Fun in the Sun

Here is my final layout made with the Papermaze kit for the month of August.  A photo of my daughter, complete with face paint, taken on a day out to Pecorama, when on holiday in Devon.

For full details of how the layout is made can be found on the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog.  

From the kit I used:
Pinkfresh Studio - Tourist Mode collection - Sightseeing
49 and Market - Spectrum Gardenia collection - Classics Pink Skies
Bazzill Basics -  Ivy
49 and Market Color Swatch Blossom Tickets Essential
Doodlebug puffy heart stickers
 

From my stash I used:
Pretty Little Studio - Sunkissed - Fun in the Sun Word Title
alphabet beads
pink wire
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup puffy letter stickers - Cupcake
gems and sequins

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

Double Sprouts!

Another Christmas layout with the theme of racing sprouts. Just before Christmas 2012 I found some sprout crackers when shopping in Devon. The little wind up clockwork sprouts are designed to be raced. This caused much fun at lunch time on Christmas Day.

This is the first double layout I have made for a long time. I used a Pagemap from the same year.
The patterned papers are from Bo Bunny's Mistletoe collection. 

Mum and Dad 

We were a small group that year as Robert and Elaine were in Brazil and Andrew was in America.

A few close up photos:

My title was created with an old Making Memories wire and bead 'Christmas' word,
The black letters and numbers are both from Doodlebug Designs Inc. and the 'Sprouts' are American Crafts glitter Thickers.

I used lots of self adhesive gems.

The tree was cut from the papers and embellished with more gems. I added a yellow glittery chipboard star.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Monochromatic - Petite Bebe

For December's challenge over on the Scrapology blog we are challenging you all to create a Monochromatic layout. We are scraplifting the work of Pam Thorburn here blog can be found HERE.

This is the original layout created by Pam

this was our sketch.

I stuck with the white but chose a coloured photograph of my daughter Catherine taken in June 1992 when she was about 10 weeks old. I loved this little romper suit I brought for Catherine, with it's pretty floral print and smocking. It's one I kept and she now treasures.

I used a sheet of Dotted Swiss Bazzill in Salt as my base. I then used a sheet of white Bazzill and cut the following from it:
Two circles - one 3" and one 4" (I used George and Basic Shapes Cartridge and the Cricut)
A scalloped square 5" (I used Cindy Loo Cartridge and the Cricut)
Two Garden Branches using the Marianne Design die and the Big Shot
Three Catalina Wreaths using the Memory Box die and the Big Shot
Two Kaleidoscope Butterflies using the Memory Box die and the Big Shot

With scraps of the white card punch:
Twice with the Martha Stewart 3 in 1 butterfly punch
Twice with the Martha Stewart 3 in 1 hydrangea punch
Four times with the Martha Stewart frond punch

Take the circles and run through the Big shot using the Cuttlebug Elegant Birds embossing folder.
Trim 1 1/2" from one side of the scalloped square and run this through the dandelion embossing folder.

I printed the photo to the size of 4" x 6" and then used my 4" circle as a template to cut the photo.

Then I arranged the circles, scalloped square and photo on the background, adding a doily under the photo. This was all stuck down into position. I arranged  the two Catalina wreaths overlapping one another and the embossed circles, these were stuck down in just a few places with a sticky foam pad under each of the larger flowers, thus leaving the wreath free to appear to be hovering off the page. It also allows for other items to be tucked in place later.

Add the two large Memory Box butterflies  one to the top right of the page and the other to the left of the larger circle - only sticking the bodies to the page so the wings are free. Add a few of the smaller butterflies above the latter in the same way.

Stick a strip of DST from the bottom centre of the photo out to the right of the layout to end at the edge of the the scalloped circle. Stick white satin ribbon over the tape pleating as you go.

Stick the two Marianne Garden Branches to the page one to the left of the ribbon reaching out to the left, the other from the bottom centre of the photo, trailing to the bottom of the layout, slightly over to the left.

Now to destroy the blossoms and leaves - Maw ha ha ha! Take the wires and any green leaves and yellow stamen off! Arrange a selection of flowers onto the page with the larger ones nearer the photo trailing down in size towards the left corner of the page. I used two white wires from the leaves to extend from the flowers, adding tiny roses at the ends and some small blossoms halfway down.
I added some petal shapes from the 3 in 1 Hydrangea punch over the centre of some of the flowers where green or yellow bits still showed, layering these up where appropriate. Add some punched leaf fronds here and there.

I added a blossom, two punched fronds and a tiny rose to the right hand end of the ribbon.

I curled up four white wires to add as tendrils from the blossoms. Also add the silk leaves.

Use flat backed pearls to add centres to some of the blossoms.

With White Opal Liquid Pearls add tiny dots around the large circle and some slightly larger dots around the scalloped edges of the square. I then added some random dots to the branches and the wreaths.

Finally cut the title in white Bazzill using Lucy QuickKuts alphabet dies. Stick to the bottom right of the layout. Highlight the title with some Glossy Accents.

Pop over to Scrapology Blog for more details of the challenge and the prize and to see what the rest of the DT created.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Crazy Girl

Here is my design team layout for the November Scrapology Scraplift challenge.

The photos are of my daughter Emily, we were out for the evening for a meal to celebrate my husbands birthday while staying in Fairlight. She had just started wearing glasses.

This month we are scraplifting the lovely Lou who is a fellow design team member. This is her original Layout.

Here is our sketch

Here is how I made my page:
The papers are from My Mind's Eye, The Sweetest Thing - Honey Collection

Gut the pink Bazzill to give me a frame 1" deep (12" x 12").

Trim the bee patterned paper to 11" x 11". Gut some of the cream paper from under where the photo mat will be placed about 3" x 3". Also cut the lettering strip 'One of a Kind' from the background and set aside. Stick this paper centrally over the gold frame.

Cut the floral paper to measure 6" x 4" round the corners and stick to right of honeycomb and roses detail.

Cut chicken wire to measure about 8" x 5" and attach to page with the two decorative brads near the top corners.

With four small photos, stick to white cardstock to appear like a photo-booth strip. Stick to centre of wire with 3D foam pads. 

Using the Cricut I the Journalling plates and mats then stuck as shown to the left of the photo with 3D foam pads.  (All cut using the Lacy Labels cartridge. Cut in Cream 'To From' @ 3", Cut in Gold 'To From Shift' @ 3", Cut in Cream 'Hugs' @ 3", Cut in Pink 'Hugs Shift' @ 3". Also cut in Floral 'Welocme' @ 1 3/4", Cut in Gold 'Welocme shift' @ 1 3/4".)

Cut a bee in black cardstock and add to bottom of plates (Cut with Home Decor Cricut cartridge).

Punch a flower from the gutted paper, honeycomb side up, ink and curl petals and apply on top of title block to the right side with a sticky fixer pad. Cut title and add this over the top of the flower. (I used the Cricut and the 'Paisley' cartridge to cut the word  'Crazy'.) Apply off the edge of bottom right of wire using 3D foam Pads.

Make some clay flowers using Fimo Light and a Martha Stewart mold.  When dry paint these with the pink and yellow acrylic paints and glaze. Arrange on layout, sticking down with 3D foam pads or wet glue. Decorate these with the wired leaves, curling the wires round a pencil as you go.

Add some journalling by cutting patterned paper into 9mm strips to feed through the Dymo gun. cut into short lengths sand to reveal the white core where the letters are, then ink. Stick in place over the journalling plates.

Pop over to scrapology to see what the rest of the design team created and for more detials of the challenge and prize.