HoneyBee Showscase ~ Christmas in July

Happy Wednesday!  It's HoneyBee Showcase day, and it's Christmas in July!!  Are you ready for some cooler breezes to blow your way?  Perhaps a fresh idea or two to spark your imagination will be fun, too.  We have some cool ideas for you this week, and hope you will be joining right in with us.

******************

Hello, Welcome to HoneyBee Showcase.  Wow! Didn't HoneyBee Judy do a great job on Monday!!!!  I've really had lots of fun with Christmas In July!  This week I made this adorable little Pyramage Penguin.  I just love working with Pyramage.  It gives it such new dimensions.  You can find it over on Digital Delights.  The next card is one I did last Christmas.  I just wanted to share it with you.  It's one of my Fav's

Wanda

Have a wonderful week!  Huggles

*************************

Beth Ullman

 It's so nice to post this week... it seems like it has been forever since I have shared here at the hive........Sorry HoneyBees but I think my mojo had flown south for the summer and my grandkids helped me find it today! We have been in my craft room all day creating.

I followed Judy's lead with the snowflake.  Wonderful tut, Judy, and I made mine using the Stampin' Up small and large tag punch and a tutorial from the Technique Junkies newsletter.......the sweet little image is one of Linnie's at Whoopsi Daisy Designs ... love love love snow people.

Now we want to see your Christmas in July....your turn.

*************************

Rosemary

Happy Wednesday!! With the weather in the upper 90s, I guess doing Christmas cards should cool one down a bit..lol..Truth is, living in Florida we can have temps in the 90s even in December. Oh yeah, it's happened and if not, it sure feels like it..lol..

I would like to thank Betty for giving me some really cute Loralie Design fabric that just happen to be Christmas designs! I added a little Stickles to make her 'Christmas Glittery'..!!

                                                       ************************

Betty Brett

Sometimes it is said that "necessity is the mother of invention"...

Well, most of you know that I am traveling, and don't have much with me in the way of supplies,

so this shows that even with NO Christmas supplies at all, you can pull off a CAS card :)

I do have my Gypsy with me, so I have cut out a layered ornament from some aluminum foil glued to a piece of cardstock.  The Cuttlebug embossing folder might not be the one I would choose if I were at home, but the idea is there.  The red part of the ornament is colored with a red Copic marker, and there is some sparkly Stickles for bling, and the center is a great silver dome... I wish it showed up as pretty in the photo as it is in person.  Add a strip of silver and red stamped sentiment, and a bit of red cording,,, and it carries a cheerful  Holiday message.

Now it's our turn to be dazzled by your designs!  Link up your cards, layouts, projects and posts below!  We also have an email address if you want to send us info, and we will post for you.  We love hearing from you!!

Happy creating!

and the HoneyBees 

Honey Bee Showcase - Corrugated Cardboard

Happy Wednesday, and here it is June 1st already!!  The year is half over, and school is ending... it's the beginning of hurricane season here in Florida, and summer vacations are beginning... What is happening in your part of the garden?

Based on June's great Motivations on Monday the HoneyBees have created some awesome projects with Corrugated Cardboard, or Crimped Papers this week.... Let's have a look!
**************

In keeping with the tender feelings of honoring our military heroes this week, I have chosen a red, white and blue theme.  The upper star field is made from a Diet Coke can, tinted with Copics, then embossed with the Cuttlebug.  My star was cut by hand, and embellished with an awesome button and gold metallic crochet cotton.  My sentiments are heat embossed, and I've finished up with three sparkly gems.
God Bless the USA!


Betty Brett
********************************

HoneyBee Courtney Lee reporting for corrugated goodness! 

Today we are showing you how you can use corrugated chipboard on your projects! 

My friend June provided you with a host of inspiration on Monday and I knew when I saw her cards exactly what I want to do! 

I think this is my first "legal" sized card - 9"x4"

I am a *proud* member of the Cricut Circle and we had a challenge to case a card in the private magazine that is provided for us! I have never cased a card to this extent and thought it was just charming so I chose this one. 

I took a screen shot of this card to share with you so you could see how closely I cased it. In the magazine, we get cut sizes, recipes, and instructions so it was easy to follow closely.

This is the card I cased by Janet Wilkins

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Straight from the Nest™
• Embossing: Paper Lace II Companion Folder™
• Patterned Paper: 
• My Mind's Eye: Good Day Sunshine: Girl Scheme "Head in the Clouds" Paper™
• Pink Paislee: Hometown Summer "Summer Fun"™ (yellow)
• October Afternoon: Modern Homemaker "Cherry Pie" (red)
• Corrugated chipboard: Jillibean Soup
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™
• Jenny Bowlin Paint Dabber in Seed Packet™
• Button from Paper Trey Ink™
• Ribbon from Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Sunflower (if you order from her please let her know I sent you in the comments section)
• Twine from the Twinery in Cappuccino 

******************
Every Monday at Betty Bee's Buzz is Monday Motivational. This week Honey Bee June did a great tutorial on corregated cardboard. Judy Ford

I've never worked with corrugated cardboard before now. I took Queen Betty's suggestion and ripped the top off a box... great therapy!!!  Then I took June's suggestion that it can be cut with Szzix die cuts easier than with the Cricut Expression.

I have 2 Sizzix die cuts and 1 SU die cut in my arsenal. Here are the cards I made.

Sizzix christmas tree #2Sizzix Frame with Scallops

Sizzix Frame with Scallops (inside frame piece)

Waste not want not....

SU Lattice Frame

I used 4 different patterned papers here...I thought it would look like a stained glass window

Now you try it!!! Go rip apart an old box and get started!

Link up with us here at Betty Bee's Buzz

********************

Rosemary

This was such a great challenge for me because I dusted off my Fiskars crimper; a tool I haven't used in a long time!!  Using my Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge, I cut scallop circles and then ran them through the crimper.  For the pot (bowl), I used a Sizzix die, crimped and then used my brown Copic, brown chalk and brown ink for added dimension.  Sizzix die for the leaves, Stickles, Prima flowers, Cuttlebug embossing folder for the card and Imaginisce I-top for the center in this popped flower.

                                                                 **********************
 

Wanda

I used a piece of Cardboard box for my corrugated paper.  I'm in the process of moving my craft room.. (uggg what a mess).  So I couldn't find my handy dandy crimper...  But not to despair -  look how cool it turned out.  I used paper from my monthly craft kit.  The digi is one I've had for a while and I apologize, as I'm not sure who's it is..

***********************

Now it's your turn!!  Let's see you go rip up those boxes, or crimp your chipboard, and show us what your style!  Post your project to the link below, or send it to us in our email, and we'll be checking you out!

We are on the lookout for Guest Designers!  Would that be YOU??? 

Winners from Summertime Challenge will be announced on Friday's Buzz, Brag and  Bee Happy!!! 
Stay Tuned!

and the HoneyBees



HoneyBee Showcase ~ Christmas Cards to Die (cut) For!

Welcome to Christmas in April!  It's the HoneyBee Showcase, and time for the HoneyBees to share our Christmas cards to Die (cut) for!  We are very excited about our joint venture with Lauren and Stef, the JINGLE BELLES, and our opportunity to guest on each others' blogs this week! 

                                                                         *********

Honeybee Courtney Lee reporting for Christmas inspiration!

Welcome to this fabulous Wednesday! 

Today we Honeybees are cross-pollinating (get it!?!) with the Jingle Belles thanks to June - our sweet Honeybee! They are a couple of ladies dedicated to making Christmas cards all year long so that it doesn't overwhelm you come holiday season! So they have a different challenge every week. This week's challenge is to use a die cut! Mine is, of course, Cricut made! Hop over to Jingle Belles to play along and play with us too! Two chances to win! :) 

I have been doing SO much crafting recently and just keep thinking about how blessed I am that I have such a supportive and encouraging group of friends and family! That includes YOU out there in bloggy world! 

Sorry! Out for publication! 

The picture above didn't show the Glossy Accents so I went to take another picture and accidentally hit the button and this picture resulted and for some reason I really like it! :) 

Sorry! Out for publication! 

ALL that you see that made up my card came from PUMPKIN SPICE except for the twine, glossy accents, liquid applique, cartridge, and embossing folder. But all of the paper and embellishments came from the two My Mind's Eye Christmas lines from last year and they are both on sale at Pumpkin Spice along with Meadowlark!

Sorry! Out for publication! 

I hope you play along with us! I thought I would have a hard time getting in the Christmas mood, but I had a blast making this card! I just might play along in the next few weeks with those Jingle Belles! :) 

********************

Rosemary

Happy Wednesday everyone!!..This is such an exciting week for us here at Betty Bee's Buzz!! Not only do we get to share with you our Christmas creations, but we get to be a part of a really cool site...Jingle Belles!!

Here is my Christmas card!!

....and when opened

Products used: My Mine's Eye cardstock

Stickles

Versafine ink

ColorBox chalk ink

Just Right stamp

Sizzix

Nestabilities

Joanne and Offray ribbon

Cricut Cartridges: Lacy Label and Paper Doll Dress Up

********************

This is my card for Lauren's guest designer spot from Jingle Belles Rock. I used SU Hunter Green Cardstock for the card base and the pocket. I used my cuttlebug to emboss the white background with Winter House folder. I used my Winter Wonderland Cartridge to make the adorable snowman. He is not attached in the pocket and is actually a gift certificate. On the back I've written "My treat to Dinner and a Movie"... the recipient can cash in the gift certificate and then the snowman can be used to embellish a scrapbook page of the event! I used my Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch to accent the card pocket. The glitter on the punch, house tops and snow in the sky is for Lauren, she LOVES glitter and is dragging me along with her...LOL This will be a great Christmas as I will have a bunch of bee-utiful cards done BEFORE the last minute rush!!! Judy Ford

***********************

Beth Ullman

I love Christmas!  It has to be one of my favorite times of the year, so this challenge was so, so easy....... Thank you June and the Jingle Belles for this great opportunity to join in on your fun.

For my card I started off with Garden Green, Whisper White card stock from SU, then used Martha Stewart Christmas paper for the rest.  My die cut frame is a Nestabilitie and the snowflakes are a Cricuts Christmas cartridge. That sweet little image is a digi from Whoopsi Daisy.

 ***********



Betty Brett



 This is my first card for this week's challenge.  I must admit that it was a bit out of my comfort zone... this the "challenge" part... but I like it!  I was actually inspired by a commercially produced card that I saw a while back.  The papers are all from Echo Park's "Merry Christmas" collection.  The J and Y are cut from the Cricut StoryBook cartridge, manipulated with my Gypsy to make them fit the opening.  The festive ornament is from the coordinated sticker dies that come with the Echo Park paper pack, as is the sentiment.  The gems are from Studio 18. 

 Now, this one is more my usual style :)  The Magnolia image is a stamp, and she is colored with Copics  and accented with Stickles.  The tree is cut from Cricut's Joys of the Season cartridge, first in shadow, and then in layer, and decorated with Studio 18 gems.  The beautiful Holly paper is Paper Studio, "Season's Greetings" from Hobby Lobby.  The etherial blue glittered swirl background is My Mind's Eye "Countdown to Christmas".  The snowflake is a die cut from Cuttlebug, finished off with a glittered brad in the center, and the vellum and rub-on sentiment are from my stash.

                                                                 ********************

As always, we are excited when you join in with us, and this week is especially fun, since we have Lauren and Stef, and their readers with us, too!  How about a fun prize!  Here is a bit of Christmas Cheer to get you motivated!  We will be choosing a random winner of these, and some more surprise Christmas goodies!  All YOU have to do is join us in our CHRISTMAS to DIE (cut) FOR challenge, and you could be the winner! 

Post your project here before 6:00 PM eastern time on Thursday, April 21st, and we will choose a winner that night.  The winner will be announced right here on Friday, April 22th during Buzz, Brag and Bee Happy!

 Start creating! The challenge begins now, and you have a chance to win at both blogs. Link your creations at Jingle Belles anytime between now and Wednesday, April 20 by 6pm EST. The Jingle Belles winner will be announced on Thursday, April 21st. For a chance to win here at Betty Bee's Buzz link your creations to our HoneyBee Showcase post starting on Wednesday, April 20th. Our winner will be announced on Friday, April 22nd; link your card before 6pm EST on Thursday, April 21st.

Here is the challenge:

Create a Christmas card to die (cut) for!

Your card must contain a die cut (Cricut, Pazzles, Silhouette, Sizzix, Stampin Up!, Spellbinders, etc., or a store-bought die cut (BasicGrey, K&Co., etc.) somewhere on your card.

, the HoneyBees, and the Jingle Belles!