Beverly's Stamping Beehive

While shopping on our annual Christmas Church Fair Day - our beloved tradition of visiting local church's holiday craft fairs to find great handmade gifts during November, we found this great DOG BISCUIT WREATH and fell in love with it! So we bought it for a neighbour's pooch Lucy, a friend to our beloved dog Maggie! It was wrapped wonderfully, but no tag.  So when I found Impression Obsessions Challenge Quick Holiday Gifts  I decided to add a tag to the wreath and enter the challenge as well.  [click on link to take you to Impression Obsessions blog] It took minutes to make a quick tag using the Large Snowflake Die and a simple scalloped circle and a wee bit of twine. I left the snowflake diecut mainly intact for a bold look. The small snowflake I did remove (from the center), I used on the back of the tag. Easy peasy :) I added tiny red gems to the interior of the snowflake as the wreath's wrapping has a pretty elaborate ribbon but I adjusted

Whew what a long title! Sometimes its hard to put an aptly named title together for a project or my talent at this is minimal, but what IS important is that we share right? Right! And today I'd like to share this idea for a card with you because I think its a terrifically fun design that you could use again and again and get a "wow" reaction every time! And believe it or not, it folds into a 5 x 7 in. envelope {hurray!}...which is good for postal rates :) INSTRUCTIONS I followed the following instructions for cutting and folding.... Create the card body : CUT         6 x 11- 3/4 in     cardstock {minimum 80lb cardstock to support weight} SCORE   3- 1/4 ; 5 ; 6- 3/4 ; and 8- 1/2 inch marks FOLD     valley; mountain; mountain; valley  respectively  [creates a central panel which sticks out] Decorate each of the two flanking back panels with co-ordinating patterened paper and the central panel. [ I used patterned paper cut to 1/8 in. less than

Boy, its nearly Oct 31rst and another Halloween is dead set to arrive! Where does the year go!! This year I suffered through some illness and so my Halloween is weak this year, but we did decorate the patio - I may be down at times, but I'm not out, lol!!! However, before Fall came along I had done an interesting project with COFFEE FILTERS.  And the results were SPECTACULAR -- I dyed plain ol' generic coffee filters and turned them into flowers and I swear to you that when they are adorning a wreath, or gathered into a 'floral' arrangement, they look so real! CLOSE-UP DYED COFFEE FILTER "FLOWERS" {note the dyed coffee filter "flower" beside the rust sunflower - pretty good, eh?} MORE PICTURES BELOW and SUPPLY LIST Click on pictures for enlarged view.  I am not showing the process of the flower creation - for that you can Google or Youtube " DIY Coffee Filter Flowers" and you will see plenty of tutorials on this subject

The following project was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's card Love Joy Peace . It's a window card and I haven't done one of these in ages!!!  So I promptly started rummaging through the house looking for clear acetate....and couldn't find any, awww.  But for one card I created a cellophane wrap "baggie" and for the other, I used a square cut from some clear packaging I had in the recycle bin. Voila! I decided to make a fall and a christmas card as experiments. Both cards have a white heavy cardstock bases ( folded 8 1/2 x 5 1/2) and a panel of decorative paper cut to 2 1/8 x 5 1/2 and attached to the left half of the card front. * To extend the paper around to the back of the card, cut it at 3 1/8 x 5 1/2.  [see end photo of Fall card].  This causes a straight division down the front and where I " centered " my dies to cut the window.  I decided to cut the windows after I attached the decorative panel to one half of the card front - thi

Hello Blogworld! I am back!  I intended to take a long break from crafting and blogging for several reasons: 1) to deal with important home projects and 2) to have a " creative break " which I hoped would restore life into my general view of things.  Nothing worse than growing stagnant right? But - my beautiful dog Pepper got seriously ill in spring and died before his 11th birthday which would of been in July.  We were grateful we had time to prepare and we did a little 'bucket list' and held his birthday early. However, it killed my enthusiasm for caring about my crafts - and - I wanted to come back to blog when I put a terrific tribute together about Pepper. That hasn't happened yet, probably because I just want more time. Boy, its hard to lose your beloved pets. To say I miss him - well, can't actually measure that. But in dealing with our loss, we were surprised to find that we couldn't stand the silence after about 1 month - even felt a lit

Happy Easter! No, I'm kidding !  I'm just a teeny-weeny behind with my blogging, but I DID want to share this recipe I discovered this Easter: Lemon Meringue Cupcakes , fab-u-loso! Yum yum yum that's all I have to say. Now that I know the little secret for the recipe, I am going to try it with other flavours. Here is how I created these little gems....{scroll to bottom for recipe}....prep your cupcake tins. First, zest some lemons. Make your batter using a light coloured cake mix {yellow,white, etc.} and ADD the secret ingredient: reduced-fat SOUR CREAM  ! Yep- you read right (grin).  Believe it or not this recipe has been revised to a lightened version with 139 calories and 4 g fat per cupcake, out of a batch of 24.  Uh-huh...you can feel a little less quilty, lol.   Add your zest to the batter...divide into cupcake liners - pretty close to the top. I wasn't too sure about how high to pile the batter and I was using my first "foil-lined" cu

A REASON TO CELEBRATE - MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY ! My leopard wishing my daughter would hurry up and wake up  so we can get on with celebrating her birthday! Here is my daughter's birthday card for her 26th year!  She is still an adorable, young, pretty and pleasant young lady!  I am SO VERY PROUD of - and she loves colour, bright colours in a bright world,  so I tried to give it to her with this card.  [plus a "few" - ahem - birthday gifts] FRONT - notice I forgot my 'h' in birthday?  I was so caught up trying to write  in a fun style that I misspelled the word, lol.  Supplies:  Heidi Swapp cardstock and circle punch, Sizzlits 'Cherish' alphabet dies,  markers, chalk, brad, and sewing machine. This is a pretty easy card to whip up - white base, cut out some colourful alphabets and randomly  punch a bunch of circles from pretty cardstock. Add a heart accent, brads, glitter...then use  your own han

Hello gals........raining today so perhaps its a perfect time to announce a spring class event! M O T H E R' S   D A Y  CARD CLASS Saturday  May 10th 10 AM RSVP:  bstampingbeehive@gmail.com $10 each  This is a one-hour class that is quick but sure to be your passport to a blissful moment when you present your b e a u t i f u l  hand-made card to Mom!!!  She'll LOVE IT - I promise! Beautiful pastels, great techniques and a signature style.....what more, yes? YES!   So come out, rain or shine and let's get started! Please - puh-leeze - pretty please reserve your spot so I can properly prep supplies - thanks!

Need some fun?   Sure you do! Well, I found a way to create some spark this morning by giving myself a challenge!  Just a private me-vs-me moment I guess, lol. Anyways, I imposed a challenge to create a card in 5 mins and using no scissors!   I whipped this together by folding and ripping my scraps, and I had a previously punched strip of pink cardstock {so maybe that's a wee cheat - I don't know???}....and before you know it, I was done! I liked it so much, tomorrow I'll probably think of a new way to challenge myself, give it a go yourself - sometimes we just need a bit of a push, right? Cheers! Stamp from Michaels Valentine Collection 2014

Here's a pretty project....I created this using a few different punches and one Spellbinder's border die.  The only hard part is choosing your papers....understandable if you have a billion (ahem) sheets of untouched designer series cardstock!  But I did it by narrowing down a few sheets that seemed to go together and I have a real fondness for kraft and pink combination, so maybe it wasn't that hard, lol. Multiple Borders created with punches, die. Handmade ribbon rosette.   Its pretty self-explanatory, and perhaps the only real note is that I created a ribbon rosette by threading a ' wave ' pattern onto a strip of ribbon and pulled the threads so it curled up on itself.  Attach the two ends and voila - you have a rosette!  I finally got to use a brad too that has been in my collection for- evah !!! I hated to finally delve into a red pleated ribbon roll .....maybe I should titled this post - " using up your supplies"!  handmade ribbon roset

Recall my recurring theme this year is to try NEW THINGS? I love-love-LOVE this style.. white-on-white 'embossing' with washy colourful accents "peeking out"!  It's soooo pretty!   I am pleased to say the projects were fun to make :)   A COLOURFUL WASH OF HEARTS.... First create a wash by dropping various ink refill colours next to one another onto a plate along with a small amount of water - *** avoid mixing the colours too much .  Have white cardstock waiting. Next using some very simple heart foam stamps, I dipped a stamp partially into one colour and then turned the stamp and dipped another part into a second colour, and so on.  Be careful! Dipping too much may make a muddy result. Stamp your design onto white cardstock, I stamped  an arc of hearts, masking some in the process.  The results were very rainbow-coloured indeed! ....EMBOSS OVER-TOP IN WHITE While pretty enough,  I moved onto the next stage....Clean your stamps, and re-stamp

Hi - Happy February!!! Yep, happy February - know why? Because its my birthday month (high-five), but mostly because once February is over then I know the warmer weather is-a-comin'!!!!  Super yay!!!  Honestly tho, if we survive Feb., then its clear sailing, right? OK - I decided to make a new style of cards....because I have a well-established "look" which I developed over time but now if I am to keep on bringing joy to this hobby, then I need to learn new things.  Keep it fresh!  While I have decided to embrace the new modern, I also want to try other styles such as a homespun and/or shabby look. While I am now in love with a few (new-to-me) designers and will draw inspiration from them, today I am talking about ALESA BAKER !  I found her stamps on Impression Obsessions website, and chose a few of her stamps to begin a new collection for Valentine projects. I bought some of her collection that were on sale - super bonus - and they will be a smart investment a

Hi folks, So I have survived our " ICE STORM " of 2013 where we lost power for days - and have moved on to cleaning out the craft room {as if that's possible !!}  But what else can one do when the temps are minus 30's? With that in mind, and peering at the ice and snow outside, I realized today's post may still appropriately be about snow themes, plus I forgot to include my other snowman card in my last post. The JUMBO SNOWMEN stamp set by Stampendous has a really darling set of snow people (?) who're hugging for all its worth, and what a nice card this could be for January! I certainly enjoyed colouring them, and I placed everything at different levels using reinforced paper supports I created by hand.  Creating them in varying heights or widths allows you plenty of choices to create some interesting 3D effects :) Give it a try - and happy hunting for discounted Christmas stamps [he he]....I know I am out there, cheers!