Lily Bee Design

Focus On: Summer Solstice

Happy Monday, everyone!  Cindy and I are here to start your week off right with lots of inspiration based on this week's theme, "Summer Solstice".  We decided to focus on our favorite summer activities and traditions. 

 

First up is Cindy with her amazing layout documenting her family's favorite summer tradition...

 

Cindy says, "Spending time at the beach, running through the sprinkler in the backyard, and just plain grilling are just a few of my favorite summertime memories.  Though, celebrating the Fourth of July with my family is probably the most favorite and setting off fireworks is probably been our family tradition since the beginning.  We spend several hours outside counting down the clock and awaiting the sunset so we can begin our fun.  I get a kick out of my kids excitement as they watch the fireworks explode.  Their reaction is comical, nervous, and full of joy.  Sadness always weighs in once all the fireworks are done, but then we get to sit on our front porch and watch the professionals shoot off fireworks into the sky in our neighborhood.  A perfect ending to a wonderful summer day celebrating our freedom." 

 

Supplies Used:  Destination (Postcard, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers), Pinwheel (Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers), Persnickety (Finicky & Clear Stamps), Christmas Cheer (Index Journaling Card), Memorandum (Index Journaling Card)

My family and I have so many favorite summertime activities that it was hard for me to choose just one, so I decided to include multiple photos of different summer activities that we enjoy...

I knew that I wanted a bold background, so I decided to use my Silhouette and cut out a large sunburst. I backed each ray with different pieces of patterned paper from the Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe Collections.  I included photos of us enjoying random summer activities such as playing on the beach, hanging out with friends at the park, and just being outside on a warm, sunny day.  

 

Supplies Used:  Sweet Shoppe (JuJu Bee, Candy Stick, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers), PInwheel (Sprinklers, Flip-Flops, Flower Box, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Letter Stickers)

What some are your favorite summer traditions and activities?  Be sure to check back here throughout the rest of the week for even more summertime inspiration from our talented design team!  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! 

 

Fatherhood | Project Life Friday

Hello, Lily Bee fans!!  Patricia here with you today to finish our week of celebration Dad's and Fatherhood with Project Life.

My approach with Project Life is to do a summary of the week.  I still wanted to have a summary of what happened during the week, but this assignment pushed me to focus on getting photos that captured the relationship between my daughter and her Dad.  I have never approached Project Life this way.  It was a nice change and felt like it made it even more personal.

This week was also Memorial Day, so the color scheme really started there.  I used my Silhouette to cut files and the sketch pens to write out some journaling.  

I used a lot of primary colors for this spread with touches of brown, grey, and black...perfect for Memorial Day, summer, and especially for celebrating Dad.  

I pulled out the Autumn Spice stamps too for the "Memories," arrows, and "happy," and the "Hi There."  Love how just that little bit of stamping can add so much.

The label, letter, chit chat, and circle and tabs stickers really added nice touches to this week's spread and made it even more personal.

 

Pinwheel (Picnic Basket Paper, Ice Cream Truck Paper, Flip Flops Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chit Chat Stickers, Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, ), Destination (Port Paper, Boarding Pass Paper, 80 Days Paper, Passport Paper, Label Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Circle and Tag Stickers)

 

I hope this inspires you to stop and take those photos that are more personal and include them as your focus in your Project Life spreads.  It is such a simple thing, but one I will have to do again.  Thank you so much for joining us this week.  Happy Father's day! And have a great weekend!

Fatherhood - Cards and Gifts

Hello! Diana Fisher here with you today to share cards and gifts made with Dad in mind. This week we are thinking about fathers, and with Father's Day right around the corner, what better time to make cards to celebrate Dad.

Let's start off with what Diane Payne made for today. She thought it would be fun to create a card using adjectives that describe Dad. Diane punched tabs from several different patterns of paper in the Destination 6x6 Tiny Tablet and used the Letter Stickers to add the words to the tags.

SUPPLIES:
Destination Collection (6x6 Tiny Tablet - DST338, Embellishment Bundle - DSB334, Letter Stickers - DDS336) 
Pinwheel Collection (6x6 Tiny Tablet - PWT319)

For her second card, Diane used the world flair from the Destination Embellishment Bundle and was inspired by the saying for this card. The map paper tied in with the theme perfectly. Using some punches, she added hearts for the finishing touch.

SUPPLIES:
Destination Collection (6x6 Tiny Tablet - DST338, Embellishment Bundle - DSB334, Letter Stickers - DDS336)

Below is the gift set I made with a card and treat bag. I also used the Destination Collection.

I just love how the card and treat bag turned out! The dark woodgrain papers in the Destination Collection scream "manly" to me — they remind me of man cave decor.

SUPPLIES:
Destination Collection: Interstate pattern paper
Destination Collection: Embellishment bundle - Brad, Badge, Button and Baker's Bundle
Destination Collection: Letter Stickers
Destination Collection: Label Stickers 
Destination Collection: Chipboard Stickers

Thanks for visiting the Lily Bee blog today!

June Card Sketch Challenge

Good morning and welcome to the Lily Bee blog today as we continue our feature on the Dads in our lives. Today we will share with you some cards inspired by our June sketch and hope that you will feel inspired to play along with the challenge. I really like sketches because they take the guesswork out of scrapping and make completing a project so much easier!

Are you ready to see the sketch for this month?

It is a simple sketch which leaves lots of room for interpretation and for you to add your own creative touches. You can add as much or as little detail as you want as you adapt this sketch to your cards. The squares in the sketch can be any shape you would like to use. Feel free to switch things up!

The very-talented Adrienne Alvis is here with me today to share a couple of cards inspired by the June sketch. Here is her first card: 

Supplies: Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet) 

Adrienne shares, "I kept a cluster of embellishments in the middle of the card like the sketch, but used circle elements instead of squares.  I also added an extra cluster at the top left to draw the eye across the card and to help balance out the circular elements."

Adrienne's second card is just as fantastic as the first. I really like her color combination for this card perfect for any father:

Supplies: Pinwheel (Lime Rickey, Chipboard Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Circle & Tag Stickers, Letter Stickers), Destination (Tickets, Port, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers)

About this month's card sketch Adrienne says, "I really liked Becky's sketch and thought it was perfect for a more "masculine" themed card.  I was instantly inspired by the center square and used a cut-out photo frame from the Port patterned paper.  I added my embellishments on top of the photo frame and kept the same lines as the sketch for the sentiments."

Adrienne and I were very much on the same wavelength in our product selection for these Father's Day cards! The Destination collection is great for not only travel/vacation projects but any masculine/everyday project as well. 

Supplies: Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers). 

I also chose to use circles in place of the squares in the sketch. I simply punched circles of a mix of sizes and layered them, then added a couple of tag stickers to finish it off. The new Alphabet Stickers are just the right size to fit on the label stickers. 

For my second card I was inspired by the globe shape from the Destination collection chipboard. From that I got the theme for my card, the "You are our world" sentiment. The shapes on this card aren't in the same placement/sizing as the sketch, but, as I said, feel free to change things to fit what you are inspired to create based on sketches you use. 

Supplies: Destination (Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet)

The new chipboard and other embellishments are such a fun addition to the already-great line from Lily Bee. Here I used some chipboard and just a bit of twine to add texture to the card. 

We hope that you have been inspired to create some cards and that you'll play along with our sketch challenge this month. 

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's a few things to keep in mind:

- Your card must use mainly Lily Bee products (approx. 50% - 60% older or newer lines to showcase Lily Bee Design).
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post "5/14 Card Sketch Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is June 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

Thanks so much for stopping by Lily Bee today!

 

 

 

 

 

Lily Bee Design + June PageMaps Day 1

I'm so excited to announce that the Lily Bee design team is working with Becky Fleck's PageMaps sketches this month! Becky is known in the industry for creating amazing sketches and this month is no exception!

 Here are a few of the layouts our design team created with Becky's June sketches:

Adrienne Alvis

"I honestly haven't scrapped a double 12x12 page in years, but I was so inspired by the sketch that I got started right away! I had some cute photos of my daughter learning how to pump all by herself on the swing so I used lots of spring-inspired colors with a few pops of red scattered about from the Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe Collections. I used my die-cut machine for the sunburst and photo frame shapes and used lots of chipboard stickers for some added dimension."

 

Christine Newman

"This layout came together very quickly when I realized that I had the perfect photos to go with the yellow and blue color scheme in the Sweet Shoppe collection. I was excited to see the stitching in the sketch because sometimes I forget to take out my sewing machine, but I always love the look of sewing on my pages when I remember!" 

Lily Bee Supplies: Sweet Shoppe Collection (Jujube paper, Gumball paper, Lemon Drop paper, Jelly Bean paper, Licorice Whip paper, letter stickers, label stickers, chipboard stickers, chit chat stickers, Embellishment bundle)

 Leslie Ashe

"I love this sketch!! The multi photo’s are PERFECT for this little black & white/color sequence pictures of my precious niece, Presley, blowing (or trying to) bubbles. I stayed with that design & changed up the background with more of a “lattice” pattern on top of the Lily Bee floral paper (to mimic the flowers near Presley). I put my embellishment bundle going up the right side with my journaling going down the page. I also put my title at the bottom, slightly different from the original sketch."

Supplies: Pinwheel ( Flip Flops Paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chit Chat Stickers, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Destination (Circle & Tag Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle)

Patricia Roebuck

"I loved the sketch as is with the four blocks and two photos. I picked a striped background to go with the theme of the layout. For one of the blocks, I made an envelope with a tag and twine peeking out. I added some stitching around it to look like a pocket. I added layers of die cuts, stickers, chipboard, in the two blocks without photos and used the buttons, brads, twine, and flower chipboard to break the vertical lines from the background patterned paper."

Lily Bee Products: Sweet Shoppe (Lemon Drop Paper, Strawberries and Cream Paper, Gumball Paper, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Pinwheel (Lime Rickey Paper, Flower Box Paper, Embellishment Bundle, Chipboard Stickers), Destination (Landmark Paper, Bon Voyage Paper, Boarding Pass Paper, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Circle & Tags Stickers)

Summer Fullerton

"I am a huge sketch fan they are a great way to take the guess work out of scrapbooking. While I often take a literal approach to sketches the sketch I used this month simply called for me to change things up. I used a mix of my favorite Lily Bee patterned papers to create a grid background. I pulled the paper edge element from the sketch and used it to compliment the grid and then topped off my design with 2 photos just like the sketch. This is the beauty to sketches they can be easily manipulated to fit your story."

Supplies Used: Destination Patterned Paper (Luggage, Souvenir, Bon Voyage & Atlas), Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Circle Tag Stickers, & Chipboard Stickers Pinwheel Patterned Paper (Picnic Basket) 6x6 Tiny Tablet & Label Stickers, Sweet Shoppe Patterned Paper (Lollipop) and Embellishment Bundle  

We are excited to work with her and even more excited to sponsor her sketch challenge this month, which will be revealed tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by today. Now head over to the PageMaps blog to see the sketched that inspired these fabulous layouts!

Cards on Wednesday | Circle & Tag Stickers

This week on the blog we're focusing on the versatile Circle & Tag Stickers, and there's no better use for these cute little supplies than card making! Today Lisa Dickinson and Wendy Sue Anderson are putting them to use in some simple and creative ways.

Mixed in with some punched patterned paper, Lisa made a quick card using the circle stickers as accents. The tag stickers make a perfect sentiment and in no time at all, you've got two cards complete:

Lily Bee Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Pink Mint patterned paper, Tiny Tablet, Circle & Tag Stickers)

Lily Bee Supplies: Pinwheel (Tiny Tablet, Circle & Tag Stickers)

 

Wendy Sue used the Pinwheel collection to create two cards featuring the circles and tags.  One of her favorite tricks for using these little accents is to pop them up off my projects. 

Simply rub a bit of baby powder on the back of the sticker to remove the stickiness, then add a foam pop-dot (or two for EXTRA dimension) before adhering to the project. 

It’s a super easy way to add a unique dimensional touch to any card or layout.

Lily Bee Supplies: Pinwheel (Lemonade Stand, Jump Rope, Lime Rickey, Ice Cream Truck, Flower Box, Flip Flops, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers)

We just love the versatility of these fun Circle & Tag Stickers and think you will, too!  Happy Scrapping!

 

Focus On Monday | Circle & Tag Stickers

Hello and welcome to another fun week of inspiration. This weeks focus on projects by Leslie & I (Cindy) feature the Circle & Tag Stickers. The new addition to Lily Bee's collections are perfect for your everyday or themed scrapbook projects such as mini albums, cards and of course, layouts.

Leslie shares her playful and whimsical style filled with a touch of layers, bright colors and plenty of elements surroundher her favorite summertime spot, the swimming pool. Lucky girl!

Supply list: Pinwheel (Flip Flop Paper, Lemonade Stand Paper, Embellishment Bundle, Chipboard Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Letter Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers) Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers

Leslie writes, "I LOVE the time of year when Spring changes into Summer...it’s the smell of heaven! the feeling of the air is so warm, crisp & just all out beautiful. This is our pool right now, ready to just JUMP right in!"

I love the placement of all the circle & tag stickers throughout her page, adds great flow and balance to her design.

For my page, I created a structured design filled with lots of circle images and patterns for a cohesive look.

Supplies: Destination (Circle & Tag Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers), Persnickety (Circle & Tag Stickers, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Chipboard Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle & Licorice Whip), Christmas Town (Chipboard Stickers)

I too went with a summertime theme using snapshots of the bed & breakfast my husband and I stayed last summer in Nags Head. It has classic style that was simple with a subtle hint of vintage. It was just right and our room had a view of the Atlantic ocean, which I just adored.

I really like embellishing each patterned circle with the circle and tag stickers. It's a fun and simple way to pile on the elements while creating a little organized clutter.

Thanks so much for visiting with us today and I hope you are having as much fun with the awesome set of circle & tag stickers as we did.

Have a lovely Monday, xo!

 

Cards on Wednesday | More Chipboard Stickers inspiration

We hope you have been enjoying this weeks focus on the new Lily Bee Chipboard Embellishments!

Today, Summer and I are here to share a few different takes on using the chipboard embellishments to create both some clean and simple and more intricate cards.

Summer always amaze me at how has the ability to create simple and gorgeous projects and these cards are no exception!

 

Although Summer kept her basic designs clean and simple, she added a lot of texture just by using different pieces of the chipboard embellishments.

Supplies: Destination (Letter & Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle and 6x6 Tiny Tablet) 

It's as easy as layering some of the chipboard pieces over patterned paper to create a simple but effective card! She adds more texture by adding a little bakers twine in the mix!

Next, she created this cute card by lining up

Supplies Used: Destination (Letter & Chipboard Stickers and Embellishment Bundle)

 

Again, I love how she has added just a little twine to the chipboard to create layers of texture!

I took a slightly different approach to my cards. For this card, I used the chipboard to create a window flower box:

 

 Supplies used: Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps), Sweet Shoppe (Chipboard Stickers)

Layering the chipboard over each other adds a lot of height and chunkiness to your card!

Next, I create this card by just adding in some of the chipboard pennant shapes to the quilted background I made from some scraps of a tiny tablet pad:

Supplies used: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers), Pinwheel (Chipboard Stickers)

My last card was pretty simple - I just added the chipboard buttons to fill in some space from the label sticker!

Supplies Used : Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC letter stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe(Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle)

Hope you have enjoyed this cards! Please come back and check out what the rest of the team has created with these awesome chipboard embellishments!

 

May Sketch Challenges | One More Time

Hi Lily Bee fans!  Christine here, along with Patricia, showing you another take on our monthly layout and card sketch challenges!  You can see the original May layout sketch post here, and the card sketch post here.  Since our focus this week is on chipboard embellishments, Patricia and I have created projects that feature Liy Bee chipboard stickers.  If you have not yet played along with this month's sketch challenges, you still have time to link up!

 

Here is our May layout sketch.

 

Here's Patricia's layout using the sketch.

Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Cotton Candy Paper, Strawberries and Cream Paper, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Pinwheel (Flower Box Paper, Flip Flops Paper, Label Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Destination (80 Days Paper, Boarding Pass Paper, Landmark Paper, Luggage Paper, Atlas Paper, Souvenier Paper, Bon Voyage Paper, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers)

 

Patricia says, "I used the sketch by turning it and cutting a piece of cardstock to mask and mist squares onto the background.  Then I cut smaller squares from pattern paper to pop dot over them.  I wanted to be able to embellish around the squares with the chipboard pieces.  So I added pieces under the photo, pointing to the photo, and up towards the top of the misted squares.  All leading your eye back down to the photo.  I made this piece a little artsy because of our high school jazz band, and the chipboard word pieces fit perfectly for the theme."

 

I absolutely adore Patricia's interpretation of the layout sketch, and all the details she included!

 

Here is our May card sketch again.

 

My friend's birthday was this past week, so I used the sketch to make her a birthday card!

Supplies:  Pinwheel Collection (Lemonade Stand paper, Picnic Basket paper, Flower Box paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet paper pad, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers)

 

My interpretation of the card sketch was pretty straight-forward.  Instead of two circle embellishments on top, I used a bigger flower chipboard sticker to anchor the scallop strip across the top. 

 

The sentiment strip on the bottom left is anchored by a stack of chipboard embellishments, including a button tied up with twine.

 

We'd love to have you join us in both the layout and card sketch challenges for May!  How will you interpret the sketches? 

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's a few things to keep in mind:
- Your layout must use mainly Lily Bee products (approx. 50% - 60% older or newer lines to showcase Lily Bee Design).
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize.
- Title your post "5/7 Sketch Challenge" or "5/14 card sketch challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is May 31, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature.

Don't forget, you can enter multiple times! The more you play, the better your chances of winning!  :)

 

Happy creating!

Focus On: Chipboard Stickers

Happy Monday everyone!  This week are are sharing lots of projects featuring the chipboard stickers from all the new collections!  I love chipboard stickers and I am sure you do too!  They add instant dimension and fun to any project. Each new collection offers a sheet full of cute banners, shapes and word phrases.  Diane and I have used chipboard elements all around our pages. 

Let's start with Diane adorable page.  To make her photo pop, she put the focus on the chipboard banners.

Diane says:  I love having dimension on my layouts. Using the chipboard elements is a great way for me to achieve this look. On this layout I used the banner pieces in multiple sizes along with patterned paper and stickers to create a multi-dimensional layered banner. For the finishing touches to the banner, I added the black twine from the Embellishment pack. 

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Table-SST300, Marshmellow-SSP289, Cotton Candy-SSP285, Strawberries & Cream-SSP293, Chipboard Stickers-SSC295, Embellishment Bundle-SSB296, Chit Chat Stickers-SSS299, Circles & Tags-SS341), Memorandum (ABC Stickers-MES135)

I used the chipboard banners in a different way to create my layout.

I decided to turn the banners on their sides. I placed either a cirlce sticker or a hand cut word circle at the end of each banner. I like how it resembled shooting fireworks.  I also added the chipboard speech bubble and buttons to highlight my focal point. 

Supplies:  Pinwheel (Lemonade Stand, Cherry Blossom, Jump Rope, PIcnic Basket, Flip Flops and Flower Box papers; Chipboard Stickers; Embellishment Bundle; Chit Chat Stickers; Letter Stickers; Circle and Tag Stickers)

Be sure to visit the blog all this week to see how chipboard can bring your project to the next level.

Focus on Embellishment Bundle | Altered Project

Happy Friday Lily Bee friends. Summer here today with a super fun Altered frame. I admit I don't do many altered projects so I often find myself browsing the isles of JoAnn's or Micheal's looking for that prefect piece to alter. That is how this project was born.

I found an unfinished wood frame at JoAnn's for just a couple dollars. I threw away the glass, backed the opening in white and went to work. I then spray painted the frame black and distressed the edges. This was the end result.

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Gumball, Strawberries & Cream, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Chit-Chat Stickers), Victoria Park (Charcoal) and Double Dutch (Celery)

The layers of circles are perfect home for all the goodies you can find in the brand new Embellishment Bundles from Lily Bee. They say variety is the spice of life and the Embellishment Bundle is the perfect combination of decorative brads, buttons, flair and twine. I love how you get such a fantastic mix of product in one pack.

I hope you have enjoyed this altered frame. When you are sitting down next month to think about Father's Day remember this little project makes an awesome gift my husband has a couple of these on his desk at work.

Have a happy and safe weekend.

Cards on Wednesday | More Embellishment Bundle Inspiration

Hello and welcome to another edition of Cards on Wednesday. 

So far this week our designers have shared some incredible ideas on how to use the brand new Embellishment Bundles. The bundle includes so many fun embellishments all on one card- brads, buttons, badges and twine! 

Today me and Lisa Dickinson will share some ideas of how to use these items on cards. 

We'll start first with Lisa's cards: 

Supplies: Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers)

Lisa carried over the circle motif from the Destinations collection paper by using badges and buttons on her card. This adds such a fun touch and lots of texture to the card. 

When I first saw Lisa's cards I thought of how smart she was to create two cards using the same basic card design. Often times when we need a card we need it quickly and don't have time to muss and fuss with the details of coming up with an idea. She made these cute cards and kept each one fresh by using different papers and embellishments. I need to try this idea more often when I am in a hurry and need a card for someone. 

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers) 

Aren't her cards fantastic?

I also created a couple of cards using these new embellishments and really like the dimension that they add to a project. 

Supplies: Destination (Embellishment Bundle, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Circle and Tag Stickers, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Stickers)

For this first card I used two circle punches of slightly different sizes and punched some holes in my card base. I backed the holes with larger circles of patterned paper and then added a button, brad and some chipboard circles to continue the circle theme on the card. I added the label sticker backed with foam adhesive to add some variety in the shape and additional dimension to the card. 

Supplies: Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle), Persnickety (Index Journaling Card). 

To create the background for the card I cut a piece of cardstock slightly smaller than my cardbase and added strips of random widths. I trimmed down an index journaling card from the Persnickety collection and then used some little sentiments cut from the word bubble paper and added bits from the Embellishment Bundle to finish it off. 

Thank you for visiting the blog today. 

Have a wonderful day and please check back the rest of the week for more ideas on how to use the new Embellishment Bundles. 

 

May Card Sketch Challenge

Happy Tuesday!  Today I am celebrating how awesome the new Embellishment Bundles are for scrapbooking cards.  This celebration involves a new challenge for the month of May...the card sketch.

Here is the card sketch I created!

Here is my card!  I relied on the Pinwheel collection for its bright color palatte and playful sayings.

The Embellisment Bundle has buttons, brads, badges and twine. I incorporated the twine by wrapping it around the top of my card, creating a clothesline for the banners.  The button at the end helped me tie the clothesline up!

Look at this fun badge and the dimension it gives to a project!

Join us in the celebration this month - show us how you will interpret the card sketch.

We'll pick one winner from all our challenge entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's a few things to keep in mind:
- Your card must use mainly Lily Bee products (approx. 50% - 60% older or newer lines to showcase Lily Bee Design).
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post "5/14 Card Sketch Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is May 31, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

Happy creating!

Focus On Monday | Brad, Badge, Button and Baker's Bundle

Good morning Lily Bee fans! This week, our designers are going to feature one of our new products from winter 2013 CHA - the new Embellishment Bundle!

Each of Lily Bee's new collections - Sweet Shoppe, Pinwheel and Destination - have their own Embellishment bundle - brad, badges, buttons and baker's twine!

  

There are a lot of options all packed into one with this fun new embellishment set. Each of the three elements work really well together on a page - and each collection does too!

I created this page using these three Embellishment Bundles:

Supplies: Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Port Paper, Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers, Circles & Tag Stickers, Letter Stickers); Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Lemonade Stand Paper,  Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers, Circles & Tag Stickers, Letter Stickers); Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Letter Stickers, Circles & Tags Stickers), Autumn Spice (clear stamps)

You can see that each of the different elements in the Embellishment Bundle work well together, and also they would on their own too:

The fabric brads are one of my favorites - they add such a nice texture to the page!

Each of the 3 embellishments are just the right size for layering - instead of adding a punched circle - add a button, brad or badge! The baker's twine is nice and sturdy too and can easily be threaded through the buttons.

Thanks for stopping by the Lily Bee blog today and prepare to be inspired by our designers this week with all their takes on this fun NEW Lily Bee product!

 

Project Life on Friday

Happy Friday, Lily Bee fans!  Christine here today to show you some Project Life pages I made using the Destination and Sweet Shoppe Collections! 

I just happen to be on Week 16 of my Project Life, which included a short road trip to San Francisco.  I knew that the Destination collection would be perfect for it in my Project Life album.  I also had some photos of homemade ice cream and some friends over for dinner, which made Sweet Shoppe a must-use for me. )

This is my 3rd year doing Project Life and I have a pretty easy going philosophy this year.  I don't try to keep up.  If I don't get to it for a couple of weeks, I just start with the current week and get to the previous weeks if I can.  If I don't I'm not too worried.  I love looking at my previous years' albums and I figured any pages I get done is awesome.  I also don't use weekly title pockets to show what week it is, because I just want my album to be continuous and I don't want to HAVE to do a 2-page spread per week.  This is how I'm making Project Life work for me this year and it is much more enjoyable and less stressful!

For this week's pages, I used a lot of Lily Bee Chit Chat, label, and Circle & Tag stickers right on top of my photos.  I love the little touches they add to the page.

Lily Bee Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe Collection (Jelly Bean paper, Licorice Whip paper, Marshmallow paper, Label stickers, Chit Chat stickers, Circle & Tag stickers), Persnickety Collection (ABC Stickers)

I used a lot of patterned papers to make journal cards in this page.  Below I cut out a 3x4 piece of patterned paper and used a 2.5" square punch to punch out a window to look like a polaroid. Then I mounted it on top of white cardstock and wrote my journaling.

I hand-cut the banner out of the Sweet Shoppe Jelly Bean paper to make this journal card.

 

At the end of the week we went on a road trip to San Francisco, so I used the right side to document that.

Lily Bee Supplies:  Destination Collection (Atlas paper, Luggage paper, Tickets paper, Postcard paper, Passport paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag stickers, Chit Chat stickers, Label stickers, Letter stickers)

I created a title for this side because all the photos are about our road trip to San Francisco.  I love using the label sticker to stamp the dates!

I took little leaflets from the places we ate at.  They fit perfectly into the 3x4 slots with some patterned paper backing.

I used a circle tag sticker on top of a circle-punched patterned paper and centered it right onto my photo collage.

 

I loved using these versatile Lily Bee Design products in my Project Life pages!  Each collection made my pages come together easily.

Have a great weekend!