Beverly's Stamping Beehive

H A P P Y B IR T H D A Y S O F I A  ! I made this " One 12x12 Page Binding Mini-Album " for my online friend, Sofia and I had no idea till after I sent it - that it is her birthday today!  Whooo-hooo!  Hope you had a great day girl! [Sofia does crafts and gives lots 'n' lots of people a lot of nice gestures & gifts - she's a very generous soul! Glad we are pals, Sofia!] Its a pretty cool project and like the title, you use a complete page of 12 x 12 cardstock, which when folded creates a 'fat' mini-album which counts as a 'page' because you can bind several together with the clever end section! You can find the instructions FREE as I did, on YouTube from the fabulous Elsa   ( Hi Elsa! ) on her tubes, under JustafewDesgins  - scroll down to bottom of this post for the link to her tutorial for this project! Not only is this an cool project, there is a ton of ways to decorate it and incorporate tags, photo's, etc.  And all from the ...

Helllooooo! Here's another SNEEK PEEK to a project that will be on display at my   OPEN HOUSE   - COMING UP THIS SUNDAY - AUG 1   First - want to know the secret for ador-able cards or projects like this?  Add treats! It's seriously easy by using Stampin' Up!s Sweet Treat Cups!   You fill the Sweet treat Cup with some goodies and adhere it to your project.   There are several clever Stamp Sets that are designed to use the Cups as part of the image - first stamp and then punch out a hole using a circle or heart shape punch, and insert the treat cup like I have done here.  I decided to make up my own design although I do have a co-ordinating stamp set, but I chose to punch out a circle and transform the treat cup into a flower!  And our beautiful coloured BRIGHTS BUTTONS really jazz it up! Rather than make a card, I made a ' topper ' for a gift bag - one of those non-descript bags you can buy in the 'Party Supplies' section - an...