Victorian Day

This layout is about my son dressed for Victorian Day at his primary school. He decided to dress up as John Callcott Horsley, who designed the first Christmas card in 1843. This is one of my two design team layouts being shared on the Papermaze Blog today - using the December kit. The kit is now available in the shop, with its traditional colour pallet. 

 

For details of how the layout was made, please see the Scrap Paper Scissors blog.

To make this layout, I chose the following items from the kit:
Mintay Papers - Holly Jolly collection - #02
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Believe collection - Holiday Traditions
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Christmas Lodge Foam Stickers

Bazzill Basics - Coconut Swirl, Grenadine, Parakeet, Aspen and Parakeet 

From my own stash, I chose:
Distress Oxide Inks
TH Layering Stencil (Ornate THS076) 
Distress Mica Spray Stain Harvest Moon and Tart Cranberry 
Stampers Anonymous Cosy Christmas set CMS444 
Versafine Black Ink Pad
3D Foam Pads
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits 'Holiday Greens' die set
49 and Market - Evergreen Season Chipboard Words

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

Mary Roberts Banks

Today I have the last of my layouts using the November Papermaze Kit to share.

A heritage layout using a photo I was given recently showing one of my father's ancestors. I have added all the details I discovered about Mary, to the back of the layout.

Please see the Papermaze Blog for full details of the layout.

From the kit I used:
49 and Market - Birdsong collection - Songs of Hope
49 and Market - Vintage Orchard collection - Woodgrained
Mintay - In My Craftroom collection - #05
jute twine
Bazzill Basics Cardstock Bark

From my stash, I used:
Stampers Anonymous Entomology stamp set
Coffee Archival Ink
49 and Market Krafty Garden Acetate Assortment 
49 and Market Krafty Garden Laser Cut Outs
49 and Market ticket
Lime green jute mesh
Windsor Alphabet set from Tonic Studio
Sizzix Alphanumeric Tiny Type Thinlits set

That's all for the November kit, I'll be back with the December Kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Do You Remember The Dresses?

One of the summer challenges on the Twilight Crafts Facebook group - #9 To use stamps and more than one photo.

These photos show my parents, my gran, my brother, sister and me all the the back garden of our family home posing with the sunflowers. I remember these dresses so well. They were red and white - the skirt was a geometric print, the top was broderie anglaise and the belt was was a wide bad of red fabric, with eyelets and laced together at the front with white ribbon. 

 

I used:
49 and Market - Spectrum Sherbet - Solids Lemon & Classics Lemonade
49 and Market Vintage Bits - Sunbeam
Stampers Anonymous - Flower Garden
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup - Beetle Black & Bumblebee

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Life is Good

The first two layouts I have made with the new June Papermaze Kit are availabel to see on the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog today. Please take a look there for full details of howthe layouts were made. Please find the kit in the store or online. The very pretty colours in this month's selection, include two sheets of the beautiful Spectrum Sherbet collection. I have used both for my first pair of layouts.  The only problem is which side of these wonderful double-sided papers to choose! Here is my first layout:

This photo shows my daughter and some of her old university friends at a wedding, they all turned up in long dresses, in solid colours, without any planning!

From the Kit I used:
49 & Market - Spectrum Sherbet - Classics - Splendored
Pinkfresh Studio - Happy Hearts - Beautiful Moments
Tim Holtz Quote Chip
Sun Chaser Colourful Phrase Thickers

From my stash I used:

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Flower Garden stamp set
grey archival quality ink pad
Distress inks
flower stamen
3D foam pads

 

I'll be back with my second layout tomorrow.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Ferrisa

This is my first layout using the versatile September Papermaze Kit - with a mix of papers and embellishments in soft neutral colours.

I have created four layouts, two of which are heritage. For full details of the layout please see the Papermaze Blog.

Ferrisa Banks - (1850 - 1934)
Ferrisa was born on 3rd December 1850 St. Pancreas London.
Emigrated to Canada
She married Charles James Brown (City Clerk) in 1878 in Manitoba
They had 10 children, three of these children died by drowning on 11th August 1909, aged 12, 15 and 19 years (details on incident as yet unknown to me). The lost another daughter at the age of 15 years, a son at the age of 12 and another daughter at 19 years (Again, as yet I don't know the reason they died.)
Ferrisa died in Winnipeg on 12th January 1934

From the kit I used:
Prima Marketing - Nature Lover collection - In Flight
Simple Stories - Happily Ever After - We Do!
Bazzill - Powder Blue and Dusk
Stamperia chipboard phrases
P13 film card

From my stash I used:
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Martha Stewart border punch
Lace
Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Entomology stampTim
clock face from Tando Creative
Clear embossing ink
Stampendous Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel
Archival Ink Pad - Potting Soil.
pale blue seam binding ribbon
Flower Buds chipboard Dusty Attic
Gesso
Walnut Stain and Antique Linen Distress Paints
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Filmstrip ribbon
Nuvo Glitter Drops

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

Norfolk Lavender - October Papermaze Crop

Here is the layout I designed for the October Papermaze Crop last weekend. For details of the crops please see the shop site.

The photo was taken at Norfolk Lavender back in 1995 when the children were three years old, and we spent several holidays on the North Norfolk coast.

For this layout I selected papers from Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Botanicals collection.
I used Distress Oxide Ink pads, an old gardening book from a secondhand book shop,
Stamper’s Anonymous stamp sets - Flower Garden & Nature Walk and jute twine. 

I had fun making this layout, and seeing others make their version of the design. It was another successful crop day at Otley Village Hall.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Wedding Crafts - Part 1

Last weekend was my daughter Catherine's wedding to George. In this post I want to share with you the table decorations I made for them. I had an idea to use artists mannequins as place settings, from there the idea developed. My dear father passed away in 2017 and as he was a talented artist this was intended as a fitting tribute to him.

  In the end we decorated 13 12" mannequins and just over 100 mini figures! 

Catherine and George have been going out together for over 12 years and so chose the years as the numbers for their wedding reception tables, ranging from 2007 for the top table to 2018. I made half the table number figures male guests and the other half female. For the top table I made a bride and groom, putting the bride in the grooms arms.

Then for the place settings I decorated a mini figure for each guest. Each figure was painted, pink tops and pink or silver shoes for the ladies. White shirts, grey trousers and black shoes for the men. The groom had a waistcoat as well. The wedding party all had tiny roses as buttonholes.

Top Table 2007

Then for the ladies, my other daughter Emily and I created crochet hat and ribbon fascinators. I stitched skirts for each lady too. Lots of ribbon belts were made to finish off the skirts. The younger girls had shorter shirts made from wide ribbon. 

2008

The bridesmaids had long skirts and bouquets, the flower girls had crowns of flowers and shorter skirts. 

Bride and bridesmaids

 Catherine's Godmother Hilary's figure, was dressed as the fairy godmother she has been to her.

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014 with Jake the birthday boy

2015

2016

2017

2018 & baby came too

Emily and I spent some time posing the figures in different groups as a wedding photographer would do and made an album for Catherine and George.

I made another dancing couple for the cake.

The Cooper family

I'm waiting for the official photos, but in the meantime here is a couple from the table.

Edited - to add a few more photos I have been sent since this blog post was published.

I'll be back with more wedding crafts soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x