Fruit Cake

This layout was the last kit of the day at the fund raising Papermaze Crop today. Designed by Vanessa, and was a quick one to make at the late hour.

I chose this photo of my granddaughter enjoying her birthday cake, on holiday in Greece. I was literally made of fruit - and only fruit! Mostly different types of melon and blueberries.

The kit contained:
white cardstock
Vicki Boutin Smile Bright
Moonlight Magic Pixie Dust
Bo Bunny Dark Denim Lace

To share:
Distress Oxide Inks
Nuvo Crystal Drops Berry Blue

From my stash:
White card
Foam Letter Stickers

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

First Term

Today I shared my second post on the Papermaze Blog with the very colourful May Papermaze kit. I have used the kit to make layouts of my children's activities back in the 1990's. This is the first of the two, here the children during their first term at primary school. 

For details on making the layout, please see the Papermaze Blog.

From the kit, I used:
Simple Stories - Colour Me Happy - Okie Dokie & The Details
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Raven, African Daisy, Ocean Oasis, Berry Sensation & Intense Kiwi 

From my own craft room, I used:
Bazzill - Smooth White
Vicki Boutin Bold & Bright, Full Circle stamps
Distress Oxide Inks in Mustard Seed, Broken China, Picked Raspberry and Bundled Sage
Peartree Cutfile 
Lined paper 
Notebook edge border punch
Doodlebug Designs - Alphabet Soup (Bubblegum, Bumblebee, Swimming Pool & Limeade)  Doodlebug Designs Alphabet stickers
49 and Market Artful Moments Laser Cut Outs

That's all for Today, I'll be back with the last layout tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Crazy Cosy Coupe

Today, I'm on the Papermaze Blog with the May kit (a little later than usual due to holidays). The kit this month is full of brightly coloured patterned papers and cardstock - great fun! I have used mine to make four layouts of my children's activities back in the 1990's. The photo below shows the first of these layouts. The children on their 3rd birthday, with the gift of a Little Tikes Cosy Coupe. 

Please visit Papermaze's Scrap Paper Scissors Blog for full details on making the layout. 

I selected the following items from the kit:
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Artful Moments - Starters Paper #2
Pebbles - Sun & Fun puffy dots
Vicki Bouton – Bold & Bright puffy stickers
Rosie's Studio – Jubilee die cut sentiments
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Raven

I added my own items:
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Artful Moments  Starters Paper #8
Black Soot Distress Ink
Spellbinders Dies Say Cheese Classic Mouse - Classic Mouse Alphabet set
Glossy photo paper
Black marker pen. 

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

iNSD - Snow White

Paige Evans iNSD CHALLENGE #10: BORDER PUNCHES! Sophie Delorme says "It’s time to dig into your stash of border punches and use them on your next project!" 

I scrapped this photo of my daughter modelling a Snow White costume I made for the school's Dressing up box.



In creating this layout I used:
Smooth White Bazzill
Distress Inks in Black Soot, Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean and Festive Berries
Martha Stewart border punches
Stamperia - Daisy Art papers
Black Marker Pen
Vicki Boutin - Colour Study - Fresh Stencil
 

Thanks for Looking
Lynn x

iNSD Challenge - Fun Time

This layout was made for Paige Evans - Happy Scrappy Place iNSD CHALLENGE #6: CIRCLES! This challenge was set by Jackie Ashton, who said "I love to create layouts that involve a shape so for this page I chose circles!"

I included circles in the patterned paper, stamps, die-cut circles and gems.

I used the following items to create this layout:
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 1 for the background
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 8 for the tags
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 9 for the die cut letters
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Laser Cut Elements
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad
Vicki Boutin - Bold & Bright - Full Circles Stamps
Distress Ink - Black Soot
Uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen
Black Gems
Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumeric Die Set - Label

I'll be back with more challenges in the next few days.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Looking Cute

Today was the Papermaze crop and I designed the crop kit layout this month. This one shows my daughter and her daughter, having fun exploring their image in the mirror. It was fun to get the old foam stamps out for a play too! 

Kit Content:
12” x 12” Smooth White Bazzill
A4 white card
6” x 12” Pink Paislee –#03
6” x 12” Maggie Holmes Round Trip – Passage
3” x 3” Heidi Swapp – Sunchaser – Sunshine
5” Doodlebug Designs Washi Tape
10” Jute twine
A sprinkle of sequins

*** It’s worth reading through before cutting or sticking! ***

Stencil small hearts across the layout using both colours of Distress Oxide Inks and the VB Stencil. (Wipe the stencil clean between colours to prevent the colours getting messy!) Splatter a little wet ink over the page too. See positioning on sample layout. Tear a piece from the top of the Bazzill.

Use the inks provided to ink the edges of the photo mounts, tags and other cut pieces (optional).

Prepare your photo - depending on the size of your photo, (I started with a photo 4” x 5.25”, so the following measurements reflect this, please adapt to your own photo size).
First layer is white card 4.25” x 5.5”, Black and white floral side of #03 paper 4.5” x 5.75”, and pink ombre side of #03 paper 4.75” x slightly deeper at 6.25”. Don’t stick the photo down yet.

From the Passage paper die cut 2 tags (one yellow side up and one rainbow stripe side up). Cut a piece 3” x 2.25” yellow side up and a piece to fill the tear at the top of the page, rainbow side up.

Cut a piece of white card 2” x 3.75” and apply to the rainbow tag, write your journaling onto this tag. Die cut two rings from the scraps of #03 paper, and apply to the tags. Thread a length of twine through the hole in each tag. 

Using the rest of the A4 white card stamp the letters needed to make your title / part of your title. Use the paintbrush and the Distress Paint, then allow to dry. Cut the letters out with a fine white border, then ink the edges with the pink ink. 

Build the layout by placing everything into position before sticking down. Once happy with the arrangement, stick the small pieces of patterned paper at top left of photo, and the yellow tag into position so that about 1.5” show beside the photo. Make the mounted photo into a pocket for the journaling tag - put adhesive onto three edges of the photo, so it is only glued down at the top, bottom and left side, allowing room for the journaling tag to be slipped in and out easily. 

Arranging the title letters along the base of the photo, stick some flat, and others raised with 3D foam pads. Add other words to the title with your own choice of lettering.

Divide the washi tape, and place a piece at the base of the torn cardstock area, and the other piece at the top of the photo.

Scatter the sequins, randomly over the page. 

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Lynn Cooper for www.papermaze.co.uk 2025

Merry & Bright

I am over on the Papermaze Blog today, sharing the second set of DT layouts I have made with the January Papermaze Kit. This time I extended my first layout over two pages to make a double, featuring Christmas.

Several photos of my grand-daughter at home on Christmas day, with her mum and dad. I had plenty of papers left over after the first page, so changed the orientation and with another sheet of white Bazzill, I made a second layout to include my favourite five photos of the day. 

Please see the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog to find out how the layouts were made.

Here is what I used from the January Kit:
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Mistletoe & Memories - Staples Paper 5
Echo Park - Snow Day - Cozy Plaid
Buttons Galore Sparklets - Starry Sky
Coconut Swirl & Jade Bazzill Basics Cardstock
 
From my own stash, I used the following items:
Tim Holtz Layering stencil (THS029 Festive)
Distress Oxide inks and a blending tool - Iced Spruce, Weathered Wood & Peeled Paint
Gold metallic threadMetalli
Chipboard words from 49 and Market's Evergreen Season collection
Scrapiniec light chipboard pieces
Distress Embossing Ink 
Distress Embossing Glaze in Weathered Wood & Peeled Paint
Narrow gold ribbon
Tim Holtz, Sizzix, Thinlits Wreath and Snowflake Set
gold brads

 

That's all for today, back with the last layout tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Charles and Aditha

My second pair of layouts using the November Papermaze kit was shared on the blog yesterday, here is the final layout made using the kit. This time a heritage layout using this photo from circa 1920 of Charles and Aditha Banks in Australia. 

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:
Carta Bella - Honeybee Collection - Bees and Flowers & Honeycomb Clusters
Carta Bella - It's Autumn collection - Fall Flowers
Pinkfresh Studio garden bouquet enamel dots

I added from my own stash:

Wild Honey Distress Ink
Cream cardstock
Vicki Boutin stencil 
Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink
Distress Stain - Walnut Stain and Forest Moss 
Tonic Studio Windsor Alphabet dies
Nuvo Glitter Drops
 

That's all for the November kit, I'll be back with the December kit and some Christmas layouts soon.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Paradise

Today was the Papermaze crop and I designed the crop kit layout this month. This time I used some summery, tropical papers from the shop to created a layout with photos from my daughter's honeymoon.

Kit Content:
12” x 12” Vicki Boutin – Sweet Rush - Under the Palms
12” x 12” Kiwi Crush Bazzill
12” x 12” Smooth White Bazzill
3” x 12” Jillibean Soup – Bohemian Brew – Calm
3” x 12” Heidi Swapp – Sunchaser – Sunshine
A4 white card
Selection of black gems

Prepare all the papers:
- Cut the detail strip from the base of the paper, and trim into 4 pieces. Gut a piece about 4”
   x 4” from the centre of the Under The Palms paper. This will give you about 8 orange slices
   to fussy cut, and set aside for later.
- Using the templates, cut a 9” circle from the Kiwi Crush Bazzill, and another - 8.75” circle,   
   from the White Bazzill.
- Die cut a selection of flowers in different colours from the boldly Striped side of the
   Sunshine paper. You should get 2 larger flowers and one small flower from each band of
   colour.
- From the remains of the Kiwi Crush Bazzill, die cut at least 6 leaf fronds and the letters for
   your title (using your own choice of dies). 

With the Distress Oxide ink. and the VB Stencil, stencil the pattern to the top right and bottom left of the White Bazzill circle. Distress the outer edge of the circle and stick to the Kiwi Crush Bazzill circle.

Place the Clam paper (choose which side up), across the middle of the Under the Palms paper. Arrange the circle onto the layout. 

Mount your photos onto the white card to make a fine border. Arrange the photos across the middle of the page, stick in place, but don’t glue the edges down, allowing room to tuck elements underneath later. Using the four sections cut from the details strip, place these above and below the Calm paper band, to shoe the fern leaves. 

Arrange the orange slices, leaves and flowers around the circle and photos. Once happy with your arrangement, glue into place. Add your title to the top of the circle, and journaling to the bottom of the circle. Finally pop the gems onto the flower centres.

Lynn Cooper for www.papermaze.co.uk 2025

thanks for looking
Lynn x