Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Hello!  Happy New Year's Eve! I know I said I would post another scrapbook project, but in the meantime my daughter had to quickly put together a birthday card for her beloved grandma whose birthday is in the first week of Jan! Actually we have 2 members in our family with early year birthdays beginning with Jan 1rst - my aunt Elsie is turning 97 and she still lives by herself at home - no homecare -amazing lady! Love you Aunt!!! So here is today's feature - a birthday card for those who have "winter" birthdays! The pics are pretty self-explanatory - we were after a soft effect after all the red and green of christmas - it just seemed the right way to go.....plus plenty of embellishments!  We tried to do "interesting' elements including a small peek-a-boo door inside!  The handle for the door is just a rolled up scrap of paper. A variety of 8 beautiful snowflakes can be yours with the NORTHERN FROST Decorative Strip Die  catalogue item # 120901,  ple...

Now that we snipped and glued our way through Christmas - its time to think about scrapbooking some of those pictures!  DO IT NOW - at least 2 pages!!!!   If we put them in a box - ya' know what happens, they will sit there ad infinitum! But - if you are like me, you purchased papers and accumulated a ton of scraps. I throw the scraps into a bin on the floor to save time. and so looking at it the other day and finding some old 'purchased' (gasp!) cards, I put two + two together and decided to do this...... and close up..... And...I like it!  Its bright and cheery - just what I wanted.  I have to make some choices as to how I will use it, but that will come a little later. The feeling of satisfaction I achieved was that I recycled, and I managed to use up more of the pricier papers....and if you have read my earlier posts, you know its important to me to use up what I have because, after all, we pay for it with our hard-earned money!   Now, I had one lady...

Happy Holidays! We're still in a festive mood around here...but a more "relaxed" affair, thank goodness!  I hope that for those of you who celebrate the Christmas Day on the 25th, that you have had an excellent one - and for those who have Christmas still to come - I also wish great tidings for you! However, today I was looking through my collection of  recent photos and thought to share this card I made for a lucky couple who travel a great deal, Eileen and Peter!  Thinking about the sunny surroundings one must enjoy if you were to celebrate Christmas far away from our frigid weather[emm-hmm!], I thought these two happy penguins reflected that!  Aren't they fun or what! So if you have friends or family who will enjoy a family holiday this year or one year in the future - maybe make them a vacationers Christmas card!  As far as that goes, take any stamp and put a Christmas theme to it by merely adding those symbols of the holidays - a Santa hat, a Christma...

Time to trim the tree! Do you like decorations - of course you do! Care to make some......sure, the easy way! Well one of the more 'fun' things to do in rubberstamping is when you work with a stamp set that allows you to a) stamp 2 parts to make a 'whole'  and  b) to interchange the design! TREE TRIMMINGS is one of those stamp sets !  You'll see it on page 44 of our main Canadian catalogue, IDEA BOOK & CATALOGUE in the ' H oli d ay s ' s ec t ion. I like stamping the ribbon stamp and then stamp any of the 3 decorations I choose to use beneath it - it's fun!! We made these cards at one of our demonstrator get-togethers and used the colours which match the holiday paper " A Cute Christmas " featured in our Holiday Mini Catalogue - see that striped cardstock - it goes with soooooo much!!!   Pretty in Pink was always one of my fav combos with Real Red !  Adding Baja Breeze (a muted blue) is then triple-delish! Besides against Whispe...

Hellooooo.....back to my blogging at last!  I've been hectic-smectic -  as I am sure "we all are" but tonight I am cleaning, watching Turner Classic and catching up on small projects, just need some chocolate an' I'm all snuggly-wuggly, lol! Here is another card I created not long ago.....its one of those with extra-love, so it would go to someone close and personal, like a family member or best friend. What I did which I liked especially here is I made my snowman a hat!  Just scrap felt and some crochet thread, and a little glitter glue!  I also used the scrap of the hat even - to add as snow in one corner.  May as well use up everything! I used our Stampin' Up!'s AQUA PAINT BRUSH to watercolour him using our STAMPIN' CHALKS....they work just fine as if they were watercolour paints. Of course, the paint brush with the water in its handle and the slick nylon brush make it easy.  A wee "squeeze" of the handle brings a drop(s) of water...

I created a Holiday 'WOW' Card Swap on Love is in the Details forum, and so here is what I considered to be my 'WOW' style!  I love birds and the bird cage is the icing on the cake! I also just purchased a new wheel stamp which creates Music Notes - and I have been just dyin' to get something like that, so I used it to create the crimped paper along the bottom. Here they are all together!  I have to make another for myself -  I always keep a sample one so I can include it with the cards I will receive from the others in the swap.  Don't they look pretty together? Here is the crimped paper 'ribbon' I created using our new Music Notes wheel - I squished the ends up into a partial 'fan' at one end and embellished with a snowflake, and the other end was cropped with our Scallop Border Trim punch.    I will come back [dead tired today from yesterday's craft fair!]...and provide more details on making this card ! :)   Now I am off soon to t...

H A P P Y B IR T H D A Y S O F I A  ! I made this " One 12x12 Page Binding Mini-Album " for my online friend, Sofia and I had no idea till after I sent it - that it is her birthday today!  Whooo-hooo!  Hope you had a great day girl! [Sofia does crafts and gives lots 'n' lots of people a lot of nice gestures & gifts - she's a very generous soul! Glad we are pals, Sofia!] Its a pretty cool project and like the title, you use a complete page of 12 x 12 cardstock, which when folded creates a 'fat' mini-album which counts as a 'page' because you can bind several together with the clever end section! You can find the instructions FREE as I did, on YouTube from the fabulous Elsa   ( Hi Elsa! ) on her tubes, under JustafewDesgins  - scroll down to bottom of this post for the link to her tutorial for this project! Not only is this an cool project, there is a ton of ways to decorate it and incorporate tags, photo's, etc.  And all from the ...

Hi everybody! I am still working on my craft fair makes today - but I have time to share a quick post! Some of us need teacher's or student cards - and I have here one I made the other day which is suitable for the elementary level of school ...... I found this Santa Head die at a sale - it used to belong to Jenni from Scrapbooking by Design - whose store has sadly shut down (but not their online store!)...and it was very well used, but that says a lot for Sizzix dies, because its perfectly functional!  I don't know if many of you out there have the original Sizzix's, but this one is red. I only normally know the ones I sell from Stampin' Up! which come in grey.  Anyways, my point is that I ran Santa through my BIG SHOT and then I was sort of under-whelmed!  Yeah, I was....mmmm, not so much!  But then - I went to work on it!  I did the following.... SANTA His HAT... - coloured with chalk in REAL RED and glittered his hat with red glitter.  ...

It was a real pleasure to welcome some lovely ladies from Glen Ayre Church to one of my classes!  I'd like to give a special and warm welcome to Elinore, Ruth, Louella and Carol!  Here they are minus Ruth who had left when I realized I needed pictures! Update:  pictures no longer available, sorry.  Our theme was holiday card projects with a Christian emphasis; and to achieve this, for our first card  I made a greeting framed by the shape of an ornament  using the program,Paint. This greeting exclaimed "Jesus, the true gift of Christmas".   For this project, we used a diorama card in Real Red cardstock. We also used a striped ribbon also in Real Red and White which framed the card nicely.  I love diorama cards because they really look impressive! Our second card project featured a gate-fold style card held with a belly band.  I printed a poem created by M S Lowndes - which you can download for free at her website with her permi...

Hi everyone, I thought I might show off some of my 'reindeer' cards!  I have a few stamps involving reindeer as a new one comes along every year for my collection...and the one constant that I like, is their antlers!  Reindeers also are a wonderful way to introduce the colour brown into the mix! So here are a few of my examples: This card (above) is one where I made - yes, MADE my own stamp - the birch bark trees!  I merely drew two styles of tree trunks on a double thickness of foam [like the kind in kids crafts], CUT them out...applied some repositionable glue to one side of each, and then stamped with them like I would with any other stamp! Foam actually works pretty good - it has a nice smooth yet absorbant surface for the ink and transfers the ink to your paper or fabric, etc. very well too!   Reason I made one is that I did not have a tree trunk like I envisioned for this card. After stamping the trees in WHITE CRAFT INK, I stamped my 2 different stam...

Hello! I an happy to announce that I will be able to hold another class this Nov 21rst - in preparation for the Holidays!    I am moving well ahead on my craft fair schedule, so hurray for me, I can do one more class! NOV 21rst Christian Christmas Cards This class will feature religious cards - the greeting will be religious in nature. The design of the cards will be pretty and we will do several cards plus a mystery project!!!!  I love to throw in a mystery project! So come and join us -  Experienced or Beginners!      Cost =$ 20.00    Nov 21  1:00 - 1:30 Start time. Please Contact Me to Reserve your spot - so I can have materials cut. Thank You. * Receive $5 discount for bringing a friend plus your new friend also receives $5 discount, as well as Seniors and Students. God Bless, Beverly Also - don't forget I have my last class of the season - CHOCOLATE AND CARDS, DEC 5TH 1:00

Hi everyone! I am developing my blog - finally - to better reflect what I always intended to do here in the first place. Sooo...not being a technical genius, I am relying on help and if things do not work properly at present - please have patience while we work on the kinks! For any help with orders, or general questions - please just email me at bstampingbeehive@gmail.com and I will enthusiastically read your message and get back quick as I can to you! I am very open to helping you with general craft ideas - so if you have craft questions - bring them to my attention and I will give you my best advice or direct you to someplace that will help you if I can not. No question is too small! Need inspiration for the holidays - gift ideas?  Ask me for ideas! Also consider giving a STAMPIN' UP!  GIFT CERTIFICATE in any denomination you'd like - I will help you to present it to your intended in a chic fashion - they will be delighted! AND - If you want your fella to GET ...

yummm....let's enjoy our time this season!  Finish the day with handstamped cards while having a delish time with some chocolate treats provided by moi! This is my LAST CLASS before the Holidays - so be sure to sign up! Class Fee includes all supplies: $25    Dec 5, Sunday   Time: 2:00 pm.  (time to get here after church!) * read the side bar to learn how to earn a free class, or discount.

That is exactly what I had with this tag.....amongst all the oodles of cards I am making for a craft fair coming up, I am taking breaks by making projects that use all kinds of different elements.  Sort of like a cardstock 'stew', lol.                                                          Cute  Gift Tag or Notecard TAG BASE  1. First, I started with a small piece of cardstock of 3 x 6 inches, folded to create a square 3 x 3 inch tag. 2.  I layered a BAJA BREEZE cardstock square on top of the tag - I used my SCALLOP TRIM CORNER PUNCH to create the pretty corners! 3. To rev it up a bit, I glittered the bottom of the tag with some of Dazzling Diamonds. TAG DECORATION 4. I stamped  my lil' WALRUS  on a punched out '1-3/4 in.' Circle  of Whisper White cardstock  - then while I "maske...

 I haven't even begun to run out of ideas to do with my stamp set, A CUTE CHRISTMAS. This stamp set is endless!  No wonder because it has 'everything" ....stockings, mitts, trees, ornaments, etc.  STAMPIN' UP! has made it one of their two featured holiday themes. So there are lots of materials that are designed to work together.                                                                    Happy Holidays This card is featuring TREES and the fun you can have colouring it with your markers or chalks.  It's a simple way to co-ordinate a small piece of the lovely CANDY CANE designer papers with your cardstock and  stamped image. I am still playing with buttons - see the little one in the upper corner?  Because its a small button - I decided it could have more presence with a backing ...

Stampin' Up! has fabulous stamp sets for the holidays every year....its why I purchase so many sets!  I feel now as I did several years ago, that you CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY HOLIDAY STAMPS!!! LOL!  I am not blind to the fact that I spend and spend on cards - its my hobby as well!  So, if I were a golfer - I'd probably be buying golf equipment which conceivably could cost much more - so there, I have now justified my hobby in one stroke (no pun intended!). So with my usual enthusiasm, I have purchased some very nifty stamp sets to add to my collection, and A CUTE CHRISTMAS is one of those excellent buys!   WHY you ask?  Well - it has so many components to the set! You have trees - you have a snowman!!  You have little ornaments and they come as a single stamp, or as a border stamp - and the same for the stockings and mitts!!!  You have a fun couple of greetings.....ITS A WONDERFUL and COMPLETE STAMP SET! Now, having said that - I  designed th...

Here's a cute poem for a card if you need one....remember to include the author's name! HALLOWEEN MAGIC A bald-headed ghost Drank some witches' brew And on top of his head A strange thing grew. It was pointed and tall And black as a bat With stringy long hair Where his head was flat. The sad little ghost Didn't want any hair Or a black pointed hat So he said, "Witch beware!" Then he chanted some words With a spell-casting switch And gave Halloween Night A bald-headed witch!! ~Barbara M. Hales~           Now - wasn't that a cute one!

Hello Everyone -  it's here - that time of the year again - CHRISTMAS CARD CLASSES!!! Are YOU SHORT ON TIME? Would YOU LIKE TO SAVE MONEY? Would you like to give beautiful cards to friends and family that look great, but ARE EASY TO MAKE?  Then STAMP-A-STACK CHRISTMAS CARD CLASSES are your answer! Come and experience hassle-free card-making - easy to follow instructions, fast cards plus featuring fun techniques!  In no time you will have completed 10 cards while having a great time!  Sign up early! 2 CLASSES! 2 CONVENIENT TIMES *Afternoon or Evening Contact me a to sign up! SIGN UP FOR CLASS DETAILS:   2 HOLIDAY CARD  "STAMP-A-STACK CLASSES LOCATION:  1680 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough, ON  Party Room Main Floor.   CLASS 1 =DATE:  Nov 10 and TIME: 5:30 PM   CLASS 2 = DATE:  Nov 14 TIME:    1:00 PM                          ...

What is a Christmas season without our Snowmen, right! Well I have created this card from an example I spotted in our Stampin`Up! catalogue - and since I had seen the card at an early date, I decided to order all the elements to make this card. You will need a Big Shot and the following materials:    Cardstock = Baja Breeze  Crumb Cake (formerly Kraft)  Real Red    Ink Pad & Markers - Early Espresso  Real Red or Red of any kind and White Ink    Border Punch - I`ve used our latest from our Spring Mini Holiday, the    Big Shot Die - Two Tags                        - Textured Impressions Folder - I used 2 types for the background   Stamps -  Greeting - Bright Christmas  and Snowman from   Jolly Old Saint Nick    Glass Glitter - see new Mini-Holiday Catalogue - I`ve used `SILVER`    Threads: crochet twist in red...

....plus a whole lot of other things!!!  His everyone....I have been a bit quiet on my blog but not so in my craftin`room! I`ve been a busy gal by steadfastly making christmas card after christmas card!  Not too shabby either - unlike my usual rush at the last minute - this year I am determined to be waaaay ready! So here is one card for you to see...I will post my details on how to make this card once I get back home later today........ It`s my Vintage inspired Santa Claus card!  Hope you like it! TECHNIQUE First off....get yourself set up for making cards for the holidays....its less hassle if you have a sort of `system`approach even if  it`s organized in a temporary fashion such as putting everything away in a large box or pretty basket when your finished for the day. Have a nice box to put the finished cards into (along with `co-ordinating stamped` envelopes!  Here I have my table set up for making this particular card...and you can see that I made ...