pack: African Daisy, Moody Blue, Aqua & Walnut

Accessories: 3 paper flowers, 18" Prima lace, 12" net, 1 strip gems, 6 buttons, 1 Scrapiniec chipboard piece, 12" Little B washi tape, 1 stamp.


Twinkle and Oliver is the title of my first layout, with two photos from the day we took Oliver and his sisters to see the Owls at Jambs Owls, Hall Place.

I used a sketch map for inspiration for this layout and chose this one from Sketch Savvy.

The first job here was to take the Walnut Bazzill and gut it so I had a frame of about 1" all the way round. Then I cut another piece 9" x 7". keeping the rest to die cut stars, a tag and letters later.

Next I took the Aqua Bazzill and trimmed this to measure 11.5" x 11.5", I then gutted a 6" x6" piece from the centre of this. Set aside the 12" x 1" piece to lay across the page later. The rest will be used for die cutting as with the Walnut.

The 11.5 x 11.5" piece of Aqua Bazzill was decorated with feathers. I used a set of 49 and Market Feather Stamps and some Potting Soil Archival Ink for this and stamped randomly over the card. I lightly coloured these using Distress Inks as watercolour paints - Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon and Vintage Photo. This was mounted centrally over the Walnut Bazzill.

The 9" x 7" piece of Walnut Bazzill was mounted to the top and a piece of Sea Maiden 7 paper cut to 10" x 3" was used at the bottom. I used the wood grain side of this paper with the stripes running vertically.

I whipped some brown twine around the 12" x 1" piece of Aqua Bazzill and mounted this across the join between paper and card, using 3D foam pads.

I used some Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Tag Collection to cut three tags, one each from Walnut, Aqua and a scrap of White Bazzill. I have a set of nesting star dies and I cut some stars in Walnut and Aqua too. Then with the left over Bazzill I cut the letters for my title with an old QuicKutz die set.

I tied twine through the holes in the tags and tied them to the layout, I also raised them up on 3D foam pads. I wrote my journalling on the white tag. My photos were arranged on the Walnut Bazzill and the title was added above one photo and onto one tag. I found an owl charm, I had been saving for this layout, and added gems to his eyes.

The buttons from the kit were added with a little twine threaded through the holes and tied in knots and bows. Finally a little stickles was added to each feather.

Caligular is my second layout using a photo of me with our family cat in the 1960's.

 

With the Moody Blue Bazzill, I made a frame of 1" by gutting the centre from the sheet of cardstock.  Then I cut the paper Ritzy to 11" x 11" and mounted this over the Bazzill. The Dashi paper was cut to 9.5" x 9.5" and mounted in the centre of the Ritzy paper. Then I cut a band of 5 rows of butterflies from the bottom of the take flight paper. this was stuck across the middle of the page and trimmed with strips of Moody Blue Bazzill, which had been edged with a Martha Stewart border punch.

I mounted my photo onto a piece of Moody Blue Bazzill and this in turn was mounted onto a piece of Sea Maiden paper 8" x 2.75". When all this was lightly glued in place with the top and bottom not stuck down, I tucked in two pieces of Swell paper 2" x 2". I placed these pieces above and below the photo, one to the left and the other to the right. Then I added a little of the washi tape.

Next came some fussy cutting - 11 butterflies from the Take Flight paper, 10 of these were arranged in an arc over the top right of the page. I cut a 3.5" piece from the manufacturer's strip of the Take Flight paper and added this to the bottom right of the layout. Then I added the 11th butterfly to the end of this strip.

I wrote my journalling onto scraps of Swell paper and cut this into thin strips, sticking these to the right of my photo. My title was cut from more of the Moody Blue cardstock, using an old Sizzlet alphavet die set from my collection. Finally I added antennae to the butterflies with a market pen and tiny dots of Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Thanks for looking, I will be back in early March with more from this kit.
Lynn x