Cheers!

Better late than never - I have finished my September entry for the C&S Getcrafty challenge with a day to spare!

 

A layout for my daughter's wedding album - It's hard to believe it's nearly a year since the wedding now.

This month's challenge is a colour one, using the image below for inspiration.

I used a Placemat from Jillibean Soup - White Chevrons, I have had this in my stash for some months waiting for the right moment. 

I had lots of scraps left over from another layout when I used the Gypsy Rose collection from Kaisercraft. The colours were ideal, I just needed to add a little gold in the form of card for cutting the letters for the title.

It may look quite a simple design, but it tool a long time cutting and sticking all the shapes behind the apertures!

I made a set of templates by drawing through each shape, then cutting them a little larger, then I could simply cut what I needed. I used a sheet of white cardstock as a base, sticking the placemat to in along one side only, so I could set it aside like a booklet, to get underneath and stick the shapes to the card.

This is what it looked like before adding the photo and surface details. No need to fill the apertures where they wouldn't show.

I framed the photo with a card frame from the Kaisercraft Full Bloom collection 'Frame Cluster'.
I cut flowers from the 'Inspiring' paper, to make two clusters of blossoms. I added fronds using a Martha Stewart punch and more scraps of paper. A little stickles was added to these leaves.

The title was cut using a Sizzix Sizzlit alphabet die set - 'Block Party', and some Jillibean Soup Mini Alpha - Green Apple.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Mr. & Mrs.

Her is my second layout using the beautiful, romantic new monthly kit from Papermaze for September. The kit is now available in the store.

Please see full deails  on how the layout was made and products used on the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog.

'Mr & Mrs' is another layout for my daughter's wedding album. It shows Emily and Jack in the ceremony area when the photographer took them back there in the evening for more photos.

Back soon with three more layouts using this lovely kit.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Grumpy Solomon

The new Papermaze kit is a beautiful, romantic collection of papers, cardstock and embellishments and it is now available in the store.

I loved working with this kit and have five layouts to share with you over the next few weeks, here is the first one:

 

This page presents a photo of my daughter Emily at a live action role play (LARP) event - Empire 2017, as Lady Geniveve D'Tensiel (Veve), with the Dodo known as 'Grumpy Solomon'. 

What the kit contains:

September Kit

Extra Bazzill Pack

Embellishments

For details on making the layout and products used please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog.
Back soon with four more layouts using this lovely kit.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Love You to the Moon and Back

On Saturday I made this layout designed by the talanted Michelle at the Papermaze crop.

 

Lots of different techniques here, including the use of Cosmic Shimmer's Pixie Powders.

Various dies, templates, stamps and punches were used too.  The cardstock is Bazzill and the papers were fom Kaisercraft.

My photo is my baby Andrew from 26 years ago!

Thanks to Michelle and Vanessa.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Atrists at Work

Here is my final layout using the bright, summery August Papermaze Kit. The full details are on the Papermase Blog.

This layout is called 'Artists at Work', and features my three children on the patio in our garden painting at the easels. They were about 2 years old.

I used the Woodware stamps from the kit, with inks and sprays.

The great thing is there is still plenty of kit left for a few cards. Great value for money as the kit is only £10.00 and the additional cardstock is £1.75. Four layouts and some cards or part of another layout.

Back with a new kit for September later in the month. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Rainbows

This is the thrid layout made using the August Papermaze Kit. The photo my girls the day they enrolled as Rainbow Guides.

 

I created a rainbow to the left of the centre using a new stencil from Stencil Girl called 'Little Painted Rainbows'. I used several colours of Distress Ink and a blending tool.

The full details are on the Papermaze blog.

Back with the last layout using this kit tomorrow. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x