Little Yellow Bicycle

A Pocket Full of Happiness

What do you have in your pocket today?  Little Yellow Bicycle includes really fun pockets in most of our collections.  We challenged our Design Team to include some of our pockets in their projects and we are pretty excited about what they came up with...

 

The Escape Collection Layout by Jen Chesnick

 

Sometimes you have to think outside of the box with your supplies.  I am huge fan of pockets and tags, but the 5 things for the Escape line just didn't fit my page.  I chose to alter the pocket by cutting the back down and using it as my major embellishment to tuck little bits into.  I used the extra flag to weigh down my title.

Jen included our 5 Things Pocket from The Escape Collection.  This is what it looked like before you altered it to fit in with her project idea.

Shop LYB Products:

ESC-105 Big City/Click - Yellow
ESC-308 5 Things Pocket - with embossing (11 pieces)
ESC-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with thermography and debossing (67 pieces)
ESC-160 Vellum Tape Strips (8 pieces)
ESC-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book - with embossing (24 pieces)
ESC-230 Clear Cuts Shapes (26 pieces)
ESC-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with thermography (5 pieces)
ESC-122 12" x 12" Decorative Edge Textured Cardstock - with embossing
ESC-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (15 pieces)
NA-TC20 Tiny Clothespins - Words
NA-SP30 Stick Pins - Cork Flowers
NA-CW20 Canvas Words - Style 2

 

Pocket Gift Card Holder by Suzanne Sergi

 

I decided to use these pockets in a different way than they are intended. I thought they were perfect for tucking in gift  cards to a special person. I layered the Just Because journaling pocket onto two pieces of vellum that I stitched together. There is an opening at the top. Another way to enclose a card, or special treat. I also stitched along the journaling pocket to add a homemade touch.

I love the Burlap flowers, and use a large one that I used to embellish the pocket. I also pulled out the scallop canvas circles to layer chipboard hearts on top of them. First I stamped the canvas  circles to dress them up a bit. I also pulled out one of the new stamps, to include my sentiment along the bottom.

Shop LYB Products:
NA-TC20 Tiny Clothespins Words
NA-BF50 Layered Burlap Flowers-Daisy
NA-CVH10 Canvas Shapes Scallop Circles
JB-277 Stick Pins
JB-308 10 Things Pocket with embossing (17 pieces)
JB-304 6x6 Paper Pad
JB-279 Chipboard Shapes-with foil accents
CSS-104 Cling Word Stamps-Faith

 

Pocket Gift Card Holder by Suzanne Sergi

 

I pulled out my Making the Grade 6x6 paper pad, and journaling pocket for this next gift card idea. Here I dressed up this cute notebook paper bag, to layer the pocket onto. This time I embellished the inside of the pocket with the fun alphabet pattern found in the 6x6 paper pad. Tucked in some tickets from the Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book. I used one of the pinwheels, and embellished with a circle that I embossed. Also found in the papercrafting kit with this collection. I dressed this bag a bit more using the chipboard banner, and the  adorable fabric owl.  I finished the edge of the bag with a red stitch, and using a punch, punched the edges to give that torn look of paper.  Now you have a gift  bag, with two different options of tucking in special items to one very lucky person!

Shop LYB Products:

MG-167 Cork Word & Shape Stickers
MG-305 Paper Crafting Kit
MG-308 5 Things Pocket with embossing
MG-304 6x6 Paper Pad
MG-230 Chipboard Shapes
MG-220 Fabric Favorites

 

Be sure to check out our online store for pockets to create your own wonderful project ideas!

It's a Naturals Evolution with Tim Holtz Ranger Ink - Day 5

 

How are you including our Naturals embellishments and Clear Stamps into your day to day memory keeping?  We know that everyone gets busy with life and even though many people would like to record their memories in a beautiful and elaborate scrapbook, there isn't always the time. 

 

Today we want to show you some simple ideas for using photo sleeves or divided sheet protectors and Little Yellow Bicycle products to quickly document a day in the life...  Not to mention that the Clear Stamps and Ranger Ink totally enhanced the look of this project, were easy to use, and included the right kind of sentiments.

 

Plus there are prize opportunities at the end, so keep reading...

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Album Page by Liz Qualman

As you can guess, my son loves to play with our Wii (now don't worry we make him play outside plenty too).  Some might say he is even a bit obsessed with it.  We're pretty sure he could bowl on our Wii before he could talk - now at 4 1/2 he does both quite well.  So on Monday, I asked him if I could take a few photos to document his passion for Wii and he said yes...

This is basically a mini 4x6 layout with the Vacation Clear Stamps as the focus.  I grabbed my Makin' the Grade 6 x 6 paper pad, a fun notebook punch and some of the cork and canvas Naturals embellishments.

This title was fun to make.  I combined our cork alphabet letters with the Friends Clear Stamps. Then, I stamped the word moments onto the letters for a fun effect.  The cork readily soaks up the ink and does not require much pressure for a beautiful clean stamp.

The LYB Journal Cards and Tear Out Ticket Books are great layers for the 3 x 4 pockets.  I journaled on this one, added a cork tag from the Naturals that looks a bit like a clipboard and then backed it with some of the MTG patterned paper.

Album Page by Liz Qualman

I thought this group of photos really embodied the sentiment "Attitude is everything" from our My Happiness Clear Stamps.  Not to mention my son's pension for style.

On most of the stamping, I used the Ranger Archival Ink, because it is so clear and true, but on this Naturals canvas tag, I used Tim's Distress Ink in Faded Jeans for a little rougher texture and color that would go well with the whole concept of the poject.  I also had to add one of the little Ranger Idea-ology fasteners shaped like a hanger.

That blue alphabet is part of our Naturals canvas alphabets and it comes in both upper and lowercase letters.  It's so striking with the red Archival Ink.  Again, cork is such a great surface for stamping like on the little star.

These Naturals burlap hearts are so stinkin' cute!  I used some of the Tim Holtz stains to die the largest one and then stamped the sentiments on the other two with black Archival Ink and added a couple of the Idea-ology Memo Pins.

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LYB Products:

HL-210 Clear Word Stickers - My Happiness

CSS-102 Cling Word Stamps - Vacation

NA-BST10 Burlap Tags

NA-CRT10 Cork Tags

NA-CVT10 Canvas Tags

NA-BSH30 Burlap Shapes - Hearts

AS-212 Canvas Alphas - Blue, Esfera

AS-310 Cork Alphas, Esfera

NA-CR20 Cork Stickers - Flags

NA-CV70 Canvas Stickers - Plates & Flourishes

MG-304 6" x 6" Paper Pad (24 pages)

MG-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book - with embossing (24 pieces)

MG-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (19 pieces)

MG-201 Canvas Stickers - self adhesive (14 pieces)

JB-304 6X6 Paper Pad (24 sheets - 2 each of 12 designs)

Ranger Ink Products:

Archival Ink in Black and Red

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Faded Jeans

Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Worn Lipstick

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fasteners

 

This particular sheet protector is by Becky Higgins and consists of 3x4 and 4x6 inch sleeves.  There are many different manufacturers of these types of photo sleeves, but I chose Becky's because you can order them from Amazon.com Prime, which means I had them in 2 days, free shipping, not bad.

 

This is a long product list, but I have so much left in each package to keep going with the same themes...

 

Prizes: We are going to giveaway 2 big boxes of our Naturals on each Friday of the next two weeks (March 8th and 15th).  Just leave a comment here on the blog and/or on our facebook (maybe do both just to be safe) to enter to win. Leave a comment each day and increase your chances. 

 

AND we are giving away a set of stamps each day on each of our social sites: Blog, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  Leave a comment at each of those sites each day and increase your chances to win some of our amazing stamps.

 

Also, be sure to visit our friends at Ranger Ink on their facebook page.  They have wonderful inspiration to share on their FB and blog each day.  Check it out.

 

Don't forget... to use all of the inspiration from our Design Team to enter our Naturals Contest.  See details HERE.

 

We'll be back next week with more projects.  Have a great weekend and happy crafting!

Travel Projects with Just Because Guest Designer Piradee Talvanna

Today is a little bittersweet because it is Just Because Guest Designer Piradee Talvanna's final post.  We have really enjoyed seeing how she transformed our collection to fit her unique style.   On the bright side, she has another amazing layout to share and we have really enjoyed getting to know a little bit about her each week.  I think this last project gives us even more insight as to how much she really loves to document her extensive travels...

 

 

Sharing another layout about my recent trip to Tuscany, Italy; I just love everything about this amazing region and this time reminiscing about why I love it so much and wouldn’t mind visiting there again and again. What it all comes down to is the breath taking scenery, there’s just something about those rolling hills and cypress trees.

And once again using the fun Just Because collection, focusing on 3 main colors red, navy and turquoise (with bits of the other fabulous colors in this collection).  Also have some fun with the different chipboard elements and transparency embellishments!

And some fun close ups of the embellishments – love those word stickers! And a fun cluster of the transparency embellishments. Love how these have a bit of silver here and there.

Thanks everyone for stopping by and a special thanks to Little Yellow Bicycle & Liz for this amazing and super fun opportunity to share here!

 

Just Because Products:

JB-105 Scallop Stripe/Lotsa Love

JB-103 Linen & Lace - Aqua/Tiny Stripes Aqua

JB-102 Just Be You Bands/Linen & Lace - Gray

JB-109 Tiny Blossoms, Birds & Blooms

JB 160 - Vellum Tape (15 pieces)

JB-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and thermography (43 pieces)

JB-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil accents (28 pieces)

JB-230 Clear Cuts Shapes - with foil accents (27 pieces)

 

Be sure to follow Piradee on her blog, The Scrapper in Me, to keep up with all the travel and news she will continue to share with us.

 

Don't forget to run out to your local scrapbook store or Michaels and pick up some of our Naturals to play along in our contest.  There is just over two weeks left to enter...  See the blog post HERE for detals.

 

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

Just Because Memories with Guest Designer Piradee Talvanna

We've been focusing on how to use the Just Because collection for everyday moments this week and today Guest Designer, Piradee Talvanna, shows us her version.   As usual, her grown up style is perfect for this collection and we are so happy with all of the little details and thoughtfulness that go into her creations, but we'll have Piradee tell you all about it...

 

LYB: Do you use any tools that are not specifically designed for scrapbooking?
PT: My must have tool is your average cutter that you can get at any stationery section/store. I used this for everything, from opening those goodie boxes, to cutting bags of chips and of course for scrapbooking.  These are really useful for me to trim/cut the extra pattern papers of my layouts or cards, this way I don’t have to worry about perfectly cutting the papers with the trimmer.

LYB: Events or moments scrapbooker?
PT: Would say that I’m more of an events scrapper but this year, I’m taking on project life to help capture all those little and/or crazy moments that never quite make it to my layouts/mini album.

 

LYB: Are you a neat scrapbooker or is your space a mess?
PT: MESSY (there are times that I just scrap on the floor cause where’s the table)

 

Just Because Layout by Piradee Talvanna

 

Hi Everyone, Piradee here again to share another layout using the gorgeous Just Because collection.  For this layout, I started with the grid concept, dividing up the layout into various sections. In some of the sections I opted for pattern papers, creating my own little scenery ( love that cute bicycle design and the fun chipboard clouds). In other grid areas, I included the pictures of the “boys” (yes Hubby is a boy at heart) and also a small cluster of elements.

To add in some variation against the straight lines of the squares, I included a little half circle for my sub-title and finished off that corner with a little twine.

I would say that I’m a clean and simple scrapper but love to add in a little twist here and there. In this case, it’s all about layering (especially with the amazing selections of embellishments that are available in this collection wow).  Here’s a close up of the little cluster scenery and of course more silver sequins.

And here’s another fun cluster where I first started with one of the journaling tags, then came the chipboard, don’t forget that fun transparency die cut and the must… the pins (and of course more sequins)!

Just Because Products:

JB-108 Pretty Paisley/Strings of Beads

JB-101 Bicycle Bliss/FlowerDot

JB-108 Pretty Paisley/Strings of Beads

JB-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)

JB 160 - Vellum Tape (15 pieces)

JB-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and thermography (43 pieces)

JB-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil accents (28 pieces)

JB-230 Clear Cuts Shapes - with foil accents (27 pieces)

JB-201 Canvas Stickers (15 pieces)

 

We will have one more project to share from Piradee next week, so be sure to visit her blog The Scrapper in Me in the meantime.

 

Don't forget to run out to you local scrapbook store or Michaels and pick up some of our Naturals to play along in our contest.  See the blog post HERE for detals.

 

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

Sweet Valentine Layout featuring Vicki Boutin

We have an adorable layout from Biker Chick Vicki Boutin today.  We love how our team is transforming our Just Becasue collection into Valentine projects even though it is really an everyday collection.  Don't you love the versatility?  Check out Vicki's tips...

Just Because Layout by Vicki Boutin

 

We love Valentine's Day in our house!  We always grab cute t-shirts, cards and candy to celebrate this day of love.  I also like to grab a few photos...big surprise!  When I received my Just Because goodies I knew they would be perfect for one of these sweet photos.
 I love the foil accents in the Just Because line.  Hard to photograph but the close up shots give you a better idea.
This line is definitely great for Valentine's Day events as well as any other "Just Because" moments.  Gotta love that!!!

 

Be sure to visit Vicki's blog Creative Foundations for more inspiration and information on her classes and upcoming events.

 

AND Remember - you can still find the entire Just Because collection available at our online store.

 

Almost to the weekend :)

Introducing Just Because Guest Designer Piradee Talvanna

We are so pleased to introduce our Just Because Guest Designer Piradee Talvanna who comes to us all the way from Singapore.  We thought this collection would be a perfect fit for Piradee's more "grown up" style.  Let's get to know her a bit and then she can tell you all about her project...

 

LYB: Are you a morning bird or night owl?

PT: I’m so a night owl and it’s in the evening that I mostly get my scrapping done. I would be procrastinating the entire day only to start around 5pm.

LYB: Do you have a favorite die cutting system?
PT: That would definitely be my silhouette machine.  I remember that it was sitting in the box for about 6/7 months before I first used it and since then, there’s a little bit of silhouette action for all my layouts/projects.

 

LYB: Computer or handwritten journaling?
PT: It used to be handwritten journaling, but now its typewriter typed.  Yeap, with over 10 typewriters in my collection, I got to put them to some good use somehow.

 

I am thrilled to be sharing some Just Because projects this month.  I just adore this sweet collection – the mix of the dark pink and turquoise against the navy and also loving the pops of silver throughout the collection. 

For my first project, I used the fun sketch from this month’s challenge and opted to create an 8.5”x11” layout instead.  I kept to the base design of the sketch but switched to one photo (unfortunately less space to play with) and also moved the scallop border to the center.

I also included some of the awesome transparency and chipboard embellishments; loving especially the ones with the silver and even added more silver to the layout with sequins (I’m currently addicted to all things metallic and sequins).

And of course, more silver here too… (how awesome are those transparency flower die cuts, the petals are transparent and the middle has a lovely coat of silver).

For my title, I used the silhouette machine to cut out the “heart” this (die cut file from studio calico) and for the journaling I used various sticker elements (and of course, more silver here too).

 

Just Because Products:

JB-107 Let's Do Coffee/Jot in a Journal

JB-104 Full Bloom/Pin Stripe - Gray

JB-103 Linen & Lace - Aqua/Tiny Stripes Aqua

JB-106 Diamond Doily/Loops & Stitches

JB-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil accents (28 pieces)

JB-230 Clear Cuts Shapes - with foil accents (27 pieces)

JB-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and thermography (43 pieces)

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

 

We will have more wonderful projects from Piradee this month, but in the meantime, be sure to visit her blog The Scrapper in Me for some daily inspiration.

 

Check this out - you can still join in our February Sketch Challenge with an AWESOME prize pack for 3 lucky winners.  Find all of the details HERE!

 

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend.

A Fun Winter Day with Guest Designer Kris Berc

Just before the new year, we sent a few of our past cycling team members some Winterings and have been so excited about what they sent back.  Today Kris Berc shares two Winterings projects and a few ideas for how to rock the color palette of one of our absolute favorite collections... 

 

We are so happy Kris included this close up, because it is so cute and funny.  Really speaks to the need for an adorable line of children's belts, but then there wouldn't be moments like this.

 

Kris also created this page based on a sketch by Kim Keane at My Creative Sketches.  Please stop by the BLOG to find all of the information and maybe even jump into the sketch challenge - they are offering quite an amazing prize.

 

We love all of the layering and texture on this page.  Kris did a wonderful job of adding the Winterings Paper Crafting Kit to the page.

The layered burlap embellishment adds such a soft element to the page and really frames the adorable photos well.

How awesome is that vellum strip with words on it???  We think it adds a great sentiment without a lot of fuss - almost like a rub-on.

 

Please be sure to stop by Kris Berc's blog A Stash of Pretty Paper.  She always has a fun project to share.

 

REMEMBER - tomorrow is the deadline for our latest Cycling Team Call for our two Fern and Forest Collections. Please send your application to [email protected] if you are interested in being a part of this great program.

 

We'll be back soon with more Just Because to share...

 

 

Biker Chick Inspiration with Jen Chesnick

We are so excited that our Biker Chicks have finally received the Just Because collection to decorate our blog and today we have two beautiful projects from Jen Chesnick.  Watch how Jen shows the versatility of this collection, but let's have her tell you all about it...

 

Just Because Layout by Jen Chesnick

 

Hi LYB fans! Jen here today with some brand spanking new projects using our new line Just Because.  It's this time of the year where I am tired of the Holidays and Winter and I am looking for a little punch of color to hold me over till Spring, Just Because just does that. 

The fabulous thing about this line is it does double duty.  You can see my use of the line with my layout "Sweet Child of Mine"  It showcases the everyday value of the colors and shapes.  Super sweet!  Bows are my current obsession as well as a hot trend! 

On the flip side Just Because is a Valentines line.  I created these heart shaped boxes in neutral grays and added the punch of red with my embellishments   Not only did I get a sweet layout of my little one I got a sweet treat for my loved one!  I hope you enjoy this line as much as I do!

Just Because Products:

JB-109 Tiny Blossoms, Birds & Blooms
JB-108 Pretty Paisley/Strings of Beads
JB-103 Linen & Lace - Aqua/Tiny Stripes Aqua
JB-308 10 Things Pocket - with embossing (17 pieces)
JB-134 Journaling Cards - with thermography (10 pieces)
JB-136 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces/Love - with thermography and embossing (42 pieces)
JB-305 Paper Crafting Kit (75 pieces)
JB-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil accents (28 pieces)
JB-201 Canvas Stickers (15 pieces)

 

 

Remember, we are shipping Just Because directly from our online store and our warehouse will get it to you quickly, so feel free to stop by and order some Just Because!

 

 

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

Waiting for Just Because...

Ever wonder how to use our collection signature papers without covering up all of the fun details?  Today we share two pages with the same Just Because collection signature paper, but present two totally different ideas for maneuvering around the page...

Just Because Layout by Greta Hammond

 

We love how Greta chose a horizontal 5 x 7 photo and then framed it with the patterned papers and elements so the little bicycle and clouds would still shine through.  It's a fairly simple design, but the impact of all of the little details really makes this page stand out.  Don't you love the pops of red?

 

Just Because Layout by Lisa Swift

 

We also love how Lisa took the same paper and moved her embellishments around the page so that the background paper still has a lot of focus, but it is mixed in with the other elements of her design.  Here's a couple of tips from Lisa...

 

1. Mix and match the chipboard heart frames/hearts and offset the hearts to give them dimension.

2. Use brads to keep a Clear Cut transparency in place.

3. Use Clear Cuts to add to the scene that's printed on the patterned paper.

 

 

Check this out - We know that your local scrapbook store (LSS) will have this collection soon, but if you don't have a local store or just CANNOT wait to have it.  You can purchase Just Because directly from us at our online store and we will ship it immediately.  Plus, you don't want to miss out on this collection before it is all gone...

 

Happy Wednesday!

Snowy Days Continue with Cycling Team Member Sarah Webb

 

We love it at LYB when we have a chance to feature international designers.  Today we share some projects from Candian Cycling Team Member Sarah Webb.  Her layout brings out the most beautful aspects of the cream colors in our Winterings collection.

I like the snowflakes at the bottom of the Fancy Flurry patterned paper. It was just enough colour to fill the white space and give visual interest without taking away from the overall design of the page.


Winterings Products:
WI-102 Fancy Flurry/Fancy Frame
WI-106 Barnwood & Doilies/Grey Dot
WI-108 Chevron Wool/Frosty Forest
WI-134 Journaling Cards
WI-305 Paper Crafting Kit
WI-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and debossing
WI-160 Vellum Tape Strips
WI-230 Clear Cuts

 

Snowflakes are one of my favourite shapes! I used a couple of my favourite punches to help create this card.

Winterings Products:
WI-304 6" x 6" Paper Pad
WI-107 Winterings Stripe/Dark Denim Brocade
WI-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents

 

Please visit Sarah's blog Scropping for more of her fun ideas.

 

 

There are 3 days left until Christmas - here are a few tips for keeping your cool:

1.  Take deep breaths now and then to make sure oxygen is still getting to your brain
2.  Sit down every once in a while and put your feet up to keep your blood circulating
3.  Listen to holiday music from the decade you were in high school

4.  Watch your favorite holiday movie
5.  Try not to eat all of the cookies you made yourself

 

 

AND  - don't forget that you can buy both our Once Upon a Christmas collection and our Winterings collection to document your holiday memories directly from our online store HERE.

 

 

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

A Magical Snow Day with Guest Designer Jill Cornell

We are excited to share another project from Winterings Guest Designer Jill Cornell.  She continues to show us how to coordinate the elements of our Winterings collection in her own style.  Today she shares a layout with her adorable twin girls.  But, first let's get to know her a little better with a few questions...

 

LYB: Do you scrap chronologically or out of order?
JC: I tend to scrap whatever I want whenever I feel like it but I do keep my albums somewhat in chronological order. I think if I tried to scrap chronologically I would fall trap to the myth that I need to be "caught up" on my photos.

LYB: Sit down or stand up scrapbooker?
JC: I definitely sit down. I like to watch movies and tv shows while I'm working and it's just more comfortable to me to be sitting.

LYB: Any unique tips or techniques you use?
JC: I am not much of a technique scrapbooker but I love to use my sewing machine to add texture to my projects. I tend to sew through my alphabet stickers on my layouts. I like that it helps ground them to the page.

 

These are photos of my twin girls last fall during our first snow. They were so excited to be outside playing! I made the photos black and white to better coordinate with the Winterings collection. I also created the page on an angle for a twist. I LOVE the transparencies in this collection - the tree and icicles provide the perfect wintry touch!

Winterings Products:

WI-103 Wintry Words/Worn Denim

WI-106 Barnwood & Doilies/Grey Dot

WI-304 6" x 6" Paper Pad (24 pages)

WI-160 Vellum Tape Strips (15 pieces)

WI- 222 Layered Burlap Stickers (3 pieces)

WI-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents (10 pieces)

WI-305 Paper Crafting Kit (48 pieces)

WI-230 Clear Cuts (30 pieces)

 

Please visit Jill's Blog Blessed Scrapper for more amazing ideas from her.

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Biker Chick Inspiration with Lisa Swift

 

Biker Chick Lisa Swift shares a Winterings page for everyday scrapbooking to show how the collection can be used beyond winter's snowy days, but let's have Lisa tell you all about it...

 

What's not to love about neutral colors with shades of blue, brown, gray and touches of silver? Pretty, pretty!  This page is about our Thanksgiving trip to PA so I used the homey and family-related embellishments, saving the pretty snow and winter-themed embellishments for another time. The circular doily pieces from the Paper Crafting Kit work well as a "pull" for journaling tags. I cut a small portion off the top of the circle to make it flush with the top edge of the tag.

 

Tip: Make the most of your Fresh Verse Stickers:

1 - Use parts of them and cut a 12" long Fresh Verse quote in half to make it fit the theme of your layout
2 - Use the Fresh Verse stickers as flags by attaching them to a stick pin

When it came time for my title work, I inked white canvas letters so the color would stand out against the background (the white alone looked too washed out) and complement the other dark blue elements on the page.  This is what the letters looked like before inking them:


I like to use wedge-shaped makeup sponges to apply ink to a project like this:


This is one of the finished letters after applying a couple of layers of ink. Instant matching title. :)


Finish the project with pearls, rain dots, and jewels to add extra dimension and detail to chipboard pieces. Don't just stop there, pull out your ribbon and twine and other embellishments and see what you can come up with.

Winterings Products:
WI-104 Flurry Dot Multi/Flannel Pinstripe 12x12 Paper
WI-105 Cable Knit/Cozy Quilt 12x12 Paper
WI-305 Paper Crafting Kit
WI-134 Journaling Cards
WI-304 5 Things Envelopes
WI-222 Layered Burlap Stickers
WI-140 Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers
WI-160 Vellum Tape Strips
WI-304 6x6 Paper Pad
WI-279 Chipboard Shapes
AS-200 Canvas Alpha Stickers

 

Be sure to visit Lisa's blog Remember the Good Times more of her thoughtful tips.

 

Remember - you can still purchase all of these wonderful winter goodies directly from us at our online store HERE.

 

Almost to the weekend...  Are your holiday cards in the mail yet?

Chipboard and Clear Cut Shape Ideas with Our Biker Chicks

We thought it would be fun to show you some of our Biker Chicks' favorite elements from the Little Yellow Bicycle collections, so today Robbie and Corrie have a couple of great ideas for clustering Chipboard and Clear Cut Shapes together using our brand new Winterings collection.

Winterings Layout by Biker Chick Robbie Herring

I think the thing I like most about layering chipboard with clear-cuts is the difference in dimensions.  The clear-cuts add a subtle look, while the chipboard is thicker and fits perfectly over the clear-cuts. 

Additionally, adding the clear-cuts to the top of chipboard is terrific too.  Because it's made of transparency, it will stand the test of time in your scrapbooks without bending.

Ideas:  Why not add similar elements together as I did for the ice cycles on the top right?  I used a light gray twine on the clear-cuts to compliment the subtlety and a darker blue with the chipboard to make it the focus of the grouping.

I love mixed and layered titles.  I chose to layer the word winter in both the chipboard package and the clear-cut package. The different colors and sizes makes for a bit more interest to a simple title.

Winterings Products:
WI-101 /Flurry Dot Tonal
WI-105 Cozy Cable Knit/Cozy Quilt
WI-107 Winterings Stripe/Dark Denim Brocade
WI-279 Chipboard Shapes (29 pieces)
WI-230 Clear Cuts (30 pieces)
WI-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents (10 pieces)
WI-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents (10 pieces)

 

Winterings Layout by Biker Chick Corrie Jones

I coupled/featured the chipboard shapes and the clear cut shapes on this layout.  It was so easy to do since these are two of my absolute favorite LYB embellishments and because they just work so perfectly together.

Winterings Products:
WI-103 Wintry Words/Worn Denim
WI-104 Flurry Dot Multi/Flannel Pinstripe
WI-134 Journaling Cards
WI-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces
WI-160 Vellum Tape
WI-279 Chipboard Shapes
WI-230 Clear Cuts

 

We will have more Biker Chick Inspiration tomorrow...

Day 4 of Our May Arts Ribbonanza!

Today is Day 4 of our inspiring ribbonanza with the wonderfully talented designers over at May Arts. Who hasn't been blown away by their projects? Weren't you amazed at the intracacy of yesterday's project from Ribbonista Sandy Allnock? (In case you missed it, click this link for the awesome video tutorial!) Or the dimensional flower with the singed edges from Ribbonista Ginny Cagle?  (Here's the link!) And who didn't love Ribbonista Karen Baker's scrumptious Ribbon Wreath?

But now it's Biker Chick Corrie Jones' turn to wow you.

Simple ... yet simply beautiful! 

Here's Corrie!

If you like using strips of paper on your pages like I do, you will find it easy to substitute the paper for strips of ribbon.  The ribbon is fun and different and we all have a ton of it in our stashes, right.  Plus it adds some texture to layouts without a lot of bulk.  This ribbon from May Arts is gorgeous and I had to force myself to not cover my entire page with it.

Supplies:

OC-109 Cream Houndstooth

OC-135 Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers

OC-230 Clear Cuts Shapes

OC-279 Chipboard Pieces

OC-305 Paper Crafting Kit

Now you know the drill ... hop on over to the May Arts blog to see what treats they have for you ... and leave a comment here and there for your chance to win some cool prizes from Once Upon a Christmas, and May Arts!

And hey, speaking of prizes ... tomorrow we're announcing a contest with Two Peas in a Bucket with a chance to win prizes from our soon-to-be-unveiled winter spring collection ... Just Because!

Have a great day!

The 12 Days of Once Upon a Christmas with Cycling Team Member Wendy Antenucci

Let's welcome new Cycling Team Member Wendy Antenucci to the blog today.  She is sharing some really creative Once Upon a Christmas projects.  If you cannot find our festive holiday collection at your local scrapbook store, you can order it online directly from us HERE.  But let's have Wendy tell you all about her projects...

Christmas 2011 - When I saw the wreath design on the paper I knew I had to add the little circle chipboard pieces to the arrangement.  I then added the Foil frame to nestle the picture of my kids around the tree into the wreaths design.  With the addition of the vellum tape and a few clear cuts and chipboard pieces I was able to keep the focus on the gift my children are to me, even though Christmas is a little chaotic anymore!

Once Upon a Christmas products:
OC-103 Hanging Wreaths/Red Tonal Damask
OC-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)
OC-160 Vellum Tape Strips (8 pieces)
OC-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil (29 pieces)
OC-230 Clear Cuts - with foil accents (30 pieces)

 

O Christmas Tree - When I saw the designs on the Vintage band paper of the Children and the tree I wanted to use those to spotlight our own Christmas.  With the addition of a few other pieces of paper I was able to document the highlights of our Christmas.  The Chipboard shapes were the perfect addition along with the journaling cards to finish up my page.

Once Upon a Christmas products:
OC-101 Vintage Bands/Red Starlight
OC-105 Mistletoe Stripe/Green Starlight
OC-108 Vintage Santa/Brown Houndstooth
OC-110 Merry Christmas Damask/Red Damask
OC-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents(10 pieces)
OC-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)
OC-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil (29 pieces)
OC-230 Clear Cuts - with foil accents (30 pieces)
 

Christmas Village - When I first received my box of goodies, this is the project that I knew I wanted to embark on.  I decorated my house and then the tree was born and they looked so neat sitting together that I combined them into a whole village.  I started by covering my house with paper, making some windows, and cutting the different elements from the paper.  Once I had the basics done, then came time to play with all of the amazing embellishments that LYB is known for!

Once Upon a Christmas products:
(House materials)
OC-111 Holly Berry/Green Carols
OC-106 Snowflake Medallion/Red Houndstooth
OC-101 Vintage Bands/Red Starlight
OC-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)
OC-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil (29 pieces)
OC-230 Clear Cuts - with foil accents (30 pieces)
OC-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (8 pieces)
 
(Tree materials)
OC-105 Mistletoe Stripe/Green Starlight
OC-102 Poinsettia Quilt/Multi Starlight
OC-104 Let it Snow/Green Medallion

 

Thanks again LYB for the opportunity it was amazing!

 

Please visit Wendy's blog On the Road to Destiny for more inspiring ideas.

 

Have a wonderful day!

The 12 Days of Once Upon a Christmas with Cycling Team Member Mary Pat Siehl

Here at Little Yellow Bicycle, we really appreciate our steadfast fans, you know those crafters who are not easily lured away by the "latest and greatest."  We get genuinely excited knowing there is a following of customers who look forward to each and every collection we release and who are happy to share their creations with us.  This is why we were so pleased that Mary Pat Siehl sent in her application for the Once Upon a Christmas Cycling Team.  She has been a long time fan of LYB and we have watched her talent blossom with each LYB project she shares with us, but we want Mary Pat to tell you all about it...

Every year I always look forward to the Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas collection because these collections are always so special.  Once Upon A Christmas is so unbelievable.  I love the elegant feel to the paper.  I had been saving this picture of my two boys and Santa.  I just loved this photo of Santa whispering in the ear of my little one who was so excited to see Santa. 

 

To frame the photo I made 3 areas on embellishments.  I really loved layering  the chipboard shapes, the fabric favorites and the clear cuts.  They really worked well together. 

 

Once Upon a Christmas Products:

oc-101
oc-102
oc-106
oc107
oc-110
oc-111
oc-112
oc-279
oc-230
oc-220

 

I don't know about you but I love the presentation of my gifts.  I so enjoy making wonderful gift card holders and beautifully wrapped presents.  Today I have 4 different gift card holders using my Silhouette.    The paper works so well in creating the gift card holders because of the heavy weight of the paper. 

The boxes will be sturdy.  To make these wonderful gift boxes I started with my pattern paper and added embellishments and tags from the collection.  The journaling cards made the perfect tags for the boxes.  These boxes will look perfect under your Christmas Tree this year.

Once Upon a Christmas Product:

oc-108
oc-105
oc-134
oc-106
oc-109
oc-160
oc-104
oc-305
oc-279

Thanks so much to everyone at Little Yellow Bicycle for giving me this wonderful opportunity to join the cycling team for Once Upon a Christmas.  Everyone was so wonderful and I had such a wonderful time.  Thanks again and Have a wonderful and Merry Christmas!

 

Please visit Mary Pat's blog Siehled With a Kiss for more about her and ideas behind her work.

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

The 12 Days of Once Upon a Christmas with Cycling Team Member Izzy Anderson

We are so pleased to have Izzy Anderson designing with us again.  Izzy kicked off 2012 as our first Guest Designer of the year with our Paradise collection and we are excited that she is now working with our Once Upon a Christmas Collection.  But, let's have Izzy tell you all about it...

 
I just loved Once Upon A Christmas.  It’s a great, classic line. The neutrals and tone-on-tone designs make mixing and matching a snap. The line has lots of options to go monochromatic, too, if you like that look, and I do.

For my altered project, I made a trio of holiday ornaments.  I love the red cardinals featured throughout this line and wanted to spotlight the pretty birds.

To make the two smaller ornaments, I used the “hanging wreaths” patterned paper and two round frames from the chipboard shapes.  I pop-dotted the paper and chipboard together to give a little dimension then embellished the ornaments with sentiments and bows from the clear cut shapes. To make the large ornament, I used the Vintage Santa paper in the frame, then embellished it with a tag, a vellum tape pennant and a cardinal from the fabric favorites.
 
Once Upon A Christmas Products:
 
OC 103 Hanging Wreaths/Red Tonal Damask
OC 108 Vintage Santa/Brown Houndstooth
OC 132 Tags & String
OC 140 Fresh Verse
OC 160 Vellum Tape Strips
OC 230 Clear Cut Shapes
OC 277 Stick Pins
OC 279 Chipboard Shapes

 

When I opened my cycling team box, the first thing that caught my eye was the dark brown houndstooth paper.  It’s retro, stylish and all around fabulous.  I went to work with it right away.  It made the perfect cozy backdrop for this holiday photo of my sister and son on a carousel ride.  My son’s sweater featured reindeer and snowflakes so I pulled both of those into my design.

On this page, I used a journaling card as a decorative element for a cluster of items, including a little pennant made from a vellum strip and a stick pin. For a title, I used a hanging tag, embellishing it with a sticker and punched snowflake.

Once Upon a Christmas Products:
OC 101 Vintage Bands/Red Starlight
OC 106 Snowflake Medallion/Red Houndstooth
OC 108 Vintage Santa/Brown Houndstooth
OC 132 Tags & String
OC 134 Journaling Cards
OC 135 Favorite Pieces
OC 140 Fresh Verse
OC 160 Vellum Tape Strips
OC 277 Stick Pins
OC 279 Chipboard Shapes
OC 305 Paper Crafting Kit

 

For my next project, I made a holiday card.  As soon as I saw the red damask paper with the large sentiment, Merry Christmas, at the bottom, I knew it would be perfect for a card and I set aside that paper.
 
 
To make the card, I trimmed the sentiment from the damask paper, added a bit of red houndstooth, and a vellum strip above it. An accordion flower from the Paper Crafting Kit added some dimension to complete the card.
 
Once Upon a Christmas Products:
OC 110 Merry Christmas Demask/Red Damask
OC 106 Snowflake Medallion/Red Houndstooth
OC 160 Vellum Tape Strips
OC 279 Chipboard Shapes
OC 305 Paper Crafting Kit
 
 
I want to thank Liz and the LYB team for inviting me to ride along with this collection. I had so much fun.  Happy holidays, everyone!

 

Please visit Izzy's blog Write, Snap, Scrap for more of her inspiring work.

 

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Final Acorn Hollow Project from Guest Designer Kelly Goree, A Giveaway and Last Week's Winner Announced

Today we have the final project from our talented Acorn Hollow Guest Designer Kelly Goree that was inspired by her friend and author Courtney Walsh's new book A Sweethaven Homecoming. We have loved having these two women team up for some really great ideas, words of wisdom and great prizes.

 

Courtney Walsh has written a series of heartwarming novels with themes including friendship and scrapbooking. Today she shares some insights from her Sweethaven books about home and has asked her good friend Kelly Goree to create a layout about the theme with our very own Acorn Hollow collection.    

From Courtney --- As an author, it's hard to pitch a story idea that starts with loss. But it's such an important human emotion, and one we can all connect with. I chose to start my novel with a profound loss, one that radiates throughout all three novels...because that's what loss does. Like a ripple made from a stone thrown into the water, its effects keep moving outward.

But "loss" isn't only a difficult subject to write about. It's also difficult to scrapbook about. Sometimes our most precious photos are the ones that are hardest to look at. Really important memories are like that. There's something almost sacred about putting them down in your album. Still, I believe scrapbooking your grief is almost like therapy...and it has so many benefits. Kelly pulled from this aspect of the Sweethaven novels with her incredibly touching layout about her father. A layout that wasn't easy to create, but one she will surely cherish forever.

 

Kelly created this page withour gorgeous Acorn Hollow collection which can be used for both autumn and everyday layouts.  We especially love what she did with the fabulous Acorn Hollow Paper Crafting Kit.

Journaling ---- I scored tickets for my football-loving father to see the Tennessee Titans play so you came to Nashville for the weekend to go. This photo was taken while we were tailgating – just before we walked the few blocks to the game. Those few blocks were hard on you and the few blocks back were even harder. I knew something wasn’t quite right, but I had no idea that that weekend would be the last time I ever saw you or that this photo would be the last of us together. Looking at this photo now I can see how sick you looked yet I treasure it. And while it hurts so much to look at, I’m so very grateful I have this.

 

GIVEAWAY 1 - We thought that the cover of Courtney's second book A Sweethaven Homecoming reminded us of our Acorn Hollow collection, so we are going to giveaway a copy of her book.  Just tell us what you think about Courtney's thoughts on scrapbooking loss and we will choose a lucky winner from the comments.

 

GIVEAWAY 2 - be sure to add some praise for Kelly's project in your comment for a chance to win our entire Acorn Hollow collection.   We'll choose a winner early next week!

 

Acorn Hollow Winner From Last Week:

 

Laura Bos said...Home is often messy, home is warm, home smells good -- although sometimes it's a picked up pizza and not homemade. Our home is not perfect, but it houses our family and all its love, so it's perfect for us.

 

Laura - please email me your shipping information at [email protected].  Thanks

 

Also - if you cannot find Acorn Hollow at your local scrapbook store, you can buy it directly from us HERE.

 

Check back tomorrow for another 12 Days of Once Upon a Christmas project from our Cycling Team.

Author Courtney Walsh and Guest Designer Kelly Goree Team Up for Another Acorn Hollow Project

We are so lucky to have another project from the super talented Kelly Goree that was inspired by her friend and author Courtney Walsh's new book A Sweethaven Homecoming. 

 

Courtney Walsh has written a series of heartwarming novels with themes including friendship and scrapbooking. Today she shares some insights from her Sweethaven books about home and has asked her good friend Kelly Goree to create a layout about the theme with our very own Acorn Hollow collection.    
From Courtney---One of the most important things in my life is that sense of "home." Perhaps that's why it was so important to include the word "Homecoming" in the title of my second novel... because I think there's something universal about that feeling of belonging that you only get when you're home. It's a common theme throughout the novels as Sweethaven is the place my characters can go and truly feel like themselves...

Having moved around a LOT the past few years, Home is more important to me than ever...which is why for this second Sweethaven-inspired prompt, I asked my sweet and hugely talented friend Kelly Goree to create an Acorn Hollow layout that highlights the things she loves most about her home.

I didn't expect that topic to strike such a chord, but for Kelly, it's the home itself that has the most meaning. Having been in her family for four generations, there's something special about those four walls...and what better way to document it than in the pages of her scrapbook?

From Kelly--- My favorite thing about my home is my home itself. It was once my grandmother's and four generations of my family have lived here. The layout is a replica of my house and the doors and windows open to show you some features and give journaling about why this house is special to me.

The detail shot of the front door pretty much shows you exactly what you see when you open my front door which I thought was fun.

Please visit Kelly's blog Behind the Pages for more amazing ideas and inspiration.

 

 GIVEAWAY 1 - We thought that the cover of Courtney's second book A Sweethaven Homecoming reminded us of our Acorn Hollow collection, so we are going to giveaway a copy of her book.  Just tell us what home means to you and we will choose a lucky winner from the comments.

 

GIVEAWAY 2 - please visit Kelly Goree's BLOG for a chance to win our entire Acorn Hollow collection.  It's her birthday today, so be sure to wish her a happy one!

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Biker Chick Inspiration with Robbie Herring

Biker Chick Robbie Herring shares an Acorn Hollow layout today, but let's have Robbie tell you all about it...

I'm finding it a bit sad that this is my last post with Acorn Hollow on the blog!  I just love how adorable and versatile this collection is!  You can be sure that I'm going to be holding on to everything that I haven't used and you'll be seeing it again in my galleries and on my blog.

I couldn't resist this sweet picture of a friend and her daughter that was taken last Thanksgiving.  I wanted to have a place for her to journal herself and her daughter, so the 5 things pocket was the perfect solution.  As I was putting the page together, I thought about how cute the shapes and details on the inserts were.  I just made sense for me, the ultimate shape lover, to use them in my design as a banner instead of the intended way in the envelopes.

I also layered the 5 things large shape with journaling card and topped it with a few pieces from the chipboard, paper crafting kit and even a clear cut for some added interest to my page.

Because I already had a place for journalling I used the yellow journaling card as an added embellishment and simply added the names and date.  You might notice that the white flower is a clear cut shape.  I chose to add a foam dot behind it and was careful to chose one that fit inside of the 'stitching'.  Popping up clear cuts is a fun thing to do and they stand up beautifully to the test of time in your scrapbooks.  They are very tough to bend so they are actually a really great way to add some extra dimension.

Clustered embellishing in the lower right corner completes the balance of this layout.  I mixed both the paper crafting kit and the clear cuts to this corner.  Another tiny detail is the pop-up center of the white flower.  I used a small punch and made the center from the Button, Button! paper.  You might have noticed one on the other corner, too.   It's a tiny little detail and finished off the centers of my flower with the colors I wanted to add in those small spaces.
 
Acorn Hollow Products:
AH-101 Tallest Trees/Striped Piping
AH-109 Fancy Forest/Pumpkin Pinstripe
AH-112 Button, Button!/Tiny Tonal Walnut Stripe
AH-106 Walnut Woodgrain/Fleur de Lovely
AH-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents (10 pieces)
AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)
AH-308 5 Things Pocket - with embossing (11 pieces)
AH-230 Clear Cuts - with foil accents (38 pieces)
AH-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil accents (36 pieces)

 

Please visit Robbie's blog Just the Scrap for more ideas and inspiration.

 

Remember that if your local LSS is out of Acorn Hollow, you can still order direct from us HERE.

 

Have a wonderful post Halloween day!

Happy Halloween from LYB!

Time to get out the costumes and candy and prepare for a night of mischief and fun.  It's Halloween and we wanted to celebrate with some ideas on how to make our Acorn Hollow collection the perfect palette for Halloween memories.  Take a look at what our Biker Chicks Corrie, Vicki, Liz (me) and Suzanne came up with...

Acorn Hollow Page by Biker Chick Corrie Jones

One of our Halloween traditions is to carve pumpkins before trick or treating.  I don't like moldy, sad jack-o-laterns so the day of is when the carving must take place.  I have tried to teach each of my girls how to get a perfectly cleaned out pumpkin, but only my youngest is showing any signs that she is following in my pumpkin carving lovin' footsteps.

Acorn Hollow Products:

Papers - Walnut Woodgrain,

Crimson Houndstooth,

Pumpkin Pinstripe,

Textured Gold/ Chevron Knit, B

utton Button
Chipboard shapes,

Clear cut shapes,

Stick pins,

Paper crafting kit,

Cardstock stickers

 

Acorn Hollow Page by Biker Chick Vicki Boutin

Acorn Hollow is one of my favorite LYB lines to date!  I love the earthy colors and the copper foil effects totally ROCK!!  To stretch the life of this product line I added a fun Halloween twist.  The owls became witches with little paper pieced hats.  I love when it all comes together easily and this page was a quick one.  Happy Halloween!

Acorn Hollow Products:

AH-109 Fancy Forest/Pumpkin Pinstripe

AH-108 Chevron Knit/Textured Gold

AH-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents (10 pieces)

AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)

AH-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)

AH-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with foil and embossing (36 pieces)

AH-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and debossing (43 pieces)

AH-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil accents (36 pieces)

Acorn Hollow Page by Biker Chick Liz Qualman

Last year's Superman is this year's hero to be named.  My son is a little obsessed with super heroes and was only too happy to be the cape wearing Superman, but this year he is between Spiderman and Thor.  We will just have to wait and see which costume he chooses (since he conveniently has both stashed in his closet thanks go overly helpful relative if you KWIM).  Love how the subtle blue colors in the Acorn Hollow collection can compliment this bright blue costume where other Halloween specific collections might clash with the man of steel.

These owls are just way too cute for their own good!  Had to have them perch right over the hero himself.  They are the watchful eyes of all the Halloween mischief and fun!

Use the banners in the Paper Crafting Kit to make a fun title.  These banners fold and pop off the page, so I thought it would be fun to make a play on words for the title and instead of All Hallow's Eve, we have Fall Hallow's Eve.  I know...corny!  Don't forget the darling chipboard leaves to add some detail.

Acorn Hollow Products:

AH-101 Tallest Trees/Striped Piping

AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)

AH-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents (10 pieces)

AH-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with foil and embossing (36 pieces)

AH-304 6" x 6" Paper Pad (24 pages)

AH-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil accents (36 pieces)

 

Acorn Hollow Page by Biker Chick Suzanne Sergi

It wouldn't be Halloween without pirates!  Use your Paper Crafting Kit and Journal Cards to make a fun pirate emblem.  The distressing on the patterned paper also makes a perfect "aged" background almost like a treasure map for the little swashbuckler.

Acorn Hollow Products:

AH-107 Crimson Text/Textured Ivory

AH-108 Chevron Knit/Textured Gold

AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)

AH-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents (10 pieces)

 

Please have a Safe and Happy Halloween!

Gorgeous Fall Projects with Cycling Team Member Melinda Spinks

We want to take a minute to send our thoughts to those in the path of Hurricane Sandy.  It has been a crazy few days for many including our company in Connecticut.  I (Liz) live in Colorado, but my whole family is on the East coast and you can bet I've been biting my nails waiting for them to be out of harms way.  Hopefully today will send some relief... hang in there!

 

We have a special treat today all the way from "Hurricane Free" Australia.  Our friend Melinda Spinks has created some amazing projects with our Acorn Hollow collection, but let's have Melinda tell you all about it...

 

Hello everyone, it's Melinda with you today. Well this is a little bit exciting to have such a wonderful opportunity to work with Acorn Hollow on my very first Cycling Team. And can I just say, the other AH team members have made some amazing projects so I hope I can keep the inspiration bike pedaling along (sorry couldn't resist)!

Each year I love to put together an Autumn wreath using some of my husband's (the farmer) wonderful grain crop so we can hang it on the door and be reminded of all his hard work. Acorn Hollow paired beautifully with the wheat and I had such fun making all the different flowers using the AH Paper Crafting Kit.

And here's the farmer's beautiful crop. And in case you are wondering, yes we make our own bread, well the farmer does and the kids love it. The AH Paper Crafting Kit allows you to mix and match each piece so you can create a lovely variety of flowers. And everything is pre-cut and pre-scored which removes all the guess work?

I couldn't resist the adorable little AH stick pins and sadly used everyone in the packet. However, they really completed the wreath and gave it that perfect finishing touch. Now I just have to make sure my daughter doesn't steal any as she was eyeing them off when she came through the door.

Acorn Hollow Products:
AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)
AH-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)

Autumn time on the farm is a hive of activity as the farmer prepares the paddocks for sowing of the new seasons crops. And the kids lend a hand by helping to clear the ground from fallen limbs of trees so I decided to create this layout to remind them of this time in their lives.

I just love the earthy tones and wonderful patterns within the AH paper selection which were ideal to use as falling autumn leaves. I cut the leaf shape from the background cardstock and placed different pieces of the patterned paper under each leaf.

I have never been able to go passed a collection that has trees and critters so I was delighted to see that Acorn Hollow was packed full of the cutest little pieces.

Acorn Hollow Products:
AH-101 Tallest Trees/Striped Piping
AH-102 Pretty Plaid/Flowered Dot
AH-108 Chevron Knit/Textured Gold
AH-111 Lichen Check/Lichen Text
AH-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with foil and embossing (36 pieces)
AH-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and debossing (43 pieces)

One of my all time favourite products would have to be the C;ear Cuts as I love the idea of being able to layer and still see a little of what's underneath. I used the AH Clear Cuts to put together two cards using the same basic pattern but altering the color-scheme and picture slightly for each one.

I also threw in a layer of burlap to compliment the neutral hues of the Acorn Hollow collection and to add some extra texture to each card.

How sweet is the little gumnut baby with the pretty foil embossing on the hat. I must admit, it's very difficult to photograph and I almost had to stand on my head to catch the right light.

Acorn Hollow Products:
AH-304 6" x 6" Paper Pad (24 pages)
AH-230 Clear Cuts - with foil accents (38 pieces)
AH-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and debossing (43 pieces)
AH-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)

So that's a wrap as I'm the final member of the Acorn Hollow Cycling team. And now that October is almost over with just Halloween remaining there will be a new team to showcase the beautiful Once Upon A Christmas collection.

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Little Yellow Bicycle for having me along as part of the Acorn Hollow team, it's been absolutely wonderful and I've loved sharing this time with Audrey Pettit, Katrina Hunt,  and Kris Berc.

Please visit Melinda's blog The Scrap Farm for more inspiration HERE.

Remember you can purchase the whole Acorn Hollow collection direct from Little Yellow Bicycle HERE.

 

Have a bright and safe day!

Acorn Hollow Cycling Team Member Kris Berc and Winners from our Latest Giveaways

We are so excited to share more Acorn Hollow projects from our Cycling Team!  Today we are so fortunate to have returning Cycling Team Member Kris Berc as our designer.  We just adore her work and it has been so fun to watch her little girl get bigger each time Kris shares her work with us.  Anyway - we want Kris to tell you all about it.

 

Hi everyone, it's Kris with you today.  I am so grateful to have been invited back for another ride with the Cycling Team this month!  I had an absolutely wonderful time creating with Acorn Hollow.  The colors and patterns in this collection are just gorgeous and layer together wonderfully!

I adore the beautiful Acorn Hollow papers and embellishments so much... I couldn't resist squeezing as many of them onto my projects as possible!  To create this layout's background, I layered 5 different pieces of the patterned paper.

I used the "Fall" chipboard letters for the title.  Can you see the pretty flourish detailing on the letters? They come like that!

Little Yellow Bicycle's paper crafting kits are brilliant!  Included is a large variety of pre-cut and pre-scored flowers, leaves, strips for accordion folded flowers, and other shapes.  Without a doubt, these terrific kits are my favorite of Little Yellow Bicycle's embellishments.  I've layered several of the flower pieces and leaves in this cluster, using foam squares behind many of the pieces for added dimensional interest. I've also included some chipboard shapes and a clear cut acorn.  Tucked in the middle of it all is a cute blue flower-shaped stick pin.

This cluster consists of an accordion flower and leaves from the paper crafting kit, as well as some chipboard shapes and a cute little acorn from the clear cuts set.

I used foam squares behind the above 3 cardstock stickers.  The debossing included on these stickers is a wonderful detail!

Acorn Hollow products:
AH-106 Walnut Woodgrain/Fleur de Lovely
AH-101 Tallest Trees/Striped Piping
AH-111 Lichen Check/Lichen Text
AH-112 Button, Button!/Tiny Tonal Walnut Stripe
AH-110 Forest Floral/Textured Pond
AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit
AH-277 Stick Pins
AH-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse
AH-279 Chipboard Shapes
AH-230 Clear Cuts

 

For my second layout, I chose another set of 5 different patterned papers to layer for the background.  I love to layer papers!

Here are some accordion flowers, layered flowers, and leaves from the paper crafting kit along with some cardstock stickers adhered with foam squares, chipboard leaves, and a totally adorable chipboard owl.  See the cute red heart stick pin?  Love those!  I stuck it through one of the foam squares- don't want anyone to poke any fingers!

I layered 2 of the journaling cards and embellished them with some clear cuts flowers, a chipboard flower and acorn, and a super cute cardstock bird sticker.  I tucked the cards a bit behind the photo (tip: adhere your photos using foam squares so that you have plenty of room underneath the edges of the photo for tucking embellishments in!) and then topped this cluster off with another sweet little owl chipboard piece, a foil-accented chipboard heart, and a clear cut heart.

The "family" chipboard piece is adhered at the bottom of this embellishment cluster with a foam square.

Acorn Hollow products:
AH-109 Fancy Forest/Pumpkin Pinstripe
AH-102 Pretty Plaid/Flowered Dot
AH-107 Crimson Text/Textured Ivory
AH-103 Brown Berries/Textured Walnut
AH-105 Toss & Tumble/Crimson Houndstooth
AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit
AH-134 Journaling Cards
AH-277 Stick Pins
AH-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces
AH-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse
AH-279 Chipboard Shapes
AH-230 Clear Cuts

Thank you so much for taking a peek at my Acorn Hollow projects today!  A great big heartfelt thanks to Little Yellow Bicycle for having me along for another ride!  Happy Fall to all!

 

Please visit Kris's blog A Stash of Pretty Paper for more inspiration.

 

 

Now for the latest winners of our giveaways!  Please email your information to [email protected] and we will send out prizes soon.

 

Friday Post with Courtney Walsh and Kelly Goree - Marie said "I have a wonderful friend that introduced me to scrapbooking. While I was in the process of waiting to adopt my daughter from China, we would get together weekly to scrapbook, and talk, of course!! When my daughter arrived, I had 3 scrapbooks started (one for our family, one for my parents, and one for my in-laws!!!) and we continued to get together after she arrived to continue with the books! She remains my best friend today!"

 

LYB/Xyron Monday - Tami McDaniel said, "This card is so cute. I love my Xyron. I gave one to my daughter too, since she is a teacher. Thanks for the chance to win. Tami"

 

LYB/Xyron Tuesday - Judy R said, "I have LOVED Xyron products since the very beginning! I NEED the new sticker machine!"

 

LYB/Xyron Wedensday - Susan Wojtkowski said, "LOVE this layout..so clean and fresh, yet colorful! I want to get my hands on one of those Xyron machines....I can see all sorts of ideas swirling in my head to do with it!"

 

LYB/Xyron Thursday - Kathleen Schriber said, "i've been papercrafting for a long time, and you just taught me a new trick to glueing those circles. I never thought of that...thank you! (always) glued 1 circle at a time....duhhhh! awesome trick!"

 

LYB/Xyron Friday -

Beverly Jordan said, "Loving the blog hops."

 

Elizabeth Parham said, "My best friend gave me a Xyron Magic Sticker maker for my birthday - I love it !"

 

Mary Lou Holshouser said, "Just finished the blog hop. I love the Acorn collection. Just looking at the paper makes me feel happy. the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming - a relief from the cold we are having now."

 

Don't forget you can buy the Acorn Hollow collection directly from us HERE.  Stick with us all week as we continue to share projects for Acorn Hollow!

Bike Chick Inspiration with Suzanne Sergi

Biker Chick Suzanne Sergi has a gorgeous Acorn Hollow page to share today, but we will let her tell you all about it...

If only I could go back to 2009. My sweet little guy warms my heart on any cold day! Even though he is older, we still follow the same family traditions. I live in Sunny California, so it is sunny all year around!  However, the Acorn Hollow collection is perfect for documenting your pumpkin patch photos, too.

On this page, I wanted to keep the emphasis on the photo. I kept my embellishments off to the left hand side of the page. One thing I love about LYB are all the embellishments that coordinate with the papers! I pulled my title from the journaling cards packet. I layered this on top of a scallop I punched from the coordinating 6x6 paper pad. There are lots of layers surrounding my title, and you can see how easily it is to build dimension, simply by pulling from the papercrafting kit, and the clear shapes. I fell in love with the leaf diecuts, and tucked them underneath the title. You will also see a bit of them in the bottom lower right hand side! This collection is full of browns, greens, and oranges! Just in time as the weather begins to change!

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Acorn Hollow Products:

AH-101 Tallest Trees/Striped Piping

AH-105 Toss & Tumble/Crimson Houndstooth

AH-109 Fancy Forest/Pumpkin Pinstripe

AH-107 Crimson Text/Textured Ivory

AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)

AH-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil accents (36 pieces)

AH-134 Journaling Cards - with foil accents (10 pieces)

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Please visit Suzanne's blog Scrappin' the Details for more inspiration.

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Almost to the weekend!

Biker Chick Inspiration with Lisa Swift

Biker Chick Lisa Swift joins us today with an Acorn Hollow project, but let's have her tell you all about it...

Fall is my favorite season (just like the Fresh Verse sticker on my layout says). The brilliant colors alone are amazing, but add in crisp apples and pretty pumpkins and I'm sold. Our first apple picking trip this year resulted in five pounds of Gala apples that my husband turned into a delicious spiced applesauce. I think it's time to go back to the orchard to see what's ready for picking and ask him to make his famous apple crumb pie. :)

Layering is one of my favorite techniques to use on a page. Overlapping and clustering elements adds interest to a layout and gives it a nice cohesive look. Even with the number of embellishments I used on here, the photo still takes center stage.

Don't be afraid to "repurpose" or even alter embellishments. Look at them as separate parts to be used in different ways. For example, the 5 Things Pockets from the Acorn Hollow collection come with fun doodled journaling inserts. Rather than keeping the two pieces together, I used the insert as a grounding element for the "sweet" sticker and the pocket to house a chipboard owl (and how cute is that owl?)

Other ways to change up or enhance embellishments are: add a rhinestone or pearl center to a floral stick pin or use buttons at the end of a banner to add some texture and dimension.

I hope the ideas I shared today will help you look at your embellishments in a new way. :)

Acorn Hollow Products:

AH101-Tallest Trees/Striped Piping Patterned Paper
AH111-Lichen Check/Lichen Text Patterned Paper
AH304-6x6 Paper Pad
AH308-5 Things Pockets
AH305- Paper Crafting Kit
AH279-Chipboard Shapes
AH277-Stick Pins
AH140-Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers
AH135-Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers
AH134-Journaling Cards

 

Please visit Lisa's blog Remembering the Good Times for more ideas and inspiration.

 

Happy Thursday!

Get Ready for Acorn Hollow!

Today our Biker Chicks Heather, Jenny and Corrie have some gorgeous Fall pages to share with our Acorn Hollow collection.  Here at LYB - located in New England - we really get into Fall and each year we have a wonderful collection to record our memories and we think you will LOVE Acorn Hollow just as much as we do...

Biker Chick Heather Leopard

Fall in Texas can be a bit unpredictable, but all in all it's usually in the 70's/80's and we spend a lot more time outdoors. Each year we make the trek from city life to country life and enjoy a day at a local farm, where you can interact with farm animals of all kinds, take a hayride, pick you own pumpkins and soo much more. It really is a day's worth of fun fill activities.  One thing we always love to do is climb up on the tractors and pretend to be tending to the crops.  The Acorn Hollow collection is great for all your fall photos but it's very versatile with the rich colors. Perfect for any nature lover as well.


I used the paper crafting kit and a Fresh Verse sticker to create my title "Happy Harvest".

The journaling cards in this collection are soo cool...some have foil on them and others have fun decorative edging. I used mine to feature some hidden journaling, which I wrote on after this photo was taken.

Acorn Hollow Products:
AH-101 Tallest Trees/Striped Piping
AH-112 Button, Button/Tiny Tonal Walnut Stripe
AH-108 Chevron Knit/Textured Gold
AH-110 Forest Floral/Textured Pond
AH-111 Lichen Check/Lichen Text
AH-105 Toss & Tumble/Pumpkin Pinstripe
AH-304 6"x6" Paper Pad
AH-135 Stickers - Favorite Pieces
AH-140 Stickers - Fresh Verse
AH-134 Journaling Cards
AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit
AH-279 Chipboard Shapes
AH-227 Stick Pins

 

Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick

For this fall layout I created my title using my Silhouette software.  Nothing fancy to it really!  To create your title type out your letters using the text box, right click and "un-group" your letters.  Layout your letters and shapes so they are overlapping or touching on an edge somewhere.  Then select all and click "weld". It might take a few tries!  Just keep moving your letters around until they connect.  Once they are welded select all again and choose "group" that will keep all your dots and things together for cutting.

Acorn Hollow Products:
AH-106 Walnut Woodgrain/Fleur de Lovely
AH-107 Crimson Text/Textured Ivory
AH-101 Tallest Trees/Striped Piping
AH-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)
AH-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with foil and embossing (36 pieces)
AH-230 Clear Cuts - with foil accents (38 pieces)

 

 

Biker Chick Corrie Jones

I really love this line and how awesome the colors and patterns are for creating Fall projects.

Acorn Hollow Products:

AH-106 Walnut Woodgrain
AH-107 Crimson Text
AH-108 Chevron Knit
AH-110 Forest Floral
AH-134 Journaling Cards
AH-135 Cardstock Stickers
AH-277 Stick Pins
AH-279 Chipboard Shapes

 

Get this collection today right HERE!

 

Makin' the Grade Guest Designer Kimberly Neddo and a Giveaway

Guest Designer Kimberly Neddo has another great Makin' the Grade project to share.  She has done such a great job of documenting some of her daughter's school memories, but let's have Kimberly tell you all about it after we share just a little bit more about her...

 

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

KN: I make a HUGE mess while I scrapbook, but have to clean it up after every project before I can start on another.

 

LYB: Do you have a favorite adhesive?

KN: American Craft is by far my favorite adhesive!

 

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

KN: Chicken wire. I stamped with it once.

 

 

I LOVE to work with enlarged photographs. For this layout, I chose to convert the photograph to a black and white image to make the colors in the papers and embellishments pop! :)

I really love working with patterned papers and using as many as possible, with out over-doing it on a page. I created a fun border across the bottom edge like a large arrow pointing up to my focal point of the page, which is the photograph and Title. Visually, I like to create a triangle with embellishments, to help guide the viewers eye around the page, yet keep their focus on the photograph.

I really love the cork board embellishments…they are so perfect for anything having to do with school, or teenage kids. I find that it's a must to have in my kids rooms to save the walls! Ha! :)
Thank you so much for stopping by.

 

Giveaway - Now, come on over to my blog Capturing the Moments and leave me a comment to receive a full set of this AMAZING line for Back to School!

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Biker Chick Inspiration with Corrie Jones

Biker Chick Corrie Jones had a really great layout page idea to share with our Makin' the Grade collection today, but let's have Corrie tell you all about it ...

This has been a big year for me as a mom.  My youngest started school.  Real school.  Kindergarten.  We made the decision to make her wait an extra year last year so she would be the oldest in her class instead of the youngest, which was the right thing to do, but I think it made it even harder on me.  Because I had her home with me (except for half day preschool) longer.  She is of course thriving, but I am still amazed everyday that she is big enough to walk into that school with out me, that she can carry her lunch tray all by herself and that her huge backpack doesn't swallow her.

Here she is on the first day of school, barely letting me take a zillion pictures of this big day.


An easy way to create a layout is to use a grid as the base.  The paper squares on mine are 2.5 inches.  I do not try to have them all line up perfectly so it takes a lot of the pressure off.  Then you have little boxes to embellish with all the fun stuff in the line.

She is really into owls right now so those were a MUST on this layout.  I love all the bits and pieces of school stuff in the Makin' the Grade line.  The papers are so authentically school too.  Some, like this reminding me of the old green chalkboards and clapping erasers at recess.


Makin' the Grade Supplies used:

MG-101 Alpha Block
MG-110 Brown Bag
MG-102 New Notebook
MG-103 School Bands
MG-105 Cut Here
MG-304 6x6 Paper Pad
MG-195 Dimensional Stickers
MG-167 Cork Stickers
MG-220 Fabric Favorites
MG-140 Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse
MG-230 Clear Cut Shapes
MG-279 Chipboard Shapes
MG-277 Stick Pins
MG-1100 Tear Out Tickets

 

Please visit Corrie's blog You, Me & Crazy for more of her wonderful ideas.

 

Almost to the weekend. 

 

Mix it Up for Fall

Today our Biker Chicks wanted to show you how you can use or mix up any of our collections to create a Fall project.  We know our fans have a lot of LYB lying around the scraproom, so we thought it would be fun to repurpose some of our older collections.

Biker Chick Robbie Herring

Living in Texas, back to school means football season! I have a million football and cheerleader photos from my kid's years in school. I thought it would be fun to mix up the Makin' the Grade collection with the Get Your Game On collection and I couldn't resist adding in a chipboard frame from the Escape collection.

The doodle stickers and flowers in the Makin' the Grade collection are some of my favorite parts of it. I decided to play up the doodling on my layout because it seems to be something that most teen girls do. It made cheer pictures seem like the right choice for pulling it all together

Tip: I made the flowers by just drawing them on white cardstock and then cutting them out. I LOVE the way that the Sakura Glaze pens work for doodling heavy. I also really love the deep black color. For the white doodles, I used the Sakura Souffle Pen. There are a few great choices for white pens, but I like the touch of texture that the Souffle Pens add.

Products Used:
MG-108 Cork Board/Brown Solid
MG-107 Pennants/Blue Solid
MG-103 School Bands/Brown Stripe
MG-110 Brown Bag/Kraft Mod Dot
MG-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with foil and embossing (30 pieces)
MG-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil (24 pieces)
GO-101 Football Collage/Football Field
GO-3072 Mini Banners - Basketball with embossing (3 pieces & strings)
GO-1354 Favorite Pieces Stickers - Soccer - with thermography & embossing (54 pieces)
GO-1100 Tear Out Ticket Book (10 pieces)
GO-168 Chipboard Spinner Sticker
GO-279 Chipboard Shapes (4" max. size, 32 pieces)
ESC-279 Chipboard Shapes - with thermography (26 pieces)

 

Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick

When I think of Fall I not only think of the change in weather and colors I also think of family and FOOTBALL!  Fall is a laid back time for us and we spend a lot of Saturdays and Sundays with family.  For this layout I used the Saturdays collection to showcase this sweet photo of my friends little girl.  She is sporting her Redskins jersey and playing with her Momma in the leaves.  I love the colors of this line.  They are classic and can mix well into a lot of different themes!

Saturdays Products:

ST-101 Saturday Collage/Easy Breezy
ST-279 Chipboard Shapes - with thermography (41 pieces)
ST-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with thermography (5 pieces)
ST-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (13 pieces)
ST-230 Clear Cut Shapes (24 pieces)
ST-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)
ST-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with thermography and debossing (72 pieces)
ST-1100 Tear-Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book - with debossing (24 pieces)
ST-306 Medley Album Kit (23 pieces)

 

Biker Chick Tania Willis

To make mixing and matching products between collections effortless, I just choose two or three colors as the main focus of my layout and then scan through the product choices picking out relevant embellishments that fit within those color choices.  Along the way, I also choose muted and neutral tones that will work well with any color choices. It’s very easy to brighten up fall jewel tones with pops of white and soft pastels to end up with a fun and colorful fall-themed layout.

Products Used:

HF – 279 Hello Fall Chipboard

HF – 197 Hello Fall Jewel Stickers

LYB – 302 Paper Doilies

SS – 219 Sweet Summertime Flower Button Dots

TW – 140 Twig Fresh Verse Stickers

FS – 133 Free Spirit Die-cut Papers

HC – 195 Dimensional Pop-up Stickers

HF – 222 Canvas Tape Rolls

 

Biker Chick Liz Qualman

Can pink be a fall color?  Why not, it's the color that a lot of kids wear and is only slightly lighter than red.  That is what I thought when I pulled out these photos of my daughter from a trip to the park a couple weeks ago.  I love all the green and brown hues in the Paradise collection, so why not add pink to the Fall palette?  In fact, pink is the new red - lol.

I mixed in some of the corrugated chipboard from our Hello Fall! collection to ground the brighter colors and add more of the Fall elements to the page.

This squirrel has got to be one of the cutest things ever!  I just added a bit of bling for the eye and added it to the page with some foam tape.

 

Paradise/Hello Fall! Products Used:

PD-104 Splendid Stripe/Olive Leaves

PD-109 Pleasant Plaid/Earthy Dots

PD-106 Happy Dots/All Natural

PD-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with glitter accents (5 pieces)

PD-279 Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (32 pieces)

PD-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (23 pieces)

PD-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with thermography and embossing (72 pieces)

HS-197 Jewel Stickers (96 pieces)

HF-276 - Corrugated Shapes (18 pieces)

 

Geet out some of your LYB and have a wonderful and crafty day!

 

Introducing Makin' the Grade Guest Designer Kimberly Neddo

We are so happy to have Kimberly Neddo as our guest designer for Makin' the Grade.  If anyone would know a lot about back to school, it would be this mother of 6.  Kimberly's blog banner is tribute to all of her kids, so we thought she would be a great fit for sharing some of her school moments.  But before we share her work, we asked her a few questions to get to know her better.

 

LYB: What is your ‘go to’ embellishment?

KN: Twine or some kind of string. Love what it adds to a page.

 

LYB: What kind of music gets you in the scrappin’ mood?

KN: Hip hop and Pit bull…LOVE to create with Pitbull and his remixes in the background.

 

LYB: Do you have a favorite quote? 

KN: Integrity is doing the right thing, when no one is watching. 

 

We really love how Kimberly used our Makin' the Grade paper flower kit.  The sprawling flowers are great to mix with sentiments, but don't add too much clutter.

Kimberly also added one of our signature clear cut shapes to her page and made a fun banner cluster.

 

The grays in this collection are such a great color to ground the brighter, primary colors.  Here Kimberly paired yellow accents which pop off of the gray patterned paper and make the beautiful photo stand out front and center.

We love how personalized Kimberly's journaling is and how she uses her own handwriting on her pages.

Please visit Kimberly's blog Capturing the Moments for more about her and inspiration from her work. She'll be back next Friday with another project to share...

 

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

Makin' the Grade Two Page Layouts with Our Biker Chicks

Our Biker Chicks have been busy creating two page spreads using our school collection Makin' the Grade.

Biker Chick Corrie Jones

 

I take a quick picture every morning before school of my kindergartener.  I thought it would be a fun project for this year to see her changing each day.  So far it has be hilarious to see her funny faces and moods.  This is week 3.  Making the Grade was PERFECT for these school pictures of my girl.


Makin' the Grade Products:

MG-102 New Notebook
MG-106 Cork Board
MG-304 6x6 Paper Pad
MG-167 Cork Stickers
MG-220 Fabric Favorites
MG-135 Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces
MG-140 Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse
MG-230 Clear Cut Shapes
MG-195 Dimensional Stickers
MG-201 Canvas Stickers
MG-279 Chipboard Shapes
MG-277 Stick Pins

 

Half Way Through the Week!

Biker Chick Inspiration with Jenny Chesnick

Check out how Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick used our Makin' the Grade collection to create a Fall sports page...

Hi LYB Fans! Jen here with another Making the Grade project. Today I wanted to showcase one of my favorites ways to create a title.  It's a hot trend right now to create titles and shapes with your die cutting machine and using that negative.  It gives the layout a unique feel and dimension.

For this sports themed school project I wanted to use the school name and mascot.  I did a simple design in my Silhouette software using Georgia font.  I cut the title directly into my background 12x12 paper then lined the backside with a contrasting color paper.  You could also line your contrasting paper with dimensional dots to give your title a 3D look.  I chose to keep it flat and instead created depth with my other elements. 

I add several layers of dimensional dots to my photo to have it stand out above my embellishments.  If you don't want to use that many dimensional dots you can also create the same look with scrap paper.  Simply fold your paper into a tri-fold leaving the paper "puffed" then simply attach it to the backside of your photo.  By making the photo the "top" element it is sure not to get lost in the among the other elements.

Makin' the Grade Products:

MG 109- Dotted Chevron/Red Alpha
MG-105 Cut Here/Yellow Stripe
MG-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book
MG-167 Cork Word & Shape Stickers
MG-201 Canvas Stickers
MG-220 Fabric Favorites
MG-279 Chipboard Shapes
MG-304 6x6 Paper Pad

 

Please visit Jenny's blog Say Chez for more ideas and inspiration.

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Liz

Summer to Summer, Little Yellow Bicycle Delivers

Today a few of our Biker Chicks wanted to share some summer projects with some of our favoraite LYB summer collections to celebrate how we are spending our time.  Biker Chick Corrie Jones made this wonderful multimedia page with our Splash Collection.

We had the most amazing week at the beach this year.  Well, every year is an amazing at the beach, but this year we tried something new - 4 wheel driving on the beach.  It was one of the coolest things I have ever done.  We were supposed to be looking for wild horses and we did see about 20, but my favorite part was being out in sun in a Jeep, driving all over.  I HAD to use Splash for this page.  So I scraped together the last pieces I had for this page.  I love the colors in this collection.  It is definitely one of my favorites for this summer!

Splash supplies used:

SPL-133 6x6 decorative edge double sided textured cardstock
SPL-305 paper crafting kit
SPL-230 clear cut shapes
SPL-140 cardstock stickers
SPL-160 vellum tape
SPL-303 mini flag kit
SPL-1100 tear out tickets
SPL-304 6x6 paper pad

 

Biker Chick Liz Qualman created this mini album with our Sweet Summertime collection for publication in the 2012 summer issue of Scrapbooking & Beyond Magazine.  You can find specific instructions for creating the album there, but Liz included a few tips here in the post...

Remember our Sweet Summertime collection?  LYB created this adorable little Banner Album with all the paper cut to size so the focus could be on embellishments, which is exactly what I did.

 

Instructions for the Cover:

Even though most of the work was done with the precut elements of the album, I wanted to give it a handmade feel with the custom stitching and twine.

• Use the blue precut banner paper and backstitch around the design.
• Cut smaller shape in red paper to mirror the design
• Add “bring on the sunshine” sentiment from the Fresh Verse Stickers
• Add chipboard pinwheels and jewel stickers
• Add Chipboard Spinner Sticker
• Swirl the Peapod bakers twine around the design and glue into place with clear glue

 

My family and I had such a great day on the lake and the colors of the Sweet Summertime Collection perfectly compliments the colors of our day.

I love the way twine looks wrapped around pages and cards and thought it would be fun to wrap this mini album page.  I also love how you can twirl the longer ends of the twine around a project, so I used the Tombow glue to stick the longer ties from the bow in a swirled pattern.

For this page, I wanted to combine the chipboard sentiment with the fresh verse sentiment to capture the moment of my kids snuggling in the boat.  The journal card makes a fun photo mat as well as a way to add some specific details from the day.  My husband did a great job of captain and this page is meant to honor his part in the event.  4 x 6 photos were just a tad too big for the chipboard album, but I found if I cropped them to be 4 x 5, they were a perfect fit.

I love scrapbook pages with multiple photos and wanted to create the same effect for this page, so I added three wallet-sized photos to show more of the event.  The Tear Out Ticket sentiment was a great photo mat to tie the page and photos together.

Had to end with a simple page about my son and since the banner page is pointy, I added a lot of round elements to balance the effect.

I tend to love larger journal cards, because they can be a great focal point in a mini album and take the place of a photo.  This one was a fun way to add a thought and then include embellishments that might over power a photo, but not the journal card like the kite and the cloud.  The twine looks fun tied through the chipboard button.

 

 

Sweet Summertime Supplies:

Little Yellow Bicycle Sweet Summertime Collection

LYB-106 - Chipboard Banner Album (8 pieces; 5 chipboard pieces, 2 binder rings, 6-inch string)

SS-180 - Banner Album Cardstock Kit (25 pieces)

SS-1100 - Tear-Out Ticket Book with thermography (10 tickets)

SS-168 - Chipboard Spinner Stickers with glitter

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

SS-135 - Cardstock Favorite Pieces Stickers with glitter and buttons (53 pieces)

SS-140 - Fresh Verse™ Stickers with debossing (68 pieces)

SS-195 - Dimensional Pop-Up Stickers (16 pieces)

SS-197 - Jewel Stickers (120 pieces)

SS-219 - Flower Button Dots, layered and self-adhesive with buttons (8 pieces)

SS-166 - Chipboard Buttons with glitter accents (16 pieces)

SS-279 - Chipboard Shapes with glitter accents (32 pieces)

The Twinery Bakers Twine

More Ideas with Guest Designer Kathy Martin

We have some more great ideas to share from our Escape Collection Guest Designer Kathy Martin.  We have been getting to know her over the past couple of weeks and we have a few more question and answers to share.

 

LYB: Are you a neat scrapbooker or is your space a mess?
KM: I’m fairly neat and organized, but I do whip up big messes. I keep the mess under control by cleaning up after most projects.

 

LYB: How long does it typically take you to complete a layout?

KM: Forever! Well maybe not forever, but it takes a long time. As I mentioned above, I don’t plan out my pages or use a sketch, I like to play around and wing it as I go which can take a while.

 

LYB: What are your favorite scrapbook magazines?

KM: I love them all! I haven’t met a scrapbooking magazine that I didn’t devour from cover-to-cover!

We are in love with how Kathy incorporated our Flag and Paper Flower Kits on this amazing layout.  Even though she used a lot of the product, she did it in such a way that it still looks simple and clean.

Kathy always has fun things going on at her blog Card-Blanc, so please stop by for a visit and more inspiration from her.  We will be back next week with her final project.

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Liz

Biker Chick Inspiration with Jenny Chesnick

Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick has been listening to our fans and has a great two page project to share with our Escape Collection.  Check out some of her tips below...

On National Scrapbooking Day Little Yellow Bicycle asked what projects our readers would like to see.  One of the most popular answers was double page layouts.  I think this may be my fifth ever double page spread!  For some reason two pagers really intimidate me.  So for this spread I decided to look at it as an expanded one pager.  I created the one page feel by splitting the die-cut paper in the center of the layout.  I then used a 4 inch strip across the two pages to connect them and line my photos.  I tucked the smaller decorative edge paper underneath that strip to make it seem longer and add in another color.  When I look at the layouts it almost looks like it could be two pages separate.  I guess in my mind that made it easier for me to place my titles and embellishments.  What are you tips for the perfect two pager?  I would love to hear your ideas!

The Escape Supplies:

ESC-104 Carefree - Orange/Click - Teal
ESC-108 Makin' Tracks/Destination Dots - Yellow
ESC-122 12" x 12" Decorative Edge Textured Cardstock - with embossing
ESC-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textu
red Cardstock - with thermography (5 pieces)
ESC-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with thermography and debossing (67 pieces)
ESC-160 Vellum Tape Strips (8 pieces)
ESC-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book - with embossing (24 pieces)
ESC-279 Chipboard Shapes - with thermography (26 pieces)
ESC-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with thermography (5 pieces)
ESC-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (15 pieces)

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Liz

Photos from the Booth! CHA Sneaks!

 

Just a quick post on this last day of CHA to share some pics of the booth before the show's over and we have to take it all down!

 

Do you have a favorite?

 

Leave a comment for another chance to win!

 

- Peg

 

 

Escape for Moment with our Biker Chicks Robbie, Corrie and Shanna

It's time to start recording those travel memories and our Escape collection is the perfect way to capture those memories.  Today Biker Chicks Robbie Herring, Corrie Jones and Shanna Vineyard have created some fantastic pages to share with our fans...

Escape page by Biker Chick Robbie Herring - Description:  I couldn't resist using this travel collection for a layout about my daughter's journey into the real world instead of strictly for a travel page.  I loved how all the colors in it worked with my picture of her leaving for her first interview after graduation from college.

 

Escape Supply List:

ESC-102 City Scape/Ticket to Ride - Green

ESC-107 Souvenir Stamp - Multi/Carefree - Grey

ESC-279 Chipboard Shapes - with thermography (26 pieces)

ESC-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with thermography (5 pieces)

ESC-221 Wood Tags (5 pieces)

ESC-230 Clear Cuts Shapes (26 pieces)

ESC-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with thermography and debossing (67 pieces)

ESC-195 Dimensional Stickers - with thermography (7 pieces)

ESC-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book - with embossing (24 pieces)

ESC-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)

 

Escape page by Biker Chick Corrie Jones -  "I love the colors in The Escape!  They are just happy, which is perfect for all the summer traveling we are doing.  It seems like we are in the car going someplace all the time!"

 

Escape Supplies used:

ESC-105 Big City/Click

ESC-279 Chipboard Shapes

ESC-230 Clear Cut Shapes

ESC-135 Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces

ESC-140 Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse

ESC-160 Vellum Tape

ESC-1100 Tear Out Tickets

ESC-303 Mini Flag Kit

ESC-304 6x6 Paper Pad

 

“The Streets of Pompeii” layout by Biker Chick Shanna Vineyard

 

Escape Supplies used:

 

Escape Decorative Edge Cardstock

Escape Mini Flag Kit

Escape Memories Multi

Escape Cardstock Stickers-Favorite Pieces

Escape Chipboard Shapes

Escape Cardstock Stickers-Fresh Verse

Escape Fabric Favorites

 

Happy Wednesday!

 

Liz 

 

Cycling Team Members Tamara and Lisa make a Splash Together!

We have been so happy with how our Splash Cycling Team has wowed us with their creativity.  This week we move onto The Escape collection, but we have a couple more Splash projects to share from Tamara Tripodi and Lisa Swift.

 

Hello there! It's Tamara again for my second (and last) 'Splash' cycling team project share! I'm so excited to show you all this adorable treat pail I made!

 

I thought, what better than a 'sand pail' treat bucket with the adorable 'Splash' collection? PERFECT!

When I saw the cute fabric umbrella embellishment, I knew I HAD to add it in! It looks so cute sticking out the side. The 'Splash' collection makes this one awesome little treat pail! I really layered on all those fun LYB embellishments.

I added several clear embellishments, TWO rosettes and a die cut sentiment from the paper crafting kit! I love the look for the 'waves' splashing about. So fun for a pool party!

I added on the flip flop fabric embellishments to the side opposite the umbrella to balance the project out a little bit. What do you think?

 

I really had a lot of fun creating this and if you'd like to make your own treat pail get yourself all of the yummy 'Splash' collection and then you will need a die cutting machine ( I use a Sizzix eclips) and the pail file from svgcuts.com OR; try and find a printable template to use! You can even alter a metal pail from the dollar store, craft store, etc.

 

Before I go I just wanted to thank Little Yellow Bicycle for having me back again on the cycling team! It's been a fun 'ride' and I hope I've inspired you all! Happy crafting! *waves*

 

Please visit Tamara's blog Happy Life, Crafty Wife for more inpsiting ideas!

 

Hi everyone! I'm here to share a fun Splash layout with you today. I took this photo of my husband during our vacation to Myrtle Beach last year and didn't get around to scrapping it. Turns out I'm really glad I hadn't committed it to paper yet, because the Splash collection works perfectly with it. Don't you just love the Makin' Waves paper I used for the background? I couldn't resist running part of the title along one of the waves. Instead of cutting into another piece of 12x12 paper, I used patterns from the 6x6 paper pad for the layering behind the photo. I also had a lot of fun with the new mini flag embellishments. Each one comes with a sentiment on the front, but the backs are patterned so you can dress them up any way you'd like (or not). As I mentioned in the write up about my card, I also cut apart some of the Fresh Verse stickers for this page (1. relax, 2. enjoy, the livin' is easy, life is better) so I have the remainder to use another time. Great way to stretch your supplies. :)

Please visit Lisa's blog Remember the Good Times for more ideas.

 

Have a crafty Tuesday!

 

Liz

Happy 4th of July

It's our country's birthday today and to celebrate we pulled out our Saturdays collection because of the Red, White and Blue elements.  Check out what our Biker Chicks Corrie, Liz, Tania and Jenny made to share...

Biker Chick Corrie Jones made this super fun layout complete with fireworks.  We love how she made them from bakers twine.

 

Biker Chick Liz Qualman created this Fun on the 4th Card with the Saturdays collection and star stick pins from the Head of the Class collection

Biker Chick Tania Willis created these cards and has a few tips and ideas to share...

For this particular card, I wanted to play on the whole theme of July being the month of fireworks, so I quickly transformed one of the felt & burlap flowers into a firework by inserting stick pins in a blue, red, blue, red pattern. I then loosely coiled some silver leather ribbon on either side of the firework to create a wonderfully dimensional semi-custom embellishment.

“July” Card Supplies:
ST – 133 6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock
ST – 222 Felt & Burlap Flowers
ST – 277 Stick Pins
ST – 135 Favorite Pieces Stickers
ST – 140 Fresh Verse Stickers
White Cardstock
Silver Leather Ribbon

There is nothing particularly special of note about this ‘Freedom’ other than a quick mention looking for ways to make your supplies work for you.  In this case, instead of overlooking the alphabet stickers at the bottom of the ST – 140 Fresh Verse Cardstock Sticker pack because there is only one of each letter, I found a way to put them to use and convert the ‘3’ to and ‘E’ by simply turning the ‘3’ upside down.   If you’re ever short on an ‘O’, you can substitute the number zero or any round sticker or chipboard button in its place.

 

“Freedom” Card Supplies:
ST – 133 Decorative Edge Cardstock
ST – 222 Felt & Burlap Flowers
ST – 135 Favorite Pieces Stickers
ST – 140 Fresh Verse Stickers
ST – 1100 Tear Out Ticket Book
ST – 102 Rustic Red Linen Patterned Paper
Tan Cardstock

Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick created this Saturdays mini album that is perfect for recording memories from this 4th of July.

Have a wonderful day with family and friends.

 

Liz

Make a Splash like Cycling Team Member Lisa Swift

We have some more inspiration from Cycling Team Member Lisa Swift.  She has a couple of projects to share with our Splash collection, but let's have her tell you all about them...

 

Hi everyone! Lisa here today to share a card I made with the new Splash collection. This is such a great collection in terms of color and fun summer/beach designs. We're talking cute fish paper, water droplet shaped jewels (cute, cute, cute), swim gear, flip flops (!) and even a crab transparency. How can you not love these options? :)

I have a tip for you on how to get more mileage out of the Fresh Verse quote stickers. The summertime saying (as shown on my card) is printed twice on the sticker strip but I only wanted to use it once. I cut one repetition from the sticker sheet and then cut the saying into strips sized to fit my project. It's as easy as that. Now I can use the second part of the sticker on another project. Another thing I did was to back the "S" on the tag with a coordinating paper rather than have the white of the background paper show through. It adds more interest to the card and brings in a pattern that appears in the background paper.

Oh, and one last thing...please don't blame me if you can't get the song (Summertime and the Livin' is Easy) out of your head. I was humming it the entire time I was making this card. :)

Lisa also made this adorable page with our Splash collection.  Isn't that umbrella gorgeous?  Please visit Lisa's blog Remember the Good Times for more ideas.

 

One more day until we celebrate our country's birthday.

 

Liz

Biker Chick Inspiration with Jenny Chesnick

We have been missing our Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick, but we know she is busy being a new mommy and wanted to leave her alone, but even new mommies like to scrapbook when the wee one is sleeping, and Jenny could not help but play with the Splash collection.  So below are a couple of pages to share...

This photo of Jenny and her family on vacation is hilarious and we love how every bit of it screams Splash as the perfect color palette to compliment the photo.

 

We also love Jenny's creative ideas for using our Splash die cut.  This page design makes a fun focal point for the photo and makes a great place for the title.

Please visit Jenny's blog Say Chez! for more inspiring ideas from her and maybe a few glimpses of the wee one.

 

Have a wonderful weekend.  We will be announcing our new Escape Cycling Team on Monday.

 

Take care - Liz

Flag Your Summer Fun with a Splash

Our Biker Chicks love the embellishments at Little Yellow Bicycle, especially when it is something new that has not appeared in previous collections.  Check out what Biker Chicks Vicki Boutin, Greta Hammond and Liz Qualman did with our Splash collection Mini Flag Kit.

Vicki made this great page with both the Mini Flag Kit and the 5 Things Pocket.  The embellishments go together perfectly to create both a fun message and personalized journaling element.

Greta Hammond used the same Mini Flag Kit to make this super cute card with the fun flip flops on the sandy beach.

Liz Qualman decorated this printer's tray about a recent vacation to the beach with the Mini Flag Kit which adhered easily to the tray and keeps the eyes moving around the project.

We would love to hear from our fans about some ideas that you have for adding mini flags to your projects.  Leave us a comment with your ideas for the Mini Flag Kit and we will draw a winner for some Splash or The Escape products.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Liz

Biker Chick Inspiration with Corrie Jones

We have another fun Splash page from Biker Chick Corrie Jones.  She adds just a little bit whimsy to this wonderful collection, but let's have Corrie tell you all about it...

When I first saw the Splash collection, I immediately thought of the beach.  It is my favorite place in the world and these amazing blues and greens are perfectly beachy - if you ask me!  I took this picture of my view one morning as I sat peacefully before the crowds showed up.  It is just an iPhone picture, but the colors really are amazing.  Perfect for these papers.


I used my Silhouette to cut out the circles from kraft cardstock.  Behind that I used different papers - both 12x12 and from the 6x6 pad.


The cute cardstock shapes, clear cut shapes and flags are perfect small embellishments to keep with the beachy theme.

I used a cardstock sticker saying "Life is better at the beach" for the title.

Ah, it makes me want to head out!  I am ready for my vacation!

This collection has so many fun pieces - and just in time for summer!

Splash Supplies used:

SPL-103 Sea Urchin
SPL-105 Deep Blue Sea Solid
SPL-109 Makin' Waves
SPL-304 6X6 Paper Pad
SPL-279 Chipboard Shapes
SPL-220 Fabric Favorites
SPL-230 Clear Cut Shapes
SPL-160 Vellum Tape
SPL-197 Mini Gems
SPL-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book
SPL 303 Mini Flag Kit
SPL-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse
SPL-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces

 

Please visit Corrie's blog You, Me & Crazy for more creative project ideas.

 

Have a crafty weekend!

 

Liz

Splash Inspiration from Biker Chick Robbie Herring

Biker Chick Robbie Herring has a fun page to share with our Spash Collection signature decorative edge die cut paper, but we want Robbie to tell you all about it...

 

The Splash Collection is such a great mix of colors for summer photos.  All the bright colors and adding in the tan accents makes it just right for beachy pictures.  It's such a happy collection!  Just laying it out on my table to get started made me smile and think of summer vacation.

I chose to use the round die-cut paper as the background for my layout.  It is just sooooo cute and I thought it would frame this picture perfectly. 

Because her little bathing suit is a floral print, I wanted to cluster some of the felt flowers with some beach accents.  I like that there are so many options in the collection to fit any picture included in Splash!  When clustering, I like to have lots of overlapping and different heights.  After adding the flags and flip flops, I needed a bit more height for the navy flower.  A foam dot made it sit just right over these embellishments.   Another little piece of detail was leaving one of the orange petals under the stitching bordering the photo.
 
Tip: You might notice that the embellishments along the bottom of the page extend beyond the paper a bit.  A good way to make sure that when you extend your embellishments or design beyond the page that it will fit in your scrapbook is to simply lay your page  onto a 12x12 piece of cardstock while you are working.  

I added more detailing to my layout with a few simple stitches over the clear cut sun.  I used the little x's to do double duty to attach the clear cut.  I even chose the red to add a border around the photo and added a few more x's around the page and a few red buttons to pull the design together.

Tip:  Although my photo doesn't have any red, the collection has some red accents. There is no reason that your embellishments and details have to be the exact same colors as your photos.
 
Splash Products:
SPL-122 12" x 12" Decorative Edge Textured Cardstock - with thermography
SPL-106 Picked in Paradise/Dune Blossoms
SPL-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with thermography (5 pieces)
SPL-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (13 pieces)
SPL-222 Felt &Burlap Flower Stickers (4 pieces)
SPL-230 Clear Cuts - with glitter accents (31 pieces)
SPL-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with thermography and debossing (63 pieces)
SPL-195 Dimensional Stickers - with thermography (6 pieces)
SPL-303 Mini Flag Kit - with embossing (14 pieces)

 

Please visit Robbie's blog Just the Scrap for more crafty inspriration.

 

Have wonderful and crafty weekend!

 

Liz

Splashing around with Our Biker Chicks Corrie, Shanna and Heather

We are finally ready to share our amazing Splash collection!  Wait until you see what our Biker Chicks have created to inspire you to play outside more and splash around!

Summer Lake Day by Biker Chick Corrie Jones

 

The Splash collection is so much fun with it's great colors and cute embellishments.  It was perfect for these pictures of my girls at our first lake day of the year, just this past weekend!

Splash supplies used:

SPL-102 Big Fishies paper
SPL-106 Dune Blossoms paper
SPL-279 Chipboard Shapes
SPL-230 Clear Cuts
SPL-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse
SPL-160 Vellum Tape Strips
SPL-195 Dimensional Stickers
SPL-197 Mini Gems
SPL-1100 Tear Out Tickets
SPL-303 Mini Flag Kit

Summer Fun by Biker Chick Shanna Vineyard

 

Loved these sweet photos of my friend Becky Thalgott’s boys.  They went perfectly with this fun line…. SPLASH!!!

Thank you Becky for letting me scrap your photos!  This line has so many possibilities….. I can’t wait to create some more fun summer projects with it!
 
Splash Supplies:
 
Makin’ Waves
Aqua Chevron Stripe
6x6 pad
Felt Stickers
Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces
Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse
Clear Cuts Shapes
Fabric Favorites
Deja Views Summer Clear Cuts Words
Deja Views Clear Word Stickers

 

Splash by Biker Chick Heather Leopard

 

We got an adventure of a lifetime doing something as a family that I’ve always wanted to do – swim with the dolphins. It took some convincing to get my daughter in the dark water lagoon but once she was in she had the best experience!

 
I knew that I wanted to mimic the waves in the water and the Makin’ Waves paper can a great water rhythm to it so I cut the waves from the paper and just layered them on top of each other until I got the look I was going for.  I secured them with a dab of glue and then machine stitched over them in 5 coordinating colors. I kept the ends of the threads on purpose for 2 reasons – 1. I thought they added to the effect of the waves and 2. I didn’t feel right just abruptly ending the waves where they meet the photo but I also didn’t want to extend them across the entire page so I stitched on the right side of the photo to fade out the waves.  I then highlighted the other photos and my title by distressing and stitching paper from the 6x6 pad (they’re not just for cards anymore!).Before I added my photos, I splattered blue and white mist over the papers to resemble water being splashed by the waves and dolphins.

Supplies:
SPL-106 Dune Blossoms
SPL-109 Makin’ Waves
SPL-304 6x6 Paper Pad
SPL-230 Clear Cut Shapes
SPL-303 Mini Flag Kit
SPL-140 Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse
 

Thank you to our Biker Chicks for making a big SPLASH today!  We hope you are inspired and ready to get out in the water!

 

Have a wonderful and warm day today.

 

Liz

Say Hello to Spring with Cycling Team Member Lisa Swift

We are very happy to share some beautiful Hello Spring! projects from Cycling Team Member Lisa Swift.  Lisa's knack for layering elements on her pages was perfect for our colletion and her bright spring page really shows our collection, but let's have Lisa tell you all about it...

Thank you to Little Yellow Bicycle for the opportunity to be part of the Hello Spring Cycling Team! I really love the fresh, fun colors in this collection and the highlight, for me, was the vast selection of embellishments. There's everything from stickers to chipboard to transparencies to bling and more! I think I used a bit of everything on here. LOL! I even layered some of the chipboard with a sticker and journaling spot to create a place for the singing bird to rest. Don't be afraid to alter your embellishments, like cutting a word sticker into a banner shape or adding a jewel here and there. Another fun embellishment is the stick pins. They're so easy to tuck here and there and are so cute when topped with a jewel. Part of my style includes sewing on most of my pages and this one is no exception. I like how the border stitching frames the entire page, drawing your eye into the central elements.


Next up is a card I made for my daughter's upcoming dance recital. I worked the design elements around the word "dance" in the text paper since that is what I wanted to focus on. I added in a couple of layered banners, an additional butterfly, a stickpin and some sewing. In order to secure the stickpin, I used a small glue dot behind the flower but I also tacked it down with two small stitches using some embroidery floss. Super easy, super quick and super simple...


My last project is a card I made for my daughter's birthday (I'm thinking she made out pretty well with this collection, LOL). This one uses the text paper as well, but from the 6x6 paper pad. I used one of the chipboard pieces as a frame and then worked the other elements around it. The pins are tucked into the felt flower and then two word stickers are layered on top. I personalized the card by adding in some letter stickers.


So, if you've had your eye on this collection, I highly recommend it. It may be named Hello Spring, but, as you can see, you can definitely use it for a lot more. :) Happy scrapping!

 

We have been so please with what all of our designers have created this month with our Hello Spring! collection and Lisa's work is no exception.  Please visit her blog  Remember the Good Times for more ideas and inspiration.

 

Hope you had a great holiday weekend here in the states and got to play a lot.

 

Happy Tuesday -

 

Liz

Project Inspiration with Biker Chick Vicki Boutin

We are happy to share a project with our Hello Spring collection from Biker Chick Vicki Boutin.  She has some fun ideas for our fans...but let's have Vicki tell you all about it...

 

Hey Folks!  It’s my turn to bring a Hello Spring project to you and I decided to focus on the Clear Cuts for this line!  I love the mix of butterflies and birds in Hello Spring so I added them to a super quick layout of my little girl.

Let’s get started…

Layer three pattern to create the base of the page.  Cut the top strip of the Garden Rows paper at the bottom of the page.  (Ever notice how the LYB designs always have a few papers that have awesome layered elements that take all of the guess work out making a quick layout?!  Love the Garden Rows paper for this and the Blossom Breeze paper for this exact reason!!!)

Add two mats and a Tear Out Ticket to the page.

Select and position the Clear Cut shapes on the layout.  Here is my TIP: sew the Clear Cuts on the page to secure them!  I often find I am looking for a solution other than adhesive for clear embellishments…this is one of them!  Add the “spring” chipboard title, “sweet” ticket and bling!

Here is a closer look at the stitching.

And another one.  I really like how layering the “hello” Clear Cut over the “hello” on the paper turned out!

 

Hello Spring Products

Chipboard Shapes
Clear Cut Shapes
Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse
Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces
Tear-out Ticket & Journaling Book - with glitter accents

Assorted Hello Spring patterned papers

 

Well that’s it folks!!  Hope you get a chance to play with Hello Spring soon!  It sure did brighten my day!

 

Please visit Vicki's blog Creative Foundations for more creative ideas.

 

Happy crafting!

 

Liz

 

 

 

 

 

Springtime Fun with Cycling Team Member Juliana Michaels

We are so pleased to share some wonderful projects from our newest Hello Spring! cycling team member Juliana Michaels.  She was able to get a lot of mileage out of this collection, but let's have Juliana tell you all about it...

 

Working with the Hello Spring collection was an absolute joy for me!  The projects seemed to just "grow" on their own due to the bright, cheerful colors and designs of each piece included in this collection.  And the fabulous embellishments seemed to find their place with ease on each project!

For my first layout, entitled Hello Spring, I took one of the Clear Cut frames and trimmed it to create a larger frame for my photo. I also enjoyed mixing the Clear Cut Shapes and Chipboard Shapes to provide a bit of dimension.  On several of my layouts I used the Tear-out Ticket & Journaling Book for my journaling.  I am in love with these!!!





My next layout, Happy, was a real joy thanks to these adorable photos of my niece!  I again used a mix of the Clear Cut Shapes and Chipboard Shapes to embellish my layout. I dressed up the large chipboard butterfly by giving her antenna created using the Hello Spring Stick Pins.





This collection has some adorable embellishments just begging to be used on an Easter layout and that is exactly what I did.  I created a 2 page layout, Happy Easter, about dying Easter eggs with my family this year.  The Chipboard Shapes and Fabric Favorites included some adorable bunnies and eggs that were perfect! I cut off the top and bottom of the "A Perfect Moment" Ticket from the Tear-out Ticket & Journaling Book.  I then adhered the lined paper part inside the pink frame form the Chipboard Shapes to create my journaling space.

For my final layout, Celebrate,  I knew I had to play with the Paper Flower Kit!  I mean...how cool are these?!  Tons and tons of paper flowers that you can mix and match and create your own design!  I choose to lightly mist each one, crinkle it and then let it dry (with the help of my heat gun!) to give them a distressed look.  I also distressed the scallop edge of the Decorative Edge paper as well. Other than using a piece of the 6 x 6 Decorative Edge Paper and the 12 x 12 Decorative Edge Paper, I didn't use any other paper on this layout!

My last project is a birthday card.  When I saw this cute little chipboard bunny with music notes on his belly it just said "Hoppy" Birthday to me!  The Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers come with an adorable alphabet, but I needed 2 P's for my title, so I created one.  I used a white gel pen to change the R sticker into another P!

Please visit Juliana's blog 17 Turtles for more inspiring ideas.

 

Have a crafty day!

 

Liz

Hello Spring with Cycling Team Member Elizabeth Carney

We are so pleased to begin sharing the designs of our newest Cycling Team - Hello Spring.  Today we have some wonderful layouts to share from designer Elizabeth Carney.

 

Here is what she had to say about working with our kit.  "Working with this kit was amazing! I love the fresh fun colors and how cheery everything was, it made for some really happy pages!"

 Moment
Supplies: HS-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive, HS-108 Teal Tweets/Green Grass Linen, HS-109 Pretty in Plaid/Tulip Linen, HS-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with glitter and debossing, HS-1100 Tear-out Ticket & Journaling Book - with glitter accents, HS-305 Paper Flower Kit.

 

 

Blossom (now)
Supplies: LYB Clear Cut Shapes, LYB Hello Spring tear-out ticket and journaling card book, LYB Cardstock stickers Favorite pieces, LYB Felt Stickers, LYB Hello Spring Poppy Linen papers, LYB Hello Spring Pretty In Plaid papers, LYB Decorative 6x6 Edge Cardstock, Zig black writer, HS-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with glitter and embossing, HS-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with glitter and debossing

 

Sing
Supplies: LYB Decorative Edge cardstock, HS-103 Spring Story/Poppy Linen, HS-102 Garden Rows/Lilac Love, American Crafts cardstock, HS-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive, HS-305 Paper Flower Kit, Mr. Huey's Mist, computer font Tahoma.

 

Please visit Elizabeth's blog Life and All that Goes with It for more inspring ideas.

 

Keep on crafting -

 

Liz

A Happy Layout for Mom ... Featuring LYB's Hello Spring and Petaloo!

 

It's Day 3 in our blog swap with our friends over at Petaloo! Didn't you love yesterday's cards and gift card holders? Perfect for Mother's Day gift giving (or teacher gifts, birthday, or, really ... anything)!  Today, Biker Chick Robbie Herring is here to share a super cute 12X12 layout featuring (what else) Hello Spring and Petaloo flowers!

 

Here's Robbie to tell you about it!

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Isn't it great when you mix two companies together for a page?  Hearing that we were going to swap with Petaloo had me so excited and when I saw the Mulberry Daisies, I knew exacly which pictures and flowers that I was going to use!  The Hello Spring Collection is such a bright and fun collection and adding such happy flowers as daisies made for a perfect fit.

 

This page was primarily made with just embellishments.  Aside from the background and some punched cardstock for flower layers and leaves, there is no patterned paper here.  I chose to do this look because the pictures that I chose already had a strong floral element and I wanted to be sure to let them shine.  The white background of the Decorative Edge cardstock gives a great canvas to allow the embellishments to shine and still has the scalloped border to allow it to pull in all the colors easily.

Despite all of the things on this page, it's still surprisingly easy to pull together.  You can see that I just layered a few of the Tear-out Journal pieces to add different shapes and interest to this section. 

Tip:  Did you know that you can use an old fashioned glue stick to glue two punched flowers together to make them hold the shape?  Well you can!  It works like a charm!  Just shape your flower before the glue dries, let it dry and it will get stiff and hold its shape better. 

 

For this section, I just layered more of the adorable Petaloo flowers with some punched flowers.  I also tucked a section of the Little Yellow Bicycle Felt Flower partially behind the picture. 

I really love the look of mixed up and layered titles.  This one is alphabet stickers from the Fresh Verse package, mixed with the word happy from the Clear Cuts.  I added some tiny alphabets to complete the title.

 

 

This picture just shows more of the layering and that cute little fabric birdie.  I used a foam dot under the yellow flower to add more dimension in the cluster.  I also made a point to use the more pastel colors of the daisies here to keep from overwhelming the picture in this corner, but to still draw your eye to it.

 

As you can see, I loved working with the Hello Spring Collection and the Petaloo Flowers!  Thanks Petaloo for making so many terrific flowers and for sharing them with us!

Little Yellow Bicycle Supplies:

HS-122 12" x 12" Decorative Edge Textured Cardstock

HS-108 Teal Tweets/Green Grass Linen

HS-222 Felt & Fabric Flower Stickers (4 pieces)

HS-230 Clear Cut Shapes - with glitter accents (34 pieces)

HS-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (14 pieces)

HS-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)

HS-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with glitter and debossing (72 pieces)

HS-1100 Tear-out Ticket & Journaling Book - with glitter accents (24 pieces)

Petaloo Supplies:

Embossed MulberryPaper Daisies-Lavender

Embossed MulberryPaper Daisies-Yellow

Jeweled Florettes
Teal/Fusch/Chart/White
SKU: 1350-225    

 

Other:

Baker's Twine, Ribbon, Punches, Green and Orange Cardstock. 

 

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Thanks for sharing this beautiful layout, Robbie! You can see more of Robbies great ideas by following this link to her blog!

 

Now hop on over to Petaloo's blog to continue the fun! And don't forget to leave a comment here, there, and everywhere (our Facebook page, their Facebook page) for a chance to win a great prize pack from LYB and Petaloo!

 

See you tomorrow!

 

~ Peg