Lillybet's Papers

Welcome back to another week of CASEing the Catty.  April is rushing by but I have found/ made some time to be creative this week for this blog and a class. The bigshot is an essential tool in my craft room - and I love it. Stampin' Up! has so many great thinlits and embossing folders to use with it that it's sometimes hard to choose where to invest your money. So I try and purchase items which are able to be used in a number of different ways, and which will be good for gift giving, market stalls and personal use.  The Lots to Love box Framelits set is one of those sets which ticks those boxes for me. I have created a few different items this week to showcase it's versatility. And I have to thank all those generous crafters who share their ideas and projects online.  I am a long time fan of Dawn Olchefski and her great videos (because I am unlikely to create any videos any time soon). You can get the links and some of the techniques for these projects from her...

This week we are showcasing pretty projects inspired by the Sweet Soiree Suite- what a tongue twister. For this week's CASE I wanted to make something easy to show off the beautiful elements in the Embellishment Kit. It has loads of gorgeous diecuts of the flowers,  some single roses, 3 cakes,a few pages of  lovely silver and vellum leaves and floral sprays which are very easy to add to cards. There are also mini white pegs, some paper tassels, a roll of mini silver washi and some blue velvet scalloped ribbon. I CASEd the layout from the card in the top right box on page 12 of the Occasions catalogue. Using the notecards and envelopes is a wonderful timesaver as they are prescored and ready to decorate. I used my (current) favourite embossing folder to add some detail to the lower third of the crumb cake panel,  added a strip of the mini washi, looped some metallic black thread and then popped the diecut up as the feature. Quick and easy. The ...

Welcome back, This is a long post so grab a cuppa and enjoy! I have all sorts of goodies to share. Although it's perilously close to Christmas and I'm behind the timeline for making all those things I had planned - I have been having fun playing with some of the gorgeous new products coming up in the new catalogue available January 3. I needed a few (Non Christmas) gifts sorted so thought I would showcase them all in one place. I am focusing on the Sweet Soiree stamp set which I picked as a prize at the end of Onstage. The coordinating Sweet Soiree DSP is gorgeous with silver foiling on most pages. The colour palette is quite broad too. The DSP is slightly heavier than ordinary cardstock so it's perfect for making boxes, bags and party favours. By making all these projects in the one colour palette I have saved a little time. Berry Burst Daffodil Delight Old Olive Marina Mist Powder Pink Calypso Coral Rich Razzleberry Silv...