day 192: pink blooms and bee notecard

papertrey ink stamps:
daydreamer set
honey bee set

day 191: "you color my world" bee notecard

pink ink on plain white cardstock with the bee stamp from the Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set and the swirl and sentiment from their Happy Trails set.

day 190: "dreams" bee & blooms notecard

Hoping all your wishes and dreams come true

papertrey ink stamps:
daydreamer set
honeybee set

day 189: "celebrate" bee silhouette notecard

took inspiration from a beautiful card made on the Simplicity blog.  and just added my bee. :)
stamps are all from Papertrey Ink:  honey bee, text style, happy trails, and botanical silhouettes.  inked in 2 shades of pink (background text is the lighter pink) and stamped on a single-layer of white cardstock.

day 188: "smile" bee silhouette notecard

took inspiration from a beautiful card made on the Simplicity blog.  and just added my bee. :)
stamps are all from Papertrey Ink:  honey bee, text style, happy trails, and botanical silhouettes.  inked in 2 shades of blue (background text is the lighter blue) and stamped on a single-layer of ivory cardstock.

day 187: bee silhouettes thank you card

took inspiration from a beautiful card made on the Simplicity blog.  and just added my bee. :)
stamps are all from Papertrey Ink:  honey bee, text style, and botanical silhouettes.  inked in 2 shades of green (background text is the lighter celery green) and stamped on a single-layer of ivory cardstock.

day 186: queen bee notecard

used a few of my clear rubber stamps to create this clean and simple bee card.  the bee and sentiment stamps are from Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set, the crown is by Catslife Press, and the frame is from Stampin' Up's Frame It - Clear-Mount Stamp set.

the bee & sentiment are stamped in StazOn Black, the crown is inked in gold and the frame is stamped in StazOn brown.  i colored the bee in with a simple yellow marker.

day 185: "happily ever after" bee wedding card

the bee stamps are from Papertrey Ink's honey bees set, the top hat is by Catslife Press, and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Botanical Silhouettes set.
all stamped in black, then the sentiment is restamped in yellow, and the bees and hat are watercolored in the same yellow ink.

day 184: "let your dreams take flight" notecard

single-layered notecard stamped in black ink utilizing the same random clear cute bee stamp from the last card and the squiggle and sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Happy Trails set.
then i watercolored the bee with my water-pen and yellow and black ink stamp pads.

day 183: captured bees notecard

single-layered notecard handstamped with Crescendoh's Little Miss Mason set and a cute bee from another clear stamp set (that i lost the label)....

and very similar to this other card i made last year.

day 172 - dandy bee thank you card

used a few of my clear rubber stamps to create this clean and simple bee thank you card.  the bee and sentiment stamps are from Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set, the top hat is by Catslife Press, and the frame is from Stampin' Up's Frame It - Clear-Mount Stamp set.

the bee, hat & sentiment are stamped in StazOn Black and the frame is stamped in StazOn brown.  i colored the hat and bee in with a simple yellow marker.

Day 170: Blue Butterfly Thank You Card

made a CAS thank you card for my Grandma to thank her for my birthday card.  i love that if all else fails, i always get a card from her every year on or before my birthday.  i used a diecut paper butterfly i received in a Swap-bot swap, a single self-adhesive rhinestone and Papertrey Ink's "thank you" sentiment from their Think Big Favorites #5 stamp set inked in black.

Day 169: Red Butterfly Thank You Card

made a CAS thank you card for my in-laws to thank them for my birthday present.  i used a diecut paper butterfly i received in a Swap-bot swap, a single self-adhesive rhinestone and Papertrey Ink's "thank you" sentiment from their Think Big Favorites #5 stamp set inked in black.

Day 155: Bees in a Jar Notecard

made this notecard to send with the bee stuffie i made for Day 153.



the bee stamps are from Paper Trey Ink's honey bees set and the jar is from Crescendoh's Little Miss Mason set.  i stamped everything in black and watercolored the lid and bees using my water pen and a couple of Stampin' Pads.

Day 149: Wonderland Caterpillar Flat Notecard

i'm like 2 weeks behind!  i've just been not so motivated or when i am, i have to catch up on Swap-bot swaps.  ugh.  so, here's something fast and quick that i made for a the Down the Rabbit Hole Scavenger Hunt swap.  i wrote my message on it. 

used 4x6-inch white cardstock and stamped the caterpillar and "The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" on the flat front in blue and rounded the corners.

Day 144: Blue Bee Thinking of You Notecard

i love bees... even when they're blue. :) 

i used 4 different shades of blue Stampin' Pad inks with a little bee from my new Paper Trey Ink Honey Bees stamp set and the sentiment from the Paper Trey Ink Tea for Two set.  what a cute everyday card!

Day 143: Rainbow Butterfly Notecard

i used the direct to paper technique to make this card. Splitcoast Stampers had a great tutorial on it, so i had to try it! i used my Dream Impressions Fall Combo stamp pad and simply dragged it across the front of my notecard. i stuck 3 white flower stickers on the bottom left corner and a little puffy butterfly sticker embellishment to finish it off.

Day 142: Sparkle Dragonfly Notecard

using inspiration from the Stampington Take Ten magazine, i created a notecard using some craft supplies i received in an Swap-bot Inspiration Kit swap.

here's some of the supplies i received:





i love swapping supplies. i send stuff i've had in my stash for a while and haven't used... and i receive some very fun and random goodies to inspire me! like they say, your trash may be somebody else's treasure?

so i found a fun and simple card to make in the Take Ten magazine... and used the sparkly dragonfly sticker and a paper tag from the swap package...
and made this!



not exactly perfect, since my color scheme is a bit off... but i'm working through my paper stash... and nobody really looks that hard at the cards you send anyways. hahaha...

here's how i made it:

1. cut the top flap of the card shorter than the bottom and rounded the corners
2. lined the bottom inside flap with patterned paper
3. punched circles out of patterned paper and adhered them to the bottom right corner of the top flap
4. cut a strip of plain paper to fit the length of the card and adhered it on top of the circles (lining it up to cover the circles half way)
5. punch a hole in the card above the circles (in the plain paper strip) to attach the tag using a brad
6. add dragonfly sticker to the top left corner of the card

DONE! 

Day 133: Happy Together Ladybug Couple Notecard

i'm leaving for San Francisco today, so again, i only did a quick bug craft today. basically the same as yesterday, but sightly different sticker and sentiment from the Stampin' Up happy everything stamp set inked in pink chalk.  these ladybug chipboard stickers are so cute i don't want to over do it with embellishments that will take away from their charm.

Day 132: Happy Everything Chipboard Ladybug Notecard

i'm packing for a road trip this weekend, so didn't want to spend a lot of time on my craft today. 

i used a random ladybug chipboard sticker i got in a Swap-bot swap on plain white cardstock.  added the sentiment from the Stampin' Up happy everything stamp set inked in pink chalk.  cute, pretty and simple card i can use for any occasion.  awesome!