Lillybet's Papers

It has been ages since I could find some time to be creative but I managed to sneak in a few quick cards today, and when you are short for time what better way to work than to start with a sketch. I have been lucky enough to preorder some of the new stock which is coming in the new Christmas catalogue and have been itching to play with it.  this came together quickly -partly because the watercolour panel has been sitting on my desk for ages. The card front features 2 new patterns from the Paisley and Petals DSP. It is nice to have some razzle berry back in the mix.I cut the flower and the leaves from the White Glimmer Paper and I coloured the leaves with the Pear Pizazz stamp pad. Not sure which pack the floral embellishment is from but it sits nicely over a small stamped circle of Sweet Sugarplum. As always I have a little touch of stamping on the inside and a handmade envelope to match ( not sure where this paper is from either) but the envelope punch board makes it so easy. than...

Don't you just love it when a card comes together quickly without too much rearranging? I have been working very hard to clear a lot of thos 'bits and pieces' off my work area. I am a bit of a chaotic crafter and always end up with extra bits left over from projects  - which I struggle to throw away.!!!! So this card actually used up 8 elements ( including a stamped envelope) which were left over from other projects and it all just fell together. I am really glad I purchases the Falling Flowers set as it is truly lovely - nicer than the catalogue would suggest. I hope you get a chance to play with it sometime. the matching Framelits are brilliant, especially the large Dahlia, and I'll have more fancy fold cards to show you this week using it too. Having said that, this set would work well as just the stamps on their own. I do love the leaves from the Fabulous Flora set stamped along the edge of the card like this. It's a technique I used a lot for Onstage....

Just a quick post as I rush to get in before the deadline!! I have finally had some time to play with some of my new products from the new Catalogue, and I'm loving the new May Flowers Framelits and the matching stampset Falling Flowers. JAI has a sketch challenge this week The new DSP Blooms and Bliss was the inspiration for my colour palette of Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron and Rich Razzleberry. And how could I not use the beautiful Copper Embossing Powder . For the smaller panel behind the focus flowers I used another new product - the Petal Burst embossing folder. I'm glad the silver rimmed pearls have carried over this year, they are an easy accent. Thanks for looking, I have some other projects to share next using some more of the Framelits, they are really stunning. Liz