Three with Lily Bee

This year I'm trying to get into my stash and use some of it up.  I have a bad hoarding habit and I need to get stuff out and not be afraid to cut into papers, so yesterday I pulled out the Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe collection to make some cards even though I was saving it for scrapping.  It's a really sweet and pretty collection, and I challenged myself to do at least two cards with the same papers.  This first one features the Jenni Bowlin's Quilt Star Punch.



I punched a bunch of stars and stacked using the front side of the paper on top and the backside on the bottom, and turned the star on the bottom so that it looks more like a sunburst that a quilt star.  A little bit of stitching was added to accent them.

I scored the cardstock to create a grid and placed one star in each grid.  The sentiment piece is one of the stickers that comes with the collection.  I popped it up with foam tape and added some Lawn Trimmings.

Some SC wood veneer stars finished off the top and bottom stars.



For my next card, I used the exact same papers, cutting them into 2" by 1/2" strips and arranging them above and below the center of the card.



I knew I was going to stitch them on, so I just tacked them in place and then stitched around.  The alphas come in the kit also.  So simple and easy and now I've got another birthday card for Andrew's students.



I figured I would make one more birthday card while I was at it and challenged myself to make one with a different look and feel.  I went brighter, funkier, and bolder for this card.



I love that there are some black patterned papers in this collection as I think they are a great contrast with the other papers.  The little pennants were cut from the pennant patterned paper and then stitched together on the sewing machine.  I added a bit of vellum under the polaroid piece to soften the background paper so that the banners stand out a bit more.



It's been COOOOOLD here, and it was fun to pull out some bright, summery papers to play with.

Thanks for stopping by, hope that you are doing well and staying warm and safe where you are!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Lily Bee - Sweet Shoppe Collection; Avery Elle - Silver Fox and White Cardstock; Bazzill Card Shoppe - Peanut Cluster Cardstock; Recollections - Vellum
Other:  Lily Bee - Sweet Shoppe Collection Alphas and stickers; Studio Calico - Wood Veneer Stars; Lawn Fawn - Natural Cord Lawn Trimmings; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; CTMH - Dimensional Foam Tape, Liquid Glass