Bee HappiLeaCraftin with Tamara

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It's been a little while since I've been able to get up to my Craft Room to create a little holiday magic, but I managed to get up here today! I had been looking at everyone's beautiful creations on Pinterest as usual and I found a couple that I wanted to do. One of them is by Kelly Acheson  (landscape) and I pretty much CASEd it exactly 😉 You can find her video instructions on Pinterest as well.   I did change my color to Island Indigo instead of Bermuda Bay and didn't put the tinsel ribbon on because I don't have it yet! 😩 The other one (portrait) was also found on Pinterest and originally done using Hero Arts supplies but I prefer my Stampin' Up! stuff! I really liked how her card turned out so I wanted to try it using my supplies and I think it turned out great, I'm really pleased with it anyway... what do you all think? The sentiment on the sponged card has been retired for quite some time but is one of my favorites, Joy to the World ...

I have to apologize for my little 3 week hiatus since I last posted! Wow... Life can really get away from you sometimes 😏 I did however manage to make a card but not get it posted! I always have great luck in getting inspired when I'm on Pinterest. I found the original card there that I CASEd to make mine. I will also include the link to   Connie Collins Website where you can see her card. Mine is a bit different as I used different supplies. I was really pleased with how the wood background turned out! I hadn't used this stamp yet when I did this card so I think it looks good for a first time! Don't you think? I stamped the image using Early Espresso on Crumb Cake CS then used Cajun Craze and Early Espresso to sponge lightly in different spots to add some texture to the wood grain. I also improvised a little with the "Thinking of You" tag! instead of using Cajun Craze CS, I used Crumb Cake and tapped the sponge inked in Cajun Craze to add the ...

I had a great time making treat holders for Halloween this year! I just love the new Spooky Cat stamp set from the 2017-2018 Holiday Catalog ! Creating all of these treat holders was so much fun! Unfortunately I had to use some retired products but most of you will likely have them so that's ok ;)  If you're like me, you stock up on things! I got the instruction for the test tubes (image 1) on YouTube, video by Wanda Smith ! Putting the link to her video is way easier that trying to type out the instructions.  The colors are Elegant Eggplant & Pumpkin pie Ink & Card Stock and I believe the bat punch is called Bitty Bat and is retired.  The little witch hat (image 3) & the pillow box (image 5) are also videos on YouTube by Julie Davison  and are just awesome! She cut the top off her Pillow Box but I kept mine intact and did the hat to sit right on the corner. I found a lot of my inspiration on Pinterest but everything was with r...

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I was able to get the second card for my September group finished today! I am really loving this new Snowflake Sentiment Bundle that is in the new 2017-2018 Holiday Catalog that just went live yesterday! I did pre-order a few things last month and this was one of the sets! There are still many more to get, I just hope I can get them all before the catalog ends! I just love when the catalogs have so much amazing and new things to enjoy! This year(well, starting in September) is the first year I have done cards that aren't just Christmas Cards. Up until now, that is all my girls have wanted to do, which makes sense... Everyone gives Christmas Cards. I just needed to do something more! I have all kinds of stamp sets and hardly use them because I'm always doing Christmas stuff. I'm really quite excited to be doing other occasions. September however is a Christmas lovers month... not just Christmas though, but snowflakes... so I think this will be a hit! Product ...