Showing posts with label My Pink Stamper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Pink Stamper. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Monday Motivational - Pinwheels

Happy Monday!  Thanks for buzzing by the hive today!  One of the hottest looks everywhere right now seems to be PINWHEELS.  What fun and versatile toys from our youth, and they are making a BIG comeback... They can be made to sit flat, as great embellishments, or with a couple of extra steps, actually catch the breeze, and spin in the summer sun!  Where will you pop a pinwheel this week?
Here is Court with a great tutorial on how to make this perennial favorite!
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June and I picked the challenge this week! I hope you like it! 

PINWHEELS


Never having done one, I had to look it up myself - which I did HERE. 

This is my version. :) 

All You Need is Love



Honeybee Courtney Lee 



INSTRUCTIONS:
1. I cut three 2" squares from the shadow function on the Cake Basics Cartridge (most of you probably have Plantin Schoolbook for this, but it didn't come with my Expression). You can also just hand cut 2x2 squares.



2. Score down the diagonals of the squares in both directions - making triangular quadrants (is that an oxymoron? I'm such a geek, I know.) 

It should look like this:



3. Cut on the score lines only half way down. This is very important for the pinwheel to hold its shape. If you cut all the way down, you won't have room for the brad to hold it... Ask me how I know... ;) 

It should look like this now:



4. Curl edge inward. I chose the ride edge of each section. Either will work I suppose! :) 


It should now look like this:




5. Using Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares, place one in the center of the pinwheel and curl the edges PAST the middle and adhere to the square. This will get you a much neater looking pinwheel than meeting in the center (believe it or not!). 
Close up of the Extreme Adhesive Square middle:



6. Punch a small hole in the middle of the pinwheel using your Crop-a-dile or other apparatus. 
It should now look like this:



7. Put a brad in the center and enjoy! :) 


Finished Product:

This was based on a sketch at the My Mind's Eye blog and I will be using it for their challenge. 

Recipe:
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Thanks, Court!  Just a little addendum to her awesome tutorial!  If you want to make a spinning pinwheel, here are the extra steps:

Use a corsage pin, or something similar to go through your pinwheel.  Slide a bead onto the pin to provide a spacer.
Using wire cutters, carefully clip off the extra length of the pin.

I used my hold piercer to start the hole in my dowel, then added a little bit of glue to the hole, and pushed hard to seat the pin into the wooden dowel.  Note the spacing which allows the pinwheel to turn.

And here we have a traditional spinning type of pinwheel on a stick
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Have a wonderful Monday and make sure to play along with us this week at Betty Bee's Buzz! Create a project using a pinwheel! Come back on Wednesday to link it up and see what the other HoneyBees created! 
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

HoneyBee Showcase - Happy Mother's Day!

It's Wednesday in the Hive, and we are honoring our Mothers, and those who have a special place in our hearts because of the influence they have in the lives of children.  They could be Daughters, Grandmothers, Aunts, other family, friends, teachers ... those good examples who have shown us the way.  We honor you!
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We also have the added treat of Judy's tree tiered tutorial from Monday!  My card above (shhh, don't tell Mom about it, because I don't think she'll see it here before Sunday!)  is closed up, and here is the full view:
It says "Making memories with you is one of my favorite things to do!"  Isn't that the truth?!  I hope you will make some memories with someone special this week ♥

My first inspiration for this style of card was this one, based on the news of this week, and the stamps that were laying on my desk... these patriotic ones.

 I really like how this one turned out.  God Bless the USA!


Betty Brett

I've put the recipes for the cards here on my blog.

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Honey Bee Courtney Lee

Today we have been challenged to make a Mother's Day card. Judy did a fabulous tutorial on Monday on how to make a three tiered slider card. I didn't have the instructions with me at the crop, so I just made a mother's day card. I will definitely be using her tutorial in the future, but I still wanted to participate this week though! :) 

This is the Mother's Day card that is going to my mom this year. 

Some cards come easily and some you just fight with and this is one of the latter. I was at Monique and Wendy's Crop for a Cure and this is like the 17th iteration of this project. I kept moving things and changing things until I liked it. I do like it now, but it was an ordeal to get here! haha.


Recipe:
Crop-a-dile
Eyelets
Ink: Colorbox in black and Momento in Cocoa
Twine from Paper Trey Ink
Black pen is Sharpie
Ribbon: Offray
Foam dimensional tape
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My dh's step-mother loves Asian-themed everything.  I made a set of cards as a gift for Mother's Day. I used the iris folding technique that we demonstrated last week.  I have a video tutorial today on my blog, if you wish to view it.  This is my first time ever making a video, so your helpful comments would be greatly appreciated :)

Here is the set:
 and one close up:
I used Hero Arts papers and a Magenta frame stamp.
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It's been a long time since I made this slider card and thought now would be a good time to make one!..I made this Mother's Day card for my daughter-in-law, Samantha.  Once you make the slit on the card for the 'pull', you just need to cover the inside and cover the back so you don't see the cut you made.  I wish I had the right 'thank you' stamp because I would rather use that instead of the letters for this particular project. 
Here is what the pull tab says...


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Beth Ullman

Here I am bringing up the rear again I wasn't going to do this challenge as I just couldn't get my brain working to try Judy's technique than when I saw the other HoneyBees cards I saw I could do what ever I like so here is my take on Mothers Day........I did a White On White card which is a technique from Technique Junkies hope you like.


Now it's your turn!  We want to see what you are creating for Mother's Day!!!  There is a link below for you to post your cards, layouts, altered items, home decor, cakes, home made gifts, etc.!  If you want to wait until after Sunday, so you won't spoil the surprise, that's OK, because the link will remain open for another whole week!    You can also email your entry to us at BettyBeesBuzz at hotmail.com, and we'll post it for you!   We want to come visit your blogs! 


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Monday, April 4, 2011

Baby Fun - Onesie Challenge


Welcome to the Hive, and our celebration of BA-BEES!!  As you saw last week, our newest little Teeny Bee was born on Friday, so we are thinking little and cute!  Our HoneyBee Court will kick off the week with a tutorial on a darling shaped card, and you can join us on Wednesday! 
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HoneyBee Courtney Lee reporting for Monday Motivation!

Good Monday morning to all of you! 

This week I am doing the tutorial here at Betty Bee's Buzz! And in honor of her new grandbaby Paisley being born, we are having a baby week. So play along in the baby challenge and you never know what could be up for grabs! :) You can make ANYTHING baby, but I will give it my extra love if it has a onesie somewhere on it! :) 

Instructions:

(If you have a Gypsy, weld the two together at the top and ignore step 1)
  1. Using Wall Decor and More™ cut two onesies out at 4" out of Butter cardstock. 
  2. Next cut one onesie with the swirl detail out of Summer Fun at 4". Adhere to card base.
  3. Ink around edges of card.
  4. Stamp "Pure Joy" and the little foot from My Pink Stamper's Sweet Baby™ set in Momento ink.
  5. Cut 2 one inch butterflies from Cake Basics™ (or any butterfly blackout or shadow cut - or punch for that matter!).
  6. Add white stones using your i-rock™ to the center of the butterflies. 
  7. Ink edges.
  8. Bend edges up around the i-rock™ stones making the wings upright.
  9. Adhere one of the butterflies to the mini clothespin and the other one to the onesie.
  10. Take two buttons and use twine to thread through the holes from the back and tie a bow in the front. Trim extra length off. 
  11. Using Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™, attach one to each button back and adhere to card.
  12. Send the card to a friend!



Recipe:

Gypsy

Now play along this week and I will be showing you some onesies I did with my YuDu for some friends on Wednesday! So come back on Wednesday to see what the rest of the HoneyBees did with this challenge! :)
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Have a great week!  Bee sure to give your loved ones lots of Honey!

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

HoneyBee Showcase - Silhouettes and Cameos

Welcome to the HoneyBee Showcase this Wednesday!  We have the pleasure of having a Guest Designer with this this week, and today we are showing a couple more of Tori Whitney's Painted Portrait Silhouettes.  If you missed the tutorial on Monday, be sure to check it out!  It was easy, and SO effective!!


Silhouettes can add the perfect touch of charm, as well as touching your heartstrings,
when they are used in just the right spot in your home decor.

Here are four more of Tori Whitney's Painted Portrait Silhouettes, like she showed us in Monday's Motivational tutorial.  Two facing left....
... and two facing right! 

Many thanks to Tori for being with us this week!  It is always such a pleasure to have a Guest Designer, and see some new and exciting projects!!

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Good morning! I found this lovely cameo by Blue Moon at Michael's. I knew this had to make it to an elegant card. My inspiration for the sketch came from two different cards in the Jan./Feb. 2011 issue of Paper Crafts magazine. This will be the perfect card to give to my parents for their wedding anniversary next month.
 
                                                                      June Houck
I would love to see what you create...won't you make a cameo appearance (or silhouette...LOL) here at Betty Bee's Buzz?




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Here is a beautiful piece by Court of Court's Crafts!

Good morning everyone! I am so excited to be participating in this week's Honey Bee Showcase! 

 
Recipe:
Cartridges: Heritage™ (charm and cameo) and Sentimentals™ (card base)
Embossing folder: Kassie's Brocade™
Ribbon from my stash

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What a fun and easy project this was!!..Thank you Tori for showing us this simple technique to get an awesome silhouette!
I was lucky enough to find a photo that was just taken this past Christmas.  It is of Ian and mom puckering up to kiss.  How perfect is that!!  Following Tori's class on Monday, I used Americana Black acrylic paint.  Once the painting was done, it was an easy assemble to make this quick and simple card.

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Now it's your turn to share your silhouette and cameo projects!  We will leave the LINK open for a couple of weeks, so you have plenty of time to get the projects finished and posted.   All you need to do is post to your blog, or online gallery, and link the URL to the post below. 
Even if you can't leave a project, we appreciate hearing from you!  Leave a comment, and let us know how you like the projects, and perhaps ask a question, leave a request, or just say "hello" to the HoneyBees!


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