BFFs and a DT Call!

What could be more fun than a card for your Best Friend? One that is made for a very special Design Team call! Robyn, the very talented, My Pink Stamper, has issued a DT call for two additional members of her elite team, and the requirements are to use one of your favorite Cricut Cartridges and three of her favorite colors (pink, green and brown) to create a special piece to enter into the running.

Robyn usually creates pretty clean and simple pieces, so that is the style I chose today.
I also used her wonderful stamps on this card. If you will recall from my earlier posts, I LOVE her stamps, because they are so crisp and give the very BEST impressions!
Here is how to re-create the card that I made:
Recipe: Card is 5 1/2 x 6 finished size.
Cut green Echo Park background at 5 1/2 x 6
Cut white background cardstock at 2 1/2 x 5 1/2, distress with brown, and stitch with pink thread.
Cut little girls from A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge at 3 1/2 " in pink and in brown with Shadow Feature.
Cut medallion from A Child's Year at 1 1/4 " i nbrown.
Cut heart in pink from Plantain SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge at 1 1/2 ".
Stamp "Girlfriend" and "BFF" in Memento Cocoa from My Pink Stamper 'Friends and Family' Stamp Set
Layer striped designer paper, 1 1/2 x 4, medallion, dimensionals and hearts.
Add ribbon from Papertrey Ink. Add medallion piece over the ribbon with dimensionals.
Add pearl accents to the medallion and the upper right corner of the card for balance.

I know it will be difficult for Robyn to choose only two from the hundreds who are applying! But, you will never make it if you don't try!! If you are interested, you have until Wed. night, and here are the specifics:

*You will need to have a blog
*You cannot already be serving on a DT that has product that is a conflict of interest (most DTs are just fine as long as they do not sell product that is similar to My Pink Stamper Original Cricut Stamps idea)
*Your project must be made just for this challenge
*Post a pic on your blog with a full recipe along with what the challenge is about
*This needs to be a new project that you make just for this challenge
*Only one entry per person, please
*You must have either a Cricut or Imagine to serve on the team
*No experience necessary but you must have a love for the craft! :)

Check out My Pink Stamper for the rest of the story! (and wish me luck!)

I'll see you again tomorrow!

Happy Creating ~

BettyBee

Happy New Year!

I hope you have had wonderful holidays with your family and friends! It has been a very busy and wonderful time here at the BettyBee household, with all of our kids and grandkids here... who could ask for more?
Now it's time to get back to some crafting! Today is the first challenge over at Whoopsi Daisy, and this week it's "Free and Easy"!

My choice of Linnie's digital images is this thoughtful looking young lady, which I colored with Copics, and sat her on a suitcase cut from the Heritage Cricut cartridge. The "dream" stamp is from My Pink Stamper. The flowers are Prima, and I'm sorry I can't identify the paper or ribbon. They were from swaps.

Please check in to BettyBee's Buzz tomorrow for our first Monday Motivational for the New Year when I will be doing a tutorial on Calendar ideas! Then on Wed. the HoneyBees will be showcasing their calendar ideas, too.

If you are in the general Sarasota, FL area and are interested in Cricut, Cuttlebug, or Copics classes - perhaps you got new toys for Christmas, or you would like to brush up on your skills, just email me at the address in the side bar for details on my classes! ALSO, I have a few spaces left for our Cricuteers in Paradise Swarm coming up the last weekend in January! It will sell out, so if you are interested, shoot me an email about that, too!! You don't want to miss "Rosie's Casino" on this one!!

Wishing you a very Happy, healthy, joyful, and creative New Year!
Hugs,
Betty

Once there was a little boy ....

who grew up to be a very fine man. Today is his birthday, and I am very proud of him. He is my hero.

This week when Linnie at Whoopsi Daisy gave us this freebie digital image, I knew that it was just perfect for this card! Don't you just adore that precious face? And how cute for paper piecing, too!

It is colored with Copics, a silver metallic paint marker, liquid glass, water color pencils, and Close To My Heart inks. The stamped image is from Robyn, My Pink Stamper's Friend's and Family set. And the embossed candles are a favorite Cuttlebug folder.

Happy Birthday, Doug! May this be the best year so far!!! All my love, Mom.
I'll be back tomorrow with another Whoopsi Daisy image for our Cuttlebug Challenge!
Happy crafting ~