Easter Bunny

Today I have a post on the Papermaze Blog, with the last pair of layouts made with the pretty April Papermaze Kit. This is the first of the two, with photos taken only the day before making the page. My daughter and I set up an Easter egg hunt as a bit of fun for little 2-year-old Florence to find some colourful eggs in the garden. Catherine wore the bunny ears and got carried away with some selfies!

Please pop over to the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog for full details of this layout. 

Here is a list of the items I chose from the kit:

Uniquely Creative - Ultra Violet Delight collection - Layers in Lilac
Uniquely Creative - Bohemian Escape collection - Lazy Afternoon
49 and Market - Plume & Petal collection - Bliss
Foam Stickers Dreamer
Little Birdie Butterfly
Little Birdie Flowers
Simple & Basic Dots
P13 Word Stickers
Ribbon
Bazzill Basics Cardstock -  Velvet


To the above I added the following items from my own supplies:
Distress Ink
Martha Stewart Border Punch
White card
Spellbinders Say Cheese Classic Mouse - Die Set
Decorative pin 

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

My 3 Sweet Little Peas in A Pod

Today was the Papermaze crop and I designed the crop kit layout this month. This one shows a photo of by children as babies. This was a scraplift of a layout I made years ago - and it was a scraplift of a layout made by Ingvild Bolme. (Pphoto of her layout and the those I made at the end of this post.) This is a great layout for a long title, and to stash bust your alphabet stickers.

 

Kit Content:

12” x 12” Basic Grey – Hillside – Orchard
P13 - Truly Yours - #04
2” x 12” Hillary Bazzill
20cm Stranded Cotton
5 Cherry Blossom Flowers

Other Items used:
Distress Inks
Selection of Alphabet Stickers

Here are the tree layouts I made - one for each of the children's albums

This is Ingrid's Layout:

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

The Wedding of Douglas & Dorothy

Today, I'm sharing a layout I have created using the beautiful April Papermaze Kit.  The kit is full of pretty purple, lilac and grey papers. There is also a selection of embellishments and Bazzill cardstock to compliment the papers. Please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog to find out how the layout was made. 

This time I made a heritage layout using a photo found on ancestry of a 1930s wedding. 

From the kit, I selected:
49 and Market - Plume & Petal collection - Joy 
Uniquely Creative - Ultra Violet Delight collection - Layers in Lilac
Uniquely Creative - Bohemian Escape collection - Lazy Afternooon
Laser Cut Wildflowers
P13 Word Stickers
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Velvet & Heidi

I added to these papers etc. from my own supplies:
Tim Holtz - Sizzix Framelits - Tag Collection die set
DMC embroidery threads
Gold metallic thread
49 and Market - Plume and Petal Laser Cut Elements pack
White card 
Tonic Studios - Windsor Simple Type - Upper case, Lower case and Numbers Die Sets
Heart shaped doilies 
Purple and lilac gems and pearls

That's all for today, I will be back with two more layouts from this kit soon. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

The Ritz

I am on the Papermaze Blog today, with two design team layouts I have created using the beautiful April Papermaze Kit.  The kit is full of pretty purple, lilac and grey papers. There is also a selection of embellishments and Bazzill cardstock to compliment the papers.

Here is the first of my layouts - My sister and her husband on a family trip to The Ritz to celebrate Mum's 80th Birthday. The papers matched perfectly with their outfits.

Please check out the Papermaze Blog for full details to make the layout.

From the Papermaze Kit, I chose the following items:

Uniquely Creative - Ultra Violet Delight collection - Layers in Lilac
Uniquely Creative - Bohemian Escape collection - Lazy Afternoon
Laser Cut Wildflowers
P13 Word Stickers 
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Velvet & Heidi

I added itesm from my own stash:
1 sheet of scrap 12" x 12" paper
49 and Market - Plume and Petal Laser Cut Elements  
Art Deco font & Cricut
Metallic gold card 
Gold Letter Stickers

That's all for today, I will be back with more tomorrow. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Holt Country Park

Today was the Crop at Papermaze, and Michele designed the crop kit. I chose these photos of my daughter at Holt Country Park. We spent the Easter break in Norfolk and enjoyed a day exploring at the country park. 

The kit contained:
Bazzill Basics - Vanilla, Jade and Lily Pond
49 and Market - Botanical Buzz Solid #3
P13 Into the Woods #01
Twine 

Items to share at the crop:
Fern stencil
Distress Oxide Inks
Fern and leaf dies

From my own stash, I added:
Paper daisy flowers
Paper clip
Peartree Cutfiles Bits and Pieces - Wooden
Sizzix dies
Alphabet stickers

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Christmas Elf

For this layout I have used several photos of my granddaughter under the Christmas tree, in her red and white Christmas outfit, last Christmas. This is my second Christmas layout using the Papermaze December kit. The kit contains beautiful papers from Mintay, Simple Stories and Graphic 45.  

Please see the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog for details of how the layout was made.

The layout was made using the following items from the kit:
Mintay Papers - Holly Jolly collection - #02 & #04
Simple Stories - Vintage Believe - Foam Stickers 
Gold enamel dots

I used some additional items from my own stash:
49 and Market - Evergreen Season Chipboard Words
P13 Christmas Treats, Alpha Stickers

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

New Home Gift - So Berry Sweet

I have two layouts over on the Papermaze Blog, made using the lovely September Papermaze Kit. Yesterday I shared the first of these two layouts, today, I'm back with the second. My daughter loves strawberries and anything decorated with them - so when she moved into her new home, I made her this strawberry hamper with card and gift tag.

For full details about how the layouts were made, please see the Papermaze blog.

From the kit, I used:
Carta Bella - On The Farm collection - Farm Life Floral 
Mintay Papers - Wildwood Secrets collection - MT-WIS-04 & MT-WIS-05
Mintay Papers - Music Garden collection - MT-MUS-04
Selection of Laser Cuts - 49 and Market - Nature's Haven
Little Birdie Flower
Little Birdie butterfly
P13 Till We Meet Again alpha sheet
pink twine

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Hibiscus, & Avocardo

From my stash, I used:
Peartree Cutfile 'So Berry Sweet'
3D foam pads

That's all for the September Kit, I'll be back with the new Kit for October soon. 
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Red Roses for a Blue Lady

Take a look over on the Papermaze Blog to see where I shared my second pair of DT creations using the pretty Papermaze kit for July. Here you will find the full details of how the layouts were made. 

The kit is full of soft, natural colours, six double-sided patterned papers, two sheets Bazzill Basics cardstock and a whole bunch of co-ordinating embellishments. There is also a pack of four matching Bazzill Basics sheets, available to compliment the kit. 

Here is the last of the layous made with this kit,the photos show daughters dressed up for their ballet dance to this song at their annual dance school show. 

From the kit, I used:
P13 - Beautiful Moments - #02 
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Woodlands - Let's Explore
Stamperia - Timeless Collection - Roses Tapestry 
G45 - Pearls
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Pigment 

From my own stask, I added:
Text from an old gardening book
Distress Ink 
2 Doilies
Fine, red, jute twine
Red and white paper roses
Martha Stewart punch
Paige Evans Sugarplum Wishes mini puffy alpha stickers
Doodlebug Designs Teensy Type alphabet stickers

For this layout I used a Sketch from Paper Issues. 

That's all for today, I'll be back with the August kit in a few weeks. 
Thanks for looking.

Lynn x