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

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

 

Simple Stories ~ Say Cheese Happiest Place #2 🏰

Hi everyone, it’s Anna back again and today I’m sharing my second layout using Simple Stories Say Cheese Happiest Place, which you can find in the shop here. 

For my second layout I wanted to create a ‘Then and Now’ page. I had some photos that I’d printed from a childhood visit to Walt Disney World and I wanted to create a layout with them alongside some pictures from a more recent visit. I tried to use photos that were of the same thing/place. 

I began with ‘Meeting the Mouse’ as my base. 

I had a large & sign that I thought would work well in the centre. I then mounted my pictures on to ‘Having a Blast’ and fitted them around the & on the page. 

There were already some florals printed on the patterned paper, so I added to the florals that were already there to create a cascade of flowers across the page. I did this by fussy cutting lots of the flowers from ‘Happy Memories’ and arranging them in clusters. 

I added a title using some Doodlebug Alpha Stickers with the wording ‘Then +Now’ above and below the ampersand. 

To finish my layout, I added some enamel dots and some Nuvo drops to the centres of the flowers. 

Thanks for looking! 

See you in May! 

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

December Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Happy New Year! 
Lynn here today, back with the second post sharing Christmas layouts for this year. The December kit is available in the shop, it has a traditional red, green and white colour pallet. The papers are beautiful and include Mintay, Simple Stories and Graphic 45.  

Before we look at how the layouts were made, here is what you will find in the kit:

Patterned Papers:
Mintay Papers - Holly Jolly collection - #02 & #04
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Believe collection - Holiday Traditions & Tag Elements
Simple Stories - All Wrapped Up collection - Magical Season
Graphic 45 - Deck the Halls collection - A Little Sparkle

The photo below shows both sides of the papers:

 

Embellishments:
Simple Stories - Vintage Believe - Foam Stickers & Floral Bits and Pieces

Mintay Chippies - Xmas Wreath
Rosie's Studio - Oh Joyful Day - Button
Pretty Little Studio - Comfort and Joy - Holly Jolly Word Titles 
Divine Twine - Green Apple
Doodlebug Designs - Doilies Ladybug
Gold enamel dots

Bazzill Basics - Aspen, Grenadine (included in kit), Cinnamon Stick, Coconut Swirl, Cinder and Parakeet.

Merry & Bright - My nephew and his family took a trip to Lapland UK last December, this layout shows a group photo from this exciting day out. 

My first task for this layout was to gut the A Little Sparkle paper, giving me a frame of 12" x 12" and 1" deep. I trimmed a sheet of Bazzill White cardstock to 11" x 11". 

With two colours of Distress Ink (Barn Door and Rustic Wilderness, slightly watered down, I lightly splattered over the cardstock, to take away from the starkness of the white.

I divided the Tag Elements sheet to separate the 15 tags. The I selected 8 of them to use on my layout. I printed out the large photo with a white border, and arranged this with the tags and one of the Doilies Ladybug on the cardstock, without sticking anything down. 

Once I was happy with the arrangement, I inked the edges of the tags, punched a hole in the tops and applied a large red eyelet each one. Then everything was glued into place. The Divine Twine - Green Apple from the kit was threaded through the eyelets, and caught into place with a few spots of glue. 

I embellished the layout using the Button and Gold enamel dots from the kit. The title is a foam Sticker Holly Jolly Word Titles, also supplied in the kit. 

From my own Christmas embellishments, I added Simple Stories Vintage Christmas Lodge Farm Foam Stickers, and a little clay gingerbread man. I used some old Basic Grey Alphabet Stickers for the date. As I had already used the gold enamel dots from the kit, I found some more from my own stash to add to this page.

Our Dear Reindeer - Our granddaughter last Christmas sporting a set of reindeer antlers, and enjoying a spear of asparagus.

I selected a sheet of Kraft Bazzill from my own stash for the background, and stencilled some stars over it. I used Picket Fence Distress Ink and a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Sparkle.

I painted the Mintay Chippies - Xmas Wreath, with Distress Paints - Lumberjack Plaid for the berries and Peeled Paint with Shabby Shutters over the leaves. Then I coated the whole wreath with Glossy Accents for some shine. I set this aside to dry.

Meanwhile, I built up the layers on the layout. I used my Cricut to create the shapes, and cut them from the remains of A Little Sparkle paper. I cut the same shapes a little larger from Cinnamon Stick Bazzill to frame the paper. I cut a 6.5" x 7" piece from Holiday Traditions, and a 3" x 9" piece of Magical Season. Both these pieces were mounted on more of the Cinnamon Bazzill, I gutted some bazzill from the largest piece, to use as a mount for the photo.  

All these mounted papers and the photo were arranged on the Kraft Bazzill witout sticking down. I arranged two pieces of burlap in place on the layout. I backed the dry wreath with another piece of Holiday Traditions paper. These were all glued down. 

I had some old alpha stickers that were the wrong colour for this layout, but I stuck the numbers '2024' into the centre of the wreath and drew around them with marker pen. I removed the stickers, and painted some watered down Barn Door Distress Ink between the pen lines. I added a December sticker from my stash.

From the remains of the Tag Elements sheet, I selected a tag and mounted it onto the layout with 3D foam pads. I tucked two decorative pins through the hole. I cut the top of another tag, and tucked this under the photo, I added two more pins as before. 

My title was cut using the Cricut, using Cinnamon Stick and Grenadine Bazzill, I layered these up to create a shadow. 

Finally, I embellished the layout with Simple Stories Vintage Christmas Lodge Farm Foam Stickers. 

That's all from the December kit. I'll be back with a new wintery kit for January in a few weeks' time.
Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Oh What Fun! Crafty Christmas Layout

Lynn here today, with a little extra post for Christmas. I purchased a selection of Doodlebug Designs - Oh What Fun! papers and embellishments when I attended the Papermaze Christmas crop last week. I wanted to capture some of Florence's Christmas adventures this season.

The layout shows an afternoon with Florence, making Christmas cards, we cut her a star and a tree from a sweet potato - we didn't have a potato handy! With poster paint, glue, pom-poms and stickers, she had a lovely time with a little help from Mummy and Nana!

I decided to use a double page layout sketch from Pagemaps (June 2024).

I used:
Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Oh What Fun! - Deck The Halls, Merry Magic & Festive Flannel 
Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Oh What Fun! - This & That Cardstock Stickers 
Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Cute & Crafty - Chit Chat
Doodlebug Designs Inc. Alphabet Soup - Bubblegum, Bumblebee & Blue Jean 
Distress Inks - Candied Apple, Mowed Lawn & Mustard Seed
Smooth white Bazzill 
Gold enamel dots

With the two sheets of cardstock and the Distress Inks, I splattered watered down ink over the cardstock. I inked all my papers with more of the Candied Apple Distress Ink.

I cut the Deck The Halls paper into two pieces 6" x 12", these were placed 3" down from the top of the cardstock on both sheets of cardstock.

From the top of the Festive Flannel paper (avoiding the 24 icons), I cut two strips 10" x 1". These were placed above the previous papers. Then I topped this with one of the scalloped 12" stickers (cut in two), from the This and That sticker sheet. I cut a smaller scalloped sticker and placed it beneath the paper. 

I cut the 'Christmas Memories' piece from the Merry Magic paper, and placed it vertically on the left page. 

My photos were mounted onto some white card and arranged in place. I added details to my journalling spot and the date at the bottom with the Alphabet Soup stickers. 

I selected more stickers from the sticker sheet adding hearts, stars, a few phrases and the large 'Merry Christmas' sticker to the layout. 

From a pack of Chit Chat, I selected two words to use as a title and sub title. Then I embellished with gold enamel dots from my stash. 

Thanks for looking
Merry Christmas
Lynn x