The Marriage

Here is my fourth and last layout using the romantic Papermaze Kit for February. A more delicate pink layout this time, with a vintage photo. I used embellishments from the kit and my own stash. kit and a few from my own stash. For details on how the layout was made, please see the Papermaze blog.

The photo is one from my parents wedding in 1957.

From the kit I used:

Stamperia - Roseland collection - Flowers
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Love Story collection - 2x2/4x4 Elements
P13 tickets
12" Lace
Vellum
Pinkfresh enamel dots
word stickers

From my stash I added:
pale pink, seam binding ribbon
heart shaped paper clips

That's all from the February kit. Please see back in a few weeks for the first post using the March kit.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Birthday Bash

It's the Scrap A Sketch 2nd birthday this month, so there is a week of challenges. Here is my layout for Day 3. There is also a list of items for all the challenges and you are aksed to include at least 5 items from this list (see end of post for sketch and list).



Items I selected from the list:
1. Butterflies - from patterned papers
2. Circles - photo and doilies
3. Flowers - paper flowers
4. 3 Patterned Papers - 49 and Market - Vintage Artistry Tranquility collection
5. Metal - Heart paperclips
6. Hearts -   "            "

Also used:
gems
Martha Stewart border punch
Thickers - Cecily
Doodlebug Designs - Alphabet Soup - Silver
Cricut

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Pura Vida

Near to where we live there is a lovely plant nursery, called Pura Vida Plantarium. Inside the building is a coffee shop called The Coffee Den. When we visited on a day in August 2021 The celing had been decorated with brightly coloured umbrellas.

This is one on Paige Evans online classes - Origami Flowers, I felt this was appropriate for the bright umbrellas as well as the flowers.

Paige used a paper from the Horizon collection, but I was unable to purchase this as it was out of stock. I found another similar sheet from the Garden Shoppe collection #9. The squares on this sheet were a little smaller than those on the sheet Paige used, so I made 6 rosettes rather than the five on the original.

For the background I used a sheet of Paige's Go The Scenic Route #4.

In addition I used two Paperchase paperclips, various stickers, pearls, sequins, Nuvo Crystal Drops and Thickers.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

A Canvas for Dylan and Daisy

My sister asked me to make a canvas each for her friend Geraldine's children Dylan and Daisy.
Here is what I came up with. I started with two 12" x 10" canvases, and painted them ivory, when dry I inked the edges.

They both use papers from the same four collections, The Farm House Company, Basic Grey Basics, Scenic Route and Simple Stories Bingo Cards.

 

I made a group of three pinwheels on Daisy's canvas and three rosettes on Dylan's. The pinwheels were cut using the Cricut and the 3D Pinwheel Cartridge. The rosettes were cut by hand using various widths of 12" strips. I tied each button with coloured twine.

I varied the sizes and double sided patterned papers. I added brads to the centre of each pinwheel and buttons to the rosettes. 

I cut both names using the Cricut and the Storybook cartridge with a shadow, then I glossed the letters with Glossy Accents.

I added a charm with blue twine to the base of Daisy's photo...

...and a Micky Mouse paperclip with bunting for Dylan.
The bunting was made with chipboard flags covered with paper and inked. they were joined with red twine.

 I added a spiral heart paperclip to Daisy's canvas. 

There is also some tiny scraps of Kaiser Crafts Sweet Nothings paper here, edged with a Martha Stewart punch and as a mat for the photo. 

This also shows the bingo card from Simple Stories.

I added a tiny pair of chipboard Wellies to Daisy's canvas painted and inked.

I hope my sister, her friend and Daisy and Dylan like the canvas Christmas gifts. 

I had fun making them.

Thanks for Looking.

Lynn x