July Papermaze Kit - Part 2

 

Lynn here today, sharing the second pair of layouts using the pretty Papermaze kit for July. This kit is packed with soft, natural colours and includes double-sided patterned papers,  Bazzill Basics cardstock and a whole bunch of co-ordinating embellishments. There is also a pack of matching Bazzill Basics sheets, available to compliment the kit. 

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

The photo below shows both sides of the papers.

Patterned Papers:
49 and Market - Joanne Bain - Little Celebrations - Whimsy & Luminous
P13 - Beautiful Moments - #02 & #06
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Woodlands - Let's Explore
Stamperia - Timeless Collection - Roses Tapestry

Embellishments:
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology clippings - Stickers
P13 - Chipboard Circles
G45 - Pearls
Prima - Return to Wonderland - 2 Vintage Wonderland Frames
Prima - A Mermaid's Tail - Flower
49 and Market - Moonlit Garden - washi tape - stamps
12" Lace

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Lagoon, Pigment (included in Kit), Tutu Pink, Powder Blue, Star Dust & Cinnamon Stick (in Extra pack).

A Mother's Love - This photo goes back to my wedding day (41 years ago), and shows Mum and me on the patio in her garden just before leaving home for the church. 

In order to use both sides of this paper, I needed a 12" x 12" sheet of scrap paper, to mount the cut pieces onto. I cut P13 - Beautiful Moments - #06 in half to give me two pieces 12" x 6", and placed them onto the scrap paper, and stuck them in place. I covered the join in the paper with the cream lace from the kit. 

From the Stamperia - Timeless Collection - Roses Tapestry I cut two pieces, 6" x 4", and mounted them on the top half of the page to show both side of the paper. These were overlapping one another, and created a backdrop for the photo.

I mounted the photo on a scrap of Star Dust Bazzill, gutted from a previous layout. and placed this in the centre of the page. 

I used a Dusty Attic chipboard piece - 'A mother's Love', and prepared it with a coat of Gesso. Over this I applied Distress inks, then a coat of Glossy Accents. This was placed at the bottom right of the layout.

 

From the kit, I selected a few of the Tim Holtz - Idea-ology clippings - Stickers and placed them to the right of the photo. Then above this, I used one the P13 - Chipboard Circles and the three 49 and Market - Moonlit Garden - washi tape - stamps. 

With a pack of 49 and Market - One Perfect Day, Laser Cut Out Wildflower, I selected three clusters of flowers, and a few leaf fronds, I used 3D foam pads to apply these around the page.
From the Let's Explore paper I cut some tiny butterflies and scattered these over the page, together with the gold and silver G45 Pearls from the kit. 

Red Roses for a Blue Lady - My daughters dressed up for their ballet dance to this song at their annual dance school show. 

For this layout I used a Sketch from Paper Issues. 

I cut two hearts from the remains of Roses Tapestry paper, I mounted the smaller floral one over the larger green heart. I inked all the edges and placed this to the top left of the sheet of P13 - Beautiful Moments - #02. 

I mounted my photos onto some text from an old gardening book I purchased from a charity shop years ago and use for scrapbooking. I inked the edges of these mounts and fanned the photos out across the heart. 

I used a doily under the photos, and made a tag from the Pigment Bazzill, for my journalling. I tied some fine, red, jute twine through the hole in the tag, and made a bow. I stuck this to the doily. I cut another doily in half and tucked it under the mount, to the right of the photos.

I made three clusters of red and white paper roses selected from my stash. I punched leaf fronds to add to these clusters using an old Martha Stewart punch. 

From the Let's Explore paper; I cut two butterflies and added one to the tag and another to the half doily.  For the title I used some Paige Evans Sugarplum Wishes mini puffy alpha stickers. 
I also used some Doodlebug Designs Teensy Type alphabet stickers. Finally, I used the black G45 Pearls from the kit. 

That's all for today, I'll be back with the August kit in a few weeks. 
Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Back to Nature ..... G45 Woodland Friends

Hello,

 It's Anita here with you today and I would like to share a project I have just made after my scrapping mojo left the building once again!

I have some lovely G45 Woodland Friends papers and bits left in my DT kit from last month and this photo of myself, my Mum and Sister on a recent visit to our local reservoir was looking to be used, so I paired them together.

 I was having a sort out of cupboards and drawers at home and found a broken clock that I should have thrown away ages ago really. I am glad I didn't now as it's made quite a nice photo frame instead and with a nice cream base made it easy to work on straight away.

I started by dabbing on some alcohol inks using a small piece of felt and an old wooden rubber stamp handle with a bit of velcro on to grip the felt. The ink was a colour called Expresso and it was actually really nice to use some old stash that has been rattling round in my craft room for ages. After the ink I also dabbed some ivory acrylic paint randomly to help blend the ink. 

The clock face has been covered with a circle cut from a sheet of Woodland Friends on the lovely reverse side, which had a very nice plaid pattern and I then matted the photo on a piece of Dark Green cardstock. Using a Martha Stewart punch and some more Dark Green card I also punched out some little leaf sprays to scatter about later on.

This range of papers have some fabulous images of various woodland animals across them and I decided to theme this project with the various squirrels.

So using a sheet of  Be Curious I set about fussy cutting lots of squirrels, branches, a bird and a bird with its nest to decorate around the clock face ( this felt like it took forever!!)

Once I had cut several out I placed them round the clock face and stuck them down when I was happy with the positioning. A good old rummage in my flower basket turned up some mulberry paper leaves and tiny brown roses, so I scattered these randomly around the edges.... inbetween the branches and the squirrels.

A couple of stickers from the Woodland Friends Sticker sheet were added to just finish the project up and that was it! It was actually really nice trying something different for a change and the amazing papers that G45 produce have so much detail on them, they are really versatile.

You can see a great selection of them HERE

That's it for me today, I hope you have enjoyed seeing my project. When you are having a sort out, before throwing things in the bin, have a look and see if you could alter them to re-cycle and re love.

Warmest wishes 

Anita xxx

 

Some Bunny Loves You

Hi There

It's Anita here today with a layout to share using the Graphic 45 Woodland Friends Collection.

 What a delightful design on these papers...full of foxes, playful deer, bunnies, racoons and tiny birds all hiding in amongst the foliage, toadstools and flowers. And it was perfect for scrapping this photo of my dear little Grandson and one of his favourite bunnies.

The layout was based on a sheet of Be Wild and I gutted a large section fro the centre of it and popped it to one side for fussy cutting later. Using a sheet of Bazill Cardstock in the shade of Springtime  I trimmed approx 1cm off the top and also the left hand side of the sheet so that when it laid onto the backing sheet it allowed a frame of the patterned paper to show all around the edge.

I also gently splattered some fine copper paint splats using an artists fleckle brush.

 I wanted to add a large dimensional element to my layout and chose the sheet called Be Kind

With the bunny side facing me I folded each side into the centre until all 4 joined and I used a bone tool to make the creases nice and sharp. I then folded each side back out as shown below. The exposed the bunny design and also added some nice dimension to the layout without actually being all bulky.

After matting the photo on some matching cardstock, I popped some 3d foam pads under it and placed it in the centre of the aperture. Even though I thought he looked incredibly cute surrounded by all those little bunnies I really loved the other animals on the sheet that I had gutted earlier, so I then sat and fussy cut several of them out .

 

They were then layered around the edge of the folded frame in various places.

I also cut some strips from the sheet of  Be Carefree and used them on the top and bottom section of the layout. G45 are typically known for their very *busy* papers and sometimes they can be quite over powering when you first see them. But they are a delight to fussy cut and use for embellishing various areas of your pages and cards.

I cut the * You Make My World Happy* panel from the same sheet and added 4 copper brads onto the 4 corners. Then placed it at the top of the layout. I guess I thought of it as a title for the page really

I finished the page by using a couple of stickers one of which is a tag, so I added some raw silk ribbon and finished it with a copper brad.

So that's my 1st layout using this gorgeous collection. There is a great selection of G45 products in the shop.....along with lots and lots of other manufacturers....and with New Stock constantly arriving Why not go grab a cuppa and sit down for browse....you deserve a treat!

Happy Crafting!

Warmest wishes

 Anita xxx

 

Sun Kissed Explosion Box

Hi There

Its Anita here, sharing my explosion box with you today....made using the last of my left overs of  the gorgeous G45 Sun Kissed!

I haven't made one of these for the longest time, but they are so simple and great fun. You can fill them with various layers if you wish and add lots of photos. They make great gifts for people and can be created in any theme and for any occasion.

I followed this basic plan, measuring in cms. I cut and removed the shaded areas on the top diagram to make the drop down base. The smaller diagram is for creating the lid to pop on the box. I followed the dotted lines to crease and fold in the right place for a good fit.

I used a sheet of orange cardstock for the base and a sheet of navy for the lid although you could of course use the same colour cardstock for both.

I used little bits and pieces throughout the inside and outside of the box from various sheets of paper I had left over. Here is a list of those used.
Sail Away
Turtle Time
Kids at Play
Floating Floral
Splish Splash

I had a good rummage through my blossom stash at home....I really wished I had some shells of some sort, but alas no! I also added some hessian and mini scrabble tiles to the box for some decor.

I wanted to create the feeling of the turtles swimming about, however, I didn't actually have any acetate available. Not a problem though, one of my lovely cropping friends had been eating a punnet of grapes, so I cut a couple of lengths from the side of the punnet....and voila!! Swimming turtles and starfish!

                                                     Here are a couple of close ups xx

I cut one of the tags from the sheet of Kids at Play and added some ribbons of orange mesh and a few light blue half pearls.

And some die cuts and mini wooden scrabble tiles from my stash.

This has been a really enjoyable project to make and as I said before, these boxes can be themed to anything. if you haven't had a try at one of these dear little albums, the please do go and have a look about and have a play.

Thank you very much for looking at my post, I hope maybe it inspired you a little. Everything you need is available over on the shop site
And don't forget, there is a huge SUMMER SALE on over at the shop too....so grab a bargain whilst you can!!
Happy Scrapping

Warmest wishes
Anita xxx

Beach Boys....... G45 Sun Kissed pt 2.

Hello again, it's Anita here today.
I hope you have had a fabulous week and have enjoyed the amazing summer sunshine we are all being treated to at the moment. Its really inspired me to scrap some summer fun photos of 2 of my nephews enjoying themselves on the beach last summer.
Once again I am using the stunning Sun Kissed Collection from Graphic45, such vibrant summer colours and great designs.

This has also given me the chance to have my first ever play with Distress Oxide inks and Gesso.... and I have to say I loved it. I can see lot more inky times coming up!
So, to start with I used a sheet of Cream cardstock and gave it a good coating of Gesso, once dry I set about playing with the Oxide ink Pads. I used Spiced Marmalade and Peacock Feathers...and I applied them using the Smooshing technique
I also added a couple of squirts of Distress Stain spray in Blueprint Sketch.

 The page itself was based on a sheet of Floating Floral, I used the reverse side and then added a wide strip of the cardstock that I had inked and sprayed up. I used bit and pieces of the following sheets to decorate the rest of the page by cutting out turtles, shells, words and thin strips.
Sunkissed ,
Turtle Time ,
 Kids at play
Splish Splash

I also used some hessian sacking as a photo mat for some added texture  and layered fussy cut shells, starfish and turtles around the photos.

 

To finish off the page I added huge clusters of sequins and scattered a few single ones about around the edges of the layout. And I also used some Jillibean soup teeny alpha stickers, in Navy Blueberry to add a few details.

I have thoroughly enjoyed working with this beautiful collection of papers and its also made a really nice change to scrap boys for a change.
For an excellent selection of Graphic45 papers and all your other crafting needs, just pop along to the shop...you will be glad you did!

Warmest wishes
Anita xx