Buzz, Brag and Bee Happy April 29

Happy Friday, one and all. Now, where is my tiara??? I hope you are watching the Royal Wedding this morning! Kate is certainly a beautiful bride, and we wish them a lifetime of happiness!


Now, to more serious things.... we send our very best to all of those who have been affected by the terrible storms that have ravaged the southern United States. Several of the HoneyBees are from South Florida, and we have experienced this kind of devastation, and we understand how awful this is... our prayers are with you.

Now for some BUZZ: When blog hopping the other day, I saw the coolest tip! Remember our twine week a little while back? Mary Anne of Scrappy, Sticky, Inky Mess has come up with a "Do It Yourself" technique for making your own twine, and it's awesome!

Be sure to check it out.... she even has a video!!

Well, before I go, I couldn't resist sharing a new picture of a couple of my little ones... It might not be the best picture of Paisley, but couldn't you just kiss that Porter's face right off!!!

Have a wonderful weekend, and we'll see you right back here on Monday with a fantastic Monday Motivational!

Betty Brett



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Rosemary

Happy Friday dear visitors!! I almost bought a new van (2011 Dodge Caravan), but the dealer didn't like my price. Too bad, because it was only $4,000.00 less than what they wanted. No problem, there are other dealers and other vans. For today I thought I would share with you a couple videos from last Saturday. Joe and I went to Sarasota to visit our son Jeff and family. Joe wanted to do an Easter egg hunt for Nina and Ian and then we had Nina hide an egg for Jeff and Ian for his mom, Samantha. Too much fun!! I explained to Ian not to tell mommy where the egg was...Ok,. look at the video...lol

Saturday afternoon Nina, Ian, Samantha and I went to the mall to visit Build A Bear. Nina got a leopard and Ian got a puppy. Here is a short video of Ian doing the Build A Bear ritual.

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June Houck


Happy Friday! I did get a car this week, but not a van. I have never wanted a van, but I do like my small gold 2000 SUV. Our 1994 blue Honda Accord has broken down 3 Thursdays in a row. I teased dh and reminded him to never drive the Honda on a Thursday from now on. We went looking for a car, and I decided to get the same small SUV (I'm a creature of habit.) My new SUV is a 2008. The dealer wanted me to trade in my 2000 SUV and I said, "No way! I love that car." Now I have two SUVs…my new one has heated seats; love that :) She is silver, so I named her "Silver Queen."
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Wow Can't bee-lieve it's Friday Already! My daughter Michelle is here this week visiting from Pennsylvania. We have been busy catching up, eating out and packing her stored stuff to take back to PA on Sunday.
Hope you all have a blessed week! Hug your family! BEE Happy!!!
Judy Ford

Don't forget to create an IRIS FOLDING project, and post on Wednesday's link!

You could be our winner for this week!

Now, it's your turn! Leave your comments and Links... share your BUZZ, things you'd like to BRAG about, and things you are HAPPY about!!

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! 

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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! :) 

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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! 

HoneyBee Showcase - Twine it up! March 23rd

Welcome to the hive!  We are all twisted up in twine this week!  Aren't you loving seeing twine all over the place?  It is so versatile and easy to use!  Court gave a great tutorial on Monday, sharing a number of fun ideas and tips.  Here is what a few of the HoneyBees have done, too!

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I am so thankful for Court's video on how to do a spiral twist like she did on the button!  Here I have used the same technique on the sun, and it was really easy to do!  I have two cards to share with you today. The one above is nice to have on hand for someone who needs cheering up.  The little bunnies playing in the trees are from the Cricut "Give a Hoot" cartridge.  I hand wrote the sentiment.

Betty Brett

This Tilda card is going out to a very special "Cupcake Designer" who is having a birthday next week!!!  I know she will see this before she gets it in the mail, but she won't know what is coming inside of it :)  Happy Birthday, Tori!  The embossing folder is from Sizzix, and the coloring is with Copics.  The round sentiment is from Stampin' Up!. 

On both of my cards I used gold flecked embroidery twine (or string) that comes on a short round tube. 

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June Houck

Our challenge for you this week at Betty Bee's Buzz is to use twine on your card. I used mine to hold my pennants, but I cut my pennants so large, you can only see my ties. Yikes. The cute birthday girl and sentiment are a MFT Pure Innocence stamp set. I colored with Copics and layered Bella Blvd "Sweet Celebration" papers on a yellow-orange Bazzill card stock and SU whisper white card stock. The shape is a Spellbinders die and the border punch is by Martha Stewart. The glittery card base is by DCWV and the red gems are from Michael's. I popped my girl up on dimensionals. So cute!

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Now it's your turn!  Show us your twine projects, and you could be the winner of this week's prize of a BRAND NEW BettyBee Design Heritage Page Kit!!!  Watch for the introduction of these, and other,  exciting new products coming soon!  You could be the first to have one!!  Just link below, or send to our email address, and we will link for you!


Happy creating!







and the HoneyBees

Twists with Twine

Happy Monday!  Welcome back to the Hive, and we hope you are enjoying the first weekend of Spring, (if you are here in this hemisphere!)  Did you get to see the moon, as it was at the closest orbit in years?  It was outstanding here!  We also hope you got in some fun creating time, and are ready for a great tutorial today.  Court, one of the hottest designers in the industry,  is here to share some fun with us, all about twine!   *****

HoneyBee Courtney Lee reporting for tutorial!  

I have been obsessed with twine recently. It's everywhere! So today I am doing a quick tutorial on how you can use it on your projects! I hope you like the video! :) 

This is my friend Hazel's birthday card and it fits her to a T. 

Recipe:

Cardstock: kraft, Core'dinations (green), PaperTreyInk (yellow, brown, black), DCWV (light blue)

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose: Hazel Collection™ (Do you like how I used "her" papers? :) I also used a bit of the Hattie Collection (blue and yellow paper)™

Twine: the Twinery in Lemon Drop™

Cartridge: Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons™

Ink: Versamark

Stamp: Inkadinkado

Ribbon: Paper Trey Ink and ribbon from Betty Bee!

Glossy Accents

Imaginisce: Cupcake Fabric Flowers: Neutrals™

Please remember to come back on Wednesday to see what the HoneyBees have done with the twine challenge and play along to win a prize! :)