Biker Chick Tania Willis has out done herself again.  She has an adorable Hello Spring! cardset trio to share with everyone today.  Please see her training reel video for tips and details on how to create these beautiful cards.  Tania has also included downloadable instructions and a template.

The cards are so pretty on display that I almost do not want to mail them anywhere - LOL.  Please see Tania's wonderful video below...

Tania has shared both the instructions for creating this project and the butterfly template below.  Please feel free to download them for your own use.

Download Hello Spring Card Trio by Tania Willis

Download Hello Spring Card Trio Butterfly Template

Please visit Tania's blog What'chu Talkin' Bout Willis for more details about this project and of course tons of inspiration from her.

Happy Crafting!

Liz

Today we have some cute card ideas with our Hello Spring! collection from Biker Chicks Tania Willis and Vicki Boutin.  Tania shares some of her ideas on the cards below...

 
These two little cards are the result of just using up the leftover bits and pieces that I had scattered about my desk after completing the other projects I’ve shared this month.

 
They are a little thinner and taller than your standard A2 card because I’ve used patterned paper from the 6x6 paper pad as the base of these cards. I simply chose two 6x6 papers that had a tone on tone (somewhat solid) pattern on the back so any writing done inside the card would be easier to read.

To assemble, just fold the 6x6 patterned papers in half to form the card bases, then add two or three stickers/fabric embellishments along with a sentiment sticker from the Fresh Verse sticker pack.

You can easily duplicate these two cards in 10 minutes or less!

Hello Spring Products:

HS – 304 6x6 Paper Pad

HS – 135 Favorite Pieces Stickers

HS – 140 Fresh Verse Stickers

HS – 220 Fabric Favorites

HS – 197 Jewel Stickers

Vicki Boutin made this adorable card with the clear cut shape sentiment in the middle and the large chipboard butterfly.  She did a wonderful job of combining many of the colors in our Hello Spring collection.
 

Tomorrow we have a training reel to share from Tania Willis, so stay tuned..

Have a wonderful day!

Liz

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

We have another awesome Hello Spring! projects to share from guest designer Wendy Sue Anderson.  Wendy really has an eye for design on cards, but let's have her tell you all about her projects...

Hi again!  It’s Wendy Sue, back with you again today with another fun “Hello Spring” project!  You know, one of the things I love most about Little Yellow Bicycle is how there are so many coordinating options with each line.  I think I mentioned that last week, but it’s really true, and it’s worth mentioning again!  It just makes the whole process of creating – no matter what I’m working on…cards, layouts, packaging, whatever – go so much more smoothly and I always love the end result when everything matches perfectly!

Whenever I find myself in a creative “rut,” for lack of a better word, I always pull out a packet of coordinating items and just put together a few cards.  It always kicks my mind into “creative mode,” and I always end up with a card, or set of cards, I can add to my files and use at a later date when I need a fun card to send to someone.  But that’s not the only time I like to make cards.  Sometimes when I have oodles of fun product I just can’t wait to look for photos to coordinate, so I delve in and put together cards.  Or when I find a super fun embellishment that I just can’t wait to use, I will probably put together a fun card.  So, as you can see, as much as I love (love, love, love) scrapbooking…I’m a total card-making fanatic as well!

As I was sorting through all of the bright, happy, fun “Hello Spring” product the sweet folks at LYB sent my way, I just couldn’t wait to use the felt flower stickers.  I used one on my layout last week, but I just had to use them again – and that’s how this little card set came to be.

I was able to use several different papers from the 6x6 paper pad, as well as some of the journaling tickets and these super fun banner stickers too!  I added a bit of machine stitching (of course) on the right side of each card.  And I used pop-dots (my other addiction) to pop up the banner word stickers.  I love the way these cards came together so quickly, with the same basic design and elements.  I’m anxious to find an excuse to send one of these happy cards to a friend – I know it will make someone’s day very soon!

Hello Spring! Products:

Hello Spring Felt Stickers

Hello Spring Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers

Hello Spring Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book

Hello Spring 6X6 Paper Pad

Thank you Wendy for another great day  of ideas with our Hello Spring Collection!  Please visit Wendy's blog Just Me...and My Little World for more inspiration.

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

Liz

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

Biker Chicks Corrie, Jenny and Robbie have some fantastic altered ideas to share with us today.  They have taken our Hello Spring! collection to new levels of fun.  Take a look at what they created.

Biker Chick Corrie Jones likes to decorate this window frame in her livingroom each time the seasons change.  She chose to use Hello Spring! to keep it up to date.  What a fun way to show case current photos of your kids with a fun message and on something you can change from time to time.

Hello Spring Products:

HS-101 Blossom Breeze paper
HS-102 Garden Rows paper
HS-103 Spring Story paper
HS-104 Flutterby paper
HS-106 Bloom & Grow paper
HS-107 Pom Pom Stripe paper
HS-10108 Teal Tweets paper
HS-109 Pretty in Plaid paper
HS-279 Chipboard Shapes
HS-220 Fabric Favorites
HS-223 Crochet Butterflies & Flowers
HS-305 Paper Flower Kit
HS-230 Clear Cut Shapes
HS-277 Stick Pins
HS-135 Cardstock Stickers
HS-140 Cardstock Stickers
HS-195 Dimensional Stickers
HS-197 Jewel Stickers

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

Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick altered thes fun plant tins.  Here is what she had to say about her project...

Today I have a fun and fairly simple project idea for someone special.  This project is perfect to do with your kiddos as well!  I actually made these for my Mother in Law for Mothers day.  Her favorite flower is the marigold and my husband gets them for her every year.  I picked these little pails up at my local big box store and thought they would be perfect for this project. 

I started with vinyl and my butterfly punch.  I decorated the pail with the butterflies that way if she takes off the paper at some point they are not just plain ole pails.  Next up I cut out my base shapes using my Cameo and layered them together. 

I used a high tac metal glue to ensure the paper would stay put!  For the fabric flowers I used fabric tac and pop dots just to be safe. I finished them up by planting my flowers.  Easy peasy!  The project took less than a half hour and were a hit with my Mother in Law.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Spring Products:
HS-279 Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (35 pieces)
HS-222 Felt & Fabric Flower Stickers (4 pieces)
HS-230 Clear Cut Shapes - with glitter accents (34 pieces)
HS-304 6" x 6" Paper Pad (24 pieces)

Please visit Jenny's blog Say Chez! for more fun and inspiring ideas!

Biker Chick Robbie Herring created this 8x10 canvas.  She has some great tips to share.

I decorated this canvas with the adorable Hello Spring Collection.  I thought it would be fun to make a little cage to put the cute chipboard birdie in.  I also used a lot of flowers from the Paper Flower Kit to decorate this.  It will go into a standard frame easily by just removing the glass.

Tip: You can see in this picture that I used tranparency behind the pink strips that I used for the 'wires'.  Using transparency will not only help with getting them placed, it adds more weight to help them stand the test of time.

To make placement of the flowers easier, use lots of foam tape.  I actually layered the foam tape to make sure that these don't droop.

I also changed out the string on the banner pieces to better match my project. If you wanted to do this, just gently lift it off the back of the pieces and use a strong, quick drying glue to replace it.  Because my project was so bright, but I wanted to use the more pastel colored clouds, I simply glued them to a sheet of the cardstock and cut around them.  Lastly, I added some more foam tape to layer the blue one over the pink.

Hello Spring! Porducts:
HS-104 Flutterby/Sunshine Dots
HS-107 Pom Pom Stripe/Teal Linen
HS-109 Pretty in Plaid/Tulip Linen
HS-279 Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (35 pieces)
HS-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (14 pieces)
HS-305 Paper Flower Kit (47 pieces)

Please visit Robbie's blog Just the Scrap for more projects to get your creative ideas flowing.

Hope you find some great ideas!

Liz

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

We are really excited to share another Hello Spring Training Reel from Biker Chick Tania Willis.  She is the best at showing our fans what they can with our collections on video. 

This adorable page uses many of our Hello Spring collection elements in a fun and creative way that Tania will share in her video.

The bright happy fun colors make our cardstock stickers really pop, like these sentiment banners from our Favorite Pieces stickers.

But let's have Tania tell you all about it in her video...

Please download Tania's detailed instructions in the PDF document below

Download Be Happy Oh So Happy Layout Instructions by Tania Willis

Please visit Tania's blog Whatcu Talkin' Bout Willis for more details and inspirational work!

Happy Monday!

Liz

We are so excited to introduce our newest guest designer Wendy Sue Anderson for our Hello Spring! collection.  Wendy does such an amazing job with bright, fun colors that we thought she would be a perfect fit for our newest collection.

Let's have Wendy tell you a little about herself...

Hi there!  I’m Wendy Sue Anderson and I am beyond thrilled to be joining all of my fellow Little Yellow Bicycle fans here on their blog!  What an honor it is to be asked to create some projects to share with you. J  Before I share my first project, I just have to tell you how excited I was to be given this new line, “Hello Spring,” to work with.  I love the bright, happy colors and the fresh designs.  The colorful birds and bright flowers are my favorites!

I had a hard time choosing which products I wanted to start with because I loved them all so much.  That’s one of my favorite things about LYB – there are always so many options with every single line they release.  I love that there are always lots of beautiful papers, including coordinating solids, as well as stickers, tags, journaling blocks, jewels, chipboard, and so much more!  It really takes the guess work out of the “coordination” part of scrapbooking…the hardest thing is deciding which fun elements to use first.  Lucky for us, we can create LOTS of fun projects with each line, so we can use all of the embellishments!

Today I’d love to share a layout with you.  Last week I was out in the backyard with my kids (and my camera, of course), just goofing around and enjoying the nice spring weather we’re having.  I was actually finishing snapping pictures when my daughter and oldest son laid down on the grass, then invited the little boys to join them.  It was then that I noticed how “springy” their clothes were – and though totally uncoordinated and unplanned, the resulting photo turned out perfect for this line…so I had to scrapbook this photo with the matching products in “Hello Spring!”

I created a fun little collage in the top corner of the layout.  The banners, along with the chipboard pieces and just a little bit of bling combine to create a fun little playful area that just screams “spring!”  I chose to use the widest border from the Garden Rows paper as the topper for my layout.

The sticker banner was perfect for the transition from “busy topper” to colorful photo – and I used lots of foam adhesive to add dimension and literally pop it off the page.

I loved the “sunshine & smiles” sticker phrase and knew it would be perfect with this particular photo – so I placed the stickers on another banner label and trimmed the edges.  I added one of the super fun felt flowers (which come with the button already attached), stuck in a few colorful pins and added a few fabric flowers (with jewel centers, of course) for the final addition to my layout.

I used two of the coordinating solid papers to build the bottom portion of my layout.  Of course, you’ll spot a few lines of machine stitching, just to add a bit of definition and “homespun” feel that I like.

Of course, I couldn’t stop with one layout, so I have more fun projects using “Hello Spring” to share with you soon – be sure to check back!

Hello Spring Supplies Used:

Tear-Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book

Chipboard Shapes

Stick Pins

Clear Cuts Shapes

Fabric Favorites

Felt Stickers

Jewel Stickers

Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers

Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers

Pretty In Plaid/Tulip Linen Paper

Teal Tweets/ Green Grass Linen Paper

Garden Rows/Lilac Love Paper

Thank you for such a fun project Wendy!  Please visit her blog Just Me...And My Little World for more inspiring ideas.

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

Liz

We have a fun project from Biker Chick Heather Leopard using our Hello Spring collection in a very unique way.  Heather has also created a video to share on her blog, so please stop by.

The Hello Spring collection is perfect for all your Spring projects but it just so happens to match my oldest daughter’s room. Despite the 5 year age difference, my two daughters are very close and just adore each other. I realized the other day that they don’t have pictures of themselves together in their rooms so I decided to change that.
 
I started out with a $1 frame from my local craft store. It seemed to flat and boring so I decided to give it a fun, multi-dimensional look.

To begin, I pulled out all of the double sided 6x6 and 12x12 papers from the collection. I wanted a good variety for what I had in mind.   I then cut them in strips of varying widths. I kept some with straight edges and I used border punches on others. Once I had multiple strips from multiple papers cut and punched, I cut them into 2 1/1” strips, folded them in half (being careful not to crease them) and glued the edges together.  I repeated this step until I had enough loops to cover my frame, which happened to be 84.  You may need more or less depending on the size of your frame. Be sure to also cut strips to cover the edge of my frame if you get a plain frame like I did.

Once I had all the loops, I started gluing them down on the frame with regular liquid adhesive. I started at the bottom of the frame, placing them next to each other in a row. As I moved my way up the frame, I overlapped the2nd layer slighter over the 1st and so on until I reached the top of the frame. I had to make sure that no two loops were the same right next to each other but overall this step was fairly quick.

Next, I added the “You Make Me Smile” dimensional sticker to the top left corner and I added the Felt Sticker Flowers and Stick Pins to the bottom right to draw all the elements together



I hope you’ve enjoyed my project today. I actually filmed a short video of my creative process while making this frame, which is available to view on my blog.

Please visit Heather's blog The Spotted Leopard for a video tutorial on her project.

Have a wonderful day!

Liz