Christmas Cards - Poinsettias

I have made two sets of Christmas cards for 2026, the first of these is a set of sixteen cards, 5" x 7", with layered poinsettia flowers. 

I cut watercolour paper to 4.5" x 6.5", then I used Distress Ink to apply a pattern through various Tim Holtz Layering Stencils. Next I added a selection of Distress Oxide Inks to the craft mat, sprayed with water and dipped the through the ink until I was happy with the distribution of colour. This was left to dry. 

Once dry, the watercolour paper was placed over metallic card to make a mount - 4.75" x 6.75". This was applied to the 5" x 7" card blank.

With Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Vault Seasonal Sketch Die Set, I cut the flowers and leaves in layers, I used metallic card for the top open layers, and vellum for the lower layer. 

I used pearls, dew drops, sequins and/or gems to embellish the cards and the flower centres. 

For the greeting I used another Tim Holtz Sizzix die set - Home for the Holidays. 

That's all for today, back with the second set of Christmas cards soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Wicked Witch of the West

I'm on the Papermaze Blog today, with my last layout using the Graphic 45 BOOtiful Greetings collection. This time I have scrapped this photo of my daughter as the Wicket Witch of the West in her year six production of The Wizard of Oz.

Please see the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog for full Details.

I used: 
Graphic 45 BOOtiful Greetings collection -  Pumpkin Layout & The Ephemera Pack.
Bazzill Basics - Raven, Bazzill White, Butter Mints & Tangelo 
Black Soot Distress Ink
Purple Washi Tape
Orange metallic tape 
Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Handmade
Nuvo Glitter Drops - Honey Gold

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

Birthday Cards - Tim Holtz Mixed Media

Here is a small collection of cards I made using Tim Holtz products. It's amazing how different they all turned out, the beauty of the randomness of mixed media.

Items used for these cards:
Watercolour paper
Distress Mica Stain - Hocus Pocus
Distress Oxide Inks - Dusty Concord, Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves, Villainous Potion, Wilted Violet & Shaded Lilac
Distress Ink - Villainous Potion
Distress Paint - Picket Fence
Versafine Ink Pad - Black Onyx
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Dies - Detailed Butterflies, Festive Greens and Stacked Tiles - Hexagons
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Pen nibs
Vellum
6" x 6" white card blanks & envelopes
Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Stamp Sets - Papillon & Simple Sayings

Thanks for looking, back with more soon.
Lynn x

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

If you pop over to the Papermaze Blog, you will see two layouts I published yesterday. Here is the second one of the pages I 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. 

Here is my granddaughter, all dressed up and visiting her other grandparents for Sunday lunch.

Full details are on the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog

The items I used:
49 and Market - Glimmer and Glee collection - Cheers, Toast & Laser Cut Elements 
Distress Ink - Faded Jeans
3D Foam Pads
Sizzix Tim Holtz Alphanumeric dies 'Tiny Type - upper and lower case
Cricut

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