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! 

 

Inspired by PageMaps Day 2

Good morning Lily Bee fans! We are sharing more layouts inspired by PageMaps sketches. Becky's sketches are a great starting point to get your creative mojo flowing. Let's see how they inspired our design team.

Becky Williams

Supplies: Pinwheel (Kite Strings, Picnic Basket), Domestic Bliss (Stickers), Persnickety (Snooty, Ritzy), Sweet Shoppe (Marshmellow, Chipboard Stickers, Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Circle & Tag Stickers), Handmade (Index Journaling Cards), Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet). 

Cindy Liebel

Supplies: Destination: (Tickets, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers & 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Pinwheel: (6x6 Tiny Tablet & Circle & Tag Stickers), Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet & Chit Chat Stickers) & Happily Lost (Amazing Views)

Nicole Nowosad

Supplies: Pinwheel- Flip Flops, Lemonade Stand, Jump Rope, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Letter Stickers; Sweet Shoppe – Cotton Candy, Marshmellow, Pink Mint, Chipboard Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers, Letter Stickers; Destination – Luggage, 6x6 Tiny Tablet; Persnickety- Mixed Cardstock Stickers, Index Journal Cards

Lisa Dickinson

Lily Bee Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Licorice Whip, Gumball, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle); Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Embellishment Bundle); Memorandum (Journal Index Card)

 

I hope these layouts have inspired inspire you to check out Becky's new June sketches AND play along with the June PageMaps sketch challenge. Details can be found on the PageMaps blog.

Come back tomorrow for more new layouts from our design team using Becky's June PageMaps sketches.

 

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 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. 

 

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!

 

Focus on Monday| Moms and Mommihood ♥ Plus NSD Winners

 

Hello and welcome to a brand new week here at Lily Bee. This week we are focusing on moms, whether it be our mom, being a mom or anything else related to that. We are grateful for all of the women who have had an influence for good in our lives- moms, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, teachers, friends and on and on. We hope you'll be inspired this week as we celebrate these wonderful women and the blessing of being a mom. 

To start off today we have a fantastic page from Diana Fisher. 

She shares, "As a mom, there is nothing better than watching your child love and succeed in something they are passionate about. It makes you feel like you've done your job in raising them to be at their best at all times. I love watching my son play baseball. You can see the intensity on his face and he is so excited to play or practice. I love watching him get better with each game, and knowing that I have a part in raising him to be amazing makes me very proud."

Supplies: Pinwheel (Flower box, Sprinklers, Cart wheels, Chipboard stickers, Circle & Tag stickers, Chit chat stickers, Brad, Badge, Button & Baker's Bundle, Letter Stickers, Label Stickers.

I really like how Diana used a variety of embellishments on her page yet still managed to keep it nice and clean. Here are some more cute details using the new Chit Chat and label stickers: 

I really like how Diana added her title stickers right on top of her photo. I tend to be hesitant to do so just in case for some reason I might change my mind. Diana has inspired me to try it, though! I really like the effect on her layout.

For those who might not know this about me, I have four daughters. I was raised in a family with six girls, me being the second oldest. We don't have even one brother, and out of all of our kids there is one single boy. We seriously considered throwing a parade in my sister's honor for having the first boy. My husband likes to tease me that the genes in our family are too strong and overpower the ability to have boys! Ha ha! I think it's kind of funny. 

Anyway, for our Focus on Moms feature I wanted to create a layout about my four sweet girls:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Marshmellow, 6x6 Tiny Tablet), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards), Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Pinwheel (Letter Stickers, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers).

I have learned so much from these girls and am so proud to be their mom. I think that they teach me far more than I do for them. What a wonderful blessing they are to me. 

I really like the new alphabet stickers and think it's fun to mix up the colors and sizes on my projects. Here I've mixed up the stickers with some diecuts made with my Cameo. 

The heart bokeh paper from the Sweet Shoppe is one of my favorites from the new releases. It was the perfect backdrop for this page. I mixed in some Persnickety and bits and pieces of Destination and Pinwheel as well. I really like that you can mix the collections together. 

Make sure to come back every day this week for even more inspiration celebrating Moms. 

Before we go, we had a ton of fun with you on National Scrapbook Day. Thanks so much for spending part of your day tagging your Instagram friends and answering questions on Facebook! We have a few rnadomly drawn winners! If your name is listed below, please send an email with NSD Winner in the subject line to heather@lilybeedesign.com.

• Facebook Winner (Pinwheel Collection Kit) - Izzy B. Anderson said, "I love NSD. I made a nice big mess and a few pretty projects."
• Instagram Winners (Destination Collection Kits) - two winners: justjingle who tagged mprantner

Congrats to all the winners. Thanks for visiting Lily Bee today. 

Kristen's News On Friday

Happy Friday Everyone!  I am so happy to say that our new products started shipping two weeks ago.  So for those of you who have been anxiously and patiently waiting you can find them in stock at Two Peas in a Bucket, and Scrapbook.com.  Be sure to check with your LSS store's as well for those of you who are lucky enough now days to have one.

Congratulations to our April Challenge Winner Denise Price.  She participated in our Inspiration Challenge and created this Love card using our Persnickety Collection.  Please email Jill at wholesaleATlilybeedesign.com and we will send a box of goodies to you. 

 

Scrapbook Circle is featuring Lily Bee in their May Main Kit, called My Favorite.  The kit features our Sweet Shoppe Label Stickers and Destination Paper.  

In their Add-On Kit, Sugar & Spice, you can find our Pinwheel Embellishment Bundle which is a MUST-have loaded with your favorites embellishments on one little card.

We are also teaming up with them and sponsoring a joint challenge mid-month and our fans will have a chance to win the My Favorite kit. We will give away a collection kit to those who play along with the Scrapbook Circle challenge, posting on 5/10.  So be sure to check back for the details.

I Spy some super fun projects using Lily Bee.  First up is Katie Scott's Keep Calm and Travel On layout.  Love the bright cheerful colors she has used from our Handmade Collection.

Another layout from Toni From.  She's got her hands on our newest papers from the Pinwheel Collection.  Love her layering around her photo.

Zuzana Obert created this darling card of encouragement using our Persnickety Paper.

Be sure follow our May Guest Designer Paige Evans.  We are excited to have her and look forward to her projects using Lily Bee this month. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Focus On | Trendspotting

Hello Lily Bee friends & welcome to a brand new week here on the Lily Bee blog!  I'm Wendy Sue and this is my first time hosting on the blog - I'm excited to introduce this week's theme - Trendspotting!  Our team has been busily tracking down the latest trends and working on fun projects to share with you throughout the week.  Today, Nicole and I are teaming up to share a couple of trend-infused layouts with you!

First up, here's Nicole's gorgeous layout:

And here's what she had to say: 

I’m not gonna lie - I spend way too much of my time on Pinterest.   When looking for inspiration for this project, a few things popped out at me -- neutral p allette pages, metallics &/or ombre designs. I love the look of  each, so why not combine them into one!

I gathered some of my favorite Lily Bee  papers, using the 6x6 Tiny Tablets, and punched some circles in varying degrees  of color and them layered them onto cardstock. I added in the metallics through  stitching and some sequins from my stash and voila! the page was done !

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Chipboard Stickers), Pinwheel (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Christmas Cheer (Mini ABC stickers), Stationery (Oatmeal paper), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet), Autumn Spice (Clear stamps, 6x6 Tiny Tablet)

I've been loving all of the unique takes on projects using the triangle trend that is so popular right now!  I decided to incorporate a slew of triangles onto a layout and this is the outcome:

I didn't start out with much of a plan - just started cutting triangles and arranging them on the background until I came up with a pattern I liked. 

I also added some circle elements just for fun (you might notice they are arranged in a "visual triangle" which is another fun triangular design element!)

I added some word stickers with little staples, and even added machine stitching to some of my triangles.

I completed my layout by adding a photo strip and a bit of hand journaling.

Supplies: Pinwheel (Cherry Blossom, Lemonade Stand, Picnic Basket, Lime Rickey, Jump Rope, Flip Flops, Cart Wheels, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers)

I love following the latest trends and watching to see how the trends can be incorporated into any person's projects, regardless of their personal style! What are your favorite trends - have you tried them out on your projects yet? What are you waiting for?!?

   

Outside your window | Challenge

Good morning Lily Bee fans!! Becky Williams and I are here today to share with you a little challenge. This week on the Lily Bee blog, we are exploring what is outside the window! 

We were challenged to scrap 4 photos about "things" out our window - and no PEOPLE !

For a lot of people, the spring weather has not been co-operating.... Becky shares this pretty page today:

Supplies: Pinwheel (Sprinklers, Flower Box, Flip Flops, Picnic Basket, Cartwheels, Cherry Blossom, Chit Chat Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Destination (Port, Bon Voyage, Souvenir), Christmas Cheer (Index Journaling Cards), Persnickety (Index Journaling Cards, 6x6 Tiny Tablet). 

Becky shares this with us:

We'd been enjoying kind of a crazy Spring so far but loved the warmer weather until it decided to snow! Yep, snow in Texas in April. I'd just taken pictures of the flowers in our yard, signs of Spring, and then we got the snow- thankfully the flowers survived. I mostly take pictures of my family so this challenge was a nice change of pace for me and helped me to take a closer look at the beautiful things around me, even in the snow. 

I love how Becky has layered stickers and her fussy cut paper pieces!

Take a look at those pretty butterflies too! Makes me hopeful for spring for sure!

Well, up here in Canada, the weather is bad. In fact, as I type this, there is snow falling again. Truth be told, the only thing you would see out my window today is snow! So, I pulled out some photos from last summer for this challenge:

Supplies: Sweet Shoppe (Patterned Paper - Lemon Drop, 6x6 paper pad), Pinwheel (Patterned Paper - Kite Strings, 6x6 Paper Pad, Chipboard Stickers), Autumn Spice (Clear Stamps), Persnickety (Journal Cards)

Although I scrapped about summer, I used a lot of fun, spring color from both the Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe collections. The Lemon Drop paper is perfect for large sunbeams, which I detailed with some gold metallic thread:

The Pinwheel collection has a lot of great colors in it for spring - and those hexagon piechart shapes are perfect!

You can see that the chipboard embellishments add just the right amount of texture to your page ! I love the florals in the Pinwheel collection.

How will you interpret this challenge???? Do you have some ideas flowing already? Well, share them with us and 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 at 60% Lily Bee products.
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post "4/16 Challenge" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is April 30, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

The more you play, the better your chances of winning!

Cards on Wednesday | Inspired by Quotes

Welcome to another Cards on Wednesday post!

This week at Lily Bee we are sharing what inspires us to create and for our post today Summer and I have created cards inspired by some of our favorite quotes. 

There are many places where you can find quotes: your favorite books, movies or songs, billboards, poems and if you are like us, you find them on Pinterest. It seems that there is a bounty of scrappy inspiration waiting to be found there!

Summer created a card based on this inspiration found on Pinterest: 

And here is the card that she created:

Summer said, "I combined the idea of the graphics of a subway sign and the use of the negative cut outs to create this card. I love to play with the text so when I sat down to create this card I knew I was going for a simple bold look. Kraft cardstock is one of my go to colors because it is such a neutral base. Colors pop and ideas sing with a great neutral base."

Here is a closer look at her card: 

I really like how Summer layered the butterflies and added the jewel centers. 

Supplies: Pinwheel (Kite Strings, Lemonade Stand, Sprinklers Flower Box & Lime Rickey Patterned Papers) and Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle)

Isn't it fantastic? Her clean and simple style always includes just the right details. 

You can find more quotes that inspire Summer on her Pinterest board here.

The first quote that I used for my card inspiration was this which can be found on my Pinterest board here: 

This is the card I created using strips of paper from the new Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe collections:

I used a small star punch and kraft cardstock and like the look of the neutral kraft against the brighter colors. 

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Cherry Blossom, Sprinklers, Cartwheels), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Lemon Drop, Lollipop, Candy Stick, Cotton Candy), Persnickety Collection (ABC Stickers). 

My second card was inspired by this quote: 

I really like how the "Be You" is in a different color and did the same on my card. What an important message this sends, don't you think? 

I put my paper punches to work on this card, too. I added a few paper strips to the Pinwheel paper background and simply added the quote using ABC Stickers. 

Supplies: PInwheel Collection (Cherry Blossom, Picnic Basket, Sprinklers), Persnickety Collection (ABC Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Lemon Drop). 

We hope that you have been inspired to create using some of your favorite quotes and that if you do create something new (or if you've created something quote-inspired in the past) please share your project with us on our Facebook page or on Flickr.

Have a wonderful day!

Cards On Wednesday | Spring

It's Wednesday & that means it's time for another round of Cards On Wednesday!
This week we've been featuring projects with an Easter & Spring theme.
We continue that theme today with some cards created by Christine and myself.

First up is Christine with three fabulous Spring cards she created:

Supplies: Destination Collection (Landmark Paper, Tickets Paper, Souvenir Paper,
Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers)




Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Picnic Basket Paper, Ice Cream Truck Paper,
Lemonade Stand Paper), Destination Collection (Embellishment Bundle twine)




Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe Collection (Cotton Candy paper, Lemon Drops paper,
Jujube paper, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers, Chit
Chat Stickers)




Christine says this about her cards: 
When I think of spring, I think of birds, flowers, and blue skies.  So I thought
it would be fun to make cards that have those themes on them.  I used my
Silhouette to cut out the shapes on my cards.  I also thought it would be fun to
use one Lily Bee collection for each card.  These cards make me want to go
outside and enjoy the warmer weather!








Next up are a couple of cards I created:





Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle), Pinwheel (Lime Rickey
Paper, Lemonade Stand Paper, Picnic Basket Paper), Desitination (Luggage Paper, Souvenier Paper,
Chipboard Stickers), Christmas Cheer (ABC Cardstock Stickers)

Spring reminds me of new beginnings. New growth, new life. Flowers blooming,
birds chirping, the smell of rain...it's all so beautiful! I decided to create
my cards focusing the refreshing new beginnings:






Supplies:  Sweet Shoppe (Licorice Whip Paper, Embellishment Bundle), Pinwheel (Lemonade Stand
Paper, Apricot Tree Paper, Flip Flops Paper, Chipboard Stickers), Destination (Luggage Paper),
Persnickity (ABC Cardstock Stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers)

I can't get enough of banners lately. I use them on almost everything I use. Many different
ways of course...but banners are so fun to play with!

We hope you've enjoyed our Spring inspiration today. Don't forget to come back
by tomorrow for more Spring goodies!

Have a great day!

     

Focus On: Easter/Spring Has Sprung

Good morning!

It is Monday once again and that means that we're introducing a new theme for the week! This week we are focusing on Spring and the upcoming Easter holiday. 

While Mr. Groundhog told us we'd have an early Spring I think that some of us are having a few doubts. 

Hopefully the projects that Adrienne and I have to share today will help those of you fighting the Winter blues and inspire all of you to create something new and Spring-y this week. 

We will start off today with a happy layout from brand-new Design Team member, Adrienne Alvis. When this showed up in my inbox in preparation for our post today I was even  more excited that she's now a part of our team. It's incredible, don't you think? 

I really like how Adrienne used both the negative and positive image of her diecuts. What a great way to add a lot of detail and texture and bring focus to her photograph.

Adrienne shares, "Nothing says, 'it's Spring' to me more than mud puddles! I was inspired by this fun photo of my daughter breaking in her new rubber boots to use my Silhouette Cameo to cut out a puddle and some splashes using the Pinwheel Lemonade Stand paper. I layered some Sweet Shoppe Jelly Bean paper underneath and popped out a few splashes using some dimensional adhesive. I used a few of the adorable Spring-themed chipboard stickers from the Pinwheel Collection adn embellished soem Chit Chat stickers on top of them. I used my Cameo to cut out a few extra clouds to emphasize my theme and sewed them directly onto my page. I'm so excited to be sharing my creations with you here at Lily Bee!"

Here are a few detail shots of her layout:

I love how she pays such close attention to little details like layering and stitching. Seeminly simple things that add extra pizzazz to her layout. 

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection ( Sprinklers Paper, Lemonade Stand Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Chit Chat Stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Jelly Bean Paper, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle and Tag Stickers). 

We are so happy to have Adrienne as part of the team!

For our Spring/Easter feature this week I decided to create a little Easter decor for my home. 

Just like Adrienne did, I put my Silhouette Cameo to work to cut out these cute projects using a mix of the new Lily Bee Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe collections. 

First I created the Easter Bunny/Carrot garland by cutting out the shapes on my Cameo and taping twine to the back of the shapes. 

The second thing I created were these little treat bags:

These are a quick and simple project that you can make and fill with little candies or a note for a loved one. I cut the bag from white cardstock and embellished with Lily Bee paper and stickers. 

I also decorated a plain white gift bag by using one of the extra bunny die cuts left over from my garland. I added a Pinwheel label sticker and some Persnickety alpha stickers to finish it off. 

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Apricot Tree, Sprinklers, Ice Cream Truck, Circle & Tag Stickers, Label Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Lemon Drop, Lollipop, CIrcle & Tag Stickers), Persnickety Collection (ABC Stickers). 

I hope that you've enjoyed our projects today and that they help to get you into a Spring/Easter mood. Maybe the weather will start to cooperate with us and it will begin to feel a bit more like Spring as well!

Stay tuned throughout the rest of the week for more Spring and Easter-inspired projects. 

 

Challenge Tuesday: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Morning Lily Bee fans! Nicole here today to share a layout made with the new Destination line and issue you a challenge!

This week we are celebrating the new Destination collection by Lily Bee on the blog - and so keeping "destination" in mind, the challenge this week is to create a layout using any form of transportation!

Supplies used: Destination (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Atlas Paper, Passport Paper, Embellishment bundle, Chipboard stickers, ) Persnickety (clear stamps), Christmas Cheer (ABC stickers, Journaling cards),  Autumn Spice (clear stamps), Handmade (ABC stickers)

I decided that my take on the transportation theme would be a hot air balloon - and it was super easy to create, with the help of my Cameo. I cut 5 geotag shapes and then folded them in half and adhered them back to back to create the hot air balloon shape.

I added one of the new pennant banner chipboard shapes, up-side down, to create the basket of the balloon.

I then paper pierced a quick sun out of a punched circle from the tiny tablet and some stitched sun-rays over top of a journaling card:

I really love the vibrant red polka dot pattern in the Destination collection to off-set all that yummy woodgrain in the collection and knew that it would be great to create the parts of my title around the page:

So, now it is your turn to show us what you've got! Create a layout with a mode of transportation on it! Easy Peasy right! Here are the details:

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 at 60% Lily Bee products.
- Post your layout to our Facebook Page or Flickr Gallery to be eligible for monthly challenge prize. 
- Title your post "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" so we can find it easily and then leave a comment on this blog post letting us know you've entered.
- Deadline is March 31, 2013, Midnight CST
- One winner from all the challenges will be announced in next month's Kristen's News feature. 

The more you play, the better your chances of winning! 

Beautiful Destination

Happy Monday everyone!  This week we are sharing our new Destination collection through a variety of beautiful projects!  Destination is an amazing travel line that can also easily be used for multiple, everyday themes!  Bold primary colors and gorgeous woodgrain are featured throughout!

Today, I am sharing a travel inspired layout.  When scrapbooking our vacations, I like to create some pages that are about the funny or moving moments during the trip.  On a recent vacation to Washington, DC my daughter and I were soaked by huge sprinklers set out all around the monuments.  I decided to use that occurence to kick off my design.

I utilized my electronic cutter to create the hexagon cut-outs and decided to use the negative space as water drops.  I popped my page with the bright, happy reds in this collection.

I used the tag and new Chit Chat Stickers to place corresponding words to go with my theme.  I love the include the year in a visible place on my pages and the smaller Lily Bee alphabets makes that possible.

Supplies:  Destination (Boarding Pass, Port, TIckets, Passport, Landmark, Postcard Papers, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers), Persnickety (Alphabet), Sweet Shoppe (Embellishment Bundle Twine)

This collection will take your work to beautiful places!  Come back all this week to see what our design team has whipped up for you!

Focus on Monday: Celebrating Four Years of Lily Bee!

Good morning, everyone! And welcome to a very special week here on the blog as Lily Bee celebrates its fourth birthday! All week long we'll be throwing a party with lots of inspiration, ideas, and prizes! The festivities officially kick off tomorrow, and today I'm here to share a little bit of early celebration with you.

Supplies: Autumn Spice (Nutmeg, Brown Sugar, All Spice); Persnickety(Finicky, Index Journal Cards, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, ABC Cardstock Stickers)

All of the design team's projects this week will focus on some sort of celebration, and I chose to make a layout using photos from my husband's birthday dinner last year. I do have more photos from this day to scrap, but I had Lily Bee's Persnickety and Autumn Spice collections out on my desk as I was looking for photos, and the blues, yellows, and warm tones of the papers worked perfectly with these photos of his celebratory meal.

 

Be sure to check back every day this week for more fun as Lily Bee celebrates four inspiring years!