Just Bee-cause Cards

I needed some cards to send to the grandparents, and the SC bee stamp that came with my Into the Woods kit, was the inspiration for these just "bee"cause cards =)

I misted some cream cardstock with Lemonade Mister Huey and Gold and Sunflower Maya Mist, using doilies as masks.

It came out soo cool!

I'm so loving making my own background paper with various mists these days.

I ended up adding the doilies I used as masks, to anchor the heat embossed bee (Brown Zing!).

I finished it off with a sentiment from the most quintessential pack of sentiments every known to woman! (Seriously they are from Papertrey Ink and you should buy them)

And some button twine (also from Papertrey Ink, because they're awesome like that).

xxbesos

CKC, KP & SC

I had a total blast at CKC Houston (ahem The Woodlands...) last month when Matt was off in Ohio visiting family. I met some super sweet ladies whom I will be cropping with later this month and a few scrapbooking celebs.

I'm sure these lovely ladies need no introduction.

I had so much fun in classes with Kelly Purkey and shopping and chatting with April Foster and Nicole Harper of Studio Calico.

You've seen some of the projects we made that day, here and here and here.

Today I'm sharing some of my workspace.

You see, we got really inky while we were playing with all of those fabulous Mister Huey's.

And SC being the very smart and responsible company that they are, made sure the tables was covered in kraft shipping paper to protect them from our inky messes.

Well, I loved how messy and graphic my workspace ended up, that I cut it up and brought it home with me =)

And here's the page I made with it.

I wanted it to be a bit rough around the edges (yes, pun intended!) so I free cut it in roughly a 11.5 x 11.5 square and stapled it to an anchoring sheet of cardstock.

Coming from the corporate world, I love a good acronym and played with that a bit in my title.

I added some ephemera from the day, my wristband and my class ticket, which I misted using the wood veneer packaging as a mask.

The people, more so than the classes are what really made the experience for me. I'm so glad I got to meet KP! And of course chat with Nicole and April. It was a lovely day =)

Oh, and I'm blogging up a storm today, so be sure to check back in the coming weeks for all of my latest projects!

xxbesos

Dover Favorites

Aaaannnd...I'm back with some more for my England 8x8 Mini book. The album I purchased came with these sweet manila page dividers, so I used one as the basis for a page.

There will be no blank spots in this mini album!

It was a super simple quick and easy page, just a few strips of patterned paper, a red label stamped & heat embossed with Rouge Zing and some quick and easy journaling.

I love that the shape and sheen of the heat embossing on this label is vaguely reminiscent of the iconic telephone booth.

And onto a 2 page vintage spread that I love! It features some goodies from the Mind the Gap SC kit (brown patterned paper and greenish tinged buttons).

I had no idea that there were these secret tunnels built under Dover Castle in WW2. Since Dover is just across the way from Calais in France, it must have been a prime location for them back in the day.

They still had everything set up as if the war was still going on. It was pretty awesome to see and explore.

And I finally got use the "Keep Calm & Carry On" stamp...and in the correct context!!!

Only 2 more pages left for this section of the mini book. I'll update soon with all of Dover pages.

xxbesos