The title is a combination of Wonder & Wishes corrugated letters, My Little Shoebox Mini Alphabet Stickers and Saturdays Chipboard Pieces.  I also added a bit of bakers twine from The Twinery for some added dimension and color.  It's fun to add in the pops of red against the denim, brown and cream.

Like most of the Little Yellow Bicycle Collections, there is a Paper Flower Kit with this one too.  The detailing on the flowers is really pretty and they even look good on a masculine page.  I added a bit of sparkle with the jewel stickers and tucked a piece of chipboard behind the flower for an extra sentiment.

We have a new sketch for you to work with this month.  I think when I made this sketch, I had paper flower kits on my brain and I was thinking it would be fun to add more photos along with some fun elements like clear cut or chipboard shapes.  Hope you will play along this month! Please see the details and contest rules at the bottom of this post.

Below is my version of the sketch, which I followed pretty closely.

This is the BRAND NEW Paradise collection that is being shipped to stores as I type.  In fact I think a few Local Scrapbook stores already have it on their shelves!  This is such a fun collection with a great color palette and embellishment choices.  For this page I tried to keep it simple with three patterned papers, Tear Out Ticket Book, Favorite Pieces, Fresh Verse Stickers, Paper Flower Kit and Jewel Stickers.

Take a look at what some of our Cycling Team Members did with the sketch!  Be sure to visit their blogs for more details and close ups about their projects.

Wonder & Wishes Page by Audrey Yeager

Wonder & Wishes Page by Renee Zwirek

Winter Twig Page by Marcia Dehn-Nix

Winter Twig Page by Katrina Hunt

Winter Twig Page by Andrea Friebus

Winter Twig Page by Laura Evangeline O'Donnell

Winter Twig Page by Mary Ann Jenkins

Here's the rules:

1.  You may use the sketch any way you please (turn it upside down or on its side, or use it as is).

2.  You must use at least 75% Little Yellow Bicycle product, from ANY of our collections (We like to see the new stuff, but we have so many great collections, that we basically just like to see our stuff).

3.  Your work must be your own! ;)

Here's how to enter:

1. You may enter by posting your layout to LYB's Facebook Page - please post it in the Album titled "January/February Sketch Challenge". 

2. If you're not a Facebook user, you still may enter, by emailing a photo of your entry to lizq@cthruruler.com. Please include your mailing address - so we have it in case you win!

3.  All entries must be received by midnight EST on Saturday, February 18, 2012.

Here's the fun part ... the prizes!

1.  We will select THREE finalists. All of the finalists will win a prize.

2.  We will post the finalists to our Facebook Page and Blog for you to VOTE on your favorites.

3.  You'll have a week to vote (one vote per person).

4.  The grand prize winner will win $50 in LYB product. The runners up will each receive $25 in LYB product!

**Due to shipping costs, prizes may vary depending on where you are in the world.

We will post the finalists from our last sketch challenge later today - thank you for your patience.  Thank you for stopping by today and hope you find some inspiration.

Liz

Ready for some more projects by you???  I spent some time searching the Internet today for Little Yellow Bicycle and was really excited to find so many wonderful creations from our fans.  I thought it would be fun to revisit some of our Fall and Winter collections today.  Below are just a few...

Hello Fall! Page by Delaina Burns found at My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club

Hello Fall! Page by Ginajo15 found at Two Peas in a Bucket

Wonder & Wishes Page by Celeste found at Scrapbook Expressions

Wonder & Wishes Card with Clear Cut Shape and Stickers by EFI found at Scrapbook.com

 
Winter Twig Page by Christine Meyer found on our Facebook Wall

We will be back tomorrow with a NEW sketch and some amazing examples.  We will also announce the finalists from our last sketch challenge, so stay tuned!

If you would like us to feature one of your projects on our blog please email me at lizq@cthruruler.com.  Thank you for stopping by today!

Liz

We are super excited to share projects from some of our fans who "ride with us."  In case you are not a cycling enthusiast, the Peloton is the large pack of riders in a road bicycle race, like the Tour de France.  We know we have a lot of riders in our Peloton, so we would love to share what a few of them have been up to with some of our collections.

Winter Twig Page by Victoria Freze - from our Facebook Page

Winter Twig Page by Marielle LeBlanc - from our Facebook Page

Wonder & Wishes Page from Christine Freet Meyer - from our Facebook Page

TWIG Page from Jing Jing Nickel - from her blog

This brings back memories!  Lisa sent me this amazing page made with Sharon's gorgeous Savor collection.  Savor Collection Page by Lisa Swift - emailed to lizq@cthruruler.com.

We will be back with more Projects from our Peloton.  If you would like to be featured on our blog, please link your projects to our Facebook page or email them to lizq@cthruruler.com.

Sketch Challenge Reminder!

Don't forget there is still time to enter our sketch challenge this month.  Please link your project to the sketch album on our facebook page HERE or send your entry to Peg at peg@cthruruler.com.  The DEADLINE is 12/31/11 so there is still plenty of time and we cannot wait to see all of your gorgeous work with our collections.  See this blog post for official rules and more details.

Have a wonderful day!

Liz

Well all good things must come to an end, and today is our final post from our Wonderful Wonder & Wishes Guest Designer Cindy Tobey!

I want to take this opportunity to thank Cindy for agreeing to Guest Design for us. We hope her work inspired you during this busy holiday season!

Here's Cindy to tell you about her last project ... a Christmas layout!

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In the Tobey house we normally have good intentions to put our tree up right after Thanksgiving, however it somehow always gets pushed into December. Not this year! We actually put our tree up and even decorated it the day after Thanksgiving! I thought it would be fun to create a scrapbook page with just a few photos to mark the occasion.

Celebrate Christmas layout Supplies:

Christmas Village Paper (WO-109)

Christmas Text Paper (WO-102)

Dots on Green Paper (WO-104)

Twine (WO-302)

Canvas Tape Roll (WO-222)

Stick Pins (WO-277)

Corrugated Shapes (WO-276)

Chipboard Mini Frames Photo Ornaments (WO-221)

Chipboard Stickers Words (WO-165)

Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces (WO-135)

The Chipboard and Corrugated ornament shapes are perfect for pages about Christmas tree decorating! I was going to use all three Chipboard Ornament Frames for photos but then thought it would be fun to add a dimensional paper ball embellishment to one of them instead. 

I love the fun pop of dimension it adds to my page! If you want to keep the dimensional aspect once it’s placed in your album, simply cut a circular hole in your page protector for the paper ball to come through. The embellishment will act like a mini pop-up in your album! 

1. Punch 6 circles from patterned paper. I punched 1 ¼” circles.
2. Fold each circle in half. If you want the colors to alternate, make sure to fold half with green on the inside and half with red on the inside.
3. Take two circles (one green and one red) and adhere them back to back.
4. Continue adhering the rest of the circles, alternating colors as you go. Add finished paper ball to your layout.

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I love the pop up ball, don't you? So cute!

Thanks again to Cindy for riding along with LYB this month! And if you haven't already done so, go on over and check out her blog!

-Peg

The holidays are fast approaching and if you are like me and still have a laundry list of things to do to get ready for the festivities, you might want to take a break and check out this cardmaking idea in case you need one more special craft item for family or friends.  I am using both the Wonder & Wishes and Winter Twig collections today.

This is not a new card idea, but I think the beautiful collections from Little Yellow Bicycle give it an updated look and I can really appreciate how different the cards look with the two collections even though the steps are the same.  I challenge you all to grab your LYB collections and try it out too!

This is called a Tri-Fold Shutter Card and it is a really fun idea for adding a bit more embellishment, style and sentiment to a card, mostly because the way it is folded provides a lot more real estate to decorate.  It is also really EASY to make - I promise. But not to worry, there is both a Training Reel and written instructions to talk you through it.  I used the gorgeous Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes Collection for this Christmas Card.

See how it opens up and has a "Pop Up" effect.  I love that it has a number of panels to design and decorate.  Not to mention how I was able to really showcase some of the specialized collection embellishments like the 10 Things Present pocket.

I love this perspective and that ribbon is really a cardstock sticker from the Favorite Pieces embellishments.   You cannot believe how easy it was to make this card!  It was so easy that I had to make two of them just to make sure I had all of the holidays covered this year.

This "chilly" card was created with the frosty Winter Twig collection and is a more generic holiday card and can be used for the different holidays at this time of year.  I love how all of the blue brown and white go together, but leave room for many shades of good winter fun.

I am smitten with the little chipboard "skater" and had to add him/her to my card.  This card was just as fun with the multiple panels to design and decorate and I also appreciate the Clear Cuts with glitter accents, because Little Yellow Bicycle uses "responsible glitter" and it does not come off on you!

Little Yellow Bicycle is so good about the little things.  The attention to detail is so much so that the tiny journal cards come pre punched with this fun notebook pattern.  I only needed to add it to the card.

Please see the video below for product ideas and tips on how to make these cards.

I have also included a PDF of instructions for how to make this card.

Download TriFoldShutterCard_LizQualman

For more close ups and details, please visit my blog My Little Sketch Blook.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and hope you leave with a little inspiration!

Liz

Happy Saturday friends! Hope you have carved out some "me" time this weekend ... perhaps to do something crafty?  If so, why not try out these holiday cards, brought to you by our Wonder & Wishes Guest Designer Cindy Tobey!

Here's Cindy to tell you all about them.

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I love to create handmade Christmas cards, and while I usually print a photo card to send out, I always create a few handmade cards as well. For both of my cards I used the same basic sketch, but changed it up with different supplies. Rather than creating multiples of the exact same card, try using the same sketch, but different supplies for each card. Doing this helps me use up extra scrapbooking supplies, as well as enjoy the process much more! 

Joy & Peace Card Supplies:

6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock (WO-133)

Canvas Tape Roll (WO-222)

Chipboard Shapes (WO-279)

Corrugated Shapes (WO-276)

Clear Cuts Shapes (WO-230)

Clear Stickers Cardmaking (WO-190)

Twine (WO-302)

Jewel Stickers (WO-197)

For both cards I used a sheet of Decorative Edge Cardstock and wrapped it around my card. I layered 1” strips of silver tissue paper over the red patterned die cut so that the snowflake and swirl Clear Cuts would pop and not become lost in the red pattern.

For dimension I added the chipboard swirl with foam adhesive and intertwined the corrugated frame, chipboard swirl and Clear Cut swirl.

Merry Christmas Card Supplies:

6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock (WO-133)

Canvas Tape Roll (WO-222)

Chipboard Shapes (WO-279)

Corrugated Shapes (WO-276)

Clear Cuts Shapes (WO-230)

Clear Stickers Cardmaking (WO-190)

Twine (WO-302)

Jewel Stickers (WO-197)

For my Merry Christmas card I layered 1” strips of tracing paper (rather than tissue paper as I did on my previous card) over the green patterned die cut so that the bird Clear Cut would pop a little more.  I also added some red jewel stickers over the berries on the bird Clear Cut for added shine and dimension.

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Thanks Cindy for some more good ideas! Don't forget to stop by Cindy's blog and thank her for riding along with us! [Pssst....a little bird told me she might just be giving away some LYB goodies over there!] Next week is Cindy's final post for the holiday season!

Enjoy your weekend!

-Peg

We're counting down to the holidays and today we have two fantastic Wonder & Wishes projects from Cycling Team Member Robbie Herring.  Robbie brings some real Christmas cheer with these two festive pages and we can't wait for you to see them.

It's such a great effect how Robbie mirrored the dot paper with the smaller dot pattern on our Decorative Edge Cardstock, and then layered in some of the patterned sheets from our Medley Album.

Aren't these felt poinsettias gorgeous?  They add such a beautiful texture to a project and paired with the Clear Cuts makes a wonderful cluster for the corner of this photo.

Robbie really did a great job of clustering Fabric Favorites, Button Dots and the Paper Flower Kit together.  Love how each element is unique, but perfectly coordinates together.

Our Wonder & Wishes Stick Pins, Pom Poms and Twine are the perfect finish for ribbon.

What a sweet photo!  It almost looks like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting.  The Wonder & Wishes collection is such a great background for these two little cuties.

Another great thing about this collection is how you can layer so  many of the patterns together and they still look awesome.

Wonder and Wishes Collection

Patterned Paper: Christmas Text, Simple Stripe, Tiny Tonal Poinsettia, Ornaments All Over, Green Geometric

For more inspiration from Robbie, please her blog Just the Scrap.

Our Wednesday Winner is  Ange!  Please email your information to peg@cthruruler.com and we will get a prize pack of Wonder & Wishes out to you shortly.

Thank you for stopping by today -

Liz

Happy Sunday Morning!

I'm back with some quick and easy ideas for making your gifts extra special, brought to you by our Wonder & Wishes Guest Designer Cindy Tobey! I just loved Cindy's first layout ... especially the hand-strung pom poms, didn't you?

Well, if you're like me and haven't even finished your holiday shopping (let alone begun to think about wrapping), these little extras will come in handy!

But first ... a few more LYB Q&A with Cindy!

LYB: What is the funniest topic you’ve ever had for a scrapbook page?

CT: My daughter cleaning the toilet. Here’s a link to it. http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/articles/Create_Accents_that_Complement_Candid_Layouts  

LYB: What’s the oddest embellishment you’ve ever used on a page?

CT: I cut up an old blow up swimming ring and used the plastic to create a circle frame and little flag for a beach page. Here’s a link to that page.

http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/articles/CK_Shows_You_How_to_Create_Sandy_Looks_on_Your_Scrapbook_Pages__July_August_2010

LYB: Sit down or stand up scrapbooker?

CT: Both. I work faster standing, but if I’m tired I inevitably sit down…and it seems I’m always tired, so maybe I am a sit down scrapper after all!

LYB: Are you a neat scrapbooker or is your space a mess?

CT: Neat. I always put my supplies away after a project…the clutter is way too distracting for me. I need a clean ‘palette’ in order to create.

LYB: Do you have a favorite adhesive?

CT: American Crafts dot glue runner.

And now, here's Cindy!

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I love to use scrapbooking products when wrapping gifts – they add such a pretty homespun feel – and  this is a great way to use up some of those scraps from Holiday layouts you’re creating!

Paper Ribbon Tag Supplies:

Home For Christmas Paper (WO-101)

Twine (WO-302)

Paper Flower Kit (WO-305)

Jewel Stickers (WO-197)

To adorn this sweet, oval, raw chipboard box I created a simple paper ribbon tag using one of the fun border strips from the Home for Christmas paper. You can create nine different ribbon tags out of one sheet! I added a flower from the paper flower kit, a few gems and wrapped it all up with some of the Wonder & Wishes twine!

To create a paper ribbon tag:

1. Fold paper strip over at about the half way point, without creasing – you want to create a soft loop to look like ribbon.
2. Fold it back 2” from the soft loop with a creased fold.
3. Fold paper back over to create another soft loop.
4. Secure with staple and add embellishments over the staple.

Lunch Sack Gift Bag Supplies:

10 x 5.25 Paper Pad (WO-180)

Chipboard Mini Frames Photo Ornaments (WO-221)

Felt Flowers Poinsettias (WO-304)

Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces (WO-135)

Wonder & Wishes Twine (WO-309)

This little gift bag is actually an inexpensive brown paper lunch sack. I dressed it up by folding a die cut page from the Wonder & Wishes 10 x 5.25 Paper Pad over the top of the bag. Isn’t that curved scalloped edge fun?! I secured it and my gift tag to the bag with a staple.

I created a photo tag using one of the Chipboard Photo Ornament Frames. I’ve always liked the idea of adding a photo of the recipient to a gift instead of a “To/From” tag. I love the way this turned out so much that I will definitely be making more of these!

Reindeer Gift Bag Supplies:

Journaling Cards (WO-134)

Paper Flower Kit (WO-305)

Wonder & Wishes Twine (WO-309)

Clear Cuts Shapes (WO-230)

As you might have guessed by now I do love using Kraft colored wrapping. It pairs so well with just about any bright or bold embellishments and I guess I just love that earthy feel. For this gift bag I used a Journaling card for the tag and decorated the bag with the coordinating reindeer Clear Cut Shape and a few flowers from the Paper Flower Kit. The great thing about this gift bag is that the recipient can either choose to reuse the bag or she can take off the embellishments and use them on a scrapbook page! I just love when the wrapping is a gift too!  

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What a cool idea for a gift or to hold your home-made baked goodies! I'll be back next week with another fun Wonder & Wishes project from Cindy Tobey!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

-Peg

We are very excited to share more Wonder & Wishes projects with Cycling Team Member Audrey Yeager.  Audrey has some wonderful page and card ideas along with some special gift warpping tips (great idea for our canvas tape and mini pom poms).  But, let's have Audrey tell you all about it...

Hello!  My name is Audrey Yeager and I am THRILLED to be sharing some projects with you from the Wonder & Wishes line!  When I received all the wonderful goodies that go along with this collection, I kept asking myself, “OK, do I want to do a photo of the tree? Stockings? The kids with Santa?  Our Christmas Villiage?”  Truth is, this line is so versatile that you can scrap any holiday tradition with it.

My dad just visited recently and brought along some old family photos (by request, of course), so I decided to use some of the old Christmas ones that he had.

 

Another old photo for my 2^nd page, too.  Not quite sure about the date but probably around 1950.  I splattered some white paint on the kraft paper and added some machine stitching here and there.

The bright green corrugated cardboard elements add such great contrast against the deep red.  Here is a quick and simple card.

Lastly, I really wanted to use some of the canvas tapes and highlight them on a simple package.  I used some fabric glue to glue the little pom-poms on the ends of the twine to create a cute bow.

Wonder & Wishes Supplies:

The Stockings Were Hung Cardstock: Bazzill Patterned Papers: Home For Christmas, Little Red Hot Dot Chipboard Shapes Corrugated Alphas Twine Spools Cardstock Stickers  

Merry Christmas Card Confetti Garland Clear Stickers Cardstock: Bazzill  

Joy Card Patterned Paper-Red Flourish Corrugated Shapes Paper Flower Kit

Gift Box Mini Pom-Poms & Twine Canvas Tape

Thank you Audrey for sharing your wonderful creations with Little Yellow Bicycle and all of our readers.  I know I have some ideas for how to make my badly wrapped packages just a little bit nicer.

Please visit Audrey's blog Audrey's Creations for more of her inspiring projects.

We will be back later this week with another project from Guest Designer Cindy Tobey and a NEW collection release with projects from the Biker Chicks AND a special announcement - stay tuned!

Have a wonderful day!

Liz

Is anyone else experiencing a lot of snow?  Because it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Colorado.  Did you all catch Biker Chick Tania Willis's Training Reel yesterday?  She has a great technique for adding "snow" to a project, just in case you don't have any at your house yet...

Today we have some fantastic Wonder & Wishes projects from Cycling Team Member Renee Zwirek.  She has created a wonderful layout and an adorable little mini album.  I also think she has some really great techniques to share, but let's have Renee tell you all about it.

"I’m so thrilled to be a part of the Wonder and Wishes Cycling Team. This collection is just perfect for me and it’s not just because my favorite color is red. This collection has lots of great pieces that make scrapping quick and easy. I have two special projects to share with you today; both displaying photos from my favorite day of the year."

The day after Thanksgiving is such a special and exciting day in our house. It’s the day we pick our fresh Christmas tree. I have so many photos from our day at the tree farm and I usually scrap single page layouts. So, how do I get my favorite photos onto one page? Well, I took one look at the Medley Album Kit and saw the pretty green pocket with the matching insert I could use. I love that there are no rules in scrapbooking. I can be as creative as I want with any products that I choose. This pocket was exactly what I needed. I used the decorative insert for my journaling, stuffed all my wallet-sized photos into it, and put my favorite photo of the day as a 4 x 6 on the front of it. My girls love this interactive page.

I normally enjoy all the details and work that I put into my projects. Okay, I love it! Sometimes, I want to work quickly and the Paper Flower Kit is definitely a time saver. I love all the possible layering for the flowers. The pinwheels are already scored which makes it so quick and easy to put them together. I decorated the Chipboard Mini Frames Photo Ornaments with the pinwheels for the tree on my page.

Supplies I used to make my “Our Tradition” Layout:

Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder and Wishes Collection

Patterned Papers:  (WO-104) Dots on Green and (WO-105) Tiny Tonal Poinsettia

Embellishments:  (WO-135) Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces, (WO-168) Chipboard Spinner Sticker, (WO-190) Clear Stickers Cardmaking, (WO-197) Jewel Stickers, (WO-219) Flower Button Dots Layered, (WO-221) Chipboard Mini Frames Photo Ornaments, (WO-222) Canvas Tape Rolls, (WO-275) Corrugated Alphas, (WO-302) Mini Pom Poms and Twine Spools, (WO-305) Paper Flower Kit, (WO-306) Medley Album Kit, (WO-309) Confetti Garland, and (WO-310) Countdown to Christmas Page Kit

Others:  scissors, date stamper, black ink pad, Pine Needles Deep Edge Punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, Spotlight Scrapbook Colors by Making Memories, Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz, Glubers by Cosmo Cricket, Mini and Memory Book Glue Dots, Circle Foam Tabs by American Crafts, Zig 2-Way Glue Pen, computer font “TimelessTLig”, white thread, and sewing machine

I wanted to add a special page to my December Daily 2011 mini album about our Christmas tree. I took my four favorite wallet-sized photos of the day and created a page that is fun, interactive, and not too bulky for the mini album. I love the Chipboard Frame and the Patterned Papers on the front of the page. I particularly love the Canvas Tape Rolls. It was so easy to work with because it’s self-adhesive. If I make a mistake I can peel it and correct it easily. I chose the striped pattern, folded it together, and attached it to the page. On the back of the page, I added the tree branch to match my layout. Please visit my blog:  http://reneezwirek.wordpress.com/ for more photos of these projects and for future projects I make with the wonderful Wonder and Wishes Collection.

Supplies I used to make my "Christmas Tree" December Daily Page:

Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder and Wishes Collection

Patterned Papers:  (WO-101) Home for Christmas/Red Check, (WO-102) Christmas Text, (WO-104) Dots on Green, (WO-106) Little Red Hot Dot, and (WO-109) Christmas Village/Brown and Dots

Embellishments:  (WO-135) Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces, (WO-197) Jewel Stickers, (WO-222) Canvas Tape Rolls, (WO-230) Clear Cuts Shapes with glitter accents, (WO-276) Corrugated Shapes, (WO-279) Chipboard Shapes, (WO-302) Mini Pom Poms and Twine Spools, and (WO-310) Countdown to Christmas Page Kit

Others:  pencil, ruler, scissors, paper trimmer, letter stamps, date stamper, black ink pad, velcro square, Circles Large Edger Punch by EK Success, Scoring Board and Pine Needles Deep Edge Punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, Mod Podge, Memory Book Glue Dots, Herma Tabs, white thread, and sewing machine

Thank you Renee for so many wonderful ideas and details to add to a project.  I don't know about anyone else, but I am going to break out my Medley Album and pull out a pocket and create some tree branches with my punches!  All inspriation I am taking away from today's post!

Please visit Renee's blog Pretty Plz for more ideas and inspiration.

Stay tuned for tomorrow!  The Biker Chicks are back with some early CHA sneaks and a special announcement...tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow.

Thank you for stopping by -

Liz

We're back with another Training Reel featuring Biker Chick Tania Willis and the Christmasy-whimsical Wonder &Wishes collection from Little Yellow Bicycle! This adorable little Holiday Frame will make any space a little merrier - and makes a wonderful handmade gift as well!

In Tania's Training Reel, she'll go over some of the techniques she uses to make this piece extra special. So check it out, and then download the instructions (below), and then hang this little cutie somewhere in your home!

Here are a few more close-ups!

And here are all of the instructions!

Download Twillis_WO_Very Merry Christmas Framed Art Instructions

For more fun and inspiration from Tania Willis, be sure to follow her blog by clicking this link!

Have a crafty day!

-Peg

Hello friends!

Well I don't know about you, but I am positively overwhelmed at all the wonderful projects our Biker Chicks, Cycling Teams, and Guest Designers have been churning out over the last few weeks. But after all ... that is our goal ... to provide you with inspiration that makes you say "Hey! I can make that!" and come along for the ride.

So with that in mind, I proudly announce our Guest Designer for the Wonder & Wishes collection, the fabulously talented Cindy Tobey! 

Here's Cindy to tell you a little bit about herself!

Hi there! I’m Cindy Tobey, a graphic designer turned stay-at-home-mom, turned paper craft designer. Creating art has been a huge part of my life since I was a child and I feel so blessed to be able to do everyday what I love so much. When I'm not creating something with paper, paint, fabric, beads, or fiber, you can find me spending time with my hubby, playing with my kids, taking photos, reading a novel, or in the middle of a reorganization project around the house. I’m a 2008 CK Hall of Famer, a 2009-2010 Creating Keepsakes Dream Team member, and currently a contributing writer for CK. I am also on the American Crafts design team. I live in West Michigan with my husband, Allan, daughter, Moya and son, Elijah.

LYB: What is your ‘go to’ embellishment?

CT: Machine stitching or using some type of fiber – I really love baker’s twine right now. I also use buttons and brads quite often.

LYB: Do you prefer cardstock or patterned paper?

CT: I love patterned paper! But I almost always pair it with cardstock – cardstock really helps make  patterns pop!

LYB: Do you like to go to crops or prefer to scrap alone?

CT: I prefer to scrap alone and meet my friends for coffee or coffee and knitting. I never get anything done when I try to scrap with friends. Of course that might be because I talk too much!

LYB: What are your favorite scrapbook magazines?

CT: Creating Keepsakes of course!

LYB: Do you have a favorite die cutting system?

CT: Silhouette SD – I love mine and don’t know why I waited so long to purchase one!

LYB: Are you a morning bird or night owl?

CT: Night owl, but the older I get, the harder those late nights are to recover from…I still have to get up early most days…something about getting the kids off to school…

We'll have more Q&A with Cindy on later posts ...for now, on to this super fun layout from Cindy!

My inspiration for this layout totally came from the Wonder & Wishes Confetti Garland. I’ve stitched my own garland in the past, but let’s face it – that can be very time consuming! I loved being able to pull it off the card and just add it to my layout. I cut the garland into two separate pieces and layered them. The Mini Pom Poms were just asking to be strung onto some thread, so I did, and added my strand of pom poms amongst the Confetti Garland. I then selected my title from the Chipboard Words Stickers and machine stitched the letters creating a garland title. 

Be Merry Supplies:

Red Flourish Paper (WO-108)

Dots on Green (WO-104)

10 x 5.25 Paper Pad (WO-180)

6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock (WO-133)

Mini Pom Poms (WO-302)

Confetti Garland (WO-309)

Chipboard Stickers Words (WO-165)

Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse (WO-140)

Canvas Tape Rolls (WO-222)

Felt Flowers (WO-304)

Journaling Cards (WO-134)

Corrugated Shapes (WO-276)

Clear Cuts Shapes (WO-230)

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Adorable, isn't it? Thanks so much Cindy! Please make sure to stop by Cindy's blog and send her some love! (Tell her LYB sent you!) I'll be back next week with another project from Cindy. Betcha can't wait!

Have a great day!

- Peg

It's another beautiful day on the blog and we have brand new Wonder & Wishes projects to share from Cycling Team member Marcia Dehn-Nix.  We are so excited about her layout, gift card holders and card, but let's have Marcia tell you all about them...

"It is so exciting to be a part of the Wonder & Wishes Cycling Team. Little Yellow Bicycle asked me to make one item, but I am sorry, I could not stop at one. I have three projects to share with you today."

When I was looking through some older Christmas photos of my kids that I had not yet scrapbooked, I came across this photo of my kids on Christmas morning. The plaid in the girls’ skirts and in the stocking hanging above them from the fireplace mantle was similar to the plaid paper in the Wonder & Wishes collection.  It was as if it was destined when I saw 3 chipboard stockings. The Wonder & Wishes collection has so many fabulous embellishments to choose from.  The hard part is deciding which ones to use as I loved so many!

Supplies Used December 25 Layout:

Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes collection; Christmas Plaid paper, Joy and Peace paper, Christmas Text paper,  Home For Christmas paper, 6x6 Decorative Edge Paper Pack, Canvas Tape Rolls, Clear Cuts Shapes,  Chipboard Shapes, Confetti Garland,  Words Cardstock Stickers, Paper Flower Kit, Flower Button Dots, Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers, stick pins

Other: Antique Linen Distress Ink, silver thread, adhesive

It seems that I am giving more gift cards as gifts this year as my nieces and nephews and my own kids are getting older.  Then there are gift cards I purchase for teachers, close friends and family.  My starving college student daughters are getting gift cards for groceries and gas. Now, I know that some people think that a gift card is the easy way out. We should shop for hours to find the perfect gift for that someone special. I don’t know about you, but I love getting a gift card! I can go shopping again!! These gift card holders are a fun, decorative way to present your gift.  I made 2 gift card holders. One tailored for trendy teens, and the other more elegant for a teacher. Detailed instructions on how to make these are located on my blog; http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.com/

Supplies used 4U Gift card:

Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes collection; Christmas Village paper, Brown and Dots paper, Green  paper from the10x5.25 Decorative Edge Paper Pad,  Corrugated Alphas, Clear Cuts Shapes, Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers, Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers, Chipboard Shapes, Journaling cards

Other: Envelop, Ribbon, VersaColor Red Ink, adhesive

Supplies used Poinsettia Gift Card:

Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes collection; Home For Christmas paper, Red Flourish paper, Merry Little Berries paper, Red paper from the10x5.25 Decorative Edge Paper Pad, Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers, Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers , Felt Flowers Poinsettias, Mini Pom Poms & Twine Spools

Other: Envelop, VersaColor Red Ink, adhesive

The last item I want to share is a card I made.  This reindeer from the Clear Cuts Shapes was just so cute!

Supplies Used Joy Card:

Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes collection; Home For Christmas paper, Clear Cuts Shapes, Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers , Corrugated shapes, Mini Pom Poms & Twine Spools , and Jewel Stickers

Other: white cardstock, Cuttlebug embossing folder, tinsel glitter, wrinkled red ribbon. Antique Linen Distress Ink, thread.

Thank you Marcia for your gorgeous holiday projects and your wonderful creativity.  Please be sure to visit Marcia's blog One Scrap at a Time for a tutorial on how to make the Gift Card Holders.

Please come back tomorrow to welcome our Wonder & Wishes Guest Designer who shall remain nameless until Peg tells you all about her...tomorrow.

Have a wonderful 1st day of December!

Liz

Here at Little Yellow Bicycle our Biker Chicks are busy, busy, busy.  Right now you can find many of us working on "top secret" projects that we will share at a later date (a.k.a. Winter CHA).  But, today we would love to share some of the beautiful projects our merry little band of Biker Chicks created for our gorgeous Wonder & Wishes collection, mostly because "these are a few of our favorite things."  Feel free to break into song... you know you want to...or maybe just hum as you read.

Biker Chick Vicki Boutin created this beautiful family page highlighting our Wonder & Wishes 10 Things Present.  There is so much detail in both the papers and the embellishments that you can easily personalize a page about loved ones.

WO-308 - 10 Things Present - with glitter accents (11 pieces)

Biker Chick Greta Hammond created this divine wreath highlighting some of the beautiful Wonder & Wishes patterned papers.  Greta also added just the right amount of sparkle to the gorgeous red bow and her pom pom holly berries are the perfect accent.

WO-103 - Merry Little Berries/Green Poinsettia

Biker Chick Renée Foss created this gorgeous altered star banner highlighting the stunning Wonder & Wishes Felt Flowers.  Love how Renée added some beautiful accents with the white bows.  This will be so pretty hanging up for the holidays.

WO-304 - Felt Flowers - self adhesive with glass beads (4 pieces)

Biker Chick Liz Qualman (me) created this page of my daughter and her American Girl highlighting our Wonder & Wishes Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers and used some of the Mini Pom Poms and Twine Spools to tie the ornament stickers to the page.  I love how you can easily layer the stickers to add dimension to a page.

WO-135 - Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with glitter accents and matte foil (28 pieces)

Biker Chick Tania Willis will be back soon with an exciting new Training Reel featuring the Wonder & Wishes or Winter Twig collection, so be sure to stay tuned!

Don't forget there is still time to enter our sketch challenge this month.  Please link your project to the sketch album on our facebook page HERE or send your entry to Peg at peg@cthruruler.com.  The DEADLINE is 12/31/11 so there is still plenty of time and we cannot wait to see all of your gorgeous work with our collections.  See this blog post for official rules and more details.

 Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Liz

Every so often you come across something really cool. When I saw this perpetual card my friend Debbie Bonczek made using LYB's Wonder & Wishes collection, I just thought wow ... how did she do that? It is just the coolest thing. Here's a picture of each of the panels:

But you really have to hop on over to Debbie's blog to see the video of this sweet little card in action. One of my favorite parts of this card:  the mini pom poms on the elf's shoes! Cute!

Even better? Deb included a sketch and instructions so you can make one yourself. Go ahead - impress all your crafty friends!

Thanks so much to Debbie Bonczek for sharing this amazing creation with us! Make sure to leave a message on Debbie's blog ... and if you're in CT, you can take a class with Debbie at my favorite LSS ... New England Scrapbook Company in Canton CT!

Have a crafty day!

-Peg

Looking for a Holiday Project to "spruce up" the old homestead?  Try this adorable little Christmas Tree Centerpiece made with the Wonder & Wishes collection and inspired by Little Yellow Bicycle's Paper Flower Kits.  It gives just the right amount of flair with the least amount of work.  You will be surprised at how easy it is to make.

The design is really quite simple and uses just a few of the embellishments from the Wonder & Wishes collection like the Confetti Garland and Button Dots.

See the Training Reel Below!

Ready for dinner!

Directions for creating your own Chrsitmas Tree Centerpiece:

Download Wonder&Wishes_Centerpiece_LizQualman

Thank you so much for stopping by today -

Liz

Hi everyone! Are you ready for another Sketch Challenge from Liz Qualman? I hope so! This challenge starts NOW, and will run through the end of December - to give you plenty of time to work on it during the busy holidays!

Liz used the perfectly sporty Get Your Game On collection for her sketch - but you can use ANY of our Fall and Winter collections:  Head of the Class, Get Your Game On, Hello Fall!, Wonder & Wishes, or Winter Twig!

Here's Liz to tell you all about it ... and be sure to read to the bottom for details on how to enter!

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I love how the Get Your Game On collection provides four different sports to capture your memories.  Even though my son is not old enough to play sports competitively, he still likes to get outside and kick the ball around.  It was great to use the soccer papers and embellishments to capture this moment of my son and husband playing together.

I especially like the idea of how you can use the Get Your Game On collection for any sports related memories.  Wouldn't it be fun to use the papers and embellishments for a memory about tailgating with the "MVP" being the last person standing (if you know what I mean)?  The stars are the limit with this super fun collection.  Can't wait to see what some of you create with my sketch!

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Here's the sketch:

Here's the rules:

1.  You may use the sketch any way you please (turn it upside down or on its side, or use it as is).

2.  You must use at least 75% Little Yellow Bicycle product, from any of our current Fall or Winter collections [Head of the Class, Get Your Game On, Hello Fall!, Wonder & Wishes, and Winter Twig].

3.  Your work must be your own! ;)

Here's how to enter:

1. You may enter by posting your layout to LYB's Facebook Page - please post it in the Album titled "Fall/Winter Collection Sketch Challenge". 

2. If you're not a Facebook user, you still may enter, by emailing a photo of your entry to peg@cthruruler.com. Please include your mailing address - so we have it in case you win!

3.  All entries must be received by midnight EST on Saturday, December 31, 2011.

Here's the fun part ... the prizes!

1.  Liz will select THREE finalists. All of the finalists will win a prize.

2.  We will post the finalists to our Facebook Page and Blog for you to VOTE on your favorites.

3.  You'll have a week to vote (one vote per person). Voting will end at midnight on Saturday, January 7, 2012.

4.  The grand prize winner will win $50 in LYB product. The runners up will each receive $25 in LYB product!

Sound good? OK everyone! Get creating!  

-Peg

[P.S. if you love sketches, be sure to follow the link to Liz's blog - she has tons of 'em!]

Phew! What a week it has been here in Connecticut. Don't know if you have heard, but much of the state was without power for a week or more, and many (including our headquarters in Bloomfield, CT) are into their 11th day without power. As you can imagine, it hasn't been easy! We appreciate your patience as we get things moving as quickly as we can!

Just to give you a quick glimpse, I'm going to share a couple of photos from my town. We received between 1-2 feet of snow on Saturday 10/29. The entire town (and many others) lost power. Any street that had overhead power lines lost at least a few. Branches came down. Trees came down. Telephone poles came down. Here are some pics:

About 2' of snow in my back yard:

Branches and trees down everywhere (taken from my car) - most streets looked like this for several days after the storm - you just drive under the tree, gun it and pray:

Lots of destruction:

These poor people just replaced their roof last spring! Notice also the branch went right through the front window:

Even trick-or-treating was cancelled due to dangerous conditions.

Snow-covered pumpkin:

Snow pumpkin:

Once the power is restored, there will still be a huge clean-up job but we are hardy New Englanders and I believe we are up to the task.

A few things I have learned:

1) Neighbors are a blessing. Neighbors who have generators are a greater blessing.

2) I can never thank my husband enough for purchasing the generator!

3) No matter how often you tell yourself "The power is still out," you will still always flip the light switch when you go into the bathroom.

4) After a week without power, even vacuuming and doing laundry is "fun," and almost nothing beats the sound of a toilet flushing.

5) Each of us, some day, may be dependent on the kindness of strangers. This is important to remember when we have an opportunity to be kind. Be kind. You never know.

On the positive side, because we had a generator, I had the opportunity to spend wonderful quality time with my kids and get to know many of my neighbors better.

Sometimes it's the little things. I ran into a friend who hadn't had a warm shower in 3 days - so I invited her over to shower. I know I made her day. But interestingly, being able to invite her made my day too.

On the negative side ... I am SO BEHIND with blog posts! So today I am going to post Suzanne Sergi's final Guest Designer post featuring the Get Your Game On collection ... and I'll be back with more projects from the Cycling Teams for the rest of the week!

Here's Suzanne!

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Hi, everyone!

Suzanne here with another scrapbook page using the Get Your Game On Collection. I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed working with these papers. They make creating your pages so simple. The canvas has already been decided, and with a few added details you can complete your sports pages in no time! I have so many sport photos that need to be scrapbooked, so this collection helps me to document them quickly.

I used the Baseball Collage paper as the background to document this photo of my son holding the coveted Game Ball! I cannot tell you how his eyes would light up as the coach would begin his speech as to who the lucky recepient would be! He was secretly wishing each time, it would be him! On this day, he was the lucky one, and I wish I had been quicker to document his expression. It was priceless! However, he did agree to pose for a photo afterward.

Plus here's a bonus football card from Suzanne!

So cool.

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Thanks Suzanne! So nice to think about WARM things like baseball and paper crafting...maybe by the fire...

You can follow Suzanne's blog by clicking here.

See you tomorrow with more inspiration ...and don't forget our call for NEW Winter Twig and Wonder & Wishes Cycling Team Members! If you haven't sent your stuff in, THERE'S STILL TIME! We'll announce the new team members on Thursday, Nov. 10!! Send your submissions to sharon@cthruruler.com!

Have a happy day!

Peg

Hello everyone and welcome to the fifth and final day of our fabulous blog swap with our friends over at The Twinery! I guess it's true what they say, all good things must come to an end. We are sad to see this week end. But hey ... before it does, I have a couple more projects to share with you from the Biker Chicks, prizes to give away (later today) ... and next week I'll be back with more inspiration from our wonderful Head of the Class, Get Your Game On, and Hello Fall! Cycling Teams!

So I promise ... the fun never ends here on the LYB blog!

Let's get to the projects!

First up is Biker Chick Tania Willis with a layout featuring the Hello Fall! collection and, of course, some baker's twine from The Twinery!

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The colorful bundle of twine in the assortment pack had me at hello!  The colors are so fun and playful and just the right shades of color.  For my “I Love Fall” layout, I wanted to play off the Fresh Verse Cardstock die cut that says “piles of smiles” and literally piled a bunch of snapshots in the middle of the page. 

From there, I started adding pops of color in clusters by layering several types of embellishments from the collection, then kicked it up a notch with the addition of the twine. I love that the twine is a playful twist of light and dark, as the white is twisted with a color.  It keeps the embellishment light and not too dense for the eye. Love that. 

For the next cluster, I layered Fresh Verse die cuts, a journaling tag, flowers from the layered flowers pack and a chipboard button from the Fabric Pieces.  Before adhering the button, I pulled off the foam dimensional tape and strung two layers of twine through the eyelets.

Lastly, I wanted a bold punch of color in the center of the layout to draw the eye to the photos first.  I just added several loops of twine to the felt flower, near the felt leaves to resemble another leaf on the flower. Such an easy addition that helps add more visual weight to the flower embellishment.

I want to give a HUGE thanks to The Twinery for the generous supply of twine that was sent for our team to complete these projects this week!

Tania

Supplies:

Lemondrop Baker’s Twine by The Twinery

Mandarin Baker’s Twine by Twinery Twine

Honeydew Baker’s Twine by Twinery Twine

HF – 104 Walnut Knit Paper

HF – 220 Fabric Favorites

HF – 140 Fresh Verse Cardstock Die-cuts

HF – 135 Favorite Pieces Cardstock Die-cuts

HF – 223 Felt Flowers

HF – 134 Journaling Cards

HF – 305 Paper Flower Kit

HF – 277 Stick Pins

HF – 308 Favorite Things Pocket

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Thanks Tania! Love this layout! And YOU can catch more ideas from Tania by following her blog ... just click this link right here to get there!

Next up - another layout from Liz!

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Naughty or Nice Page

Just a funny page of my daughter hamming it up for the camera.  It reminded me of how she is always thinking about what is going to be on her list for Santa and how hard she tries to "make it happen."  Adding pop dots to the cardstock stickers is a great way to give them dimension and accent the page.  I cannot help but tuck a decorative edged cardstock piece on all of my pages and the patterns on the Wonder & Wishes pices are lovely.

Wonder and Wishes Collection Materials:

WO-104 - Christmas Plaid/Dots on Green

WO-133 - 6" x 6" Decorative Edge double-sided textured cardstock with glitter accents (5 pieces)

WO-279 - Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (20 pieces)

WO-165 - Chipboard Stickers - Words - with debossing (16 pieces)

WO-276 - Corrugated Shapes (22 pieces)

WO-135 - Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with glitter accents and matte foil (28 pieces) WO-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with debossing (28 pieces)

WO-197 - Jewel Stickers (96 pieces)

WO-219 - Flower Button Dots - layered with buttons

Twinery - Maraschino Twine 15 Yards

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Thanks Liz! Here's the link to Liz's blog too!

Now go on over to The Twinery's blog, to see what they've made for you today! As usual, don't forget to leave comments here, there and everywhere (LYB's Facebook Page, The Twinery's Facebook Page), for more chances to win! I will be choosing two winners of a LOVELY prize pack from our Hello Fall collection, plus a sampler pack from The Twinery!

Thanks for visiting and GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

-Peg

Hi everyone! Hard to believe it's already Day 4 of our Blog Swap week with the talented team over at The Twinery.  I don't know about you but I'm hoping for rain this weekend so I can get a little extra crafting in!

It will be sad to see this creativity-packed week come to an end ... but the end of the week also means we'll be announcing our prize winners - so keep those comments coming!

Today I have three projects from Biker Chick Vicki Boutin, featuring the brand new Wonder & Wishes collection - perfect for holiday gift giving - and available NOW at your Local Scrapbook Store!

Here's Vicki!

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I love Baker’s Twine!  It is such a simple, whimsical embellishment and there are so many uses for it.  The Twinery offers an amazing selection of colors and I was excited to mix their twine with the Wonder & Wishes line.  I decided to whip up a few cards.

Delight Card

One of my favorite uses for twine is to “string” up embellishments.  I added a few eyelets to a chipboard tag and attached it to the card with twine.

A great way to keep the twine in place is to punch “notches” using a small hole punch along the edge of the mat.

Material List

WO-101 - Home for Christmas/Red Check

WO-102 - Red Poinsettia/Christmas Text

WO-279 - Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (20 pieces)

WO-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with debossing (28 pieces)

The Twinery Baker’s Twine (Peapod)

Eyelets

Kraft cardstock

Joy Tag

I often like to work grids into my designs.  I like the linear structure of a grid.  The lines on the Christmas Plaid paper worked as a great guide when placing the twine.

I punched holes and threaded the twine to give the tag a clean, finished look.  The twine also worked really well as a tag topper!

Material List

WO-104 - Christmas Plaid/Dots on Green

WO-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with debossing (28 pieces)

The Twinery Baker’s Twine (Peapod)

Kraft cardstock

I Believe Card

A glue pen and a little twine are the perfect combination!!!  You can doodle a pattern or write a word and top it off with some twine for the perfect embellishment or title.  I drew the heart with a glue pen and then outlined it with some red and white twine.

This is a quick way to add pizzazz to a card or layout!

Material List

WO-106 - Joy & Peace/Little Red Hot Dot

WO-165 - Chipboard Stickers - Words - with debossing (16 pieces)

WO-222 - Canvas Tape Rolls - 3/4" x 36" per design (3 pieces)

The Twinery Baker’s Twine (Maraschino)

Glue Pen

Kraft Cardstock

Rhinestones

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Thank you Vicki! These are so cute! If you want to see more inspiration from Biker Chick Vicki Boutin ... just follow this link to her blog!

And then hop on over to The Twinery's Blog to see what they have in store for you today!

Leave your comments on the blog and also The Twinery's Facebook Page and Little Yellow Bicycle's Facebook Page to increase your chances of winning the Blog Swag!

Have a crafty day!

-Peg

Hello friends! It's Day 3 of our wonderful Blog Swap Week with The Twinery! We hope you're having fun and enjoying all of our designers' amazing work!

Today our very talented Biker Chick Greta Hammond has made amazing Christmas projects using LYB's new Wonder & Wishes collection!

Here's Greta to tell you about them!

I loved working with The Twinery product! Such a fun little embellishment to add to any project. I chose to use the LYB line Wonder &Wishes for my projects and the twine colors matched perfectly!

First off, I made a little gift giving notebook booklet by folding 3 sheets of 4.5” x 9” paper in half and then punching holes in the spine. I threaded some grey/white twine through the holes and tied a bow on the outside. To embellish, I made a small pom pom with the twine to adorn the top of my chipboard present.

Next, I made a card and used the twine to outline the edge of the chipboard frame. A fun way to add a bit of texture.

I then wrapped a corrugated tree with red/white twine to serve as garland and then finished off my title with a small bow.

Finally, I made a quick gift bag by turning over the top of the bag and punching holes near the center. I threaded 5 strands of twine through, added a small tag and tied a bow.

I decorated the front with paper, a fabric scalloped circle, stickers, chipboard and those lovely felt poinsettias! Easy, peasy!

Supply List:

WO-108 Festive Red

WO-105 Tiny Tonal Poinsettia

WO-140 Fresh Verse

WO-135 Favorite Pieces

WO-1279 Chipboard Shapes

WO-197 Jewel Stickers

WO-220 Fabric Favorites

WO-165 Chipboard Sticker Words

WO-304 Felt Flowers

Other: sack

thanks,

Greta

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Thanks Greta! 

Now head on over to The Twinery's Blog to see their lovely projects for today! And of course, don't forget to leave a comment here on our blog, and also on The Twinery's Blog, plus LYB's Facebook Page and The Twinery's Facebook Page to increase your chances of winning a fabulous Hello Fall! and The Twinery Prize Pack!

See you tomorrow!

-Peg

Hello everyone! So happy you stopped by for Day 2 of our fabulous blog swap week with the talented team over at The Twinery!  I loved yesterday's projects ... they were all so beautiful I don't think I could beging to pick a favorite! 

Today I have three more fun projects from Liz Qualman! Liz is so helpful, she's here with some great ideas for cards to take you through the next few holidays!

But before we get to Liz's projects - just a quick reminder to stop by The Twinery's Blog also, to see what they've created for you today - and also to leave a comment here, there, and also on LYB's Facebook Page and The Twinery's Facebook Page, to increase your chances of winning some great prizes from both companies at the end of the week!

Great. Let's get started! Here's Liz!

Happy Halloween Card:

Twine adds a new and fun spin to spider webs.  I used an epoxy button from the Booville collection and 5 pieces of charcoal twine to create my web.  I anchored the button to the center of the card, punched tiny little holes around the edges of my card to feed the twine through, and then wrapped more twine around the interior of the web.  Next, I added spiders from the Booville Clear Stickers with pop dots and the Happy Halloween sentiment from the Booville Canvas Pieces. Finally I added a few pieces of candy with the Cardstock Stickers.  You can order the entire Booville Collection on our Little Yellow Bargains site - at 70% off its original price!

Materials:

Little Yellow Bicycle Booville Collection

BV-112 - Motley Pumpkins/Orange Dots with Trim

BV-278 - Epoxy Chipboard Buttons (30 pieces)

BV-135 - Favorite Pieces with thermography and debossing BV-190 - Clear Stickers with glitter (31 pieces)

BV-202 - Canvas Stickers (13 pieces)

Twinery - Charcoal Twine 15 Yards

Fall Card:

It's fun to anchor twine with a button and fan it out on your project.  I wanted to highlight the beautiful Hello Fall! Collection chipboard tree, so I added the button to the trunk with three strands of twine and fanned them out on one side by anchoring them to the card with little punched holes.  The I added the sentiment from the Fabric Favorites as well as some leaves from the Cardstock Die Cuts

Hello Fall Collection Materials:

HF-107 - Sweater Weather/Delicious Autumn Text

HF-279 - Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (20 pieces) HF-220 - Fabric Favorites (14 pieces)

HF-135 - Cardstock Die Cuts - Favorite Pieces - with embossing and button accents (34 pieces) Twinery - Mandarin Twine 15 Yards

Holiday Wishes Card:

Rolled paper makes a unique looking project.  I used two different patterned papers from the Wonder & Wishes Collection and offset the measurements for each roll by a half an inch starting with 4.5 inches on the bottom and ending with 1 inch on the top.  Then I wrapped twine around each end of the rolls of paper and stuck them in order to the corrugated cardstock paper.  The trunk is a rolled scrap wrapped with Cappucino twine. I added a Flower Button Dot as my tree topper and finally a holiday sentiment from the Fresh Verse Stickers.

Wonder and Wishes Collection Materials:

WO-104 - Christmas Plaid/Dots on Green

WO-107 - Ornaments All Over/Green Geometric WO-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with debossing (28 pieces)

WO-219 - Flower Button Dots - layered with buttons Corrugated Kraft Cardstock Paper Twinery - Maraschino Twine 15 Yards Twinery - Cappuccino

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Thanks Liz! Love that chubby little rolled paper tree! So cute! Be sure to check out Liz's blog for more inspiration, then hop on over to The Twinery's Blog for more fun projects. And don't forget to leave those comments!

I'll be back tomorrow with projects from Biker Chick Greta Hammond! Have a great day!

-Peg

Don't you just love a little bit of baker's twine on your layout or paper project? To me it just says "happy" - maybe it's the long ago association with goodies from the bakery - who knows? But when the opportunity to do a blog swap with The Twinery ... creators of baker's twine in the loveliest colors ... we jumped on it!

In case you're not familiar with a blog swap - here's what we did: we sent their Design Team papers and embellishments from the Hello Fall! collection, and they sent our Design Team a box of baker's twine in every color of the rainbow and then some! Then our teams got to work, and you get to enjoy what they've created!

Each day this week, both The Twinery and LYB will share a project or two from our Design Teams which we hope will inspire you.

PLUS ... as usual ... there's blog swag involved! YOU have a chance to win some gorgeous goodies! Be sure to head over to The Twinery's Blog and Facebook Page every day to see what their fabulous Designers have created. Don't forget to leave a comment - and tell them we sent you. Comment every day on both blogs and Facebook pages for more chances to win. At the end of the week, we'll each pick winners from our Facebook and Blog comments - and the winners will win a sampler pack of Twinery Twine plus some goodies from Little Yellow Bicycle's Hello Fall! collection!

What's not to love? Let's get started!

Our first projects are created by the very very talented Biker Chick Renee Foss!

Piles of Smiles Layout - Using The Twinery Twine and Little Yellow Bicycle's Hello Fall! Collection

To begin I dyed the red/white baker’s twine to make it more harmonious with the fall colors of this layout. I mixed water and the two colors of alcohol ink and soaked my twine in it for about a half an hour. Make sure the mixture is a lot darker than the color you want the twine to end up. After soaking, rinse the twine with clear water and squeeze out excess. Allow to dry before using.

For layout, I color-blocked two different patterned papers on red cardstock. The photo and ‘piles of smiles’ are matted on orange cardstock. All edges were inked with brown stamping ink. I grouped the large brown branch and two leaf chipboard pieces as shown and tied my prepared twine several times around the entire red cardstock piece before adhering this to the background [kraft] paper. I removed the foam backing from one of the Fabric Favorites button pieces and punched two small holes. I added this piece over the chipboard pieces and tied the twine in a bow through the button. HINT: add a small dot of clear drying glue to the knot to keep it secure. I also tie small knots in the ends of the twine to keep them from unraveling. As a finishing touch I added two green leaf pins behind the button. I hand stitched the zigzag down the side of the journaling card before adhering to the layout and finished off with a small bow, and then sprinkled some green jewel stickers around the layout for a little sparkle.

Supplies used:

HF-103  Autumn Medley/Green Splendor paper

HF-105  Little Leaf Pile/Burnt Orange Knit paper

HF-279  Chipboard Shapes w/ Glitter Accents

HF-220  Fabric Favorites

HF-134  Journaling Cards

HF-135  Cardstock Die Cuts—Favorite Pieces

HF-140  Cardstock Die Cuts—Fresh Verse

HF-277  Stick Pins

HF-197 Jewel Stickers

The Twinery Maraschino baker’s twine

Cardstock: kraft, red and orange

Brown ink

Alcohol ink: red and brown

Holiday Cards - Using The Twinery Twine and Little Yellow Bicycle's Wonder & Wishes Collection

Card 1—Stitched Tree

Cut a label die cut using die cut system from white cardstock. If you don’t have one, just cut a rectangle of white cardstock to 4” x 5.25”. Dye Honeydew twine with celery/green alcohol ink as described for layout above. Pre-punch holes for tree in prepared label/cardstock and stitch tree.

Add a small piece of brown cardstock for trunk and a chipboard star at the top of the tree [I colored the star using Versamark ink and red embossing power, heat embossed]. Make card from white cardstock [4.25” x 5.5”] and cut a piece of ‘Joy & Peace’ paper for the front panel. Ink edges with green ink and adhere to card front. Add tree panel to card using foam adhesive. If desired, heat emboss edges of tree panel with red embossing powder [or color with red pen or ink w/ red stamping ink].

Card 2—Peace & Joy Present

Make card base from white cardstock [half of a 8.5” x 11” sheet folded in half]. Add Red Check Paper to card front, ink edges with brown ink. Cut patterned strips from remaining ‘Home for Christmas’ paper [note: the red pattern and green geometric border are next to one another on the paper but to get the other green border along the red patterned strip you need to cut that separately]. Ink edges with brown ink and add to card as shown. Ink edges of corrugated frame [leave inside of frame intact!] and add to card as shown. Cut off bow and small ribbon ‘bumps’ from chipboard present die cut. Wrap dyed Maraschino baker’s twine around twice both ways and secure in back. Tuck a mistletoe clear die cut under twine and secure. Make a bow from a double length of the same twine  and adhere to present as shown. Add present to card with foam adhesive. Add ‘peace & joy’ clear sticker as shown.

Supplies used [cards]

WO-101 Home for Christmas/Red Check paper

WO-106 Joy & Peace/Little Red Hot Dot paper

WO-279 Chipboard Shapes

WO-190 Clear Stickers for Cardmaking

WO-276 Corrugated Shapes

WO-230 Clear Cut Shapes

The Twinery baker’s twine in Maraschino and Honeydew

Chipboard star

Versamark ink

Red embossing powder

White cardstock

Brown stamping ink

Green stamping ink

Small scrap of brown cardstock

Foam adhesive

Alcohol inks: red and celery

Die cutting system and label die

I want to send a HUGE shout out to The Twinery for their generosity – they sent soooo product in a rainbow of colors! Thank you so much, I can’t wait to entwine all my projects!

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Thanks to you Renee! 

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- Peg