True Friendship

Sometimes, I get so caught up in scrapping about my family and what is going on in our lives that I don't think to record my friendships.  

In the layout I'm sharing today, I wanted to highlight a very special friendship I have with a woman I truly consider to be my sister.  No, we're not blood sisters, but we are certainly as close as sister's might expect to be.

I love that good friends walk together through life. And since I used a gridded paper for the background, I was able to easily write my about our 'walk' together directly on the background paper.

I'm a big fan of having tabs that stick up above the top edge of my page.  They look great, add a little unexpected dimension and still fit nicely inside my albums. Here, I used the Victoria Park Journal Cards to add the effect of tabs.

I love using the 6x6 pads to create my own embellishments.  For the flower below, I simply punched a couple of shapes out of the small-scale patterned papers and added a brad.

Overall, you'll see there are a lot of details added to the page but it still retains the feeling of having white space to allow the eye to rest.  Clustering makes it possible.

Lily Bee Supplies Used:

 Pattern Paper: Victoria Park, Handmade, Buttercup

ABC Stickers: Handmade

Journal Cards: Victoria Park, Handmade

Bag O Bits: Handmade

Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Handmade, Victoria Park

6x6 Paper Pads: Memorandum, Victoria Park
Stamps: Handmade

Other Supplies Used:

Punches: EK Success, Fiskars

Silhouette SD Die Cut Machine

Wood Veneer: Studio Calico

Scarlet Bird Designs Button Badge, Die Cuts

Brad: My Mind's Eye

Button Maker: Epiphanie Crafts

Mist's: Maya Road

Ink: Jenni Bowlin Studios

Have a beautiful Lily Bee Design kind of day and make something lovely!

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A Colorful Birthday Banner

Hi, everyone, Patricia here to share a birthday banner with you.  With just pattern paper, twine, some adhesive, and a die cutting machine or punches, it really is easy to make your own banner.  What is really best about making your own banner, is you get to pick your colors.

My daughter's birthday party theme is rainbow, so I knew I wanted bright colors.  This banner was quick to put together because I kept it simple, using lots of repeating pattern papers.  

I used the Silhouette, and stayed with one color for the circles with the cut out letters.

Then backed those green circles with another circle using a simple contrasting pattern paper in yellow. 

For the circles with the cut out hearts, I did the same thing, except instead of the green polka dot paper, I chose the pink polka dots, and repeated those throughout the banner.

I made the blue folded flowers using a border punch and a score board.  Then layered a scalloped orange polka dot circle right on top. The pink polka dot hearts were attached with foam adhesive.  I kept the banner light because it is so long.  And then the last thing to do...attaching each piece with a piece of twine.

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Lemonade - Double Dutch, Grass, Richmond Row - Victoria Park, Robin’s Egg - Buttercup, Pattern Block - Handmade

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Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Happy Wednesday! It's Melissa and Kim here today with a sketch and a challenge to you to recreate your take on it!

Here is the sketch and here are the rules:

1. Your layout must use at least two Lily Bee products

2. Post your layout to any gallery, or your blog and post the link here in this comment section. OR post your layout to our Facebook page. But not both, please.

3. Be sure and title your post "Lily Bee June Sketch Challenge", so we can find it easily.

4. The deadline is Saturday, June 30th at 9PM MST.

5. And of course, have fun!

This is Melissa's take on the sketch.

Lily Bee Supplies Used:

 Pattern Paper: Victoria Park

ABC Stickers: Victoria Park

Other Supplies Used:

Punches: Fiskars Butterfly Punch, Tab Punch

Bling: My Mind's Eye

Tools: Sewing Machine, Tyepwriter

...and here is Kim's take on the sketch! The soft colors on this layout invoke such a sweet feeling..

Lily Bee Supplies:

Pattern Paper:  Double Dutch, Victoria Park

ABC Stickers: Buttercup

Make sure to link us up to your layouts!  Happy Wednesday!

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The Best Dad

Hello Lily Bee fans!  Patricia here, and I am so excited to be here today to share my layout with you.  My daughter is every bit a "Daddy's Girl," and this picture from our recent beach trip just captured the love between these two, even though it is an iPhone photo.

I wanted to create a fun, playful, and carefree layout about this special relationship.  I used the blue and green pattern papers with accents of red and tan.  The little touch of girliness in the fuchsia bow is just enough to pull out the pink my daughter is wearing. 

I used the Silhouette to cut out these tags at the top, as well as the tiny circles to give them a finished look.  I framed the photo with a cluster of stickers and a heart from the bag of bits. 

 I also wanted to have a list of why my daughter loves her Dad.  So after trimming off a piece of twine, not sure exactly how I was going to attach these numbered flags I cut with the Silhouette, I liked the look of it flowing loosely across the page.  So I decided to add more banner stickers to the twine.  The "You Make Me Happy" sticker I cut it apart before attaching.   For some added interest and dimension, "Happy Happy Joy Joy" sticker was attached with foam adhesive; the butterfly, I backed with pattern paper, so I could fold and attach with glue on the crease.

 I masked and misted just one section at the bottom with hearts I cut with the Silhouette, then used foam adhesive to attach the cut out hearts to create a border and a little more softness.  For the list, I asked my daughter why she loves her Dad (she's 3 1/2 almost 4), and I wrote exactly what she told me.  She was so excited to give me this list.  She has now been asking me why I love her...so sweet.  I used the numbers from the Double Dutch stamps, they were perfect for making this list at the bottom.  For the journaling, I wrote on top of an index journaling card, then cut it into strips to adhere where I wanted them. 

I am so glad to have this special relationship documented with this page.  

Lily Bee Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Running Stitch, Sky Blue, Fat Quarter, Rag Quilt, Stationery Linen - Handmade, Sand, Key Lime Pie, Celery, Marmalade - Double Dutch, Grass - Victoria Park, Rain - Buttercup

6x6 Tiny Tablets:  Buttercup

ABC Cardstock Stickers:  Handmade and Buttercup

Cardstock Stickers:  Handmade and Double Dutch

Index Journaling Card:  Buttercup and Double Dutch

Stamps:  Double Dutch

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Me and You Layout

Hi everyone, Kim here to share a new layout with you! I love using little journal cards and bits and pieces of paper to create my layouts. These little cards from the Victoria park and Handmade collections are just right for layering and creating a collage. They have some really great little designs on them as well. 

For this layout I chose to combine some of the cards with Green elements on them since green is a close runner up to being my favorite color! They are also a nice way to add a bit of a graphic element to your layout. 

Another element I wanted to add to my layout was a hand painted banner. I first cut my watercolor paper into different sized strips and then painted each one a different ombre shade of green to greenish blue and pink. I snipped the ends to create little banners and then sewed them together using ordinary sewing thread. 

I love the layered and messy effect of the sewn banner. To add a little more interest I backed a few of the banners with different pieces of patterned paper. 

This is a very simple way to create a layout with just a few elements. Thanks for stopping by today for a little inspiration! Have a great week everyone!

Kim 

Supplies used

Victoria park index journal cards

Buttercup index journal cards

Handmade index journal cards

Victoria park mixed cardstock stickers

Victoria park ABC cardstock stickers

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Banner borders...

Hi there, this is Danielle Flanders here with an idea for those banner stickers!

I loved the patterns in the cute Buttercup banner stickers, so I wanted to add them to a card. Small shapes are a great way to add many different patterns, colors and interest, and the triangles make it so easy because they are already cut out for you! I was inspired by how they came on the sticker sheet and transferred them right to the card just how they were on the sticker sheet.

A Victoria Park floral stamp was stamped in aqua ink on the top and bottom to frame out the sentiment and add some softness.

 Here is one more where I used the banner stickers horizontally to create a border.

I used the Buttercup stickers on these two cards also. A frame is cut in half and added it to the top and bottom of the "today is a good day" sticker.

This is a super quick and easy embellishment idea for a card/ layout. Thank you for visiting the blog today. Have a creative day!

Danielle

LilyBee Supplies:

Buttercup 12x12 paper - Flower Pot BCP 210

Buttercup Mixed Card Stickers BCS 215

Victoria Park Clear Stamps VCP 235

Other: ribbon, sentiments, ink: Papertrey Ink, twine: Pink Paislee.

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Project Life + Lily Bee

Good morning, everyone!! Melissa here today to share a bit of Project Life inspiration with you today using Lily Bee's Victoria Park collection.

I love Project Life, and this is the third year I've worked on an album. The first year I approached the project as a straight photo-a-day endeavor and completed it (several months late, but finished is what counts, right?), but during the second year I dropped the project halfway through and wasn't inspired to pick it up again until later in the year when I came across several scrappers who were doing something completely different with their own Project Life albums- instead of using the same set of supplies (from a Project Life kit) every week, they were mixing in items from their own stashes and really getting scrappy with their albums.

It was a real "well, duh, Melissa" moment for me, and I realized that the reason I'd stopped working on my own album was that I'd become bored with it. Like, really, really bored, with using the same supplies in the album week after week. Once I started the project again last November and began mixing in different products, Project Life was suddenly fun for me again, and I haven't been bored with it since.

For this particular week in my album, I chose to work with the Victoria Park collection (and I have to admit that it's partly because I'm still obsessed with that hexagon paper). Since none of the pockets on a standard (Design A) Project Life page protector are larger than 4x6, you can pick up a 6x6 Tiny Tablet along with the coordinating embellishments and have everything you need to finish off several weeks' worth of photos.

I found that the Journal Cards, Bag of Bits, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, and ABC Cardstock stickers were the items I turned to again and again to add little touches of color to both the journaling and photo areas of my pages. There was always something that fit perfectly in the space I wanted to fill!

I've already used Victoria Park and Double Dutch on Project Life layouts, and I'm looking forward to using all the other Lily Bee collections in my album as the year continues.

Lily Bee Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Victoria Park Tiny Tablet
ABC Cardstock Stickers: Victoria Park
Mixed Cardstock Stickers: Victoria Park
Journal Cards: Victoria Park
Bag of Bits: Victoria Park

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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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