Beach Sunset Birthday Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends and happy Monday! 

I hope you all are enjoying your summer so far. I have yet to do so. Work is out of control as we are so short-staffed and it looks like I won't be getting some of my vacation requests approved so it will be a staycation for the time that was approved which will be later on in August. Plus, how can anyone get anything done with the kids at home, lol😆. I feel like I'm constantly cooking or cleaning. Anyways, I digress... guess I was wishing I was somewhere like on today's card for the summer. A girl can dream, right!?!

I kept this card super simple as I wanted the Ocean Circlescape Dies to be the focal point.

CARD RECIPE

• Die-cut the Ocean Circlescape Dies using paper for ink blending. 
• Ink blend the waves, sun, and sky using distress oxide inks, see colors listed below. 
• Spray the waves with water to add distress and texture to the blending. 
• Glue all the die-cut pieces back onto a circle smaller than the circle shape. I used one of the circles from the Circlescapes Shaker Frames.

Pop up the sun in the center using foam tape.

Add white gel pen details to the waves, sun, and sky. 

Add a thin layer of glue to each layer of wave and add chunky glitter for a touch of sparkle.

Add the birthday sentiment from the Foil Script: Wishes Hot Foil Plate/Dies that has been foiled using polished brass glimmer foil with the Hot foil glimmer system.

Add foam dots to the back of the finished Circlescape panel and attach it to a black piece of A2-sized cardstock that has been glued to an A2 card base.

I hope this simple beach sunset birthday card inspired you today. Perfect for any beach lover in your life.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🌅

SUPPLIES

Ocean Circlescape Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Foil Script: Wishes Hot Foil Plate/Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Circlescapes Shaker Frames Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Detail Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS	Background Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS
Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Black Foam Dots 1/4" Shop at: HBS	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	POLISHED BRASS - Glimmer Foil Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | SB
Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Oxide Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad CARVED PUMPKIN Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Mermaid Lagoon Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Blueprint Sketch Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Chipped Sapphire Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Distress Sprayer Ranger Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
White Gelly Roller Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Chucky Sparkle Glitter Shop at: SSS | SK

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Felt Blooms See Through Birthday Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, again my Crafty Friends!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I had to work a couple of 12-hour shifts, so I had no time for anything else. And now I'm looking forward to a few days off especially now that the weather is warming up. 

I have been wanting to play with felt for a long time and finally, I thought this would be the perfect card to do it with. This card features the darling Whimsical Spring Flowers | Honey Cuts done in felt.

CARD RECIPE

To begin, I actually started with the card base. I die cut both the GARDEN LATTICE CP TOP and the GARDEN LATTICE CP BASE. In between the layers glued down a piece of Acetate. Before gluing the lattice sandwich together, I added the back panel by gluing the thin top hinge I created between the layers.

Next, I die cut all the Whimsical Spring Flowers from various colors of felt. I then glued and layered each flower together and added them to the bottom of the see-through lattice card front. To finish off the flowers I added some Warm and Cool Pearl Stickers.

I then die-cut the Bloom from the Bitty Buzzwords: Bloom Honey Cuts and stamped out and embossed a sentiment from the Bitty Buzzwords: Bloom Stamps and added them to the card front.

To the inside, I stamped out this small Happy Birthday Stamp from the INSIDE SNARKY BIRTHDAY SENTIMENTS set. I made sure that the sentiment hid behind the front die cuts to add the element of surprise. 

I had so much fun playing with the felt flowers and love the fun texture and dimension the felt added. Something different and fun for a Spring Birthday card. Have you ever added felt to a card? Let me know in the comments below. 

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda🌸🌼🌺

SUPPLIES

Whimsical Spring Flowers | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords: Bloom Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords: Bloom Stamps Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	GARDEN LATTICE CP BASE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	GARDEN LATTICE CP TOP Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Sentiment Banner Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	INSIDE SNARKY BIRTHDAY SENTIMENTS Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Acetate Sheets Shop at: HBS	Warm Pearls Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Cool Pearls Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Tear Tape XL Roll | 1/8" Shop at: HBS	Black Foam Dots 1/4" Shop at: HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS
DIE RELEASE TOOL Shop at: SSS | HBS	Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS

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Garden Apron Shaped Birthday Card | SCT Magazine

Hello, my crafty friends!

Recently my card was featured in the Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine. 

If you didn't get a copy you can still see the Summer Issue online for free, just click HERE or the link above. Here is my card on pg. 34. How cool is that!

This birthday card is perfect for the gardener in your life, change up the colors if the gardener is a male to make it more masculine. It also makes a great card for mom or GrandMa. Change up what is in the pockets for a baker or a chef, the possibilities are endless! Just check out the Honey Bee Blog for more inspiration featuring the Apron Dies. Let's take a look at all the details as I have more pictures to show you that you didn't get to see in the magazine.

CARD RECIPE

Here are all the ingredients for this card recipe broken down into their parts.

Patterned Paper: Funfetti Birthday Paper Pad 

Patterned Envelopes: Funfetti Birthday A2 Envelopes

Stamps & Dies:

• Hello and Friend - Bitty Buzzwords Stamps and Coordinating Honey Cuts
• Bee - Bee Hive Stamps and Coordinating Honey Cuts
• Hugs - Mae the Mouse Stamp Set
• Happy Bee Day - BEE-You-Ful Sentiments (inside card)
• Apron - Apron A2 Card Honey Cuts
• Garden Tools - Apron Garden Tools Add-on Honey Cuts

Ink: Bee Creative Intense Black Ink 

Stickers: Funfetti Birthday Gem Stickers 

Adhesive: Bee Creative Precision Tip Glue 

Thin 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

How cute are all the little garden tools in this pocket. Love all the dimension!

To the inside of the card, I added a pocket for a gift card on the backside of the front panel and stamped the birthday sentiment on the right, leaving enough space for a handwritten message.

I hope you love this card as much as I do and are inspired by it. Thank you  Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine for including this in your Summer edition.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda👋

SUPPLIES

APRON A2 CARD DIES Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	APRON: GARDEN ADD-ON DIES Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	BITTY BUZZWORDS Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	BITTY BUZZWORDS DIES Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	BEE HIVE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
BEE HIVE DIES Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	MAE THE MOUSE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	BEE-YOU-TIFUL SENTIMENTS Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	FUNFETTI BIRTHDAY GEM STICKERS Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	FUNFETTI BIRTHDAY PAPER PAD Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
FUNFETTI BIRTHDAY A2 ENVELOPES Shop at: HBS	BEE CREATIVE GLUE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	SILVER SERVICE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | TS US | TS UK
New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB	GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	FOAM SQUARES Shop at: SSS | HBS

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