Picking Pumpkins

I am on the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog today with my second pair of layouts, made for the design team using this month's Papermaze kit. The kit is packed with the a beautiful selection of autumn-coloured papers and embellishments.This first layout shows my great nieces at Tulley's Pumpkin Festival with their family and friends this autumn.

For a step by step guide to how the layouts were made, please pop over to the Papermaze Blog. 

The items from the kit I used for this layout:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze collection - Falling Leaves
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap I heart fall stickers
Pinkfresh Studio garden bouquet enamel dots
Hemptique yarn
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold, Pinecone, Twill, & Pumpkin Patch

I added some items from my own stash:
Distress Ink - Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge and Ground Espresso
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Skeleton Leaves die set
W Plus 9 Circle cie set
White card
Tangerine Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup letter stickers
Spellbinders - Simple Stories - Say Cheese - Classic Pooh alphabet and numbers set

That's all for today, I'll be back with the last layout tomorrow.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Autumn Beauty

Here is the second design team layout I have made using the November Papermaze kit. this month's kit is packed with autumn colour! Such a lovely kit to work with, includes patterned papers, Bassill cardstock and embellishments. Here is my second pumpkin related layout. 

Autumn Beauty - Dressed for autumn, Florence at her favourite bench at the Abbey Ruins.

Before looking at how the layouts were made, here is what you will find in the kit.

Please see the blog for details of how the layout is made.

I used the following items from the kit:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze collection - Welcome Fall & Falling Leaves
Photoplay - Autumn Junque collection - Harvest
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap die-cut leaves
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap cozy weather banner
Little birdie flower
Pinkfresh Studio garden bouquet enamel dots
Hemptique yarn
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold, Pinecone, Twill, & Pumpkin Patch

From my own stash, I used:
Distress Oxide Inks - Ground Espresso and Carved Pumpkin
Cricut
White card
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup letter stickers - Gold 

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

Bathing Bea Bee

This fun layout was created using the bright, summery August Papermaze kit, which has been great fun to work with. Hereis the final layout I have created with this kit. These photos were from a few weeks ago, and show Florence helping her Mummy wash her favourite soft toy. 

For full details of how I made the layout, please see the Papermaze Blog. 

From the kit, I used:
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Coconut Swirl & Pollen 
Lawn Fawn - Bitsy Blooms collection - Begonia
Doodlebug Designs - Butterfly Kisses collection - Garden Party
Simple Stories - Crafty Babe collection - Live. Love,.Scrap
Echo Park - Have a Great Summer collection - Best Life Butterflies
Doodlebug Designs cupcake doily
Flair button
Pretty Little Studio Berry Sweet Word Stickers
Strip of jewels
SS Simple Vintage Flower Shoppe Sentiment Bits & Pieces
Rosie's Studio 2 chipboard pieces Born to Bloom 

From my stash, I used:
Distress Oxide Ink - Speckled Egg
Black Bazzill
Spellbinders - Simple Stories - Say Cheese Classic Mouse Alphabet Die Set

I'll be back with the September kit very soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Pebbles

Here is my second layout made with the bright, summery Papermaze August kit. I have enjoyed working with the kit this summer. The kit is now available in store and online. I have been working with photos of my granddaughter's recent visit to us in Suffolk. Florence can be seen here, discovering pebbles on the beach at Aldeburgh. 

Please see the blog for full details about making the layout.

From the kit, I used:
Doodlebug Designs - Butterfly Kisses collection Garden Party
Lawn Fawn - Bitsy Blooms collection - Begonia
Simple Stories - Crafty Babe collection - Live. Love,.Scrap
Pretty Little Studio Word Cut Aparts You Are My Sunshine
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Aqua, Tangelo & Pollen
Word Cut Aparts You Are My Sunshine

From my own stash, I used:
Scrap white card
Cutfile & Cricut
Baker's Twine
3D foam pads
Dear Lizzy Thickers Treasure
Pearls & gems

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

St. Patrick's Day

Here is my second layout using the colourful June Papermaze kit . Details of how the layout was made was published on the blog yesterday. 

This layout shows another baby sensory session, this time it was to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I made Florence and her little friends knitted hats with large shamrocks. 

From the kit, I used:
Simple Stories - Sunny Days - Soak It Up!
Pretty Little Studio - Love is Kind - Friends Forever Die Cut Titles
Rosie's Studio - Keeping Cool - Puffy Stickers 
Washi Tape
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Coconut Swirl, Patch & Yukon Gold 

From my stash, I used:
Martha Stewart border punch
Cricut
Heart Punch 
Buttons
Cord

  

 

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

Summer 1969

Here is my last layout made with the June Papermaze Kit. This kit gives you Bazzill and patterned papers in bright cheerful colours. I have used them along with the embellishments included to make this page featuring Kodak square format photos of my baby brother with my dad, on the beach at Seaview on the Isle of Wight, summer of 1969.

From the kit I used:
Pinkfresh Studio - Picture Perfect - Write your Story
Bazzill Basics -  Aqua

From my stash I used:

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil THS006 Dot Fade
Distress Inks
Pretty Little Studio, Hey Summer Beach Bits Die Cuts
Pretty Little Studio Sunkissed - Fun in the Sun Word Titles
Sizzix XLBigz Alphabet Die
Black Bazzill
 

 

That's all for today.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Hen Party

I have been using the pretty spring Papermaze kit for the month of May. Here is my first design team layout. I have created this layout with recent photos from a hen party my daughter attended, at a spa in Norfolk.

Please see the Papermaze blog for full details of the layout.

I used:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Spring Garden collection - Scatter Sunshine 
Simple Stories Floral Bits & Pieces
Pretty Little Studios Die cut labels

From my stash I used:
Doodlebug Designs Sunshine Cardstock Alphabet Stickers in Bumblebee
Doodlebug Designs Teensy Type Alphabet Stickers also in Bumblebee
Fine black marker pen
Fossilized Amber Distress Ink

That's all for today, there will be more from this kit tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Rise & Shine!

It's the Scrap A Sketch 2nd birthday this month, so there is a week of challenges. Here is my layout for Day 5. There is also a list of items for all the challenges and you are asked to include at least 5 items from this list (see end of post for sketch and list).

The photos show my three at the age of two, they surprised us one morning by waing us up giggling. They were still dressed in pyjamas, but had dressed up in a selection of my scarves.

I used:
Basic Grey Chipboard - Urban Prairie
Pretty Little Studio - Sunkissed - Watermelon Seeds
LDRS Creative - One Fine Day puffy letter stickers
Other puffy letter stickers from my collecrion
Bazzill Basics cardstock
Distress Inks

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Summer Holiday

It's the Scrap A Sketch 2nd birthday this month, so there is a week of challenges. Here is my layout for Day 2. There is also a list of items to for all the challenges and you are asked to include at least 5 items from this list (see end of post for sketch and list).

My favourite photos of my son Andrew on holiday on St. Mary's - Isles of Scilly.

From the list I used:
1. Stripes - patterned paper - Pretty Little Studio - Hey Summer collection
2. 2 + photos - 3 photos
3. Multi Font Title - Simple Stories Foam Stickers Retro Summer
4. Fussy Cutting - Mintay fussy cuts
5. Tags - Mintay fussy cuts
6. Circles - letter stickers
7. Butterfly - Mintay Fussy cuts

Thanks for looking
Lynn x