Lillybet's Papers

 Using up some of my River Rock cardstock and I think it pairs nicely with the Garden Green . I love the Lattice Die and have finally purchased it so have been playing with different layouts. The First Edition DSP is cut as a single piece to sit behind and i have punched 2 circles with the Small Scallop Punch from Raspberry Ripple . I distressed the circles with my bone folder until the cardstock separated and then layered them back together and scrunched them up for some depth. They are stitched with some linen thread and a small flower button  extra small flowers punched out with a retired flower trio punch. The Little Leaves sizzlit was used, and the Apothecary Framelits for the Green label. The Thankyou is also a retired stampset. different view, not the best photograph sorry! This was a card made at my latest class using the lattice die and Mixed Bunch. very easy and quite quick - always a bonus. We used Regal Rose and Naturals White as the card base, the gi...

I have recently purchased the  Hello Doily  stamp after seeing it used by a customer for her wedding invitations. It was stunning. So I have been playing with embossing the image with the Pewter Embossing  Powder. It's beautiful . This card uses Regal Rose card stock as the base, embossed with the Lacy Brocade embossing folder in the big shot. The doily is heat embossed on Crumb Cake card stock. I didnt have any seam binding left so died some white taffeta ribbon with crumb cake ink and loosely gathered it onto a piece of sticky strip.  Hemp thread, a crystal button and some of the soft Flower Trim roses which have been sponged with Regal Rose were added. Lastly I stamped a butterfly from  Kindness Matters  and 2 leaves from  French Foliage  in Certainly Celery, which I hand cut out and mounted with dimensionals. Happy mothers day is   is stamped from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments set. I will miss the Regal Rose colour when it retires...

I have always loved tiled patterns and these 2 Z fold cards make the most of the gorgeous Print Poetry Designer Series Stack (#129312 on page 16 of the Summer Mini). The inspiration for these cards came a card I saw on Pinterest  (terrible time waster!, but oh so good). Barbara at  barbarascraftcircle.blogspot.com  has a tiled card in the Midnight Muse. Mine are similar but I have done a 4x4 version and stepped them up a bit with some added details. Any small punch would work just as well and I would love to try one with a heart punch and also one with circles. Card Recipes: Midnight Muse: Crumb Cake Cardstock        14cm x 21 cm scored at 5.25cm and 10.5cm Strip of M.Muse cardstock   14cm x 5 cm embossed with Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder  Naturals Ivory Cardstock     9.5 cm square x 2 Midnight Muse Cardstock    9    cm  square Crumb Cake Cardstock        8.5...

The third folded card is an Easel and I can't find where i got the original measurements for this. I have an earlier version with Sale a Bration DSP also.  Pool Party keeps it nice and fresh  . The cardstock is 10.5cm wide x 29cm long. I marked 2cm along each long edge as a guide to where the score lines go to. Then it is scored at 2cm, 4cm and 16.5 cm from each edge into the 2cm guide line. Next it is scored between the 2cm guidelines at 14.5cm which is the centre fold ridge of the card. The stampin' Up Paper Trimmer is excellent for accurate scoring and cutting. The tricky part is to then make a cut along each 2cm guideline from the 2cm scoreline to the 16.5cm scoreline. It is then an easy matter to decorate with strips of DSP. I have 3 quite different looks just by switching papers. Hope you try this one it's fun!! Please contact me if you would like to order the fabulous trimmer. Cheers, Liz

Cards with folds are always interesting and in my latest class we made 4 different varieties. I don't know the correct names for them all but it was fun. Earlier posts show the trifold card I made for Easter ( one with Summer Silhouettes , the other with Established Elegance sets) , and this one is a bright fresh colour combo with Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade and the Best of Everything Set. I used the same measurements as before and instructions are on that page . This one has a completely different look - it's amazing how changing colours and stamping images can completely transform a card's look. The next one was a Twisted Easel Card, and I first saw this at Brisbane Regionals last year. I loved it and took some photos and came home and experimented with it. I used Calypso Coral and Wild Wasabi and a touch of Regal Rose ( I am sad this colour is retiring soon!) The stamp set is My Friend which is always very striking for it's simplicity. I apologise for ...