iNSD - Just Add Water!

This layout is for challenge #4 in Paige Evans set of challenges for iNSD 2026. This challenge was set by Audrey Mutchall and is to Create a layout, card, or other project that features a wreath.

Here is my granddaughter, watering the strawberry plants in my polytunnel. this all took place before breakfast, in pyjamas and wellies! 

For this layout I used:
Stamperia - Daisy Art papers and Ephemera (Die cut-outs) - Lots of fussy cutting!
Tonic Studio Uppercase Alphabet Dies - Windsor
Bazzill Cardstock
Raffia
Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

iNSD Challenge - Punch And Judy

This layout is for challenge #3 in Paige Evans set of challenges for iNSD 2026. This challenge was set by Antonia Sherlock and is to use patterned paper only. The background of this layout was inspired by the work of Andrea Lake for Simple Stories, I change it a bit then did my own thing thereafter.

My layout shows the children watching a punch and Judy show at a village garden fete in West Beckham, Norfolk. 




For this Iayout - I used:
Simple Stories - Fun Time - Main Attraction, Admit One, 2x2/4x4 Elements, Tag Elements, Cardstock Stickers, Bits and Pieces and Journal Bits
Black marker
Thickers - Adventurous Foam Letter Stickers

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

iNSD Challenge - Fun Times

All the fun of the fair! - Here is Emily on holiday in Norfolk, enjoying a ride on the carousel horse. This is challenge #2 set by Alexandra Zlatkovic Skifton for the Paige Evans iNSD facebook page. 

To make this layout, I used the following items - 
Simple Stories - Fun Times - Journal Elements, 4x6" Elements, Journal Bits & Bits and Pieces.
DMC Thread
Smooth white Bazzill
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil #3

Distress Inks - Mustard Seed & Wild Honey
Enamel dots

Thanks for looking
Lynn x 

iNSD Challenge - Fun Time

This layout was made for Paige Evans - Happy Scrappy Place iNSD CHALLENGE #6: CIRCLES! This challenge was set by Jackie Ashton, who said "I love to create layouts that involve a shape so for this page I chose circles!"

I included circles in the patterned paper, stamps, die-cut circles and gems.

I used the following items to create this layout:
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 1 for the background
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 8 for the tags
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 9 for the die cut letters
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Laser Cut Elements
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad
Vicki Boutin - Bold & Bright - Full Circles Stamps
Distress Ink - Black Soot
Uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen
Black Gems
Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumeric Die Set - Label

I'll be back with more challenges in the next few days.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Henry Charles Edwards

Here is my last design team layout made with the April Papermaze Kit. This one is rather a contrast to the pretty purple and lilac laypus made with this kit so far. I love this Mintay Papers - Man Cave collection - #5 paper, from the kit. I wanted to use it for a masculine layout using my new Vault Watch Gears Sizzix die set. I decided to scrap this photo of my husband's grandfather.

Please pop over to the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog for full details of this layout. 

Here is a list of the items I chose from the kit:

Mintay Papers - Man Cave collection - #5
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Date Swirl 

From my own collection of supplies, I used the following items:
Pearlised and metallic card
Chipboard
Stitched Rectangles Sizzix Die Set
Distress Inks 
Watercolour paper
A6 Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Folder - Numbered
Distress Mica Sprays
Gilding wax 
Black Bazzill 
Acetate
Brads
Chain
3D foam 
49 and Market Krafty Garden Acetate Assortment
Tickets and stamps  
Embossing Powders

That's all from the April kit, although I still have papers, cardstock and embellishments left to use. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Easter Bunny

Today I have a post on the Papermaze Blog, with the last pair of layouts made with the pretty April Papermaze Kit. This is the first of the two, with photos taken only the day before making the page. My daughter and I set up an Easter egg hunt as a bit of fun for little 2-year-old Florence to find some colourful eggs in the garden. Catherine wore the bunny ears and got carried away with some selfies!

Please pop over to the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog for full details of this layout. 

Here is a list of the items I chose from the kit:

Uniquely Creative - Ultra Violet Delight collection - Layers in Lilac
Uniquely Creative - Bohemian Escape collection - Lazy Afternoon
49 and Market - Plume & Petal collection - Bliss
Foam Stickers Dreamer
Little Birdie Butterfly
Little Birdie Flowers
Simple & Basic Dots
P13 Word Stickers
Ribbon
Bazzill Basics Cardstock -  Velvet


To the above I added the following items from my own supplies:
Distress Ink
Martha Stewart Border Punch
White card
Spellbinders Say Cheese Classic Mouse - Die Set
Decorative pin 

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

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