Lillybet's Papers

Sprinkles of Life is such a cute set and I'm a sucker for a tree stamp so this was a no brainer for me, especially with the matching punch . This is another in a series of flip pop-up cards I have been making lately, and this one is for a very special friend of the family who has just moved out of college into her first share home, so a housewarming gift seemed essential. You can find the directions for the card and another sample here . It's such an easy and effective card design, you should try one ! I have also used the super cute retired Sale-A-Brataion set You Brighten my Day. I also used the beaut new Rotary Stamp to personalise the greeting, I love the versatility of this, and the Hello You  thinlets for the Happy greeting. Thanks for looking, I will have more half circle pop up fold cards to show tomorrow. Liz Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

After the class on the weekend I have a beautiful stash of watercolour pieces and now I am busy making them into Mother's Day cards.  The challenge at the Paper Playes this week is a clean and simple Watercolour which is always a challenge for me to keep things 'clean' - I do love an embellishment.  This card uses some gorgeous little paper flowers which were part of a treasure trove I found in Vietnam last year. Paper Players #241 For the watercolouring I used Blackberry Bliss, Blushing Bride and a touch of Crushed Curry. But for the ink and the cardstock ring I used the long retired Peach Parfait which worked a treat. Of course the inside needed a little dressing up. (Trying hard to use up old bits and pieces) - like the glimmer brad in Rich Razzleberry. I have a few other samples too. This one I am entering in JAI# 259 Just add sequins. JAI#259 This one uses Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight and Blushing Bride, as well as the Peach Parfait. ...

The sketch from Fresly Made Sketches made me think straight away of a card I saw recently which was made by Bronwyn Eastley which I have been wanting to try. So I did!  It should have been a lot faster but I just couldn't get anything to work properly the first time. Anyway, I wanted to make a shaker card and finally got all the right pieces in the right places. I used the Sale-A-bration Set You Brighten My Day , Lost Lagoon and Pistachio Pudding cardstock and ink, Spring Flowers Embossing Folder , the Shaker frames adhesive rims and window sheets cut with the circles framelits , and the wonderful HelloYou thinlits dies. The shaker contains some small beads and sequins from the In Colour Sequins Assortment. I would have liked to add glitter but that seemed a dangerous option given how everything else went wrong initially. Maybe next time… Some Lost lagoon bakers twine was separated to give thinner threads and used to stitch on a little button a...

Very quick post today as life has been disrupted her for the last week after Cyclone Marcia swept through our town. We were so fortunate not to have any major damage, but it has been very hot without power for 6 days. CTC asks us to use new buttons and ribbon from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue, and I used the FMS sketch as the inspiration for the gift tags to go with the gift boxes, although I flipped it upside down. CTC#19 FMS #175 using You Brighten my Day EDITED on 13/03 EDITED 01/03 I have had several requests for the instructions on how to make this box. I wish I could say I designed it but I can't take that credit. I found the inspiration on Pinterest (source of many wasted moments but masses of inspiration!) and I would like to thank the lovely Debbie Henderson who put together a tutorial. you can see it here - I do have lots of great pins of tutorials etc and you can follow me on Pinterest, and I also have a Facebook page -Lillybet's Papers where I ...

The new Catalogue has such lovely products, and I am totally loving the Irresisitbly Yours DSP. - one of the Sale-A-Bration  products free with Purchases over $90. So I have chosen to use it for this weeks CASEing the Catty challenge #16. Bronwyn has such a beautiful card and I only just learned that you can stamp on the DSP before sponging or misting and it gives another layer to the paper. I saw this first by Carolyn Lindenmeyer whose blog is Carolyn's Card Creations . There is a video link which demonstrates this , and I too must thank  Linda Heller  (When the rubber Hits the Road)  for this idea I saw on her blog. Well of course I couldn't make only one card, but I am entering this first one into the Challenge. I cut the DSP to 12x24 cm since I am quite fond of square cards. I stamped the Dictionary Stamp as the background, then when I wiped off the Soft Suede Ink it filled in the background colour. To brighten it I then sponged Wisteria Wonder around ...