Lillybet's Papers

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 adhesive. To use thes

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

What a beautiful colour combination for CI#176. This is such a lovely fresh colour palette, I had a lot of fun putting this card together. I wanted to use the Textured Floral stampset as it has been sitting on my shelf a teensy bit neglected. It was perfect to use with only one colour of flower. Petunia Pop is bright and breezy and all 5 In Colours are available in the 2024-2026 12 x 12 specialty Glimmer paper which was a lovely lift for the flower centres.The Granny Apple Green leaves add a brightness and I used the olive glimmer paper (from the Berry Burst, Old Olive and White Glimmer Paper )to add some sparkle. It was nice to use just the one stampset and Textured Floral dies for this project - although the label die for the sentiment is from a retired set. I am not always great at cutting straight strips so this die gets me out of trouble sometimes. This week was the Backyard Bird Count across Australia so it's fitting that the inspiration picture contained a bird- and what

  There are several great techniques using White Pigment Ink. At a recent event I demonstrated a few of them including: ( well it's a while ago now!)     * Direct stamping with White onto coloured cardstock     *Offset stamping     *Bokeh technique     *Painting with White Ink     *Emboss Resist It has taken me a while to share these samples, I'll post them over a few days. I hope you give some of these techniques a try. So this is a bit of a different approach to Emboss Resist. Often it is done with White, or Metallic , or Black and then coloured ink is blended over the embossing to make the stamped image jump forward. ( usually on a neutral cardbase ) This technique uses a different approach. Step 1. I stamped the leaves (from Changing Leaves) with Versamark and then used Clear Embossing Powder. When heat set the image take on a much deeper tone of the base coloured card. Stamp plenty of images to create a background pattern. Step 2.  Blend a little coloured ink over some ar

 I recently shared the instructions for a simple gatefold card (June 22) which we created in a class earlier this year. This is the same layout but switched up to purple tones using the Painted Lavender stampset. Version One. Version Two. Here's the dimensions for this card. There are lots of pictures and tips for assembly on the blogpost from June 22 It's a great stampset with lots of versatile images that layer together easily for beautiful bunches of lavender. Don't forget to see all the other samples of gatefold cards from my Fancy Folds Page ( top right in the header of this page ) I hope you have a creative week and remember,  "don't just post online,  post something pretty!" cheers, Liz