Birthday Card

Using some of the scraps left over from the Authentique Blissful collection. I made this birthday card with some of the circle flowers.

I used a oblong card & cut a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than the card.  I then cut some small slits along the paper and threaded some ribbon through.
Having cut several sized circles I then distressed the edges with sandpaper & bent the circles slightly to give a '3d' appearance. I then layered them and added a button & leaves.
I finished with a inked and distressed tag and a smaller flower.

Authentique Blissful

This page was created using papers from the Authentique Blissful collection.  This is a gorgeous collection.

I started with the Pleasant paper and matted my photo onto cardstock and attached to the paper at a angle.

I cut several circles from the various patterned papers and some leaf shapes & distressed the edges with sandpaper, then I made up some flowers with the different sized circles & finished with a button in the centre of each

I positioned the flowers around the photo, some cutting in half before attaching the button centre & added the leaves to finish off.

The page was finished by stapling a inked & distressed tag to the top left corner and again adding some smaller flowers.

and the winner is...

Hi...because of all that has happened over the last week, the competition slipped my mind....luckily the stamps that we were giving away were at my house to photograph...so we still have some to send out...so drum roll please...............the winner of the set of stamps is...

Sue said...BEAUTIFUL!!!
As the store sell such gorgeous (Notice the play on words;))stamps, I would like to see more stamping like this as i Love stamping.

8 October 2011 14:44

send me your address and i will get them in the post to you...my email address is wendy@bbbweb.com.

Crate Mini Books

Hi everyone...Even though Papermaze is not up and working at the moment we have decided to still keep this blog going....so keep a check back here for the design team girls posts. We are in the middle of clearing up after the fire. So please bear with us for a while until everything is up and running again. Again if you have any questions email vanessa@papermaze.co.uk. We will be back with a full update soon x




I'm a big fan of Mini Books, but I loose interest quickly.
I like to be able to make one during one stitting. If it's something that takes weeks of work I get bored and end up moving onto the next project before finishing.

I find the 12x12 Crate Papers perfect for making quick mini books.
They come in a variety of themes.
I like to buy 2 sheets of each.
And then I cut out each journal card and stick them back to bake so a different card is showing on each, but matching them up so all the same sizes are stuck back to back.
Once you've done this, the edges can be trimmed up tidy and then inked.
You are now ready to stick on your photos and add your journaling.



I've added some of the crate stickers that you can buy to match the collections too.


I just love how quick and easy it is to make and everything goes together so well.












To finish punch a hole in the top and add a large book ring.

Papermaze.....

Unfortunately we have had a fire at our premises yesterday. We have lost a lot of stock but we are grateful that nobody was hurt. We have closed the website for the time being while we sort things out. This will obviously take a bit of time, but we do intend to be back up and running as soon as possible. Please email vanessa@papermaze.co.uk if you have any queries.

October Sketch with Kim and Wendy

Good morning all!

I hope you enjoyed last months sketch as much as we did and we are excited to bring you another one this month.

Sketches are such fun to work with as it really is up to the individual on how they look for inspiration from the blueprint. I generally start out with the intention of doing an exact replica of a sketch but in then end my projects tend to take on a life of their own :)

Without further ado, let's have a look at the October Sketch for you:

And here is my (Kim) example:

Products used:
Papers - Authentique: Original, Foundations Bi-Fold
Stickers - American Crafts: Lullaby, Dymo tape
Embossing Powder - Stampendous
Die Cuts - Spellbinders: Creative Tabs by Donna Salazar Designs

And here is Wendy's take on the sketch,for this page she used the papers from the Christmas collection called Peppermint from Crate Paper.

October's Crop Kit

Another month has flown by, and here with are with October's crop kit! I've used the lovely Jillibean Soup papers from the Homemade 6 Bean Soup range - I love the colours in this! My layout uses a 6x4.5" photo. We've still got room for a few more people if you fancy coming along to join us tomorrow!