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Favorite Things Week | Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers

Hi Lily Bee fans! Today I'm showcasing my favorite Lily Bee product...Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers! They are slightly raised providing just the right amount of dimension and are offered in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors for the perfect finishing touches to all my projects. I wanted to share a few different ways I've used them over the last few months.

Scattering / Sprinkling

I love to scatter them around titles and embellishment clusters. The smaller sizes are the perfect for finishing touches.

In addition to the scattering around the design elements on this card, I also used one enamel dot as an anchor for swag in the banner.

On this Subway Art inspired page I sprinkled the Sweet Spot stickers right over the photo to frame my journaling.

Use as an Accent

You can also use the enamel stickers to accent a title for a simple but elegant touch.

On this 2-page layout, I simply used a couple of the shapes, along with a Metal Badge to highlight my tile.

You can also use them as cute accents that emphasize your theme.

On this card I used a heart to accent the stamped home.

We will be giving away a prize package of all of our favorite things on Friday! To enter, leave a comment on this blog post. You can enter every day for more chances. You can also pin each day's image to Pinterest using the hashtag #lilybeefavoritethings and/or share any of the "Favorite Things" images posted on the Lily Bee Facebook page. 

Cards On Wednesday | Words of Encouragement

For this weeks theme of goals and resolutions I felt a card of encouragement and congratulations were in order.

What better way to show someone you support them by offering words of encouragement as they embark on the tasks at hand and nothing is better than knowing you have people behind you, supporting you every step of the way.

For the Good Luck card I used the We R Family Collection with a circle/heart theme for my design.

Supplies: We R Family (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Metal Badges, Washi Tap, Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers, Clear Stamps), Pinwheel (Letter Stickers).

When they reach their goal, tell them they did a great job! For my congratulatory card I used the Urban Autumn collection. 

 

For the greeting I cut the word "Fab" from one of the 3x4 Daily Deck cards. I simply added the word "so" to complete the greeting using letter stickers from the Destination collection. I used the same design as the first card but replaced the circles with stars.

Supplies: Urban Autumn (Spiced Latte, Oktoberfest, The Village Park patterned papers, Daily Deck, Washi Tape, Metal Badges), We R Family (Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers), Destination (Letter Stickers).

Thanks for visiting! Come back tomorrow for another new collection reveal!

 

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 !  :)

 

 

Challenge on Tuesday | 2 page layouts

Good morning Lily Bee fans!!! Today is the first Tuesday of the month, which means it's time for a new monthly sketch!

This week, the Design Team will be sharing some 2 page layouts and keeping that theme in mind, this month's sketch is a 2 pager!

Here is the sketch:

 

Truth be told, it has been YEARS since I have sat down to scrapbook a 2 page layout. I was suprised it didn't take too much time to get back into the swing of it and I do like the result!

Here is my take on this month's sketch:

Supplies: We Are Family (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Mother, Daughter, Family Tree, Sibling Rivalry, Game Night, Daily Deck cards, Metal Badges, Washi Tape, Wood Veneers); Urban Autumn (Wood Veneers); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers)

Once I got over my initial fear - I realized - 2 pagers are a great way to incorporate a lot of photos and I tried to do just that, using 5 photos and a daily deck card, instead of a photo.  It also gives you a lot of space, perfect for larger titles, like this one I cut from my Silhouette Cameo out of some paper from the We Are Family collection.

I dove into the Tiny Tablet and punched a lot of circles and stitched around them, instead of using a sheet of patterned paper.

Now, it's your turn to give this 2 page sketch a try!! If you use this sketch, we'd love to see it! Share your work on our Facebook page!

 

Focus On Monday | Gratitude

This week is all about gratitude at Lily Bee Design and today I'm sharing a layout with you about something I'm very grateful for - my family! 

Lily Bee Supplies: We Are Family (Family Time, Mother Daughter, Family Rules, Family Heirloom, Family Tree, Sibling Rivalry, Family Ties papers; clear stamps; wood veneer; Sweet Spot enamel stickers)

 

I knew that the new We R Family collection would be ideal for this page, with its rich saturated color palette and subtle family graphics. I began with the clear stamps, using watermark ink and the circle outline stamp to create a polka dot pattern on my background. I filled some of the circles with the family icons, words, and hearts.

 

Then I used four 2" strips of the patterned papers to highlight circular photos of every family member.  I backed each photo with a fussy cut doily from the Family Time paper.

A die cut title (I used the font Mission Script for the word "grateful") and a sprinkling of the wood veneer hearts and enamel stickers finish it off.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to join us every day this week for lots more ideas for gratitude projects!

Project Life Friday | Daily Deck & Clear Stamps + Urban Autumn Blog Hop Winner

Hi friends!  I was scheduled to join you last week, but the fun blog hop delayed my post so I am extra excited to be here today - and since I jumped up a week, I opted to include themes from BOTH weeks on my project life spread - daily deck cards AND clear stamps from the We R Family Collection!

Here's a better look at each page:

Left page:

And the right page:

I chose pocket pages that would allow me to use both horizontal and vertical photos and daily deck cards.  I did a little bit of altering/embellishing on a few of the cards:

And I used the clear stamps to create some fun photo mattes for two of the photos I trimmed down to 4" square. 

First I stamped the open circles and then I added the "bro" stamp in altering colors.

And to finish off the photos, I added a couple of fun embellishments - badges and sweet spot stickers:

Supplies: We R Family {Daily Deck Cards, Clear Stamps, Sibling Rivalry Paper, Sweet Spot Stickers} Sweet Shoppe {letter stickers}

Speaking of the blog hop, the grand prize winner was randomly chosen from those who hopped along and commented here. Congratulations goes to.....

Jeannine H!!! She said she loves the Daily Deck cards and had a fun time on the blog hop seeing this gorgeous collection on a variety of projects.  Please send an email to [email protected] by November 30, 2013 to collect your prize - the complete Urban Autumn collection!

Don't forget that each stop on the hop had a giveaway as well.  Make sure to hop back over to their blogs to see if you've won. You can find the complete list HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today - have a great weekend...and remember to take lots of photos! :)

Throwback Thursday | Clear Stamps

Good Morning Lily Bee friends Summer here and welcome to another edition of throwback Thursday. Throwback Thursday is a fun new twist which we recently added to our blog line up. It can be anything from using older techniques, to using older product or even scrapbooking older photos.

This week our focus is on our new clear stamps.

For this throwback Thursday I decided to use an old photo. I pulled this photo out on Monday to honor my grandfather since he served in the Navy and I knew I wanted to use it for this project.

Supplies: We R Family Collection (Home Sweet Home, Family Time, Family Heirloom, Family Dinner, Family Ties, Family Portrait Patterned Paper, Clear Stamps, Daily Deck, Sweet Spots Enamel Stickers) and Destination (Letter Stickers)

I created the center embellishment block using a combination of patterned paper and stamps. I used to consider myself stamp-a-phobic. Let's be honest I still cannot stamp directly onto a project I immediately freak out and mess up. But I have leared over the years to conquer this fear by stamping on smaller bits of paper and then incorporating these images on my projects.

Thanks for joining me today.

Cards On Wednesday | Clear Stamps

Hello Lily Bee fans! It's Diane, with Cards On Wednesday featuring the new clear stamps. The coordinating stamps for the new collections are a fabulous addition to the line-up of products. I've used them on almost every project I've created since they've landed in my hot little hands.

I created two cards for you today, using the stamp set and other products from the We R Family collection.

On this first card, I used the heart stamp to create a random heart background and added a sentiment using letter stickers a coordinating metal badge.

Supplies: We R Family (Family Tree Patterned Paper, Clear Stamps, Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers, Metal Badges), Pinwheel (Letter Stickers).

This next card, features the adorable house stamp with an enamel heart sticker accenting the chimney. I added the sentiment with some letter stickers and finished it off with a metal badge and ribbon.

Supplies: We R Family Collection (Game Night Patterned Paper, Family Ties Patterned Paper, Clear Stamps, Metal Badges), Destinations (Letter Stickers), Pinwheels (Letter Stickers).

I hope these cards show you how easy it is to incorporate stamping into your projects.

Thank you for visiting today!

Challenge Tuesday | Card Sketch

Hello! Diana Fisher here with you today with a sketch to get you motivated to make some cards. The holidays are right around the corner, so I'm sure some of you need a little extra mojo to get those cards completed.

This week I am also focusing in on the new stamps in the We R Family Collection.

Here is a sketch to get you started:

And now, here are two different ways I used the sketch.

For this first one, I made the strips with one sheet of paper (Family Heirloom), but cut out the traingles to help separate the lines on the card. Fun enamel hearts (Sweet Spots) add a pop of whimsy to the card. I used the TOGETHER pennant stamp for my sentiment.

For my second card, I used strips of paper from the 6x6 tiny tablet version of the same Family Heirloom pattern. The smaller traingles helped to narrow the focus of the strips, unlike the larger triangles above. I used the heart and circle from the stamp set for a central focal point on the card.

I really like how these turned out, and I hope you are now inspired to get started on some cards. If you use this sketch, we'd love to see it! Share your work on our Facebook page!

Supplies: We R Family (Family Heirloom, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Clear Stamps, Sweet Spots Enamel Stickers)

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!

 

Focus On: The Daily Deck

Hello everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend!  Today, we are sharing a great new feature in both of the fall releases, the Daily Deck cards.  I am sharing the be We R Family collection today!

Throwback Thursday | Write It Down

Hi! Welcome to a brand new feature here at the Lily Bee blog!
We normally call today...Thursday. However! It's a new kind of Thursday - it's a Throwback Thursday!

Meaning... you can take  Old photos, previous Lily Bee collections, old techniques used in a brand new, modern style, you can evenscrap lift an old layout of yours using new current trends!

How's that for fun?

Today I did that with my layout.
I took a layout I made last October using Lily Bee products & recreated it
in a new, refreshing way...using brand new Lily Bee products - We Are Family! 

supplies:  We Are Family (Mother, Daughter Paper, Buddies Paper, Sibling Rivalry Paper, Family Tree Paper, Wood Veneer, Metal Badges, Clear Stamps, Sweet Spot Stickers, Daily Deck)
Destination:  Letter Stickers

here's the layout I lifted:



this new We Are Family line is so beautiful!
I love the soft colors with the bold navy blue and red.

I decided to let my "words" be surrounding my photo - with letter stickers, stamps, my own
journaling & the new cards from the daily deck.





I don't think it needed anything else. I wanted my focus to be my sweet "littles" -
my family. I love these guys (who are now 21 & 22. they're 7 & 8 here!)



thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoy our new Throwback Thursday!



 

 

Digital Download | Write it down

Hey Lily Bee fans! It's that time of the month again, where we offer up a free cut file for our fans to use with their Lily Bee products.

I created this pack, in the spirit of this week's theme - Write it down.

There are lots of fun possibilities with this pack - you can resize and use as you would like, that file folder is perfect for journaling, hidden or not!

Here is the page I came up with, using this pack:

Supplies: Destination (Bon Voyage, Atlas, Tickets); Buttercup (Sunflower); Stationery (Oatmeal, ABC stickers); Sweet Shoppe (Salt Water Taffy, Circle & Tag stickers); Christmas Cheer Chowder (Reindeer Games, ABC stickers); Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps); Persnickety (Clear Stamps, ABC stickers); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Label Stickers)

In the spirit of our theme WRITE IT DOWN, I chose to use the fabulous mini ABC stickers that Lily Bee is known for. I combined letter stickers from a few collections, old and new to complete my journaling.

I also used some Lily Bee stamps and stickers to write some items down about my daughter, and put them in the punched out circles.

Download this freebie HERE. Please share your pages using this file with us on our Facebook page HERE.

If you haven't had a chance to like our page to get all our updates - now is your chance!

Enjoy the download - can't wait to see your creations with it!

World Card Making Day

Happy World Card Making Day!  Our new collections have all the essentials to create beautiful cards for any occassion, so we thought we'd give away a 6x6 Tiny Tablet paper pad and Clear Stamp set from our new We R Family collection.  

 

Just follow this blog and leave a comment here telling us what you are doing for World Card Making Day today. You can get bonus entries for each of these:

• Like us on Facebook
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Pinterest
• Follow us on Twitter

Then come back here and tell us about it!

You have until Sunday at midnight CST to leave your comments here.

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!