Wedding Card

My cousin is getting married soon. I can't attend her shower but I still wanted to make her a card. I used a rubber stamp I had recently been given. To me it looks like a vintage wedding cake. Very simple card but I like it. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Music Birthday Card

My musician friends birthday is coming up and I thought this image was perfect. I got it from free digital stamps blog. I colored it with colored pencils and markers. I added the ribbon with brads. The sentiment was stamped on red cardstock. I have recently found the youtube is the best thing on the internet! I learned how to do a pop up card, so I tried it with this card. I am very proud of it. I drew the music notes my self. The below picture is the inside. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Hero Card

My aunt asked me to make a elephant themed card for my uncle. Since he is in the military I decided to do a hero card. They have a great sense of humor so I did a humorous sentiment. The stars I punched out with one of my tiny punches. He is in Afghanistan right now so I am sending to my aunt so the kids can sign it and send it to him. The below picture is the inside of the card. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Sympathy card for Fellow Church Member

A man at my church lost his wife of 53 years recently. It broke my heart so of course I made him a card. I took one of my punchs and punched four times in blue cardstock. I cut them out in squares and staired them on the card. I drew the butterflies on white cardstock and cut them out. I dry embossed detail on them and made the pop on the card with mounting tape. I stamped the sentiment in black ink. The inside sentiment says prayers of peace and acceptance sent from my heart to yours. I chose that sentiment because those are the two things are had the hardest time dealing with after my mother passed. Thank you for looking happy crafting!!

COW#21- The COWS are Stacked!

This weeks COW was to scrap about the COWS!!! The requirements were we had to journal about the COWS and use actual cow paper. We didn't have to use any pictures. So I cut out black "cow spots" out of cardstock and adhered them to white paper to make the background. I explained what COWS were on one brown patch and journaled about the COWS on the other. The title is written on two die cut cows that I had cut out at my local library that has a die cut machine that the public can use for free!!! Since the COWS mean keeping my mojo up I combined moo and mojo to make moojo and stamped that all over the background. I started this page last night at a crop at my local library(hopefully the first of many), and finished it this morning. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Monday Minute

1 - Think back as far as you can, what's the first tape, record, etc you remember listening to?
Ummm... Britney Spears I know very sad.

2 - What's the first concert you've ever been to, the year and who performed?
The only concert I have ever been to was Winter Jam in like 2000? A bunch of artist can't remember any of them lol

3 - Ever bleed from your ass?
nope lol

4 - If you went to your Senior Prom and had a date, do you still speak to said person?
didn't go to my prom overrated

5 - Name the one television show that's no longer on the air that could have gone on forever.
FRIENDS!!! Best show ever!!!

Hobby Fair Update

The hobby fair was Saturday. Since it was the first year they held this one there wasn't a big turn out, and only 5 vendors. I still sold 2 cards, 6 bookmarks, and 2 envelopes by themselves. Though I didn't sell a lot I sold some. Which is great because my self confidence was getting really low. I am working on doing several different kinds and sets of cards and invites! I am so happy!

Birthday Gift and Card for Cousin

My cousin is turning one on Saturday so I made the mini album above for him. It is filled with boy paper and birthday stamps. The front says Hooray First Birthday!
I did this card for him it matches the mini albums color scheme. I did the monogram thing with huge letter stamps that I hardly use because they are so big! Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Baby Boy card and gift for friend

I made the above mini album for my friend who is having a baby boy soon! I used the color scheme of blues and greens. The front says Baby's First Moments.
I just love this baby card! This is one I will be doing again and again. I cut out the actual card on blue cardstock in the shape of a onsey (?). I cut the circle out of green carstock. I got that cute hand stamp out of a swap box I was doing and took I pencil eraser with blue ink to make the dots cute huh! The below picture is the inside of the card. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

May Holiday Swap cards

This months requirement was snowflakes!!! So I cut out two black circles out of cardstock and stamped snowflakes in silver ink on them. I made them look like ornaments. There are smaller snowflakes stamped in the background. I am getting addicted to stamping!I stamped the sentiment above in silver.


The above photo is the front of the second card. The bigger white snowflakes are diecuts. The small one are stamped on in silver ink. The below picture is the inside.Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

COW# 20- Poor and Perfect

This past weeks COW we needed to use a movie quote, one photo, and a monochromatic color scheme. I did a page for Danny's book. As you can tell I used the color blue for my color scheme. The title is the movie quote, it is from the movie The Princess Bride. I journaled about how even though we are poor Danny makes me so happy. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Graduation Card

I realized that my cards were not that great. Well my friends helped me see that. So when I got ready to make a graduation card for the hobby fair I took so notes from some of my favorite card makers. Though I know I am not perfect never will be I think I am on the right track to improving. I really like this card. The stars are chipboard that I got from the swap box!! I inked them with yellow ink. The size is 5x7. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Wedding Mini Album

The above picture is the cover of the wedding mini album I made for the hobby fair. I did a black and white theme with random splashes of color. The below pictures are the inside pages and back cover. I used up some stickers that I have had forever so yay!




Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Facebook Page

I know have a business facebook page for my crafts!! They are on sale along with ones at my etsy. Go like my page!! BeeBee Creations!!!!

COW# 19- 25 Today

This weeks COW we needed to use stitching, bling, and more than one photo. I did this layout on my husbands 25th birthday. I made him the Tye dye shirt he is wearing!! The arrows are glittery so they are the bling. I stitched the 25. The pocket holds a list of 25 things about Danny I had him make on his birthday. I think I will do that for each of us every year on our birthday it will be fun to look back. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Reading Away

I did this page for my husband's scrapbook I am working on. I am doing all adult pictures. These pictures were taken at a friends home that we were house sitting for. The theme for the page is Reading my hubby's favorite hobby. I used a book die cut behind the title and used buttons as a divider. The chipboard stickers have quotes about joy. The rest of the layout is the journaling. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

So Excited

So yesterday I went into the gas station that is near our home and there was a flyer for a hobby fair. It listed a number to call to register I didn't see the harm in seeing how much a booth was. So I called this morning. I found that is it was free!!! And that I could sell my stuff but also teach how I do things. The whole point to this hobby fair is to give kids knowledge of different hobbies so they have something to do during the summer. I don't care if I don't sale anything but I am excited about teaching. I just wanted to share my excitement. Happy crafting!!

NSD Layouts

The layout above was for the one word challenge. The title and theme had to be one word only!! So I used the flower pictures I took in the beginning of this spring. Spring was my word (duh!). There isn't that much on this layout but I really wanted the pictures to be the focus.
The layout above I did for the inspiration challenge. The inspiration picture was of different sizes, designs, and colors of plates. So I kept to the circle theme and used a picture I took of a rug in the room were my church ladies meditation group meets. I placed different buttons around it. The alpha stickers are circles too and the same color the journaling is. It took me forever to figure something out for this challenge.
The layout above I did for the scraplift yourself challenge. We were suppose to scraplift one of our own layouts. So I scraplifted a design from a page I did for my 2010 book. I used the same design pictures on one side and journaling and title on the other. These pictures are of Danny and I's room since we live with his parents that room is our house. The journaling is in the pocket. The quote on the pocket I got from MelonHeadz blog.

The layout above I did for the friendship challenge. We had to scrap about a friendship and use a quote. I thought this challenge was perfect for the pictures Danny took of me while I was on Scrapjazz. The quote is on the pocket I got it from MelonHeadz too. This was my favorite layout of the day!!

The layout above was for the color challenge. We had to use every color in the rainbow but not use a rainbow. I used a striped patterned paper to mat the picture, the title is in yellow, and the journaling is in purple. This layout was a lot of fun. I love color challenges!!


I did all of these on NSD (National Scrapbooking Day) which was on Saturday May 7th. I didn't have a chance to post them til now. All the challenges were on Scrapjazz.com. I really hope you like them thanks for looking happy crafting!!!

COW# 18- I love you I love you I love Like Never Before

Last week's COW was fun!! The requirements were a black and white photo, brads, flowers, and use a something from a song in the title or journaling. This was the first time I ever used a black and white photo I like it!!! I got the title from the song Songbirds the artist is Fleetwood Mac album is Rumors. I was watching Glee last week (my all time favorite TV show) and they sung this song at one point. During the song memories of Danny kept flashing through my head so I knew I was going to use this song. A while back a friend gave me letter brads up until this page I didn't know what I was going to use them for. On this page I arranged them in the corners of the picture to spell love. I really like how the sunflowers stand out. The journaling is hidden. This page was actually really emotional for me. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Card for Dylan

I found out from another blogger that a boy named Dylan has brain cancer and this blogger is asking for cards to send to the family. Here is the link to his blog post.http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/2011/05/freebie-and-call-for-cards.html Being the kind of person that I am I couldn't ignore it so I made him this card. It's very simple but I hope it brings a smile to his face.

Thinking of you card

My cousin and her husband recently had twins. The girls were early and have been having some health problems. They still haven't gotten to come home yet. My cousin has been very depressed because of this so I decided to send her a card. I colored a rose digi stamp with markers and wrote thinking of you in red ink. I know it can't fix the girls but at least she knows people are thinking of them and hoping for the best.The size was 5x7.

May Birthday Cards for Friends

I made this for a friend of mine that goes to my church. I used a patterned paper that I have had forever and colored a digital stamp with markers. Very simple yet cute. The size was5x7.
I made this for a church friend as well. I used a scrap piece of patterned paper. I love it when I can use up my scraps!! I colored a fairy digi stamp with markers. I stamped happy birthday in purple ink with letter rubber stamps on cardstock strips. I popped them up with mounting tape. The size was 5x7. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Birthday Card for Cousin

One of my cousin's turned 21 today!!! I have had this digital stamp for awhile but had no idea what to use it on until someone posted rain quotes on scrapjazz!! Then this patterned paper came with a pack of patterned paper I got from wal-mart. I thought it was perfect. I colored the digi stamps with markers(as usual). Here is the inside.
The raindrops I drew by hand and colored with markers. Good griefers that took forever!! I then stamped with small letter rubber stamps the quote "sending birthday wishes raining down on you." So cute! I really liked this card. The size is 5x7. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!!

I Am so Proud of Myself!

In March I entered a creative writing contest. I found out that I placed!!! The winners banquet was this past Sunday but do to the stupid flooding kept me from going. I found out Tuesday That the poem I entered got first place and the short story got second place!! I am so proud!!! I got a free copy of the book!!! I will be receiving a ribbon in the mail. Here are the entries: The poem is first the title is Snow!

falling from a indifferent sky

to blanket a receptive earth

filling the dry ice air

with its mystery

begging to be touched

and at the same time

demanding respect

each time it graces us

with its presence

making sure to flaunt

its natural authority

no one can control it

or change it

that’s the irresistible beauty of

snow

Here is the short story Love, Dawn

Pg. 1

Love, Dawn

Fiction

swimming in a sea of stress

and regret

not knowing what to do

keep going and break my legs

and arms down

or give up and drown

I’m taking a huge risk writing this down in my diary. If Brooke, my identical twin sister, found this she would probably show my mom. That is why I don’t write these kinds of feelings down. Even though I have them day after day.

From the outside I guess it looks like I have a pretty normal life. I have a good life and I’m well taken care of. But no one is in my mind but me, and I don’t even want to be there most days.

The world is just a horrible place to me. I know I’m little and don’t matter in this world. That truth eats me alive! I want to matter not just to my family, but to the world. This will never happen. Maybe I should just give up and die.

Pg.3

Love, Dawn

This seems like a nice and easy option. But every time I decide on it, thoughts of my family, particularly Brooke, creep in. I love my sister. She is the closest thing to a friend I have ever had. Though she and I are nothing alike. (In fact, daddy calls her his sun and me his moon.) I do know if I do decide to end it she will get through it. She is strong. I’m weak.

If I do kill myself, I wonder what it will be like. Will it hurt? Is there an afterlife? The pain probably won’t be that bad. I have always had a high pain tolerance. Anyway I have been cutting for years. As for an afterlife, the idea of God has always seemed crazy to me. Even if there is a God why would he or she care about us as a race? The fact of us being small is what this is all about.

Maybe I am going about this the wrong way. Everybody is always talking about doing what makes you happy. Which is great in theory, but in practice… I’m not so sure. What if what makes me happy makes others upset? Because what I want and what would make me truly happy is to die. In making me happy I will upset others. God I hate dilemmas!

I probably should just stop caring about what others want, and do what I need to do for me. The problem is I don’t know what I need exactly. Or what I really want. I want my hellish life to end, but I don’t want to cause the people I love to hurt. I don’t know if I can wake up another day though.

Maybe I should get help. I know there are people and places that can help with this kinda thing. I don’t want to be put on medicine though. Plus I’m too embarrassed to tell my family face to face. I could leave my diary out in plain sight. Brooke is a very curious person and if she saw it I know she will look. When she reads it I know she will tell daddy and maybe mom. But if I do get help will my family label me

Pg. 3

Love, Dawn

as a freak and treat me as an infant? What about the kids at school? I’m not sure the attention of me being a mental case is better than being ignored.

I have no future! My grades suck, finals are coming up soon and I’m not sure I will pass and make it to my senior year. Once daddy finds out that I’m failing four out of my six classes he is going to kill me. In order to have a future, I either have to go to college or rely on my talents. Well college, even community college, is definitely out. As for my talents… I have none!! So maybe I should end it before my parents do.

I used to have really good grades until recently. Once I started to understand the truth of my existence, school work and grades seemed pointless. If I don’t matter then why does school? Plus I have been incredibly depressed and unmotivated I just want to write and sleep. I’m also on edge because Brooke is getting suspicious and won’t stop asking me questions. I’m so very tired of it all.

I wonder what my family would do if I did kill myself. Be sad and not want to believe I could do such a thing? Be happy and forget I was ever here? Go all activist and tell everybody and publish my writings and get on the news so others can see the “signs”? Would Brooke hate me forever? The sad part is I don’t know if I want a reaction out of them. I just want to matter and be happy. I guess I’m asking for too much I don’t want to matter to my family. I already matter to the one in the family I care about and that’s Brooke. I want to matter to the world, to history, the big picture you know? If I’m not going to be the Shakespeare or da Vinci of our time, then why bother living at all?

Pg.4

Love, Dawn

I think I should stop rambling and bitching about my problems, and decide on a freaking solution. What do I want? I don’t know the dumb answer. I know I want to matter in the grand scheme of things and be happy. I know I can’t be happy unless I matter, I also know that I can’t matter. But I don’t want to hurt Brooke. Damn it this is too hard!

deciding my own movements

thinking up my own reasons

harder than it first appears

stop thinking

start feeling

soul numb to human

emotion

all but pain

is gone

close my eyes

when they open

Pg. 5

Love, Dawn

I’ll be in the world

of my desire

Love, Dawn

Etsy Mothers Day Cards

I made these cards for my etsy shop. The top card was made with purple ribbon, letter stamps, and purple ink. I stamped the words Happy Mothers Day on cardstock and adhered it with mounting tape. The inside is blank. It is on sale for 3.00.

I made this one with pink construction paper, lace, and a sunflower scrapbooking embellishment. On the inside Happy Mothers Day is stamped in black ink. It is on sale for 3.00.

Uncle and Male Cousin Birthday Cards

I made this card with textured brown paper and a digital stamp I colored with markers.

I used green paper that looks textured for the background and colored a digital stamp with markers. I am completely new to making cards for males now little boys I can do but teenage on up I need some help. I know they are bad but hey you get to start somewhere huh? Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Mother in Law Card

I experimented with size again. Since we live with my MIL I didn't see the need for an envelope. The card is 3x7. I covered it with yellow construction paper. I glued a strip of lace in the middle. I colored a flower digital stamp with markers and adhered that. I stamped Happy Mothers Day on a strip of cardstock with red ink and adhered it with mounting tape. She loved it! I got this one from a dream too. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Stepmom Card

Right now I am experimenting with card size. I just wish I could find different size envelopes to match the cards. I made this card for stepmom and since I was mailing it with a gift I didn't worry about an envelope. It is 4x4 the smallest size I have ever used. I thought it was cute. I made the flower out of ribbon and a button. I hot glued the button over the ribbon. After I finished it I decided that I should have added more "petals", but it was to late since I already hot glued the button down. Oh well you live and learn. I stamped the word stepmom on a strip of cardstock with purple ink and mounted it with mounting tape. It is very simple but cute. I am really starting to like the simple look. By the way this idea came from a dream too. I think I am going to start keeping track of which ones come from dreams. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

Mothers Day Gifts

I made my MIL and stepmom a frame for Mothers Day. I know there is only one picture that is because the only difference between the two are the flowers. They each had been bugging me for a picture of my husband and I. I picked our engagement photo because it is my hubby and I's favorite one of us. I love it because we are matching in the photo and you can see the glee on our faces. Oddly enough I had been stressing out for days on what I was going to make for tham gift wise and card wise. My mom died before I really got into crafting and before I even thought about card making so this was my first year doing anything for mothers day. I don't know about any other crafters but I tend to have crafting dreams like 5 out of 7 nights. Most of my projects I do I can crank out pretty fast but that is because I have already done the hard part in my sleep. I ended up making these frames in one of my dreams. When I woke up all I could think was that is absolutely perfect! I painted the frame brown for two reasons one: a dark color makes the flowers "pop" more and two: it match our shirts almost perfectly. I just hot glued the flowers onto the corners. Before I adhered the flowers I put the picture in. And before I painted the frames I wrote the occasion and date on the back of them. We celebrated Mothers Day with my MIL last night and loved it! It made me so happy to make her happy. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!

COW# 17- Day of Love

Last weeks COW the requirements were something out of the toolbox, ribbon, flower, 3 pics, and textured paper. I made a handmade one of a kind banner with washers, ribbon, and letter beads. The letter beads spell the title and the washers separate the words. I strung it on red ribbon. The pictures are from this years Valentines Day. My husband, then fiance, had to work on Valentines Day so we celebrated on the 12th. I made him a card(duh!) and bought him a coffee mug we love hot tea! He bought me a huge dark chocolate bar that took us a week to eat, a cute stuffed monkey that I named Rosey, and a really sweet card. I made dinner which was Eggplant Manicotti and Dark chocolate brownies. We wanted have a romantic picnic but since it was super cold we had a picnic on our bedroom floor it was so cheesy and awesome! I know I didn't use 3 pictures I didnt have an occasion that had 3 pictures. I mated the pictures with white textured paper. Thanks for looking happy crafting!!