Buzz, Brag, and Bee Happy Friday - May 6

Welcome to Buzz, Brag and Bee Happy Friday!  This is our chance to share all sorts of assorted excitement, and invite you to join right in!  What's the buzz?  Want to brag?  What makes You Happy?

We are very excited to announce the upcoming visit of

Guest HoneyBee

AMY SHEFFER of PICKLED PAPER DESIGNS!!

Amy will be in the hive the week of May 16th!! Bring your friends, and come join us!!!

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Honey Bee Courtney Lee here for excitement!

National Scrapbook Day is on May 7th and My Pink Stamper has some AMAZINGLY fun things planned as well as AMAZING giveaways! So come and get ready to scrap your heart out and play in all of the fun! As a My Pink Designer I can tell you that it really going to be something!  

I am also THRILLED to tell you that I got another card picked up for the September 2011 Cricut Magazine! This bee is buzzing with excitement!!! 

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June Houck

This week I won top 5 at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog!  I am so honored.  Every week there are the most detailed and beautiful creations.  I literally squealed with delight when I saw the post.  I won for the Mother's Day card I made for my mom that I will give her tomorrow.  Here is my top 5 card:

Happy Mother's Day weekend to you all!  I can't wait to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday with my family, but I am just as excited to celebrate National Scrapbook Day tomorrow.  It is so fun to play with paper :)

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Rosemary

Boy, do I have something to brag about!!..Last Saturday I bought a new mini-van, Dodge Grand Caravan. I have a Pride Go Go scooter that comes apart and would stay in the trunk of my PT Cruiser; it would fit, but you need to angle the pieces to get it in the opening.  It was getting harder for me, so many times I didn't go out like I wanted and then realized it was time to get a new vehicle.  I ordered an inside lift that will allow me to keep my scooter all put together and it will be lifted into the van and of course lifted out!..How cool is that going to be?!  I ordered that on Monday so just waiting for the call that the lift came in so it can be installed into the van.  Now, as for the color of my van...Mango Tango!! I didn't realize until Tuesday that the Sizzlet alphabets I used on my Mother's Day card is called Mango Tango..too funny! 

I wish you could see the pearl finish on the paint!

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Happy National Scrapbooking Day to you all, and we hope you have a great time creating lots of fun and exciting projects.  Then come back and link them right here, so we can come and visit your blog!

A couple of our HoneyBees are out on the Injured Reserve List, so we are sending GET WELL SOON wishes to them. 

Don't forget to link your Mother's Day projects to our Wednesday HoneyBee showcase!  Show us what you have created for a special Mom, or mothering lady in your life. 

Happy Mother's Day to all you MOTHERS and POTENTIAL MOTHERS out there... be important in the life of a child.  You DO make a difference, and your influence will last a lifetime.

and the HoneyBees 

HoneyBee Showcase - Happy Mother's Day!

It's Wednesday in the Hive, and we are honoring our Mothers, and those who have a special place in our hearts because of the influence they have in the lives of children.  They could be Daughters, Grandmothers, Aunts, other family, friends, teachers ... those good examples who have shown us the way.  We honor you!
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We also have the added treat of Judy's tree tiered tutorial from Monday!  My card above (shhh, don't tell Mom about it, because I don't think she'll see it here before Sunday!)  is closed up, and here is the full view:

It says "Making memories with you is one of my favorite things to do!"  Isn't that the truth?!  I hope you will make some memories with someone special this week ♥

My first inspiration for this style of card was this one, based on the news of this week, and the stamps that were laying on my desk... these patriotic ones.

 I really like how this one turned out.  God Bless the USA!



Betty Brett

I've put the recipes for the cards here on my blog.



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Honey Bee Courtney Lee

Today we have been challenged to make a Mother's Day card. Judy did a fabulous tutorial on Monday on how to make a three tiered slider card. I didn't have the instructions with me at the crop, so I just made a mother's day card. I will definitely be using her tutorial in the future, but I still wanted to participate this week though! :) 

This is the Mother's Day card that is going to my mom this year. 

Some cards come easily and some you just fight with and this is one of the latter. I was at Monique and Wendy's Crop for a Cure and this is like the 17th iteration of this project. I kept moving things and changing things until I liked it. I do like it now, but it was an ordeal to get here! haha.

Recipe:

Cartridges: Wild Card™, Picturesque™, and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More™

Paper: Echo Park Paper: For the Record: "Lace Strings" (yellow flower), "Advertisement"(black and white polka-dots), "Picket Fence" (teal damask), and "French Teal" (solid teal)™

Stamps: My Pink Stamper: Love-alicious™

Crop-a-dile

Eyelets

Ink: Colorbox in black and Momento in Cocoa

Twine from Paper Trey Ink

Black pen is Sharpie

Ribbon: Offray

Foam dimensional tape

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June Houck

My dh's step-mother loves Asian-themed everything.  I made a set of cards as a gift for Mother's Day. I used the iris folding technique that we demonstrated last week.  I have a video tutorial today on my blog, if you wish to view it.  This is my first time ever making a video, so your helpful comments would be greatly appreciated :)

Here is the set:

 and one close up:

I used Hero Arts papers and a Magenta frame stamp.

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Rosemary

It's been a long time since I made this slider card and thought now would be a good time to make one!..I made this Mother's Day card for my daughter-in-law, Samantha.  Once you make the slit on the card for the 'pull', you just need to cover the inside and cover the back so you don't see the cut you made.  I wish I had the right 'thank you' stamp because I would rather use that instead of the letters for this particular project. 

Here is what the pull tab says...

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Beth Ullman

Here I am bringing up the rear again I wasn't going to do this challenge as I just couldn't get my brain working to try Judy's technique than when I saw the other HoneyBees cards I saw I could do what ever I like so here is my take on Mothers Day........I did a White On White card which is a technique from Technique Junkies hope you like.

Now it's your turn!  We want to see what you are creating for Mother's Day!!!  There is a link below for you to post your cards, layouts, altered items, home decor, cakes, home made gifts, etc.!  If you want to wait until after Sunday, so you won't spoil the surprise, that's OK, because the link will remain open for another whole week!    You can also email your entry to us at BettyBeesBuzz at hotmail.com, and we'll post it for you!   We want to come visit your blogs! 

and the HoneyBees