Buzz, Brag, and Bee Happy - Friday, April 8

Happy Friday, and welcome to the Hive!  This is the place where we Buzz about what's happening, Brag about what we've got to share, and tell about what is making us Happy!  And we invite you to join right in!!  At the bottom is a place for you to leave a comment, so you can share your good news, as well as a LINKZ so you can Brag about your accomplishments!  We LOVE to see what you are creating.  It's a happy linking party!!  Let's see what the HoneyBees have to share this week ......
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This week I'm Buzzin and Braggin! My Husband Don and I went out by Eggmont Key, near Tampa Bay, on April 7th. I caught this bee-utiful 19in grouper.

Too small to filet but a ton of fun to catch! My good friend, Henrietta Hoffman, and I donated 16 quilts to the local branch of Florida Baptist Children's Home that we had made over this winter season. They are completely funded by private donations and the Bradenton, Florida branch deals with foster care homes. Sherri was so excited to get these quilts and we could tell by her expression that she was picking out which quilt would go to which child as she poured over our donation. She said these children are all ages and are coming out of crisis, abuse, violence, and horrors too awful to even imagine. So many come to them with only the clothes on their backs or with a few things stuffed into garbage bags. Henrietta and I are making this our ongoing project. Next year we hope to expand our efforts, with the help from other members of our trailer community, by doing a weekly sewing project at our community hall. Sherri also said they can use small suitcases, bookbags or totes so the children can put their things into something other than a garbage bag, sooooo garage sales here I come...bags, batting, material, thread... wow retail therapy for a good cause!!!! Hug your children for me and come join us at Betty Bee's Buzz for what makes you BUZZ, BRAG OR BEE HAPPY!!!                                                                         Judy Ford

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Can you believe my girls are almost 9yo? Last year I started scrapbooking pages for my own scrapbook album, though I have been "collecting" papers to complete it for 8 years! I have had this picture and this LO kit for 7 years, I think.

My, how scrapbooking has changed! To update it just a bit, I fussy cut the title die cut strip (dove, two giraffes, and 'two by two'.) I used the April sketch challenge at Artful Delight. I took some creative license with the sketch because my banner was so lengthy. I used my Birthday Bash circuit cartridge and my D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder to create the pennant flags. I stitched together with some blue floss left over from a completed cross-stitch kit. Just trying to use up my old stash…

June Houck

This week's theme at Betty Bee's Buzz is "Babies." If you are looking for baby-theme inspiration, check out what the DT has done earlier this week!

For both of these cards I used the BasicGrey Oliver card kit.

What are you working on this week? We have a linking party here at Betty Bee's Buzz every Friday. Link anything you currently working on, or just leave a comment on good things that happened this week in your hives.                                                                       ********************  

Rosemary

Happy Friday!!!..This was a pretty lazy week for me, so I'm going to share with you a few 'baby' cards I did several months back.  Doublside cardstock is perfect for this design!

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Betty Brett



I have a couple of things to share this Friday.  First, I want to thank our amazing Design Team, the wonderful HoneyBees, for the great job they did with Baby Week!  I am so honored to have such good and talented friends. 

 It is time for new releases at Digital Delights, and it looks like a total Pirate Invasion! I colored Pirate Presley with Copics, and used two images of the treasure chest to create a box to keep my chocolate booty in!  Wendy has a lot of great images for you next pirate party.  I wish the beautiful Smooch colored gems had shown up in this picture!  So pretty :)

And last, but certainly not least, I have created a very special wedding card for my beautiful niece, Ashley and her beloved, Steven.  They are being married on Saturday, and I send them all my love and wishes for a wonderful life together.  My hubby will be traveling to celebrate with them, while I am with our daughter's little family.  This is one of my new Display style cards, and the tutorial is over on my personal blog (here).

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Wanda

Sorry I'm late!

I've had such a wonderful month!  My Son has gotten married.  His wedding was on the 19th in Orlando Florida and his reception was on the 26th in Atlanta Georgia.  Of course he was the most handsome groom there ever was!  His bride was like an angel.. What a beautiful couple.

 Here is my beautiful family.  My five of six children (one lost as a infant) and my three grandchildren.  Bet you can't figure out who's the bride and groom.  LOL

After the reception we had the wonderful opportunity to go to the Medieval Times show in Atlanta.. It was fabulous!  Also joining us was the brides wonderful Mom who is from Russia, and my son's Best Man.  What a group we are.. It was such a wonderful time.. It was the first time in years we have all been together.  My son served four years in the military so getting together was hard. 

 Beth Ullman

Hey Wanda I am even later than you.....story of my life..........my week has been spent making a few cards and playing in my yard, hubby and I extended my flower bed out the other day so we have been planting.....I love spring in Virginia my azaleas are almost in full bloom I made up a collage with just a few of the things I have blooming.

I Hope for those of you who are still having snow and cold temperatures that this picture will warm your hearts just a little.

Here is one of the cards I did this week the techniques I used are called Curled Corners and Watercolored over White, they are from the Technique Junkies newsletter.

Well I am off to play hope you have enjoyed my little addition this week, have a wonderful week-end.

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Honeybee Courtney Lee
Hello everyone! I'm the latest to get my post up! :) 
I have been a busy little bee recently! I am very excited to announce that I am a Guest Designer for Roberts Crafts. We had some technical difficulties and it was supposed to go live yesterday and it's not quite up yet, but I am sure it will be up soon. YouTube has been ornery! I made a Spring Garden Party project with 5 tutorials and 5 videos on all of the Imaginisce tools! So, once it is up, I would love some HoneyBee love and support if you have the time to check it out!
Tonight is also the My Pink Stamper Pink-alicious Friday Blog Hop! There will be about 20 stops on the hop - it's a big one - but a lot of us are hosting prizes! It goes live at 6:00PM PST. So check it out!
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Note:  Our winner of the week for the Heritage Kit is AMY SHEFFER!!!  Congratulations, Amy! 

Don't forget we have a challenge on Wednesday, and you could be the winner of a very sweet DCWV baby design kit!!  All you have to do is enter a baby project, and one random winner will be chosen next week! 

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HoneyBee Showcase ~ April 6 ~ Baby Week

It's Wednesday, and one of our favorite days here at BettyBee's Buzz... it's the day the HoneyBees showcase their ideas from the tutorial on Monday, and their take on the theme of the week.  It is our hope that you will be inspired, and play along with us. 

This week we are celebrating BABIES!  On Monday Court shared a bee-utiful onesie card, and we're all excited about sharing our projects. 

We are starting with our NewBEE, brand new HoneyBee Judy Ford!

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Since I'm the NewBEE I need the extra points so I did two cards!

They both are from Life's a Party.

This baby giraffe features such a sweet face, and an iris folded tummy.

Judy

 Look, Courtney, there's a onesie!!!

This card is embossed with Cuttlebug hearts, and has woven ribbons, Martha Stewart punched mat, and

has the cutest little duckie on the onesie!  This would be perfect for any new Ba-BEE!

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 June Houck

This week at Betty Bee's Buzz it's all about the babies (ba-bees!)  I was inspired by this card from my simply one of a kind blog friend, Chrissie Stokes.

I am in love with my cricut expression!  My onesie, ducks, and little lamb were all cut from my Wall Decor and More cartridge.  (The use of this cartridge was inspired by HoneyBee Court!)  I embossed the lamb with my Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder.  All papers, pearls, stamp and punches for this card are by Stampin' Up!  The tiny eyes for the ducks are Rhinestone stickers from Michael's.

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I love baby feet!!!

Rosemary

Here is a layout I did for Betty!  Her granddaughter, Paisley, is just too cute and looks like grandma, too!  I love doing 'girly' pages and this was perfect for me.  I recently purchased an embossing mat from Amy Chomas which also included an embossing tip that replaces your Cricut blade.  I forgot to write down what cartridge I used for the frame; the lettering is from Cursive 101.  The border was done with my Fiskars border punch; so easy to use! I love the embossed look when used on vellum!.  Not sure if you can see it, but the mat under the photo is a glitter DCWV cardstock. Those pretty flowers were given to me by our very own Courtney at our HoneyBee Retreat in February.  Aren't they gorgeous?!!! 

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HoneyBee Courtney Lee

Hello! You are half way through the work week! 

I have my first ever YuDu project with you to share!

Now, I actually did these back in January because three of my friends were having boys! So I just whipped these out and I have to say, this project made me fall in love with my YuDu! You can also do onesies with the YuDu card shop! I haven't tried that yet, but I would LOVE to! :) 

The "boy" is on the back of the onesie - on the bottom. I thought it would be cute to see them crawling around with "boy" on the butt! 

I did the ducks first so I learned a lot while doing the ducks. I wasn't using enough pressure and that's the only reason there is an imperfection! :) 

Recipe:

Yudu™

Cartridges: Wall Decor and More™, Cake Basics™

Ink: Rain (comes in the muted 3-pack). I got it at Michael's with my 40% off coupon

Hope you like these and they inspire you to create some onesies for friends who are having kiddos! :)
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Wanda

For my baby project I wanted to make a onesie "Joy Fold" card.  The onesie is all one piece and folded to create the card.  I then paper pieced the edging for the sleeves, collar, and legs.  The Digi's are from Digital Delights.  The stitching is done with Sukura Pens and the buttons are Stickles.

 On the inside is "Welcome Baby" also from Digital Delights!
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Betty Brett

 A special name plate card for Paisley! 

Display Card, all ready to sit on a shelf.

This is a new style card that I designed, and it will stand up, and show off the front!  I'll show you how to make these fun cards over on my blog :)

Beth Ullman

Well here I am bringing up the rear as usual but in honor of Betty's new grand baby, Paisley, I made this cute baby announcement using a onsie from the Cricut Sampler cartridge......the little onesie opens so you can add all the babie's info......hope you like it and it will give you some more inspiration.

It's your turn!!  Share your baby projects with us, and you could be the winner of a DCWV Baby Page/Card Kit! 

Happy crafting!  Hug your Hunnies today :)

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Baby Fun - Onesie Challenge

Welcome to the Hive, and our celebration of BA-BEES!!  As you saw last week, our newest little Teeny Bee was born on Friday, so we are thinking little and cute!  Our HoneyBee Court will kick off the week with a tutorial on a darling shaped card, and you can join us on Wednesday!  ******************* 

HoneyBee Courtney Lee reporting for Monday Motivation!

Good Monday morning to all of you! 

This week I am doing the tutorial here at Betty Bee's Buzz! And in honor of her new grandbaby Paisley being born, we are having a baby week. So play along in the baby challenge and you never know what could be up for grabs! :) You can make ANYTHING baby, but I will give it my extra love if it has a onesie somewhere on it! :) 

Instructions:

(If you have a Gypsy, weld the two together at the top and ignore step 1)

1. Using Wall Decor and More™ cut two onesies out at 4" out of Butter cardstock. 
2. Next cut one onesie with the swirl detail out of Summer Fun at 4". Adhere to card base.
3. Ink around edges of card.
4. Stamp "Pure Joy" and the little foot from My Pink Stamper's Sweet Baby™ set in Momento ink.
5. Cut 2 one inch butterflies from Cake Basics™ (or any butterfly blackout or shadow cut - or punch for that matter!).
6. Add white stones using your i-rock™ to the center of the butterflies. 
7. Ink edges.
8. Bend edges up around the i-rock™ stones making the wings upright.
9. Adhere one of the butterflies to the mini clothespin and the other one to the onesie.
10. Take two buttons and use twine to thread through the holes from the back and tie a bow in the front. Trim extra length off. 
11. Using Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™, attach one to each button back and adhere to card.
12. Send the card to a friend!

Recipe:

Gypsy

• Cartridges: Wall Decor and More™, Cake Basics™
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweet Baby™
• Cardstock: American Crafts "Butter"™ (Artful Delight April Kit)
• Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee: Hometown Summer "Summer Fun"™ (Artful Delight April Kit)
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot rocks in Pearl by Imaginisce™
• mini clothespins from Canvas Corp™ (Artful Delight April Kit)
• Buttons from October Afternoon: Modern Homemaker Collection™ (Artful Delight April Kit)
• Twine from the Twinery in Lemondrop™
• Ink is Momento™
• Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™

Now play along this week and I will be showing you some onesies I did with my YuDu for some friends on Wednesday! So come back on Wednesday to see what the rest of the HoneyBees did with this challenge! :)
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Have a great week!  Bee sure to give your loved ones lots of Honey!



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Buzz, Brag, and Bee Happy - April 1

Welcome to this week's BUZZ, BRAG and BEE HAPPY FRIDAY!  It's wonderful to have Rosemary back with us!  There is some very happy stuff in the hive this week!!

Welcome to Buzz Brag And Bee Happy Friday!!!

Rosemary

Well, I finally got a project done!! It felt good getting into my scraproom and playing with my stash. I have been wanting to use my Imaginisce magnets that I purchased and never used. While visiting Target, I found the cutest journal on sale for under $3.00. The book is canvas and such a cool print that I didn't want to cover it up. I did a search and found the idea for the flower magnet book closure, but no matter how many times I looked at the YouTube video, I just wasn't getting it to work. So, I came up my own method and it works!..The flowers are glued to the magnet and then the magnet is glued to the book. It took a few tries with ribbon and found the lighter ribbon works best. I did a decorative cover inside to hide the ribbon and everything is secure. So, do the Ns look a little funky? They should. I didn't have any Ns, so I used a couple Ms and cut them..I think it works with the album..lol..

Inside the journal I will help Nina set it up to be more than just a journal. When we were at the Mall, she found a journal that had comments for her to answer..Cool and very fun. So, I cut a few mats for photos. Example would be her photo on the first page. She can write 'me' and give the color of her hair,eyes, etc. There will be a page for anyone she wants listed and also questions like her favorite song, book, colors..whatever..This should be fun working with her to get it started. Hopefully, I can get a photo once the pages get filled in some.

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INTRODUCING .............

 With this being Buzz, Brag and BEE HAPPY, how could I be any happier than bringing you this post? I am so delighted to introduce you to my newest granddaughter, Miss Paisley Ann!

 Is there anything any cuter than baby feet?  (This photo is especially for my Mom, who always checks out the tiny toes right away!) 

 Porter was just precious waiting and waiting to meet his brand new little sister...  she was out being bathed, and getting a check up when he got to the hospital, so he had to wait so paitently....

 Here she comes!!  He brought her a soft, chenille bunny. 

 A tender, sweet first kiss from a loving big brother.  He is SO good with her.

 Tender moments with Aunt Tori.

 Here I am meeting our sweet girl for the first time.  She is such an easy going baby! 

Porter brought her a flower! 

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I've created a couple of cards this week, but those can wait for the next post.   I hope you are enjoying some happy moments in your life.  Treasure your family and friends.  Tell them that you love them...

Stand for what you believe in, and make a difference in the lives of others.

Rest in Peace, Master Ken Ellis, a friend and teacher, whose life was cut short this week.
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Don't forget to check out our new HoneyBee, Judy's, tutorial from Monday, and give our
Pennies from Heaven challenge a try!  There is a wonderful poem there!

It's your turn to share what you wish to Brag on; what you have Created; what makes you Happy!  You can leave a comment, send us an email (the address is in the upper right corner), or post your link below!  Thanks to all of you who particpated last week!!!  We LOVE seeing what you are creating!! 

Have a great weekend, and we'll see you Monday with another Monday Motivational!   





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