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Focus on Embellishment Bundle | Altered Project

Happy Friday Lily Bee friends. Summer here today with a super fun Altered frame. I admit I don't do many altered projects so I often find myself browsing the isles of JoAnn's or Micheal's looking for that prefect piece to alter. That is how this project was born.

I found an unfinished wood frame at JoAnn's for just a couple dollars. I threw away the glass, backed the opening in white and went to work. I then spray painted the frame black and distressed the edges. This was the end result.

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Gumball, Strawberries & Cream, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Chit-Chat Stickers), Victoria Park (Charcoal) and Double Dutch (Celery)

The layers of circles are perfect home for all the goodies you can find in the brand new Embellishment Bundles from Lily Bee. They say variety is the spice of life and the Embellishment Bundle is the perfect combination of decorative brads, buttons, flair and twine. I love how you get such a fantastic mix of product in one pack.

I hope you have enjoyed this altered frame. When you are sitting down next month to think about Father's Day remember this little project makes an awesome gift my husband has a couple of these on his desk at work.

Have a happy and safe weekend.

Focus On | Outside Your Window

Happy Monday Lily Bee friends! Summer here with this weeks focus on subject: Outside Your Window. Today my fellow design team member Patricia will be joining me as we explore the world outside our window.

I am a bit of a literal scrapbooker and I found I was originally stumped by this challenge. My first thought was outside my window is my AC unit. I decided to let the idea simmer. When I looked again at what was really outside my window I grabbed my camera and took a great shot of one lone blooming azeala in my backyard. This was the layout I was inspired to create.

Lily Bee Suplies Used: Destination (Patterned Paper-Bon Voyage), Pinwheel (Patterned Paper-Jump Rope, Flower Box and Lemonade Stand, Chipboad Stickers & Chit Chat Stickers) and Stationary (Patterned Paper-Grape)

Patricia decided to use a photo she took out her car window. Once she decided on her photo, a flood of thoughts and memories came to mind. She used the label stickers to type out all her random memories and thoughts she had when looking out onto the lake crossing the bridge. She clustered the memories in one section, and then another of the current day happenings, thoughts, and hopes in another section. She pop dotted some of the labels, and added a star-burst and clouds to layer under the photo. The photo was taken at about 4:30-5 a.m. and the sun was just starting to come up over the lake.

 

Sweet Shoppe (Salt Water Taffy Paper, Candy Stick Paper, Label Stickers), Pinwheel (Ice Cream Truck Paper, Picnic Basket Paper, Chipboard

Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Destination (Port Paper, Label Stickers), Double Dutch (Index Journal Cards)

 

 

 

 

Thanks for joining us today. We hope you are inspired to take a new look at your world outside your window. Make sure you join us this week to see how the rest of the Lily Bee design team members intrept our theme this week. 

 

 

Focus On | Negative Space

Hi everyone, it's Diane here to introduce a new theme for the week that I know you are going to love...using negative space. Basically, negative space is the space which surrounds an object in an image. It is often used to frame an object. For my layout, I used negative space in the form of a banner to frame my photo.

I cut out the banner using my Cameo and popped it up off the background page to add more dimension. Next, I layered small flowers, butterflies, pinked circles and small banner pieces between the two layers and on the top layer.

The simple banner across the page left me with lots of white space for adding my title and some finishing touches. I used the space at the top for clouds and butterflies and the bottom left corner for my title.

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Sprinklers - PWP307, Flip Flops - PWP311, Cart Wheels - PWP312) Christmas Cheer Collection (Figgy Pudding - CCP271) Double Dutch Collection (Key Lime Pie - DDP177, Croquet - DDP178, Mixed Cardstock Sticker - DDS184) Memorandum Collection (9 to 5 - MEP128, Office Blue - MEP176, Lemon - MEP177, ABC Stickers - MES135) Happily Lost Collection (Amazing Views - HLP0085, Hammock - HLP0087, Stroll - HEP0089, Sun Soaked - HLP0090)

Thank you for coming by the blog today. Make sure to check back each day this week for even more inspiration using negative space.

Focus On: Inspired by...

Hello everyone! Diane here, to welcome you to a new Focus on Monday! This week we will be focusing on things that we are inspired by!

One of my favorite places to find inspiration is on Pinterest! It is full of color combinations, patterns, graphics, design, and quotes that inspire me in everyday life, but even more in my scrapbooking. 

For today's post I decided to create a layout based on this poster I had pinned. 

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I was drawn to the clean graphic design, white space and enlarged photo in this poster. Here is how it inspired me.

I stuck with the design pretty closely. I moved the banner at the top, to the left, I replaced the flags with cut out speech bubbles from the new Pinwheel Collection and moved the element at the bottom center to the left for my title.

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Flip Flops-PWP311, Sprinklers-PWP307), Christmas Cheer Collection (Mrs. Claus-CCP274,Figgy Puddy-CCP271), Double Dutch Collection (Key LIme Pie-DDP117, Croquet-DDP178), Memorandum Collection (Grapefruit-MEP175, Memorandum Index Journaling Cards-MEJ138), Happily Lost Collection (Sun Soaked-HLP0090)

Using things created by a graphic expert is one of my favorite things to do when creating a layout. It gives me a solid design to start with and allows me to focus on the fun stuff...papers, embellishments and my story.

Where do you look for inspiration? Take a look around, inspiration is everywhere...your home, in stores and online. What are you inspired by today?

Check back in each day this week to see more inspiration projects.

Handmade Love

Hi all!  Andrea and I will be sharing some cards with you that are sure to brighten the day of someone you love!  

First, these adorable creations by Andrea.  I am consistently blown away with her one of a kind ideas and designs.  Get ready to swoon!

Let's look at each one!  I love the unique shape and the stunning banner on this uber cute card!

Supplies:  Persnickety (clear stamps, Huffy - paper, ABC cardstock stickers), Double Dutch (bags of bits), Autumn Spice (Brown Sugar - paper, clear stamps)

Andrea says: Valentine's Day, in our house, is all about the handmade. These cards are handmade from the hand cut shaped card to the embellishments that top them. To create a shaped card, begin with a folded piece of cardstock.  Draw or begin cutting the shape you want to create, making sure that you leave part of the folded edge intact.  Cut paper/cardstock for the front of the card and stamp, embellish and build your card in your creative way. 

Here is a second card that is sure to bring cheer to anyone! 

Supplies: Persnickety (Huffy - paper, Picky - paper, Snooty - paper, ABC cardstock stickers), Victoria Park (Raspberry - paper, bag of bits), Christmas Cheer (Figgy Pudding - paper), Double Dutch (Marmalade - paper)

Super cute!

I decided to make two very different cards that incorporate the same major design elements, the word "today", index journal cards and hearts.  It is cool to see how dramatically the same ideas look when you dress them differently.

First, I made this monochromatic card using mostly pinks.

Supplies:  Persnickety:  (Paper:  Fussy, 6X6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journal Card, Mixed Cardstock sticker)

I simply clustered the Today sticker, circle sticker and punched hearts over an index journal card.  Easy, yet sweet and feminine.

For my second take, I went with the primary colors featured in Pinwheel along with the fabulous heart bokeh paper from Destinations.

Supplies:  Pinwheel (Paper:  Cherry Blossom, Apricot Tree, Flip Flops; Chit Chat Stickers; Circle and Tags sticker), Destinations  (Paper:  Bon Voyage); Persnickety (Index Journal Card)

This card is the polar opposite of soft with its bright oranges and reds.  I again incorporated a piece of an index journal card, this time placing it along the top.  I like the unique scallop it give at the bottom of it.  I then layered several stickers and chipboard pieces to convey my sentiments.

Grab your Lily Bee goodies and start creating.  Handmade cards are sure to bring joy to others!

Challenge Tuesday- Mixing the Old with the New

Good morning!

It's Becky Williams here with Nicole Nowosad today for another Challenge on Tuesday. 

To go along with our theme this week of mixing old and new products we have a fun challenge for you- create a project using at least 10 pieces of patterned paper mixing the old with the new. 

How does that sound? 

Nicole rose to the challenge beautifully!

Here is her layout:

Nicole said, "The new 6x6 tiny tablets make it really easy to get more than 10 papers on my page. I just cut each paper in half and used them as strips on my page, hiding the edges that lined up with photos, a journal card &/or a die cut tag. I love how all the new lines go together so easily and combine with the releases from last CHA as well!"

Here are some close-ups of her page:

Doesn't she do such gorgeous work? 

I really like how Nicole meshed the old and new collections together so well. 

 

Supplies:Sweet Shoppe (6x6 tiny tablet, chipboard stickers), Destination (6x6 tiny tablet, chipboard stickers, embellishment bundle), Pinwheel (6x6 tiny tablet), Persnickety (6x6 tiny tablet, journal cards), Double Dutch (Lemonade), Christmast Cheer (Figgy Pudding, journal cards), Autumn Spice (clear stamps).

And now for my take on the challenge:

I also used strips of paper to add more variety to my page, only I did it on a smaller scale. I cut a piece of cardstock the same height as my photo and cut random widths of paper and adhered them to the cardstock. I added more patterns by using diecuts and smaller strips of paper at the top and bottom of the page. 

I cut the "I {heart} this" from one of the index journaling cards and layered a couple of the cards for my journaling. There are lots of ways that you can include 10+ pieces of patterned paper without adding a lot of extra bulk. 

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Marshmellow), Persnickety (Finicky, Fussy, Index Journaling Cards), Pinwheel (Flip-Flops, Sprinklers, Ice Cream Truck), Buttercup (Queen Bee), Handmade (Thimble), Double-Dutch (Marmalade), Lovely (Whimsy), Christmas Cheer (ABC Stickers). 

We'd love it if you could join in our challenge. 

All you have to do is create a project using 10 or more pieces of patterned paper mixing different Lily Bee collections and add your project to our Flickr photo gallery by clicking on the Flickr link to the right.

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package.  Here's a few things to keep in mind:

• Your layout must use at 60% Lily Bee products.
• Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize.
• Title your post "February Mix it Up Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
• Deadline is February 28, 2013, Midnight CST
• One winner from all the challenges will be announced Friday, March 1, 2013. The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

 

Have a great day and happy scrapping!

 

Use Your Scraps | 1.8.2013

We are all so excited about the new releases coming soon.  CHA time is always so exciting.  

In the meantime, our challenge for you today is using your scraps.  I'm joined by three very talented ladies, Nicole, Becky, and Leslie.  Using your leftover scraps can push you creatively with using different colors and patterns that you wouldn't normally use together.  And those left over postive and negative cuttings find a perfect spot needed for a quick pop of color and texture.   

Our first inspiration is from Nicole.  Nicole says, "I literally broke out the little bits from my Lily Bee stash!  I used even the smallest pieces of paper that I have been hoarding to layer behind my photos.  If the paper was too small, I just trimmed it down the middle and tucked it behind the photos on the two outer edges, to give the impression of a larger piece of paper."

 

Supplies:  Victoria Park (Raspberry), Persnickety (Finicky, Ritzy,6x6 tiny tablet, Index journaling cards, Cardstock Mixed stickers) Double Dutch (Lemonade), Head over Heels (Swoon)

 

Next is Becky. Becky says, "I had so much fun with this page!  When I found out what the challenge was, I pulled out all of my scraps, including ones I'd used to make punched shapes for previous projects.  These pieces of paper usually sit around until I throw them away, so it was fun to put them to use on this layout.  Along with the punch shape scraps, I trimmed some pieces from the Christmas Cheer Figgy Pudding paper and added some diecuts I'd cut out but hadn't yet used, and I really like the end result."

 

Supplies: Persnickety (Fussy, Finicky, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers, Index Journaling Cards), Autumn Spice (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Christmas Cheer (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Figgy Pudding)

 

Next is Leslie.  She says, "I used up every little piece of leftovers I had from projects of every line. I even had some left over hearts from a previous project that I was able to add for a finishing touch."

Supplies:  Persnickity (Prim Paper, Picky Paper, Ritzy Paper, Huffy Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards, Mixed Stickers), Christmas Cheer (ABC Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Hot Cocoa Paper), Autumn Spice (Pumpkin Spice Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards)

I absolutely love what Nicole, Becky, and Leslie have created.  Each so different and unique.  Thank you for joining me ladies!

And here is my layout.  I grabbed a handful of scraps. The denim piece from Persnickety (Finicky) was big enough I could send through the Silhouette.  My design came out asymmetrical, which made it quick to put together.  I used the corner rounder punch on some pieces to add interest to the design.  I also used a tab punch, and a 1" circle punch to some of pieces to add pops of color.  The butterfly, flower, and branch were leftover cuttings from another project.  The polaroid stamped paper was another leftover.  One of my favorite layouts.  I love how these pieces came together.

Supplies:  Persnickety (Picky Paper, Huffy Paper, Prissy Paper, Snooty Paper, Uppity Paper, Finicky Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Journaling Index Cards, Mixed Stickers, ABC Stickers, Stamps), Christmas Cheer (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Mixed Stickers)

We hope you're inspired to go through your scraps and find inspiration in all those leftovers.  Thank you so much for joining us today.  

Now we want to see your take on this Use Your Scraps challenge! We'll pick one winner from our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package.  Here's a few things to keep in mind:

• Your layout must use at 70% Lily Bee products.
• Post your layout to our Flickr Gallery here to be eligible for monthly challenge prize.
• Title your post "January Use Your Scraps Challenge" so we can find it easily.
• Deadline is January 31, 2013, Midnight MST
• Winners will be announced Friday, February 1, 2013