Dimples

Here is my last layout February kit from Papermaze. Romantic colours and pretty papers, together with Bazzill cardstock and embellishments. This time I am using old family black and white photos from my childhood. I recently found these photos of my little sister from the 1960's.

For full details of how the layout was made please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors (Papermaze Blog).

From the kit, I used:
Mintay Papers - See You in Paris! collection - #04 & #05
49 and Market - Vintage Orchard collection - Solids Paper 1
Papermania Bare Basics wooden dots.
Little Birdie 3 heart stickers
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Sweetheart
P13 Dear Love Stickers

From my stash, I used:
Distress Oxide Inks
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits, Tag collection die set
Ribbon
Sizzix Bigz Alphabet die
Alphabet Soup stickers from Doodlebug Designs

 

That's all for the February kit, back with the March kit soon.
Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Our Wedding

Hello, Lynn with you today, and the next layout made using the beautiful February kit from Papermaze. Pretty romantic papers, together with Bazzill cardstock and embellishments. This time I am using some old black and white wedding photo. The wedding of family members Gerty and Bill, taken in 1931.

 

For full details of how the layout was made please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors (Papermaze Blog).

From the kit I used:
Mintay Papers - See You in Paris! collection - #04
P13 - Love Stories collection - #05
3 Prima flowers
Doodlebug Designs 5 puffy heart stickers
P13 Dear Love Stickers
Craft Consortium 2 Belle Fleur butterflies

From my stash, I used:
Classic Smooth White Bazzill
TH Layering Stencil (Ornate THS079)
Kitsch Flamingo, Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Inks
DMC embroidery thread
Lace
'Our Wedding' sticker from Echo Park - Just Married - Element Sticker
 

 

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

Merry Days

The Bramble Fox Friends / Facebook Group challenge for February is called 'Pocket Fun' - Tuck in more photos or ephemera into a pocket or envelope. In answer to this challenge I made a layout for my daughter with photos taken in the garden just before their dance school summer show back in 2002. Christmas in July. The tap dance was to ' Santa Claus is Coming to Town' in a show call 'A Date to Dance'.

I used:
Bramble Fox Acrylic Phrase
Bella BLVD - Christmas Cheer collection, Merry and Bright paper and the sticker sheet
Thickers - Sugar Plum Wishes - foam and cardstock letter stickers
Bazzill Basics cardstock - Guacamole

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Mary Jane Billington

This old photo was given to us recently; the lady is my husband's grandmother. The layout is my second using the February kit from Papermaze. The kit has a selection of pretty romantic papers, together with Bazzill cardstock and embellishments. Please see the Papermaze Blog for details of how the layout was made.

From the kit, I used:
P13 - Love Stories collection - #01 & #05
Echo Park - Marry Me collection - Blush Floral
P13 Light Chipboard Embellishments
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Sweetheart, Stonehenge and Dusk

From my own stash, I used:
Brown seam binding ribbon
DMC embroidery thread
Metal flowers & pearl brads
Cricut
 

That is all for today, I will be back with two more layouts using this kit soon.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Spring, Spring, Spring

I created this layout using a Wednesday Sketch (5/2/25) from Paper Issues, Facebook page. I chose this photo of my dayghter, Catherine dressed for a ballet dance to the song - Spring, Spring, Spring. This was part of the Silvera School of Dance, Summer show held at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford. The show was called ' A Date to Dance'

I chose the 49 and Market Krafty Garden collection to work with Catherine's yellow dress and floral headdress. The background paper is 'Tranquil Blossom'.

This is the sketch:

I made two tags using the Sixxix Tim Holtz Tag Collection thinlits die set, and the cover sheet from the Krafty Garden Solids collection pack. I looped some yellow jute twine through the top of the tags.

For embellishments I used two film strips from the Krafty Garden Acetate Assortment and flowers from the Lasercut Wildflowers elements pack.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Family Gathering - Easter Egg Hunt

The photo on this layout shows tha family gathering together at Easter, and taking part in an Easter egg hunt using What 3 Words locations as clues. The layout is the first one I have made using the new February kit from Papermaze.

For details of how these layouts were created, please see the Papermaze Blog.

From the kit, I used:
Echo Park - Marry Me collection - Blush Floral
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Tutu Pink

From my stash, I used:
Distress Oxide Inks
Tim Holtz Stacked Tiles - Hearts Sizzix Die set
Thin cork sheet
DMC Embroidery thread
Sequins
Rosie's Studio, Simply Charming Puffy Alphabet Stickers
Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Label Sizzix die set

That is all for today, I will be back with the next layout tomorrow.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Year 3 School Portrait - 3 x 3

I have been meaning to try the technique using alphabet stickers to fill a shape, which I have seen several scrappers try in the past. So, I chose this school portrait of the triplets back in 1999, when they were in Year 3. It is also a great way of using up some letter sticker stash. Hence, why I ended up making three layouts using the same photo, one of each of the children's scrapbook albums.

I cut a circle from the centre of a scrap sheet of cardstock. and used the outer card as a template to lay over the white, to fill with stickers.

I started with this one first, for Andrew's album, and used the ramains of a pack of Thickers - Nutmeg, Glossy Chipboard Letter Stickers.

All three layouts were based on a sheet of Smooth White Bazzill. for this one I flicked some red, blue and yellow Distress Oxide Inks onto the card first, as I was using just green letters.

I found this apple sticker in my stash, I'm nots sure where it came from, but it's made of some sort of soft plastic. I wrote the journalling around the edge of the circle.

My second layout, made for Emily's Album, was made by using one or two stickers from many different sticker sheets.

For Catherine's layout, I used my stash of Basic Grey, Cafe Rojo font stickers.

That's the three layouts, thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Piglet Mania!

Today I created this layout of my baby granddaughter, Florence. When I visited her recently I took along a whole bunch of soft toy Piglets. They were a gift to her from my sister, shehas collected them over the years and decided to give them to Flo.

I selected some papers from the Simple Stories - Life in Bloom collection. The 'Dream On' paper is the main pink paper, with butterflies on the B side. I cut this to 12" x 5", and 12" x 7", and placed them sisd by side on a piece of scrap 12" x 12" paper, jist sticking along the far left and far right. Then I placed a panel of 12" x 7" of the B side of 'Journal Elements' paper onto the scrap paper, to cover where the top papers meet. Then I folded the top layers back on both sides, top and bottom.

I placed my photo over the place where the papers meet. I cut two tags from the 'Tag Elements' paper, punched holes in the tops, added pink brads (with little hooks attached). and threaded some jute twine through the hooks.

My tilte was made with Be Kind Foam Glitter Thickers.

Using the 'Combo Stickers' sheet, I embellished the layout with bunting, phrases and flowers.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Sweetheart

Saturday was crop day at Papermaze, and Vanessa had designed the crop layout kit this month.
It's a great design for February being the month of Valentine's day.

Here is my version, showing my baby granddaughter at her sensory group - Love Bug themed session.



The kit contained:
Bazzill White and Carrot Cake
Simple Stories - Hearts Eyes - Kissing Booth
Pieces of pink and teal patterned papers
Heart sequins
Sheet of old Bazzill to make a heart template

Tools and media available at the crop to share:
Distress Oxide Inks
Border punch
Alphabet die

My additions:
Nuvo Glitter Drops

Here is Vanessa's original layout:

Thanks for looking
Lynn x