Word Personality

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a lovely National Scrapbook Day weekend and was able to create among your scrapbooking friends, near and far. I didn't really get the chance to do much creating, but I did brainstorm and sketch ideas I want to try. One of those ideas is to play with words using negative space throughout the background.

I used my daughters name to spell out her personalities. This is always a fun way to use up lots of space on a page and a fun way to create your title. When I've done this before, it was always with stickers. This time around, the trend is using a die-cut machine.

For this layout, I used my Cameo Silhouette to cut out the words. I used my daughters favorite colors, pink & green, to highlight each word and used a more subtle complimentary shade of color to highlight her full name separately. This required a variety of pattern papers used from five fabulous collections, which is always fun to mix old with new.

I also used a small punch to create a small accent area and embellished around it and backed it with more pattern paper and pearls.

While the words were cutting, I made time to select the papers & embellishments I wanted to use to complete the project. This allowed me to complete my layout faster and I'm very pleased with the end results. I also plan on using the leftover letters for either my project life or future scrapbook project. Can't let all those letters go to waste.

Have a great week & happy creating!

Lily Bee Supplies:
Pattern Paper:

Happily Lost-Hammock, Picket Fence-Cottage Garden, Handmade-Thimble, Handmade-Pink Lemonade, Victoria Park-Grand Theatre, Victoria Park-Wortley Village, Buttercup-Queen Bee & Statinery-Pear

Stickers:

Buttercup Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Bag of Bits:

Victoria Park & Handmade

Chipboard Stickers:

Christmas Town

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Take on Sketch Challenge #6

Hello everyone...Katja here!

It's my turn today to post a take on Lisa's great sketch from last week.
I took the sketch, flipped it around so my photo is on the right instead of the left side and made an A4 Layout.

Here is the sketch again...


















And this is what I came up with...

I have used some circles masks on my background paper and just went to town with different colors of mist. Then I added the circle stamp from the 'Picket Fence' stamp set and this gave me a base to work from and add all my embellishments.

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 Lisa's post. Please do one or the other, not both.
3) The deadline is Tuesday March 20th, 9PM EDT. We'll randomly pick one winner to receive some delicious Lily Bee products!

Lily Bee Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Memorandum - Office Blue, Lemon, Whiteboard
Index Cards: Memorandum
Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Memorandum
ABC Stickers: Memorandum
Stamps: Picket Fence, Memorandum
Tiny Tablet: This & That
Let's see what you can create from this sketch!

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Memories of Summer

Hi everyone, I'm sharing a couple of Layouts today. The first one was created from a mix of products from the Lily Bee Winter release. I have used a lot of scraps to create the flowers and add little details to the page. I wanted to capture the spirit of Summer with all the flowers.



Lily Bee Supplies:
Happily Lost - Sun Soaked paper
Happily Lost - Amazing Views paper
Picket Fence - Fresh Air paper
Picket Fence - Cottage Garden paper
Picket Fence - Verandah paper
This & That - Brooch paper
Stationery - Cotton Candy








On the next Layout I've used a mix of 'Memorandum' and 'Head over Heels' from the CHA Summer release. It is a random page to capture the funny thing my daughter said the other night while watching the talent show X-Factor Australia. Here is the journaling...

Me: "Oh, she is doing a Cindy Lauper song"

Romy: "Mum, you must be really old to know this song."



Lily Bee Supplies:
Memorandum - Whiteboard paper
Memorandum - Index Journaling cards
Head over Heels - Swoon paper
Head over Heels - Courting paper
Head over Heels - Mixed Cardstock Stickers
Head over Heels - ABC Stickers
Head over Heels - 6x6 Tablet
Happily Lost - Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Well, I suppose I must be getting old if I remember Cindy Lauper :)

Have a great weekend!

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Sharing the Love

I adore paper crafting. I'm pretty sure you do too. There's that creative satisfaction of making something.

I love creating layouts. I love creating things for my home.

But I really love being able to share my paper crafted projects with others. Sharing the love, you know?

Today I have a couple quick projects that you can share with others. I hope they inspire you to create something to give away. You get double the pleasure. Once when you make it and then again when you give it away.


Recently I've been playing around with dies and exploring their possibilities. One that has really caught my attention is a pillow box die. It's so quick to create sweet little pillow boxes. They resemble petals from the edge which led to putting seven little pillow boxes together to form a floral package of little boxes. Perfect for housing a fun little gift in each one. Once I put each pillow box together, they can be held together with glue dots along their adjoining edges.

The Lily Bee Tiny Tablets are perfect for using with your die cutting machine. These 6x6 papers are a lovely tiny 1/4 scale and coordinate perfectly with your larger 12x12 papers. The great thing about using the Tiny Tablets for die cutting is that you don't have to cut down your full-size sheets. I just pull them out of the pad and put them straight into the die cut machine. I love saving time. I've used the Happily Lost Tiny Tablet with this project.

The little gift tag is tied on with some tulle. The Lily Bee stamps are great for adding accents to embellishments and the Alpha Stickers are wonderful for adding a sentiment.


Lily Bee Supplies:

Happily Lost: Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers
Picket Fence: Stamp Set






I've also been having fun creating with the upcoming Head Over Heels line. This card uses some pretty papers (Dreamy) from this line which is a mid-season release and will be shipping next month. Stay tuned!

Spread the love...

Julia

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Scraplifting your layouts to make cards

I know that it is common practice to use scraps left over from layouts to make cards, but if you are anything like me, deciding on a card design can be hard work!

I decided to have a go at making a layout, and then lifting that layout, papers and design to make a card.  This is what I came up with ...

My layout

 

And this is the card that I made by lifting the layout design and colour scheme.

I hope that if you find card making a little difficult (like me!) that you find inspiration to try this after making your next layout.

Lily Bee supplies:
Picket Fence Patterned Papers: Porch Swing, Cottage Garden and Seize the Day
Picket Fence Mixed Cardstock Stickers
Picket Fence ABC Stickers

Cheers

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A Layout Share

Hi All!

Kay here, with a few layouts to share. The first is called "Peace," about my daughter's favorite troll from a local art exhibit. Isn't he adorable?



Supplies Used:
Picket Fence Al Fresco
Picket Fence Porch Swing
Picket Fence Seize the Day
Picket Fence Cottage Garden
Picket Fence Veranda

And my second layout is about my other daughter and her boyfriend.



Supplies Used:
This and That Tiny Tablet
This and That Teacup
This and That Postcard
This and That ABC Stickers

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My little sis

When I design a scrapbook page, typically my method is to decorate and embellish and distress and mostly do the "pretty" side of scrapbooking.... and then I get to my journaling and I realize I have no spot left for it so I squeeze it in somewhere. 

My little sister (who is 11 years younger than me) is moving into her first apartment this weekend, and it's welling up all sorts of emotions in me. I wanted to combine my thoughts along with these pictures of my beautiful sis. In order to make sure I have room to make the photos and the journaling the focus, I kept my design fairly simple and even put my journaling smack dab in the middle of the layout where you can't miss it! 

 I loved the little sticker from the "This & That" mixed cardstock stickers sheet with the quote about sisters on it. It was a perfect accent for this page.

Lily Bee Design Supplies used: 

Picket Fence Line- Al Fresco patterned paper, mixed cardstock stickers
This & That Line- Teacup & Brooch patterned papers, mixed cardstock stickers
Stationery Line- Slushie patterned paper
Hello Sunshine Line- Chipboard stickers
Domestic Bliss Line- Chipboard Stickers

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Recycling Inspiration

Some days, I find myself with a little spare time and my first thought? Scrapping! OK. That's a lie. My first thought is NAP! Hahahah! But alas, with three kids, napping during the day is not usually an option. So back to scrapping.

Sometimes I sit down to get started and suddenly draw a blank. I have photos, I have products, but design... uhm... Sometimes it just escapes me.

There are great inspiration blogs, with sketches, color challenges, product challenges. But lately, I have found that there's no need to invent the wheel again and again. I can just scraplift myself. Yup. Myself!

Case in point, this layout I created for Simple Scrapbooks magazine a few years ago. It's still of my favorites.

I took that simple, but graphically strong design and made another layout. And a card! The other thing I did was to challenge  myself to use up the scraps of paper I was creating with the punched circles. I used our Tiny Tablets, and only one big sheet of paper.

Lily Bee supplies:

patterned paper: Stationery-Mushroom

Tiny Tablets: Picket Fence, Happily Lost, This & That

ABC Stickers: Picket Fence, Happily Lost, This & That

Stamp: Happily Lost Acrylic Stamps

other: punches, stamps, pop up dots

So next time you are feeling stumped by scrapbooking, pull out your old favorites and do it all over again!

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A layout and a sketch...

Happy Tuesday! I have a layout and a sketch to share with you today.

I created this layout based on the sketch below. The thing that I love about the Lily Bee Stationery line is that you can create fun backgrounds and still keep the design simple, which keeps the focus on the story! And those alphas...still my favorite scrapbooking supply ever!

Lily Bee Supplies Used:

Stationery - Oatmeal

Happily Lost - Mixed Cardstock Stickers

Happily Lost - ABC Stickers

This & That - ABC Stickers

Picket Fence - ABC Stickers

Domestic Bliss - Chipboard Stickers

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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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White Space

"White space is often referred to as negative space. It should not be considered merely 'blank' space'...it is an important element of design. The use of negative space is key to aesthetic composition."
This is the Wikipedia description of 'white space' and pretty much explains one of the design elements we often use in our crafting projects. I love working with 'white space' and have created a couple of Layouts showing the use of this key element.
My first Layout 'Special Times' has a lot of negative space towards the bottom half of the Layout whereas my other Layout has the negative space around the photo towards the left, top and bottom of the page. Most embellishments are grouped together in clusters or anchored somewhere on the page. I don't tend to place them just anywhere or by themselves as this will look unbalanced.
I also like to repeat some of my embellishments or design elements, like the circles and butterflies in the second Layout 'Sunshiny Day' or the little punched flowers in the 'Special Times' Layout.
I would love to see some of you posting your Lily Bee projects on our Facebook page using 'white space'!!
Have a great week!

Supplies ('Happy Times'):
Lily Bee: Picket Fence 'Fresh Air' paper
Lily Bee: This & That 'Pretty Fabric' paper
Lily Bee: This & That 'Milk Bottle' paper
Lily Bee: This & That ABC Stickers
Lily Bee: This & That Mixed Cardstock Stickers
Lily Bee: Happily Lost 'Hammock' paper
Stationery: 'Oatmeal' and 'Butter' paper
Hello Sunshine: Rub-ons
Lovely: Chipboard Stickers

Supplies ('Sunshiny Day'):
Lily Bee: Picket Fence 'Fresh Air' paper
Lily Bee: Picket Fence 'Porch Swing' paper
Lily Bee: Picket Fence 'Verandah' paper
Lily Bee: Picket Fence 'Cottage Garden' paper
Lily Bee: Picket Fence Mixed Cardstock Stickers
Lily Bee: Picket Fence Acrylic Stamps
Stationery: 'Butter' paper

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