Lily Bee Finds

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!

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.

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!

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!

 

                           

Digital Download | Digital Cut File Freebie

Hello Lily Bee fans!  Patricia and Nicole here to continue our pattern play using digital cut files.  

I created a a cut file you can download here using circles, triangles, and arrows.  You could cut these as is or cut the ones you need since they are individual cards.  I cut all three designs and then backed them with pattern papers from the 6x6 tiny tablets.

I decided to mix patterns of red, yellow and orange with accents of brown and grey.

Before I adhered everything down, I painted on a layer of watered down gelatos and splatters of mist.

The chipboard and circle and tags embellishments were a great way to finish off the page.

Supplies:  Pinwheel (chit chat stickers, circle & tag stickers, 6x6 tiny tablet, cherry blossom paper, lemonade stand paper, apricot tree paper, embellishment bundle); Sweet Shoppe (letter stickers, label stickers), Destination (chipboard stickers, 6x6 tiny tablet, embellishment bundle)

Nicole has created a beautiful layout using lots of patterns in just the right amounts so that the photo is still the focus.  Here's what Nicole has to say about her layout: "I used the circular punch out pattern from the digi download. I cropped it to the same square size and repeated the pattern with some fun woodgrain papers from Destination, and then added pops of color behind the circles from Sweet Shoppe and Pinwheel from more patterned paper and even a few fabric brads :)" 

I love how Nicole used just the circle design card from the cut file to create a competely different look.

Supplies: Destination (Tiny Tablet), Sweet Shoppe (Tiny Tablet, Lemon Drop paper, Embellishment bundle, Letter stickers, Chit Chat stickers), Pinwheel (Tiny Tablet,  Flip Flops paper, Kite Strings paper, Embellishment bundle, Chit Chat stickers, Chipboard stickers)

Thank you for coming by today and hope you are inspired to try out the free digital file yourself and mix patterns together for your next project.

Digital Download | Digital Cut File Freebie

Hello! For this week, we are focusing on journaling and prompts in our writing. Diana and I (Cindy) have created two FREE digital downloadable cutting files. These files are easy to use with your Silhouette, Cameo, Cricut die-cut machines.

Diana tends to have an easier time journaling or telling the story when the layout is based on an event. For your next page, think about using an event and all of the fun photos you took at that event as the jumping off point in your story telling.

SUPPLIES: Pinwheel: (Jump Rope paper) Destination: (Postcard paper, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Letter Stickers)

In Diana's layout, her son was at an event with his baseball team. It lasted for hours and she took so many photos. Diana wanted to make sure that she captured all of the different stations he attended and the professional ball players he encountered.

I absolutely adore Diana's digital cutting file and how she incorporated the circles into her multi-photo layout design. The circles hold a 4", a 3.5" and a 2.5" photo space and would be perfect to hold journaling, too.

We know every photo has a story to tell, but there are times when there aren't many words that evoke the emotion one wants to write down on paper. My approach to the creative journaling challenge was create a layout using short sentences and phrases that tell my story through a non-event photo.

Supplies: Destination: (Atlas, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers) Pinwheel: (Apricot Tree, Flip Flops, Kite Strings, Ice Cream Truck, Picnic Basket, Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers) Sweet Shoppe: (Gumball, Licorice Whip, Candy Stick, Marshmellow, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers)

In doing so, I used a colorful mix of letter stickers to emphasize my story throughout my page. The words are straight forward and to the point, completely inspired by my daughters love of giving kisses.

Using the letter stickers to create your journaling is definitely a fun way to enhance your page design. They make great embellishment add-ons to any layout design.

Thank you so much for joining us today! Please enjoy the two free digital downloadable cut files below:

Diana Fisher - Circles
Cindy Liebel - Geometric Triangles

We hope they inspire your creative journaling in your next scrapbooking project. And be sure to share your creations with us through our Flickr gallery here...Happy Creating!

 

Focus On | Negative Space

Hi everyone, it's Diane here to introduce a new theme for the week that I know you are going to love...using negative space. Basically, negative space is the space which surrounds an object in an image. It is often used to frame an object. For my layout, I used negative space in the form of a banner to frame my photo.

I cut out the banner using my Cameo and popped it up off the background page to add more dimension. Next, I layered small flowers, butterflies, pinked circles and small banner pieces between the two layers and on the top layer.

The simple banner across the page left me with lots of white space for adding my title and some finishing touches. I used the space at the top for clouds and butterflies and the bottom left corner for my title.

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Sprinklers - PWP307, Flip Flops - PWP311, Cart Wheels - PWP312) Christmas Cheer Collection (Figgy Pudding - CCP271) Double Dutch Collection (Key Lime Pie - DDP177, Croquet - DDP178, Mixed Cardstock Sticker - DDS184) Memorandum Collection (9 to 5 - MEP128, Office Blue - MEP176, Lemon - MEP177, ABC Stickers - MES135) Happily Lost Collection (Amazing Views - HLP0085, Hammock - HLP0087, Stroll - HEP0089, Sun Soaked - HLP0090)

Thank you for coming by the blog today. Make sure to check back each day this week for even more inspiration using negative space.