Vacation Scrapping with Buttercup (and just a little Handmade)

Good morning, everyone!

It's a bright, happy summer day here, and even though a vacation isn't in the plans for me just yet, I'm having fun reliving past trips by scrapping some of my neglected travel photos.

This layout documents part of a trip my husband and I took to Aruba early last year. I just loved bright,  colors of many of the buildings we passed by, so I took a cue from my photos and pulled together a beach-y color palette using Lily Bee's Buttercup collection, with just a bit of Handmade thrown in to add a little pink. The Mushroom Stationery (also from Buttercup) completes the look by giving the page a subtle worn look reminiscent of the peeling paint found on nearly any building that's near the ocean.

What about you guys? Is anyone else itching to pull out vacation photos and scrap them?

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Buttercup (Robin's Egg, Flower Pot, Queen Bee, Blossom, Mushroom Stationery), Handmade (Thimble)
ABC Cardstock Stickers: Buttercup
Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Buttercup

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Focus On: Mixing & Match

Hi everyone! We hope you had a great weekend!

The thing everyone loves about working with a single paper line is that everything matches. There's no guesswork about patterns, colors, styles. But one of the great things about Lily Bee lines is that they all go together. Our lines play along nicely. So we asked three of our designers to create layouts using different lines. We think you'll like what you see.

By Melissa Stinson

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned papers: Double Dutch Lemonade, Handmade Running Stitch, Buttercup Queen Bee

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Handmade Mixed, Victoria Park ABC

By Michi Nobeno

Lily Bee Supplies:
patterned paper: Handmade Running Stitch , Double Dutch Hopscotch, Oatmeal Stationery

Handmade Index Journal Cards

Cardstock stickers: Handmade Mixed + ABC Cardstock Stickers, Double Dutch ABC Cardstock Stickers

Handmade Bag of Bits

 

By Maísa Mandonça

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned papers: Handmade Thimble

Cardstock Stickers: Victoria Park Mixed+ABC Cardstock Stickers

6x6 Tiny Tablet: Victoria Park, Double Dutch

Victoria Park Index Journal Cards

Bag Of Bits: Victoria Park, Double Dutch, Handmade 

 

Also, don't forget that you have until 9PM PT (tonight!) to enter our Sketch Challenge. More info here.

Thanks for stopping by today. We hope to see you again tomorrow!

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Hexagon Love + Old Stash + Victoria Park = Awesomeness!

Hi, everyone! Melissa here with my very first post on the Lily Bee blog. I'm so excited to be here!

When I first saw all of the new lines released at CHA, I felt an instant attraction to the hexagons in Victoria Park's "Wortley Village" print. The vibrant colors and the nested shapes are such a fun twist on a trend that I love already, and I wanted to make sure that I included a big chunk of that paper on my layout- so I splashed it right across the top!

One of my favorite things about Lily Bee's collections are how they are tightly centered around a central color palette, but are also largely non-themed, opting instead for gorgeous patterns that can be used for pages of any subject- even just a photo of my niece petting one of my cats!

I also love that Lily Bee designs are classic enough to use alongside some of my older supplies. I pulled out a  set of three year old gold foil embellishments and a ten year old (no, I'm not kidding!) sheet of printed vellum from my stash to use on this layout. Papers like these that can breathe new life into older supplies are a valuable scrapbooking commodity and are always a welcome addition to my stash!

Next time you get ready to scrap a layout with the new Lily Bee collections, challenge yourself to pull out an older supply or two to use along with them- you might just find yourself using up something that you've had forever!

Lily Bee Supplies:


Patterned Paper: Victoria Park- Wortley Village, Hyde Park, Princess Avenue, Richmond Row, Raspberry 

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