Beverly's Stamping Beehive

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...

As we close the doors on our church next Sunday, many of us will bid each other a sentimental good-bye. Farewell cards for several key figures in our church were needed, and I opted to help with the one for our minister, Rev. Ellen Redcliffe.    From experience, I reckoned that the card should have multiple pages to accommodate the many signatures of the congregation, and this one has: a front, a sentiment page, a photo page and then 6 pages for signatures - hope that does it!   Here then are several photos of many but not all the features of this card {tempted to call it a booklet!}  All in all, there is 20 man-hours into this project - a good portion of that is making decisions!  Hope you can tell that I put my heart into this one - enjoy!  

Another fun challenge over at Your Next Stamp's Blog ....and I made a very simple card for my entry!  More simple than my normal choice but I have tons going on right now, so this was a quickie for me! But I just received two teeny-weeny stamps from YNS last week....and I am anticipating getting a jar die  soon and thought these little Fiona stamps would look adorable stamped 'inside' the jars - so I am using one of them for today's card. The challenge asks for a colour trio of lime green, pink and teal.   My card is just a simple one that I cut in a different way other than normal and added a pink pocket containing a blank tag which could be used for a gift tag or a bookmark perhaps. My embellishments are a mix of ribbons....and that's it! My pictures are a little darker than in real life as I took them tonight - sometimes I wish I was  a much better photographer, sigh!   The little gal is MINI DAY DREAM FHIONA Thanks for stopping b...

Hey !  Hello......... Its been awhile since I have wandered away from my usual Stampin' Up! projects....chalk it up to time I guess! But I did dig around my 'other' favourite stamp sets to dream up this BIRTHDAY CARD for a relative who loves cats! Isn't it a real cutie-pie image of the cat and her pal just  ridiculously spoiling themselves!  I think so :) Now.... if you want to make a fun birthday card, then think of making a simple folding card - but then colour choices and embellishments will help to define your card and then the 'whole' card really delivers! Its like knowing that a group of " simple " parts - add up to one " perfect " card which will charm your recipient! The front image is stamped on a separate cardstock panel which is attached to extend beyond the first fold.  Unfolded....the fun continues!   So that is how I approached this card.....basic cardstock folded simply, added some pretty background paper,  a ...

Hello stamping friends! Here I am with a special friend who I've helped by gift wrapping his Mother's Day gift, and now he has  a one-of-a-kind present for sure! This is exactly the reason I feel we stampers do this hobby/small business for - to provide happiness!  For sure! winning smile! Details Step 1 - Hand-made 3D Flowers I have used the Big Shot and our Island Floral Bigz Die to die-cut 9 flower shapes, the 5-petal version. Then during a coffee session, I manipulated and glued into them into three 3-D flowers. What a fun way to spend some down-time! I will link a tutorial for making the flowers shortly. Step 2 - Create Floral Gift Topper Then I added another Sizzix Bigz Die for the  Vine and Leaves which were cut from our pretty PEAR PIZZAZ Cardstock - one of our IN COLORS for this year!  I added dimension to them by sponging some Old Olive   Ink.   Attach flowers to vine, embellish with gems and bits of easter floss and tulle. B...

If you have a friend who is also crafty - wouldn't it be nice to make a little something for her - or him? To prepare for my upcoming OPEN HOUSE, I turned and  took my cue from our latest STAMPIN' UP! IDEA BOOK and CATALOGUE - and transferred one of the catty's idea into a project perfect "for a friend". So, I can't reveal the whole thing right now - hopefully you will drop by and see for yourself.  But I will show it here after my OPEN HOUSE is finished by AUG 4th  - so here's a peek! I apologize for my laziness with the next pic - its a bit out of focus, but I have a dog needs his walk! LOL! If only I had a photo fairy around here! But you can see the word is 'FRIEND' The main colour on this project is one of our newest: CHERRY COBBLER! It's delish!  Bye for now and have a pleasant weekend.

Having a fantastic afternoon - listening to music and making ribbon and flowers come together! Needed a 'special' birthday card....   HAPPY BIRTHDAY M A R G A R E T ! And so I wanted to make one flower/ribbon combo, but I really got into it - must of been the music, and so I made more......I can always do more to these cards, but we're just focusing on the flowers, right? HOW TO MAKE A PRETTY FLOWER  with RIBBON ACCENT YOU WILL NEED :  fabric flower + ribbon + needle/thread + pattern cardstock + (1 " Circle Punch, optional) + adhesive {strong} {CLICK on pictures for a closer view!}  TO START:   cut some lengthes of ribbon .    Next take your  fabric flower , and .... 'Fold' both the ribbon and the flower - stitch the ribbon folds onto the front of the flower, spanning them out - as many as you like. I am using 3 ribbon pieces. *TIP - you can always trim ribbon to create a 'new' ribbon - I trimmed my ribbon off of the wider...

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! Th...

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...