Happy 1st Birthday - Bee Happy

I made this double page layout to celebrate my granddaughter's 1st birthday. The photos were taken by my daughter at their home.

For both pages I used a Simple Stories collection called Say Cheese - Classic Pooh.



For the first page I used:
SS - Say Cheese - Classic Pooh - Spledniferous! (border), Sweet as Honey (main background),
4x6 Elements (tags, and letters), 2x2 & 4x4 Elements (letters) and Cardstock Stickers.
Seam binding ribbon - gold
Pollen Sequin Mix - Little Things from Lucy's Cards
Cricut

For page 2, I used many of the same papers and stickers as for the first page. With the addition of:
SS - Say Cheese - Classic Pooh - 100 Acre Wood
My Creative Scrapbook cutfile for daisy background
White, grey and orange Bazzill cardstock

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Mary Jane Billington

This old photo was given to us recently; the lady is my husband's grandmother. The layout is my second using the February kit from Papermaze. The kit has a selection of pretty romantic papers, together with Bazzill cardstock and embellishments. Please see the Papermaze Blog for details of how the layout was made.

From the kit, I used:
P13 - Love Stories collection - #01 & #05
Echo Park - Marry Me collection - Blush Floral
P13 Light Chipboard Embellishments
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Sweetheart, Stonehenge and Dusk

From my own stash, I used:
Brown seam binding ribbon
DMC embroidery thread
Metal flowers & pearl brads
Cricut
 

That is all for today, I will be back with two more layouts using this kit soon.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Nativity

I am over on the Papermaze Blog today, with my last two Christmas layouts, using the December Kit. Here I am sharing the Nativity layout - The photo shows the children all dressed up for the annual Christingle service. For full details on how the layout was made, please go to the Papermaze blog.



Here is what I used from the kit:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Yuletide collection - Holiday Wishes and Filled with Wonder
Carta Bella - A Vintage Christmas collection - 3x4 Journalling Cards
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Pomegranate Splash and Aspen

From my stash I used:
Festive Berries Distress Ink
Cream Bazzill
Gold Metallic Card
Holiday Traditions, die cut alphabet stickers from K and Co.
Seam binding ribbon
Tim Holtz, Sizzix Thinlits Seasonal Sketch set
Nuvo Crystal Drops 

That's all from me for today. I'll be back with the last December layout tomorrow.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

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

Emma

Back today with the delightful May Kit from Papermaze.  This layout is about a new found relative (thanks to Ancestry), the details have been printed out and added to the back of this layout (also see below).

From the kit I used:
P13 - Till We Meet Again collection - #01
Paige Evans - Wonders collection #11
Bazzill Basics - Arroyo
Simple Stories Chipboard Frame
3 paper flowers
P13 decorative Tags

I From my stash I used:
Salty Ocean Distress Ink.
Seam binding ribbon
needle and thread
paper flowers
Martha Stewart Punch
American Crafts Thickers
charms
Dazzling Blue Nuvo Glitter Drops
Caramel Cream Nuvo Crystal Drops

The family history:

EMMA GOLDFINCH/STOKES 1844-1934
Born 22 May 1844 in Eastry Union Workhouse near Deal, Kent
Died 24^th January 1934 age 89 Hounslow, the home of her daughter Ellen (Nell) Reeves nee Tandy.
Emma’s mother was Mary Ann Goldfinch born about 1824 in Ham, Kent. Mary died in 1863,
possibly in the Workhouse.
Emma’s father is not named on the birth certificate but he may have been William Thomas
Valentine Stokes b 1810, Walmer, Kent who later married Mary Goldfinch in 1850. They had
about 5 children, at least two of whom died young. Emma later takes the name Stokes
when she left the Workhouse to act as a nurse to a family in Gillingham in 1861 (see
Census). She puts William Stokes as her father on her marriage certificate to George Dawson but enters nothing on her marriage to her first husband George John Tandy.

                     Whilst in the employ of Captain Richard Hanford of the 7^th  Royal Fusiliers she must have met and married George Tandy (1841-1881) a Private also in the 7^th  Royal Fusiliers. They married on the 22^nd November 1864 in Deal Parish Church (see Marriage Certificate).

                     They had at least nine children in various locations depending on where the 2^nd Battalion were stationed (see family trees and censuses). George Tandy died in 1881 at Pembroke Hut Encampment aged about 40 years. Emma then meets and married another Private in the 7^th Royal Fusiliers called George Frederick (Thomas) Dawson (1850-c 1910). They married on July 24^th (?) 1883 St. Stephen’s Church Hounslow. (It is probable that George was stationed at Hounslow Barracks by then). Emma and George had only one child Frederick Thomas George Dawson born on the 4^th July 1885 in Hounslow (see birth certificate for details). He became the father of Greta Sylvia Dawson by his marriage to Edith Alice Girdler (1897-1975).

That's all for today, I will be back with part 2 soon, thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Palais Royal - Kisoque des Noctambules

Here I am, back with the last layout using the Papermaze September Kit. The final travel destination themed page and another Parisian layouts featuring the artwork of the Metro station kiosks.

Palais Royal - Kiosque des Noctambules - For this page, I chose a photo of the Palace Colette entrance to the Palaise Royal Station where we alighted for the Muśee de Louvre.  This amazing structure designed by Jean-Michel Othaniel is made of blown glass beads threaded onto an aluminum structure. It is called 'The Kiosk of the Night Walkers' and has two cupolas - one representing day, the other night.

 

For full details of how the layout was made please see the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog.

From the kit I used:
Bo Bunny - Boulevard collection - De Versailles
Ciao Bella - The Sound of Summer collection - Coastal Wood
Bazzill: Stonehenge and Blue
Prima flower
Washi Tape

From my stash I used:
Distress Ink
Martha Stewart Punches
Cream Seam Binding Ribbon
Gems
Pinkfresh Puffy Studio Puffy Alpha Stickers - Joyful Day.
Pinkfresh Studio Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers - Everyday Musings and Just a Little Lovely. 

That's all for the September kit, I will be back with October's kit soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Paris

This week I'm on the Papermaze Blog, with my first two layouts using the September Papermaze kit. I can see many layouts of holidays abroad being created with these beautiful rustic travel destination papers.

Here is my second layout, the photos on this page were taken when we visited the Eiffel Tower, the lift was not working so we took the stairs!! The photos are of views on the way and a photo from the ground looking up.

Please check the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog for the full details of this layout.

From the kit I used:
Bazzill - Stonehenge
Prima - Capri collection - Marina Grande and Punta Del Monaco
Kaisercraft - Ladylike collection - Pearl paper
49 & Market stitching stamp
Tando chipboard bookplate
Pink dew drops
Paper flowers

From my own stash I used:
Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Hickory Smoke Distress Paint
Doilies
Gilding wax
Seam binding ribbon
Silver Brads
Twine
Charm
Sizzix Thinlits die set - Alphanumeric Label.

That's all for this week, back in two weeks with more continental travel layouts made with the September Papermaze Kit. 

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Inspired by Jane Austin

This is another layout I made using the February Papermaze Kit. Emily enjoyed a weekend leading a series of Playford dances, popular in Austen's time at a public event held in Wentworth Woodhouse. It was a project she took part in with the Nottingham Folk Dance Club, and was performed in historical costumes she made herself.

For all the details on papers and embellishments used and how I made the layout, please see the Papermaze blog - Scrap Paper Scissors.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Together We Are Family

I really like these chalk board effect papers by My Mind's Eye - Chalk Studio II collection. Great colours against the black and white.

The photograph was taken by my father when the triplets were about 7 months old. We dressed them up in their Christening clothes a few days before the event for  photo shoot. Rare to have a photo of all five of us together:

I used:

Inspiration from Wendy Partridge on Srapbook.com

Patterend papers and stickers - My Mind's Eye - Chalk Studio II collection

Seam binding ribbon

Doily

Black Distress Ink

Buttons

DMC Thread

White cardstock - Bazzill

Liquid Pearls

Decorative Pins

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

52 Card Challenge & Christmas Cracker 2014 - Week 40 - Say What?!

We have a photo prompt challenge this week. Please see Kool Kitty Musings Blog for details of the challenge.

This week's prompt is called "Say what?!" {Pinterest pin}

The focus is on words and making your greeting or sentiment stand out in some way - I used my Cricut Explore and the Word Collage cartridge. With the drawing facility I created my background papers. 

Here is my first card:

I used a fine pen and the stitching related words together with Basic Grey's Lucille collection of papers and embellishment stickers. I added lace, seam binding ribbon, buttons and pins.

Then onto my Christmas card using the same Cricut cartridge.

I used a thicker metallic pen in the Cricut this time. I added organza ribbon and some glittered chipboard pieces I have had in my stash for years!

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x