Paradise

Today was the Papermaze crop and I designed the crop kit layout this month. This time I used some summery, tropical papers from the shop to created a layout with photos from my daughter's honeymoon.

Kit Content:
12” x 12” Vicki Boutin – Sweet Rush - Under the Palms
12” x 12” Kiwi Crush Bazzill
12” x 12” Smooth White Bazzill
3” x 12” Jillibean Soup – Bohemian Brew – Calm
3” x 12” Heidi Swapp – Sunchaser – Sunshine
A4 white card
Selection of black gems

Prepare all the papers:
- Cut the detail strip from the base of the paper, and trim into 4 pieces. Gut a piece about 4”
   x 4” from the centre of the Under The Palms paper. This will give you about 8 orange slices
   to fussy cut, and set aside for later.
- Using the templates, cut a 9” circle from the Kiwi Crush Bazzill, and another - 8.75” circle,   
   from the White Bazzill.
- Die cut a selection of flowers in different colours from the boldly Striped side of the
   Sunshine paper. You should get 2 larger flowers and one small flower from each band of
   colour.
- From the remains of the Kiwi Crush Bazzill, die cut at least 6 leaf fronds and the letters for
   your title (using your own choice of dies). 

With the Distress Oxide ink. and the VB Stencil, stencil the pattern to the top right and bottom left of the White Bazzill circle. Distress the outer edge of the circle and stick to the Kiwi Crush Bazzill circle.

Place the Clam paper (choose which side up), across the middle of the Under the Palms paper. Arrange the circle onto the layout. 

Mount your photos onto the white card to make a fine border. Arrange the photos across the middle of the page, stick in place, but don’t glue the edges down, allowing room to tuck elements underneath later. Using the four sections cut from the details strip, place these above and below the Calm paper band, to shoe the fern leaves. 

Arrange the orange slices, leaves and flowers around the circle and photos. Once happy with your arrangement, glue into place. Add your title to the top of the circle, and journaling to the bottom of the circle. Finally pop the gems onto the flower centres.

Lynn Cooper for www.papermaze.co.uk 2025

thanks for looking
Lynn x