Butterbee Scraps Charms

You probably know already that i love the charm sets that you 

can get from Butterbee.  You always get such a good selection 

for such a good price so i had to use another set today for my post.

This was such a quick and easy card to make.  I think

that i am going to do a whole set of these for gifty tags

later this week.  I used a butterfly charm for the front

to finish the card and the frame is from Spellbinders

and is called Fancy Labels Tags 2 and the chipboard

 tag that says love this is from MME.  

 For this one i only cut and embossed the center

design of one of my favorite doilies from Spellbinders.

Talk about how quick and easy this was.  I stamped

a quick sentiment from Verve and added a rose and

a super cute dragonfly from the set.  I put out some

of the other ones that you can get to for you to see.

And lastly today i made a simple necklace just

putting on some of the charms by added jump rings.

Not everything has to be hard and the fun thing is

you can change the charms up if you want to.

For this project and for the cards- i used J610-S, 

Heart lock and Keys, CH930-P , Flutterby Charm Set 

and some clear rhinestones.

Thanks so much for stopping over and seeing what is new!!

Hugs and Smiles, Teresa

New Butterbees projects to share

I was busy this month having lots of fun with some of the

brand new things i got in my happy mail package from Monique

at Butterbee Scraps.  I used some of the new butterflies and 

some of the new bead caps to do a couple different projects

that i think you will like .....

First up is a quick card that i did using the Bronze corners

and one of the new bronze Filigree Butterflies.  For my card i wanted

alot of rich textures so i layered brown corrugated cardboard

with some pretty papers from a Farmhouse paper pad.  For the

Butterfly i inked it with Staz On ink and i also added just a touch

of gold ink to the corners.  To frame my butterfly i cut and embossed

a Labels 32  frame from Spellbinders in aqua and popped that up.  

I really like the way the metal pieces are so rich looking and it 

went together really fast so that was great too.

 This was a fun project that even your kids can do.  I started to 

paint at a really early age and having lots of time in the summer

this would be perfect for your kids to do to keep busy too.  There is

a paint from Americana that you can use to paint metal so for 

this hairpin i just used a small paintbrush and filled in the tiny

places all around the butterfly and let it dry.  Then i put on a thin

clear coat of glossy accents and a touch of glitter and let that dry 

too.  The clips are #J362-B and they are super easy to put on things

with a good glue like E6000 or something similar.  There are lots of

great deals in the shop to get to paint so be sure and go check them out.

And next is another project that my daughter and i used to do

alot.  We always had twine and other assorted cords in a box and

when we had time we always made these fun macrame 

bracelets for summer.  Some had beads, some just knots and for 

this one i decided to add in a little metal :)

For mine i added the Bead Caps 040-B that look like mini flowers and 

knotted them all between my macrame design.  This was really fun and 

it didn't take long at all.  All you need is brown cording, the flower bead

caps, scissors and some tape to anchor it while you work.  

I hope you like my projects today and be sure and post if you do one so

i can some check our your blog to visit and see what you did! 

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Dragonflies and Roses...

There is lots of new things in the Butterbee Scrap shop and 

this beautiful dragonfly really caught my eye and i found a 

fun and easy way to decorate it with glitter and other fun things

that i had in my crafty room.  

For my necklace i used one of the brand new Bronze Dragonfly charms and

 some glitter glue and sprinkled the colors one at a time into the channels and then

let it dry.  To seal it i put a thin layer of glossy accents and let 

that dry too.  It was really easy and it went super fast.

 For it's head i added a few rhinestones and a turquoise

rhinestone to match the glitter.  And finally for the necklace i added tiny flower

shaped filigree pieces and rhinestones and attached them with

matching jump rings to the chain.  The beautiful toggle clasp is also something 

that you can get in the shop and makes it easy to put on.

Here is what i used to decorate my Dragonfly.

My next project was the easiest card i think i ever did.
I used one of the metal roses and put a layer of pink stickles
over all of it and added some more glitter on top of that and let it
dry.  Then i added a tiny pink stone in the center of it.  To
make the card just cut strips of coordinating papers and glued them and then
added ribbons and a bow.  Tuck the bronze metal leaves under
the bow and then add the pretty pink flower to finish it.

  The stamp is from one of my favorites from Quietfire Design
and they have lots of beautiful hand done calligraphy stamps
for lots of occasions.  And it's perfect on my card too.

Thanks for stopping by....

Steampunk inspired necklace and card

It's Wednesday and time for another share using

some of the amazing things from the Butterbee store!!

This week i ordered some fun clock pieces and gears

and i had lots of fun making a card and a cute necklace

with the gears and a heart clock charm.

All those beautiful clock charms that you see are

called Creative Clocks and they go perfect with 

these papers from Graphic 45.  The black bias

ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the 

die under the clock is called Stately Circles and

it's from Spellbinders of course :)

The necklace was super easy to make and all i

did was attach all the gears that you got in the set

with assorted jump rings that i had and attached

a bit of chain and a clasp for the back of it.  I think 

that if you want to fancy it up a bit you might add

some crystals or beads to the front but i thought

it looked good just the way it was.. Who knows i

might change my mind.  Here is list of all the things

that i used from the Butterbee shop for it...

Gears, Creative Clocks, Copper Jump Rings and

a matching lobster claw for the back. There is also

these antique brass toggles that you can order if 

the shop is out of the other...

Thanks for stopping by... classes coming up this
weekend at Scrap N Yap so i have lots of cutting
to do.. have a wonderful day :)

Something new from Butterbee Scraps

Butterbee Scraps Zibbet Online store is getting lots of

new things in these days and i jumped at the chance to get

a few of them and one of my favorites is this new 

Bronze Tibetan piece and the tag charms that are hanging from it.

A long time ago in my Costume history class my professor brought

in a beautiful Egyptian necklace that was so ornate and so beautifully

made it was something i have never forgot.  These pieces inspired 

me to make something similar and i think it would look great with

a white jacket and matching cami for summer don't you think?

Here is a closeup of the details in the necklace... I used these

things from the Butterbee shop.

J-368-B Bronze Tibetan Style Connector, M704-B Bronze Tag Charms,

CH206-B Bronze Chain, Copper Jump Rings, small rhinestone charms

and a set of bronze closures for the back.

and always you will need your best jewelry tools and a few rhinestones

to glue into the front of the piece.  It was pretty quick and easy and i think 

I will have to put together a bracelet to match maybe.

Thanks for stopping over today and have a great weekend!

Pretty in Pink...

I was thinking it's about Prom time next month so why not

start early and create something for yourself for that special date

or even a gift for Mom's day coming up.  I decided to go with some

new silver pieces that i got and i did a heart locket necklace

and a choker for all those bohemian fans out there.

For my first necklace i used some smokey pink quartz beads

and wrapped them with silver 20 gauge wire and tiny silver

beads.  And then i joined them with jump rings for something

different.  The toggles were so pretty i decided to put it

on the side and run the chain around the back.  I thought it

would be prettier to see it with the heart locket just because it

matches so well. What do you think... I really love it. This one
took a bit of time to wrap the beads but it was fun and relaxing.

And for my next project i made a pretty choker necklace with ribbon.
 It was really fast and super easy to make. To start I  joined 5 silver filigree
 pieces with silver jump rings and added these really pretty little

rhinestone danglers in-between them to make it glisten more.

And then i added some pretty pink and turquoise rhinestones

to each of the filigree pieces and let it dry.  Then you can either

stitch the piece to the ribbon or just use some good adhesive

like i did to attach the pieces.  It was simple and easy and there

is so many things that you could add to it if you wanted to.

Here is a list of the things that you will need from the
Butterbee Scraps shop to make them:

C25-P Silver Filigree Embellishment
Small Rhinestone Charms
hematite rhinestones flat bottom in pink
Silver Jump Rings
Heart Lock and Key in Silver
CL-462-P Silver Toggles

other things i used: Pink Ribbon, silver chain, adhesives,
jewelry tools, and silver 20 gauge wire.

That's all for today i am trying to catch up and get ahead for

some traveling i have to do next week but i will have lots of things

posted up for inspiration that i am doing.  I hope you all

have a really great day and make something beautiful!!

Butterbee Scraps and Baby charms

I have a few more things as promised to share with all of you using

some of the other baby charms in the set from Butterbee Scraps.

This set has such cute little things in it and i think i am going

to have to order some more of them for other projects i have 

in mind to make this summer.  

For my first project i made a mother's day card to send to my friend

because she already has 2 other kids and i think i should celebrate

her and those other 2 also.  I used some Spellbinders Die D-lites dies

for the card and tied a pretty bow through it and used one of the silver

flowers and a pink rhinestone that i got from Butterbee Scraps.

I wanted to give her a gift card so i found a cute pattern online 

and hand cut it out and used one of the diaper pin charms at the top

to finish it with a flower.  And I also bought some super soft socks

and decorated them with ribbons and sewed on one of the charms

to decorate them.  Aren't they just so cute and the quality is so good.

You are going to love using these for your projects...

And lastly i painted a heart box that i found to match

and i am thinking she can put all those tiny first year 

treasures into it to save forever.  I painted 2 of the flowers

in the Butterbee shop with white paint and then painted it 

again with pink paint to match the box.  I added some ribbons

and another charm from the Heart collection in the shop.

Here is a list of supplies that i used for them:

Baby Steps Charm Set

7635 Dimentional Broze Filligree Flower

294-Bronze Filigree Embellishments

#J610-S Tibetan style flowers

SS16 Pink Flat back rhinestones

and there is lots of new charms and products in the

Butterbee store this week so be sure and stop over and see

everything that's new!!  Hope you like what i shared 

and i will be back next week with some fun 

projects using the Tea Charms....  

Oh and just one more thing---all the ribbons are from 

Really Reasonable Ribbon online store...

Sweet Baby Girl Shower with Butterbee Charms

Hi Everyone, it is Wednesday already so i have something

brand new to share with you from Butterbee Scraps.  I 

have been using lots of their charms lately and got an amazing

set of charms called Baby Steps and got so inspired to create 

some things for a friend and her new baby girl on the way.

I am sharing 3 of them today and then i have 4 more things

to share with you next Wednesday so be sure and check back

because they are sooooo cute!  So let's get started then :)

The first three things i want to share is the card i did

to send her and a baby shoe with the cutest little feet

charm on it.  And a pin for her to wear.....

The charm set is called Baby Steps and has 10 charms

in the set.  I am not using all of them this week but i will have

other projects using them next Wednesday. I also used a few 

rhinestones and some silver jump rings to attach the charms with.

I think this was one of my favorite things.... 

I just love this pin.  To make it you will need

all the things below and your jewelry tools

to put everything together with. I used the wire

to attach the pearls and crystals on to the top

of the pin.  It seemed to work better wrapped 

rather than just dangle and shake all around.

To hang the charms at the bottom I attached a 

lobster claw and jump rings on the charms.

It would also be great to give to your Mom to

wear for Mother's Day Brunch just to show how

much you care and love her.... maybe change out

the bottom charms with flowers or hearts from the

other sets available in the shop here.....

Here is a close up of the card and the cute

little stork charm. I used a brand new Spellbinders die set called

A2 Tranquil Moments. All my projects are from a New 6x6 pad

from Carta Bella called Baby Mine. and.... I had a sticker for the 

sentiment that was so cute and the flowers and ribbon

i got from a new online store that is amazing

called Really Reasonable Ribbon.  Great products and they

send everything out super quick so what more could you ask for.

That's all for today and i hope you liked my projects

and i love to hear from you so please don't be shy ok :)

Have a great day... and miles of smiles!!

New ideas for charms

As promised i am back again today to share a few more

things that i made with the Birds of a Feather charm set

sold at Butterbee Scraps.  This set really had cute charms so

today i am sharing 2 necklaces that i did and a card that

i used the charm on.  Grab some tea and relax.. i have lots

of ideas today to share with you.

  So first up i really had fun with this pin that i did.

i started with a piece of white paper and inked it and let

it dry a little.  Then i made a template for the top of

the frame with an old piece of plastic and a sharpie and 

then cut it out.  I glued it in the frame and then added 2 layers

of clear crackle paint and it came out really neat looking.

  

Then i glued on the back filigree and a pin back....

and then i added that pretty bird charm on the right.  I 

thought that it would be really pretty to have flowers and

leaves on the bottom so i added some bead caps and cut

the leaves a little smaller and glued them at the bottom.

and then i went back after it was all dry and added more 

Staz on ink in pink, green and aqua.  A few rhinestones and it's
ready to wear.  I will have to think of a cute jacket to wear it on!! 

Maybe something bright pink would be nice i think.

Next is another necklace i did with the same frame and 

this one i used the same template that i had and cut a really

pretty piece of paper to put in the back.  I added a pretty thick

layer of glossy accents and let it dry and just when it was still

stickly i pushed the birdhouse charm into the top and let it dry.

The chain and jump rings are from Butterbee Scraps too.

And finally my last project is a card that i did with the new 

Doodlebug spring papers out.  I used another of the birdhouse

charms and one of my favorite new dies from Spellbinders

and a stamp from Justrite papercrafts.  It went together super

quick and i know exactly who to give this one to :)

To make my projects today i used these things
from the Butterbee Scraps online store:
Birds of a feather charm set, Cap247-B, F-094-B large Bronze
Cameo Frames, 254-B Bronze leaves and Jump Rings.

Thank you for stopping by and hope that you all have
a nice weekend and doing something fun where you live.
It's basketball playoffs time here so i am sure we will
be watching a few of the games :)  Take care!

Birds of a feather project

Good Morning everyone and i hope that you all

had a great weekend.  I taught 2 fun classes up at 

Scrap N Yap over the weekend and had to recoup a little

so now it's time to get up another project this month using a beautiful

 set of charms from Butterbee Scraps called Birds of a feather.

I have a few more projects to post this week but today

i wanted to share a pretty necklace i did using some of my

favorite inks from Tsukineko inks called (Staz On) 

Staz-on is a fantastic ink that comes in so many colors it is 

wonderful and you can color metals with it too

so i thought it would be fun to dab on some color on each of

the pieces to create a pretty water color type backround to

put my birdhouse on. The colors actually bled together

as i dabbed and it think it made it even prettier.

To make this project you are going to need these things

from the Butterbee shop: Birdhouse Charm set,

#678, #294, Bronze Chain, jump rings and bronze wire

or something to add the beads onto.

To start just dab on a little staz on ink wherever

you would like to on the pieces and let them dry.

Add a bead that you created at the bottom with your

jewelry tools and another bead on the metal that you

are going to color with a q-tip and staz on in pink.

Make 3 sets of the beads for each side by using one

of the clear beads then a ceramic bead and then a

clear bead as shown.  Attach them to each other with a jump

ring that you have put a bead on.  Add a piece of chain

to each of the ends of the necklace and then finish it

with a lobster claw and a jump ring to close it.

I really like the burnished colors in the metals and

it really sets off the colors in the ceramic beads that

i used for it.  Have fun and hope you will try

inking some of your pieces from Butterbee Scraps to

try something new with them and maybe create a few to give as 

gifts maybe for Mother's day this year. It's really easy and fun.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to watch

all of the Butterbee Scraps You Tube Videos for

more ideas from the rest of our team.

I made a cute pin and another necklace to share Friday

so be sure and stop back to see ......

Charmed I'm sure...

Who doesn't love charms?  I collect them everywhere

I go because it's the one simple thing that can really add

to a card.  This month my Butterbee projects will have a

charm theme to all of them and wow you should see what they

carry in the shop.  They have so many cute sets that are themed

and you can use them together or use them for lots of other

cute projects that you are doing.  Today i am sharing the heart set

and I made a cute dangly bracelet filled with lots of sparkling gems

and 2 cards with some of my favorite new dies and charms.

To make my bracelet you will need the following things:

Small rhinestone charms, Lovestruck Heart Charms, crystal beads,

Teatime Charms, Silver chain, silver jump rings, silver lobster clasp,

and tools to put it together as shown.  I really love mine and they

are from Beadalon.  I think the better your tools the easier it is

to create really fun things and these work really good.

Here is a closeup so that you can see the charms better.

I doubled the chain but really only attached the charms, rhinestones

and the crystals onto one of them.  Aren't they just so pretty?  

For my card i used a new die from Spellbinders for the

backround called French Harmony.  I cut it out of blue

cardstock and glued it on to a simple white card.  Then 

i tied a ribbon around the center and attached a rose charm

from the set with chain i had left over from the bracelet.

I stamped the sentiment on the white paper and then cut and

embossed it with the new Labels 34 die set.  To finish it

i added 3 small thin strips of white on the top and the bottom.

It was super quick and easy to do. Oh and the stamp is from 

one of my new sets that i just got from Verve Stamps.

For my next card I found this really cute Tea paper to go

with the Teapot charm in the set you can see here.

The papers are from Graphic 45 and the die set is from

Spellbinders and is called Decorative Labels 34.  The 

charm really gives it a cute little extra something.

That's all for today and I really appreciate that you took

the time to stop over and be sure and let me 

know what you think or just say hi and let me know where

you are from, this is what truly makes crafting fun. Oh and be 

sure and come back next Wednesday for more Butterbee charm ideas. 

Have a wonderful crafty day :)

Paper and Bezels

Today I want to share an easy way to do Bezels 

without the long wait for resin to dry.  There are lots

of really pretty Bezels in the Butterbee Scraps online

store and a quick and easy way to fill them is by hand

cutting bits of your favorite papers or stamping on the 

papers and cutting it to fit inside each of them.

For my first necklace I used these things
from the Butterbee online store:

Antique Silver Tibetan Charms

Silver Tone Ball Chain

Clear Rhinestones

Lovestruck Charm Set

 Large Silver Rectangle Bezels

You will also need Glossy Accents, Beacon Quick Grip,

wire cutters, scissors and some tweezers.

I cut the papers with scissors to the size i wanted to
fill the bezel with and made sure that I had the pattern
where I wanted it.  Then I filled it with foam dots to

fill the bottom up a little and then stuck in the papers.

I used my wire cutters to snip off both ends of the charm

and then glued on the love heart charm in the center

of it and let it dry.  Meanwhile I filled the bezel with a thin

layer of Glossy Accents and let that dry too.  When it was

done i used a little bit of Beacon Quick Grip glue to adhere
the charm to the center and added a few rhinestones at the top

and at the bottom and both sides of the charm. For the 

chain you just cut a piece however long that you would

like and attach the closure piece on the end of it. It's super easy.

And if that wasn't easy then my next necklace I cut

2 pieces of glittery paper, one black with silver dots and the other a

striped silver and glued those in at the bottom of the bezel.

Next I glued in the large silver rose charm and let it all

dry really well. To finish it i added a really thin layer of Glossy

Accents and tiny clear rhinestones on each corner inside

of the bezel and let it dry.  I put the same chain on this

one too because you get so much with your order it's 

easy to do 2-3 projects easy.  These were super simple and
you can do a bunch for gifts in just a night... sometimes it's
good just to do fun and easy things to change it up a little!!

That's all from me today so have a great day and
create something amazing ok :)

New Butterbee Scraps projects today

It's Wednesday already and i have a few new projects

to share made with all the neat products online at

Butterbee Scraps. I had lots of bronze pieces and some

really pretty chain to go with it all so I mixed and matched 

them and came up with a necklace and matching bracelet and 

also a really pretty hair barrette to wear in my hair.

For my necklace I used the chain # CH 206-B and

added Suns 092-B with bronze jump rings. On each of 

suns I used a small bronze cap and glued a pearl

inside each one and let them dry.  Between each sun i used

a headpin to add a pearl and made a loop to hang each of 

them. To finish it I added an extra layer of chain and used

a lobster clasp to finish the back also using jump rings.

 My bracelet went together super easy just by layering

a few of the bronze filigree pieces and gluing them and

then I added the bead caps that look like flowers and 

glued in tiny pearls to match the necklace.

For this piece i used the bracelet form J198 B and then

added  #806-B and #810-B over the top.  I really like the

way it came out and it was so easy to do.

For my hair barrette I kind of did the same thing as the

bracelet but in the center I added a really pretty flower

#535-B and glued in some rhinestones and a couple for the 

bead caps on the sides to match.  Underneath is a hair

barrette that I got at the craft store and I glued that on

with some heavy duty glue and let it dry.

You can get everything online from the Butterbee store and 

there is lots of new products too so be sure and check it

out.  Thanks for stopping over... and thanks to all of 

you who always leave comments... 

it's really nice to hear from you..