Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Here's some tags I made using the MY FRIEND stamp set.  The floral stems and the hello greeting are lovely, don't you think? I misted the tags and decided to treat some white fabric flowers with the same dye - and I then rolled the flowers up tightly and there they are!   It's fun to mist and dye things - lots of fun! I made the mist by adding a half-half solution of pharmaceutical alcohol and water to a mini-mister, then adding drops of ink refill [here in a deep pomengranate-red].  It does stink at first due to the alcohol, but that evaporates anyways {it does keep the solution fresh in the bottle though} and everything is fine when the object dries.  If you do it on paper - mist lightly at first - if you come up too close and mist, you may also get 'droplets' - which can be useful for a different 'look'!   Also spray on a very covered surface - I save and use ol' wrapping tissue which I spread out on the floor. Even that can be interesting if you ...

A little idea and a need came together with fun results lately.... Musing about my loads of scraps - again - I came up with the thought that I could kill two birds with one stone so to speak! Since I have been wanting to express my gratitude to those who I see on a regular basis - and whose jobs do  not allow them to receive tips, I thought " Great!  I can make a group of Thank You Notes - AND - in a nice, summer-y fashion! " So hoping to brighten up someone's day, I made little notecard after notecard - and it went amazingly fast! How so you ask? Well...because if you, rather playfully - without pre-conceived notions - slap together your scraps onto notes of all sizes and shapes - in other words, just wing it!  You will have notecard after notecard in no time! Stick to scraps which reflect the season too, and its just a fun exercise!  I spent two mins. tops on each one and then a bit putting on some bling. Here is a sample of the notecards I made ...

It's time for a card for my dear   Aunt Elsie !  At her lovely age of 97, I want to send as many cards as I should. I turned again to using my  Stampin' Up! Designer Series Papers  - they are always reliable for making your handmade projects look as nice as can be!  You receive 12 papers - 2 of each of the 6 double-side designs!  They really go a long way if you are using the papers for different sized projects, or whether you are strictly using them for scrapbooking - just as they are! Here I am using one of the pretty floral patterns in  BEYOND THE GARDEN DSP  - with the delicious colours of Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango and one of my favs, Pacific Point - I always lean towards those ocean blues!  You can find the papers on page 23 of our  SUMMER MINI CATALOGUE  effective until Aug 31rst! OK!  I wanted to allow the Designer Paper's patterns to do most of the design - and focus on ACCENTS! I ha...

Note - this is not to my regular readers, but today, my tote bag was stolen from my wheelchair at the mall. WHO DOES THAT! IF YOU ARE READING MY BLOG - I WOULD ASK YOU TO DROP OFF MY TOTE BAG TO THE SECURITY OFFICE - say whatever you like, but I could use my only copy of my working catalogue back. I can not even begin to understand why on earth you feel the need to take from a wheelchair - you would think that the person in the wheelchair - obviously - is at a disadvantage.   But you did.  So DO THE RIGHT THING and RETURN IT.  My small change - keep it, makes you feel better. Honestly - if you need stuff so bad that you need to steal - try just asking for help!  We'd be just as likely to give you help than for you to have to steal. Later.