Monday Motivation ~ Table Tent Card

Good Morning! We hope you had a wonderful weekend, wherever you are. Several of the HoneyBees and I were in Punta Gorda, Florida with 25 other fantastic crafting ladies, creating to our little hearts' content!! It was terrific to see Rosemary's beautiful, triangular tent card, below, in person... oh, so pretty, and SO easy to do!

You are going to see some gorgeous pieces in the Showcase on Wednesday!

Here's Roe ~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Rosemary

I am so excited to share with you a project I created with Design Studio and my Cricut Expressions. This is so easy and quick to do and I'm sure your guests will love what you set out for them.

Here is a screenshot of Design Studio showing what I was working with. The only cartridge used was George.

Making sure everything was welded, I was now ready to cut. I started of with Thanksgiving cardstock; hit cut. Once that was cut, I scored three lines. In this next photo, you will see where the score lines are.

Once folded, this is what it will look like.

I placed the card flat so I can decorate it. Once that was done, I just needed to insert point for it to be upright, slip in napkin and I was done.

Here are three place cards each with a different theme.

For this one, I made a little pocket to hold a lollypop!

On HoneyBee Showcase Wednesday, our team will be showing your their take on my designed place card. I would love to see what you do with it!..If you would like this template, I can email it to you for you to open it in Word or whatever program you use for your digital stamps. The total lengh is 11 1/4 and width is 2 1/2; you would need to adjust accordingly. If you have George and DS, I can send you the cut file which means you wouldn't have to do any adjusting.

If you have any questions, please let me know. My email address is roezee@embarqmail.com. In the subject please put 'place card'. When you get your place card done, just upload it to Inlinkz so you can share with us your creation. You do not have to rush and get it done by that Wednesday! We want you to enjoy making this project; no stress!!

OK, now, it's your turn to give it a try! We will have our LINKZ here for your starting on Wednesday, and we want to see what you will do with the design!

Don't forget that today is the last day to leave comments on the posts that we have shared with you, so you will be in the drawing for the BLOG CANDY!! You get your name in once for every comment, and once for being a follower. We will draw a winner's name tomorrow, and post the winner on Wednesday's post. Good luck, everyone!

BettyBee and the HoneyBees

Buzz, Brag and Bee Happy Friday!! 11/12

Welcome back to this week's edition of Buzz, Brag, and Bee Happy.... the place where we can share whatever is happening that we are excited about!! Some of the HoneyBees have some new pieces to bring you, as well as GOOD NEWS around the hive! What will you share this week?

Sharing what's in my craft room...something old: I used this iris stamp by PSX & something new: Hero Arts pearls and gems. I wanted to put these pretty gems to use! I first stamped the background with a linen background stamp on kraft card stock (both SU) with Tim Holtz inks (pumice stone and antique linen). I colored the irises with my Prismacolor pencils and added the self-adhesive bling. The purple cardstocks are by Bazzill and they came from my purple scraps bag! (I love when I can use scraps and not cut a fresh sheet.) Finally I punched the sides with the Threading Water border punch by Fiskars. Quick & easy :)
This is HoneyBee June Houck. What's in your craft room?

It was such a delightful surprise to find that we have been featured by Allison in her "Newly Discovered" column of StampinWhenICan!

Hi, I am Betty Brett

or BettyBee, and this little fellow is Tim Turkey by Wendy at Digital Delights by Louby Loo... He's just so cute, and perfect for those cards to go out to your family and friends this next week.
I have MUCH to be grateful for, including two new grandbabies on the way! We just found out that one will be a precious little girl. Maybe next week I can tell you about the other one!

***Note*** I just found out there will be TWO baby girls in the spring!!! My son and his wife are expecting thier first child, and daughter and her husband are expecting their second child... within two weeks of each other!
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Angels Among Us.Here is a wall decoration I made for our swarm. The Angels are from Digital Delight's new mini collection.

by Wanda Keller

Also I have some exciting news! I just found out that I will be published in the Scrapbook News and Review Magazines Holiday Sampler. I submited the candle I made last week! Thanks Rosemary for showing us how to do this.

Rosemary

Punta Gorda, here I come!!!.I am so excited to be spending the weekend at a SWARM with my scrapping buddies!!..Our theme is Angels Among Us, so naturally our goodie bag is going to be filled with angels!..It was requested from Miss Betty that we do tree ornaments and we can donate our ornaments to the local senior centers. Everyone thought it was such a great idea! For my ornatment, I designed the frame using George and French Manor with my Design Studio. I have a CD of vintage art used for ATCs and some were of Christmas. I saw a plan coming together..lol..The white card stock was spritzed with gold to tone it down some.

Beth Ullman

June, you asked what is in your craft room right now... in mine there is a mess! (heehee) Good morning, everyone. I have a little bragging to do. First off, on Sunday I won the prize over at Sketch Inspiration, and then on Thurs. my card was picked to go on the Technique Junkies home page! Each week they have a challenge to try a certain technique and than randomly pick a winner, so I have had a very good week.

I was not happy with my resist card on Wed., so I have a new one to share with you today. I also have lots of craft projects on my blog that I have done this week if you would like to take a peek.******************************

Thank you for visiting us this Friday! I would love to see or hear of your 'brag' for today!

Leave us your GOOD NEWS or comments in the comment section, or link your photos to the INLINKZ below! Brag on yourself! We look forward to getting to know you! Tell your friends that you are proud of them :)

Have a great week, and we'll be back on Monday with another great Monday Motivation!

Happy Creating~

BettyBee and the HoneyBees!

Tomb it may concern...

BOO! So glad to welcome you back to Day 2 of our EEK WEEK!!
The HoneyBees and I are having a lot of fun sharing our Halloween decorations, gift ideas, projects, and some 'WEB'sites with you this week.

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This hive is alive and buzzing with excitement! This is HoneyBee June Houck welcoming you to celebrate EEK WEEK with us here at Betty Bee's Buzz.


Halloween is practically upon us and I have many teacher gifts to make. I love to create, but I don't always have time to design my own projects.
I made each of these gift boxes and card from a BoBunny project kit called "Whoo-ligans." I enjoyed the thrill of creating a home-made gift without all the thinking and planning :)
All I needed was a Hershey's Kit Kat bar (and other candies), my trusty score board, and adhesive. I did add some doodles with a black marker, and extra distressing with a white ink pad and a black ink pad.

I really like these adorable projects and I want to create some similar on my own. I hope you are equally inspired!

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Here you'll find I'm totally BATTY for this simple banner!

The bat is hand cut, and the wings are scored from a center point on the top, down to the two peaks on the bottom. These folded forward make a nicely dimensional wing. The center of the body is folded from the wing edge to the bottom of the center peak, so there is a "mountain fold" there. This helps with the dimension and also with the placement of the honeycomb piece.

The eyes are red gems. The honeycomb piece is made with six 2" circles, each folded in half and stacked (glued) on top of each other, like orange sections. When fanned out, the first and last pieces are flat, and they are then glued to each side of the center crease on the bat's tummy.

These banner letters are cut with the Cricut using the George cartridge. The purple "squares" are 3" and the orange shadow is cut at 3" with the shadow feature button pushed. The letters are cut at 2 1/2 " in black, and 2 1/2" Shadow in green. The little Ghost is from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge.

This is a very simple, and adaptable design. It could say JOY for Christmas, with a Sleigh or any other appropriate symbol replacing the bat. It could have a basket at the top, and HOP spelled out for Easter. How about a big Sun, and FUN spelled out for summer? I have also used this simple concept, and used much more elegant papers, and more complicated cuts to create a beautiful Welcome Plaque for my home. It spells out BRETT down the ribbon, and has Est. 1973 at the bottom. (I'll have to give you an IOU for a photo on that one :)

We'll be back tomorrow with more Halloween inspiration and fun things to share! I hope to have the LINKZ thing working by then! Are you getting your ideas ready to share with us? I hope so! We're getting our blog candy ready for you!

Happy creating ~
BettyBee and the HoneyBees