Holly without her bauble!!

Hi all, hope you are all well and ready for christmas! If you still have some quick cards to make then check out Bec;s range of digi's from the Blue Butterfly Digi -
'Christmas Collection', Holly is supposed to be sitting on a lovely Christmas Bauble , but I decided not to use it. I have again used the 'Eskimo Kisses' DP from Basic Grey, and MFT Snowflakes, the Kindy Glitz is Crystalina, but for some reason on the bottom Snowflake it looks green! Some ribbon an bling all done, and I made the white flower, didn't like it where it is but used my hot glue gun so it wouldn't come off lol, oh an the sentiment was a freebie by Ladybug Crafts with the Australian Simply Cards Magazine. Holly is of course coloured with my Copics these and all your supplies are available from Bizzy Bec's on-line store.
hugs
Sue

BB December Guest.. Karyn

Hi Everyone,
I would  like to share with you all this fabulous card  from our December guest

 Karyn.

I really love the soft colours Karyn used along with her Magnolia image and the non -traditional Christmas colours.

Thanks Karyn for creating and sharing this with us.

Dont forget the Challenge for this month is 'CHRISTMAS" , hope you can play along with us, xxx

Best Friends

Hi Everyone,

Cheryl here, and today I have a card to show you using the adorable S.W.A.L.K stamps from Crafters Companion, this one is called Best Friends and the sentiments come with the image, don't you just love that sentiment , how true is it ! lol, if you dash over to Bec's Store you will find them at 15% off at the moment, and there is so many to pick from, and you will probably want them all.

I had so much fun colouring these little girls and even had a go at some grass and clouds. I cut them out with spellbinder ovals available HERE.

Just a reminder our Christmas Challenge is on right now, so get your Christmas creations entered!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and happy crafting.

Hugs Cheryl

December Challenge

Hi Everyone, it’s the 5th Month and we all know that means

Time for a NEW Bizzy Bec’s Challenge.

The challenge for this Month is
"CHRISTMAS"
 theme by Bec.

 The Winner of this Challenge will receive 10 Digi Images of your choice.

A HUGE BIG THANK YOU to all everyone who entered our last challenge.
We all really enjoy seeing what you all create.

The Winner of this Challenge will receive 10 Digi Images of your choice.

The Winner of the November Challenge is
 #37 FRANCY

As this months winner  we would love you to be our Guest Designer for January, please contact...
james-ee@hotmail.com.

Congratulations!!!

Contact Bec at bizzybec@gmail.com to choose your winning Digi’s & don't forget to grab your Winners Button from the sidebar.

our Top 3 for last month’s challenge in no particular order is….

1 Craftee Donna 

2. Sammi Bug

3. KBrandy4
Ladies please grab your top 3 badge from the sidebar.

We also want to introduce and give a Big warm welcome to our Lovely Guest Designer who is joining us for December...

KARYN.

Here is a little information about Karyn.

Hi there! I'm a mum to 2 busy girls (3 and 10) and have an amazing husband who lovingly supports my crafting obsession. I live in the Adelaide Hills in Australia. I’ve been crafting my whole life but I only found images for colouring about 2 years ago when I was introduced to blog land! I like to colour using Stampin’ Up! inks, Prismacolor pencils, Distress Inks and more recently Copics. I’m often drawn to a vintage style with my cards and love to colour in black & white.

Karyn

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On a really sad note, Today we are saying Goodbye to CHERYL, a really gorgeous lady who has been with Bizzy Becs Store Blog Challenges from the very beginning.
Cheryl has provided us all with some fabulous, amazing and creative inspirational cards over the very long time she has been associated with Bizzy Becs and we will all miss her.
"Cheryl" from all of us here at Bizzy Becs, Thankyou so very, very much.
but....... the good thing is Cheryl is not disappearing all together , you can pop over and visit her blog, HERE and even catch her creative genius on the Creatalicious Challenge blog HERE, phew !
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HERE is the DT Girls Samples for Inspiration

CHERYL

SUE

TRACY

JACKIE

DEBRA

LEONIE


NARELLE

SALLY

 KELLY

Take care

Bec and the Design Team Girls,xxx



Holly with Reindeer

Hi all, Sue here can you believe it's December....wow, am I the only one having trouble believing how fast the year has gone?
Time to get those Chrissy cards started if you haven't already! I have just coloured up this gorgeous digi image from Blue Butterflies - 'Christmas Collection' - Holly with Reindeer isn't she just so cute! And even better, Bec is almost giving them away at only $2, thats 40% off, and their are heaps to choose from.
And don't forget we have a new Challenge starting soon right here.
hugs
Sue xo

Wee Florist

Hi Everyone ,
Cheryl  here with a card I made using Whimsy Wee Stamp available at Bizzy Bec's Online Store isn't she adorable....

I have coloured her with copic's and pencils, can you see the pretty Cherry Lynn lace die, these dies are so intricate they are just beautiful, Bec hasn't got this one at the moment but if you email her, she may be able to help you, check out the other beautiful Cherry Lynn dies HERE . The ribbon and slider is also from Bec's and the sentiment is one of her Digi freebies. I hope you all are having a great week, till next time.
Big Hugs Cheryl F

Gift Card Tag Card Holders Tutorial

I no longer buy lots of gifts for neices/nephews as they are all getting older, so I get them gift cards from places I know they love and give them at Xmas. I was making some of these gift card holders to hang on my tree the other day and thought...hmm maybe others would like to make some too so I have done up a quick tutorial for you all.

I hope it makes sense and you take some inspiration from it.

First up you will need a piece of cardstock 12 inches x 4 1/2 inches (30cms x 11.5 cms.)
Score this at 5 inches (13cms) and fold in half.
You will then need to cut this into a tag shape.  I do this by measuring down 2 inches (5cms) down the sides and in 1 inch (2.5cms) across the top, drawing a line then cutting off the corners, and cutting through both layers. Hopefully the picture below makes it more clearer.

Now you can decoarte the front and the insides with paper of your choice.  You can do the whole front but for now just paper on the inside.

For the inside I like to create a writing panel so I can put a little note on it to the recipient wishing them a Merry Christmas. On this example I did this on the back of the front panel.

Now you need to create a pocket or something to hold the giftcard on the inside so it doesnt get lost.
I normally do this by cutting a piece of cardstock 4 1/2 inches x 3inches (11.5cms x 8cms).  Glue across the sides and bottom only and stick to the inside back flap and decorate.  You gift card then slides in this bit!

Now to hold it shut you will need to create some kind of catch to keep it closed.

On this card I did this by stamping out a small sentiment and creating a small rectangle with it.

I then just glued down the top of it making sure the bottom covers the front flap to keep it closed.

Now you just need to punch a hole and thread some ribbon through to hang from your tree.

and another one I did along the same lines but used a sentiment in a circle shape to keep it closed.

Just use your imagination!!!

Stamps I have used are Magnolia and Whimsy stamps available from Bizzy Bec's.

Images are coloured with Copics also available from Bizzy Bec's.

Ribbon, Lace and papers also available from bizzy Bec's wonderful shop!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial!

Little Santa with Letter

Hi there!

Here is a Christmas card with a Blue Butterfly's digistamp named "Little Santa with Letter". I have colored him with my copics. This bag full of letters is the stamp of Magnolia.

Have a nice week!

Hugs, Sande xx

Romantic Magnolia's

Friday at last!

So this my first post for Bizzy Bec as one of her new Design Team members. I would like to share with you all a card that I made for my daughter as she is attending a wedding this weekend and needed her mum to make her a card.
Now I know that Bec doesn't have these particular Magnolia Images listed - however do you know if you email her - she will be more than happy to help you find the image you're looking for.

As you can see I've used some lovely papers (My Mind's Eye), flowers and a Magnolia die (hearts border), hearts (coloured with my copics) as well and these you can also pick up from Bec whilst perusing her online store. I've coloured my image with my trusty copics and did you know that Bec is a Copic Rewards Authorised Partner? Well she is.. and this is great as you can now order all your ciao's, sketch's and most importantly refills from Bec and get tokens to redeem on special Copic items..

Now don't forget you still have a couple of days to enter Bizzy Bec's November challenge circles!

So have a lovely creating weekend.
Sally

Little Red!

Hello everyone! Design team member Kelly here and I wanted to share with you all another of the sweet images from the Gorjuss Stamps range; 'little red'. I am quite addicted to these stamps and Bizzy Becs has them for pre-order now; and yes, I have already purchased some! I have coloured this lovely lady with copics which are also on sale.
Remember to enter out 'circles' challenge; I am loving everyone's entries so far!
Have a wonderful day!

Happy Monday

Wow another week already, and today I want to share with you this cute image from the Nellie Snellen range of Stamps- 'Frog on Flower', isn't it just so cute, I have of course coloured with my Copic's! I have kept this simple and just used DP from the Basic Grey -'little black dress' range, Cheery Lynn Designs - Doiley Die - 'English Tea Party' White rose's (one was sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmermist) these are all available (not the Glimmermist) from Bizzy Bec's on-line Store. The Black flower is by Prima from my LSS.

Have a great week all.
hugs
Sue

Nissa Goth Girl

Hi all, Sue here with this gorgeous Blue Butterfly Digi Image - 'Nissa Goth Girl, from the Goth Collection of Digi Images. Nissa along with lots of other Digi images, including some awesome images for Christmas, are on sale for $2, that's right, just $2 that's a discount of 49% !!! So rush over here and check them out.

I have coloured Nissa with Copic's, DP is from My Minds Eye- 'A Beautiful Life', Black Ribbon an Black Rose, these are ALL available from Bizzy Bec's on-line Store, along with heaps more!

Stay tuned for more inspiring creations from the DT, and don't forget to enter our Circles Challenge.

hugs
Sue

To love....

Hi Everyone, Debra here,  I have been having a play with my Magnolia stamps, I love this little Tilda, sooo cute.

Tilda Holding Egg Basket is her name and she came from Bizzy Becs Online Store  so if you pop a line to Bec I'm sure she can help you out if you cant find her.

 She did have eggs in her basket but I put in some little hearts instead, they come as pearl white so I coloured some of them with my Copic markers. These gorgeous hearts are also available from Bizzy Becs.

I also had a bit of a play with some grass for the grounding, lots of copic markers used here along with a White gel pen...

Don't forget to enter the Challenge this month, the theme is Circles.

Hope you Have a Great Day and Happy Stamping,xxx

Sweet Pea

Hello! Tracy here. I am another newbie here at Bizzy Becs. Today I have a card I made using this wonderful Sweet Pea Stamp - Trick me once... this is just one of the many stamps which happens to have 50% off normal price. So why not jump over and grab yourself a bargin.

Thats all from me. I hope you enjoyed my very first card for this blog.

Hugs

Tracy

Blog Candy Winners

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to thank all that entered my Magnolia Blog Candy.. Now for the 4 lucky Winners chosen by random org in no particular order..

#89 - Denise G
#74 - Janja Z
#16 - Moni
#112 - Har en drom

If you could please email me at bizzybec@gmail.com with your address details I will get your prize sent right out to you..

Stay tuned for more Candy as I do have another one to Celebrate reaching over 50,000 blog hits..

Take Care,
Bec xx

***BLOG CANDY***

Would you like to win Magnolia Stamps "Tilda with Snowheart"?

I have 4 to give away.. Here is how you could win..

Open Worldwide.. Only a follower Can WIN..

• Enter your name in the Linky Below..
• Put a link in your Side Bar
  
• Become a Follower

Its as easy as that.. Candy will end 14th November 2011

Gor juss Holly

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post for Bizzy Bec's store blog as a DT member and I just wanted to share with you this Gor juss girl Holly. Gor juss stamps are mounted rubber and are on sale at Bizzy Bec's store at 40% off HERE.
I have coloured Holly with copic markers & prismacolour pencils, the sentiment is also from Bec and it's a freebie.
Thanks for stopping by , while your here check out our November Challenge " Circles" and don't forget to enter the blog candy for a beautiful Magnolia stamp from the new Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection , the candy closes very soon so you better be quick.
Hugs Cheryl F

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge - CIRCLES

Rellz Card Inspiration..

Our fabulous theme of circles, I've used the gorgeous whimsy stamp, sweet blossom from Bizzy Becs Store, and my lovely sentiment stamp is also a whimsy stamp, spring letter seals, some basic grey paper, and embellies from my own collection.
I hope u like,
hugz
rellz.x : o )

So come and Join in the Challenge Fun - you can find the Challenge here

November Challenge

Hi Everyone, it’s the 5th of the Month and we all know that means......

Time for a NEW Bizzy Bec’s Challenge.

The challenge for this Month is CIRCLES..... Create something that has circles in it. These can also be scalloped circles, or the pattern paper could have circles on it.

The Winner of this months Challenge will receive 10 Digi Images of your choice.
A HUGE BIG THANK YOU to all everyone who entered our last challenge,we really enjoy seeing your fabulous creations.

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The winner of the October challenge is

#5 Karyn S

Congratulations!!! Woooo Hooooo!!!!! a really beautiful card creation!

Contact Bec at bizzybec@gmail.com to choose your winning Digi’s & don't forget to grab your Winners Button from the sidebar.
As this months winner Karyn we would love you to be our Guest Designer for December, please contact...
james-ee@hotmail.com.

and our Top 3 Fabulous Cards for last month’s challenge in no particular order is….

1. #7 Mary C.

2. #10 Lyanna

3. #14 Loz

Don't forget to grab your Top 3 Button from the sidebar.
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On a sad note we are saying GOODBYE to the lovely Linda B. Thankyou Linda for all your amazing and creative inspirational cards, you will be missed, Thankyou for being a part of the Bizzy Becs Design Team.

On a good note, we would like to introduce and give a BIG warm welcome to our wonderful NEW DT gals,

"Tracy, Kelly , Cheryl F and Sally"

 

HERE is the DT Girls Samples for Inspiration for this months Challenge......

KELLY

JACKIE

DEBRA

TRACY

SALLY

CHERYL F.

LEONIE

CHERYL

Take care, Bizzy Bec's Design Team Girls,xxx

Little Santa with Letter

Hello everyone. DT Jackie here. How adorable is this jolly fellow? He is from the Blue Butterfly "Little Santa" collection and is on sale for only $2. So head on over to Becs Store and grab yours now.

I have also used the spellbinder oval and scallop oval dies which are available from Becs Store.

Hope you're all having a great day. Hugs Jackie

New Design Team Girls.....

Hi Everyone, Its Debra here and as you may have seen by the info on the sidebar I am helping Bec out by taking on the role of Challenge Blog co-ordinator for Bizzy Becs.

Bec and I were thrilled to have so many wonderful, creative ladies apply for the Design Team Positions and would really of loved to of been able to offer everyone a spot, you all made it so very hard to come to a decision.

However in saying that we would love to offer the DT positions to the following Ladies,

#1... Kelly

#6..... Tracy

#9..... Cheryl

We would also love to offer the following Guest DT spots for the months of November and December to # 2 ..Sharon and #8... Sally.

To all the other lovely ladies that applied for the DT position could you please contact me if you are interested with being a Guest Designer for future Challenges.

Thank you all once again for your wonderful support and if the ladies above could contact me at

james-ee@hotmail.com I would really appreciate it.

.......please put in the subject line "DT for Bizzy Becs" so I don't overlook the email.

Cheers,xxxx

Can I scare you?????

No I'm not talking halloween I'm talking Christmas.

Did you know that as of this very minute its 64 days until Chistmas!!  True!!!

OMG...   *faints*!!!

Have you got your christmas cards happening??  under control even?

If not why not drop by Bizzy Bec's wonderful shop and get yourself some of the new Christmas images that are available from Blue Butterfly Stamps.

I have used Nick with presents to create this card.

Cupcake anyone?

Hi it's Debra, just wanted to share this fabulous image that is one of Bizzy Becs Blue Butterfly Digital Images called "Cupcake Anyone" available at Bizzy Becs online store, HERE.

Cupcake along with many of the Blue Butterfly Images are only $2.00 each, so pop on over and grab yourself some wonderful images while they are still available at that price.

 Happy Stamping xxx

Are you having Trouble with Blogger?

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone else was having trouble with Blogger..

I am unable to see any Images.. They all have a White Squares.. I am also unable to see any headers or profile pictures..

If you know of a fix I would love any help you may have..

Take Care,
Bec xx

PS.. As this is happening I am unable to see the Design Team entries blogs..

UPDATE -

Just in case someone else has had this issue.. I have now fixed it..

By any Chance are your using Kaspersky Anti Virus? If so here is the fix..

FIXED MY IMAGE PROBLEM

Click on Settings in Kaspersky > Go to Anti Banner (it would be at the very bottom of the lis)t > Go to the part that says "Use list of allowed URLS" (make sure it is ticked) Then click on Settings > Click on "Add" the add URL - blogspot.com - , then click OK..

Now restart your Browsers and Check your blogs.. I found that All my images have now returned in all my browsers, IE, Firefox, Chrome..

I hope this helps someone else.. Thank you "remoonline" in the Help Section for pointing this out.. I am sooooooo happy I can see images again on all blogs..

Design Team Members Wanted

Hi All,

We are after 3 new Design Team Members to join our team..

What would you be doing I hear you ask?

These positions are for 3 new DT to Create something once a month for the Store Challenge and to comment on any entries we get in the Store Blog Challenge..

At this stage the term is for 6 months however this may be extended if you decide you would like to stay on..

You would have access to the Design Team Blog where you will be able to find out all the info about each months Challenge..

You will be part of an easy going Team with Lovely ladies to chat too, you will also receive discounts for Bizzy Becs Online Store..

- How to Apply -

It is quite easy.. Just enter your name into the Linky below with a link back to your Blog for me to have a look around.. Also leave a comment letting me know of your interest..

Entries will close 9th Nov 2011.. Open to anyone Worldwide..

We really look forward to hearing from you..

Take Care,
Bec xx

Random Blog Winners

Hi All,

I did mention that every now and then I could have some random winners.. For people who comment or visit the blog..


I have 2 random winners for you today..

Cheryl

Tania Ridgewell

If you would both like to contact me at bizzybec@gmail.com I will send out a Prize for you..

Thanks to everyone that visits and comments on our Blog.. We love having you here..

Take Care,
Bec xx

Sept Challenge Winners

Thank you to everyone that did enter the September Challenge. We loved seeing your creations..

1st Prize


#11 - Nicki LT


Congratulations Nicki, You have won 10 Blue Butterfly Digi Images of your choice.. If you would like to email me (BEC) at bizzybec@gmail.com to claim your prize..

Top 5


#16. Karina
#12. Dee
#2. Francy
#6. Carol Southern
#1. Esme

Please grab yourself a Winners Badge from the side bar..

Take Care,
Bec xx

October Challenge

Hi Everyone,

I do apologies on the delay with posting this Challenge.. Things are so busy with the store..

We will also be looking for 2 more Design Team members for Bizzy Becs Store.. I will post this info and how to enter in the next few days..

OH WOW.. I have just noticed that the blog counter is OVER 50,000 WOW.. Now this deserves a Celebration and I will sort some Blog Candy out for this..

Thank you to all that come and visit Bizzy Becs Store Blog and we hope lots of Inspiration has been shared your way..

We would like to say a sad farewell to Marilyn who has stepped down from the DT.. We loved having you on board Marilyn and we wish you all the best for your future travels.. xx

We are back today with the October Challenge.

The Theme being a Colour Challenge

Girls & Pearls - Create something really Girly and add some pearls..

The Winner of this Challenge will receive 2 Whimsy Stamps of your choice.

I will be back soon to announce the winners of the September Challenge, 1st Prize will win 10 Blue Butterfly Digi Stamp images of your choice.. and I will be back..LOL.. I will get this done right away after I have done this post..

We have some Fabulous creations from the DT below.

Jackie

Debra


Cheryl

Narelle

Leonie

We all look forward to seeing your creations.

Take Care,
Bec & The Design Team