Lillybet's Papers

Hello again, back with another colour combination .  Let's face it- Pink is always going to be a winner,  and when you pair it with white, silver and gray it's hard to beat. I love the new cooking set and the dies are super cute. I added a little bit of sparkle of course, and the silver heart charms are on the discount list available until the end of June when the mini catalogue finishes. Sad of course but no doubt there will be something just as charming to win us over. How awesome is nature to provide us with so many gorgeous colours.  These galahs are ever so stylish. The font in this set is very easy on the eye, and I had to use the Happiness is Homemade sentiment on the inside. The Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack has the gorgeous gold diecuts but it also has a sheet of self adhesive sequins which have the most lovely pink glimmer. I can highly recommend them. Thanks so much for popping by to have a look. What's your ideas with these colours? INKspired to join the ch...

I have recently made an accordion album as a farewell gift and had lots of scraps left over- perfect for both the Just Add Ink#559 and the GDP#296 challenges this week. I don't like throwing away beautiful paper and this is a perfect way to utilise and show off all those gorgeous patterns. I  adhere all the strips to a base piece of scrap card then trim it to size and for added depth run it through an embossing folder which helps to keep the small pieces bonded to the base, and makes it feel like it is supposed to be a single element. The Stitched Greenery die is a new toy and I love it.  The sentiment was from my useful box on the desk and the vellum element is from a retired kit, it adds just the right amount of subtleness as a background and makes me feel good for using up leftovers. Do you get the same sense of satisfaction when that happens? Love the silver accent on the vellum and the amazing detail in the stitched leaves. Definitely a quick and easy card (my favourite)...

Using a sentiment only stamp set allows you to let the DSP to be the star of the show.  I created a set using The Sweet Symmetry DSP as part of display for my last class, you can find that post here . This is the same idea using the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP- it's so easy to use. Here you can see the box lying on its side containing the envelopes and 2 of the cards. For the thinking of you card I stamped the Sunny sentiments on the inside. Each sentiment is used once in the set, the only other stamping is on the envelopes. All other plants are fussy cut from the DSP. Minimal supplies, maximum effect. The Cello bags are the perfect size, it's a snug fit so you don't want any height in your embellishments on the front of the box, Seal the base with some washi tape and use mini glue dots to hold the top corner "ears" folded down onto the side of the pack- just like wrapping a present. And this is the perfect gift all ready to go! The box is from fellow demo ...

I love DSP, all the beautiful patterns that are available make it hard to choose where to start when creating cards.  So choose a Sentiment set and let the paper be the hero of the card. At a recent class all participants received the Sunny Sentiments stamp set and so I created a few sets to display how versatile it can be. It's a great set because it covers Birthday, Hello, thinking of you, and thankyou . We all love receiving some handmade thoughts in the post and this is a wonderful set to share that joy. In the class we created a box like this one which holds 4 cards and envelopes and fits perfectly into Stampin' Up!'s cello bags .  This set uses the gorgeous In Symmetry paper and I used the Basic Borders edgelits dies to cut a fancy border from the DSP and then added the sentiments, 4 cards, 4 different sentiments. The little flowers are punched using the fabulous strawberry punch. Here's 2 of the cards with an angled border on the DSP Here's the box and two ca...