YOU ARE THE BEES KNEES

HEY BLOGGIES,

Did the title get your attention?  I don't even know where that expression came from in the 40s, but there it is.  My post today is all about BEES.

Springtime makes me think of BEES waking up and finding the wildflowers blooming.  I saw two big carpenter bees (I used to call them bumble bees because I didnt know what a carpenter bee was) when I stopped at a red light and looked at the wildflowers blooming next to the road.  There were the two big bees working hard at collecting honey.  Spring time!!

I have to warn you, this is NOT a Stampin' Up! set.  I wanted a fun fantasy bee and SU does not have one this size.

 I am loving the thinlits flipits card makers.   It is so fun to use them to create fun creative fold cards.  This one has pretty scallop edges. I used several things besides the designer paper to create the fun design.  I used a small honeycomb stamp with gray ink, and I punched out some hexi shapes to adhere on the top left side of the card.  Also the cute black beads and the "happy" thinlit die.

Here it is open so you can see how it works.  I was so pleased that the word BE just happened to be on the designer paper.  But I put a small BEE above the happy so it all made sense.

Here is Denice's card she made. It is so stinkin' cute!!  Same stamp set, same thinlits flip card, yet so completely different.

Hope you enjoyed my card.  Please stop back in to visit again.

I have entered this card at Techno stamper: Monday Lunchtime Sketch

FLOWER SHOP AND PETITE PETALS CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

I have a card that I made for the Techno Stamper Monday Challenge.

Here is what my take on this sketch is:

I inked a flower punch negative stencil behind my 3 layer punched out Flower Shop Stamped Image.

The DSP is the new Sweet Sorbet FREE in the Sale-a-Bration Catalog.  Three Petite Petals images stamped in the right hand lower corner finished out this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by.

FRIEND CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

Sometimes we just need a "because" card or a "friend" card, don't we?  Well, today I have one of those to share.  I used several techniques on this one, including:

• painters tape
• torn paper
• semi-layering
• banner
• sentiment sideways

Let's have a look, shall we?

 It is a cloudy, overcast day so my natural lighting is not very good.  This is so safron and Island Indigo, FYI

On top of the banner is a 2 1/2" circle punch of so safron with a Flower Shop flower stamped in Island Indigo.  I had this little "friend" stamp laying around and not sure where it came from, but I think it is perfect for this simple embellishment.

One last look at the torn layers, painters tape inked layers and the fun banner and embellishment.

Entering this card at:

Techno Stamper Monday Lunch Sketch

PAPER PUMPKIN DONE 4 DIFFERENT WAYS

HEY BLOGGIES,

I got my paper pumpkin for September yesterday and immediately made the card as they suggested.  Well, ALMOST as they suggested.  I used the paper that the die cuts popped out of as a stencil and added another arrow using the midnight muse ink.

 As you can see, I also smudged some blue at the top of my card so I won't be sending this to anyone.  grrrr  But I did want you to see the card as they suggested...almost.

This one is also close to what they suggested.  I just used two blue print arrows instead of one red and one blue.  I also moved the YOU DID IT to the top left.

 This one I cut up the little file folder and used the stripe at the bottom, put the button above it and then used the rest of the folder for the YOU DID IT.

THIS one is my creation.  I used the string as an embellishment down the left side, but off the stripe at the bottom of the file folder, did the sentiment in red AND blue, and put the WAHOO inside.  This is the card I am entering at TECHNO STAMPER MONDAY LUNCH CHALLENGE.

Here are all the cards together:

Hope you enjoyed MY version of the September PAPER PUMPKIN KIT.  Have you tried it yet?  I think you will have as much fun as I did to create these fun cards!!

TECHNO STAMPERS MONDAY LUNCH CHALLENGE

I am just getting in under the wire, but wanted to participate in the Techno Stampers Monday Lunch Challenge 252.

I used my Ice Cream Punch from Stampin' Up and added some dazzling diamonds on the icing after I first used my aqua painter and a bit of light blue ink to shade the side of the frosting.  I punched some designer paper with cupcakes on it for the layer in the challenge.  Then I added three pieces of bakers twine behind the cupcake focal point.  Calypso coral, soft suede and pool party are the colors of my card stock.

I hope you enjoyed my card for the TECHNO STAMPERS MONDAY LUNCH CHALLENGE.  Check out their blog for more fun ideas and challenges.

I would love to hear your comment about my cute and YUMMY card.  Thanks for visiting!!