February Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Hello, Lynn with you today, sharing details and layouts using the new February kit from Papermaze. Pretty romantic papers , together with Bazzill cardstock and embellishments. Both of these first two layouts, were based on stitching ideas.

Before seeing how these layouts were created, please see below, what you will find in the kit.

Patterned Papers:
Mintay Papers - See You in Paris! collection - #04 & #05
P13 - Love Stories collection - #01 & #05
49 and Market - Vintage Orchard collection - Solids Paper 1
Echo Park - Marry Me collection - Blush Floral

The photo below shows both sides of the papers:

Embellishments - P13 Light Chipboard Embellishments, P13 Dear Love Stickers, Craft Consortium 2 Belle Fleur butterflies, P13 Stitched With Love labels, 3 Prima flowers, Doodlebug Designs 5 puffy heart stickers, Little Birdie 3 heart stickers, 12" Pink Mesh ribbon, Papermania Bare Basics wooden dots.

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Sweetheart and Stonehenge (included in kit). Peach Creme, Dusk, Tutu Pink, Guacamole (in extra Bazzill match kit).

Family Gathering - This photo shows us all gathering for Easter and an Egg hunt in the garden.



I gutted the Blush Floral paper to make a 1" frame, then I trimmed the Tutu Pink Bazzill to 11" x 11", and mounted it over the frame. I splatted the cardstock with pink, green and brown shades of Distress Oxide Inks.

Using Tim Holtz Stacked Tiles - Hearts Sizzix Die set, I cut 16 of the largest hearts from a thin cork sheet. I arranged these in four rows of four across the page. With the next two sizes of heart die from the same set, I cut 16 more hearts from the green side, and 16 more from the pink side of the Blush Floral paper. These were laid on top of the cork hearts, and I ran the sewing machine from top to bottom over each row, without any thread and set to a long stitch length.

I used 2 strands of DMC Embroidery thread, and stitched through the holes, catching in sequins here and there as I went. The photo was mounted to the bottom left of the page.

With Rosie's Studio, Simply Charming Puffy Alphabet Stickers, I placed a title onto the layout.
Then I added the date with Sizzix Alphanumeric Label die set.

Mary Jane Billington - This old photo was given to us recently; the lady is my husband's grandmother.

I started by drawing an 11" circle in pencil onto the Stonehenge Bazzill. I pricked holes around the circumference of the circle, roughly 0.75" apart. Using the P13 Love Stories #05 paper, I cut a piece 10" x 8.75", distressed the edges and placed it in the centre of the Bazzill near to the top.

With brown seam binding ribbon on the top of the circle, I caught this in place through the punched holes, using DMC embroidery thread.

I used scraps of other papers, used in previous layouts to embellish this page. P13 Love Stories #01 paper, cut to 5.5" x 6", which I placed at the centre base of the ribbon. The photo was mounted onto a piece of Blush Floral paper, and placed to the right side of the previous piece.

I also cut several pieces from the P13 Love Stories #01 paper, using the floral side, and some panels from the #05 paper, these were all distressed and tucked around the photo. I used some of the panels as a journalling spot.

I found some old metal flowers, with pearl brads in my stash, and added them to the ribbon circle. The photo was embellished with two pieces from the P13 Light Chipboard Embellishments.

Using the Cricut I cut the lettering for the date and title using both the Sweetheart and Dusk Bazzill.

That is all for today, I will be back with two more layouts using this kit soon.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

December Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Lynn here today, I can't quite believe it's already time for the Christmassy December kit. This month's pack is full of traditional style, Christmas papers, embellishments and Bazzill cardstock. Red, white and green with gold are the main colours presented here.

Here is my first pair of layouts, both depicting my granddaughter's first Christmas:



Before we look at how each layout was created, here is what you will find in the kit:

Patterned Papers:
49 and Market - Evergreen Season collection - Ceremonious Poinsettias
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Yuletide collection - Holiday Wishes and Filled with Wonder
Carta Bella - A Vintage Christmas collection - Holiday Floral and 3x4 Journalling Cards
Vicki Boutin - Wrapped in Ribbons collection - #5

The photo below shows both sides of the papers:

Embellishments:
Vicki Boutin - Wrapped in Ribbons Acetate 6cm strip, Prima - From The North Pole 2 lines of chipboard phrases, 2 Holly Berry stems, 6 ephemera pieces and 3 flowers, Rosie's Studio - All Wrapped Up - Puffy Word Stickers, Strip of gold pearls, 12 sequins.

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Natural and Pomegranate Splash (in Main Kit). Aspen, Quartz, Parakeet and Grenadine (in extra Bazzill pack).

Believe in the Magic - This layout shows Florence in her sparkly ruby slippers and Christmas hat.

I started this layout with a scrap sheet of 12" x 12" paper, over this I created the background using two papers from the kit. The top 8" is covered with Holiday Wishes and the bottom 4" is Wrapped in Ribbons #5 including the manufacturer’s strip, the red bows were perfect for Florence's ruby slippers!

I used a Martha Stewart border punch and some white card to make a lacy strip with I added to the page above the row of bows.

Next, I arranged the photos, left to right, top to bottom overlapping one-another. The two smaller photos were matted with some red metallic card. Then I made three tags using the Sizzix Framed Tags Thinlits die set, and white card. I inked the edges of the tags with Festive Berries Distress Ink. Using red and green metallic card I cut the reinforcement rings for the tags using the same die set.

On the largest tag I created a title with Red and green metallic card, and the Sizzix Bold Text Christmas Set. I cut this twice and mounted it creating a shadow. Green jute twine was tied through the hole in the tag, and once the tag was stuck in place, the tails of the wine were looped and glued in place.

The medium size tag was used for a little more detail, and for this I used AC Foam and cardstock Thickers - Sugarplum Wishes. The smallest tag was used for the date and I created this with more metallic card and the Sizzix Alphanumeric Tiny Type sets, both upper and lower case. Once these were in place, I looped some read jute twine through the holes and attached it in the same was as before.

Finally, I added three chipboard phrases from my stash.


Oh, Christmas Tree - Florence picking her first Christmas Tree!



I chose the Ceremonious Poinsettias paper as the background for this layout, and blurred the centre of the pattern with some white acrylic paint.

I printed my photo and placed it in the centre. With the Sizzix Woodlands Thinlits set I cut the two different trees, twice in Aspen Bazzill and twice in Parakeet Bazzill. Four trees were arranged either side of the photo, expanding the tree display across the page.

I topped each tree with a large sequin from the kit, stitching in into position with gold metallic thread.

I selected and cut the 'Oh, Christmas Tree' title on the Cricut, the base was cut in cream cardstock, and alternate letters on the word 'Christmas' were cut in gold metallic card. I placed this below the photo.

With embellishments from the kit I added holly and poinsettias to either-side of the title. Finally, the date was added with AC Foam and cardstock Thickers - Sugarplum Wishes.

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

Splendid - 49 and Market - Vintage Orchard Collection

Hi everyone, it's Rebecca with you today sharing my first layout created with 49 and Market's 'Vintage Orchard' collection. The weather has certainly changed and Autumn is on the way. As sad as I am to say goodbye to Summer (although did it ever really arrive this year?!), Autumn is my favourite season to scrap so this collection was right up my street! You can find it in the store here.

I started with the 'Nestled' patterned paper - one of my favourites - and cut a 3 inch wide strip. I trimmed down either end and cut fish tails to make it more like a banner. I placed this in the centre of a sheet of Premium White Cardstock with some torn sections of the 'Painted Foliage' above and below it for contrast. At this point I hadn't stuck anything to the white cardstock - I was just sticking everything together and working on layers.

Behind the fishtail banner, I positioned one of the larger cards from the Ephemera Bits pack. This pack is amazing and includes 96 different elements so it will last a long time! 

On top of these layers, I added my photos, housed in two of the Stacked Frames. I've raised both photos up using foam to add in some dimension between the layers. I was then able to add in some smaller layers, including some striped frames from the Ephemera Bits and some filmstrips from the Acetate Assortment Set. I love how these little layers make all the difference.

I've used one of the Chipboard Words for my title, picking not only a phrase which works for the photos I'm documenting, but also a colour which matched my photos and the other elements on the page.

With these larger elements in place, I turned my attention to embellishing, which for me is the fun part and where the layout really comes together. I selected some gorgeous green leaves from the Laser Cut Wildflowers. This is another amazing pack which includes 92 pieces so is really good value for money. 

Once I'd gone through and adhered all these pieces together, I was able to see how much of the white cardstock my layout was covering. This makes it so easy to add details to the background because I can move everything on and off the page in one piece. The Vintage Orchard collection includes 3 sets of rub-on transfers. I selected some from the Blendable Rub-Ons and the Essentials Rub-Ons and applied them to my background. I love how easily they apply, and they don't really leave an 'outline' as such, so they really do look like stamping and mixed media (just without all the effort and mess!).

I finished off with a couple of laser cut butterflies and some sequins for a little bit of sparkle!

Thanks so much for reading! I hope you've enjoyed this layout and it offers you some inspiration. Vintage Orchard is a stunning collection and is available in the shop now.

Take care

Rebecca x 

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Papermaze June Kit - Part 1

Lynn here today, introducing the Papermaze Kit for June. Lots of bright colours this month for those summery layouts.
Here are my first two layouts, both with some machine stitching.

 
Patterned papers:
American Crafts - Rainbow Avenue - My Feelings
Echo Park - My Little Girl - Pretty Girl Plaid & Bright Floral
Pinkfresh Studio - Picture Perfect - Write your Story
Pinkfresh Studio - The simple things - Rays of Sunshine
Simple Stories - Summer Snapshots - Take the Shot

The image below shows both sides of each of the papers included in the kit.

Embellishments: 1/2 sheet Paige Evans Blooming Wild puffy stickers, Strip of Vicki Boutin Speciality Acetate Discover and Create, 1 Paige Evans Blooming Wild Chipboard Mini Frame, 4 Doodlebug Designs All Aflutter butterfly shape stickers, 3 Masterpiece Design '12 months label mix', 3 Pretty Little Studio ephemera pieces Sunkissed - Smell the Flowers, Pinch of Pinkfresh clear drops - Blush, & Strip of Doodlebug Designs washi tape - Bunny Hop Pastel Plaid.

Bazzill Basics - Coconut Swirl & Classic Yellow (included in kit). Passionate, Aqua, Marmalade Blast & Wild Pansy (in Extra Bazzill Pack)

Merry Go Round - A recent trip to Bressingham Gardens and Steam Museum with my brother and SIL, we just had to ride on the Gallopers!

I started this layout, by trimming the white Bazzill to 11" x 11", then I cut a 7.5" circle from the cardstock, roughly 1" in from the top and the left. I used a sewing machine and orange thread to sew a line around the edge of the card, and wavy lines around t cut-out. The cardstock was then mounted over the PFS Rays of Sunshine paper.

I positioned my photos to the right of the layout, and set about the embellishments and title.

I cut small triangles from the scraps of cardstock left from preparing the original piece. Cutting more from the Marmalade Blast Bazzill. These were doubled up to create a shadow under each flag, I strung them over the top of the circle to create a bunting effect, adding some twine. I used 3D foam pads to raise the flags from the page. I used Mint Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup stickers to add part of the title to the flags.

I made a cluster of labels using the 3 Masterpiece Design '12 months label mix from the kit. I wrote my journalling onto these labels.

The word 'Merry' was cut three times using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlit set - Merry & Bright. I used Passionate, Marmalade Blast & Wild Pansy Bazzill from the kit. These words were glued together slightly off-set from one another. This was placed at the top of the circle.

Butterflies were added to the top right of the page using the All Aflutter butterfly shape stickers from the kit.

I created the 'The Gallopers' with more Alphabet Soup - this time the Tangerine set. Two tiny hearts from both sets of these alpha stickers were placed in the label cluster.

Finally, I scattered some iridescent sequins over the page in colours to match the papers.

The Show Must Go On - Whatever the Weather - Catherine and her colleague working on the summer show for children in the Abbey ruins near where she lives. Mostly the weather was good to them, but there were a few days of rain!

The base for this page is the 'B' side of EP Pretty Girl Plaid. I started by creating my rainbow using strips of paper cut from PSF Write your Story. I cut a stripe of each colour from this paper, then I chopped them into 1" long pieces. I arranged them into a rainbow arc and stuck them to the page. I machine stitched with purple thread over each colour.

With some black cardstock I created my title using the Cricut, and arranged some of these over the rainbow and some just beneath it.

My photo was mounted onto some white card and placed into position. I also cut a few clouds from white card to use as journalling blocks and added these to the right of the photo. I inked the edges first.

Rain was made, using Assorted Water Droplets also available at Papermaze.  I used two of flowers from the Paige Evans Blooming Wild puffy stickers fin the kit.

Finally, I cut some words from PFS Write your Story paper, I inked the edges and applied them around the top of the rainbow.

That's all for today, I will return with part two soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x