Monday, April 01, 2013

 

 

Special Announcement

 

We are excited to announce that we have a new blog and a new design team!  Please visit us at mylyb.blogspot.com.  Come follow us and stay in touch with all things LYB. 

 

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Friday, March 29, 2013

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Getting tired of winter?  Does it seem like it has overshadowed the Spring that Punxsutawney Phil promised us?  Lisa Swift shares two cards today that will make you yearn for summer....

 

Splash Card by Lisa Swift

 

I don't know about you, but I am so over this winter. That's why I turned to the fabulous Splash collection to make these cards. You can't beat these happy summer colors.

For this first card, I covered a piece of white cardstock with vellum strips. This became the mat for the rest of the card. A burlap circle (Naturals collection) was the perfect backdrop for the chipboard flower. It adds dimension and highlights the flower. I finished the flower off with a wood button (Naturals collection) and some red jute.

Splash Card by Lisa Swift

 

This second card shows how easy it is to layer embellishments...I put it together using bits and pieces left over from other projects. You don't need a whole journaling card or a full sticker to make these products work together.

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NA-JT20 Jute Pack - Bright
NA-BSH10 Burlap Shapes - Circles
NA-WB10 Wood Buttons - Printed
SPL-102 Big Fishies/Kumquat Geo
SPL-105 Skinny Stripe Multi/Deep Blue Sea Solid
SPL-107 Little Fishies/Sea Swirl
SPL-160 Vellum Tape Strips
SPL-195 Dimensional Stickers
SPL-230 Clear Cuts

 

We'll be back tomorrow with another project from guest designer Liz Hicks.  AND we have a very exciting announcement to make on Monday!  Be sure to stop by...

 

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Have you discovered our Naturals Canvas embellishments yet?  They are some of the most versatile elements on the market.  You can stamp, paint, mist or ink them or even just leave them be and they add a fantastic natural texture to any project.  Today our deisgn team has a few ideas to share...

 

Altered Frame by Lisa Swift

 

There is so much you can do with the canvas products in Little Yellow Bicycle's Naturals collection! I used a mix of canvas products to create an upcycled frame project.

I started with a trio of canvas daisies at the top of the frame. I cut small pieces from a strip of printed canvas tape to create banners beside the flowers.

To embellish the monogram itself, I used a canvas label sticker paired with the top from one of the Naturals wood stick pins (I just popped the wood portion off of the pin).

Lisa used elements of this package of Naturals Canvas Labels. 

The bottom of the frame showcases the word "family" and the brackets from one of the Canvas Word packages. To finish this off, I used the Everyday stamp set to stamp the word "cherish" on a vellum banner. Because I wanted an understated, classic look for this piece, I chose to stick with a neutral/white color palette. The Naturals canvas products can easily be stamped, inked or colored to match any project or decor.

 

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NA-BF50 Layered Burlap Flowers -Daisy

NA-CV10 Canvas Stickers -Labels

NA-CVP20 Canvas Tape - Brown

NA-CW10 Canvas Words - Style 1

NA-SP50 Stick Pins - Wood Words

CSS-101 Cling Word Stamps - Everyday

 

 

Layout by Heather Leopard

 

I created this layout using the negative cuts from the paper hearts my daughter & I cut for her shirt to celebrate the 100th day of school. The canvas stickers were the perfect elements to anchor the rest of my page, from the canvas borders to the banner. The one thing I really like about the canvas elements is how easy it is to mist, paint and stamp on them to make them unique for whatever project I am working on.

Heather included this package of Naturals Canvas Flags on her project and used our Clear Stamps to add some of the wonderful words...

Shop LYB Products:

JB-107 Just Because 12x12 Paper
JB-134 Just Because Journaling Cards
JB-135 Just Because Cardstock Stickers
JB-201 Just Because Canvas Stickers
JB-230 Just Because Clear Cuts - Shapes
JB-279 Just Because Chipboard Shapes
NA-CVB10 Canvas Borders
NA-CV20 Canvas Words
NA-CV90 Canvas Stickers
NA-CV10 Canvas Stickers

 

It's National Craft Month and our friends at Favecrafts have been celebrating all month long.  Today they are featuring a giveaway from us (see photo above).  So be sure to head over HERE to enter to win this gorgeous prize pack...

 

Also - You can download this free ebook Favecrafts created for National Craft Month.  Our very own Corrie Jones has a layout featured on the cover...

Download The Ultimate Craft Guide 25 Projects for Every Crafter

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

 

Sunshine: I started with a tag, layered with different fabrics, inks and glitters. I took apart on of the white die cut canvas flowers and inked, painted and glittered the elements to create a cute sun.

From here I added a title and a "happy" wooden stick pin. I added some dye ink to color the wood to accent my tag.

 

Remember This: This project I used handmade paper that I added resin to in order to make it translucent. I layered masking tape, muslin, punchinella and canvas  LYB borders for the base. from here I added the burlap bird, inked embossed and painted. I used a cardstock title as the sentiment.

 

Dream Big: For this note card I used the LYB patterned paper as the base and used stamps to create the border. I added the cork pin and made it into a daisy with ink and sequin. to create the focal point frame, I used one of the white canvas embellishments and adhered book print to its sticky side and then trimmed it. I used some of the Art-C glitters for the pink art sheets and added a fun clothes pin to top it all off.

 

Shop LYB Products:

NA-TC20 Tiny Clothespins - Words

NA-SP50 Stick Pins - Wood Words

NA-SP30 Stick Pins - Cork Flowers

NA-BF20 Layered Burlap Flowers - Mum

NA-CV70 Canvas Stickers - Plates & Flourishes

NA-BS70 Burlap Stickers - Birds & Butterflies

NA-CVP10 Canvas Tape - Color

NA-CVP20 Canvas Tape - Brown

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

Art-C Glimmer Mists

 

Inks, glitter, embossing powder and stamps are by clearsnap. Resin is by Ice Resin. stars are punches by Fiskars

 

We have another amazing project to share from Liz on Friday, but in the meantime please visit her blog for more of her inspiring ideas and techiniques.

 

Happy Tuesday!

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Monday, March 25, 2013

We had some wonderful submissions for our Naturals Contest!  It was so fun to see the creative ideas submitted by our fans, especially in the wearables and home décor categories. 

 

 

Grand Prize Winner:  Irit Shalom

Irit won a $100 shopping spree in the LYB online store.  Please email liz@mylyb.com and we will help you place your order of goodies.

 

 

Each of the winners below can choose either our brand new Fern and Forest Boy or Girl collection.  Please email your shipping information to liz@mylyb.com along with your choice of collection and we will ship it out to you soon.

 

Paper Crafting

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Jennifer McCracken

 

Home Décor

Samantha Taylor

Rebecca Price

 

Wearables

Samantha Taylor

Courtney Lee

 

Sewing

Maya Oren- Dahan

 

Thank you so much to all who participated in the contest.  We'll have another contest opportunity coming up soon.

 

We also have some exciting announcements and opportunities to share in April.  We can't wait to unveil them soon, so stay tuned...

 

Happy Monday!

 

 

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Friday, March 22, 2013

We are so excited to introduce our Naturals Mixed Media Guest Designer Liz Hicks.  Liz is an artist who has been working in the craft industry for a long time and we thought it would be fun to feature a few of her projects that will inspire you to get out your paints, mists, glitter and other art supplies to alter and add our Naturals to many of your own projects.  But first, let's get to know Liz a little bit before we take a look at her wall art idea...

 

LYB: What are your favorite types of projects—pages, mini albums, cards, altered projects, etc?

LH: Canvas or altered art

 

LYB: Any unique tips or techniques you use?

LH: I love layering in a peek-a-boo style… this offers visual interest and keeps my crafting interesting.

 

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

LH: An hour or so… depends on how organized my studio is.

 

Children's Wall Art by Liz Hicks

 

My daughter helped me come up with this concept as a fun canvas to hang on her wall.  I kept the design simple with a few spots of color from the Just Because collection.   I also thought it would be fun to use foam stickers as the background for the paper hearts.

Tip:  Don't be afraid to use spray paint on your projects.  I spray painted the hearts white and used the patterned paper along with Silver Inka Gold by Viva Colour to accent the canvas.  I also used smooch glitz in silver to accent as well.  The LYB canvas alphabets also add great texture and can be easily painted to compliment your project.

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

AS-200 Canvas Alpha Stickers

NA-BF50 Layered Burlap Flowers - Daisy

 

We'll be back next week with a few more projects from Liz, but in the meantime please visit her blog for more of her inspiring ideas and techiniques.

 

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

 

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Our Fern and Forest Boy collection is in our warehouse and shipping to your local scrapbook store as I type...  But if you cannot wait a moment longer, you can also order it from our Online Store today!

Mini Album by Liz Qualman

 

Yesterday on the blog our Design Team shared some ideas on how to use our 5 and 10 Things Pockets on a variety of projects.  There just happens to be a super cute 5 Things Pocket in the new Fern and Forest Boy collection, so I thought I would share an idea for how to use it with our canvas or burlap mini albums.  The pockets can be filled with the numbered cards that come with it, or you can add your own ideas like photos or other memorobilia. 

I decided to use the 5 Things Pocket numbered cards to make tabs for my mini ablum to make it easy to turn the pages.  I went with a very simple approach to this album and used the 6 x 6 paper pad for background papers and photo mats.

It's always fun to capture a favorite item of your child's.  My son loves these shoes, so it will be fun to remember when his feet were this little, because I am sure he won't be wearing these long and they are just the cutest.

I also wanted to add some very personalized journaling since most of the pages of the album are so simple.  This is actually the 12 x 12 Imagination Journal patterned paper, which I trimmed to fit the album.  Using the 12 x 12 paper made the lines a lot easier to write on.  I added some of the Favorite Pieces stickers to break up the writing and for more interest the page.

 

Please visit our online store to check out the new collection.  Our shipping department is really quick, bet you could have it by early next week...

 

Have a wonderful day!

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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.

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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.

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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!

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Monday, March 18, 2013

It's Monday and we have been scouring the Internet all morning looking for projects from our fans.  AND we are so happy with what we found. Take a look...

 

Just Because Layout by Renee Zwirek

Emailed to us

 

Just Because Layout by ekskou

Found at Two Peas in a Bucket

 

 

Just Because Layout by Deraslee

Found at scrapbook.com

 

 

The designers at My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club have been busy working with our Just Because collection in one of their latest kit.  See some of their designs below or visit the MCS gallery for more ideas...

Layout by Jodi Baune

 

Layout by Delaina Burns

 

Layout by Erica Houghton

 

 

 You can still find this collection at your LSS or out online store.  Click HERE for details...

 

ALSO - for those of you playing along in our Naturals Contest, the deadline was extended through today.

 

Happy Monday!

 

 

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Friday, March 15, 2013

 

It's our last day with Tim Holtz Ranger Ink!  It has been an AMAZING two weeks of ideas and projects and we hope you have found some great inspiration to include our Naturals in your everyday lives.  We also hope that you will enter our Naturals contest - see the end of this post for details.

 

 Greta Hammond has such a fun project to share today. We love how she included our Naturals collection, Tim Holtz Ranger Ink and Clear Stamps in her party decorations.  The colors are so bright and festive and the project is super easy to make!

 

Altered Drink Bottles by Greta Hammond

 

I am always looking for ways to add a little personalized touch to party decor. I thought these canvas, burlap, and cork shapes would be perfect to dress up my little milk bottles for drinks.

I loved the blue jean look along with the red and natural colors and easily took apart the shapes to use the Distress Stains to change their look. I then layered pieces together to fit onto the front of the bottles. I finished them off with canvas borders along the bottom. Add in some fun straws and you are ready to party!

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NA TC20

NA-FB50
NA-CR10
NA-CR20
NA-CV60
NA-BS80
NA-CVP10

Ranger Ink  products:
Archival Ink - Vermillion
Distress Stain - Faded Jeans

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Naturals Clear Stamps CSS-101 Everyday
Layered Burlap Flowers NA-BF30 Dahlia
Layered Burlap Flowers NA-BF50 Daisy
Burlap Flowers NA-BF20
Wood Buttons - Etched NA-WB20

Ranger Ink Products:

Tim Holtz Distress Paint Bard Door
Tim Holtz Archival Ink Jet Black
Tim Holtz Archival Ink Aquamarine
Hat from Hobby Lobby

 

Prizes: We already gave away one big box of Naturals and we have another one to give away this Friday, March 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.  We gave away stamps to 20 people last week!

 

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.  And, quite frankly, we love how their ink works with our stamps.

 

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

 

Hope you have a sunny and wonderful day!

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