Lillybet's Papers

 I recently posted a simple design for a card that uses more DSP than cardstock. The original design uses half a sheet of 12x12 and you can find the instructions and measurements on this post  from May 16th. It also contains the smaller measurements whih we made at class.  ( using piece 5 x 10"). I was able to source some square envelopes ( 14x14cm) which will fit this size card. Black and white work so well with a pop of a strong colour and I love these Strawberry Slush and Shy Shamrock versions. The smaller white square for the card front has been embossed so that the texture allows the white feature flower to stand out. I don't usually do black leaves but I love the effect here. The stitched flowers are from the Impressions Abloom dies and are quite a feature. These cards came together very quickly using sentiments pressed out from the pre printed sheets "Greetings for All" . The layout is the same but the different colours produce quite different looks. The only...

This is one of the Fancy fold cards which we will be creating at my June Card Class I had fun creating this card which is another great design to use up some of your DSP stash. My friend Janine Rawlins put me on to this tutorial, although I am sure there are plenty out there for a similar design as it is not new. This version is from Connie Stewart - Simply Simple Stamping. She calls it a 4 Panel Accordian Fun Fold card. I created her imperial version first but this is adapted to be closer to Australian dimensions. Cardbase 12 x 5 3/4" Score at 1 3/4, 4 3/4, 7 3/4"   ( this size is 14.5 x 10cm which is close to our standard 14.8 x 10.5) white card insert 4 x 5 1/2" white card and mat for sentiment as desired DSP  1 1/2 x 5 1/2  cut 2 2 3/4 x 5 1/2  cut 2 1 1/4 x 5 1/2   I've created a few recently experimenting with different papers and colours. This one was a great woodgrain background to show off some new Flower Dies which are coming May 6th. They ar...