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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.

 

Digital Download | Digital Cut File Freebie

Hello and happy Tuesday! Leslie and I have two fun and unique projects highlighting two different digital elements which are free to our Lily Bee fans!

Leslie used Diana Fishers Circles digital cut file to create her super cool layout.

Supplies: Destination (Interstate Paper, Tickets Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers) Pinwheel (Chipboard Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers)

She writes, "I fell in LOVE with this circle cut file by fellow DT member Diana Fisher & have been waiting for the perfect chance to use it! In keeping with the family theme this week, I thought it was the perfect time. Circles are unending and to me – that represents family.

"My layout is about the head of our immediate family, my handsome husband. I’d follow him anywhere..."

Isn't her layout just amazing? I love how she fills in every circle with a variety of simple elements and personality outlining the overall design!

Supplies: Pinwheel(Kite Strings, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers) Destination(Bon Voyage, Souvenier, Embellishment Bundle) Sweet Shoppe(Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers)

For my family themed layout, I focused more on one family member, my baby girl and i just love her to pieces. The theme inspired me to create a variety of border strips, which some can be used for every day or fall projects.

I wanted to keep the layout super simple by mixing bold colors and patterns to create a cohesive look. I love how the colors purple and green work so well together along with the polka dots, latis design and hearts patterns.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us today! Be sure to download both free digital cut files we used on our projects today and create something fun and unique!

Cindy Liebel's - Fall Border Strips

Diana Fishers - Circles

 

Happy Creating!

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.

 

Challenge on Tuesday | Scraplift a Member!

Good morning Lily Bee fans! Today, I have the lovely and super talented Cindy Liebel and Diana Fisher with me for this week's designer's challenge!

The challenge this week was to scraplift a page we found in the Lily Bee Design Flickr Gallery. This is the page that was chosen and we all used it as inspiration for our pages today.

Beach Girl | Megan Beaubien

Great inspiration right!! Now, let's see what our designers did with this challenge.

First up is Cindy with this lovely page:

Supplies: Pinwheel (Flip Flop, Apricot Tree and Kit Strings, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Destination (Atlas, Bon Voyage & Souvenier, Chat Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle & Chit Chat Stickers)

Here is what Cindy had to say about her page

"The members layout, Beach Girl is just adorable. I especially loved how she framed the photo on top of the stacked layers of pattern paper, giving it a lot of depth and focus. It inspired me to add lots of texture to my page using staggered layers of white on white embossed cardstock.

Like the original layout, I surrounded my framed photo with little bits of embellishments for additional pops of color and framed the entire white background with a dark blue background to compliment the blue jeans in the photo."

Next up is Diana and look at her take on the scraplift!

SUPPLIES: Sweet Shoppe: Pattern paper (Gumball, Marshmellow), Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers;
Pinwheel:  Pattern paper (Flip Flops), Letter Stickers; Destination: Pattern paper (Bon Voyage), Circle & Tag Stickers

Check out what Diana had to share about her project:

"I loved the layout Nicole chose for us to work with today. I wanted to make sure I used the off-center paper layering in the layout we are lifting, as well as the top corner cluster in the right corner.

I also liked how the title was off to the side, so I used a combination of Lily Bee Letter stickers and a cut on my Cameo for my title. I also used all of the Lily Bee papers that had hearts on them and mix & matched the collections. I loved how the final combination looked. "

I just love how both Cindy and Diana stuck to the central layered design on the page and yet their pages are so unique too!

For my page, I was inspired by the design of the page along with the beachy theme of the page:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Gumball paper, Candy Stick paper, Embellishment bundle); Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Kite Strings paper, Jump Rope paper, Flip Flops paper, Chit Chat stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers); Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Embellishment Bundle); Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps)

I cut a title from my Cameo and also the circular background to layer over the heart bokeh background.

Like the other gals, I also layered up the Lily Bee papers behind my photo, just as Megan did in her original page:

Like Diana, I also layered on lots of circle & tag stickers from a few collections to the corner of my photo:

Now, it's your turn to inspire!

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's the details:

- Your card 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 " September 10 Card 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 September 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature

Good luck and have fun! Can't wait to see your interpretations :)

Focus On Monday: Scraplifts

 

Happy Monday everyone!  This week we are celebrating the scraplift!  A scraplift is when you take direct inspiration from the idea behind a layout or design, and copy or modify it for your own layout.  It is a fun way to get your creative juices flowing and to replicate a great design with your own twist.

To kick off the week, Leslie has scraplifted a fellow design team member and I have chosen to lift a fan.

Leslie gained inspiration from Adrienne Alvis, a Lily Bee creative team member. Adrienne's page:

Leslie states, "I chose this layout by fellow DT member, Adrienne for the way she used a GIANT photo. I decided to change my layout up a bit by making my photo be vertical.

Leslie explains, "My title is going vertically along the side of my layout and I clustered embellishments to the right on my photo."

 

Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Lemondrop Paper, Marshmallow Paper, Gumball Paper, Licorice Whip Paper); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Chipboard Stickers, Circle  Tag Stickers, Cherry Blossom Paper); Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle Tag Stickers).

 

I went to the Lily Bee Flickr page and picked a layout that was created by a fan.  I chose this beautiful page by Aleksandra Gadji.

 

Here is my take on her page.  I used the same overall design with the long horizontal line along the top third of the page.

I replicated Aleksandra's cluster of hearts by using the globe, airplane and buttons along the right hand side of the page.  I used the baker's twine to make the chipboard airplane come to life.

Supplies:  Destination (Papers:  Boarding Pass, Tickets, Landmark; Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers; Chipboard Stickers; Embellishment Bundle); Persnickety (Paper:  Finicky) 

Scraplifting can be a fun practice!  Be sure to either ask permission or give credit to the orignal creator of the design.  Then simply have fun making it your own!

      
   

  

 

  

 

Project Life | Use it two ways

At Lily Bee this week, we are sharing work where we use one thing two ways. Since today is Lily Bee's day to share "project life" style projects, I made a 4x6 studio file that was the same, but different. In this first page, you can see the "good times" card with a sailboat in the middle and star accents. If you look further down, you'll see the same "good times" card with an apple and confetti accents. You can also download this FREE STUDIO FILE as my gift to you.

I love using the conversation bubbles from the Pinwheel collection's page Flip Flops on the 3x4 spaces — an easy way to add journaling.

Here is the second card — a second way to do the first card by changing the sailboat to an apple and stars to confetti.

I had fun making these pages and know I'll be grabbing for that "good times" 4x6 card again. Don't forget to get the free download!

Supplies: Pinwheel collection (Pattern paper: Flip Flops, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers). Destination Collection (Pattern paper: Passport, Postcard, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers). Sweet Shoppe Collection (Pattern paper: Lemon Drop, Candy Stick, Gumball) 

Challenge on Tuesday | Card Sketch

Hey Lily Bee Fans! I am here to share a few easy cards today based on a sketch and a twist!

Since this week's theme is 1 item, 2 ways - I used this one sketch, to make 2 cards that are similar, yet still a little different too!

Here is the sketch for this month:

Here is the first card I made, using lots of Sweet Shoppe:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle) Destination (Embellishment Bundle), Pinwheel (Label Stickers), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps)

I used a combination of wood buttons from both the Destination and Sweet Shoppe collections to embellish some of the layered circles:

I still can't get enough of the Autumn Spice stamps, and the "happy" stamp is great for cards ! Just add a few bits of happiness to a label sticker and you are set!

My next card is fairly similar, using a few of the same papers and I added in different papers and changed the placement of the title!

Supplies: Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle, 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers)

I just love the new Letter Stickers in the Pinwheel collection - they are perfect for cards!

 and my other favorite are the Chit Chat stickers! I added a few birthday like words along the top and bottom row of the card - just the right touch to make it a little more "birthday" than the card was!

Ok, that's it for me - so let's see what YOU can do with this sketch! We would love to have you join our sketch challenge this month - show us how you will interpret the card sketch by sharing it with us in the Lily Bee Flickr gallery.

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's the details:

- Your card 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 " September 10 Card 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 September 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature.

Good luck and have fun!

Focus on Monday | Use it Two Ways

Hi Lily Bee fans and welcome to a new week and theme.  We are calling this week’s theme “Use it Two Ways.”  Think using patterned paper two ways, using embellishment two ways, very open to interpretation and a fun way to get you unstuck and scrapping again.

Here’s how I applied this theme to my layout.

I started with the floral Cotton Candy paper by cutting out diamond shapes from the pattern paper.  Then grabbed my scallop punch and punched from the same paper, but used the reverse side of it to adhere on top of the clustered diamonds.

Next, I used twine from the Embellishment Bundle both horizontally and vertically, and then used it again to thread through my button and tie a bow (that was 3 ways, but if you are on a roll, go with it).

I used the chipboard, brads, and stickers two ways as well.  The brads leading down the page, and the chipboard and stickers as clusters to frame the photo.  “Use it Two Ways” really helped keep the supplies limited and made this page come together quickly.

Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Cotton Candy Paper, Pink Mint Paper, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Pinwheel (Ice Cream Truck Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers, Destination (Passport Paper, Circle & Tag Stickers)

Be sure to check back this week for more inspiration on how to "Use it Two Ways".

Challenge on Tuesday | Layout Sketch

Hello Lily Bee fans!  I'm here today with Diane and Wendy with a sketch challenge to jumpstart your creativity today!

We're also continuing with the theme for this week which is using mixed media on our pages.  Here's what Diane came up with...

Diane says, "For my mixed media layout I wanted to try a technique I've never done before...melting wax/crayons.  I decided to use a photo of my daughter when she graduated from pre-k to tie into the elementary theme."

For this technique, all you need are some used crayons and a heat tool.  Attach small pieces of crayons to a scrap piece of paper then adhere the scrap paper to your layout using removable adhesive (or washi tape).  Holding the layout upright, heat the crayons until they melt and drip down your page.

 

Diane also melted individual colors of crayons onto parts of her photo and layout.  

Supplies:  Pinwheel (Lemonade Stand, Apricot Tree, Lime Rickey, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Destination (Letter Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Embellishment Bundle)
 

Here's how Wendy interpreted the sketch...

Wendy stuck very close to the sketch, but turned it from a 12x12 into an 8 1/2 x 11.  Wendy said, "I just love a great sketch and this was definitely a fun one!  I love the spattering of embellishments and the nice clean lines."

Wendy used Christmas cards leftover from last year and cut off the "holiday" portion on this simple, yet beautiful, layout.  

Supplies:  Pinwheel (Apricot Tree, Jump Rope, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers)
 

 And here's my take...

I used modeling paste and a stencil to make the honeycomb effect on my page, which adds a lot of texture and dimension. 

Then I used a brush and dipped them into my spray ink bottles to color in some of the hexagons to coordinate with the colors on my layout after the modeling paste dried. 

Supplies: Destination (Atlas Patterned Paper, 80 Days Patterned Paper, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers), Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Flip Flops Patterned Paper, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers)

I hope we've inspired you to use some new techniques and mixed media on your next project!  And don't forget that you can join us in this month's layout sketch challenge!  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 "9/3 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 September 30, 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!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

    

 

Focus On Monday | Mixed Media Paint & Texture

Happy Monday, Lily Bee fans!  And a happy Labor Day to our friends in the U.S.  Christine here today to kick off Focus on Mixed Media week here at the Lily Bee blog!  I have been experimenting more with mixed media techniques on my layouts lately.  It definitely is fun to get your hands a little dirty and add a little texture to your layouts or cards!

For my layout I used colored mist, acrylic craft paint, modeling paste, watercolor, Stickles glitter, and chalk ink to create several different textures.

Supplies:  Destination Collection (Luggage paper, Postcard paper, Embellishment Bundle, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Letter Stickers); Pinwheel Collection (6x6 Tiny Tablet); Sweet Shoppe Collection (Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Letter Stickers).

My first step was to use some colored mists and spray onto my background cardstock with a mask.  Then I used a different mask to spread some modeling paste onto the layout in the shape of stars.  Modeling paste actually dries pretty fast, so you need to work fast with it.  After the modeling paste stars dried, I painted them with some acrylic craft paint.

I outlined some of the sprayed stars with my Sharpie pen to emphasize some of them.  I also painted additional stars and circles onto the layout using craft paint, chalk ink, and watercolor paint. 

The random smattering of paint clusters gives the layout a carefree look.

Lastly, I added some letter stickers for my title, and added some journaling.

 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at some ways to add mixed media paint & texture onto your layout.  I can't wait to see how the rest of the Lily Bee team use mixed media in their projects this week!  Happy Monday, and happy September!

Guest Designer | August | Katrina Hunt

Today marks the final day with our August guest designer, Katrina Hunt. We are sad to see her go but luckily, we have one more project to share with you. Katrina and her pups are definitely living large with us this week. Check out her project below.

When I saw this picture after our photo shoot, I KNEW I wanted to make it the focal point on my page.  I do not have a 12 x 12 printer and I print my pictures at home, so I just printed as big as I could on 8.5 by 11.  This also leaves a little room to layer on the sides.

Supplies: 

Destination (Luggage 12 x 12 Paper-DSP322, Destination Letter Stickers-DSS336), 

Sweet Shoppe (Pink Mint 12 x 12 Paper-SSP290, Lemon Drop 12 x 12 Paper-SSP284, Gumball 12 x 12-SSP283, Sweet Shoppe Letter Stickers-SSS298), 

Pinwheel (Lemonade Stand 12 x 12 Paper-PWP302, Picnic Basket 12 x 12-PWP305, Ice Cream Truck 12 x 12-PWP310, Cart Wheels 12 x 12 Paper-PWP312, Pinwheel Letter Stickers-PWS317, Pinwheel Label Stickers-PWS316, Pinwheel Circle & Tag Stickers-PWS341)

The letter stickers were the perfect size to fit in the corner of my picture to make my title.  If you have white space on your photo, try adding a title in there.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but when it does, it makes an impact and draws the viewer into the picture.

I kept most of the embellishing to a minimum, but I felt like I wanted some journaling somewhere on there.  I typed on the label stickers.  And, I am going to admit, I made a few mistakes and I just backspaced and typed the correct letter over my mistake a few times.  No one is perfect and I felt like it just added to the page!

I want to thank Lily Bee Design for letting me join in this month! I hope I have given everyone some ideas of some things to incorporate into your own projects!  Have a wonderful day!

No, thank YOU, Katrina. You've blown us away with your ideas and talent. We are so happy to have had you as a guest with us this month.

Cards On Wednesday | Living Large

Hello everyone! Lisa and I are here to share some cards inspired by the "living large" theme this week.

Lisa says, "Simple shapes like circles, stars, or even an apple are perfect for enlarging and creating shaped cards. After creating my card base from kraft cardstock, I cut pieces of patterned paper to fill the apple in with color. A die cut sentiment layered over brown patterned paper and embellished with a brad and some twine completes the card."

 

Lily Bee Supplies:  Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment bundle); Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle)

I decided to make a couple cards using some of the largest elements from the chipboard stickers included in the Lily Bee collections.

This card features the chipboard butterfly layered over a doily along with an oversized banner piece and a simple greeting.

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Sprinklers, Lemonade Stand, Chipboard Stickers, Letter Stickers).

For my second card I created a sky scence complete with the large chipboard cloud and a kite.

I added a simple greeting over the string to mimic a real kite string.

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe Collection (Lemon Drop); Pinwheel Collection (Ice Cream Truck, Chit Chat Stickers, Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle).

Digital Download | Digital Cut File Freebie

Hello Lily Bee fans!  Nicole and I are here today with a couple of layouts to share with you that are continuing this week's theme of "Living Large".  

Nicole says, "I normally only scrap 3x4 or 4x5 photos, so this 5x7 photo was much larger to work with."

Nicole created this background using the heart shape by Lily Bee, which you can download for free here, and then layered different tones of red/pink in behind the heart pattern to create this page. 

Then she added the title directly to the larger photo to fill up some white space. 

Supplies:  Destination (Ticket paper, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Cotton Candy paper, Pink Mint paper, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers), This & That (Postcards paper), Pinwheel (Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Persnickety (Index Journaling Cards, Clear Stamps), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps)

I normally use smaller photos on my layouts too, but I really enjoyed using this 9x7 photo of my family that was taken at my father's 60th birthday party this past June...
 

I used the heart cut file from Lily Bee for the tiny vellum hearts I scattered on my page and also used the "celebrate" and "happy day" cut files from Lily Bee that can be downloaded here and here. 

I also added a few vellum butterflies that you can download here and layered them on top of some that I cut from patterned paper like I did for my title.  

Supplies: Pinwheel (Lemonade Stand paper, Cartwheels paper, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Marshmellow paper, Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle) 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope we've inspired you to use some of these fabulous cut files on your next project and to break out of your small photo routine and LIVE LARGE!