Lets Create With Lyn Holmes – AZZA European Scrapbooking (Perth – Western Australia)

This month saw the release of the Cabana products: Osaka stencil, Hydrangea and Midnight Blue colour range and Daydream themed products.

All products had been kept ‘Top Secret’ until after the Cabana weekends in Europe. This year the ladies were actually able to gather together once again. In Australia, everyone who purchased a Cabana box during March was invited to join the online class on the 10th of April. Over 25 ladies signed in and some amazing pages were created. An online link was sent to those who could not attend. If you purchased a Cabana box and did not receive this link, please get in touch with your Consultant. A big ‘THANK YOU’ to Anita Day for presenting a wonderful class. I managed to get together with my ladies for a Cabana day and we had a great time – even Judy’s cake matched the theme.

The online class project was based on the double page layout below.

Many more wonderful interactive layouts can be found in the Focus book. This book can be purchased in a basket with the pre-cut pages.

So much fun can be had with these pages and it adds a little fun to the album too.

Barb Rae in WA created this lovely page above, the paper is perfect for the theme of the page. She has used the new AZZA word stamps on the front page. These sets were created for AZZA to be used on the scrapping page to make up a title or a little journalling. The AZZA Alphabet die cuts have been used on the inside page.

There is only one Cabana box available. If you purchase this box you can create a page with your Consultant and will also be sent the link to the online class recording. If you like the range, these boxes are a huge saving.

Although there are sample layouts, the end result of your layout will be designed by the photos you are using. Below are three different layouts all with the pre-cut pages.

I created two pages below, one on each of the new colours. The first page was using the new Midnight Blue page. I used the Classic essential paper but added a little of the AZZA Glitter paint to match Nicole’s blouse. I completed the page with a white Gel pen, the AZZA Daydream dies and texture stencil and the new mini collection set: Beauty. With the flower die I only removed a few of the inside sections to give a little definition on the page.

An easy way to get a clean line of inking, chalking or pen work when you don’t have the tool stencil is to cut your shape out of a sheet of acetate and use it as a stencil as shown below. Place the acetate behind the stencil, mark the line you want to use and then cut the acetate. Remove your stencil and use the acetate as your stencil, then keep this piece of acetate with the stencil in case you need to use that particular curve again.

The second page I used was the new Hydrangea colour. I had the perfect photos and some of the background that was not in focus, worked perfectly as the background for my decoration. I used the Daydream embossing folder and the large set of stamps. Note how I have then used the AZZA pom-pWeddingom with inks to colour the stamped image, finished off with a white Gel pen and two resin dots. I couldn’t help adding a little orange Resin dot to replicate the Ladybird. Any pen or Gel pen works beautifully on the matt Resin dots. I also used a little of the new satin ribbon to complete the decorations.

Jill has created this beautiful page completing it with the Daydream patterned paper, the Daydream micro stamp, the AZZA words stamps and the Circle stickers. Barb used the same set on her page that I highlighted earlier in the blog.

On the page below Jocelyne has used the Osaka stencil and the AZZA Ring dies. She has also backed the lovely little flower figures from the Silhouette sheet and created the centre of the flowers with a small circle punched out of off-cuts of the photos and white paper, completed with a Resin dot.

I loved the use of the flowers cut with the Daydream die on this page. Nadia has placed the lovely patterned AZZA vellum paper behind them. She has completed the flowers with a Resin dot and, of course, with so many colours available you can always match the flowers on your page.

Having seen Nadia’s page I created the double page below using the Osaka stencil and Daydream decoration products. They make beautiful poppies and I thought with ANZAC weekend coming up this was the perfect page.

The front page has been cut to a shape in the stencil so that the title on the second page could show through. I have used the lovely AZZA ‘Lest we Forget’ stamps for both the title and the poppies on the front page. As the paper is quite a large size, I have also used the Daydream texture stencil to create a pattern.

Below you can see how how I have cut the front page. The Osaka stencil is listed as a 30 x 60 stencil and you will see one of the frames of the stencil are only 5mm thick. This enables you to use the stencil on one page and flip it for use on the opposite page with only a 5mm gap.

I cut the poppies out of both red and black paper. For the centre of the page I used two sets of poppies in the red paper using both the outline of the flowers and in the insets. As I was flipping the smaller poppy on the page I ran it through the Big Shot without the dies, just the plates, to get it flat on both sides. I then cut the other poppy in black and placed red paper behind it. You can also cut the poppy twice and replace the red insets with the black insets and vice versa, but it is far quicker and easier to just place whatever colour flower/paper you are looking for behind the outline and cut it out. I cut the flower, placed glue on the back of it, stuck it onto the colour paper or Vellum and then cut around the outside. I have backed the individual flowers with the Vellum paper above. As with Nadia’s page, you can leave them plain giving you a lovely white flower (I did this with the butterfly figure next to the title) or as with my poppies, use an alcohol pen on the back of the Vellum to colour the flowers. Remember when you stick the flowers onto the page having used Vellum, only place the glue around the edges behind the flower outline and behind the Resin dot in the middle or it will show on your page. The page colour becomes darker where the glue is.

A close-up of the poppy shows where I have used a 3D mousse dot to stick the poppy onto the page. I used this to my advantage as I wanted the black for the centre of the flower. Do mix and match your die cuts, using some without the insets, and some with colour. Just as natural flowers no two are the same.

Another Osaka page I love was this page by Christine. She has used the Motorbike mini collection set for her decoration and showcased the product beautifully.

Now for a few more decoration ideas that I thought I would share with you:

A beautiful design by Christine above using the Daydream decoration products and the AZZA Ring dies. Christine has embossed the large set of rings and coloured the smaller set of rings with Alcohol inks. These inks have not been introduced into Australia yet, but will be in the coming months. She has completed the decoration with Resin dots, a Brad and some ribbon.

In the decoration above, I have cut around the circle in the stamped image and slipped a stamped strip through to give the image a background.

In the image above I wanted to show you how to get two different effects using the AZZA pom-poms. In both, it gives the stamped image character, the one of the right being a much bolder design. In the image on the left, I dabbed the pom-pom to get a lighter colouring on the page. In the image on the right, I inked up a pom-pom then placed it on the page and swiped outwards, lifting the pom-pom at the same time. I completed the image with the same pom-pom but just dabbing it to get the smaller dots. In both images, I combined a stamp from the medium set of stamps shown below with the stamp from the large stamp set. If you have a few colours on the page the smaller stamp can be stamped in a second colour as seen above. I have then used both colours with the pom-poms. Lastly, I added a few more dots in various sizes with the new AZZA Dot Marker pen and then with an AZZA brush I added some AZZA iZink Glitter paint, dotting glitter over the area where the dots were and at the base of the flower on the left to ground the image a little. These images also look beautiful coloured with the AZZA Aqua brush.

These stamps can be used with any theme of the page and are perfect for that little space that just needs ‘something’! In the image below I used the AZZA pom-poms to get the darker colour in the centre, I used the AZZA chalks and blending brushes to get the lighter blue on the outside of the wings of the butterfly and finished off the decoration with a white gel pen, AZZA Dot marker and iZink glitter paint as described above. For the background I merely chalked a circle. The AZZA decoration duo is perfect for creating backgrounds for your images to sit upon.

The latest Scrap & Moi is now available to add to your order, subscriptions will already be on their way to you.

With school holidays in WA, a long weekend behind us and a long weekend ahead of us I do hope you can all get in a bit of scrapping and, if you are away, I am sure you will be taking photos to scrap in the months ahead. Isn’t it wonderful we can all travel again.

Happy scrappin’

Lyn

Autumn is with us and all the trees are slowly donning their Autumn shades before their leaves fall to the ground. AZZA has beautiful Autumn products to go with your photos with Autumn themes for the colours.

This is a beautiful set of stamps. If you look carefully you will see that not only are there Autumn products but also lovely spices and a little teapot that can be used on so many pages. The stamped images can be completed with an Aqua brush, Alcohol pens, inks or chalks. Look how beautifully they come up on a page.

I created the double page below with the AZZA Burano stencil to showcase the Autumn products. The die set is irresistible and works perfectly with the stamped images. Deb has used the pumpkin die on the page above with the Botanical Scrap kit stencil. I have kept the decoration quite simple as the pages are busy. Note how I have used some of the off-cuts from the double page and embossed them with the AZZA Lace embossing folder and used them in the smaller areas that I needed to fill. By using the page off cuts and embossing them, I have added texture but have not added a further ‘colour’ to the page, again keeping it simple so the eyes go to the photos.

On the page above created with the AZZA Burano stencil, Deb has used both the Autumn dies and the the stamp set. She has used the lovely new Copper colour AZZA cord for a little texture.

The Autumn leaves die set is also beautiful on the page:

The AZZA Autumn SALE is on at the moment. Most of the AZZA products in Autumn hues are on sale for the month of March together with previously released Autumn products. Do pop along and have a look.

The stencil Java released this month in Australia is a new concept: FOUR stencils each 15cm x 15cm. These four stencils can be placed on the scrapping page in so many different ways and you can see that the lines will always match to give a lovely layout. They are also perfect to create a 15 x 15cm card.

When it came to actually sticking the photos and papers to the page, I found it was easier to work with one stencil at a time, gradually building the page up.

Remember to overlap the frames of the stencils when you use them on the page. This is to ensure you only get a 5mm gap between your photos and papers, and not a 1cm gap. (See below)

Once the photos were on the page and I looked at the photo bottom right, I just saw two other AZZA stamps and couldn’t help but use them. I used the Web texture stencil, this is only available in a Mail Out edition. So all in all I used a stamp and die from the AZZA mini combo kit Beauty released this month, the new Autumn dies and stamps, the older AZZA Autumn leaves die, the River stamp set and the Art & Craft mini stamp.

Funnily enough, Jeni and I had used the same stamp set in class earlier in the week. Jeni is creating an A4 Album for her brother and these are his fishing mates. We coloured in the fish with chalks and the blending stamps. The texture stencil used for the water was Alpes Maritimes. I just love these fish, great for masculine pages and cards.

The stencil comes in a basket with an AZZA Accordion page, this allows you to add so many more photos to your scrapping page. The Java stencil and book can also be purchased without the Accordion page.

Speaking of baskets, if you would like to make a 20 x 20 disc album, there is now a basket to purchase the product without the stencil.

I did like this page above, part of an album created by an AZZA Scrapbooker in Europe (apologies will attach the name when I find it). The Alpes Maritimes embossing folder is perfect on the page and the I like the AZZA Sticker circle and Resin dots decoration.

I too have been working on a 20 x 20 Disk album, this was a title on one of my pages showcasing the new ‘In the Kitchen’ sets of stamps. There are both ‘Salt’ and ‘Sweet’ sets with the Sketch sheet and papers having both themes on them.

These sets of stamps are designed to incorporate them into a scene for your decorations. Below I have used the AZZA Opio stencil, the ‘In my Kitchen’ patterned papers and the Tropical texture stamp in the top corners to complete my frame.

I used the same Texture stencil on the page below as it worked perfectly with my Mum making marmalade. We always put her to work in the kitchen when she visits as no-one makes marmalade, crunchies (they taste just like Anzac biscuits) or Yorkshire puddings like Mum does!! On this page, again created with the new Burano stencil, I have used the ‘In my Kitchen’ patterned papers and set of dies – oh they are just perfect for all your cooking/baking pages. With the patterned papers being quite ‘white’ they are easily inked or chalked to blend in with the page colour and photos tones. I am busy making a Family recipe book that I can give to my kids, with all the family favourites. Watch this space.

Speaking of family, the other side of the Texture stencil can be used on pages with any theme. It makes for a great background for a title or to fill in a space on the page. The first page below I created with the AZZA Dallas stencil, one of my favourite and the second page is created with AZZA Kyoto stencil.

This Nesting tags die set is perfect for titles or journalling. I used it on the page with my Mum cooking. As you can see above, it looks nice with two different sizes using the smallest Resin dots as the little ‘nails’ holding the frame up.

The new AZZA Word stamp sets work well with all the AZZA tags and frame die sets. These Word sets have been made specifically for AZZA, a size that suits both Scrapbooking pages and cards. Below I have used them on my Title page for a special 20 x 20 Disk album I am creating. There was a large truck parked below the tree in the top photo and I did not want it on the page. I decided to create a title which would takes its place and used a few words from one of the sets of stamps.

Another sample of how to use the word set above:

Do look at the full selection in the AZZA online shop.

A second page from Jeni’s album showcases the AZZA Word stamp sets. Although it is an A4 page Jeni adapted AZZA Dallas stencil to fit the page, a great outcome.

Lastly, the two new Mini Combos released this month, something for both the Gals and the Boys: Motorbike and Beauty.

Another of Jeni’s pages from her album. The bike tyre was created using the ‘O’ from the large Alphabet set and the middle of the tyre are the two circles from the middle of the large number 8. It was based on the AZZA decoration below:

Deb Byrne also created a lovely page with the Burano stencil and using this set for her decorations. She has also used the AZZA Words set stamps for her title.

Well, I think that is enough to keep you going. A few tips to end.

If you don’t want to get fingerprints on your layout whilst working, use a strip of re-positional table to protect your page: Sticky side up so it moves easily over where you are working.

Many of you struggle to catch the end of your re-positional tape when you have inked or chalked on your page. I saw this tip this week and cannot believe I didn’t think of it before: Fold a small tab on the one end!!!

Keep your pieces of pumpkin together with re-positional tape on the front, whilst placing the double sided tape on the back, saves a lot of frustration.

The AZZA Burano stencil has a ‘tool’ stencil, don’t forget to use it for all your inking and chalking. Match the numbers on the main stencil and the tool stencil.

Happy Scrappin’

Lyn

If you are in Bendigo, don’t forget to pop on over and see Ruth at the AZZA stand

Burano is an island in the Northern Venetian Lagoon. It is well known for its brightly coloured houses and beautiful lace. It is the lace designs you will see in the decoration products released this month.

Note the NEW patterns on the Classic patterned papers:

These products can be used throughout the year and with almost any theme.

With the layout below I wanted to show you how the straight lines in the stencil can be used. As all the lines were straight I used the AZZA Sewn square dies for the decoration. The texture stencil and patterned paper I have used is from the Alpes-Maritimes theme released last month.

This stencil has both the straight lines and beautiful curves. The tool stencil that comes with the duo allows for lovely long lines of chalking, inking or pen work. In the layout below by Rachel Timms, Queensland, you can see the uninterrupted lines either side of her photos/papers. Rachel has used the new AZZA Squares dies together with the Lace sketch sheet. Note they are different to the Sewn squares shown above.

The great thing about these dies is that you can use them as a set or just a few together to get a lovely narrow frame, or you can use a single die to get the exact size square required.

A tip to store your cut square or circles I saw on Facebook. Sorry can’t remember who posted it, but THANK YOU.

Honorine has created two beautiful pages below showcasing the lovely curves on the stencil and the Lace decoration products.

I also used one of the figures from the sheet above on my page below. I have showcased the Lace die and the texture stencil. This month AZZA has released Resin dots, ribbons and cord in the new colours. I have used the new Pearl Grey ribbon with a smaller AZZA satin ribbon behind the figure. I have tried to bring out the pink in the centre of the flowers on my layout with the pink mount for my decoration, inks on my die cut strip and pink Resin dots. The page is the new Sage colour and I have used the new Sage ink with the Lace texture stencil on my Pearl Grey double sided paper. When you use products from the same theme, the tones are already a great match. I used the Pearl Grey ink in the areas where I needed shading, but kept it plain as the photos and paper were already quite busy.

Our ladies who subscribe to the monthly Mail Out will receive a selection of the Spruce and Pearl Grey Resin dots, ribbon, cord, Lace patterned and double sided paper and a Sketch sheet. The lesson will show you how to use them for decoration on the page.

There are THREE new colours in the AZZA Cord range: Pearl Grey, Copper and Petrol.

Patricia shows how beautifully the Sketch sheet image, embossed second circle, Figure backed with the Spruce double-sided paper, Spruce satin ribbon and Resin dots work well together to create a decoration on the page.

A striking page by Stempelbeine in Europe using the Burano stencil and the Lace texture stencil.

She also created the page below using the Lace texture duo, patterned paper, sketch sheet and small figures. Note how she has used her Dymo label maker for a title, mounted it on a strip of the 15mm Pearl Grey ribbon and completed it with a small Lace figure and a Resin dot.

The lovely new transparent discs and Marble covers have now arrived from Europe so the Opio Album Basket is available to order from today.

A lovely page by Yvette Jouetre in Europe using the punches pages shown above and the Opio 25 x 25 stencil.

The page below created by Christine Ronsin shows a lovely simple layout using the Opio stencil. She has used the Alpes-Maritimes texture stencil and embossed the AZZA large alphabet letters with the Alpes-Maritimes embossing folder. She has added iZink Glitter paint to give the letters a little more texture.

Christine also had fun on her page below created using Burano/Lace themed products.

A close-up look at her decorations using the Pearl Grey cord, figures which she has coloured, stamped images and Resin dots.

That should be enough to get you to pop along to the shop and see all that is NEW.

I will leave you with a link to Dominique showing you a layout with the new products.

Happy Scrappin ‘

Lyn

We are three weeks into the new year and here I am wishing you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Never too late! Let us hope that this year we will be able to travel and meet up with family for celebrations so that we will have wonderful days to keep a memory of in our albums.

Our last release of 2021 was Los Angeles stencil and the star products. We have seen some lovely layouts with these products.

Michelle created this lovely page using the Los Angeles stencil and the star themed products. Michelle has used the AZZA Texture paste with the texture stencil. I do like the stars in various colours with one of them embossed with the star embossing folder.

Ruth Lawrence, our very own Consultant in Victoria created these two pages below. Ruth has used the AZZA Scrap PLUS kit: Travel for her decorations and the lovely little AZZA hedgehogs from the AZZA Autumn range. Is is great to see two pages with the same layout, different photos/papers and decorations.

Ruth also created the page below with the Los Angeles stencil showing a completely different layout on the page.

This lovely multi-page layout below was created by Claudine Blanc in Europe.

On the layout above, Francine has not cut too much off the photos. Note how she has only embossed the ends of the paper strips, a lovely idea. We seem to forget we don’t have to emboss the whole shape. Francine also created this double-page below:

Lastly, a page welcoming in the new year by Stempelbiene in Europe using the lovely AZZA Large number cutting dies.

This month we see the release of the new AZZA Scrap kit, and Scrap kit PLUS: Botanical.

A beautiful page by Jill Attrill in Victoria using the products in the basket above.

This stencil was used at the annual AZZA Consultant conference last year and some beautiful pages were produced. Christine Caparros and Christine Houbrechts walked us through two beautiful page layouts working with these products.

The Consultants in Australia followed Christine’s instructions and it is great to see the pages produced showing just how different they look using different papers and colour tones. The Consultants used their own photos.

Note the two colour tones in the inking, this brings the colours on the page together.

Christine Houbrechts created the page below for the Consultants to work on. The Consultants show how one layout can be used to suit all photos.

A lovely set of multi-pages using the Botanical stencil created by Michelle Pirron in Europe.

A second set of multi-pages I thought I would show you as I do like the flap to keep it closed using the ‘0’ from the large number dies. Apologies I cannot find the creator, but will keep looking.

Products used for decoration are from the AZZA On the Beach theme. The texture stencil is beautiful on the page.

Also released this month was a 25 x 25 stencil: Opio. AZZA Europe used this stencil at their conference towards the end of the year.

A 25 x 25 stencil is very versatile as it is easily used on a 30 x 30 page too. A 25 x 25 page can also be used as a front page to a 30 x 30 page, allowing for more photos to be included in the multi-page layout.

This stencil had been incorporated into a basket for the month but unfortunately not all the products arrived from Europe. A basket without the covers will be placed in the shop so it can be available to purchase. The punched page set is also available to purchase from today. This basket is perfect if you have a special project you want to create. The pages are already punched to create the album that uses the AZZA Binding discs. Note: there a limited amount of this set of pages.

The 25 x 25 albums are a great size to use if you want to create a gift or a project of your own where you don’t have too many photos. I have just created two 60th albums as gifts for friends. One was photos from a weekend away and the other photos from a 60th party – so not really enough photos to fill a 30 x 30 album. The AZZA A4 pages, stencils and MDF album covers are also good for these types of gifts.

This beautiful layout above was created by Rachel, an AZZA Consultant in Queensland. Rachel has used the Alpes-Maritimes embossing folder on her papers and decoration from the Botanical Scrap kit Plus.

Christine used the same embossing folder on the page above and a stamp from the large stamp set, Alpes Maritimes. She also created this lovely multi-page layout below using the Opio stencil and Alpes Maritimes paper and texture stencil.

Christine Caparros shows how lovely the Alpes-Maritimes large stamp set looks on the page.

Christine Ronsin shows how the stamped image of the yacht together with the Alpes Maritimes texture stencil go together to create a little scene on the page. This shape is perfect for a title to a page as seen below.

This Floral stamp has been released with Botanicals but it matches the AZZA Floral die which was stocked previously. If you have the die, you may want to purchase this stamp as they go together beautifully on the page.

The matching Floral leaves and buds patterned paper is still available.

Lastly a few layouts I wanted to share using various stencils from last year and before. I liked this very simple layout using the Barcelona stencil and Cashmere paper. If you have two photos you don’t want to cut down too much this is a great layout. The photos have been mounted on card cut with the set of dies that matches the stencil. This layout will look fine if you don’t have the die as there will be the 5mm gap left by the stencil.

These two layouts are using the Barcelona stencil set. Above the AZZA Birth cutting die has been used for the decorations too.

This is a double page layout by Christelle using the Sherwood stencil set. Christelle has used products from the Rising sun decoration theme.

Happy Scrappin’

Lyn

Suddenly Christmas is around the corner and the AZZA online shop will close for orders this Saturday, 11th December at 5pm EST. All orders placed in the shop after this date will be held and sent out when the shop reopens on Monday, 17th January.

I loved this Christmas card I saw online using the Arabian nights themed products.

Carole has used the newly release Star themed products for her card above. I love the new Diamond black iZink Glitter paint as a backdrop. I would suggest you do this on a separate piece of card and then mount it onto your Christmas card as the Glitter paint can cause the card to buckle if it is not a thick cardstock. Below Brigitte Langenfeld in Europe created this elegant card using the Star themed products too. The large Star in the centre is cut with the largest Star nesting die so the decoration star inside shines through.

Don’t forget the AZZA Nutcracker themed products, Christine Caparros shows some new ideas.

A little bit of fun on the page using the Micro stamp that comes with the Christmas edition of Scrap & Moi #08. This little car can be coloured in any shades. If you missed out on purchasing the die used behind the stamped image, the figures on the A4 Figure sheets are a good fit. These are on sale at the moment.

The Christmas edition of Scrap & Moi is now available to purchase as an individual magazine. The little micro stamp is rather cute. It can be coloured to suit your card or layout as shown below by Sylviane Khouri.

If you are still looking for Christmas gifts for scrapping friends or yourself, the AZZA Scrap kits are a great gift as they contain everything to get scrapping. For a simple stencil, possibly a friend new to scrapping or a younger person, the 25 x 25cm Discovery Scrap kit is perfect.

There are lots of 30 x 30 cm Scrap kits available. Do pop along to the shop and take a look.

Another great gift is the Disc binding album kit. With A4 embossed pages, they can be cut to any desired size. This kit is great value and the papers are exclusive and cannot be purchased on their own.

There are two EXPRESS kits on sale during the week leading up to Christmas. These kits are called express as they are quick and easy to create. The one above is an A4 album and comes complete with pages, covers, papers, decoration products and an instruction booklet. Unfortunately, the booklet is in French but there are good diagrams to follow. The second express kit is an Accordion album. These are such fun to make and can stand on a sideboard or dressing table so the photos can be seen all the time.

A subscription to Scrap & Moi is also a gift that will keep on giving throughout the year. There are two options – 4 regular magazines or include the 2 extra Special editions and receive 6 magazines throughout the year. I find these magazines give me so much inspiration as they cover layouts, mini albums and off the page projects.

Three lovely decoration close-ups from Sophie using the Star themed products, Sticker circles and Resin dots.

In this one, Sophie has combined the Stars with the Arabian Nights Texture stamp. She has also used the Diamond black iZink Glitter paint with the Star texture stencil.

This little relaxing decoration by AZZ’Art combining a few stamps from the Arabian Nights range and the die from the AZZA Relax theme.

Christine shows a close-up of the decoration on her page created with the AZZA Los Angeles stencil.

I also liked this page by Adeline Close, using only one photo. Adeline has used the Celestial stencil for her layout as it pairs so well with the stars. She has used the Starry night embossing folder. Do look at the Starry night products in the online shop as some are still available and on sale this week. I also love the look of the Vellum used on the page, cut with the Star nesting dies.

Isabelle has created her page with AZZA Los Angeles stencil and the Rising Sun texture stencil. the lovely little stamp is from the AZZA Silhouette range. I see this stamp used on so many pages as almost every image can be used with any theme on the page. The images create beautiful, delicate backgrounds for a decoration or they become the decoration on the page or papers.

Sue has used the birds from the stamp shown above, together with the Kyoto stencil and various Australiana products to create the page above. Sue also created the layout below with the Los Angeles stencil and Star themed products. Note how she has used vellum paper with the Star embossing folder and stuck it behind her biggest star.

Herewith the link to follow Dominique Spirlet as she creates a page with the Los Angeles stencil and Star themed products.

Now for a little ‘Off the page’ Christmas fun: We all have old tins lying around – why not paint them white, silver or gold, give them a little bling with the iZink Glitter paints then have fun with the AZZA large Alphabet dies or any of the other relevant decoration products.

I made these two little lanterns having seen Christine’s beautiful one below. Using the AZZA patterned vellum and various AZZA decoration products your evenings could be lit up so beautifully. Great idea for table decorations for any special occasion.

You can see the stamps work well too.

If you purchased the Advent A4 paper block your Advent gifts should be looking like this with a few opened already. These little gift boxes can be used throughout the year, not only in December.

Do check out the SALE section in the AZZA online shop as many of the older Christmas products are on sale for this week.

All orders over $120.00 (excluding postage) will receive a Gift pocket as their Christmas bonus. This pocket is shown below and includes a Trio stencil, Mini album covers and a lovely pack of papers. The figures sheet is in French but these letters can be cut out individually and used in an English sentiment as shown by Lynette Garrett-Preston in the layout below.

Jennie Banks in Queensland created the layout below also re-arranging the letters on a Silhouette figures sheet into an English title.

Happy Scrappin’

Lyn

December is but a few days away and with no AZZA Sale being planned for January it was felt AZZA would participate in the Black Friday/Cyber Monday frenzy. The stock in Australia is being relocated interstate so unfortunately it will not be logistically possible to offer a sale at the beginning of next year. AZZA Australia will have a few special Christmas offers in December but do take advantage of the discounts over the next four days.

Studio kits and stencils discounted by 10%.

Texture and Decoration duos are discounted by 15%.

Cutting dies discounted by 15%.

Search through the ON SALE section in the shop or ‘Search’ for the product you are looking for.

Products listed in the LAST CHANCE section are products that we only have ONE left in stock. Once they are sold, they will be removed from the shop.

Do have a look at the new products whilst you are in the shop. The Stars have come out this Christmas and in keeping with Stars abounding – the new stencil is called AZZA Los Angeles.

I have created the layout below using the Los Angeles stencil and products from the Star themed decoration products.

I have used the Star set of cutting dies, Star figures, the Star Texture stamp and the Star stamp and die set. Unfortunately, the Star set of cutting dies is out of stock until January.

Having popped into the city earlier in the week I could see AZZA wherever I went.

I have already used this set quite a few times and it can be used throughout the year. I used the top stamp twice on the page and have it fading away towards the bottom of the page instead of a solid edge. The bottom stamp is perfect for the night sky shown in this card below created by Carole in one of my classes.

Don’t forget about the Australian Santa and his Sleigh for your overseas Christmas cards. We have also added a new chipboard collection to the AZZA range for all your Australian pages or cards.

This large stamp set fits the stars cut by the nesting set of Star dies. Unfortunately, these dies are out of stock but the good news is that they will be available in the new year. These dies also fit the AZZA Celestial stencil released a few Christmases ago.

Deb has used the Celestial stencil to create the page above. For the decorations Deb used the newly released products: Star A4 sketch sheet, Star embossing folder, silhouette figures and papers.

The Star stamp and die set have a star that can be peeking out from behind a photo, heading or paper on the scrapping page. If you do not want the French wording, purchase the set of stamps below and use the ‘Super Star’ stamp in its place. It fits perfectly, this set of stamps is only $5.00 because of all the French wording.

I created the page above with the new Sherwood stencil released last month. This is a set of 4 stencils that can be used in any configuration. If you love curves on your page, this stencil is for you! I used the new star themed products for my decorations: the embossing folder, texture stencil, papers and stamp and die set. I also used the the new card die set we have added to the range. Again, this can be used throughout the year. The banner and smaller mounts are ideal for headings.

AZZA Sherwood stencil: Illustration booklet and 4 x stencils

Deb has used the XL Accordion sheets on her page to incorporate more photos into the set. She has used images off various silhouette figure sheets shown below. These are all discounted by 20% for the duration of the sale. If you like quick and easy decorations the silhouette figures are perfect, they are easily coloured with inks, chalks and pens.

This Christmas tree reminded me of the star silhouette figure sheet. The two A4 Figure sheets released last year have also been discounted.

If you like the card Carole created, the images from these A4 sheet of figures can be used. Once again, Azza Belgium had an issue with the dies released this Christmas and they are no longer available.

Scrap & Moi #61 is now available in the shop. The magazine showcases Casablanca, Melbourne, Vacation Scrap kit, Halloween products and a sneak peek at the stencil to be released in Australia in January/February.

To end, a lovely page by Christine Houbrechts with Los Angeles stencil and the new star themed products.

Christine has used papers from the new Winter Forest A4 paper block.

Two new colours in the iZink glitter paints have been added: Copper Gold and Diamond Black.

Happy Scrappin’

Lyn

This month a stencil, CASABLANCA and the ARABIAN NIGHTS themed products were released with two new colour tones – PEACH and RUBY GRAPEFRUIT.

The Studio kit is pictured above. Please note that the A4 Sketch sheet is only available in the Studio, it will not be sold individually.

The Casablanca die has also been released, this die matches one of the stencils and can be used in so many ways. The die is available to purchase on its own and is also in two different baskets. AZZA has placed it into a Basket with the Focus book as there is just so much you can do with it.

In the page above, Hilary shows how the die can be used on the page. Hilary has stamped the die cut with the AZZA Materials and Texture stamp, this will also look very nice with the Materials and Texture stamp with the script. Mail Out subscribers will have received this stamp.

On Isabelle’s page above, she has placed the die cut so that it looks like it is lying behind the layout. The gaps in the die can be left to look like a clear window or can be filled with vellum paper, photos, ink/chalk or paper.

On my layout below I have used a few of these ideas. I created this double page using the Casablanca stencil and the die. As you can see, at the top, centre and bottom I took out sections so that you can see through to the back page. I did not want to just see the children’s shoes in the lower gap so I filled it in with vellum paper and covered the shoes with decoration. I have used the School themed products for decoration on this page. The two backpacks were created with stamps from the large stamp set and coloured in with alcohol pens. I finished the decoration off with the lovely AZZA cord. The two pencils are part of the School die set and what I love about this set is that you can make the pens or crayons any colour. I have also used the School embossing folder on the plain paper.

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The inside spread was fun to create, again using the School decoration products. The paper comes with the alphabet/numbers on one side and the other side is perfect for University graduation pages.

I have had such fun with these dies. I love using two different colours – saving all the little bits to use on another layout. The layout below I created for a Family Heritage album using the Bombay stencil. I also used the second die set released last month, Stationery store, and it looks great on the page:

The large stamp is also perfect to create little scenes on the page.

On the double page above you can see I have used both sizes of back packs on the front page. Inside I used the little bucket of pencils together with the book. I also created a little scene on my single page using two images off the stamp set. Below is a lovely card created by Sabine in Europe using the same set of stamps, great idea for a card for Teachers.

This double page below by Sabine is one of my favourite. It shows the Arabian Nights decoration products used with a theme other than just travel in the region. This front page has been cut with the lovely curve on the right. It has one gap cut into it to show the photo on the left, which is on a smaller piece of green page cut and connected to the front page.

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The images above shows the back of the front page when open. On the left above you can see the same photo which can be seen through the gap when the double page is closed. Then, the green flap is flipped over to the right to expose another two photos. Below is the back page.

Anne-Nathalie create this lovely page below using the new colour tones.

Below, keeping the photos simple.

Christine Houbrechts created this Halloween page using the Casablanca stencil and die and the newly released Halloween products. Note how she used the ‘cut outs’ from the die on the bottom right of the page.

I created this little card below using one of the images on the same stamp set and the new Halloween paper.

With Halloween at the end of the month AZZA has put a basket together:

If you like to decorate, the Lantern die is perfect. Take a look at the AZZA ‘Window’ dies which allows you to change the ‘window panes’ in the Lantern. If you already have the Lantern, check out the other dies you could use.

I always like to see these layouts that are based on an original but all look so different on the page.

Lastly, Fiona and I attended a Paper Craft show held in Perth over the weekend. It was wonderful to see all the Crafters out and about after most of the shows have been cancelled over the last year or so.

Welcome to the ladies who came along to meet us and said they would pop along to my blog and have a look. I am sure you will love all the ideas shared here. Thank you to all the ladies whose pages I have shared, it is wonderful to see so many ideas on the page.

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Lyn

It’s SPRING Downunder and AUTUMN in Europe, both my favourite seasons. Not too warm and not too cold (hopefully)!!

In Australia we see a beautiful TROPICAL range released. The new products match with many older products that are still in the range and can be used together. The tropical texture stencil is back in stock so could be on its way to you on Monday if you place an order soon.

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Don’t discount the paper as being too bright, use AZZA inks and chalks to bring it back to the tone of green you need on the page. I created the page below using the AZZA Cannes stencil and the Tropical paper featured in the basket above. Sadly the embossing folder I used was released in Europe, sold out and was not re-run.

I also used a die for the Tropical set. These are great as you can cut them in different coloured card and paper and then mix them up on the page.

Nadia Martin has used the Tropical themed products on her page above created with the AZZA Kyoto stencil. This large set of stamps can be used with so many themes on the page so a good one to have on hand.

Decoration by AZZ’Art below combining the Tropical cutting dies and the Tropical stamps above.

On the page above the stamp in the Tropical basket has been used to turn plain paper into patterned paper on the page.

Hilary has used both Tropical stamp sets on the page below created with the special edition AZZA Olympic stencil.

Also featured are figurines from the new ‘On the Beach’ themed products. I know I have said this before, but these are always a quick decoration on your page. Bring them to life with pens, inks and chalks.

The basket above includes an AZZA Decor theme book, these are great as they showcase the products with different stencils. If you lack inspiration these are the books to purchase, full of great layouts. Also included are 5 sheets of the AZZA paper pack, beach themed. If you have been wanting to see the quality of the paper in these packs but did not want to purchase a whole pack, this is your chance to receive 5 pages to play with. Being thicker, they are almost card, not paper. The page featured in the basket above is by Deb Byrne. She has used the Olympic stencil for her layout, a sheet from the AZZA paper pack, one of the figures on the sheet above and a stamp from the large set below.

This stamp set, like the School large stamp set, is ideal to create little scenes as decoration on your page.

The two seagulls can be seen on many pages uploaded in Facebook.

Hilary has used them on the page below using the newly released AJACCIO stencil. This stencil is a 20 x 20cm stencil. Hilary has also used the pages from the ‘On the beach’ paper pack, the starfish were cut from one of the pages in the pack. The sun and crab are figures from the Figure sheets on sale this month.

The Ajaccio stencil fits the AZZA Desk album perfectly. There are 20 pages in this desk album so can be used as a calendar or just an album for a loved one to flip through the pages over the year. Now is the time to begin creating your Christmas presents.

Take advantage of the Father’s Day basket available this month and you will receive a small calendar block for 2022 and the Father’s Day stamp. This stamp can be used for Father’s Day cards and also on your page when you are scrapping your Father’s Day photos. Block out the word ‘Happy’ and print only the ‘Father’s Day’.

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The ‘To the Beach’ embossing folder is beautiful on the page. I have used it on my double page below which I created using the Cannes stencil. I also used the micro stamp that came with the latest Special edition Scrap & Moi magazine. I would not use the French lettering so I actually cut it out of the stamp, then it is easy to use on the page without having to block anything off.

Position the paper in the embossing stencil carefully to get the best pattern of anchors.

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Texture stamp featured on the front page is shown below. It works beautifully with the AZZA Glitter paint.

I have been working on a Family heritage album and have used the products released this month with the Dallas stencil and was very happy with the page. For the title I used the AZZA large alphabet dies together with the ‘Sage’ alphabet dies for the smaller letters.

Some of you were disappointed when the Decoration stencil above was unavailable at the beginning of the month. Our shipment with the stencils arrived on Wednesday so they are back in the shop and ready to be ordered! This image is just beautiful on the page! The ‘orange segment’ side works well as paving on your decoration.

Another page by Nadia Martin featuring the texture stencil above and stamps from the Tropical stamp set. Once again, apologies, the embossing folder is not available.

To end a little taste of SPRING in Western Australia. A lovely page by Sue Talbot in New South Wales using the smaller 20 x 20cm Ajaccio stencil on the normal 30 x 30cm page.

Don’t forget to check out the Father’s Day specials running throughout the month in our ‘Sale’ section online.

Happy Scrappin’

Lyn

The Cannes stencil comes with a tool stencil which will help you achieve lovely long lines of inking, chalking or pen work as seen in the layout below.

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It is easy to match the numbers on your stencil to the numbers on your ‘tool’ stencil to see which section you need. Place your photos/papers onto your page then use your tool stencil for your inking, chalking or pen lines.

I used both papers, and the lovely Floral die and embossing folder released this month, for decoration on the page. The die can be used in so many ways. It looks beautiful on the page using only the outline, but can also be used keeping the ‘cut-outs’ in place. I cut the flower twice then used the ‘cut-outs’ from the patterned paper with a solid colour outline. This is a great way to incorporate the colours in the photos into your decoration.

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The two new colours released this month are Orchid and Petunia. These tones are perfect for Heritage photos as seen below on a page created by Deb.

Deb has used the Bohemian Floral papers on an Orchid page. For her decoration she has used the same die set I used above, incorporating a stamped image from the Bohemian Floral Stamp set and, of course, the Resin dots in the same colour theme. Note how Deb has used her blending brushes to bring the page colour onto her patterned papers.

The Petunia coloured page can be seen below in a layout by Sue using the Cannes stencil, the patterned papers in the Petunia shades and the Bohemian texture stencil.

Christine Houbrechts used the Decoration side of the duo above on her page below.

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Irene in Victoria used the Petunia page and papers for a little ‘Vintage’. Irene used the Mineral texture stencil on her page and finished it off with AZZA pearls and Sticker circles.

Heather Fields sent in this gorgeous page below and I just love the tones on the page. Heather used the little Dragon on the AZZA Magic stamp. There is a matching die set, so it is easy to pop onto the page. Heather has decorated her Dragon with alcohol pens and then matched the colours in her inking on the page. She has used the AZZA Geometric embossing folder on her papers, some inked and some not. This creates lovely texture on the page without adding another pattern. There is only one left in stock, so if you like the effect do be quick. You will find it in the ‘Last Chance’ section of the shop.

We have not seen a new release in albums for a while, so are very excited to see this beautiful ring binder album arrive with all the Florals this month. This pattern can be used with almost any themed album.

We continue to see lovely layouts created with the Barcelona set of stencils. Hilary created the page below using both the Architecture Die and stamp set.

Sandra in Queensland created the layout below following the online workshop that AZZA Europe posted on their Facebook page. The Architecture texture duo is lovely on the page.

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Both sides of the Texture duo give a striking effect on the page. The page below by Scrap de Roz has to be one of my favourite Barcelona pages:

The layout above was created with the AZZA Cannes stencil and the layout below was created with the AZZA Bombay stencil.

The AZZA Competition for FIVE Olympic stencils has been extended to the end of the month as postage has been so slow due to the lockdowns around the country. You could still get an order in for your Barcelona stencil and submit your page using the Barcelona stencil and one other product released in July. All entries to be sent to: deborah.azza@gmail.com or you can send them to your Consultant to be forwarded on.

The Olympic stencil is a special release and will not be for sale. Over forty ladies received a bonus stencil during the Olympic specials. I had this set of photos waiting to be scrapped and when I saw the Olympic stencil, I knew it was perfect. I managed to place my son and daughter in the Olympic Rings bringing the focus directly onto them in the surf and being able to cut away a lot of the sea. I finished off the page with the an AZZA Texture Stencil and Figures. The stamp used at the very top of the page to look like the surf is a lovely stamp set as it can be used in so many different ways.

The script stamp would go perfectly with the newly released Bohemian Floral papers as there is a little script within the design.

I saw this layout in Cyberspace and thought I would share it with you. The page was created with the AZZA Melbourne stencil. Decoration has been created using the same set of stamps shown above. Note how three of the stamps have been used together to create a little scene as a background for the Title. As you can see, a very versatile set of stamps. The little feather is an AZZA figure and the paper is from the AZZA Floral collection.

I’ll end with a wonderful, colourful layout – the Jardin Tropical de Monte Palace by Creativ’ann using the AZZA Kyoto stencil and Rising sun decoration products. Quite a work of art!

Note: The little tag can be cut off the lantern on the left and the image used as a Temple.

It is sad to see so much of the country back in lockdown.

If you LOVE Scrapbooking and have time on your hands, why don’t you enquire about joining the AZZA Consultant Team. We can facilitate online training.

We take pride in the fact that all our Consultants are trained to a high level of proficiency before they can teach our style and techniques. While this does involve time and commitment, an AZZA Consultant can confidently teach people eager to create their own AZZA pages.

We are passionate about what we do and love to share our style and wonderful range of products. If you live in an area where the is no Consultant, this is a great opportunity for you to learn all about AZZA and create a small business teaching your friends.

For more details please contact Hilary Hamilton: hilaryhamilton.azza@hotmail.com

Due to the evolving, widespread COVID lockdowns in many states and regions and unprecedented volumes of parcels, postage is taking longer than normal. Please be patient, your parcel will arrive. We are doing our best to get orders out on the normal ‘Twice a Week’ schedule but postage across Australia has been longer than normal in most cases. If you have any queries about your order, please do not to hesitate to contact your Consultant or AZZA at: enquiries@azzaworld.com.au

Happy Scrappin’

Lyn

The Olympics are well underway and Australia are doing well in the pool.

To celebrate AZZA has been giving away special edition Olympic stencils and we have 6 lucky winners so far in Australia. You will have been notified if you have one coming your way and the Order numbers are posted in Facebook.

To celebrate the wins in the pool, AZZA products along the WATER theme, decorations BLUE in colour, and the Waterlily and Water green have all be placed on special in the online shop, so do pop along and look in the SALE section.

More Olympic stencils will be on offer soon. Patricia Le Bellic created the beautiful page below with the Olympic stencil.

I have created a few pages with the Barcelona set. They are all about a family visit to Australia so I used some of the Australian products that AZZA have as part of their range on the first page. As you can see, I kept one photo complete.

I love this stamp and die set, often using it for my Title on the page, or for journalling. As you can see, it is great to use both with or without the stamped image.

Embossing folders are always handy to use to fill in spaces with texture but without becoming the focus on the page. This embossing folder is great with all Australian photos.

There is only ONE kangaroo die left, so get in quick if you need, want or just plain love him on the page!

My next page was also created with two of the Barcelona stencils and the lovely Architecture die that was released with them. It can be decorated in so many ways. I chose a little of the AZZA grey Satin ribbon and a few of the AZZA circle stickers on the page. The Architecture paper also went well with my page.

Note how the two stencils are overlapped in the centre so you only get the 5mm gap on the page.

The July Basket allows you to purchase some cord and Resin dots for you to have a go.

I also like to use the AZZA large Alphabet dies for the first letter of my Title on the page if it can take it. They are easily combined with the smaller AZZA Alphabet dies.

The last page to show you today was created with the AZZA Kyoto stencil. A lovely simple layout, following one of the samples in the Studio, keeping my three photos almost complete. If you like quick and easy on the page, this layout is for you.

The die used is from the Rising Sun decoration products.

The papers from the same theme, fitted perfectly with my photos.

Whilst on the subject of Kyoto and the Rising Sun products, do keep a look out during the Olympics for a few specials on these products together with the Sakuru and Fuji colours.

If you are in Queensland, in the Caloundra area please pop along and meet Anita and Heather at the Craft Alive show this weekend.

Happy Scrappin’

Lyn