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Cards on Wednesday | Pinterest Inspiration

In case you missed it here the past few weeks, Lily Bee has some new collections: Urban Autumn and We R Family. I sat down to create two cards using these new lines. I also used Pinterest as a jumping off point for my inspiration. I was pulled toward the Aztec prints, golds and browns, as well as nature images.
You can see above the collage I created, and below are the cards I made to get you inspired to create using these new collections.
This first card is a mini card. It is smaller than a normal 4x6 card and in that a 3x4 card from the Urban Autumn Daily Deck fits perfectly in the center.
I love the wood veneers from that collection, too, so I used them to anchor the busy patterns. Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers from the We R Family collection made the perfect little dots in the leaves.
For the second card, I went back to the 4x6 size and cut pattern paper to fit the background. A 3x4 card adds dimension, and a nice circle cut out leaves room for the Urban Autumn Metal Badge.

I added some of the We R Family Enamel Stickers on top of the badge. The "together" pennant came from the wood veneers package from We R Family. I had fun mixing these two collections for these cards. And using Pinterest is always great to get your crafty mojo going.

Supplies: We R Family (Sweet Spots Enamel Stickers, Wood Venners) Urban Autumn (Pattern paper: Salted Caramel, Daily Deck, Wood Veneer, Metal Badges)

 

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!

Throwback Thursday | Gratitude

Hi Lily Bee fans, Diane here for another Throwback Thursday! I thought it would be fun to scrap an old Thanksgiving family reunion photo for our gratitude theme this week.

 
I have fond memories of playing with my cousins and all the treats that came along with the Thanksgiving feast. I used those memory keywords for my journaling and staggered them vertically on the page.

Supplies used: Urban Autumn (Oktoberfest, Spiced Latte, Tri-State, The Village Park, Gingered Cider Papers; Daily Deck; Wood Veneers; Metal Badges), We R Family (Washi).

Thanks so much for visiting today!

 

Cards on Wednesday | Gratitude

 

Since we are focusing on gratitude this week here on the blog, I thought it would be fun to share some cards that could be used to express gratitude!

When you're making one card, it's easy to create multiples with the same basic design - especially when you use products from one collection - like these beautiful pieces from the new Urban Autumn line.

I used a die-cut to create mini poloroid-style frames from the 3x4 daily deck cards.

Each frame is embellished with coordinating washi tape, twine, and wood veneer accents.

The sentiments are a combination of lily bee letter stickers and words cut with my Silhouette using coordinating papers.

Supplies: Urban Autumn  {Spiced Latte, Oktoberfest, Tri-State Papers; Daily Deck Cards; Wood Veneer; Washi Tape}, We R Family {Washi Tape},Pinwheel {letter stickers}, Sweet Shoppe {letter stickers}, Destination {letter stickers}

I can't wait to write in these cards and share them with some special people I'm extra grateful for!

Gratitude Tree

There are so many initiatives floating around right now regarding showing gratitude.  Is it the perfect way to prepare for Thanksgiving, which is upon us next week.  I decided to incorporate the theme of gratitude into our Thanksgiving day traditions.  I created a gratitude tree using materials from the gorgeous Urban Autumn collection!

The tree was super easy to make!  I started with a cardboard oatmeal container that I covered with patterened paper.  I filled the inside of the container with marbles to weigh it down.  Then I found a few branches right from my own yard, finishing it all off with some moss.

I plan to place it on my buffet during our holiday get-together!  Each person can grab a banner from the mason jar and write down something he/she is thankful for.  Every banner can be hung on the tree.  

 

I created this little tag to give some instructions to everyone at the party.  I decided to use the washi tape as a means to hang each banner on the branches.  I tied the tape right to the jar so it wouldn't get lost in the shuffle.

It is easy to adhere the tape to the end of the banner, loop it around a branch and tape it to the back end of the banner.

Supplies: Urban Autumn (Papers:  Oktoberfest, Salted Caramel; Daily Deck card; Washi Tape; Metal Badges; Wood Veener)

At some point during dinner or when we are enjoying dessert, we can read all of the ways we are grateful!  I think it puts the focus on all of the most important things about Thanksgiving!

 

 

Urban Autumn Blog Hop

I hope you are as excited as we are to show off some amazing projects from our new Urban Autumn collection by Amy Heller. Amy is adding some vibrant fall color and fun, trendy patterns into your scrapbooks this season. The Urban Autumn collection has six double-sided 12×12 papers, 36 double-sided 3×4″ insert style/journaling cards (72 unique designs), a 4×6″ stamp set, wood veneer embellishments and a set of 6 flair embellishments. Let's take a look at the entire collection again:

 

 

Amy recently asked a few of her scrapbooking friends to share some projects made with this cozy new collection. And guess what? Not only will you get inspired by their amazing projects, you’ll have several opportunities to win some Urban Autumn for yourself as you hop along.

 

Let’s take a look at what these talented ladies created and then come back here and tell us what your favorite new product is to be entered to win the entire Urban Autumn collection! A winner will be chosen at random and announced on Friday, November 15.

Nancy Damiano

Kelly Goree

Christine Middlecamp

Suzy Plantamura

Jill Sprott

Kinsey Wilson

Michelle Wooderson

Amy Heller

Cards on Tuesday | Halloween & Fall Festivities

Hello Lily Bee friends. Summer here today continuing our week of Halloween and Fall themed projects. Today I have 2 cards for you featuring Amy Heller's new line Urban Autumn. I simply love the colors in this line they are so inspiring for fall. My starting point for today's cards was the new Urban Autumn Daily Deck.

The Daily Deck is a set of 3x4 journaling cards. I love 3x4 journaling cards I know they are often geared towards the Project Life scrapbooker but I am here to say step out of that mindset they are for everyone. I love the idea of using these cards on layouts and am a huge fan of the 3x4 grid layout formula. Today however I decided to use this little beauties as bases for a couple of cute 3x4 cards.

Supplies: Urban Autumn (Daily Deck), We R Family (Clear Stamps & Sweet
Spots Enamel Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Letter Stickers) and Pinwheel (Letter
Stickers)

Using a couple little extras like the Lily Bee tiny alphas and the new Sweet Spot Enamel Stickers I was able to create a couple of super fun cards that are sure to brighten your day. Thanks for joining me and happy crafting.