November Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Hi - Lynn here today. This month's Papermaze kit is packed with the amazing colours of autumn. I have had so much fun working with the November selection. I have created these two pumpkin related layouts for my first post. 

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

Patterned Papers 
Carta Bella - Honeybee Collection - Bees and Flowers & Honeycomb Clusters
Carta Bella - It's Autumn collection - Fall Flowers
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze collection - Welcome Fall & Falling Leaves
Photoplay - Autumn Junque collection - Harvest

Embellishments:
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap die-cut leaves
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap cozy weather banner
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap I heart fall stickers
Little birdie flower
Pinkfresh Studio garden bouquet enamel dots
49 and Market Vicki Boutin Curiosities in Willow Grove chipboard bits
1m hemptique yarn

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold, Pinecone (included in kit), Twill, Ruby Slipper, Aspen & Pumpkin Patch.

Thankful - This layout was inspired by a digital page that I saw on Pinterest (JoCee from Sweetshoppedesigns.com), however mine is made with paper and glue and it came out quite different! Catherine, George and Florence met up with friends at Spadework Charity PYO Pumpkins in West Malling.

 

For this layout I used a scrap sheet of 12" x 12" paper, to build up my background. I picket the beautiful Welcome Fall paper, and trimmed this to a piece 6" x 12" for the left side of the page, and another 2" x 12" for the far-right side of the page. Then I flipped the remains over to the plaid side and cut two strips 0.5" x 12". Nothing was glued in place yet. 

With the Harvest paper, I cut a piece from the grey area 4" x 12", I printed my journalling onto this piece just below half was down the panel. Then all these pieces were stuck into place on the scrap paper to create a 12" x 12" background. 

I printed one very large and three small photos. I mounted the large photo to the left of the page. The smaller photos were mounted onto Pinecone Bazzill, to make narrow borders. These were then fixed to the page.

I used one of the 49 and Market Vicki Boutin Curiosities in Willow Grove chipboard bits from the kit, as my title. 

With a sheet of Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze Cardstock Stickers, I created the embellishments for the layout.

Autumn Beauty - Dressed for autumn, Florence at her favourite bench at the Abbey Ruins.

I started by gutting the Falling Leaves paper, to make a frame of 1" deep. Then I trimmed the Twill Bazzill, to 11" x 11" tearing the edges. I mounted the cardstock over the frame of leaves. 

I splattered some Distress Oxide Inks over the Bazzill (Ground Espresso and Carved Pumpkin). 
Then I cut three panels of patterned paper, 3" x 8" - I used scraps from the previous layout - the plaid side of Welcome Fall and two different areas of the Harvest paper. I distressed the edges of these panels and arranged them horizontally onto the layout.

My photo was mounted onto some white card, and tore the bottom of the card, this was, in turn mounted onto a piece of Yukon Gold Bazzill. This was cut longer than the white, and also torn at the base. I tied some of the hemptique yarn from the kit around this cardstock. My mounted photo was then glued in place on the page.

I cut the word 'Autumn' twice using my Cricut, using Pinecone and Pumpkin Patch Bazzill, I also used Doddlebug Designs Alphabet Soup letter stickers in Gold to add the word 'Beauty' and the date.  

With another piece from the Harvest paper, I made a small spot for my journalling. To embellish I used the Pretty Little Studio gingersnap die-cut leaves, the Pretty Little Studio gingersnap cozy weather banner, Pinkfresh Studio garden bouquet enamel dots and the Little birdie flower, all from the kit.

That's all for today, I'll be back with more from this kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

September Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Hello, Lynn here today - I have two layouts for you from the Papermaze September kit. The kit has six double-sided patterned papers, a selection of embellishments and 2 sheets of Bazzill Basics Cardstock. There is also an extra pack of 4 sheets of Bazzill, selected to match the colours in the kit. 

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

Patterned Papers:
49 and Market - Nature's Haven collection - Busy Bee & Happy Place
Carta Bella - On The Farm collection - Farm Life Floral 
Mintay Papers - Wildwood Secrets collection - MT-WIS-04 & MT-WIS-05
Mintay Papers - Music Garden collection - MT-MUS-04

The photo below shows both sides of the papers:

Embellishments:
Selection of Laser Cuts - 49 and Market - Nature's Haven, 3 Little Birdie Flowers, Little Birdie butterfly, 2 Doodlebug bitty berries strawberries, P13 Till We Meet Again alpha sheet, 1 acrylic phrase and 1m pink twine.

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Touch of Pink, Lily Pond (included in kit), Hibiscus, Bark, Avocardo & Powder Blue (in extra pack). 

Minnie Mouse - Flo's uncle brought this Minnie hoodie back from Disney World for her. Here she is modelling her new outfit.

Using a sheet of Smooth White Bazzill, I stencilled some sparkles (Tim Holtz, Layering Stencil THS132) with some Distress Ink - Festive Berries. I flicked some Festive Berries and Black Soot ink over the page. Then to add sparkle, I also splattered Distress Mica Stain - Crooked Broomstick. 

I cut a 3" x 12" piece from Mintay MT-WIS-05, and placed this across the top of the page. 

With Blackberry Swirl Bazzill Basics Cardstock, I cut a strip 1" x 12" , placing this under the red dotty paper. I place a piece of the music note side of Music Garden MT-MUS-04, 2" x 6.5" and placed this centrally over the red and above the black strip. From the same paper but with the pink side up, I added a piece 2" x 10" over the others. (Please see the photos for placements.) 

I placed a strip of  Hibiscus Bazzill 2" x 6", vertically onto the page so it will be to the right of the photos. My photos were placed onto another piece of the music paper, this is 5" x 6.5", and it was place onto the centre of the layout.

Using Smooth White, Hibiscus, Blackberry Swirl and Sunshine Yellow Bazzill, and a selection of Spellbinder, Simple Stories, Say Cheese, Classic Mouse Die Sets, I set about making my own embellishments and title: Alphabet cut in twice to make a shadow, Steamboat Willie Duo to make Minnie and Flags & Banners for the pinwheels. Red buttons were added to the centre of the pinwheels. 

I attached some of the embellishments with glue and others with 3D foam pads.

My journalling was written below the title. Finally, I scattered some black gems in small clusters around the page. 

New Home Gift - So Berry Sweet - My daughter loves strawberries and anything decorated with them - so when she moved into her new home, I made her this strawberry hamper with card and gift tag.

I started this layout with the Woodland Secrets paper - MT-WIS-04. I tore an irregular piece from each side of the paper in different places. I backfilled these areas with scraps of the gingham side of the Farm Life Floral paper. 

With the remains of the Woodland Secrets MT-WIS-05 paper I cut a piece 10" x 6", and distressed the edges. This was placed in the centre of the layout.

I mounted the photos onto scraps of Music Garden MT-MUS-04 and Hibiscus Bazzill. The photos were then arranged onto the Woodlands Secrets paper. 

I cut the title from Avocardo Bazzill using a Peartree Cutfile 'So Berry Sweet'. I filled this using scraps of papers and cardstock from the kit. The title was mounted onto the layout with 3D foam pads.

The kit contains a selection of 49 and Market - Nature's Haven Wildflowers Laser Cuts, and I added to these with my own pack of the same. These were used to build up clusters, around each of the torn parts of the layout. Some of the elements were raised up with 3D foam pads.

From the kit I added a Little Birdie Flower and the Little Birdie butterfly. I added the date and subtitle with the P13 Till We Meet Again alpha sheet. I cut the pink twine into 5 pieces, rolled them up, and tucked them into various places around the page. 

That's all for the September Kit, I'll be back with the new Kit for October soon. 
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x