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Swooning a Bit More with Cycling Team Member Kristine Berc

We are so pleased with the versatility of our wedding collection Swoon.  No matter who makes a project with this collection of blacks, grays, whites and creams, they all seem to be spectacular.  Today is no excpetion.  We invited back Cycling Team member Kristine Berc to play with some of the beautiful collection.  But let's have her tell you a little more about it...

I waited almost 7 years to scrap this wedding photo!  I'm really picky about the papers that I use for my pages, and I hadn't found the right ones to use for this photo until I recently got my hands on Swoon.  The collection looks beautiful online... but in person... woooooooooooooooooow... perfectly gorgeous!

I LOVE the paper flower kit which I used several pieces of along with some pretty cardstock stickers.

The self-adhesive jewels and pearls made it so easy to dress the flowers up, and I love that so many of them come in the package.

With the help of an embossing folder, a couple of metal dies, a border punch, satin ribbon, and Stickles, this card came together in no time.

I love the sophistication of Swoon!

 

Please visit Kristine's blog A Stash of Pretty Paper for more beautiful and inspiring ideas.  We love to see what she does with our collections!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Liz

Swoon, Swoon, Swoon with Cycling Team Member Jennifer McCracken

We are really smitten with our Cycling Team Member Jennifer McCracken's old school Hollywood style with our Swoon collection.  Jennifer really added a lot of glamour to our beautiful collection with her wonderful photos and design.  But let's have Jennifer tell you all about it...

 

Hi everyone!  I am SO thrilled to share my first project with you! I feel like I need a drumroll or something…this is my very first time being a guest designer. I am nervous and excited all in the same breath!  When I first received all of the goodies in the mail I didn’t know where to begin. All of the ideas starting to “Swoon” in my head so I decided to start with the obvious- my wedding. Believe it or not- I’ve never had the opportunity to scrapbook ANY of my photos! This collection is just beautiful…from the soft colors, gorgeous flowers, to all of the wonderful embellishments that go with it. I discovered there’s so much to this collection that it could go with just about any kind of wedding photo (or color scheme) you want to scrap (reception, posed, dancing, funny, etc.).

I am an embellishment girl (as my best friend calls me) and the more dimension and layers- the better! I used one large photo (5x7) as my focal point. I matted it with 5 1/8 x 7 1/8 cardstock. I then added several pieces of patterned paper behind and began to add flowers and layer chipboard pieces around the lower right hand corner. I also added pearls to the flower and chipboard to add some elegance.

From there I extended a chipboard border from that cluster to draw the eye to the left hand side of the layout towards the adhesive strip and added gemstones to those as well.

Up in the right hand corner I included three doves as if they were flying off of the page- 2 chipboard doves plus one sticker with a pop dot.

 

Swoon Supplies:

Cream cardstock- 12 x 12

Shimmer grey cardstock- 11 ¾ x 11

SW 109 modern elegance- 10 ¾ x 10 ¾

SW 105 unveiled- 9 x 5 (matted 9 1/8 x 5 1/8)

SW 107 paisley Entwined- 8 x 6 (matted 8 1/8 x 6 1/8)

SW 279 chipboard shapes

SW 305 paper flower kit

SW 197 pearl and jewel stickers

SW 135 cardstock stickers- favorite pieces

SW 140 cardstock stickers- fresh verse

In each of the envelopes I wrote to my husband how I loved what HE did to make the day special (since I did most of the planning!) for me. There were only five envelopes so to finish the grid I punched squares to “fill in the blanks” and decorated them with various stickers and flowers.

Then to ground the actual photo I slid a journaling card underneath it, added some more pearls (I am LOVING the pearls apparently!) and adhered the fourth envelope to it.

For the bottom left-hand corner I wanted to ground the title sticker so I added some paper flowers behind it as well as on top of it….again- using brads and pearls to jazz it up!

To start I used the decorative edge cardstock as the matting for the photo. I think it’s just beautiful to use when your focal point is one photo. I used the Wedding March patterned paper to ground that. From there I concentrated on my title- LOVE. I put it in the lower right-hand corner layered over a clear cut circle and a punched circle. I filled in flowers and butterflies around it- adding special touches such as jewels and pins.

In the top corner of the page I used more chipboard and fabric flowers, butterflies, and clear cut shapes on top of and behind the photo- again, adding more pearls and jewels.

 

Swoon Supplies:

SW 106 Wedding March

SW 122 Decorative Edge Cardstock

SW 279 Chipboard pieces

SW 230 Clear Cut Shapes

SW 305 Paper Flower Kit

SW 135 Cardstock Stickers- Favorite Pieces

SW 197 Pearl and Jewel Stickers

 

That’s it! Thank you SO much for allowing me to share all of my layouts from The Swoon Collection and coming along with me for my first ride with Little Yellow Bicycle! I’ve had a blast and I’ve enjoyed the challenge. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with such great products and great people. I’m sad to see it come to an end but hopefully I’ll be back soon!

 

Thank you Jennifer for your wonderful projects.  Please visit Jennifer McCracken's blog Scrappin' McCracken for more inspiration.

 

Thank you for stopping by -

 

Liz

One More Saturdays Ride with Cycling Team Member Sarah de Guzman

We are so excited to share these fun projects with Saturdays Cycling Team Member Sarah de Guzman.  Sarah's style along with her adorable furry friends makes a winning combination.  Let's have Sarah tell you a little more about it.

 

When I first received my box of goodies from LYB, I was swooning for days. This Saturdays line is more than just perfect for all of your projects; it's gorgeous and elegant as well. The deep, rich colors of this line make it easy to use with any of your photos. In the layouts that I created, I used both people and pet photos, and it worked out great on all layouts!

Oh, and if you haven't seen LYB's coordinating embellishments for the Saturdays line, you need to check them all out. There's a good handle of them to work with. My favorite ones in this line were the Fabric Favorites and the Paper Flower Kit. (I have detail shots of some of these items). Both are so simple, but they add so much "wow" to your projects! All of the coordinating stickers are also fun to work with.

Overall, one of my favorite LYB lines.

Please visit Sarah's blog Red Oak Lines for more inspiration from her.

 

Check back tomorrow for more Swoon inspiration from Guest Designer Stacey Michaud.

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Liz

Introducing our NEW Hello Spring Cycling Team

We are so pleased to introduce our newest wearers of the Yellow Jersey.  We have had so much enthusiasm for Little Yellow Bicycle in the past few months that we decided to invite a few fans who we just adore for the Hello Spring cycling team.  We said we would choose between 3-5 cycling team members per collection, so riding with us for our Hello Spring Cycling Team will be the following talented and inspiring designers.  Please click on their names to see their blogs and get to know them a little bit more.

 

Lisa Swift

Juliana Michaels

Tamara Tripodi

Elizabeth Carney

Katrina Hunt (returning Cycling Team Member)

 

BUT WAIT - there's more...  Little Yellow Bicycle has two more collections releasing for summer.  AND...we will need a cycling team for each and every collection!  Since, each collection has a personality of its own, we are looking for designers whose style will showcase the collection.  In other words, if you were/are interested in being a cycling team member look for future calls and if your style suits the collection, we want you to come ride with us!

 

Splash  Please stay tuned...

 

 

See you next time!

 

Liz

Swooning with Cycling Team Member Julie Ranae Murray

We are so excited to introduce Swoon Cycling Team Member Julie Ranae Murray.  She brings a wonderful passion to cardmaking and today is no exception, especially with so many weddings on the horizon, but let's have Julie tell you all about it...

 

" I am so excited to have this opportunity to share my designs with the fans of Little Yellow Bicycle.  The 'Swoon' collection is a beautifully elegant set and SO very versatile for all sorts of paper crafts.

I was very inspired to create wedding cards, as I have a niece who is getting married this summer.  I would love to take this same collection and create a memory album to match, so that is next on my creative list!

The designs and subtle textures of each of the papers made me think of a patchwork quilt, so my first card has an 'elegant' quilt design.  I used only two different sheets from the collection, but used both sides of the paper.  I simply cut them to  fit the size of the front panel and rounded the corners of each square.

The 'Paper Flowers' kit is perfect for creating layered flowers.  There are subtle designs on each of these flowers which help add dimension to the card.  I used the 'Jewel' stickers for the centers...Easy Peasy!

I love how easy LYB makes it to layer elements to take this card to the next level.  I added the sentiment & dove from the 'Fabric Favorites', a small acetate rose vine from 'Clear Cuts' and additional pearls to finish it off.

As soon as I saw the 'Wedding March' paper, I knew I needed to use it as the focus of a card.  For this one, I created a 'wallpaper' background using not only paper, but a border from 'Cardstock' stickers and paper from the 'Decorative Edge' set.



Once again, I made flowers using the 'Paper Flowers' kit.  I love that there was a rosette that could be created that matched the music paper.  How gorgeous are those stick pins?

I added the sentiment and a couple of tiny pearls and again...simple and elegant.

For this card, I wanted to use the sentiment 'With this Ring' from the 'Journaling Cards' set as my inspiration for the entire card, so I used a circle die cut and created 'rings' using a variety of the beautiful textured papers.

I think my favorite thing in this collection are the sentiments from 'Fabric Favorites' and this one is no exception. I love the silky texture of each one and by adding a few gems, including one to create a bride's engagement ring, it was a great finishing touch.

Each of these cards was very easy to create if you just think 'layers'.  LYB have made this collection so simple to layer, as each element works perfectly together.

I hope you found some inspiration for the weddings that you have in your future.

I thank Little Yellow Bicycle for the opportunity to share my designs today.  It's been an awesome experience! "

 

Wow, wow, wow!  Wonderful projects from Julie.  Please visit her blog Julie's Open Window for more inspiration.

 

Bet there are some weddings this month that will need some cards!  Happy crafting.

 

Liz

Little Bit of Down Home Saturdays with Cycling Team Member Misty Willis

We are very happy to share Misty Willis' work with our gorgeous Saturdays collection!  She has some very clever ideas to share on how to use our 5 Things Envelopes and our Paper Flower Kits...but let's have Misty tell you all about it.

 

Hi Everyone!  I am was so excited to be invited to cycle along with everyone at LYB and to get to create with this BEAUTIFUL "Saturdays" collection!  Every single piece is so beautiful and masterfully constructed...I almost didn't want to cut into anything!  I said ALMOST!

The very first project that I did was using the "5 Things I love about You" kit.  This kit has a title strip and 5 envelopes with little notecards inside each one. I could not resist the temptation to utilize these pieces to "enhance" my son's name and his personality.

Since my son's name is only 5 letters long, I used one envelope for each letter in his name.  This helped to complete the title..."5 Things I Love About You...Tamon."

But...I took that a little bit farther.  On the notecards, I used the letters in his name to make words that described him even better.  For example...one of the cards has:
Thankful
Attractive
Manly
Opinionated
Noisy

It was not easy to come up with 5 words that started with the letter "O" to describe my son!  Just sayin'!!!!  LOL  I added in some paint and some stitches and twine, then I distressed the edges and stitched it up again...all things to help enhance the masculine feel to this layout.  When I was finished, I realized that I had a kid peeking over my shoulder with a satisfied smile...and then, with a nod of approval, he walked away...reminding me that THIS is why I scrapbook.
He later told me that it made him feel good to read all the words that I used to describe him...and that it described him to a "T"!  LOL

The next project I did utilized my daughters first pair of boots...well, one of them anyway!
Down here in Texas, The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is a HUGE thing.  Seriously...it is a major event, and all retailers, schools, businesses, pretty much everyone celebrates and "Goes Texan" for the 2 months of rodeo.  Offices decorate, kids dress up, and even people who would NEVER wear a hat or boots on a regular day go out and buy one if they get the chance to go to the Rodeo.  I decided to help my kids' elementary school decorate a bit, and made this boot pen holder.  This is an actual boot that I simply put floral foam inside. 

I used the paper flowers kit, stick pins and chipboard buttons to decorate ball point pens to look like flowers were growing out of the boot. I tossed in some twine, burlap, and a touch of gingham ribbon and the "plain ol'e boot" became a perfect ornamental AND functional piece for the front office! Yes, I did get it back since HLSR is now over.  I couldn't just give away my daughter's first pair of boots, right!!??

Last up is "Sweet Life".

This is my favorite project of all, because it incorporated some of my favorite pieces from the "Saturdays" collection.  The denim die cut piece, the chipboard flags...and the Oh-so-Beautiful felt flowers.  LOVE!  Those of you who know me, know that I could design with this phenomenal collection without incorporating a layout with flowers and lace!  This layout features my youngest daughter, Skye, who has never been able to pass by a flower bush without plucking one and giving it to me. 

With the denim die cut being stitched already (LOVE that by the way!!) I decided to continue with the clean machine stitching along the border edge. 

And, being the layering fanatic that I am, I have incorporated several layers to this layout utilizing stitches, paints, buttons, twine, chipboard, lace and flowers.  l didn't want to detract from the natural beauty of the papers, so I decided against too much distressing.  I love the way this layout came together...it is a perfect example of my style, clean with lots layers and detail.

Thank you all for visiting today! And Thank YOU LYB for giving me this amazing opportunity to cycle with you! 

 

I certainly hope I have inspired you all and given you ideas on how to use the GORGEOUS Saturdays collection.  It is so very versatile...and so very beautiful!  I think my favorite piece is the stitched denim die cut...but I can't even guarantee that...since I ADORE it all!

 

Thank you Misty!  We know you are a long time LYB fan and we are so appreciative of the time and thoughtfulness you put into your projects.  Please visit Misty's blog Mommy of 5 Kidz for more inspiration from her.

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Liz

Check out How Cycling Team Member Delaina Burns Spends Her Saturdays

We are very happy to bring you some inspiring Saturdays projects from Cycling Team Member Delaina Burns. We love how Delaina takes layers and clustering to new "heights."  Be sure to look closely at all of her details. 

I just have to say how much I loved playing with the Saturday Collection. From the colors, and design on the papers to the awesome embellishments. It's a must have for almost any photo. It's such a versatile line and so easy to scrap with.

I love to add layers and dimension to my pages and the parts and pieces included in the embellishment collection are perfect to achieve that. I used 3 photos here of my son...one is a 4X6 and 2 wallet size. I cut strips from the paper, cutting a V-shaped angle from the end of a couple of them.

I added a piece of cardboard from a shipping box to the back of the blue strip to add plenty of dimension. I then wrapped twine around a few times and tied a bow at the top before adhering it down onto the other strips.

As I adhere each strip, I used a sing trail of glue down the center, as to have room to tuck pieces and parts for extra interesting layers. I am a stickler for threading buttons, so I used the twine to thread the chipboard buttons before scattering them around the page.

I began this LO with a bunch of paper flowers that I fussy cut from the Pick-a-Posy paper.... I find fussy cutting relaxing. It adds a layer of dimension and beauty to any page.

The beautiful felt flowers were a perfect addition to the clusters created around the photo. I used one of the paper flowers as a trim near the bottom of the photo by folding it on the scored lines and adhering it to a strip of paper to hold it in place. The thick dimension was created by using small pieces of cardboard from a shipping box to level the pieces and adhered them on top of one another.

I added white cardstock to this page and stitched around with white floss.

At the top left, I added a few loopy stitches by simply hand sketching a few loops with a light pencil mark before piercing the holes for stitching.

I punched holes in the chipboard banner pieces and strung them with a long piece of red jute. The Red pattern paper piece was cut from one of the Decorative Edge Cardstock. I again used one of the paper flowers as a trim by folding it and adhering it to a strip of paper.

Thank you Delaina for sharing your wonderful talent with Little Yellow Bicycle and our fans!  Please visit Delaina's blog Embellished Memories for more amazing projects from her.

 

We will be back later this week with a Biker Chick Project Inspiration post.  Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Liz

Feeling Saturdays with Cycling Team Member Pam Brown

We are so happy share a couple of projects from Cycling Team Member Pam Brown.  Pam's carefree and simple style makes you crave Saturday all week long.  Take a look at her fresh fun feel and how she was able to transform our Saturdays collection into a reality.

Pam added our Saturdays Felt and Burlap Flower Stickers to embellish the simple design of her page.

Wrinkly Toes

1. Use the Well-Worn Wood patterned paper as the base for your 12x12 layout. About 1 5/8" from the bottom of the layout, add a strip of the Blue Reverie patterned paper, measuring 1"x6", and make sure it is centered on the page...about 3 inches on either side.
2. Trim the lined white strip from the Pants and Patches patterned paper and type/write your journaling on there. Add that strip above the bottom strip, making sure the edges are lined up on the left side.
3. Add a 1"x6" strip of the Lose Yourself patterned paper on top of that, and a 1.25"x6" strip of the Reverie Garden patterned paper. Add your 4"x6" photo above that.
4. Add a 3/8"x6" strip of Rustic Red Linen patterned paper above your photo, and add the chipboard piece with the blue flowers above that, lining up the left side.
5. I added stitching across some of my strips of patterned paper, so if you want to do this, do it before you add the embellishments!
6. I added my title on the bottom strip of patterned paper. In the space to the right of the journaling, I added the blue felt flower, with one of the red pinked circles from the Paper Flower kit.
7. To the left of the paper strips, I added a flower from the Paper Flowers kit, layered over other flowers from the Paper Flowers kit, and topping it off with a piece from the Chipboard Shapes.
8. Finally, I added a flower made from 3 of the white/cream paper flowers from the Paper Flowers kit, a brown pinked circle from the Paper Flowers kit, a burlap leaf from the Felt Flowers package, and a chipboard button from the Chipboard Shapes with a piece of red jute string tied through.

 

Instructions for the card:

1. Create your 4"x5.5" card base from the Meet Me in the Meadow patterned paper. Trim from the corner of the paper, so you get the pretty floral design.
2. About 2.75" from the top of the card, add a strip of the brown Accordian flower (not folded) from the Paper Flowers kit. The strip should be trimmed to 4" wide.
3. Leaving about a 5/8" space from the top of the Accordian flowers trip, add a 3/8"x4" strip of the Pick-a-Posy patterned paper. Stitch across the top, if desired.
4. Cut 2 1.5"x.75" pieces of the Lose Yourself patterned paper and cut a little triangle out of the bottom to make a banner piece. Do the same thing with a 1.25"x.75" strip.
5. Starting from the left, add a longer banner piece, a shorter banner piece, the chipboard banner piece from the Chipboard Shapes kit, and a longer banner piece, then stitch across the top. Using your fingernail, lift up the bottom of the patterned paper banner pieces and add a foam dot underneath to add a little dimension.
6. At the top left corner of the chipboard banner piece, add a red felt flower from the Felt Flowers package, with an extra burlap leaf from the package underneath the flower.
7. Add the card front to a piece of folded white cardstock!

 

Thank you Pam for your wonderful projects and instructions.  Please visit Pam's blog Happy to be Creating for more inspiration.

 

One step closer to the weekend - have a good one!

 

Liz

All About Saturdays with Cycling Team Member Shellye McDaniel

It would seem that we cannot get enough of Shellye McDaniel and we hope you feel the same way!  Shellye rode with us on our Head of the Class and Hello Fall teams and now we have invited her back to take a spin with our Saturdays collection.  But let's have Shellye tell you all about it...

"Enjoy" Mini Album
by Shellye McDaniel 


Using the 6x6 Decorative Cardstock Pack, trim each sheet down to size (the top portion only).  I like the staggered look, so I trimmed the first three pages and left the last (larger) two pages as-is.
Next, match the tops of the pages together and decide on the placement for your holes; punch holes.  For each page I used a large circle template and traced onto patterned paper;  trim to size (as shown on pages 2-4).  For the last three pages you will need to extend your circle by creating straight edges; trim as to the desired length (as shown on pages 5-9).

Ink/distress around the perimeter of your circle and then machine stitch to create a border...DO NOT machine stitch directly onto the 6x6 Decorative Cardstock sheet, instead glue into place.  Embellish each page with the beautiful accents from the Saturdays Collection and your own sweet photos :)  Note:  I used a 2" square punch for cropping all (but one) of my pictures down to size.
With Mother's Day coming up, this would make the perfect gift!

Little Yellow Bicyle Saturdays Collection:
-6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock Pack
-Fabric Favorites
-Paper Flower Kit
-Felt & Burlap Flowers
-Cardstock Stickers: Fresh Verse
-Stick Pins
-Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Book
-Clear Cuts: Shapes
-"Pick-a-Posey" Patterned Paper
-"Lovely Labels" Patterned Paper
-"Reverie Garden" Patterned Paper
-"Rustic Red Linen" Patterned Paper
-"Meet Me In The Meadow" Patterned Paper
-"Well Worn Wood" Patterned Paper
Misc. Product:
Hand-cut burlap heart, wooden buttons, jute twine, kraft border, baker's twine, ribbon and two (1.5") large rings
Supplies Used:
Round 4.5" template, brown distress ink, crop-a-dile (or hole punch), piercing tool and heavy needle, sewing machine, foam dots, quick dry glue, scissors and paper trimmer.

Please email me if you have any questions about this project: shellye819@aol.com

 

Wow!  What a beautiful mini album idea with Little Yellow Bicycle's Saturdays 6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock.  Please be sure to visit Shellye's blog The Papered Cottage for more peek inside her creative brain!  Thank you Shellye!

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Liz

Introducing our NEW Swoon Cycling Team

We are so pleased to introduce our newest wearers of the Yellow Jersey.  We received many, many applications in just two short weeks and are so appreciative of the work shared with us.  We said we would choose between 3-5 cycling team members per collection, so riding with us for our Swoon Cycling Team will be the following talented and inspiring designers.  Please click on their names to see their blogs and get to know them a little bit more.  We will be sharing their Swoon projects very soon...

 

Alex Gadji

Julie Ranae Murray

Jennifer McCracken

Tanya Privalova

Robbie Herring (Returning Cycling Team Member)

 

BUT WAIT - there's more...  Little Yellow Bicycle has three more collections releasing for summer.  AND...we will need a cycling team for each and every collection!  Since, each collection has a personality of its own, we are looking for designers whose style will showcase the collection.  In other words, if you were/are interested in being a cycling team member and today was not your day or you didn't have time to apply, please do not give up!  Look for future calls and if your style suits the collection, we want you to come ride with us!

 

Hello Spring!  Please stay tuned...

See you next time!

 

Liz

February/March Sketch Challenge

Ready for another sketch challenge?  We can't rightly wrap up that last challenge without starting a new one.  We mentioned that Little Yellow Bicycle had some exciting things in store for 2012 and one of the things we are committed to is some kind of challenge to keep our fans busy each month.  We know a lot of people like to use sketches, but it would be awesome if you could tell us if there are other challenges you would like to participate in?  Just leave us a quick comment with some ideas and we will start thinking about how to make it happen. 

With many of our collections, we include Tear Out Ticket journaling cards, which is one of the focal elements on this sketch, but we also love to see how our fans use our paper flower kits.  Each of our examples include some of those elements with a few special twists on Little Yellow Bicycle products.

I love how the Saturdays collection can easily be used for either gender, but I keep channeling masculine pages. I just love the pops of red in this collection and how it is grounded in blues and browns, which I think are perfect for stuff that guys like to do.  This is my husband and our son hiking, and then a smaller picture of our campsite. I also happen to be enthralled with velvet embroidery floss, because the texture is so rich and soft.  Please come check out my blog for more detailed photos of this page - My Little Sketch Blook.

But wait...look at how Cycling Team Member Robbie Herring interpreted the sketch with a very feminine page using our Saturdays collection.  She combined both our paper flower kit with our felt flowers for a really beautiful and eye catching page!  Love how Robbie dressed up her banners with a bit of baker's twine.  Please visit her blog Just the Scrap for more details.

Cycling Team Member Kristine Berc really pushed the boundaries of the sketch using our Paradise collection.  Instead of the stitched border, she incorporated a "homemade" die cut paper and then concentrated the paper flowers in one area on her layout.  She also added one of the smaller Tear Out Tickets on her page. Please visit Kristine's blog A Stash of Pretty Paper for more details.

Cycling Team Member Heather Leopard also used our Paradise collection to make her version of the sketch. She incorporated a number of the Tear Out Tickets on her page and then used our paper flowers to make her own prize ribbon.  What a clever idea!  Please visit Heather's blog The Spotted Leopard for more details.

 

We cannot wait to see what you do with the sketch this month.

 

Here's the rules:

1.  You may use the sketch any way you please (turn it upside down, 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 "February/March 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, March 24, 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.

 

Cannot wait to see what you all create.  We will be back tomorrow with another project from our Saturdays Guest Designer Corrie Jones - stay tuned!

 

Liz

New Swoon Collection and a Call for More Cycling Team Members

We are very much "in love" with our Swoon Collection.  We hope that you love it as much as we do and can picture all of your wedding, prom, and anniversay photos embellished with our collection.  Please come Swoon over this collection with us and if you would like to ride along with our newest Cycling Team, please send us an application.

Swoon Cycling Team Call

 Come Ride with Us!

 

Here's what we're looking for:

With each new collection we like to invite a few new designers (about 3-5 per collection) to come design for us.  We ask Cycling Team members to commit to a month of designing after the collection is released. In return, we'll send you some free product and shamelessly promote you along with ourselves on our blog and facebook page.  Read the details below:

 

1) Make at least one project with what we send you - a layout, some cards, a mini album, an altered item...whatever makes you happy!

 

2) Send us some pictures of it, and a little write-up or how-to of how you created it.

 

3) Post it on your blog, facebook page and any online galleries you belong to. We'll put it here on our blog too, of course!

 

That's it!

 

Tryouts for this team are starting RIGHT NOW!

If you are interested, please send us three (3) samples of your best work (preferably with LYB products because that is what we like to look at most, however it's not a deal breaker if you send something else) to LYBCyclingTeam@yahoo.com.  Also, if you have previously designed for a Cycling Team, please feel free to apply again!  We'll announce the NEW Swoon Cycling Team on February 28th.  Please include your contact information (address, phone and blog) in your email.

 

And then we'll ask you to hop on that Little Yellow Bicycle and pedal your heart out!

 

Hope to hear from you!

 

Liz

Breezy Paradise with Cycling Team Member Guiseppa Gubler

Happy Valentine's Day to all of our friends!  Hope you are enjoying delicious dinners and lots and lots of chocolate...indulge for just one day!  Today, we would love to share some really fantastic projects from Paradise Cycling Team member Guiseppa Gubler.  She has done some amazing work with and we can't wait for you to see it.  Let's have Guiseppa tell you all about it!

Breathe it in....Paradise - I am really digging the look of burlap, so I decided I wanted to try it out on this layout.  First off, I layered pattered paper, cardstock and burlap.  This gave the layout a outdoorsy, Caribbean feel to it.  The burlap kind of reminds me of the bark on the palm trees.  I wanted to bring back the feelings I felt while in the Caribbean when I looked at this layout.  I then continued with the layering. 

I used foam adhesive to  give the pictures lift.  I continued adding foam adhesive under my embellishments and then clustering them. 

The title as well as the confetti garland were lifted up with the foam adhesive. I love fussy cutting, so I cut a little flower, leaf sprig, heart and leaf cluster and added them into the cluster of flower embellishments.  Finally I added journaling strips.  As you can see in the close up pictures, the foam adhesive gives dimension and life to the layout. 

Easy Breezy Page - I love the design of this layout.  It gives the eyes so much to look at.  I love simplicity in a layout and then adding embellishments to make it pop.  I believe I made this layout come to life by using a simple design and then added embellishments.

I first decided on my background paper.  I then cut up the decorative edge die cut paper from the Paradise Collection and used it as a background to highlight my pictures.  I placed this on two separate sides of the layout so that your eyes can gaze around the whole layout.  Once again, I used foam adhesive to lift the decorative edge die cut paper and pictures. 

I added a fun little pleat to the bottom of both of the decorative edge die cut papers and then a flag fabric embellishment on one and a border on the other (keep in mind that all of my embellishments and patterned papers are from the Paradise Collection).   I added the title, flowers and some more fussy cutting and lifted those up using foam adhesive.  Finally, I added the journaling strips.  If you are wondering...I do go through huge amounts of foam adhesive.

Let's Get Lost Card
I have really grown to love cardmaking.  In the past, I have refused to make cards because it was just one more thing I knew I would love doing and there isn't enough time to do all the things I love as it is.  Well, as you can see...I have caved in.  In fact, I have had more cards published than anything else, so I guess I have a knack for them...who knew!  When I make cards, I love creating ones that are a little different. 

So, I decided to make this card a pocket card.  I picked my patterend paper and attached a back and a front together by sewing it.  This is a good way to hold the pocket together, plus it looks good.  I then added some flowers, chipboard, stickers and fabric stickers (all from the Paradise Collection) and arranged them on my card.  Yep...you guessed it, I did use more foam adhesive to give the card a layered and lifted look.  Lastly, I added some twine and made a bow around the flower.


I can't get enough of the Paradise Collection.  I am going to have to order some more or see if my local scrapbooking store gets it in because it is perfect for my a lot of my summery, outdoorsy pictures and it is so easy to use.  The papers and embellishments make my projects just pop with color and dimension.  Thanks Little Yellow Bicycle for letting me use this fabulous collection!

 

Thank you Guiseppa for some really beautiful projects.  You can visit Guiseppa's blog My Creations from more inspiration from her.

 

We have a special announcement to make on the blog tomorrow, so be sure to check back with us later in the day.

 

Take care and Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Liz

Paradise Revisited with Cycling Team Member Kristine Berc

We are so pleased to share more projects with our Paradise Collection from Cycling Team Member Kristine Berc.  She has done such a beautiful job of showcasing all of the beautiful embellishments that come with this collection.  But, let's have Kristine tell you all about it...

 

I'm Kris Berc and I'm so thrilled to have this opportunity to share some Paradise projects with you today!  It has been an incredible honor (and completely fun!) to design with this gorgeous collection of delightful blues, greens, and pinks.

I can't imagine a better collection than Paradise for this photo of my little girl.  She was happily running around the yard with these big sticks in her hands just being her fun and happy self.  The color combination is both outdoorsy and feminine... just perfect!

For the main embellishment cluster, I layered several Clear Cuts Shapes and Chipboard Shapes around a big dimensional flower, which, by the way, was incredibly quick and simple to make thanks to the Paper Flower Kit.  Whoever came up with the idea for those flower kits is just brilliant!  Can you see the beautiful texture and details that are included on both the clear and chipboard embellishments?  I also added some drops of pearl-colored dimensional fabric paint here and there for some extra interest.

I could not resist adding this wonderful felt sticker.  It comes layered and ready to stick!  All I did was add a few of those fabric paint dots around the flower's petals.

There were so many Chipboard Shapes and Cardstock Stickers that were just screaming to be used with this photo.  I couldn't decide which one to choose.  I ended up using several :)

You may have noticed that I layered several different sheets of the Paradise patterned paper before I even adhered the photo.  I couldn't help it... each of the papers is so pretty and I wanted to use them all!  But it is also important to me that my supplies last as long as possible, so here is what I did to get the most out of the paper:

Before I adhere my paper layers onto one another, I first cut out the centers of the papers.  The cuts don't have to be precise as they'll be covered up anyway :)  So just go in there with your scissors and cut the centers away, making sure to leave enough of the edges intact.  Now I can use each of those sheets of papers again for more projects!

See... who would have known that we had cut away the centers of the three bottom layers?

When I received Paradise I was completely excited for so many reasons, one of them being that the bright pinks included in it perfectly matched my daughter's new pink sweater.  So we got dressed and headed outside for what I had hoped would be a pretty, girly photo shoot.  Of course, she went straight for the dirt and started digging in it, as if to say, "Come on, Mommy, do you really think putting me in a pretty pink sweater that matches your scrapbook paper is going to prevent me from playing in the dirt?!"  Well okay... she had a point, and it ended up being a blessing in disguise.

One of the Paradise Fabric Favorites stickers had to have been made for moments like these!  It says "Discoveries", which you can see above along with some assembled flowers from the Paper Flower Kit (again, brilliant idea!) and a Chipboard Shape.

Apparently, the digging and sifting of the dirt wasn't enough for her, because before I could do anything about it she proceeded to put a large handful into her mouth.  Why do kids feel the need to eat dirt?  So there's the story of this layout.  In any case, in this cluster I used one of the Paper Flowers, a Chipboard Flower, an adorable bird Felt Sticker, and some of the wonderful Cardstock Sticker alphas.

My third project is this sweet little "Hi" card that will hopefully brighten a loved one's day.  The beautiful, colorful tree is one of the Chipboard Shapes, and the pretty bird is a Fabric Favorites sticker.  The only thing I did to dress her up even more was to layer on that pretty pink Fabric Favorites heart sticker.

I adhered the "Hi" Cardstock Sticker alphas (did you know those are embossed?!) with foam tape for added dimension.  Thanks to the beautifully detailed embellishments, this card came together in no time at all.

I hope you have enjoyed my Paradise projects!  Thank you to the readers for visiting Little Yellow Bicycle today, and thank you to Little Yellow Bicycle for including me on the Cycling Team!

 

Thank you Kristine!  We love your projects and even though you may not tell anyone, we think you bought that pink sweater for you daughter just to match our beautiful papers - Shhhhh - it's just between us!   Please visit Kristine's blog Stash of Pretty Paper for more inspiration.

 

We will be back later this week with some Biker Chick inspiration and another post from our Guest Designer Izzy Anderson.

 

Take care!

 

Liz

More Paradise from Cycling Team Member Ginny Hughes

We are so excited to share a few more projects with our Paradise Collection from Cycling Team Member Ginny Hughes.  She has some simple ideas for putting that extra special something into a project.  But let's have Ginny tell you all about it...

My first project is this card. I am not a big cardmaker, but as soon as I saw these flowers I knew that they would make a beautiful Happy Spring card! I love that you can mix and match and make whatever you want!

This was hands down my favorite piece of paper from the collection, I just love it! So I had to use my scraps to make a card and I love the felt embellishments. They add great dimension and are fun little accents!

Ginny clustered our beautiful felt stickers with glass beads to accent her card.

My oldest daughter doesn't like pink or anything girly, so I loved that I could use these papers for a page about her and her playful side. I love the Confetti Garland, hands down one of my favorite things!!!

I also used the tag for some journaling and tucked it behind the photo.

I love that you can take bits and pieces from the flowers and use what you want. I thought the pinwheels made for a very happy page! I also used the long strip of words and cut it up to make my title fit to my page.

For me, paradise doesn't just mean the warm weather and the beach. Paradise is right out my front door! I love the colors of this line and think they are very fitting for a woodsy/lake theme page. I made a starburst pattern out of the patterned paper and added confetti and stars to keep it bright and happy!

 

Thank you Ginny for so many wonderful ideas and projects.  Please visit Ginny's blog 5 Little Chickens for more inspiration.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Liz

A Little Bit of Paradise with Cycling Team Member Kay Rogers

We are so excited to introduce our newest Cycling Team Member Kay Rogers.  Kay's clean and simple style gives our Paradise collection a fresh look.  Here is what she had to say about Paradise, "I think Paradise was so versatile because I could accomplish outdoorsy, fun, subtle, and pretty all with one line! Thanks for the opportunity to be on the Cycling Team!"

For this layout of Jenna and her cousin, I wanted the soft blues and greens to make the picture shine.  The blocks of patterned paper are a nice compliment to the photo and the simple, clear cut tag is a great journal spot.

The Clear Cut shapes, not only come with glitter accents, but they are also easy to write on and add a very different look than cardstock.

This page has one of my favorite pics of Jenna. I really wanted the layout to be more "pretty" and serene in nature to make her shine through. The plaid paper makes a great border and contrast to the black and white photo.

The Paradise garland embellishment is such a fun addition to a page or project.  Just add some pop dots and the dimension shines through.

This layout with Jenna up on the pile of hay playing was inspired by the quote on the card. She was having such a little adventure that day, and I wanted to convey the fun with a more random feel to the placement of the elements on the page.

 

Kay also made this adorable project with our Paradise Medley Album.

I thought the papers were perfect for a series of photos I took with my photography club kids. We were outdoors and Jenna came with us on the trip.  I snapped so many pictures that day so a mini album was perfect!

For directions, I just printed my pictures 2x3. I used the mini-album kit, and supplemented the pages with the shaped papers. I then laid out all of the LYB stickers and embellies and went to town!

Thank you Kay for so many inspirational projects with our newest collection.  I am pretty sure that you can already find Paradise in your LSS, and if not, then I bet it is on the way.  What better way to take a break from the cold snap of winter than to play with a little Paradise???

 

You can visit Kay's blog How Did I End Up Here for more beautiful work and inspiration from her.

 

Stick with us this week as we gear up for CHA and share some more projects with our new collections from our Biker Chicks and our Guest Designer Izzy Anderson.

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Liz

Introducing our NEW Saturdays Cycling Team and a hint of another new collection...

We are so pleased to introduce our newest wearers of the Yellow Jersey.  We received over 150 applications in just two short weeks and are so appreciative of the work shared with us.  We said we would choose between 3-5 cycling team members per collection, so riding with us for our Saturdays Cycling Team will be the following talented and inspiring designers.  Please click on their names to see their blogs and get to know them a little bit more.  We will be sharing their Saturdays projects in the very soon...

 

Delaina Burns

Sarah de Guzman

Pam Brown

Misty Willis

Shellye McDaniel (Returning Cycling Team Member)

 

BUT WAIT - there's more...  Little Yellow Bicycle has quite a few more collections releasing at Winter CHA.  AND...we will need a cycling team for each and every collection!  Since, each collection has a personality of its own, we are looking for designers whose style will showcase the collection.  In other words, if you were/are interested in being a cycling team member and today was not your day or you didn't have time to apply, please do not give up!  Look for future calls and if your style suits the collection, we want you to come ride with us!

 

We'll talk more about the Swoon collection soon!  Hmmmmm - can you hear wedding bells or feel the love in the air???  Isn't it perfection?

Altered Wedding Cake by Biker Chick Greta Hammond.  This will be in our booth at CHA so you can see all the lovely details in person!

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Liz

New Saturdays Collection Sneak Peek and a Call for More Cycling Team Members

CHA is only a few weeks away and our design team of Biker Chicks has been really busy.  Wait until you see this gorgeous collection from Sharon in person.  It is the perfect mix of casual flair with denim and lace tied up together in a beautiful mix called Saturdays.  Check out the projects from the Biker Chicks and then decide for yourself if you would like to take a spin with the Saturdays Cycling Team.

Saturdays Paper Flower Kit

 

Page by Biker Chick Greta Hammond

 

Saturdays Medley Album by Biker Chick Greta Hammond

 

Saturdays Page by Biker Chick Vicki Boutin

 

Sarturdays Date Night Pocket Card by Biker Chick Liz Qualman

 

 

Saturdays Cycling Team Call

 Come Ride with Us!

 

Here's what we're looking for:

With each new collection we like to invite a few new designers (about 3-5 per collection) to come design for us.  We ask Cycling Team members to commit to a month of designing after the collection is released. In return, we'll send you some free product and shamelessly promote you along with ourselves on our blog and facebook page.  Read the details below:

 

1) Make at least one project with what we send you - a layout, some cards, a mini album, an altered item...whatever makes you happy!

 

2) Send us some pictures of it, and a little write-up or how-to of how you created it.

 

3) Post it on your blog, facebook page and any online galleries you belong to. We'll put it here on our blog too, of course!

 

That's it!

 

Tryouts for this team are starting RIGHT NOW!

If you are interested, please send us three (3) samples of your best work (preferably with LYB products because that is what we like to look at most, however it's not a deal breaker if you send something else) to LYBCyclingTeam@yahoo.com.  Also, if you have previously designed for a Cycling Team, please feel free to apply again!  We'll announce the NEW Saturdays Cycling Team on January 18th.  Please include your contact information (address, phone and blog) in your email.

 

And then we'll ask you to hop on that Little Yellow Bicycle and pedal your heart out!

 

Hope to hear from you!

 

Liz

Introducing Our NEW Paradise Cycling Team and a little sneak of what's to come...

 

We are so pleased to introduce our newest wearers of the Yellow Jersey.  We received over 100 applications in just two short weeks and are so appreciative of the work shared with us.  We said we would choose between 3-5 cycling team members per collection, so riding with us for our Paradise Cycling Team will be the following talented and inspiring designers.  Please click on their names to see their blogs and get to know them a little bit more.  We will be sharing their Paradise projects in the NEW Year...

 

Kristine Berc
Guiseppa Gubler
Ginny Hughes
Heather Leopard
Kay Rogers

 

BUT WAIT - there's more...  Little Yellow Bicycle has quite a few more collections releasing at Winter CHA.  AND...we will need a cycling team for each and every collection!  Since, each collection has a personality of its own, we are looking for designers whose style will showcase the collection.  In other words, if you were/are interested in being a cycling team member and today was not your day or you didn't have time to apply, please do not give up!  Look for future calls and if your style suits the collection, we want you to come ride with us!

 

We'll talk more about this Saturdays collection more soon!  Hmmmmm - can  you say denim???  Isn't is just gorgeous! 

 

Have a wonderful day and safe travels if you are on the road or in the air!

 

Liz

Snow Falling on Winter Twig with Cycling Team Member Andrea Friebus

Winter Storm Warning...it's a crisp and cold day on the blog with our Winter Twig collection.  We are very pleased to share some amazing projects from Cycling Team member Andrea Friebus.  Love the happy feel of her pages and the details in her work.  But - let's have Andrea tell you all about it...

 

I’m Andrea Friebus and I’m so excited to be sharing some projects with you today that I made using the fabulous Winter Twig collection! The gorgeous cool blues and browns in this line were the perfect way to welcome winter this year.

It doesn’t snow here where I live in Southern California, so I was overjoyed to be able to scrap these photos of my son’s first visit to the snow. I had a blast making the snowflakes. I couldn’t decide which snowflake embellishments to use so I ended up using a bit of everything! (Chipboard Shapes, Clear Cut Shapes, Paper Snowflake Kit, Fabric Favorites, Snowflake Button Dots, and Cardstock Stickers.)

 

It’s also not very often that I get to use glitter on my little boy’s pages so I did not hesitate to cover the chipboard alphas with sparkly glitter! I definitely think I captured his fun first experience with snow!

LYB Winter Twig Supplies:

Patterned papers: Winter Fresh Pom Pom, Winter Wishful, Ski Sweater

Clear Cuts Shapes

6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock

Cardstock stickers: Favorite pieces, Fresh Verse

Paper Snowflake Kit

Fabric Favorites

Snowflake Button Dots

Chipboard: Alphas, Shapes

In my next layout, “Let It Snow” I really wanted to showcase my favorite photo from our trip to the snow. I used lots of papers and embellishments to frame the photo and even added some hand stitching.

 

For the title, I cut apart some Clear Cuts Shapes for the “Let It” and added it above the Chipboard Alphas. I substituted the “O” in Snow for a Snowflake Button Dot.

This snowman was the perfect chipboard embellishment to complement my photo but I wanted to add a little more to it. I removed some buttons from the Cardstock Stickers Labels and adhered them to the front of the snowman.

 

LYB Winter Twig Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Brown Snowy Scratch, Winter Blue, Snowy Window, Winter Stripe

Snowflake Button Dots

Cardstock Stickers: Fresh Verse, Borders, Labels

Clear Cuts Shapes

Chipboard: Shapes, Alphas

Paper Snowflake Kit

6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock

This layout came about as a happy accident! I was cutting apart the Cardstock Border Stickers banner, thinking I would use the triangles to create a tree for a card and decided it would look better bigger. I added more triangles made from scraps and a few photos and created this tree that was definitely too big for a card and instead became the focal point of this layout about my son dressed up as the angel Gabriel for his school Nativity performance. (On a side note, while my son was on stage and all was quiet before the beginning of a song, he said, “This is fun!” really loudly and the whole audience laughed—yeah…tell me it’s not ironic that he’s dressed as an angel.)

 

Some random circles from the Confetti Garland topped with jewels and popped up completed my tree.

LYB Winter Twig Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Frosty Diamond Dust, Winter Wishful, Winter Stripe, Wood You Be Winter, Winter Plaid, Mocha Java Sweater, Winter Blue

Confetti Garland

6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock

Fabric Favorites

Paper Snowflake Kit

Snowflake Button Dots

Medley Album Kit

Cardstock Stickers: Labels, Borders

My final project is some fancy wrapping for a special gift. Instead of ribbon, I used Cardstock Border Stickers and patterned paper cut into strips, layered with the Confetti Garland. Rather than using a bow for a present topper, I used a chipboard snowflake, layered with a Journaling Card, photo, Clear Cuts Shapes, more Chipboard Shapes, and part of a Snowflake Button Dot.

The photo makes this gift unique and personal and the best part is by simply punching a hole near the top of the cardstock snowflake and adding some string, your recipient now has a special handcrafted ornament to hang on their Christmas tree!

LYB Winter Twig Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Ski Sweater

Chipboard Shapes

Confetti Garland

6x6 Decorative Cardstock

Clear Cuts Shapes

Journaling Cards

Snowflake Button Dots

Cardstock Stickers: Borders

 

I hope you enjoyed my projects! I had so much fun making them—thanks Little Yellow Bicycle!

 

Thank you Andrea for the happy accidents and wonderful projects to share on our blog.  Please visit Andrea's blog Lights C.A.M.ERA Action for more fun and inspiration from Andrea!

 

We still have one more Cycling Team Member to share on Christmas Eve and a whole lot more to cram in this month...so stay tuned!

 

Liz

 

 

 

Dreaming of Snowflakes with Cycling Team Member Katrina Hunt

We have another stellar day on the blog with the latest creations from Cycling Team member Katrina Hunt.  She has some super nifty crafting ideas with Winter Twig to put in your back pocket... but let's have Katrina tell you all about them!

 

Katrina Hunt here and I am SO excited to be part of the Winter Twig Cycling Team.  This is such a dream come true for me!  I have LOTS to share with you today, including some instructions for making a couple of the projects that I did!

 

Looking for a fun banner that you can hang all year?  Well, look no further, because the Winter Twig collection is perfect for making that winter banner to hang all season long!  I also have a PDF that you can download with instructions and supplies to create the banner if you like.

Download K_HuntWinter Twig BannerInstructions

Here are some close up images of each piece of the banner, to make it easier to recreate. 

The tree on this piece comes from an add-on sketch over at Sketch Support.

Here is a close up of that Medley Album envelope that I sized down.

 

And here is a close up of the medallions that I put between each banner piece on the ribbon.

My complete supply list is located on the PDF for the banner, including additional items I used to complete the project.

 

Next up, I found an adorable snowman project on Archiver’s  website.  I thought he would be cute with the papers from Winter Twig, so I got started on him!  He is a little blue, but he is fun for something other than white!  Here is the link for his instructions:  SNOWMAN

As soon as I decided on doing him and saw he had a pipe, I knew the Clear Cut swirl shape would be the perfect thing for smoke out of the pipe!

And just a shot from above, so you can see his hat! 

Winter Twig Supply List:

TG-101 - Snowy Window/Ski Sweater

TG-102 - Frosty Diamond Dust/Blue Tea

TG-103 - Winter Twig/Snowy Aspen

TG-104 - Winter Woods/Winter Wishful

TG-105 - Skate Scratch/Winter Blue

TG-106 - Winter Stripe/Wood You Be Winter

TG-107 - Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch

TG-108 - Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater

TG-109 - Blue Forest/Winter Pom Pom

TG-279 - Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (24 pieces)

TG-230 - Clear Cuts Shapes (18 pieces)

TG-302 - Mini Pom Poms (40 pieces)

TG-305 - Paper Snowflakes Kit (48 pieces)

Additional Supplies: Brown, Orange, White cardstock, Scor-Tape, Buttons, Hot glue, Fabri-tac, Ribbon, Cardboard circle, Angel Cloud fibers.

 

Then, I have had this picture since last Christmas (last Christmas, I gave you my heart…sorry, Christmas songs on the radio!) and had not found the perfect paper to do a layout with it.  Along comes Winter Twig!

I hid the journaling tag, but attached it with twine, so that it could be pulled out from the back of the picture.  I also used some of the Cardstock Stickers for that snowflake and just bent the edges of the top layer.

I didn’t want all my letters to be the same color.  I had thought about painting some of them white.  Then as I was sanding them down to paint, I liked the way they looked, so I decided to leave them just as they were.

Winter Twig Supply List:

TG-101 - Snowy Window/Ski Sweater

TG-103 - Winter Twig/Snowy Aspen

TG-107 - Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch

TG-108 - Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater

TG-279 - Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (24 pieces)

TG-280 - Chipboard Alphabet - with thermography (62 pieces)

TG-201 - Canvas Borders – self adhesive (6 pieces)

TG-134 - Journaling Cards - with thermography (10 pieces)

TG-309 - Confetti Garland - 30" long

TG-135 - Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with glitter accents and embossing

TG-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with thermography and embossing

Additional Supplies: Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set, Tim Holtz Sander, Fabri-tac, Scotch, and Scrapbook Adhesives.

 

Last but not least, I had to make a card with this fun collection!  I am not a sparkly, glitter type of girl, but the Winter Twig collection has a little sparkle that is just the right amount for me!

Winter Twig Supply List:

TG-108 - Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater

TG-133 - 6" x 6" Decorative Edge double-sided textured cardstock w/glitter accents

TG-230 - Clear Cuts Shapes

TG-145 - Cardstock Stickers - Labels - with buttons

TG-219 - Snowflake Button Dots - layered with buttons

TG-180 - Paper Pad - to fit LYB Chipboard Album

Additional Supplies: Cardstock, Ribbon, Fabri-tac, Scotch, and Scrapbook Adhesives.

 

Please visit Katrina's blog Paper Scissors & Glue for more inspiration.  I for one am seriously considering making the snowman!  I need more opportunities to use my new scoring tool and Katrina just gave me one.

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Liz

 

 

 

Time to Skate with Cycling Team Member Laura Evangeline O'Donnell

We are very pleased to share projects from Cycling Team Member Laura Evangeline who created some amazing cards with our Winter Twig collection.  Laura was very ingenius at adding unexpected colors to our Winter Twig's frosty color palette.  But let's have Laura tell you all about it...

Hello, there! My name is Laura Evangeline, and I'm so very excited to be playing with the Winter Twig collection today. This collection has some of the most fun and cute embellishments I've ever seen. I absolutely love the blue, white, and brown color combination with a hint of green thrown in. This makes for a collection that can be used for many other occasions. I love that about this type of line. It's so versatile. The patterned papers are all great basics to hold on to in your supply. Here are just a few of my ultra favorite things...

LYB's patterned paper has a great weight and texture. My favorites are Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater (even fun to say)...

...And Blue Forrest/Winter Pom Pom.

I've gotta have my journaling cards and spots to make cards, so of course I love these...

Oh, and Clear Cuts Shapes are way way fun. They're printed on clear acetate and they're glittered!

These Cardstock Stickers are cut into fun shapes and some of them have real little buttons to boot! (I even love that the backing of the sticker sheet is a clear piece of acetate. Recycle & reuse for later crafting, hmmm?)

Okay, now on to what you really came to see... what I made!

Let's start off with a card that sticks pretty much to the color scheme of the Winter Twig collection.

I added Skylark card stock and some velvet ribbon from my stash to enhance the added color. There are so many different shades of blue in this collection you could really add any blue card stock, ribbon, or embellishments that you already have, and it would be a near-guarantee that it's a match. Love, love!

Instructions:

1. Start with an A2 (4.25"x5.5") card stock base.

2. Trim a piece of Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater patterned paper to 4"x5.25". 

3. Punch a decorative border along the bottom edge of the patterned paper, & trim off the bottom 1/3.

4. Flip the patterned paper over to reveal coordinating design, add two strips of over lapping ribbon (securing only the ends to the back of the patterned paper), and attach to card base.

5. Add decorative stitched border with sewing machine.

6. Create bow with loops of ribbon and attach with twine.

7. Slide journaling tag under ribbon and secure to card front.

8. Punch decorative border on "Happy Winter" sticker and trim to fit card front.

9. Attach pine cone embellishment under bow, and add chipboard bird with dimensional adhesive.

TIP: The sentiment sticker that I chose to use for this card was originally much too long for the balance I needed to complete my project. Don't forget that paper isn't the only thing you can trim and punch! Try your hand at adding fun borders and even punched shapes to the elements on your next project.

Supplies:

Scrapper's Floss	Clear Cuts Shapes	Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse	Journaling Cards	Chipboard Shapes	Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch	LBP Cardstock - Skylark
Noteworthy Ribbon	Scalloped Border Punch	Upper Crest Border Punch

Okay, are you ready for some COLOR?!

 

How do you feel about hot pink and dark chocolate together? I just love it. Like I said, the individual pieces of this collection are so very versatile. It really makes adding a splash of colored card stock so easy and way fun! Take notice of the blanket stitch I used around the border. I chose it because it felt more home-spun and wintery to me with the snowflake sweater background going on.

Instructions:

1. Start with a 3.75"x5" piece of Mocha Java Sweater patterned paper & center if over a 4"x5.25" piece of Cheeky card stock.

2. Add a 1.5" strip of Cheeky card stock across the front approximately 1/2" from the bottom edge.

3. Add a decorative border around the perimeter of the card front and along the upper and lower edges of the strip of Cheeky card stock before attaching the card front to an A2 (4.25"x5.5") card base.

4. Add a border sticker centered on strip of Cheeky card stock and trim.

5. Attach metal rimmed tag, acetate flourish, gems, and chipboard pine cone to card front.

6. Secure "Forecast:" sticker with dimensional adhesive.

7. Peel lacquer from chipboard letters, ink with desired color, add glaze & glitter. Set chipboard alpha out to dry before adhering to card front with dimensional adhesive. 

TIP: If you're like me, you've collected tons of chipboard elements and alphabets. Try your hand at re-coloring your chipboard with ink, embossing powders, glitter, paint, or patterned paper for a brand new look. You can even mix and match left over pieces to create a whole new coordinating set that individually may have otherwise been unused!

Supplies:

LBP Cardstock - Cheeky	Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch	Clear Cuts Shapes	Metal Rimmed Tags	Chipboard Shapes	Adhesive Jewels - Pink Fairy	Cardstock Labels with Buttons
LYB Chipboard Alpha	Dark Brown Ink	Iridescent Fine Glitter Set

How about... PURPLE!?

Do you believe me now about how fun this collection really is? Those little chipboard ice skates were just screaming to be played with. I immediately set them to the side when I was sorting through all my Winter Twig goodies. It wasn't until near the end of my cardmaking extravaganza that a mysterious piece of blue, green, white, and purple striped ribbon stuck to my foot. Perfect! That's how this new color scheme was born.

Instructions:

1. Start with a 4"x5.25" piece of Pom Pom patterned paper and attach a 1.25" strip of Winter Stripe patterned paper to the left edge before adding a stitched border with lime green thread and then attaching to an A2 (4.25"x5.5") card stock base.

2. Punch a decorative border along a 2"x4" strip of Petunia card stock. Center 1.25" strip of Wood You Be Winter patterned paper over card stock strip, add decorative stitching and ribbon, and secure to card front.

3. Stamp sentiment in lower right hand corner with VersaMark and emboss with silver powder.

4. Add journaling tag and bow secured with twine and button.

5. Using screw punch & twine, lace skates, and secure to journaling tag tucking twine ends under button.

6. Cut a Pom Pom in half and glue to skate tips.

7. Add a photo corner fashioned from Winter Wishful patterned paper in the upper right hand corner.

TIP: Don't be afraid to alter or even embellish your embellishments like I did with the chipboard ice skates. I like to buy simple embellishments because they're more versatile. You can keep them as they are or take them up a notch too. Adding to beautifully simple embellishments can really make your project extra special and unique.

Supplies:

Winter Stripe/Wood You Be Winter	Blue Forest/Winter Pom Pom	LBP - Petunia Cardstock	Winter Woods/Winter Wishful	Arch Scallop Edger Punch	VersaMark	Silver Embossing Powder
Journaling Cards	Chipboard Shapes	Screw Punch	Baker's Twine	Mini Pom Poms	Striped Buttons

Of course I had to play with GREEN...

I'm sure you noticed the lovely little hint of green throughout this collection, so I just had to emphasize it to go along with my color theme of cards today. I really love the little snowman with his glittery little pompoms. I put him in a little snow globe of sorts complete with snowfall courtesy of  the Winter Blue patterned paper and a few card stock hills. I didn't even have to add any other embellishments or ribbons because the striped patterned paper and buttons on the sentiment sticker were just perfect all on their own.

Instructions:

1. Start with a 4"x5.25" piece of Winter Woods patterned paper and add a decorative stitched border before adhering to an A2 (4.25"x5.5") card base.

2. Using a circle cutter, create nesting circles from card stock and patterned paper. Add decorative stitching and secure to card front.

3. Attach chipboard snowman.

4. Using a scallop punch, create hills along the top edge of a 1.75"x4" strip of Orchard card stock.

5. Add a 1"x4" strip of Winter Stripe and add decorative stitching before adhering to card front. 

6. Attach sentiment sticker with dimensional adhesive.

TIP: If you like to sew on your cards and layouts, try experimenting with different stitches. You can even change stitching patterns in the middle of a line like I did here on the snowman card as well as the other cards I made for you today. It really adds special little details that will only enhance the magic of your creation. 

Supplies:

Winter Woods/Winter Wishful	Large Circle Cutter	LBP - Orchard Cardstock	Skate Scratch/Winter Blue	Chipboard Shapes	Embossed Curve Edger Punch	Winter Stripe/Wood You Be Winter
Cardstock Labels with Buttons

Okay, you know we need RED for the holidays...

 

Once again, this collection is just begging for pops of color to be thrown in. It's just fun and simple, but makes for such a big impact.

Instructions:

1. With decorative stitching, add a 3.75"x5" piece of Winter Pom Pom to a 4"x5.25" piece of Skylark card stock, secure the ends of a strip of ribbon to the back of the card front, and adhere to an A2 card base.

2. Layer  1" strip of Winter Stripe over a 1.5" strip of Winter Wishful.

3. Add journaling tag and decorative stitching before securing to card front.

4. Attach snowflake flourish, chipboard character, and adhesive gems to card front. 

5. Create a ribbon wave embellishment over ribbon strip and cinch tail end with twine and button.

TIP: Always secure your ribbon tails to the back of the card front leaving the middle space under the ribbon free. This allows you to add knots, bows, and other embellishments as you're going through the creative process without having to rip off what you've already glued down. It saves money on adhesive, and you can always go back and "tuck a little tack" here and there as needed.

Supplies:

LBP Cardstock - Skylark	Blue Forest/Winter Pom Pom	Winter Woods/Winter Wishful	Winter Stripe/Wood You Be Winter	Journaling Cards	LBP Cardstock - Grenadine	Clear Cuts Shapes
Chipboard Shapes	Lost & Found Buttons	Baker's Twine	Adhesive Jewels - Cardinal

Well, I hope you enjoyed my play on color collection of cards featuring my beloved Winter Twig collection. It really was fun, and I hope to see you again soon! 

Happy Holidays, and Merry Crafty Wishes!

We hope you have been inspired and have immediately added Winter Twig to your Wish List for the holidays.  We will be back tomorrow with a BRAND New Training Reel with some holiday gift giving ideas. Please visit Laura Evangeline's blog Life and Art for more inspiration.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Liz

Some Holiday Cheer with Cycling Team Member Robbie Herring and a Wednesday Winner

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.

 

Wonder and Wishes Collection

 

Patterned Paper: Simple Stripe, Tiny Tonal Poinsettia, Merry Little Berries and Little Red Hot Dot

Decorative Edge Cardstock

Fabric Favorites

Journaling Cards

Clear Cut Shapes

Corrugated Alphas

Stick Pins

Mini Pom Pom and Twine Spools

Felt Flowers

Paper Flower Kit

Cardstock Stickers-Favorite Pieces and Fresh Verse

Flower Button Dots

Decorative Edge Paper Pad

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.

Love how Robbie added the corrugated numbers to the round journal card and the little bit of ribbon.

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

Deocrative Edge Cardstock

Chipboard Stickers

Chipboard Shapes

Journaling Cards

Corrugated Alphabets

Stick Pins

Mini Pom Pom and Twine Spools

Carstock Stickers-Fresh Verse

Medley Album Kit

 

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

 

Snowflakes are Falling with Cycling Team Member Mary Ann Jenkins

On Monday, the Biker Chicks "unleashed" our brand new Winter Twig collection with some frosty ideas!  Today on the blog the snowflakes are falling with Cycling Team Member Mary Ann Jenkins.  She has some wonderful projects to share with her take on Winter Twig, but let's have Mary Ann tell you all about it.

 

Hello!!  I’m Mary Ann Jenkins from sunny Southern California. I am so excited to be part of the Winter Twig Cycling Team, and I know you are going to fall in love with all the beautiful papers and embellishments just like I did!

I love the blues, browns and greens in the Winter Twig collection, but for my “First Snow” layout I added in a little bit of pink. After having three boys first, then a little girl, I find myself using lots of pink on layouts for her. 

I added a few splatters of white paint, and some machine stitching to the cardstock, and also added paint and stickles to the chipboard letters. My favorite part about this layout is the cute 3-D snowflake made with the paper snowflake kit. The paper is already scored for you, so with a little folding, instant 3-D snowflake!

The “Winter Memories” layout with an old black and white photo looks like it took a lot of time to make, but it was actually really quick to put together. 

I started with the confetti garland, which is already sewn for you! I cut it into various lengths, and then added a snowflake to the end of each strand along with a rhinestone. Add a date sticker and a chipboard word and it’s finished!

Winter Twig is definitely for Winter with the cute little snowmen, mittens and snowflakes, but my “Remember” layout is actually a Summer photo, taken on a 90 plus degree day.

I made sure to not have any snowflakes peaking out, and sanded the chipboard pinecone just a bit to take a little of the glitter off so it looks more like a Summer pinecone . 

I used various papers from the collection along with a few cardstock stickers that I cut one end to look like a flag.  I hand stitched around the outside edge of the layout with green embroidery floss.  After I finished stitching, I tossed a left over piece of floss onto my scrapbook table.  See where it landed? I loved the extra bit of color it added, so I glued it down and put the chipboard pinecone on top.  My own little embellishment ;)

My last project is something I’ve been thinking about making for awhile, and Winter Twig was just perfect for a “Winter Fun Ideas Frame!  As our family thinks of things they would like to do this Winter, we write them with a sharpie pen or dry erase marker right on the glass. As ideas are completed, just erase and add a new one!  I started with an old frame, and gave it a quick coat of paint. Any size frame would work; you would just need to adjust the size papers you use.  Using my computer I printed lines on a piece of cardstock. (You could also draw the lines by hand)

Since my frame is 6”X18”, I added pieces of patterned paper to the bottom, and the top to fill the frame. I added the cute little chipboard guy and word, and a few snowflakes, all under the glass so the marker is easy to clean off.  I’ve already thought of a few things I want to do this Winter!

I’ve had so much fun playing with Winter Twig, and want to thank everyone at Little Yellow Bicycle for having me as part of the cycling team.   

 

Winter Twig Products

First Snow:

Snowy Window/Ski Sweater double-sided textured cardstock

Chipboard Alphabet

Journaling Cards

Cardstock Stickers – Labels  with buttons

Paper Snowflakes Kit

 

 

Winter Memories

Confetti Garland

Chipboard Words – with glitter accents

Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse

 

 

Remember

Winter Woods/Winter Wishful paper

Winter Stripe/Wood You Be Winter paper

Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch paper

Winter Twig/Snowy Aspen Paper

Cardstock Stickers – Fresh Verse

Journaling Cards

Cardstock Stickers – Labels with buttons

Chipboard Shapes with glitter accents

 

Winter Fun Ideas Frame

6x6 Decorative Edge double-sided textured cardstock with glitter accents

Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch paper

Winters Woods/Winter Wishful paper

Winter Stripe/Would You Be Winter paper

Winter Twig/Snow Aspen paper

Chipboard Shapes with glitter accents

Paper Snowflake Kit

 

Thank you Mary Ann for sharing your wonderful ideas with us and for making this December day just a tiny bit chillier.  Please visit Mary Ann Jenkins blog I Rock Paper & Scissors for more inspiration.

 

What else is coming up this week?  We still have more Cycling Team Projects and another NEW Guest Designer to unveil - nope can't make me tell you today. 

 

Also a little bird told me there might be a giveaway on the facebook page, and we will look at comments on both this post and the FB page for a winner.  So if I were you I would leave a comment here and then hop on over and leave a comment on the facebook page.

 

Thank you for stopping by -

 

Liz

 

Another "Wonder" Full Day on the Blog with Cycling Team Member Audrey Yeager

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.

 

This first page is a photo of my grandparents from 1942 with their first born, my Uncle (they ended up having 5).   What struck me about this photo was all the tinsel on the tree!  I haven’t seen tinsel on a Christmas tree in years!  So I decided to go with the silver inspiration.  I splattered some silver metallic paint on my page and made some silver flourishes with some silver fabric wire.  For the rest of the page I wanted to stick with a pretty simple green and red color combo and this was the result!  I love the diecut paper pieces…perfect for adding just the right shapes to your page.

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.

This card kind of happened by accident.  I had laid the paper circle garland down on a piece of paper and it fell into a shape that reminded me of a tree, and voila!  I love the sentiment stickers…they are great for doing quick and beautiful Christmas cards.

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.

I want to thank everyone at Little Yellow Bicycle for having me as part of the cycling team! 

Wonder & Wishes Supplies:

Christmas Back Then

Patterned Papers: Christmas Text, Simple Stripe, Decorative Edge Cardstock

Chipboard Stickers-Words, Fresh Verse, Favorite Pieces

Journaling Cards

Clear Cuts Shapes

Stick Pins

Paper Flower Kit

Flower Button Dots

Jewel Stickers

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

Let's Ride Today with Cycling Team Member Renee Zwirek

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

I "Wonder" What Cycling Team Member Marcia Dehn-Nix "Wishes" For...

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

 

Our Hello Fall Looks Pretty Good with Cycling Team Member Robbie Herring

We are so pleased to introduce Robbie Herring, the wearer if the "yellow jersey" today.  Robbie has some wonderful projects to share with our Hello Fall! collection.  Along with the two layouts she created, she also has a great idea for altering a canvas as a home decor item.  You can make one just like Robbie's with our Hello Fall! collection, or you could try the same idea with our Wonder & Wishes or Winter Twig collections.

 

Here's Robbie...

This collection couldn't have been any more perfect for some pumpkin patch pictures that I had.  The colors were just perfect.  Using the fabric banner sticker for the title was a natural choice for this precious picture.  I really loved the dimension of it and, of course, it's so pretty!

The embellishing in the lower left corner includes a LOT of the fabulous embellishments included in this collection.  The different textures of the embellishments are so great for clustering.  Little Yellow Bicycle rocks the embellishments every time!    There are paper, fabric, shiny and even clear pieces all together in the cluster.  I like to use foam dots to vary the height of my embellishments when I'm clustering embellishments.  I find that clustering is easiest if I start by placing my large pieces and then start to tuck smaller pieces in and then add those tiny extras, like jewels, to complete the look. 

I added some stitching around the die cut shape to help draw the eye to the title and for extra detail.

A border piece from the die cut shapes, a fabric piece and paper flowers complete the top section of the design.  More detailing was added to the flower by using foam dots in the center.  I used a flower punch for the blue center and finsihed it off with a jewel.

Products Used: 

Hello Fall! Collection

Patterned Paper:  Ivory Text, Bundle-up Blue, Leaf Pile and Golden Flourish.  Decorative Edge Cardstock, Canvas Sitckers-Border, Fabric Favorites, Journaling Cards, Cardstock Die Cuts-Favorite Pieces and Fresh Verse, Clear Cut Shapes, Stick Pins, Paper Flower Kit, Jewel Stickers.

Other- Brown Gingham Ribbon, Twine, DMC Embroidery Floss

More pictures from the pumpkin patch!  Choosing the backsides of the papers allowed the pictures to take center stage. With their beautiful prints, the backsides worked perfectly for this page.  I again chose to use one of the embellishments for the title.  This time, it was from the corrugated shapes.

The journaling cards are just the right size for double duty to incorporate into the actual design of this page and to tell more of the story.   I love little details and dimension on my pages, so I added stitched lines around parts of the design.  I also added foam dots to my flowers to add dimension and to make layering easy.   Of course, if you know me, you know that my pages seldom appear without a touch of ribbon somewhere.  I added the leaf stickpins to the bow.

Foam dots were also added to one of the chipboard pumpkins so I could overlap it with the other pumpkin.  Little bows of matching floss, a touch of twine and a cardstock leaf were the final embellishing touches.

 

Products Used: Hello Fall!

Patterned Paper: Green Splendor, Red Splendor, Walnut Knit, Bundle Up Blue, Burnt Orange Knit, Chipboard Shapes, Fabric Favorites, Journaling Cards, Cardstock Die Cuts- Fresh Verse, Corrugated Shapes, Stick Pins, Paper Flower Kit. Other:  Orange Gingham Ribbon, Brown DMC Floss, Twine

 

I made this little canvas to set out at Thanksgiving.  You could easily change it up for any holiday because there are so many words included in the embellishments with this collection.  Another idea would be playing up all of the reds in this collection to use it for Christmas Time.  Just take a look at the collection.  There is red paper, red clear cuts, a red apple, red flowers... you get the idea!  Try mixing them with all of the lovely greens, too.

I started out by putting everything together on just the paper.  Different heights,adding buttons and stitching detail make this more than just a flat piece.  The chipboard word pieces add their own dimension all on their own.  I like the idea of mixing some cardstock leaves with the felt leaves for more texture.

When placing your flowers along the bottom, be sure to keep in mind what kind of stand you will be displaying the canvas on.  Place your flowers where the stand won't push them out of place.  Don't forget to add some little details. I added floss bows to the die cut acorns and added floss stitches to the borders and some of the word die cuts. 

Products Used:  Hello Fall! 

Patterned Paper-Bundle Up Blue, Chipboard Words, Fabric Favorites, Cardstock Die Cuts Favorite Pieces and Fresh Verse, and Felt Flowers. 

Other Supplies:  Buttons, Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink and DMC Embroidery Floss.

Thank you Robbie for another amazing day on the blog!  Please visit Robbie's blog Just the Scrap for more inspiration and ideas.  

We will be back with more collections and more exciting projects from our Biker Chicks, Cycling Team and Guest Designers.

Happy Monday! 

Liz

A Little Inspiration Before Turkey Day from Cycling Team Member Jamie Cripps

It's a brand new day on the blog and Thanksgiving "Eve" for many of us.  So, today we have some delightful projects from Cycling Team member Jamie Cripps.  Jamie has been working with our Hello Fall! collection and she has taken our Flower Kit to new heights and we cannot wait for you to see her projects!  You might even get a centerpiece idea for your table tomorrow - just sayin'.  But, let's have Jamie tell you all about it...

 

"I am so excited to be back with you today sharing Little Yellow Bicycle's Hello Fall! collection!  This line has fabulous colors and amazing embellishments. 

And my most favorite embellishment pack from the Hello Fall lcollection?  ...the paper flower kit!  The flowers are already cut, all you have to do is fold, then mix and match the pieces together to create an amazing display of flowers!

Aren't they gorgeous?  I used a canning jar filled with glass beads and used the Crepe Paper Lace Stickers and Cardstock Die Cuts to create the wrap!

 

Something else I really appreciate about the collection are the clear cut shapes with glitter accents, like the orange flourish I used on this page as well as corrugated shapes and lots of die cuts and labels!
 

 

There are also chipboard shapes with glitter accents and canvas border stickers which I used to alter a plain white frame!  I added in our names on little leafs to make a family tree!

Thank you Jamie for another blissful day on the blog!  Your projects make me want to jump in a pile of leaves - too bad it is already snowing here in Colorado...  Please visit Jamie's Blog Bits of Paper for more inspiration from this very talented designer.

 

Hope you are ready for the big day tomorrow with pies baked and turkey thawed!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Liz

Another Day of Inspiration with Cycling Team Member Amy Peterman

Here at Little Yellow Bicycle we cannot brag enough about our amazing Cycling Team!  Each day we post something from these talented designers is another day of inspiring bliss and today is no exception.  We are very pleased to share more Hello Fall! projects with Amy Peterman wearing the "yellow jersey."  She's sharing a mini ablum, double page layout and a card, but let's have Amy tell you all about it...

 

"Hello Little Yellow Bicycle fans! I am pretty geeked to be sharing with you today. I’ve always loved LYB, so when I was asked to participate on the Cycling Team, I was thrilled ... And when my box of Hello Fall! product arrived, you can believe I did a little happy dance. I’ve always been draw to an autumnal palette and yummy textures, so this collection is right up my alley."

Family Gratitude Album

I created my own envelopes inside my album with various Hello Fall! patterned papers (I used a printable envelope template from this site to create them - http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2008/07/5-12-inch-square-envelope-template-lots.html).

I had each of my family members write down what they are thankful for on pages pulled from the Say What? Gratitude Journal Tablet. Each family members’ list gets tucked into their own little envelope.

I have this album hanging in our front entryway. I love that it not only serves to hold precious photos and memories, but it also is a fall décor piece.

 

For this mini album, I used one of the Little Yellow Bicycle Chipboard Albums (LYB101), lots of Hello Fall! goodness and the Say What? Gratitude Journal Tablet.

 

Fall Fun
What better way to say hello to fall than a joyous frolic in the fallen leaves? To play off that theme, I repeated leaf elements in this design. First, I just had to use that beautiful patterned paper with the tree on it. I accented a few leaves by hand-cutting around them and overlapping my photos with them. I also added a couple of the leaves from the Corrugated Shapes pack and adhered them with foam adhesive. I then hand-cut a few more leaves on the left side of my layout and stitched around them for definition.

Oh Happy Day Card
Amidst all of the creating with this awesome collection, I just had to throw in a card. I used the Fabric Favorites (owl and banner) and some Canvas Tape (aren’t those owls adorable?). I love how the combination of these products made creating a card and snap!

Thank you Little Yellow Bicycle! I loved sharing today!
Amy

 

Thank you Amy!  We are very appreciative of your beautiful work.  Please visit Amy Peterman's blog for more inspiration and be sure to check back for more from the amazing Cycling Team and of course our talented Biker Chicks!

 

Have a fantastic weekend!

Liz