Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Blog Candy Winner Diane Gardner received her goodies safe 'n' sound. It has taken a bit time to organize it because I offered to order the winner their choice of ink pad. When my latest order was delivered, I was ready to package it up and send along the Blog Candy.......and this is where I have fun.....packaging is one of those areas we can go in any direction! I chose to go a bit whimsical by dressing up a plain white coffee bean bag!  You know the type in the grocery store?  I don't know about you - but I constantly 'see' things that I think " I could decorate that!"   Especially blank white things, lol! But it turns out to be quite an effective choice for a small package of goodies.....here's a shot of how I played with packaging a few bits and bobs that made up Diane's prize..... here you go....see? Not so bad! Close-up of greeting, and you can see the mesh I glued to the bag - it sparkles!  Love anything that glitters! It's ha

Good afternoon!  It's Friday - and I bet the end of school for a whole lotta students who are thrilled to be free!!! So enjoy your summer with your children, grandchildren - every day is precious! I am back today with a project I worked on for almost 2 days - but that's because I was designing it as I went along - so you could do it in about an hour if you had instructions, etc.  I will be offering instructions for this once I make a PDF file - so look for it! OK. I love this! I started by making a folding card - well, more importantly, I started because I wanted to use some of the fantastic new things that have been accumulating around the studio! I have also been wanting to do some of the 'vintage' style that is exploding all around the world! So - a folding card which ended up looking pretty much how you see the middle section and the two wings. And while I was staring at it, the wings wide open - it struck me that I should turn it into a TRAY! Then,

Hi girls and guys! I AM sooooooo excited - I put a large order in again last night, and I just LUV waiting for it to arrive!  It's like that Christmas Eve feeling when we were kids, you know?  Or your birthday is around the corner and you can't stand it!!! Ha ha - that's my general feeling - particularly when I am waiting for a package to arrive by mail! I am sure the rest of you are like that, right? So just a gentle reminder that June 30 is fast approaching - LAST CHANCE products are available as supply last. OK - back to work for me! Hope y'all had a nice week-end! Great weather here!

Hi to all you stampers and crafters! I am feeling perkier!  Still have to take it easy but I did clean up my awfully messy craft table!  Gosh - what a process that is!  Don't you wish the Crafting Clean-Up Fairies (or Elves - equal opportunist here!) would come in the night and do it for us? Well - I did have a fire lit up underneath me to do something for  a nice person, as I only had 1 opportunity to see them before Father's Day.  And to show my appreciation to this person, I decided to do it in a round about way and help their son make his own Father's Day card! So a card kit was born! I threw the supplies all together, and I took the liberty of doing one or two steps for them. They will assemble everything - and I left it so they have some 'choices' in the final design. I created a word document to outline instructions, and printed it off and tucked it in with everything.  Here's is how it looked - the separate elements are there including: a card

Aww - check these out!   I'm very happy that I have some felt to play with!   You can see how a few simple layers can make a fun accent for ....a card? ....a scrap-page?     On the stuffed pink heart piece, I used the Hem Stitch to close the edges.

Hi - looking for a Baby Shower Gift? I designed a notecard set which uses really simple shapes and soft colours which could be used as a gift for an expectant Mom - or even for yourself if you'd like to have a sweet collection of ready-made cards.  I chose soft colours when I was first experimenting, and liked the results, but you could substitute many colour combinations!    Recycle some scraps. Create a fun grid of polka dots by using the small 1/2 inch circle punch......and our RETIRING Trio Flower Punch (can't believe it!) to add interest.   A butterfly - highlights the polka dot as well. The box is 9 inch x 5-1/2 inch  with a 1/2 inch base scored in the middle. Two strips of paper, scored to make 3 sections, each 1/2 inch wide, are attached along the sides.  The front panel has a half -circle cut away to create a pocket to tuck a tag into. Embossing the cardstock with polka dots and a simple design means the cards can be used for many purposes - thank you, birt

Look what I discovered while playing around -  a butterfly in my window! Or over at my cupboard... Over here , over there!  One could make a few of these for table decorations -- or in trees! Soon I'll be back to show my finished project by tomorrow! Have a great week-end!

You'll have to forgive me but its strange what you get up to when you are not feeling well, but feeling sick of lying around - suddenly at 4 am, you find weird things by accident {you know the weird little titles in the corner ads - yes, well I clicked on one of 'those'}...when you go looking on the net......like my little gem here, and the title of this post - "what do the words Carnivory, Ping Pong and Sponge have in common?" This apparently. Ahhh - its soooo pretty!  And its called a Ping Pong Sponge Tree!     Welll - I can see that, not too hard to imagine. I was a little surprised to find out it was a sponge, but that's ok!  Sponges conjure up exotic images and pretty coral reefs - right?  But this is a special sponge! It belongs to the Chondrocladia family of sponges.  Here is the description:   "Chondrocladia   sponges are   stipitate , with a stalk frequently anchored in the substrate by  rhizoids  and an egg-shaped body, sometimes with b

You know the feeling that you may as well give in?   Well, I'm too sick and so last time I fell into a comfy spot, I decided to stay there awhile and not get up - one good thing you can do when you're ill........so I am off posting for a day or two yet! image courtesy of the 'net' Hope to see you soon hugs B

Hello.... i am miserably sick today - ice bags all over my head all last night, no bright lights - that kind of blah! So this morning I am cautiously moving about - tenderfootin' it - so I tried to sit in the craft studio for just long enough to create my latest! But hey, I picked some felt up in several colours recently, and for my first move I am sticking to something simple. So a scrunched up ribbon sounded good. I ran my felt through my cutter to make a 1/2 in ribbon, threaded my needle with green crochet thread and stiched a line straight down the middle of my felt strip. After knotting one end, I tried scrunching the felt strip by pulling on the loose end of the thread til I was satisfied with my result, then I knotted the final end of the thread. I clipped one end of the felt into a banner shape - and that was it! I stamped a piece of Whisper White with a repeating pattern of one flower from FIFTH AVE set, in either Taken with Teal or Brocade Blue.  I stamped an

Here are  THE LAST CHANCE LISTS CLICK ON A LINK BELOW -  LAST CHANCE STAMPS pdf LAST CHANCE - EVERYTHING ELSE pdf To VIEW the lists - when they open on your screen, you can adjust the size shown as a percentage along the top bar - it may say 54% or 147% - {honestly, what's wrong with 100% !} - so change the size to suit your vision using the Down Arrow beside the number shown. Or after you click on that Down Arrow -  at the very bottom of the , it should say 'Actual Size'  - click that and it will show up as 100% Whew - just had to get that out!  Don't ask me why!   We are given updates so I will be happy to answer anyone's question! 

JUNE CLASSES ARE HERE!    I want to give you the chance to do one of the fabulous bird house projects that have been a favourite amongst demos and stampers - and I am dying to do one too!! So here is a peek at some of the fantastic projects done  in the name of bird house cards and projects - but I will not reveal the final project - you'll just have to come and see! Enjoy - and sign up by contacting me for class - see the side bar for Class Dates and TImes. Cheers! Cheryl Parker Teresa Payne-Neal Tammy Shaia   

Good evening! Here is a simple card I've made for my Aunt Elsie today. I haven't mentioned her before but she is 96! And just now is having to go into a retirement home, she has gone this far all by herself with the help of her other neice who lives near her - but I am sooooo proud of her.  She's always been there for me since I was a wee grasshopper (I am from Saskatchewan, lol)....so I owe her a lot! She is also the last of 3 sisters and 1 brother, so I hope I can brighten her day a little with this: I actually made it while having coffee at Tim Horton's today - so I could purchase my coffee for their TH Camp Day.  Too bad the weather went sour afterwards - those camps are really nice ones, so I hope their campaign went well! But I simply made a couple of quick stamps with my stamp, and then placed a border stamp onto a scrap of paper which I cut out to make my 'window box' shape. The idea is to keep the colours straight and simple, and then add a

Hurray - I can announce the WINNER of MY BLOG CANDY !!!!  For leaving a comment on my blog, I will be sending my Blog Candy to... Diane (Dee Dee) Yeah!!!!! Thanks for participating Dee Dee  and if you can please get in touch with me by email  {see side bar} and THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME BY, COMMENTED AND JOINED MY BLOG FOLLOWERS!   mORe bLOg CaNDy in the year ahead!

Good Morning! I am back playing with Punch Flowers!  I was at a craft auction on Saturday - I had $113 dollars to bid with - which sounds like a lot until you discover the woman next to you has $800, lol, but it was "free money" I earned and so I wasn't spending real money and it was just for fun. But - I bid on some stuff and won a few nifty things, so I was a happy camper. I picked up this paper - and at first it was because I liked the kraft paper part - and the flowers were nice too. This is from ScenicRoute's Sonoma Collection - the Kraft Pink Garland however, for some reason, mine is the same design but with the Red Bouquet colours. Their collection is very nice. But like I said, I was mainly wanting this just for the 'kraft' section and planned to cut off the flower border. It wasn't until I got home and googled the paper that I saw women had done amazing things with this paper!  So I perked up! After musing for awhile, I knew I'd need so