Every Day Life

Here is another layout for the iNSD challenges, this one is for two different challenges:

Peartree Cutfiles 'Rainbow colours and Nuvo Drops'. 

Paige Evans 'Scraplift' - I have included an image of the layout I have scraplifted, but I can't trace the creator. If you recognise the maker, please let me know.

Here is my layout with a photo from 1977 when colour Polaroid cameras were popular, my friend brought one to school, to record a few events of sixth form life.

"After the popular black-and-white prints came the peel-apart color prints in 1963, and non-peel-apart color prints followed in 1972. By 1977, the height of its popularity, Polaroid held two-thirds of the instant camera market, despite competition from Kodak."

I used a sheet of Smooth White Bazzill for the background. and flicked some Black Soot Distress Paint over the cardstock in the areas where the paper blocks will go.

From Vicki Boutin's Bold + Bright collection I cut some squares from the Picnic Blanket sheet, in a series of rainbow colours. I cur an extra oeange one, and turned this into a tag.

Will a collection of buttons, Card Candi, and other ephemera, I decorated each square, matching the colour scheme. I used a flair from Peartree Cutfiles. I cut phrases from Simple Stories - For the Record - Just the Details paper.

The title is some old Cafe Rojo alphabet stickers from Basic Grey.

I finished off with a rainbow of different coloured Nuvo Drops.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Rainbow Day

This layout was made for the 2025 iNSD challenges on the Page Evans facebook page. The photos show my granddaughter at her Baby Sensory group back in January, and the theme of the week was rainbows. She wore her little rainbow dress, and there wer many rainbow activities to take part in.

For the page I used a sheet of Paige's patterend paper from an older collection, with a pale denim effect printed over it.

I worked the rainbows and clouds in six strands of DMC embroidery cotton.

The title was added with Doodlebug Designs, Alphabet Soup puffy letter stickers.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

It's Peartree Cutfile's 2nd birthday and this is one of the challenges, #4 Letter 'R' to use rolled paper and Rainbow colours.

This is Scarlett cleaning her her outside the new house. I love the rainbow print on her dress.

I used:
Doodlebug Designs - My Happy Place - Garden Girl
Doodlebug Designs alpha stickers
Peartree Cutfile
Bazzill Basics

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Making Rainbows

I'm over on the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog today with two new layouts using the October Papermaze kit. Lots of bright colours this month and several papers ideal for recording your adventures during the pandemic lock-down.

This is my first Design Team layout using this kit and it's called Making Rainbows - It shows my daughter with her rainbow pin, and some smaller photos of the pins and some magnets we made to cheer family and friends during the earlier stages of the lockdown. 

From the kit I used:
Paige Evans - Go The Scenic Route collection - #12
Photo Play - Can We Just Stay Home collection - Pillow Fight
Pebbles - Live Life Happy collection - Happy Rainbows
Petunia Bazzil
Yellow doily

From my stash I used:
Worn Lipstick Distress Ink
FIMO clay
Glitter foam letter stickers
Pinkfresh Studio Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers
Heart stickers
Sequins
Nuvo Crystal Drops

I have more to share from this colourful kit tomorrow
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Rainbow Guides

Over on Scrapology this month we are challenging you to make a layout featuring rainbow colours.

Here is my second layout for the DT gallery, it features my girls, Emily and Catherine when they were enrolled as Rainbow Guides back in 1998.

This is the original layout we scraplifted by Steph Devlin

 

and this is our sketch.

I used a selection of seven Basic Grey Papers from several different collections, together with seven different coloured sheets of Bazzill and a sheet each of black and white.

 I gutted the black Bazzill to give me a frame 1" deep (12" x 12")

I used Martha Stewart Round the Page punch sets to add a floral border to the white Bazzill, and stuck this centrally over the black frame.

Using the black Bazzill left over I mounted my photo, cutting a fine border round three sides of the photo and using the border punch (from the round the page set) again to decorate the bottom edge.

Then I embellished with ribbons, buttons, liquid pearls, flat backed pearls, blossoms and embroidery threads. Creating and arranging flowers in the colour sequence of the rainbow.

I was taught this useful mnemonic as a way to remember the order - Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vein (red, orange yellow green blue indigo and violet).

I used stamps and punches by Stampin' Up and many other punches.

To add the date I used My Little Shoe Box tiny type letter stickers.

I had great fun making this page.

Please pop over to Scrapology 'R is for Rainbow' for more information about the challenge and to see what other members of the DT created.

Growing 'UP'

My layout for this month's Scrapology Challenge uses the technique of Rainbow Colours. I chose to make mine into balloons as the theme brought to mind the film 'UP'. The photo is Andrew in his beaver uniform - my own little Russell!

This is the original layout we are scraplifiting by Steph Delvin.

and this is the sketch

I used a sheet of My Mind's Eye paper from Good Day Sunshine Collection called 'Head in the Clouds'.

Then I gathered together enough scrap patterned papers from a box under my desk, in each colour of the rainbow to make my balloons. These were mostly Basic Grey Lime Ricky & Lauderdale and Sizzix papers. The shapes were all cut on the Cricut using the Create a Critter Cartridge.

Select the snake,with shift, real dial and layer 1. Cut these in various sizes from 1.5" to 3.5".

The balloons were all inked with appropriate coloured chalk inks and added to the page, some raised on 3D foam pads, others stuck down to the page.

Then I added Baker's Twine in corresponding colours - I tied this to the balloon and stuck down to the page under where the photo would go later.

The photo was mounted onto black Bazzill and the bottom trimmed with a Martha Stewart border punch.

The title was created with two alphabets. The 'UP' is American Crafts - Remarks Letter Sticker - Runway in white. The tiny letters for 'growing' and the date are Doodlebug Designs inc. Simply Sweet Lily White rubons.

Hop on over to Scrapology if you want to learn more about the challenge and take part.

Challenge runs until 5th Novemnber.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Rainbow Stripes with the triplets

Here is another layout made with a kit I brought home from Jill's Cardinal Colours Retreat. The class was designed and taught by the lovely Anita and you can see more details of the class on the Calendar of Colours blog. I finally got around to making this layout at Jill's crop last weekend.

The photograph was taken by my daughter Catherine, on her mobile phone, when she visited the triplets with her sister back in September.

The papers are Echo Park Summer Days collection, the kit included Alpha Stickers, Journalling Cards, Die Cut, Rainbow and Borders. Red and white baker's twine.

The papers reflect Heather's (the triplets mum) love of colourful stripes.

Zoe lent me her Stampin' Up Banner Builder punch and gave me these fantastic colourful buttons. Thanks Zoe.

Thanks for the great class Anita.

Here is Anita's original layout.

Thanks for looking.