Seeing Double wityh New Prima...

Happy March everyone! Any ideas how we've reached this far into the year already?

I love February and March, because it means that all the new products from CHA are arriving in the shop and going online.

Some of my favourites this year so far are the new lines from Prima. We already know that Stationers Desk has been a huge hit with some of you, so I have chosen to have a play with the Princess Line. 

 

For the first time EVER, I have created a double page layout. I thought it would be hard to work with more photos than usual and fill more space, but with the use of some of the new Tim Holtz Stencils and Memory Box Stencils, I was able to subtly create texture in blank spaces.

 

 

For the first time ever, I used almost two whole packs of Prima paper flowers on one project!!

 

And these cute metal signs are from Ingvild Bolme, also new to the shop :-)

 

Let us know which our new products are your favourites!

Simple Stories - Infectious

Hi Tracee with you this morning, when I got sent these Simple Stories, "A Charmed Life", papers this month I was so excited, as this is one of my most favourite colour combinations

My youngest daughter has been a bit down for the last few weeks and I wanted to make a layout that shows her fun and infectious sense of humour. 

 

I used the current sketch from the challenge site Once Upon A Sketch

I cut the  3 x 4 Journaling cards element paper up before I started that way I could see whcih side of the paper I was going to use.

 

I fussy cut some of the elements from the paper and layered them behind the pretty lace trim.

 There is great selection of mists in the shop and I splattered a few different colours to the background paper.

 

More of the lace and I cut one of the journaling panels from a 3 x 4 to write what I wanted to say on the layout.

There are so many elements to the simple stories papers and I will be back later to show you some cards I made using this collection 

Supplies Used 

Simple Stories A Charmed Life - 3 x 4 Journaling card elements

Simple Stories A Charmed Life - Whitewashed Wood  

 Simple Stories A Charmed Life - Happy Go Lucky

Simple Stories A Charmed Life - Happy Times

Cosmic Shimmer mist - Pearl

Cosmic Shimmer mist - Sunlight Mist

                                                     Lace Trim

Kaisercraft

Have you seen the new kaisercraft paper pads in store?  its so difficult to see what they are really like on line - I have the Kaisercraft 6 1/2" "Arts of Life" pad…. its available here….the papers are really good quality and are 160gsm and as well as having 24 sheets of patterned paper you also get 8 embossed papers and 4 foil ones which are totally gorgeous….. you also get 4 die cut pages in the pack to so loads to inspire you and get you started on your projects without having to buy extras…here are a few of the pages:-

 4 x pages die cuts…tags, sentiments, borders - fantastic selection all matching the papers

foiled papers - you get 2 of each

just a selection of the normal patterned papers….

so inspired by my pack….I made this pizza box out of  a piece of black bazzil

using a piece of the foiled paper and the mini tattered florals die I made a flower, added some lace, and ribbon - some smaller flowers, pins and one of the tagged sentiments and a piece of the border…the butterflies came from here….made this:-

so, what to put inside??

taking a sheet of card stock I sprayed on some dylusion sprays, using a pipette I loaded it up with another spray and let it fall down the paper…I added some doodling and came up with:-

umm think I forgot to photograph the finished piece, this is prior the doodling…. but, using the finished piece of card which also had some stamping added….the next step was to cut it up into 4 pieces and make these:-

which fitted into here…..

TFL today...

Feburary Kit Sneak Peek...

So its that time of the month where we can anticipate the next Papermaze Monthly Kit going online, and here's a little peek at some of what you will get in the kit.  

There's going to be a mix of Kaisercraft, Marion Smith, Petaloo and My Minds Eye amongst other big manufacturers. My favourite thing is the sheet of bark. It really is just like a thin sheet of wood, fine enough to punch, die-cut, stitch through or fold...oh the fun I could have with it!!

Keep an eye out for the kit going online very soon :-)

Happy Valentines Day!

We hope you are all having a fabulously loved up day! To get you in the mood even more, we have some fabulous Valentines project ideas from our DT...and don't forget that each of these can be easily altered to suit any occasion!

First up, Tracee....

 

Tracee has used new Simple Stories Hey Mom papers for her first card, showing how you can successfully create a beautiful Valentines Card without sticking to traditional colours...

 

...and here she has used BoBunny Head Over Heels for a contemporary card suitable for any genre.

Next is Lou with a card with a secret. This design can fit in a flat envelope, but opens up into a standing easel style card.....

 

Lou has used Echo Park Head over Heels and a mix of Prima Flowers, Liquid Pearls and Twines.

 

Carol has a really simple but effective gift box for us using Authentique Smitten Papers. Her instructions are included in the photos.....

 

 

And last but certainly not least, Anna has also used Echo Park Head Over Heels to create the so popular Project Life style scrapbook page. The cut-outs on some of these papers fit the pocket pages perfectly :-)

 

So that's just about a round up of the new Valentine style papers in the shop and online at www.papermaze.co.uk.

 

Lots of Love :-)

Valentine's Scrapping with Echo Park...

It's a couple of days early but I have a love layout to share with you today using Echo Park's pretty collection 'Head over Heels'. You can find the whole collection at Papermaze here. 

Here is what I have used: 

• Forever and Ever
• Journaling Cards
• Paper Airplanes
• Just Love you
• Black Twine
• Heart Punch
• tags
• Dew Drops
• Tape
• MME Journal Card

I based this layout on a central piece of Echo Park patterned paper and then layered on it and at the top left and the bottom right sides using a selection of embellishments. 

I made the heart garland below by punching out some small hearts and then roughly stapling them to a piece of twine. I then tied a knot at either side to finish. 

 I have been busy making a project life style layout using the Echo Park Head over Heels collection to go alongside this layout. I will be back on Friday to show you this, along with the rest of the Design Team to share some lovely Valentines ideas. 

Have a good week! Anna x

More Websters pages recorded

Hi Tracee with you again today sharing another layout, this time "project life style", that I created using some of the lovely Websters Pages recorded.

I've not yet gotten the Project Life bug but I wanted to create a layout with a Project Life type flair.

 

I cut some strips from the Rewind  & Today sheets and stitched them along the edges to frame the layout  

 

The printed acetate frames make a striking focal point for your photographs, I added some of the stickers from the sticker sheet to spell out my title.

 How cute are the mini frames?, with the simple addition of some word stickers and wood veneers your page is complete. I love how you can create 2 totally different atyle layouts using the same paper collection This is my post sharing the first layout.

All supplies can be found in the Papermaze shop

Hope you have a great start to the week and the weather is being kind to you, my thoughts go out to all those suffering the floods.