Lillybet's Papers

Hello and welcome back to me! I've been away for 2 weeks on holiday and had a great time, but now I'm back and I have to say I did miss my craft desk a little.  This week's card use the fabulous new DSP which is on offer in the second release of Sale A Bration products. It's white and thick and glossy with a foil print and is perfect for colouring. I have used the inspiration pictures from page 3 of the little brochure and coloured two panels of the card. The first is with Dapper Denim, and some fussy cut elements as well as vellum leaves. The second uses blushing bride and Flirty Flamingo in an ombre look and the labels panel of woodgrain stamped using the beautiful Heartfelt Blooms. The copper dots in this card really stand out against the pink, and the Celebrate is Sponged also and raised up on a few layers of Early Espresso, coated with Tin- Tip glue for a glossy highlight. next this week is Mel and before me is Ange...

Welcome back again CASEing the birthday section of the Annual Catalogue. There are a lot of samples in these pages which can make it hard to find a starting point. I settled on the beautiful sparkling images on the Foil Frenzy page. I love kraft cardstock and was disappointed when it was discontinued in the 12 x 12 pages, but these sparkling pieces are just lovely. There are 3 different designs- random spots, stripes, and an all-over chevron. There are 4 colours and you get one sheet of each pattern in each colour. Berry Burst, Tangerine, Lemon- Lime and Pool Party. I took inspiration from a few different elements on this page- primarily the matching coloured bow from the central box and the circle element in the centre of the box bottom left. I was having fun playing with the embossing paste preparing for a class and created this card using a retired mask and the paste in its natural colour, and while it was wet I sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the paste. It dried so...