Tans will fade ........ Kaisercraft Sunkissed

Hi There

 It's Anita here today with my 2nd layout using some Sunkissed papers from Kaisercraft
   I am not normally a scrapper who works on cardstock for a background ( too intimidated by all that white space! ) But I love how the vibrant colours in this tropical collection are really intense against the starkness of the white. Plus I only had a few little scraps to play with so white space just had to happen!

I started by stamping the rows of stitches on the top left and bottom right corners using 49 and Market Clear Stamps - Gabi's Line Stitch 
I really like this set of stamps, it contains 7 different sets of stitches and is very effective. I do try using the actual sewing machine but I normally end up with it chewing my layout up LOL!

And then set about some fussy cutting!

All of the gorgeous flowers, leaves, butterfly and that lovely toucan were cut from the sheet of Pineapple Sour
I cut the square frame apart to make it work around my photo. The colours in the original photo were lovely, however I had it printed in black and white so that it would contrast nicely against the vibrancy around it.
The 'Escape to Paradise' was cut from the reverse side of the sheet of Martini ( this is actually covered from top to bottom in quotes in all colours, very usable!)

Confession time now....... The sparkly bling was not on my original plan for this layout ( even though I normally use it on EVERYTHING I scrap) I was really trying to keep this page as clean and simple as possible. However....somehow I got a dirty mark on it :( and when I tried to wipe it..yep made it worse!
  So I needed something to cover it..... out came the bling...but then I had to sprinkle a bit here and a bit there. Only then I felt the flowers looked a bit plain...so out came the Stickles!!
At this point I knew I was then in danger of hitting the spray mist and paint and then the next thing would be NO WHITE SPACE! So I had to step back and sit on my hands! That was hard!

I really wanted to use some ink or paint though, so in the end decided maybe a title would be a good idea.

I had made a bit of a mess with my sprays and didn't like how it was going and was cleaning up using wet wipes. Have you noticed how nicely they smudge things? Actually I should probably say blend I guess.....sounds more artistic!!

I took a strip of white smooth cardstock and squirted 5 different Dylusions colours on the end, then took a wet wipe and dragged it across the strip....so pretty!! Well I thought so anyway.
I used the following colours
Squeezed Orange
Funky Fushia
Polished Jade
Lemon Zest
Fresh Lime

After it had fully dried I used an old metal alphabet template I have in my stash, to draw round and cut out. There are so many different colours available in ink sprays now that I think you should be able to match up with literally any papers you are using from any collection.
I will certainly be using this technique again ( especially as I have never been any good at blending inks when using sponges and pads etc)

I hope you have enjoyed my post. Why not pop over to the SHOP and have a look about. Lots of new things arriving all the time, but also there are some real treasures in the older collections too....something for everyone!
 I will be back later in the month to share with you again.

Happy Crafting Everyone!

Anita xx

December Papermaze Kit - Part 3

Hello and Happy New Year! Lynn here today with a third pair of Christmas layouts made with the December Papermaze kit. For me this kit has been amazing value for money, I have just added an extra sheet of Bazzill to create a total of six pages. To purchase the kit and have a look at the other products please see the new shop website. 

Before looking at the layouts in detail - here is what you will find in the kit.

Patterned papers:
Simple Stories - Holly Jolly collection - Home for the Holidays & Cozy Christmas
Kaisercraft - Under the Gum Leaves collection - Protea
Kaisercraft - Enchanted collection - Imagine
Authentique - Rejoice collection - Rejoice #22
American Crafts - Heidi Swapp - Winter Wonderland collection - Poinsettia Lane
Bazzill cardstock - Fawn & Crabapple Dark

reverse side of papers

Extra Matched Bazzil Cardstock Pack

The extra Bazzill pack is made up of Butter Mints, Mocha Divine, Safari, Grenadine.

Embellishments include: Doily, exclusive star stencil, 50cm twine, 2 paper fern leaves, Prima paper flower, 2 heart buttons, 3 tiny paper roses glittery chipboard star, 20cm lace with velvet ribbon &  strip dots. 

Holly Fairy - This layout was made to celebrate the costume Emily and I made for her to wear for Book Week in the year 2000.

 Starting with the Mocha Divine Bazzill, I gutted the card to give me a frame 4cm deep. Then with an extra sheet of cream Bazzill, trimmed to 26cm x 26cm I used the Cherish - Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set to create a border. With green embroidery thread I stitched around the punched design, tying a small bow with the ends.

Using some of the Mocha Divine Bazzill left over, I mounted my large photo. Then I cut the three small photos to measure 4cm x 4cm.


With scraps from Rejoice #22, Home for the Holidays & Cozy Christmas I cut more pieces 4cm x 4cm. I arranged all these small squares into a grid on the cream card. 

I cut two branches from Safari Bazzill with the Sizzix Holiday Greens Thinlits set. I dabbed them with some Versamark Ink and embossed them with a little Stampendous Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel. I applied these to the layout and added the self adhesive domes from the kit as berries.

I used the Bigz XL Handmade lettering die to cut my title from scraps of cream card. These were coloured with Distress Oxide Ink in Forest Green and Aged Mahogany.  Once arranged on the page I added some Crystal Stickles.

Christingle - For my last Christmas layout with the December 2019 kit, I made another layout using this old favourite photo from 1995, when the children were dressed up for the Christingle Service at our local church. I have scrapped this again so I can place a layout in each of the children's scrapbook albums. 

To start off I have used some of the gutted cardstock from previous layouts made from this kit. The outer layer is Fawn, then Grenadine, and the paper cut to 28cm x 28cm, is the burlap print side of the Protea paper. I splattered some Dylusions - Ink Spray - White Linen over the page. 

There was a doily in the kit, which I managed to mess up! - So I have taken one of similar size from my stash and placed it in the centre of the layout. I mounted my photo onto a scrap of Grenadine Bazzill and mounted this towards the bottom of the doily.

Next I die cut seven fir trees with the Woodlands Sizzix Thinlits set. I cut the trees from scraps of Safari and Fawn Bazzill.  They were treated to a coat of Versamark Ink and some Super Sparkle embossing powder. I'm not sure the photo does justice to the amount of sparkle in these trees! I placed the trees around the base of the photo.

I created the title and date with the Wanted Sizzix Sizzlit alphabet die and some scraps of Mocha Divine, which took on a different colour when glitter was added with Crystals Stickles.

I also added some Stickles to three wooden stars from a previous kit and placed them around the doily.

That's all for the December kit, and I will be back next with the January kit.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

December Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Hello - Lynn here today with my second pair of Christmas layouts made with the December Papermaze kit. To purchase the kit have a look at the great new shop website, you will find all the products used on my post, and much, much more.  

Before looking at the layouts in detail - here is what you will find in the kit.

Patterned papers:
Simple Stories - Holly Jolly collection - Home for the Holidays & Cozy Christmas
Kaisercraft - Under the Gum Leaves collection - Protea
Kaisercraft - Enchanted collection - Imagine
Authentique - Rejoice collection - Rejoice #22
American Crafts - Heidi Swapp - Winter Wonderland collection - Poinsettia Lane
Bazzill cardstock - Fawn & Crabapple Dark

reverse side of papers

Extra Matched Bazzil Cardstock Pack

The extra Bazzill pack is made up of Butter Mints, Mocha Divine, Safari, Grenadine.

Embellishments include: Doily, exclusive star stencil, 50cm twine, 2 paper fern leaves, Prima paper flower, 2 heart buttons, 3 tiny paper roses glittery chipboard star, 20cm lace with velvet ribbon &  strip dots. 

Lego Gingerbread House - This layout using the Mistletoe Kisses SVG file from Pink Fresh Studio, shows photos of a Christmas Lego project my big kids enjoyed building - Christmas eve 2015.

The base of my layout is this amazing wood effect paper from Kaisercraft's Enchanted collection - Imagine. I used the cut file to create the image from Fawn Bazzill. I chose the measurements of 24cm x 25.5 cm and positioned the cut in the centre of the Bazzill (leaving a border around the edges of the cardstock for another layout).

I filled the open areas of the cut image with scraps of Bazzill - Butter Mint for the berries, Safari for the leaves and the tartan side of the Cozy Christmas paper for the bow.

I mounted my photos onto scraps of the Authentique Rejoice #22 paper, with the star side up. I inked the edges of the photos and the mounts with Fired Brick Distress Oxide Ink.

I arranged the photos and Mistletoe onto the wood paper, leaving an area for the title. The Mistletoe was mounted with 3D foam pads and the berries were given a frosting with Crystal Stickles.

For my title I used several different ideas together. The '2015' and 'Lego' were cut with a Bigz XL Alphabet Sizzix die Wonderland, I cut them twice, once with Safari and once with Butter Mints Bazzill, then inked them and offset the letters to make a shadow. The word 'Christmas' was trimmed from the #22 paper and 'Gingerbread House' was created with Pink Fresh Studio Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers - Just a Little Lovely.

I found a chipboard 'Merry Christmas' in my stash and inked it, then I added a coat of Glossy Accents and once dry a tiny dot of Xmas Red Stickles for the berry. I popped this at across the base of the photos.

The Legend of the Icelandic Yule Lads - This time I have used photos from our holiday to Iceland last Christmas. We learnt much about the legends and folk law surrounding the festivities from the tour guides, one of them read the fairy stories to us on the long journeys through the snow covered mountains. 

The base for this layout is the sheet of Crabapple Dark Bazzill. I used the sheet of Simple Stories Holly Jolly - Home for the Holidays paper, cutting a piece 15cm x 29 cm with the large flower print uppermost (I gutted the centre of this and set aside for later). Then I cut a piece 13cm x 27cm with the small print uppermost. I mounted these, onto the top half of the Bazzill (I also gutted a piece from the Bazzill to use later).

I mounted my photos onto some Fawn Bazzill, and attached them to the layout with 3D foam tape, leaving the edges free to tuck the ribbon underneath. I cut the lacy/velvet ribbon into two pieces and attached it along the bottom of the patterned paper.

I like to mix fonts and sizes of lettering for my titles, so I used the Burton's Nightmare font and my Cricut, changing the sizes as I wanted them. I also used the Pink Fresh Studio Tiny Puffy Alpha Stickers - Everyday Musings. 

I covered the top half of the layout and photos with some waste paper, and flicked some White Linen Dylusions Ink spray over the bottom area where the lettering would go later.
I added the heart buttons, leaves, tiny flowers and Prima flower from the kit. I used three wooden buttons left over from a previous kit. I added some stitching to the buttons with some embroidery floss.

I punched a few fronds from scraps of patterned paper and arranged them around the flowers, then I added a little Stickles to make them sparkle. 

I still have plenty of papers left so will be back with two more layouts soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

December Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Hello and Happy New Year! Lynn here with another pair of layouts I made with the Seasonal Papermaze December Kit. Both these layouts feature my triplets. The first one is a photo from their first Christmas wearing the pudding hats I knitted for them. The second shows them in the church yard on a snowy Sunday before Christmas, just after the Christingle service when they were three years old.

Before we look at how they were made here is a reminder of the kit content:

 

 
Christmas Pudding Hats

I inked the edges of all my papers with Forest Moss Distress Ink.

I started by making a frame using the A Simple Wish paper. I gutted the paper to make a 1" frame. I trimmed the Kraft Bazzill 11.5" x 11.5" and splattered some Dylusions Ink Spray in Black Marble and White Linen onto the page. I also added some specks of Distress Reinker in Festive Berries, once dry the Bazzill was mounted onto the frame.

I tore some strips of gingham fabric into 1" strips and arranged them horizontally 1.75" down from the top and vertically 1.75" in from the left. I added the cut off strip from the Elation paper over the vertical strip of fabric. I added one of the Jolee's Boutique word stickers across the other fabric strip.

I cut two pieces of A Simple Wish paper 4" x 6" and  a piece of Winter Floral paper 3.75" x 5.5". I also cut a piece Woodlands paper to make a photo mount. I arranged all these pieced and the photo in place and stuck them down.

I fussy cut holly leaves and berries from the Rejoicing paper and used these to build up three clusters, with double-sided 3D foam pads. I made the berries shine with Glossy Accents.

I used a Quote Chip at the bottom right of the layout and I added the date with some stickers from my stash.

Christingle 

I used the Raven Bazzill to make a frame for the layout - this was gutted to make a 1" frame.
With Snowcapped paper - I trimmed the paper to 11.5" x 11.5", then gutted a piece 6.25" wide x 4.25 deep. This meant I could use the patterns from both sides of the paper. The snowy trees side mounted onto the Raven Bazzill frame then the music notes side used to make a layer for behind the photo (see below for cutting, leaving a little for another page).

I layered my photo with a series of mats, I kept a white border to my photo, then some of the Raven Bazzill, followed by Watermelon Bazzill and finally some gold card. With some of the music note paper I stuck the mounted photo to the page.

I used a small length of the black lace from the kit and threaded some narrow red ribbon through the holes at the top, tie a bow in one end and attach this under the photo.

I built up three clusters of flowers using the three red cherry blossom flowers from the kit. I added some cream cherry blossom flowers from my stash. The leaves were cut with Funky Floral #1 Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits dies and scraps of green card and paper from the kit. The Tim Holtz beaded berries from the kit were tucked in among the flowers. I used my heart shaped buttons on this page, threading some black thread through the holes and tying a knot at the front. These I scattered around the flowers together with the spare pearls.

Finally the title was made with one of the Jolee's Boutique word stickers, but I shortened the length by cutting and rejoining keeping the word and both curly ends.

Will be back with more kit creations soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Papermaze December Kit - Part 2 - A Little Extra Layout

Hi Lynn here with a little extra for Christmas. I have two more layouts using the December kit to share with you after Christmas, but found I had plenty left to make this layout as well.

For this page I used a black and white version of a photo my nephew had taken of his one month old baby last Christmas.

I used the sheet of Natural Bazzill as a background and splattered some inks and stains in three areas (Top left corner, bottom left corner and right side), in preparation for building up the clusters of flowers and foliage later. I used Dylusions Black Marble Ink Spray and Distress Stains in Festive Berries and Evergreen Bough.

I cut a strip of Cajun Bazzill 2cm x 30cm, inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and stuck this vertically 2.5cm in from the left of the page. 

Using the little frame in the kit, I place my photo behind it and mounted it onto the layout with double-sided foam pads, about 7cm down from the top and 1.25cm in from the left of the page.

The clusters of Christmas foliage were made with two sets of dies. Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlit's s Holiday Greens for the Holly Boughs and the Rainforest Bazzill. Then I used the Festive Greens set to cut the bows from gold card, pinecones from brown card, foliage from scraps of Rainforest Bazzill and other scraps of green card. The Poinsettias were also cut using the Festive Greens die set and I used more of the Cajun Bazzil for the petals and gold for the centres. These were then all arranged and some stuck flat with glue and others built up with double-sided 3D foam pads. Berries and sparkle were added with Nuvo Crystal Drops.

For my title I used several different letter stickers from my stash including some glitter AC Thickers.

Thanks for looking,
Have a wonderful Christmas and I will be back with more from this kit later.
Lynn x

Love you Most........ using Golden Grove from Kaisercraft

Hello there, it's Anita here today.

I have been working with some left overs of the Golden Grove Collection, from Kaisercraft.
( For some reason in my first photo of the whole layout the page seems to have taken on an orangey hue. It is definitely more yellowy in real life....as you can see by the other photos lower down this post)

 The soft, rich gold reminds me of late summer hazy sunshine and we head out as often as possible for some evening walks locally. One evening in particular we visited Pevensey Castle and although the castle itself was actually closed, you can still walk around inside the castle walls and enjoy the sun casting it rays across the grounds.

For my layout I used various left overs from my earlier page using the same collection, Be Grateful  and added a couple of other sheets.
My page was made using 2 halves of different sheets, cut diagonally and held in place with a band of paper.

Originally I planned this to be a nice, clean sharp page.....HHhmmmmmm...... well I don't do clean very well. I thought I would just give it a little gentle dab and splat here and there with a Distress Stain .....well that led me to then giving it a little squirt of Dylusions Spray . Unfortunately the dabs I had already done were not dry and the spray merged with it and made a bit of a murky mess!!!

At his point I felt like throwing the page away, however, not one to admit defeat easily, I rummaged around in my boxes of stash and pulled out a pot each of gold and green embossing powders. 
I sprinkled some little piles of each colour onto the murky splats and also sprinkled some in different patches across the page. I then heated with a gun from underneath the page so it didn't blow the loose powder away and actually quite liked the result....Hurrah!!

I mounted the photo on some Bazzill and then added lots of fussy cut flowers and other bits and bobs from the sheets. I also printed out some butterflies onto white smooth cardstock and added a few to the page.

So.....I guess the lesson I have learnt here is even if you think you have completely messed up a page when you are part way through it....carry on, even if its in a different direction. Its surprising how they can come out sometimes.
For the lovely Golden Grove collection and many other beautiful Kaisercraft products ( not to mention a huge range of every scrapping item you could need) please pop over to the SHOP.....there is also a rather good Summer SALE on, don't leave it too long and miss out!!

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy the rest of August.....especially the sunny days.

Warmest wishes
Anita xx