Buzz, Brag & Bee Happy - June 10, 2011

Happy Friday!  Welcome to the HoneyBee hive... and the kickoff to a great weekend!  This is the post where we share the BUZZ in the BIZZ, BRAG about what's been happening, and share what is making us HAPPY... and we invite all of you to do join right in with us! 
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First, it's sweet HoneyBee HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes to HoneyBee Court! 

Here is the card I made for her, (though it probably hasn't made it all the way across the country yet)...
It is made with DCWV's new Lemon Flower stack, and Court's favorite color is olive green!
She shares her birthday with grandson Porter, and he is having a high flying birthday today, so here is his card celebrating his third birthday!

And, I wanted to give credit to one of our bloggie buddies out there who has a wonderful demo on how to stitch on cards, similar to my wording.... but for the life of me, I can't find it!  She stitched the word "Happy" in green,  and showed how to choose the best font from your computer as a template.  Somebody help me out here, and help me find the tutorial again!  Thanks!! 

EDITED:  Thanks everyone!  The most talented Lauren Bergold, from "All the GOOD Blog Names Were Taken" is the artist that did this great tutorial!  Please head over and check it out... you will not be disapppointed!


Betty Brett

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My daughters' birthday was earlier this week, so I needed to make a quick set of thank you notes for the presents they received. I enjoy the CAS style, and I found a this terrific sketch at Die Cuttin' Divas:

(Card supply details on my blog.)

June Houck

I hope your weekend is bee-utiful!

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Honey Bee Judy Ford here:

Great report at the Doctor's office. He is very pleased with my progress and I don't need to go back for 2 months! Yippee! Weight restrictions raised to 25 pounds!

Can go back to aqua-aerobics next week! Going to visit my daughter in PA this weekend!

I found this great tutorial on Community.provocraft.com for roses with your cricut!

Haven't tried it yet but sure looks do-able.

Have a great week! What's going on in your hive???

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Now it's your turn!  We love getting comments from you, and we know Blogger is being kind of stubborn lately, so if you want to, send us your comments to our email at BettyBeesBuzz@hotmail.com and we will post it for you!    Also, we invite you to share important things in the links below... what is the BUZZ in your BIZZ?  Share the scoop!!  What do you want to brag about?  What is making your hive happy this week?  Is there someone that deserves a pat on the back?  Let's cheer loud and clear!

Have a great weekend, and we'll be back on Monday with more great Motivation!

and the HoneyBees

HoneyBee Showcase - Twine it up! March 23rd

Welcome to the hive!  We are all twisted up in twine this week!  Aren't you loving seeing twine all over the place?  It is so versatile and easy to use!  Court gave a great tutorial on Monday, sharing a number of fun ideas and tips.  Here is what a few of the HoneyBees have done, too!

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I am so thankful for Court's video on how to do a spiral twist like she did on the button!  Here I have used the same technique on the sun, and it was really easy to do!  I have two cards to share with you today. The one above is nice to have on hand for someone who needs cheering up.  The little bunnies playing in the trees are from the Cricut "Give a Hoot" cartridge.  I hand wrote the sentiment.

Betty Brett

This Tilda card is going out to a very special "Cupcake Designer" who is having a birthday next week!!!  I know she will see this before she gets it in the mail, but she won't know what is coming inside of it :)  Happy Birthday, Tori!  The embossing folder is from Sizzix, and the coloring is with Copics.  The round sentiment is from Stampin' Up!. 

On both of my cards I used gold flecked embroidery twine (or string) that comes on a short round tube. 

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June Houck

Our challenge for you this week at Betty Bee's Buzz is to use twine on your card. I used mine to hold my pennants, but I cut my pennants so large, you can only see my ties. Yikes. The cute birthday girl and sentiment are a MFT Pure Innocence stamp set. I colored with Copics and layered Bella Blvd "Sweet Celebration" papers on a yellow-orange Bazzill card stock and SU whisper white card stock. The shape is a Spellbinders die and the border punch is by Martha Stewart. The glittery card base is by DCWV and the red gems are from Michael's. I popped my girl up on dimensionals. So cute!

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Now it's your turn!  Show us your twine projects, and you could be the winner of this week's prize of a BRAND NEW BettyBee Design Heritage Page Kit!!!  Watch for the introduction of these, and other,  exciting new products coming soon!  You could be the first to have one!!  Just link below, or send to our email address, and we will link for you!


Happy creating!







and the HoneyBees

Monday Motivational 2/28 ~ It's A Frame Up!

Welcome to the hive!  To highlight something very special you put it in a frame!   This week we will be looking at different ways to frame your favorite photos!  Here's Rosemary ....    

Rosemary

Welcome to Monday Motivational!!..So glad you are here to see what I have to share with you today.

Last week I spent several days with my HoneyBee sisters where we shared a 3 bedroom condo.  Each of us was asked to bring a project for all to do, and I thought of a picture frame.  I knew there would be a group photo and thought how fun it would be to design a frame to put that photo in. 

I found the perfect frame at Michael's and bought each HoneyBee one for their project.  I also brought with me a selection of different papers, punches, Nestabilities and my Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge, but the project was not restricted to use just those things I brought with me.  Each HoneyBee was to create their own frame to whatever design they wanted, and use whatever they needed to get the look they wanted.  I love how everyone brought so much to share.

For my frame, I used DCWV Linen Closet card stock.  The leaves were cut with my Sizzix die using paint chips I picked up at Home Depot.  The branches were punched with my Martha Stewart punch and I used my I-Top and card stock for the centers. Added flowers to the outside of the frame are from Wild Orchid.

Here is a close up of the corner cluster.

Don't you just love that paper?!! On the top of my list for favorite tools has got to be the I-Top

We had no idea where the time was going and we wanted to do as much as we could.  I had seen some beautiful frames getting worked on so I'm excited to check back on Wednesday to see the finished projects!  Please stop back and see what our HoneyBees have done!!

  ******Don't forget that we are looking for Guest Designer HoneyBees!  If you have an idea for a project to share, see the information on the sidebar, and send us the information at BettyBeesBuzz@hotmail.com.  You could be the next HoneyBee!! This is your last night to leave comments and participate in challenges and posts, so you can be entered in the February Blog Honey drawing.   The winner will be announced on March 2nd. 

Happy crafting ~

  

and the HoneyBees

Buzz, Brag, & Bee Happy Friday- Dec. 17th

Happy Friday, and welcome to Buzz, Brag and Bee Happy! This is the day when we are sharing what is happening in and around the Hive, and what the HoneyBees are up to! June is away (which you will see at the end of the post!) and kindly posted a great card before she left. Sending happy thoughts to Court and Wanda, as they are taking care of family, and Wanda's computer is frozen. Roe is busy in her studio, and I had a fantastic surprise or two..... Plus, it is time to announce our Blog Candy winner.... so, Let's Bee Happy, Everyone!!!

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June Houck
Happy Friday! No doubt you are all busy preparing for the holidays. I find it easiest to create when my craft room is neat and organized. It became a bit messy last week as I was trying to make some belated thank you cards, design gift tags for teacher gifts (previous post), etc. In an attempt to clean up my craft room (ever so slightly), I decided to rummage through my drawer of prepared images that had not made it to a card or project.
I was agonizing over a sketch, so I went to one of my go-to ideas...a quilt card. (Easy tutorial here.) My base card is DCWV, the designer papers are BasicGrey Lime Rickey, the sentiment and dies/punches are SU, and I used Cuttlebug Spots & Dots and D'Vine Swirls embossing folders.

When do you do your best work, in a neat or messy environment? What are your go-to sketches?

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Rosemary

I can not believe Christmas is next week!!..Back in July I told myself I should be making my Christmas cards, but I failed to listen to myself. So, here I am doing the last minute hurry up and get them done!!..I bet I'm not alone...lol

This week I wanted to share with you a few projects I've been working on.

Here are some Christmas cards. I try to think of the person when I create my card.

Here are two cards I made from a template by Deneen Treble. I was able to download them, cut it to make my own template and then used Make the Cut so my Cricut would cut it for me!!..Aren't these adorable? So much fun 'dressing' my cards for Nina and Ian!

Using the same template, I made a card for a baby boy baby shower.

I love my I-Top by Imaginisce!! I must say, I had the best customer service when I had to call Imaginisce recently. I spoke with a Joan Neilsen who was very friendly and helpful. Here are a few things I made for Nina's Christmas stocking! The hair clip comes in white, but white did not go with the purple. I sprayed it with Glitter Mist and it was perfect!!..I cut a piece of Oriental print and added a Prima flower; I love how it looks. The black and white is DCWV cardstock and Making Memories acrylic flower. The white clip was perfect for this! So, I have hair clips and bobby pins and now I need to buy the headbands!

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June, Kristi, Rosemary and Betty
As you read over the past few posts, some of the HoneyBees were blessed to be able to meet at DisneyWorld this week, and it was such a delight! When a design team lives all around the country, it is very often that they don't actually get to meet one another face to face. This was the first time Rosemary and June had met. Kristi and I had the privilege during one of our adventures this past summer when we traveled to Virginia where June lives. We had a cold, but absolutely delightful day at Epcot!! In February we are planning a big Swarm in the Hive!

Now, if you have about two and a half minutes, I invite you to share in my big Christmas Surprise! (And my reason for having no creative project to share with you today ... but I'm sure you'll understand!!)




Many thanks to "Gra-Anta Claus" for making this Christmas miracle happen! On Sunday my other daughter and her family will arrive from Pennsylvania, and on Christmas Eve my son-in-law gets here from Denver, and that will make all of my children and grandchildren home for the holidays. I am so incredibly blessed. Definitely something to BEE HAPPY about!!!
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Let me make someone else happy, too!!! We have a WINNER in our Winter BLOG CANDY give away! All you needed to do was become a follower and leave us some loving, and we put all of the comments, and projects into a hat (random.org) and we have a winner!!! The winner of all of the Christmas and Snowman/Snowflake goodies is:

PAT HARRIGAN
Congratulations, PAT! Please send an email to BettyBeeDesigns@hotmail dot com and we'll get your package to your right away!!! Thanks for being a member of the Bee Hive!!!

Now it's your turn to share what is happening in your hive this week!!! That's what BUZZ, BRAG and BEE HAPPY is all about! Leave it as a comment, or a link, if it involves a photo or tutorial on your blog. Let us know all of the good news! LINKZ will be open all week, so you have plenty of time!

and the HoneyBees!!