August Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Hello, Lynn here with the second pair of layouts made with the colourful August Papermaze Kit. Both layouts feature photos taken just a few days before the layouts were created.

Before looking at how these were made, here are the details of what you will find in the kit.

Patterned papers:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Garden District - You Can Fly
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Costal - Beach Vibes
Pink Paislee - Bloom Street - #14
Vicki Boutin - Let's Wander - Escape
Heidi Swapp - Art Walk - Full Bloom and Water Walk

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Fig Swirl and Lemonade

The reverse side of the papers:

The Embellishment pack:

Pinkfresh puffy stickers, P13 word stickers, P13 tag, Kaisercraft curio, 2 piece chipboard butterfly, 6 buttons, 2 yellow flowers,

Bazzill Pack:

Whirlpool, London Fog, Rain Forest and Quartz.

Think Pink - These photos were taken at Annabelle's 9th birthday party, a few days after she spent a craft afternoon with her Auntie Catherine, when one of the activities was to do tie die. Everyone ended up with a pink T-shirt.

For the background I used the sheet of 'Full Bloom', with the pink side up. With Picked Raspberry and Work Lipstick Distress Paint, I made six rings using a cup rim dipped into the paint mix (these are about 11cm wide). I then used a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Sparkle and more paint.

Once dry I placed a photo into each circle, these were cut using a Sizzix Thinlits die set Stitched Circles (these are 9cm side).

I cut a piece about 16cm x 3cm from the 'Bloom Street - #14' paper and used the lines of the striped pattern to add my journalling, placing it under the photos.

Using some flowers from my stash and the P13 quotes from the kit, I scattered the embellishments around the photos. 

For my title I used Quarts and Lemonade Bazzill, and the Sizzix thinlits Alphanumeric Shadow Uppercase die set. I inked the edges of these with Squeezed Lemonade and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink.

A Field of Sunshine - For this page I selected one of my many photos of the Sunflower fields a little further along the lane where I live.

I selected the Rain Forest Bazzill and gutted it to leave me with a frame 2.5cm deep. Over this I mounted the 'Escape' paper, trimmed to measure 27cm x 27cm. I inked the edges of this paper and the others with Forest Moss Distress Ink.

I cut the 'Bloom Street #14' paper to measure 22cm x 22cm, selecting the paler area of the graduated yellow paper. and trimmed around the edges with a Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page Set - Cherish. This was placed in the centre of the 'Escape' paper.

The remainder of the rain Forest Bazzill was trimmed to 18.5cm x 16.5cm, and placed overlapping the #14 paper towards the bottom of the page. I mounted my photo onto some of the London Fog Bazzill. I cut a doily with a Crafter's Companion die, in Lemonade Bazzill, and cut this in half and placed half so it would peep out from the right of the photo and the other half from the bottom.

The photo and doilies were arranged to the bottom of the Bazzill, leaving room for my title. My title was made by two methods. 'Sunshine' is a sticker from Pink Paislee Paige Evans Truly Grateful Puffy Word Stickers.

The other words were cut from Lemonade and Rain Forest Bazzill using Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric Label die set. I made two small tabs to add some of the title to the page - I used scraps from the #14 paper, choosing the darker shaded part of the sheet.

From the kit I added some of the coral lace along the top of the Bazzill panel. The flowers were added to opposite corners of the #14 trimmed panel. I fussy cut some butterflies saved from the scraps of 'You Can Fly' paper, and arranged them over the page.

The P13 label was placed to the top right corner with 3D foam tape and a piece of jute twine threaded through the hole.

The date was made in the same way as the title and placed along the bottom border of the layout.

That's all from this kit, although I still have plenty of embellishments, cardstock and some scraps of patterned paper. This month I did use some of all twelve sheets of paper and card.

I'm sure I can made another layout with what I have left. I'm keen to use more of my sunflower photos.

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

January Papermaze Kit

Happy New Year Scrappers!  Lynn here today with the first Monthly Papermaze Kit for the year 2020. As always, Vanessa has put together a delightful kit containing 6 quality double-sided papers, two sheets of Bazzill and a bag of gorgeous embellishments to compliment them. There is also a pack of four extra sheets of Bazzill picked to go with the kit at a discounted price. Here are the first two layouts I have made to share with you.

Here is what is in January's kit:



Patterned Paper
Carta Bella - Home Again collection - Leaves, Magnolias, and Tags
Kaisercraft - Ladylike collection - Jessica
Simple Stories - Winter Farmhouse collection - Falling Snow
Photoplay - For the Love of Winter collection - Through the Woods
Bazzill Basics - Natural & Lagoon

Reverse side of papers

Extra Bazzill Pack - Honeycomb, Stonehenge, Aqua and Birchtone Dark

Embellishments - 2"x 12" corrugated card, 2 mini frames, 2 decorative pins, 18" brown mesh, Sn@p! Studio Alpha Stickers, acetate, strip of pearls, 3 wooden hearts, 2 bark butterflies, 3 white paper blossoms, 2 aqua paper roses, 2 tags

Smile - My first layout is a photograph from my daughter's wedding last summer.

This layout was inspired by one of my favourite scrapbookers - Gabrielle Polloco, and her romantic layout, I spotted some years ago.

All the inking for this layout was done with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I started by gutting a sheet of Birchtone Dark Bazzill. Then I trimmed the 'Tags' paper, by heavily distressing the edges and then inking them. I also gutted the Lagoon Bazzill, and set aside the frame for another layout and used the remainder for die cuts for this layout.

After making a heart shaped template approx. 10" deep and 10" tall, I drew around this template onto the centre of the paper (stripe side) and carefully cut this shape away using a craft knife. Then I drew around the template again onto the 'Falling Snow' paper (dot side), and cut this shape out.

I attached the Bazzill frame and the stripe paper onto a scrap sheet of 12" x 12" paper as a base.

With the 'Through The Woods' paper (horizontal wood panel side) I cut a piece 12" x 4.5", distressed and inked the edges. Then this was placed across the middle of the page.

I trimmed the dotty heart shape with some cotton lace from my stash. I glued this to the back so it peeps out from underneath. The decorated heart was then applied over the heart shaped gap in the stripe paper.

I took three small white paper doilies from my stash and arranged them over the heart. Then I wrapped some 1 1/2" wide ribbon over the layout from both sides and tied a bow arranged to lie to the left of the photo. I mounted the photo onto another piece of 'Through The Woods' paper and attached to the layout using foam tape.

Next came all the die cutting! I cut flowers, a branch and leaves using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits die set - Funky Floral Large and the title with the Shadow Script #2 set. Then I cut a fence panel using a Crafter's Companion Die - from the Fence and Gate set. The latter was embossed with clear embossing powder. For all these die cuts I used Lagoon, Aqua and Birchtone Dark Bazzill (from the kit) and some pale pink scraps from my stash. The flowers were inked and layered up around the photo.


Mendham Wheelbarrow Competition - We are new to the village here in Mendham and last summer we were asked to join in the wheelbarrow competition. This photo was taken when we first planted up the barrow, a few months before the judging. 

As a base for this layout I used the sheet of Stonehenge Bazzill. Then I took the 'Leaves' paper and carefully cut the wooden border off and mitered the corners. Then I distressed and inked the edges before reconstructing the frame onto the Bazzill. 

The rest of the paper was cut in half (keeping the planks horizontal). I turned one half so the leaves were uppermost, distressed and inked the edges then applied it to the top half of the page. For the other piece with the plank side uppermost, I cut all the planks apart, distressed and inked them, then placed them onto the bottom half of the layout. I only added glue to the ends of the planks to leave me room to tuck the tags in later.

I added some of the strip of mesh along the join in the middle of the layout. Then I mounted the photo onto a piece of Aqua Bazzill cardstock, attaching it to the layout with some foam tape.

I created the title next, using the Sn@p letter stickers from the kit and some Pink Fresh Studio Indigo Hills #2 mini puffy alpha stickers. Once these were in position I knew where I could add the tags. With the scraps from the 'Tags' paper, I trimmed some of the tags inked the edges and made holes in the tops. These were tucked in-between the planks, then I tied some jute twine through the holes in the tags.

Finally I added brads to the corners of the frame and the two bark butterflies to the top right of the layout.

More from this kit in a couple of weeks.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

September Papermaze Kit

Lynn here today, with a beautiful, romantic new monthly kit from Papermaze for September. 

I loved working with this kit and have five layouts to share with you over the next few weeks, here are the first two:

What the kit contains:

September Kit

Six double-sided sheets patterned papers:
Stamperia, Ceremony - Peony & Letters
Stamperia, Garden - Score Watering Can
Kaisercraft, Anthology - Botanist & Herbs
Kaisercraft, Gypsy Rose - Doors
Pink Paislee, Auburn Lane - #3
Two sheets Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Fig Swirl & Brown

Reverse side of papers

The pack of four sheets of extra Bazzill Basics Cardstock: Spice, Yam, Stonehenge & Aspen. 

Extra Bazzill Pack

The embellishments included in the kit:1 sheet Tim Holtz clippings stickers, wooden word, 50cm thick twine, 12" lace, 5 wood buttons, 1 crochet flower, 2 Prima peach flowers, 3 burgandy paper flowers, 1 strip pearls, 2 Prima printed fabric leaves.

Embellishments

My first page today presents a photo of my daughter Emily at a live action role play (LARP) event - Empire 2017, as Lady Geniveve D'Tensiel (Veve), with the Dodo known as 'Grumpy Solomon'. 

 
I started with the Aspen Bazzill and gutted enough from the centre to use as a photo matt.
I then gutted the Kaisercraft 'Botanist' paper to make a 1", 12" x 12" frame, which I distressed and inked with Peeled Paint Distress Ink, before sticking down to the Bazzill.

I cut a piece measuring 10" x 10" from the Kaisercraft 'Herbs' paper and treated it in the same way as the 'Botanist' paper. I stuck this to the centre of the layout leaving the edges free of adhesive so I could tuck in some frayed burlap all the way around the edges.

I made a circle from the twine in the kit and arranged this to the right of where the photo was to go. I stuck the matted photo down with 3D foam pads to add some dimension. A tag was created with a scrap of Natural Bazzill from the previous kit, this was attached to the twine circle.

Then I fussy cut the remainder of the blooms from the 'Botanist' paper, they were inked with Old Paper Distress Ink. Then I layered the flowers up, arranging them around the page. I cut all the extra leaves and tucked them around the flowers. The flower centres were created with glue and some hole-less beads from my stash. I used a few of the sentiment stickers from the kit.

My title was created with an old Sizzix 'Boxed Brush' Sizzlit alphabet die set, and scraps of green from the reverse side of the 'Botanist' paper. I made this shine and added dimension with a layer of Glossy Accents.

My second layout is called 'Mr & Mrs' and is another for my daughter's wedding album. It shows Emily and Jack in the ceremony area when the photographer took them back there in the evening for more photos.

I used just one sheet of patterned paper here - Stamperia, Ceremony - 'Peony & Letters'. This  has a detailed romantic border to the left of the paper. I cut along the lacy frill and around the letters and tucked a large (10.5") paper doily under the cut. I made a scalloped circle template (7") and used this to crop my photo, them I layered this onto the doily.

I created three clusters of paper flowers from my stash, the leaves were cut with dies from the two Prima printed fabric leaves provided in the kit. These are lovely, large, printed leaves, but they were too big for this design so I used them to make smaller leaves with a few of the thinlits dies from the Small Tattered Florals Sizzix set. This method meant I retained the veins and shading printed on the leaves.

Finally my title was created with some gold card and a little of the Spice Bazzill (cut the Spice Bazzill to 11.5" x 11.5" and gut to make a 2" frame, then keep the frame for another layout and use the gutted area for die cutting). For this I used a Crafter's Companion die from the Rustic Wedding range.  

Back soon with three more layouts using this lovely kit.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

July Papermaze Kit

Hi All, Lynn here with a pair of layouts I made using the July Papermaze Kit which goes on sale today.  Both my layouts will be part of my daughter's wedding album, as the papers were ideal for my photos.

This month's kit is packed with goodies as always - Six double-sided sheets of patterned paper:

Kaisercraft - Wandering Ivy, Panelling & Blue Posy
Jillybean Soup – 2 Cool for School, Wild Child
Bo Bunny – Once Upon A Lifetime, Namesake
Simple Stories – Travel Notes, Adventure Awaits
Graphic 45 – Sun Kissed Collection, Sand Dollars

 

Two sheets of Bazzill Basics - Splash & Hilary
There is an extra Bazzill Basics pack available containing four carefully matched sheets -  Typhoon, White, Rain & Boogieboard.

This photo shows the embellishments included in the kit - They are:
Jillibean mini alpha, 12" Freckled Fawn washi tape, 2 Dusty Attic word circles, 1 wooden arrow, 4 paper flowers, 1 strip green jewels, 40cm ribbon, 7 Pretty Little Studio leaf die-cuts, 1 Freckled Fawn arrow clip, 1 exclusive chevron stencil.

My first layout is called 'Autumn Bride'. I was pleased to see papers from Kaisercraft's Wandering Ivy in the kit as I had already used this for several of the layouts in the wedding album.

I inked the edges and dies cuts with Distress Inks - Old Paper and Peeled Paint.

To create this page I took the scrap sheet of 12" x 12" paper from my stash to 'build' my layout onto, as I needed to cut the paper up. I took the blue Posy paper and cut off two strips 10cm deep. These were stuck to the top and bottom of the base card. I cut a band of Travel Notes paper 13cm deep and trimmed the long edges with a Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page border punch.

The Travel Notes paper was used to mount the photo and to make some banner strips which were laid down before the photo. I found a couple of labels from clothing which I trimmed and tucked behind the photo, adding some narrow white ribbon from my stash. 

 

 Then I created two large clusters of flowers on either side of the photo, over the band of Travel Notes paper. I created two large and two small rosettes from the left over Blue Posy Paper and the Tim Holtz, Decorative Strip Sizzix Sizzlit die. The flowers were cut from scraps of Blue Posy, Travel Notes and some white card, using the Tim Holtz Thinlits Die Set - Funky Florals #3. This die set was also used to cut the fern leaves, using the Hilary Bazzill from the kit. Other embellishments from the kit added to these clusters were the green jewels and the paper flowers. I added more loops of blue ribbon from my own stash too. 

 

For a title 'Bride' I used some Sizzix Sizzlits alphabet dies (Boxed Brush) and the Hilary Bazzill, this was given a shine with Glossy Accents. For the words 'Autumn', 'Emily' and '2017' I used the Jillybean Mini Alpha Stickers which are included in the kit.

My second layout for today is called 'With These Rings' and uses the professional photo of Emily and Jack's Wedding Rings. 

This time I inked all my edges with Distress Inks - Peeled Paint and Stormy Sky.

I used another sheet of scrap 12" x 12" paper to make an unseen base for this layout, meaning I could cut up the papers and keep some for other pages and my die cutting etc. 

The first stage was to cut an interesting part from the Namesake paper. I liked the detail on the left side and wanted to include this. I used another sheet of card to mark the position to cut (see photo below).

Then I stuck this to my base card (see photo below).

The next step is to trim two adjacent sides of the sheet of Boogieboard Bazzill, with another Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page punch set (see photo below).

Now cut this so you have just the trimmed edges and corner, this needs to be about 2cm deep and stick into place so it covers the edges of the patterned paper (see photo below).

Next place the white Bazzill close to the trimmed edge and stick into place, onces stick you can trim off the excess, so you end up with a 12" x 12" base for you layout (see photo below).

I cut a white card mount for my photo. Then using the reverse side of the Namesake paper scrap (spotty side), I cut a wider mat including the printed blue lace, which I positioned on the left of my photo (this was cut at 13.5cm x 16.5cm).

To embellish I cut some doilies, hearts and tags using some Crafter's Companion dies. I used scraps of Boogieboard and white Bazzill asn well as the leftovers of Namesake and Travel Notes papers.  Once they were all in position I added a sprinkling of tiny flowers from the border punch waste.

Jute twine was added to the tags. Then a selection of small paper flowers from my stash were clustered around the tags and in the bottom right of the photo. I added a few fronds punched from scraps of patterned papers with a Martha Stewart punch. 

Finally I cut a title using silver card and some more Crafter's Companion dies.

Back with more from this kit early in August.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x