Signed with Ink

Pop Up Bee Box

4/23/2024 Tuesday- Makeup! 

Hi! Yes, I know a day late a dollar short! LOL this seems to be my like these days… This is a box I forgot to share when I was on a roll with all the Bee cards and stuff. So ignore the Valentine theme….. I’m just gonna be quick with these catch days! Beware…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over view from top so you can see..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alright there you go! See the little Bee Box, it’s lots of work, but it was fun, when I created it I was trying to find my MOJO again, it’s why I picked to do something with lots of work to get the juices flowing for my creative side. 

This is a simple box, that I turned into a WOW..  It’s totally covered with DSP if you really look. 

It’s a half sheet of card stock  for the box. 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” score at 2, 4, 6, 8 turn and score at

2- 3/4” 

Cut up to the score line and you can go from there.  

Enjoy! I’m gonna press fast posts forget catch up… LOL! 

Bee Valentine card

3/15/2024 Friday

Yes, I know Valentine’s has passed but the purpose of this card is to show you the flower made from the heart/wing punch. it is rather simple, just have to line them up and use a small circle for the center.

One quick photo here today. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I created these few cards I’m sharing I was trying to use DSP combos with these papers in the Bee Mine suite. Hope you enjoy it and try it if you haven’t made a flower with yours yet. 

Have a fantastic weekend see you on Monday, not sure what ‘s cookin up for Monday post yet…  Right now I’m just thankful to be caught up somewhat. 

Stair Step Birthday Card

1-18-2023 Wednesday

Hi Everyone, I have a super fun card I made today a stair step birthday card. I made this for one of my besties, but I didn’t photo it because there gnome is from a gift tag I made several things with. The photos I have came from my phone and the photos are from my messy desk while I was also at the time being little Miss Elf a and working on about 100 others projects too. Her Birthday is in December. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was before I started to add any decorations to the card. I used the holiday designer paper so it had a little Christmas but more just bright and colorful! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here I’m holding it in the closed position so i can make sure when it’s closed it will not poke out around the edges. 

Everything is Stampin’ Up! Except that silly gnome and the short of this is I wanted Gnome cupcakes for a previous girls birthday and they gave me a fit at Publix and I bought these tags to make them cupcake holders, but after I told my husband about this, he went to the store and had a talk with the bakery people, it got worked out so I didn’t need them, then the next birthday rolls around and I decided, Molly likes that fun crazy stuff so lets do it, I made a few gift bag tags (no photo), this card, and got them ready for cupcake toppers, but at the last minute she canceled as her husband got her a surprise trip to Bahamas so, I have toppers still. LOL. No worries there is always another birthday coming along. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here it is open. I put the ribbon which was the sting in the tags over the hole on the hat. Worked great, and she loved the card. So it’s a win, win. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There we go, I had a heck of a time getting thee photos to post and iCloud, etc. I have some directions, because I tweaked some I had, because they were for a bigger card. 

But for now, enjoy! thanks for or stopping by. See you tomorrow. 

Woohoo!!! 2023

01/01/2023 Sunday~ 

Woohooo! Happy New Year!!!!!! wishing everyone a wonderful 2023….. I know, I said I wasn’t going to post till Monday, but I came across this guy I made previously so I wanted to post and share both cards. This Woohoo Card was made during last SAB time, the words were from a SAB set, last time. So I remade the card without the words to show the card again but with current items only. But he’s just too cute…… 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current, without wording. This DSP paper is now retired as of 12/31/2022….

But he’s just to cute, not to share. 

Original is here and inside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There you go, Happy New Year! 

See you back on Monday… For real! 

Merry Christmas 2022

Sunday 12/25/22

Ho Ho Ho, sending this Merry Christmas wishes…… We had a lovely day here it’s cold for us but it was nice. Too chilly for me that is for sure! Brrrrr. I believe one more low to the 20s here in Florida then we are back up a little for a week or so. Those who are up North and braving the storms, bless you… I know, I’m not up for it. The snow looks pretty but, just NO!!! 

Okay so I was going to share a pretty Beach picture with my card, but seems I’ve lost it so here is the card instead and instructions or my chicken scratch for the card I made, tomorrow same card different stamp set and SNEAK PEEK….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There you go.. I will give a few details for you. 

Card base: 5 1/2”x 11” score at 2 1/2”, 6 3/4” 

to get the curve I measured from tip of each corner back to the 1 1/4” mark to and bottom of front panel, then I use the border dies  to get the curve, I also used it on the DSP or in this case the card stock that I ran through the winter embossing folder. 

Gnome dies, and stylish dies for the hat brim to get the cuff part.  Flowers of  home for the little tip for sprig of holly , then some rhinestones, I used very Vanilla and light sponging of crumb cake for the old/weathered look. There HO HO HO came from the paper pumpkin. 

 

Buckle us 1 1/4” x 3” score at 1” you can put it anywhere you want to you can see on the template I made I just taped it but on photos you can see I used liquid glue and yep, had a little overage. LOL Keeping it real here people. 

Well that’s a wrap for today, Merry Christmas! See you tomorrow with same card a little different and different stamp set, SNEAK PEEK.

Double Gate Fold

Friday 12/23/2022

Hello! Are you ready for the big day, we are all getting ready for freezing weather here in Florida~ Ugh! Not excited at all. I’ve got a quick card here for you and I wanted to let you know I will do a few posts for this weekend, because it’s Christmas. But normal post are Monday through Friday. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So as you can see this is a DSP card because of the size 12” in length. but i did card stock inside and on the back for messages and more stability. 

The belly band keeps it closed. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did not stamp the little girl gnome she is on the DSP I just die cut her out, and added her to my focal  point on the card front, and attached that all to the belly band. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I note in the last few cards I’ve shared these were made a long bit ago, and I don’t have many notes on them, but I did have my little hand drawn note to share lol.  if you need any help let me know. I didn’t photo the back sorry, but i just put a plain basic white piece on the back center, just like the inside except the back layer is the back side of the DSP not card-stock layer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The original I saw somewhere when I made this card wanted you to measure down to 2 3/4” before cutting the angle but I didn’t want mine that far down, so I made this one at 2 1/4” so it left pinger pieces of gate for the belly band to sit, more space. 

 

So just in case you can’t in large the photo.

Base size: 5 1/2” X 12” 

Score at 2, 4, 8 10 inches, then measure down 2 1/4” from each upper corner then make a little mark there cut from that point to the top outer edge of the middle of the card. Depending on the side, looking at the photo that would be the 4” and 8” score marks to cut to. From outer edge mark of 2 1/4” Hope that helps. 

Have a Merry Christmas. I will set some posts for this weekend just because it’s Christmas.

 

Gnome Tag Fun fold Card

Wednesday 12/21/2022

Here we are on Wednesday and Christmas is 4 days away, goodness it’s gone fast, but I’m looking forward to the new year and the new mini catalog and I’ve been designing lots of new fun stuff I can’t wait to share and it’s Sale-a-bration time again starting January 5th. That was my Mom’s birthday. So maybe we will do something special I need to think on it. We are a January Birthday family, Mom’s, my son and mine. But I will tell you more about next month next week. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is opened, but I left it bumped up to give you the view and better working how it folds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On this one I folded back the the front flap so you can see the middle panel better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back and middle panel that has DSP on it so you can see it on the front when the card is folded closed. you could choose to decorate this side too if you wanted, but I left mine plain. 

Here are a few details for you. 

Base size:

5 1/2” x 10 3/4” 

Score at 3 1/4” and 6 1/2” 

with it laid out flat you want to measure up from the bottom left,2” make a little mark with pencil. Then you are going to cut from that mark at an angle to the top of the 6 1/2” mark, I forgot to take a photo of my notes with drawing, But look at photos you can do this….. Easy Peasy~!

I used the celebrate with tags die to make the poppy tag for front make sure you only attach on bottom part of tag or you will be sticking it to the next panel. 

Blends:

L/D Pool party

L/D Poppy Parade

L/D Soft Suede

L night of Navy

L/D Smoky Slate

The tags bow is Iridescent Trim 159594

Oh, just to clarify the L/D Means Light and Dark….. 

Alrighty that is it for today… See you tomorrow another gnome card I made along with this one. 

Christmas with my Gnomies

Tuesday 12/20/2022

Well internet was a beastie so this post is a little later posting, but better late than NEVER! Hope your weeks going good we are on our count down to Christmas…. I can’t believe how fast this year has gone by. 

Alright, lets get on with the post. This card I made a long time ago and sadly no notes on it. LOL!  Sometimes when a stamp set talks to me, no I’m not nuts… LOL, I just mean that it speaks to my creative side and I start going to town and before I know it I can have 8-10 cards made from a stamp set. Other times I’m lost UGH!  Guess it happens to the best of us, right?! 

This cards created with he gnome dies and I have said this before I LOVE , LOVE this big guy. He has inspired me with lots of creations. But this pone is created using the suite the gems, DSP, and ribbon, I also used the winter embossing folder the one with the snowflakes. The counters dies and a few dimensional and there you go. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That was last one for today, Horne you make it a great day and see you with a fun fold Gnome card tomorrow. 

 

 

 

Beach Vibes

Monday - December 19, 2022

Hi! 

Hope you had a great weekend. We are getting closer to Christmas and New Years! I can’t believe the year has zoomed by for me anyways, I’m hoping you all are having a great time with Family and friends. 

Today’s card is another case from the Mini page 44 if you want to look. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used the Snowman Magic set for this card some DSP and little card stock sand, LOL I crinkles the C/S up and gave it a little texture.  i made a simple pattern to get the shape and went from there. Attached a little bakers twine on the word banner and attached with Dimensional's  after I heat embossed the white embossing for the Thinking of you this season.

Okay, I’m going to share with you today one of those gnome cards I talked about earlier last week. I used this card for a card class. Did I mention I love those gnomes…….. I’ve also been super busy with the next months cards I’ve been creating and I might share a card or two with you in the next few days. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a small card 4 1/4” x4 1/4” and you can see the wings I used are actually BAT wings, but I cut them out of Vellum C/S and then i blending some color on them the little Dude on the Right was one I was playing with (I like those wings BEST, however they are from a retired butterfly die). Just sharing to show you. I cut the butterfly in half down the middle to attach it same with Bat wings. 

 

Florets Christmas Card

Thursday December 15, 2022

Todays card is a simple fun fold and Easy peasy as it using DSP for the main focal on the card with the little tag and Merry Christmas heat embossed with white embossing powder. Add a few white dots and your good. 

The ribbon is a double ribbon I chose to use but it’s not necessary to do that. 

I used Evening Evergreen, Basic White and some Fitting Florets Desgner Series paper (161814)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used the Celebrate with tags bundle for this card the words and tag are in this set. 

Base card:

5 1/2” X 8 1/2” score are 2 1/8”, 4 1/4” 

C/S layer 3 3/4” X 5” 

DSP 3 1/2”x 4 3/4” 

Inside Layer is 3 3/4” x 5” 

DSP 1/2” x 4 3/4” 

 

Okay one more look and that’s it for today.