Dustin Pike and New Blog Candy :)

Well, maybe I should have titled this post the other way around :) This is the Blog Candy from BettyBee's Buzz and it is designed to be used for Christmas and for the rest of the winter, with the darling Winter Village, by K & Co., the Gingerbread stamps and felt snowflakes by Martha Stewart, and the assortment of snowmen and snowflakes of all kinds will work well with the tinseled trim and the shimmery gold ribbon! There are at least 10 great items in this package... be sure to check out the tutorials, and leave comments, and you could be the winner! PS, there are also great Gift Certificates by awesome sponsors, like EAD Designs, and Fred, She Said, too!

My goal has been to try to get a Christmas card made every day..... well, that hasn't been very successful, but I have been creating! I guess that counts :) I do love Dustin Pike's images, and these are a couple of fun ones I colored up a little while ago, and popped them together on this fun paper to add to my stash. The red strip is embossed with a Cuttlebug snowflake border folder. The images are colored with Copics and accented with Stickles. I hope you like it!

I'll be back again tomorrow with another pretty :) But this one will be a Whoopsi Daisy Birthday card ....
Until then,
Happy creating ~
BettyBee

Warm Winter Wishes

Many thanks to my daughter, Barbie, for some beautiful new Inkadinkadoo Stamps! She said she couldn't wait to see what I would do with them, so I am tickled to post my first Holiday card! I had colored this Dustin Pike image with Copics a while back, but didn't know exactly what sentiment I wanted, and the "Warm Holiday Wishes" that came with this new set is perfect! I wish you could feel them, because the marshmallows are covered in flock, and they feel real! The ink is SU! Chocolate Chip, and the background inking is watercolor crayon. There is a nice smattering of Diamond Stickles for sparkle on the snowman, snowflakes, and the stars...I always feel sorry they don't show up better in the photos.

Well, I hope you are getting ready for some happy holiday wishes around your studio, too....

Happy crafting~

Happy Birthday, Tyler

It's my grandson's eight birthday, which is a BIG one in our families, so BIG candles seemed to be just perfect...and what's better for a big fire than Dustin Pike's freebie FIREFIGHTER dragon! I just love these images, and since my son is a firefighter, this guy is going to be a real favorite around here. The candles are cut down from the Cuttlebug Candles Embossing and Die Cut combo set, which has more candles, but was very easy to alter. I used rub-on letters for the numbers and his name. So easy!!

I used four different Stickles to create the flames...a touch of copper, then red, orange, and yellow...then used the end of a paper clip to swirl them together to look like fire!

Make a BIG WISH, TYLER!!! Happy Birthday!!!

I'll be back soon with some more fun stuff...

Happy crafting ~

Get well card for Madelyn

I don't usually do two posts in a day, but this one goes out quickly to my 9 year old granddaughter, who must be quite anxious for snow days! She was sledding down the stairs on a snow sled, then decided that surfing would be more fun, and switched to a boogy board! Well, she "biffed" as she calls it, and ended up with a broken wrist, and a new red cast to start school with!! Fortunately it is her left hand, and it isn't a terrible break, so she should be good as new in a few weeks.

This Dustin Pike digital image is one of my favorites. I colored it with Copics, and the words were easily done by computer.

Have a great day!

Happy crafting ~

Hang In There! I'm coming ....

This little fellow is a digi stamp from the talented hands of Dustin Pike. I have colored him with the Copics and Bic markers show below, and even flocked the cattail! The background paper had the leaf pattern on it, and to give dimension, I used markers and scraps, and colored more leaves, adding shading, and then cut them out. Using foam dots, I placed them on the card to give interest and texture. I also used the markers to lightly color in a few of the leaves in the background.

The "Hang In There" sentiment comes from a retired SU! set of stamps that my daughter found for me at a yard sale! SCORE!!!

Just three more days to CHA, and I'm already getting some exciting reports from some gals that have already been there to a couple of the parties! FUN things are going on!!!

I got a 4 GB card for my camera this week, so I shouldn't run out of memory!! Let me know what you want me to take photos of for you! Please leave me comments!!!

Be sure to check out the Cuttlebug Challenge today for two fun tutorials using the Moroccan folder! And tomorrow is Be Inspired Wednesday - It is National Friendship Week....make a card for your friend this week!

Happy crafting ~

Dragons, Herringbone and Birthdays!

Two grandsons have birthdays this coming week, and it has been totally fun to use two of Dustin Pike's Dragons to create cards just for them. Bryan will be 11, and he is the daredevil athlete. Dylan will be seven, and is having a big pirate party, complete with pirate booty for all. I love the images that Dustin draws, and Copic markers are perfect for these. He even drew the background, boxes, barrels, and cannon balls. Be sure to check out his website on Wednesdays for his weekly Freebies!

Thanks, also, to my friend, Rosemary, for the surprise RAK of the awesome Yasumoto shimmering watercolors!! (Note the golden shimmer to the dragon's chest, and to the skateboard...oh, so easy and fantastic results!!)

Again, I LOVE the new HERRINGBONE Cuttlebug embossing folder! It makes a terrifically textured background, and is oh, so great to work with....love it, love it, love it!

Check out Michelle's Cuttlebug Challenge Fab Friday TV spot over at Cuttlebug Challenge today... another home run!!

Happy Crafting, and I'll be back soon!

Hugs,

BettyBee

The New Herringbone Folder

As we count down toward the official launch of the new Cuttlebug Folders, it has been such fun to see how these new folders work and feel, and I must say, that this Herringbone is WAAAYYYY up there on my list of favorites! The texture, feel and versatility of this one is awesome. I hope you can see in the close ups how detailed it is. Be sure to check out the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog and see what the other Designers have done this week ~ AWESOME!!!

This week's challenge is a super sketch challenge (provided by our own wonderful Maggie LaMarre!) AND there are two prizes involved! Our sponsor this week is 2 Red Bananas.

They are offering a great prize, as well as the grand prize this month....do all four challenges, and you could win all of the new embossing folders!!! Come on now....I want it to be YOU!!!!

OK, I'm off to the studio to create a couple of birthday cards, get well cards, and I've created a brand new design, AND TECHNIQUE, to be sharing with the Victoria folder for next week, and my new video coming up on the 24th! (You know I'm such a tease!)

Happy Crafting!

Hugs,

BettyBee

Thanks, 'cause you know I'm no computer genius!

This new Dustin Pike design was perfect for my Thank You for my friend at school who comes to my rescue whenever I goof up the Grade Quick system!

I colored the image with copics and bics, and did a quick inking around the edges. A little doodling on the computer generated message added the right color for me. And, you gotta love a banana with bling, so there are yellow Stickles on the computer!

Have a happy scrappy day, and I'm off to deal with the eighth graders this last Friday of the school year.... just 4 more days to go!!!

BettyBee