September Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Hello, Lynn here today, with the autumnal September Papermaze Kit. This kit is a selection of six patterned papers, two sheets of Bazzill and a selection of embellishments. There is the extra option of four sheets of Bazzill perfectly matched to go with the papers.

To work with this kit, I have chosen to select the pink hues for my first layout and some pink and purples to go with the beautiful autumn wreath.

 

 Before looking at how I made the layouts shown - here are the details of what is in the kit:

Patterned papers:
Carta Bella - Flora No.5 - Warm Small Floral & Warm Large Floral
P13 - Hello Autumn - 02 & 03
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Indigo Garden - Beautiful Heart
49 & Market - Spectrum Sherbet - Classics - Brumbleberry
Bazzill Basics - Bazzill White & Juneberry

Reverse side of papers

Embellishments:
Rosie's Studio Puffy Alpha Stickers, 1/4 sheet of Word sentiments, pinch of clear sequins, 5 Prima flowers, 2 P13 light chipboard leaves, 7 pink glitter dots, 4 - 49 & Market chipboard frames, chipboard index tab
 

Bazzill Basics Extra Pack - Mauve Ice, Berrylicious, Apricot & Nixon. 

Shore Thing - A winter walk on the sea front at Pakefield, admiring all the pretty beach huts.

The backdrop for this layout is the sheet of P13 Hello Autumn #03, I love the shabby wooden boards in pink which reminded me of these beach huts.

I made a border using Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Colourize Woodgrain die set and several sheets of Bazzill Basics cardstock from the kit - Mauve Ice, Berryliscious and Juneberry. I made a total of eight panels, I cut two of them down to fit, then placed a pink brad in the corner of each panel. These were arranged to make a frame and attached with 3D foam tape.

With Raspberry Divine Twine, I made two washing lines across the page with the ends tucked under the wood panels. I trimmed the photos and pegged them to the lines, with Woodware Mini Clothes Pegs. For extra stability I used a little more foam tape under each photo.

I clipped some of the happy phrases from the selection in the kit and placed one on each photo. 

I used the chipboard tab from the kit, painted it with Worn Lipstick Distress Paint, and some old rub-ons from my stash for the date. I placed this at the top of my first photo. 

With the pack of Rosie's Studio - Brand New Day - Puffy Alpha Stickers (in the kit) I added the details of the place we were visiting.

The paper flowers from the kit were scattered over the page to add decoration, along with two decorative pins and two wooden houses from my stash. 

My title was created with the word 'shore' spelt out with ek Success Scribble Alpha Stickers and the word 'thing' using a VB Story Teller phrase sticker.

Harvest Festival - My children ready to set off to the Harvest Festival service in front of our house and a row of sunflowers.

For this layout I built everything up on the beautiful autumn wreath on this sheet of P13 - Hello Autumn - #02 paper. 

I mounted photos behind two of the chipboard frames from the kit. I glued the lower one down onto the paper and the other was raised up using 3D foam tape.

I embellished the page with a selection of paper flowers from my stash. The foilage was all created with Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Funky Florals. I cut them using Bazzill cardstock from the kit and extra match pack. 

I also used the P13 light chipboard leaves from the kit. 

For the title I drew a faint line with pencil to continue the circle for the wreath, at the top where there is a gap. Then I placed letters using more of the Rosie's Studio - Brand New Day - Puffy Alpha Stickers (in the kit). The date was made with Bazzill and Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits - Alphanumeric Tiny Type set.

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

September Cropping

Our September crop is this coming Saturday, 17th and the kit has been designed by Lynn using papers from 49 & Market's Spectrum Sherbet collection... 

If you would like to join us it's £5 for the day, from 10am until 4pm, there will be homemade cakes and refreshments as well as a variety of punches and dies available for you to use.  Just drop an email to enquiries@papermaze.co.uk.

Life Is Better Lakeside - Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Lakeside Collection

Hello, it's Rebecca with you today sharing a new layout. I was grateful of a bit of scrappy time this weekend after my first week back at work following the summer holidays. I've scrapped a slightly older photo from 2020 using the gorgeous Simple Vintage Lakeside collection from Simple Stories - which you can find here. 

I started by cutting three squares of paper, about 4x4 inches - two from the Explore & Discover patterned paper, and one from the Relax & Unwind paper.  I arranged them at the top centre of my background, slightly overlapping, with some very basic mixed media behind them. I used a Distress Oxide Ink Pad in the shade 'Broken China' and the packaging technique to add the colour to my Premium White Cardstock. I chose blue to resemble water, and also because my little boy is wearing light blue in the photo - which I've adhered to the centre square.

For my title, I selected one of the Chipboard Stickers and placed it central on the page, underneath my photo. 

I've embellished either side of my photo using die cuts from the Bits & Pieces and Natures Bits & Pieces packs - focusing on ducks as my little boy is feeding the ducks in my photo.

Under my title, I added a couple of the Combo Cardstock Stickers and a few large splatters of ink.

I hope you've enjoyed this layout. I really enjoyed creating with this collection - it's one of those collections that looks lovely online but is even nicer in real life!

I'll be back later in the month!

Take care,

Rebecca

@preciouspagespapercraft

P13 - Hit The Road - Into The Wild

Hi everyone,

Claire here with you today, and this month I will be using the Hit The Road collection from P13. 

This collection immediately caught my eye. It's jam packed with the beautiful papers you would expect from P13, but they've also released exciting additional products that will take your scrapbooking even further:

• Four Decorative Tags sets
• Ephemera Tickets
• Die Cut Garlands
• Ephemera Bits & Pieces
• Three Sticker Sheets
• Three Chipboard Sticker Sheets
• Chipboard embellishments and more!

You can find the collection in full, here.

I wanted my layout to feature the beautiful papers, Ephemera Tickets, Ephemera Bits and Pieces and Ephemera Frames and Words.

Using a piece of Premium Kraft Cardstock as my base, I positioned the b side of Paper 3 on an angel, distressing the edges for texture. I trimmed off the overlapping edges and added white machine stitching.

I wanted to create a multi-photo layout, and Paper 4 provided the perfect opportunity to create a photo strip format. I worked out where the strips would sit, and brushed on some Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide ink to create a shadow and help them contrast against the green paper. I also added some splatters.

I printed four photographs, layering them onto blue Bazzill cardstock from the Matchmaker Pack. I positioned these on two strips of Paper 4, and created a second layer using the b side of the paper to show that pop of yellow.

I added a strip of burlap ribbon underneath to create that extra texture you find when out in the woods.

With the main design in place, I began embellishing. I absolutely adore the Ephemera Tickets and couldn't resist the opportunity to tuck some alongside my photo strip.

I also added a few more at the bottom, bringing out the blue tones of the collection.

Just above, I created another small cluster, made with the leaves and compass from the Ephemera Bits & Pieces Pack. The title is from the Ephemera frames and Words Pack.

On the opposite photo strip, I created another small cluster, using the backpack, leaves and signpost which were fussy cut from Paper 7.

Towards the top of the cluster, I used a beautiful blue tab from Chipboard Sticker Sheet #3 and added a small 'Explore' phrase from the Phrase and Words set.

As a final touch, I added some moss from my stash around the clusters to really bring home the feel of the forest, and that was the page complete!

I hope you find inspiration in the page and are as excited as I was to see all the extra bits now included in this P13 collection - it really was a joy to create with.

I'll be back in a few week with another project with Hit The Road.

See you soon.

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate

Simple Stories ~ Say Cheese at the Park #3 ✨

Hi all, 

It’s Anna back with you today and I’m continuing working with the wonderful collections by Simple Stories - Say Cheese at the Park. For todays layout, I have focused on using the Say Cheese Fantasy at the Park collection.

But you can find all five parts of the release in the shop as follows:

Say Cheese at the Park

Say Cheese Fantasy at the Park

Say Cheese Frontier at the Park

Say Cheese Tomorrow at the Park 

Say Cheese Adventure at the Park

To create this layout, I gutted a white sheet of cardstock and then used it to create a thin boarder. I mounted the b side of Once Upon a Time to the cardstock. 

I then trimmed a strip of the b side of ‘Elements 2’ and adhered it vertically to the page, just off centre. I used a boarder punch to create two scalloped strips of cardstock either side. 

I chose a larger photograph to use on this layout, it’s in the size 8x6.

I selected one of the element cards from ‘Elements 2’and adhered it to the left of my photo. 

I then began to add two clusters of embellishments, I like to balance embellishments on my layouts. I often go with an approach of two opposite clusters… and that’s what I’ve done with this layout. 

To create my clusters of embellishments, I have used a selection of stickers from the Combo Stickers and from the Sticker Book, which has lovely small stickers and alpha stickers from all of the collections together in one book.

Lastly, I added some Pinkfresh Jewel Essentials in the shade Peach Fuzz, which I dotted around randomly. I also added a few drops of Nuvo drops around the edge of my photograph.

I’ll be back again soon with another Disney layout for you! 

See you then! 

 😊

Thanks for looking. 

Anna 

X

 

Mintay Papers Lavender Farm - Dream in Shades of Purple

Hello, Karen here today with a final layout to share using the beautiful Lavender Farm collection from Mintay Papers. My layout today was inspired by paper #5. The pattern on paper #5 reminded me of some of the Anna Griffin papers I used to scrapbook with when I first started scrapbooking, so I decided to create a layout heavily influenced by Anna's timeless style.

I trimmed half an inch off of two edges of paper #5 and stuck this to the centre of a 12x12 sheet of white cardstock.

I then used a very old Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Eyelet Lace border punch to punch around the edge of a 10.25" square sheet of white cardstock. I have a love/hate relationship with this punch. It is so difficult to perfectly punch all the way round the edge of the paper square. One mis-alignment and its spoiled. I persevered though and the punched square was then stuck to the centre of the layout and on top of this I placed a 9" square piece of paper #2.  

To add some interest I machine stitched with white thread round all the papers and roughed up the edges with my fingernails to add some dimension.

I then cut four 0.5" x 12" strips of paper from a second sheet pf paper #5 and put two on the right side of the layout and two near the bottom, machine stitched them and roughed up the edges.

Two white paper doilies were placed on the layout and on top of these two 3" x 4" photos (one black & white and one colour) which were double matted, were added.

Die cuts from the die cut pack were layered around the photos with 3D foam underneath some to give them different heights. 

Title letters were die cut from a scrap of purple card and placed beneath one of the photos.

Finally the layout was completed with a scattering of silver sequins.

I hope you like this layout and 'll be back soon with another layout to share.

Take Care, Karen  x x

August Papermaze Kit - Part 3

Lynn here today, I have already shared my four layouts using the August Papermaze Kit, but had paper and embellishments leftover, so with the addition of some white cardstock I created two more layouts.

Before looking at the layouts, here is what you will find in the kit this month:

For full details of the kit, please see Part 1.

Botanical Colour Wheel - I was inspired by an image on the menu, during a recent visit to Coolings Garden Centre, to create a layout based on a colour wheel using photos of the flowers.

I used the 'Colours of the Sun' paper and some extra white cardstock. I started by gutting the 'sun' - small circle from the paper, and set this aside for later. I trimmed about 1cm off two adjacent sides of the paper and mounted this over a sheet of white Cardstock.

My Inspiration

I created a colour wheel by cutting a 24cm circle from white cardstock. Then by dividing the circle into eight segments, I made a template for cutting the photos into the desired shapes, this measured about 7cm at the outer edge and was about 9cm tall. 

I arranged the photos with a gap of about 1cm between each image and about 0.5cm in from the circumference. I cut a small white circle 5cm wide and placed a slightly smaller blue circle cut from the paper I set aside earlier. I used a large white brad to join the circles together and to attach them to the background. 

I wrote the details of each plant on the 'spokes' of the wheel, underneath each picture.

I made my main title with Arctic Bazzill and a Sizzix Thinlits die set - Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Bold. My subtitle and date were cut from scraps of the photos and another Alphanumeric set - Label. 

Ready To Go Bike Riding Together - This layout shows my nephew and his daughter all dressed ready for bike riding. 

I used a sheet of smooth White Bazzill as the base for this layout. Placing three colours of Distress Oxide Ink (Fossilised Amber, Worn Lipstick and Mustard Seed), onto a craft mat I spritzed them with water, to activate them. Then, I used a Vicki Boutin (Colour Study - Fresh) stencil dipped into the ink and like a stamp, I used the stencil to apply the pattern to the cardstock. 

I cut two of the images from the 'On The Agenda' paper, The camera and the file card.   I cut the lens from the camera, leaving an aperture for a photo to show through. I arranged my large photo and the two images on the layout.

Using a Memory Box die, I cut two bicycles using scraps of Bazzill cardstock from the kit and some gold and pink metallic card from my stash. I added the basket, hooter and a few gems to the girl's bike.

My long title was made up with various Doodlebug Designs alphabet stickers from my stash. I outlined all the letters with a black ink pen to help them stand out and to make them match the word 'together' which was a word sticker rather than separate letters. There is a wide range of these stickers available at Papermaze - Here.

That is all from the August Kit. I will be back with a new kit for September very soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x