Victorian Day

This layout is about my son dressed for Victorian Day at his primary school. He decided to dress up as John Callcott Horsley, who designed the first Christmas card in 1843. This is one of my two design team layouts being shared on the Papermaze Blog today - using the December kit. The kit is now available in the shop, with its traditional colour pallet. 

 

For details of how the layout was made, please see the Scrap Paper Scissors blog.

To make this layout, I chose the following items from the kit:
Mintay Papers - Holly Jolly collection - #02
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Believe collection - Holiday Traditions
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Christmas Lodge Foam Stickers

Bazzill Basics - Coconut Swirl, Grenadine, Parakeet, Aspen and Parakeet 

From my own stash, I chose:
Distress Oxide Inks
TH Layering Stencil (Ornate THS076) 
Distress Mica Spray Stain Harvest Moon and Tart Cranberry 
Stampers Anonymous Cosy Christmas set CMS444 
Versafine Black Ink Pad
3D Foam Pads
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits 'Holiday Greens' die set
49 and Market - Evergreen Season Chipboard Words

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

Always

There is a lovely, romantic new Papermaze Kit for February, available from the store now. I have created four kits using this kit and the first two ar published on the Papermaze blog today. Here is the first of those layouts with an official photo from my daughter's wedding at Cooling Caslte in Kent.

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

From the Kit I used:
 
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Love Story collection - 2x2/4x4 Elements
Bazzill Walnut Cream
wooden hearts
water droplet unicorn hearts
exclusive acrylic word

From my stash I used:
Distress Oxide Inks
Cling foam alphabet stamps from Tim Holtz (Idea-ology Type Lower)
49 and Market - Gabi's Stitches Clear Stamp Set
Onyx Black Versafine ink
Gems and water droplets
 

That's all for today. back with more tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

First Dance

Another layout for the Dotty About Flair July Challenges. This is a Challenge #1, and is simply to be inspired by Kathy’s layout AND to release your inner ScrappyKathy and go wild - MORE IS MORE!!(see layout at the end of this post).

I have scrapped this photo of my daughter and son-in-law's first dance at their wedding in 2019.

I used:
12" x 12" watercolour paper
Distress Inks
A lightbulb stamp
Versa Fine Ink pad
Believe papers from Bo Bunny
Flair
Tonic Studios Windsor Alphabet dies
American Crafts puffy stickers

Here is the original layout for inspiration:

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

JOFY Stamps Box & A Card

I usually store my stamps in old DVD boxes but the JOFY and a few other stamps come on lovely coloured mounts, and so it would be a shame to cut these up to fit or take them off all together.

I had some cosmetic boxes, given to me over the years and found the JOFY stamp sets fit perfectly into this purple one. (Thanks Linda for the box and the loan of the alpha stamps x). A bonus is they smell nice too!

The I set about decorating and personalising it. I measured the box and cut water colour paper to fit the sides and top of the lid.

With the Paperartsy JOFY stamps from the alphabet set (21), and several floral sets (26, 32) and the tiny bee (30) I did some stamping with the aid of some home made masks and a Versafine onyx black ink pad.

Then using Distress Ink pads, markers, water, a brush and mister, I painted - coloured the images and background. These were then trimmed and I inked around the edges with Black Soot Distressed Ink Pad. To finish off a few drops of Glossy Accents made the bee wings glisten.

Distress ink colours used:
Flower petals and buds - mustard seed, spiced marmalade, spun sugar, dried marigold and carved pumpkin
Leaves - mowed lawn, twisted citron, cracked pistachio
Letters - Evergreen bough and stormy sky
Label - Antique Linen
Background - shaded lilac, dusty concord and weathered wood

Inside lid

Now to make one for my Tim Holtz stamps!

I also made a card for my Mum for Mothering Sunday, using the same technique.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Dreams and Delights

The card challenge on Scrapology this month has been sponsored by Tracey Dutton from Lavinia Stamps is challenging you to create a card based on 'Dreams and Delights'

Here are the two cards I had fun making for the design team gallery.

I used various Lavinia stamps to create these cards, lots of masking was involved for both of them. For the first card I used distress inks and a brayer to create the background on matt card. For the second one I tried Linda's Gelli plate with the prayer and inks.

I also used:
Black Bazzill
Greeting stamps are from Lili of the Valley
Scalloped edge scissors
Ribbon
Liquid Pearls & Stickles
Stampin' Up punches
8" x 8" card blanks from Craft Creations
Patterned papers from Basic Grey's Marrakech collection
Inks - Distress Inks, Adirondack dye ink pads, Memento, Versafine Pigment ink and Promarker pens

Pop over to Scrapology to see what the rest of the design team made for inspiration and have a go at our challlenge, there is a great prize on offer too!

Thanks for looking
Lynn x