Easter Bunny

Today I have a post on the Papermaze Blog, with the last pair of layouts made with the pretty April Papermaze Kit. This is the first of the two, with photos taken only the day before making the page. My daughter and I set up an Easter egg hunt as a bit of fun for little 2-year-old Florence to find some colourful eggs in the garden. Catherine wore the bunny ears and got carried away with some selfies!

Please pop over to the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog for full details of this layout. 

Here is a list of the items I chose from the kit:

Uniquely Creative - Ultra Violet Delight collection - Layers in Lilac
Uniquely Creative - Bohemian Escape collection - Lazy Afternoon
49 and Market - Plume & Petal collection - Bliss
Foam Stickers Dreamer
Little Birdie Butterfly
Little Birdie Flowers
Simple & Basic Dots
P13 Word Stickers
Ribbon
Bazzill Basics Cardstock -  Velvet


To the above I added the following items from my own supplies:
Distress Ink
Martha Stewart Border Punch
White card
Spellbinders Say Cheese Classic Mouse - Die Set
Decorative pin 

That's all for today, back with the last layout tomorrow. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Our Dear Reindeer!

This is the last layout I have made with the Papermaze December kit. It shows our granddaughter last Christmas sporting a set of reindeer antlers, and enjoying a spear of asparagus. this Christmas themed kit is full of traditional colours, papers, Bazzill cardstock and a selection of embellishments.

To create this layout, I used the following items from the kit:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Believe collection - Holiday Traditions & Tag Elements
Simple Stories - All Wrapped Up collection - Magical Season
Graphic 45 - Deck the Halls collection - A Little Sparkle
Mintay Chippies - Xmas Wreath
Bazzill Basics -  Grenadine & Cinnamon Stick

I added the following items from my own stash:
Kraft Bazzill

Barn Door  and Picket Fence Distress Ink 
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Sparkle
Distress Paints - Lumberjack Plaid, Peeled Paint & Shabby Shutters
Glossy Accents 
Decorative Pins
3D foam pads
Simple Stories Vintage Christmas Lodge Farm Foam Stickers

That's all from the December kit. I'll be back with a new wintery kit for January in a few weeks' time.
Thanks for looking,
Lynn x

Wat3Words Easter Egg Hunt

Here is another of my layouts using the April Papermaze kit. 'What3words East Egg Hunt' - Photos of my children and their partners when they visited here last Easter. I organised an egg hunt with what3words locations as clues to find the goodies. I made it a little trickier by making some words into anagrams.

For details on making the kit please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors blog.

From the kit I used:
American Crafts - Paige Evans - Blooming wild collection - #20
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Life in Bloom collection - Shine Bright
chipboard and die cut embellishments
Pearls
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold, Silver Sage, Pink Icing, Lilac Swirl, Rain & Bazzill White

From my stash I used:
Distress Oxide Ink
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits die set - Framed Tags
Divine Twine
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits die sets - Alphanumeric Bold and Label

Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits die set - Papercut Chicks
decorative pins
 

 

Finally, I scattered the pearls from the kit around the layout on the inked areas.

That's all for this kit, back soon with layouts from the May kit.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Shore Thing

My first post with the autumnal September Papermaze Kit is up on the Scrap Paper Scissors blog today. This kit is a selection of six patterned papers, two sheets of Bazzill and a selection of embellishments. There is the extra option of four sheets of Bazzill perfectly matched to go with the papers.

This is the first of my layouts for this month, a winter walk on the sea front at Pakefield, admiring all the pretty beach huts. 

 

From the kit I used:

P13 - Hello Autumn - #03
Bazzill Basics - Mauve Ice, Berrylicious & Juneberry
Rosie's Studio Puffy Alpha Stickers
sheet of printed phrases
5 paper flowers
chipboard index tab

From my stash I used:
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Colourize Woodgrain die set
Pink brads
3D foam tape
Raspberry Divine Twine
Woodware Mini Clothes Pegs
Worn Lipstick Distress Paint
rub-ons
2 decorative pins
2 wooden houses
ek Success Scribble Alpha Stickers
VB Story Teller phrase sticker

 

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

Changing Rooms

Over on the facebook group - FTLOPP - challenge #2 for the Journey of Change is to document Changing Rooms. So I decided to scrap photos of the changes we made to our living room. We moved into this house in 2018 and brought some old sofas and curtains to use until we got a chance to replace and decorate. Early 2021 finally saw these changes. It took some time to redecorate as there as four doors and two windows, and all the paintwork was badly painted before. The beams had paint slopped on them from previously and there were plenty of crackes in the plaster surrounding them. Once redecorated the room we had a wait for the sofas and I made new curtains.

I used:
My Mind's Eye - On the Bright Side collection
Making Memories - Die Cut Scallop Flower Patch
Echo Park - So Lovely stickers
Decorative pins & safety pin
Metal flowers

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Louisa Mary

My layout designed for the January Papermaze Crop.

Using old dressmaking paper, doily, patterned paper, twine, ribbon, Sizzix dies, Distress inks, fabric, buttons, gold thread, and a decorative pin.

Louisa Mary Banks

My 3^rd Cousin 3 x removed

Born January 1853, St. Pancreas London to Alfred Joseph Humbley Banks (1828 – 1866) and Louisa Andrew Ferris (1824 -)Six siblings -  Montigue (1849 - 1901), Ferrisa (1851 -), Edgan (1856–),  Florence Pigott  (1857–1919), Gerald Lay (1860–1907) and Eliza Ada Littler Banks(1867–1895)

Married Richard Solomon Medlicott (1838–1911) on 9^th  March 1882  at  St John the Evangelist, East DulwichBirth of Son Alfred Richard  1891 in Berrima, New South Wales
Died 1^st October 1927, Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Together We Are Family

I really like these chalk board effect papers by My Mind's Eye - Chalk Studio II collection. Great colours against the black and white.

The photograph was taken by my father when the triplets were about 7 months old. We dressed them up in their Christening clothes a few days before the event for  photo shoot. Rare to have a photo of all five of us together:

I used:

Inspiration from Wendy Partridge on Srapbook.com

Patterend papers and stickers - My Mind's Eye - Chalk Studio II collection

Seam binding ribbon

Doily

Black Distress Ink

Buttons

DMC Thread

White cardstock - Bazzill

Liquid Pearls

Decorative Pins

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Baby Shower Card for Helen

My hairdresser Helen finished work recently to begin maternity leave. I made her a card using this lovely stamp from Stamping Bella.

Stamp - Brynn has a baby, Uptown Girl by Stamping Bella (thanks for the loan - Linda)

Greetings stamp - Craftwork Cards

Cardstock - Bazzill

Letters - Sizzix

Markers - Copics

Glossy Accents

Stickles

Ribbon

Decorative pins

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Flat -backed Pearls

Wishing you good luck Helen

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

The Dodd Sisters

Over on Scrapology this month we are inviting you to join us in scraplifting the talented, Australian scrapper Melinda Spinks . We have called the challenge 'S is for Squares'.

Here is my layout:

The photo shows my cousins in New Zealand back in 1958. Kathleen Mary age 8, Susan Elizabeth age 6 and Glenda Raewyn at 2 years of age. This photo was a Christmas portrait.

I used:

Patterned papers - Kaisercraft - Rustic Harmony

A selection of flowers and embellishments from various Papermaze kits purchased over the last few years:

Badge buttons

Twine

Dew Drops - clear

Decorative Pins

Chalk Inks

Rubons - Basic Grey & Making Memories

Embossing folders

Kraft Cardstock - Bazzill

I cut the patterned papers and cardstock into 5cm squares and embossed some of them, before inking the edges and arranging them on the background paper. The photo has four layers to the mount.

I had lots of rubons in my collection to choose from, I had just sorted them all out as I won a Sticker storage system in a crop raffle at Cardinal Colours last month. I find some makes of rub-ons are much better than others, the two I used above are easy to use and give great results. Although I love most of the Kaisercraft products I find some of their rub-ons impossible to 'run on'! Please comment with your experiences using various makes of  rub-ons, would love to hear what you have discovered.

Here is the original layout and the sketch:

Do pop over to Scrapology and take a look at the details of the challenge.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

52 Card Challenge & Christmas Cracker 2014 - Week 40 - Say What?!

We have a photo prompt challenge this week. Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

This week's prompt is called "Say what?!" {Pinterest pin}

The focus is on words and making your greeting or sentiment stand out in some way - I used my Cricut Explore and the Word Collage cartridge. With the drawing facility I created my background papers. 

Here is my first card:

I used a fine pen and the stitching related words together with Basic Grey's Lucille collection of papers and embellishment stickers. I added lace, seam binding ribbon, buttons and pins.

Then onto my Christmas card using the same Cricut cartridge.

I used a thicker metallic pen in the Cricut this time. I added organza ribbon and some glittered chipboard pieces I have had in my stash for years!

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Freebies - Birthday Card for Sister

I made another DT card for the Scrapology Freebies Challenge, This time I used a Square Pyrimage given away with Creative Cardmaking in Issue 38. I also used papers from the same magazine. These items were promoting Crafter's Companion - Popcorn's Pals papers and die cuts. I'm not really very fond of Pyrimage but thought I would give it a go for this challenge.

My sister is mad about cats and it was her birthday a few days ago, so I made this for her.

I added:
Card Blank & 3D Foam Pads - Craft Creations
Letter Stickers - Simple Stories
Decorative Pins
Gems
Punch Around the Page Punches - Martha Stewart
Button
Ribbon
Distress Ink

Thanks for looking and I hope you had a very good birthday Sylvie.
Please see details of the challenge on the Scrapology Blog.
Lynn xxx

Freebies for Easter - Cotton Candy

I made this selection of Easter cards using the free papers from Simply Homemade Magazine Issue 3. They were from the Cotton Candy Kisses collection by NitWit.  I made six cards and still have enough left for a few more. I have quite a collection of free papers and magazines stored away, but the reason I used these was for my contribution to the design team gallery on Scrapology for April.
The challenge is to use freebies from magazines to make a card.

I added:
Buttons
Twine
Stamps by Lili of the Valley & Paper Artsy Jofy
Distress Inks
Gems and Pearls
Punches - Martha Stewart, Woodware and Stampin' Up
Ribbons

Here are the cards again:

Thanks for looking and please take a look over on Scrapology for details of the challenge.

Lynn x