Making Rainbows for Hope

Here is the last of the layouts I made with the Papermaze kit for June available in the shop, and online. This beautiful selection of summery papers in a selection of blues and oranges. Plenty of embellishments and Bazzill cardstock. There are two sheets of card stock in the kit, and a pack of four colour matched sheets in the extra pack.

This layout records the making of rainbow badges and magnets for friends and relatives during lockdown in 2020.

From the kit I used:
49 & Market - Colour Swatch Inkwell collection - Paper 3
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Bazzill White
49 & market frames
10 water droplets
Pretty Little Studio stickers

From my stash I used:

Paige Taylor Evans cutfile for stitching
DMC threads
fimo rainbows
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup puffy letter stickers in various colours

That's all from the June kit, back soon with the July kit.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

 

Susan

I back on the Papermaze Blog today with my second pair of layouts using the February Papermaze Kit. A lovely selection of soft natural colours in the papers, card and embellishments. This time I have a family history layout and travel page. Here is my first of these two pages.

Susan - An old photo of my great grandmother, giving details for future generations looking at my Humm family album.

 

From the kit I used:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Weathered Garden - Journal Elements & Fills My Heart
Bazzill Basics - Aqua, Yukon Gold & Avocado
12" linen ribbon

From my stash I used:
Natural Bazzill
Gold cardstock
wavy scissors 
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil (THS 147 Deco Arch)
Tim Holtz A6 Texture Fades Embossing Folder (Arched)
Distress Oxide Inks
Dark green embroidery thread
Small gold doily
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Crochet die set
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Bloom die set
3D foam pads
flower stamen
Flower Mould
Fimo light air dry clay

Thanks for looking.
Back with the next layout tomorrow.
Lynn x

Dance in the Rain

Peartree Cutfile 1st birthday challenge # 18 - Pear it up with NOTHING! It was strange not backing the cutfile, or decorating it in some way.

I used a photo from the children's nursery school days, taken on leaving the house in the rain with new rainbow umbrellas.

I used:
Imaginisce papers
Doodlebug Designs papers
Dew Drops
Rainbow made with Fimo
White Bazzill
Glitter Thickers
Pinkfresh Studio mini puffy letter stickers

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Beach - IOW 1966

We spent many summer holidays on the Isle of Wight in the 1960's. These photos show me and my sister, together with our mother and grandmother, strolling along the beach at Seaview.

Challenge #14 from Peartree Cutfiles is to follow a recipe:
Blue
2 or more photos
Summer or holiday icon
Thread or twine

And challenge #8 from Dotty About Flair is to use more cutfiles, I have chosen two - Rockpool Border and Beach sign.

I used:
Basic Grey papers
Bazzill
Fabric Anchor
Wooden lighthouse
Starfish charm
DAF flair x 1
Fimo light shells
Let's be Mermaids Sequin Mix
Baker's Twine
Bramble Fox seagull
Buttons
Cheesecloth
Pinkfresh Studio Mini Puffy Alphabet Stickers

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Awesome

Her is the second of my layouts using the bright and colourful kit for the month of August, is now available from Papermaze.

This photo was taken of my daughter and her husband on their honeymoon in Bali, The beautiful scenery was ideal for this Vicki Boutin Color Study collection.

I used:
American Crafts - Vicki Boutin's Color Study collection - Palette
Bazzill Basics cardstock - Kachina
foam glitter word

From my stash I used:
Distress Stain (Brushed Pewter and Peacock Feathers)
Distress Paint (Black Soot and Picket Fence)
cheesecloth
jute twine
cake decorating mould
Lite Fimo clay
Distress Inks
metallic gilding wax
Prills
Doodlebug Designs - All Mixed Up - Beetle Black - Tiny Alpha Rubons

That's all for today, I will be back with more from this kit soon
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Making Rainbows

I'm over on the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog today with two new layouts using the October Papermaze kit. Lots of bright colours this month and several papers ideal for recording your adventures during the pandemic lock-down.

This is my first Design Team layout using this kit and it's called Making Rainbows - It shows my daughter with her rainbow pin, and some smaller photos of the pins and some magnets we made to cheer family and friends during the earlier stages of the lockdown. 

From the kit I used:
Paige Evans - Go The Scenic Route collection - #12
Photo Play - Can We Just Stay Home collection - Pillow Fight
Pebbles - Live Life Happy collection - Happy Rainbows
Petunia Bazzil
Yellow doily

From my stash I used:
Worn Lipstick Distress Ink
FIMO clay
Glitter foam letter stickers
Pinkfresh Studio Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers
Heart stickers
Sequins
Nuvo Crystal Drops

I have more to share from this colourful kit tomorrow
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x