Sketch Challenge #5

It's time to get back to our sketch challenge! With all the CHA excitement last month we couldn't fit it in but we hope you are ready to be challenged again this month!

Here is this months sketch and sample...

Lily Bee Products:

Patterned Papers:

Memorandum - Whiteboard; Lemon

Head over Heels - Swoon; Dreamy; Crush

This & That - Pretty Fabric

Happily Lost - Good Book

Index Journaling Cards:

Memorandum

Clear Stamps:

Memorandum

Mixed Cardstock Stickers:

Head over Heels

As you can see my Layout doesn't exactly match the sketch. I have used patterned papers instead of the three photos and chose to use just one photo placed next to the paper swatches. The sketch is for you to use as inspiration only, turn it around, mix it up, be inspired by it.

And here is the fine print for the challenge:
1) Use at least two Lily Bee products (any two).
2) Post your layout on our Facebook page (please include the title Lily Bee Sketch Challenge #5)
3) -OR- include a link to your project in the comments of this post. Please do one or the other, not both.
3) The deadline is Wednesday February 29th, 9PM EDT. We'll randomly pick one winner to receive some delicious Lily Bee products!


The most important rule is to have fun using the sketch and our fantastic Lily Bee products!!

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Love Notes: a mini album

Happy Valentine's Day!

Around the world, it's the day to celebrate love and your loved one. Today I'm celebrating with my hubby and family and this cute little Love Notes Mini Album. I'm so thankful that after twenty-two years of marriage, we've still head over heels.
My little mini-album holds quotes, photos and has little pockets to hold bits and pieces of memorabilia. I'm a sentimental girl and hold onto all those little cards that come with floral arrangements and ticket stubs. The pockets are perfect for that.


To create this 4"x4" mini album, I've used a couple small squares of chipboard and patterned paper from the new Victoria Park paper line.



Index cards and the wonderful Lily Bee ABC stickers make the journaling and embellishing quick and easy.


Here's a look at the edges...


...and the front cover detail.


If you're interested in seeing how I created the pocket folds and put the album together, I'm sharing a tutorial on my blog today so feel free to stop by.

Lily Bee supplies:
patterned paper: Victoria Park
mixed cardstock stickers: Head Over Heels

ABC stickers: Head Over Heels
Index Cards: Victoria Park
Clear Stamps: Head Over Heels

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Heads Over Heels In Love Cards

Hi Everyone, Piradee here today to share some cards that I created using the gorgeous Heads Over Heels collection and just in time for Valentine's Day.  First is this simple card I made using the mix cardstock sticker as the focal point and decked out with some heart punch outs from the various pattern papers... 

Then for my second card, I couldn't resist getting out my sewing machine to stitch the pockets where I added a few love tags and then using another sticker element for the finishing touches. 

And lastly is this fun card created using mini clothes pins and more mix cardstock stickers (the banners this time) and with my favorite product - the ABC stickers!

Lily Bee Supplies:

Pattern Paper: Heads Over Heels

ABC Stickers: Heads Over Heels

Mix Cardstock Stickers: Heads Over Heels

Thanks for stopping by everyone and hope you are having a great week!!

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Paper Hearts

Just like most of you, Pinterest is full of inspiration. I have been admiring these cute little hearts. They are so simple and super easy to make.


To create them in layers, Cut an even number of strips 3/4" x 4" and 3/4" x 3 1/2".


Layer together both sizes, smaller strip on the outside and larger strip on the inside. Place a favorite piece of ribbon or twine between both larger pieces (in the middle).


Staple the bottom end to hold all the pieces together and loop the smaller, outside strip into a heart and adhere the opposite end and repeat with larger loop, making sure it is flush with the smaller looped heart.


Or fold both large and small strips together at the opposite end and staple both ends together.


Pretty simple. I made a bunch of them & have them hanging around in bunch of branches in our family room & some hanging from our mantel. Love these & would so fun to make with your kids, too.

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Pink and Black

Being the mother of a boy, I take advantage of any opportunity to scrap in pink.  So when my sister took this photo of me frocked up before a night out for dinner, how could I resist using a good serve of pink?  The blacks and greys in the layout balance out the dominating pink background.  The dash of blue just gives some contrast and zing.

 

An interesting fact (which is in the journalling around the photo mat) is that until recently it had been over 10 years since I had worn a dress.  

I have used mainly Head over Heals on this layout - but I did include the black polka dot and the steel blue from the halloween/fall range, Harvest Market!  I love how they just all work together perfectly.

The butterflies have been punched from the same pink paper as the background but I have used the reverse side which is a fine ledger style print.  These coordinating dot/ledger prints that came with the recent releases are so useful.  I love a patterned paper background and the polka dot print is a favorite for me.

Again I have utilized the ABC stickers to form part of my title, which allows me to have a longer and more meaningful title that if I had only used large letters.

Lilybee supplies

Head Over Heels Smitten

Head Over Heels Courting

Head Over Heels Bubblegum

Head Over Heels ABC Stickers

Harvest Market Black Licorice

So are you a mother of only boys?  Do you take the opportunity to lash out with pink when you can?

Cheers

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Finally Friday.

The weekend is just about here and if your week has been anything like mine, you're ready for some relaxation...and some scrapping, too!  So here's an easy layout you can put together in less than 30 minutes - perfect for a Friday night scrap session!

He Shoots, He Scores • layout by Lisa Dickinson

Lily Bee Supplies:

Happily Lost Patterned Paper - Sun Soaked

Stationery Patterned Paper - Pear

Head Over Heels Patterned Paper - Crush, Dreamy

Happily Lost ABC Stickers

First I printed a strip of photos about 2.5 inches high to span across my page.  Then I went to work cutting various sized circles from the patterned papers.  Mine range from 4.5" down to .75" but feel free to make them whatever size you want.  I layered two of my circles with die cut images cut from black cardstock:

When I'm printing my journaling directly on my background cardstock, I like to lay out the page elements on the cardstock first (without adhering anything) and roughly determine where my journaling will go and how much space I have to work with.  Then I set up a text box to fit that size and print my journaling out.

After arranging and adhering my photo strip and circles, I added a ttiny itle from ABC Stickers and embellished the page with a few sparkly pearls and rhinestones.

So celebrate the fact that it's finally Friday and do a little scrapping - we'd love to see what you create!

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Love Notes

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it's the perfect time to start thinking about love notes. I've created a couple to share with you today using the Lily Bee Head Over Heels Tiny Tablet and Mixed Cardstock Stickers. I love how these little pads are perfectly scaled for card designs and you get 3 sheets of each of the 12 designs in each pad.


My first note is really a very clean and simple design. It's also perfect for using up scraps. I love using stickers by sometimes I don't want to adhere them directly to my project but pop them up a little. To do this, just adhere them to cardstock and then cut them out. Dimensional foam adhesives are perfect for making the layer pop out.


This next card uses some of the darker patterns for a more masculine valentine. A very balanced and symmetrical design makes combining lots of patterns simple and easy on the eye.

Both these cards are 4 1/4" square. Wouldn't it be fun to make a set to giveaway or make 14 and give away one each day leading up to Valentine's?

Happy card making!


Lily Bee supplies:
Tiny Tablet Papers: Head Over Heels
Mixed Cardtsock Stickers: Head Over Heels

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Letters and Grids

Happy Wednesday Lily Bee friends!  It's Jenni here today to share a layout and a few tips in lettering and grids.

When making this layout, I knew I wanted to include Lily Bee's fabulous ABC stickers in the title of the page.  Knowing that I wanted the words to align on the right side of the page, I needed a  game plan for proper spacing of the ABC stickers.

In order to accomplish this, I first wrote out the phrase "I never dreamed it could get better than this" on a piece of paper (I don't know about you but my brain can't spell words backwards very well!).   I then started with the last letter and the last word and worked backwards.  I decided to stagger the phrase and include a tag in the white space for journaling.

When I orginally created this grid it was just the bottom layer of circles (from a 1 1/2" circle punch) from various papers from the Memorandum and Head over Heels 6x6 Tiny Tablets.   I felt that it looked a little plain and needed something extra.   Whenever this happens I usually tend to add more layers for dimension and interest.  So I added a second layer of circle punches and used a pop dot to adhere the circles.

I still felt like the grid needed something else, so I added little embellishments to each circle.  I  spaced each series of embellishments so that it was in groups of three, and creating a triangle.  For instance the hearts create a triangle, as do the butterflies, buttons, and word sentiments.

Thanks for swinging by today!

Lily Bee Supplies Used:
Memordanum:  ABC Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Whiteboard, 9 to 5
Head over Heels: 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Flirt, Crush
Catching Fall: Rub-Ons
Three Little Birds: Laugh Rub Ons

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Mixed Media Heart Canvas

While looking at Pinterest at this project, I thought I would put my own little spin on and make a canvas using masking. I used a small 6x6 canvas and covered it with small 1x1 inch squares from the Lily Bee Head Over Heels 6x6 Paper Pad.

After I mod-podged them down using glitter mod-podge, I used my Cricut to cut out a large heart. Using removable Glue Dots, I attached it to the canvas and painted over the front with white paint. You can faintly see the squares under the white paint. A really light coat, even slightly watered down, is what I would suggest.

This is what you see when you pull off the heart. I also used bubble wrap and black ink to distress the corners a bit. I did that while the heart mask was still on the canvas.

I didn't like the white edges of the canvas so I used decorative tape (two layers deep) to finish the edges.

I also didn't like that the heart wasn't well-defined, so I put the heart back on and and used a thin black sharpie to outline it. I also doodled a bit on parts of the heart. Finally I added the words and the sticker to finish it off. I mod-podged a few more times to set everything.

From the side

A little close-up action

Products Used:

Lily Bee Head Over Heels 6x6 paper

Lily Bee Head Over Heels Cardstock Stickers

Lily Bee Head ABC Cardstock Stickers

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A bit of This & That...

Happy New Year everyone! My turn to share a layout today and I have done one on my son Archie. I am a HUGE Beatles fan so when I was shopping and saw this Yellow Submarine t-shirt I just couldn't resist. Archie loves it too, to the point where it is difficult to persuade him to take it off! He wanted me to take some pictures of him wearing it and when I downloaded them I was struck by how similar to Paul McCartney he looked - think the cover of Abbey Road, long pants, bare feet, floppy hair - but thankfully without the cigarette.

I chose a real mix of products for this layout - that is what makes using Lily Bee so easy - all the lines go together beautifully.

I am a sucker for polka dot paper and Linens from the This & That range is one of my all time favourites. I thought it might be fun to make even more of a feature of the dots by filling some of them in with string.

Of course Archie saw me doing this layout and it has now ended up in his room!

Lily Bee products used:

This & That - Linens paper

This & That - Brooch paper

This & That - Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Harvest Market - ABC Stickers

Head Over Heels - 6x6 Tablet

Memorandum - Index Journalling Cards

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