Seaside - Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Sand & Sea Collection

Hi everyone! 

It's Rebecca with you today, sharing my second layout of the month created with the Simple Vintage Sand & Sea collection from Simple Stories. The collection is now live in the shop here.

Whilst tidying my desk this week, I came across a photo of my son that I instantly knew would look fabulous with this collection. I pulled out the two striped patterned papers and cut a large triangle from each, making sure the stripes ran in the same direction. I positioned them in the centre of a sheet of Premium White Cardstock, slightly overlapping them with the points facing outwards. I then mounted my photo on craft foam and placed it over the top, adding dimension while ensuring it remained the main focal point of the layout.

Around the photo, I layered embellishments from both the Bits & Pieces and Floral Bits & Pieces packs, tucking and layering each element to create plenty of texture and dimension.

I had originally planned to use one of the Foam Stickers for my title, but the ones I had left felt a little too blocky against the lines of the triangles. Instead, I got creative and cut the word 'Seaside' from the Combo Elements patterned paper to create my own custom die-cut title. I popped it up on foam and positioned it to the left of my photo.

As my photo contains some darker tones and this collection has such a light, airy feel, I wanted to introduce a few subtle pops of black to tie everything together. Using a black gel pen, I lightly traced around the edges of the triangles, title and embellishments, creating a soft hand-doodled border. I deliberately kept the lines loose and imperfect to give them a rustic, slightly shabby look, and I was really pleased with the finished effect.

To finish the layout, I added a few hearts down the vertical centre of the page, helping to soften the strong lines of the triangles and bring the whole design together.

Thanks so much for reading! I hope you've enjoyed taking a look at my layout and that it's inspired you to create with this gorgeous collection. 

Take care,

Rebecca xx

@preciouspagespapercraft

June Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Lynn here today, to introduce you to the colourful June Papermaze Kit.  This month's kit is packed with a beautiful colour collection of yellows, pinks, oranges and fawn. Patterned papers, Bazzill card stock and a selection of embellishments. 

Here are the first two layouts I made with this lovely kit.

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 #7
Carta Bella - Silly Goose - Best of the Best Bunches
Graphic 45 - Scenic Route - Lemon Yellow Pattern & Solid
Graphic 45 - Always & Forever - Perfect Pink Pattern & Solid & Timeless Floral
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Lavender Fields - Almond

Photo below shows both sides of the paper sheets

Embellishments - Rosie's Studio - Heartfelt - glitter foam sentiments, Prima - Among the Wild Flowers - Flowers and Tickets, Cocoa Vanilla - Bloom & Grow - Puffy Heart, Paper Favourites - peony diecuts, Pinkfresh Studio - Gems - clear with gold dust, Ivory Ribbon. 

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Bazzill White, Yukon Gold (included in kit), Chiffon, Tutu Pink, Stream and Quick Sand (in Extras pack).

Afternoon Tea - In 2014 my Mum turned 80 and we took her to The Ritz for afternoon Tea, this photo shows me with my daughter at the famous venue.
 

For this layout I chose the sheet of Starters Paper #7 paper, and arranged it with the fawn band across the top of the page. I glued the lace from the kit across the base of this area. 
I mounted my photo onto some white card and positioned it to the right side. 

I picked three tags from a sheet of Starters Paper 8 from my own stash. I inked the edges with Distress Inks to match the colour of each tag. With a hole punched in the top I threaded some yellow twine through each hole and tied it in a bow.

I finished the tags off with a glittery brad through each hole. I trimmed one tag down, and tucked it into the top of the photo. The other two tags were applied to the side of the photo at an angle, so I could add my journalling. 

Using my Cricut and an Art Nouveau font, I cut the two layers of the title, using Bazzill card stock from the kit (Chiffon and Stream). This was placed to the top left of the layout.

I embellished the page with several Artful Moments Laser Cut Elements. Choosing a rosette, three tiny tags, two leaf fronds and several flowers. Some of these were raised with 3D foam pads to create dimension.

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Thank You - My daughter and I helped my granddaughter make thank you cards after her birthday recently. As she has several gifts and cards featuring the popular caterpillar, this was the theme we chose.

For the background of this layout, I used the Lavender Fields - Almond paper. My photos were trimmed to 6 x 6 cm. I selected two more sheets of the patterned papers (Best of the Best Bunches & Perfect Pink Pattern & Solid). With both these papers I cut 4 squares (also 6 x 6 cm). I arranged these down the left side of the layout, using both sides of both the papers, with the photos on top. 

I used a fine black marker pen to draw lines around the edges of the small squares, and the whole layout. I selected three bows from the Artful Moments Laser Cut Elements pack and added these to the photo side of the layout. 

I selected one of the caterpillars we made, and placed this to the bottom right of the photos. For the caterpillars we used some green paper to cut leaf shapes, and a hole punch to make munch holes in the leaf, Florence drew on the leaves with her pens. We added a 'Thank you' stamp, and then she had fun sticking a large and four small pom-poms onto the leaf to make the caterpillar. Adult help for adding the googly eyes, finished off the critter. 

For the title I used some glittery Thickers and some puffy alphabet stickers from my stash. 

Finally, I added my journalling to the patterned papers.

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

Simple Stories Rustic Legend - Good Times

Hello!

Today on the blog I have a layout full of fun using the Simple Stories Rustic Legend collection.

Inspired by the stars in the ephemera and icons in this range, I decided to go whole hog and grab some dies to create a page bursting with colourful stars!

On top of my Premium White Cardstock, I first created an anchor for my design, cutting the ruler strips from the Level Up paper, tore them roughly in half and layered them across the centre of the page.

I also took a tyre track from the Bits & Pieces pack because these photos were taken during a recent US road trip.

My photo is made up of several images so is quite busy. I kept it simple by matting in plain black cardstock, helping lift it from the bold background. 

The the fun part! The stars!! Using nested star dies I cut different sized stars from the Low Key Awesome, Journal Elements (B side), Instant Classic (B side) and Be Bold papers (B side).

I scattered these at the top and bottom of my photo, layered and overlapping with adhesive foam to create a dimensional effect.

For extra interest, I also added star stickers from the Cardstock Stickers and punched some tiny stars from black cardstock to help the layout pop.

To fill the white space around my photo, I added a tag and a ticket from the Bits & Pieces. 

Along the top of the photo, I also added a small divider sticker from the Cardstock Sticker Basics.

For my title, I opted for the Good Times sticker from the Cardstock Sticker Basics, adding this alongside the rulers to blend it with the design.

Thank you for joining me on the blog today. I hope you've enjoyed seeing the layout. I'd highly recommend this collection and look forward to creating more soon! 

Happy scrapping! 

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate 

Second crop layout

 Our second kit for our fundraising crop tomorrow has been designed by Lynn, featuring lots of colourful buttons...

As I said yesterday, we are fundraising for Arthritis UK with 3 kits, a raffle, cakes and a 50/50 sale!

Extended Crop!

Last year we had an extended crop in June, fundraising for the new roof of the Village Hall where we meet.  We had such a lovely day that we are doing it all again on Saturday!  This time we are fundraising for Arthritis UK.  The start time is 10am, but we are extending the end time to 7pm, and there will be a raffle and some lovely homemade savouries in the morning and cakes in the afternoon.  

We'll have 3 kits available during the day, and the first of those is by Anna!  

It's a scraplift of a layout she made back for the blog back in March - get ready to do lots of punching!

 

Mintay Paper - Summer Highlands - Crimson Days

Hi everyone, Karen here. I’m so excited to be creating with the gorgeous Summer Highlands collection from Mintay Papers this month. If you love peaceful holidays in the countryside and outdoor adventures, this one is for you. The colour palette is a beautiful mix of reds, browns, beiges, and creams, packed with images of mountain landscapes, vintage maps, daisies, poppies, wild strawberries, hiking boots, cameras and lots more.

For my first layout I trimmed paper #4 and layered it onto red cardstock to create a narrow border. After adding some black paint splatters to the background, I let it dry completely before adding anything else.

Next, I machine-stitched a straight line around the edge using red thread, then glued down some red gingham ribbon from my stash just inside the stitching for a double-border look.

I matted my square photo with paper from the 6x8 Add-On Paper Pack and placed it in the top right corner.

Using more paper from the Add-On Pack and some red cardstock, I created eight rosettes in varying sizes. A tip when making rosettes - always use hot glue to secure your rosettes! Because it dries quickly and holds strongly, you can easily gather the centre of your paper fans without them springing open.

In the centre of each rosette, I attached some old Card Candi from my stash (buttons, enamel dots, or gems would work perfectly too). I then clustered the rosettes around the photo, mixing up the colours as I went.

I cut some poppies from paper #10 and tucked them under some of the rosettes.

I cut a title on the Silhouette from red and cream cardstock and placed this in the top left corner fo the layout.

For journaling, I printed the "where and when" onto a tag, tied it with twine, and layered it on top of one of the rosettes.

A few scattered enamel dots finished off the layout.

I'm really enjoying this collection and look forward to sharing another project with you soon.

Take Care,

Karen x x

Pinkfresh Studio ~ Crafted Moments by Paige Evans ☀️

 Hello everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog! 

Today I will be sharing my second layout using Pinkfresh Studio’s latest collaboration with Paige Evans - Crafted Moments. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

I began with a sheet of pale pink bazzill as my base. 

I then cut out a selection of hexagons from 'Crafted Moments' which is in the 12x12 paper pad. 

 

I fussy cut a couple of suns from ‘Made of Sunlight’ which is in the 12x12 pad. After mounting my photographs I began positioning everything on my layout. I adhered the hexagons in a pattern across the page, added my photographs and placed the suns in position too. 

I added some stickers around my layout including a journaling box which were from the Cardstock Stickers.

I added a title to the bottom right hand side of the layout which balanced the page out.

Thanks so much for looking! See you soon with another layout using this collection soon. 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna