England Swings

My girls took part in a dance show with the Silvera School; of Dancing in 1998. The Show was called Dance City and their tap dance was to England Swings.

This layout was in response to two challenges.
1. Peartree Cutfile November DT challenge, which was to use the Starry Swish cut file.
2. Under The Influence of Scrappy Adam - Challenge #2 Everybody's Talking About Jamie - used stars, unedited photo and Blue.

 

I used:
White & Blue Cardstock
Sugarcoated cardstock
Peartree cutfile
Foam glittery alpha stickers
Star stencil
Distress Oxide Inks
Gems

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

New Home

Back with my second layout using the November Papermaze kit is available from the shop now.

To see more details of the kit and the layout please see the Papermaze Blog.


Last month my nephew and his young family moved into their brand new house.

From the kit I used:
American Crafts - Jen Hadfield - Peaceful Heart collection - Breathe Deeply & Grow
Cocoa Vanilla Studio - These Days collection - The Good Life
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Jetstream
CVS Wood Epoxy Buttons,
CVS Pocket Cards

From my stash I used:
Forest Moss Distress Ink
Wooden houses and numbers
CVS These Days Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers

That's all for today, I have more to share with you in a few weeks time.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Bagpuss

The November Papermaze kit is available from the shop or online today, and I'm here to share my first layout. This month Vanessa has put together a lovely collection papers, card and embellishments in subtle colours, with an autumnal flavour.

This layout features a photo of my daughter's cat, who crawled into a large brown paper bag from a take away meal.

To see details of the layout and what is in the kit - please see HERE.

From the kit I used:
American Crafts - Jen Hadfield - Peaceful Heart collection - Breathe Deeply & Grow
Cocoa Vanilla Studio - These Days collection - The Good Life
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - White

From my stash I used:
Tim Holtz Layering stencil (Nordic)
Distress Oxide Inks (Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Forest Moss and Dried Marigold)
Copper eyelets
Baker's twine
PFS Mini Puffy Alpha
PFS Puffy Alpha stickers - Office Hours
Lace
Buttons
Washi tape
Nuvo Glitter Drops - Honey Gold.

 

That's all for today, I have more to share with you soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Boo!

My last layout for the October Pear Drop Crop over on the Peartree Cutfile Group. Challenge #2 was Terri's paper folding challenge. I looked up some Halloween origami tutorials and found this cute bat by the Craftaholic Witch. I made him in three sizes. 

I chose three photos of the children dressed up for a Halloween party we had at Toadhall back in 1999.

I used:
Basic Grey - Eerie and Ambrosia collections (papers and stickers)
star gems
Distress Mica Spray - Crooked Broomstick, Bubbling Cauldron and Hocus Pocus
black paper
googly eyes
Black Distress Ink

 

 Thanks for looking
Lynn x

 

Pumpkin Spice

This layout was created for the October Peartree Cutfiles Peardrop Crop - #4 Jessica's Tic Tac Toe. I chose to include patterned paper, cutfile and vellum.

I used a photo of Scarlett at Tulley's Farm, picking Pumpkins for this year's Halloween.

I used:
Cocoa Vanilla Studio - These Days collection - Family Ties & Day Break
Basic Grey Rub-on's - Autumn
Pumpkin Spice and all things Nice cutfile
Vellum - white, green and sparkly orange
Black Distress Ink

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Hocus Pocus

Another challenge for the October Pear Drop Crop - This is #1 and is Marie's On Repeat Challenge.  The idea is to repeat an element on the page, so I chose to cut lots of witches, bats, cats and mice. I used these three photos of Catherine dressed for a halloween party we held at Toadhall in 1999.

I used:
Basic Grey - Eerie collection
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Toil and Trouble
Glitter card
Black Bazzill

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Spooky

I made this layout for challenge #3 of the Peardrop October Crop. This was Niki's Colour Challenge and I chose to scrap these photos of Scarlett and friends enjoying dressing up for Halloween this year.

To create this page I used:
American Crafts - Vicki Boutin - Color Study collection - Pretty Things
Patterned papers from Bo Bunny, Doodlebug Designs and Basic Grey
Stickles
Sequins
Bazzill - Black
Halloween Label - Junkitz
gems

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Hollins Hall

I'm over on the Scrap, paper scissors blog with two more layouts I have created using the zesty kit for October from Papermaze. Here is my last layout using this kit. The colour pallet this month is lemon, black, white and jade.

This layout uses a photo of my sister enjoying the garden swing at our brother's wedding.

From the kit I used:
Simple Stories - Sunkissed collection - Shine Bright
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Patch, Blackberry Swirl & Kachina
Doodlebug black doily
Fancy Pants flash card
Dusty Attic Chipboard Adornment

From my stash I used:
Overlapping Circles Peartree Cutfile
Peacock Feathers Distress Ink
Black and white foam alpha stickers with glitter
Paper roses
Glittery black ribbon
Black Soot Distress Paint
Nuvo Glitter Drops - Night Sky
Martha Stewart leaf punch
black gem

I have enough papers, and cardstock leftover to make at least one more layout.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x