Thursday, December 8, 2011

They Say It’s Your Bee-Day!

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Today I am still on a break from Christmas and have another birthday card to show to you using Meljen’s Designs Birthday Bee. As I mentioned before I have sooooo many December birthdays so I am trying to get some cards ready to mail.

Are you ready for some serious cuteness? Check out the new digis Melissa is releasing to the store. I love them so!

The new Meljen’s Designs challenge is Use Green! You can use any shade and as much as you want as long as you use green on your project. You can see the challenge rules, the DT projects, and the linky tool on the Meljen’s Designs blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Birthday Bee (digital stamp) from Meljen’s Designs
  • Inks: None
  • Papers: Papertrey white CS, misc. gray CS, October Afternoon Farmhouse paper pad
  • Tools: Sewing machine, Copic markers, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Stampin’ Up edge punch
  • Embellishments: Twinery Bakers twine, misc. ribbon & button, tag template from Alenka’s printables
  • Techniques: Paper piecing, computer generated sentiment using Cutie Pop free font

Challenges:

29 comments:

Kathy and Lucky said...

This is adorable, love the colors and the wonderful paper you used with the layout. Cuteness all over. :)

Chelsea said...

Cute bee day card!

Sara I. said...

Sooooo stinkin' cute Cheryl!! Lovin' those papers and the fab twine/button combo!! I so want that Eskimo Kisses image!! Hope this finds you doing well and enjoying the holiday season!! xx

Dixie said...

This card is just darling! Love the little bee image and all of the papers you used.

Annette Allen said...

what a cutie...love that little bee..

Adriana Vanderhoeven said...

I love too Meljen's Designs!!! Your card is beautiful!!!! I like the colours you use! Hugs

Jennifer said...

This card is just fantastic! Great little bee, and wonderful papers. Love your button!!!

Tammy said...

This is adorable Cheryl! I love that bee image and your fun stitching!!

Anita said...

Beautiful card Cheryl and I love yourpapers and layout.

Deanna Mulder said...

What a cute card!! That little Bee is just too cute. Thank you for playing along with us at Scrappy Frogs.

Carly said...

Nice! Love all the different stitching.

Very cute!

Thankyou for sharing it with us at Creative Craft Challenges xoxoxxo Carly

wifeycookie said...

I loooove the colours on your card! And that image is just adorable!

Thank you for linking this up to the first challenge at CCCC! We hope to see you again soon.

Cheers,
Jenny (CCCC-DT)
http://cookieadventures.blogspot.com/

Tracy said...

Adorable Cheryl! I like the way you did the shading on his wings. Someone will be happy to receive this. :-) Hugs!

Audrey Pettit said...

What an adorable card, Cheryl! That image and sentiment really make me smile. Fabulous coloring and layering. Love the stitching and the little button tag, too. :)

Riet said...

What a gorgeous card Cheryl.

Hugs Riet.xx

Maria@Crafty Cre8tions said...

Adorable!!!!! Love the image, but I really like your sewing around the card too!!!!

Maria :)

Tammy Miller said...

Wow what a great project thank you so much for playing along in our December Anything Goes Challenge! Hope to see you again soon!

Donna said...

Gorgeous card Cheryl, fab stitching hun and a really beautiful design...gotta love your lil tag :) Donna ♥ x

Arabella said...

Lol! This is so cute Cheryl! I love the sentiment and your wonky stitching around the edges is tres chic!

Arabella

Pendra said...

Darling image and I love the mix of patterns and colors... very cute!
Crafty Hugs,
Pendra

Donna Mosley said...

Aww! just sooo sweet Cheryl, love the scrummy papers and adorable lil' bee.

Donna x

paper fun said...

I love the blue and yellow together. Very pretty.

Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Days Away.

Mari

franzesjoi said...

ahhh so adorable :)

Unknown said...

This is gorgeous...I love all the layers and the colours. xx

Shelly Schmidt said...

Such a great b-day card! I would loose my mind if I had to make B-day cards on top of the Christmas cards!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

This is so cute!

Pat (mspfd) said...

Totally cute! What great mix of patterns and colors. Love how you colored the image. This card just makes you make!

Basement Stamper said...

so cute and I love the stitching around the edges. Thanks for joining us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

Karin said...

Geez, this is so cute! I love bees on cards and I love the papers and messy stitching around the card base...Looks like a bee trail!