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Favorite Things Week | Daily Deck

Good morning Lily Bee fans! Are you enjoying our DT sharing some of their Lily Bee faves with you??

Nicole here today to share with you my new fave Lily Bee item - DAILY DECK cards. 

We R Family

Urban Autumn

There are a couple reasons I love these cards. Really, they can be used on almost every project. Cards, Layouts, PL spreads and more. I love that they are double sided, and I love that there is a good variety of pattern and also some great words/quotes on them!

I decided to take advantage of these cards making this layout:

 

Supplies: We R Family (Family Rules, Mother/Daughter, Tiny Tablet, Wood Veneer, Daily Deck, Metal Badges, Sweet Spot stickers, Washi Tape); Urban Autumn (Daily Deck, Wood Veneer); Sweet Shoppe (Circle & Tag stickers, Chit Chat stickers); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Chit Chat stickers, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag stickers); Destination (Letter stickers); Persnickety (ABC Stickers)

I just love using both the front and back of the cards instead of patterned paper, like I did on the bottom part of my page. Even better is that I was able to add in a little classic Lily Bee products by using some ABC stickers to decorate my page, along with a cut out piece of labels from one of the Urban Autumn Daily Deck cards.

There are lots of great phrases/words on the cards and I clipped some out to decorate the Daily Deck cards that are on the bottom of the page. I was able to add in some letter stickers over a cropped pennant from the back side of a Daily Deck card to complete my title.

Thanks again for joining me on the blog, hope you have enjoyed our CHA reveals and all our DT's favorite things!

 

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 !  :)

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Lily Bee Design team would like to wish all of our loyal customers and fans a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving! 

 

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!

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: Daily Deck Feature

 

Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday. It's time for another "Cards on Wednesday" & I'm (Leslie) here
to share a couple of cards I made to go along with this week's theme:  Daily Deck cards in the
new and beautiful We Are Family line.  

My cards are similar in design, first up being the "I Do, Love You"
I started with kraft cardstock. I LOVE how We Are Memories goes with the kraft background.

Supplies:  We Are Family (Mother Daughter Paper, Family Heirloom Paper, Buddies Paper, Daily Deck, Sweet Spot Stickers), Destination (Letter Stickers)

Taking 2 of the daily deck cards, I placed them side by side and cut some tiny strips
to place in the center , breaking the cards apart.  The potty girl/boy cards reminded me
of a couple, so I made my card a wedding/love card theme.  Adding twine tied in a knot
symbolizes the "tying the knot". I'm a fan of how this card turned out.

Here's a closer look:

and card #2 is of the same design, only placing 1 card in the center, on top of a piece of patternedpaper that's flush in the center of my card.  The card comes with "family" typed in the center ofthe heart, I added "we are" in letter stickers , then traced around the heart. I gave it some "stitches" because every family is stitched together, and the ties that bind them are never ending.  

Supplies:  We Are Family (Buddies Paper, Mother Daughter Paper, Daily Deck, Sweet Spot Stickers),
Destination (Letter Stickers)

and a closer shot:

 

thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy using the Daily Deck cards
and make lots of fun projects!

Have a great day,

 

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!

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!

Cards on Wednesday | Inspiration

Hello Lily Bee Fans.  Patricia here today to share with you how I used inspiration.  We are working on this cat and pumpkin puzzle, which isn't an easy puzzle.  But I loved the artwork and probably one of the main reasons I bought it.  So I decided to use this piece to inspire the design of two cards.

Here are the cards.  Can you see how the inspiration piece inspired the cards?  

The original artwork is centered and down the middle.  That main design was copied on both cards.  On this card, the pumpkin and the cut out curlycues and leaves copy the placement of the original piece.  The Black twine around the pumpkin anchors the design, just like the black grass in the original piece.

I backed the ghost with vellum so that he was see-through.  Love how he came out.

Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Strawberries & Cream Paper, Embellishment Bundle)

For the next card, the same down the center design, but I used the yellow stickers on either side of that center piece, and then the larger circle sticker at the bottom.  The original inspiration has three things down the center:  the cat, the pumpkin, and the black grass.  The yellow stickers down the middle were inspired by that.  

The sentiment three quarters of the way up, off centered a little helps to balance the card.

Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard), Pinwheel (Sprinklers Paper, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle)

These cards were super quick because of the basic design of the puzzle artwork.  I hope you are inspired to see the things around you and be inspired to create.

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.

 

Digital Download | Digital Cut File Freebie

Hello and happy Tuesday! Leslie and I have two fun and unique projects highlighting two different digital elements which are free to our Lily Bee fans!

Leslie used Diana Fishers Circles digital cut file to create her super cool layout.

Supplies: Destination (Interstate Paper, Tickets Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers) Pinwheel (Chipboard Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers)

She writes, "I fell in LOVE with this circle cut file by fellow DT member Diana Fisher & have been waiting for the perfect chance to use it! In keeping with the family theme this week, I thought it was the perfect time. Circles are unending and to me – that represents family.

"My layout is about the head of our immediate family, my handsome husband. I’d follow him anywhere..."

Isn't her layout just amazing? I love how she fills in every circle with a variety of simple elements and personality outlining the overall design!

Supplies: Pinwheel(Kite Strings, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers) Destination(Bon Voyage, Souvenier, Embellishment Bundle) Sweet Shoppe(Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers)

For my family themed layout, I focused more on one family member, my baby girl and i just love her to pieces. The theme inspired me to create a variety of border strips, which some can be used for every day or fall projects.

I wanted to keep the layout super simple by mixing bold colors and patterns to create a cohesive look. I love how the colors purple and green work so well together along with the polka dots, latis design and hearts patterns.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us today! Be sure to download both free digital cut files we used on our projects today and create something fun and unique!

Cindy Liebel's - Fall Border Strips

Diana Fishers - Circles

 

Happy Creating!

Cards on Wednesday | Scraplift

Hello and welcome to cards on Wednesday.  Wendy Sue, Adrienne, and I each have cards to share with you today.

First, let's see what Wendy Sue did. Wendy sue says she decided to scraplift a card created by one of our very talented recent guest designers, Mitchell Kraft.

She just loved the design of Mitchell's card - the simple white card base and the diagonal lines full of color and fun!  She carried her design a bit further up the card, but the basic layout is the same.  Here's her card.  

Lily Bee Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 tablet, chit chat stickers, chipboard stickers, circle & tag stickers, twine from embellishment bundle)

Thanks so much, Mitch, for the inspiration!!

Next, is Adrienne, and both of the cards she did for today.

For her first card, she scraplifted my layout below entitled, "Time for Tea Dear" because she really liked the diamond design I made with the patterned paper squares.  

And here are her cards.  She only used two on her card because of the smaller size and added some embellishments on the left for visual balance.

Supply List - Destination (Luggage Patterned Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Pinwheel ( Circle & Tag Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle)

For Adrienne's next card, she scraplifted Nicole's layout below because she thought the circle cut file would be a perfect background for a card.

Here is how Adrienne's card came out.  She loved how Nicole used some of the speech bubbles from the Flip Flops patterned paper so she added a couple of them my card as well.

Supply List - PInwheel (Flip Flops Patterned Paper), Destination (Luggage Patterned Paper, Bon Voyage Patterned Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle)

And I chose to scraplift Nicole Nowosad's style.  She uses a lot of cut pieces to quilt together for backgrounds.  

I had Fall on my mind also for these cards, but the designs and ideas were inspired and scraplifted from Nicole.  The first is a simple stitched grid with punched out pieces of patterned paper.

Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chit Chat Stickers, Chipboard Stickers),  Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers)

And the second fills the front more with one inch squares, I cut to make triangles and then pieced back together.

Sweet Shoppe (Label Stickers, ), Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Circle & Tag Stickers, Embellishment Bundle),  Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers)

Thank you for joining us today for our scraplifted cards!  Hope you find some inspiration today and join us the rest of this week for more scraplifting ideas.