Happy Cake Day

Here is my last layout for the Papermaze DT using the 49 and Market's Glimmer & Glee collection. As explained in the previous post, collection has water colour style images, which are great for documenting parties and birthdays. 

This layout shows my granddaughter celebrating her 2nd birthday at our house, a few weeks after her birthday.

Please see the Papermaze Blog for details of how the layout was made. 

I used:
49 and Market - Glimmer and Glee collection - Hooray, Toast &  Laser Cut Elements
3D foam Pads
Yukon Gold Bazzill 
Blue cardstock
Spellbinders- Classic Pooh - Pooh's Alphabet, Numbers & More die set
Paige Evans' Adventurous Thickers foam alphabet stickers 
Sequins

That's all from me with the Glimmer and Glee collection, I'll be back with a new collection soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Pearly Queen

I had a post on the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog yesterday, with the last two layouts from the June Papermaze Kit. Here is the last layout for June.

My granddaughter was taken with these pearls my daughter was given. Here she is wearing them and looking very pleased with herself!
For full details - please see the Blog.



From the kit - I used: 

Carta Bella - Silly Goose - Best of the Best Bunches
Graphic 45 - Scenic Route - Lemon Yellow Pattern & Solid

Prima - Among the Wild Flowers - Flowers and Tickets
Cocoa Vanilla - Bloom & Grow - Puffy Heart
Paper Favourites - peony diecuts
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold, Chiffon, Tutu Pink & Stream

From my stash I used:

Cream chalky finish paint

Tim Holtz - Sizzix Thinlits Tag Collection die set

Sizzix Thinlit dies- Layering Frames
Spellbinders Say Cheese Pooh's Alphabet and Numbers set

Baker's Twine 
Pearlescent card 
3D foam pads
Tim Holtz - Sizzix Thinlits - Alphanumerics Label set
Paper flowers
Pearls

That's all from the June kit. I'll be back with a new kit for July soon.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Crazy Cosy Coupe

Today, I'm on the Papermaze Blog with the May kit (a little later than usual due to holidays). The kit this month is full of brightly coloured patterned papers and cardstock - great fun! I have used mine to make four layouts of my children's activities back in the 1990's. The photo below shows the first of these layouts. The children on their 3rd birthday, with the gift of a Little Tikes Cosy Coupe. 

Please visit Papermaze's Scrap Paper Scissors Blog for full details on making the layout. 

I selected the following items from the kit:
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Artful Moments - Starters Paper #2
Pebbles - Sun & Fun puffy dots
Vicki Bouton – Bold & Bright puffy stickers
Rosie's Studio – Jubilee die cut sentiments
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Raven

I added my own items:
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Artful Moments  Starters Paper #8
Black Soot Distress Ink
Spellbinders Dies Say Cheese Classic Mouse - Classic Mouse Alphabet set
Glossy photo paper
Black marker pen. 

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

iNSD - Gregory Goose is on the Loose

My layout using mixed media for the iNSD Paige Evans challenge #11. Set by Stephanie Draleau who said "Mixed Media is one of my favorite things to do on a layout and there are so many different kinds of mixed media to try!" As Im away with my watercolour paints, I decided to try them on a layout. The photos show my granddaughter at the library, looking for her current favourite - Gregory Goose books.



In making this layout - I used:
Smooth White Bazzill
Watercolour paints
Black Soot Distress Ink
Simple Stories - Colour Me Happy - Tag Elements 
Natural Hemp Cord
Layering Stencil THS155
Spellbinders Classic Mouse Alphabet Dies
Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumeric Tiny Type Uppercase Dies

Thanks for looking
Lynn x 

Easter Bunny

Today I have a post on the Papermaze Blog, with the last pair of layouts made with the pretty April Papermaze Kit. This is the first of the two, with photos taken only the day before making the page. My daughter and I set up an Easter egg hunt as a bit of fun for little 2-year-old Florence to find some colourful eggs in the garden. Catherine wore the bunny ears and got carried away with some selfies!

Please pop over to the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog for full details of this layout. 

Here is a list of the items I chose from the kit:

Uniquely Creative - Ultra Violet Delight collection - Layers in Lilac
Uniquely Creative - Bohemian Escape collection - Lazy Afternoon
49 and Market - Plume & Petal collection - Bliss
Foam Stickers Dreamer
Little Birdie Butterfly
Little Birdie Flowers
Simple & Basic Dots
P13 Word Stickers
Ribbon
Bazzill Basics Cardstock -  Velvet


To the above I added the following items from my own supplies:
Distress Ink
Martha Stewart Border Punch
White card
Spellbinders Say Cheese Classic Mouse - Die Set
Decorative pin 

That's all for today, back with the last layout tomorrow. 
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Winter Wonderland

Here is my final DT layouts using the January Papermaze kit. This time a layout with a winter theme. Florence loves to be outside, whatever the weather, here she is all rosy cheeked on a cold day early in January.

Please see the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog to find out how the layouts were made.

Here is what I used from the January Kit:
Graphic 45 - Deck the Halls - Calm and Bright 
Craft Consortium - Enamel Dots
Rosie's Studio - Full of Wonder - Snowflake

From my own stash, I selected:
Doodlebug Designs Frosty Friends collection - papers and stickers
White pom-pom braid
Mr Frost Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits die set
Selection of scrap cardstock
3D foam pads
Silver glitter paper
Spellbinders, Say Cheese, Classic Mouse Alphabet die set 
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup alphabet stickers in Lily White
Peel-off snowflake stickers

That's all from the January kit, off to make a start on the February kit now!
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Bathtime Fun

Here is my answer to the Peartree Cutfile January challenge 'Blue'.  The idea is to create a layout with Blue as the main colour. I chose to scrap this photo of the children at bathtime.

I used this Rainbrops cutfile, cutting it three times in matt silver cardstock, and once in blue glitter card.

Other items:
3D foam pads
Spellbinders, Say Cheese, Classic Mickey, Alphabet die set
Glitter Card in light and bark blue
A sheet of patterned paper, with wavy edges from my stash (not sure what make)
Doodlebug Designs Puffy Alphabet Soup Letter Sitckers - Blue Jean
Doodlebug Designs Teensy Type cardstock stickers - Blue Jean
Cricut

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Picking Pumpkins

I am on the Scrap, Paper Scissors Blog today with my second pair of layouts, made for the design team using this month's Papermaze kit. The kit is packed with the a beautiful selection of autumn-coloured papers and embellishments.This first layout shows my great nieces at Tulley's Pumpkin Festival with their family and friends this autumn.

For a step by step guide to how the layouts were made, please pop over to the Papermaze Blog. 

The items from the kit I used for this layout:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze collection - Falling Leaves
Pretty Little Studio gingersnap I heart fall stickers
Pinkfresh Studio garden bouquet enamel dots
Hemptique yarn
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Yukon Gold, Pinecone, Twill, & Pumpkin Patch

I added some items from my own stash:
Distress Ink - Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge and Ground Espresso
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Skeleton Leaves die set
W Plus 9 Circle cie set
White card
Tangerine Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup letter stickers
Spellbinders - Simple Stories - Say Cheese - Classic Pooh alphabet and numbers set

That's all for today, I'll be back with the last layout tomorrow.
Thank you for looking.
Lynn x

Playtime

I was over on the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog yesterday with two more design team layouts created using the October Papermaze Kit. Here is the last of the pair - My little granddaughter, playing on the slide in the local park.

Please see the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog for full details to make the layout.

From the kit, I used:

49 and Market - Nature's Haven collection - Sunshine
Echo Park - Winnie The Pooh Baby collection - Oh Baby Daises 
American Crafts butterfly clip
49 and Market - willow frames
Echo Park - washi tape
Bazzill Basics Cardstock Sunbeam and Patch

From my own stash, I used:
Powder Blue Bazzill
White Card 
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Dandelion Yellow
Flower Punch
Spellbinders - Simple Stories - Say Cheese - Classic Mouse Alphabet
Simple Stories - Say Cheese Classic Pooh Cardstock Stickers
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup Stickers in Bumblebee

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