Lily Bee Finds

Focus On: Halloween. Mostly.

Happy Halloween! Since we moved a few months ago, I was totally unprepared for it. I have no idea where my sewing machine is, so I'm recycling a costume for my six year old. The middlest and the biggest are not getting dressed up. Something about being too old for that... Not sure what that means. Because I love a good costume myself.

So in honor of today's festivities, we asked our designers to come up with Halloween related projects. But what if you don't celebrate Halloween? Not to worry. We've got you covered!

By Ronda Palazzari

Patterned Paper: Harvest Market: Black Licorice

Tiny Tablet: Harvest Market

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Harvest Market

Other: Kraft diecut; Trinket pin; Fabric flowers; Black trim; Black paint; Tissue paper

Ronda shares step-by-step details on how to make these fun hats:

I found this great paper mache hat at a craft store and thought It would make a perfect Halloween center piece. I glued tissue paper to the cone of the hat to give it some texture and then painted the whole hat black.  I traced the brim of the hat on the Black Licorice paper and glued it to the hat. I used a circle scallop punch to punch out the happy Halloween and attached it to a kraft diecut. The mixed cardstock stickers were the perfect touch to the base of the hat. I used the tiny tablet paper to create the paper flower to accompany the other flowers. Lastly I added a star pin on top to complete the piece.  

By Jenni Hufford

Harvest Market: Black Licorice, Pumpkin Seeds, Peach Crisp, Squash, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Memorandum: Timeclock, Mixed Cardstock Stickers

By Lisa Dickinson

Harvest Market Papers:  Hayride, Black LIcorice, Turtleneck, Peach Crisp, Harvest Blue

Harvest Market Tiny Tablet

Harvest Market Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Harvest Market ABC Stickers

Harvest Market Index Journaling Cards

And Georgia Keays created a beautiful, Fall-ish, non-Halloween layout.

Patterned Papers:

Memorandum-Payday; Harvest Market-Pumpkin Seed and Black Licorice

Index Journaling: Harvest Market

ABC Stickers: Harvest Market

Remember you still have a few days to enter our sketch challenge. More info here.

Thanks for coming by today. If you are going out later tonight, be safe and have fun! See you back tomorrow.

Lily Bee + Elle ' s Studio: Day Five

ETA: We have a winner of Friday's giveaway! Congratulations, dlwidder! Please email your mailing details to milesofpaper [at] gmail [dot] com.

For Thursday's winner, go here.

Good morning, and Happy Friday. I usually love-love Fridays, but today, I'm a little sad because it's our last day hanging out with Elle's Studio's crew! We've had such a great time using their products and co-hosting this hop. We hope that you've enjoyed it too. But let's not get too sad, because we have two last amazing projects to share with you today PLUS a special Elle's Studio giveaway. More on that later. (You can click on the photos for a bigger view.)

By Kay Rogers 

Lily Bee Supplies:
Patterned Papers: Jingle-Merry&Bright; Jingle-Mistletoe; Jingle-Peppermint;Jingle-Tinsel

Jingle ABC Stickers; Jingle Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Elle's Studio Supplies: Christmas Tiny Tags; Pennants-Christmas; Christmas Journaling Circle Tags (Large)

By Ronda Palazzari

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Papers: Memorandum Pay Day; Memorandum 9 to 5; Memorandum Whiteboard; Memorandum Lemon

Memorandum Index Journaling Card; Memorandum Mixed Cardstock Stickers; Memorandum ABC Stickers

Elle’s Studio Supplies:

Everyday Large Journaling Tags; Lil’ Snippets: Today - Red; Handmade Layers Circle Tags; Layered Numbers; Pennants Turquoise; Lil’ Snippets Labeled – Red & Pink; Elle's Studio packaging

Please leave us a comment telling us what was your favorite part of the hop (aside from the prizes! LOL!) We'll randomly pick a winner to receive Elle's Studio's Forever Grateful Kit, which is such a gorgeous project kit. 

And don't forget to hop to Elle's Studio to see more great projects, and leave a comment there to win some Lily Bee goodies!

Thank you thank you thank you for making this such a successful and fun hop. We hope to see you here on the blog again, as well as on our Facebook page, and on Twitter. 

Have an awesome weekend!

Lily Bee + Elle ' s Studio: Day Four

ETA: We have a winner for today's giveaway! Congratulations, Jennybean! Please email me at milesofpaper [at] gmail [dot] com with your address!

For the winner of Wednesday's giveaway, go here.

Well, hello there! We are so happy you are here to hang out with us and Elle's Studio. This week, we are combining our stuff with Elle's Studio's to create some fun projects, and they go together so fabulously!

Today, we are doing a sketch! This sketch.

Our team member Jenni Hufford (she's also with Elle's! She's that cool!) took the sketch and totally made it her own.

Lily Bee Supplies:  
Patterned Papers: Jingle- Spruce, Eggnog, ABC Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet; Memorandum- Whiteboard; Christmas Town- Chipboard Stickers

Elle's Studio Supplies: Christmas Large Journaling Tags; Christmas Journaling Circle Tags (Large); Christmas Notetags; Christmas Tidbits; Christmas Strips

I kept slightly closer to the original sketch. These Elle's Vintage Flashcards were perfect for this layout and sketch.

Lily Bee supplies: 
Patterned Paper: Dreamy-Head Over Heels; Crush-Head Over Heels; Courting-Head Over Heels
ABC Stickers: Head Over Heels
Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Head Over Heels
Elle's Studio Supplies: Vintage Sweetheart Flashcards; Handmade Layers Cutouts-16 Tags

Elle's Studio's team is also using the same sketch. So do go by their blog and check out their take on it. And don't forget to leave them a comment to win some Lily Bee goodies. If you use this sketch, please share your layout with us, by posting to our Facebook page. We'd love to see it.

Also leave us a comment here for a chance to win Elle's Studio goodies!

Tomorrow for our grand finale, more layouts and an Elle's Studio kit. Good stuff! Have a great day!

Lily Bee + Elle ' s Studio: Day Three

ETA: We have a winner of Wednesday's giveaway: Jill! Congratulations, Jill! Send me your address at milesofpaper [at] gmail [dot] com.

For the winner of Tuesday's giveaway, click here.

Hello there! It's our third hop day. We are happy to see you here! We are having such fun time combining Elle's Studio products with Lily Bee goodies. Today, we have a couple of altered projects for you.

The first is this beautifully layered notebook by Virginia Tillery. It's the perfect place to jot down daily moments that you want to remember.

Lily Bee supplies:
Patterned Paper: Smitten - Head Over Heels; Courting - Head Over Heels; Swoon - Head Over Heels; Flirt- Head Over Heels; Crush- Head Over Heels; Dreamy - Head Over Heels
Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Head Over Heels

ABC Stickers: Head Over Heels

Elle's Studio: Large Journaling Tags- Handmade Layers; Pennants- Handmade Layers; Pennants- Pink

Other: Punch, Dark Brown Mist, Rhinestones, Pin, Seam Binding

And how about these amazing Halloween treat holders by Cindy Liebel? Totally cool, aren't they? Cindy shows you how to make them on her blog.

Lily Bee Supplies:
Patterned Papers: Harvest Market-Turtleneck; Harvest Market-Black Licorice; Harvest Market-Peach Crisp; Harvest Market-Squash; Harvest Market-Hayride; Harvest Market-Pumpkin Seeds

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Harvest Market
ABC Stickers: Harvest Market

Chipboard Stickers: Lovely; Catching Fall
Elle's Studio Supplies: Spooktacular Autumn Tiny Tags; Lil' Snippets: Gratitude; Lil' Snippets: Trick or Treat; Halloween Pennants
Other: Silhouette die-cut machine & EK Success punches

Don't forget to leave us a comment for a chance to win a lot of Elle's Studio goodies. And don't forget to go by Elle's Studio blog to see what they are up to today and for a chance to win Lily Bee products.

See you back here tomorrow for a sketch, some layouts, and more prizes! Have a great day!

Lily Bee + Elle ' s Studio: Day Two

ETA: TUESDAY'S WINNER: REBECCA (from Rebecca's Scraps)! Congrats, Rebecca! Please email me your address at milesofpaper [dot] gmail [dot] com.

For yesterday's giveaway winner, click here.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday! We are so glad you all are enjoying our Elle's Studio + Lily Bee blog hop. Thank you for the love!

Today, we've got cards for you. Wouldn't it be great to keep a stash of them ready for every occasion? That's my dream! Here's some inspiration to get us started.

By Ronda Palazzari

Lily Bee Designs:

Patterned Papers: Memorandum 9 to 5; Memorandum Whiteboard

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Memorandum

Elle’s Studio Supplies:

Pennants – Turquoise; Handmade Layered Circles; Everyday Large Journaling Tag

By Cindy Liebel

Lily Bee Supplies
Pattern Paper: Harvest Market-Oatmeal; Harvest Market-Pumpkin Seeds; Harvest Market-Turtleneck; Harvest Market-Peach Crisp

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Harvest Market

ABC Stickers: Harvest Market
Elle's Studio Supplies: Handmade Layer Circles; Lil' Snippets Trick or Treat

By Lisa Day

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Papers: Oatmeal - Harvest Market; Turtleneck - Harvest Market

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Harvest Market

ABC Stickers: Harvest Market

Elle's Studio Supplies: Lil Snippets Gratitude; Spooktacular Autumn Tiny Tags

By Jenni Hufford

Lily Bee Supplies:

Jingle- 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, ABC Stickers

Elle's Studio Supplies:  Christmas Journaling Circle Tags (Large)

By Linda Barber
Lily Bee Supplies:
Patterned Papers: Dreamy-Head Over Heels, Crush-Head Over Heels, Swoon-Head Over Heels, Flirt-Head Over Heels
Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Head Over Heels
ABC Stickers: Head Over Heels
Elle's Studio Supplies: Handmade Layers Pennants-Blank; Pennants-Pink 
 

Don't forget to leave us a comment for a chance to win Elle's Studio goodies! Also don't forget to drop by Elle's Studio blog, check their projects using Lily Bee, and leave them a comment to win Lily Bee goodies. 

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See you again tomorrow!

Lily Bee + Elle ' s Studio: Day One

ETA: MONDAY'S WINNER: AMY COOSE! Congrats, Amy! Please email me your address at milesofpaper [dot] gmail [dot] com.

This week, we are hanging out with Elle's Studio! We think Lily Bee's products mix perfectly with Elle's Studio's. The colors, the designs, everything goes together so well! We are super excited about this blog hop, and think you will be too.

Each day this week, we will post layouts/cards/projects using Elle's Studio and Lily Bee goodies. We will also be giving away Elle's Studio's products worth $25 to a randomly picked lucky winner. So remember to post a comment each day.

Elle's Studio will also be posting projects and giving away Lily Bee products every day this week. So don't forget to drop by their blog and post a comment each day also.

Today, we have two layouts to share. The first one is by Lisa Dickinson. (Click on layouts for a bigger picture.)

Lily Bee Supplies:
Patterned Papers: Payday-Memorandum; Office Blue-Memorandum; Lemon-Memorandum
ABC Stickers: Memorandum
Elle's Studio Supplies: Mix&Match Vintage Number Tags-Turquoise; Pennants-Turquoise

And the next one is by Lisa Day.

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Tiny Tablet - Harvest Market; Oatmeal - Harvest Market; Pumpkin Seed - Harvest Market

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Harvest Market

ABC Stickers: Harvest Market

Elle's Studio Supplies: Spooktacular Autumn Journaling Circle Tags; Spooktacular Autumn Tiny Tags ;Vintage Halloween Flash Cards

Don't you think Elle's Studio products go well together with Lily Bee's? Pretty awesome, isn't it?

Remember to leave us a comment for a chance to win lots of Elle's Studio goodies. And come back tomorrow for more inspiration and more prizes!

Also, don't forget to drop by Elle's Studio blog.

Fall Football Saturdays

Today was our last football game of the season. We've spent the last 6 or so Saturdays at the football field watching my son play tackle football and my daughter cheer for flag football. I thought it would be fun to celebrate and honor the season with a quick layout.

To us fall = football. I love it! And the Lily Bee Harvest Market collection is the perfect fall collection!

I started my design around wanting to use the flags from the cardstock stickers on my layout to separate the two pictures. I placed my pictures on a smaller piece of paper and then layered the flags back and forth. Then I added a couple small strips of paper over the seam of the two columns and sewed some swervey (yes that's a word...the dictionary is wrong!) lines to tie them together.

Then I layered some of the index journaling cards, some cardstock stickers and some papers from the tiny tablet behind my pictures before adhering it to the page.

Then I sewed some more swervey (see there's that word again!) lines around the outside of the layout.

 

I punched out 3 maple leaves to use as a base for my title and my journaling. And hand cut out a banner to offset the light color of the word "Saturdays"

I hope you've all been enjoying this fabulous fall season as much as we have!!

Lily Bee supplies:

Patterned Paper:
Peach Crisp - Harvest Market
Black Licorice - Harvest Market
Squash - Harvest Market
Hayride - Harvest Market

Mixed Cardstock Stickers:
Harvest Market

ABC Stickers:
Harvest Market

Journaling Cards:
Harvest Market

Other:
Punch, vintage typewriter, sewing machine

Getting Inky..Step by Step

Anyone out there love to get their hands messy? Have a little artistic fun? I really love playing around with different techniques when paper crafting and Lily Bee Design stamps are perfect for exploring your creativity with.


Today I have an inky project to share using the Head Over Heels stamps from Lily Bee. You can totally use these stamps to simple stamp on your layouts and cards but they also have lots of possibilities for making artistic embellishments. The step outs will show you how easy it is and you can create a tag that is a perfect accent for a card or a layout.


First of all, here's the finished project so you know where we're headed. We're going to be using fun resist technique on the tag.


To create the resist you need to stamp the doily stamp on a manila tag. You can use a white tag if you'd rather have the doilies appear white. The point of a resist is so that the ink doesn't get on the surface underneath and you have the original color showing through.

Use a clear embossing ink or a clear watermark ink to stamp this and then sprinkle the stamping with clear embossing powder. Remove excess and then heat set. You'll have some beautiful glossy embossing that looks like the photo above.


Next we're going to make the resist pop. Simply spray on some dye ink spray and then blot the ink over the doilies to remove the excess. The embossing with resist the ink and allow the original manila color to show through.


I wanted to add a little more dimension to my tag so I've added some more stamping on the tag and then sponged the edges with a distress ink.


Once you've got your tag how you want it to look, make your card using the coordinating Head Over Heels patterned papers and adhere the layers well.


To make the title, I've combined both stamping and the Lily Bee ABC Stickers. Don't be afraid to mix and match mediums.


Mist a flower or other embellishment with the same inks and adhere to your project. Tie with twine and add tiny stamped tag to the bottom of the card.


And that's it. A unique project and tag embellishment that is all your own.

Lily Bee supplies:
Patterned Paper:

Crush-Head Over Heels

Swoon-Head Over Heels

ABC Stickers:
Head Over Heels

Clear Stamps:
Head Over Heels

Other:
black ink
clear embossing powder
dye ink sprays
heat gun
manila tag

Have fun getting inky!

Sketch Challenge Winner!!

Thank you to everyone that participated in our first Sketch Challenge!! It was great to see everyone's take on the Sketch.

Here is a reminder of our first sketch...



















We have chosen a winner...drumroll.....

Congratulations Takako Tanaka!!!!



please e-mail me ([email protected]) with your address so we can send you some Lily Bee Goodies!!

Fabulous Fall

What I love most during this time of the year is the gorgeous colors of fall and really do wish, I could be somewhere (other than Singapore) to I could experience the beauty of fall. But in the mean time, the gorgeous colors in the Harvest Market collection is making up for it... (and mixed in a bit from the Jingle collection)

Inspired not only by the colors of fall but the leaves that can be found everywhere, I based both the cards and tags design on this. Using my silhouette machine, I cut out the various leaves before sewing them together to create a bit of dimension. Also on my card, I opted to also use the negative part (leftover) as contrast to the leave details; and finished everything off with the fabulous fall sticker from the mixed cardstock sticker set.

For the tags, I keep the same design but added in a bit of mist before including the ABC stickers (I just can't can't get enough of these and you'll going to love the new colors and design).

Lily Bee Products Used:

• Pattern Paper: Harvest Market - Squash (HMP167)


• Pattern Paper: Harvest Market - Punmpkin Seed (HMP168)


• Pattern Paper: Harvest Market - Hayride (HMP166)


• Pattern Paper: Harvest Market - Pumpkin (HMP182)


• Pattern Paper: Jingle - Spruce (JLP180)


• ABC Stickers: Harvest Market (HMS171)


• Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Harvest Market (HMS170)

Thanks for stopping by everyone and hope you guys have an amazing fall (and ps. enjoy a little for me too).

Piradee

Sketch challenge #2

We are continuing with another sketch challenge for you!!

Katja's first sketch was great and it was fantastic to see your takes on it.  This is the sketch that I have put together ...

Sketch #2

 And this is my take on it ...

Lily Bee Supplies:

Harvest Market Patterned Paper: Black Licorice, Hayride, Peach Crisp
Harvest Market: ABC Stickers
Harvest Market Mixed Cardstock Stickers
Harvest Market Index Journaling Cards

Here are the specific details for this challenge:

1) Use the Sketch as a guideline but feel free to turn it around or just adopt some elements of the sketch.
2) Use at least two Lily Bee product (any kind)

To be entered into the contest please post your layout on our Facebook page (please include the title Lily Bee Sketch Challenge #2) -OR- include a link to your project in the comments of this post.

We will announce one winner on Wednesday November 2nd to receive some Lily Bee products.

Best of Luck and I can't wait to see what you create!

Thoughts on Journaling

I have to admit, I often leave my journaling last when creating a layout. That doesn't mean I don't like journaling (i love it) or that i don't have much to say (i usually have too much to say), but when it comes to design, it can be hard to determine where and how much to write.

My son recently broke his wrist at school and the story I wanted to remember was not the where and how, but really, how he responded to this little trial in his life. For a five year old, his attitude was truly remarkable. So I decided to layer my photo and embellishments on one side of the page, and leave the rest of the page for my journaling.

I wrote him a letter and incorporated ABC stickers from the Harvest Market Collection within my journaling. It helps the eye not get "lost" among all those words. I also created some of my own embellishments by trimming the Die Cut Frames from the Christmas Town Collection! Layering the frames between the photo/embellishments AND journaling allowed for everything to flow together (instead of just being side by side photo and journaling).

Don't be afraid to spend some time (and page space) and write out your thoughts! You really can have BOTH words and products in one page!!

Lily Bee Products Used:
Harvest Market- Peach Crisp, Black Licorice, Hayride, Squash, Harvest Blue, ABC stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, Index Journaling Cards.
Memorandum- Boardroom, Whiteboard, ABC stickers
Christmas Town- Die Cut Frames

Focus On: Head Over Heels

Happy Monday! Today's Focus On is one of our newest lines, Head Over Heels. This gorgeous line was designed by our own team member, Julia Stainton (who also designed the previously released Picket Fence). Head Over Heels is the perfect line for those layouts about the people you love. The colors are bright and the patterns are fabulous and sweet. You'll want to see it in person!

Shall we take a closer look at what our team put together using mostly Head Over Heels? Let's!

by Lisa Day

Lily Bee supplies:
Patterned Paper:
Swoon-Head Over Heels
Courting-Head Over Heels
Dreamy-Head Over Heels

Mixed Cardstock Stickers:
Head Over Heels

ABC Stickers:
Head Over Heels

Other:
vintage typewriter, sewing machine, hearts

By Cindy Liebel

Lily Bee supplies:
Patterned Paper:
Smitten-Head Over Heels
Courting-Head Over Heels
Swoon-Head Over Heels
Flirt-Head Over Heels


Mixed Cardstock Stickers:
Head Over Heels

ABC Stickers:
Head Over Heels

Chipboard Stickers:
Lovely

Other:
Maya Road rose flowers, machine stitching, Fiskars border punch

By Virginia Tillery

By Katja Schneider

Lily Bee Supplies:
Patterned Paper:
Head over Heels - Dreamy
Head over Heels - Swoon
Head over Heels - Bubblegum
Head over Heels - 6x6 Tiny Tablet


ABC Stickers: 
Head over Heels


Mixed Cardstock Stickers:
Head over Heels


Other:
Punch, Die Cut system, brad

And of course, we did wonder "What Would Julia Do"? So asked her. 

By Julia Stainton

Lily Bee supplies:
Patterned Paper:
Oatmeal-Stationery
Dreamy-Head Over Heels

Flirt-Head Over Heels

Crush-Head Over Heels

Swoon-Head Over Heels

Smitten-Head Over Heels

Mixed Cardstock Stickers:
Head Over Heels

ABC Stickers:
Head Over Heels

Clear Stamps:
Head Over Heels

 

Chipboard Stickers:
Hello Sunshine

Other:
black ink

Hope you enjoyed these projects. Remember you still time to enter our sketch challenge. Find more info here.

Coming soon...

Fall Grateful Card

I am so loving this fall season in Colorado.  I just love the chill that comes into the air.  This time of year also reminds me of all the blessings i have in my life. 

I love the Harvest Market paper with those warm colors and just the right shade of blue, color me happy! I used a diceut machine to punch the leaves.  Using a punched circle as my base, i began layering the leaves around the edge to create the sunflower.  Instead of gluing down ever single piece, i decided to stitch the leaves to the circle.  I took the square sticker and trimmed it in a circle to fit inside the flower.  I hope you will give it a try because it is so much fun to see the sunflower come to life!

Lily Bee Paper
Peach Crisp - Harvest Market
Hayride - Harvest Market
Pumpkin Seeds - Harvest Market
Squash - Harvest Market
Whiteboard - Memorandum

Mixed Media Stickers
Harvest

Other:
Twine
Black Cardstock