November Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Hi - Lynn here today. This month's Papermaze kit is packed with the amazing colours of autumn. I have had so much fun working with the November selection. I have created these two pumpkin related layouts for my first post. 

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

Patterned Papers 
Carta Bella - Honeybee Collection - Bees and Flowers & Honeycomb Clusters
Carta Bella - It's Autumn collection - Fall Flowers
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze collection - Welcome Fall & Falling Leaves
Photoplay - Autumn Junque collection - Harvest

Embellishments:
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap die-cut leaves
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap cozy weather banner
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap I heart fall stickers
Little birdie flower
Pinkfresh Studio garden bouquet enamel dots
49 and Market Vicki Boutin Curiosities in Willow Grove chipboard bits
1m hemptique yarn

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold, Pinecone (included in kit), Twill, Ruby Slipper, Aspen & Pumpkin Patch.

Thankful - This layout was inspired by a digital page that I saw on Pinterest (JoCee from Sweetshoppedesigns.com), however mine is made with paper and glue and it came out quite different! Catherine, George and Florence met up with friends at Spadework Charity PYO Pumpkins in West Malling.

 

For this layout I used a scrap sheet of 12" x 12" paper, to build up my background. I picket the beautiful Welcome Fall paper, and trimmed this to a piece 6" x 12" for the left side of the page, and another 2" x 12" for the far-right side of the page. Then I flipped the remains over to the plaid side and cut two strips 0.5" x 12". Nothing was glued in place yet. 

With the Harvest paper, I cut a piece from the grey area 4" x 12", I printed my journalling onto this piece just below half was down the panel. Then all these pieces were stuck into place on the scrap paper to create a 12" x 12" background. 

I printed one very large and three small photos. I mounted the large photo to the left of the page. The smaller photos were mounted onto Pinecone Bazzill, to make narrow borders. These were then fixed to the page.

I used one of the 49 and Market Vicki Boutin Curiosities in Willow Grove chipboard bits from the kit, as my title. 

With a sheet of Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze Cardstock Stickers, I created the embellishments for the layout.

Autumn Beauty - Dressed for autumn, Florence at her favourite bench at the Abbey Ruins.

I started by gutting the Falling Leaves paper, to make a frame of 1" deep. Then I trimmed the Twill Bazzill, to 11" x 11" tearing the edges. I mounted the cardstock over the frame of leaves. 

I splattered some Distress Oxide Inks over the Bazzill (Ground Espresso and Carved Pumpkin). 
Then I cut three panels of patterned paper, 3" x 8" - I used scraps from the previous layout - the plaid side of Welcome Fall and two different areas of the Harvest paper. I distressed the edges of these panels and arranged them horizontally onto the layout.

My photo was mounted onto some white card, and tore the bottom of the card, this was, in turn mounted onto a piece of Yukon Gold Bazzill. This was cut longer than the white, and also torn at the base. I tied some of the hemptique yarn from the kit around this cardstock. My mounted photo was then glued in place on the page.

I cut the word 'Autumn' twice using my Cricut, using Pinecone and Pumpkin Patch Bazzill, I also used Doddlebug Designs Alphabet Soup letter stickers in Gold to add the word 'Beauty' and the date.  

With another piece from the Harvest paper, I made a small spot for my journalling. To embellish I used the Pretty Little Studio gingersnap die-cut leaves, the Pretty Little Studio gingersnap cozy weather banner, Pinkfresh Studio garden bouquet enamel dots and the Little birdie flower, all from the kit.

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