Lily Bee Design

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!

 

Project Life on Friday

Good morning and happy Friday!  It's Adrienne here and I'm wrapping up this week's theme of using negative space with my Project Life spread for the week of April 1-7.

Lily Bee Supplies:  Destination Collection (Luggage Paper, Port Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers), Pinwheel Collection (Flip-Flops Paper, Cartwheels Paper, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Marshmellow Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers)

I try really hard to keep up with my Project Life.  I set aside time on Sundays to work on my spreads and it's become part of my weekly routine, which helps me stay on track.  I love going through my photos and notes at the end of each week and using that time to reflect on the week's events for me and my family. Some weeks fly by so fast that putting in the effort for this amazing project really makes it worth it when I can just flip back through the pages in my album and remember the "little moments" that I otherwise would've forgotten.

I love using negative space in my creations.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the letters in the date card in the above photo (top left).  I filled the negative space with a piece of the Marshmellow paper from the Sweet Shoppe Collection.  I also used both the positive and negative pieces of the "hello" speech bubble cut in my spread (top left and bottom left).

Another great way to incorporate negative space on your Project Life spread is to use the negative space on your photos!  I used several Label Stickers from the new collections and cut out bits from the Flip-Flops paper and added them directly onto my photos.  It's a great way to add journaling and embellishments for your Project Life spread without taking up any extra photo pockets.  

Here's a close-up of how I used negative space to create a sun ray effect next to a photo of my daughter playing on the merry-go-round at our local park.  I machine stitched each ray to add a bit of texture without adding any extra bulk.

And in this close-up you can see how I added some embellishments to the negative space of the photo of my son playing in the woods.

 

I hope this gives you some great ideas on how to use negative space for your next Project Life spread. Have a wonderful weekend! 

Project Life on Friday

Good Morning! I (Melissa M.) am  here today to share my project life album using some Lily Bee Design supplies!

Lily Bee Supplies: Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers, Mixed Stickers), Christmas Cheer (Mixed Stickers), Autumn Spice (Mixed Stickers). 

So far, I have stayed caught up this year with my Project Life album. I have taken a slightly different approach this year in keeping my weeks caught up. I have worked on it every two weeks. I upload my photos every week to the computer and edit and save them. At the end of the two weeks, I also load all my iPhone photos onto the computer so I can set them up in a new photoshop file to get them printed. Then, I upload all photos to get developed and complete the two weeks in one sitting. It generally takes me to one and a half to two hours and I will be done! So far, this process has worked great and I hope I will be able to keep it up through out the year!

I put my 6x6 Tiny Tablet from the Persnickety collection to good use on this week's spread. It is super easy to use those 6x6 sheets of paper to make quick 3x4 cards or even 4x6 cards. I cut down one to 4x6 and stitched the phrase "the good life" onto it and popped it in the protector. Quick & easy!

On this half of the week, I cut down the 6x6 sheets to 3x4 (I was able to get two cards from each sheet) and used them to staple my iPhone pictures too. I further embellished them with stickers and wood veneer pieces. I take a very easy approach to Project Life - I do not type out my journaling or use a lot of stitching. My tiny attacher has become my best friend for this project :-)

Thanks for stopping by this fine Friday! We will see you back here bright and early Monday morning!

Falling Back to Project Life

Good morning, Lily Bee fans! Melissa here, and back sooner than I expected with another Project Life layout. I hadn't intended to post two so close together, but when another team member needed to swap days with me and had a Project Life slot to be taken over, I took the opportunity to get another week of my 2012 album done! 

Lily Bee Supplies: Autumn Spice (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Cardstock Stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, Index Journaling Cards), Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Index Journaling Cards)

At the end of December I shared a bit of my laid-back approach to project life, so it's no surprise that I'm just now getting to election week in my album! I've actually scrapped a week or two after this one, but since I skip around a lot it seems that there are usually earlier weeks hanging around to complete. Since I like to be inspired by the supplies I want to use when I scrap a week, I let Lily Bee's Autumn Spice Tiny Tablet lead me to these photos full of fall colors!

 

I did mix some of the Persnickety collection in, as well, to bring a more "everyday" theme to these pages. The Mixed Cardstock stickers and Index Journaling cards were especially useful!

 

After seeing all the new Lily Bee collections unveiled this week, I'm excited by the possibilities for both traditional layouts and Project Life- especially by the new embellishments and label stickers!

 

Project Life + Being Thankful

Good morning, everyone! Melissa here to share a Project Life layout to finish out this week's Lily Bee blog focus on gratitude.

Supplies: Autumn Spice (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Cardstock Stickers, Index Journaling Cards, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, Clear Stamps)

There's a lot to be thankful for in life, and all I have to do is look at any given week in my Project Life albums to realize that! The pages are filled with adventures, family, special events, everyday life, dinners out, birthdays, vacations, and (for me at least) perhaps a few too many trips to buy ice cream. 

I've been slowly going back and catching up on the weeks of my 2011 Project Life album that I never completed, and while flipping through the unscrapped photos I came across some from a fall week where we spent the weekend out of town adventuring with family, then came back home to our cozy little house to find that we'd been blessed by an unexpected burst of autumn color. Was I grateful for this? Oh, yes! So I thought those photos + Lily Bee's Autumn Spice collection would be perfect for this month's Lily Bee Project Life post.

For these pages I turned to the Autumn Spice 6x6 Tiny Tablet for the patterned papers, then embellished with a few Index Journaling Cards, stickers, and clear stamps from the same collection. 

Thank you all so much for joining us here this week for our focus on being thankful!

Guest Designer | October | Marcy Penner

Hi Lily Bee fans! It's Thursday and our Guest Designer for October, Marcy Penner is here this week sharing ideas on using Lily Bee products for Project Life.

The minute I saw the new Lily Bee stamp sets I knew they're be perfect for Project Life.  I stamped numerous phrases and words (like "hi", "this week", "documented", "hello" and more) onto my labels and journaling cards.

And I'm quite particular with the shapes of hearts... this heart stamp is the perfect shape for me.

I cut out some random leaf shapes from the patterned paper, folded them in half and sewed them down onto one of my cards.

Thanks, Marcy!

Check back next Thursday for more with Marcy!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!