I'm Gonna Learn How To Fly

Here is the last layout made using the Papermaze Kit for May. This time I chose the travel themed paper. These photos were taken when we celebrated my father's 70th birthday with a Tiger Moth flight. After the flight, the grandchildren were allowed to sit in the cockpit for a photo.

You will find details of how the layout was made, by following the link to the Papermaze Blog.

From the kit, I used:

Echo Park - Born to Travel - Postcard
Woodware junk Label Stamps
Dress It Up red hearts
Rosie's Studio Bayfair Sentiments Ephemera
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Admiral & Wildberry Pie

From my stash, I used:
Tim Holtz, Thinlits, Sizzix die sets - Vault World Travel, Vault Noteworthy & The Destination
Red, white and blue twine
Black Archival Ink
Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink

That's all for today, I will be back with the June kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Joy

I'm on the Papermaze Blog today, with my second pair of design team layouts, using the festive December Papermaze Kit. This year's Christmas kit includes a mix of traditional and contemporary and designs.

Here is the first of the two layouts - Joy - Scarlett visiting the Garden Center just before Christmas last year.

Please see the full details for the kit and how the layout was made on the Blog.

From the kit I used:
Paige Evans - Sugarplum Wishes collection - #2
Bazzill Basics: Coconut Swirl & Bazzill Red
3 Rosie's Studio vellum star diecuts
Woodware Postmark stamp

From my stash I used:
49 & Market - Gabi's Line Stitch stamp
Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink
Distress Oxide Spray Ink in Lumberjack Plaid and Peeled Paint
Sizzix Thinlits sets from Tim Holtz - Big Tidings and Santa Greetings
green glitter card
gold metallic card
scraps of cardstock
star shaped gems 
old stickers from my stash
 

Back with another layout tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Lovely

My second pair of layouts made with the Papermaze January kit are available to view on the Papermaze blog today. The first of these shows a photo of Liquorice when she first came to live with us, so about 10 weeks old here.

From the kit I used:
American Crafts - Vicki Boutin - Print Shoppe collection - Floral Display
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Capers & Aqua
Woodware clear stamp
strip heart pearls
Dusty Attic chipboard trim
Type print phrases

From my stash I used:
Distress paint
Distress Ink
Memento Dye Ink pad in Tuxedo Black
Vicki Boutin's Story Teller collection Thickers set

That's all for today, back with my second page tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Mark's Mural - Mr Men

Here is my answer to this months Colour, Stories, Inspiration (CSI) Cold Case No. 338.
To go with the 'scene' colour scheme, I chose this photo of my nephew in 1987. I painted this Mr Men mural on his bedroom wall for him.

See the list of clues for this challenge below.
I managed to achieve the following:
* Older papers that match some of the colours in the scene - Echo Park Country Drive and Farm Girl collections
*Older Papers with stripes
*Use older kitchen or home themed elements - Spoon charms to reflect the boy eating on the mural.
* Use older metal items - Spoons
* Use paint that you havent used in a while - old acrylic paints to add colour to the tips of the brushes
* Use old stickers - from the Echo Park Farm Girl collection and
Basic Grey letter stickers
* Use a stamp you havent used before - Woodware Art Easel set for the paint brush

That'a all for today, thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Distress Oxide Ink Blending Combos - Week 1

I have seen and been impressed by a few people sharing their results from this project, so followed their links to Kristina Werner's blog to find out more about it. You will find details and a video there to inspire. I decided to join in the fun, making the four colour combos for this week. 

I plan to make my samples into cards so have made them big enough to do this. I have treated them all with different techniques. I used Distress Oxide Inks, Mini Round Blending Tools and foam pads all purchased from Papermaze. I purchased the Neenah Classic Crest Solar White from Crafter's Companion.

Oxide Combo 1 - Scattered Straw, Worn Lipstick & Festive Berries

The blended card was cut with a Sizzix stacked Postage Thinlits die and the balloons were cut with dies from Crafter's Companion. The greeting stamps is from Woodware.

I used an Echo Park stencil and a baby wipe to lift colour off the card after blending.

Oxide Combo 2 - Dried Marigold, Ripe Persimmon & Fired Brick

I treated this blended card with a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil and some Translucent Texture Paste. It was cut with a Sizzix Stacked Deckle die. The greeting is an Avery Elle stamp.

Oxide Combo 3 - Tattered Rose, Abandoned Coral & Seedless Preserves

Before Blending I used a Woodware stamp and Versamark Ink with White embossing powder.
I lifted ink from inside the stamped image with a brush and water.

Oxide Combo 4 - Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry & Wilted Violet

Once blended I stamped with Versamark and black embossing powder, using another Woodware stamp. The greeting stamp is from Avery Elle. Trimmed with a Sizzix stitched stacked die.

Looking forward to next week's colour combinations.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Atrists at Work

Here is my final layout using the bright, summery August Papermaze Kit. The full details are on the Papermase Blog.

This layout is called 'Artists at Work', and features my three children on the patio in our garden painting at the easels. They were about 2 years old.

I used the Woodware stamps from the kit, with inks and sprays.

The great thing is there is still plenty of kit left for a few cards. Great value for money as the kit is only £10.00 and the additional cardstock is £1.75. Four layouts and some cards or part of another layout.

Back with a new kit for September later in the month. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Relax - Papermaze August Kit

My second layout using the kit from Papermaze for the month of August is called 'Relax'. I selected the blues and greens from the bright, summery colours of this kit for this layout.  The layout features two photographs of my son, some years ago enjoying the hammock we set up in the garden between the trees.

The August Kit

... And here is the Pagemap sketch I chose to work from.

I chose waterfall Bazzill as the base for this layout. I cut a strip of Tidepool which I then cut in half diagonally. These pieces were randomly stamped with the Woodware circle stamps and placed either side of the layout and trimmed with pale blue ric-rac from my stash. 

Using the Tidepool paper again, but with the wording side uppermost, I cut a pieceto place placed in the centre of the page. Then I trimmed a piece from the stripe side of Life is Good paper, selecting the blue and green area, I shaped this into a banner at the bottom. 

With one of the Amy Tangerine Resist Watercolour Tags supplied, I created an ombre effect by blending several shades of distress ink across the length of the tag. Then I tied a scrap of jute twine to the tag.

Finally I used two leaf dies from a Sizzix Thinlits set called Intricate Native Florals and with some white scrap card I made three clusters of three leaves.

Back with more early next month. with two more layouts from this kit.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Birthday Bookworm for Emily

Happy birthday Emily!

I made this card for Emily using a My Scrap Chick SVG file, and a combination of Graphic 45 - Rare Oddities papers and Bazzill cardstock. I used a Lili of the Valley stamp for the greeting and that is layered up using circle punches.

I loved the fact that the papers had a library print and the book titles and other images in this collection Emily's sort of thing!

Happy birthday Em.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Little Boxes!

Using up some scraps of patterned papers I thought I would try out the Sizzix milk carton die I purchased a long time ago and have not made use of yet. 

These little boxes would make great place markers for the dinner table.

I also used Stampin' Up and Woodware circle punches 

Papers are Sugar Plum by Doodlebug Design Inc.

The alphabet die is from Die-namics

Thanks For looking
Lynn x

Rosie's Rainbow

I have a few hours to myself this afternoon and had just seen these photos of my cousin's daughter Rosie, so decided to make a layout with some Doodlebug Designs Inc. products  ideal for rainbows.

Rosie went to Build a Bear yesterday and helped make her own bear - 'Rainbow'.

For the layout I used:

Cardstock - Bazzill

Patterned papers - Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Springtime Collection - Bright and sunny & April showers

Scraps of patterned papers - Various collections by Doodlebug Designs

Gems - Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Mini Jewels 

Chipboard letters - Woodware Chippies - die cut chipboard alphabet

Cardstock heart trim - Bazzill Just The Edge strips

Acrylic Paints & Glossy Accents for painting the chipboard letters

Rub-ons - Stitches and letters  by Doodlebyg Designs Inc.

Teeny Type letter stickers- Doodlebug Designs Inc. - Poolside

Chalk Inks - Colorbox

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Me and My Girl

I have been sorting out and scanning some old photos and found this one of Catherine and me back in 1993. A quick simple layout using 2013 Page Map University sketch.

I used:

Page Map
Cricut - Storybook Cartridge & Tags, Bags, Boxes & More
Letter stickers - American Craft foam Thickers
Cardstock - Bazzill
Punches - Woodware
Element Stickers and papers - Basic Grey - Picadilly Collection
Buttons, gems and Twine
Sizzlets - Rosette die
Distress inks


Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Happy Birthday Catherine!

Here is the card I made for Cath. This stamp from Quixotic Paperie appealed to me for her as she is mad about all things 'STRAWBERRY'!

Papers - Bo-Bunny, Doodlebug Designs
Cardstock - Bazzill
Stamps - Lili of the Valley & Berry Sweet by Tiddly Inks (from Quixotic Paperie)
Punches - Stampin' Up & Martha Stewart, Woodware
Markers - Copic
Letter dies - Sizzix Sizzlets
Inks - Memento & Distress Inks

Glossy Accents & Stickles

Happy Birthday for last week Cath.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you all.

Here are the cards I made for family and friends.

I used some papers I had in my stash, I think they are Echo Park.

Cardstock - Bazzill
Dies - Sizzix Sizzlets decorative strip - Tattered Florals

Pearls and Gems
Punches - Martha Stewart, Stampin' Up & Woodware
Stickles and Liquid Pearls

Ink - Distress Inks, Memento
Stamp - Lili of the Valley

Happy Easter
Thanks for looking

Lynn x