Afternoon Tea

I am introducing the colourful June Papermaze Kit over on the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog starting today. This month's kit is packed with a beautiful colour collection of yellows, pinks, oranges and fawn. Patterned papers, Bazzill card stock and a selection of embellishments. 

Here is the first layout I made with this lovely kit.

In 2014 my Mum turned 80 and we took her to The Ritz for afternoon Tea, this photo shows me with my daughter at the famous venue.
 

For full details on how I made the kit, please visit the Papermaze Blog.

From the Kit, I used:

 
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin Artful Moments - Starters Paper #7

Pinkfresh Studio - Gems - clear with gold dust
Ivory Lace Ribbon
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Stream & Chiffon

From My own stash, I used:

White card
Distress Inks
Yellow Twine
Starters Paper 8
Glittery Brads
Cricut and an Art Nouveau font
Artful Moments Laser Cut Elements
3D foam pads 

That's all for today, more from this kit tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Looking Cute

Today was the Papermaze crop and I designed the crop kit layout this month. This one shows my daughter and her daughter, having fun exploring their image in the mirror. It was fun to get the old foam stamps out for a play too! 

Kit Content:
12” x 12” Smooth White Bazzill
A4 white card
6” x 12” Pink Paislee –#03
6” x 12” Maggie Holmes Round Trip – Passage
3” x 3” Heidi Swapp – Sunchaser – Sunshine
5” Doodlebug Designs Washi Tape
10” Jute twine
A sprinkle of sequins

*** It’s worth reading through before cutting or sticking! ***

Stencil small hearts across the layout using both colours of Distress Oxide Inks and the VB Stencil. (Wipe the stencil clean between colours to prevent the colours getting messy!) Splatter a little wet ink over the page too. See positioning on sample layout. Tear a piece from the top of the Bazzill.

Use the inks provided to ink the edges of the photo mounts, tags and other cut pieces (optional).

Prepare your photo - depending on the size of your photo, (I started with a photo 4” x 5.25”, so the following measurements reflect this, please adapt to your own photo size).
First layer is white card 4.25” x 5.5”, Black and white floral side of #03 paper 4.5” x 5.75”, and pink ombre side of #03 paper 4.75” x slightly deeper at 6.25”. Don’t stick the photo down yet.

From the Passage paper die cut 2 tags (one yellow side up and one rainbow stripe side up). Cut a piece 3” x 2.25” yellow side up and a piece to fill the tear at the top of the page, rainbow side up.

Cut a piece of white card 2” x 3.75” and apply to the rainbow tag, write your journaling onto this tag. Die cut two rings from the scraps of #03 paper, and apply to the tags. Thread a length of twine through the hole in each tag. 

Using the rest of the A4 white card stamp the letters needed to make your title / part of your title. Use the paintbrush and the Distress Paint, then allow to dry. Cut the letters out with a fine white border, then ink the edges with the pink ink. 

Build the layout by placing everything into position before sticking down. Once happy with the arrangement, stick the small pieces of patterned paper at top left of photo, and the yellow tag into position so that about 1.5” show beside the photo. Make the mounted photo into a pocket for the journaling tag - put adhesive onto three edges of the photo, so it is only glued down at the top, bottom and left side, allowing room for the journaling tag to be slipped in and out easily. 

Arranging the title letters along the base of the photo, stick some flat, and others raised with 3D foam pads. Add other words to the title with your own choice of lettering.

Divide the washi tape, and place a piece at the base of the torn cardstock area, and the other piece at the top of the photo.

Scatter the sequins, randomly over the page. 

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Lynn Cooper for www.papermaze.co.uk 2025

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

Tree Shopping Together

I was on the Scrap, Paper, Scissors blog yesterday, 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. Here is the second layout I made with this lovely wintery kit. Please see the blog for details on making the layout.

Tree Shopping Together - A family tradition, to go Christmas tree shopping on 1st December.

From the January Kit, I used:
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Curiosities in Willow Grove - Starters Paper 7
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Jade and Aqua.

From the December kit I used:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Believe collection - Tag Elements

From my own stash, I used:
Cricut
Peartree Cutfile 
Emboss It Clear Dabber
Stampendous Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel
Rose gold glitter card 
White acrylic paint 
Ivory organza ribbon 
Die cut snowflake
Gold wire and bead holly bough from an old Christmas card
White card
Forest Moss Distress Ink
Jute twine
49 and Market Evergreen Season - Chipboard words
White Pearls
Wooden trees
Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumerics 'Label' die set

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

Red Roses for a Blue Lady

Take a look over on the Papermaze Blog to see where I shared my second pair of DT creations using the pretty Papermaze kit for July. Here you will find the full details of how the layouts were made. 

The kit is full of soft, natural colours, six double-sided patterned papers, two sheets Bazzill Basics cardstock and a whole bunch of co-ordinating embellishments. There is also a pack of four matching Bazzill Basics sheets, available to compliment the kit. 

Here is the last of the layous made with this kit,the photos show daughters dressed up for their ballet dance to this song at their annual dance school show. 

From the kit, I used:
P13 - Beautiful Moments - #02 
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Woodlands - Let's Explore
Stamperia - Timeless Collection - Roses Tapestry 
G45 - Pearls
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Pigment 

From my own stask, I added:
Text from an old gardening book
Distress Ink 
2 Doilies
Fine, red, jute twine
Red and white paper roses
Martha Stewart punch
Paige Evans Sugarplum Wishes mini puffy alpha stickers
Doodlebug Designs Teensy Type alphabet stickers

For this layout I used a Sketch from Paper Issues. 

That's all for today, I'll be back with the August kit in a few weeks. 
Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Emily as Jessie

The new Papermaze Kit for May is available from the shop today. The kit is full of bold and bright coloured papers and Bazzill Cardstock. Great for fun filled summer, kids and holiday layouts. My first lyout show our daughter in costume. Emily loved Toy Story and her favourite character was Jessie, so when the school had a Disney themed Christmas fair, She wanted to dress so, with the hat from the Disney Store, I made her the rest of the costume.

Please see the blog for full details of how the kit was made.

From the kit, I used:
Echo Park - Little Things Mean a Lot - Bright Butterflies
Simple Stories - For the Record - Just the Details
Rosie's Studio Bayfair Sentiments Ephemera
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Bazzill White, Admiral, Mexican Poppy, Grenadine

From my stash, I used:
Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Candied Apple and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks
Filmstrip washi tape
Heavy jute twine
3D stickers (cowboy boots and horseshoe)
Cricut
3D foam pads
Baker's twine
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup in Blue Jeans
Star puffy stickers

That's all for today, I will be back with the second layout tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Kool Kiwi

Peartree Cutfiles are holding 'Pear it Up challenge for iNSD this year, where there are a series of challenges asking you to pair up two different techniques, cutfiles or embellishments. This one is in response to 'Hidden journalling and one or more flair'.

The photo shows Andrew on the doorstep, ready for school with Kool Kiwi. (the journalling is hidden under the photo, whith a pull tab. (please see below to read journalling).

I used papers (Undisturbed Brilliance), Acetate Assortments and Lasercut Wildflowers from the 49 and Market, Krafty Garden collection.
My title was cut using the Sizzix BIGZXL Handmade Alphabet and more paper from the collection.
The flair are from Peartree, I liked the globe to demonstrate the fact the gift of Kool Kiwi had travelled to us from the otherside of the world. I outlined each flair with some Jute twine.

The Journalling reads:
"Kool Kiwi

When Andrew, Catherine and Emily were in year 1 at school, their teacher; Miss Hunt went off on long term sick leave. There was no-one in the small school to take over teaching the class, so after a few weeks of being taught by the head teacher, Mr Vinall, a temporary teacher came from New Zealand.  Mr. Sparling was an instant success, and ended up teaching the class for two terms, moving up into year 2 with them. He was an excellent teacher and will always be remembered.

Mr Sparling taught the children many interesting things including much about life New Zealand and many Māori traditions. One day he introduced a system for rewarding achievement, effort or good behaviour. At the end of each day the child who stood out the most was allowed to take ‘Kool Kiwi’ home for the night. This was extremely popular and resulted in the children striving to ‘win’ the honour. 

Kool Kiwi was a mascot for the New Zealand All Blacks. He was a soft toy rugby ball that unzipped and turned inside-out to become a kiwi dressed in rugby kit.  With three children in the class, he came home with us a few times.

The kids loved Kool Kiwi and Nan wrote to her sister in New Zealand telling her about the teacher and the toy. Sometime later the New Zealand cousins tracked one down and sent it to us, so we had our very own Kool Kiwi"

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x