True Friendship

Sometimes, I get so caught up in scrapping about my family and what is going on in our lives that I don't think to record my friendships.  

In the layout I'm sharing today, I wanted to highlight a very special friendship I have with a woman I truly consider to be my sister.  No, we're not blood sisters, but we are certainly as close as sister's might expect to be.

I love that good friends walk together through life. And since I used a gridded paper for the background, I was able to easily write my about our 'walk' together directly on the background paper.

I'm a big fan of having tabs that stick up above the top edge of my page.  They look great, add a little unexpected dimension and still fit nicely inside my albums. Here, I used the Victoria Park Journal Cards to add the effect of tabs.

I love using the 6x6 pads to create my own embellishments.  For the flower below, I simply punched a couple of shapes out of the small-scale patterned papers and added a brad.

Overall, you'll see there are a lot of details added to the page but it still retains the feeling of having white space to allow the eye to rest.  Clustering makes it possible.

Lily Bee Supplies Used:

 Pattern Paper: Victoria Park, Handmade, Buttercup

ABC Stickers: Handmade

Journal Cards: Victoria Park, Handmade

Bag O Bits: Handmade

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Handmade, Victoria Park

6x6 Paper Pads: Memorandum, Victoria Park
Stamps: Handmade

Other Supplies Used:

Punches: EK Success, Fiskars

Silhouette SD Die Cut Machine

Wood Veneer: Studio Calico

Scarlet Bird Designs Button Badge, Die Cuts

Brad: My Mind's Eye

Button Maker: Epiphanie Crafts

Mist's: Maya Road

Ink: Jenni Bowlin Studios

Have a beautiful Lily Bee Design kind of day and make something lovely!

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The Best Dad

Hello Lily Bee fans!  Patricia here, and I am so excited to be here today to share my layout with you.  My daughter is every bit a "Daddy's Girl," and this picture from our recent beach trip just captured the love between these two, even though it is an iPhone photo.

I wanted to create a fun, playful, and carefree layout about this special relationship.  I used the blue and green pattern papers with accents of red and tan.  The little touch of girliness in the fuchsia bow is just enough to pull out the pink my daughter is wearing. 

I used the Silhouette to cut out these tags at the top, as well as the tiny circles to give them a finished look.  I framed the photo with a cluster of stickers and a heart from the bag of bits. 

 I also wanted to have a list of why my daughter loves her Dad.  So after trimming off a piece of twine, not sure exactly how I was going to attach these numbered flags I cut with the Silhouette, I liked the look of it flowing loosely across the page.  So I decided to add more banner stickers to the twine.  The "You Make Me Happy" sticker I cut it apart before attaching.   For some added interest and dimension, "Happy Happy Joy Joy" sticker was attached with foam adhesive; the butterfly, I backed with pattern paper, so I could fold and attach with glue on the crease.

 I masked and misted just one section at the bottom with hearts I cut with the Silhouette, then used foam adhesive to attach the cut out hearts to create a border and a little more softness.  For the list, I asked my daughter why she loves her Dad (she's 3 1/2 almost 4), and I wrote exactly what she told me.  She was so excited to give me this list.  She has now been asking me why I love her...so sweet.  I used the numbers from the Double Dutch stamps, they were perfect for making this list at the bottom.  For the journaling, I wrote on top of an index journaling card, then cut it into strips to adhere where I wanted them. 

I am so glad to have this special relationship documented with this page.  

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Running Stitch, Sky Blue, Fat Quarter, Rag Quilt, Stationery Linen - Handmade, Sand, Key Lime Pie, Celery, Marmalade - Double Dutch, Grass - Victoria Park, Rain - Buttercup

6x6 Tiny Tablets:  Buttercup

ABC Cardstock Stickers:  Handmade and Buttercup

Cardstock Stickers:  Handmade and Double Dutch

Index Journaling Card:  Buttercup and Double Dutch

Stamps:  Double Dutch

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You Sweet Girl!

Hey everyone! It's Melissa here today to share a layout with you. I really love the new "Buttercup" collection. Yellows, blues, & grays are prominent in this collection and those colors just make me happy!

To create the foundation of my layout, I took a piece of white card stock and then started layering sheets of paper from the 6"x6" pad in the "Buttercup" collection. I used white gesso to help adhere the papers down and when I had all the paper where I wanted them, I swiped some more gesso over the top of all of the papers to give it a slight white washed effect. It helped tone down all of the patterns and colors I had used just a bit. In between some of the layers, I tucked in some index cards. I used my tiny attacher to help hold everything down.

At the top of the layout, I stapled down some twine and then used the pennant stickers from the "Buttercup" collection to create a banner across the length of the layout.

I placed my photo in the upper right quadrant of my layout. Directly underneath my photo, I first stamped some chevron lines in brown ink and then placed my title across the top. I placed a smaller subtitle underneath using the red ABC stickers from the "Handmade" collection. Lastly, I placed some die-cuts from the "Buttercup" collection randomly across my layout.

Lily Bee Supplies:

Pattern Paper: 6x6 Tiny Tablet

Stickers: Buttercup

Stamps: Buttercup

ABC Stickers: Handmade

Die-Cuts: Buttercup

Index Cards

Other Supplies:

Gesso

Tiny Attacher

Twine

Mist

Ink

Thickers

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Final Day of Glue Arts & Epiphany Crafts Blog Hop

I can't believe it's already Friday! The week has flown by. Thanks for joining us as we've teamed up with Glue Arts & Epiphany Crafts this week. We've got even more fabulous layouts to share with you from the rest of the girls, and you won't be disappointed!

I love this beachy layout from Anna-Maria. I just adore yellow and blue together. She's mixed blues and yellows from our Double Dutch, Buttercup and Handmade Collections.






Melissa has used our Handmade line and I love the circles! And that she's documented herself...we need to do this with ourselves more often.




She's used Glue Arts Raisens for her 3D effect.




Sasha never disappoints with her detail. She's using our Buttercup Papers along with the Double Dutch Butterfly Stamp and Handmade Mixed Sticker.

I love the pinwheel and her stitching on her layout.

She's embellished again with the Epiphany Crafts Accessory Squares.



Patricia's came up with two fabulous layouts for us and some fun ideas using her Epiphany Crafts and Glue Arts Products.




Tip: I thought it would be a cute idea to use the flowers as starfish sprinkled along the bottom. I used the adhesive squares to attach the confetti to go along with the beach theme of the layout.





The Glue Glider Pro made it easy to make ruffles out of the polka dot pattern paper. I used some of the foam adhesive on the bit, photo corner and circles


Thanks to Glue Arts & Epiphany Crafts for teaming up with us. We hope you've been inspired and have some new ideas to work with the next time you do some scrapping. Have a great weekend! See you back here on Monday.

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Sketch Challenge #9, Take Two

Sketches are a fabulous way to jump start your paper crafting projects. I know that when I'm not quite sure where to start, the first place I turn to is a file of sketches I keep on hand just for that purpose.

Today I have another take on Sketch #9. It's from Patricia and has plenty of room for embellishing.

I decided to put my own spin on the sketch. First I flipped it right to left, changed the photo shape to a rectangle and added in a fun color combo.

I'm pretty excited to have my daughter at home from university for the summer and that's what this layout is about. I've mixed together too Lily Bee lines to get a bright fresh look that makes me think of summer and bright and beautiful days together.

Now, we'd love to see YOUR take on this sketch! (And we'll pick one of your pages to win a lovely Lily Bee collection of goodies!)

Here are the rules to keep in mind:

1. Your layout must use at least two Lily Bee products

2. Post your layout to any gallery, or your blog and post the link here in this comment section. OR post your layout to our Facebook page. But not both, please.

3. Be sure and title your post "Lily Bee Sketch Challenge #9", so we can find it easily.

4. The deadline is Monday, May 14th at 9PM PT.

5. And of course, have fun!

Lily Bee Products

Pattern Paper:   Double Dutch - Key Lime Pie, Handmade - Patchwork, Running Stitch, Thimble

ABC Cardstock Stickers:  Double Dutch

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Handmade & Double Dutch

Bits:  Handmade

Index Card:Handmade

Stamps:  Victoria Park,

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Buttercup Bracelet

I spent some quality time scrapbooking and catching up with some out of town friends last month and during their visit, they shared with me a few goodies they picked up at a few local craft stores in the area. It's always fun to take a break from creating layouts to making cards or altered projects. So, I was excited when they shared with me this metal bracelet where you can add your own papers or even photos to decorate and wear.

If you are looking for a gift for the special mother in your life, then this is the perfect project for you!

Currently, my favorite colors are grey, yellow and touches of blues. I can wear it with any wardrobe and it's fun! Here is a simple tutorial to show you how easy it is to make pretty and simple jewelry using scrapbook paper.

As you can see, I used the Buttercup 6x6 Tiny Tablet papers and a border punch that had the perfect size circles to fit within the bracelet, which are approximately 1 1/4" in diameter.

Punch out a variety of prints to add to the bracelet.

Add a little adhesive to each circle inset of the bracelet and use tweezers to adhere circles.

Use diamond glaze or any adhesive that dries clear.

A sewing needle is perfect to rid of those air bubbles.

I used a lot of clear adhesive to add a little dimension to each circle. Let dry completely!

Voila! You have a perfectly simple bracelet that would make for an adorable Mother's Day gift for that special person in your life. To make more personal, consider using the ABC Cardstock Stickers to spell out name or monogram or use Clear Stamps for added texture to the simple bracelet design.

ETA: The bracelet was purchased at Hobby Lobby, but I am sure you can find one similar at Michael's or AC Moore.

Lily Bee Supples:

Buttercup: 6x6 Tiny Tablet

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