Lillybet's Papers

Welcome back to our 62nd colour challenge! Wow that's a lot, and I've enjoyed them all. I did think this would be an easy challenge-the jar, the flowers. twine and lace and great colours, but I had to make a few before I ended up with one that I was happy with. Thanks for stopping to see. I ended up playing with the gorgeous  Dynamic Magnolia embossing folder and embossing a piece of watercolour paper. Then I simply painted lightly wth the chosen colours on the raised areas. I used my aqaupainter and blotted off a lot of extra water with a tissue to get the nice soft blush of colour.  It's always easier to add more colour rather than take it away. I did a second version in Landscape too. The folder is so big it's not possible to get all of both blossoms on a standard card front. But that's kind of nice because they will all be different. I also painted the outside of each petal a little darker in this version. Next up this week is our guest des

Welcome back to CTC this week for 3D projects inspired by the catalogue.  I'm excited to see what everyone has made. Do you shy away from 3D projects because they might take a long time to make? I do. But this project was made so easy by the fabulous Memories and More cards and the Magnolia Lane specialty cards and envelopes. It uses very few supplies.  I have to admit that I constructed most of this project on a long car trip and it was very satisfying to pass the time being creative.  This is the inspiration picture on page 37 of the Catalogue. I do love the simplicity of the cards but I was a bit disappointed initially at the weight of the cards- I thought they were a bit flimsy, but they do firm up when you add the M&M cards. However I Love the silver accent details and the lining.  I have wanted to make an envelope album for a long time and this seemed like the perfect place to start. There are loads of clips showing how to create a basic en

Welcome, and what a beautiful colour palette and inspiration pic we have this week. - I think I say that most weeks!!.. but seriously this week is gorgoeus. And I have a few orders for wedding cards so this inpsiration really set me to work. I have created a few wedding cards using white Kraft Ink to paint onto the darker card surface. You can then colour with your markers of blender pen onto your white base, but I left the flowers white and simply coloured the leaves with my favourite green Mint Macaron. I used one of the gorgeous new masks coming in the Christmas Catalogue and while the embossing paste was still damp I sprinkled it with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  The floral image from Bloom and Grow was Clear Embossed onto Soft Suede cardstock and painted with white ink. I did a few coats allowing it to dry between layers. The leaves are coloured using just a marker. The card has a wishing well pocket inside to hold the notes discreetly so the ribbon is perfect to hold

I love a layout challenge, actually I love a colour challenge, a theme challenge, a word challenge...... but today I have enjoyed CASEing the layout on the top right of page 101. Welcome to this week's bloghop, I hope you can create a card from any of the 4 layouts on page 101 and join us on the Facebook page. The layout has a full panel of texture for the card front, a feature label with an image laying on top of it at the 2/3 level , some thread, a sentiment flag and some bling.  I am including a sneak peak here- one of the 4 beautiful new masks coming in the Christmas Catalogue, it's gorgeous. I used an old favourite technique where I sponge colour using the mask then add white embossing paste over- it picks up the residual colour on the mask and creates a beautiful soft colour. ( I've done this technique a lot over the years, you can see some other samples here ) I'm short on time this week so decided to let the paper do all the hard work