Monday, 2 March 2026

February Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Lynn here today, with two more layouts made with the February Papermaze Kit. With this beautiful collection I made two heritage layouts a few weeks ago. Here I have more, showing two generations of the same family. The first shows sisters Irene and Dorothy, and the second shows three sisters (the mother and aunts of the girls in the first layout). I came across these lovely photos of our family ancestors through Ancestry. I will add details of these ladies on my own blog (should you wish to read about them). 


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


Patterned Papers:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Junk Drawer collection - Notes And Things
49 and Market - Dennis Burton - Nostalgic Memories collection - Moment & Forever
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Curiosities in Willow Grove collection - Starters Paper #5
Graphic 45 - Journalling Through Time collection - Wild Flowers & Golden Rod Pattern & Solid Sheet

The photo below shows both sides of the papers. 




Embellishments - 49 and Market Nostalgic Memories chipboard words, 49 and Market Colourswatch Tickets, 12" lace ribbon, Bare Essentials wooden domes, assorted flowers, 
Mintay paper stickers phrases - beige: & Simple Stories Simple Vintage Woodlands floral bits.


Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Touch of Pink, Mocha Divine, (included with kit) Apricot, Ivy, Fawn & Beeswax (extra pack).

Irene and Dorothy - The youngest Kiff siblings - circa 1925


For this 1920's photo, I used the gutted frame of Notes And Things paper, created from making a previous layout. I cut the Forever paper to 10.5" x 10.5", and distressed the edges, before setting over the print frame. I folded over the top left corner of the Forever paper.


Using my Cricut I cut an 8.5" diameter clockface (with roman numerals), from some scrap cardstock. I treated this with copper embossing powder, for the hands I used thick black embossing powder. I cut a circle the same side from Kraft Bazzill, to back the clockface, then attached the hands with a large brad (also embossed black). I placed the clock face to the top right of the layout. 


The photo was attached to the bottom right of the layout, overlapping the clockface.  


With the Cricut I used an Art Deco font, in three layers, using three sheets of Bazzill from the kit (Mocha DivineApricot & Beeswax). I built the letters, then with 3D foam pads I arranged them around the clockface. 


I selected flowers and leaves from my stash to arrange in clusters on the page. 


I added the dated with some old typewriter key alphabet stickers from my stash.


Eaton Sisters - The lady in the centre is the mother of the two girls in the layout above. She has the same given names as one of the daughters. 



The background for this layout is the sheet of Starters Paper #5. I used some scraps of Notes And Things paper, to frame the photo. The photo was place centrally onto the paper.


With the Wild Flowers paper, I fussy cut all the flowers. Then I arranged them around the photo. Some flowers were glued to the page directly, and other flowers were raised with 3D foam pads. 


With the Sizzix Thinlits Tag Collection die set, I cut three small tags from Golden Rod Pattern & Solid Sheet. I inked the edges and wrote the name of each sister onto the individual tags. I tied a short piece of brown seam binding ribbon to the top of the tags. These were place among the flowers. 


With one of the 49 and Market Nostalgic Memories chipboard words from the kit, I added a phrase to the bottom right of the layout. I placed a couple of gold enamel dots over the holes at each end of this piece.


I placed the approximated date of the photo in the bottom left corner with some old wood effect Thicker alphabet stickers from my stash. Some old Basic Grey Alphabet stickers were used for the title, I layered two colours together. 


That's all from the February Kit, I'll be back with the March kit soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x