Lillybet's Papers

I am so late sharing these projects as we have been super busy unpacking and setting up at home now that the renovations are finally finished. It feels so nice to be in - and to have my new craft room set up. I feel so very lucky. We created 2 Bay Window cards during this class. You can find the easiest measurements and some other samples on this post from July 26 There were 3 different paper and colour combinations but the measurements and technique was the same for all of them. To create the focal point we stamped and diecut the flowers from Charming Day . I press the inkpad onto a clear block to create a patch of coloured ink, then I pick up this colour with a small paintbrush and then colour the images being sure to leave some white space beside each of the lines to create depth. For a special sparkly effect I painted them using a Wink of Stella as the paint brush. (It doesn't show up very well in the photo but it is lovely). Once you have finished painting with each colour, y...

Welcome to our guest designer for this challenge Kisha Cook. It's so fun to have  a new guest designer each round. This could be you if your design is the chosen pick from one of our Challenges.  I so look forward to seeing what everyone has made and how they have interpreted the colour palette. The colours this week are very strong colours, but I have tried to soften them a little. We are still in the throes on renovation (pleased to say it is coming to an end) so I have opted for a very simple approach using the fabulous Celebratory Sips designer series paper to do all the heavy lifting for my card this week. I fussy cut two of the celebratory glasses and did some simple stamping of the lime, the sprig and berry and the sentiments. I die cut the berry spray from some retired Glimmer paper. I can't locate my heat gun so couldn't emboss the sentiments as planned, but I could find the blending brushes so added some Berry Burst colour to the pre printed emboss resist DSP for ...

 Welcome back for CI#189. The inspiration pic  for this week's challenge is just gorgeous. I love Gum flowers, and my Mum has one of these amazing flowering gums in her back garden. Our guest designer this week is Petra Noeth, we welcome her beautiful project.  Do be sure to check out all the inspiration projects on our Facebook Page from the design team.  Our picture credit this week is  https://www.tobiashayashi.com/blog/tag/eucalyptus+macrocarpa  I made a card and matching little gift box. I am trying (very hard) to embrace Darling Duckling so have used that as the focal flowers for my project this week. They are simply cut from the DSP and then layered up in a bouquet. I have gone around the cut edges with the Darling Duckling Stamp n'Write marker to give some added definition and remove the white which shows from the cut edge. The leaf sprays are also fussy cut from the DSP. I have only a hint of Melon Mambo in the card base and then all the flower cen...

 I recently posted a simple design for a card that uses more DSP than cardstock. The original design uses half a sheet of 12x12 and you can find the instructions and measurements on this post  from May 16th. It also contains the smaller measurements whih we made at class.  ( using piece 5 x 10"). I was able to source some square envelopes ( 14x14cm) which will fit this size card. Black and white work so well with a pop of a strong colour and I love these Strawberry Slush and Shy Shamrock versions. The smaller white square for the card front has been embossed so that the texture allows the white feature flower to stand out. I don't usually do black leaves but I love the effect here. The stitched flowers are from the Impressions Abloom dies and are quite a feature. These cards came together very quickly using sentiments pressed out from the pre printed sheets "Greetings for All" . The layout is the same but the different colours produce quite different looks. The only...

This is one of the Fancy fold cards which we will be creating at my June Card Class I had fun creating this card which is another great design to use up some of your DSP stash. My friend Janine Rawlins put me on to this tutorial, although I am sure there are plenty out there for a similar design as it is not new. This version is from Connie Stewart - Simply Simple Stamping. She calls it a 4 Panel Accordian Fun Fold card. I created her imperial version first but this is adapted to be closer to Australian dimensions. Cardbase 12 x 5 3/4" Score at 1 3/4, 4 3/4, 7 3/4"   ( this size is 14.5 x 10cm which is close to our standard 14.8 x 10.5) white card insert 4 x 5 1/2" white card and mat for sentiment as desired DSP  1 1/2 x 5 1/2  cut 2 2 3/4 x 5 1/2  cut 2 1 1/4 x 5 1/2   I've created a few recently experimenting with different papers and colours. This one was a great woodgrain background to show off some new Flower Dies which are coming May 6th. They ar...

We all have a stash of beautiful paper and I was inspired by a colleague ( Julia Leeper) to create these cards using a half sheet of 12 x 12 DSP .  These are a great way to use up some of that paper stash. cut DSP 6 x 12 being mindful of directional patterns score your DSP at 3 and 9 inches mark the midpoint on each end and score the paper from the midpoint to each side at the 3"score line.  fold to inside and adhere to create triangle point cut cardstock to 51/2 x 51/2 and white 51/4 x 51/4 and adhere to inside. cut front square cardstock 41/4 x 41/4 and white 4 x 4 adhere to the right flap being mindful of glue placement optional DSP triangles to cover inside flaps 33/4 x33/4 square cut diagonally   As this makes quite a large card and was too big for the square envelopes in my collection, I redrafted a smaller version which is easier to post. DSP 5 x 10, score at 21/2 and 71/2 Cardstock for inside 41/2 x 41/2 white Mat for inside 41/4 x 41/4 cardstock square for front ...

 It's been a while since I created a Bay Window card but they are such fun. This one uses the delightful new Lovely Garden DSP. I took inspiration form the colours in this sheet of DSP and paired Garden Green, Daffodil Delight and the new Secret Sky. I love the way Secret Sky is not quite as harsh as black, yet strong and clear for sentiments. These fabulous sentiments are from one of my current favourite sets - Mixed Labels. The flowers are easy to colur suing the masks and blending brushes, and the dies cut both the floral spray and the individual bloom.  Layering two circles together creates the little stopper  for the card to sit behind when you open it up so it stands for display. This gives a better view of the card opened and on display, of course they fold flat for posting. You can get all these beautiful products in my online store. Thankful Garden Suite Lovely Garden DSP 12 x 12 You can find the instructions for Bay Window Cards from my page of Fancy Folds at th...