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Cards on Wednesday | Tag Your it!

This week we are changing things up a bit on the blog - we all started off this week's projects with the same sketch and each day we are challenged with a new twist!

Here is the sketch that we are using for this week:

Since today is Wednesday - it's our card day ! I decided to whip up a few cards, using the sketch in 2 different ways - PLUS, I was challenged by Heather to use something HARD & something SOFT on my cards!

For my first card, I used the base patterns on the sketch and copied it onto my card. I used the diagnal shape and went from there:

 

 Supplies: We R Family (Tiny Tablet, Washi Tape); Urban Autumn (Daily Deck, Metal Badges); Destination (Letter Stickers)

I used a Metal Badge from the new Urban Autumn collection as my hard item and then some metallic thread as my soft item, circling over top the diecut snowflake: 

 

I used the gold dot washi tape (LOVE IT) over and over in rows to create a patterned paper type design on the card, and then covered the edges with pieces of patterned paper.

 

 For my next card, I kept it quite simple, cutting some simple pennant shapes from patterned paper and adding a stamped sentiment and some punched snowflakes.

 

 Supplies: We R Family (Tiny Tablet); Pinwheel (Embellishment Bundle); Urban Autumn (Washi Tape, Daily Deck); Christmas Cheer Chowder (Clear Stamps)

 For my hard item, I used some staples and my soft item this time was some baker's twine from the Pinwheel embellishment bundle!

Thanks for joining me today - up next will be Leslie - and I challenge her to use a COOL TECHNIQUE on her project!! (I know she will rock that right??)

Come back on Friday when Leslie will amaze us all !  :)

 

 

Throwback Thursday - Daily Deck

Good morning Lily Bee Fans!!! How have you been enjoying the great projects from the DT this week using the new Daily Deck cards?!

Today is our new Throwback Thursday feature and so keeping that in mind, I created my own Daily Deck styled cards using some papers from last winter's CHA releases.

I trimmed down some papers to 3x4 " size and decided to round each of the corners. I layered them each over some simple white cardstock to create the base for my page:

Supplies: Destination (Embellishment Bundle, Tiny Tablet); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle); Sweet Shoppe (Lollipop paper, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Tiny Tablet); Persnickety (Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards, Clear Stamps); Buttercup (Index Journaling Cards); Autumn Spice (Index Journaling Cards, Clear Stamps)

 

Next, I just stitched everything down and started adding some great Lily Bee stickers and chipboard to the project:

Once the cards were cut down, the project came together super quickly ! Just imagine how fast it would be with the new Daily Deck cards too!

Thanks for joining me for this Throwback Thursday!

 

Cards On Wednesday | Everyday Life

hi & welcome to another edition of:

 

today I'm (Leslie)  sharing a couple of cards I created with "everyday life" sentiments.

On my first card, I decided to use an older Lily Bee line:  Persnickity along with 
Pinwheel, Destination and another older line: Autumn Spice, to create this color theme
for my "girls day out" card:

Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Letter Stickers), Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Flip Flops Paper), Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Chipboard Stickers), Persnickity (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Mixed Stickers), Autumn Spice (Index Journaling Cards)

I LOVE orange & pink together. Adding a touch of brown really makes these colors
pop & feel rather girly for a perfect lunch date with a girlfriend :D

Here's some detail shots:

 

and for my 2nd card today, I chose to use another Everyday Life sentiment by 
sending "good cheer" to a friend, family or just anyone that's on your mind:

Supplies:  Pinwheel (Apricot Tree Paper, Flip Flops Paper, Jump Rope Paper, Embellishment Bundle, 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle), Destination (Luggage Paper, Letter Stickers) 

 

Using colors like orange, blue, yellow & green just make me happy! 
They're perfect for a color combo sending a sweet wish your way.

A few detail shots:

I hope you get to have some creative time this week & make yourself
some "everyday life" sentiment cards to send to a certains someone who'd
love to hear from you!

Have a great week - be sure to check out ALL the amazing projects
on everyday life this week!

 

 

 

Focus on Monday: Everyday Life

Welcome to Monday!  This week we are putting the emphasis on the everyday!  I love to document those small moments that showcase our daily life. The littlest moments are sometimes the most important. I don't want to forget the stories that make up most of my days!  Documenting the every day will help my kids and me remember.

I use my camera phone to capture most of my everyday moments.  I snapped this photo while shopping at Lowe's, my son in tow.  Or should I say, in cart.

I remember shopping with the kids years ago.  I started by putting the baby carrier in the cart, working so hard to wedge it in securely.  After a while, the kids sat in the front seat, all buckled in with the saftey cover over the cart.  It cracks me up that they still want to ride in the cart. I used the tag to journal the details.

 

I wanted to give some movement to the page, so I decided to use the triangles as arrows.  I carefully cut around three columns of arrows and glued them to the page.  I like how they point to the location of where my kid is!

 

 

Supplies:  Destination (Papers:  Tickets, Luggage, Atlas; 6X6 Tiny Tablet; Chipboard Stickers; Label Stickers; Chit Chat Stickers; Circle & Tag Stickers; Embellishment Bunkel Brad), Pinwheel (Letter Stickers; Embellishment Bundle Twine), Persnickety (Stickers)

Come back all this week to see awesome projects from our creative team!  While you are being inspired, be sure to take out your camera and capture the every day!

Inspiration Unlimited

Happy Monday!  Welcome to a new week at the Lily Bee blog! This week we are talking about inspiration!  It comes in many shapes and forms, sizes and colors.  I always find the greatest inspiration first in the photos I am working with.  But the paper and products come in a close second.  The right motif or sticker can trigger an idea.  

For my layout, I knew I wanted to focus on the idea of girls.  To celebrate all things pink and frilly, I went with polka dots and flowers.  Featuring the reds helped me to decide on the other complimentary colors.  

I loved the idea of polka dots do much that I made my own dots and scattered them vertically on the page.  I layered brads and circle stickers.

I placed the largest circle and the chipboard flower near the photo.  To add some texture, I tied twine through the banner sticker.  I love to use numerals on my pages so I incorporated one into my title.

Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Papers:  Licorice Whip, Lollipop, Gumball, Pink Mint); 6X6 Tiny Tablet; Circle & Tag Stickers; Chipboard Stickers; Chit Chat Stickers; Letter Stickers; Embellishment Bundle); Destination (Embellishment Bundle Twine)

I think the page is as bright and cheerful as the moment that is featured in the photo!  

Speaking of inspiration, don't you just love the new fall collections?!  I cannot wait to be inspired by that paper and product!

Challenge on Tuesday | Sketch challenge

Welcome back Lily Bee fans! Can you believe it is October already!!!

We were going to post this on Tuesday - but decided to post our new collections instead ! How did you like them!! If you haven't seen the post yet - stop by HERE because you could WIN them! You don't want to miss out on that :)

 A new month means a new sketch and I am back again today, to share this month's sketch challenge!

It's also "white space" week here on the blog, and so that has been incorporated into this month's sketch. Here is the sketch for this month's challenge:

and here is my project using the sketch:

Supplies: Destination (Port paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet); Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chit Chat Stickers, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers); Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Circle & Tag Stickers, Embellishment Bundle; Handmade (Bag of Bits); Christmas Cheer (Index Journaling Cards); Persnickety (Index Journaling Cards)

I used the Port paper as inspiration for this project. I just love the polaroid frame background and knew I wanted to make it part of my design. I cut 2"x2" squares and layered them over the base paper and then stitched them down:

Next, I created my layered grouping under my photo, with some Index Journaling Cards and different types of stickers:

I finished off my page with some of the great letter stickers in the Pinwheel line. I love how the larger font mix well with the smaller letters!

Now, it's your turn to play along! We'll pick one winner from all of our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package.  Here are a few things to keep in mind:

- Your layout must use mainly Lily Bee products (approx. 50% - 60% older or newer lines to showcase Lily Bee Design).
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post "10/1 Sketch Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is October 31, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature.

Don't forget, you can enter multiple times so the more you play, the better your chances are of winning!

 

 

Focus on Monday | White Space

Good morning Lily Bee fans! This week on the blog, we will be focusing on projects with lots of WHITE SPACE!

Today, Christine Newman and I are here to share our projects using white space - only without a lot of actual white on the pages!

Christine is up first with this gorgeous page:

Supplies: Destination Collection (Port paper, Atlas paper, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Marshmellow paper, Licorice Whip paper, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers).

Here is what Christine had to say about her project:

I created this layout for White Space Week on the Lily Bee Design blog.  I'm not usually a white space scrapper, but I love looking at other people's white space layouts.  And just because it's "white space" doesn't mean the background has to be white or even a solid color.  I used a woodgrain polaroid paper from the Lily Bee Destination collection for my background.  The cool thing about white space layouts is that they really drawn your eye to the photo.

I love that the colors of all the papers and embellishments really pop off the woodgrain background.

 I used a smaller photo and clustered my papers and embellishments around the photo, leaving the rest of the layout bare with space.

I used a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop and drew the camera onto the yellow patterned paper.  Then I fussy-cut it and embellished it.

I used a Uni-ball Signo gold pen to journal onto the woodgrain paper!

For me, well... I have a very hard time lately with white space layouts - so this was a big challenge for me. I like a full page :) Here is my take:

Supplies: Autumn Spice (Cinnamon, Cream, Clove, Vanilla, Brown Sugar, Pumpkin Spice, Ginger, Cardstock stickers); Destination (Chipboard Stickers, Chit-Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Letter Stickers ); Pinwheel (Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers); Sweet Shoppe (Circle & Tag Stickers)

I chose to line up several different papers along the centre of my page, and layer different Lily Bee elements in behind and around my photo, like this fall banner:

I added my title about my photo in the same center grid of papers:

I love that although I used Autumn Spice, which an older collection from Lily Bee, I was able to easily add in embellishments and stickers from the newer collections!

If you would like to download the fall banner I used on my page - just click HERE. Enjoy!

Thanks for joinging us today on the blog - be back tomorrow for a new sketch challenge, using lots of white space!

 

Tutorial Friday | Homemade Garland

Hello Lily Bee fans! Diane here today to share with an easy paper garland you can make to dress up your pages.

I love banners and garlands and am always looking for ways to incorporate them in unique and interesting ways. Garland made with my own papers and embellishments is the perfect way to coordinate the embellishment with the rest of my page, like I did with this layout.

Fun, right?! Not only did I incorporate patterned paper, but I also used chipboard buttons and regular buttons from the embellishment bundles and chipboard sets.

Here's a closer look.

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Lime Rickey, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Licorice Whip, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Destination Collection (Embellishment Bundle)

Let's get started with our own paper garland.

Here are the supplies you will need:

• Scrap paper
• Chipboard buttons
• Embellishment Bundle (includes twine and buttons)
• 2 punches in varying sizes of the shape of your choice
• Glue of your choice

Begin by punching some circles in a variety of patterned papers in both sizes of your selected punches.

Next, apply the glue to the back of one circle and lay the twine down the middle leaving a tail for the end. Place a circle in the same size on circle with glue and twine and press firmly.

For variety string chipboard buttons on in between the paper circles. One you've reached the desired length for your garland, cut the twine, leaving some for the tail on the other side.

Not only are these paper garlands great for layouts and cards, they would look great hanging from doorways, or draped on a frame or your mantle.

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you will give these easy garlands a try and share your work with us in the Lily Bee Flickr gallery.

 

Focus On Monday: Family

Hi there & Happy Monday to all of you Lily Bee fans!

Today is a new week & a new focus.
Patricia & I are here today to share a couple creations with the focus on: Family.

First up is Patricia's GORGEOUS layout.
Just LOOK at that heart & how she put the chit chat words all around it.
I LOVE that!

Here's her layout & what she has to say:
"We just had my sister-in-law visiting. We are a happy, thankful family, but there’s always reminders of not having both sets of our parents and our daughter’s grandparents. It’s different, not the same, but still good. I couldn’t help but think of the quote by Stitch from the movie Lilo & Stitch. I made a small collage of our immediate family and close aunts and uncle. Cut out a heart from the background Jump Rope paper, layered the reverse side of Lime Rickey paper behind it. Then cut a larger outline of a circle with plain cardstock. Several of the chit chat stickers went so well with the theme, and I love the eclectic look it gives. I added some applique-style stitching around the heart, and then filled with labels, letter stickers and embellishments to finish it off."



Supplies:  

Lily Bee Products

Persnickety (Jump Rope Paper, Lime Rickey Paper, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Chipboard, Circle & Tag Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Sweet Shoppe (Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers), Destination (Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers)

and here's some of her detail shots:




what a heartfelt layout! 


I'm sharing a layout about my family tapestry...

the 2 threads that complete my sweet little family, my children!

I wanted my layout to portray both how a quilt is like a tapestry
plus the different threads that weave together to create a family.
I believe by trimming off the edges of each of my paper strips, I 

represented that quite well. 
We, as a family, come together bound by love.

Supplies:
Destination (Luggage Paper, Atlas Paper, Tickets Paper, Bon Voyage Paper, Postcard Paper, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers)
Sweet Shoppe (Licorice Whip Paper, Chipboard  Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers)
Pinwheel (Apricot Tree Paper, Jump Rope Paper, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers)

Here's a couple of detail shots:

As you can see, scrapping family can be fun, heartfelt & serious too.
It's all about YOU and YOUR family. I hope you enjoy scrapping about yours.

thanks for stopping by today!

  




 

 

Challenge on Tuesday | Scraplift a Member!

Good morning Lily Bee fans! Today, I have the lovely and super talented Cindy Liebel and Diana Fisher with me for this week's designer's challenge!

The challenge this week was to scraplift a page we found in the Lily Bee Design Flickr Gallery. This is the page that was chosen and we all used it as inspiration for our pages today.

Beach Girl | Megan Beaubien

Great inspiration right!! Now, let's see what our designers did with this challenge.

First up is Cindy with this lovely page:

Supplies: Pinwheel (Flip Flop, Apricot Tree and Kit Strings, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Destination (Atlas, Bon Voyage & Souvenier, Chat Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle & Chit Chat Stickers)

Here is what Cindy had to say about her page

"The members layout, Beach Girl is just adorable. I especially loved how she framed the photo on top of the stacked layers of pattern paper, giving it a lot of depth and focus. It inspired me to add lots of texture to my page using staggered layers of white on white embossed cardstock.

Like the original layout, I surrounded my framed photo with little bits of embellishments for additional pops of color and framed the entire white background with a dark blue background to compliment the blue jeans in the photo."

Next up is Diana and look at her take on the scraplift!

SUPPLIES: Sweet Shoppe: Pattern paper (Gumball, Marshmellow), Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers;
Pinwheel:  Pattern paper (Flip Flops), Letter Stickers; Destination: Pattern paper (Bon Voyage), Circle & Tag Stickers

Check out what Diana had to share about her project:

"I loved the layout Nicole chose for us to work with today. I wanted to make sure I used the off-center paper layering in the layout we are lifting, as well as the top corner cluster in the right corner.

I also liked how the title was off to the side, so I used a combination of Lily Bee Letter stickers and a cut on my Cameo for my title. I also used all of the Lily Bee papers that had hearts on them and mix & matched the collections. I loved how the final combination looked. "

I just love how both Cindy and Diana stuck to the central layered design on the page and yet their pages are so unique too!

For my page, I was inspired by the design of the page along with the beachy theme of the page:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Gumball paper, Candy Stick paper, Embellishment bundle); Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Kite Strings paper, Jump Rope paper, Flip Flops paper, Chit Chat stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers); Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Embellishment Bundle); Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps)

I cut a title from my Cameo and also the circular background to layer over the heart bokeh background.

Like the other gals, I also layered up the Lily Bee papers behind my photo, just as Megan did in her original page:

Like Diana, I also layered on lots of circle & tag stickers from a few collections to the corner of my photo:

Now, it's your turn to inspire!

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's the details:

- Your card must use mainly Lily Bee products (approx. 50% - 60% older or newer lines to showcase Lily Bee Design).
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post " September 10 Card Sketch Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is September 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature

Good luck and have fun! Can't wait to see your interpretations :)

Focus On Monday: Scraplifts

 

Happy Monday everyone!  This week we are celebrating the scraplift!  A scraplift is when you take direct inspiration from the idea behind a layout or design, and copy or modify it for your own layout.  It is a fun way to get your creative juices flowing and to replicate a great design with your own twist.

To kick off the week, Leslie has scraplifted a fellow design team member and I have chosen to lift a fan.

Leslie gained inspiration from Adrienne Alvis, a Lily Bee creative team member. Adrienne's page:

Leslie states, "I chose this layout by fellow DT member, Adrienne for the way she used a GIANT photo. I decided to change my layout up a bit by making my photo be vertical.

Leslie explains, "My title is going vertically along the side of my layout and I clustered embellishments to the right on my photo."

 

Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Lemondrop Paper, Marshmallow Paper, Gumball Paper, Licorice Whip Paper); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Chipboard Stickers, Circle  Tag Stickers, Cherry Blossom Paper); Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle Tag Stickers).

 

I went to the Lily Bee Flickr page and picked a layout that was created by a fan.  I chose this beautiful page by Aleksandra Gadji.

 

Here is my take on her page.  I used the same overall design with the long horizontal line along the top third of the page.

I replicated Aleksandra's cluster of hearts by using the globe, airplane and buttons along the right hand side of the page.  I used the baker's twine to make the chipboard airplane come to life.

Supplies:  Destination (Papers:  Boarding Pass, Tickets, Landmark; Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers; Chipboard Stickers; Embellishment Bundle); Persnickety (Paper:  Finicky) 

Scraplifting can be a fun practice!  Be sure to either ask permission or give credit to the orignal creator of the design.  Then simply have fun making it your own!

      
   

  

 

  

 

Challenge on Tuesday | Card Sketch

Hey Lily Bee Fans! I am here to share a few easy cards today based on a sketch and a twist!

Since this week's theme is 1 item, 2 ways - I used this one sketch, to make 2 cards that are similar, yet still a little different too!

Here is the sketch for this month:

Here is the first card I made, using lots of Sweet Shoppe:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle) Destination (Embellishment Bundle), Pinwheel (Label Stickers), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps)

I used a combination of wood buttons from both the Destination and Sweet Shoppe collections to embellish some of the layered circles:

I still can't get enough of the Autumn Spice stamps, and the "happy" stamp is great for cards ! Just add a few bits of happiness to a label sticker and you are set!

My next card is fairly similar, using a few of the same papers and I added in different papers and changed the placement of the title!

Supplies: Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle, 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers)

I just love the new Letter Stickers in the Pinwheel collection - they are perfect for cards!

 and my other favorite are the Chit Chat stickers! I added a few birthday like words along the top and bottom row of the card - just the right touch to make it a little more "birthday" than the card was!

Ok, that's it for me - so let's see what YOU can do with this sketch! We would love to have you join our sketch challenge this month - show us how you will interpret the card sketch by sharing it with us in the Lily Bee Flickr gallery.

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's the details:

- Your card must use mainly Lily Bee products (approx. 50% - 60% older or newer lines to showcase Lily Bee Design).
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post " September 10 Card Sketch Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is September 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature.

Good luck and have fun!

Focus On Monday | Mixed Media Paint & Texture

Happy Monday, Lily Bee fans!  And a happy Labor Day to our friends in the U.S.  Christine here today to kick off Focus on Mixed Media week here at the Lily Bee blog!  I have been experimenting more with mixed media techniques on my layouts lately.  It definitely is fun to get your hands a little dirty and add a little texture to your layouts or cards!

For my layout I used colored mist, acrylic craft paint, modeling paste, watercolor, Stickles glitter, and chalk ink to create several different textures.

Supplies:  Destination Collection (Luggage paper, Postcard paper, Embellishment Bundle, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Letter Stickers); Pinwheel Collection (6x6 Tiny Tablet); Sweet Shoppe Collection (Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Letter Stickers).

My first step was to use some colored mists and spray onto my background cardstock with a mask.  Then I used a different mask to spread some modeling paste onto the layout in the shape of stars.  Modeling paste actually dries pretty fast, so you need to work fast with it.  After the modeling paste stars dried, I painted them with some acrylic craft paint.

I outlined some of the sprayed stars with my Sharpie pen to emphasize some of them.  I also painted additional stars and circles onto the layout using craft paint, chalk ink, and watercolor paint. 

The random smattering of paint clusters gives the layout a carefree look.

Lastly, I added some letter stickers for my title, and added some journaling.

 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at some ways to add mixed media paint & texture onto your layout.  I can't wait to see how the rest of the Lily Bee team use mixed media in their projects this week!  Happy Monday, and happy September!

Cards On Wednesday | Living Large

Hello everyone! Lisa and I are here to share some cards inspired by the "living large" theme this week.

Lisa says, "Simple shapes like circles, stars, or even an apple are perfect for enlarging and creating shaped cards. After creating my card base from kraft cardstock, I cut pieces of patterned paper to fill the apple in with color. A die cut sentiment layered over brown patterned paper and embellished with a brad and some twine completes the card."

 

Lily Bee Supplies:  Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment bundle); Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle)

I decided to make a couple cards using some of the largest elements from the chipboard stickers included in the Lily Bee collections.

This card features the chipboard butterfly layered over a doily along with an oversized banner piece and a simple greeting.

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Sprinklers, Lemonade Stand, Chipboard Stickers, Letter Stickers).

For my second card I created a sky scence complete with the large chipboard cloud and a kite.

I added a simple greeting over the string to mimic a real kite string.

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe Collection (Lemon Drop); Pinwheel Collection (Ice Cream Truck, Chit Chat Stickers, Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle).

Focus On Monday/Living Large

Happy Monday everyone!  We are living large this week on the Lily Bee blog!  Creative team members will be sharing projects that emphasis large embellishments, big ideas or oversized photos.  To kick off the week, Wendy Sue and I are showcasing layouts that incorporate bigger than usual photos that hold lots of meaning!

Wendy Sue gives us some valuable insight into how to build a stunning layout like the one below.

 

Wendy Sue says, "Sometimes a picture tells a story.  Sometimes a story needs a lot of words.  Sometimes I choose both.  This photo holds a lot of meaning for me and I wanted to be sure to emphasize it's importance by printing it out BIG."

"I also wanted to make sure my feelings were recorded - so I typed out my journaling (instead of hand writing it like I usually do) because I had a lot to say.  Big photo, big story, and a little sprinkling of fun right on top of the photo!"

Supplies:  Destination (Bon Voyage Patterned Paper, letter stickers, 6x6 tiny tablet, chipboard stickers, chit chat stickers, circle and tag stickers, Button and twine from Bundle); Pinwheel (Button from Bundle)

I used a 5X7 photo of my children, nieces and nephews from a few years ago.  When using large photos, I think balancing the rest of the page is important.  

I used a strong patterned paper along the side of the photo, incorporating an entire sheet of the 6X6 Tiny Tablet.  I also added big pops by scattering the speech bubbles.  Don't be afraid to layer embellishemnts right on top of your photos, especially when you are working with bigger sizes.

I added some unique, dark elements along the bottom of the clusters and to the right of the page to achieve balance.  I always like to add in a hand cut element like the Destination paper featuring the chicken wire pattern.

Supplies:  Destination (Paper:  Passport, Postcard; 6X6 Tiny Tablet; Chipboard Stickers; Chit Chat Stickers; Tag & Label Stickers; Letter Stickers); Pinwheel (Flip Flop Paper; Embellisment Bundle Button and Twine)

Who is ready to go big all this week?  Come back each day to see inspiring projects from the team!