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Challenge Tuesday | Sketch and OLW

Challe

 

One of the ideas for projects for January here at Lily Bee is goals and resolutions. I saw the perfect opportunity to document my One Little Word (OLW) for 2014.

 

 

I used the We R Family and Urban Autumn collections from Lily Bee to make my layout. I love the wood veeners, sweet spot enamel stickers and  daily deck cards in each collection, so I wanted to make sure those had a place on my layout.

 

 

I didn't take an up-close picture of my journaling, but I will share with you why I chose "LIGHT." It has many meanings that are important for my personal success in 2014: 

• To be the "light" for others who are in need of leadership.

• To "lighten" my commitments and share responsibilities with others where I can.

• To be "light hearted" and carefree when I can be. Some things should just be fun and not stressful.

 

Today is also a challenge day, so here is the sketch that goes with my layout for today.

If you use the sketch, share it with us on Flickr or Facebook! Link us up on Twitter or Instagram, too!

Supplies: Lily Bee (We R Family: Pattern Paper (Game Night, Family Time), Tiny Tablet, Washi Tape, Daily Deck, Wood Veneer, Sweet Spots Enamel Stickers) (Urban Autumn: Daily Deck, Wood Veneer)

New Collection Reveal...Everyday

WOOD VENEER

Everyday is my FAVORITE collection I've created over the last five years.  I want to know what products from this line are your favorites-so PIN what you love and include the #lilybeewinter2014. (We've made it easy for you.  Simply hover over the images on the blog and pin away.)  We will select 3 winners who will receive this collection. Pins must be uploaded no later than January 24th.  We will announce winners on Monday, January 27th on our Facebook Page.

Kristen's News on Friday

Happy New Year!  It's been awhile, I am excited to be back and more excited about starting a new year!  We have lots of exciting things in the works for 2014-first off a new website that we will be launching on Monday.  Be sure to come and join us as we will have lots of things going on.

I want to share with you a sneak peek from one of our NEW Winter Collections.  I think this line is one of my all time favorites and is perfect for the "Everyday" moments that happen in our lives.  I love the colors, the patterns and the versatilty that this line brings.

I love to admire projects using our products.  I found three amazing layouts over in the 2 Peas Gallery and wanted to share them with you.

Krissy Clark McKee used our We R Family & Pinwheel Collections for her 2014 Resolutions Layout that includes hidden journaling.  I love that she embellished with fussy cutting out the chevron stripes from one of the papers and used it as a border on the left hand side of the page.  Brillant!

Katie Scott used our Persnickety Collection-(also one of my favorites) for her "Last Summer" layout. I love her placement of journaling.  Super clever.

Last but not least, I know Christmas is over but this layout by Laurel Seabrook I just adore!  She used our Christmas Cheer collections and can I say-I love the circles!

Also, don't forget about our Design Team call that is going on.  We are excited to see your entries and are looking to have a great group of girls join our team for the next six months.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and best wishes to you for the New Year!

 

 

Throwback Thursday

Happy New Year everyone!  As we start 2014, I am jumping into the past by pulling out an older photo and some retro Lily Bee items.  

Do you remember those fabulous sheets of large rub-ons that used to be in the older collections?  I put one to use on my most recent layout.

I used this photo of my children from a few years ago.  They have made the shift from "babies" to "kids".  

I pieced together some words and letters from the rub-ons to create my title, Time of Change.  I then layered some new and some older embellishments like the Daily Deck Card and the chipboard flag.

To add some color to my very neural page, I cut a sheet of the We R Family paper called Family Heirloom.  I cut along the strips that are already in the paper.  I then cut each strip along the diagonal side of the triangle.  I staggered the length of each one to frame the page.

Supplies: We R Family (Papers:  Family Heirloom, Mother Daughter, Family Ties, Sibling Rivalry; Daily Deck Card; Sweet Spots Enamel Dots; Wood Veneer); Sweet Shoppe: (Chipboard Sheets; Chit Chat Stickers); Catching Fall (Rub-ons)

 I hope you are looking forward to the new year as well as reflecting on the good of the past!

 

 

 

Happy New Year!

You Are My Happy

hi everyone!

Leslie here - I'm bringing you some inspiration I made using a dear friend and fellow DT member, Nicole Nowasad's awesome cut file she made for me to use on this project:

Supplies:
We Are Family (Sweet Spot Stickers, Wood Veneer, Metallic Badges, Family Tree Paper,
Mother Daughter Paper); Urban Autumn (Wood Veneer, 3x4 Daily Deck Cards, Oktoberfest Paper, Gingered Cider Paper)
Destination (label stickers)

Here's the file:


Isn't she creative? I love what she did! She's one talented girl!

I cut the file in a couple of different sizes and 2 different We Are Family patterned papers. I really like how the red and blue look against this woodgrain background. I think it  makes my small black and white photo POP!



I layered my house and added a metallic badge as my door. Finished it off using wood veneer leaves from the Urban Autumn Collection

Get the file yourself right here:  You Are My Happy and enjoy!

Show us what you've created using it!

Have a great week and Happy New Year!

 

 

Lily Bee Design Team Call

We’re thrilled to announce the call for the Lily Bee Design Creative Team!

Do you LOVE Lily Bee Design? Do you have an active blog? Are you passionate about social media like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest? Do you have a signature style or an eye for great design? Then we want to hear from you!

We’re looking for talented designers who love to create with Lily Bee Design products and are committed to creating quality projects each month. To apply, send an email to [email protected] and include Lily Bee Design Creative Team Submission in the subject line. Please include the following information:

Name, Address, Email:

Blog Address:

Facebook Name/Page URL:

Instagram URL:

Pinterest URL:

Twitter URL:

Major Gallery Link(s):

Please answer the following questions (2- 3 sentences each):

1. Why would you like to be part of the Lily Bee Design Creative Team?
2. What is your favorite Lily Bee Design product or collection, past or present?
3. How would you best describe your style?
4. Are you currently on any other design teams? If so, please list the teams and monthly commitments.
5. Do you consider yourself social savvy and enjoy sharing your projects & connecting with people on Instagram, Facebook and other social networks?
6. Have you ever created step x step tutorials, videos, project sheets?  If so, please provide a link, if possible.

Project Submissions:

Please share your best work with us that you feel showcases your style. Attach 4 photos, no larger than 600x600. Make sure to include at least 2 layouts (1 may be Project Life type), 1 card and 1 other project of your choice.

Although we would love to see projects using Lily Bee Design, it is not required. Projects do not need to be newly created for this call.

The deadline for applications is January 19, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. CT. Previous design team experience is not required. International applications are welcome! The individuals chosen to join the team will be notified via email and the new team will be announced here on our blog.

Design team members will serve for 6 months beginning February 2014 and will be required to submit 2 - 3 monthly assignments per month and promote each of their projects on at least 2 social media outlets per month, as well as online galleries. You will also be required to create at least 1 altered item and 1 tutorial during your 6 month term. An optional project may arise on occasion, as we sometimes partner with other brands.

We can't wait to see your applications! 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!

Challenge Winners

This blog post is long overdue but I'm going with the better late than never expression.  There's been a lot going on here at Lily Bee Design and we love the support from our fans. We especially enjoy seeing how you use our products to create such wonderful layouts, cards and special projects.

Without further ado, here are the winners from the last several months. Thank you to everyone who participated.  It is always difficult choosing a winner but here goes:

August Sketch Challenge

Aleksandra Gadji shared this sweet layout of her beautiful daughter in our Flickr group. I love the softnessof the layout and I can just feel the love.

September Sketch Challenge

I just adore this layout Amber Rasmuss made, focusing on her cute dog. I really like how she incorporated the stitching into the design. The vellum clouds are a great touch.

October Sketch Challenge

Missy Cutchen Whidden combined Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe, adding in pops of color and different mediums to create this colorful layout, which she shared with us on Facebook.

World Cardmaking Day Giveaway

Thank you to everyone who follow our blog and interact with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. We love to see your projects and share inspiration with you on each of these social networks. We did a random drawing, combining all World Cardmaking Day comments and followers from each of these networks and the winner is QueenBanana!

Congratulations to all the winners! Please send an email to [email protected] by December 31, 2013 to claim your prize. Make sure to include the collection of your choice and mailing address.

Tag, You're It - Final Day!

hi everyone! Leslie here with our final installment of Tag, You're it!
We hope you're enjoying this weekof our challenges.

We've been using this sketch all week for our challenge & each day we've been
given a new bit to add to our challenge.  I had fun with it!

In fact, Nicole challenged me to add a cool technique with you.

I decided to make my challenge a little easy - take the
sketch and change it up a bit.

 

So I took the angled sections from the sketch and made them like banners.
Turned then up and down, side by side, adding the daily deck cards on top
with wooden veneer arrows pointing to my son in the photo.

finally - I decided to add a few punched circles scattered on the bottom,
below my wooden veneer hearts. I then took a ruler and drew my
journaling lines and finished my layout by journaling about my photo.

Final addition is the metal "love" badge.

All in all, this has been a truly fun week of challenges & we hope you
have fun challenging yourself in your creations this week!

Have a great day,

 

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 !  :)

 

 

Tag, You're It Day 2

Hi, Heather here. We're having a ton of fun this week with our game of tag. I was tagged by Stacey yesterday to create a layout based on this week's sketch, shown below, but with an added twist.  She challenged me to add die cuts to my layout so I created a few SVG files for Lily Bee's new We R Family collection. You can download them for free at the end of this post.

In case, you missed it, here's the sketch that's inspiring us this week.

Here's what I created:

 

Supplies: We R Family collection: (Papers: Family Rules, Family Ties, Family Time, Game Night, Family Dinner; 6x6 Tiny Tablet; Daily Deck Cards; Wood Veneer; Metal Badges); Urban Autumn collection (Papers: Oktoberfest, Tri-State); Sweet Shoppe collection: Letter Stickers

I had this layout in mind utilizing the Daily Deck cards when I created this sketch. That said, you could easily add more photos to the page.

I just love the wood veneer people. I knew I wanted to highlight them so I created an offset image of them and then cut them out as a family on one of the Daily Deck cards. I just resized them to fit my card and cut them out.

To create my title, I punched individual letters out of the Game Night paper. I used a small circle punch, which was the perfect size.

I also cut hearts out of the bottom section of the striped paper before adhering it to the background paper. I backed the negative portion with coordinating paper and then saved the cuts to use as embellishments over one of the Daily Deck cards.

So how about some free SVG cutting files? You can download all of our cutting files HERE or you can download the ones I used by clicking on their direct links:

We R Family People Cutting File

We R Family Hearts Cutting File

Okay, so now it's time to reveal who I've tagged.  Nicole, you're it!  I've challenged her to create a card based on this sketch while also incorporating both hard and soft elements. Come back tomorrow to see her fabulous creations.

Focus on Monday: Tag, You're It!

We have something super fun going on this week on the blog and we are hoping you will join along!  Remember playing tag when you were a kid?  It was great fun giggling with your friends and taking turns in the game.  We are playing a scrapbooking version starting today!  Each of us will use the same sketch as a jumping off point, but everyday there will be a twist.

The starting point is this great sketch designed by Heather Leopard.  I am first to put the sketch to good use! 

 

Here is my interpretation!  I stayed fairly true to the sketch, using one larger photo and three of the Daily Deck cards along the top.

 

 

I added in some unique touches like using the doilies as snowflakes.  I incorporated wood veneer pieces all around the page.  The sketch really motivated me to try a design I don't typically create!

 

 

Heather's small circles on the sketch inspired me to add in a metal badge near the corner of my photo.

 

 

Supplies:  We R Family (Papers:  Home Sweet Home, Game Night, Family Time, Family Tree, Mother/Daughter; Wood Veneer; Daily Deck Cards; Metal Badge), Sweet Shoppe (Chit Chat Stickers)

The game is just beginning!  I have tagged the next person, Heather, to be it.  Not only do I want her to use the sketch, but I want her to use the sketch and use a die-cut of some sort!  Come back tomorrow to see what she creates!

 

Alter It Friday | Holiday Gift

Hello Lily Bee friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, sharing a little gift project!  One of my favorite holiday traditions is a "my favorite things" gift exchange. 

 

It's a party where everyone brings their favorite small items to share with everyone else in the group.  Not only is it a fun way to discover new fun items, it's a great excuse for an evening out with friends.  This year I embellished my gift box with a wooden star ornament.

To make my ornament fun and colorful, I cut apart some of my Daily Deck cards from the We R Family collection to cover each surface of the star.

I love the eclectic look and the fun, non-traditional colors.  I'm excited to fill the box with some of my favorite things to share with my friends!

{Supplies: We R Family: Sibling Rivalry Paper, Daily Deck Cards, Wood Veneer, Sweet Spot Stickers}

 

Throwback Thursday | Handmade Gifts

Good Morning Lily Bee friends I hope you are enjoying our week of gifts made from the heart. In the spirit of Throwback Thursday I made a covered composition notebook. I used to make these all the time and when I was racking my brain for gift ideas my first thought was "hey I haven't altered a composition notebook in years." I loved the simple clean feeling to everyone's projects this week so I followed their lead when I created this project.

Supplies: We R Family (Patterned Paper: Family Ties, Buddies, Family Dinner, Washi Tape and Wood Veneer)

These covered notebooks make wonderful gifts. They can be customized to fit any theme. I made this notebook for my daughter who loves to draw and write little stories. I am sure in no time this book will be willed with all my daughter's favorite happy little things.

Have a wonderful happy Thursday.