LilyBean's Paperie

Home Made...

 

I love those two words together....they speak of love, warmth, joy, and comfort...tonight is a night to celebrate all things home made with the next Papertrey Ink Group Post...one that I am so excited about.  Tonight's group post highlights a new stamp set designed by Nichole called Home Made that coordinates with the absolute cutest Timeless Template designed by Lauren Meader.  Our challenge as a design team was to use the stamps on the Home Made template and then show the versatility of using the stamps on their own.

I loved creating my shabby, wintry cottage shown above..the template creates the cutest, most compact gift idea I have ever seen...wish I could show you more of it, but the template will be available on November 15th for only $5.00...along with a complete supply list and instructions on my cottage along with all of the other designer's creations.  These are too cute to give away...in fact, my little girl asked if she could have it after I was done making it...of course I said yes...then she told me what she wanted to do with it...things such as cut out a door for her toy dogs and horse to fit through...color in some more windows...oh, the horror....make a hole here....tear off a dormer there...I do love her, but I think we'll make one just for her.

Now onto the cards....since I adore my red front door...and wreaths...and Christmas...and berries...I wanted to stuff all of these favorites into a couple of mini cards to top off some packages this holiday season.     I used Papertrey Ink's Kraft cardstock along with Pure Poppy and Ripe Avocado ink, Rustic Twine, sentiments from the 2009 Holidays Tags stamp set, and the decorative accent from the Simply Stationary set.  The paper is from Making Memories and Basic Grey and the gems are from Kaisercraft.

I plugged some Christmas music in today....how 'bout you?

Here are some fun links to follow tonight...enjoy!

Betsy Veldman

Dawn McVey

Becky Oehlers 

Geny Cassady

Heather Nichols

Lauren Meader

Lisa Johnson

Nichole Heady

Debbie Olson

Michelle Wooderson

Niki Estes

 

Communique Curves Inspirations...

Let the Papertrey Ink fun begin...I always love this time each month...as the design team girls get their group posts ready for you and Nichole starts cranking out the beauties for us all to enjoy.  Tonight is one of two group posts that we've been preparing for you...this one highlighting a sweet new stamp set designed by Alli Miles, which I've fallen for...our challenge as a design team was to show the versatility of this set by creating one holiday card and one generic card for you. 

We'll start with my holiday card...
Give me anything with a wreath and berries and I'm a gonner....that's how my mind interpreted these images, but you'll notice many of the other designers using them in other creative ways.  

Now for the generic card...

  
Such a fun card to create...I love this set.  

Here are a bunch of amazing creations for you to check out...just click on the designer's blog below and enjoy!  I'm off to give my little, sleeping, grouchy, beauty one more goodnight kiss.

Nichole, Becky, Betsy, Dawn, Debbie, Geny, Heather, Lauren, Lisa, Niki, and Michelle

Merry Christmas card supplies used:

Stamps:  Communique Curves, Vintage Labels (Papertrey Ink)

Cardstock:  Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:  Scarlet Jewel, Ripe Avocado, and Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink)

Other:  Scarlet Jewel button, Rustic Twine, and Leaf Ribbon (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Making Memories

Trim:  craft store

Gems:  Melissa Frances

Die cut:  Spellbinder's

 

Thank You card supplies used:

Stamps:  Communique Curves, Vintage Labels, and Heart Prints (Papertrey Ink)

Cardstock:  Terracota Tile and Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, and Melon Berry (Papertrey Ink)

Other:  Aqua Mist button and Rustic Twine (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Cosmo Cricket

Trim:  Melissa Frances

Gems:  Kaisercraft
 

Dr. Mama...

'tis me....my little one came down with Strep yesterday afternoon, so I've got her home with me today...which I love...I actually love doting on my family when their sick...oh yes...it gets old, but I am a born doter...not sure it's a good thing...doting is on the verge of spoiling...but it's OK once in a while...according to Dr. Mama.  Sierra didn't miss hearing the real doctor prescribe a strict diet of ice cream and Popsicles for the next couple of days...hopefully she's enjoying being sick....I remember being home with my mama when I was sick and there wasn't a better place to be.  There are times I still wish she were close enough to dote on me :)

So....how are you all?  I hope  your kiddos, big and small are all weathering the storm of illness.  I have loved reading about the holiday traditions you enjoyed as a child and now with children or grandchildren of your own.  One that I can't wait to get started on is that of creating birdseed and peanut butter ornaments to hang in the trees for the birds....Sierra will LOVE this.  Thanks so much for sharing, and please feel free to continue to do so.

I have a few things to share tonight....I'm attempting cinnamon rolls yet again, and while the dough is rising I thought I'd pop in for a minute. 

It's my day on the Tattered Angels blog....I love their products!   I wanted to use the chipboard frames as tags for the holidays so I matted them with sweet vintage images from Crafty Secrets and dressed them up with Glimmer Glass, tea-stained twill, buttons, gems, and rubons from Melissa Frances.    I wanted to flock the frames just to see what would happen and I loved the results especially with a light dusting of Glimmer Mist on top...it's puffy and soft just like snow....I then added mica flakes on top to add the shimmer.   And then, just for fun, I created a Christmas Journal using more Tattered Angels and Graphic 45...  I'm a sucker for Graphic 45...their papers always remind me of fabric....paper and fabric...mmmmm...

The supplies and a few more details on these two projects are included on the Tattered Angels blog.  

Lastly, I am guest blogging HERE this week:  

 
 
 I will be posting projects throughout the week using SEI's Christmas Mint and Alpine Frost lines..they are YUMMERS....and sadly, I have to talk about myself a bit too....I'm apologizing now, dear, fellow blog readers.....I'm a bore....I admit it....but there I go again, talking about myself.

How about a project peek for you... 
 
 You can see more on the SEI Lifestyle blog.

Hope you have a great Tuesday...Happy, happy Veteran's Day tomorrow....I love my sweet US of A and all those who continue to fight for our freedom and defend what we love and hold dear.  

Melis