Lily Bee Finds

Hello Sunshine Flower Bracelet

Adore making simple pieces of jewelry out of scrapbook products. It's always a nice change and something really fun to do. Today I want to share with you how I created this chipboard bracelet using the Hello Sunshine collection of Chipboard flowers. It's simple and easy & makes a statement!


Each package has two of the same size & shape of chipboard flowers.


Even though the chipboard flowers come already sticky with adhesive, you want to use Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to adhere both chipboard flowers together for re-enforcement and sturdiness.


Adhere each piece together, creating a double sided look. If adhesive oozes out on the edges, remove with an xacto knife when dry.


I decided to add some color to each flower chipboard for fun. Here, I sanded each side of chipboard flower. This added a nice texture to the chipboard and lots of color for accent!


Cover one side with mod podge, let dry & continue on the opposite side. When completely dry on both sides, add mod podge around the edges of the flowers. This will also protect against subtle damages to your chipboard flowers and expansion. Continue to do this until you get the look and texture you want (adding your favorite stamped images or rub-ons would be another fun way to accent your bracelet).


Hole punch on each side of flower chipboard pieces, using your crop-a-dile smallest hole setting, and add jump rings (18 gauge) to each and connect together. Add a lobster claw or toggle clasp for closure.



I made this on a Saturday morning & wore it the rest of the day while out shopping with the family. I received a several nice compliments as well :) It's fun, simple & easy to make and perfect to wear with any casual outfit!

flower love

hi everyone, katrina here.   my love for the lily bee tulle flowers has been reborn. for a while i was all caught up in the amazing chipboard flowers.  but while i was choosing my embellishments for this page, i realized that i completely forgot about the tulle flowers.  they add just the right feminine tough to any project.   

have a great day everyone!

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It's that time again...for CHA! We are so excited about our new collections and thought it would be fun for you to guess the names of each one of them. For the next 3 Tuesdays we will give you a riddle to each one of our collections along with a *little* sneak peek.

View our riddle and leave your guess. You can leave as many guesses as you would like. The first one to answer correctly will win the NEW Collection. You'll have to be patient though, we won't ship it to you until August but it will certainly be worth the wait!

Best of Luck and Thanks for Playing! All 3 Collections will be revealed the week of July 19th.

*HINT* It is not about fish. 2 Words. It's not obvious from the riddle-you'll have to do some thinking :)

*You can do the same thing with a ball as you do with a fish* *Take note of the words-dive, tumble or spill*

Scrap Attack Kit Winner

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Congrats to Connie! Simply email me kristenATlilybeedesign.com with your postal address and we'll get the kit out to you. Thanks to everyone who commented.

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***Edited to add - The winner has been picked on this link***

I was so excited when Aphra Boyler owner of Paper Poppy Kit Company chose our Hello Sunshine collection for her June Kit-{Little Miss Sunshine}. I've known Aphra for a few years and she started her fabulous site in March.

This kit is just so cheery! She's got some many goodies combined with our papers the creative possibilities are endless. She has generously offered to give one of her kits away simply leave us a comment by next Friday, July 2nd for a chance to win.



As part of Friday's Faves we've found some fabulous layouts from Aphra and her designers:


I adore this layout by Aphra! Banners are so huge right now and I love the misting she used as well to add interest to her layout.


What a perfect summertime layout! Debbie a member of Paper Poppy created this layout. I think it is just to perfect.


Liz Qualman created this simple yet delightful card. I love the twine she used on the chipboard.

Inspiration

If your any thing like me - you find inspiration every where you look!!  Well that's what happened with me when i created this layout - even though the end look didn't come out the way i envisioned it - its where the inspiration came from!  I bought these cute capris for my daughter and LOVED the patchwork - i thought it would look perfect on paper.  

So the process began - i got my cardstock and a ruler and measured where i wanted the squares and lightly traced with a pencil so i knew where to cut.

Then i used my cutter making sure it was lined up evenly and i didn't over cut - i cut them all out. If your a pro with an exacto - that might be easier.

Then i cut 3 squares a little larger than my openings and glued them to the back of the cardstock.  I did distress the inside edges of the openings before doing this. 

The finished product - i ended up stitching around the squares but decided to leave of the zig zag stitching for fear it might take away from the picture and i needed a place for journaling because my picture was so large.  But i can tell you right now - i will be doing this again - with that zig zag stitch in the middle. I used the Lovely collection for this layout!

So what inspires you??  Let us know and show what you've done on a layout or other project.  Upload your layouts to the Ning gallery and they just might show up here on Friday Faves!  Thanks for your Lily Bee love and support!

Thanks

Lovely Pendant

I love turning paper into more than just layouts.  Don't get me wrong, i love creating layouts.  But i also get great joy seeing my scrap supplies become more.  I want to show you how i created this Lovely Pendant and show how Lilybee works so well with other manufactures, like Fancy Pants Artist Frames.

My supplies include Lilybee pattern paper, some Lilybee Rub-ons, alcohol ink, and a few flower embellishments.

First i traced out the shape on one of my favorite Lilybee pattern papers from the Lovely collection.

I inked the frame a little bit to give it a shabby vintage feel.  I picked a color that would compliment my pattern paper choice.

After placing my pattern paper into the frame, i wanted to see where everything would go so i moved around the rub-ons & embellishment until i found a placement i liked.   That little birdie makes me so happy.  I tried to fit the happy happy joy joy in the whole frame but it didn't work.  In the end, i decided on "Joy."

I adhered the paper down and put the rub-ons in place.

 Next i filled the frame with a clear liquid glue.  I let it dry a little and then added my flowers.  The flowers appear to float in the frame.  I added some more clear liquid glue over the flowers to protect them. 

How cute & easy to create a piece of wearable art.  I hope you grab some of your favorite Lilybee products & create your own pendant!

Lily Bee and Stamping

I love to incorporate stamping in my layouts (only because it makes me feel less guilty about buying them hehe). I find that using my stamps with Lily Bee papers are so easy because the colors and patterns are so versatile and easy to match with most stamps.

Here are a couple of layouts with hand colored stamped images...




The first layout features Hello Sunshine Papers and Rub-ons together with a stamp from Penny Black.

The second one has Lily Bee Die Cut papers, chipboard, and Rub-ons, together with a stamp from Mo's Pencil Shop.

Hope you can try using your stamps with your Lily Bee Papers too!

Making some shabby chic Lily Bee!

I love that Lily Bee products already have a rather "modern vintage" vibe (hush, I know that's an oxymoron, but go with me, k?), and it really goes great with my penchant for shabby chic style.

When scrapping these pics from the beach, I wanted to make a big background using the awesome Lily Bee rub ons. I cut bits and snips from all of the different rub ons, and put them randomly on a big square of white cardstock, that was inked/distressed, and then matted with some Hello Sunshine paper.

Then, to give the text a more muted feel, I lightly brushed white paint right on top of the rub ons. I left the words right under the picture on the left untouched, because I wanted there to be a little more focus on those words.

I also lightly rubbed some brown distress Stickles along the edges of the white cardstock and the torn pieces of patterned paper (these particular ones are from the Lovely collection).
I also sanded down the adorable chipboard buttons (I love, love, love them!) and scattered them throughout the layout.

Friday Faves

Happy Friday! It's that time of the week where we get to feature you on our blog. Thank you for your continued support. We love to see your creations in our gallery.

Annelie Maddock shared this wonderfully simple page called "Sweet Summer". I love the simple design with the circles. It's very striking.

Liz Chidester shared this adorable page called "Carefree". I love the handmade flowers and all of the layering. Overall, this is just a gorgeous layout.

Mahlin Wiggur shared this layout with us. I love the title; "Superboy". This is another striking page and I, especially, love the photo at the bottom edge. The design is really sweet.



Have a wonderful weekend!

Scrap Attack Kit Giveaway

Lauri over at Scrap Attack is featuring our Lovely Line in her June kit. And what a beautiful kit she has put together...It looks amazing! Kits retail for $36.40 but she is selling them for $29.99. You can purchase them HERE

Lauri has also generously offered to give away one of these kits. Simply leave us a comment by Wednesday, June 23rd and you'll be entered in the drawing to win. (US entries only)

Growing Lovely

Good Morning!

Today I have a two page layout to share featuring Lily Bee's Lovely Collection


Every June, the most amazing peonies bloom in our backyard. I always make sure to get a picture of my two children in front of the full blooms. It was shocking to compare the photo of my daughter from this year to last year. It seems like she went from a baby to a little girl so fast. I knew i wanted to highlight the change in a layout by making a tree to symbolize her growth.

The Lovely Die Cuts were perfect as part of my tree. And since I do not have a circle stencil, I used tupperware lids to make the three other circles! The two smaller pink circles are the same size and then I used one large circle to anchor the tree.


I cut the chipboard in half to make the clouds. I layered different sized pieces on top of the large clouds and used Helmar's Zapdots to adhere the layered pieces. Butterflies with jeweled sequins seemed to be the perfect touch for the clouds.



Finally, I added stitching to draw attention to the title and the butterfly.

Thanks for stopping by today!!! I hope you have a LOVELY day.

Facebook Giveaway...

Happy Tuesday everyone. We want to get to 1600 friends who LIKE Lily Bee Design in the next week on our Facebook Page SO here's the incentive for you to invite your friends. We've teamed up with Jill over at A Million Little Things and are giving away a $25.00 Gift Certificate to her store.

Simply have your friends who LIKE Lily Bee leave us your name over on the Facebook Page and you will automatically be entered to win. The more friends you send over the more chances you have to win.

Good Luck and Send your friends!

Miss ' A ' .

Good Morning everyone!

I have been wanting to do a page about the 1,001 nicknames we have for our daughter, and so I finally made time to just do it. The journaling literally fell together...i bet most people could think of quite a few random nicknames they have for their kids, right?

I decided to make my own little journaling tag/spot with a piece of the 'Exclusive' patterned paper from the French Couture collection from Lily Bee's first release...i loooooooove the ledger on the B side and have hung onto every little bit, so this piece came in handy. i just trimmed it to the same size as my photo, edged it with some blue paint and then drew in my journaling lines. i cut a few of the Lovely Chipboard Pieces in half to make a border that separates the journaling spot from my photo...and added a few of the Chipboard buttons in between.

just a quick way to use up favorite tidbits of paper, etc. that you have on hand but can't bear to part with...and an easy topic to journal about, in case you ever hit a bout of writer's block!

Friday Faves

Hi and welcome to Friday Faves! We are excited to share some amazing finds from our gallery.

Rosemary Created this humorous layout titled "Bored & Miserable", which includes a list of her child's 5 least favorite things. I love the design and the theme. It's a fun page about real life.

Kathleen "Kat" Glossop created this stunner of a page. I adore the misting/masking, the sewing, the color combo, and the title work. There are so many details to take in and that makes for an amazing page.

Frances created this cheery page. The addition of the black really makes the colors stand out. I love that she used three photos on the page and put rub-ons on top. Her son is having a blast in those photos and the page compliments that perfectly with it's fun design.

Have a wonderful weekend!