Cow Dung & Madder Roots

Here is my layout for Paige Evans' SKETCH OF THE WEEK - 18th March 2024 challenge. The sketch is given on the facebook group page, along with a youtube video. You share your layout on the page, to be put in a random draw to win the challenge. There is also a downloadable file for cutting the petals.

I chose these photos of the Madder Roots Cows, in Shenstone Park, in Crayford where I used to live. The park is opposite the site of the now disused David Evans Silk Works. Cow dung and madder roots were used for dying the silk. The roots giving the orange colour and the dung helping to set the dye.

 

I used:
Basic Grey - Hopscotch collection papers, alphabet stickers and element stickers
Basic Grey - Wholy Cow Rub-ons
Black marker pen
Distress Inks
Cricut

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Snow White

Here is my layout for Paige Evans' SKETCH OF THE WEEK - 11th March 2024 challenge. The sketch is given on the facebook group page, along with a youtube video. You share your layout on the page, to be put in a random draw to win the challenge. There is aslo a downloadable file for cutting the hexagons, with or without the stitching holes and for the background.

I chose these photos of my girls wearing one of the costumes I made for the reception class dressing up rail - Snow White. 

I used:
White and blue Bazzill cardstock
DMC embroidery threads
Buttons
Distress Paint
Doodlebug Designs Papers
Doodlebug Designs alphabet stickers
Thickers puffy letters stickers
Cricut

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Tropical Adventure

Today is the Papermaze Crop and here is the layout I made for the crop kit. I used a paper folding idea from Paige Evans.

Kit content:
12” x 12” Vicki Boutin – Discover + Create collection - Plumage
6” x 6” Vicki Boutin – Discover + Create collection – Swatches
6” x 6” Vicki Boutin – Discover + Create collection – Create
6” x 6” Vicki Boutin – Discover + Create collection – Discover
1 strip of blooms from Vicki Boutin – Discover + Create collection – Freshly Picked
18” Twine

Items to share:
Orange acrylic paint
Distress Oxide Spray

I used Alphabet stickers from my own collection.

Please see the Papermaze Blog for more details.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Egg Hunt

Here is my second layout made with the March Papermaze Kit. With lovely pastel spring colours making it ideal for this Easter themed layout. My three children together with their cousins at my parents' house. My sister and I set up an egg hunt in the garden.

From the kit I used:
Celes Gonzalo - Rainbow Avenue collection - Rainbow Avenue
Selection of Rosie's Studio puffy stickers
Rosie's Studio chipboard frames
Bazzill Basics cardstock - Aqua, Coconut Swirl Blossom, Coastal, Purple Palisades and Pollen

From my stash :
Distress Oxide Inks 
Martha Stewart border punch
Cricut 
Bazzill
Dear Lizzy - Treasures Thickers (glitter, chipboard letter stickers).
Rosie's Studio - Simply Charming puffy alphabet stickers

That's all for today, back with more from this kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Happy First Birthday

My first two layouts made with the March Papermaze Kit are now on the Papermaze blog.  With lovely pastel spring colours making it ideal for birthday and Easter themed layouts.

My first layout is all about Poppy's first birthday party, featuring the balloons and cake, which were a great match for the cardstock in the kit.

For details of what you will find in the kit and how the layout was made, please see the Papermaze blog:

From the kit I used:
selection of P13 stickers
Bazzill Basics cardstock - Aqua, Coconut Swirl, Blossom, Purple Palisades and Pollen

From my own stash I used:
Distress Inks
Tim Holtz Layering (Brush Arch THS168) stencil
Peartree Cutfile
glittery silver cardstock
acetate
white card
Rosie's Studio Simply Charming Sprinkles
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup in Silver
 

That's all for today, back with more from this kit tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

The Marriage

Here is my fourth and last layout using the romantic Papermaze Kit for February. A more delicate pink layout this time, with a vintage photo. I used embellishments from the kit and my own stash. kit and a few from my own stash. For details on how the layout was made, please see the Papermaze blog.

The photo is one from my parents wedding in 1957.

From the kit I used:

Stamperia - Roseland collection - Flowers
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Love Story collection - 2x2/4x4 Elements
P13 tickets
12" Lace
Vellum
Pinkfresh enamel dots
word stickers

From my stash I added:
pale pink, seam binding ribbon
heart shaped paper clips

That's all from the February kit. Please see back in a few weeks for the first post using the March kit.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Cutest Couple

A new layout made using the romantic Papermaze Kit for February.
I have used the red and pink papers this time, Please see the Papermaze blog for details of how the layout was made. The photo shows my daughter and her boyfriend at the school prom, declared to be the 'Cutest Couple'.

From the kit I used:
Mintay Papers - Happy Birthday collection - MT-HAB-05
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Love Story collection - 2x2/4x4 Elements & My Heart
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Cherry Splash 

From my stash I used:
A Paige Evans cutfile of a bunch of balloons
Divine Twine
Ribbon
Thickers 'Be Kind' foam letter stickers

 

 

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