Lillybet's Papers

Welcome back to CTC for this week's entry - to be inspired by a 3D item or giftwrap and packaging from the Occasions Catalogue.You may have arrived here from Helen's great blog, or you may be starting here, but wherever you have arrived from you are very welcome, and I hope you enjoy linking to each blog in the hop for some great ideas. I have some boxes for you today. It's always so nice to give a beautifully wrapped present - both for the giver and for the recipient. Stampin' Up! have some great options to make it easy with a big range of tag options, gorgeous ribbons and boxes and bags.... Since Christmas is also a time when budgets are stretched it's a great opportunity to take advantage of the hugely discounted items in the Clearance rack. Have you been and had a look lately? I have decided to showcase some of the great gift wrap options for you. Here are some great Gift Boxes which come flat and are super easy to assemble The gift tag is 2...

I think any paper crafter can easily understand why the adult colouring craze has taken off - we've been doing it for relaxation for ages. I am particularly enjoying colouring in with my blender pen and using the aqua painter as a finishing touch, and the Lighthearted Leaves set is perfect for this. Here are a few samples I was working on recently. I wonder if paint by numbers is the next craze to return?  Sadly Lighthearted Leaves won't be returning so if you like the look of what you can do here you need to order it before the catalogue retires. It's easy if you go to my online store here or you can drop me an email and Ill be happy to order it for you.  thanks for looking, Liz

The LightHearted Leaves set is so lovely to use. I am really enjoying colouring in the different images. Some with multicoloured leaves and some just plain. This Christmas set uses Tip  Top  Taupe as the base, which I have decorated with a few simple  horizontal lines  scored with my scoring board and a strip of silver glimmer paper. The leaf image is stamped with Cucumber Crush which is such a gorgeous vibrant and fresh green. I have filled in the leaves with the blender pen and coloured the berries with a red marker. I have been wanting to try the technique for the edges and this card seemed the perfect one to use it. I simply ran the edges of the card (Saharah  Sand) along the Versamrak ink pad, and then dragged the edges through a little pile of silver embossing powder. It's super easy and I love the effect. To finish the berries I dotted some dazzling diamonds glue over the red. Simple and easy, and a little bit stylish! Thanks for l...

The Challenge this week is to Just Add Music at Just Add Ink, so this is my entry for the Challenge. I only recently bought the Vintage Leaves stampset and I love it. I already had the framelits which I purchased with the Lighthearted Leaves set - also gorgeous - and I have made quite a selection of cards with that set which you can see on another post ( here ). This is a set of thankyou cards which i made for a friend and they are all watercolour wash backgrounds using Cherry Cobbler, Rich Rzzleberry, Old Olive, Night of Navy and Wild Wasabi. She loved them! The leaf is embossed with clear embossing powder on Night On Navy. I always stamp the inside of the card and the envelope to match with a collage of images. These are from Vintage Leaves, Painted Petals and French Foliage. For this one I inked up the embossing folder. This one has versamark and clear embossing powder lightly applied to the raised embossed ridges. Thanks for lo...

Welcome back to the weekly inspiration using the Catalogue as a springboard for creative ideas. The full list of participants this week is at CASEing the Catty  You may have arrived from Kathryn's beautiful blog   I hope you find some inspiration to get your Christmas crafting underway. There are so many bundles in this Christmas catalogue which makes crafting so much easier. I have chosen the beautiful Flurry of Wishes bundle this year, which is strange for me because Snowflakes have never symbolised Christmas for me but this set is just lovely. the photopolymer images have a celtic feel to them and the matching punch makes it super easy to whip up some great cards. We had a Christmas Stamp-a-stack recently and these are the cards we made. I am grateful to the original designer of this card since I have CASEd the layout from somewhere on Pinterest but it's such a gorgeous layout and perfect for a class.  I changed up the colour scheme to use Cru...

I have been using a few Australian made dies recently and love the new Grasstree die which comes in a set with the old Rusty Ute. These are some sets of cards I have  made using strips of old maps-( these are from the Mundubbera sheet 9046) and the grass tree die. I have cut the shape from Always Artichoke card and then sponged the flower stems with Early Espresso, and stamped some foliage texture on the leaf base using leaves from French Foliage. I love how they have turned out. The envelope and the inside of the card also have some stamping using images from Tap, Tap, Tap, Gorgeous Grunge and Because you Care. I love to layer these sorts of images to finish off my cards. They come packaged like this. thanks for looking, Liz

Well I was too late - actually too busy - to get my post ready for last week but I had made the little boxes for the markets so thought I would add them in to the mix anyway post production... There are some gorgeous projects in the CTC bloghop this week and I hope you have been able to get some inspiration. You can find the full list of design team members and links to their posts here . I think Julia is right, they add a fresh take on classic Christmas colours.   I have done these little boxes as cards in the past for Easter, ( You can see them here  ) but they are so effective I thought I would do some for Christmas - and I had quite a few which sold at the Biloela Art and Craft Fair recently.  Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of all of them before I went. They also look really effective hanging from a tree too. The Tiny Treat Boxes are such good value at $12.25 for 25. You need to make a little bridge from Kraft card - the same way a...

Welcome to my blogpage , you  may have come from the amazing Alison 's great blog, or you may be starting here, either way I hope you can continue around all the designers for some inspiration. The full list of participants is here if you get lost. This week we are CASEing the Section of the Catalogue from pages 42-45 , but since it's Christmas rapidly approaching and I'm in Chrismas creating mode around here I've found Rudolph in the woods! Actually I have been pushed for time so was looking for something quick and easy to make. The cards on the bottom page 42 are both quick makes. This is where the Catalogue is a great resource as you can flick through for some inspiration and you can be confident that the layout will work. There's nothing more disheartening than spending a long time creating something and then feeling that the balance is somehow a little off.  Hence the CASEing the Catty philosophy. And it's always amazing to see what other designers se...

Well I was too late - actually too busy - to get my post ready for last week but I had made the little boxes for the markets so thought I would add them in to the mix anyway post production... There are some gorgeous projects in the CTC blogshop this week and I hope you have been able to get some inspiration. I think Julia is right, they add a fresh take on classic Christmas colours.   I have done these little boxes as cards in the past for Easter, ( You can see them here ) but they are so effective I thought I would do some for Christmas - and I had quite a few which sold at the Biloela Art and Craft Fair recently. They also look really effective hanging from a tree too. TheTiny Treat Boxes are such good value at $12.25 for 25. You need to make a little bridge from Kraft card - the same way as you would if you were making a card-in-a box - and then just embellish away. You can do almost anything as long as you make sure it will still fit in the envelope when folded fla...