Lillybet's Papers

Daffodil Delight, Petite Petals Punch, Itty bitty Accents Punch Meadow Moss, Blackberry Bliss, Best of Flowers Stampset and Scallop circle Punch, Bitty Accents Punch, Venetain romance DSP Found a groovy little box by SU demonstrator Sam Donald from Pootles.co.uk. She makes a myriad of boxes and I have tried quite a few. This one caught my eye and I made several for the markets, and we did this design in class this weekend. I have used several different sets of DSP and matching cardstock rather than stamp the cards, and I have altered some of the measurements to make it easier (for me) for cutting out. The boxes and lid measures are unchanged . Box 7 3/16" square, score at 2" on each side, Lid 6 1/4" square, score at 1 1/2" on each side, However for the card fronts I used: Mat 2 3/4"' square, DSP 2 1/2" square, and for the lid Mat 3" square, DSP 2 3/4" square. The post on Pootles.co.uk is for 3x3 box for swaps for US ...

I love the card in a box style and have been wanting to try this technique with the Open Sea sailing ship for my Dad's birthday. He was in the RAN and has enjoyed a trip on a sailing ship (the eldest crew member on the Young Endeavour) so I think he will like this. Masculine cards can be a bit of a challenge! I am also entering this in the SUO challenge- to use an embellishment (page 208-209 of the Annual Catalogue). there are such a lot to choose from I have made this style before (see posts here(Jan 9) and here for directions and measurements). I am also in awe of a french paper crafter Lezards de Cilou and she inspired me to try and get more detail in the elements. So after heat embossing with Early Espresso powder and cutting out the ship I have used the blender pen and some More Mustard ink to colour the sails, then manually embossing with the stylus. I am quite happy with the effect. Ink colours include Island Indigo, Pool Party and Coastal Cabana for the sea, and Mar...

This weekend was Father's Day here in Australia, and Just Add Dad is the challenge for Just Add Ink this week.  You can check out the great cards by the design team here . This simple banner card was one of the designs I made for Father's Day this year for my stall at  The Handmade Expo Markets. I had forgotten how much I like stitching on cards - the effort of getting the machine out is really worth it!  Sahara Sand and the Champagne Glimmer Paper work well with the Hello Honey. I am also entering this in the Pals Paper Arts Challenge  which is a colour challenge this week. There's a tiny bit of blackberry bliss in the fabulous DSP. Here is another sample of the same style of card My other Father's Day Card is the Tag Card,  which is slightly more elaborate but definitely worth the effort.  You can find the instructions for this on my blog here .  It is the August 6th entry. Thanks for looking, and I hope all the f...

This great sketch was quite easy to use, and I was keen to use up the leftovers from my card class today - christmas with the Festival of Trees Set. (more photos of those later)  I have used one of my favourite colour combinations - Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon and Kraft/ Crumb Cake. The Festival of Trees image is heat embossed with Pool Party powder which tones so beautifully with the Lost Lagoon. Unfortunately I used up all my ribbon in the class but I have a great stash of crochet cotton in matching colours to most of my cardstock thanks to my good friend and colour expert Sloane at Needlework cottage. One of the great products in the new Christmas Catalogue is the  Under the Tree Designer Series Paper. It has such  great weight and texture. . After watching the video from SU on Stampin Connection I was keen to try the spritzing colour on the kraft side because the white printing allows you to use the emboss resist technique. It's beautiful.  P...

I love the concept of CASE-ing the Catalogue and have been keenly following the blog regularly but haven't been able to participate for a while. Have missed the deadlines too often!!!! but it has been a great exercise to examine the weekly challenge and see what I would make if I had time?.... It has also made me more aware of how few card samples are actually in this catalogue. There are loads of packaging ideas/ entertaining ideas but not that many card layouts to copy. Since the challenge from the blog is to be inspired by an image, an embellishment, a colour scheme or any other layout ideas it makes you look at the pictures differently. I also like to participate in the Stampin Up Only Challenge and this time it's a Clean and Simple card - definitely a challenge for me to not add too much! I have taken inspiration from the cushions on page 101. I love the camera image and the colour scheme so I have used Hello Honey and Island Indigo to create this Clean and Simple Card u...

Some time ago I posted some photos of a few cards die cut with the great Little Letters Framelits so that the word stands up when the card is folded. See Little Letters Thinlits, Love, Love, Love these  (from July23). It's a great effect and I was asked to create tutorial to explain it. So Jacqueline I apologise for the delay but I have finally found some time to put this photo tutorial together. (I couldn't even contemplate creating a video).It is a picture -heavy post and I hope it is easy to understand, any questions please email me. These are a few Christmas notecards that I had fun playing with  (they will be cute table place cards) Begin by ruling a pencil line along the centre fold of your card base. Place the lower big shot plate on the cutting platform. Put the cardstock on the plate and then arrange the letters cutting side down with the base of the letter approx 3mm below the pencil line. Use a ruler or straight edge of cardboard to make sure they ...