Lily Bee Finds

True Friendship

Sometimes, I get so caught up in scrapping about my family and what is going on in our lives that I don't think to record my friendships.  

In the layout I'm sharing today, I wanted to highlight a very special friendship I have with a woman I truly consider to be my sister.  No, we're not blood sisters, but we are certainly as close as sister's might expect to be.

I love that good friends walk together through life. And since I used a gridded paper for the background, I was able to easily write my about our 'walk' together directly on the background paper.

I'm a big fan of having tabs that stick up above the top edge of my page.  They look great, add a little unexpected dimension and still fit nicely inside my albums. Here, I used the Victoria Park Journal Cards to add the effect of tabs.

I love using the 6x6 pads to create my own embellishments.  For the flower below, I simply punched a couple of shapes out of the small-scale patterned papers and added a brad.

Overall, you'll see there are a lot of details added to the page but it still retains the feeling of having white space to allow the eye to rest.  Clustering makes it possible.

Lily Bee Supplies Used:

 Pattern Paper: Victoria Park, Handmade, Buttercup

ABC Stickers: Handmade

Journal Cards: Victoria Park, Handmade

Bag O Bits: Handmade

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Handmade, Victoria Park

6x6 Paper Pads: Memorandum, Victoria Park
Stamps: Handmade

Other Supplies Used:

Punches: EK Success, Fiskars

Silhouette SD Die Cut Machine

Wood Veneer: Studio Calico

Scarlet Bird Designs Button Badge, Die Cuts

Brad: My Mind's Eye

Button Maker: Epiphanie Crafts

Mist's: Maya Road

Ink: Jenni Bowlin Studios

Have a beautiful Lily Bee Design kind of day and make something lovely!

Bright and Busy!

I love color and pattern and lots of everything on my layouts. It's happy and fun just like my youngest who recently had his 7th birthday. I knew a bright and busy look was want I wanted for a birthday page to record this event but how to go about it and still keep it under control  had me perplexed.

Enter the simple circle punch. Circle punches are simple timeless tools that never go out of style and every papercrafter should own a few. By punching all my papers with the same punch, the repetition provides unity in the design and even better, there was no measuring and cutting involved.

I've used the beautiful Double Dutch line for this layout. I love how the gingham adds such a summery look and it's perfect for boys as well as girls.

The Double Dutch Index Journaling Cards are great for journaling but they are also perfect for matting photos with.

Mini pinwheels make a sweet childhood accent on a page. I've created mine out of 2.5" squares of Double Dutch patterned paper.

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Double Dutch (Marmalade, Hopscotch, Key Lime Pie, Croquet, Marigold, Celery) 

and Buttercup (Flowerpot)

Journaling Cards: Double Dutch
Stickers: Victoria Park ABC 

Bag of Bits:Double Dutch

Happy creating!

The Best Dad

Hello Lily Bee fans!  Patricia here, and I am so excited to be here today to share my layout with you.  My daughter is every bit a "Daddy's Girl," and this picture from our recent beach trip just captured the love between these two, even though it is an iPhone photo.

I wanted to create a fun, playful, and carefree layout about this special relationship.  I used the blue and green pattern papers with accents of red and tan.  The little touch of girliness in the fuchsia bow is just enough to pull out the pink my daughter is wearing. 

I used the Silhouette to cut out these tags at the top, as well as the tiny circles to give them a finished look.  I framed the photo with a cluster of stickers and a heart from the bag of bits. 

 I also wanted to have a list of why my daughter loves her Dad.  So after trimming off a piece of twine, not sure exactly how I was going to attach these numbered flags I cut with the Silhouette, I liked the look of it flowing loosely across the page.  So I decided to add more banner stickers to the twine.  The "You Make Me Happy" sticker I cut it apart before attaching.   For some added interest and dimension, "Happy Happy Joy Joy" sticker was attached with foam adhesive; the butterfly, I backed with pattern paper, so I could fold and attach with glue on the crease.

 I masked and misted just one section at the bottom with hearts I cut with the Silhouette, then used foam adhesive to attach the cut out hearts to create a border and a little more softness.  For the list, I asked my daughter why she loves her Dad (she's 3 1/2 almost 4), and I wrote exactly what she told me.  She was so excited to give me this list.  She has now been asking me why I love her...so sweet.  I used the numbers from the Double Dutch stamps, they were perfect for making this list at the bottom.  For the journaling, I wrote on top of an index journaling card, then cut it into strips to adhere where I wanted them. 

I am so glad to have this special relationship documented with this page.  

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Running Stitch, Sky Blue, Fat Quarter, Rag Quilt, Stationery Linen - Handmade, Sand, Key Lime Pie, Celery, Marmalade - Double Dutch, Grass - Victoria Park, Rain - Buttercup

6x6 Tiny Tablets:  Buttercup

ABC Cardstock Stickers:  Handmade and Buttercup

Cardstock Stickers:  Handmade and Double Dutch

Index Journaling Card:  Buttercup and Double Dutch

Stamps:  Double Dutch

Final Day of Glue Arts & Epiphany Crafts Blog Hop

I can't believe it's already Friday! The week has flown by. Thanks for joining us as we've teamed up with Glue Arts & Epiphany Crafts this week. We've got even more fabulous layouts to share with you from the rest of the girls, and you won't be disappointed!

I love this beachy layout from Anna-Maria. I just adore yellow and blue together. She's mixed blues and yellows from our Double Dutch, Buttercup and Handmade Collections.






Melissa has used our Handmade line and I love the circles! And that she's documented herself...we need to do this with ourselves more often.




She's used Glue Arts Raisens for her 3D effect.




Sasha never disappoints with her detail. She's using our Buttercup Papers along with the Double Dutch Butterfly Stamp and Handmade Mixed Sticker.

I love the pinwheel and her stitching on her layout.

She's embellished again with the Epiphany Crafts Accessory Squares.



Patricia's came up with two fabulous layouts for us and some fun ideas using her Epiphany Crafts and Glue Arts Products.




Tip: I thought it would be a cute idea to use the flowers as starfish sprinkled along the bottom. I used the adhesive squares to attach the confetti to go along with the beach theme of the layout.





The Glue Glider Pro made it easy to make ruffles out of the polka dot pattern paper. I used some of the foam adhesive on the bit, photo corner and circles


Thanks to Glue Arts & Epiphany Crafts for teaming up with us. We hope you've been inspired and have some new ideas to work with the next time you do some scrapping. Have a great weekend! See you back here on Monday.

Blog Hop Day 4...

Happy Thursday! I hope you have been enjoying our projects this week and seeing how we've been using our products with Epiphany Crafts and Glue Arts. The three are a super combination together!

I'm so excited to share with you more fabulous cards today from Danielle, Julia and Kim.

First up today Danielle Flanders. Danielle is the Queen of Cards and I just ADORE how she has taken our Index Journal Cards and created them into a Handmade Card .

I love the Epiphany Crafts Bubble Oval she's used to embellish our the floral stamp from our Victoria Park Collection onto side of the card.



Our ABC Stickers are perfect to spell out any size title or message you want to share on the outside or inside of your card.






Danielle's cards are a perfect example of how versatile our Index Journal Cards are to use and not just for journaling!



Kim has created her card using our Bag of Bits and Index Journal Cards. She adhered her "Bits" using the Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro, 3/8” Raisen’s Adhesive Squares AND U CUT IT 1/8” Foam Adhesive.

She also embellished the card with the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio Tool & Accessories Bubble Caps Round 14.





Next up is Lisa Day using our Buttercup Collection.



Lisa used the Glue Arts Raisens on the back to really make her Bag of Bits Banner's pop!



And last but not least are Julia's two beautiful cards. Here she's used the Index Journal Cards as an embellishment on the outside of the card and adorned it with the Epiphany Crafts Accessory.



Our Bag of Bits make is a snap to make a card in no time at all.





We've got another great giveaway for you. Epiphany Crafts is offering their NEW Pennant Studio Tool and Pennant Accessory's for one lucky winner. Go "LIKE" Glue Arts and Epiphany Crafts on their Facebook Pages Post on their Wall that Lily Bee Sent you. We'll choose a winner next Monday, May 21st and announce the winner here on the Blog.

Glue Arts & Epiphany Crafts Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our Glue Arts & Epiphany Crafts Blog Hop. We've got some darling Card ideas for you today combining products from all three of our companies.

First, we have Summer's super clever idea using the Epiphany Crafts Round Metal Charm she has triple wrapped around the card for not only as an embellishment but unwrap and you have a birthday keepsake necklace. Who wouldn't love to get such a fun card?




Supplies Used:
Glue Arts:
Glue Glider Pro
3/8” Raisen’s Adhesive Squares
U CUT IT 1/8” Foam Adhesive

Epiphany Crafts:
Shape Studio Tool 25
Shape Studio Accessories Bubble Caps Round 25


Now onto Michi's Card and Envelope. Seriously drooling over this. She adhered her elements to her card using the Glue Arts GliderPro.


Then she used the Epiphany Crafts Metal Charms Double Square hanging off the side of the card. What a fun idea.


She also incorporated the Epiphany Crafts Circle Accessory onto the envelope. A nice way to dress up an ordinary envelope. And Glue Arts 3D Combo PAC was used to adhere the "today is a good day" sticker on the envelope to make it pop.



We've got a Glue Arts Giveaway for you. Leave us a comment here no later than Saturday, May 19th

Smart Cookies

With summer fast approaching, it's not too early to start thinking about end-of-the-year gifts for your favorite teachers. This week happens to be Teacher Appreciation Week at our school, so I thought I'd share a little project I made for the fabulous people that enrich my kiddos' lives on a daily basis!

I started with this .svg file that I cut on my Silhouette. (You can download it here!)

I cut the shapes from Lily Bee patterned papers (Victoria Park and Buttercup lines) and then backed the pennants with white cardstock:

I used the coordinating ABC Stickers to add sentiments to each banner, so they read "Thanks to you teacher...I'm a smart cookie."

Then I added some Mixed Cardstock Stickers and shapes from the Bag of Bits, along with some ribbon and twine and attached the pennants to (what else?!) a package of cookies. (Store bought. I'm not as handy in the kitchen as I am at my scrap table!)

Lily Bee Supplies:
Pattern Paper: Victoria Park - Wortley Village; Buttercup - Rainboots, Blossom

ABC Stickers: Buttercup, Victoria Park

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Buttercup, Victoria Park

Bag of Bits: Handmade

And in no time, I've got a sweet little treat for the kids to give their teachers. Hope you're inspired you to do something special for the educators in your life!

Sketch Challenge #8 (and the winner from #7!)

Well, hello Lily Bee fans! Lisa Dickinson here with the latest Lily Bee Sketch Challenge:

This is a really great sketch for layering some of the gorgeous Lily Bee papers.  I've used several of the blue and green-hued designs from the Handmade line on this layout about my beach kids:

Lily Bee Supplies:

Handmade patterned papers: Running Stitch, Fat Quarter, Sky Blue

Handmade Bag of Bits

Handmade Index Journal Card

Now we'd love to see YOUR take on this sketch! (And we'll pick one of your pages to win a lovely collection of Lily Bee goodies!) Here's the rules to keep in mind:

• Your layout must use at least two Lily Bee products.
• Post your layout to any gallery or your blog and link the post in the comment section of this post. OR post your layout on our Facebook page. (But not both, please.)
• Be sure and title your post "Lily Bee Sketch Challenge #8" so we can find it easily.
  
• The deadline for entries is Monday, April 30th at 9:00 pm PST.
• And of course, be creative and have fun!

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And now for the winner of Sketch Challenge #7...

Layout by Juanna Hope Sia

Congrats to Juanna Hope Sia for her fabulous layout! Juanna, please email me at [email protected] and we'll get your Lily Bee prize package out to you!

Bingo -- A Winning Combination

Sometimes, if I intend to use certain supplies I have on hand, I have to make a project centered around those supplies. I like to shop ( I am a woman after all ) but sometimes I take quite a while to get around to using the amazing goodies I bring home.

With the project I'm sharing today, that was the case.  I picked up a Silhouette file called 'bingo card' but I had yet to come up with an idea for how to use it.  Every time I browsed through my Silhouette library I admired this shape but passed it by since I didn't have a plan for it.

It was one of those files that I love the look of but I had no earthly idea how to fit it into a project.  This is where challenging myself comes in.

I decided to enlarge the design and made some adjustments to the size of the windows to accommodate my photos.  The result is a layout that makes me happy and another product from my 'stash' used!  Two birds with one stone!

Since the design of the cut-out is relatively complex, I didn't want to add a ton of embellishments but I did want to fill all of the windows with lots of Lily Bee goodness.

It was a simple matter of choosing patterns to tuck behind the openings and adding some punched shapes and homemade baubles and buttons from my collection.  I added the journaling around the die-cut shape, both telling my story and creating a visual frame accented with tiny punched triangles.

I do like adding just part of a punched shape to create visual interest (see the partial heart frame and heart).  I also decided to outline the shapes in fine black marker in order to emphasize the cut-outs.

Lily Bee Supplies used:

Handmade:  Papers - Patchwork, Sky Blue / ABC Cardstock Stickers / 6x6 Tiny tablet

Buttercup: 6x6 Tiny Tablet / Bag of Bits / Index Journal Cards

An Extra Day!

Happy Leap Day! Today I'm celebrating by creating a layout that documents some of the activities I might partake in during this "extra" 24 hours!

One Extra Day  •  layout by Lisa Dickinson

Lily Bee supplies:

Patterned Paper: Pattern Block, Patchwork, Fat Quarter, Pink Lemonade, Running Stitch (Handmade); Linen (Stationery)

ABC Cardstock Stickers

Bag of Bits: Double Dutch

Index Journal Cards: Buttercup

My layout predominately features the new line Handmade, which should be in stores any day now! I created a diagonally-striped background by layering Pink Lemonade and Linen paper strips on a piece of cardstock, and trimming off the excess ends:

I added lots of layers in the form of patterned papers, punches, Instagram photos, and die cuts from the Bag of Bits. I also tucked an Index Journal Card in there for good measure!

 

My title is combination of ABC cardstock stickers + cardstock cut from my Silhouette. I adhered it with foam squares to add a bit of depth:

 

So what are you doing to celebrate this Leap Day?

 

A card based on this months sketch...

Hey there, this is Lisa Day!

I love using a good sketch to put together a quick card. Sometimes I struggle with making cards because I get stuck on the design. But, when I start with a sketch it takes away the thinking part of the card and I can just play!

I used the awesome new Handmade line to make this card so my kids can send their Great Grandma a card in Florida and tell her to hurry home!

A tip to helping a card not feel too flat without adding a lot of bulky dimension is to doodle. I doodled on all of the elements and even doodled the 'we miss you' sentiment. I love the whimsical feel it adds to the card. It felt really flat before I did this and now it pops!

I'm loving the Bag of Bits that are in the new collections!! Aren't they just yummy!

I used the beautiful sketch by Katja to create my card. Don't forget to use the sketch and enter to win some yummy Lily Bee products.

And here is the fine print for the challenge:

1) Use at least two Lily Bee products (any two).
2) Post your layout on our Facebook page (please include the title Lily Bee Sketch Challenge #5)
3) -OR- include a link to your project in the comments of this post. Please do one or the other, not both.
3) The deadline is Wednesday February 29th, 9PM EDT. We'll randomly pick one winner to receive some delicious Lily Bee products!

Tiny Tablet - Handmade

Index Journaling Cards - Handmade

Bag of Bits - Handmade

ABC Stickers - Handmade