Lillybet's Papers

What an honour to be invited back to join with the Caseing the Catty team for their 500th challenge! Thankyou Bec for thinking of me. I started with the CTC crew way back at the beginning and I still go to the catalogue as a ready reference for creative ideas. The earliest post I can find is 2014 - CTC#3! 10 years of crafting along, that's pretty amazing. For this challenge it was completely open to choose any project to  CASE from either the annual or the Christmas mini catalogue. There are lots of projects in there that spark a creative journey for me and I did have a hard time choosing. In the end I opted for something simple since none of us have much free time at this hectic time of year. To make things a tad more difficult I have covid so feeling pretty low on energy. Lucky that crafting is a relaxing pastime and I can sit at my craft desk without be scolded too much by my loving DH that I need to be resting! For my projects I have created a Christmas Card and a matching Gift...

Happy Hibiscus is a new set in my collection and I needed to get it out and play with it, so this colour combination seemed like a good place to start.  Isn't the Inspiration picture amazing? I wish I was a better gardener and could grow these gorgeous treasures. But since that is not my skill I am happy to admire nature. Picture credit - https://leahhopephotography.client-gallery.com/.../print... I used the watercolour 100 paper and created two pieces of colour, one a range of dark and light Calypso Coral, and one a mix of Soft Sea Foam and Old Olive.  Once dry I was able to cut out the leaves and tiny flowers. I stamped the 3 large flowers over the watercolour and cut them out using the Hybrid Embossing Folder - It's so easy and super effective as it embosses and cuts in one pass creating some amazing depth for the blossoms. I love the leaf shapes and definition in these dies, just gorgeous. Lots of white seemed like a good way to let the colours shine, so a simple embosse...

 I love a quick and easy card, and using this gorgeous DSP as a background with some simple embellishments or a sentiment is one of the easiest ways to get the real "WOW" from the paper onto your card. I used the Decorative Trees dies to cut a tree from some Bright Pink Foil in my stash, and popped it up on a simple plain label. I also had some pink flowers in the useful box so they went on too - just enough to lift it. I didn't think it needed too much more, and a sentiment seemed unnecessary or distracting. The paper really is marvellous. This is the same principal, just slightly different tones - I was able to whip up 6 cards quite quickly. Marbled Elegance 12 x 12 DSP Decorative Trees Bundle - stampset and dies The other option for using beautiful paper is lots of repeated circles, and these ones were easy but somehow took a lot longer to get the position of the circles looking balanced.  Let me know if I can help you at all with your Christmas creating! I hope you ha...

This weeks colour combination is so super striking. If you check out the Picture Credit link you will see a truly ornate Christmas setting. I love the effort that some people employ for decor. My own efforts are pretty simple by comparison, but I love looking at other people's ideas. At this time of year I love cards that are quick to create but still look luxurious. So this is a very simple card to pull together. White card base, White panel 5mm smaller on both sides ( 10 x 14.3cm ) embossed with the   So Swirly Embossing Folder .  Check out the inspiration picture- how lush! Picture Credit  https://debbeesbuzz.com/unique-holiday-peacock-theme-tablescape/  The Decorative Trees dies do all the heavy lifting for this card. They are bundled together for 10% savings but in this Seasonal Sale they are an additional 10% discount. ( Nov 13-15 ) For my card the Tree outlines are cut from marbled or watercolour DSP from various packs, and the gold glimmer trim is self adhesi...

So I am playing catchup = posting cards that I had made but did not get posted on time - seems a constant story for me! This birthday card used the gorgeous colour combination from Colour INKspiration #174 and you can see all the Design crew inspriation projects from September 25 in our Facebook page. I do love the Zinnia set, it's very easy to use. And I wanted to share it with you because the Annual Catalogue bundles are on quick sale. Such a lovely combo. and what a beautiful picture. Picture credit  https://www.tumblr.com/awesome-frances-blog/681465075617415168  Simply Zinnia this set is 20% off during the Seasonal Sale Nov 13 -15. Sweetly Scripted Maybe you need to do some Christmas shopping? for yourself or someone else? this could be perfect for you. Let me know if I can help in any way, I hope you have a creative week and remember,  "don't just post online,  post something pretty!" cheers, Liz

Well its' been such a long time since the retreat and I have been very slow to post Alice's gorgeous teapot swing card.  ( it uses a paper hinge, like a brad ) It was fabulous to create something with a very different construction. When I first saw this video I thought it would appeal to Alice's mathematical and precise brain so I sent it to her. OF course she didn't fail to amaze us with her creation. Since a picture paints a thousand words it's easiest to describe the method through this  video  clip which shows how it is done. I hope you can follow the link  - It's a Facebook Reel from KTCrafts. The trick is to be very careful not to adhere anything to the two flaps. In this card only the bow is adhered to the flaps so that they are hidden. It was a good way to tidy up the card front. I guess it's easiest to think of it as a "paper brad". It's a nice way to hide the teabag, or a hidden message or image. The top panel swings quite freely to r...