Favourite Moments

The June Number challenge over at Peartree Cutfiles, is to use 6 die cut shapes on your layout. For this I selected six die cut pieces from from the 49 and Market Spectrum Gardenia Ephemera Bits. There were also six words in the Peartree Moments Background Cutfile I chose.

The photo shows four generations of women in our family from Florence at 2 years to Mary at 91 years of age. 

I used:
49 and Market Spectrum Gardenia - Painted Foundations, Menagerie Medley & Ephemera Bits
Doodlebug Designs My Type Cardstock Stickers - Lily White
Peartree Cutfiles - Moments Cutfile
Baker's Twine

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Sizzix Eileen Hull Collection - Rainbow Wheel

I recently purchased a set of Sizzix products designed by Elaine Hull from Papermaze. They included: A5 Clear Stamps Set 24PK - Swatch Cards, Thinlits 9PK Die Set - Rainbow Wheels and Layered Stencils 3PK - Colour Wheel. This collection together with my Distress Inks gave me a variety of possibilities. There are plenty of ideas on the Sizzix web site including links to some You Tube videos. 

Here is a selection of things I made using these new tools:



First of all I made a layout, based on an idea by Jess Jones of Sizzix and changed to meet my plans. 



I cut some scrap paper down to 11" x 11" and placed it in the centre of the 12" x 12" Smooth White Bazzill, I had selected for the layout. I used the smaller piece as a mask, and with a blending tool I inked Distress Inks around the edge of the layout in a rainbow sequence. I removed the mask and flicked some of the colours over the page.  

I stamped the above image onto watercolour paper, and  cut it out with the largest circle die. Then I used Distress Inks, watered down on the craft mat and painted the segments. 

With the stencils I created the colour wheel above onto watercolour paper, then covered it by cutting the overlay from white cardstock and sticking it in place over the top. I trimmed the stencilled wheel from under the die. I stamped the small wheel with 12 sections (also watercolour paper), and cut it out with the smallest circle die. I painted each section with more Distress Inks.  I cut three silver arrows using the dies, and attached them to the colour wheel centres, with small brads. 

I stamped the swatch card onto watercolour paper, and painted each panel as before, I stamped the 'colour swatch' phrase into place. I cut the card out with scissors. I also stamped three paintbrushes, painted them and cut them out. 

With a set of alphabet dies I cut my title from more watercolour paper, and painted each letter with a different colour of Distress Ink. All the elements and the photo were arranged onto the page and stuck in place. I added the date with some Doodlebug Designs Rubons. 

Next, I made a set of three Birthday cards using similar techniques to the layout, various card blanks and some scrap patterned papers. 

I decided as the small colour wheel has sixteen little pallets and the Distress Ink and Distress Watercolour Pencil tins each hold the same number of inks or pencils, that I would use the stamps and dies to organise and label my tins.

The pencil tins already have an acetate sheet to protect them, so I attached the colour wheels to this, so it shows through the lid. I wrote the initials of each colour over the inked colour. For the Distress Inks, I cut a piece of acetate to fit over the inks, and rounded the corners with a punch. I used this to attach the colour wheels.

I hope this has been useful and interesting. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Easter Bonnets

My last post sharing the layouts made using the April Papermaze kit. The kit is full of pretty pastel papers, card and embellishments. The layout shows my children in their Easter Bonnets made for a school event, when they were five in 1997.

Please see Scrap, Paper, Scissors blog for full details of this layout.

From the kit I used:
American Crafts - Paige Evans - Blooming wild collection - #20
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Silver Sage, Pink Icing & Bazzill White
6 buttons
5 wooden hearts
7 die cut shapes

From my stash I used:

Rainbow-coloured thread
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits die set - Alphanumeric Bold

 

That's my last layout using this kit, back with the May kit soon
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care

This card reminds me of the Christmas poem 'Twas the night before Christmas.

Lots of little bits and pieces to die cut and attach, the flower centers were added with Liquid Pearls. After embossing the fireplace Distress Ink was stenciled through the die. Basic Grey - Figgy Pudding paper was used for the wall paper.

Crafter's Companion Classiques Christmas Collection - Christmas Fireplace
Crafter's Companion Classiques Christmas Collection - Fence and Gate

Bazzill Cardstock

Miri Card
Scraps of metallic and other cardstock
Sizzix Bigshot for cutting and embossing dies

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Golden Wedding

Last weekend we had our crop at Cardinal Colours and had a great day crafting with friends. I took along a card to make, which I can show you after the wedding I made it for later in the month. I also took along a kit from the recent Merly Impressions Crop I was unable to attend. The kit was designed for three layouts and uses papers from Kaisercraft's Secret Garden collection.

Here is my first layout with a photo of my great grandparents, Frederick Henry Holder and Emma Jane Florence (Williams) on their Golden Wedding in 1936

I did scrap this photograph many yeas ago when I first started scrapbooking, but since then I have learnt a lot more family history, and although I knew who the people were, I didn't know it was their golden wedding photo for the local paper.

The page was designed by Chrissy Tingey and is more or less true to her original design with a few minor changes.

I used a different Martha Stewart punch, Kaisercraft one. I created my holes for stitching using a sewing machine with no thread, then with needle and DMC stranded cotton provided I back-stitched along each of the four strips before mitering and sticking into place. I wrote part of their story on the strips.

I cut a title from the card stock in the kit using the Cricut, then stained and glossed it. The rhinestones and die-cut swirls were included in the kit. There is a lot of fussy cutting which was a task for an evening in front of the TV, along with the hand stitching!

Thank you for the inspiration Chrissy.

For the record, here is the newspaper article about my grandparents and their golden wedding:

MARRIED 50 YEARS.
MR. AND MRS. F. HOLDER’S LARGE FAMILY.

Mr. And Mrs. Frederick Henry Holder of 120 Southlands Road, Bromley who celebrated their golden wedding On Sunday,  have fourteen children, all of whom are married, and 24 grand children.
Their marriage, at St. James’ Church, Hatcham, New Cross, on February 8^th 1886, was the first solemnised in that church following the Tooth Riots. “There were terrible scenes at the church for several Sundays just before then,” said Mrs. Holder to a Mercury reporter,” and the Anglican Church children took possession of the church from the Catholics on the Sunday before the Tuesday on which we were married.”
At the time of their marriage, Mrs Holder was twenty-year-old Miss Emma Jane Florence Williams, and Mr Holder was five years her senior. They came to Bromley immediately after and lived in Nightingale Lane until they moved to Southlands Road, 26 years ago. “Southlands Road was then an old cart road with fields all around us and a gate leading into near St. Luke’s Church” said Mr. Holder. “When you walked up the Broadway you could only see a few little old shops.”

Former Foreman at Bickley Station

For 49 years and two months, Mr. Holder worked on the railway, first with the old South-Eastern and Chatham Railway, and then the Southern Railway. He was at Cannon Street Station nearly five years and spent the remainder of the time at Bickley Station. He was Forman there for nearly 33 years, and on his retirement, in December, 1927, his colleagues presented him with an inscribed silver watch as a token of their esteem.
  “Bickley Station is not what it used to be,” said Me Holder. “We used to have big engine sheds before they were transferred to Orpington.”
Three of Mr. and Mrs. Holder’s six sons are following in their father’s footsteps, one being foreman at Victoria Station, another being a guard at Bromley North and the other a porter at Bromley South.  The eldest son has a tobacco and confectionary business in Southlands Road, another is employed in a London solicitor’s office; and another is at Bromley Post Office. Two of the daughters are in Canada.
  Mr. and Mrs. Holder enjoy excellent health and are still both very active. In the summer Mr. Holder regularly goes to Croydon three times a week, to do gardening work.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

52 Card Challenge 2014 - Week 44

This week we have three prompts from the prompt jar.  Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

Here is my card for Karen:

I have been playing with some Craftwork Cards goodies I have had for some time: 

Flower and butterfly die cuts, Patterned paper, Plain papers and cardstock & Card Candi.

Die - Marianne Design Dies

Chalk Inks

These were the prompts - 

Thanks for looking - back with a Christmas version tomorrow.

Lynn x

Sylvia Jane

With a combination of papers from Kaisercraft (background) and My Mind's Eye for all the punched shapes this layout was created in a class designed by Linda. It was her scrapbooking class at Jill's Cardinal Colours Autumn Crop Weekend in September.

We used black Bazzill and lots of punches and dies to create the shapes. The lovely citrus coloured buttons were all threaded up with black DMC stranded cotton. We were given some flat backed gems and I added a few more and some pearls too.

My title was created with some Provocraft stickers from my stash.

The photo is my sister taken probably by my Dad in about 1964ish in the back garden of our home. This will go in an album I am making for my father.

Thanks for looking, and thanks to Linda for a great class.
Lynn x

I'm Gonna Learn How To Fly - CSI #39

For my father's 70th birthday we arranged for for him to have a flying experience in a Gypsy Moth. I have been meaning to scrap this photo ever since the flight during the summer after his birthday in 2004.  As he is 79 today I thought it was time!

This layout is my solution to CSI Case # 39.

A few close up views

This frame was made with Fimo Light and a Martha Stewart mold. Then it was painted with Titanium Gold acrylic paint before rubbing with Craft - T metallic rub on.

The leaves are punched with a Martha Stewart frond punch.

Some images are already on the papers including the news print.

The papers are Bo Bunny's Country Garden, I added rubber stamps from my Mississippi Memories Postage collection and some Hero Arts Biplane stamp.

The butterflies were cut from the paper scraps and flower stamen added for antennae  All glittered with Ice Stickles - crystal ice.

I used my new Memory Box dies for the railings and gate.

The title is created with My Little Shoe Box - Creme Brulee Tiny Type, and American Craft Thickers. The title is from the lyrics of Fame by Irene Cara.

THE SCHEME - USE ALL 5 COLORS:

teal - Taken from his shirt - Baker's Twine, lagoon acrylic paint, Teal High Heal Tattered, Lagoon acrylic paint with bubble wrap. Angels Glimmer Mist Chalkboard. Colorbox chalk ink in sour apple.

orange  - taken from the shading around the fairy - County Garden paper used as a border for the layout. Apricot Glimmer mist.
lime green - taken from the top of his head - Vines paper, title letters 'FLY'.
sky blue - taken from the beaker - Morning Sunrise paper, butterfly, brads.
bright buttery yellow - taken from his head - Ting Type letters, '70' number stickers, 

THE OUAS SKETCH - USE THE SKETCH AS INSPIRATION FOR YOUR DESIGN
You may interpret the elements in the design as you wish, but use the basic composition of the sketch.
You may flip or rotate the sketch to suit your design.
Have fun!

EVIDENCE - CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS: (Items I included in blue)
rub-ons, leaves, bird, star, little bits and pieces, use chalk or pastels, wings, book pages, globe or map print, frame

TESTIMONY - CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT: (Items I included in blue)
Put your journalling in a little booklet.
Frame your journalling - Framed Dad's age.
Write your journalling on your photograph.
Journal about a lesson learned.- Journalling about a lesson on a long tag which is stored behind photo mat.
Journal in the form of a lesson plan. (Google lesson plan template for other ideas.)
Imitate All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (e.g., you could do All I Really Need to Know I learned from my cat... or from my trip to the beach... or from my kitchen, etc.).
Inspiration Words: fly, learn, horizon-- use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title.

My journalling tells of the day and the experience Dad enjoyed.

Thanks for looking.

Happy Birthday Dad.

Lynn x 

Anita's Class

At a recent Cardinal Colours Crop, I worked on this class designed by the talented Anita.

I loved this when she first designed it so was really pleased to have a go myself.

The photo is my daughter Catherine, just before Christmas 2009.

The papers are My Mind's Eye with some Bling Bazzill.

Here is Anita's pretty original layout. 

Thanks for the class Anita, and thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Scrapology Blog Header

I have added a new header to the Scrapology blog today. It was made with as many different products and techniques as possible, to reflect that as well as providing inspiration we hope to encourage the use of new techniques on our challenge blog is all about.

Thought I would identify them for you here, both for information and a bit of fun, how about a bit of Eye Spy?

You should be able to see: October Afternoon papers, sketches, Cricut die cuts, hand-drawn stitches, buttons, hand stitching. ribbon, dry embossing, rubber stamping, colouring with promarkers, PSX stamps, shells, Glossy Accents, dimension, layering, distressing, Craftwork Cards products, Candi, Glimmer Mists, glitter, inking, bunting and more.

I had great fun making this, hope you like it!


TFL x