NEW Websters Pages!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good week despite this dreary weather! Here's something to brighten your mood...have you laid your eyes on the gorgeous new Websters Pages lines in our shop yet? There are three new collections, and the one that really caught my eye was 'Nest' The papers are bright and summery and there are so many useable images and words to cut out. I can see many more projects coming form this line :-)

 

So here is my first layout from these papers. I said it should brighten your mood, didn't I?

 

 

So why not check out the other collections from Webster's Pages?

 I'm sure you'll fall in love with all of them!

Trick or Treat bags

Hi Tracee with you today with the first of my Halloween projects.
I will be sharing the others through the month so we can be all prepared for the 31st

I loved some of the Halloween collections that the store carries and asked if I could be sent some to play with this month. The Echo Park Carta Bella Spooky collection was perfect for the things I had in mind and I always love working with their collections as the paper has a slight textured feel to it (and always smells nice - yes I am a paper sniffer lol)

I made 2 different types of Treat bags

For the first one I simply cut some witches legs on my Cameo and layered them with Orange & Black cardstock.

Using the Spooky & Scary sheet I created a little skirt for her which I then edged with some gorgeous black lace, popped on a spider and it was done.

For the next bag I used my cameo again to cut the spiders web and then I created a tag to go on the front using the same Spooky & Scary sheet along with some of the elements from the 12 x 12 sticker sheet.

All that remains is to fill them with treats and I am going to personalise these for when my Granddaughter visits with her friends on the 31st

See you later in the month with more Halloween ideas.

graphics 45 raining cats and dogs..

Hi, Carol with you today.  Have you seen the gorgeous new Graphics 45 papers in the shop?  they are all just gorgeous…. I recently acquired a couple of sheets from the "Raining cats and dogs" papers and made this card for a lady who loves her animals and who had reached a "special" number

I use pre-scored card blanks and this is a 6x6 blank in white.  I cut the base sheet a little smaller than my card base from "cats meow" - I really like how there is always one really strong paper in the ranges…and the backside of this one is really nice too! I then cut an element from the "well bred" sheet, this had loads of images all great for cards or notebooks…..I distressed the edges and then gave them a brush with some distress stain (walnut stain)…I cut a blank piece of paper from my stash to the same size, stamped with distress ink and brushed the edges…this was then off set from the main image.  Some gorgeous prima flowers, piece of pearled lace and a stamped saying finished it all off…do pop over to the shop and see some of the other papers in this and the other new Graphics 45 range.

TFL

Introducting... Karen Barker

Today we would like to introduce you all to our new member of the design team....Karen Barker!! We have always loved Karens style and are honoured to have her join our team to bring you tips and inspiration.
Here's what Karen had o say about this layout...

'Papermaze sent me some beautiful papers from the Carta Bella Moments & Memories range, 2 sheets of Bazzil card stock, plus some embellishments, ribbon, tags, brads wood pieces and avocado liquid pearls.
Firstly I cut the floral paper at 11.5cm and added the scalloped border on the sticker sheet, and then fussy cut the flourishes from the paper. Cut out the clock from the Tim Holtz weathered clock die from Kraft card stock I had left over from my own stash, and cut out a banner from the patterned paper. I then placed my pieces along with my photo so I could then decide were to add my clusters of flowers, title, stickers, studio calico wooden shapes and frames. I have watered down the liquid pearls to make a paint to colour my frames and used small dots of the pearls directly from the bottle. Distressed the edges of the card with brushed corduroy distress ink and  tattered rose distress ink on the flowers.'

 

Thank you Karen for sharing how you created this layout. If you would like a chance to have your work posted here on our blog, email any projects you have made using products we sell to louizabelle@hotmail.co.uk

 

September's Crop...

I can't believe we're in the middle of September already!  But here we are, and it's time for another crop day :)  This month we're getting messy with paints and texture paste for the kit.  My photo measures 4.5"x3.5" and shows me with my 3 children on Mothers Day this year.  

We're always pleased to welcome new members to the crop, so if you haven't been before but fancy joining a like-minded group of people, just drop me an email.  £4 for the day (10am - 5pm), the kit is optional, drinks & homemade cakes on tap and a discount on anything you buy in the shop! 

Basic Grey - Second City

Hi, Carol with you today with my last post for the month - today I'm using the Basic Grey second city 6x6 pad that I used in my first post…

I thought that I would use a selection of the brightly coloured papers and make a patchwork effect background, this technique has been around quite a while, can't remember who thought of it first tho', so apologies to them!  I tore left over papers from my first project and adhered them to a kraft card base…this is the finished result…

whoa…thats a bit bright!, so, I brayed some white acrylic paint over….(at this point I got carried away and forgot to take pictures, even tho' the camera was beside me!) - with my paled background, I outlined the blocked edges…..I pulled a flower stencil from my stash and added texture paste thro - any texture paste will do, the golden crackle medium I used last month would look good too - once dried I added colour using distress markers, pulling out the colour with a water pen, and mixing my colours together as I went…..an old maya road ticket was stamped with happy birthday and adhered using silicone gel and a small gem, a black pen was used to doodle around the edges…this is the finished result…

see how the white brayed paint has just knocked back the colour?

There are 18 different paper designs in the pad, using the black, orange and a triangular grey and orange patterned piece I made this card….

The kraft cardstock base was covered with the patterned paper, which had been trimmed to fit and the edges inked with walnut stain distress ink…..The orange centre panel was stamped using orange ink and a bo bunny stamp…..this was then mounted onto black cardstock, a stamped sentiment was stamped onto white card and inked using the walnut stain distress ink and a small inking tool, this was finished off with a small amount of metallic gilding wax - golden light…a button and three metal headed pieces of bling were added to finish off the card….

TFL

In the Frame...

Hi everyone,

Hope you've all been enjoying the summer and have captured lots of lovely pictures to scrap with!

This month I have been working with the 'Capture Life' collection by Echo Park. One of the sheets of paper that jumped out at me straight away was 'memories' pictured below. I really liked the Instagram style photo frames and knew that I wanted to create a layout using various frames.

You can view and purchase the 'Capture Life' collection here.

Resources Used:

• 'Capture Life' collection by Echo Park
• Freckled Fawn Woodchip Frames

Take a look here for the large collection of frames that Papermaze stock, so you can make your own frame based layout. Enjoy!

Anna x