A New Baby is a Perfect Match for Lily Bee Papers ~ Nook May Kit Projects

I'm sorry I've been remiss in updating my blog.  I'm soooo happy to announce that my niece Kylie is finally here! She was born on Saturday, May 23rd. She's my immediate family's first grandchild so we're all very very excited!!

Here she is using the Nook's May monthly kit featuring the soft pallette of Lily Bee papers. I had this layout done for awhile and was just waiting for a picture to snap in!! Too bad she's in her baby carrier that has a brown lining, but then again, that ended up coordinating with the brown background with white birdie Lily Bee paper.

I did add in a few things from my stash like the eyelet fabric lace that my friend Yolanda gave me ( I think it was a group buy from one of our Downtown LA garment district shopping sprees), the pink Webster's ribbon trim and that super cute foam puffy alpha sticker set I found on sale at Joann's recently when I was shopping for High School Musical scrapping supplies for yet another niece's upcoming birthday album. That "Sweet" tag, the Calendar Month Raffle ticket and that round scalloped journaling spot, all from from Creative Mess, were the perfect finishing touches to this layout. I came so close to making a banner that I cut out of that pink swag the birdies are roosting on, but I couldn't find my new QK banner 2x2 die. Urgh!! Yes, I seriously need to clean! But at the time, I wasn't sure if my layout had room for it due to creating a layout that I had not yet have the photos for. So it goes!

This last layout I created from the Nook's May kit is of a really old picture of me from 2005. I decided to drive down to the Carlsbad Flowerbeds after hearing rave reviews about it forever! I'm glad I did as I enjoyed a very relaxing and introspective stroll on the grounds.


I hand cut long strips from that swirly olive green Lily Bee patterned paper to hand piece a funky frame for my picture. I wanted to grunge it up but decided to keep it clean which is more of a challenge for me, and I'm about trying different styles of scrapbooking right now.

I incorporated orange-y Prima flowers to bring out the orange in my picture, else everything else is from the Nook May Kit. Oh, and of course, I incorporated a journaling tag from the "List Journaling Jotters Set" from Creative Mess. I laid it on top of a double-sided Lily Bee paper just to tie it in better with the top portion of the layout. I finished it off by reaching into my stash, like WAAaaay back, by using this My Minds Eye "Simply Beautiful" pre-fab die cut. The colors and font perfectly tie in.

I'll be back soon with some projects featuring goodies from the Nook's June kit that is just brimming with tons of Cosmo Cricket Early Bird goodness!! Scroll down immediately below this blog post to see it in its full glory!! You HAVE to get one by clicking here to order yours today before it sells out!




"Sweet Baby Girl"
Paper: Lily Bee "Three Little Birds" PP
Embellishments: Lily Bee "3 Little Birds" Frame Die Cuts; Maya Road Corduroy Flowers; MM Milk Chocolate "Piper" alpha Chipboard; Sandy Lion Girl Foam Alpha Stickers; Misc Eyelet Lace & Silk Fabric Flower; Button from Nook Kit; Webster's Pink Trim; Creative Chaos "Plain Jenns," "Calendar Raffle Ticket" and "Bright White Valentines" Journaling Spots
Accessories: SU Scalloped Border Punch

"Simply Beautiful...California Poppies"
Paper: Lily Bee "Three Little Birds" PP
Embellishments: Lily Bee "3 Little Birds" Frame Die Cuts; MM Milk Chocolate "Piper" alpha Chipboard; Prima Flowers; MME "Flirty Little Secrets" Title Chipboard; Creative Chaos "List Journaling Jotters Set of 6" Spots
Accessories: n/a