April Papermaze Kit - Part 2

 

Lynn here with my second pair of layouts made with the pretty Papermaze kit for April. The kit contains a beautiful range of purples, pinks, greens and blues. This month I have updated two old layouts I made many years ago.

 Here is a reminder of what is in the kit:

Patterned Papers (photo below shows both sides of each of the papers)
49 and Market - Colour Swatch Teal - Teal Paper 2
49 and Market - Spectrum Gardenia collection - Classics - Floral Serenade
American Crafts - Dreamer collection - Floral & Stamped Hearts
Pebbles - Cool Girl collection - Petals
Pebbles - Cool Boy collection - Tie Dye

Embellishments: 4 American Craft Puffy Icon Stickers, 2 paper tie on tags, 2 - 49 and Market acetate-filmstrips, 3 wooden butterflies, strip of pearls, 12" lace, 1 Woodware label clear stamp, 4 pieces Rosie's Studio floral ephemera

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Coconut Swirl and Blue Calypso included in kit. Twilight and Jade, Romance and Juneberry included in extra Bazzill pack.

Wash Day - This layout shows a photo of my Nan from the 1950's, she was looking around for something for my Dad to take a photo of in the back garden, while hanging out the washing!

I gutted the Teal Paper 2 of 1.5" deep. Then I trimmed the Twilight Bazzill to measure 10" x 10" and placed it centrally over the teal frame. The Tie Dye paper was cut down to 9.75" x 9.75" and mounted over the blue cardstock.

With the large photo arranged to the left side of the photo, I attached a piece of white cord, across the page, so it would extend the washing line in the photo, to the edges of the layout. I printed my journalling onto some white card and cut it to resemble a towel waving in the breeze. This was hung to the washing line with some tiny wooden pegs. I added two more pegs to the line.

My title was made with American Crafts Thickers - Dear Lizzie - glitter chipboard letter stickers.

My flower clusters were made with scraps of papers from the kit, using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits set - Small Tattered Flowers. The edges were inked with Distress Inks.

Finally, I placed large flat-backed pearls into the centres of the flowers.



Catherine at Pecorama - Another layout remake. This one shows my daughter, Catherine on the zip wire at Pecorama, Devon.

I made this layout using the Romance Bazzill. The with the Vicki Boutin Sweet Rush stencil and several colours of Distress Oxide Ink, I created the background. Then I cut a wavy edge from two pieces of Stamped Hearts paper. These edges were distressed and placed at the top and bottom of the page.

As the name 'Catherine' has nine letters, I made nine tags, and with some old Making Memories eyelet letters, I inked the tags and attached the letters to the holes at the top of the tags. Then I added nine coloured eyelets along the top of the layout. Next the tags were attached with some 3D foam pads and joined to the eyelets with some jute twine.

The photos were trimmed to focus on Catherine as she twisted and turned on the zip wire. Then these were arranged across the layout.

That's all for the April Kit, back with the May kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

October Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Hello fellow scrappers, Lynn here today with two new layouts using the October Papermaze Kit.  This time I have picked out the pink papers and embellishments to compliment these photographs of my baby great niece.

Here is a reminder of the kit content:

'Welcome to the World Baby Girl' is my first layout and I have used a photo of Scarlett Rose when she was a tiny new born last November. 

I started with the Pebbles - Night Night - Snuggle Time paper, using the pink and white gingham to frame my layout. To achieve this I gutted the paper so I had a 12" x 12" frame of 1" deep all round. Set aside the gutted piece for the next page. Trim the Blossom Bazzill to measure 10.5" x 10.5", then round the corners and ink the edges (Worn Lipstick Distress Ink).

Take the scraps of Authentique - Dame - One paper and with the pink script side up, cut four 0.75" x 10" strips. Use the Bo Bunny - Early Bird - Fanciful paper, remaining from the earlier layouts and cut a 7" circle using the flower side. Ink the strips and the circle and arrange to the right of the layout.

I mounted my photo on a mat cut from Fawn Bazzill, and layered this on top of the circle with some foam tape. My title was cut from scraps of the script side of Bo Bunny - Early Bird - Clocks paper using Skittle Dee Do alphabet Sizzlit Decorative Strip die. This was arranged around the circle.

I made a small cluster of roses from my stash, in the bottom right corner of the photo with the two rosebuds from the kit. I added a few fronds around the roses, I cut these using the Guacamole Bazzill and a Martha Stewart Punch. Finally I added two hearts from the selection of Shimelle glitter enamel drops and a little detail about the photo.

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My second layout is also a photo of Scarlett, this time she is 10 months old and having fun with Daddy's headphones! I used the sewing machine to create borders on the papers to bring in fins black edges.

The base for this layout is a sheet of Walnut Cream Bazzill. All paper edges were inked with Black Soot Distress Ink.

I cut the Pebbles - Night Night - Snuggle Time paper left over from the previous layout to measure 8" x 8" (dark pink, floral side) and some 2" strips (pale pink and white gingham side). Arrange as shown and the strips can be cut in half if there is not enough to reach beyond the square. Also cut a piece of Bo Bunny - Early Bird - Fanciful (floral side) into a photo mat about 4.5" x 6".
 
Using the sewing machine and black thread, stitch around the edges of the gingham strips, the dark pink square, the photo mat and the Project Life photo frame. With a photo behind the frame arrange and stick all the pieces in place. Use the Arrow Clip to appear to hold the photo and mat in place, pointing to the focal point of you photo. Use the ribbon from the kit to tie around the base of the photo frame and pop a photo behind the aperture.

With some Making Memories Foam Stamps - Jersey Upper Case Alphabet, stamp the short title using Forest Moss Distress Paint, stamp a short title in the top right corner of the dark pink area. Once dry highlight with a black ink pen.

I used some Jillibean Soup Mini Alpha stickers from a previous kit to add the first part of the title and the date.

With the black & white gingham side of the Changing Leaves paper, cut a rosette with the Sizzlit Thinilts die set and arrange with some swirls cut with the Guacamole Bazzill. I finished the rosette off with a circle from the selection of Shimelle glitter enamel drops. 



When all was stuck in place I added the 10 clear dew drops to the surrounding Walnut Cream Bazzill.

Once again - Thanks for looking.
Back with the new kit for November soon.
Lynn x