Getting Beachy with Lily Bee

A while back, the great folks at Maya Road shared some products with our design team, including this great chipboard album.

Armed with Lily Bee "Picket Fence," some white paint and Maya Road resist, and a few sparklies, I set about creating this little album for my daughter about her first beach trip.

While I still had the products and pictures out, I decided to go ahead and make a companion layout for my album!

Lily Bee Products used:

Domestic Bliss- Chipboard Stickers

Picket Fence- Veranda Patterned Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Stationery- Slushie, Butter

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Lily Bee + Petaloo: Day 4

Again, thanks for the love! We are so glad y'all are enjoying the mix of Lily Bee and Petaloo products.

Yesterday's winner is:

mimisimon who wrote:

Thanks for all the inspiration

Congrats, mimisimon! Please email me at milesofpaper [at] gmail [dot] com with your mailing address.

Today, we have two gorgeous layouts to share with you. I'm seriously in love with both.

First, this amazing layout by Georgia Keays. So pretty!

1. For this layout I have used two 2 inch x 3 inch photos.
2. Cut a 9 1/2 x 7 inch piece of black cardstock and cut strips of 3 different papers of various widths to fill the mat, leaving a thin strip of black between each one.
3. Tie some string around your middle paper and tuck a phrase sticker under the string.
4. Use Petaloo flowers of varying size to create three clusters of flowers.  I have also made a large flower from one of my three papers.
5. Add you title and journaling and splatter with black ink.

Lily Bee supplies:
Happily lost paper – amazing views
Happily Lost tiny tablet – Hammock patern
Stationery – Slushie
This & That – mixed cardstock stickers

Petaloo supplies:
Petite Mini Roses – yellow / gold
Mini Roses – Fuschia
Mini Roses – yellow / gold
Sweet Pea – Lavender / white / purple

And this sweet layout by Kay Rogers. I love that photo. 

1. Using the 6x6 Tiny Tablet, block your papers with your photo as shown.

2. Ink the edges before adhering to the page.

3. Add the strip of ribbon, then attach the Petaloo flowers.

4. Add the banner stickers and the title sticker.

5. Add the chipboard accents (corner, heart, and frame.)

Lily Bee supplies:

This and That Cardstock Stickers

This and That 6x6 Tiny Tablet

Petaloo supplies:

Tye-Dyed Jeweled Gypsies All White

We have more goodies to giveaway! Leave us a comment before 9PM PDT each day. We'll randomly pick a winner and announce it the next day, so don't forget to check back. You can also win some Lily Bee goodies by going to Petaloo's blog and leaving a comment there.

See you tomorrow for the last day of our blog party!

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Two More Winners!

We randomly picked two more winners to received yummy Petaloo stuff.

Deb Long who said:

Beautiful - the two lines really work well together!

And

Romy who said:

Ooh, your layout is gorgeous! I love the soft and delicate feel to it and all the pretty details.

Congrats! Please email me at milesofpaper [at] gmail [dot] com with your mailing addresses!

Before we log off for tonight, we have a nice surprise for you! One more Lily Bee + Petaloo project! By the lovely Katja Schneider!

1. Cut a piece of the Stationary 'Oatmeal' cardstock to A4 size for your background.

2. Attach 3 photos (5" x 3") along the middle of the Layout.

3. Use a piece of the Happily Lost 'Sun Soaked' paper above the photos and a piece of the 'Hammock' paper below the photos.

4. Use the Happily Lost Letter stickers for the title on a strip of the 'Oatmeal' Stationary cardstock.

5. Embellish with Petaloo flowers...and your finished:)

Lily Bee Supplies:

Happily Lost - Sun Soaked patterned paper

Happily Lost - Hammock patterned paper

Happily Lost - ABC Stickers

This & That - Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Three Little Birds - Rub ons

Petaloo Supplies:

Crocheted Flowers

Mini Rose Clusters

Thank you so very much for coming by all week. We hope you enjoyed what you saw and that you were inspired to create your own art!

See you tomorrow!

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Lily Bee + Petaloo: Day 5

Yeah! Blogger is back up and running. Sorry about the delay. Yesterday's post (day 4) is lost somewhere in Bloggerland, but they are promising to put it back up complete with the comments. So don't worry if you commented yesterday, we'll hopefully have it back soon.

This is our last day blog hopping with Petaloo! We've had some serious fun. If you haven't been by Petaloo's blog, do so. Their projects are amazing! Just gorgeous!

For today, we have the talented Kim Arnold to thank for this fab layout. So sweet!

1.       Mount three 2x3 inch photos in a strip on kraft cardstock and decoratively punch along the bottom edge.  Tie string around bottom under photos and finish with a button.

2.       Cut 3 different size rectangles of patterned paper and layer onto text printed paper.

3.       Attach photo strip and phrase sticker with foam tape.

4.       Create clusters of flowers at bottom left of photo strip and around phrase sticker.

5.       Attach butterfly above phrase sticker.

6.       Attach title and subtitle.

7.       Create a banner in top left corner.  Trace around edges of banner stickers with light brown pen and finish with pearls at each end of banner.

 

Lily Bee supplies:

Picket Fence – Fresh Air, Seize the Day and Porch Swing papers

Stationery – Pear

Picket Fence – ABC stickers

Picket Fence Mixed Cardstock Stickers

This & That Mixed Cardstock Stickers

 

Petaloo supplies:

Mini Rose Clusters Blue

Glitter Critters Butterflies Dragonflies Yellow/Green

Please leave us a comment to win some Petaloo goodies! Because of the blog problems we've had, we are going to leave the comments section for both today's post and yesterday's post (when we get it back!) open until Sunday night, 9PM PDT. We'll be back then to post the two winners. So please check back!

Thank you so very much for making this blog hop a huge success. We hope you've enjoyed it! If you could do us a favor, would you please let us know, in your comments, if you'd like to see us do more blog hops with other manufacturers? And which ones would like to see Lily Bee mix with?

Have a fab weekend!

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Lily Bee + Petaloo: Day 3

Happy Wednesday! We have more Lily Bee and Petaloo mixology going on today. More projects to share and more products to give.

First, we have the winner from yesterday's drawing:

Olivia who wrote:

These are beautiful layouts, love all the little details :)

Thanks Olivia! Please email me at milesofpaper [at] gmail [dot] com with your mailing address.

Lisa Day created these beautiful everyday cards. Make a bunch of these and be ready for any occasion!

1. Kraft cardstock card base = 4.25” x 5.5”. Cut one sheet of patterned paper to 3.75” x 5.25” and adhere to the right of the card leaving a 1/8” border.
2. Cut a 1” x 5” piece of paper and add a border punch to the left side. Adhere to the left of the card overlapping the larger sheet of paper. Leave a 1/4” border on the top and bottom and a 1/8” border on the left.
3. Cut a longish strip of crape paper and fold in half. Pleat the crape over the seam of the two papers. Trim off any excess.
4. Draw an black stitched border along the edge of the papers.
5. Add 3 flowers to the top of the crape paper near the bottom. Using the tiny alphas add a quick sentiment.

Lily Bee supplies:

Picket Fence 6x6 Tiny Tablet
Happily Lost 6x6 Tiny Tablet
Happily Lost ABC Stickers

Petaloo supplies:

Brighton

Tye-Dye Gypsies

Virginia Tillery created this layout about her daughter and a teacher who's moving away. The whole layout is so sweet and soft.

1. Cut one long strip a little wider than all your pictures, and the length of your layout background. Use border punches to create a layered side border. 

2. Adhere photos, and embellish around the photo area with scattered flowers, in various sizes. Intersperse with stickers and hand cut paper leaves. 

3. Use stickers to create banners, and adhere title above. Use journaling spots to write journaling. 

4. For final touches, use a turquoise inkpad around edges of entire layout. Add doodling and outlines with a black pen. 

Lily Bee supplies: 

Happily Lost Patterned Paper- Amazing Views, Good Book

Picket Fence Patterned Paper- Fresh Air, Cottage Garden

Happily Lost Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Petaloo supplies:

Sweet Pea (all white)

Flora Doodles- Jeweled Florettes (all white)

 

We have more goodies to giveaway! Leave us a comment before 9PM PDT each day. We'll randomly pick a winner and announce it the next day, so don't forget to check back. You can also win some Lily Bee goodies by going to Petaloo's blog and leaving a comment there.
Quick reminder that our Mother's Day Card Challenge is on until tonight. So hurry! Read more about it here.

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Lily Bee + Petaloo: Day 2

Thanks everyone for the love. We are so happy you like the combo of Lily Bee and Petaloo. The products work really well together, don't they?

Before we take a peek at today's fab projects, we have a winner from yesterday's drawing:

Heather Landry who posted:

Adorable projects! Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

You are welcome, Heather, and congratulations! Please email me at milesofpaper [at] gmail [dot] com with your mailing address.

Today, we have a colorful and and pretty layout by Ronda Palazzari. Love how the colors emphasize the beautiful dresses the lovely girls are wearing.

1. Create a background using both paints & mists

2. Place 3x4 in pictures near center of the page, staggering the photos

3. Place some open chipboard frames above & below the photos.

4. Adhere Patterned Paper behind smaller Chipboard frames and place above & below photos

5. Spritz white flowers with mists that matches your layout & randomly place flowers to accent the page

6. Place rub-on above photo as your title piece

7. Finish layout with journaling & stitches

 

Lily Bee supplies:

Happily Lost Hammock Paper

Happily Lost Mixed Stickers

Stationary Slushie & Mushroom

Hello Sunshine Posies

Three Little Birds Laugh Rub-ons

Petaloo supplies:

Canterbury Mini Lemon

Devon Sweet Pea White

Jenni Hufford created this most adorable layout! I can't get over the happy-sad-happy pics. Too cute!

1. For this layout, I used four wallet sized photos.

2. I cut out sixteen 1" x 2.5" inch strips of pattern paper from the This & That Tiny Tablet and placed them in a pattern paper grid.

3. I sprinkled the Petaloo White flowers across my layout and replaced a few of the rhinestones with red rhinestones to make it pop. I love the white on white feel of the flowers sprinkled over the white cardstock.  

Lily Bee supplies:

This & That 6x6 TinyTablet

Petaloo supplies:

Jeweled Florettes (all white)

We have more Petaloo yumminess to share with you! Leave us a comment before 9PM PDT each day. We'll randomly pick a winner and announce it the next day, so don't forget to check back. And there's more! You can also win some Lily Bee goodies by going to Petaloo's blog and leaving a comment there.

Before I go, a quick reminder that our Mother's Day Card Challenge is still on until tomorrow evening. So you have time to make a card and enter to win! Read more about it here.

See you tomorrow!

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Welcome to the Lily Bee + Petaloo Blog Party!

Good Morning! This week, we are having a little blog party with our friends at Petaloo. We sent them some Lily Bee goodies, and they sent us beautiful Petaloo products. And throughout this week, we'll be sharing projects from both of our teams. You can view the Petaloo design team projects on their blog.

First, a lovely card by Cindy Liebel.

Directions:
1. Create a background using rubons on top half of card with patterned paper at the bottom.
2. Use a border punch to create a decorative accent for lower half, and the tag.
3. Machine stitch around bottom half of card on pattern paper. Adhere tag on rubon background.
4. Add title using letter stickers & adorn tag with gem & twine.
5. Hide seams using three medium flowers.

Lily Bee supplies:
Happily Lost 6x6 Tiny Tablet
This & That 6x6 Tiny Tablet
Lovely 12x12 Rub-Ons
Happily Lost ABC Stickers
Picket Fence Acrylic Stamps

Petaloo supplies:
Bristol Floral Embellishment White/Chart/Dark Green

A super cute layout by Lisa Dickinson.

Directions:

1.  Print journaling on white cardstock, leaving room to stamp title.

2.  Stamp larger title words in orange, green and yellow ink.

3.  Cut patterned paper into 1/4" strips and adhere to the left of title.

4.  Adhere photo strip and flower embellishments, top a few with buttons.

5.  Create vines by drawing lines with a glue pen and adhering twine to the line.

Lily Bee supplies:

Stationary Line patterned paper - Tangerine

Happily Lost patterned paper - Sun Soaked, Amazing Views

Petaloo Supplies: 

Sweet Pea flowers

Crocheted flowers

And guess what? You can win some yummy Petaloo flowers by leaving us a comment. Each day, we'll pick a winner (we'll announce it the next day, so don't forget to check back). And there's more! You can also win some Lily Bee goodies by going to Petaloo's blog and leaving a comment there.

See you again tomorrow!

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