Lily Bee Finds

Love Letters Week | Cards

Nicole here today to share a few easy love letter inspired cards for Love Letters week here on the Lily Bee blog!

I stuck with the We R Family Collection to create this easy cards using not much more than a few daily deck cards and some simple embellishments!

Supplies: We R Family (Tiny Tablet, Sweet Spot Stickers, Washi Tape, Daily Deck cards); Persnickety (clear stamps); Urban Autumn (Wood Veneers); Sweet Shoppe (Letter stickers)

I added in some small letters from the Sweet Shoppe collection for my sentiment.

 

Next, I added in some stamping from the Persnickety line! I love those little Lily Bee shaped hearts.

Supplies: We R Family (Tiny Tablet, Mother/Daughter, Daily Deck cards); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, ABC Stickers); Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps); Persnickety (Clear Stamps)

 

My last card is super simple and came together quickly with the addition of a few wood veneers:

Supplies: We R Family (Tiny Tablet, Wood veneers, Sweet Spot Stickers)

I used a small circle punch and punched the letters out of the We R Family Tiny Tablet to make the sentiment for this card.

 

That's it for me today! Today is my last post for Lily Bee, thank you for all your sweet comments on my projects this past year! 

 

Favorite Things Week | Daily Deck

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

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

We R Family

Urban Autumn

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

We will be giving away a prize package of all of our favorite things on Friday! To enter, leave a comment on this blog post. You can enter every day for more chances. You can also pin each day's image to Pinterest using the hashtag #lilybeefavoritethings and/or share any of the "Favorite Things" images posted on the Lily Bee Facebook page. 

 

 

 

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.

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 !  :)

 

 

Two Pager on Wednesday

All this week, we are sharing two page layouts!  Double pages allow you to share mulitple photos while still giving the design room to breathe.  If you are slightly nervous about creating a double page layout, try working with 8.5 X 11" pages.  I find that combining two pages that size gives you enough space without it becoming overwhelming.

I scrapped a two page layout to share some great shots of my daughter playing in the leaves.

I used the Urban Autumn collection to scrap this page.  I love the purple in this line.  I find that when creating double page layouts, I like to use a sequence of pictures.  I line them up from left to right in the order they occurred.  I like to place elements at the start of the series to draw the eye.

I used the color saturated Daily Deck card layered with a wood veneer.  Since I used a the block of black paper, I wanted to add some movement and curves to the page.  I hand cut some leaves from the papers and made a bunch along the right side.

I also cut the hexagons from a Daily Deck card since it adds another geometric shape.  I layered with wood veneer, a metal badge and sticker.  With such fun goodies, double pagers are fun to create!

Supplies:  Urban Autumn (Papers:  Ocktoberfest, Spiced Latte, The Village Park; Daily Deck Cards; Metal Badge, Wood Veneer); Pinwheel (Chitchat Stickers)

Challenge on Tuesday | 2 page layouts

Good morning Lily Bee fans!!! Today is the first Tuesday of the month, which means it's time for a new monthly sketch!

This week, the Design Team will be sharing some 2 page layouts and keeping that theme in mind, this month's sketch is a 2 pager!

Here is the sketch:

 

Truth be told, it has been YEARS since I have sat down to scrapbook a 2 page layout. I was suprised it didn't take too much time to get back into the swing of it and I do like the result!

Here is my take on this month's sketch:

Supplies: We Are Family (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Mother, Daughter, Family Tree, Sibling Rivalry, Game Night, Daily Deck cards, Metal Badges, Washi Tape, Wood Veneers); Urban Autumn (Wood Veneers); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers)

Once I got over my initial fear - I realized - 2 pagers are a great way to incorporate a lot of photos and I tried to do just that, using 5 photos and a daily deck card, instead of a photo.  It also gives you a lot of space, perfect for larger titles, like this one I cut from my Silhouette Cameo out of some paper from the We Are Family collection.

I dove into the Tiny Tablet and punched a lot of circles and stitched around them, instead of using a sheet of patterned paper.

Now, it's your turn to give this 2 page sketch a try!! If you use this sketch, we'd love to see it! Share your work on our Facebook page!

 

Focus on Monday | Color Inspiration week

Good morning Lily Bee fans!! This week the Design Team will be bringing you projects that were all inspired by different color combinations!

Here is today's inspiration piece from Design Seeds:

When I look at this color scheme, it reminds me so much of the great colors in the new Lily Bee Design line URBAN AUTUMN! So, I got to work to create this page:

Supplies: Urban Autumn (Tri-State, Spiced Latte, The Village Park, Gingered Cider, Oktoberfest, Wood Veneers, Metal Badges, Daily Deck Cards, Washi Tape); We Are Family (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Wood Veneers, Washi Tape); Pinwheel (Letter stickers)

I used some different pieces of the patterned paper from the color inspiration piece and lined them up along one edge of my page and added in a few of the Daily Deck cards.

I added in a lot of the fun wood veneers in the Urban Autumn collection too! Love the naturalness of them and they co-ordinate with so many colors!

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I added in some punched circles and sequins to finish off my page.

Come back all week for lots of fun color inspiration from some members of our Design Team!

Cards On Wednesday | Clear Stamps

Hello Lily Bee fans! It's Diane, with Cards On Wednesday featuring the new clear stamps. The coordinating stamps for the new collections are a fabulous addition to the line-up of products. I've used them on almost every project I've created since they've landed in my hot little hands.

I created two cards for you today, using the stamp set and other products from the We R Family collection.

On this first card, I used the heart stamp to create a random heart background and added a sentiment using letter stickers a coordinating metal badge.

Supplies: We R Family (Family Tree Patterned Paper, Clear Stamps, Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers, Metal Badges), Pinwheel (Letter Stickers).

This next card, features the adorable house stamp with an enamel heart sticker accenting the chimney. I added the sentiment with some letter stickers and finished it off with a metal badge and ribbon.

Supplies: We R Family Collection (Game Night Patterned Paper, Family Ties Patterned Paper, Clear Stamps, Metal Badges), Destinations (Letter Stickers), Pinwheels (Letter Stickers).

I hope these cards show you how easy it is to incorporate stamping into your projects.

Thank you for visiting today!

Throwback Thursday - Daily Deck

Good morning Lily Bee Fans!!! How have you been enjoying the great projects from the DT this week using the new Daily Deck cards?!

Today is our new Throwback Thursday feature and so keeping that in mind, I created my own Daily Deck styled cards using some papers from last winter's CHA releases.

I trimmed down some papers to 3x4 " size and decided to round each of the corners. I layered them each over some simple white cardstock to create the base for my page:

Supplies: Destination (Embellishment Bundle, Tiny Tablet); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle); Sweet Shoppe (Lollipop paper, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Tiny Tablet); Persnickety (Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards, Clear Stamps); Buttercup (Index Journaling Cards); Autumn Spice (Index Journaling Cards, Clear Stamps)

 

Next, I just stitched everything down and started adding some great Lily Bee stickers and chipboard to the project:

Once the cards were cut down, the project came together super quickly ! Just imagine how fast it would be with the new Daily Deck cards too!

Thanks for joining me for this Throwback Thursday!

 

Cards on Wednesday | Halloween

Today I am sharing a Halloween and project with you. I love the bright orange in the Pinwheel collection and just had to focus on that with black card stock for my card.

The orange Pinwheel letter stickers add just the right pop of color to my spooky haunted house.

To compliment the card, I made a coffin treat box, complete with spider web and skull accents. The black and white chevron stripe paper from Sweet Shoppe worked out great for the coffin.

Thanks for stopping here today to see my spooky card and coffin!

Supplies: Pinwheel (Apricot Tree, Jump Rope, Letter Stickers) Sweet Shoppe (Licorice Whip)

Digital Download | Write it down

Hey Lily Bee fans! It's that time of the month again, where we offer up a free cut file for our fans to use with their Lily Bee products.

I created this pack, in the spirit of this week's theme - Write it down.

There are lots of fun possibilities with this pack - you can resize and use as you would like, that file folder is perfect for journaling, hidden or not!

Here is the page I came up with, using this pack:

Supplies: Destination (Bon Voyage, Atlas, Tickets); Buttercup (Sunflower); Stationery (Oatmeal, ABC stickers); Sweet Shoppe (Salt Water Taffy, Circle & Tag stickers); Christmas Cheer Chowder (Reindeer Games, ABC stickers); Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps); Persnickety (Clear Stamps, ABC stickers); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Label Stickers)

In the spirit of our theme WRITE IT DOWN, I chose to use the fabulous mini ABC stickers that Lily Bee is known for. I combined letter stickers from a few collections, old and new to complete my journaling.

I also used some Lily Bee stamps and stickers to write some items down about my daughter, and put them in the punched out circles.

Download this freebie HERE. Please share your pages using this file with us on our Facebook page HERE.

If you haven't had a chance to like our page to get all our updates - now is your chance!

Enjoy the download - can't wait to see your creations with it!

Focus on Monday | Write it Down

Welcome to a new theme and my first layout using the brand new We R Family line!  Gorgeous line to work with.  I used this collection for our new theme "Write it Down."  Think journaling, lists, creative journaling, etc.  I wanted to showcase my daughter in her new adventure of creating her own lists.

This was the start of her Christmas wishlist and she started adding to it.  I questioned why she wanted a "bad" princess dress.  She is excited about the new movie Frozen.  The Ice Princess's sister has the prettier dress, but is the one who trapped the kindom in eternal winter, so I told her she was the bad princess.  She was listening!  

I had to give a reason for the title, but I know you want to see the collection.  I fussy cut the doilies from the Family Dinner paper and layered them.  Cut leaves from the Family Tree paper.  Isn't that background paper pretty?  It is Family Ties Paper

Keeping the theme "Write it Down," the layout was completely based and inspired by that theme.  I cut the pencil from Family Portrait.  Those sweet spots are perfect with the different sizes.  And adorable wood veneer.  

You can see some of the green Home Sweet Home paper peeking through there.  The photo is not a pretty photo, but so very special.  I wanted to dress it up and cut out the center of vellum and stitched around to make a frame on top of it.

And one last close up.  The "Bad" is cut from the Family Tree paper.  And those adorable Sweet Spots.  Small enough to dot the question parks.  Love that.

We R Family (Family Ties Paper, Home Sweet Home Paper, Family Time Paper, Family Dinner Paper, Family Tree Paper, Family Portrait Paper, Family Rules Paper, Metal Badges, Wood Veneer, Sweet Spot Stickers, Daily Deck), Pinwheel (Letter Stickers)

Hope you enjoyed seeing the first creation with this beautiful collection.  

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.