"Queen B." Monthly Swap.

Name of swap : "Anything goes."

Type of card : card fronts ( 5 1/4" x 4" )

Theme : Birthday

# of cards : 6 pk.

Date Due : Thursday May, 31.

Things needed : S.U. card stock, S.U. inks, "any" S.U. stamp sets and N.V.R. on embellishments or Pattern paper as long as it is good quality.

Note : "Any" techniques are welcomed. Layers as much as you want or as less as you want. Please remember that each spot you take, must be a different set of 6. To join in this swap you can post here or E-mail me: aydn@nbnet.nb.ca

'Queen B." El.

CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!!!!

Ok, call me "Queen CRAZY B" but this is going to Bee the one swap you'll want to Bee in. I love getting gifts at Christmas time, and July 25 will Bee the 1/2 a year mark till Christmas day. This will be a 3D gift swap. ( any thing but a card ) If you go to www.splitcoaststampers.com and take a look in the gallery under any thing but a card, you'll find all kinds of ideas. How many you make depends on how many sign up. 2 months should give us enough time to get what we need and time to make. To sign up, just post it here or e-mail me at aydn@nbnet.nb.ca

Name of Swap : Christmas In July
Type of Swap : 3D gift Swap
Sign up before : May 13
Due Date : July 13 (must be in on time so I can swap out for July 25)

Keep looking for up dates on this swap.
"Queen B." El.

Queen B Card Swap Received

OK OK you girls certainly out did your stamping abilities. I just want to CASE them all, so I may be calling to borrow your stamps. As promised here are the card fronts I received. Thanks Queen B El for be such a great hostess. Can't wait to get those little 3X3's and also for the May swap details.

Until the next post,
Happy Stampin'
Queen B Ang

E-mail Reply

I received this e-mail tonight from Gisele who was one of the ladies at the Stamp Camp today. Thanks Gisele! Glad you had fun and please send me a pic of your creation and I'll post it on here as I'm sure all the others will want to see it.

Hi Angela,
I am working on making the card holder we made today in a retirement souvenir for my friend Ferne. I have found pictures of her and pasted them here and there and am now typing up those friendship sayings I found in the catalogue to add to it. I was not sure what I was going to do for her gift, this is great, an album and a card holder. I'll pop in sometime at school to show you. Today was great, you have a lot of patience and you were very well organised. Thanks very much:-)

Stamp Class Projects

I really wanted to post my mountable card fronts that I got from Queen B El's swap, but I figured it would spoil the surprise for those who don't have theirs yet and I wouldn't want to do that. I do have to say that they are all REALLY, REALLY beautiful.

These are the projects that we made at the stamp camp today. We began at 9am and started out with the most involved project, THE CARD ORGANIZER. It took us until noon, but the overall results were fabulous, I wish I had taken pictures of all of them as they were all very different. We used Polka Dots & Paisley and Petals & Polka Dots Stamps as well as the Petals & Paisley designer paper and the Petals Stampin' Around wheel. Here is the inside of the organizer. Now I need to get my year organized by putting in the cards I am going to give to people on their special days.

We had a nice potluck of finger foods, devilled eggs, veggies and dips, pitas and dips, egg and ham and cheese sandwiches and a wonderful taco/nacho dip with nacho chips. For dessert, we had a healthy Golden Grahams Crunch, made from cereal and peanuts, that's the healthy part, and covered in white chocolate....OH MY!!! and that's all I'm going to say.

Our next 3 projects were all cards for our organizer (a couple of them were inspired by my mentor and friend Karen ...Thanks Karen!) and the last project was a tea bag pouch (and Queen B El gets that thank you as she gave me one a while ago and I thought it was just too cute, not to share).
I hope everyone enjoyed their day as I really enjoyed having them and now to plan for the next one. HMMMMM....what will we do?

"Queen B Ang"

Wednesday NIght Stamp Class

Here are the cards we made on Wednesday night.

The Get Well Card has a flap and the chicken soup bowl is under there with the words AH-CHOO!! The Birthday Card has a glitter window with some doodling and sponging. Click on the picture for a larger more clear view.

Looking for a few more stampers for Wednesday nights at 6:30pm. Just $3 and you get to take home 2 nice cards that you made yourself.

My new classroom will seat 12 comfortably once I get another long table. I will provide the bottomless cup of tea and coffee and you just bring your creative honey. REMEMBER please e-mail me or post to the blog 2 days in advance so I can be sure to have enough materials ready.

Classroom Completed

Well the room finally made reality and was used for the first time today when I held my 1st official STAMP CAMP at the hive. I had 8 wonderful ladies in attendance and most of them new to stamping. Here are a few before class pics.

A GREAT BIG BUSY BEE HUG to The King Worker BEE Bob. Without him we would not have been able to do the class today. Now remember these are the before pictures. No hive is in complete order when you have busy STAMPIN' BEES! Check out my next post later.

And this is just the icing on the cake...One of my ladies today, Sherri, brought me a Congratulations on Your New Classroom gift and a card she had made. See the bowl of candy, well there was chocolate in it but not now, just Werthers, YUM I love those too, but after chocolate! The candle smells so yummy too, and I'll not want to use the napkins as they are too pretty. I can't imagine wiping food and dirt all over something that nice. Thanks Sherri, you are too kind and thoughtful.

Mountable card front swap *CLOSED*

I must say I have been buzz'n with excitement over our first swap. Jill, I'm going to the post office on Sat. to get yours in the mail. Let me know when you get yours.. Sherri, Angela will have yours. The rest of the swappers I'll see you on Sunday. Thank all of you for a wounderfull swap, I've had so much fun. I look forward to hosting our monthly swaps on the blog. If you have any ideas for future swaps that you would like to see, post it here on the blog or e-mail me at aydn@nbnet.nb.ca
Don't forget the 3X3 note cards are due at the end of April. Still would like to see more swappers join in on the fun.

Queen B El.

Q. B. Swaps

If you are in the swap "mountable" card fronts, your swap is due on Friday April 20. The 3 X 3 note card swap is due on the last day of April. There are still room for you to join up. These are very hand and don't take much to make. Any theme, any occasion. At least 2 layers, emb. as you wish. Use current SU stamps please. 6pk. one will always be donated .

Happy stamp'n
Q.B. El.
aydn@nbnet.nb.ca

SALE SALE SALE!!!!!

I wanted to pass on this special sale put out by Stampin' UP! By clicking on any of the sets that are underlined you will be able to see what they look like.

Item Code Catalog Page Number Description Regular Price Discounted Price
102176 178 All Year Cheer II* $40.95 $32.76
10387 190 Tiny Talk* $22.95 $18.36
107123 177 Warm Words $27.95 $22.36
107351 183 In My Thoughts $39.95 $31.96
104383 191 Everyday Flexible Phrases $54.95 $43.96
107 325 194 Short Order Alphabet $53.95 $43.16
105725 178 De la joie toute l'annee II* $40.95 $32.76
107741 177 Mots chaleureux $27.95 $22.36
107678 191 Phrases flexibles de tous jours $54.95 $43.96

* This set will be retired as of June 30, 2007 and will not be available for purchase in future catalogs.

These sets are on sale until April 30th so place your order soon. For those of you attending the Stamp Camp on Saturday, I'll see you then, for those of you not able to attend please check back on Sunday and I'll have all the projects posted.

REMINDER: I will be placing an order on April 23rd before I go to work so ensure your order gets to me by Sunday so I don't miss it. The next order will probably go in towards the middle of May.

Please make the rain & snow go away......

"Queen B" Ang

"Q.B." Swaps

To all the busy bee's who are in the "MOUNTABLE" card front swap.. your swaps must bee in my hands by April 20 th. Sherri I have recevied your swap. IWe have lots of spots for our monthly swap "3 X 3" Note cards.. These are handy little things, and don't take much of your card stock. Please E-mail me if you have any questions. aydn@nbnet.nb.ca

Queen B El.

The HIVE is Improving

Work on the hive is progressing nicely. Unfortunately, it will not be completely ready for tonight's class but class will go on as scheduled only in my kitchen. Hubby is working hard when he is home, to make the hive a happy place.

These are some of the before pictures and some of hubby hard at work. I guess he will get the title of "King Worker Bee Bob".
Painting is one of King Worker Bee Bob's favorite things to do. I just wish I could get him to do other chores as willingly as he does when I suggest something needs to be painted, but I guess I should be thankful for that, beecuz I do not like the painting chore.

I am really looking forward to my first class at my home and especially to my first Stamp Camp on April 21st. Only 4 spots left for that camp and then I will create a waiting list if need bee.

When the hive is completed I will post the final pictures.

Until then I hope everyone is keeping busy as a bee with all your stamps, paper and inks.

"Queen B" Ang

"Queen B" Monthly Swap

Swap Name: 3X3 note cards

Type of swaps: (any occation)

# of cards: 6 pk.

Due date: Monday April, 30

Things needed: *SU card stock , SU inks, Current SU stamps and NVR on embellishment or pattern paper, as long as it is good quality.

Note: All note cards should be at least 2 layers and one embellishment.
For each spot you take, please make each set of note cards different.
To sign up, you can post on this blog or E-mail me at aydn@nbnet.nb.ca
Put swaps in a Ziploc bag with your name and e-mail. Swap out will be
one week after due date.

Bee creative
"Queen B" El.

RENOVATIONS.........

Well renovations are still ongoing. I was hoping to be up and running for April 7th but work has called hubby away this week for a few days, so here are the dates for classes upcoming.

Wednesday April 11th - 2 cards $3 6:30 -8:30 pm
Wednesday April 18th -2 cards $3 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Saturday April 21st - Stamp Camp - Card Organizer + 3 cards + WOW surprise $20 9:00am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday April 25th - 2 cards $3 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Registration by e-mail or blog post due 2 days before the class to ensure I have enough materials prepared. Payment can be made the day of the class, but please if you register and need to cancel let me know asap.

I will e-mail my address to anyone who needs directions, just let me know coffeya@rogers.com

I will be placing an order to Stampin' Up on April 23rd, if anyone has an order let me know. Don't forget the Spring Mini runs out in June, so if you like the looks of Paisley or if you like to Doodle you will love the new stamp sets in the Spring Mini as well as the Designer Paper.

I will be posting some new cards and projects that I have been working on in the next day or two so check back.

"Queen B" Ang

Good News !!!!!!!

Good News!!! For all our swap-aholic bees out there. I will be hosting a monthly swap.... Thats right, each and every month you can join in on the buzzful fun. Sign up and let me know how many spots you want and I'll add you to the swapping list. All swaps must bee in by the last day for the month. The next swap will be posted on April 1st.

Buzz ya later!!

"Queen B" Eleanor