Smart Cookies

With summer fast approaching, it's not too early to start thinking about end-of-the-year gifts for your favorite teachers. This week happens to be Teacher Appreciation Week at our school, so I thought I'd share a little project I made for the fabulous people that enrich my kiddos' lives on a daily basis!

I started with this .svg file that I cut on my Silhouette. (You can download it here!)

I cut the shapes from Lily Bee patterned papers (Victoria Park and Buttercup lines) and then backed the pennants with white cardstock:

I used the coordinating ABC Stickers to add sentiments to each banner, so they read "Thanks to you teacher...I'm a smart cookie."

Then I added some Mixed Cardstock Stickers and shapes from the Bag of Bits, along with some ribbon and twine and attached the pennants to (what else?!) a package of cookies. (Store bought. I'm not as handy in the kitchen as I am at my scrap table!)

Lily Bee Supplies:
Pattern Paper: Victoria Park - Wortley Village; Buttercup - Rainboots, Blossom

ABC Stickers: Buttercup, Victoria Park

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Buttercup, Victoria Park

Bag of Bits: Handmade

And in no time, I've got a sweet little treat for the kids to give their teachers. Hope you're inspired you to do something special for the educators in your life!

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Focus On Double Dutch

Happy Monday! Today, we asked our designers to create a project using Double Dutch, one of our new collections from the winter CHA. Double Dutch is happy and bright, both springy and vibrant with a touch of navy blue, making it perfect for any of your projects. You can take a look at the entire line here.

Tags by Piradee Talvanna

Layout by Lisa Day

Cards by Julia Stainton

We also have more beautiful projects featuring Double Dutch here.

Thank you for coming by today! Have a great day!

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Day 11: Holiday Gift Tags

Hi Lily Bee friends!  It's Jenni here today with a few quick ideas for making gift tags for your holiday gifts this season.

If you are anything like me, you may be in the middle of many different holiday craft projects and have scraps galore.   Well, how about using some of those extra small pieces of paper and making gift tags?   I found that using the Jingle 6x6 Tiny Tablet was perfect for this project!

I used Kraft tags by Ranger, but you can find tags like this at your local office supply store.  It's great to have a stack of these around for such things and they also are wonderful for scrapbook layouts!   I then used various scraps from my Jingle 6x6 paper pad, Jingle cardstock stickers, ABC letters, and journaling cards and went to town.  

I added a few extra items such as stickpins, border punches, ribbon, and twine.   I really enjoyed using the Jingle stamp collection as well.  I paired it with silver ink from American Crafts to create the snowflakes in the tag below. 

This last tag was the quickest to make, but it might be my favorite! I took three different square punches to create a stack of presents-- so fun!   It would be easy to repeat these designs with different Jingle pattern papers to create a handmade, uniform look underneath your tree.

I hope you are enjoying our 24 days of holiday inspiration!  And as you craft, don't forget to save your Lily Bee scraps to make beautiful gift tags!

Lily Bee Supplies Used:
Jingle: 6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers, Cardstock Stickers, Journaling Index Cards, Clear Stamps

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Focus On: Thankfulness

For the winner of the Lily Bee + Maya Road blog hop, please go here.

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. This Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the US. It's my favorite holiday of the year. It's one of those holidays that is celebrated by almost everyone, regardless of religion, because everyone can find something to be thankful about. So we asked our designers to create projects that are thankfulness related. (Click on photos to see a bigger version.)

So Thankful by Jenni Hufford

Lily Bee supplies:

Harvest Market- Peach Crisp, Black Licorice, Turtle Neck, Pumpkin Seeds, Squash

Memorandum- Boardroom, Whiteboard 

Lovely- Parasol, Chipboard Stickers

French Couture- Handmade, Tailored

 Thankful 4 Us 2 by Cindy Liebel

Lily Bee supplies:
Patterned Paper:
Harvest Market Black Licorice
Harvest Market Squash
Jingle Spruce
Stickers:
Harvest Market ABC Stickers
Head Over Heels Mixed Cardstock Stickers
Christmas Town Chipboard Stickers
Other: KI Flower Buttons, Jillibean Soup heart stickpin, Silhouette die-cut machine & Fiskars punches

Thankful tag by Lisa Day

Lily Bee supplies:

Tiny Tablet: Harvest Market

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Harvest Market

ABC Stickers: Harvest Market

I Am Lucky! by Linda Barber

Lily Bee supplies:

Tiny Tablet: Memorandum

ABC Stickers: Memorandum

Stamps: Picket Fence

Other: thread

What are you thankful for this holiday? Please share with us!

Thank you for taking some time to drop by! Hope to see you again tomorrow.

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