Lillybet's Papers

Well hello stamping friends. I hope your New Year has begun well, and that your Christmas was enjoyable. Ours was a lovely celebration with family. I did limp to the end of the year with the usual array of too many activities and not enough time, so even though I had created this card I did  not have the energy to write it up and share it.   I created almost 150 Christmas Cards and posted around 50 so that took some energy! Thankyou to everyone for the gorgeous cards I recieved, they really did mean such a lot to me. So I am beginning 2023 "looking back to go forward" This is a great colour combination and a beautiful stampset to use... may there be much  kindness in your life in 2023. There are two shades of ink applied to the stamp with sponge daubers before stamping but the effect is quite subtle.  This was the INKspiration picture.  https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/kidfriendly-christmas-decor-213545 To create mine I embossed the DSP with the Leaf Fall E...

T o celebrate World Card Making Day, I am participating in Kathryn's Blog Hop of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from All Around the World to share a card that I have made today (or recently). Kathryn has also challenged us to post this card within a week to someone special, as we all love to receive a big paper hug in the mail. I couldn't agree more. I love the wildflower "Meadow Dies" and have had some fun cutting lots of wildflowers from various papers, and creating little montages with them, layered over an embossed panel. This uses the "Leaf Fall"   Embossing Folder. You can get endless variations of the flowers using patterned papers, and 3 stems is enough. I posted back in April with my tip on how to paint the wildflowers   They look great on both white or vanilla. I do love the kraft card stems in there too. this one uses the Hive and Eucalyptus Embossing Folders I have already posted a bunch of cards this week- my friendly Post Mistress - Treena - ...