Lillybet's Papers

Oh My Goodness what a stunning photo for our inspiration this week. And it was a sad reminder to me that I haven't used Berry Burst as much as I should have. I will be sad to see it go, but then I'm sure I will fall in love with all the new colours instead. In the meantime I've got stained fingers from playing with the ink for this card. I was inspired by a card I saw on pinterest. The technique involves  placing drops of ink in the chosen on a piece of gladwrap. I used Berry Burst, Melon Mambo, Blackberry Bliss and the Wow factor with Copper Shimmer Paint. spritz the watercolour paper on both sides use the gladwrap to smoosh the ink around the wet watercolour paper for some amazing effects. I had enough ink leftover on the gladwrap to colour a few panels and now I have a big stash of coloured bases. Each piece got a little less intense and it was lots of fun. I used some of the leftover ink to colour a large piece of Shimmery White. Then I could us...

Welcome back for another round of Colour INKspiration - #55!!! I've been struggling to find time to participate lately but couldn't let another round go by so I'm very happy to be able to join in this week with this fun crazy vibrant colour palette. You can choose 3 or more and this is my selection: I've made a fancy fold and was inspired by Shannon at CASEing the Catty. She very kindly put all the measurements in her blog and because I was short on time it made it very easy to pull a card together. Folded flat it fits in a regular envelope but will sit nicely for display once open. I took a few elements from the inspo pic for the card- the swirly bedhead inspired the cutout leaf edge, and the black spots on the coastal cabana cushion inspired the spotted embossing folder and highlighting the spots with Gray ink. The clouds on the bedspread reminded me of the retired Coastal Cabana DSP. I was keen to include a birdcage but came up short there at th...