Bee HappiLeaCraftin with Tamara

     After watching the Stamping Jill video using the Acetate Boxes for Valentine's Day and loving how she altered the acetate boxes, I had to try one for myself. I already have a treat holder for Valentine's so I thought I'd do an Easter treat. Having very little for Easter, I looked on Pinterest and found this really cute bunny punch art so I cased it for my project.      We found some square chocolate bars at our local grocery store that are VERY close to our Stampin' Up! colors. I was very excited about that! There are tons of different flavors but not knowing exactly what I wanted to do yet, I just got a couple. I am really pleased with how this turned out. There are a few products for doing the bunny punch art and I think some are retired now but I'm sure most of us have the punches or an idea on how to do it differently 😉      The sentiment came from a fairly old Stamp set called Everybunny that I now have from my Mom's stash of stamp sets. I d

     I have been having a great time with my Party Panda Stamp Set from this years Sale-A-Bration Brochure! I know Stampin' Up! doesn't usually bring in items from the brochure but I sure hope this one can make it in with a framelits die as well. 😃      I seen a beautiful card by Kimberly Bockover Holman on the Facebook page for us Stampin'Up! demos and just loved it! I made sure it was alright if I CASEed it but I didn't have one of the products she used. She used the Sunshine and Rainbow's Bundle which I didn't feel I needed. So I headed on over to Pinterest to see what I could find.  I searched the Lift Me Up Bundle and after seeing  this card on Pinterest   I thought combining the 2 beautiful cards would look great!      I am really pleased with how it turned out! I am really loving this Party Panda set... not sure if I can say that enough 😅 they are just absolutely adorable!      I did get the "Happy Valentine's Day" greeting from one

     I am in the crafting mood today... I got my group projects done and now on to some Valentine's Day cards! Some of the girls where I work would like to see some Valentine's Day cards so I wanted to do some new ones... I haven't done new ones in a couple years so what better time 😉 I love some of the new things in the 2018 Occasions Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.        As I usually do, I comb through Pinterest and see all the wonderful things people create and I pick one that really catches my eye and case it. I try to put my own little spin on the card I find to make it a little more my own 😊       This card is no exception! I found the original card on Pinterest and loved it... I had to case it!  The original was done by My Stamp Lady and I can see I like her style!  I looked through her blog and really like what she has created with all the new products in the 2018 mini catalogs. I hope you go from my blog to hers and see her card as I like to link

     It took me a little longer than I had planned to get my projects ready for my January Group as there are so many cute things to choose from and with Valentine's Day coming up... I managed to come up with these 2 cute projects, a card using the new Brusho Crystals and a little Valentine Box using the Sure Do Love You Bundle.      Each project has a... kind of technique to it, the Party Panda card for sure... If you are familiar with the Party Panda set, you will notice the panda with the balloons it facing the opposite direction 😊 I did a "mirror" technique using my silicone craft mat.  The Valentine Box just has the really cute "Rosette" I believe its called. This is the first time I have ever done one! Really neat but a little tricky to get it to stay where you want it 😁      I had some fun using the Brusho Crystals. You get different looks every time, and depending on what kind of Card Stock you use. This card I used the Shimmery White but on on