Merry Christmas wishes. Do you like the wreath on my door? LOL! I hope you are wrapping up all your preparations for your Christmas celebrations. I think I will go shopping for a few more gifts this afternoon. We are supposed to get a big snow storm here but it may miss us I hope.
I made this card at my stamp-a-stack as my extra card so they could only make one. It uses a lot of pearls and I didn't want to run out. I used the Daydream Medallion and stamped it on Gumball Green CS in Garden Green ink and die cut them with the Floral Frames Framelits. I used the 1-3/8" punch to punch out the center. I colored the pearls with a red sharpie and and then tied a bow with the Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon. I used the Woodgrain EF on the background to mimic my door.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Daydream Medallions, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Gumball Green
Inks: Garden Green, Riding Hood Red, Sharpie Pen
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Floral Frames Framelits, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Modern Label Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Pearls, Dimensionals, Sponge.
That's it for me today and I pray that you and yours have a blessed day. Thanks for stopping by and remember to join my team of Bev's Busy Bees or shop 24/7 here:www.funtostamp.stampinup.net
Live Love Laugh Stamp! Hugs, Bev
Hi Stamping friends, oh wow I am sooo tired. I worked my butt of today working the late shift and then came home and skyped my sister and baked a pan of M&M bars for our church Hunter's Supper on Saturday and then made a Spicy Chicken Dip to take to my stamping party on Saturday that happens every year with some of my customers and recruits. Busy busy so I am going to make this quick and get to bed. I sure am praying for all of my friends out East and that they are okay.
This is a card I stamped before I went home for my nephew's wedding and never posted it. I saw it online and for the life of me I can't remember where but if is you let me know and I will link it back to you. I made my card different however. I can remember that much. I love the Crumb Cake and Rich Razzleberry together. So pretty I think, don't you? I used the Daydream Medallions and Beautiful Birthday Stamp Sets. The card stock is the same as the ink colors except for the Natural Ivory. I used the Crumb Cake Seam Binding to make my Shabby Bow. The button is from the Brights Designer Buttons and I added the Linen Thread to thread the button and added a Pearl in the middle of the medallion. I just love this card and can't wait to give it to someone special.
I hope you have a terrific weekend and it is the beginning of deer hunting so everyone be safe out there.
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Hugs, Bev
Hi stamping buddies, I hope all is great with all of you. I have been busy today with Zumba. shopping, and then going out to eat tonight with my Mom and sister Jan that lives here in Davenport. I have one more Zumba day tomorrow and then out to lunch again tomorrow. Good thing I am Zumba'ing huh? Geesh! Actually this will only be the 4th time out to eat as Mom and I have been eating at home. I have been making soups like crazy that Mom can freeze and eat this winter.
Isn't this card cute? You know events from Stampin' UP! are one of the best things. You can meet lifelong friends like Julia Sager that I have met. Thanks to convention a couple of years ago we met through someone I met in the hall and invited into our room and she and Julia have become such good friends. I feel so blessed to have this job. This is the last of the swap cards I got from Julia Sager and it uses the Floral Frames Framelits and the Daydream Medallions and Petite Pairs stamp sets. I think the bottom layer is the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Paper and isn't that amazing how it matches the Daydream Medallions? I never noticed that before. Anyway, the card was so pretty I think and I brought it along and have to use it. YAY!
Wow, do you like sales? Well there are some incredible specials coming out so make sure you check out my Facebook page Bev's Stamping Spot on Monday the 29th to check out the one day sale. Pretty amazing stuff happening so it is a terrific time to join my Bev's Busy Bees team and shop from home at www.funtostamp.stampinup.net
Have a terrific night. Hugs, Bev
Wow, isn't life grand! I had a great day hanging out with my sister yesterday and just doing nothing but grocery shopping and taking stuff to Goodwill. LOL! It was misting miserably all day but we were giggly anyway. I came home and started watching Zumba videos and doing the steps. I got a workout all day. Yes, my knee is killing me too but I put some pain gel on it and it feels better. I was just thinking about how blessed I am by having a loving family and some treasured friends and this card I am going to show you is from my forever friend Julia Sager for our Daydream Medallion card swap. She is so sweet and such a talented stamper.
Isn't this so cute? I love it. The stamp sets are Daydream Medallions and Wacky Wishes. I think it is using Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Basic Gray and Whisper White Card Stock and Ink. I love gate folds card but don't make them very often.
Make sure you check out Julia's blog and thanks for stopping by by today. Remember you can always shop
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Have a wonderful Tuesday. Live Laugh, Love, Stamp!
Hugs, Bev
Hi stamping friends, I will post quick as there is another playoff game tonight that I want to watch. Had a relaxing day today here at Mom's. Went to the grocery store to get veggies and fruit to make a nice salad. It tasted so great. Real nice veggies unlike at home. Anyway, here I had stamped this card for a card challenge
for Colourq but never posted it. I knew this was one of using this as one of my swap cards for Julia that I swap with monthly. We are taking a couple of months off due to the holidays and I will show your her darling cards sometime soon.
This card I made as an easel card which I don't make nearly enough. I used the Daydream Medallions and Perfectly Penned stamp set. I just stamped and embossed the images with Clear Embossing Powder and then used the Floral Frames Framelits. I used the Little Labels Punch Pack for the top layer and then added some Rhinestones.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Daydream Medallions, Perfectly Penned
Card Stock: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Floral Frames Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Little Labels Punch Pack, 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestones, Dimensionals.
Just want to thank you for stopping by and sorry I haven't been posting much but enjoying my time with family but miss my stamping too. I tried to blog hop but got too frustrated from rubber and ink withdrawal.
Oh well, I will be back in that little farm town only too soon. First we have a wedding to celebrate. Yippee!
Hugs, Bev
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Hello and greetings from Iowa. Yep, I made it to Mom's in Iowa today. Yippee! I got to my sister Kathy's house yesterday in Coralville, IA to celebrate my sister Karen's birthday. But first we had to get ready for Kathy's open house. It was raining cats and dogs on my way there and all day Saturday really and the Iowa College Football game was on TV also so needless to say, bad situation for an open house and it showed. Nobody came through. So discouraging for Kathy but we had a good birthday party for Karen after that was over. My oldest sister Jan was there also. We were so giggly. Well, today Kath made us breakfast and then we headed to church. Back to Kath's to scan the paper for ads for ribbons and materials to decorate the pews at church to decorate for the family seats. We got materials to take care of that and got most of it done until we ran out of ribbon. Kathy was going to go back to the store and we needed to get going. We all disbanded at that point. Karen took off for southern Iowa and Jan and I took off for Davenport in our separate cars. It was so nice to see Mom when I got here and she loved the card I made her. You know the pink one I showed you last week. Now I am watching the MLB baseball playoffs. GO CARDINALS!
On my card I used the Patio Party DSP and the Daydream Medallions and One In A Million Stamp Set I stamped the Medallions in the matching colors of ink which was Summer Starfruit and Primrose Petals. I colored the Pearl with a Sharpie Pen. Then I took my Midnight Muse marker and marked stitching lines around the DSP. I die cut the flowers with the Floral Frames Framelits. I stamped the Thank You on Whisper White CS and punched it out with the Modern Label Punch. The card stock is Crumb Cake, Whisper White.
Here is a pic of my sister Karen with her birthday crown on. And my sister Jan in the background laughing at her.
Here is a pic of my sister Kathy. It is her house and her son is the one that is getting married this week.Notice the wine bottle. LOL!
This is my oldest sister Jan giving me a kiss on the cheek. Goofy!
So I better sign off for tonight and get to bed. Till the next time....Live, Laugh, Love, STAMP!
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Hugs, Bev
Happy Saturday, oh it is sunny here and the snow is melting where the sun is shining. I ran to town after doing a couple of loads of laundry and then came back home and stamped this card for a challenge. My girlfriend called to come over as she was doing some box and wanted some card stock to cover it with. She came over and got some stuff from me. I still have to make my Corn Chowder but I will get that done soon. It is World Card Making Day so I have my priorities right don't I? Here I am with the second post today to do my duty. LOL! I am just thinking how lucky I am that I am a Stampin' Up! demo and have been to events they held to make so many special friends or just meeting them by blogging and have the commonness of Stampin' Up! I love all my special friends and feel so blessed because of you. I know you know who you are. Thanks to Stampin' UP! I am also honored to that this team of Unscripted Sketches DT chose my Postage Due as a final card. I feel totally blessed.
I love this Daydream Medallions stamp set and this is the set Julia Sager and I are swapping this month. I may or may not send her this card I. My base is the Cajun Craze Card Stock and I then layered a piece of Soft Suede Card Stock that I textured with the Fancy Fan EF. I then layered a piece of the beautiful Comfort Cafe DSP. Then I stamped a big image from the Daydream Medallions Stamp Set in Summer Starfruit on Summer Starfruit Card Stock. Then I stamped the smaller image on Very Vanilla Card Stock in Cajun Craze, Pool Party, and Midnight Muse ink. I used the Floral Frames Framelits to cut out all the flowers and then used the 3/4" Circle Punch for the top layer. Then I stuck a Pearl in the middle. I moved the top layers over a bit and stamped Kindness Matters from the Kindness Matters Stamp Set. I stamped it on the bottom of the flower and had to off set the other part but this weeks challenge was a layout and the layers were crooked, Ha Ha just like my pearl placement it looks like. Oh well! I never ever claim to be perfect. LOL! I cut some of the Crumb Cake Tulle Ribbon and then wrapped an Antique Brad around it and stuck it to my card with a dimensional.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Daydream Medallions, Kindness Matters
Card Stock: Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla, Comfort Cafe DSP
Inks: Summer Starfruit, Cajun Craze, Pool Party, Midnight Muse
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Floral Frames Framelits, Basic Pearls, Tulle Ribbon, Antique Brads, Dimensionals.
Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you save time to create something cute. I hope you have a honey of a day. Hugs, Bev
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Good morning buddies, TGIS! Thank God it's Saturday! LOL! Oh, I got up early this morning and it is a cool morning and YAY, I have only seen one Asian Beetle but I know they will be out when it warms up. The sun is shining and it is going to be a beautiful weekend except for the horrible stinky bugs outside so you can't enjoy being outside. I have to can this weekend anyway and want to get started here in a minute. First I want to share this card that I thought turned out so purdy. Don't you? This is a set that my friend Julia and I are swapping with this month but maybe Julia this isn't the swap card. LOL!
Since I started playing with this set, I really love it. For the Fab Friday Challenge it was a layout challenge which I love too. I used my Twitterpatted DSP for my banners. OMG, are banners the hottest and biggest deal these days. You see them everywhere in all shapes and sizes. I used the Daydream Medallions Set with Baja Breeze Card Stock which is my card base. I dry embossed the first layer with Vintage Wallpaper EF. The flowers are stamped on Whisper White Card Stock and stamped in Riding Hood Red Ink and embossed with clear embossing and then sponged in Baja Breeze ink or the Baja Breeze Card Stock Flower was stamped with Basic Gray ink to mimic the DSP and then I sponged that in Riding Hood Red Ink and crumpled it all up. On the top layer I added a Rhinestone for some "BLING". I die cut all the flowers with the Floral Frames Framelits. Then I made another banner and stamped and embossed the My Friend and attached it with dimensionals.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Daydream Medallions, My Friend
Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP
Inks: Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Floral Frames Framelits, Basic Rhinestones, Sponge, Dimensionals.
I hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by and pulling my heartstrings by leaving a comment. So sweet of you all. I hope you can have time to create something cute this weekend. Hugs, Bev
Here is the link for Fab Friday and make sure you check out the other creators.
http://fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/
Hi stampers, I AM BACK! LOL! I decided to do this Freshly Made Sketch challenge today. I hope you like it. Yes, I know I am supposed to be stamping swap cards. I am still in my PJ's and battling the dang mosquitoes that buzz by singing, WINNING! Grrrrr, I have killed so many and not sure where they are coming in at. I need to get dressed and run my errands quick and then will come back to work on my last swap cards. It will be easy as I already created the card and only need to do 6. YAY!
On this card I used the Clear Circle Die that is no longer available and the 3-1/2", 3" circle dies and 2-1/2" circle punch. I textured with the Chevron EF to emboss two of the circles.. The card base is Daffodil Delight layered with Summer Smooches DSP. The circles are Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango and Whisper White. The banner is Daffodil Delight Card Stock. I stamped the butterfly by stamping the edges in the lightest color first moving onto Pacific Point so I wouldn't muddy my ink pads. Here is the Freshly Made Sketch#44 challenge and make sure you check out the other stampers cards at http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.ca/
Here are the details for my card:
Stamp Sets: Daydream Medallions, Papillon Potpourri, Itty Bitty Banners
Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Summer Smooches DSP
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango
Tools: Big Shot, Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Bitty Banners Framelits, Circle Dies, 2-1/2" Punch, Dimensionals.
I better get to running my errands. Have a honey of a day and bee happy. Thank you for stopping by.
Hugs, Bev
Hi bleeps, I am checking in kind of late today as I didn't have anything ready to post last night so today I came home and I was so tired. I had a cat meowing out my window this morning about 3:30 and it woke me up. I don't even have cats so not sure where it came from but it finally left when I didn't come to the rescue. Poor thing! Anyway, I went back to sleep after a bit but wow I could tell this morning. So tonight I watched the news and sort of took a nap I think and then got woke up by the phone ringing. I was sure creeping on blogs when I got up to try to see what is going on at Convention. I sure miss being there. My friend is texting me though sort of keeping me informed. Not the same as being there. Next year for the 25th though. For sure!
On this card I stamped the Daydream Medallions in Pacific Point, Melon Mambo and then stamped the very little flower on Pumpkin Pie Card Stock and cut it out with the Floral Frames Framelits. I punched out the new 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch to layer under the framelit and then used the Vintage Faceted Buttons and tied a bow with the Pacific Point Baker's Twine then attached it with Mini Glue Dots. I stamped the Hello from Lacey & Lovely in Pumpkin Pie ink. Easy Peasy but sweet card I think, don't you? I have a tip for you too. Some of those Framelits have very small pieces and if you keep them in the cases they come in you might try doing this. I was having a problem with them falling out if they tipped upside down so I took some of the magnet sheets that we use to have in the catalog for the Big Shot and cut them to fit the cases and stuck them inside to make the framelits stick. I am sure you can find these magnetic sheets in craft stores because now
I realize dang we don't sell them anymore. Go Figure. Oh well, it really
did help to not lose them. I always put how many framelits are in the
pack too so I can make sure one isn't buried under stuff on my stamp
desk. LOL!
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Daydream Medallions, Lacy & Lovely
Card Stock: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie
Inks: Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie
Tools: Big Shot, Floral Frames Framelits, 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Vintage Faceted Buttons, Bakers Twine, Mini Glue Dots.
Tomorrow is TGIF and I am so happy about that. I hope you will have time to create something cute.
Thanks so much for stopping by and for leaving a comment as I love reading all those.
Hugs, Bev
