Lillybet's Papers

 Welcome back for CI#189. The inspiration pic  for this week's challenge is just gorgeous. I love Gum flowers, and my Mum has one of these amazing flowering gums in her back garden. Our guest designer this week is Petra Noeth, we welcome her beautiful project.  Do be sure to check out all the inspiration projects on our Facebook Page from the design team.  Our picture credit this week is  https://www.tobiashayashi.com/blog/tag/eucalyptus+macrocarpa  I made a card and matching little gift box. I am trying (very hard) to embrace Darling Duckling so have used that as the focal flowers for my project this week. They are simply cut from the DSP and then layered up in a bouquet. I have gone around the cut edges with the Darling Duckling Stamp n'Write marker to give some added definition and remove the white which shows from the cut edge. The leaf sprays are also fussy cut from the DSP. I have only a hint of Melon Mambo in the card base and then all the flower cen...

 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...

What a wonderful time we had at class yesterday. Lots of fancy folds. This one was the trickiest but everyone created a beautiful card. We just took it step by step. You can cut the cardstock from one sheet of A4 cardstock. There are a number of steps to add the DSP. Then you cut a large and small circle to create the frames. We all put a little posy of flowers in the centre of the frame. It's such a lovely surprise when you open the card up. The belly band holds the card closed. You don't want this to be too tight. The gorgeous Wildflower Birthday Paper is so easy to use for these cards, and the press out elements make it easy to decorate. The boldest DSP is best at the back of the frames. This side view shows you the middle and front frames. This is the original video.  It is in German, but you can see the process and create along with Ingrid Hafner and this is Ingrid's link to the cutting diagram. I hope you give this a try, it's a very versatile card. Ingrid also ha...

This is the second version of one of the cards we made at Card Class recently. It's a Sliding Lock Mechanism card - although it doesn't really lock, it just keeps it nicely closed and neat. Yesterday's post shows the pink version but this one is great as a masculine option. You can find the dimensions and more samples there. If you would like to download the pdf to print your own set of instructions you can find that here When the lock mechanism is in place you can't see the sentiment inside.  The Grow with Love Bundle. I love it. You can find it here in my Online Store  but it's only available until sold out. I hope you have a creative week and remember,  "don't just post online,  post something pretty!" cheers, Liz

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...

Card Class June 2025 The Sliding Mechanism keeps the two side panels closed and creates a nice surprise. I love the Grow with Love stampset- it's an online exclusive but is so sweet with the gorgeous label image and die, lots of herb stamps and some sentiments. The coordinating dies are a bonus. Sadly it is now on the last chance list, so it is available until sold out. Here is the card open. You can see the sliding mechanism is the smaller stamped panel. The inside card in this sample is Strawberry Slush, and the card base is Misty Moonlight. I stamped the script stamp in Strawberry Slush (stamped off) and the Rosemary Thyme and Mint in Lost Lagoon. The DSP strips on the front side panels are Strawberry Slush to coordinate with the cardstock mats.  The printed sentiments from "Greetings for All" make it super easy to add a message to any card, and when the card is closed and locked this message is hidden. Here's the image of how the sliding mechanism looks. It is si...