Family Gathering - Easter Egg Hunt

The photo on this layout shows tha family gathering together at Easter, and taking part in an Easter egg hunt using What 3 Words locations as clues. The layout is the first one I have made using the new February kit from Papermaze.

For details of how these layouts were created, please see the Papermaze Blog.

From the kit, I used:
Echo Park - Marry Me collection - Blush Floral
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Tutu Pink

From my stash, I used:
Distress Oxide Inks
Tim Holtz Stacked Tiles - Hearts Sizzix Die set
Thin cork sheet
DMC Embroidery thread
Sequins
Rosie's Studio, Simply Charming Puffy Alphabet Stickers
Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Label Sizzix die set

That is all for today, I will be back with the next layout tomorrow.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Welcome Home

The day my baby brother came home from hospital about two weeks after he was born in June 1968! The photo shows me holding baby Robert and my sister Sylvie beside me.



This layout was made as a practice run to get the heart layout how I wanted it for another layout (which I have made using the Papermaze February kit and will be sharing with you on 17th).

I used a sheet of Cream Bazzill and splattered Distress Inks over the page, in red, yellow and blue.

I cut hearts from Simple Stories - Simple Linen Market Collection papers. I used scraps of different papers from this collection from my stash. I cut the shapes with three dies from the Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits set - Stacked Tiles - Hearts.

The hearts were arranged in four rows of four, then I stitched through the rows, with black thread and a long stitch on the sewing machine.

Using Cardstock Stickers from the same collection, I added the scalloped border to the top of the page, and some phrases to each heart. I also used hearts, insects and flowers from the sticker sheet.

For the title I used some Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup puffy letter stickers, Bumblebee and
Blue Jean.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

The Show Must Go On - Whatever the Weather

Here is another layout made using the Papermaze Kit for June. Catherine and her colleague working on the summer show for children in the Abbey ruins near where she lives. Mostly the weather was good to them, but there were a few days of rain!

Please see the blog and the shop website for more detials of the kit and the layout.

From the kit I used:

Patterned papers:
American Crafts - Rainbow Avenue - My Feelings
Echo Park - My Little Girl - Pretty Girl Plaid
Pinkfresh Studio - Picture Perfect - Write your Story
Paige Evans Blooming Wild puffy stickers

From my own stash I used:
Purple machine sewing thread
Cricut
Black Card
White Card
Assorted Water Droplets

That's all for today, I will return with part two soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Blinky the Owl

Here is my first layout using the pretty Papermaze kit for April. There is a lovely range of colours, purples, pinks, greens and blues in this month's selection.  I have been experimenting with Distress Watercolour Pencils.

I have used this photo of myself with Blinky the owl, from a trip to Hall Place Gardens and the Jamb Owl Centre in Bexley.

From the kit I used:
American Crafts - Dreamer collection - Floral
Pebbles - Cool Girl collection - Petals
strip of pearls
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Coconut Swirl and Juneberry

From my stash I used:
Distress Watercolour Pencils (set 2)
water brush
Black Soot Distress Ink
Black thread and the sewing machine
Memory Box feather dies
3D foam pads
Cricut
Black marker pen

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

William Henry Banks

My last layout using the January Papermaze Kit, which is still available in store. This time I have made a pair of heritage layouts, with photos of my Australian ancestors. William Henry Banks 1844 - 1878 - Born in Huntingdon, England and emigrated to Australia. Married and had one child but died at the age of 34.

For full details on how the layouts were made, please see the Papermaze Blog.

From the kit I used:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Essentials collection - Limited Edition
Bazzill Basics - Date Swirl
6 Tim Holtz number strips ephemera
Vicki Boutin chipboard frames
chipboard phrases

From my stash I used:
Sewing machine and black thread
Tonic Studio Dies
Idea-ology Transparent Tiles - Alfa, by Tim Holtz

That completes the January kit, I will be back with the romantic February kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Remember

I treated myself to a kit from My Creative Scrapbook, and it arrived earlier today. The kit is mainly from Maggie Holms - Woodland and Grove collection. I loved many of the design team layouts, especially one by talented Claire Hawkins. This is my version.

The photo shows me with my brother and sister at Polhill Garden Centre last year.

Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Darling and Legacy 12" x 12" papers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Stickers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Dream Chaser Thickers
Maggie Holmes - Woodland and Grove collection - Floral Ephemera
Bazzill Basics - White

This is Claire's original layout:

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

New Home

A new year and a new kit, to represent a new home! Here is my second layout using the Papermaze Kit for January 2023.

This layout records our house before we purchased it, using the photos taken for the Estate Agent, which I changed to black and white to work better with the photos. I think I will make a second layout with photos taken in the same rooms five years later, to show how much the place has changed.

From the kit I used:
Simple Stories - The Simple Life collection - Tags & Gather, Eat, Laugh
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Stonehenge
Twine

From my stash I used:
Sewing machine and black thread
chipboard alpha stickers with a glitter finish
Forest Moss Distress Ink
Eyelets
More twine

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

The Big Hoot

Peartree Cutfile 2nd Birthday Challenge #16 - Letter 'S' Stencil and Sewing.
I used these photos of Catherine and me at Ipswich waterfront and one of the owls in the Big Hoot Trail.

 

I used:
Prima Paintables Watercolour paper
Nuvo Glitter Drops
Distress Inks
Tonic Studio Dies
Thickers Alpha stickers
Black sewing thread and machine stitching
49 & Market peacock feather stencil

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Celebrate Together

Another layout made for the design team using the very pretty March kit from Papermaze.

The photo for this layout shows 18 month old Scarlett, with her Mum and Dad at my daughter's wedding. 

Please see the Papermaze blog for full details.

From the kit I used:
Echo Park - Welcome Baby Girl collection - It's A Girl Floral & Rainbows
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Rain Forest & Blossom
Kaisercraft curio
2 prima flowers

From my stash I used:
Cosmic Shimmer Mist
Distress Paint  
sewing machine to blanket stitch
dark green thread
Sizzix Tim Holtz, Funky Floral Thinlits die sets
tiny paper flowers
Paige Evans Ephemera word
Simple Stories Say Cheese 4 Happy Words metal die set
sequins. 

Thats all for today, back soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x