Get Happy!

The first few weeks of our summer vacation have been spent doing a variety of fun activities - a trip to the beach, backyard barbeques, crafty projects with the kids and movie nights. Throw in a few lazy mornings watching cartoons, s'mores around the campfire, and sunset viewing from the front porch and it's easy to see that so far, summer has been a pretty darn happy season.

It was that notion that led me to create the page I'm sharing today. It serves as a little reminder that these events shouldn't just be saved for summer vacation - every day is a great occasion to seek out happiness!

Layout by Lisa Dickinson for Lily Bee Design

The Handmade patterned papers add the bulk of the color on this page. The hexagon die-cut is backed with pieces from the Handmade paper, Patchwork. By placing them behind the white die-cut borders, they add a lot of punch without overwhelming the design. This is also a great use for some of those paper scraps!

The title is simple and bold, and clearly communicates the message of my page. It was also die-cut from white cardstock with the word "Happy" cut from the Handmade Sky Blue paper.

Lily Bee Supplies:

Handmade patterned papers - Patchwork, Sky Blue, Pattern Block

 I hope you're inspired to go do something that makes you happy today - and then scrap it, of course!

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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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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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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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