Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Hello stampers and crafters alike! Quick post today as I am off to a craft auction!  Yeah - wonder if I successfully bid on anything, well, we'll see! Meanwhile I am going to leave you with this - our HAPPY MOMENTS stamp set is one that I adored receiving as a prize from my upline Caroline! It so darn cute and I love the little bird in his cage - awww!  Also, another stamp set FAVORITE THOUGHTS has 4 fantastic sayings from a woman's perspective - and ones attributed to some famous gals like Eleanor Roosevelt (she has a lot of good sayings!) But I thought the idea of dangling my birdcage was too cute to pass up!  I sent this card yesterday off into the mail and I hope the person who receives it loves it! Have a nice day y'all!

Just a reminder.....my blog candy is up for grabs...still have to end of MON to leave a comment on ANY  of my posts, or JOIN as a follower. or make a MENTION ME ON YOUR BLOG.   So far, people commenting are not qualified - as no demos, international outside of N.America. So it remains up for grabs!  If no one qualifies - it goes back into my blog treasure box, lol! Cheers! bLOg CaNDy = (1 ) On Board  Mini Album Book  from Spring or Summer Mini Catalogue (may be a bird or suitcase) *** +  (1)  Ink Pad  ( your choice) +  (1)  Sanding Block  +  (1)  STAMP   (value up to $12) and an assortment of  die-cuts  from my personal collection. ***I may have to subsitute the On Board due to availability but it will be an On Board item!  I will ask the winner what colour INK PAD they would like. 

Hello to everyone out there on this nice Friday evening!  I am going outside for my evening walk with Pepper but not before I bring out my craft results from today!  I'm really happy about this one too! Here's why.... As Stampin' Up! Demonstrators, we're entitled to receive a monthly glossy magazine, Stampin Success - and I tell you - I look forward every month to receiving mine, lol. Last December's mag, showcased our Artisan Award winners who had been given a challenge and a new stamp set from SU! One of these lucky ladies was Demonstrator Shanna Jensen  with her pretty scrapbook page featuring a " Love You Much Frame "  - and the frame is made using 4 TOP NOTE die-cuts - and I loved it!!! I kept this idea in the back of my head until this morning, I just got inspired to create one for myself! Here's Shanna's inspiring project which if you notice features her putting her own 'stamp' on the Designer Paper - now isn't it just ...

WT272 Album Cover Yay - I finally finished my cover for my mini- album this morning! Here it is! Update - This is now my entry for SPLICOASTSTAMPERS May 27th's 'Ways to Use It' Challenge under "Paint " Technique! So I am required to post it as a 'WT272' project to help others find my entry! Hope they like it and you too! I will post the basic steps in my process on how to make a cover such as this, so read below! Hope everyone is having a wonderful week-end.   Beverly HOW I MADE MY COVER HEART PUNCH FLOWER 1) Make a flower with 2 sizes of  HEART PUNCHES.  Bottom layer is attached with glue to a back support (paper circle)  -  use 4 large punched Hearts for bottom layer .....next, attach 6 small punched Hearts to create top layer (attach by applying glue to the tip area only).  Embellish center as you please - I used a small pink flower brad (shown in finished project). Extra - I glossed over the large punched hearts with a thin layer of glos...

Geez - I actually was caught off guard the other day when it dawned on me that JUNE is coming - which means, the end is nearing for the current IDEA CATALOGUE  - - which means you-know-what! Yes, the NEW 2010-2011 IDEA BOOK & CATALOGUE from STAMPIN' UP! will be here in about 6 weeks!! AND for anyone new out there to the Stampin' Up! universe .....this also means the LAST CHANCE LIST WILL BE HERE TOO - JUNE 1RST!!!!   AND ' SNEAK PEEKS ' !!! So we will all be abuzz about the new things arriving - apparently our catalogue has grown by 16 pages!  16 pages - I'm wondering too - what will fill up 16 pages? ? ? You know, it hasn't been that long since I started, and the first IDEA catalogue I had was for the year 2007 as it was ending. And to look in there - well, for one thing, there was no Big Shot!  Yeah, can't believe that now! Also, there was no My Digital Studio ....and our assortment of punches was almost half of what it is today! Plus we hav...

I promised to show my fun with punch art flowers!  HERE THEY ARE!  well,so far:) It started not long ago with punch art roses, like this one using one of Stampin' Up!'s Ornament Punch . Rose Flower This fueled my curiousity!  So last few days, I have been punching away like crazy !   The amount of inspiration in punch art flowers is h u g e ! So many of lovely ideas!  HEART PUNCHE FLOWERS Here's my first one with the Full Heart Punch ....you can just do 4 to 5 larger hearts attached to a small circle center.  But I decided to add a layer behind them, using half-hearts (pictured in blue), which I ran through my crimper.    You do not have to stamp the heart but I have a co-ordinating heart stamp, so I did. Now here is another,however, this is using our Heart to Heart Punch ! This punch has 3 sizes of hearts in the one punch - so I used all three, let me show you... This is the 'tall, ...

So what's this? Welllllll........it starts like this... A little bag of chocolate peanuts...all dressed up and tagged....and then you add this.... And now you have THIS!  And now you have a lil somethin' to brighten up someone special's day! And it looks good, no matter where you set it for them to find.....see... ....they'll just be comin' along, and they'll see it...and when they're up close - it'll be "oooh what's this?"  And they'll be happy. The end. Stampin' Up! Supplies: XL Flower Punch Large Oval Punch Greeting stamps 'Voila' Stamp set Soft Suede Cardstock Bermuda Bay Cardstock and project idea, pg 57 current Idea Book and Catalogue

Here's softness in a card! Pretty in pink, and natural colours....and lovely satin ribbon!  This is our natural cardstock and I love how it has tiny flecks in it - and the colour itself is a combination of ivory and kraft ? - its hard to say, but it has a 'home-grown' feeling to it. So naturally it looks great with nature themed stamping - and that's what we did. But our real purpose was to use regular DYE  INK mixed with VERSAMARK (watercolouring) INK and in doing so, create our own CRAFT INK!!! Get set up with your supplies, ink pads, versamark pad, a CLEANING PAD, glitter tray, clear emboss powder, heat gun........here you go:      1) STAMP WITH A CLEAN STAMP - into your VERSAMARK and immediately into the DYE INK of your choice - then stamp!      2) CLEAN STAMP and REPEAT IMAGE - and -  REPEAT with SECOND, AND THIRD DYE INK COLOURS + OTHER STAMPS - always with a clean stamp!   (we are multi-tasking! - but we are good at th...

R E V E R S E S POTLIGHTING -  A DIFFERENT WAY TO MAKE THINGS 'POP'! You NEED:    circle punch (ex 1-1/2 ")  Ink and stamp of choice (larger scale stamp design).... White [3-3/4 x 5] in. cardstock  1 Colour  cardstock scrap.... 1 Colour cardstock card base [8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.] Basic Instructions .... CREATE THE FRONT CARD FACE by stamping a sheet of white cardstock  [ 3-3/4 x 5 in] with black ink using a nice fluffy floral design.  Like the flower they have shown here.  Then - with the   circle punch, PUNCH a few holes into some of the flowers , leaving some of the flower design intact.  Stamp the same design onto the scrap colour cardstock, and cut flowers out. These are lined up and MOUNTED BEHIND the flowers in the punched out circular areas - which restores the full design of the flower!!! There will still be a gap from the punched out circle, but wait...... Trim the card front layer, to clean, straight edges....

BOY - AM I having fun making 'punch art flowers' this past couple of days!!!  It's now a new passion of mine! I can't wait to finish a few pages more of my new, dedicated to FLOWERS MINI-ALBUM!!! And I can post a few pics. So c'mon back! RETIRING COLOURS/PRODUCTS RUNNING OUT....ON BACK-ORDER WHERE POSSIBLE!  NEXT - ladies - if you are at all interested in owning some of our retiring colours - in what-ever form, such as cardstock, or ink, crayons, ribbon, ....well, you get it.....HURRY ON and ORDER!!!   It turns out that the anticipated level of ordering was under-estimated, or crafters just panicked and decided to grab while they can, and Stampin' Up! is overwhelmed with orders - on certain colours!  So, the solution is a tiny bit complicated....they do want to honour orders until the end of the current catty, but they do not want to re-invest in a new production of product.  SO - substitutions for the more expensive textured cardstock will take place wh...

Hellooo to all the lovely stampers who've come to visit my lil blog! I have been blogging for awhile now and its about time I had something up for grabs! I love putting together gifts - don't you?  I sometimes think that if I were not stamping and doing Stampin' Up! as my part-time work, that I should of been involved with gift baskets! I want to help someone have fun making the latest trend..... MINI-ALBUMS !  Love them! You will too! Soooo here are some supplies to get you started..... bLOg CaNDy =  (1 ) On Board Mini Album Book from Spring or Summer Mini Catalogue (may be a bird or suitcase) + (1) Ink Pad + (1) Sanding Block + (1) STAMP  (value up to $12) and an assortment of die-cuts from my personal collection. OK - here's how you can enter effective MAY 1 :                     - POST A COMMENT - each and every comment 'per post' =  1 entry for t...

Here is what I showed a glimpse of the other day - my flower topiary!  I have been wanting to do one for quite awhile and finally, a couple weeks ago, I started.  I started by merely punching out flower after flower. First, using a Scallop Circle Punch, I began with  the largest flower in the pale Pretty in Pink shade - and then a small bowl of Chocolate Chip brown flowers with our Stampin' Up! Trio Flower Punch   - while watching tv. On the commercials, I glittered all around the edge of each pink flower with glitter glue and set them in rows on a plastic tray to dry. Then I tossed everything in to a basket and set it aside for another day. Then about a week later, I decided it was 'pin-up' time!  So I rummaged around my stashes and found a half circle florist foam piece - and then a search for a vessel to set it into to. My small ceramic urn was just the thing! But a small bowl would have worked too - I'm sure we all have something! I grabbed my...

These simple but playful monogram cards can be easily made with our large alphabet dies, Sans Serif.  Then use your imagination with our crimper!  I am trying my hand with a shabby look, slightly vintage too if you consider the watchclock. I have used a scrap piece of acetate which I printed a excerpt from Robert Frost's   Blue-Butterfly Day.... and I painted the background stamp with some markers and chalk, while also using a wheel stamp, and gold ink to hightlight areas. And a little pink 'frosting' on the sides. But mainly, I wanted to use the 'window' technique where I have rolled back the top paper layer to create a space behind for my focal point, its really nice technique!   ***** STAMPIN' UP SUPPLIES :  Equipment - The Big Shot,  crimper tool, Dies - Bigz ' Beautiful Butterflies '; Bigz Sans Serif Alphabet for monogram letter, L; Bigz Bird with Leaves and Flower  ( floral stem),  Stamps - Fresh Cuts,  Col...

You know, I love taking pictures of just plain things around our home - they're snapshots of how we are living today, for us to view tomorrow!  I've been doing it now for a really long time. And I am fond of looking at them from time to time - just little postcard reminders of a time now past. Like long ago, I took a picture of my daughter's tiny shoes placed next to mine by the door.  Or how a vase of flowers was by the kitchen sink - with a flower in it that she brought home from school. Those are esp. fun to see now. Sometimes, its just a mess of my craft supplies - a table setting, a little vignette of personal belongings grouped together in the china cabinet....once I took a picture of myself peering through a clear vase filled with blue tinted water. The vase's shape curved my face - it was one of the more interesting portraits of myself because it was just whimsically goofy - something I am sure my daughter will laugh at in years to come. I do try to c...