Lillybet's Papers

ANZAC Day a solemn day of pride and remembrance of gratitude for service and faith of hope for a brighter, united, peace driven future a day to pause and be together. This year, of course, is different. Ordinarily we are up in the wee hours and walk the 15 minute walk to the Botanical Gardens near our home. We assemble in silence with hundreds of others to pay our respects at the Cenotaph. Our local Dawn Service begins at 0427 (the time the boats landed at Gallipoli).  My husband and I have attended for most of the 16 years that we have lived in this house. We listen to the speaker remember the Anzac story. We pray, we reflect, and we listen to the anthem and the bagpipes. We feel the reverence and the solemnity. But not in 2020. This year our ceremony is different, but no less special. This year we are gathering with our neighbours in our driveways around the nation. This year we stand differently but we hold dear the same values and respect. This year we are a nation...

Reaching out to friends seems so much more appropriate now that we are all at home so it was an easy pick with which word to use for this challenge.  It is the 500th challenge for Just Add Ink which is one of my favourite challenge blogs so I am really happy I have had a chance to join in this week. I was keen to have a single word sitting over a block of simple stamping- a much more pared back style than my usual cards, and I also used a lot of yellow, so this was truly a challenge for me. I have die cut the word Friend from both white and black and offset one over the other so that there is an outline affect to highlight the word. I also added a small layer of vellum behind the word to soften the vibrancy of the flowers behind it.  And you have to have a little colour story on the inside to match! Thanks JAI for all the inspiration over the years.   I hope you have a creative week and remember,  "don't just post online, ...

While creating my rainbow card for Kelly's social stamping blog I also created a pastel version. Same idea- watercolour wash background, some added texture and decorate with one of my surplus embellishments from a card kit. This one is left over from my "Lots of Happy" card kit, and the sentiment is from Rooted in Nature which I have used a bit this week.  I coloured the floral bouquet with Blends The shimmery white background has a watercolour wash using the 2018-2020 In Colours. Sadly, these will retire in only a few months, so if you love them it would be a good idea to make sure the inks and refills are in your collection. Lovely Lipstick Blueberry Bushel Call Me Clover Pineapple Punch Grapefruit Grove Both this kit and the For the Love of Felt kits (see yesterday's post) are still available and are easy to put together. In these times of isolation they are the perfect activity for some ...

Hello again, we are stamping this week using rainbows as our theme. I've noticed chalk rainbows on the fences around my neighbourhood since Kelly suggested this and they make me smile as I drive past. I remember my kids doing lots of fence/ pavement/ trampoline chalk art too. Such a potent symbol of hope and rebirth. Thankyou to Kelly for suggesting this theme, it's a lovely way to share hope around our community this week. I hope you are feeling some positive vibes too.  I have a simple floral arrangement on my watercolour background this week, with some machine stitching and some shimmery white embossing paste. I decorated my card with some leftover felt flowers and elements from the amazing "For the Love of Felt" kit. These are truly stunning and make any card look fabulous.  My cards use almost all the rainbow colours in a watercolour wash background. blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and I added purple using cardstock sprigs in the floral arrangemen...