Lillybet's Papers

Here we are again for another round and this week we are taking a layout from the annual catalogue and recreating it with Christmas products. I wasn't sure about the Toile Tidings paper although I do love the colours, but it looks very different once it is made up into projects, and I quite like the simplicity of monotone projects.  The Northern European snowy woods images don't really match our drought stricken region but I do love the page covered with leaves and berries, so I made a card using a layout that was capable of showing off the gorgeous print. I have CASEd the layout from page 86 and rotated it to landscape. Instead of stamping the plain card layer I used the piece of DSP. My Christmas Card class yesterday - "creative relief#2" raising money for drought relief - focused on projects using the Pine Tree Punch and the Delightful Tag Topper Punch.  This was one of the samples showing how versatile the tag punch is to create label...

I like to make a Christmas decoration each year for my 3 kids - none of whom live close by. It's just something little and I make one for us too so that we all have a little bit of the same in our separate locations, kind of trying to send them a little bit of home. Usually I choose a different colour scheme each year and in 2015 it was turquoise, cucumber green, white and silver. There's no way I can make that kind of decision for 2019 at this point but I had fun playing with the gorgeous Peacock blue/green for this project. A few years ago I made a hanging to go over a window or door or mirror  using the tree punch and stamp. It was light and easy to post and the new Pine Tree Punch is just perfect to recreate them. This is 2019 and this is 2015 You can see more detail of this  here  with lots more (better) pictures of the 3 different ones. This year's project was a good way to showcase what else you can do with your tree punch. Here's a few mo...

Welcome back for another round of CI. First up, purple is not my colour- but green certainly is, but guess what, my project ended up being mostly purple!! The shape and lushness of the posy in the photo made me think I'd try a Christmas Ornament using the Ornament punches, and I'm happy it came together reasonably easily. you need: Long ornament 15 punched from DSP, 5 punched from Cardstock Smaller ornament 15 punched from DSP, 5 punched from Cardstock 2 circles of cardstock 2" for the base of each layer 1 glitter circle 13/4" for front. ribbon to hang and decorate. Fold each DSP ornament in half longways, adhere 3 together and then adhere this group a cardstock ornament so you have 4 shapes glued to make one unit. If you have a 5 point star I would use this as a guide for where to place your ornaments so that they are in an even circle when you adhere them to the base. Arrange the ornaments and adhere to your base. Repeat for the n...

Hello and welcome to the blog hop this week CASEing a PUNCH project. It's so nice to be able to participate again, squeezing some craft time into our busy lives can be a real challenge, so I've really enjoyed this opportunity. Who doesn't love a punch- they are fast, versatile, flexible, portable, durable and affordable. I'm in love with the Pine Tree Punch and have been preparing projects for next week's fundraiser as the punch is part of the kit. Today I am CASEing one of the tags on page 12 using the Brightly Gleaming DSP and very little stamping. If you look closely at the tag on page 12 you can see the stitching- instantly knew I had to try this! The pine tree shape is not symmetrical which was a surprise. It's a great feature though because when you place 2 trees back to front you get a little more texture than if they were identical. My tags are 3 punched trees randomly selected and stitched to a vanilla strip- I do 3 at a ...

Would you like to come along for a full day of crafting? Get a head start on your Christmas crafting - and help me raise funds for Drought Relief in Qld? I would love it if you joined me on Saturday September 28th for a full day Your ticket price includes a punch to use on the day and take home for some more Christmas crafting, as well as all materials to create 12 Christmas cards and a set of Christmas tags as well as a sweet little Christmas decoration. Morning and Afternoon tea provided and you will get 3 tickets in the Multidraw raffle with the option to purchase more tickets on the day. You will get your copy of the Christmas Catalogue and see some samples of projects I've made using the new - beautiful - products. Please email me straight away to reserve your place- limited seats. IN other amazing Stampin'Up! news the Clearance Rack has just been updated with lots of gorgeous goodies- at up to 60% discount they won't last lon...