Lillybet's Papers

What a busy weekend- I can't believe Easter is almost here, and with so much to do before then I wanted something not too complicated to make for Easter this year. I'm quite excited because 2 of our children are coming home for the short break. It will be lovely to have them around for a few days. I always try to get lots of baking done- and of course there are traditional recipes to whip up. So I need some cards to go with their gifts. This is a style of card that I have always admired but seldom made so I was pleased to finally get these created.  SOOO easy! Why haven't I done this before? Their little envelopes will contain a small gift to go along with the eggs! I liked the layout of the card on the top left of page 27 of the occasions catalogue- just the simple strip of DSP on the lower half of the card, and a colour banner behind the label with the sentiment on it, so that inspired the outside of the bag. The pull out card is similarly simple. I cut the w...

Welcome back - it's good to be back after a few weeks away from my craft desk busy with family and work. I have missed being creative! So I couldn't possibly miss out on this week's Post - CASEing projects from pages 50-54 of the catalogue. I do like the Falling In Love Suite but I am a bit of a fan of gift wrapping so I couldn't go past all the cute packages on page 54, and I am also in love with the Perfect Mix set so I have combined the 2 to wrap some beautiful mini Melting Moments (have to admit I didn't bake these but they are yummy!) My kitchen has a lot of blue and white so it seemed perfect to use the Floral Boutique DSP for this set of projects.   As well as the packing for the sweets on the top left I love the folder envelope card like the Best Guy Ever sample on the bottom left.  The Envelope Foldover card is one that I have done before. You take a 6 x 6 piece of DSP and your first mark to Punch and Score is 2 5/8".  The belly ...