The Wedding of Douglas & Dorothy

Today, I'm sharing a layout I have created using the beautiful April Papermaze Kit.  The kit is full of pretty purple, lilac and grey papers. There is also a selection of embellishments and Bazzill cardstock to compliment the papers. Please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog to find out how the layout was made. 

This time I made a heritage layout using a photo found on ancestry of a 1930s wedding. 

From the kit, I selected:
49 and Market - Plume & Petal collection - Joy 
Uniquely Creative - Ultra Violet Delight collection - Layers in Lilac
Uniquely Creative - Bohemian Escape collection - Lazy Afternooon
Laser Cut Wildflowers
P13 Word Stickers
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Velvet & Heidi

I added to these papers etc. from my own supplies:
Tim Holtz - Sizzix Framelits - Tag Collection die set
DMC embroidery threads
Gold metallic thread
49 and Market - Plume and Petal Laser Cut Elements pack
White card 
Tonic Studios - Windsor Simple Type - Upper case, Lower case and Numbers Die Sets
Heart shaped doilies 
Purple and lilac gems and pearls

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

Knit One, Purl Two, Teach Three

I have a post over on the PApermaze blog today with my second two layouts using the lovely kit from Papermaze for September. Here isthe first of these two layouts, the photos show my three children on holiday in Norfolk, Aunty Barbara was showing them how to knit.

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

From the kit I used:
Vicki Boutin - Bold + Bright collection - Great Day
Pinkfresh Matte Gold Pearls
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - White, Beeswax and Whirlpool

From my own stash I used:
Vicki Boutin Stencil from the Fernwood collection (Greenery set)
Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Broken China and Spiced Marmalade)
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits set - Funky Foliage
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup puffy letter stickers (Bubblegum, Swimming Pool and Coral
Nuvo Glitter drops
Distress Paint

I'll be back with the last layout for September tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Welly Weather - Sharnfold Farm

Here is my final layout using the pretty kit from Papermaze for the month of May. The kit is available on line and in the store, please see both places for full details of the kit and the design.

I think it's fair to say April 2024 was extremely wet! This layout shows a family outing to Sharnfold Farm. Scarlett certainly needed those wellies to see the ducks - mud everywhere!

From the kit I used:
Carta Belle - Here Comes Easter collection - Pretty Plaid
Blossom & CS White Bazzill

From my stash:
Distress Watercolour Pencils
Peartree Cutfile
Pearls amd gems

That's all from the May Kit, I'll be back with a new kit for June later in the month.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Wash Day

The April Papermaze kit is still available, and here is my third layout. The kit contains a beautiful range of purples, pinks, greens and blues. This month I have updated two old layouts I made many years ago, this is the first of them.

This layout shows a photo of my Nan from the 1950's, she was looking around for something for my Dad to take a photo of in the back garden, while hanging out the washing!

For full details of how the layout was made, please see the Papermaze blog.

From the kit I used:
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Twilight
49 and Market - Colour Swatch Teal - Teal Paper 2
Pebbles - Cool Boy collection - Tie Dye

From my stash I used:
White cord
white card
mini wooden pegs
American Crafts Thickers - Dear Lizzie - glitter chipboard letter stickers.
Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits set - Small Tattered Flowers
Distress Inks
flat-backed pearls

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

Blinky the Owl

Here is my first layout using the pretty Papermaze kit for April. There is a lovely range of colours, purples, pinks, greens and blues in this month's selection.  I have been experimenting with Distress Watercolour Pencils.

I have used this photo of myself with Blinky the owl, from a trip to Hall Place Gardens and the Jamb Owl Centre in Bexley.

From the kit I used:
American Crafts - Dreamer collection - Floral
Pebbles - Cool Girl collection - Petals
strip of pearls
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Coconut Swirl and Juneberry

From my stash I used:
Distress Watercolour Pencils (set 2)
water brush
Black Soot Distress Ink
Black thread and the sewing machine
Memory Box feather dies
3D foam pads
Cricut
Black marker pen

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

Wat3Words Easter Egg Hunt

Here is another of my layouts using the April Papermaze kit. 'What3words East Egg Hunt' - Photos of my children and their partners when they visited here last Easter. I organised an egg hunt with what3words locations as clues to find the goodies. I made it a little trickier by making some words into anagrams.

For details on making the kit please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors blog.

From the kit I used:
American Crafts - Paige Evans - Blooming wild collection - #20
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Life in Bloom collection - Shine Bright
chipboard and die cut embellishments
Pearls
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold, Silver Sage, Pink Icing, Lilac Swirl, Rain & Bazzill White

From my stash I used:
Distress Oxide Ink
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits die set - Framed Tags
Divine Twine
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits die sets - Alphanumeric Bold and Label

Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits die set - Papercut Chicks
decorative pins
 

 

Finally, I scattered the pearls from the kit around the layout on the inked areas.

That's all for this kit, back soon with layouts from the May kit.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Julia

This heritage layout is one for my father's album, Julia is a distant relative but I had four photos of her which have been shared with me via Ancestry.

I made this for the FTLOPP Cake Day (6th Birthday) challenge #3 Red Velvet Cake. The options were to use a hidden element and some red.

For this layout I used four photos of Julia Chancellor, One photo shows when you look at the page, but there are three hidden behind the first when you open out the accordian. There is also all the information I have gleaned about Julia's life:

Julia Chancellor, Wife of 2^nd Great Grand Uncle
Born in Chelsea in 1836 and baptised on 19^th October at St. Luke’s Church
Julia was the 10^th of 12 children born to John Chancellor (1794 -1876) and
Rebecca Mary Wilmott (1797 – 1869)
Julia married Michael Hinde (1812 – 1872) on 19^th December 1866 at St. Mary’s Newington
Julia and Michael had 3 children, Frederick Michael (1869 – 1927), Albert Edward (1870 -1951) and Julia Gertrude (1871 – 1913)
Widowed in 1872 when she was 35.
Julia married Arthur Maddison (1833 – 1887), on 20^th August 1874 at St. Andrew’s Church, Lambeth. Julia and Arthur had 3 sons, Arthur Algernon (1875 – 1948), Harold Chancellor (1877 – 1925) and Cecil Willmott (1880 – 1858)
Julia was widowed again in 1887 when she was 50.
Several of her children emigrated to Canada.
Julia died in 15^th October 1925 in Huntingdon

For this layout I used three Basic Grey collections (papers and stickes) - Bittersweet, Eskimo Kisses and Wassail.
Gems and plearls
metal lock and paper clip embellishment
DMC thread and chain stitches
Doily
Circular journalling stamp
Scalloped Circle Punch

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Baby It's Cold Outside

In answer to week four's challenge on the - For The Love Of Pretty Paper facebook group entitled - Wonderful White, I created this layout using a photo of Chelsea and Scarlett wrapped up for the cold. Although the photo was taken at Halloween it looks very wintery.

I used a sheet of White Bazzill, which I gutted to make a frame, to mount the photo and to make the banner which goes across the middle of the photo.
The patterned paper is a sheet of Pinkfresh Studio - Indigo Hills 2 - George
I found the strip of stars in an old pack of Bazzill - Just The Edge strips I had in my stash for many years!
Flat Backed pearls and gems
Letter stickers from four different alphas
Doily
Sequins
Nuvo Glitter Drops
Ribbon
Pearl Buckle

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Metropolitan

Here is my third layout, using the Papermaze September Kit. The travel destination themed papers inspired me to stick with my continental theme from before, and create two more Parisian layouts featuring the artwork of the Metro station kiosks. Today's layout is the first of these and the second follows tomorrow. For full details on how this layout was made, please visit the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog.

Metropolitan - This layout shows a photo of the entrance to the Art Nouveau style metro entrance designed by Hector Gumard. I wanted to pick out the colour and style of the cast iron kiosk to the Rome Station and so I used embossing enamel, and a font and to create the title. 

From the kit I used:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Coastal collection - Paradise Found
Ciao Bella - The Sound of Summer collection - Coastal Wood
Bazzill: Natural, Quartz and Mocha Divine
2 Tim Holtz thought tokens
Washi tape
Twine

From my stash I used:
Distress Ink
Martha Stewart Punch
Stampendous Frantage Aged Teal Embossing Enamel
Cricut 
Large flat-backed pearls
Pink gems

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

 

 

 

Green Angel

I have finally managed to create a layout for the SCRAP IN COLOUR CHALLENGES - For The Love Of Pretty Paper (Facebook UK Scrapbooking Group) - National Scrapbook Day challenges held from 24th to 26th May 2019. I was busy travelling, entertaining and a few other things that weekend, but the challenges are open until next Sunday, so I have a little time to join in the fun.

Here is my answer to challenge #1, COLOUR LOVE - which was simply to scrap in your favourite colour. 

I was very lucky to receive this felt Angel made by my talented friend Anita. She made her in my favourite colour. I was inspired by a layout I saw on a blog called Scraps of Elegance.

For the layout I used some old Bo Bunny papers and stickers from a collection called 'Vicki B'. The big bloom is from Prima and has been in my stash a long time. Various other flowers were also taken from my collection.

The stamps are Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous - Flower Jar, stamped with Distress Markers and water. I had the pearl spray, lace, DMC embroidery floss, flat-backed pearls and gems in my stash for some time too. The chipboard Flower Buds are from Dusty Attic.



Here is the Angel, in my garden for photographing, she now lives in my craft room.

Thanks for the challenge and thank you to Anita for the beautiful gift.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Reverse Canvas - Bo Bunny Soirée

I have another project using the Bo Bunny Soirée papers together with JOFY stamps and Sizzix dies over on the Papermaze Blog today.

To read more about it please pop over to the Papermaze blog.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Merry Christmas to the New Grandparents

My friends Hilary and Mark became Grandparents for the first time in September. I thought a good Christmas gift would be a framed scrapbook page of their newest family member - Elliot.

I used an Ikea frame and papers and stickers from Kaisercraft. I added lots of gems, pearls, stickles, liquid pearls and some lacy paper strips. The punches for the bunting are from Stampin' Up.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x