Under The Sea

Here is my entry for the Peartree Cutfile July Colour Challenge - This month the colour is turquoise.
I have chosen these photos of Florence at the Sensory Group when the theme was 'Under the Sea'. 

To make this layout I used:
Vitamin SEA peartree Cutfile 
Stormy Seas Peartree Cutfile
Metallic Cardstock - Turquoise
Bazzill Cardstock - Lagoon, Jade and Julep
Sizzix Diecut Set - Sea Animals
Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers
Doodlebug Designs - Alphabet Soup - Swimming Pool & Mint
Sequins
Scraps of Simple Stories patterned paper
Pinkfresh Studio Jewels - Sapphire & Ocean Breeze

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Best Buddies - Florence & Gregory Goose

Here is my layout for the Peartree Cutfile April colour challenge. This month the colour is 'white'. 

My granddaughter with her goose toy.

For this layout, I used:
49 and Market - Tranquility - Sweet Nothings 
White Vellum
Irridescent Vellum
Fern Embossed Vellum
The Craft Factory - Cup Sequins - 5mm White
Bella BLVD Buddies - Besties Letter Scramble - White
Foam Glitter Letter Stickers
Doilies
Best Buddies Peartree Cutfile
White Pearls 

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Easter Egg Hunt

This layout was made for the Peartree Cutfile April Number Challenge - To use 4 patterned papers. 

Catherine and I set up a little egg hunt for Florence at The Hollies. She had a great time in her wellies and Easter bonnet, with a bunny basket to collect the eggs from the garden. 

To make the layout, I did some more stash busting, and sorted some Basic Grey papers.

Basic Grey - June Bug papers, element stickers and alphabet stickers.
White Bazzill cardstock
Flower sequins
Nuvo Crystal Drops
Nuvo Glitter Drops
Black fine liner pen
Cricut

Back with the Peartree Colour challenge soon.
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

Fabooulous

This is my layout for the Peartree Cutfile November Challenge - Black as Night - to use black as a feature colour.

This layout shows my great niece at Druscillas Park last Halloween.

I used:
My Mind's Eye - On The Bright Side collection - Barn
Scenic Route - California Poppies 
Black Soot Distress Paint
Black Soot Distress Stain 
Black Cardstock
Faboolous Cutfile
Web Cutfile 
Spider and Bat sequins
Raffia
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup Alphabet 

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

Family Gathering - Easter Egg Hunt

The photo on this layout shows tha family gathering together at Easter, and taking part in an Easter egg hunt using What 3 Words locations as clues. The layout is the first one I have made using the new February kit from Papermaze.

For details of how these layouts were created, please see the Papermaze Blog.

From the kit, I used:
Echo Park - Marry Me collection - Blush Floral
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Tutu Pink

From my stash, I used:
Distress Oxide Inks
Tim Holtz Stacked Tiles - Hearts Sizzix Die set
Thin cork sheet
DMC Embroidery thread
Sequins
Rosie's Studio, Simply Charming Puffy Alphabet Stickers
Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Label Sizzix die set

That is all for today, I will be back with the next layout tomorrow.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x