Autumn Magic

Today I have a new layout using the Graphic 45 BOOtiful Greetings collection over on the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog, for Papermaze. This time I have selected patterns suitable for autumn as opposed to the Halloween. I love these three photos of my daughter and her daughter, among the falling leaves in Greenwich Park.

For full details to make this layout, please see the Papermaze layout. 

Graphic 45 - Bootiful Greetings collection - Pumpkins & Polkadots, Bewitching Layout, Floral and Plaid, BOOtiful Borders and Rusty Orange Pattern & Solid Sheet papers and the Greetings Ephemera Set
Bazzill Cardstock - Tangelo, Walnut Cream &  Blackberry Swirl
Black soot Distress Ink  
Cricut
Doodlebug Designs - Teensy Type (Beetle black) and Double Takes (Hauntingly Halloween) 
Gold and black gems

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

Happy Haunting

I have selected some items from the Graphic 45 - BOOtiful Greetings collection, to create some layouts for the Papermaze Blog for October. I like the way this collection could be used for Halloween and autumn. The generic patterns and plains included in this collection make it suitable for other layouts too. 

For details on making this layout, please see the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog. 

I chose this photo of my nephew and his family enjoying at day out at Drucillas to celebrate Halloween. 

The items I used from Papermaze:
Blackbird Bazzill 
Tangelo Bazzill
Walnut Cream Bazzill
Dried Marigold Distress Ink 
Graphic 45 - BOOtiful Greetings collection - Rusty Orange Pattern & Solid Sheet, Bewitching Layout, Borders & Ephemera Set 
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup Puffy stickers Coral

The items from my own stash:
Large label templates
Glittery orange ribbon
Doodlebug Design Teensy Type Cardstock stickers Beetle Black
3D foam pads
Card Candi - Cream, Orange & Black

 

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

Happy Cake Day

Here is my last layout for the Papermaze DT using the 49 and Market's Glimmer & Glee collection. As explained in the previous post, collection has water colour style images, which are great for documenting parties and birthdays. 

This layout shows my granddaughter celebrating her 2nd birthday at our house, a few weeks after her birthday.

Please see the Papermaze Blog for details of how the layout was made. 

I used:
49 and Market - Glimmer and Glee collection - Hooray, Toast &  Laser Cut Elements
3D foam Pads
Yukon Gold Bazzill 
Blue cardstock
Spellbinders- Classic Pooh - Pooh's Alphabet, Numbers & More die set
Paige Evans' Adventurous Thickers foam alphabet stickers 
Sequins

That's all from me with the Glimmer and Glee collection, I'll be back with a new collection soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Happy 3rd Birthday Poppy

My second post using the 49 and Market's pretty pastel Glimmer & Glee collection, is on the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog today. The collection has water colour style images, which are great for documenting parties and birthdays. The palette is a clever mix of pretty corals, pinks, yellows, blues and greens. Here is the first layout using this collection and featuring a birthday, cake and a celebration.

Please see the blog for details of how the layout was made. 

I used:
49 and Market - Glimmer and Glee collection -  Celebrate, Toast & Laser Cut Elements
Yukon Gold Bazzill
Cricut
Mustard Seed Distress Ink
3D foam pads
Multicoloured pastel gems and sequins
 

 

That's all for today, back with one more layout from the Glimmer and Glee collection tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

New Baby Boy

If you pop over to the Papermaze Blog today, you will see two layouts I have created. This month I'm using 49 and Market's pretty pastel Glimmer & Glee collection. This collection has water colour style images, which are great for documenting parties, birthdays, babies, and garden gatherings. The palette is a clever mix of pretty corals, pinks, yellows, blues and greens. This first layout has photos of my great nephew at 7 weeks.

Full details are on the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog

The items I used:
49 and Market - Glimmer and Glee collection - Jubilee & Laser Cut Elements 
Distress Ink - Faded Jeans
Distress Paint  Faded Jeans &  Scattered Straw
3D Foam Pads
Making Memories Foam Stamps
Nuvo Glitter Drops - Gold Coast. 
Tim Holtz Alphanumeric 'Label' & 'Tiny Type' Sizzix Thinlits set
Doodlebug Designs Sunshine card stock Alphabet Stickers - Bumblebee
Acrylic domes in pastel shades
Acrylic heart

That's all for today, I'll be back with more from this collection tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Ahoy There!

This is the last of my Papermaze DT layouts using The Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Sand and Sea collection. For this one I used more of the red, white and blue elements from the collection.  The photos show my granddaughter playing in the boat at the local playground. 

I started this page with a 12" x 12" sheet of scrap paper, over which I built up my background. The top half of the page is a 6" x 12" piece of Shore is Fun (blue & white dot) paper. Then under this, I placed a 4.5" x 12" (blue & white stripe) Combo Elements paper. The third paper at the bottom is a 1" x 12" piece of Tides and Treasures (wood panel). 

 

I selected two 12" long stickers from the Element Stickers Icon sheet, and placed these where the two papers join at the base of the layout. Over the red & white dot sticker I applied some P13 alphabet stickers for the date.

I used red Bazzill cardstock to mount the photos, then applied them at angles to the left of centre of the layout. Between the photos and to the left I added a piece cut from the elements side of the Combo Elements paper. I trimmed off the flowers, keeping the red & white dot frame and journalling area. I wrote some details here, and added some phrase stickers from the Cardstock Stickers Icons sheet

For the bottom right of the photo, I took a bow journalling spot from the Journaling Bits pack, and the 'waves for days' sticker from the Cardstock Stickers Icons sheet. I wound some red and white Baker's twine around the phrase. I cut the barcode strip from the Combo Elements paper, and cut the striped area into two pieces, I placed this over the join in papers, either side of the photo.

To the left of the photo, I added three tags from the Journalling Bits pack, adding more twine to the holes, these we attached with 3D foam pads. 

I added a knotted piece of twine to the top left corner of the layout. For the title I cut letters from red and white cardstock, using the Tim Holtz - Sizzix - Alphanumerics Varsity die set. 

That's all for today, thanks for looking
Lynn x

Kypseli - Let's Get Away!

Here is today's new Papermaze DT layout using The Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Sand and Sea collection. Previously I created two layouts using the gentler colours from this collection, so here is a layout with the stronger blue and red colours.

This layout has a more nautical theme, a photo of my husband and me onboard the yacht 'Kypseli', our home for two weeks flotilla sailing in the Greek Ionian Islands last year. 

I used a sheet of Avalanche Bazzill cardstock, and with a scrap of polythene, I applied watered down Distress Oxide Ink (Uncharted Mariner) to the card. 

I cut pieces from the several papers from the collection:
1.75" x 10" Stay Salty (red & White stripe), 7" x 5" Shore is Fun (Blue & White spot) & 5.5" x 6" Great Escape (wooden board area). The edges were inked and arranged as seen in the image.

My photo was mounted onto white card, and place at the centre of the page. I added the date under the photo with Doodlebug Designs Teensy Type - Blue Jean alphabet stickers. The Yacht name title was made with Doodlebug Designs My Type Alphabet Stickers - Lily White. 

For embellishments I added:
A tag top selected from the Tag Elements paper, with a large white brad. stickers including 'Let's 'Sail Away' and the seagull from the Cardstock Sticker Icons sheet.
The seagull label and a red & white dot label from the Journal Bits pack.
I chose a section from the 3x4 / 4x6 Elements paper, and cut out the yacht and the phrase. 
With the 49 and Market - Summer Porch collection - Laser Cut Elements, I selected the net and the blue knotted rope. 
A few acrylic anchors from my stash. 

The net was placed to the left side of the layout, with the blue rope over the top. I cut a slot in the seagull label and threaded it through the rope. The rope was arranged over the net with the label to the top left of the layout. 

The yacht was placed to the bottom left and stuck down with 3D pads. The phrase 'set sale on new adventures' was placed to the right of the wood paper. the red and white dot label has journalling written on it and it was tucked into the top of the photo. It can be removed to read the details. 

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

Shetland

Here is another Papermaze DT layout using The Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Sand and Sea collection. I have had great fun using the gentler colours from this collection, but I'll be back with layouts using the stronger colours next time!

This layout shows photos from my recent adventures in Shetland. While we were there, filming was taking place for the BBC TV Series 'Shetland', and here are photos of the home of Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez, known as The Lodberrie. 

I selected the sheet of Journal Elements paper, with the sand and sea side up (This sheet was gutted, to give me a 1" deep frame). Then I trimmed Smooth White Bazzill to 11" x 11", and inked the edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink. Then I splattered watered-down Distress Oxide Ink (Tea Dye and Uncharted Mariner), vertically through the centre of the cardstock. Once dry the card was mounted over the frame.

I trimmed the photos and placed them to the right of a 11" x 4" piece of Tides and Treasures paper. Before sticking this to the page, I trimmed the long sides with strips torn from the Enjoy the View paper.

I cut a tag from the Tag Elements paper, and punched a hole in the top. With a length of white seam binding ribbon, and some more watered down inks (colours as above), I dip dyed the ribbon and set it aside to dry. Then the ribbon was looped through the tag and tied in a bow. I added a date using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric die set - Label and scraps of papers already used. I tucked the tag into the top right of the photo band.

Next, I made the title - I used sand paper with a heavy grit, and a Sizzix Bigz xl alphabet die. Once the letters were glued to the layout, I perched a seagull on the letters from the 49 and Market Summer Porch Laser Cut Elements pack. 

From the pack of Journal Bits - I selected a journalling spot, which I placed to the left of the photos, and added my details. I then fussy cut the camera from the and rowing boat from the Summer Porch collection.

From the sheet of Combo Elements paper, I cut the phrases 'high tides + good vibes' and  'sand + sea', placing one above the tag and the other below the row boat. 

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