iluvcats and scraps: July 2018

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Birthday Card for a sweet lady turning 70

I had the pleasure of making a birthday card for a very sweet lady who turns 70 this month!

Her craft is making cards and she always displays them
with one of her cute & whimsical decorative birds!
Determined to make a card with a cute little bird, this is what I came up with.

I really wanted to make a cheerful card with lots of pretty colors so I found the
perfect collection in my stash by Kaisercraft called "Botanical Odyssey".

I printed a bird outline on pretty pink paper from the 6x6 paper pad
and also made the wings using the polka dot paper.

I first glued down select die-cuts from the collection
and then placed the bird with foam tape.

A cute sentiment was placed on top of one of the die-cuts.
I found out that she's moving to a new place at the end of the month.
How fitting this sentiment turned out to be!

I wanted to surprise this sweet lady with a cute quote I found on the internet.
So I came up with a clever way of concealing it by using a brad on the outer wing.

You can see a leafy branch die-cut under the bird.

Look! The cute little bird is starting to fly!

The brad allows the wing to move in all directions

And here is the concealed message for this wonderful lady........

A personal birthday sentiment is also printed inside the card.
I placed a sticker from the paper collection as a decorative seal for the envelope.

I had such a blast putting this together and I know she will love it!
She's just that kind of sweet person!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day! Lisa : )

Products used:

Kaisercraft:

Botanical Odyssey 12x12 Paper Collection

Botanical Odyssey - full collection

Botanical Odyssey - Die-Cuts

Botanical Odyssey - Stickers (used on envelope flap)

Spellbinders:

Labels Twenty Two

Sizzix:

Big Shot Die cutting machine

Magnetic Platform

Making Memories:

Alpha-Numeric Glitter Stickers
color: Brun Antique

ColorBox:

Nightfall Petal Point set
(used Chestnut Roan)

Michael's:
Brads (on the wing & the eye of the bird)

Adhesives:

Foam Tape

Beacon 3-in-1 Glue

Scor-Tape

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Protect & Preserve the bees

This layout is simple.

The message is simple.
Protect & Preserve the bees.

Please call a beekeeper - NOT an exterminator!

Sadly, there are many who remain ignorant that our survival

is dependent on this wonderful insect - the bee!

We wouldn't have fruits and vegetables to eat.

We wouldn't have beautiful flowers to admire.

And our livestock would suffer because the clover would diminish.

There are so many synopses you can find on the true significance & importance of bees.

So, with this in mind, I titled my layout.

After a very disheartening realization in early Spring that a neighbor had an
entire colony of bees KILLED instead of relocated, I deeply felt the loss.

I found the most pristine, perfect bee (among many others) on my driveway.

It was flying to get away from the insecticide being doused on its home!

I preserved it in this tiny glass bottle and decided to dedicate a scrapbook page to bees.

Such magnificent little wonders in our World!

Very many years ago, I bought this Bo Bunny page named Sunflower.
I was so attracted to it.

Now I'm not one to love fall colors to decorate with or to wear,
but this page caught my eyes and wouldn't let go!

So, here we are today, mid-summer in southern Louisiana,
but I'm scrapping with beautiful Fall colors!

I started first and foremost with Reneabouquets stunning Queen Bee collection!

These beauties determined the colors I would use.

Aren't they luscious!

The details are truly amazing!

Once I decided that I would dedicate a scrapbook layout to bees,
I found an image of the anatomy of a bee.
Look how awesomely perfect Reneabouquets Queen Bee fits!!! WOW!
PROOF that she pays close attention to details!
Very impressive!

Another buy I made many 'moons ago' that I never thought I would ever use
is the large Honeycomb panel from Dusty Attic.

Blue Fern Studios EP color Auburn was such a perfect color to use on it!

Also, BFS Seedlings color Harvest created the perfect 'honey' dripping from the hive!

The United States came out with a collection of stamps consisting of butterflies and bees
named "Protect Pollinators".
I buy them in support of this statement.
So, they were most fitting to use on my layout!

I decorated my page with lots of sunflowers & pretty 49 and Market flowers.
The sunflowers were bought on one of my lunch-hour runs to the craft store when I worked - LOL!
If I saw something that appealed to me, I bought it!
So happy to be able to use these precious stickers!