Lillybet's Papers

Thankyou Narelle and the team at JAI for your inspiration sketch which popped up just at the right minute. I needed a layout for my last batch of Christmas cards (hopefully the last!!). I love the one under /one over strips so that worked perfectly- I wanted to use this gorgeous Mint Macaron ribbon- even though it's a retired colour I still love it. And it also gave me a chance to use up some other retired ribbons and metallic cardstock I've had lying around. Cards are made and written and will be in the post on my way to work. I'm also quite excited about my new business cards which I had printed to pop into my cards when I send them, Thanks to Lyssa Zwolanek at Song of My Heart Stampers for the inspiration for these. I hope you have a creative week and remember,  "don't just post online,  post something pretty!" cheers, Liz

Last CASEing the Catty hop for the year- boy that's been a busy year. I'm finishing with a quick and easy layout. I've been actively looking for cards in the catalogues that use up DSP, so this week's layout fits that criteria for me. I am also using one of the new sets which will be available from January 3 - unless you are a demonstrator - or become one before Jan 3 - in which case you can order it now. I think this set is going to be hugely popular- it's fun, whimsical, punchy and it doesn't require too much colouring! And it has a brilliant sentiment for a belated card - which I seem to need quite often. I've used it today.  And here's the layout that inspried me on page 47. A large circle with some simple stamping set to the right of the card a large piece of DSP set to the right edge of the card some coloured ribbon wrapped around under the circle featurand tied as a bow a sentiment stamped in the same colour and layered up...

Welcome back, This is a long post so grab a cuppa and enjoy! I have all sorts of goodies to share. Although it's perilously close to Christmas and I'm behind the timeline for making all those things I had planned - I have been having fun playing with some of the gorgeous new products coming up in the new catalogue available January 3. I needed a few (Non Christmas) gifts sorted so thought I would showcase them all in one place. I am focusing on the Sweet Soiree stamp set which I picked as a prize at the end of Onstage. The coordinating Sweet Soiree DSP is gorgeous with silver foiling on most pages. The colour palette is quite broad too. The DSP is slightly heavier than ordinary cardstock so it's perfect for making boxes, bags and party favours. By making all these projects in the one colour palette I have saved a little time. Berry Burst Daffodil Delight Old Olive Marina Mist Powder Pink Calypso Coral Rich Razzleberry Silv...

Welcome back for the last CI post before Christmas. I'm sure your place is as hectic as mine in the rundown to the end of the year. And what a gorgeous colour palette to finish on for 2017. And while I do still have Christmas cards to make I've also got a few birthdays coming up so went for a mix of old and new stampsets and a new card style for a bit of birthday pizazz. It's been an amazing and beautiful colourful year. I do hope you get some time to be creative and to play along for this round. I love a card that moves or has an interesting fold and this design is pretty easy - which is essential at this time of year. It did not take too long to put together which was a blessing! I love the swirly bird set and don't use it often enough but it is always perfect for a quick card because the elements are so fun and imprecise. I find Cherry Cobbler a very strong colour to use and a bit much for solid images so I used my favourite babywipe technique...

I love the inspiration challenges at Just Add Ink, but sadly I've not had much time to participate this year, so I'm really glad to be able to join in this week. It's a gorgeous inspiration I totally love the natural elements and colours in this photo- and who doesn't Love brown paper packages tied up with string as one of their favourite things. I regularly create journals for the markets and they are often personalised using bits of old music, old text, wine journals , study notes etc but this one is much simpler.  My advertising sign at the market says   "Empty Journal seeks creative genius  for casual fling" or "empty journal seeks creative mind for meaningful relationship" I have covered a lined journal using some of the crisp green and white striped DSP from the new Sweet Soiree Specialty pack.  The journal has a beautiful neutral base which makes the decorative elements stand out. The beautiful sentiment p...

Welcome back- the weeks are really flying by now in the rush to the end of the year. I have a quick project today  - the set of cards created to meet a post office deadline. The challenge this week is to CASE something from the page of your age- or an age you'd like to be. My acutal age didn't really have anything inspiring, so the ages I would like to revisit are my mid 30's- our youngest child was a terrible baby and I had virtually no proper sleep for 2 years so I don't have many clear memories of the other kids at this age. I'm sure if I coudl revisit those years I'd really enjoy it this time around! Have you noticed the projects in the Catalogue with the  Quick and Easy   symbol? They are great go-to layouts, so I have CASED the one on page 37 a coloured card base the same colour ink for stamping a line image over the corner of some DSP - or a memories and more card a second mat in a contrasting colour lay the mats offset on the coloured card b...

Welcome back to another round of Card projects inspired by the Catalogues. This week's challenge is pretty broad and gives us all lots of creative license, it's very easy to find a fabulous colour combination anywhere in  the catalogue, the hardest part is choosing which one....... So I chose the one that jumped off the page at me- the stack of ribbons on page 167 Bermuda Bay (Easily a favourite), Garden Green and Crushed Curry. I found these colours pretty easy to work with, and I needed a birthday card so away I went. I also was keen to play with some elements from a new set of Thinlits which will be coming to you from January 2- Petals and More. It's part of an amazing suite and you are going to love it. So here's your sneak peak. There are several outline thinlits and several detailed thinlits. I have been playing with the corner flower arrangement quite a lot. I'll have another post soon using this element . I have applied a fe...