Lillybet's Papers

I love the challenges at the Global Design Project and all the samples the design team create- it truly is a star studded crew of amazing designers from all over the globe. This week I am determined to be ready earlier than the 11th hour. As soon as I saw the sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to recreate- modelled on a swap I did for Convention a few years ago - and since I am preparing for two coming craft fair markets it will go into my stash of square cards with coordinating envelopes (love my Envelope Punch Board) - sort of becoming my craft fair signature item. While not quick to create, this design is a great way to use up scraps- which is good if you struggle to throw out all your leftovers. The layers of different embossing folders and the random width of the strips is completely arbitrary so every card will look different.  You can lightly sponge the surface, like I have done here, or leave it plain. I have used Rose Red DSP and Kraft Cardstock and some of the...

As promised here are a few more samples of the Half Circle pop up card from Julie Davison's design. You can see my original sample and a link to the instructions here . My daughter and all her friends are turning 21 so I have had the luxury of making lots of really special cards. These are for a few of the girls. I have used a mixture of papers old and new, and some non SU flowers, numbers and bits and bobs from my stash - "the useful box" as they used to call it on Playschool. The first card  meets the challenge criteria at JAI#272 to just add butterflies - and who can resist the Papillion Potpourri image. I have heat embossed it in black and coloured in with blender pens before punching three out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and then glamming them up a bit with some shimmer paint. The second sample has no butterflies but a really cute little birthday cake of flowers from Blooming with Happiness.  This gorgeous stamps set is sadly retired, but ...