Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Hey! Ever think you may not have exactly what you want in your stash?  Well - maybe you do but you don't realize it! I will show you how to 'alter' a pre-finished Alphabet Letter - watch as it goes from plain fuzzy yellow to crazy, treasure glitter! OK - this morning while having coffee, I looked around to see what I want to work on in my craft studio.....when I spot this book, a project that is a work-in-progress. You may have seen my earlier post when I altered a children's book into this.....here is the cover: It's covered with new paper, but its bare - it needs embellishing! I figured a good place to start was to add an alphabet chipboard letter as my beginning point - and later I can progress from there.  But a quick look tells me that I do not have any letters slightly resembling my book! Time to do some altering!!! I go to my supply cupboard and bring out my chipboard alphabet box, some glitter and gems. See the yellow and blue chipboard alphabet let...

Beautiful day!   Hi stamper girlz! Here's a glimpse into my world today as we took the dog out for a stroll - gorgeous blossoming trees in our nearby park!  My camera just can not do them justice....so pretty. So my next pic is something inspired by the rich clusters of blossoms - and I will reveal it once its completed soon!  Stay tuned - I think it will be something I can use for Mother's Day!! Happy crafting out there! crafty hugs, Beverly

Happy Birthday hunny!  Whooo-hooo!  Another grand year ahead - and you've your whole life in front of you in which to have all your fabulous plans! Well, hope you had a lovely time - even though you had your last final exam on a Saturday which was also your birthday , lol - - and training for your new job for 5 hours the night before!!! Now relax - enjoy! oxox  I can't believe it but my daughter has turned 22! Yikes where does the time go! I could say a million things about our life together but I won't in the interest of time and blogging, lol! Suffice to say that I am just happy to have a healthy, 22 yr old adult child - oh my, that sounds like an oxymoron doesn't it! Ha ha Well, what I can say for sure is look how CUTE my card is standing among the giants beside it on the tv! Honestly, this card was a bit tricky to make for the first time, but its so stinkin' cute, I wanna make more!  I found the inspiration on the good ol' internet - and its using the...

Hello-hello! LOOK - another project around the home....this time, I re-dressed a milk carton!  I love it now!  In its "former" life, it was packaging for a set of scented home products from William Sonoma. And I loved it for awhile, but when I was finished with it (it had Christmas all over it!!) ...I thought it was too good to toss.  So I tucked it away for a rainy day. Then in the first days of the weather turning warmer, I found it and decided it would be a nice addition to my kitchen or hallway. But in a new suit, so to speak. TRACE THE ORIGINAL - CUT OUT A PATTERN If you find something similar, in order to re-dress the surface, it's best to 'pick apart' the original. a) Make a template. And if you would like a template to make another, then this is the time to trace the whole thing - which I did - onto a large piece of poster card ($1 store!). Then I cut the template pattern out with scissors, and a hobby knife for interior slots. b) Cut your...

Butterflies are always beautiful on cards - well, everything really.  So its no wonder I love our Big Shot's Bigz die Beautiful Butterflies. This past week I have been working on a card where I received my inspiration from 2 places....a) a paint chip which had the colours burgandy, a gold, a peachy tone and a vanilla. I dug around my papers and came up with some B ravo B urgandy, A pricot A ppeal and V ery V anilla. The peachy colour was also my second source for my inspiration .....b) a floral pick with butterflies. So armed with that - I began to put my card together, with the Bravo Burgandy being the card base, and the Apricot Appeal (in  patterned prints) lending itself to becoming butterflies. A little embellishment went into the butterfly die cuts - I used matching Apricot Appeal chalk to darken the butterfly centers, and glittered the largest butterfly. To add tactile interest, I crimped one of the smaller butterflies, and wrapped green ribbon around the card b...

If you happened to see the post below about sponging up embossed paper with ink - swiping the ink away to reveal the embossed pattern again, then you will recognize that I used this idea once more on my box lid! In fact, that is how this box came to be!  I started inking and created 2 small squares of our Bridal Paper in white, re-inked to a pinky-red and a yellow. Then I tripped over a small lid in my drawer. It has been there about a year!  It was made using our mini-scallop envelope, and I guess I got distracted and left it - or maybe I ran out of inspiration. However - armed with the two pieces of scrap paper and a box lid - I had inspiration at last! The squares fit perfectly inside the box lid - and this all culminated in my creating this box. What I also think is nifty is the flower I stuck on top. That's an idea my daughter pointed out to me in a gift store - a small photo album had a fake flower on its cover. I was on a roll!  I decided to add beads - so wi...

STAMPIN' UP! has announced changes to its colour line-up, with the previous Color Families being replaced with: BRIGHTS, SUBTLES, REGALS and  NEUTRAL COLLECTIONS.    25 colours which will remain - 5 BRAND NEW colours are being added, and the IN COLORS will remain for a 2 year stay from this current lineup onwards, but will have a new line-up of In Colors every year as before. Therefore by 2012 there will be 10 In Colours present at any one time from that point forward. So with the  40 CORE COLOR COLLECTION + 10 IN COLORs = 50 COLORS by 2011-2012. The Core Collection has absorbed some of this year's In Colors to its line-up: Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry. And   returning previous In Color favourites:  Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, River Rock, Red Riding Hood and Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi. That I personally am in love with - I use my River Rock, Wild Wasabi and Baja Breeze all the time! My Pink Pirouette and Pacific Point w...

hELLO! fRIENDS!!! It's crafty-dafty time again - class time, wheee!   I love giving classes as much as I hope you enjoy doing them. #1 APRIL STAMPING CLASS SPECIAL STAMPING TECHNIQUES BOOKLET!   Series I Stamping and Organizing a Series of Stamping Techniques into a cute Mini-Booklet! - 6 beautiful and functional techniques   - a handy reference guide  - an inspiration booklet - cute and compact -  Techniques Series II Class  ( to be announced at a later date)  - great as a gift!  also you will make a BONUS PROJECT!  #2 APRIL SCRAPBOOK NIGHT CLASS WHITE TONE-on-TONE SCRAPBOOK TECHNIQUE  one night only  This month we will be focusing on the many ways to use mono-tone, or Tone-On-Tone Techniques in your scrapbooking!  From Soft to Elegant to Subtle to Funky - there are SO MANY ways to use this technique to your advantage.  We will use WHITE as our base colour/ several  pages created.  Available Class...

Happy Easter. Has every one been enjoying their week-end?  It has been beautiful weather-wise which has made for a gorgeous backdrop to our enjoyment. Up early for Sunrise Service down by the lake - and then a breakfast of Hot Cross buns and jam, coffee and fruit. Simply nice start to the day here in our home. I hope it has been a lovely week-end for everyone! And look what arrived in my mailbox! A gracious friend, Sofia has sent along this adorable bunny card.  Thank you Sofia! Goodnight :)  "I always have a wonderful time, whereever I am, whomever I'm with." Elmwood P. Dowd movie ' Harvey '

Cards a la Carte is one of our special promotions with COUNTRY LIVING Magazine , and like last year features a set that you can use for entertaining.  This year's is very pretty stationary set - elegantly sweet! This exclusive kit ( item 119113 ) includes the following products: Dinner Party stamp set (set of 3) Ballet Blue Classic Stampin' Spot Preprinted stationery (24 sheets: 4 each of 6 designs) Here is the collection and a couple of projects that you can do with it. Project #1 is a Dinner Invitation Stamps Dinner Party stamp set* Paper Very Vanilla card stock Very Vanilla envelope* Ink Ballet Blue Stampin' Spot* Accessories Stampin' Dimensionals Instructions: 1 . Print "You're invited" on Very Vanilla card stock and adhere to strip of Very Vanilla card stock. Wrap strip around So Saffron printed card from Country Living Cards à la Carte. 2 . Stamp silverware image in Ballet Blue ink on Very Vanilla card stock. Cut out, ...