Beverly's Stamping Beehive

  Remember Me Thursday shines a light on those precious, precious shelter animals plight of passing on before receiving their forever homes - and allows you a means to remember your own darling pets!   Visit the organization CLICK HERE Quote- Be a Part of the Remember Me Thursday ® Awareness Movement Unite with pet-lovers and animal welfare organizations around the globe on Thursday, September 24, 2015 (the fourth Thursday of September, annually) , with a worldwide pet candle-lighting ceremony.   The candles, lit on the exact same day across the world, honor the millions of pets who lose their lives without the benefit of a loving home and shine a light on the millions of healthy pets who are still awaiting adoption. The Remember Me Thursday® global awareness campaign encourages individuals to light a candle this day (literally or virtually) and to opt to adopt , reducing the millions of orphan pets euthanized each year. - end quote. I took a few minutes and did a smal

Well hello again! Today I am sharing a card which has me wondering what labels to apply to it....because it evolved from rather 'nothing' to 'something'!  It was in my stash of cards from years ago darlings - like 2008?  And it was one I initially made at one of our old Canadian Inks get-togethers [ a group of SU Demonstrators under Caroline Lebel ] .....and there it sat. And sat. It was a rather bare-minimum card IMO, nothing too fancy. So I think you can guess where this is going, right? Now, I organize my cards according to their a) purpose or b) season.  This has been in my 'Fall' seasonal cards and recently I placed a few of them in a basket on my bookshelf.  And one morning I wanted to pass along a ' note of appreciation ' to a very nice lady and I looked this card over. It had a simple design: a container of sorts holding grass and a few flowers, sitting on a strip of torn cardstock and only adorned with a ribbon. Well, that wouldn't do

Hello to everyone! Back to blogging today, yay! Its beautiful "summer-to-fall" days here in Canada and really trying to take advantage of every lovely day. But today I am sharing a birthday card made for someone's special Mom...and while I do not know the mom in question, I figured that a nice white card featuring a peacock with its beautiful shades of greens,blues and purples would appeal to most women. So I am glad to have in my collection, INKADINKACLING's rubber stamp: Papercut Peacock . Its a nice size stamp and works great with markers meant for stamping. Using markers allows for precise colouring especially for accenting the feathers. And it's very inexpensive!!  My link takes you to 123stitch.com which I have found to be very reliable source for stamps and other crafts with good shipping, even to Canada. Here is the card and a tag to go along with her birthday present: I embossed the background card base with a scroll-style embossing folder w

Hey just a reminder folks, if you  see a pet at risk from car heat, please ACT to save that poor animal! It happens that a new pet owner, or even an irresponsible pet owner leave their pets in their cars while they go shopping, eating, or other activities and their pet suffers from over-heating which can be DEADLY. Here is what is being shared by CK Animal Rescue Thanks for caring.   To every animal rescued, it means the world to them.

  I'm sharing my favourite dessert - Ricotta Strawberry Bowl - its a little heaven in a bowl! My daughter showed it to me as she follows Fit Girl Guide and once I tried this, I was hooked!!! It's just the type of dessert that is filling and sweet, and yet not fattening - holy cow :) It's perfect for a Canada Day celebration isn't it? Here's what you do to make it, one delish bowl. Strawberries: sliced, {fresh is best, but frozen works} 1/2 cup of Ricotta, light a few pecans a drizzle of honey If you want a fancier version, check out Woman and Home's Strawberry and Ricotta Trifle Well, this does it for my participating in Paper Garden's Canada Day Card Challenge HAPPY CANADA DAY 

Welcome to Part B of my Paper Garden's Canada Day Card Challenge!  Yay! Please if you like this project, read and follow the links I posted at the end. CANADA DAY BANNER If you read my earlier post, then you will know I created a Canada Day BANNER to go along with my decor and then to take along on my picnic to dress up the picnic table....its a little thing, but a big thing too :) First, my creative process went a little like this:..."hmmm, what else can I do with my maple leaf die that would show off its simple form? "  Ponder, ponder.....pondering, then bingo!   When in doubt, I love to turn to banners!  There is sooooo much you can do with a banner - decorate it willy, nilly,  go quick and simple, elegant, cute....what-ever you like! So I made 3 sections rather quickly by using my Spellbinder's maple leaf die.  I used Paper Garden's Basic Red and Aura Solar White cardstock.  I cut the shapes from the white paper and layered them over red secti

Hello Everyone!!  Canada is turning a glorious 148  years old - still a baby!!! And our flag as it looks now, is 50! I hope you have decided to celebrate in your own way on July 1rst ....I'm hearing plans kicking around to do BBQ's, fireworks, getting away...to just kicking back a bit.  If my day goes as planned, we'll picnic. And give anyone who will be working on Canada Day a nod, they deserve it!  My dog won't know anything is different other than she has some tasty treats coming her way :) Other ways to celebrate include:   Paper Garden's Canada Day Card Challenge I have taken up the challenge and decided to make 2 styles of card...one a little fancy and one more simple! And here they are....ta da! #1 Fancy Canada Day Card It's made using a variety of Paper Garden's cardstock :  Aura Solar White , cover weight =  card base, white Nesting Dies *   Poptone Wil

My Valentine Card using embossing and a glittery heart made using masking tape. Please scroll to post's end to view Challenges for Valentine's if you're interested.   Hello, hope you are visiting my blog from some sunny part of the world because it is cold beyond belief here - brrrrr!   However, I "warmed" up my spirit playing around with lots and lots of techniques and fun ideas to celebrate Valentine's Day this year!   One technique I have never tried till now was to make a take a small strip of clear packing tape and douse it with glitter - it looked so fun to do - and it was!  Give it a try.   Create an opening cut out of  piece of cardstock using your preferred method [punch, die-cut, scissors] and back it with a strip of clear packing tape and then sprinkle dry glitter over the exposed sticky tape and in seconds you have a cool glittery accent :) CARD HOW-TO I first played around with embossing folders and inks. I simply swi

Hey crafters! Winter is certainly upon us here in Canada now after having a non-white Christmas season! Today being a pretty cold, cold day and yet - its a bit better than Weds was - lordy that was cold!!! For all you out there - please help our urban wildlife, toss them some food if you can!  And provide helpful guidance to any ill-informed or naive pet owner to not leave their pets outside - if its too cold for  us, its too cold for them! OK - a change in colour is one of my priorities in January - BAM -  right away I put away all the past Holiday decorations and start bringing out whites plus some cheery colour!  Its sort of a minor catharsis I think, to purge out the emotional remnants of participating through Thanksgiving to New Year's celebrations. I know women play out the bulk of the preparations for this often leading to a huge release when its all over. Clear the decks! So right away this year, we had a birthday to consider and blue and orange seemed a perfect col

Heh ho, Happy New Year! I have a one more holiday card project I didn't post earlier and would like to before I forget :) This card was made for a young Rescue Dog Foster Parent who selflessly works to provide loving care to dogs waiting to be adopted.  Her name is Phillipa - hi Phillipa if you're reading this - and early in 2014 she was the Foster Parent to our little Maggie and has and is helping other dogs. Phillipa also has a career, and so you can imagine what a blessing it is that people like Phillipa are willing to help when we desperately need help for rescued animals - kudos to her !!! So I thought this was a cute card to make her this holiday, because Phillipa is also in to providing home-cooked meals for the dogs and I could just imagine her baking them dog treats! The stamp sets are:  Ellie Loves to Bake  by Y our N ext S tamp and A Cute Christmas by Stampin' Up!(discontinued).  Coloured with Copic markers and a Prism pencil (turquoise) on 100 lb white