Beverly's Stamping Beehive

I am blogging today about storage because "obsessed me" finds the need to constantly organize.  A bit of irony is that I never feel I am 'quite there'!  But every once in awhile I do find some clever manner to organize a particular thing and it makes me so darn happy! Now, who hasn't - within half a year of crafting - discover they need to think better about storage, hmmm?  Show your hands 'cuz I know that no matter how clever we start out, something accumulates past its boundaries that you had planned for it!!!  It spills out and leaves you with that nagging feeling until you start to look about for a new plan - you're not to be outwitted by it! Now boot past that point, ... a few years down the crafty road to craft heaven - you've got a whole system up! Good for you! You may have even beaten this...you may have a 'modular' system that you can add to for the rest of your life....or at least until the stores stop carrying it, which has just

Hello to my local customers and interested crafters, Due to a fire which recently happened to our building, the facilities I use to conduct my classes are unavailable to me for now.   Which means I must halt classes which I normally hold here. I may offer a class in the future at a different location if this recovery period is extended. Check here for my updates. This DOES NOT affect your holding a HOSTESS WORKSHOP.  Please email me if you are interested in hosting your own fun party! Thanks for understanding, Beverly

No, they don't! It's all about your own style - and here is one I made while experimenting with a technique. I wanted to a) emboss and b) colour with embossed surfaces. Here's what I did: 1) inked my  4  1/4  x 5 in Very Vanilla cardstock with all sorts of ink colours using sponges,   [you can ink a larger surface area and cut it after colouring] 2) next using a damask-style embossing folder I sandwiched the inked cardstock and pressed it       through my BIG SHOT, 3) using a separate sponge to swipe black ink over the entire piece softly thus affecting only the raised surface created by the embossing folder,  4) decorated the front with a black  heart using my Heart Punch, and a blue circle with my 1 inch Circle Punch and attached them with a black flower brad. Sorry lighting doesn't show how beautiful the colours are in contrast with the black!  Try a more dramatic valentine's card this year!  Cheers :)

However amazing on her part....its not for me!  I'd like to see the results of a poll of crafters who have kin living with them, children no less...who will not craft much!  Honestly, she will on occasion - but ironically, I can not expect a card - she tells me she does 3 per year, that's her limit! LOL! But - if not for Mom, then she doesn't mind to hit my craft studio and go crazy. And when she does, I love her style! Here is my chipboard accen t (please see Feb 3rd post).....on a card she made for a friend! My daughter's card she made as a Valentine for a friend.  Told ya she was talented, oxox!  Supplies: Stampin' Up! Basic Grey Pattern Paper(striped, dots), Rose Red and Pretty in Pink (2nd layer and inside) cardstock, Vellum specialty paper,  Love You Much stamp (heart), Heart Punch, XL Flower Punch (inside grey flower).   Misc :  Heart Border Punch (Fiskars), pale pink ribbon. 

Here is the reveal of my Sneek Peek! I have to say the pictures do not really give the true colours very well, my camera "reads" the green background too much and so I did my best - just bear in mind, it looks prettier in person! But here it is....my labour of LOVE literally this past few weeks!  I did it in bits and bobs because it was just one of those projects that require your thinking beyond the norm, I usually do cards, LO's - but this was more of a collaborative - evolving - process.  I may have over-embellished, but that tends to be my style - you could do this much more simplier! Used the TOP NOTE DIE by Sizzix and sold by STAMPIN' UP! - as I am sure many of you recoginze.  The only other thing I can say perhaps, is that the middle piece (which serves to separate the two words, Love, You) has a heart shaped frame that is made of 2 SCALLOP FRAME die pieces - also SU! dies. Here it is in full length on my living room wall - sorry, this is a dreadful

Hmmmm......working on a little something to decorate the house for Valentine's Day.   It's always a little nice to have something pretty to chirp up these blah winter days.  So here is a little peek at my project.....do you think you can quess what it is? See you later! oxox Beverly

Hey everyone! I am deep into my crafting this morning as I had a swap project to finish, and once I was done that, I was still feelin' crafty.  I took a look at some challenges posted 'round the net and found Tuesday Trigger.  The challenge "Sweets for the Sweet" suits me!  It's soft colours of Pink are some of my favs. So using the same stamp I merely switched to a different project and ended up with my own CHIPBOARD HEART!   I really like it! This is the front, see - its the same pretty heart from the Stampin' Up! "Love You Much" stamp set.  It has been created in several stages using the stamp, chalks, vellum, cardstock, white embossing powder and chipboard of course!  It may be hard to tell from this angle, but it is fairly thick chipboard and  I still need to decide what I plan to use it for.......I guess that will be another post for another day! Today, I will show you how I made it!!  This way, you can always create your own custom c