Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Are you enjoying SALE-A-BRATION yet?  Well most of us are!!  Here's one more good reason to motivate you to take advantage of the benefits of SAB - its a lovely set of 6 expressions that cover a lot of ground for your cards now and in the future.  And paired with some pretty new papers...and you'll have a beautiful card to give to someone special - well, for those old enough to read! And if they can't - they're probably more interested in what else you have to give them, lol! The stamp set is called WHIMSICAL WORDS and it can be yours for FREE  from our SAB catalogue if you purchase $65 worth of Stampin' Up! products ( regular IDEA Cataloque or our new Occasion Mini Cataloque), and for every additional $65 in your purchase - you may choose another FREE item from the SAB cataloque - so ok, that's that. Now let's look at the card... First, we take some paper from the fabby "Sweet Pea" paper stack and our trusty TOP NOTE Big Shot Bigz Die....

Here is some more on Sweet Pea .....you can choose to go digital by adding to your digital software, see My Digital Software by Stampin' Up!  - OR - you can choose to do it the traditional way with papers, stamps, and the cutsey felt pieces.   You can combine the two for the 'hybrid' technique {half traditional embellishments on a digital card or scrapbook page}............any way you slice it - its a refreshing set!  Especially since we are all a little lagged out from doing Christmas themes - c'mon admit it! :) That is not to say that I don't have Christmas scrapbooking to do - stay tuned! LOL! cheers!

Aren't these sweet?  The new CHIPBOARD 'ON BOARD' BOOKS {6.95 each}are fabulous!  Look at the one decorated and debuted at a Leaderhip Convention in the US - I love this!  Mini-albums are all the rage more than ever - and we have 3 NEW SHAPES!   There is HEART Book (117236) SCALLOP CIRCLE Book (118306) and a fav of mine - BIRD Book (117238 )!!! Each book comes in all natural, acid free chipboard and includes 8 die-cut shapes held together with a ball chain.  They are a good size too for decorating - ranging from 6 to 8 inches in width with the BIRD book slightly less than 4 inches at certain parts. So go ahead and have fun making your own book and if you really want to pizzaz it up - try using the adorable SWEET PEA STITCHED FELT (117266) {see top image} and our designer papers - SWEET PEA  PAPER STACK (117161)  - yeah, we have a paper stack finally!    Or our just in time for Valentine Designer Series Paper - S...

 I love it when I find the darling-est things and you have to admit even if you are a non-crafty person or even, dare I say it - a minimalist in the purest sense - that these are "cutesy" period. So check out the talent I found today while surfing....you can learn how to make these 'bottlecap pincushions' at the blog of How About Orange...  and also at  Craft Pudding And then, Hawaii is one of the best places I dream of moving to (seriously I do!)....and so one of their delightful talented crafters is here at Willy Nilly Waterlily  and I just love, love her " Bashful Blooming Cactus "  - wish I could post a pix of them but you can see on her blog - the trio of them on her banner. MY TUTORIAL TO DECORATE A JAM JAR {decorate the lid!} In my modest manner, I have used some fabric and a Big Shot Sizzlit Die of a flower to decorate the lid of a tiny jam jar - perfect for sorting and storing my buttons. Begin with bare jar and Here is how I altered it...

...actually try to make this - seriously!  I can't remember where or who made this, but I was searching for cupcake ideas when I received my Big Shot XL Perfect Setting Die....and well, as you can see its just too crazy and I am in the mood!.....So stayed tuned for that! But speaking about the Perfect Setting XL Die  { #115961} which gives you a very pretty collar for cupcakes - and collars are now a popular item, when you see it in the baking section of Wilton - you know its made it! LOL!  But - as perfect as this die is....Stampin' Up! introduced another XL Die in our recent Mini-Holiday Catalogue...its our ' TABLE SETTING ' XL Die  {#116819} - and its great for us ladies who like to dress up our tables for dinner guests (even if that means just yourselves & why not!) because it includes a favourite item of mine - a place card! It also means you can make napkin rings and tags to dress up the aformentioned place card or rings - and some decorat...

Alright - I just have to throw in a couple of photos of my pampered pooch - because that is what he is. And I know how I sound - just like other people I used to hear going on about their pets - but - that's ok because I am a convert, so bear with me! However, being new pet owners - I knew we had to include Pepper in our decor, so here is what I came up with - you don't need the holiday theme like I've used for one of the projects - just adjust it to suit your own surroundings! First - I created a feature wall - and chose the only spot left which was in plain view, a corner by our livingroom window. But I balanced the pictures so it works really well - and I am keeping it sans the one holiday photo/frame which I am sure will be replaced soon with something new. My first project was to create a homage to our lil guy!  So I put this collage together - inside a shadowbox style frame. It's based on a scrapbook page design I saw in the archives of SU's library - b...