Bella Blvd ~ Adventure Awaits #2 🍃

 Hello everyone! 

It’s Anna back with you today. I’m back to share my second layout this month using Bella Blvd Adventure Awaits. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

To create this layout I used a sheet of white cardstock as my base. 

I used my silhouette cameo to cut out a cutfile (it was a free one from the Pinkfresh studio Facebook group) using the b side of ‘mini meadow’.

I backed the three squares of the cutfile using ‘muddy trail’ and then mounted my photos in coordinating bazzill cardstock and adhered one photo to each square. 

Before adhering the cutfile to the cardstock, I tore a strip of ‘Wander Clouds’ and placed it to the left side of my layout, followed by a boarder sticker from the doohickey Cardstock stickers, layered on top. 

I added my title and then added some doohickey cardstock stickers to embellish around the cutfile. 

To finish off my layout I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch using some of my scraps of patterned paper to punch out some butterflies. I added enamel dots to the centres and dotted them around the layout. 

Thanks so much for looking!

See you next month with a brand new collection.

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Bella Blvd ~ Adventure Awaits 🌼

 Hello everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog! 

For August, I am going to be working with Adventure Awaits by Bella Blvd. It is an outdoorsy collection, perfect for all of your summer adventures! You can find it in the shop here!

To create my first layout I began with using the b side of ‘Treescape’ as my base.

I printed out a selection of square photos from a recent walk I’d been on. I placed the pictures out on the patterned paper and then cut out identically sized squares using coordinating green bazzill cardstock to fill the gaps. After printing 9 pictures, I needed 7 more squares to fill in the spaces to make a 4x4 grid. 

I adhered all of the squares and pictures down to create my grid. I then began to add some extra interest to each of the green squares. I layered some patterned paper on each square, using the b side of ‘mini meadow’, ‘midnight fireflies’ and ‘Wander Clouds’.

I used the ‘Doohickey Cardstock Stickers’ to further embellish each square. I created a little sunshine for the top left square by punching out a circle from ‘Midnight Fireflies’ and cutting some very small strips to make the rays. For several of the stickers placements, I trimmed down an edge to fit it into the square, rather than placing it exactly in the centre. I added a title to one of the squares too and  journalling box to another and that was the layout complete! 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you later in the month with a second layout using this collection! 

Anna

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories ~ Sweet Summertime #2

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Papermaze blog. 

Today I'm sharing my second layout using Simple Stories, Sweet Summertime - which you can find in the shop here. 

To create this layout I began with a sheet of white bazzill cardstock. 

I then cut out a circle from the b side of  Backyard Memories and adhered it to the centre of the cardstock, leaving a gap around the edge so I could tuck in the florals. 

I fussy cut lots of flowers from Backyard Memories and began tucking them around the edge of the circle. It didn't matter if they weren't full flower shapes as just half was showing. So it's a good opportunity to use flowers from the edges of the patterned paper. 

I then printed my three photos and positioned them in the circle. I used an alphabet medal die to cut out the letters for my title on white cardstock. 

I then added some stickers from the cardstock stickers around the layout including some more florals!

A simple layout that came together quite quickly! But hopefully quite effective and easily replicated. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you again next month. 

Anna

x

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories ~ Sweet Summertime ☀️ #1

Hi everyone, 

It's Anna here and today I'm sharing my first layout using Simple Stories Sweet Summertime. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

For my first layout this month I decided to create a grid style page using paper windmills. As soon as I saw ‘summer fun’ the paper inspired me to create this layout. 

I cut out each of the squares and I made paper windmills using 10 of the squares. 

To make paper windmills you begin with a square of paper, then draw a cross. You then cut about halfway along each pencil line and then fold each corner into the middle. I then like to secure with enamel dots in the centre.

I adhered the windmills onto my white bazzill cardstock and left some gaps to place my photos.

 

I added my title using Pinkfresh Studio Paige Evans Crafted Moments Mini Puffy Alphas.

I then added some of the cardstock stickers icons dotted around the page. I tucked them in where I had some gaps around the photos and windmills.  

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you later in the month for another layout using this collection!

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

 

Pinkfresh Studio - Paige Evans - Crafted Moments

 Hi everyone, it’s Anna back on the blog today and I’m sharing my third and final layout using Pinkfresh Studio’s latest collaboration with Paige Evans - Crafted Moments.

You can find the whole collection in the shop here. 

As per my previous two layouts, I have used the following supplies:

12x12 Paper Pad 

Cardstock Stickers 

Floral Ephemera 

Mini Puffy Alphabet 

To create this layout I began with a sheet of white bazzill cardstock. 

I then created a frame using ‘Inner Glow’ from the 12x12 paper pad. I trimmed my 12x12 sheet of patterned paper down by around an inch on each side and then cut out the middle section too, leaving a frame about 2 1/2 inches wide. I distressed the edges and set the frame aside.

I used some distress oxide watered down and flicked onto the background using a paintbrush. Once the oxide was dry, I adhered the frame to the cardstock. 

I mounted my three photos onto a piece of patterned paper from the collection and placed them to the bottom left side of the frame. I used the Floral Ephemera florals to tuck around the inside of the frame. 

I also added a butterfly from the same pack and positioned it in the white space inside the frame. I added a trail for the butterfly by using an acid free writing pen. 

I punched out two more butterflies using an old Martha Stewart punch and some pieces of leftover paper from the collection. I added Nuvo Drops to the centres of these butterflies and adhered them to the left of the large butterfly. 

To finish, I added a few stickers from the cardstock stickers including my journalling box and my title using the Mini Puffy Alphabet Stickers. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you in July when I’ll be sharing a couple of layouts using Simple Stories Sweet Summertime. 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

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

Echo Park ~ You Are My Sunshine #2 🌼

Hi Papermaze followers! 

It’s Anna back with you to share one final layout using Echo Park - You are my Sunshine. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

For my second layout using this collection, I wanted to create a large circle on my page. 

I used the b side of Sunshine Skies as my base. 

I then cut a circle out of Powder Blue bazzill cardstock and adhered it to centre of the patterned paper. I mounted my two photos together on to some coordinating bazzill cardstock and positioned them in the middle of the bazzill circle. 

I then grabbed all of my leftover scraps from this collection as well as some coordinating bazzill cardstock and I got punching! I used all of the flower punches that I have a punched lots and lots of flowers. You can view Papermaze’s range of punches here. 

I layered lots of the flowers together and added enamel dots to the centres. Once I had quite a few flowers ready, I started adhering them around the left edge of the circle. 

I then added some element stickers - a rainbow, cloud and sunshine to the top right of my layout. I also added a couple of bunting pieces and some phrase stickers at the bottom of the photographs. 

The title ‘So Epic’ and a couple of the word phrases come from Say Cheese Epic Cardstock Stickers as I was documenting a visit to Epcot. 

Thanks so much for looking!

See you in April with a brand New collection! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Echo Park ~ You Are My Sunshine #1 ☀️

Hello everyone, it's Anna back with you today. This month I'm working with Echo Park You Are My Sunshine - a fabulous collection to brighten your day, with bright colours, florals and plenty of sunshine! 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

To create this layout I used a sheet of white cardstock as my base. I wanted to use the b side of sunshine floral, as the green pattern matched well with my photographs. 

So I trimmed it down by around an inch on each side and adhered to the white cardstock. 

I then chose a coordinating colour thread and hand stitched around the sunshine floral patterned paper. 

I then grabbed the 3x4 journal cards and chose four of them that would work well with my photos. I had 5 pictures that I wanted to get on this page and arranging them with the journal cards is one of my go to ways to fit multiple pictures on a page. 

I arranged the photos and journal cards together and adhered them to my layout. 

I then added my embellishments, I selected a few element stickers. I tucked the large florals under the right edge of the photo and added a sunshine sticker at the top, alongside my title.  

I fussy cut a couple of florals from Sunshine Floral and tucked them under my journal cards next to some small florals from the element stickers. 

Thanks so much for looking! See you later in the month with a second layout using this collection! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories ~ Take Note #3 🏷️

Hi everyone, it’s Anna back with you today to share my third and final layout using Simple Stories - Take Note. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

To create this layout I used bazzill cardstock as my base. I had the full sheet of tag elements left in my kit of this collection, so I decided to just use the tags to create my page. I love the Simple Stories tags and they can be used in so many ways to create a full page layout as well as feature on one. 

I cut out all of the tags individually and chose 12 of them to use on this page, just leaving 3 unused.

I arranged the tags on my layout, and adhered multiple mini photos to the tags. I joined some of the tags together by punching a hole at the top of them and threading through some twine. 

Once I was happy with the placement of my photos, I adhered them to the tags and then began adding clusters of embellishments. 

I used the Floral Bits and Pieces and the Element stickers, tucking them around the tags and photos in clusters. I completed my layout by adding a title using alpha stickers. 

Thanks so much for looking. 

See you in March with a new collection! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna