August cropping

Our August crop is on Saturday 20th, and this month we have a bumper kit for you designed by Lorraine using the Paige Evans Splendid collection.  There's not one, but two layouts - plus bonus makes all included!  

We meet at Otley Village Hall between 10am and 4pm, with a variety of punches and dies available, tea & coffee and a selection of delicious home made cakes.  If you would like to join us, or find out more, drop us an email to enquiries@papermaze.co.uk

Remembering To Slow Down

 

Hi. Lisa here today.

Today's page has a double meaning.

I was needing to take some time out for me during this creative session.

I needed to slow down and cheer myself up and I ended up documenting about how much we love our time when we 'slow down'.

I was sent some Rosie's Studio to play with. The 'Celebrate You' collection.

I have the 6x6 paper pad, the chipboard frames and the die cuts.

I love the pretty patterns and colours. It is birthday themed but it still worked well on my 'non birthday page.

I created a full flip open style page with hidden journaling.

I do have a YouTube video if you'd like to watch this page come together and I also talk about how I create in my journal to boost my moods and what helps to cheer myself up.

I was sent some cute Disney stationery in the post to play with, so I thought it would be fun to add these. I wanted to embellish them to fit with my journal style.

I used one of the chipboard frames here and popped a quote underneath and added a couple of die cuts.

I taped the left side of the envelope to the page so that it could flip out.

  

And covered that side of the envelope in the 'Rosie's Studio' papers. The original dark envelopes didn't really go with the bright page, so this transformed it perfectly.

   

  I even transformed the writing paper that came with the stationery set, adding some of the patterned papers so that it all coordinated.

It looks so pretty now and all my journaling now lives in the envelope.

I did the same on the page opposite. 

I used the writing paper decorated with the 'Rosie's Studio' papers, adding some die cuts and a cute chipboard frame.

I also worked on this page here.

The photo kind of blended in to the background so I added some of the papers underneath to help it stand out.

  

I'm so pleased with how this pretty page turned out and I had so much fun creating it.

Sometimes you just need to slow down and have a scrappy fix. 

I hope you like my page and enjoy the video here.

Lots of love

Lisa x 

August Papermaze Kit - Part 1

Lynn here today with the first of my two layouts made using the August Papermaze Kit. Lots of bright summery colours - papers, cardstock and embellishments.

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

Patterned Papers:
American Crafts - Vicki Boutin - Sweet Rush collection - Confetti and On The Agenda
Simple Stories - Celebrate! collection - Way To Go!
Simple Stories - Let's Get Crafty collection - Journal Elements
Echo Park - Endless Summer collection - Colours of the Sun
American Crafts - Maggie Holmes - Round Trip - On the Road
Bazzill Basics - CS White and Pineapple Bliss

Reverse side of papers

Embelliehments:
5 Simple Stories Number Bits & Pieces, 8 Vicki Boutin Embossed Puffy Stickers, Rainbow Hearts Washi Tape, Paige Evans Heart Paper Clip, Cocoa Vanilla Studio Wood Epoxy Button, pinch of Pinkfresh Studio Jewel Essentials, 3 Vicki Boutin layered sticker hearts, 5 PFS die cut titles & an exclusive acrylic title

Bazzill Basics Cardstock

Whirlpool, Arctic, Quartz and Apricot

Afghan - the colours in this kit, and the Simple Stories paper in particular, were perfect to record the details of the making of this pretty colourful crochet blanket.

I started by gutting the Quartz Bazzill to make a frame of 2.5cm deep. Over this I mounted the Whirlpool Bazzill trimmed down to 28.5 x 28.5cm. 

From the Let's Get Crafty collection - Journal Elements paper was I cut out all the elements, this gave me several pieces suitable for recording details of the project, the pattern and how I adapted it.

I took scraps of yarn left over from crocheting the Afghan and wrapped them around to thread card cut from the paper. 

Together with the photo, I arranged the journalling cards, hexagons shade cards, images and thread card onto the Bazzill and stuck them in place. 

I made my title with pink metallic American Craft Thickers 'Be Kind'. For embellishment I used all three of the layered sticker hearts and the heart paper clip from the kit.

Happy Birthday - This layout shows a photo I found in my collection of my birthday back in 2009.

With a sheet of Smooth White Bazzill as a base, I stencilled (Birthday Star Stencil) stars, across the page using Distress Oxide Inks randomly, in colours to match the papers (Prize Ribbon, Worn Lipstick and Fossilised Amber).  

I used both sides of Celebrate paper - I cut a strip 8.5cm, and another 2cm deep, making sure the stripes ran the length of the strips. I distressed one long edge of each piece. I placed these down the left side of the layout. The larger strip was confetti side up and the thinner strip, stripe side up. Then I cut an additional stripe from the paper and glued this in the white space.

I mounted my photo onto a mat cut from the Quartz Bazzill. Then placed the photo to the right of the patterned paper.

Using the Tim Holtz Rosette Thinlits die set, and more of the Celebrate paper, I cut and assembled three rosettes. I placed a foam stickers in the centre of each rosette. I arranged these onto the layout.

From the kit I selected the Number Bits and Pieces and word ephemera I wanted, and together with Pinkfresh Studio - Some Day - Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers I created my title. I used a date stamp to add further details. I added the wood Epoxy Button from the kit.

I added another 'Happy Birthday' using the Tim Holtz BigzXL alphabet die, and more of the Celebrate paper. Finally I make a few of the stars sparkle with Nuvo Glitter Drops.

That's all for part 1 of the August Papermaze Kit - Back with more soon
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Family Gallery...... Mintay Joy of Life Collection

Hi Everyone

Anita here today and I have completely fallen in love with this delightful collection from Mintay...... Joy of Life. Such beautiful soft colours, distressed frames and wood fence panels plus an array of beautiful elements to fussy cut and embellish your pages with
 

I absolutely the sheet of 06 which is crammed full of beautiful frames in different styles. I chose the 4 I wanted to use and cut them out. On the reverse side of the frames there are lots of very pretty designs that can also be fussy cut and added to the page.

These frames are perfect for chopping into your normal 6x4 photos that are maybe quite busy and you want to try and make use of certain parts of them and also great if the people aren't quite so close and filling the photo

Prior to adding anything to the page I sprayed and splattered with some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray

This is great for adding a little gentle extra to your page without being bright, solid colours like the normal spray mists would do.

Various items were fussy cut from sheet 09 This is full of pretty elements including birds, floral displays, bicycles, houses etc and they were layered and/scattered about the page. Some were added to the frames, along with mesh bows and the frames had some white twine added to hang them from the top of the layout, to create a gallery effect.

I had a rummage through my old stash cupboard and found some boxes of old Making Memories Foam stamps ( I used to love using these and haven't touched them for such a long time) it made such a nice change to break out old stash and use and I think I shall be using these more often now again!

I used a fancy patterned one and stamped using ivory acrylic paint on the top left and right corners and then used an alphabet set of their stamps to create the title FAMILY.

When this was dry I used a black gel pen to add a fine line around the outer edge of each letter to just make them stand out a bit.

The page was finished with my favourite embellishments....some bling and sparkle .....flat backed pearls and some irridescent sequins scattered about.

 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my page, thank you for looking and I will be back later in the month with my 2nd layout using this pretty collection.

If you pop over to the shop you will be able to see all the gorgeous different Mintay papers in stock....they really are fabulous and such great quality.

Warmest Wishes

Anita xx

Photoplay - Bow Wow - Lucky Dog!

Hi everyone,

Claire here with you today, and this month I have the pleasure of creating layouts with the Photoplay Bow Wow collection. 

We have recently opened our hearts and our home to a new furbaby. This collection was perfect to document her first few months here.

I started with a piece of plain white Bazzill cardstock from the Matchmaker Pack and wanted to make a real feature of the colours and patterns in the papers - they convey all the fun a mischief a new addition to the family brings.

I created 3 paper rosettes, using the b sides of the I Love My Dog,  Chow Time, and Dog Treat papers, layering them to create a cascading, vertical design.

Once I had my positioning in place, I lightly drew around where the rosettes would sit, and brushed Distress Oxides around each in a circular motion.  The coordinating colours I used were Blueprint Sketch, Twisted Citron and Candied Apple. Once that was done, I wet the ink and added splatters.

I double matted my photo using the red textured Bazzill from the Matchmaker Pack and a piece of the dotty Dog-o-mania paper, layering it on top of a frame from the Ephemera pack. I also pulled out this super cute dog tag to sit alongside the journaling.

I fussy cut one of the cut apart cards from the Lucky Dog paper to add my journaling, and also fussy cut the large 'lucky dog' bone to use as my title - it gave a real sense of playfulness that matched my photo.

Using the b side of the Speak! paper as a template, I traced one of the bones and used it to cut out some bones in the red Bazzill cardstock, which I scattered around the page as embellishments.

As a final touch, I added some Nuvo clusters around the rosettes and that was my page complete.

I'm having a blast with this collection and it's been selling out quite quickly, so don't miss out - you can grab it all here.

See you soon.

Claire xx

@Scrappysoulmate

Beach Day - Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Vintage Seas Collection

Hi everyone, Rebecca with you today and I'm sharing another layout with Simple Vintage Vintage Seas collection. I love this collection and enjoyed working with it so much last month that I decided to continue creating with it this month! You can view the full collection in the shop here.

I started this layout by cutting a starfish shape from the B side of the 3x4 Elements patterned paper. I then cut the same shape, slightly larger from a sheet of red Bazzill cardstock and stuck the two together. This gave me a nice red border around the edge of my starfish.

Before adhering the starfish to my background, I used a Distress Ink Pad in the shade 'Blueprint Sketch' and a blending brush to add some colour to where it was going to sit. I added just enough colour so that it peeked out under the starfish like a glow. I also added some splatters in the same colour and then placed my starfish on top, with some craft foam to add dimension to the page.

I selected a frame from the Chipboard Frames pack, and cut it in half as I only wanted to scrap one photo on this layout. I had to do a little surgery and re-attach the right hand edge of the frame to make it work, but you can hardly tell it's been altered. I then used this to house my photo - my little boy on the beach rock-pooling.

I've used one of the Foam Stickers for my title, and placed it at the bottom of the frame. I also added an acrylic perspextive from Bramble Fox's 'Sea Life' collection as I thought it went really well with my layout. 

I then set about building some clusters using the Bits and Pieces and Nautical Bits packs. I added a cluster to the right of my photo, and another to the top 'arm' of my starfish to help balance the page out.

I finished the layout off by trimming about 1/4 inch from each edge of my white cardstock and then adding a red frame using the Anchors Aweigh patterned paper. I love how the red border ties the whole layout together. Strangely, red is my least favourite colour - but I love the reds in this collection! A few white splatters and the layout was complete.

I hope you've enjoyed this layout. If you'd like to watch the layout come together, there is a process video up on my YouTube channel here.

I'll be back later in the month with another Vintage Seas layout.

Take care,

Rebecca x

@preciouspagespapercraft