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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Blog Hop Day 4...

Happy Thursday! I hope you have been enjoying our projects this week and seeing how we've been using our products with Epiphany Crafts and Glue Arts. The three are a super combination together!

I'm so excited to share with you more fabulous cards today from Danielle, Julia and Kim.

First up today Danielle Flanders. Danielle is the Queen of Cards and I just ADORE how she has taken our Index Journal Cards and created them into a Handmade Card .

I love the Epiphany Crafts Bubble Oval she's used to embellish our the floral stamp from our Victoria Park Collection onto side of the card.



Our ABC Stickers are perfect to spell out any size title or message you want to share on the outside or inside of your card.






Danielle's cards are a perfect example of how versatile our Index Journal Cards are to use and not just for journaling!



Kim has created her card using our Bag of Bits and Index Journal Cards. She adhered her "Bits" using the Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro, 3/8” Raisen’s Adhesive Squares AND U CUT IT 1/8” Foam Adhesive.

She also embellished the card with the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio Tool & Accessories Bubble Caps Round 14.





Next up is Lisa Day using our Buttercup Collection.



Lisa used the Glue Arts Raisens on the back to really make her Bag of Bits Banner's pop!



And last but not least are Julia's two beautiful cards. Here she's used the Index Journal Cards as an embellishment on the outside of the card and adorned it with the Epiphany Crafts Accessory.



Our Bag of Bits make is a snap to make a card in no time at all.





We've got another great giveaway for you. Epiphany Crafts is offering their NEW Pennant Studio Tool and Pennant Accessory's for one lucky winner. Go "LIKE" Glue Arts and Epiphany Crafts on their Facebook Pages Post on their Wall that Lily Bee Sent you. We'll choose a winner next Monday, May 21st and announce the winner here on the Blog.

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Blog Hop Day 3 with Epiphany Crafts and Glue Arts

Happy Wednesday and Welcome to Day 3 of our blog hop. Today's post features our Sketch for May's Sketch Challenge by Ursula Schneider. Let's take a look at her layout she created with the sketch.


I love that she has mixed our older paper from This & That along with Double Dutch and Buttercup. Our papers are so easy to mix and match from line to line.





Here is Maisa's take on the sketch:


I adore how she has cut the doily shapes from our Double Dutch Croquet Paper and embellished them with the Epiphany Crafts Circle Accessory. Maisa also used the Glue Arts 3D Foam Pac to give dimension to our Bag of Bits Banner.




Now we'd love to see YOUR take on this sketch! (And we'll pick one of your pages to win a lovely collection of Lily Bee goodies!) Here's the rules to keep in mind:

*Your layout must use at least two Lily Bee products.
*Post your layout to any gallery or your blog and link the post in the comment section of this post. OR post your layout on our Facebook page. (But not both, please.)
*Be sure and title your post "Lily Bee Sketch Challenge #9" so we can find it easily.
*The deadline for entries is Thursday, May 31st at 9:00 pm PST.
*And of course, be creative and have fun!

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Sketch Challenge #8 (and the winner from #7!)

Well, hello Lily Bee fans! Lisa Dickinson here with the latest Lily Bee Sketch Challenge:

This is a really great sketch for layering some of the gorgeous Lily Bee papers.  I've used several of the blue and green-hued designs from the Handmade line on this layout about my beach kids:

Lily Bee Supplies:

Handmade patterned papers: Running Stitch, Fat Quarter, Sky Blue

Handmade Bag of Bits

Handmade Index Journal Card

Now we'd love to see YOUR take on this sketch! (And we'll pick one of your pages to win a lovely collection of Lily Bee goodies!) Here's the rules to keep in mind:

• Your layout must use at least two Lily Bee products.
• Post your layout to any gallery or your blog and link the post in the comment section of this post. OR post your layout on our Facebook page. (But not both, please.)
• Be sure and title your post "Lily Bee Sketch Challenge #8" so we can find it easily.
  
• The deadline for entries is Monday, April 30th at 9:00 pm PST.
• And of course, be creative and have fun!

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And now for the winner of Sketch Challenge #7...

Layout by Juanna Hope Sia

Congrats to Juanna Hope Sia for her fabulous layout! Juanna, please email me at lisa@bsdgraphics.com and we'll get your Lily Bee prize package out to you!

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Gingham & Chevrons

Gingham and chevrons are so much fun to work with. They're timeless but trendy and always a great staple. I love the way chevrons more your eye through a design and gingham, well, I just can't get enough of it. I've actually been searching for black gingham shoes and a handbag to no avail. Sigh. But the Lily Bee Double Dutch collection has me falling for it's SIX different colors of gingham. It doesn't get much better than this!


The technique I've used here with the lovely gingham papers is what I call a folded chevron technique. I've had it spinning around in my head for quite a while now, hoping that it would work. It was so fun to have it turn out just as I'd envisioned. Each gingham chevron is made from a 2"x 12" strip of cardstock. I've made cuts at two inch intervals and then folded my chevron out of it. I love how it finishes the edges so nicely with the folded edges.

This is what it looks like folded. Just adhere it well on the reverse side and press those folds well. You don't have to stitch it but as I love to stitch, I just couldn't resist.


A couple more details...

Lily Bee Supplies:

Double Dutch Patterned Papers: Marmalade, Key Lime Pie, Celery, Croquet
ABC Cardstock Stickers: Double Dutch
Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Double Dutch
Index Journal Cards: Double Dutch
Bag of Bits: Double Dutch

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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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Simple Chevron Layout

Chevrons are so in right now and I admit i totally love them.  Today i am going to share a quick way to create this beautiful design element with an old tool/fad that you probably already have in your stash.

It's time to break out the old photo corner punch.  Punch a bunch of corners out of the same paper.  Here i am using the Double Dutch line.  I knew i wanted 4 chevron rows and you will need at least 5 to 7 corners.  What's cool about this technique is you can use small scraps to create this look.

Make a row of three corners by taking the second corner to the first corner matching up the edges.  Add the third corner to create mountain peeks.

Now you are ready to add the bottom part of the chevron.  Turn the corner upside down and match up the "v" of the corner.  Add the next layer and suddenly you have a chevron.  You can keep adding the next layers until you create a length you want. Easy peasy chevrons!

 

 Enjoy!

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