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Focus on Monday| Moms and Mommihood ♥ Plus NSD Winners

 

Hello and welcome to a brand new week here at Lily Bee. This week we are focusing on moms, whether it be our mom, being a mom or anything else related to that. We are grateful for all of the women who have had an influence for good in our lives- moms, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, teachers, friends and on and on. We hope you'll be inspired this week as we celebrate these wonderful women and the blessing of being a mom. 

To start off today we have a fantastic page from Diana Fisher. 

She shares, "As a mom, there is nothing better than watching your child love and succeed in something they are passionate about. It makes you feel like you've done your job in raising them to be at their best at all times. I love watching my son play baseball. You can see the intensity on his face and he is so excited to play or practice. I love watching him get better with each game, and knowing that I have a part in raising him to be amazing makes me very proud."

Supplies: Pinwheel (Flower box, Sprinklers, Cart wheels, Chipboard stickers, Circle & Tag stickers, Chit chat stickers, Brad, Badge, Button & Baker's Bundle, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers.

I really like how Diana used a variety of embellishments on her page yet still managed to keep it nice and clean. Here are some more cute details using the new Chit Chat and label stickers: 

I really like how Diana added her title stickers right on top of her photo. I tend to be hesitant to do so just in case for some reason I might change my mind. Diana has inspired me to try it, though! I really like the effect on her layout.

For those who might not know this about me, I have four daughters. I was raised in a family with six girls, me being the second oldest. We don't have even one brother, and out of all of our kids there is one single boy. We seriously considered throwing a parade in my sister's honor for having the first boy. My husband likes to tease me that the genes in our family are too strong and overpower the ability to have boys! Ha ha! I think it's kind of funny. 

Anyway, for our Focus on Moms feature I wanted to create a layout about my four sweet girls:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Marshmellow, 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards), Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers).

I have learned so much from these girls and am so proud to be their mom. I think that they teach me far more than I do for them. What a wonderful blessing they are to me. 

I really like the new alphabet stickers and think it's fun to mix up the colors and sizes on my projects. Here I've mixed up the stickers with some diecuts made with my Cameo. 

The heart bokeh paper from the Sweet Shoppe is one of my favorites from the new releases. It was the perfect backdrop for this page. I mixed in some Persnickety and bits and pieces of Destination and Pinwheel as well. I really like that you can mix the collections together. 

Make sure to come back every day this week for even more inspiration celebrating Moms. 

Before we go, we had a ton of fun with you on National Scrapbook Day. Thanks so much for spending part of your day tagging your Instagram friends and answering questions on Facebook! We have a few rnadomly drawn winners! If your name is listed below, please send an email with NSD Winner in the subject line to [email protected].

• Facebook Winner (Pinwheel Collection Kit) - Izzy B. Anderson said, "I love NSD. I made a nice big mess and a few pretty projects."
• Instagram Winners (Destination Collection Kits) - two winners: justjingle who tagged mprantner

Congrats to all the winners. Thanks for visiting Lily Bee today. 

Kristen's News On Friday

Happy Friday Everyone!  I am so happy to say that our new products started shipping two weeks ago.  So for those of you who have been anxiously and patiently waiting you can find them in stock at Two Peas in a Bucket, and Scrapbook.com.  Be sure to check with your LSS store's as well for those of you who are lucky enough now days to have one.

Congratulations to our April Challenge Winner Denise Price.  She participated in our Inspiration Challenge and created this Love card using our Persnickety Collection.  Please email Jill at wholesaleATlilybeedesign.com and we will send a box of goodies to you. 

 

Scrapbook Circle is featuring Lily Bee in their May Main Kit, called My Favorite.  The kit features our Sweet Shoppe Label Stickers and Destination Paper.  

In their Add-On Kit, Sugar & Spice, you can find our Pinwheel Embellishment Bundle which is a MUST-have loaded with your favorites embellishments on one little card.

We are also teaming up with them and sponsoring a joint challenge mid-month and our fans will have a chance to win the My Favorite kit. We will give away a collection kit to those who play along with the Scrapbook Circle challenge, posting on 5/10.  So be sure to check back for the details.

I Spy some super fun projects using Lily Bee.  First up is Katie Scott's Keep Calm and Travel On layout.  Love the bright cheerful colors she has used from our Handmade Collection.

Another layout from Toni From.  She's got her hands on our newest papers from the Pinwheel Collection.  Love her layering around her photo.

Zuzana Obert created this darling card of encouragement using our Persnickety Paper.

Be sure follow our May Guest Designer Paige Evans.  We are excited to have her and look forward to her projects using Lily Bee this month. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Focus On | Trendspotting

Hello Lily Bee friends & welcome to a brand new week here on the Lily Bee blog!  I'm Wendy Sue and this is my first time hosting on the blog - I'm excited to introduce this week's theme - Trendspotting!  Our team has been busily tracking down the latest trends and working on fun projects to share with you throughout the week.  Today, Nicole and I are teaming up to share a couple of trend-infused layouts with you!

First up, here's Nicole's gorgeous layout:

And here's what she had to say: 

I’m not gonna lie - I spend way too much of my time on Pinterest.   When looking for inspiration for this project, a few things popped out at me -- neutral p allette pages, metallics &/or ombre designs. I love the look of  each, so why not combine them into one!

I gathered some of my favorite Lily Bee  papers, using the 6x6 Tiny Tablets, and punched some circles in varying degrees  of color and them layered them onto cardstock. I added in the metallics through  stitching and some sequins from my stash and voila! the page was done !

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers), Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Christmas Cheer (Mini ABC stickers), Stationery (Oatmeal paper), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Autumn Spice (Clear stamps, 6x6 Tiny Tablet)

I've been loving all of the unique takes on projects using the triangle trend that is so popular right now!  I decided to incorporate a slew of triangles onto a layout and this is the outcome:

I didn't start out with much of a plan - just started cutting triangles and arranging them on the background until I came up with a pattern I liked. 

I also added some circle elements just for fun (you might notice they are arranged in a "visual triangle" which is another fun triangular design element!)

I added some word stickers with little staples, and even added machine stitching to some of my triangles.

I completed my layout by adding a photo strip and a bit of hand journaling.

Supplies: Pinwheel (Cherry Blossom, Lemonade Stand, Picnic Basket, Lime Rickey, Jump Rope, Flip Flops, Cart Wheels, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers)

I love following the latest trends and watching to see how the trends can be incorporated into any person's projects, regardless of their personal style! What are your favorite trends - have you tried them out on your projects yet? What are you waiting for?!?

   

Outside your window | Challenge

Good morning Lily Bee fans!! Becky Williams and I are here today to share with you a little challenge. This week on the Lily Bee blog, we are exploring what is outside the window! 

We were challenged to scrap 4 photos about "things" out our window - and no PEOPLE !

For a lot of people, the spring weather has not been co-operating.... Becky shares this pretty page today:

Supplies: Pinwheel (Sprinklers, Flower Box, Flip Flops, Picnic Basket, Cartwheels, Cherry Blossom, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Destination (Port, Bon Voyage, Souvenir), Christmas Cheer (Index Journaling Cards), Persnickety (Index Journaling Cards, 6x6 Tiny Tablet). 

Becky shares this with us:

We'd been enjoying kind of a crazy Spring so far but loved the warmer weather until it decided to snow! Yep, snow in Texas in April. I'd just taken pictures of the flowers in our yard, signs of Spring, and then we got the snow- thankfully the flowers survived. I mostly take pictures of my family so this challenge was a nice change of pace for me and helped me to take a closer look at the beautiful things around me, even in the snow. 

I love how Becky has layered stickers and her fussy cut paper pieces!

Take a look at those pretty butterflies too! Makes me hopeful for spring for sure!

Well, up here in Canada, the weather is bad. In fact, as I type this, there is snow falling again. Truth be told, the only thing you would see out my window today is snow! So, I pulled out some photos from last summer for this challenge:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Patterned Paper - Lemon Drop, 6x6 paper pad), Pinwheel (Patterned Paper - Kite Strings, 6x6 Paper Pad, Chipboard Stickers), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps), Persnickety (Journal Cards)

Although I scrapped about summer, I used a lot of fun, spring color from both the Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe collections. The Lemon Drop paper is perfect for large sunbeams, which I detailed with some gold metallic thread:

The Pinwheel collection has a lot of great colors in it for spring - and those hexagon piechart shapes are perfect!

You can see that the chipboard embellishments add just the right amount of texture to your page ! I love the florals in the Pinwheel collection.

How will you interpret this challenge???? Do you have some ideas flowing already? Well, share them with us and 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 "4/16 Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is April 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

Cards on Wednesday | Inspired by Quotes

Welcome to another Cards on Wednesday post!

This week at Lily Bee we are sharing what inspires us to create and for our post today Summer and I have created cards inspired by some of our favorite quotes. 

There are many places where you can find quotes: your favorite books, movies or songs, billboards, poems and if you are like us, you find them on Pinterest. It seems that there is a bounty of scrappy inspiration waiting to be found there!

Summer created a card based on this inspiration found on Pinterest: 

And here is the card that she created:

Summer said, "I combined the idea of the graphics of a subway sign and the use of the negative cut outs to create this card. I love to play with the text so when I sat down to create this card I knew I was going for a simple bold look. Kraft cardstock is one of my go to colors because it is such a neutral base. Colors pop and ideas sing with a great neutral base."

Here is a closer look at her card: 

I really like how Summer layered the butterflies and added the jewel centers. 

Supplies: Pinwheel (Kite Strings, Lemonade Stand, Sprinklers Flower Box & Lime Rickey Patterned Papers) and Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle)

Isn't it fantastic? Her clean and simple style always includes just the right details. 

You can find more quotes that inspire Summer on her Pinterest board here.

The first quote that I used for my card inspiration was this which can be found on my Pinterest board here: 

This is the card I created using strips of paper from the new Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe collections:

I used a small star punch and kraft cardstock and like the look of the neutral kraft against the brighter colors. 

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Cherry Blossom, Sprinklers, Cartwheels), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Lemon Drop, Lollipop, Candy Stick, Cotton Candy), Persnickety Collection (ABC Stickers). 

My second card was inspired by this quote: 

I really like how the "Be You" is in a different color and did the same on my card. What an important message this sends, don't you think? 

I put my paper punches to work on this card, too. I added a few paper strips to the Pinwheel paper background and simply added the quote using ABC Stickers. 

Supplies: PInwheel Collection (Cherry Blossom, Picnic Basket, Sprinklers), Persnickety Collection (ABC Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Lemon Drop). 

We hope that you have been inspired to create using some of your favorite quotes and that if you do create something new (or if you've created something quote-inspired in the past) please share your project with us on our Facebook page or on Flickr.

Have a wonderful day!

Cards On Wednesday | Spring

It's Wednesday & that means it's time for another round of Cards On Wednesday!
This week we've been featuring projects with an Easter & Spring theme.
We continue that theme today with some cards created by Christine and myself.

First up is Christine with three fabulous Spring cards she created:

Supplies: Destination Collection (Landmark Paper, Tickets Paper, Souvenir Paper,
Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers)




Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Picnic Basket Paper, Ice Cream Truck Paper,
Lemonade Stand Paper), Destination Collection (Embellishment Bundle twine)




Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe Collection (Cotton Candy paper, Lemon Drops paper,
Jujube paper, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Chit
Chat Stickers)




Christine says this about her cards: 
When I think of spring, I think of birds, flowers, and blue skies.  So I thought
it would be fun to make cards that have those themes on them.  I used my
Silhouette to cut out the shapes on my cards.  I also thought it would be fun to
use one Lily Bee collection for each card.  These cards make me want to go
outside and enjoy the warmer weather!








Next up are a couple of cards I created:





Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Pinwheel (Lime Rickey
Paper, Lemonade Stand Paper, Picnic Basket Paper), Desitination (Luggage Paper, Souvenier Paper,
Chipboard Stickers), Christmas Cheer (ABC Cardstock Stickers)

Spring reminds me of new beginnings. New growth, new life. Flowers blooming,
birds chirping, the smell of rain...it's all so beautiful! I decided to create
my cards focusing the refreshing new beginnings:






Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Licorice Whip Paper, Embellishment Bundle), Pinwheel (Lemonade Stand
Paper, Apricot Tree Paper, Flip Flops Paper, Chipboard Stickers), Destination (Luggage Paper),
Persnickity (ABC Cardstock Stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers)

I can't get enough of banners lately. I use them on almost everything I use. Many different
ways of course...but banners are so fun to play with!

We hope you've enjoyed our Spring inspiration today. Don't forget to come back
by tomorrow for more Spring goodies!

Have a great day!

     

Focus On: Easter/Spring Has Sprung

Good morning!

It is Monday once again and that means that we're introducing a new theme for the week! This week we are focusing on Spring and the upcoming Easter holiday. 

While Mr. Groundhog told us we'd have an early Spring I think that some of us are having a few doubts. 

Hopefully the projects that Adrienne and I have to share today will help those of you fighting the Winter blues and inspire all of you to create something new and Spring-y this week. 

We will start off today with a happy layout from brand-new Design Team member, Adrienne Alvis. When this showed up in my inbox in preparation for our post today I was even  more excited that she's now a part of our team. It's incredible, don't you think? 

I really like how Adrienne used both the negative and positive image of her diecuts. What a great way to add a lot of detail and texture and bring focus to her photograph.

Adrienne shares, "Nothing says, 'it's Spring' to me more than mud puddles! I was inspired by this fun photo of my daughter breaking in her new rubber boots to use my Silhouette Cameo to cut out a puddle and some splashes using the Pinwheel Lemonade Stand paper. I layered some Sweet Shoppe Jelly Bean paper underneath and popped out a few splashes using some dimensional adhesive. I used a few of the adorable Spring-themed chipboard stickers from the Pinwheel Collection adn embellished soem Chit Chat stickers on top of them. I used my Cameo to cut out a few extra clouds to emphasize my theme and sewed them directly onto my page. I'm so excited to be sharing my creations with you here at Lily Bee!"

Here are a few detail shots of her layout:

I love how she pays such close attention to little details like layering and stitching. Seeminly simple things that add extra pizzazz to her layout. 

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection ( Sprinklers Paper, Lemonade Stand Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Jelly Bean Paper, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle and Tag Stickers). 

We are so happy to have Adrienne as part of the team!

For our Spring/Easter feature this week I decided to create a little Easter decor for my home. 

Just like Adrienne did, I put my Silhouette Cameo to work to cut out these cute projects using a mix of the new Lily Bee Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe collections. 

First I created the Easter Bunny/Carrot garland by cutting out the shapes on my Cameo and taping twine to the back of the shapes. 

The second thing I created were these little treat bags:

These are a quick and simple project that you can make and fill with little candies or a note for a loved one. I cut the bag from white cardstock and embellished with Lily Bee paper and stickers. 

I also decorated a plain white gift bag by using one of the extra bunny die cuts left over from my garland. I added a Pinwheel label sticker and some Persnickety alpha stickers to finish it off. 

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Apricot Tree, Sprinklers, Ice Cream Truck, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Lemon Drop, Lollipop, CIrcle & Tag Stickers), Persnickety Collection (ABC Stickers). 

I hope that you've enjoyed our projects today and that they help to get you into a Spring/Easter mood. Maybe the weather will start to cooperate with us and it will begin to feel a bit more like Spring as well!

Stay tuned throughout the rest of the week for more Spring and Easter-inspired projects. 

 

Challenge Tuesday: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Morning Lily Bee fans! Nicole here today to share a layout made with the new Destination line and issue you a challenge!

This week we are celebrating the new Destination collection by Lily Bee on the blog - and so keeping "destination" in mind, the challenge this week is to create a layout using any form of transportation!

Supplies used: Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Atlas Paper, Passport Paper, Embellishment bundle, Chipboard stickers, ) Persnickety (clear stamps), Christmas Cheer (ABC stickers, Journaling cards),  Autumn Spice (clear stamps), Handmade (ABC stickers)

I decided that my take on the transportation theme would be a hot air balloon - and it was super easy to create, with the help of my Cameo. I cut 5 geotag shapes and then folded them in half and adhered them back to back to create the hot air balloon shape.

I added one of the new pennant banner chipboard shapes, up-side down, to create the basket of the balloon.

I then paper pierced a quick sun out of a punched circle from the tiny tablet and some stitched sun-rays over top of a journaling card:

I really love the vibrant red polka dot pattern in the Destination collection to off-set all that yummy woodgrain in the collection and knew that it would be great to create the parts of my title around the page:

So, now it is your turn to show us what you've got! Create a layout with a mode of transportation on it! Easy Peasy right! Here are the details:

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 "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is March 31, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

The more you play, the better your chances of winning! 

Beautiful Destination

Happy Monday everyone!  This week we are sharing our new Destination collection through a variety of beautiful projects!  Destination is an amazing travel line that can also easily be used for multiple, everyday themes!  Bold primary colors and gorgeous woodgrain are featured throughout!

Today, I am sharing a travel inspired layout.  When scrapbooking our vacations, I like to create some pages that are about the funny or moving moments during the trip.  On a recent vacation to Washington, DC my daughter and I were soaked by huge sprinklers set out all around the monuments.  I decided to use that occurence to kick off my design.

I utilized my electronic cutter to create the hexagon cut-outs and decided to use the negative space as water drops.  I popped my page with the bright, happy reds in this collection.

I used the tag and new Chit Chat Stickers to place corresponding words to go with my theme.  I love the include the year in a visible place on my pages and the smaller Lily Bee alphabets makes that possible.

Supplies:  Destination (Boarding Pass, Port, TIckets, Passport, Landmark, Postcard Papers, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers), Persnickety (Alphabet), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle Twine)

This collection will take your work to beautiful places!  Come back all this week to see what our design team has whipped up for you!

Focus on Monday: Celebrating Four Years of Lily Bee!

Good morning, everyone! And welcome to a very special week here on the blog as Lily Bee celebrates its fourth birthday! All week long we'll be throwing a party with lots of inspiration, ideas, and prizes! The festivities officially kick off tomorrow, and today I'm here to share a little bit of early celebration with you.

Supplies: Autumn Spice (Nutmeg, Brown Sugar, All Spice); Persnickety(Finicky, Index Journal Cards, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, ABC Cardstock Stickers)

All of the design team's projects this week will focus on some sort of celebration, and I chose to make a layout using photos from my husband's birthday dinner last year. I do have more photos from this day to scrap, but I had Lily Bee's Persnickety and Autumn Spice collections out on my desk as I was looking for photos, and the blues, yellows, and warm tones of the papers worked perfectly with these photos of his celebratory meal.

 

Be sure to check back every day this week for more fun as Lily Bee celebrates four inspiring years!

Challenge Tuesday : Scrapping The Everyday

Good morning, Lily Bee fans! Meilssa here with a layout and a scrapping challenge for you today!

All week the design team is focusing on scrapbooking daily routines here on the blog, but "routine" doesn't have to just mean certain things done at certain times or on certain days- it can also be something that's a routine occurence around your home. 

Supplies: Persnickety (Finicky, Huffy, Ritzy, Index Journal Cards); Christmas Cheer (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Cardstock Stickers)

As I was flipping through my photo library, I found these two photos of my husband reading in our living room with one of the cats sitting nearby (or on him- and this is the guy who says he doesn't like cats- ha!). These pictures were taken only four days apart, and I probably have a dozen more similar to them on my computer- this is something that happens all the time at our house!

There are lots of other daily occurences like this that I could scrapbook- my husband's daily cups of coffee and tea, going for a run through the neighborhood, taking a trip to the gym- so many things that we do on an almost daily basis and might not even think about, but things that still may change over the years (for instance, our kitty in the top photo has since passed away). Documenting these things in your scrapbook is a great way to capture snippets of daily life that will be fun to look back in in the years to come.

Can you guess what my challenge is for you today? It's to scrap something from your everyday life! You can do this on a layout, in a mini book, or even on a Project Life layout- it's up to you!

There are just a few rules to keep in mind for this challenge:

• 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 Everyday 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!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Focus On Monday | Daily Routine

Happy Monday!

This week, the design team is focus on is daily routine and to start you off, I (Cindy) am have a layout documenting tidbits of our lives during the month of January. At the moment, I am using my camera phone 90% of the time and sharing photos through social media networks. One being my current favorite right now is Instagram. Since I rarely use my main DSLR camera to capture our everyday, I used a few Instagram photos for this weeks theme.

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe-Gumball & Cotton Candy, Destination-Port; Pinwheel-Cherry Blossom, Picnic Basket, Lime Rickey, Apricot Tree & Flip-Flops; Persnickety-Clear Stamps, Tiny ABC Stickers & Mixed Cardstock Stickers; Christmas Cheer-Mixed Cardstock Stickers; Double Dutch-Blueberry; Memorandum-Lemon

One of my favorite things to do when creating with pattern paper is mix up collections. Each photo is highlighted with pattern paper outlined with Persnickety's polaroid stamp and titled using the tiny abc stickers.

The digitally cut title and printed journaling were measured so the images would fit, snuggled in between the designs. I added a bold solid color background and decorative border to the page so the attention is centered on the photos and title.

If you don't have time document your lives through project life this is definitely a fun and simple way to sum up your life by day, week or month on a layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Be sure to stop by each day this week to see how the rest of the design team documents their daily routine.

Thursday Free for All - Love

Good morning! Nicole here today to share with you a page all about Love on this Valentine's Day!

I really wanted to use a lot of my old Lily Bee favorite papers, along with some of my new favorites to create this page of my daughter:

 Supplies used:Sw eet Shoppe (6x6 tiny tablet, Chipboard stickers); Destination (6x6 tiny tablet); Persnickety (6x6 tiny tablet, Fussy, journal cards); Autumn Spice (6x6 tiny tablet, Nutmeg, clear stamps); Christmas Cheer (6x6 tiny tablet, ABC mini stickers); Pinwheel (Chipboard stickers); Handmade (Patchwork)

I used the deep woodgrain paper from the Autumn Spice collection as my background, along with a scrap of my Handmade collection. I then cut a few fun circle shapes with my Cameo and backed them with some cute patterns from the Sweet Shoppe, Destination 6x6 tiny tablets:

The bokeh papers in the Sweet Shoppe collection are some of my new faves!!!

I added in a paper from the Christmas Cheer collection by punching out the numbers and leaving the negative space behind and layered some scraps of my favorite papers in behind them:

I  hope you like some of my new favorites along some old ones too!

If you LOVE the Cameo cuts I made for this page - you can download there HERE for free!

Happy Valentine's Day! 

xoxo

 

 

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!

Designer's Choice | Sketch Challenge

Good Morning!

Leslie and I (Melissa M.) are here today to share a new Designer's Sketch Challenge with you! Since the theme of the week is L-O-V-E, the sketch has lots o' hearts on it! However, feel free to interpret those with whatever shape you like! Stars, circles, asterisks...the sky is the limit!

Here is the sketch for this week:

Here is Leslie's gorgeous take on this sketch and here is what she has to say about i!

I decided to take the heart elements from the sketch and make them a “waterfall” per se, to bounce off bold feel of the title (cut from my Silhouette Cameo). I then added a few extra hearts (all of them are also cut from with my Silhouette Cameo) to the top right of my project for balance.

Lily Bee Supplies: Persnickity (Prim Paper, 6x6 Paper Pad, Index Journaling Cards)

Christmas Cheer (Frosty Paper)

 

And here is my take on it. 

Lily Bee Supplies: Persnickety (Fussy, Prim), Christmas Cheer (Frosty, Peppermint), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps). 

And here are the rules for following along with the sketch challenge!

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 "Designer's Choice | 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 February 28, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

Thanks for joining us today!