Brownies

Twilight Crafts Summer Cyler Crop challenge #14 - Use border punches.

I found this old photo and mum had written on the back "1970 Lynn age 10 and Sylvia age 8 just after church parade".

I used:
White Bazzill
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - papers,
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove - Thickers Dream Chaser puffy phrase stickers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove - Stickers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove - Floral Ephemera
Martha Stewart border punch
Thickers glitter letter stickers - Lindsay
Distress Oxide Inks

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Day Trip

Another layout for the Twilight Crafts Summer Cyber Crop - challenge #5 is a sketch.
The photo shows Catherine and Emily on the beach at Joss Bay in 1995, on a day trip with other families from the Bexley and Dartford Twins Club.

I used:
Bazzill - Black and White
Paige Evans - Blooming Wild - #22
Selection of stickers, preals and ephemera from my stash

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Battle Abbey

Yesterday was the Papermaze Crop, and here is the layout I made with the kit designed by Vanessa.

A photo of Andrew, Catherine and Emily at Battle Abbey in the summer of 1999.

Bazzill - Coconut Swirl
Vicki Boutin - Print Shoppe - Colour Coaster
Carta Bella - Flora No. 4 - Ephemera Icons
Twine
Wooden hearts
Puffy Letter Stickers

Vanessa's original design:

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Love Grows Here

Another layout made using the July - My Creative Scrapbook kit. This photo was taken at my mum's flat of her with the youngest two great-grandaughters, Scarlett and Poppy.

From the kit I used:
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Uniquely You paper
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Cardstock Stickers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Floral Ephemera
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection -  Dream Chaser Phrase Thickers

I also used:
Distress Oxide Inks - Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick & Kitsch Flamingo
Distress Paint - Black Soot
Tiny clear gems
Pearls

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Happy Holiday

I made this layout using the My Creative Scrapbook kit for July. I started off being inspired by design team member Maree Crozier's layout, but my design went in a different direction using tags instead of stripes, so I still have that lovely striped paper to use on another page.

My photo was taken back in 1967, and shows me (7 years) with my sister (5 years) on the garden gate of our holiday cottage in Woolacombe Bay. Happy memories of those holidays, and I remember those dresses so well too.

Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection

I chose to use the following items from the kit:
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Menagerie paper (background)
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Uniquely Yours (for the tags)
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Floral Ephemera
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Stickers

From my own stash I added:
Distress Oxide Spray
Twine
Doodlebug Designs - Alphabet Soup Puffy Letter Stickers - Cupcake, Lily White, Bumblebee & Mint
Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Holiday Words 2 Script die set

Off to make more now!
Thanks  for looking
Lynn x

Remember

I treated myself to a kit from My Creative Scrapbook, and it arrived earlier today. The kit is mainly from Maggie Holms - Woodland and Grove collection. I loved many of the design team layouts, especially one by talented Claire Hawkins. This is my version.

The photo shows me with my brother and sister at Polhill Garden Centre last year.

Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Darling and Legacy 12" x 12" papers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Stickers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Dream Chaser Thickers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Floral Ephemera
Bazzill Basics - White

This is Claire's original layout:

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Pirate Party

This is for #2 of the Peartree Cutfile 2nd birthday challenges. 'E' is for Ephemera and Distressed Edges.

I chose to scrap this photo of the childred dressed and ready to go to a friend's pirate themed birthday party.

I used:
Various papers including October Afternoon, Mintay and Basic Grey
Matt Silver metallic cardstock
Bazzill Cardstock
Basic Grey letter stickers
Tags and Ephemera from various collections
Peartree Cutfile
Doodlebug Designs alpha stickers
Baker's Twine

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Celebrate Together

Another layout made for the design team using the very pretty March kit from Papermaze.

The photo for this layout shows 18 month old Scarlett, with her Mum and Dad at my daughter's wedding. 

Please see the Papermaze blog for full details.

From the kit I used:
Echo Park - Welcome Baby Girl collection - It's A Girl Floral & Rainbows
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Rain Forest & Blossom
Kaisercraft curio
2 prima flowers

From my stash I used:
Cosmic Shimmer Mist
Distress Paint  
sewing machine to blanket stitch
dark green thread
Sizzix Tim Holtz, Funky Floral Thinlits die sets
tiny paper flowers
Paige Evans Ephemera word
Simple Stories Say Cheese 4 Happy Words metal die set
sequins. 

Thats all for today, back soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Hello Sunshine

Today was crop day at Papermaze and this is the layout made from Janina's Crop Kit. For the first crop of the year I actually started and finished the layout at the crop.

I used a photo from my recent trip to Washington to visit Catherine. The photo was taken of a very cold but sunny day sitting in wooden deckchairs on the waterfront in the quaint Old Town in Alexandria, we took the metro out to Virginia for the day to explore.

The kit contained a pack of Ephemera (Pink Paislee, Paige Evans Truly Grateful), and the Bazzill needed to make the layout.

I added some Distress Ink around the outside edge of the Bazzill to soften it. Using a piece of paper from the Truly grateful collection I had in my stash I made a journalling block. I added cross stitch to one of the paper pieces in the pack using 6 strands of DMC embroidery floss. Some pieces I glued to the page others I added a little dimension by using foam tape.

A good day at the crop.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Carta Bella - Old World Travel - INDIA

My thrid page using the Old World Travel papers from Carta Bella, is on the Papermaze Blog today. This time I wanted to record the fact my Grandfather spent some time in India during the First World War. I recently discovered he put together an album of his travel photos. Selecting a few of these to scan I was able to add them to his portrait for this layout.

I used
Carta Bella Old World Travel papers, Element Stickers and Ephemera (selecting all the camera images)
Kraft Bazzill
Tando Creative chipboard clock,
Sizzix Frame die & Bigz Alphabet Die - Block Talk
Distress Paint
Glossy Accents
Gilding Wax
Stampendous Frantage Aged Teal Embossing Enamel
charms
lace
twine,
pleated ribbon
acetate doily

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Carta Bella - Old World Travel - Part II

Please see the Papermaze blog for the second of my two projects using Carta Bella 'Old World Travel' collection.
I have been using this collection to create a series of heritage layouts about my great grandfather Frederick Henry Holder and this one follows on from the previous one and shows him in his back garden in uniform.

Frederick worked for the railway for a total of 49 years, ending his working life in December 1927 as Foreman Porter at Bickley Station, near Bromley. He came here from Cannon Street where he had previously worked for five years.

I used many of the same products as I used for the first layout:
Bazzill in Truffel
From the Old World Travel collection - World Traveller, Post Cards, Border Strips and Dear To Me papers
Ephemera pack, Element Sticker sheet and Enamel Dots
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks.
Bo Bunny Soirée Buttons
'Engraver' Alphabet Stickers by Prima
Hemp Cord 
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection rubber stamps - Wildflowers
Versafine Black onyx pigment ink pad

Although not designed as a double layout, I think they will look good together in the album, side by side.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x