Happy Anniversary Robert & Elaine

Today is the fifth wedding Anniversary of my brother Robert, and his wife Elaine. To celebrate I made this layout. 

I used some Basic Grey 'Little Black Dress' papers and lots of chipboard pieces (Dusty Attic and Blue Fern Studios). These were painted with white Acrylic paint, then dabbed with gilding wax. Stickles and gems were added to give some sparkle (the photos don't do the sparkle justice).
A large black organza was threaded through a gold buckle and tied in a double bow.

The papers were trimmed with a Martha Stewart (Cherish) Border punch. This was all mounted onto black Bazzill cardstock.

Happy Anniversary Rob and Elaine xxx

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Christmas Hamper

My second Christmas blog post is now available on the Papermaze Blog. This one is a Christmas gift made using the delightful Blue Fern Studios Vintage Christmas & Vintage Christmas 2 collections. I wanted to create a special hamper to take along as contribution to our hosts on Christmas day. I found a crate style box at IKEA which I thought would be just the right size and set about painting and decorating it. Then I dressed up the contents of the hamper too.

Please see the blog for details of how the gifts were made and follow the links to the shop to see more information on the products I used.

Thanks for looking

Merry Christmas
Lynn x