Lillybet's Papers

The Twisted Easel card is one we've done in classes before but I thought it was a great design to show off this bright and sunny Sunflower. You can find links to instructions and more samples on the FANCY FOLDS page of this blog.( or in the search bar) But as a reminder, you need to score a diagonal fold line for the twist. Open the card and position it with the centre fold ( the spine ) running horizontal. Score from the Left at the centre fold to the top right.  You then need a second piece of card for your card front which you decorate. This will then adhere to only one of the triangles of the card front. You  can play around and decide which orientation works best for you. This version is landscape but you can also do portrait. For this card I used Two Tone Azure afternoon and regular A4 card base. The two shades of blue make nice layering mats.  Using the 3D folder emboss both an Azure Afternoon rectangle, and a piece of Daffodil Delight, positioning the Daffodil Car...

It's easy to emboss the envelope flap for that extra special touch.  I know it's no longer August, but I am finally sharing the cards we made at class. The Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder is simply amazing. You can create gorgeous cards very simply and that's exactly what we did. I have 2 samples here - one embossing a full panel of foil, and one using a full panel of white or vanilla. For some I added a leaf diecut from the Thankful Garden dies which is just the right size and shape for the size of the sunflowers. The Sentiment is from Sentimental Framing which is a really beautiful set. The same layout looks quite different created  in plain white or vanilla. the two tone cardstock gives a lovely variation to the leaves as well. So there you have 2 quite different looks, both very simple to put together. Next post will be the Twisted Easel using the Sunflower EF as well for quite a different look. I hope you have a creative week and remember,  "don't just post on...

I am so late sharing these projects as we have been super busy unpacking and setting up at home now that the renovations are finally finished. It feels so nice to be in - and to have my new craft room set up. I feel so very lucky. We created 2 Bay Window cards during this class. You can find the easiest measurements and some other samples on this post from July 26 There were 3 different paper and colour combinations but the measurements and technique was the same for all of them. To create the focal point we stamped and diecut the flowers from Charming Day . I press the inkpad onto a clear block to create a patch of coloured ink, then I pick up this colour with a small paintbrush and then colour the images being sure to leave some white space beside each of the lines to create depth. For a special sparkly effect I painted them using a Wink of Stella as the paint brush. (It doesn't show up very well in the photo but it is lovely). Once you have finished painting with each colour, y...

Painting the flowers using a blend of inks was quick and easy, Add a coat of Wink of Stella and it's done. I created this card for a swap using all current products. I've done many Bay Window Cards over the years but thought I would update the instructions for the sake of simplicity. It's an easy and fun card to make. This is a mix of metric and imperial cutting instructions. You can get two cards from one sheet of A4 cardstock - in Australian sizes just cut the A4 into two 10.5cm x 29.8cm  If you are cutting from 12 x 12 (and in this instance I used Two Tone Cardstock which is all 12 x 12) Cut to 4 1/4 x 11 3/4  Scoring measurements are the same for each : Score at 3/8", 2", 3 7/8", 5 1/2", 5 7/8" Two Tone cardstock is not as rigid as regular card so use Thick Basic White for the sentiment mat inside. Cut one at 4 x 4". This adds stability. DSP cut two strips 4' x 1/4" for the narrow edges which frame the piece. DSP use one sheet 6 x ...

Well this certainly was a challenge to bring all these colours together, but in the end I enjoyed playing with this palette. I watercoloured a panel of Fluid 100 paper and then diecut various leaves and flowers using the gorgeous new Charming Floral dies. I knew I would need lots of white space to make this work for me. After trying a few different embossing folders for the background I decided the Damask folder was the prettiest- matching delicate with delicate. Picture credit -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ErpUvGYl0   We are so happy to have   Jenny Engelke as our  Guest Designer this challenge. As always it's amazing to see what different projects are created using the same colours, and this was a tough task. Make sure you pop around and see what everyone has created on our Facebook page. You can join the challenge too, just by posting a photo to the group. and since I had cut several pieces I created a few options. INKspired to join the challenge? It'...

Welcome to our guest designer for this challenge Kisha Cook. It's so fun to have  a new guest designer each round. This could be you if your design is the chosen pick from one of our Challenges.  I so look forward to seeing what everyone has made and how they have interpreted the colour palette. The colours this week are very strong colours, but I have tried to soften them a little. We are still in the throes on renovation (pleased to say it is coming to an end) so I have opted for a very simple approach using the fabulous Celebratory Sips designer series paper to do all the heavy lifting for my card this week. I fussy cut two of the celebratory glasses and did some simple stamping of the lime, the sprig and berry and the sentiments. I die cut the berry spray from some retired Glimmer paper. I can't locate my heat gun so couldn't emboss the sentiments as planned, but I could find the blending brushes so added some Berry Burst colour to the pre printed emboss resist DSP for ...