November Papermaze Kit - Part 1

 

Hello! - Lynn here today, with my first post using the pretty November Papermaze Kit. This month includes florals, pastels and woodland themed papers.

Here are my first two pages, both featuring my new baby granddaughter.

Here are the details of what you will find in the kit:

 
Patterned Papers:
49 and Market - Birdsong collection - Sweet Notes & Songs of Hope
49 and Market - Vintage Orchard collection - Woodgrained
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Meadow Flowers collection - Seeds of Kindness & Wild & Beautiful
Mintay - In My Craftroom collection - #05
The photo below shows both sides of the papers:

Embellishments:
Simple Stories Simply Vintage Meadow Flowers Foam Stickers and Bits & Pieces, Cocoa Vanilla Storyteller Wood Epoxy Button, Little Birdie Flower, Marianne rosebuds, Rosie's Studio Belleview Butterfly, chipboard frame and jute twine.

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:
Touch of Pink and Lily Pond (in kit) and Bark, Evening Surf, Crepe and Wild Pansy (in extra pack)

Pick of the Patch - Florence at her Baby Sensory Group for Halloween.

I started this layout with the sheet of Bark Bazzill, gutted to make a 1" frame. I cut a piece of Seeds of Kindness paper to measure 11" x 6", distressed the edges and placed it to the right of the page.

Then I cut 4 - 11" strips of Woodgrained paper, distressed all the edges and overlapped these to fill the left side of the page. The result leaves a border of about 0.5" of Bark Bazzill showing all around the edges.

I used a Martha Stewart punch to cut a decorative strip from another piece of Woodgrained paper, and placed this down the centre of the layout.

I mounted my photo onto a piece of Bark Bazzill and added this to the centre of the layout. Then  I rummaged in my flower stash, selected flowers and leaves, then arranged them in three clusters around the photo. The flower centres were created with a selection of brads.

The decorative strip was decorated with some metallic nail head stickers.

My title was cut from scraps of the Woodgrained paper and a set of Sizzix Thinlit dies called Delicate Alpha. The date was made with Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup Letter Stickers in Gold.

I finished off with a little journalling and some Simple Stories Simply Vintage Meadow Flowers Foam Stickers from the kit.

Hello Lovely - My daughter and granddaughter in Greenwich Park looking over London.

 
I based this layout on the sheet of Sweet Notes paper from 49 and Market, I love all the images already layered on this paper, so simply added to it with items from the kit and my stash.

I used the chipboard frame and the jute twine from the kit to mount my photo. I painted the chipboard with Brushed Corduroy Distress Paint, then dry brushed over with some Walnut Stain Distress Paint.

I attached large eyelets to the two holes on the chipboard frame and another one to each side of the page. With the twine I joined up the eyelets. I tied off with a bow on the left side.

I added the date to the frame using Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Alphanumeric die set and scraps from the Woodgrained paper.

On my recent visit to Papermaze I purchased some 49 and Market Krafty Garden Acetate Assortment, and the Laser Cut Wildflowers, and I used some of each of these packs to embellish the layout. The title was also from the acetate assortment.

Journalling was written onto scraps of Seeds of Kindness paper, cut into strips, inked and added to the right of the page under the title.

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

October Papermaze Kit - Part 2

Lynn here, back with the second post using the beautiful, autumn themed kit from Papermaze for October. Here are the second pair of layouts made using autumn themed photos.

Here are the details of what you will find in the kit:

Patterned Papers:
Carta Bella - Harvest collection - Fall Floral Bunches & Multi Journalling Cards
49 and Market - Academia collection - Great Job
Jen Hadfield - Groovy Darlin' collection - Mellow
Simple Stories - Cider & Donuts collection - Tag Elements
Graphic 45- Autumn Greetings collection - Fall Foliage

The photo below shows both sides of the papers:

Embellishments:
3" x 12" Jen Hadfield Groovy Darlin' acetate, 2 Echo Park Sweater Weather chipboard phrases, 1 Prima nature academia flower, 1 strip Doodlebug gold sprinkles, 4 Bare Basics labels, 2 lines of Rosie's Studio Wildwood chipboard and selection of 49 and Market perforated tickets (peach).

Bazzill Basics - CS White and Beeswax (included in kit). Rain Forest, Quartz, Mocha Divine and Tangelo (Extra Bazzill Match pack).

Autumn Days - This layout shows my daughter and her friend during a visit to Castle Farm in Kent during October last year.

I started this layout with a sheet of scrap 12" x 12" paper on which to build my layout.

With Great Job paper I tore down the paper at 8" wide, for the left of the page and another piece 1 1/2" wide for the right side. I punched 7 holes about 1/2" in from the torn edges, and about 2" apart. I inked all the edges with Distress Ink. Brown eyelets from my stash were placed in the holes.

I covered the scrap paper by placing a 3 1/2" strip of the plaid side of Fall Foliage paper under the prepared pieces. Then I joined the eyelets together with some jute twine.

I used Distress Paints to colour two dusty Attic Chipboard pieces from my stash - Picket Fence (small) and a small section of Chicken Wire (12" x 12"). Then I arranged my photos and the chipboard pieces onto the page. Before sticking anything down, I gathered together and arranged all the other embellishments. 

I fussy cut floral clusters from the Fall Floral Bunches paper. Then I cut two tags from Tag Elements paper, tucking one under each photo, with more jute twine tied through the eyelets set into the holes. I made a circle with more twine and added one of the labels from the kit in the centre. At this point I stuck the elements, photos and papers in place.

I used one of the chipboard phrase from the kit as my title. I added the date to the circle label, then with another label I added the place name. Tickets, stamps and other phrases from the kit were added to finish off.

Halloween Adventures at Chessington - When the children were about 13 year old, we went to Chessington during the Autumn half term.

My base for this layout is the Beeswax Bazzill. Over this I placed a 10" x 10" piece of Multi Journalling Cards, with the B side up. Then I placed the 3" x 12" Jen Hadfield Groovy Darlin' acetate sheet down the left side of the page.

I trimmed my photos to measure 3" x 3" and arranged them in a square slightly to the bottom right of the centre of the page.

With a Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits die set - Skeleton Leaves, I cut a selection of leaves from various shades of Bazzill  and some glitter card. I arranged these leaves diagonally across the page, tucking them under the photos.

The title is made up of old Paige Evans Thickers and some bronze metallic alpha stickers from my stash. I cut the word 'Adventures' on the cricut twice in two colours and overlapped them on the page, I highlighted the words with a black pen and a white marker. 

I used another label from the kit to add the date.

A selection of pearls in bronze, cream and gold were scattered over the leaves.

Finally, I covered the photos to protect them and flicked some Picket Fence Distress Paint over the page.

That is the last of the layouts using the October kit. I'll be back with the November kit later this month.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

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