2025 - A year in the Life of Florence

This is my layout for the Peartree Cutfile March Colour Challenge. The colour this month is pink.
I used the Calendar cutfile to make this page to front the 2024 layouts for Florence's scrapbook. 



For this layout I did some stash busting, and went into my box of Basic Grey collections. 
I used:
Basic Grey - Out Of Print collection - papers and alphabet stickers
Bazzill - Cream PuffStar stencil
Distress Inks
Star gems

While I was, making the above layout, I decided to make another for the first page of the album, as Florence was born in May, I just needed to trim off the first row (4 months).

For this layout I used:
49 and Market - Spectrum Sherbet Foundation Rainbows paper
Cricut
Scraps from the first layout
Bazzill - pink and blue scraps
Autumn Leaves rubons - dates years months
Distress Stains

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Badsell Farm Park

Yesterday my first two layouts created using the March Papermaze Kit were published on the Papermaze Blog. Here is the second of those farm themed ayouts, with a photo of my son on and old tractor, taken on a day out at the Badsell Farm Park, Paddock Wood. 

Please check out the Papermake blog for full instructions for making the layout. 

From the kit, I used the following items:
49 and Market - Whispering Way collection -  Sunshine Days

From my own stash, I used:
Brushed Corduroy & Aged Mahogany Distress Paint
Texture Paste
Stencil (TCW259S)
Sizzix BIGZ XL die (Block Tall Capital)
Greyboard
49 and Market Laser Cut elements (Krafty Garden and Whispering Way)
49 and Market Vintage Bits Essential Tickets - Sunbeam
Alphabet Rub-ons
 

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

Happy Moments

I'm over on the Scrap, Paper, Scissors blog today, sharing the DT layouts I have made with the January Papermaze kit. The lovely colours in this kit lend themselves beautifully to winter and Christmas layouts. 

Happy Moments - A moment in time captured by my daughter, of her daughter playing.



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

From the kit, I used the following items:
Mintay Papers - Cottage Heart - #06
Echo Park - Snow Day - Cozy Plaid 

From my stash, I used:
Heart Template
Cricut
Cutfile
Pearls and gems
49 and Market Vintage Artistry - Serenity Rub-ons and the Rub-ons Transfer sets

That's all for today, back with more from this kit soon.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

It's A Girl Thing!

today I have a new post on the Papermaze Blog, featuring the summery August kit. It is available to buy from the store and online. Here is the first of the layouts in that post, the photos here show four generations of females in our family. 



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

From the kit, I used:
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Fussy, Aqua, Granny Smith, Tangelo, Pollen and Coconut Swirl 
Echo Park - Have a Great Summer collection - Best Life Butterflies
Doodlebug Designs - Butterfly Kisses collection - Garden Party
Lawn Fawn - Bitsy Blooms collection - Begonia
Doodlebug Designs cupcake doily

From my own stash, I used:
Distress Inks
White Cardstock
Doodlebug Designs Foam Stamps 'Simply Sweet' 
Black acrylic paint
Doodlebug Designs Rub-ons 'All Mixed Up' Large, Medium and Small Beetle Black
Doodlebug Designs Sew-Easy Rub-on Stitches
Bazzill Scraps
Leaf and flower dies

I'll be back with the last layout from this kit tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Cow Dung & Madder Roots

Here is my layout for Paige Evans' SKETCH OF THE WEEK - 18th March 2024 challenge. The sketch is given on the facebook group page, along with a youtube video. You share your layout on the page, to be put in a random draw to win the challenge. There is also a downloadable file for cutting the petals.

I chose these photos of the Madder Roots Cows, in Shenstone Park, in Crayford where I used to live. The park is opposite the site of the now disused David Evans Silk Works. Cow dung and madder roots were used for dying the silk. The roots giving the orange colour and the dung helping to set the dye.

 

I used:
Basic Grey - Hopscotch collection papers, alphabet stickers and element stickers
Basic Grey - Wholy Cow Rub-ons
Black marker pen
Distress Inks
Cricut

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Live A Colourful Life - Thorpness

Another layout to answer two challenges for National Scrapbooking Day:
Peartree Cutfiles challenge #10 Paint or Ink
Scrap A Sketch challenge #01 (see sketch image below)
This photo was taken on a day out to Thorpeness, taken at the boating lake.

 

I used:
Peartree Cutfile - It's A Colourful Life
Scrap A Sketch - Sketch
Vicki Boutin - Where To Next - Love It Here and other VB papers
Cream and Black Bazzill
Distress Paints
Doodlebug Designs - Rubon letters
Other letter stickers

 

Thanks for looking
Lynn

When You Taught Me How To Dance

Peartree Cutfile 2nd Birthday Challenge #14 - Letter Labels and Layers.
This layout shows my girls making up a dance to the song 'When You Taught Me How To Dance' in their bedroom at home. 

I used:
Rub-on's
Patterned papers - Bo Bunny
Sizzix Thinlits
Peartree Cutfile
Brads
Thickers

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Pumpkin Spice

This layout was created for the October Peartree Cutfiles Peardrop Crop - #4 Jessica's Tic Tac Toe. I chose to include patterned paper, cutfile and vellum.

I used a photo of Scarlett at Tulley's Farm, picking Pumpkins for this year's Halloween.

I used:
Cocoa Vanilla Studio - These Days collection - Family Ties & Day Break
Basic Grey Rub-on's - Autumn
Pumpkin Spice and all things Nice cutfile
Vellum - white, green and sparkly orange
Black Distress Ink

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Christmas Sail

A Sketch for inspiration from Lisa over on the Dotty About Flair July Challenge - This is Challenge #3. (sketch at end of post).

I used this photo of myself on Christmas when Alan and I joined a few others and went for a sail on the River Medway on Christmas morning. This tradition occured for several years during the 1980's.

 
I used:
A selection of patterned papers from Maja Designs and Mintay
Tinsel twine
Distress Inks
Basic Grey Wholy Cow Rubons - Christmas - silver
Tim Holtz - Sizzix Thinlits - Retre Merry Christmas
Sizzix BigzXL alphabet die
Dotty About Flair

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x