Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Happy Holidays !!!   How are you doing in your holiday count-down?  Good I hope :) My style of creating cards evolves over a period of weeks as I prioritize according to: distance to mail and who'll we will be seeing first; along with how labour-intensive the cards are. Meanwhile there are the local community good-will cards - these are simple designs so I can crank them out as I move along and give them out leisurely.    Each year I lovingly lay out my crafting space...new supplies all lay waiting to make my annual DIY holiday cards - something I like to do first thing in the morning with my first coffee - before the dog wakes up, lol.  Generally I plot out a plan for designs beginning early - think August! And it never goes to plan. This time, while digging around in my supply closet I discovered a box of left-over bits from years ago , and I thought " Holy Hannah! I've GOT to use these supplies up! "   So today's topic is ' Using Yo...

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...

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 :) ...

It was a real pleasure to welcome some lovely ladies from Glen Ayre Church to one of my classes!  I'd like to give a special and warm welcome to Elinore, Ruth, Louella and Carol!  Here they are minus Ruth who had left when I realized I needed pictures! Update:  pictures no longer available, sorry.  Our theme was holiday card projects with a Christian emphasis; and to achieve this, for our first card  I made a greeting framed by the shape of an ornament  using the program,Paint. This greeting exclaimed "Jesus, the true gift of Christmas".   For this project, we used a diorama card in Real Red cardstock. We also used a striped ribbon also in Real Red and White which framed the card nicely.  I love diorama cards because they really look impressive! Our second card project featured a gate-fold style card held with a belly band.  I printed a poem created by M S Lowndes - which you can download for free at her website with her permi...

Hello! I an happy to announce that I will be able to hold another class this Nov 21rst - in preparation for the Holidays!    I am moving well ahead on my craft fair schedule, so hurray for me, I can do one more class! NOV 21rst Christian Christmas Cards This class will feature religious cards - the greeting will be religious in nature. The design of the cards will be pretty and we will do several cards plus a mystery project!!!!  I love to throw in a mystery project! So come and join us -  Experienced or Beginners!      Cost =$ 20.00    Nov 21  1:00 - 1:30 Start time. Please Contact Me to Reserve your spot - so I can have materials cut. Thank You. * Receive $5 discount for bringing a friend plus your new friend also receives $5 discount, as well as Seniors and Students. God Bless, Beverly Also - don't forget I have my last class of the season - CHOCOLATE AND CARDS, DEC 5TH 1:00

yummm....let's enjoy our time this season!  Finish the day with handstamped cards while having a delish time with some chocolate treats provided by moi! This is my LAST CLASS before the Holidays - so be sure to sign up! Class Fee includes all supplies: $25    Dec 5, Sunday   Time: 2:00 pm.  (time to get here after church!) * read the side bar to learn how to earn a free class, or discount.

Hello Everyone -  it's here - that time of the year again - CHRISTMAS CARD CLASSES!!! Are YOU SHORT ON TIME? Would YOU LIKE TO SAVE MONEY? Would you like to give beautiful cards to friends and family that look great, but ARE EASY TO MAKE?  Then STAMP-A-STACK CHRISTMAS CARD CLASSES are your answer! Come and experience hassle-free card-making - easy to follow instructions, fast cards plus featuring fun techniques!  In no time you will have completed 10 cards while having a great time!  Sign up early! 2 CLASSES! 2 CONVENIENT TIMES *Afternoon or Evening Contact me a to sign up! SIGN UP FOR CLASS DETAILS:   2 HOLIDAY CARD  "STAMP-A-STACK CLASSES LOCATION:  1680 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough, ON  Party Room Main Floor.   CLASS 1 =DATE:  Nov 10 and TIME: 5:30 PM   CLASS 2 = DATE:  Nov 14 TIME:    1:00 PM                          ...

Hello fellow crafters......hope everyone is crafting on something this week! Here is my furball as he was last week-end on our Easter Spring class - I'm sure he has no ideas in his lil' head as to what we were up to, lol!  Probably just hoping we'd have treats! We DID have treats - and I owe a "Thank You!" to my daughter for taking time to decorate my mini-cupcakes so nicely - see aren't they cute?  She likes the decorating aspect - not so much the baking, ha ha...well, we all have our specialties, don't we!  Here are some of the results of the SUNDAY CLASS! Pretty nice! Everyone did such nice work!  In total, each member did 2 sets of a card & matching pillow favour box as I describe in my CLASS DETAILS in an earlier blog (dates are shown to the right side)...and one set is completely different in 'feeling' - and EVERYONE'S LOOKED FABULOUS!  BIG WELCOME to new crafters KIM and JULIA! I will add more details to my LINK to my d...