Happy 3rd Birthday Poppy

My second post using the 49 and Market's pretty pastel Glimmer & Glee collection, is on the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog today. The collection has water colour style images, which are great for documenting parties and birthdays. The palette is a clever mix of pretty corals, pinks, yellows, blues and greens. Here is the first layout using this collection and featuring a birthday, cake and a celebration.

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

I used:
49 and Market - Glimmer and Glee collection -  Celebrate, Toast & Laser Cut Elements
Yukon Gold Bazzill
Cricut
Mustard Seed Distress Ink
3D foam pads
Multicoloured pastel gems and sequins
 

 

That's all for today, back with one more layout from the Glimmer and Glee collection tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

iNSD - Totally Addicted to Bass

Catherine and Emily in the garden dressed for their dance school - Jazz performance to 'Totally Additcted to Bass'. This is challenge #5 set by Inessa Persekian for the Paige Evans iNSD facebook page. Inessa said "I love all things sparkly and I challenge you to find sequins, rhinestones, glitter glue, and gems and use them on your project!"

For this challenge I used:
Black Bazzill
Glittery Cardstock
Paige's Stars Cutfile - Freebie for iNSD 2026
Doodlebug Designs - Alphabet soup - Silver
Thickers - Adventurous Foam Letter Stickers

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

iNSD Challenge - Fun Time

This layout was made for Paige Evans - Happy Scrappy Place iNSD CHALLENGE #6: CIRCLES! This challenge was set by Jackie Ashton, who said "I love to create layouts that involve a shape so for this page I chose circles!"

I included circles in the patterned paper, stamps, die-cut circles and gems.

I used the following items to create this layout:
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 1 for the background
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 8 for the tags
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Starter Paper 9 for the die cut letters
49 and Market - Artful Moments - Laser Cut Elements
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad
Vicki Boutin - Bold & Bright - Full Circles Stamps
Distress Ink - Black Soot
Uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen
Black Gems
Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumeric Die Set - Label

I'll be back with more challenges in the next few days.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

The Wedding of Douglas & Dorothy

Today, I'm sharing a layout I have created using the beautiful April Papermaze Kit.  The kit is full of pretty purple, lilac and grey papers. There is also a selection of embellishments and Bazzill cardstock to compliment the papers. Please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog to find out how the layout was made. 

This time I made a heritage layout using a photo found on ancestry of a 1930s wedding. 

From the kit, I selected:
49 and Market - Plume & Petal collection - Joy 
Uniquely Creative - Ultra Violet Delight collection - Layers in Lilac
Uniquely Creative - Bohemian Escape collection - Lazy Afternooon
Laser Cut Wildflowers
P13 Word Stickers
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Velvet & Heidi

I added to these papers etc. from my own supplies:
Tim Holtz - Sizzix Framelits - Tag Collection die set
DMC embroidery threads
Gold metallic thread
49 and Market - Plume and Petal Laser Cut Elements pack
White card 
Tonic Studios - Windsor Simple Type - Upper case, Lower case and Numbers Die Sets
Heart shaped doilies 
Purple and lilac gems and pearls

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

Outdoor Girl

Part two of the March Papermaze Kit is being shared on the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog today. I have created two more layouts using papers, cardstock and embellishments from the kit, together with items from my own stash. Today Im sharing the first of these layouts.

Having seen many layouts created with tags as a main element, I wanted to try this idea. My granddaughter loves to be outside, whatever the weather. Here she is in one of her favourite places to explore - Abbey Wood Ruins.

For full details to make the layout, plese see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog. 

To make this layout, I used the following items from my stash and the kit:

From the Kit:
Carta Bella - Feels Like Home collection - Cottage Floral
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Junk Drawer collection - Willow
Prima Cherry Sweet flowers
Uniquely Creative Bohemian Escape Vellum
Kaisercraft Frames
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Classic Smooth White

My Stash:
Gathered Twigs Distressed Ink
Tim Holtz Sizzix Tag Collection Die Set
Ribbon 
Tim Holtz - Sizzix Alphanumeric Bold 
Bazzill from a selection of scraps
Carta Bella - Feels Like Home - Element Stickers
Green gems

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

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

Colour By Numbers

While at the Papermaze Crop on Saturday, I made this layout for my daughter, Catherine's scrapbook.
In July 2023, the girls took part in the Sylvera School of Dance Summer show at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford. This is the group photo showing both girls and all the class. 




to make this layout, I used:
Black Bazzill
Bo Bunny - Double Dot collection - Passion Fruit
49 and Market - Spectrum Gardenia collection - Painted Foundations - Fragments
Silver Metallic Card
Gems
Cricut and the Art Deco font
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup - Bubble Gum and Silver
Tracing Paper
Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry 

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