Lillybet's Papers

Welcome to the new timeslot for the CASEing the Catty bloghop, we are now uploading our projects on a Sunday night. Hopefully this will mean everyone is at home and able to deal with any technical issues straight away so that we can all experience seamless transfer from one site to the next all the way around the circle! With so many amazing projects to look at on the hop lets get started. If you  get lost along the way you can find all the participants here . If you have arrived from Jess's blog you will have seen some azamzing projects - she's super talented. So settle down with an evening cuppa and enjoy some beautiful projects as you end your weekend. This week we are taking inspiration from pages  9-21 of the Seasonal Catalogue. There is such a lot in this section. I wasn't sure where to start but my project comes from page 18, using the new Curvy Corner Trio Punch. It has taken me a little while to get used to it. The punch is divided in t...

Well it's World Card Making Day Saturday October 3 and I'll be away but I have made a card in advance to celebrate friendship and gratitude. I have used some of my all time favourite RETIRED sets and a bight colour combination of Night of Navy,  Melon Mambo,  Cucumber Crush Which are 3 of my favourite colours so I am going to enter it into Just Add Ink #281 I still love the detail the tiny tags add! The stamps are: French Script - my first ever Stamping' Up! purchase and still a fave... Perfectly Preserved Tiny Tags and Pursuit of Happiness IF you would like to make a card to celebrate World Cardmaking Day I'd love to see it, You can send me a photo and I'll load it here Thanks for looking, and I hope your day has some time for creativity in any form, Liz Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Well it's quite provident that this week's challenge at Global Design Project is BABIES!  (GDP#003) as I have a special baby card for some friends who have had a long and anxious wait. And she arrived this week safe and sound so this card is to welcome Heidi Maree. It is a folding card with a concertina of tags which I have made before for Father's Day (Accordion Tag Fold card)  and you can find the instructions here . It is a little hard to photograph so this is a picture heavy post, I hope you get the idea. I wanted something bright and cheerful so I have used a retired colour - the bright and lovely Pretty in Pink which tones beautifully with Strawberry Slush (also retired), and I have kept it to a monotone with only a few touches of silver. The retired set Hello Love has such sweet images, and it was a great opportunity to use the Alphabet Rotary Stamp to make this truly personal with her name and birthdate. The four different tags are a great canvas to...

This is a card for a beautiful friend of mine and I have made it with the same design as the Envelope Notecards used for CTC#48. I have had a few request for the sizes so thought I'd make another one and note the measurements as I went! I have used the English Garden DSP with some of it's lovely colours. Envelope is 71/4" square, Punch and score at 31/8"mark round all corners Mats Mossy Meadow   51/8" x   35/8" Mint Maccaron    5'       x   31/2" Shimmer White   43/4" x   31/4" The Belly Band is 13/4" Wide and I just cut a12" strip and trim to a comfortable length once I have made and embellished the card inside. I like to be able to almost slide a finger between the card and the band so it will slide off easily. I staple the band together (smooth side of the staple facing down on the envelope, i.e. on the inside of the band- if that makes sense) then just adhere an embellishment over the join and the...

Today's class was a fancy fold -another Diorama with the same dimensions as those previously pictured recently. (You can find them here  and here ) I love the Lighthearted Leaves set and have used gold heat embossing on a pale green (Pistachio Pudding here, but Mint Macaroon would work too) and some gold glimmer paper and gold ribbon on Crumb Cake card. (didn't quite get it published before the Just a Add Ink challenge to Just add Glimmer.....) The card is 10 1/2 " long scored at 31/2", 61/2", 7", and 10". You can alter the width to suit your needs, these are cut at 43/4 to fit into the notecard envelopes.  Add caption and an alternative... Stamps include Petite Pairs and Lighthearted Leaves, and A Whole Lot of Lovely. Thanks for looking, Liz Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Welcome back to CASEing the Catty for this round. You may have come from Rachel's beautiful project  or you maybe starting here. There are lots of great posts to visit. This week we are using new Designer Series paper from the Holiday Catalogue - and who doesn't love a pack of new paper? The problem of course is which one to choose.... followed by the problem of actually having to CUT into a pristine pack. ....I know you all know what I mean. I have lots of photos for you today to try and show off some of the designs, but it's not easy to capture and they always look so much better in real life. I have purchased two packs - the Happy Haunting pack on page 47, which I was inspired to get purely from the background piece on the Lighthearted Leaves card on page 44. I don't celebrate Halloween, nor am I usually all that partial to Orange shades, but maybe that's changing! because I really like the designs. The pack has several papers that are specifically...

Who says Halloween paper has to be for Halloween cards? I recently purchased the Happy Hauntings set because I was intrigued by the orange stripe pattern shown in the catalogue behind one of the cards. I am not normally partial to orange but I am challenging myself. A few of the pages are specifically "Haunting"  types but most are just dots, stars, stripes and geometric patterns. Easy to use. We will be making two of these little Envelope Notecards in my class this weekend (and next Thursday). I still have a few spots if you would like to join in. Just get in touch with me. The card uses the envelope punch board and closes with a belly band. They are easy and different and you can make a few at a time. As you can see they are all different and quite versatile. Where there were any images that seemed too 'Haunting' I simply did what all paper crafters do with a blemish - i stuck something else over the top of it- either pape...

Welocme back to the bloghop. We are launched onto the Christmas Catalogue. It's such an amazing Catalogue and there is so much in it to drool over!  You may have arrived here from Helen's great blog . I have to admit that I don't own any of the christmas Kits. My wish list from the new catalogue was quite extensive and kits were down the list a little but I do have some beautiful products to play with and to showyou (as well as some old favourites that have been in previous Christmas Catalogues). I was very taken with the bright fresh colour scheme of the To You and Yours Shaker Cards Project Kit. (p4).  I am off to The Handmade Expo Markets tomorrow and as well as cards I sell quite a few journals. Christmas is a time of planning so what better way to start getting organised than to have a dedicated Christmas planner- and the Shaker element was just the icing on the cake, as well as a little challenge! I had to tie some red cord around the base o...