What's the BUZZ @ Busy Bee?

Monthly crops & photography challenges, for starters! The first weekend of every month there will be an online crop, with prizes and challenges and loads of inspiration. So come by this weekend! There will be lots to do and we'd love to see your creations in the gallery. And would you like to brush up on photography skills? Then please stop by the photography forum and check out Summer's challenges each week.

In other Bee news, new articles are up, packed with super tips and tricks! And lots of Sassafras in the new arrivals:

So come on by and scrap with us!

If you love coordinated stuff...

Then My Mind's Eye is for you! This laundry line stuff is just too sweet and the coordinating glittery alphabets and ink pad sets are just perfect for creating a mini album or series of scrapbook pages. Here's the link to the new MME arrivals in the Busy Bee store:
http://www.busybeescrapbooking.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BBSB&Offset=36&Category_Code=1

This ink pad with removable cartridges looks like a super investment to me:

Lots of Inkssentials stuff too for all you stampers:

So go shop, if you must. :o)

July contest winner!

Drewsmama wowed us with her 'byebye waves' layout, such creative use of the sketch! Congrats! :0)

Hope you have a super duper weekend, enjoy the summer sun and thanks for stopping by the Busy Bee blog!

Featured Busy Bee of the Month

Jen:)
She puts a cute little smiley face after her name, which I think is sweet! She has a very cool blog here:

http://rmeyfe.blogspot.com/

and a lovely gallery at Busy Bee:

http://www.busybeescrapbooking.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=1446

and she's not afraid to use lots of photos on her pages:

(I love that page!) :) So congrats Jen! You are our featured Busy Bee of the month. So glad to have you here and we all enjoy seeing your work in the gallery! Thanks for being a part of Busy Bee :0).

Online Crop starts Tomorow!

Come join in our Midsummer Night's Online Crop, and not only will you have fun scrapping, you can win RAKS, play games and share your beautiful creations! Here is the official forum:
http://www.busybeescrapbooking.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=73
Scrap all weekend or just pop in when you can, it is sure to inspire creativity and be lots of fun. :o)
p.s. - I'll be picking a new member to feature here on the blog... SOON! :oP

New STUFF.

Very excited to get all the new stuff coming out this weekend at CHA in Chicago! But in the mean time, I thought I'd share some new things in the Busy Bee store and the fabulous new releases from Pageframes! Look here: http://pageframedesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=16&zenid=0deb8b0a4bc88816540a07e1c3353fa3

How cool is that chipboard with the colors? And I just love all this lovely Fancy Pants goods:






see it here:http://www.busybeescrapbooking.com/fancypants.html



Also, if you haven't checked out the 'Tips n Tricks area, I'll fill you in- The Booya Girls write monthly articles and put together some innovative techniques and ideas - the result is great inspiration for your scrapbooking delight. With so many products that are scalloped right now, Kimber decided to do an article featuring them:




And Debbie did this one about using quilt patterns in your layouts:



I have to admit, that is one I had never thought of!
Have a great weekend!
:o)

June winner!

Congrats to Marilou64, we just loved your beautiful entry!






If you'd like to get in on the action please check out the Contest message boards and join in. You'll have plenty to choose from in the store if you are our next winner .... I noticed that Heather has added some yummy goodies from Maya Road and KI Memories! I am especially fond of the Bloom stuff:

Enjoy your weekend! :o)