Lillybet's Papers

Hello and welcome back. Yesterday I posted about the bokeh dots montone colour card which I love, but today I have a few Multicoloured versions. You need the Stamparatus for this technique, and it's oh so easy. position your stamp on the stamparatus plate and ink up with a base colour,  for these cards I started with So Saffron stamp the image, making sure your magnets are going to keep your card from moving as you will be stamping repeatedly in the same position. no need to clean off the saffron ink using a sponge dauber apply a second colour of ink to one end of the stamp, I used fresh fig for the first version of this stamp and review your panel, you may want to add more colour to increase the depth so the colour transitions are graduated.  you can continue adding as much colour as you like until you are happy with the depth using a third colour (Old Olive) and the same technique apply ink with a clean sponge dauber to the opposite end. I then stamped ...

I have had such a lot of fun playing with the new Bokeh Dots Background Stamp. It is not as large as the other background stamps in the catalogue and some demonstrators are disappointed by this but I quite like the size - It makes a good background for a focal point on a card and I was inspired by a dandelion Wishes card I saw on Facebook so I have CASE'd xxxx. I used the Stamparatus and it was fabulous for this card. I found I needed a few layers of ink to get a strong bokeh look and the Stamparatus is perfect for this technique. You can apply multiple layers of ink and because the image stamps in exactly the same spot every time you don't end up with a ruined image, you just get deeper and more intense layers of colour. Some demonstrators advise that an inkpad which is too wet will not give a good result so you may want to experiment for yourself. I liked the monotone stamping, but I then stepped it up with a background of DSP for the second version. This is Pool Pa...

HI again, I'm still playing with the fabulous Foliage Frame Framelits.  If you have followed my earlier posts over the last few days you would have seen those samples. It really is a beautiful suite. I have again used the embossing mats and the large floral framelit, and that's all from the set this time. Today I have a few easel cards. If you follow me you'll know I do lots of Easel cards- they are a great seller at the markets and I will have a stall at the Rockhampton River Festival next month so I'm madly creating lots of cards! I've used the gorgeous Garden Impressions Paper for these- and how ADORABLE are those new little Candle Embellishments - 12 gold and 12 silver adhesive backed candles in the pack. I'm sad because I only just discovered that the gold and silver metallic hearts and stars are retired. I think they look perfect with these..... This little resin flower is not Stampin' Up! - using up some of the trinkets in my useful box...

Hey hello, welcome back for another night of CASEing the Catty. This week we are all about Delightfully Detailed - pages 38 - 51. How wonderful is the Delightfully Detailed Laser-cut DSP. This paper is just gorgeous. It is very fine, I was inspired by the large image on the noticeboard where they have adhered a large sheet on orange cardstock - bottom left in the CTC Banner photo below. but I couldn't stop at just one- so here's a few samples. I have a few other samples where I have done just that so that the colour shows through. But then I had the idea of adhering it directly to a sheet of DSP. I chose one of the Soft Suede sheets from the Tranquil Textures set. here's a few tips for adhering the fine DSP cut your detailed paper to the size you are going to adhere- i just adhered a full 12x 12 to a sheet of DSP the same size - smaller sizes are easier to manage, but you can just cut the full sheet down to whatever size you require have your DSP o...