Beverly's Stamping Beehive

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 si...

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...

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.