Lillybet's Papers

I am heading away for the weekend so wanted to post before I go. This is a fancy fold project I had fun making recently. I found the directions while on holidays, thanks to Beth Beard for her great you tube clip with instructions. I do love the Modern Medley DSP so found it quite striking to use. This design is quite quick to make, and the best thing is that when you cut the piece of 12x12 DSP to make your card, you automatically have 2 card bases ready to go. My upline and friend Joanne Travis taught me very early on that if you are going to make a card you should always make 2 at the same time. It takes no more time (in fact it saves time) and means that you are more likely to end up having cards on hand after the family raid your stores for their friends!! She was right and I have been glad of her wisdom more than once. The first sample uses Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla, and the very adaptable Bloomin' Marvellous set (an oldie but a goodie!) The second samp...

My friend at work asked me for gift cards to give to 2 of her daughters who are travelling soon to a "Pink" concert and shopping trip for their birthdays. Naturally, I had to use pink so I chose two firm favourites - Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals to partner with the Modern Medley DSP. I was able to use some scrapbooking letters I had in the "useful box" and some long retired " Hodgepodge Hardware " for the decoration on the front. Stamp sets include Curly Cute, Hodgepodge Happiness, Flower Shop and Vintage Verses. I experimented with the gift pocket for the cash and was happy with the closures. I used 2 small sizes of circle punch as well as the artisan label punch. On the front I secured the circles in place with a mini brad. This gave an anchor for the thread to wind around, and on the inside i glued a second circle over the opened brad arms so that the notes wouldn't catch on them. Hope that is clear!? I also used the Window Frames Fra...

Experimenting with new stamps and some brighter colours!! lots of fun!  Hope you like these samples using the Gorgeous Grunge Set, as well as Simply Stars . Thanks sentiment is from Simply Sketched , and I have also used Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Ciao Baby for the #1, and the Chalk Talk set. The cherry cobbler glitter paper adds a nice touch of sparkle for the heart. Colours include Elegant Eggplant, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Yellow and  Real Red.