Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Wow I looooooooooove this stamp!  Its really pretty and its been my challenge this season because I am not used to colouring stamps this large!!!  Gasp - turns out all those Copic lessons are true, you DO need to know how to blend, lol. But I did pretty good because instead of trying to be what I am not {a copic/marker colourist extroidinare} - I did what I do-do best and that is just wing it!  Hee hee!  And I heard about 'frantage' so I now have another new interest - that is what is great this year, I actually have been learning or rather exploring new things - yeah for me! SO enough chat - here is the stamp above: AND here are my efforts - I really enjoyed being set loose with the embellishments! I painted this green one using watercolour pencils after I stamped and embossed the image with White Embossing Powder.  So it looks wildly bright - but I went with the whimsical nature of it all and I think its rather "artsy"!  ...

Good Morning Crafters! Another snow-less December day in our parts - which is good for me as I've been hanging the outdoor lights on our front entrance and today I need to put up a swag as well - lots of fun! Meanwhile I am keeping my thoughts to cards that need to be mailed away!  No sense making great hand-made cards trouble and then missing the important Due Dates - so sorry I am not posting as much because I am simply busy-busy! But this card is for a good guy!    'Andy'  kindly went through some trouble while I stayed at his home visiting his mom, and making him a card was fairly easy when you think of 'natural' materials {nice flecked & off-white cardstock for starters}...and I think its fair to say that wildlife is a popular choice!!! I love this deer - plus its one of my first sets of stamps, long ago from FLOURISHES  c 2007!  Goodness even the name of the set is FLOURISHED CHRISTMAS ,  and at the time, the scroll/flourished an...

CHRISTMAS  BOTTLE  TAGS TUTORIAL Here is one of the items which sold out fast at the craft fair I participated in Nov 10 [see earlier post]. I was told by my friend Maria, a fab crafter in her own right, t o do these but I didn't really think I needed to make that many - boy was I wrong! The nice thing is you can put th ese on WINE or WATER BOTTLES, and I think on any present which they could slip on to....maybe bubble bath bottle. right?  They are super easy to make - I used the following: Stampin' Up! Punches  2.5 inch Circle Punch 1. 3/4 inch Circle Punch Holiday Stocking Punch  Scallop Border Punch Corner Punch or Small Circle Punch Small Oval Punch {optional} Cardstock in minimum of 2 colours for tag Cardstock scraps for stockings   Glitter Cardstock for a ccents   {optional} To: and From: rubberstamps {optional} Instructions  [using cardstock of choice]  TOP OF TAG  1)...

SWEET!   SHORTBREAD BLISS CONTEST! Hi! Just wanted to share a contest from Gaylea and their partners in which YOU  could win a KitchenAid Grand Prize {beautiful range, fridge and dishwasher - sweet!} and many other opportunities to win one of their fab stand mixers!  I have one, but I am hoping for the Grand Prize because boy, could I use some new lovely appliances! Here is the link: SHORTBREAD BLISS CONTEST HURRY!  Contest Deadline: DEC 13th gOO d LucK !

  HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR!   HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR! Hey hey crafters! I am busy today making more projects for my part in the West Rouge Holiday Artisan Sale this coming Nov 10th.  i am really looking forward to setting up my table, bringing my lovely daughter....wish I could bring Pepper {my adorable pooch}....maybe I can sneak him in - in a large Christmas Stocking, hmmmm..... I love christmas fairs - they are so homey and it feels great to be doing a shared event with others from your community as well as visitors from elsewhere!   If you're looking for hand-made gifts and stocking stuffers....and holiday cards, tags....come on down SATURDAY Nov 10th!     Location = 270 Rouge Hills Drive in the West Rouge Community Centre. Scarborough  {east end before Pickering} Directions :  drive to Port Union Road and enter through Lawrence Ave East or Island Road which both lead to Rouge Hills Drive.  The West Rouge Co...

Hi Crafters! Here I am getting a start on Christmas projects!  One of my chosen themes to run with this year is the snowflake as I love them!  Pure and white, they add a touch of the true holiday spirit in my opinion. I am positively dripping in them around our home - crystal snowflakes are on the swags, on the tree, even my jewellery!  So I started by buying Martha Stewarts Punch All Over The Page " Scallop Snowflake " and here is two of my projects using it!  Its my first 'all over the page' [is there a shorter name for this? lol!] ...and once you get the hang of it, it can go pretty fast.  But I won't even say what happened to me the first time using it - but it cracked everyone up who saw it!!! My first card is also using some of my other more recent buys - YNS's  Tall Globe Stamp & Die Set and Ellie Loves to Skate Stamp .  On top is a border die from designer Donna Salazar for Spellbinders. It is called Creative ...

Hi everyone! I am still enjoying a laid-back crafting season while focusing on my home. We moved into a new place and started re-decorating in a new style - well, blending old elements with new elements is more like it, and editing out more possessions. Terribly hard at this stage because everything still holds possibilities doesn't it - to an ol' recycler like myself!  Saturday is the rummage sale where we donated a massive amount of our belongings in July and I have been making a new pile to give them tomorrow. So tonight is all about digging through things and being tough [meanwhile I found the most amazing ceramic lamps discarded....I am going to do something awesome with them I know it!]...but we'll see how well I've done in awhile, only time will tell! Since Christmas is on my mind.....[I know Halloween hasn't happened, but you know we really start planning with Christmas, really we do!...:)] So to the point of this post!  I am spiraling around on the ...