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CHA - Day Three!

Hello there! We are still at CHA, and this is day 3. Before we share our projects for today, we wanted to thank you all for your support and love. Thank You!

Today, we wanted to show you the Victoria Park projects. The line has been really popular at CHA, and the colors are amazing.

Layout by Julia Stainton, designer of Victoria Park

Layout by Cindy Liebel

Mini album by Georgia Keays

Layout by Linda Barber

Thanks for coming by today. Please come back tomorrow to see our last CHA projects.

Day Two of CHA

Happy Monday! We had a great first day at CHA. Today, we are back for day two. If you are here at CHA, come see us at booth 1690, and stay for a make and take!

Here are some highlights from yesterday.

You know the show is starting when the bagpipe band starts playing.

 Our booth early in the day: busy and fun! There’s Kristen moving fast.

 A cuddle with baby Beckham. Those cheeks!

Georgia leading our first make and take of the day.

Lisa taking on the afternoon make and take session, and a side peek of our booth.

And here’s our Double Dutch projects. Hope you like these!

Layout by Lisa Dickinson

Layout by Cindy Liebel

Card by Lisa Day

Layout by Georgia Keays

Layout by Jenni Hufford

Mobile by Lisa Dickinson

Layout by Lisa Day

Mini Envelope Tree by Cindy Liebel

Thanks for dropping by. Come back tomorrow for more of our CHA projects!

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Happy Sunday! Hope you are having an awesome weekend. We don't usually blog on the weekends, but today is the first day of CHA - Winter 2012 and we couldn't let it go undocumented.

We have a new booth (#1690, come see us!), and amazing work hanging in it. So we thought we'd share some of that beautiful work with you. Today, we are going to check out projects using Buttercup. (Please click on each picture to view it bigger.)

Layout by Cindy Liebel

Layout by Lisa Dickinson

Card by Lisa Day

Layout by Julia Stainton

Layout by Linda Barber

Layout by Jenni Hufford

Mini Album by Ronda Palazzari

We hope you enjoyed these projects!

And now, the winners of our giveaways! Woohoo! We've randomly picked one winner for each line (from each post). Dear winners, please email  kristen [at] lilybee [dot] com with your mailing address and the name of the line you won, and we'll get the goodies to you ASAP!

Winner of Handmade

Emily Keaton

Winner of Double Dutch

Mel Blackburn

Winner of Buttercup

Jodi Releford

Winner of Victoria Park

Gabbyfek

Please come back tomorrow for more CHA projects and a look at our booth. Thanks so much for coming by today!

4th Collection....Victoria Park

Here is our final collection Victoria Park designed by Julia Stainton. Leave us a comment no later than Friday, January 27th by noon MST to be entered to win this collection.

Third Collection...Buttercup

Happy Wednesday! Here's our third collection Buttercup. Leave us a comment no later than tomorrow Thursday, January 26th by noon MST to be entered to win this collection!

Second Collection...DOUBLE DUTCH

Double Dutch is our second collection. It's fresh and loaded with bright colors and delicious patterns. Leave us a comment no later than Wednesday, January 25th to be entered to win this collection.

First Collection...HANDMADE

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry it's been so hectic the last few weeks BUT we have 4 AMAZING lines coming out next week at CHA. We've added a new embellishment this time around our Bag of Bits which are die-cuts printed on 80lb Cardstock. I love the variety of shapes and sizes.

And I'm so excited for our brand new booth! We will have some awesome make-n-takes each day so come see us in booth 1690 if you are going to be attending.

Leave us a comment about Handmade no later than Tuesday 1/24 by noon MST to be entered to win this entire collection.

Friday Inspiration

Happy Friday! Katja here with a Layout to show you a different use of the Journaling cards.
I love the journaling cards that now come with every release. Here I have used them as photo mats and to to break up the bold colors on the page. I have mixed the 'Memorandum' and 'Harvest Market' collections and used the 'Stationery' papers as my background.
Happy weekend to all Lily Bee blog readers!



Lily Bee Supplies:
Patterned Papers: Stationery, Memorandum
Index Journaling Cards: Memorandum, Harvest Market
ABC Stickers: Harvest Market
Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Memorandum

Heads Over Heels In Love Cards

Hi Everyone, Piradee here today to share some cards that I created using the gorgeous Heads Over Heels collection and just in time for Valentine's Day.  First is this simple card I made using the mix cardstock sticker as the focal point and decked out with some heart punch outs from the various pattern papers... 

Then for my second card, I couldn't resist getting out my sewing machine to stitch the pockets where I added a few love tags and then using another sticker element for the finishing touches. 

And lastly is this fun card created using mini clothes pins and more mix cardstock stickers (the banners this time) and with my favorite product - the ABC stickers!

Lily Bee Supplies:

Pattern Paper: Heads Over Heels

ABC Stickers: Heads Over Heels

Mix Cardstock Stickers: Heads Over Heels

Thanks for stopping by everyone and hope you are having a great week!!

Paper Hearts

Just like most of you, Pinterest is full of inspiration. I have been admiring these cute little hearts. They are so simple and super easy to make.


To create them in layers, Cut an even number of strips 3/4" x 4" and 3/4" x 3 1/2".


Layer together both sizes, smaller strip on the outside and larger strip on the inside. Place a favorite piece of ribbon or twine between both larger pieces (in the middle).


Staple the bottom end to hold all the pieces together and loop the smaller, outside strip into a heart and adhere the opposite end and repeat with larger loop, making sure it is flush with the smaller looped heart.


Or fold both large and small strips together at the opposite end and staple both ends together.


Pretty simple. I made a bunch of them & have them hanging around in bunch of branches in our family room & some hanging from our mantel. Love these & would so fun to make with your kids, too.

Pink and Black

Being the mother of a boy, I take advantage of any opportunity to scrap in pink.  So when my sister took this photo of me frocked up before a night out for dinner, how could I resist using a good serve of pink?  The blacks and greys in the layout balance out the dominating pink background.  The dash of blue just gives some contrast and zing.

 

An interesting fact (which is in the journalling around the photo mat) is that until recently it had been over 10 years since I had worn a dress.  

I have used mainly Head over Heals on this layout - but I did include the black polka dot and the steel blue from the halloween/fall range, Harvest Market!  I love how they just all work together perfectly.

The butterflies have been punched from the same pink paper as the background but I have used the reverse side which is a fine ledger style print.  These coordinating dot/ledger prints that came with the recent releases are so useful.  I love a patterned paper background and the polka dot print is a favorite for me.

Again I have utilized the ABC stickers to form part of my title, which allows me to have a longer and more meaningful title that if I had only used large letters.

Lilybee supplies

Head Over Heels Smitten

Head Over Heels Courting

Head Over Heels Bubblegum

Head Over Heels ABC Stickers

Harvest Market Black Licorice

So are you a mother of only boys?  Do you take the opportunity to lash out with pink when you can?

Cheers

Focus On: Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Happy Monday! I can't believe we are already in mid-January! Time is flying and not in a bad way. We are heading towards CHA and we are all busy around here. Happily busy, that is. We will start unveiling our new lines next week, and you'll definitely want to come back for that!

Today, however, we are taking a closer look at our Mixed Cardstock Stickers. Each line has these cute stickers that include banners, phrases, and journaling spots. So easy to use, and a fun way to add color and pattern to any project.

Layout by Kim Arnold

Lily Bee supplies:

Head Over Heels Dreamy

Head Over Heels 6x6 paper pad

Head Over Heels Swoon

Head Over Heels ABC Stickers

Head Over Heels Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Layout by Kay Roger

Lily Bee supplies:

Patterned paper: Courting, Swoon, Dreamy, Slushie - Head Over Heels

ABC Stickers + Mixed Cardstock Stickers - Head Over Heels

Cards by Julia Stainton

Lily Bee supplies:

Patterned Papers: Stationary line
Tiny Tablet Papers: Head Over Heels
Mixed Cardtsock Stickers: Head Over Heels

Layout by Katja Schneider

Lily Bee supplies: 

patterned paper: Payday, 9 to 5, Time Clock, Boardroom - Memorandum

Courting - Head Over Heels

Mixed Cardstock Stickers - Memorandum

ABC Stickers - Memorandum

Thanks for dropping by today. See you tomorrow!

Finally Friday.

The weekend is just about here and if your week has been anything like mine, you're ready for some relaxation...and some scrapping, too!  So here's an easy layout you can put together in less than 30 minutes - perfect for a Friday night scrap session!

He Shoots, He Scores • layout by Lisa Dickinson

Lily Bee Supplies:

Happily Lost Patterned Paper - Sun Soaked

Stationery Patterned Paper - Pear

Head Over Heels Patterned Paper - Crush, Dreamy

Happily Lost ABC Stickers

First I printed a strip of photos about 2.5 inches high to span across my page.  Then I went to work cutting various sized circles from the patterned papers.  Mine range from 4.5" down to .75" but feel free to make them whatever size you want.  I layered two of my circles with die cut images cut from black cardstock:

When I'm printing my journaling directly on my background cardstock, I like to lay out the page elements on the cardstock first (without adhering anything) and roughly determine where my journaling will go and how much space I have to work with.  Then I set up a text box to fit that size and print my journaling out.

After arranging and adhering my photo strip and circles, I added a ttiny itle from ABC Stickers and embellished the page with a few sparkly pearls and rhinestones.

So celebrate the fact that it's finally Friday and do a little scrapping - we'd love to see what you create!

Love Notes

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it's the perfect time to start thinking about love notes. I've created a couple to share with you today using the Lily Bee Head Over Heels Tiny Tablet and Mixed Cardstock Stickers. I love how these little pads are perfectly scaled for card designs and you get 3 sheets of each of the 12 designs in each pad.


My first note is really a very clean and simple design. It's also perfect for using up scraps. I love using stickers by sometimes I don't want to adhere them directly to my project but pop them up a little. To do this, just adhere them to cardstock and then cut them out. Dimensional foam adhesives are perfect for making the layer pop out.


This next card uses some of the darker patterns for a more masculine valentine. A very balanced and symmetrical design makes combining lots of patterns simple and easy on the eye.

Both these cards are 4 1/4" square. Wouldn't it be fun to make a set to giveaway or make 14 and give away one each day leading up to Valentine's?

Happy card making!


Lily Bee supplies:
Tiny Tablet Papers: Head Over Heels
Mixed Cardtsock Stickers: Head Over Heels

Letters and Grids

Happy Wednesday Lily Bee friends!  It's Jenni here today to share a layout and a few tips in lettering and grids.

When making this layout, I knew I wanted to include Lily Bee's fabulous ABC stickers in the title of the page.  Knowing that I wanted the words to align on the right side of the page, I needed a  game plan for proper spacing of the ABC stickers.

In order to accomplish this, I first wrote out the phrase "I never dreamed it could get better than this" on a piece of paper (I don't know about you but my brain can't spell words backwards very well!).   I then started with the last letter and the last word and worked backwards.  I decided to stagger the phrase and include a tag in the white space for journaling.

When I orginally created this grid it was just the bottom layer of circles (from a 1 1/2" circle punch) from various papers from the Memorandum and Head over Heels 6x6 Tiny Tablets.   I felt that it looked a little plain and needed something extra.   Whenever this happens I usually tend to add more layers for dimension and interest.  So I added a second layer of circle punches and used a pop dot to adhere the circles.

I still felt like the grid needed something else, so I added little embellishments to each circle.  I  spaced each series of embellishments so that it was in groups of three, and creating a triangle.  For instance the hearts create a triangle, as do the butterflies, buttons, and word sentiments.

Thanks for swinging by today!

Lily Bee Supplies Used:
Memordanum:  ABC Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Whiteboard, 9 to 5
Head over Heels: 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Flirt, Crush
Catching Fall: Rub-Ons
Three Little Birds: Laugh Rub Ons