Badsell Farm Park

Yesterday my first two layouts created using the March Papermaze Kit were published on the Papermaze Blog. Here is the second of those farm themed ayouts, with a photo of my son on and old tractor, taken on a day out at the Badsell Farm Park, Paddock Wood. 

Please check out the Papermake blog for full instructions for making the layout. 

From the kit, I used the following items:
49 and Market - Whispering Way collection -  Sunshine Days

From my own stash, I used:
Brushed Corduroy & Aged Mahogany Distress Paint
Texture Paste
Stencil (TCW259S)
Sizzix BIGZ XL die (Block Tall Capital)
Greyboard
49 and Market Laser Cut elements (Krafty Garden and Whispering Way)
49 and Market Vintage Bits Essential Tickets - Sunbeam
Alphabet Rub-ons
 

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

Cobtree Museum

Im over on the Papermaze Blog today with two layouts created using the March Papermaze Kit. Full of pretty floral and rustic papers, colour matched cardstock and embellishments. For my first two layouts I have picked the farmyard style papers from 49 and Market's Whispering Way collection. Here is the first of those layouts, featuring the Cobtree Museum.  When the children were on their school summer holiday, we spent a Day at The Cobtree Museum of Kent Life, in Maidstone. They all enjoyed playing in 'The Darling Buds of May' film set. Here is my daughter Catherine, on Pop Larkin's Truck.

For full details to make the layout, please head over to the Papermaze Blog.

The items I selected from the kit:
49 and Market - Whispering Way collection - Farm Fresh 
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold

From my own stash, I used:
Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink
BIGZ XL alphabet die (Wonderland) 
Greyboard
Distress Paint (Ground Espresso and Brushed Corduroy)
Cracking Medium
Glossy Accents
Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumeric Label letters die set
Sizzix Framelits Tag Collection Die set
Fine jute twine
49 and Market Laser Cut Elements - Whispering Way 
3D foam pads
Raffia 

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

Triptych with JOFY

Last weekend I attended a class designed and taught by Jo Firth Young at That's Crafty. We all had a great day and created a beautiful piece over three panels.

This project involved Greyboard, Fresco Finish acrylic chalk paints, JOFY stamps, embossing powder, pens and inks in black, brown and white.

A good day and at the shop and class, thanks to all involved.
Thanks Jo.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Click!

 

This is my design team layout for this month's challenge over on the Scrapology Blog. The challenge is to use a mixture of different medium on your layout and follow Emilie Chamel's sketch. We are scraplifting our very own design team member LINDA this month with this stunning layout.

 

We used Emilie Chamel's super sketch, which was featured in a challenge on The Merly Impressions Blog earlier this year. Please follow the link to read more about it.

Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed, thus we chose 'M is for Mixed-Media' for the challenge.

Here is what I used and what I did:
I used a 12" x 12" sheet of greyboard, and plastered some texture paste randomly across the middle of the sheet. Once dry I coated the whole board with white Gesso.

To add colour I sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Black Cherry and Bell Bottom Jeans colours. I removed the lid and with dripped some more of the mists randomly on the page and let these drips run.

With some Bo Bunny Double Dot papers I cut three pieces 4" x 4", one in each of three colours -  Frost, Slate & Boysenberry. I rounded the corners with a corner rounder punch and stuck them to the centre of the layout overlapping one another.


I chose a photo Alan took on his mobile, of me taking a photo at Lacock Abbey last October. I cut this down to 4" x 4", and rounded the corners again and this was mounted on top of the papers.

Next I added the embellishments. Two paper roses were inked and stuck to the right of the photo together with a gardenia (all from Wild Orchid Crafts). 



 





I took a 6" x 6" piece of ivory spider's web, gathered and tied it in the middle with the twine and the ribbon (a short length of purple baker's twine and narrow plum satin ribbon). I added a white leaf shaped decorative pin. This was all stuck down to the bottom right of the photo, just below the roses.

To the bottom left of the photo I added three labels cut from spare papers with a Stampin' Up decorative label punch. I also cut four fronds using a Marianne Die, the spare papers and a piece of vellum, they were only glued down at the bottom end.

Finally I added a little journalling to one of the 4" x 4" squares and a title to a label with American Craft Thickers alphabet stickers.

The challenge closes at midnight on 5th August 2013 so pop back to the original blog post on the Scrapology Blog dated 1st July for details for this challenge.

If you are interested in purchasing a kit for this layout through Cardinal Colours (using the products Lynn and Linda have used) Please email to see if there are any available. 

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x