The Kiff Family

Here is my second layout made with the romantic February Papermaze Kit. This beautiful collection is ideal for Heritage layouts. I came across this lovely group photo from our family ancestors. I have added details of these characters at the end of this blog post.

This photo was sent to me by a someone I have linked up with through Ancestry. It shows George and Irene Kiff with Charles, Leonard, Irene, Thomas and Dorothy.

For details on making the layout, please see the Papermaze blog.

From the February Kit, I used the following items:
49 and Market - Dennis Burton - Nostalgic Memories collection - Moment
Graphic 45 - Journalling Through Time collection - Golden Rod Pattern & Solid Sheet
49 and Market Colourswatch Tickets, 12" lace ribbon

From my own stash, I have used:
Cream velvet ricrac trim 
Skeleton leaves 
Paper flowers and leaves
Key embellishments 
3D foam pads
Domed resin alphabet stickers
Alpha stickers

Charles Kiff was the husband of my Great Aunt Florence 
Charles was born on 27th August 1898 in Lambeth, his parents were Thomas George Kiff (1859 -1936) & Irene Leonora Eaton (1869 – 1956)

Charlie married Florence Dorothy Holder (1894 – 1962) in Bromley in 1921. After Florences death her married Marietta Wheatley (1908 – 1982) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 31st August 1963

Charlie and Florrie had one child - Vera Enid Kiff (1922 – 2021), and three grandchildren - Patricia, Doreen & Sheila.

Char;es had seven siblings - Frank, May, Alice, Leonard, Thomas George, Irene Leonora & Dorothy Amy.

Charlie died on 28th June 1995in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the age of 97.

Charlie and Florrie emigrated to Canada, setting sail from Southampton to Quebec on 20th July 1926. The sailed on the 'Antonia' - Cunard Line

The photo in this layout shows George and Irene with Charles, Leonard, Irene, Thomas and Dorothy C1907

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

Wish You Were Here!

Here is the layout I designed for the January Papermaze Crop. It features our niece's triplets, when they visited us last summer and we spent a day at Southwold.

 

I used:
Doodlebug Designs Inc. – Cake & Ice Cream collection – Fun-fetti
Prima Marketing – All About Me collection – Love the Rain
Vicki Boutin – Storyteller - Bohemian
Crate Paper – Confetti collection – Centrepiece
Smooth White Bazzill
Blue Star Bazzill
blue ric-rac braid
dew drops
Distress Oxide Inks
Vicki Boutin Stencils
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Alpha Dies

Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Sand Between Your Toes

Peartree Cutfiles - July Online Crop - Challenge #2 - Just Add Water. The challenge is to scrap about water. So this layout shows my three children playing on the beach on the Isles of Scilly on holiday back in 2000.

 

I used:
Maja Design papers
Bazzill Basics Cardstock
Embroidered embellishment - Anchor
Ric - Rac Braid
Diasy D's letter stickers
Sand Between Your Toes and Banner Cutfiles

 

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Gift Boxed

Back today with a sixth layout made with the seasonal December Papermaze Kit.  It's amazing value to have been able to make six layouts from one Kit.

We received a box of gifts from our friends for the children's first Christmas, once unpacked, they had fun playing inside the box.

From the Kit I used:
Simple Stories - Make It Merry collection - Holliest & Jolliest, Wonder & Joy and Merry, Merry, Merry
Simple Stories - Holly Days collection - No Peeking!
American Crafts - Vicki Boutin - Warm Wishes collection - Holly Jolly
Echo Park - Jingle All The Way collection - 6 x 4 Journalling Cards
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - White, Red Devil, & Hillary
Reverse side of papers:
12" holiday twine
strip gold & silver gems

From my own stash I used:

metallic red ric-rac
green bobble trim
beaded white trim
Sizzix Stitched Circles Thinlits die set
Uni-ball Signo Broad white pen. 

 

 

 

That's all for the December Kit. Back with the January kit very soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

I.O.S.

Challenge #22 in the DAF July cyber crop is Natalie's favourites. The idea being to use the sketch for inspiration and at least one of her favourites - which are:
1. Black or white background
2. Embellishments
3. Navy Blue
4. Hand Sewing
5. The Beach
6. Family
... and of course a DAF flair

I used a photo of my three on Old Town Beach, St. Marys, Isle of Scilly

The Sketch which I flipped:

I used:
1. Black or white background - White Bazzill
2. Embellishments - Embroidered fabric trim, Ric-rac
3. Navy Blue - Title, ric-rac, Paper
4. Hand Sewing - red stitches holding ric-rac in place
5. The Beach - Photo of children on beach
6. Family - Children in photo
... and of course a DAF flair x 2

Papers are from Maja Design - Life By The Sea collection and Mintay - Marina collection
Distress Oxide Inks

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Welcome To Our Wedding

My second post using the very pretty March kit from Papermaze is on the Papermmaze blog today. Both of my layouts feature photos from my daughter's wedding. Here is the first of them - and it features the three pallets I decorated for my daughter's wedding, welcoming and giving the day's information to our guests.

 Please see the Papermaze blog for full details.

From the kit I used:
Simple Stories - Winter Cottage collection - All is Calm
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Rain Forest

From my stash I used:
glittery white zic-rac
glittery white foam alpha stickers.

Thats all for today, back soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Merry and Bright

I have two layouts over on the Papermaze Blog using the December Kit today. Here is the first one of them. For full details please see the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog.

I found this colour slide picture of my sister by the Christmas tree with new Pinky and Perky toys - Christmas 1964. Brought back memories of our childhood home and Christmases.

From the kit I used:
Photo Play - Christmas Cheer collection - Silent Night
Simple Stories - Winter Cottage collection - Season of Wonder
Ruby Slipper & Fig Swirl Bazzill
Washi Tape

From my Stash I used:
Silver embroidery thread
MDF bauble
acrylic paints
Glossy Accents
silver ric-rac
silver ribbon
silver bells
3D foam tape
Sizzix Thinlits - Shadow Script Christmas die set.
Cricut
Distress Ink

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

I Love Paris

This layout is for the Facebook group For The Love Of Pretty Paper (UK Scrapbooking Groupo - FTLOPP. The Be Colourful Challenge - week 3 was to use Yummy Yellow, the bonus prompt is to use yellow circles.

 

I chose to use this photo of the girls in their first dance show in 1998.

For the layout I used lots of old stash!

Kaisercraft Golden Grove collection papers
Bazzill Basics Cardstock
Martha Stewart frond punch
Pearls
Gold glitter alphabet stickers
Ribbon and ric-rac
Maisy Mo Designs suede flowers
Sizzix tag die

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Uncle Peter

This is my layout made at the October 2019 Papermaze Crop - I have only just added the final details! I'm having a New Year effort at finishing off and /or blogging some of the things I have made in recent months. This layout was designed by Vanessa.

I used this recently acquired photo of my Uncle Peter when he was a young man. This lovely masculine design was ideal to create a tribute to this lovely man who died a few weeks short of his 90th birthday in 2018.

The papers are from Fabscraps Fantasy Flight and Simple Stories Autumn Splendor. The kit contained corrugated kraft card, ric-rac, and a paper flower.  A Tim Holtz Layering Stencil, Forest Moss Distress Stain and Vintage Photo Distress Ink were available to use at the crop. I added Stickles to the butterfly wings and journalling to a spare piece of patterned paper. I fussy cut the bee from the spare paper too.

For my title I used the revers side of some of the scrap paper and the Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz XL alphabet die - Wonderland. I also used some tiny letter stickers from my stash.

Peter Charles Holder 1928 - 2018

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Homework

Continuing on the theme of Papermaze crop kit layouts, and catching up, here is my page for June. It shows Andrew in his early days at Dartford Grammar School, working away in his bedroom on his homework.

 

This was the first time I had tried using Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders, there are three colours used here together with spritzed water through a layering stencil. In fact I used the stencil as a stamp in places.
Pixie Powder is a dry mica pearl powder and dye mix and creating a colourful shimmer effects on any porous surface.
The patterned papers are from American Crafts, Simple Stories and Crate Paper.
All worked on a base of Bazzill White.

Finished off with ric-rac, twine, flowers, washi tape and chipboard butterflies. 

Here is Vanessa's original layout - thanks for the inspiration:

Back with June's project soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Esme's Tree

I loved this photograph my friend Amy took and added to Facebook. It is her daughter Esme by the tree back in December. After completing my 'Christmas Eve' layout, I had some of my December Papermaze crop kit left over.  Together with some Bo Bunny papers and other embellishments I created a new layout. Lots of gloss and glitter added which doesn't show will in the photo.

I used:
Scalloped circle template - Technique Tuesday
Patterned papers - Bo Bunny and Simple Stories
Stickers - Simple Stories
Cradstock - Bazzill
Alphabet Stickers - American Crafts Thickers
Cricut - Create a Critter, Lacy Lables and Simply Charmed cartridges
Ribbon and ric-rac
Gems
Glossy Accents, Stickles and Chalk Inks

Thanks for looking
Lynn x