Polly

I have a new post on the Papermaze Blog today, showing my first two DT layouts using the pretty pastel July Papermaze Kit. Such a lovely kit with double-sided papers, Bazzill cardstock and a selection of embellishments. I have created my first two layouts using the 49 and Market - 'From The Garden' papers included in the kit.

Here is the first of those layouts, featuring this rather majestic old photo of Mary, known as Polly back in 1908. Polly's maiden name was Edwards, and her married name was Pond (Polly Pond). This is one of my husband's relatives, an interesting photo for the detail including her rather large wrist watch. 

Please check the Blog for details of how the layout was made. 

From the kit - I used:
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Twig, Petunia & Nixon
49 and Market - From The Garden collection - Wildflower  
Petaloo Flowers
Uniquely Creative Ticket Washi Tape Stickers
Mintay Chipboard Clock

From my stash - I used:
Copper embossing powder
Tim Holtz - Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Wonderland
Chipboard
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits - Tag collection die set
Laser Cut Elements from the 49 and Market - From The Garden collection
Cricut 
Gathered Twigs Distress ink
Green seam binding ribbon 

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

Eaton Sisters

This is my last layout using the February Papermaze Kit. This showing two generations of the same family. The photo here shows three sisters (the mother and aunts of the girls in yesterday's layout). I will add details of these ladies below. Please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog for full details of making the layout. 

To make the layout I used the following items from the kit: 
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Junk Drawer collection - Notes And Things
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Curiosities in Willow Grove collection - Starters Paper #5
Graphic 45 - Journalling Through Time collection - Wild Flowers & Golden Rod Pattern & Solid Sheet
49 and Market Nostalgic Memories chipboard words

From my own stash, I have used:
3D foam pads
Sizzix Thinlits Tag Collection die set
Brown seam binding ribbon
Gold enamel dots
Basic Grey Alphabet Stickers
Wood effect Thicker Alphabet Stickers 

The Eaton Sisters-

Parents – Charles Eaton (1841 - 1931)and Sarah Heron (1844 – 1925)

Sarah Frances
Born – 14^th May 1875 Islington, London
Census 1891 – Age 15, Hove, Sussex
Death – 27^th Jan 1943, Age 67, Ilford, Essex

Irene Leonora
Born – 9^th Jan 1869, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Census 1881 – Age 12, 93 Hornsey Road, Islington London
Census 1891 – Age 22, Hove Sussex
Marriage – 11^th November 1896 to Thomas George Kiff (1859 – 1936) Hove, Sussex
Children – 1. Frank Kiff (1889 – ), 2. May Kiff (1890 - ), 3. Alice Kiff (1891 - ),
4. Charles Kiff (1897 – 1995), 5. Leonard Kiff (1899 – 1974), 6. Thomas George Kiff (1903 – 1946), 7. Irene Leonora Kiff (1903 – 1998), 8. Dorothy May Kiff (1905 – 1959)
Census 1901 – Age 32, Dulwich, London
Census 1911 – Age 42, Crestalta Stables, Champion Hill, Camberwell, London
Census 1921 – Age 52, 4 Clarence Avenue, Bickley, Kent
Electoral Register 1924 – Age 55,  73 Pevensey Road, St Leonards, Sussex
Electoral Register 1939 – Age 70, Widow, living with daughter , 25 Tower Road, Orpington, Kent
Death – October 1956 Age 87, Tonbridge, Kent

Maryon Emma
Born – 21^st September 1885, Hove, Sussex
Census 1891 – Age 5, Hove Sussex
Death - March 1974 Age 88, Cuckfield, Sussex

Other Siblings – 1. Charles Heron Eaton (1870 – 1943), 2. Clement Stewart Eaton (1871 – 1957), 3. John Bayford Eaton (1877 – 1906), 4. George Boff Eaton (1878 – 1963)


That's all from the February Kit, I'll be back with the March kit soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Happy 1st Birthday - Bee Happy

I made this double page layout to celebrate my granddaughter's 1st birthday. The photos were taken by my daughter at their home.

For both pages I used a Simple Stories collection called Say Cheese - Classic Pooh.



For the first page I used:
SS - Say Cheese - Classic Pooh - Spledniferous! (border), Sweet as Honey (main background),
4x6 Elements (tags, and letters), 2x2 & 4x4 Elements (letters) and Cardstock Stickers.
Seam binding ribbon - gold
Pollen Sequin Mix - Little Things from Lucy's Cards
Cricut

For page 2, I used many of the same papers and stickers as for the first page. With the addition of:
SS - Say Cheese - Classic Pooh - 100 Acre Wood
My Creative Scrapbook cutfile for daisy background
White, grey and orange Bazzill cardstock

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Mary Jane Billington

This old photo was given to us recently; the lady is my husband's grandmother. The layout is my second using the February kit from Papermaze. The kit has a selection of pretty romantic papers, together with Bazzill cardstock and embellishments. Please see the Papermaze Blog for details of how the layout was made.

From the kit, I used:
P13 - Love Stories collection - #01 & #05
Echo Park - Marry Me collection - Blush Floral
P13 Light Chipboard Embellishments
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Sweetheart, Stonehenge and Dusk

From my own stash, I used:
Brown seam binding ribbon
DMC embroidery thread
Metal flowers & pearl brads
Cricut
 

That is all for today, I will be back with two more layouts using this kit soon.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Nativity

I am over on the Papermaze Blog today, with my last two Christmas layouts, using the December Kit. Here I am sharing the Nativity layout - The photo shows the children all dressed up for the annual Christingle service. For full details on how the layout was made, please go to the Papermaze blog.



Here is what I used from the kit:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Yuletide collection - Holiday Wishes and Filled with Wonder
Carta Bella - A Vintage Christmas collection - 3x4 Journalling Cards
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Pomegranate Splash and Aspen

From my stash I used:
Festive Berries Distress Ink
Cream Bazzill
Gold Metallic Card
Holiday Traditions, die cut alphabet stickers from K and Co.
Seam binding ribbon
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits Seasonal Sketch set
Nuvo Crystal Drops 

That's all from me for today. I'll be back with the last December layout tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

The Marriage

Here is my fourth and last layout using the romantic Papermaze Kit for February. A more delicate pink layout this time, with a vintage photo. I used embellishments from the kit and my own stash. kit and a few from my own stash. For details on how the layout was made, please see the Papermaze blog.

The photo is one from my parents wedding in 1957.

From the kit I used:

Stamperia - Roseland collection - Flowers
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Love Story collection - 2x2/4x4 Elements
P13 tickets
12" Lace
Vellum
Pinkfresh enamel dots
word stickers

From my stash I added:
pale pink, seam binding ribbon
heart shaped paper clips

That's all from the February kit. Please see back in a few weeks for the first post using the March kit.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Emma

Back today with the delightful May Kit from Papermaze.  This layout is about a new found relative (thanks to Ancestry), the details have been printed out and added to the back of this layout (also see below).

From the kit I used:
P13 - Till We Meet Again collection - #01
Paige Evans - Wonders collection #11
Bazzill Basics - Arroyo
Simple Stories Chipboard Frame
3 paper flowers
P13 decorative Tags

I From my stash I used:
Salty Ocean Distress Ink.
Seam binding ribbon
needle and thread
paper flowers
Martha Stewart Punch
American Crafts Thickers
charms
Dazzling Blue Nuvo Glitter Drops
Caramel Cream Nuvo Crystal Drops

The family history:

EMMA GOLDFINCH/STOKES 1844-1934
Born 22 May 1844 in Eastry Union Workhouse near Deal, Kent
Died 24^th January 1934 age 89 Hounslow, the home of her daughter Ellen (Nell) Reeves nee Tandy.
Emma’s mother was Mary Ann Goldfinch born about 1824 in Ham, Kent. Mary died in 1863,
possibly in the Workhouse.
Emma’s father is not named on the birth certificate but he may have been William Thomas
Valentine Stokes b 1810, Walmer, Kent who later married Mary Goldfinch in 1850. They had
about 5 children, at least two of whom died young. Emma later takes the name Stokes
when she left the Workhouse to act as a nurse to a family in Gillingham in 1861 (see
Census). She puts William Stokes as her father on her marriage certificate to George Dawson but enters nothing on her marriage to her first husband George John Tandy.

                     Whilst in the employ of Captain Richard Hanford of the 7^th  Royal Fusiliers she must have met and married George Tandy (1841-1881) a Private also in the 7^th  Royal Fusiliers. They married on the 22^nd November 1864 in Deal Parish Church (see Marriage Certificate).

                     They had at least nine children in various locations depending on where the 2^nd Battalion were stationed (see family trees and censuses). George Tandy died in 1881 at Pembroke Hut Encampment aged about 40 years. Emma then meets and married another Private in the 7^th Royal Fusiliers called George Frederick (Thomas) Dawson (1850-c 1910). They married on July 24^th (?) 1883 St. Stephen’s Church Hounslow. (It is probable that George was stationed at Hounslow Barracks by then). Emma and George had only one child Frederick Thomas George Dawson born on the 4^th July 1885 in Hounslow (see birth certificate for details). He became the father of Greta Sylvia Dawson by his marriage to Edith Alice Girdler (1897-1975).

That's all for today, I will be back with part 2 soon, thanks for looking.
Lynn x