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Favorite Things Week

Happy Monday everyone!  Today, we are kicking off a week of favorites.  As we excitedly wait for the new releases to arrive, the Lily Bee Creative Team will share our favorite products from the past collections.  There is so much to love about all the goodies!   We are sure you feel the same so this week also involves a giveaway!

One of my favorite embellishments from the previous releases are the metal badges.  I love how these little guys add pattern, dimension and shine to any page.

I like to use the metal badges close to my photo since it really brings the eye in.  Tying a twine string around the badge gives everything a finished feeling!  

I chose this particular badge because the ampersand really reinforces the idea of family fun.  I will admit that this page showcases another one of my favorite products...woodgrain paper!  I adore the richness and warmth.

Supplies: Urban Autumn (Papers:  Gingered Cider, Spiced Latte, Oktoberfest; Metal Badges); We R Family (Papers:  Family Time, Home Sweet Home; Daily Deck Cards; Sweet Spots Enamel Stickers; Wood Veneer)

There are so many fab Lily Bee products.  The metal badges are only one of them!

So, do you want to win a prize package of our favorite things?  To enter, leave a comment on the blog. Each day this week team members will share a different favorite, so be sure to come back and comment.  You can also Pin each day's image to Pinterest using the #lilybeefavoritethings tag and/or share the Favorite Things images we post on our Facebook page each day with your friends. You can enter once or many times to increase your chances of winning. Winner will be announced on Friday, the 17th.

Best of luck!

Digital Download | Gift Tags

Hello, Diane here! I've been busy preparing for the holidays and came up with a few gift tags that you can whip up in a snap for your last minute gift wrapping. Two are specific to the holidays and the other two can be used year round! All the files work wonderfully with the We R Family collection and We R Family digital files. You can find the link to the free digital files at the end of this post.

Supplies: We R Family collection (Family Tree, Mother, Daughter, Wood Veneers, Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers).

I created the saying for the tag with the wood veneer people in mind. You could also use the We R Family people cut file instead of wood veneers, both are equally cute!

Supplies: We R Family collection (Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers, Wood Veneers), Urban Autumn collection (The Village Park).

The green wood grain paper in the Urban Autumn collection makes an adorable Christmas Tree. I embellished the tree with We R Family Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers and a Wood Veneer heart.

Supplies: We R Family Collection (Family Tree, Wood Veneers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Embellishment Bundle).

Not only is this tag great for the holidays but it would also work well for a hostess gift or welcome to the neighborhood gift. The wood veneer house can easily be substituted for the house cutting file.

Supplies: We R Family (Family Tree, Wood Veneers).

This last tag is perfect for attaching to those special handmade gifts for your loved ones. The wood veneer heart can be substituted with the We R Family heart cutting file, if desired.

All these tags can be put together quickly. You can download all the Lily Bee cutting files HERE, or you can download the ones I used by clicking the direct link below.

Christmas Tag Cutting Files

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy holiday to visit today...enjoy the free cutting files!

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! 

 

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 Monday | Halloween and Fall Festivities

Hello Lily Bee fans! This week we will be focusing on Halloween and Fall projects! I thought it would be fun to show you how well the new We R Family collection works for a Halloween layout.

To begin, I changed my photo to black and white, since a pink zebra stripe cat costume wasn't going to work with the beautiful color palette of the We R Family collection. Once that was done, I decided to use some fun Halloween words and phrases as the base of the layout, leaving some room for the typical Halloween images and my photo.

Here is the end result...

For the border I cut small squares from the patterned paper and layered them around the edge. This is a great way to create a border on a 12x12 layout without using the entire sheet of patterned paper. It adds some dimension to the layout too.

I used the Subway Art concept for my design andI laid out all the words and images in my Silhouette software. Once I liked how it looked, I moved the images off the cutting area and cut just the words. I backed the words with a variety of patterned papers and simply taped them to the back of the cardstock.

After I was finished with the words, I used a piece of Kraft cardstock to cut my Halloween images and added those along with my photo and journling.

I finished it off with a few of the new heart enamel stickers.

Here are a few close-ups for you.

Supplies: We R Family (Home Sweet Home, Family Time, Family Portrait, Family Tree, Mother Daughter, Buddies, Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle).

Thanks for visiting today! I hope this has inspired you to pull out your Lily Bee supplies and Halloween photos to create a layout or two this week.

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!

 

 

 

Tuesday Challenge | October Sketch Revisited

Hello Friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, revisiting the layout sketch for this month.  Here's another peek of this month's sketch:

And here's the layout I created based on the sketch:

I combined the sketch with this week's theme, "Everyday Life."  I took this photo of my four kiddos earlier this year.  It wasn't a special occasion...it was just a Sunday afternoon after we got home from church - we were sitting outside just enjoying the nice warm sunshine - something we had been longing for after months of cold days.  It was just a regular "everyday" moment that I captured with a single photograph.  I love photos like this - when there's nothing special to celebrate, but the photo stirs up emotions anyway.  I love these kiddos and I'm grateful for the regular "everyday moments" we share!

Here are a few details of my layout:

I had fun adding buttons, stickers, and chipboard pieces - placing them according to the sketch.

And of course, I always love adding machine stitching to my projects - and when I have the perfect colors of thread to coordinate with the products I've used, I love it even more!

Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe Collection (Patterned Paper: Lollipop, Salt Water Taffy, Jelly Bean, Candy Stick; Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circles and Tags), Pinwheel Collection (Patterned Paper: Lime Rickey; Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers, Circles and Tags)

I hope you're inspired to play along with our sketch challenge for the month - and maybe you'll even be inspired by the "everyday life" theme too!  Don't forget we are going to pick one winner from all of our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package (details are here).  Good luck!

 

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.

 

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!

  




 

 

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.