Lillybet's Papers

Using up retired DSP, don't even remember the exact name of this Bella series. Red, Chocolate Chip and Pink Pirouette make a great combination  Also uses the lace ribbon border punch which retired a while ago.  Soft ribbon roses from the flower trim are also gone, I will miss them. using up some Baja Breeze cardstock, some Attic Boutique Collection DSP and 2 of the sets of squares are stamped with the Elements of Style images.  Baja Breeze, Garden Green Elements of Style stampset and buttons embosslits. One non SU paper My latest class making patchwork inspired cards.  The DSP is Fan Fair which is soon retiring, Island indigo ink for this one,  the red version is in the top photo with the trio of cards. I loved how everyone had slightly different versions, with different emphasis on where the solid coloured segments should go Lattice Die, Baja Breeze and Buttons Embosslits Inchies make great patchwork and use up small scraps very ef...

I really enjoyed making the sliding magic window card the other day - see Magic window birthday card using Afternoon Daydream -- I have this one today and another tomorrow.  My thanks go to Anna at Annas Art  for her great blog and pictures.  Annasart Card with magic Window This one came together easily with the gorgeous DSP with its sentiment page for inspiration. I will really miss this when it retires. The Wooden key is not SU bit all other item items are. Island Indigo is the cardstock layered on Very Vanilla. I have also used the stamps from Tiny Tags, Elements of Style, and Loving Thoughts, as well as the Window Framelits and the jewellery tag punch . Thanks for looking, I have one more sample using the Epic Day This 'n That paper series. Liz 

Summer silhouettes stamped in garden Green and Regal Rose, tiny flowers stamped in Melon Mambo. I used the stampin write marker to give the leaves some more definition, and after stamping additional flowers which I cut and popped up, I added some more dimension to them by covering with the Dazzling Details. such an easy way to brighten up any card. The sentiment is from Elements of Style and is layered on a few circles - only because I smudged the image the first time. I always say there are no mistakes, only opportunities for creativity!! Thanks for looking, Lillybet

Emboss Resist is always a really effective technique for that added dimension. these are a few samples from a recent class where we tried the same technique in different ways. My photography is not the best so I apologise. This sample used the gorgeous Elements of Style set (p113 #121504) First I embossed the floral image with white embossing powder (p159 #109132) and coloured the images using the Stampin' Write Markers. I used Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette. Then to protect them from the background stamp marring the colours and also to add a bit more detail, I covered the coloured images with Crystal Effects (p177, #101155). I love this stuff! I left it to dry for quite a while till it was set. Then I stamped over the whole image with the Woodgrain Background Stamp using Early Espresso, and cleaned the residual ink off the embossed and coloured image.  The Hummingbird I embossed with the Early Espresso Embossing Powder (Summer Mini  p35 #128980) as, well as the...

Raspberry Ripple sponged onto individual flowers from the beautiful Flower Trim  (page 5 of the Summer catalogue). Tagtastic Sentiment, and large scallop embosslits (love it!) Butterfly punched twice for added definition, Tiny tags and jewellery tag punch - of course - attached with Vintage Trinket Scallop Rectangle Clearlits  (page 191 of Catalogue- what a bargain item) and Delicate Design Embossing folderTrimmed with Large Scallop Edgelit How did I make cards before the big shot??? This Paper is just so lovely and easy to use. I love all of them, but I am particularly taken with the Raspberry Ripple pages. The in colour ribbon is easy to use, and I love that you can sponge any colour onto the soft flower trim to highlight any card. The Summer mini offers so many possibilities.  Hope you can find some inspiration also. Contact me for any supplies . cheers, Liz

have been playing with the great Clockworks set and have come up with a few different looks. i love the handy background stamps as they are easy to create a variety of looks with only one colour or can make a good cover using 2 or more dfferent shades.  The clockface is easy to use. i have experiemented with different options. My favourite is to emboss the numbers with white embossing powder then emboss resist sponge the face with Sahara Sand. Lastly I stamped the Watch case and embossed this with the Close to cocoa powder before cutting out the watch and attaching it with dimensionals. i have stamped the hands onto a scrap of double layer cardstock and cut them out also. For several of the watchfaces I have sponged first then added some shimmer paint using a sponge dauber. I also like the clockface sponged in a bright colour like Calypso Coral. For one of the clocks i have stamped onto Vellum Cardstock and cut out the face, either the full face or as a ring. Using...