Kween Bee Kreations

Important SU! News

A final gift card holder to share with you.  See the inside of this gift card in My Kreations Gallery.

Check out the other two ...
Congrats Grad
Congrats Devlin

I have some important Stampin' Up! news to share with all of you.

• The last-chance list (formerly called Retired Stamp & Accessory list) will be available right here on June 1.
• The new 2009/2010 Idea Book & Catalog is released July 1.
• There are some exciting summer promotions coming your way soon!  Be on the lookout.
• Ending May 31:  Get your starter kit for only $75.00!!
• Buy 3, Get 1 Free - ends May 31  

Stay tuned - in the next day or so, I will be offering a B-Day Bash class locally or in "to go" kits.  It's a very cost effective class to help you stay on top of birthday's throughout the year.

Hint:  The class uses the Best Ever Simply Scrappin' Kit

Each set includes paper and self adhesive die-cuts. The images are all exclusive Stampin’ Up! designs that coordinate with our rubber stamp sets. And each package includes several great layout ideas.

• Coordinates with: Riding Hood Red, Kraft, Baja Breeze, and Kiwi Kiss
• 80-lb. cover weight
• Easy-to-use images are great alone or coordinated with matching stamp set
• Kit contains
  • 8 sheets of 12" x 12" textured card stock
  • 6  sheets of 12" x 12" patterned paper
  • 6 sheets of 6" x 12" self-adhesive die-cuts
• Can be trimmed to create 6" x 6" or 8-1/2" x 11" pages

Tiny Tassel

Today's project is for my favorite person in the whole wide world!

Even though he's little and just starting out his educational career - I wanted to celebrate his Pre-K Graduation as much as I will when he reaches his high school and college milestones.

Yep, you guessed it - this gift card is for my son, Devlin.  I treasure every minute I spend with him.  He makes me beyond proud to say that I am a Mommy - his Mommy.

A great tutorial for this gift card holder, can be found at Sweet Impressions.




In my post yesterday, I recycled the tassel that was on a graduation invite we received.  However, I made my own custom tassel this time around using Real Red grosgrain ribbon.

 

How?

• Using your scissors, cut the ribbon lengthwise 
• After cutting you will be able to pull the ribbon fibers apart
• Bend the fibers in half and voila you have a custom tassel

I hope to create a step-by-step photo tutorial to explain this further, but for now, I hope this explanation gets you started.






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Ronald McDonald Provides More Than a Happy Meal

The stamp set I used here is called "Say It with Scallops".

Every year, Stampin' Up! designs an exclusive stamp set to help raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). 

When you purchase this Say It with Scallops set, Stampin' Up! will donate $2.00 to RMHC. 

Ronald McDonald provides more than a happy meal.  Every time I take my little bugger to McDonald's, he empties my coins into the RMHC donation box.

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I made this gift card holder by CASE'ing Allison over at Sweet Impressions.  She even provided an easy to follow tutorial, so be sure to check it out!

With the end of the school year approaching - keep this project in mine for grads you know.  You don't necessarily need to own a "graduation" stamp set.  TIP:  Improvise like I did, by using a Congrats stamp instead.  This project is easy to customize - simply vary the colors you use. 

I am sure you'll see a few more variations from me soon.  I have a cousin graduating high school and my little guy (Devlin) will be graduating from Pre-K.

Coordinating Cards

As promised, here are the coordinating cards for the Hawaii Papaya accordian box I made yesterday. 

Above is set #1, that I chose to do with a Chocolate Chip card base.  Below is set #2 using Tangerine Tango as a card base.

These simple cards showcase the beauty of the Hawaii Papaya Designer Series Paper (DSP). Check out this cool chart to see what colors coordinate with this and other Stampin' Up! DSP. 

NOTE:  The new Stampin' Up! catalog will be released in 8 short days... I will update the chart accordingly to reflect the new DSP.

For these cards, I used the stamp set "Say it With Scallops".  This set is made to use with the scallop square punch.  No cutting required, just insert your image and pop out the scalloped square.  Easy and fun!

You can see individual images of these cards in My Kreations Gallery. 

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Pretty Papaya Paper

I am taking a little break from Christmas projects today to show you this Kreation.

Last week, I participated in the Ways to Use It Challenge (WT196).  In this challenge, we were to use half of a stamp image.  I chose the "Say it With Scallops" stamp set  (item  #111678) and inked the image up three times in Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss & Tangerine Tango. 

Then I used my paper trimmer to slice off the "hi" portion of the image.  Pulling out the Hawaii Papaya Designer Series Paper (item #112460), I color coordinated the rest of the card. 

The sentiment is from "Heard from the Heart" (item #111644) and is inked in Chocolate Chip then perched atop a punched out Kiwi Kiss large oval.

Simple card, no frills, but fun result focused on pretty paper - what do you think?

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Friend of Bill W.

This card was made for someone very special.  He's a "Friend of Bill W's" and also one of my closest friends. 

Who is he?  His name is Mike and he's my Dad.  

September 25th marked his 25th Sobriety Anniversary.  I'm a little behind in congratulating you, sorry about that Dad!  But that doesn't make my message any less important.  I am PROUD to call you my Father, my friend, and most of all my Dad. 

I always remember a frame that sat on the dresser in your bedroom that read "Any man can be a Father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad".  And it's true, you are that special someone.

CONGRATS Dad, on winning the fight against alcoholism for another year!  I am honored to be your Daughter and so grateful Devlin has such a caring Peepa!

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Non-Traditional Christmas

 

It's beginning to look like a lot like a non-traditional Christmas, everywhere you go ... or at least in my world it is!

I'm all for thinking outside the box and these two Kreations I have to share with you today are no exception.  I created two (what I would call) non-traditional Christmas cards. 

The first one self-titled "Krafty Christmas" was completed for last week's Splitcoaststampers Try a New Technique Challenge (TLC183)- which was to faux dry emboss.  There is a great photo tutorial for you to follow if you are interested in trying this technique.

I started my card with a base of Kraft cardstock.  LOVE Stampin' Up!'s Kraft cardstock... bought an entire package of it in fact (40 8 1/2" x 11" sheets).

I followed the tutorial and inked the tree from the "Snow Swirled" stamp set in White craft ink.  I quickly heat set it to allow it to dry quickly.  Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I positioned where I wanted my top image to be stamped.  I then stamped the tree again using Chocolate Chip ink.  This gives the effect of embossing without actually using any embossing powder! 

Pretty, isn't it?

I added a few flowers from the Flower Fusion Too collection, they are attached with a silver brad for a bit of shine.

My second Kreation was completed for yesterday's color challenge (CC182) - which was to use monochromatic colors. 

I glanced around my stamping space and the new So Saffron Poly Twill ribbon caught my eye.  So, I decided I was going to run with the So Saffron color. 

The designer paper used on this card (bottom portion) is from the Windsor Knot collection.

I used the "Say it with Scallops" stamp set and again chose to do a non-traditional Christmas card.

This stamp in particular works perfectly with the new scallop square punch.  Just stamp, punch and you've got a beautifully finished Kreation! 

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Bittersweet Goodbye

This Kreation is a gift set for my son Devlin's daycare teacher, Lisa.  She has accepted a position teaching children with autism in another town.  We were lucky to have her stay as long as she has... it seems lately daycare teachers are leaving left and right. 

I am sure the pay of a childcare worker does not equate to the duties they fulfill day in and day out.  But I do hope they know just how much we appreciate them as a "stand in" Mommy & Daddy. 

I made this cute little acetate box for the Try a New Technique challenge (TLC182) over at Splitcoaststampers.com.  There, you can download a tutorial and make one yourself. 

Sweet Always designer series paper (DSP) seemed to fit the bill for this Kreation.  I made the box first, and filled it with Hershey's nuggets.  I stamped the flower from the "Just Jawing" stamp set on an Avery mailing label #8160, then wrapped the label around each nugget.  

The card started off with a piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock (one of the new In Colors).  I added matching Sweet Always DSP to the card base and again stamped the flower from the "Just Jawing" stamp set.  Each flower was punched out using a 1" circle punch and mounted to two larger circles and finally a scalloped circle. 

The flowers on the card are inked in Tangerine Tango (another new In Color) and the center flower gets a bit of bling.  This new bling is from the Designer Brad series in the filigree style.  These brads come in four styles:  Flower, Filigree, Circle and Star.  Found on page 184 of the new Fall/Winter Idea Book &Catalog, each assortment contains 16 pieces, 8 each of 2 sizes in a styled silver finish.

I hope Lisa likes it!  We plan to put a gift card inside the handmade card for a little going away gift. 

It will be bittersweet as this little guy says goodbye to someone he's grown to care for. 

But, we wish her the best of luck and are happy she played a part in caring for Devlin.