Halfway....

We're halfway through our egg hunt today, hopefully you have found the first three!  So, without further ado, we'll move on to the next clue...

What is the latin name for the moon?

Happy hunting!

The next clue...

Two down, five to go!  The next egg has been hidden on the website, so here's the clue to enable you to hunt it down!

What is the name of the pigment that gives plants their green colour?

Happy hunting :)

Day 2

I hope you managed to work out the first clue yesterday!  If so, you need to keep your answer safe until the end of the hunt - and if you didn't find it out, don't give up!  But today the next egg is hidden and we're on to the second clue, so without further ado, here it is:

What is the Hawaiian word for 'thank you'?

Happy hunting!

If it's nearly Easter, that must mean...

Easter is just around the corner, and that only means one thing - it's time for our annual Easter Egg hunt!  Every day from now until Easter Day we'll hide an egg on our website - and all you have to do is find it!

Of course, with thousands of products to look through, you might need a bit of help, so each day I will give you a clue on the blog. Your job is to work out the answer and find the egg on the website :) Make a note of the manufacturer and product, then once you have all seven answers you can email them to me (details on Sunday). And, of course, there is a prize to be had! This year we'll be giving away a £40 gift voucher to one lucky person (whose name will be drawn at random) - and we'll also be giving away three £10 vouchers to three runners up!

So let's get started, here's the first clue...

What was the follow-up song to Village People's huge hit YMCA?

Once you've worked out the answer, pop over to the shop to find the egg and keep a note of it.  And remember to come back tomorrow to find the next egg!

Happy hunting :)

Live Every Moment.....Kaisercraft Oooh La La xx

 Hi There

It's Anita here and I have got a couple of quick and easy layouts for you today in a beautiful apricot and duck egg blue colour combo from using the Ooh La La Collection by Kaisercraft.
They bring out so many beautiful collections on a vast selection of themes and there is a good choice to pick from in there shop HERE.

So, for the first layout I backed the layout with a sheet of brown cardstock and then took a sheet of Belle , I trimmed about 5mm off of 2 sides to allow a border of brown to show and create a frame.

I then followed the line of the slats of the wood panels and popped in some random little slices which I *roughed* back to create a distressed effect that shabbied the wood.

I absolutely love using Ranger's Distress stains on my pages and chose one called Ripe Persimmon for on this page. I really enjoy *dabbing* them on the layouts and knowing the harder I dab, the further they splat!!

 

I also had a sheet each of  Tres Chic , Lamour and C'est La Vie and I cut various bits and pieces from each of them for scattering about the layout ( some of which raised up on foam pads to add dimension, but without adding lots of bulk)

 

I finished the page by adding some sequins, crystals, a pearl buckle and some mesh ribbon.

With my 2nd layout I used a sheet of Bonjour for the base and popped a large doily in the centre.
Have you seen the fabulous stamps made by 49 and Market ? They have some seriously gorgeous designs and I own the Gabi's line Stitch set.
 So I picked the stitch line I liked best and stamped it around the edges of the layout.

 

I cut more elements out from the left overs of the other sheets from before and built up a nice little selection to use.

 

Using some of the left overs I made an oversized tag and decorated it plus added a teeny photo.

This really is a beautiful and versatile collection of papers and is lovely to work with. Why not pop over to the shop and have a look at all the loveliness on offer.

Warmest Wishes

Anita xx

You've got to have a Little Faith

Hi, it's Lisa and the Simple Stories - Faith Collection with you today.
Here is my page that I have created for you.

I also have a video to share which you can see here....

You can watch me create and hear my thoughts as I make this page.

I really want to stress today that you should never be put off by a collection if the theme isn't quite your thing. This collection here 'Faith' is very prayer/Jesus themed. I know that's not for everyone, but if you can look past this, this collection can be for everyone. It's beautiful.

I used a Tim Holtz sunshine mask and a Distress Stain to create my sun beams. Once I had sprayed the dark yellow mist on to the Simple Stories paper, I dabbed some white acrylic paint over the mask using paper kitchen towel to apply. I then left this to dry and then cut out the sunshine. You can watch me doing this on the video.

I used some of the 12x12 paper to layer up and I cut one of the journal cards from one of these pieces of patterned papers to create my title. 

Everything coordinates so beautifully it makes layering up very easy.

I love the 12x12 sticker sheet. It's really fun adding these to scrapbook pages. I love the pops of colour that they add to my work. 

I can also highly recommend the chipboard stickers to match. 

In my video I also share some fun techniques including how easy it is to sew on paper. This was even easy through 5 layers.

 I really hope you like this page and my video.

I love this scrapbook collection. I hope you can see why. 

See you soon.

Lisa x

Distress Oxides

Hi, Carol with you today - for my last post I was playing with the new Distress Oxide ink pads and made loads of trial tags - today I'm showing you what I did with some of those tags…

Here is the finished product:-

So, taking one of the inked tags, I placed a stencil over my tag and rubbed over with a baby wipe to lighten some of the colour, using the same stencil and a distress oxide ink I then inked onto the tag hi-lightening with a white pen…. I then doodled around the edges.

Using the Tim Holtz bigz die I cut the mannequin body from another tag, I used some of the left overs to cut three of the third size flowers from the tattered florals die,(although, there are some fabulous new dies which would look just as good with little construction! here they are) cutting and sticking to form a 3d flower shape, using more left overs and a leaf punch I then cut leaves and doodled…. some ribbon, string, bling and a couple of pins finished off the tag.

All products available from the Papermaze shop do pop along, sit with a cuppa and take a look at all the fabulous products for sale…

TFL xx